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Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market Lists August 6 Activities

Sunday, July 31st, 2011, 1:26pm

Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market Lists August 6 Activities

The Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, a Western New York tradition featuring more than 30 vendors selling fresh, seasonal and local products, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine. Providing musical entertainment at the open-air venue this week, August 6, will be singer/guitarist Kate Shaffer from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

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Special Donut Sale to Benefit Opportunities Unlimited

Submitted by Patrick Klinck, Community Web Producer

Saturday, July 30th, 2011, 11:59pm

Special Donut Sale to Benefit Opportunities Unlimited

From a Statement Released by Tim Hortons and Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, NY — Niagara County-area Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shops have created a distinctive sprinkled donut to help raise funds for the local non-profit, Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara.

The “Opportunities Unlimited Donut” is a traditional Tim Hortons Vanilla Dip donut topped with blue and white sprinkles to represent Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara’s signature colors.

The donut will be available beginning August 1 through August 7. It retails for $.85 and 100 percent of the profits from each sold will go directly to Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara.

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Online Registration Starts Today for 116th Annual YMCA Turkey Trot!

Submitted by YMCA Buffalo Niagara

Friday, July 29th, 2011, 9:15am

Online Registration Starts Today for 116th Annual YMCA Turkey Trot!

YMCA Buffalo Niagara is pleased to announce that beginning July 28 you will now be able to register for the 116th Annual YMCA Turkey Trot online.

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Goo Goo Dolls Return to Darien Lake

Submitted by Jillian Smolinski, Buffalo Music Examiner

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 6:55pm

Buffalo's own Goo Goo Dolls will return to Western New York tomorrow night to headline a show at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center.

The Goos are celebrating their 25th anniversary so you can bet the hometown crowd is in for a treat. After all, Western New York fans know there is NOTHING better than a hometown Goos show. Did I mention the forecast calls for rain?

Tickets for the 7 p.m. show range from $20 to $69.50 and are available through LiveNation.com or by calling (800) 745-3000 to charge by phone.

Read the full preview at Buffalo Music Examiner.

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Garden Walk Buffalo This Weekend

Submitted by Patrick Klinck, Community Web Producer

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 10:36am

Garden Walk Buffalo is a free, self-guided tour of more than 350 Buffalo gardens, the largest garden tour in America. Held annually on the last weekend of July, in 2011 it will be Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WGRZ-2 On Your Side Photojournalist Dave Harrington shot the attached photos on the Garden Walk route Thursday morning.

"There are Japanese gardens, English gardens, Russian gardens (i.e., barely controlled wildernesses) and what I would call Buffalo gardens - eclectic, funky mixes in which found objects and exotic-looking surrounding rooftops figure prominently." - Atlantic.com

Details here.

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The 2011 Erie County Fair is Prepared for Another Big Year

Submitted by Holly Smyczynski, Sr. Marketing Coordinator

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 8:48am

The 2011 Erie County Fair is Prepared for Another Big Year

It is almost August and you know what that means, it is almost time for the Fair! Celebrating 12 days of family fun and entertainment from August 10-21 on the Hamburg Fairgrounds where kids 12 and under are FREE everyday! The Fair has been voted the top Family Fun Event by Buffalo Spree!

Some of the new FREE entertainment highlights include:

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Concert Calendar For the Week of July 25th

Submitted by Amy L. Kane, Community Blogger

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011, 11:07am

This week there are many great rock and roll acts coming to the Buffalo and Western New York area, and most are low cost or free. To view the calendar, follow this link to the Buffalo, NY Rock Examiner's most recent article.

If you enjoyed the article, and would like to be informed on the latest concert events in Buffalo, be sure to follow the Buffalo Rock Examiner on Facebook, too.

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