Portions of all sales will be used for beatification projects within the neighborhood, including sustaining the VETTE’s Trinity/Tupper Grassroots Community organic vegetable garden 

The Virginia, Edward, Trinity, Tupper, Elmwood (VETTE) Block Club, invites all bargain shoppers and treasure hunters to attend the historic neighborhood’s annual block sale, with a portion from all sales going to support the beautification efforts of the neighborhood, including sustaining its one-of-a-kind Grassroots Community Garden. The Block Sale will take place on Saturday, July 13th (rain date, Saturday, July 20th) from 9am-3pm on the beautifully eclectic Trinity Place, between Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St.

Hired in late 2011 as a personal assistant and guitar tech to folk music icon Joan Baez, local singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Grace Stumberg is now living a musician's dream. 

Within days of the start Baez's current US tour, Stumberg was invited to sing harmony on a few songs in the music legend's set and, just yesterday (June 28), she began Baez's concert in Lowell, MA with a well received 6 song solo acoustic set of her own original songs, largely drawn from her own 2 CDs (2010 & 2012) and new material. 

Stumberg returns home for a series of performances with the Grace Stumberg Band around Western New York during July, and then heads out again with Baez's August tour of Australia & New Zealand.

The annual Roycroft Summer Arts & Crafts Festival — one of the highlights of summer in East Aurora and Western New York — will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29-30 at Parkdale Elementary School, 141 Girard Ave., East Aurora. 

This year’s show will feature talent from over 80 juried artisans, including more than 40 Roycroft Renaissance Artisans! Many medias will be on display and available for purchase, including ceramics, fabric/fiber, wood, jewelry, sculpture, paintings, photography, metal, glass, drawings, leather, graphics and more.