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When Maestro JoAnn Falletta told her to pick a piece she loves that audiences love, Amy Glidden asked her students. They all said the same thing: Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. 🎻

The BPO’s Associate Concertmaster steps out front as soloist for Glidden Plays Bruch at Kleinhans Music Hall. She’s known this Romantic favorite since high school; this is her first time performing it with an orchestra.

🗓 Friday, Oct 23 at 10:30 AM (coffee concert)
🗓 Saturday, Oct 24 at 7:30 PM
📍 Kleinhans Music Hall, with JoAnn Falletta conducting
🎶 The program also features the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No. 5 and Brahms’ Second Symphony.
🎟 Tickets at BPO.org

Hear the full conversation on WNY Soundstage, “From Science to Symphony,” on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, and BuffaloRising.com. Like, share, rate, and follow WNY Soundstage, hosted by Daniel Lendzian.

#buffalophilharmonic #bpo #bruch #wnysoundstage by @_buffalorising

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Lace up, Buffalo 👟

The Buffalo Marathon is bringing the community together for its first free community event and run on Saturday, November 14. Choose a 3 to 3.5-mile or 5-mile route, meet local run clubs, and enjoy a morning out with fellow runners and neighbors.

The event is part of a series of community gatherings leading up to the 2027 Buffalo Marathon. Runners, walkers, and families are welcome.

November 14, 9 to 11:30 AM
The Banshee Irish Pub, 257 Franklin Street
Free admission

Tag your running buddy!

#buffalo #buffalony #buffalomarathon #buffalorunning #runclub by @_buffalorising

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Nine local names Buffalo wants on the James Beard radar 🍽️

Visit Buffalo brought together local food experts, led by Buffalo Spree food editor Christa Glennie, to highlight Erie County chefs and bakers for the James Beard Awards.

The nominees include Bruce Wieszala of Beacon Grille, Jennifer Boye of Moriarty Meats & Cafe, Ryan Fernandez of Southern Junction, Manny Ocasio of Mira, Darian Bryan of Bratts Hill and Reserve, Jenn Batt of Quokka Sweets, Gina Ocasio of Mira, Kevin and Melissa Gardner of Five Points Bakery, and Colleen Stillwell of Butter Block.

The public can also submit nominations through November 30.

Who would you add to the list?

#buffalo #buffalony #buffaloeats #jamesbeard #visitbuffalo by @_buffalorising

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Your Saturday plans just got a little spooky 🎃

The Old First Ward Arts & Heritage Festival takes over Republic Street tomorrow with the theme Samhain: Between Worlds. Expect lantern making, ghost making, relief painting, aerial dancers, a Hallwalls installation, a 7:30 PM puppet parade and live sets from Adelaide, Fiddle Witch, Crikwater, The Echoes and Folkfaces.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 to 9 PM on Republic Street between Tennessee and Vandalia. Free, family-friendly and happening rain or shine.

Tag who you’re bringing 👇
Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#buffalony #oldfirstward #buffaloart #buffaloevents by @_buffalorising

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Costumes encouraged, nightmares welcome 🎭

Revolution Gallery and Lounge, The Labyrinth Workshop and Indigo Chapel are teaming up for Surreal Soirée, a night of art, exhibits and projections inspired by the costumed surrealist gatherings of the 1940s.

Saturday, Oct. 24, 7 PM to midnight. A $10 wristband, sold at any of the three venues, gets you into all three plus a shuttle between them. Signature cocktails and zero-proof mocktails at each stop. 21+ with valid ID.

What’s your costume going to be?
Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#BuffaloArt #Halloween #SurrealArt #buffalonightlife by @_buffalorising

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The 2026 Witches Ball line-up for this year’s incredible event promises to be a scary good time! 🔥🔥🔥

We’re taking you back to where it all began 13 years ago... The Hotel Lafayette. Known for its historically haunted nature, the hotel is the perfect setting for an all out party on Halloween night.

Featuring:

Funkensteins • Boogie Monsters • Off the Wall • DaMone Jackson Outcome • The Path Band • Tori VJ & The Queens • DJ Jickster • Scaraoke • DJ Honora Northstar • DJ Sike • Showstarters • Underground Girls • The Ghosts of Witches Ball • The Others

Witches Ball 2026: Disco Sinferno
Saturday, October 31
Hotel Lafayette
7PM-1AM

Come dressed up and ready to dance, as you party your way through the Seven Deadly Sins.

