CYOA BFLO: 10/9 to 10/15
CYOA Buffalo is a weekly, lightly-curated arts / music / cultural events newsletter, founded 2014. Email me if you'd like to submit an event, or if you just want to send a cute and encouraging message. 💓Mario
Friday October 9
Opening | Twin Snakes: Paintings by Kayleah Aldrich & Margaret Schrecongost - Museum of Cold
Opening | Jeremy Little: American Art - Transformation Station
Second Friday | Opening of Yuck/Yum - Burchfield Penney
Closing | Robert Harris: The Sacred & The Propane - Fitz Books
Elliot Scozzaro Quintet - Pausa Art House
Center for 21st Century Music: Slee Sinfonietta - UB Slee Hall
Listening Party & Live Performance with Zuri Elise Appleby - Revolver Records Elmwood
The Dolly Sods Album Release wsg Two Point Oh & Sertraline - Nietzsche’s
Blissen Album Release Show - Hi-Fi Hits
Turf N Turf, The Mookies, Crop Circle Worship, Bodied by the Beat - Hot Mama’s Canteen
Latin Night with Son Borikua - Dnipro
The Skiffle Minstrels - Duende
Naryan Padmanabha - 42N @ The Flats
Get Back Up! Record Release Party with JASCR - Mothership571
Happy Hour with Nickel City Bossa Nova - Milkie’s
Sound Meditation with Jonathan Lambert - Shakti Yoga
J. Killen, Sara Elizabeth, Greg Zeis (of the Rightly So) - Area 54
The Disco Biscuits (Friday & Saturday) - Town Ballroom
Night Fever: A Tribute to The Bee Gees (Friday & Saturday) - Riviera Theatre
The Stripteasers - Revolution Lounge
The Bird Soup Showcase - Mr. Goodbar
Saturday October 10
Opening | Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Fall 2026 Exhibition - Artists Group Gallery
Art Alive 2026 Celebration - AKG
Hunt Residencies Community Day - Hunt Art Gallery
Daniel Salazar, guitar - Duende
BPO | Francis: An Oratorio in Nine Scenes - Kleinhans
Sheela Bringi & Elden Kelly - Shakti Yoga
Elena Izquierdo & The Stu Weissman Trio - Pausa Art House
Besnyo, Passed Out, Tvmtn, Alex Berkley, Murtois - Black Dots
The Nigh, Stratosphere - The Secret Headquarters
Waiver, Leap Year, Department 9 - Hen House
McVan's Nite Club: The Floor Show Years - Showplace Theater
Happy Hour with Flannel Mafia - Milkie’s
The Gravediggers - Revolution Lounge
Fred Armisen: Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome - UB Center for the Arts
Fred Eaglesmith - Sportsmens Tavern
Powerslave: Tribute to Iron Maiden - The Cave
Dylan from Del Paxton Plays Emo Vinyl - Soul Stop Records
Darkwave Video Dance Party - Hot Mama’s Canteen
Mack Bango, Jasper G, J Victor - No Fun LoFi Bar
Sunday October 11
Opening | Untitled Studios - Kenan House Gallery
BIFF X0: Poems, Songs, Spaces, Places - North Park Theatre
Workshop | Learn to Knit, Make A Reusable Coffee Sleeve - Gold Lion Coffee Shop
Steve Reich@90: Cordancia with Guest Quince Ensemble - UB Slee Hall
Stars Don’t Mean Anything, Kill Us Online, Calicuzns - Hen House
Tea Service: Boo Tea 1 Year Anniversary - Duende
Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble - Asbury Hall
The Claudettes - Sportsmens Tavern
Unrivaled, One Foot Up, Stuck in Autumn - Area 54
Monday October 12
Daikaiju: Super Sonic Surf Action - Mothership571
Bonnie Kane, Dei Xhrist, Safie Flato & TML, Humiliated Supplicant - Secret Headquarters
Tuesday October 13
The Naked Shape Cult: Figure Drawing Sessions - Revolution Gallery
AKGather: The 164th Annual Meeting of The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy - AKG
Rhythm & Sound: Soundbath Sessions - The Caz
Richard Shindell - The 9th Ward
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Electric City
Alana Springsteen w/ Kyle Schuesler - Iron Works
Wednesday October 14
