| The Literary Buffalo Calendar is a clearinghouse of information regarding local poetry and fiction readings, scholarly literary conferences, writing workshops and festivals. We aim to inform the public about as many literary events in Buffalo as possible, and in as timely a manner as possible, thereby drawing greater numbers to goings-on and spawning an even more cohesive and supportive literary community. |
| Literary Reading with BEYOND BONES VOLUME I Poets |
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:30 PM Center for Inquiry Please join us for an encore reading by the poets who appeared in BEYOND BONES Volume I. This reading will likely include short pieces by Loren Keller, Bill Sylvester, Amol Salunkhe, Jennifer Campbell, Ken Feltges, John Marvin, Marge Merrill,... |
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:59 PM read more... |
| Babel: Azar Nafisi |
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Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:00 PM Kleinhans Music Hall read more... |
| Rooftop Poetry Club Workshop |
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Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:00 PM Burchfield Penney Art Center Charles Burchfield's Heat Waves in a Swamp: Transformation and Revelation Workshop presented by teaching artist, Karen Lee Lewis. This workshop will explore Charles Burchfield's process of transformation. We will expland our approach to original literary composition,... |
| MIKE BASINSKI and JEANNIE HOAG & HOLLY MELGARD:: "Two (Women and One) Wild and Crazy Guy" |
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Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Crane Library Featuring Mike Basinski and Jennie Hoag and Holly Melgard. Michael Basinski is the Curator of the Poetry Collection, the Universitiy of Buffalo. He performs his work as a solo poet and in ensemble with BuffFluxus. Among his... |
| Reading Featuring George Hole and Lorna Perez |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:30 PM E. H. Butler Library, International Students Reading Area, 3rd Floor SE Quadrant. Please join us for a reading featuring George Hole and Lorna Perez. read more... |
| Ted Pelton reading and book signing |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Talking Leaves Books Writer, publisher (Starcherone Press), and Medaille Professor Ted Pelton pitched Herman Melville in a 5 hit complete game to earn his Ph.d. Now he goes to bat for Melville in his latest published book, Bartleby,... read more... |
| Gray Hair Reading Featuring Perry S. Nicholas and Max Wickert |
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:30 PM Hallwalls Cinema Please join us this month for two engaging, talented writers who will have new books available for purchase and signing. Perry S. Nicholas is a professor at Erie Community College and host of the Center for Inquiry /... |
| Naked Kitchen Yoga |
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Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Western New York Book Arts Collaborative The second annual benefit reading for Starcherone Books and celebration of National Small Press Month features Buffalo's top poets and fiction writers reading work published by small presses and little magazines. $6 admission includes one... read more... |
| Rome The Second Time: Wine Tasting and Book Launch |
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Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 2:00 PM Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC Meet authors Dianne Bennett and William Grabner! Wine tasting guided by Paula Paradise, Director of Wine Education at Premier Wines Corp. Free for members and Babel Subscribers! read more... |
| Willliam Marcy reading and signing The Politics of Cocaine |
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Talking Leaves Books Buffalo native Willliam Marcy, now a history professor at St. Martin's University, has just published The Politics of Cocaine: How U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Thriving Drug Industry in Central and South America, which... read more... |
| BILL BERKSON: EXPLORING THE BRUSHSTROKE |
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Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Albright-Knox Art Gallery Poet, critic, teacher and curator BILL Berkson comes to the Albright-Knox for a special two-part event. First, Berkson will present “DeKooning-esque,” an inclusive quick-time exploration of 1960s art history exploring the brushstroke: its history, crucial... |
| Movement as the Pathway to Writing Workshop |
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Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 10:00 AM Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC In our busy lives it is difficult to find time to tap into our creative potential. This morning workshop will give you time and space to use movement to relax the body and... read more... |
| BIG NIGHT: FEATURING POET BILL BERKSON |
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Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 8:00 PM Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC JUST BUFFALO PRESENTS BIG NIGHT!
Born in New York in 1939, Bill Berkson is a poet, critic, teacher and sometime curator, who... |
| India Night at International Institute |
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Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 6:30 PM International Institute of Buffalo Authentic Indian Food, Music & Dance Admission is FREE! Food tickets can be purchased at the event for $8.00 read more... |
| Small Press Poetry Fest |
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Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Western New York Book Arts Collaborative The 4th annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair weekend will be kicked off with the 2nd Annual Small Press Poetry Fest. Presses from Western New York and beyond will be featuring their authors' work in a... |
| Small Press Reading at Sugar City |
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Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Sugar City In honor of the Small Press Fair there will be a short one hour reading at Sugar City for ten writers with books and chapbooks. Come on down right after the fair. Ted Pelton |
| Appletree Open Literary Reading |
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 7:30 PM Empire State College- Appletree Mall featuring poet Martha Deed. There will also be ten additional open slots for sign up at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public with refreshments. It is hosted by Empire State College's... |



