OLAF FUB SEZ: According to actress Julie Andrews, born on this date in 1935, “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
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SPOOKY DOINGS – The Iron Island Museum, 998 Lovejoy St., which used to be a funeral parlor, is celebrating its 25th anniversary from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday with a Haunted Happy Hour. The $40 admission includes a buffet by Uncle Stephen’s Catering, a souvenir mug, two complimentary beverages and a ghost tour. For reservations, call 716-892-3085 or visit ironislandmuseum.com.
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village kicks off a Ghost Hunt series from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday. Teams will learn about recent paranormal activity, then explore. Cost is $150 per team of two to five people. Parent or guardian must accompany those between 14 and 17. Other dates are Oct. 10, 11, 24 and 25. To register, visit bnhv.org.
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FAMOUS FRIEND – Tickets must be reserved by Thursday for an evening with Mary Brennan-Taylor next Wednesday in the Taylor Theatre at the Kenan Center in Lockport. Vice president of programs for the YWCA of the Niagara Frontier, she will talk about her personal relationship with Alice Stokes Paul, a longtime activist for women’s rights. For reservations, call 716-731-4580 or visit bit.ly/RSVP_UWGN_Spotlight.
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WINNERS WANTED – St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 1475 Orchard Park Road, West Seneca, holds a meat raffle Friday evening with prizes supplied by Camillo’s Sloan Meat Market. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., first spin at 7. $10, includes a beverage. For tickets, call 716-674-1233.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS – Faith United Church of Christ, 8651 Boston State Road, Boston, hosts a free family movie night with free pizza, popcorn and cider at 6 p.m. Friday. Featured is the 2021 animated Disney musical, “Encanto.”
Movies on the Silos offers the 1993 sports comedy, “The Sandlot,” on the walls of the grain silos across from Mutual Riverfront Park, South and Hamburg streets in Buffalo’s Old First Ward, beginning at dusk Friday. Free admission, lawn chairs welcome. Beverages and bites available. No coolers allowed. Rain date Saturday.
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ANOTHER WORLD – See an actual piece of the moon at International Observe the Moon Night beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, two nights before this year’s first supermoon, at the Martz-Kohl Observatory, 176 Robbin Hill Road, Frewsburg. Free admission. Door prizes. For more info, visit martzobservatory.org.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Jackie Butler, Tony Billoni, Phyllis Steinberg, Sylvester Cleary, Jack Suto, Irene Sekuterski Plumer, Tim Collins, Ed Reiller, Dennis Ressman, Gene Wojcinski, Michael McCabe, Sharon Hottum, Courtney Chavanne, Lynn Schmitt, Sheila Smith and Christian Smith.
AND THURSDAY – Jim McCoy, John Borsa, Jim Dumpert, Brian Castner, Hope Jay, Amy Glidden, Brett Charles Schwedt, Paul Bator, Ryan Quinn, Jimbo Creahan, Dave Buck, Cindy Roth, Richard Ehlers, Julie LaGrow, Darren Weinstock, Stanley M. Wawrzyniak, Cathy Coyne, Kate Hooley, Siobhan Eager, Michael Curry and Ava Shaw.
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