OLAF FUB SEZ: A thought for Garden Walk season from Irish novelist Iris Murdoch , born on this date in 1919, “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” . .
. DIAL IN - Canalside on Buffalo’s waterfront holds a family-friendly celebration of 716 Day from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Tuesday with lawn games, photo opportunities and specials such as $7.
16 Resurgence beers and $1 off ice cream at Nick Charlap’s. The Dennis George Quiz Master Game Show will run from 2 to 4 and anyone who wants to participate in the 10th anniversary Human BuffaLove photo on Saturday can register and pick up their T-shirt. Meanwhile, Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA, 1900 Military Road, holds its first 716 Day celebration from noon to 2 p.
m. Tuesday in the Center Court area with giveaways, a collection of donations of back-to-school items (including socks, undergarments and toiletries) and a Barrel Over Niagara Falls selfie station. Bring ID to prove you live in the 716 area and get free promotional items.
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LONG VIEWS - “The Study of Stars” is the topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday as poet turned astronomer Alexandra Yep , director of the Bradley Observatory at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga.
, visits the Martz-Kohl Observatory, 176 Robbin Hill Road, Frewsburg. Also on Zoom. For more info, visit martzobservatory.
org . Teacher and historian Joyce Thompson-Hovey gives a presentation on “The Baker Boys of Stafford,” br.