BABEL: Sigrid Nunez - Kleinhans
SONIC:SALON | ulysses atwhen - Fitz Books
Buffalo Bound Together: Printmaking & Collaborative Bookmaking Workshop - Mirabo Press
Buffalo 101: How History Shaped the Queen City - History Museum
Buffalo State Jazz Ensemble - Buffalo State PAC
Tyler Westcott’s Jugband Extravaganza - Nietzsche’s
Fuzzy & The Rustbelts - The 9th Ward
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Thursday October 15
Opening | Luka Paraskevov: CAT ATTACK - UB Center for the Arts
Book Launch | T.S. Leonard: Another Anthem of Fabulous Survival - Rust Belt Books
Hispanic Heritage Month, Spain's Zarzuela - Ciminelli Recital Hall
Whelp, relentless moisture, Beatnik Picnic Experience - Milkie's
Iron Monk - Revolver Records Elmwood
Feaster, Relentless Moisture, Whelp - Milkie’s
Dirtywifi & Friends: Open Decks - No Fun LoFi Bar
Ongoing
Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (10/8 - 10/15)
Cindy Sherman Works from the Gerald Mead Collection - Hallwalls (ends 10/15)
Joel Mulindwa: Impressions of Gratuity - Black Rock Arts (on view every Saturday)
Dusty Herbig: Conned - Mirabo Press (ends 10/17)
One and Many Chairs - UB CFA (ends 10/17)
Kathleen Sherin: Disrupted - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 10/17)
Amanda Maciuba: Natural Mythologies - WNY Book Arts Center (ends 10/17)
Imaginal Stitching: Creations in Thread by Barbara Murak - Hunt Art Gallery (ends 10/24)
Ginny O’Brien & Linda Coppola: Stratified - Beebe’s on the Square (ends 10/24)
Kurt Treeby: I’ve Got Next - Hallwalls (ends 10/30)
Crystal Z Campbell: Aftertouch: Mimosa Pudica - Rivalry Projects (ends 10/30)
Robert Booth: Presence - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
Bethany Krull: Home - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 10/31)
Sky Vance: Who Eats Who? - The Good Stuff Gallery (ends 10/31)
Evan Hawkins: Aftermath - Crucible Art Collective (ends 10/31)
FIT: Buffalo Fashion, Identity, and Transformation - Burchfield Penney (ends 11/1)
Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo, Trascender: Leaving a Mark - Buffalo Arts Studio (ends 11/6)
Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind - AKG (ends 11/8)
1st Annual Members Exhibition - Starlight Studios (ends 11/13)
Two Against Nature - Cass Gallery (ends 11/30)
Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Patinated - BICA (ends 12/19)
Peaches: Runoff - BICA (ends 12/19)
Morgan Strahorn: parting - BICA (ends 12/19)
Andy Krzystek: Sifting Through Latent Cause - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
Paradigm Shift: Change Is Here To Stay - Burchfield Penney (ends 12/27)
BIFF Presents: Buffalo’s Vitascope Theatre + Edisonia Hall - Central Library (ends 1/4/27)
Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/23/27)
Nate Ely: Cataract City - Daemen VPA (ends 1/23/27)
Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious - AKG (ends 1/31/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - UB Anderson Gallery (ends 4/3/27)
Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself - AKG (ends 4/4/27)
From Decay to Display: Conserved Works from the Collection - Castellani Art Museum (ends 4/22/27)
Sasha Stiles: STANZA - Castellani Art Museum (ends 4/25/27)
Joel Mulindwa: finding rest - Castellani Art Museum (ends 4/26/27)
Constructed Belief - UB Center for the Arts (ends 4/30/27)
Karle Norman: Leather Prayers - UB Center for the Arts (ends 4/30/27)
Luanne Redeye: Under The Same Sky - Burchfield Penney (ends 6/27/27)
Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art - Castellani Art Museum (ends 1/9/28)