Good Morning, Buffalo: A quick look at what's happening today
It doesn't look like Friday the 13th out there. The sun is shining. The air is getting balmier. What could go wrong? Weather-wise, nothing much today. The National Weather Service promises highs in the mid to upper 50s and a few clouds tonight, with lows staying well above the freezing mark for a change.
On Saturday, however, we're in for some clouds, courtesy of Tropical Storm Ida, which is soaking down the East Coast. A few Ida sprinkles may fall on us, too, but only a few. It should be the warmest day of the weekend, with a high near 60. Sunday is forecast to be much the same, only a couple of degrees cooler. Temperatures rachet down a little more after that. The forecast calls for highs near 50 all next week, with sunny skies on Monday and Tuesday, followed by a couple of days of showers. At least it won't be snow.
They're thinking snow all the time down at Kissing Bridge in Glenwood. This weekend, they're getting ready for the inevitable with the annual Kissing Bridge Ski Patrol Ski/Snowboard swap and open house in the Central Area lodge. Hours are noon to 9:30 p.m. today, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The race for Orchard Park town supervisor was too close to call on Election Night. Janis Colarusso, the current town clerk, led retired dentist Patrick J. Keem by 109 votes, but there were more than 170 absentee ballots to be tabulated. Today they get counted.
Fostering better understanding of faraway places is the 11th annual Sister Cities Dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 562 Genesee St. The evening will feature fine food, wine, door prizes and musical entertainment by The Jades, while making closer ties with Buffalo's civic soulmates in Kanazawa, Japan; Lille, France; Drohobych, Ukraine; Dortmund, Germany; Torremaggiore, Italy; Tver, Russia; and Rzeszow, Poland. Tickets are $25. For information, call 851-5951.
Shots to protect against flu (the regular kind, not H1N1) and pneumonia will be given from 1 to 5 p.m. in two locations -- the Elma Library, 1860 Bowen Road, and the Kenmore Library, 160 Delaware Road. Cost for the uninsured is $30 for the flu shot and $45 for the pneumonia shot. The shots, given by the Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York, are free to people covered by BlueCross BlueShield, Independent Health, Medicare (Part B) or Univera.
The Sabres are back in action tonight against another team that hasn't seen the inside of HSBC Arena since early 2007 -- the Calgary Flames. The puck drops at 7:30. Watch on the MSG Channel. Listen on WGR 550 AM.
Big Four basketball is having a big night, with Niagara University's women opening the season against their rivals from the University at Buffalo in the Gallagher Center at 7 p.m. For streaming video and audio links, visit Game Day Central at www.purpleeagles.com.
Same links work for the NU men, who are opening their season at 7 p.m. in Auburn, Ala., against the Tigers. You also can listen on WWKB 1520 AM, where Todd Callen is back for his fourth season as "The Voice of the Purple Eagles."
Down at St. Bonaventure University, the Bonnies tip off their home season at 7 p.m. in the Reilly Center against defending Horizon League champion Cleveland State. Listen on WHLD 1450 AM or WPIG 95.7 FM. There's Web audio and video at www.gobonnies.com. The Lady Bonnies play their road opener in Binghamton -- no audio or video available. Their home opener comes Sunday against Akron.
Buffalo's own Willie Nile is among the roots rockers in Light of Day 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Greg Frewin Theatre, 5781 Ellen Ave., Niagara Falls, Ont. Also on the bill -- Pittsburgh's Boss, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers; Joe D'Urso and Stone Caravan, Marah, Dave Rave, the Madhatters and Ron LaSalle and the East Side Rockers. Tickets are $25. For information, visit www.lightofdayniagara.com.
Felix Cavaliere's Rascals are about as authentic as Rascals can be these days, Cavaliere being the singer, songwriter and prime mover behind the hit '60s group. They're in the Bear's Den at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 to $50.
Pianist Neil Berg, who came to the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts in 2007 to present his "100 Years of Broadway" concert, returns with a cast of Broadway vocalists for "101 Years of Broadway," a medley of show tunes from across the ages. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 to $39.50.
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, presents works by Viennese masters bright and early at 10:30 a.m. in Kleinhans Music Hall. Rising star Roman Rabinovich is featured in Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto. BPO Concertmaster Michael Ludwig is soloist in three pieces by Fritz Kreisler. To top it off, there's Beethoven's Eighth Symphony. Tickets are $29.50 to $51.50. They repeat the program at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Buffalo United Artists, having given us "The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun" earlier this season, premieres "Texas Homos" tonight in its new space at 191 W. Chippewa St. The fast-moving play by Jan Buttram, which continues through Dec. 5, takes on dilemmas of sexual identity in small town America after the police raid a public restroom. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Films opening today include "Pirate Radio," with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh and lots of classic rock songs in the tale of an illegal radio station in Britain in the 1960s; and "2012," with John Cusack, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt and Thandie Newton in a fantasy about that fateful day -- 12/21/12 -- when some people think the world will end.
Gusto at the Gallery joins in with the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library's Big Read of "The Great Gatsby" this week. Showing at 7 p.m. in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery auditorium is the 1974 film of the novel, with Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan.
Earlier, there are tales of the Gatsby era -- the Jazz Age of the 1920s -- at 6 and 6:30 p.m. The Art Activity for All Ages is about Art Deco and Buffalo, focusing on the city's classic buildings from the 1920s. There's a Family Swing Dance Workshop at 7 p.m. And for good measure, there's another echo of the '20s at 4:30 p.m., Alan Parker's 1976 mobster movie, "Bugsy Malone," with Scott Baio and Jodie Foster. Admission to the gallery is free from 3 to 10 p.m. Parking in the gallery lot is $3.
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