Events

[ART] The twice annual drawing rallies that Hallwalls organizes at Asbury Hall have been among the city’s most enduringly popular art parties since they began in 2012. The Mid-Winter’s Draw works like this: The doors to Babeville’s beautiful Asbury Hall open on Wednesday, February 28 at 7pm; at 7:15pm sharp, a coterie of 18 local artists start producing art, live, right in front of your eyes, as you wander about, cocktail in hand, listening to music courtesy DJ Undersound. After 45 minutes of drawing, the pieces are put up for silent auction, and another 45-minute drawing rally begins, followed by another silent auction. That’s a total of 36 original works by local artists available for purchase, often cheaper than they ought to sell for (bidding for each piece begins at $39), with the proceeds benefitting Hallwalls, a linchpin in Buffalo’s remarkable cultural machine. It’s a lot of fun, and a great way to meet artists and collect their work. If you’ve never been, go. If you’ve been before, well, we don’t need to tell you.