Literary Café at CFI featuring Franklin LaVoie and Patricia Tansey
Franklin Lavoie is an author, artist, astrologer, storyteller, musician, and puppeteer who’s pioneered research into and done public presentations on the “Sacred Geography of Buffalo-Niagara.” With a Masters in Sci Edu from SUCB ‘86 and, recently, a Degree in Astrological Studies (2022) from the Kairos School of Astrology, he weaves logos and mythos into instructive stories. Franklin serves as president of the Jung Center of Buffalo, and hosts a bi-weekly Alchemy Study Group on-line. Franklin built and operated a Puppet Wagon at the Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival. He also performs as Treebard the Ent, a Celtic Storyteller. He has appeared as Treebard at past Elmwood Village Art Festivals. He plays the Celtic harp and will perform on it at CFI as well as read from his work. Franklin has articles, stories, poetry, and artwork published in a variety of anthologies. You can see some of his paintings at Buffaloartwall.com.
Patricia Tansey has been published in the anthologies, Beyond Bones 3 and The Still Empty Chair. She is the editor and publisher of the comprehensive anthology, A Celebration of Western New York Poets (2016) through Buffalo Legacy Publications, the press she founded. Patricia graduated with a degree in Biology from University of Buffalo. She was a board member of Niagara-Erie Writers, and, in 1990, she founded Buffalo Press, which produced a series of chapbooks and a small anthology. In 2023 she published Three Chapbooks by David Tirrell.
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