sunday september 18th 2005
Women Build in Buffalo
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The latest Women Build project was recently completed, and today marked another milestone for everyone involved on this inspirational project. In four months, 400 determined women have built a simple, decent house for a local mother (photo) and her family. Huge efforts have paid off and many details came together this week. Appliances arrived, landscaping was completed and a great cleanup crew kept busy getting ready for the house dedication, which was today at 2:30.
This latest Women Build 2005 family is headed by Darlene Johnson (photo) and includes her two sons, Durell Harris and Jalin Harmon, ages 19 and 12. Darlene works as a nurseis aide in the hospital at Wende Correctional Facility. Her older son is a full-time student at ITT Technical Institute, from which he will graduate this spring with an associateis degree. Du…
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Following the theme underlying Art on the Hyphen: Cuban-American Artists of Western New York, in which artists expressed their experiences relating both to their ethnic heritage and their current concerns living in the United States, this exhibition of work from the collection features work by artists of various ethnic backgrounds. Native Americans, African Americans, Eastern European immigrants, and Latino artists from several different countries are among those represented. Artists include George Campos, Craig CentriE, Ana Maria Hidalgo, Arnold Mesches, Richard Nephew, Roberto Pacheco, Endi Poskovic, Alberto Rey, Jolene Rickard, Jeanette Shropshire, Jeffrey Thomas and others. Show runs through October 30, 2005.
Inset: Juan Carlos Perdigu…
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Dear Friend of Urban Roots, Thanks to all of you that filled out one of our surveys at various events throughout the city this summer. Weive compiled the data and determined that many people really want a Garden Center in Buffalo. Now Urban Roots is ready to become something more than a good idea. Urban Roots needs to grow. In the surveys, people not only said that they would shop at Urban Roots, many of them said that if it was a cooperative model (like the Lexington Coop), they would become members. At the bottom of a recent letter sent out to Friends of Urban Roots, a ballot was attached that asks supporters to help make Urban Roots a consumer co-op. (If you would like the letter - in pdf form - emailed to yo…
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Dear Friend of Urban Roots, Thanks to all of you that filled out one of our surveys at various events throughout the city this summer. Weive compiled the data and determined that many people really want a Garden Center in Buffalo. Now Urban Roots is ready to become something more than a good idea. Urban Roots needs to grow. In the surveys, people not only said that they would shop at Urban Roots, many of them said that if it was a cooperative model (like the Lexington Coop), they would become members. At the bottom of a recent letter sent out to Friends of Urban Roots, a ballot was attached that asks supporters to help make Urban Roots a consumer co-op. (If you would like the letter - in pdf form - emailed to yo…
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With a solo endeavor now coming to the forefront of an adventurous and uniquely varied career, Liam (lead singer of the band Hothouse Flowers) is anticipating spreading his wingsoand taking off in all directions. iHaving spent twenty years giving a great deal of my energy to the rock and roll stage, I am looking forward to devoting more time and energy to the tradition that nourishes me and the traditions that inspire me.iRaised in Dublin as an Irish speaker, Liamis love for his heritage was instilled by his father, whom Liam has described as ea very fine singer.i iMy father taught me to sing at his knee Oe in the old language that still lives in different parts of Ireland.i With their roots deep in the West in County Kerry, the family traveled there often, imm…
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The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) seeks to fill Board of Director vacancies. The Terminal has begun to see new life, and the momentum continues to grow. Special events such as the upcoming Oktoberfest are imperative, as they raise critical community awareness issues. Restoring the nostalgic clock would not have been possible without the proper people in place to conduct the massive restorative operation.
The CTRC is a 501-C3 non-profit corporation that owns and has been preserving and restoring the Buffalo Central Terminal. They are now accepting expressions of interest in serving on its Board of Directors from members of the community.
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The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) seeks to fill Board of Director vacancies. The Terminal has begun to see new life, and the momentum continues to grow. Special events such as the upcoming Oktoberfest are imperative, as they raise critical community awareness issues. Restoring the nostalgic clock would not have been possible without the proper people in place to conduct the massive restorative operation.
The CTRC is a 501-C3 non-profit corporation that owns and has been preserving and restoring the Buffalo Central Terminal. They are now accepting expressions of interest in serving on its Board of Directors from members of the community.
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September 23 , 2005 5 - 8 pm: Art Activity - Fun for all ages. Enhance, engage, and expand your experience of the special exhibition Extreme Abstraction with artist Clare Woods.
5 pm and 8 pm: Silent Film Screening with Discussion and Live Accompaniment- University at Buffalo faculty members Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson will lead a discussion about the silent films The General and Sunrise. Philip Carli will accompany the films on piano.
5 p.m. The General: (1927) is an imaginative masterpiece of dead-pan, "Stone-Face" Buster Keaton comedy, generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies (and Keaton's own favorite) - and undoubtedly the best train film ever made.
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Described by Acoustic Guitar Magazine as "an exceptional nylon string guitarist" and by NPR as "mesmerizing and hypnotic", Mir Ali has established himself as a leading guitar virtuoso of his generation. He won his first guitar competition at the age of thirteen and has been raising eyebrows of audiences and music critics around the globe ever since.
In the last two concert seasons he has toured Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States and has performed at the opening ceremonies of the Mets baseball series before a crowd of five thousand people at Shea Stadium in New York City.
His last two compact discs have received critical acclaim. David Beck of San Jose Mercury referred to them as "an absolute joy".
Mir has served on the guitar faculty of the University of Akron in…
