The mission of a Toastmaster Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Speakeasy generally meets at 7 pm on the first and third Mondays of each month at the Orchard Park Senior Citizen\'s Center located at 70 Linwood Avenue, Orchard Park, NY. We are an open club and guests are welcome anytime.

Buffalo\'s 3rd Valentines Vampires Masquerade Ball for Charity is being held at the Hotel Lafayette on 2/14/14. *** Discount tickets until 1/11/14 *** BUY YOURS NOW !!! @ www.BuffaloVampiresBall.com OR - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6B7BVX9SNUGEG January Ticket Price Special: From 01/01/14 - 01/11/14 Only $15.00 From 01/12/14 - 02/13/14 Only $20.00 Door Cover Night of Event: $25.00 (21+) ::: FOOD DRIVE::: Receive one (1) Raffle Ticket for EVERY (5) canned goods donated. These tickets will be entered into the prize drawings. The more food you donate the more prizes you can win! *** Baby Food is especially important *** ::: UNYTS ::: Upstate New York Transplant Services will be set up to schedule our annual Blood Drives that we host every 8 weeks @ Tonawanda Donation Center @ 96 Niagara St next to Mighty Taco. Front Lobby Entertainment: TBA Terror Technologies Photo Op\' Room: Have your photo taken is a real life-size casket, or try out the Hannibal Lecter Restraint Rack, or slip into our Electric Chair. CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Entertainment Music By: Stuart Fuchs And Friends� Stu has played around the world and will performing a Night of Swinging Tunes a Modern Day Pied Piper \"Stuart Fuchs is a performing artist, multi-instrumentalist, music educator & workshop facilitator. He plays everything he can get his hands on, but specializes in Ukulele, Gypsy Jazz & Classical Guitar, Didgeridoo, and Percussion.\" Stuart is an endorsing artist with Kala Ukuleles & Planet Waves. For More Info here Stukulele: http://www.stufuchs.com/ http://www.facebook.com/StukuleleStuartFuchsMusic GRAND MARQUIS BALLROOM: Entertainment TBA any day now WOLD CLASS MAGIC: Not To Be Missed The Roaming Floor another world wide entertainer with the Magic By Garrett Thomas who works as a Consultant at David Blaine Productions \"Garrett Thomas is a close-up magician based out of the WNY who performs at public and private events across the United States. As a magician, Garrett is known for being an innovator as well as one of the top card, coin, and ring manipulators. His original effects, extreme technical skills, and keen understanding of human psychology culminate in highly visual, entertaining, and often enlightening routines.\" More Info here: http://gtmagic.com/ http://www.facebook.com/MagicGT DARK ART GALLERY VENDORS: Mark Madden of Maddtat2 will be running the Dark Art Gallery at the event and if you know Mark the night will be full of surprises! More Info here: http://www.maddtat2.com/ David Gray of Gray Effects will be making Custom Fangs for just $40.00 on-site at the event, or if you wish to have yours made now then message him. David has been in everything from major motion pictures to the haunted houses of WNY to stage to TV. More Info here: http://www.facebook.com/david.m.gray.39 Local promoter and filmmaker Teddy Haynes will be at the event promoting his new upcoming film �Teenage Slumber Party Zombie Massacre\"- stop by and say hi and check out the movie Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teenage-Slumber-Party-Zombie-Massacre/231848956995333 JPHii Design, a Buffalo based jewelry Design Company known world-wide for unique, fashionable, and cutting-edge designs. JPHii Design is a Buffalo, NY based jewelry Design Company started by artist and author John Harris. Check out their Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/JPHiiJewelry Itty Bitty Victorian Shoppe, bringing modern classical elegance back to jewelry and accessories. Offering selections in chain mail, Victorian inspired crystal, glass, and lace. There\'s something for the elegant in everyone and we are excited to have on board for this event! Check out their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/IttyBittyVictorianShoppe Event lighting and projection entertainment provided by West Coast New York Bass. http://www.facebook.com/WestCoastNewYorkBass ::: COAT CHECK $3.00 ::: ::: CASH BAR ::: ::: VALET PARKING ::: More to be added soon, stay tuned... Venue Location: The Hotel Lafayette 391 Washington Street Buffalo, New York 14203 (716) 853-1505 http://www.facebook.com/HotelLafayetteBuffalo

