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LITERARY BUFFALO E-NEWSLETTER
08.24.09-08.30.09
EVENTS THIS WEEK
08.27.09
Talking Leaves...Books
Paul Richmond & Michael Basinski
performance/reading
Thursday, August 27, 7:00 PM
Talking Leaves...Books, 3158 Main St., Buffalo
08.28.09
Talking Leaves...Books
Charlie Haynie
Celebration/signing/reading: A Memoir of the New Left
Friday, August 28, 7:00 PM
Talking Leaves...Books, 3158 Main St., Buffalo
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BABEL
"Most Innovative Arts Programming (Any Artform)"
Buffalo Spree Magazine's Best of Buffalo 2009 Award
INDIVIDUAL EVENT TICKETS GO ON SALE SEPT. 1
General Admission: $35
Student tickets: $10
Patron Admission: $100 (reserved seat + author reception)
SUBSCRIPTIONS ON SALE NOW!
Previous Subscriber: $85
New Subscriber: $110
These subscriptions include general admission seating at all 4 events.
Patron: $275
Patron Pair: $450
Patron level subscriptions include VIP reserved seating and admission to all 4 pre-event author receptions.
Purchase subscriptions now at www.justbuffalo.org/babel or by phone at 716.832.5400.
2009-2010 SEASON
October 9, A.S. Byatt
November 20, Ha Jin
March 5, Azar Nafisi
April 16, Salman Rushdie
MEMBER EVENTS
NEW MEMBER EVENT!
MEMBERS GO TO THE GALLERY!
Join Albright-Knox Chief Curator Douglas Dreishpoon and Curator Heather Pesanti on a guided tour of: WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha. The cost for members is the price of admission to the exhibition: $12. The guided tour with the curators is free. Reservations required. Space is limited.
Date: Saturday, October 3
Time 1 p.m.
Location: Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Cost: $12
Who: Just Buffalo Members and their guests
WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, organized by Lisa Dennison and originally on view at the FLAG Art Foundation in New York City, can be defined simply as an artist and his sphere of influence. WALL ROCKETS takes its title from a work by Ed Ruscha of the same title depicting a majestic mountain range of snow-capped peaks amidst a deep blue atmosphere. The words "WALL ROCKETS" cut through the center of the image, exemplifying the artist's characteristically simple yet confounding juxtaposition of image and text. Using this image as a metaphor, the exhibition includes works by artists who have been influenced directly by Ruscha, as well as those who share some of his artistic tendencies, particularly his use of text and imagery and his fusion of Minimalist, Conceptual, and Pop elements.
These range from his friends (childhood friend Joe Goode, celebrity friend Dennis Hopper) to artists similarly working with a conceptual use of language (John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Keith Tyson), a sense of humor (Tom Sachs, Joseph Grigely and Amy Vogel), an interest in Surrealism (Robert Therrien, Aya Uekawa, Charles Ray), and many who have explored and interpreted Ruscha's unique sense of the Los Angeles landscape, both natural (Florian Maier-Aichen, Thomas Scheibitz) and urban (Mark Bradford). These are just a selection of the many different artists whose inclusion in the exhibition, combined with the artist's own work, paints a complex and nuanced portrait of Ruscha's life and work. For the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's installation, the exhibition will be augmented by related works from the museum's Permanent Collection.
MEMBERS GO TO THE THEATER!
Just
Buffalo member's special preview of the premier of Buffalo
playwright Neil Wechsler's award winning play, Grenadine, at the Road
Less Traveled Theater on September 10, 7:30 p.m. The play was awarded the Yale Drama prize for 2008, chosen by Edward Albee. Just Buffalo, CEPA, Big Orbit and WNYBAC Members attend free and will be able to talk with the playwright after the performance. Please call 832.5400 to RSVP (required). Members can bring guests to this event for free, but all must RSVP.
Date: Thursday, September 10
Time 7:30 p.m.
Location: Road Less Traveled Theater, Market Arcade Film and Arts Center
Cost: $12
Who: Members of Just Buffalo, CEPA, Big Orbit and WNYBAC
BABEL TALKS AT BETTY'S
Book talks and discussions for Possession and Waiting on October 5 and November 9. More info to follow SOON!
JUST BUFFALO MEMBER WRITER CRITIQUE GROUP
CRITIQUE GROUP FINAL SESSION IN AUGUST MOVED TO AUGUST 25 INSTEAD OF AUGUST 18. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR.
The member writer critique group meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at the Market Arcade.
Click here for more info:
http://www.justbuffalo.org/media/pdf/CritiqueGroup0409.pdf
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Michael Kelleher
Artistic Director
Just Buffalo Literary Center
www.justbuffalo.org
716.881.9965
JBLC @ WNYBAC
Just Buffalo Performance Space & Program Office
@ Western New York Book Arts Center
468 Washington St. ( Corner of Mohawk), 2nd Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
Business Office
@ CEPA Gallery
Market Arcade Building
617 Main St., 2nd Fl.
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716.832.5400
Fax: 716.270.0184
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