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BOLD (Birth On Labor Day), the global arts-based movement to create childbirth choices that work for mothers brings together artists, community groups and childbirth leaders. BOLD Performance events bring the issue of childbirth choices for mothers center stage. Birth is a critically acclaimed documentary-style play that tells the birth stories of eight women, painting an alarming picture of how low-risk, educated mothers are giving birth today. The play has been hailed as, The Vagina Monologues for birth by women's health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup. Over 100 performances of the play Birth are happening in cities across America during September, the month of Labor Day, to raise awareness and money for childbirth choices that work for mothers. Proceeds from performances of Birth in Buffalo will go to Life Cycles Center in support of Emerald Waters Birth Center. Their mission is to provide personalized health and maternity care to all women based on the Midwifery Model of Care in a home-like setting, offering a supportive atmosphere where pregnancy and birth are honored and respected.

Tours begin at the Historical Society’s Resource Center. Guests take an hour-long guided tour of the Resource Center’s Spirit of the City exhibit, which tells the story of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, and then are transported via motor coach to Forest Lawn Cemetery for a riding tour of the grounds, complete with costumed actors.

There are two separate tours, beginning at 10AM and noon.

Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets by clicking here or calling 1.800.838.3006.

Buffalo Tours presents Walking the Pan-Am. Imagine that fine time when, from May to November 1901, more than 8 million people from all over the world traveled to Buffalo to witness the marvels of electric lights and distant cultures! Midway Curiosities! Fountains and Pavilions! -- all were showcased at the Pan-American Exposition. Today, the Exposition grounds encompass one of the city's most popular residential neighborhoods. Walk with us through this special area, where triumph and tragedy marked Buffalo's greatest and saddest moments.

Meet at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

Presidential Campaign Advance Work, a lecture by Michael V. Haselswerdt, Ph.D., professor of political science at Canisius College. Dr. Haselswerdt worked on the advance team for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and teaches a course at Canisius on advance political campaign work.