Every day Monica Power supplies her picks for cool events happening in Western New York; you can also find her at her Facebook page.

The Joe Baudo Quintet with DeeAnn DiMeo at Sportsmens Tavern. 12pm

Earth Science Student Research Presentations at Buffalo Museum of Science. Co-sponsored by the University at Buffalo Geology Department. All ages. 5 – 7pm

Asking Alexandria, From Ashes to New, Royale Lynn, and What Lies Below at Buffalo RiverWorks. Doors at 530pm

“Founding Principal of The Living” lecture by David Benjamin at Hayes Hall at University of Buffalo South Campus. Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP. Part of the Architecture and Planning – University at Buffalo Public Lecture Series. 6 – 730pm

Maria Sebastian and Matt Pszonak at duende at Silo City. 6 – 8pm

Holka Yates Thurman Street at Sportsmens Tavern. Jamie Holka, Paul Yates, David Thurman, and Shannon Street with special guests Stationwagon. Music at 6pm – $10

Party Hounds at Diamond Hawk Golf Course and Pub. 630pm

What It Means to be a Native Gardener at Newstead Public Library. Learn about being a native gardener with Kathy Contrino from CW Native Plant Farms. 630 – 730pm

Hawthorne Heights, Hotel Etiquette, and Ashford BFLO at Town Ballroom. Doors at 7pm

Screening of “Songs of Memory and Forgetting” at Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center. Three short films by Inas Halabi, Onyeka Igwe, and Tiffany Sia, along with Assia Djebar’s essential 1982 anti-colonial classic, The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting. 7pm – by donation

One Night Only Screening of “1 800 On Her Own: Ani DiFranco Documentary” at North Park Theatre with appearance by director Dana Flor. 7pm

Screening of “Roberto Matta’s Infinite Painting and Other Grotesques” by Barabara Lattanzi at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Screening 12 short films created using impersonal techniques and AI tools to create time-based, story-like forms. 7pm

Alice Di Micele at Nietzsche’s. 7 – 9pm

Doctor Lonnie Smith Jazz Festival at The Caz featuring Gerry Youngman and Jay/Sharptet. Music at 7pm

L.A. Guns at West Herr Riviera Theatre. 730pm

Open Mic with Lackawana Ray and RachZilla at THE TUDOR LOUNGE. Full backline provided. 8 – 11pm

Carbon Leaf at Buffalo Iron Works. Music at 8pm – $35

The Autonomous Vehicles at Nietzsche’s. 9pm

Screening of “John & Yoko: One to One” at North Park Theatre. 930pm