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The Buffalo State Rooftop Poetry Club presents The Art of the Occasional Poem Workshop with David Lampe.

Lampe is a native Iowan who completed his graduate work at the University of Nebraska where he was a student of Karl Shapiro. Trained as a medievalist, he taught at Buffalo State for 37 years during which time he brought in over a 100 poets and writers to campus. He is donating a collection of over 800 books to Butler Library that show the range of those writers (English, Australian, Irish, Canadian, and American). His first collection of poems, The Trees Walked, appeared in March.

Photo by Lisa Forrest

Come see the stuff! See how the Historical Society conserves and preserves more than 100,000 artifacts, ranging from Civil War uniforms to vintage quilts to President Grover Cleveland's wedding cake!

Tours available today and on the following dates:
October 21
November 5

All tours run 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Arrive early to view the Pan-Am Centennial exhibit. Call 873-9644 ext. 318 for reservations, space is limited. Free parking is available on site.

Just Buffalo/Spotlight On Youth present Spotlight On Youth Open Mic. The Spotlight On Youth (SOY) open mic series was started in 2004 to provide a place for youth to share their talents and interests with their peers. The events are open to all young people (ages 12-21) in WNY. While most participants share their poetry, the SOY open mics welcome: vocal or instrumental music, dance, rap, photography, drawing, painting, and/or lip synching.

Do you have a favorite poet or author? We encourage you to read his/her work and perhaps share what it is about this artist that attracts you. If you bring drawings, paintings or photographs, you can take them to the mic and, if you want to, share the background or anecdotal info about the piece(s). Or, if you'd rather, we can display your work in the room during the open mic.

Photo: Liandra

Just Buffalo/UB English Department present a reading by Croatian author-in-translation Dubravka Ugresic. She has earned an exceptional reputation, having won numerous international literary awards, the most recent of which include: 2007: Shortlisted for Angelus Central European Literary Award. Poland; 2006: Shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. UK; 2006: PEN Writers in Translation Award. UK; 2004: Premio Feronia – Citta di Fiano. Italy; 2000: Heinrich Mann Preis, Akademie Der Kunste Berlin. Germany. Her high profile in Europe means her United States audiences are due to be delighted by her works, and Buffalonians familiar with the BABEL series are sure to enjoy an additional internationally-acclaimed author coming to Western New York.

Dubravka Ugresic was born in 1949 in (what used to be) Yugoslavia, in its republic Croatia. She earned her degrees in Comparative Literature and Russian Language and Literature at the University of Zagreb, and worked for twenty years at the Institute for Theory of Literature at Zagreb University, successfully pursuing parallel careers as a writer and a literary scholar.

John McEuen is not only a world famous American Roots Musician, he practically invented the term. He is a founding member of the Grammy and CMA Award winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. His diverse skills on banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin have led reviewers and fans to call John 'The String Wizard.'