Here are some Just Buffalo history highlights from the 1990s. Scroll down to move forward along the timeline.
Jewish and Palestinian Women: Working for Peace
Saturday, March 31, 1990
Featuring: Irena Klepfisz & Barbara D. Holender
Where: Wannemacher Room, American Legion Troop
Date: February 31, 1990
Time: Lecture with Irena Klepfisz: 2:00 pm | Poetry Reading with Irena Klepfisz and Barbara D. Holender: 4:00 pm
Across State Lines
Thursday, May 3, 1990
A National Writer’s Tour Featuring Robert Creeley and Victor Hernandez Cruz
Where: The Buffalo Seminary
Date: May 3, 1990
Time: 5:30 Reception, 7:30 Reading
Allen Ginsberg & Jim Carroll
Tuesday, October 2, 1990A Poetry Reading
Where: Grand Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Buffalo
Date: October 2, 1990
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Robin Blaser
Thursday, April 25, 1991
A Poetry Reading
Where: Burchfield Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave
When: April 25, 1991 at 7:30 p.m.
David Huddle & Mac Hammond
Sunday, May 5, 1991
A Poetry & Fiction Reading
Where:
Calumet Arts Cafe
56 West Chippewa
Buffalo, NY
Date: May 5, 1991
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Lucille Clifton
Tuesday, June 4, 1991
A Poetry Reading
Where:
Calumet Arts Cafe
56 West Chippewa
Buffalo, NY
Date: June 4, 1991
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Jimmie Gilliam & Diane Glancy
Sunday, July 14, 1991
A Poetry Reading
Where:
Calumet Arts Cafe
56 West Chippewa
Buffalo, NY
Date: July 14, 1991
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Sally Fiedler & Louise Nayer
Sunday, October 6, 1991
A Poetry Reading
Where:
Calumet Arts Cafe
56 West Chippewa
Buffalo, NY
Date: October 6, 1991
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Ntozake Shange
Thursday, October 10, 1991
A Reading
Where:
Erie Community College Auditorium
121 Ellicott Street
Buffalo, NY
Date: October 10, 1991
Time: 8:00 p.m.
W.P. Kinsella
Thursday, November 14, 1991
A Reading
Where:
Marine Midland Center, 38th Floor
Buffalo, NY
Date: November 14, 1991
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Juan Felipe Herrera & Amiri Baraka
Tuesday, May 12, 1992
A Reading
Where:
Spikes Restaurant
268 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
Date: May 12, 1992
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Raymond Federman & Michele Wallace
Tuesday, June 16, 1992
A Reading
Where:
Spikes Restaurant
268 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
Date: June 16, 1992
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Robert Creeley & Bernadette Mayer
Monday, September 21, 1992
A Reading
Where:
Unitarian Church
695 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Date: September 21, 1992
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Sherman Alexie & Mike Boughn
Thursday, October 1, 1992
A Reading
Where:
Unitarian Church
695 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Date: October 1, 1992
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Amnesty International Benefit Reading
Wednesday, October 14, 1992
Featuring: Alicia Partnoy | Robert Creeley | Carl Dennis | Jolene Rickard | Alexis De Veaux | Lorna Hill | Manny Fried
Where: Unitarian Church, Parish Hall, Elmwood and W. Ferry
Date: October 14, 1992
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Jayne Cortez & Amiri Baraka
Thursday, May 18, 1995
A Just Buffalo Writers-in-Residence Reading
Where:
Hallwalls
2495 Main Street, Suite 425
Buffalo, NY
Date: May 18, 1995
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Writers in Residence: Simon Ortiz & Victor Cruz
Thursday, June 1, 1995
A Reading
Where: Hallwalls
When: June 1, 1995 at 7:30 p.m.
Kimiko Hahn
Thursday, November 9, 1995
A Poets at Work Residency with Robert Creeley
Book Signing: November 9, 4:00 pm at Talking Leaves Books
Reading: November 9, 7:30 pm at Hallwalls
Breakfast Talk: November 11, 10:30 am at Hallwalls
Jerome Rothenberg
Thursday, October 3, 1996
A Writers-at Work Residency: Reading and Conversation
Where: Hallwalls, 2495 Main St.
When: October 3-5, 1996
Robert Creeley: A 70th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, October 12, 1996
Featuring: Robert Creeley (pictured) | John Ashbery | Eileen Myles | Gilbert Sorrentino | Amiri Baraka | Steve Kuhn | Carol Fredette
Where:
Katherine Cornell Theater
UB North Campus
Date: October 10-12, 1996
Minnie Bruce Pratt
Thursday, November 7, 1996
Writers-at-Work Residency
Featuring: nationally recognized poet, writer and lesbian feminist activist Minnie Bruce Pratt and special guest Jimmie Gilliam. Presented with Hallwalls as part of Ways in Being Gay, the residency included an evening reading and “brown bag” breakfast conversation.
Where: Hallways, 2495 Main Street
Date: November 7 and 9, 1996
Time: 7:30 pm, 10:30 am
Pattiann Rogers & Leslie Fielder
Sunday, September 21, 1997
Where: Hallways, Tri-Main Center, 2465 Main St.
When: September 21, 1997 at 2:00 p.m.
Giving Thanks & Talking Turkey 1997
Saturday, November 8, 1997
Featuring: Andrei Codrescu
“Saying Goodbye to the 20th Century and Thoughts on the Afterlife According to A.C.”
Where: Canisius College Cultural Center, 2001 Main Street
When: November 8, 1997
Charles Bernstein & Jerome Sala
Sunday, May 2, 1999
A Reading
Where:
Hallwalls
2495 Main Street, Suite 425
Buffalo, NY
Date: May 2, 1999
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Thom Ward
Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Where: Hallwalls, 2495 Main Street
When: July 28, 1999 at 7:00 p.m.