events

Leadership Genesee’s 7th Annual Golf & Bocce Ball Tournament is at 11:30 a.m., Monday, June 14 at Terry Hills Golf Course. Gold Sponsor of the tournament is Clark Patterson Lee.

Now until June 1, teams may sign up for the four-person scramble that includes lunch, green fee, cart and buffet dinner for $100 per person. But after June 1, the price is $115. Registration for Bocce Ball is $50 per person and it includes lunch and dinner. Dinner only is $30 per person.

The Dave Matthews Band will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2, 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.

Representatives from Keuka College will be at Genesee Community College's Batavia Campus, at 1 College Rd., to talk about the Accelerated Studied for Adults Program (ASAP). This will take in Room T121 of the Conable Tech Building from 6 until 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2.

Tom Rivers, an author and longtime staff writer for the Batavia Daily News, will give a reading and presentation of his recently published book, "Farm Hands: Hard work and hard lessons from Western New York fields." A Q&A session will follow.

It will take place at GoArt!'s Seymour Place, at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia, from 7 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26.

Local wheelchair-bound veterans need your help to attend the 30th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

Starting at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 21, there will be a take-out chicken BBQ at Clor's Market in Batavia to help them pay for the trip.

The "Games with Heart a Mile High" will be held this summer in Denver, Colo.

(Note: The end time is a "guesstimate," the BBQ will be sold until sold out, whenever that is.)

Batavia Players present their spring production of Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" this week. Show time is 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, May 20-22.

PLEASE NOTE: The venue has changed to John Kennedy School, 166 Vine St., in Batavia. (It was earlier planned for the Players' New Harvester Theater.)

United Memorial Medical Center's annual Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the Jerome Center, at 16 Bank St. in Batavia. It will start at 9:30 a.m. and last about an hour. The event has been relocated this year because of ongoing construction at UMMC's main site.

From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, the Elba school and community will be holding a chicken BBQ to benefit Elba High School student Ryan Wolcott.

Elba and Byron-Bergen faculties, students, and friends of Ryan and the Wolcott family will be serving food in the Elba Central School cafeteria. Eat in or take out. Tickets will be $9 at the door, and $8 pre-sale (available at the school). All proceeds will go to the Wolcott family.

Assemblyman Steve Hawley will host a public outreach meeting for Genesee County residents from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 21, at the Old Courthouse in Batavia. A representative for State Senator Michael Ranzenhofer will also be in attendance.

“This meeting will be an excellent opportunity for residents to express their concerns on statewide and local issues. I encourage all Genesee County residents to attend,” said Hawley in a news release.

The meeting will be in the courthouse's Legislative Conference Room. The courthouse is at 7 Main St. downtown.

The CARE Homeschool Group will perform "A Comedy of Errors," by William Shakespeare to benefit All Babies Cherished.

The play takes place at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 16 at the Alexander United Methodist Church on Main Street in Alexander. The suggestion donation is $5, with a maximum of $20 for families, all of which will go to the charity.

The play will last about an hour and there will be a small reception afterward.

You are invited to the very first pre-season "Pep Dog Rally" at Dwyer Stadium.

It takes place on Wednesday, June 16, just 3 days before the Season Home Opener (7 p.m. Saturday, June 19). Come out and get our Batavia Muckdogs PEPPED up for the 2010 season.

Conrads Country Stable is hosting a Horse Show on Sunday, May 23 at their
stable on Route 33 in Corfu. It is by the intersection of Read Road.

Riders are requested to RSVP to show manager Sara Urban by May 20 by contacting
her at 815-9486.

It is open to the public and viewing admission is free. There are many classes for both children and adults. This will be held at their indoor arena.

Here's a free opportunity to help the Earth and get rid of old electronic junk. The Oakfield-Alabama Central School and the Boys Scouts of America will hold an e-scrap recycling event on Tuesday, May 18.

It will be from 1 to 7 p.m. in the school's bus garage, located at 7001 Lewiston Road in Oakfield.

From noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19, a member of Congressman Chris Lee’s staff will be available for one-on-one meetings with Oakfield residents at Oakfield Town Hall.

“These office hours provide Genesee County residents with a unique opportunity to meet with a member of my staff one-on-one, whether it be to troubleshoot interactions with federal agencies or discuss the issues of the day,” Congressman Lee said.

The town hall is located at 3219 Drake St.

The 4th annual Batavia Showtime horse show has courses for families and people of all ages featuring horse (and pony) jumpers and hunters. It will take place at the infield of the Batavia Downs Casino, at 8315 Park Rd. in Batavia, and will run from 7:30 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m.

This is a four-day event and will last from Thursday, June 24 through Sunday, June 27.

The 4th annual Batavia Showtime horse show has courses for families and people of all ages featuring horse (and pony) jumpers and hunters. It will take place at the infield of the Batavia Downs Casino, at 8315 Park Rd. in Batavia, and will run from 7:30 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m.

There will be two sets of four-day shows on the following dates:

The 4th annual Batavia Showtime horse show has courses for families and people of all ages featuring horse (and pony) jumpers and hunters. It will take place at the infield of the Batavia Downs Casino, at 8315 Park Rd. in Batavia, and will run from 7:30 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m.

There will be three sets of four-day shows on the following dates:

Thursday, May 20 through Sunday, May 23.

Thursday, June 17 through Sunday, June 20.

Thursday, June 24 through Sunday, June 27.

On May 22 and May 29, Darien Lake Theme Park, at 9993 Alleghany Rd. in Darien Center, will feature a marching band competition and parade in addition to other "Music Fest" activities, which will last until 5 p.m.

The parade will begin at 11 a.m. For more information -- including admission prices and the duration of the band competition and parade -- please visit www.GoDarienLake.com or call 599-4641.

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, at Rt. 63 in East Bethany, will be serving a chicken barbeque until 5 p.m. today

The cost is $8 per adult and $4 per child. Adults can also buy the chicken without any sides for $4. Call 343-4537 for more info.

The Genesee Region Independent Living Center will be having a chicken barbecue from 11 a.m. until sold out on Monday, June 14 at Clor's on West Main Street in Batavia.

Cost is $9 and will help support the programs at the living center.