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This two-hour experience at Hot Art Studios includes one piece of pottery and one sculpture (or two pots if you chose to only do ceramics). I teach you three basic hand movements that helps you make a very useful and beautiful pot almost instantly. Then, you can throw as many additional pots as you’d like for $10/each. Many visitors make a dozen pieces to supplement their everyday pottery items. The pottery process takes about a month to complete. Shipping costs are based on the number of pieces. Our welding experience uses MIG and Oxy-Acetylene in my wood stove heated welding studio. We discuss a concepts and then I supervise you forging and welding the basic shapes and then add the details that make your sculpt a one of a kind work of art. As you explore these two art forms, two hours may not be enough time. Some artists have stayed 4 hours to complete their projects. I’ll stay with you to help complete a build and ask for a $60 per hour, (Billed at $1 per minute) add on fee for my time and studio costs after the first 2.5 hours. Finally, we do our paperwork while your sculpture cools. I give you a goody bag filled with fun stuff, take a picture of you with your sculpt and email you pictures and videos I took of you during your experience. Then you take your sculpture and newfound artist mojo and a month or so later, get a box of pottery spectacularness!!

Guests will be able to get up close and personal and interact with live birds of prey! No matter what your level of experience with outdoor recreation or knowledge of wildlife is, we will make the experience a perfect for you! During our class you will learn about the ancient sport of falconry, the natural history of birds of prey, the different types of equipment used, how to make some falconry equipment and the best part; you will be able to touch and handle a live raptor, fly them and at the end, and a opportunity for photos with our birds! Other things to note If you are afraid of birds, other wildlife or the doors this is probably not for you.

Think history is boring? Think again! This tour brings the city’s past to life through unforgettable stories, humor, and local insight. On this tour, we’ll learn about Buffalo’s heavy hitters – from wild Erie Canal stories to the Pan American Exposition. We’ll also hear about lesser-known stories, including Buffalo black history and labor unrest. Whether a first-time visitor or you've lived here your whole life, this tour will provide new appreciation for the city.

Some of Buffalo’s best biking and most fascinating stories lie right outside its downtown core. On the Waterfront Ride tour, we’ll explore the city’s industrial history on Outer Harbor. We’ll hear about forgotten canals and take nature trails through Buffalo’s towering grain silos. Moreover, we’ll see “old” and “new” Buffalo collide while seeing revitalization efforts. Whether a first-time visitor or you've lived here your whole life, this tour will provide new appreciation for the city.

This is a hands-on experience where guests will have the opportunity to learn the basics of winemaking from an experienced hobby winemaker beginning with the grapes in the vineyard and ending on the unique FLX Wine Barge. Guests will be greeted by Kathy at Fulkerson Winery where she will lead them to an appropriate vineyard tract, explain about the variety of grapes to be harvested, provide gloves, grape harvesting forks and buckets and set each guest up to pick about 10 pounds of wine grapes each. Once harvesting is complete, the group will return to the winery and, while Kathy settles up for the grapes, guests will be free to do a wine tasting of Fulkerson’s wines with special attention to any wines that were made with the variety of grape just harvested. Next, in their own vehicles, participants will follow Kathy to her place on nearby Lamoka Lake, where they will board the docked FLX Wine Barge to enjoy a boxed lunch. During this time, Kathy will provide an Introduction to Winemaking: From Grape to Glass. Participants will learn how to measure sugar content in grapes using a refractometer and understand how the sugar is converted to alcohol by yeast to make wine. Next, guests will manually destem their grapes and then crush them in the traditional way. Once the grapes have been converted to “must,” we will share a celebratory toast in a Wine Barge souvenir glass. Other things to note This will be a hands-on activity, mostly outdoors. While not strenuous, there will be some walking and bending. Participants will be standing while they destem grapes but will be seated on the Wine Barge.