events

Tom Rivers, local author and longtime staff writer for the Batavia Daily News, will be at the Woodward Memorial Library to discuss his book, "Farm Hands: Hard work and hard lessons from Western New York fields." Attendees will be able to purchase copies of the book and have them signed.

This will take place at the library, which is at 7 Wolcott St. in LeRoy, from 7 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23. Registration is not required.

West Bethany Baptist Church's annual ice cream social will be held from 4 until 7 p.m., Saturday, June 26 at the church, located at 10333 W. Bethany Road.

The event and the food are free, including hamburgers, hot dogs, sloppy joes, baked beans, chips and, of course, ice cream sundaes and milkshakes.

For more details, call the church at 343-4841.

Le Roy will host its first Jell-O Olympics at Frost Ridge Campground, at 8101 Conlon Road, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Saturday, June 26.

This event is sponsored in part by the Jell-O Gallery and will include fun activities for the whole family.

Please call 768-7433 for more details.

The Leroy Farmers' Market opens on Saturday, June 26 at Le Roy's Bank Street parking lot -- behind McDonald's and Pontillo's Pizzeria.

Hours are 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. every Saturday.

Local vendors will be farm-fresh fruits, veggies, meat, cheese, eggs, maple syrup, bread, popcorn, honey, baked goods, coffee and tea goods, cut flowers, soap and more. The market will also feature live music as well as cooking and craft demos.

The Genesee County Park and Forest Interpretive Nature Center, at 11095 Bethany Center Rd. in East Bethany, invites you to learn about the world's many breeds of spiders and to meet some live spiders Saturday, June 19.

This event runs from 10 until 11 a.m. Admission is free, but advance registration is required.

For more details, please call Judy Spring at 344-1122 during the Interpretive Nature Center's regular hours:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday

City of Batavia Firefighters IAFF (International Association of Firefighters) Local 896 will hold their annual "Fill the Boot" Drive to benefit MDA beginning at 9 a.m. this Friday, June 4.

Volunteers for Animals is holding a garage sale June 3-5 to benefit their cause. It's at 37 E. Main St. in Corfu.

Starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 5, there will be a hot dog stand at the garage sale. All proceeds from the garage sale and the food will go to VFA.

Jackson St. Grill/Belladessa's will be serving grilled hot dogs, chips and soda pop.

Can you believe it's been 20 years? The Alexander High School Class of '90 Reunion will start with a casual meeting Friday, July 9 in the Alexander Fire Dept. beer tent. Starts and 7 p.m. and runs until whenever.

Then from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, there will be a big wingding at the Center Street Smokehouse in Batavia. Cost is $15 a person and there will be heavy appetizers, music, dancing, a cash bar and lots of socializing.

The 13th annual 'Friday Night in the Square' concert series ends this evening after the John Cole Blues Band performs.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

Phoenix performs country music tonight at the 'Friday in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

Italian music will be performed by The Formula tonight at the 'Friday in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

The OHMS Band performs rock music at tonight's 'Friday in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

Stone Row plays Celtic rock tonight at the 'Friday in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

Rock out with Red Creek tonight at the 'Friday Night in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

The Bluesway Jam blues band performs tonight at 'Friday Night in the Square.'

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

The Ghost Riders will perform country music at tonight's 'Friday Night in the Square.'

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

A variety of music performed by the Ramblers will be featured in tonight's 'Friday Night in the Square' concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

Jack Civietto sings Sinatra in tonight's "Friday Night in the Square" concert.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. June 25 in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.

The Bedrock Boys, a polka band, kicks off the 13th annual "Friday Night in the Square" concert series on June 18.

The free, public concert takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Jackson Square in Downtown Batavia, located in the alleyway of Jackson or Center streets. Bring your own seating. Food and refreshments will be available for sale. If it's raining, venue changes to Batavia City Centre, inside the mall.