1. Bob Dylan arrives at the Mainstage Theater in Artpark for a 7 p.m. show, five days ahead of the release of his 35th album, "Tempest," which people are describing as his angriest and weirdest yet. But if the set list from his Tuesday night show in Port Chester is any guide, fans won't hear any of the new songs in Lewiston. Instead, there should be plenty of classic numbers like "Ballad of a Thin Man," "Blowin' in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone" and even the epic "Vision of Johanna." Reserved seats are $60, lawn seats are $40.

2. The fifth annual Niagara Falls Blues Festival kicks off this evening with blues machines on parade in the annual Pine Avenue Classic Car and Motorcycle Cruise to Old Falls Street, site of the festival, ending at Legends Bar & Grill, where there will be a party from 7 to 9, with music by the Coupe de Villes. The festival begins in earnest from 4 to 11 p.m. Friday with a lineup of five bands and continues through Sunday.

3. The first day of school will be a day to remember at Nativity of Our Lord School in Orchard Park. Bishop Richard J. Malone will welcome students as they arrive this morning and, after a prayer service in the cafeteria, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders will be issued iPads, which they will use for taking notes, doing homework and downloading textbooks. Teachers received their iPads in July and have been working up lessons on them.
4. The latest film starring Bruce Willis, a futuristic thriller called "Looper," opens the Toronto International Film Festival today. The world's most influential movie showcase continues through Sept. 16 and will introduce films such as "Emperor," with Tommy Lee Jones as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and "Hyde Park on the Hudson," with Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt; directorial debuts from Ben Affleck (a 1970s CIA drama called "Argo") and Dustin Hoffman ("Quartet," a comedy about retired opera singers); and Spike Lee's Michael Jackson documentary, "Bad 25."

5. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the second round of allocations under ReCharge NY, a program that provides reduced-price power to businesses throughout the state. To spotlight the benefits of the program, New York Power Authority officials and local elected officials will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. at a company that knows something about juice, electrical and drinkable - Mayer Bros. Apple Products, 3330 Transit Road, West Seneca.

6. Transit Riders United of VOICE-Buffalo and the Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope want to meet with Niagara Frontier Transit Authority officials to find more ways to support Metro Bus service, but they haven't had any luck. They'll renew their call for a meeting when they hold a news conference at 11 a.m. right outside NFTA offices at 181 Ellicott St. Among their ideas - using some of the excess revenue from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to improve bus and rail operations, which carried 27.4 million riders last year.

7. It seems unfair that some local children still haven't started back to class yet, while charter schools have been operating for weeks, and most suburban and the Buffalo schools got started this week. The extra long summer vacation ends today for a couple of districts that have been dragging their heels. If you have kids in the Orchard Park or Depew districts, wake them up now.