If we don't get any rain out of the clouds from this incoming cold front, the National Weather Service says we probably won't get any at all for the rest of the week. Today is supposed to start out muggy and get more comfortable later in the day. High should be in the low 80s with an overnight low in the mid-60s.
Starting Thursday, a high-pressure system is supposed to bring us a stretch of ideal summer days - sunshine by day with highs between 80 and 85, perfect for the beach; stars at night and lows in the 60s, just right for sleeping. Next chance of rain isn't expected until Monday.
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Three expert panelists - Dr. Andrea Manyon, clinical chief of family medicine for Kaleida Health; Dan Porreca, executive director of HEALTHeLINK; and Karen Blount, vice president for health care services at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York - will talk about how to make health care better and less expensive locally at 4 p.m. in the WNED Studios, 140 Lower Terrace. To be there, you'll need to reserve a seat by calling 887-8534. The discussion will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Thursday on WNED 970 AM and WBFO 88.7 FM.
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The raising of the final copper rooftop finial, or decorative cap piece, atop the City Campus of Erie Community College will be celebrated with a ceremony and news conference at 1 p.m. It marks the near completion of a $10 million restoration project on the historic 1901 building, formerly Buffalo's Main Post Office, which has included replacement of the roof and all the windows and window frames. The building has been without its four rooftop finials for more than 30 years.
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A motorcade of police and at least 800 motorcycles from the Vietnam Riders and Patriot Riders will escort a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from Irving through North Collins to Eden today. The 360-foot-long wall, four-fifths of the size of the original monument in Washington, D.C., will be on display Thursday through Sunday on the Eden Little Loop football field behind Newell-Faulkner Post 880, American Legion, off Route 62.
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Firing up his grill again this summer to help the libraries in his Southtowns district is Erie County Legislator John Mills. He will host the first of seven cookouts from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Eden Library, 2901 E. Church St. Sahlen's hot dogs are $1, Italian sausage $2. Each purchase includes a bottle of locally produced Mayer Brothers spring water. During the past five years, Mills' hot dog roasts have raised more than $20,000 for the libraries. Thursday he's at the Hulbert Library, 18 Chapel St., Springville.
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Sylvia Earle, former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a pioneer in deep-sea exploration, is likely to have quite a few things to say about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico during her talk in today's installment of the "Water Matters" lecture series at 10:45 a.m. in the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater. An outspoken advocate for the protection of ocean life, she has led more than 60 expeditions, logged more than 6,000 hours underwater and set a record for solo diving to a depth of 3,300 feet.
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So far this month, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has played at Artpark, at the Hard Rock Café in Niagara Falls, in Delaware Park, at the Lancaster Band Shell, after a Bisons game at Coca-Cola Field and on its home stage in Kleinhans Music Hall. Today, under the baton of Associate Director Paul Ferington, the orchestra performs at noon, weather permitting, in the Plaza Event Series at One M&T Plaza across from Main Place Mall in downtown Buffalo. It's free.
Other free outdoor performances today include the Trews with illScarlet at 6:30 p.m. in the Coors Light Wednesday Series at Artpark in Lewiston; Glenn Colton at 2 p.m. at the Grand Island Library, 1715 Bedell Road, Grand Island; Exit at 4:30 p.m. in the Groovin' in the Grove Series at Banchetti's, 550 North French Road, Getzville; and Grace Stumberg and Dee Adams at 5 p.m. in Larkin Square, Seneca and Swan streets.
Also Healing Hands Drum Journey at 6 p.m. in the UB on the Green Series on the lawn of Hayes Hall on the University at Buffalo South (Main Street) Campus; Jack Civiletto singing Sinatra at 6:30 p.m. at the Attica Village Park Gazebo on Exchange Street in Attica; West of the Mark at 6:30 p.m. at Amberleigh Retirement Community, 2330 Maple Road, Williamsville; Mike and Ma at 7 p.m. in the Newfane Gazebo on Main Street in Newfane; and the Buffalo Niagara Concert Band at 7 p.m. at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park at Erie Canal Harbor in downtown Buffalo.
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A band that dominated critics' Ten Best lists for the past decade - the electronic dance-punk group LCD Soundsystem - pulled the plug in 2011 with a memorable farewell concert in Madison Square Garden that was captured in a documentary film entitled "Shut Up and Play the Hits." It screens for the first time in Buffalo at 8 p.m. in the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main St. Tickets are $10.
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There's a special souvenir awaiting the first 4,000 fans through the Swan Street gate at Coca-Cola Field after it opens at 6 p.m. It's the latest addition to the Buffalo Bisons' Local Landmark Series - a replica of Buffalo City Hall. Helping to hand them out will be the building's leading occupant, Mayor Byron W. Brown. Previous landmarks in the series include Crystal Beach, the Aud and the ballpark itself. The Bisons take on the Toledo Mud Hens at 7:05 p.m. If you can't be there, listen on WWKB 1520 AM.