Witches Ball is BACK where it belongs and the countdown has begun...

Tickets at witchesballbuffalo.com taken in Hotel at The Lafayette by @_buffalorising

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Roycroft history comes to Buffalo 🏛️

“Carrying the Craft Forward: The Roycroft Renaissance” opens at The Buffalo History Museum, marking 50 years of the Roycrofters At Large Association. RALA’s work helped re-establish the Historic Roycroft Campus in East Aurora and win it National Historic Landmark status in 1986.

The exhibit features historical items, records and early RALA materials. Today nearly 100 Roycroft artisans and Masters carry Elbert Hubbard’s ideals forward.

Opening celebration: Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 PM. Free, but register first (link in bio). On view through May 9, 2027.

Have you visited the Roycroft Campus? Tell us your favorite spot.
Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#EastAurora #Roycroft #ArtsAndCrafts #buffalohistory by @_buffalorising

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Local contractors, this one’s for you 🏗️

The Empire AI Research Computing Center is coming to UB’s North Campus: 46,000 square feet, built for up to 15 megawatts of computing power, with an estimated $74.5 million construction budget. A closed-loop water system will capture the facility’s heat and help heat the campus.

General contractor Gilbane Building Company is looking for subcontractors in earthwork, site demolition, site utilities, elevators and foundations. Participation goals are 16% MBE, 14% WBE and 6% SDVOB. Construction is set to start in November or December, with final completion in January 2028.

Meet the project team at a contractor outreach event today, Oct. 15, 4 to 6 PM at The Plan Room, 2075 Kenmore Ave.

Know a contractor who should be there? Send this to them.
Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#buffalo #buffalony #ubuffalo #empireai #buffalodevelopment by @_buffalorising

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Emmy-nominated comedian Chris Fleming is coming to Buffalo! 🎤

Fresh off his HBO special Live at the Palace (now streaming on HBO Max) and his role on Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay, Chris brings his one-of-a-kind stand-up to the UB Center for the Arts. He was just named Comedy Performance of the Year at the 2026 Just for Laughs Festival, and critics from The New York Times to The New Yorker can’t get enough.

📅 Thursday, October 22
🕗 8:00 PM
📍 UB Center for the Arts

🎟️ Get tickets: https://bbpshows.com/event/chris-fleming-live-on-tour-ub-center-for-the-arts/

#chrisfleming #buffalocomedy #ubcfa #standupcomedy #buffaloevents by @_buffalorising

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“It’s all of the 716. We’re here to celebrate that.”

Gracious, inclusive, and local are the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s core values, and Tullis Johnson says local speaks to him most.

Hear the full conversation on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Spotify, or at BuffaloRising.com. Like, share, rate, and follow WNY Soundstage, hosted by Daniel Lendzian.

#WNYSoundstage #716 #Buffalo #WNY #burchfieldpenney by @_buffalorising

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Market season is here 🛍️

Mel in Buffalo rounded up where to find Buffalo’s makers this fall and holiday season, from Fridays at Front Park to weekends in East Aurora.

Falliday Market runs Fridays in October at Front Park, 4 to 8 PM, with free movies on the lawn. Fall Makers + Shakers brings 200+ vendors to The Powerhouse over two November weekends. Small Business Saturday is Nov. 28, and every market on the list is open that weekend.

Which market is first on your list?
Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#Buffalo #BuffaloNY #ShopLocal #shopsmall #makersmarket by @_buffalorising

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Amy Glidden steps out front of the BPO 🎻

The Buffalo Philharmonic’s associate concertmaster plays Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with JoAnn Falletta. Glidden has played with the orchestra for more than 25 years, and she learned, memorized and performed the Bruch back in high school.

The program also includes the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Symphony No. 5 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. Friday, Oct. 23 at 10:30 AM and Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM at Kleinhans Music Hall. Hear her talk about it on WNY Soundstage with Daniel Lendzian.

What piece would you love to hear live? Tell us below.
Tickets (link in bio). Read the full story at BuffaloRising.com

#Buffalo #BuffaloPhilharmonic #BPO #Kleinhans #ClassicalMusic by @_buffalorising

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