In a departure from the recent trend, partly sunny skies and slightly cooler temperatures are expected to prevail today. The high temperature will near 75 degrees rather than the high 80s and low 90s of recent days.
In a departure from the recent trend, partly sunny skies and slightly cooler temperatures are expected to prevail today. The high temperature will near 75 degrees rather than the high 80s and low 90s of recent days. More clouds are anticipated to roll in by nightfall before gradually giving way to mostly clear skies, with a low around 62.
Chances of rain: slim.
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." At least, the adage will prove true for local notables such as Assemblyman Sean Ryan, school activist Samuel Radford and Buffalo Zoo President Donna Fernandes. They are all slated to perform their favorite roles by the Bard as they compete to become Buffalo's Shakespearean Idol in a program upon which the curtain rises at 7:30 tonight in the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum, 25 Nottingham Court. Fernandes plans to bring one of the zoo's snakes for her rendition of Cleopatra's death scene. A reception will follow. There is a $25 donation, which benefits the Partnership for the Public Good.
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Young the Giant, the Southern California alternative rock band whose self-titled 2010 debut CD made many best-of-the-year lists, will headline tonight's Thursday at the Harbor series at the Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf. First seen here in April 2011 at Mohawk Place, the quintet will follow the Canadian band Bahamas and Nashville-based indie rockers the Apache Relay. Music starts at 5 p.m.
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Elton John fans can revisit the pop rock legend's greatest hits in the tribute show "Rocket Man." It opens at 8:30 tonight with dancers, elaborate costumes and a full on-stage band in the Avalon Theatre at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ont. The show continues through July 29. Tickets start at $25.
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Author Lania Knight, whose first novel, "Three Cubic Feet," about a gay teen struggling to come of age in a repressed Missouri town, makes her first visit to Buffalo tonight. Knight, who teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University, will read from her book at 7 p.m. in Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.
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Underwater photojournalist Brian Skerry will be the guest lecturer in the "Water Matters" lecture series at 10:45 a.m. in the Chautauqua Institution Ampitheater. Before he started working for National Geographic 14 years ago, Skerry spent more than 10,000 hours underwater, mostly photographing shipwrecks off the coast of his native New England. Now he's an internationally renowned nature photographer and advocate for preserving the world's endangered fishing stocks.
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Kids love the current Buffalo Museum of Science exhibit, "Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body," but there's more to it than youngsters imagine. An adults-only approach to the topic will be given from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in a Science Café program at the museum. Among the speakers exploring infections and excretions will be Erie County's health commissioner, Dr. Gale Burstein. It's free to museum members, $5 for others. A cash bar will be available. For info, call 896-5200, Ext. 342
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Plant expert Sally Cunningham, who also is director of Buffalo's current National Garden Festival, will be among the speakers in a panel discussion about community betterment through gardening that is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site, 641 Delaware Ave. Other panelists include Tim Fulton, executive director of Groundwork Buffalo; landscape architect Joy Kuebler; Daniel Oles of Promised Land Community Supported Agriculture; native plant specialist Ken Park; and gardening author Joan Calder. For info, call 687-1225.