Order forms for the 2014 Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale are now available from Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District. The District is offering many varieties of conservation trees and shrubs, wildflower seed mixes, and seedling packets which have combinations of trees and shrubs chosen to attract, feed and shelter birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Landowners can practice conservation by planting seedlings and wildflowers to provide wildlife food and habitat, shelter crops and landscape, reduce heating/cooling expenses, protect water quality, reduce air pollution, and stabilize erodible land. Seedlings are also an inexpensive alternative for replacing trees that have been damaged or lost. Thirty-two species of trees and shrubs are available this year. The one-to-three-year-old bare root seedlings, which range in size from 6 to 24 inches, are available in lots of 10 to 500. The District is offering an expanded selection of four-year-old evergreen transplants which are more mature trees with thicker stems, more branching and more developed roots. New seedling introductions to the 2014 program are black chokeberry and spicebush which are excellent shrubs for pollinator insects including butterflies and bees. The District also stocks marking flags, fertilizer tablets, and tree shelters to help promote the success of your plantings. Bluebird nest boxes can be ordered through the program or be purchased at the District office. Order forms may be obtained by stopping at the District office at 50 Commerce Way in East Aurora (behind Post Office), by calling (716) 652-8480 ext. 5, or by printing the order form from the District website at www.ecswcd.org. Orders are due by March 14, 2014 and pick-up will be on Saturday April 12, 2014 at the Fairgrounds in Hamburg.

The Lodge at Hidden Valley will feature a special Entrees for Two Valentine\'s Menu February 14 & 15. Dinner served 4pm - 9pm. Entrees for Two include Chateaubriand, Surf \'n Turf, and Prime Rib. Reservations recommended. 585.535.4100. Full menu can be seen at www.HiddenValleyAdventure.com.

World music superstar Angelique Kidjo will present her mix of West African grooves, American rhythm and blues, samba beats, and sophisticated jazz harmonies in a performance February 14 at 8:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall on the SUNY Buffalo State campus. Kidjo's performance is part of the Great Performers Series presented by M&T Bank. Tickets are $40 for the lower tier; $35 for the upper tier; $32 for seniors and Buffalo State faculty and staff. Students may purchase tickets one hour prior to the concert for $15. Purchase tickets at the Rockwell Hall Box office, by phone at (716) 878-3005 or online.

E.R. Baxter III and Perry S. Nicholas will read from their poetry on February 14 at 7:00 p.m. as part of M&T Second Friday celebration at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on the Buffalo State campus. Baxter, a Niagara County Community College professor emeritus of English, has been a fellow of a New York State Public Service Award for fiction and a recipient of a Just Buffalo Award for Fiction. Publications include the chapbooks And Other Poems; A Good War; Hunger and What I Want; books of poetry: Looking for Niagara (Slipstream Press), Niagara Lost and Found: New and Selected Poems (Abyss Publications); and creative nonfiction Niagara Digressions. Nicholas is an assistant English professor at Erie Community College. He has published five books of poetry, The River of You, What the World Sees, Small Crafts; Beginnings: Poems to Greece and Back, and The Company We Keep, co-authored with Maria Sebastian. Free and open to the public. (716) 878-6011.

A Night Of Love with: Nikki Hicks & Momma's Biscuits Friday, February 14th $15.00 pre-sale, $20.00 day of show tickets Doors open at 7:00pm Ages 18+ (unless with parent/guardian) For tickets, call: (716) 831-3271 or order online at: http://mapleentcom.tunestub.com/show.cfm?id=135422 at: The Forvm Maple Ridge Plaza 4224 Maple Rd. @ Sweet Home Buffalo, NY 14226

10am-5pm - $9 Adults, $8 Seniors (55+) & Students (13+ with ID), $5 Kids 3-12, Members and kids under 3 are free! Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.

Arcangel Gallery Exhibit - *Included with admission Color and Light - This exhibit captures the gardens as it is transformed into a wonderland of sight and sound. Plant life soaked in vibrant colors, landmarks painted with rich dynamic light, and uniquely decorated displays, provoke the imagination during NIGHT LIGHTS 2013. Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.

January 29 - February 1, February 5-8 & February 12-15 6-9pm Wednesdays & Thursdays, 6-10pm Fridays & Saturdays Inside the Botanical Gardens! *Doors will not open until 6pm, $10 adults, $8 Garden members, seniors & students, $5 kids 3-12, kids under 3 are free! Guest passes and coupons are not valid during NIGHT LIGHTS, Photography policy - Cameras and mono pods are welcome every night however, tripods are not permitted. *See photographer night, Tickets go on sale January 13, 2014 or you can purchase them at the door, NO LINES! Members and pre-sale tickets - enter through the back door. Exciting NEW elements are in store! The interior of the Gardens will be illuminated with theatrical and interactive lighting to inspire imaginations and delight the senses! Included entertainment: Jan 30 - SlyBoots*, Feb 1 - Spun Out Fire and Sunny Baker*, Feb 7 - The Observers*, Feb 8 - Spun Out Fire and Amanda Barton & Bill Ward*, Feb 14 - Randle and the Late Night Scandals*, Feb 15 - Spun Out Fire. *Bands - 7:30-8:30pm - standing room only. Spun Out Fire will start around 7pm and will perform for about two hours outside, in front of the Gardens. Lighting designs by: SitlerHQ, LLC and Volt Vision, Inc. Sponsored by: Buffalo Spree Magazine, Local Edge, Star 102.5 and Backyard Party Supply. Go to www.buffalogardens.com for more information.