events

There will be a hotdog stand at the Batavia WalMart starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 13, to benefit animals at the Genesee County Animal Shelter.

Once again Jackson St. Grill/Belladessa is generously helping support this cause and will be offering grilled hotdogs, chips and pop with all proceeds going to Volunteers for Animals.

Everyone is invited to come out for a dog and pop to help this worthy cause.

Chicken BBQ to benefit GCASA Women's Program is being held on Wednesday, June 30th from 4-6pm or until sold out.  Stop by 430 East Main Street for a Clor's Chick BBQ including baked beans, salt potatoes, roll and butter for $8.00.  Curbside delivery available- simply pull up and order your dinners.   Pre-sale tickets available, call Norma at 343-1124.

This Saturday, June 12, there will be a golf equipment flea market at the Batavia Country Club in the picnic pavilion.

This free event will run, rain or shine, from noon to 5 p.m. and is open to the public.

Sellers simply show up with your equipment between 11:30 and 11:55 a.m. See Tom Tucker, BCC teaching pro, to get table display space as available. First come first served.

Bring junior, adult or miscellaneous golf equipment or training aids.

An improvisation workshop will be offered on Wednesday, June 23, for people 15 and older at Genesee Community College's Stuart Steiner Theatre, at 1 College Rd. in Batavia. It will start at 6 p.m. and last about four hours. Cost is $25.

The public is invited to St. Joseph's Lawn Fete, which will be held on the Church grounds, at the corner of Main and Summit streets in Batavia.

This annual event includes a car raffle, carnival rides, food and games for children.

Lawn Fete times are as follows:

6 to 11 p.m., Friday, June 11

1 to 11 p.m., Saturday, June 12

12 to 10 p.m., Sunday, June 13

For more information, including ticket purchase information, please call St. Joseph's Church at 343-5800.

The Muck Dogs will host Rotary Night at the Ballpark from 6 until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30 at Dwyer Stadium, at 299 Bank St. in Batavia.

You can get free tickets from Rotarians, or else pay full price at the gate.

Contact Theodore Hawley via www.bataviarotary.org for more details.

Country music star Brad Paisley will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 18, at Darien Lake's Performing Arts Center, at 9993 Alleghany Rd. in Darien Center.

For more information -- including cost -- call the Performing Arts Center at 599-5040.

Tonight at dusk is "Cinema in the Square." Everyone is welcome to bring your chairs and enjoy a free, family friendly movie in Jackson Square, located in the alleyway off of Jackson or Center streets.

Food and refreshments will be available.

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" will be shown. It's a full-length film, rated (PG).

"Cinema in the Square" is sponsored by the Batavia Business Improvement District and the Genesee County Youth Bureau.

Tonight at dusk is "Cinema in the Square." Everyone is welcome to bring your chairs and enjoy a free, family friendly movie in Jackson Square, located in the alleyway off of Jackson or Center streets.

Food and refreshments will be available.

"Tooth Fairy" will be shown. It's a full-length film, rated (PG).

"Cinema in the Square" is sponsored by the Batavia Business Improvement District and the Genesee County Youth Bureau.

Tonight at dusk is "Cinema in the Square." Everyone is welcome to bring your chairs and enjoy a free, family friendly movie in Jackson Square, located in the alleyway off of Jackson or Center streets.

Food and refreshments will be available.

"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” will be shown. It's a full-length film, rated (PG).

"Cinema in the Square" is sponsored by the Batavia Business Improvement District and the Genesee County Youth Bureau.

Tom Rivers, local author and longtime staff writer for the Batavia Daily News, will be at the Woodward Memorial Library to discuss his book, "Farm Hands: Hard work and hard lessons from Western New York fields." Attendees will be able to purchase copies of the book and have them signed.

This will take place at the library, which is at 7 Wolcott St. in LeRoy, from 7 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. Registration is not required.

West Bethany Baptist Church's annual ice cream social will be held from 4 until 7 p.m., Saturday, June 26 at the church, located at 10333 W. Bethany Road.

The event and the food are free, including hamburgers, hot dogs, sloppy joes, baked beans, chips and, of course, ice cream sundaes and milkshakes.

For more details, call the church at 343-4841.

Le Roy will host its first Jell-O Olympics at Frost Ridge Campground, at 8101 Conlon Road, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturday, June 26.

This event is sponsored in part by the Jell-O Gallery and will include fun activities for the whole family.

Please call 768-7433 for more details.

The Leroy Farmers' Market opens on Saturday, June 26 at Le Roy's Bank Street parking lot -- behind McDonald's and Pontillo's Pizzeria.

Hours are 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. every Saturday.

Local vendors will be farm-fresh fruits, veggies, meat, cheese, eggs, maple syrup, bread, popcorn, honey, baked goods, coffee and tea goods, cut flowers, soap and more. The market will also feature live music as well as cooking and craft demos.

The Genesee County Park and Forest Interpretive Nature Center, at 11095 Bethany Center Rd. in East Bethany, invites you to learn about the world's many breeds of spiders and to meet some live spiders Saturday, June 19.

This event runs from 10 until 11 a.m. Admission is free, but advance registration is required.

For more details, please call Judy Spring at 344-1122 during the Interpretive Nature Center's regular hours:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday

City of Batavia Firefighters IAFF (International Association of Firefighters) Local 896 will hold their annual "Fill the Boot" Drive to benefit MDA beginning at 9 a.m. this Friday, June 4.

Volunteers for Animals is holding a garage sale June 3-5 to benefit their cause. It's at 37 E. Main St. in Corfu.

Starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, there will be a hot dog stand at the garage sale. All proceeds from the garage sale and the food will go to VFA.

Jackson St. Grill/Belladessa's will be serving grilled hot dogs, chips and soda pop.

Can you believe it's been 20 years? The Alexander High School Class of '90 Reunion will start with a casual meeting Friday, July 9 in the Alexander Fire Dept. beer tent. Starts and 7 p.m. and runs until whenever.

Then from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, there will be a big wingding at the Center Street Smokehouse in Batavia. Cost is $15 a person and there will be heavy appetizers, music, dancing, a cash bar and lots of socializing.

The 13th annual 'Friday Night in the Square' concert series ends this evening after the John Cole Blues Band performs.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.