It’s not often that someone can commend you for having a drink on a Sunday afternoon.
But in Niagara Falls this Sunday, you can get that satisfaction and more, as the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center brings its second annual “Arty Party” fundraiser to Third Street.
Cafe Etc., 466 Third St., is hosting this year’s shindig, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m. and costs $30 per person at the door.
For that price, you get live music by Jack Civiletto, food, door prizes, a few guaranteed conversation-starters when people show up in their “Autumn Chic” and the satisfaction of knowing your money is going toward the NACC’s capital campaign to rehabilitate and maintain the old Niagara Falls High School.
Tickets are available at the NACC, 1201 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls, or by calling 282-7530.
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America’s a big, big country. It deserves a big, big sound.
Rob Falgiano understands this, so when the singer-songwriter brings his show to Nietzsche’s on Oct. 20, he’ll have a seven-piece band in tow.
Featuring drums, guitar, bass, pedal steel, trumpet, sax and backing vocalists, Falgiano’s band will run through his acoustic and folk/alt-country tunes for the first time since the release of his last disc, “Red,” about this time last year.
The 18-and-over show at Nietzsche’s (248 Allen St., Buffalo), which costs $6 at the door, will also feature an opening acoustic set by Dee Adams, and Falgiano joining The All Hank Band (a Hank Williams tribute) for a closing set.
Falgiano’s won the Buffalo Music Award, had a song featured in “Felicity” and opened for the Goo Goo Dolls, 54-40, The Pushstars and others. Here’s your chance to catch his act in the live version of surround-sound.
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Lewiston’s Stella Niagara Theatre is opening its 2006-07 season with an show that invites its audience not to see — at least in one sense.
Frederick Knott’s “Wait Until Dark,” premiering Oct. 20 at the theater, corner of Lower River and Pletcher roads, tells the story of a young blind woman engaged in a murder mystery and a deadly game of survival. The tale examines the skill and wit of a character using her abilities in a profound way, and the audience will get to know the experience of making one’s way through the darkness.
The theater is extending invitations to any visually impaired individuals to attend any of the six performances of “Wait,” and invitations have been sent to a number of local organizations that serve them.
An opening gala with a wine and cheese reception follows the Oct. 20 performance at 7:30 p.m. Other performances will be given at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29, with $10 tickets for adults and $8 for students and seniors.
For more information, visit theatreinthemist.org or call (877) 856-0694.
