Our Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak

As a precaution to help limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and care for our community, Just Buffalo Literary Center has postponed a number of events, and we will follow the guidance of Buffalo Public Schools in terms of Just Buffalo Writing Center programming.

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Upcoming Literary Events in Buffalo

Check back regularly for upcoming literary events throughout Buffalo and Western New York.

September 2021
Reading Park

End of Summer Open Mic

Join the JBWC for an End of Summer Open Mic at Buffalo's Reading Park at the downtown Central Library. Poems, stories, songs, plays, cheesy jokes: share your summer creations with your peers in the great, downtown Buffalo outdoors! ...
Thursday, September 23, 2021
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Reading Park
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203
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October 2021
BABEL - Aminatta Forna - October 14 2021 - Just Buffalo Literary Center

BABEL: Aminatta Forna

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Aminatta Forna, discussing her most recent book, The Window Seat, a stunning new collection of essays crossing both literal and philosophical, our relationship with the natural world, and the stories that we tell ourselves. ...
Thursday, October 14, 2021
8:00 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 (Free Parking)
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November 2021
BABEL - Chang-rae Lee - November 18 2021 - Just Buffalo Literary Center

BABEL: Chang-rae Lee

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Chang-rae Lee, discussing his book My Year Abroad, an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain, and connection. ...
Thursday, November 18, 2021
8:00 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 (Free Parking)
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March 2022
BABEL - Alison Bechdel - March 16 2022 - Just Buffalo Literary Center

BABEL: Allson Bechdel

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning cartoonist Alison Bechdel, discussing her latest work, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir titled The Secret to Superhuman Strength, which was released in 2021 and described by The Guardian as “quietly astonishing” and “extraordinarily generous.” ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
8:00 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 (Free Parking)
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April 2022
BABEL - Colson Whitehead - April 21 2022 - Just Buffalo Literary Center

BABEL: Colson Whitehead

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Colson Whitehead, discussing his book The Underground Railroad, a gripping tale of one woman’s will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. ...
Thursday, April 21, 2022
8:00 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 (Free Parking)
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