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Today marks the last day of the UB Office of Community Relations, University Heights Collaborative and the Eggertsville Community Organization's University Community Farmers Market. The market is held on Saturdays from June 7th through August 30. The market will be held in the Allen Lot at the intersection of Main Street and Kenmore Avenue on the UB South Campus. The market is held rain or shine, for more information, please click here.

Buffalo Tours presents Theatre District. From the recently renovated Electric Building, this tour proceeds up Main Street past new construction to an extraordinary collection of buildings that reflect the typical American "Main Street" of the 1930s. We'll check on the results of various restoration efforts, including that of the Market Arcade itself, a beautifully detailed 1892 retail mall.

Meet at Market Arcade, 617 Main Street.

In her Eyes, a photo exhibition featuring the works of female artists. In this show we will explore the very unique feminine point of view through the lens of a camera. The 4 artists in the show all have something very different to say about how they perceive their surroundings. The mix represents the complexities and differences that exist within the feminine critical lens of contemporary society.

All 4 artists featured this month come out of Buffalo. Both Jeannine and Amanda are long time photographers, and just beginning to pursue their aspirations in the fine art world. Caitlyn is now is pursuing a professional photography career in New York City. Victoria has celebrated recent success with Hallwalls, and is a veteran to The Hardware Café; she was the featured artist for the first art opening held there years ago.

DJ James Flames will be spinning mellow R&B and Jazz to compliment the art work and free appetizers will be available.

Swing Buffalo's Buffalo Hop summer dance series features Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, and Jitterbug. Each dance is preceded by a one hour lesson.

The name Grüvology represents our expression of modern jazz and worldbeat grooves. Our repertoire includes a mixture of standard tunes and various worldbeat inspired original compositions. A strong focus is on the groove with or without a drummer.

The Hi-Risers have played to enthusiastic audiences in a wide variety of venues, including upscale niteclubs, country joints, blues clubs, punk dives, and outdoor family oriented festivals. They've toured the US frequently and have been well received in Europe. Although The Hi-Risers consider themselves a rock and roll band, you will also hear rockabilly, rhythm and blues, country, doo-wop and surf in their music.

The year was 1999. Swing bands such as “Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,” “Cherry Poppin’ Daddies,” and various other “Daddy” bands were leading a short-lived resurgence in swing music throughout the country. Meanwhile, here in Buffalo an eight-piece band was forming that would take the Buffalo music scene by storm. JJ Swing was born.

It began in the back of a bus. Jim Runfola, while touring with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, began writing horn charts from groups such as Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Blues Brothers, and Chicago with the help of a Casio keyboard and a Walkman. He knew these tunes would form the basis for a great horn band. Charts in hand, he now had to find the right guys to pull it off. His first choice for a front man was Joe Mahfoud. Jim had worked with Joe previously and knew his voice and guitar were the right combination to make the project fly.