Buffalo Spree - January 2018

to her stellar career as a solo artist, Ch-ch-chaka Khan is a true R&B legend. She feels for you, she’s every woman, she’s the diva for folks who don’t believe in divas.

Sunday, January 28

Monty Alexander the Albright-Knox: The Jamaican jazz and reggae guitarist, who has been recording since the early 1960s, appears in the always-packed Art of Jazz series playing both American standards and the music of the Caribbean.

Tuesday, January 30

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit UB’s Center for the Arts: The former Drive-By Trucker has earned even more acclaim as a solo act (or, more precisely, band leader), and his new group’s latest release The Nashville Sound has been popping up on one list after another of the best albums of 2017 thanks to both its hard-rocking alt-country melodies and its working-class politics. The current tour has been selling out fast, so grab those tickets if you haven’t already.

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An updated version of this curated list of musical and
spoken-word events appears at buffalospree.
com at the beginning of (almost) every month.

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Robin Thicke

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An Act of God

Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes is back in his role of a lifetime, God!

Through Feb. 11 at O’Connell & Company (The Park School, 4625

Harlem Rd., Snyder; oconnellandcompany.

com or 848-0800)

Kevin Urso CD
Release Party

Help Kevin celebrate his new CD with a live performance.

The 9th Ward (Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave.; babevillebuffalo.com or 852-3835)

Lithium Pop into the Sabres game after party with the band Lithium.

8 p.m. at Buffalo Iron Works ( 49 Illinois St.; buffaloironworks. com or 200-1893)

Twist and Shout Take a magical tour of the ’60s with hits from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and more.

Through Jan. 18 at (6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls, ON; fallsviewcasinoresort.

com or 877-833-3110)

Damon Fowler

Known as a master of the guitar in and around his hometown of Tampa, Fowler started wowing audiences with his musical exploits as a teenager.

6 p.m. at Tralf Music Hall (622 Main St.; tralfmusichall.

com or 835-3500)

12
Satisfaction

This glamorous and authentic international touring tribute show is dedicated to the “World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band,” The Rolling Stones.

8 p.m. at Riviera Theatre org or 692-2413)

Over the Tavern This Buffalo-based play features a hilarious and warm script exploring family and religion.

Through Jan. 21 at

Lancaster Opera House ( 21 Central Ave., Lancaster; lancopera.org or 683-1776)

Boléro

Principal Cellist Roman
Mekinulov performs
the works of Ravel.
Through Jan. 13 at Buffalo
Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans
Music Hall ( 3 Symphony
Cir.; bpo.org or 885-5000)

Buffalo Tango
Orkestra CD
Release Concert

Help celebrate the release of this group’s new CD.

6 p.m. at PAUSA Art House ( 19 Wadsworth St.; pausaarthouse. com or 697-9069)

M&T Second Fridays
at the Burchfield
Penney .

On the Second Friday of every month, thanks to the support of M&T Bank, the Burchfield Penney hosts openings and happy hours, programs, concerts, screenings, or other special events.

All day at Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Ave.; burchfieldpenney.

org or 878-6011)

13

Joe Diebold

Diebold started visiting the Botanical Gardens as a way to escape the cold winter weather and fell in love with its beauty; his photography has been featured in Under the Dome, the Botanical Gardens newsletter.

Through Feb. 25 at Arcangel Gallery, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens (2655 S. Park Ave.; buffalogardens. com or 827-1584)

America On Tap
Craft Beer Festival

There are hundreds of craft beers to sample at this craft beer celebration.

12–9: 30 p.m. at (Buffalo Niagara Convention Center; 153 Franklin St.; americaontap.com/ event/buffalo-on-tap)

Tribal Seeds

Hear the reggae band composed of Al Anderson, Howard Smith, Chet Samuels, and Rohan Reid.

7 p.m. at Town Ballroom (681 Main St.; townballroom. com or 852-3900)

The Allegory of Color
Art Opening .

Art instructor Cassie Lipsitz debuts her work.

6 p.m. - 10 p.m. at PAUSA Art House ( 19 Wadsworth St.; pausaarthouse. com or 697-9069)

14
Guy Wagner: In
Memoriam

Celebrate the life of departed fellow actor and friend Guy Wagner.

1 p.m. at Alleyway Theatre ( 1 Curtain Up Alley.; alleyway.com or 852-2600)

Calico

This is a California band in the deepest, most natural sense of the term; shorthand for California country.

5 p.m. at Sportsmen’s Tavern (326 Amherst St.; sportsmensbuffalo.

com or 874-7734)

Jazz on Second Sundays

Artistic director George Caldwell leads the BJC Repertory Orchestra in an afternoon of the music of the Count Basie Orchestra.

2: 30 p.m. at The Buffalo History Museum (One Museum Court; buffalohistory.

org or 873 9644)

Alixandra
Martin Exhibit
Reception .

The Kenan Center kicks off the 2018 gallery schedule with a special solo exhibit of work by East Aurora artist, muralist and illustrator. Included in the exhibit will be illustrations that celebrate the history of the Kenan Center in a specially commissioned children’s book entitled, The Place, written by Cynthia Cotten and illustrated by Martin.

Reception 2–5 p.m.; exhibit through Jan. 19 at Kenan Center Gallery (433 Locust St., Lockport; kenancenter.

org or 443-2617)

15
Kids Day at the
Botanical Gardens

Stop by the Wegmans Family Garden and other hands-on stations to participate in fun seasonal activities and meet some of the amazing plants that live at the Botanical Gardens.

10 a.m. at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens (2655 S. Park Ave.; buffalogardens. com or 827-1584)

16
Calidore Quartet

This award-winning group gives a spellbinding performance.

8 p.m. at Kleinhans Music Hall ( 3 Symphony Cir.; kleinhansbuffalo.

org or 885-5000)

17
Rachmaninoff &
His Psychiatrist

Local pianist/ psychiatrist Dr. Richard Kogan performs in honor of Rachmaninoff.

7 p.m. at Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall ( 3 Symphony Cir.; bpo.

org or 885-5000)

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: King for a Day! The grr-ific musical for little tigers and grownups alike is back with an all-new show.

6: 30 p.m. at Mainstage Theatre (Center for the Arts, UB North Campus, Amherst;

ubcfa.org or 645-6915)

Spotlight On Youth

(SOY) is a coffee house Buffalo open mic series held on the third Wednesday of every other month giving young people ages

12–21 a chance to share and develop their talents in front of a live and supportive audience. 5: 30 p.m at Shea’s Smith Theatre (658 Main St.; justbuffalo.org or 832-5400)

19
The System

The Bob Seger Tribute Band recreates a classic ’70s-era concert experience consisting of radio hits and fan favorites, combining studio and live versions from the multi-platinum Live Bullet. 8 p.m. at Riviera Theatre ( 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda; rivieratheatre.

org or 692-2413)

Bruce
in the USA

Called the “most powerful and intense Springsteen experience on the planet,” this high-energy musical event is a note-perfect, visually accurate recreation of one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll bands of all time.