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Best Bets: Newman, pierogi and creeping cecropias
Updated: August 21, 2010, 1:25 AM
1. Long Hot Summer? Hardly, but we know where you can find one. Head to the Riviera Theatre at 7 p.m. today as the Paul Newman Film Festival continues with 1958’s “A Long, Hot Summer” starring Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa and the man himself. Be cool. All seats $3 at 67 Webster St. in North Tonawanda.
2. Wild about wellness? Then get thee to The Buffalo Zoo, where health and wellness folks who specialize in physical training, alternative medicine and the health and food industry will gather for your benefit. Free with zoo admission from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Find good health at 300 Parkside Ave.
3. Have you met a moth you didn’t like? At “Night of the Creeping Cecropias,” sponsored by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, you’ll find out how Lake Erie Lepidopterons use their ultrasonic bat detectors –and more! Moth mania runs from 8 to 9:30 p. m. Saturday at Woodlawn Beach State Park. For information and registration, call 826-8895.
4. Thanksgiving in August? You bet your pierogi! The Dozynki Festival touches down in the heart of Polonia at Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark St. Celebrate the harvest by eating flavorful Polish delicacies, then polka off the pounds to the sounds of Those Idiots. The fun starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday with a farmers’ market and Polish Cafe and runs through Sunday when the music stops. For details, visit
www.corpuschristibuffalo.org
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