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JUST BUFFALO EDUCATION

Announcing a special opportunity for girls entering 5th-8th grades

Just Buffalo is partnering with  Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart for Summerspace 2010!

A Book of Your Own: Poetry and Bookmaking

Work closely with a professional writer from Just Buffalo Literary Center, discovering new and creative ways to turn your ideas and dreams into poems. Specific lessons include: developing your writer's voice, composing a personal statement, exploring your inner personality and poetic sensibility. The camp will end with learning paper folding and bookbinding techniques to make your own handmade artist's book. Don't miss this chance to share your writing talents with family and friends!

June 28-July 2, PM Camp

Instructor: Margaret Konkol, Just Buffalo Literary Center

Margaret Konkol is a Ph.D. student in the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo. She received her M.A. from the University of Virginia and her B.A. from Reed College. Her poems have found homes in Small Press Collective, Rude Girl Press, Buffalo Vortex, Fusion and Love Factory.

For more information, please contact:
Kirsten Kenny '96,
Summerspace director
834-2101 ext. 329

www.sacredheartacademy.org

Financial assistance is available to qualified families through the generosity of the East Hill Foundation.

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Events This Week

06.22.10
 
Reading and book signing with Sharon Lerner
Talking Leaves Books
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Sharon Lerner will read from and sign copies of her just-published book The War on Moms, a serious and compelling look at contemporary motherhood. Lerner is a journalist who has covered a wide range of issues of concern to women for many years, for The Village Voice, The Nation, The New York Times, and other journals.
Talking Leaves Books
3158 Main St.
Phone: (716) 837-8554
 
 
06.24.10

Reading, book signing, reception with Lauren Belfer
Talking Leaves Books, Burchfield Penney Art Center
Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Talking Leaves...Books and the Burchfield Penney Art Center are thrilled and delighted to be presenting the premiere local event featuring Lauren Belfer and her new novel.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase and autographing at the event.
Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Ave
Phone: 716-878-6011 | Email: metzdj@buffalostate.edu

06.25.10

Book signing with Lauren Belfer
Buffalo and Erie County Library, Central , Talking Leaves Books, Just Buffalo
Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 3:00 PM
Lauren Belfer will sign copies of her new novel A Fierce Radiance as part of the Buffalo Citybration in the auditorium of the Downtown Library.  Books will be available for purchase from Talking Leaves, Buffalo's oldest independent book store.
Buffalo & Erie County Library, Central Branch
One Lafayette Square
Phone: (716) 858-8900
 
06.26.10

Talk and book signing with Amy Stewart
Buffalo and Erie County Library, Central , Talking Leaves Books
Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 2:00 PM
Amy Stewart, book store owner and garden writer, returns to Buffalo to talk and sign copies of her work at the downtown Library, part of the summer long garden celebration that culminates with the Garden Walk at the end of July.  Talking Leaves...Books will be on hand with copies of Amy's books, especially Wicked Plants, the subject of her presentation. Anyone interested in gardening, plants, botanical history, and just plain interesting, and often funny, science, will find Amy's presentation of great interest.
Buffalo & Erie County Library, Central Branch
One Lafayette Square
Phone: (716) 858-8900
 
 06.27.10
 
Haiku Workshop
Sponsored by: Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo
Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Presented by John McQuade
$20
Please register by at www.buffaloshambhalameditation.blogspot.com
This form of poetry was popularized by Basho in 17th century Japan for openness, depth, simplicity and lightness. The workshop will explore Haiku pas a contemplative arts practice.
A Sourcebook will be provided. Please bring notebook and pen
Shambhala Meditation Group of Buffalo
408 Franklin Street
Phone: 716-445-4446 | Email: buffaloshambhala@gmail.com
 
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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FOR JUST BUFFALO MEMBERS

JUST BUFFALO MEMBER WRITER CRITIQUE GROUP
Note: The Writer Critique Group will go on summer hiatus in July & August. Group will meet regularly in May and June.

The JBLC Member Writer Critique Group meets at our program offices on the second floor of WNYBAC, 468 Washington St., Corner of Mohawk, on first and third WEDNESDAYS of each month from 6:30-8:30 PM.


Click here for info:
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

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@ CEPA Gallery
Market Arcade Building
617 Main St., 2nd Fl.
Buffalo, NY 14203

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