Literary Buffalo
EVENTS THIS WEEK

10.19.09

Wordflight
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Fiction Reading with Gary Earl Ross and Paul Rehac (and open reading )
Monday, October 19, 7:00 PM
Crane Library, 633 Elmwood Ave

10.20.09

Jewish Community Book Fair
Alan Morinis, reading and signing
Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar
Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 PM
Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo
Benderson Building, 2640 North Forest Road, Getzville

10.21.09

Poetics Plus at UB
Erin Moure & Oana Avasilichioaei
Lecture, "Collaboration, Translation, and Reading the Multiple "
Wednesday, October 21, 3:30 PM
UB Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall

Rooftop Poetry Club
Chris Fritton and Jessica Smith
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 21, 4:30 PM
E.H. Butler Library, Rooftop Garden, Buffalo State Col.
Talking Leaves...Books

Talking Leaves...Books
Mike Farrell (from M*A*S*H)

Talk/Signing: Just Call Me Mike
Wednesday, October 21, 7:00 PM
Talking Leaves...Books, 3158 Main St.

The Screening Room Reading Series
Joyce Kessel, Trudy Stern, ryki zuckerman
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 PM
The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza, Tonawanda

Poetics Plus at UB
Erin Moure & Oana Avasilichioaei
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 21, 8 PM
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 453 Porter Ave.

10.22.09

The Write Thing at Medaille College

Betsy Wheeler
Poetry Reading
Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM
Medaille Col., The Library @ Huber Hall, 18 Agassiz Cir.

10.23.09

Dog Ears Fourth Friday Poetry Circle
Susan M. Hutton and Jerome Gentes
Friday, October 23, 7:00 PM
Caz Coffee/Dog Eared Bookstore
688 Abbott Road, Buffalo

10.24.09

Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC
BIG NIGHT: Poet Eileen Myles
Plus Poets Theater presents Myles' Libretto, "Hell"
Saturday, October 24, 8 p.m. $5 Free for members
Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC, 468 Washington St. @ Mohawk

10.25.09

Burchfield Penney Art Center
Eric Gansworth
Reading/Release: The Western Door to the Lower West Side
Sunday, October 25, 2:00 PM
Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo

Jewish Community Book Fair
Dara Horn
Reading and signing: All Other Nights, A Novel
Sunday, October 25, 2:30 PM
Temple Beth Zion, Broder Building, 700 Sweet Home Road, Amherst
 
Visit the literary buffalo calendar on our website for detailed event info.

All events free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.


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WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS

STUDIO is a series of workshops devoted to helping writers achieve their goals. Fall workshops include:

How to Blog, Nov. 3

NEW DATE! How To Write and Sell Your Book (Fiction/Non-fiction), Nov. 21

Read more about the workshops and the teachers and register online at:

http://www.justbuffalo.org/index.php?task=view&id=93

All writing workshops at Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC. (Photo workshop in the family history suite at CEPA Gallery)

Babel
2009-2010 SEASON

"Most Innovative Arts Programming (Any Artform)"
Buffalo Spree Magazine's Best of Buffalo 2009 Award

November 20, Ha Jin
March 5, Azar Nafisi
April 16, Salman Rushdie

TICKETS
General Admission: $35

Patron Admission: $100 (reserved seating area + author reception)
Student tickets: $10 In-person only. Can be purchased at the event or beforehand at Just Buffalo's offices. Call 716.832.5400 for more information.

Purchase tickets and subscriptions now at www.justbuffalo.org/babel or by phone at 716.832.5400

JUST BUFFALO MEMBER EVENTS

MEMBERS GO TO THE THEATER 2!

Road Less Traveled Productions
AMERICAN DEAL
A world premiere by Tom Naples & Jon Elston
Directed by Kyle LoConti
Monday, October 28, 7:30 PM
Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre
639 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14201
RSVP Required. Call 832-5400 to reserve your seats.
Members of Just Buffalo, WNYBAC, CEPA and Big Orbit Gallery attend free!

A crippled economy. A desperate nation. A new President. Is it 2009... or 1933? A very different offering from RLTP's award-winning Resident Playwright, Jon Elston, author of last season's hit, "Triangles: The Elliptical," and historian and musician Tom Naples: a timely story of hope and of American resilience told through music, images, and testimony.


BABEL BOOK DISCUSSION: WAITING BY HA JIN
Discussion lead by Sam Magavern
Monday, November 9, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Betty's Restaurant, 370 Virginia Street, Buffalo
Phone: (716) 362-0633
$10, Free for members and Babel Subscribers
Please RSVP at 832.5400

Join author Sam Magavern for finger food, coffee, wine and a discussion of Waiting, titled, "The Many Worlds of Ha Jin." Sam Magavern is a writer and public interest lawyer. He co-directs the Partnership for the Public Good, while teaching at the University at Buffalo Law School and the Cornell University ILR School. A writer of poetry, fiction, film, scholarly essays, and comic books, he has published in many journals, including Poetry, The Antioch Review, and The Paris Review. His new book is Primo Levi's Universe, a literary biography which has been hailed as "elegant" and "exemplary." His website is www.sammagavern.com.

JUST BUFFALO MEMBER WRITER CRITIQUE GROUP

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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Just Buffalo Literary Center
Michael Kelleher
Artistic Director
www.justbuffalo.org
c. 716.861.9965


OFFICES

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

p. 716.832.5400

f. 716.270.0184
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