Event

Grace Baptist Church will host its fourth annual "Trunk-Or-Treat" Halloween event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31 at the church, located at 238 Vine St. in the City of Batavia.

Everyone is welcome. Free candy, free hot chocolate, and more. 

Inflatables, and more than 30 themed cars/trunks with LOADS of CANDY!

Notice of Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the Genesee County Legislature will meet at the Genesee County Old Courthouse, 7 Main St., Batavia, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m. for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing on the Tentative Genesee County Budget for 2020.

A copy of the Tentative Budget will be available in the Office of the Clerk of the Legislature, 7 Main St., Batavia, where it may be inspected by any interested person.

On Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Genesee County law enforcement agencies and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. 

The Grand Opening and Open House for the new Play Me A Tune Music Garden at GO ART! will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, at GO ART!, located at 201 Main St. in Downtown Batavia.

The music garden is located in back of the historic Seymour Place building.

There will be donuts and apple cider, food trucks and lots of family fun.

Also, celebrate the new wall mural designed by artist Jill Pettigrew and painted with help from the GC Senior Center and other community members.

The Batavia Players are entering the Holiday Season by presenting a truly wonderful Christmas story, "A Charles Dickens Christmas." This musical is a highly original take on "A Christmas Carol" that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the holiday classic.

The theater company will be looking for actors and singers between the ages of 8 to senior. Rehearsals are slated to begin the first full week of November. Auditions will be 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1st and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2nd.

The Breast Cancer Coalition will present a talk on the long-term effects of radiation beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Richmond Memorial Library in Batavia.

This event is cosponsored by Assemblyman Steve Hawley and Senator Michael Ranzenhofer.

It is free and open to the public. No reservations necessary. The library is located at 19 Ross St. in the City of Batavia.

Dr. Kevin J. Mudd, of the UR Medicine Wilmot Cancer Institute, will be the speaker.

Once again Batavia’s Original is teaming up with the Kiwanis Club of Batavia to host the Kids Halloween Parade on Sunday, Oct. 27^th.

This is the second year that Kiwanis has partnered with Batavia’s Original on this fun, free family event.

The parade starts in front of Dan’s Tire & Auto, behind the Downtown mall, and ends at Batavia’s Original. The parade starts at 1 p.m., so kids should start lining up around 12:45.

The parade is rain or shine, so kids should dress appropriately.

A family-friendly Fall Festival will be hosted by the nondemominational City Church from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Oct. 31 at the St. Anthony's Community Center.

It is located at 114 Liberty St. in the City of Batavia.

There will be games, a bounce house, dinner and candy. Every child will receive a bag of candy when they leave!

Everyone is welcome and it's free!

GLOW OUT is hosting its second educational program on "Welcoming Schools" at GO ART!, located at 201 E. Main St. in Downtown Batavia.

It will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

The presenter for this program is Carole Ebersole-Weis, who is the WNY coordinator for the Human Rights Campaign, which is the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.

There will be a Q-and-A session with Ebersole-Weis following the program.

Light refreshments will be served.

The City of Batavia Republican Committee is sponsoring a Meet with Your Republican Ward Councilpersons for our City residents.

The meeting will take place at the Richmond Memorial Library in the downstairs Wilbur Room from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24th.

All City residents are invited to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to listen to and discuss your concerns and comments. 

Please join the Mancuso Business Development Group as we celebrate some of our Women in Small Business on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Moon Java Cafe. 

The evening will feature Kathy Ferrara from Batavia’s Original, Alecia Kaus from Video News Service, and Rachel Warren from Woodrow Grooming.

Come learn about the experience of these women as they each took their small business from concept to reality, and maybe find out how you, too, might become a successful woman in small business.

Richmond Memorial Library will show the movie "The Public" at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24th. The library is at 19 Ross St. in Batavia.

Come view the movie and join us for a group discussion afterward.

"The Public" is about an act of civil disobedience that turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

For more information, call the library at 343-9550 or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.

Reilly-Torrisi Duo will perform a classical music concert at Richmond Memorial Library at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22nd.

It will take place in the Reading Room.

The Eastman School of Music graduates debuted as a duo earlier this year with eclectic, crowd-pleasing programs designed to showcase their skills on the violin and classical guitar.

The library is located at 19 Ross St. in Batavia.

For more information, please call the Richmond Memorial Library at 343-9550 or log onto www.batavialibrary.org.

Jeremy Higgins, a national flat track motorcycle racer with ties to Rochester and the Western New York area was seriously injured in a racing accident in Springfield, Ill., last month.

He suffered several injuries, which included multiple broken bones, but more seriously, swelling of his brain that required emergency surgery. He and his wife, Amber, will need to stay at a hospital in Springfield for several weeks before being able to be transported back home to New York.

A Meat Raffle to benefit the nonprofit Harvester 56 Theater Dance Academy will be held Friday, Nov. 15, at Ascension Parish's Slomba Hall, located at 17 Sumner St. in the City of Batavia.

Doors open at 5:30; first spin is at 6:45 p.m.

This fast-paced and fun evening will not only be entertaining, it will leave you with a cooler of fantasic meat supplied by the Alabama Holley Farm Meat Market.

Tickets are $10 each and include dinner provided by the Dibble Family Center, and beer and pop. Cash bar will be available for other drink purchases.

The members of the Museum Quilt Guild of Batavia will soon be enjoying the talents of renowned quilter and instructor, Linda M. Poole, of Milford, Pa., when she visits the guild for three days next month. The public is also invited.

Author of "Painted Appliqué: A New Approach," Poole stays busy as a quilt instructor, lecturer, and fabric designer, and her life revolves around photography, writing, painting and sewing.

To see her work, visit her website.

It’s time for the Sixth Annual Fall Basket Raffle to benefit Crossroads House!

This popular event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Arc of Genesee Orleans Community Center in Batavia.

It is located at Woodrow Road in Batavia (behind Notre Dame High School).

Admission of $5 includes a sheet of raffle tickets, and you need not be present to win. Basket winners will begin to be drawn at 3 p.m.

Light lunch, beverages and desserts will be available for purchase.