Jillian Hanesworth is an EMMY winning spoken word artist, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Buffalo, New York and a community organizer and activist.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians.

Construct a pair of traditional authentic Swedish Christmas gnomes, meant to bring good luck and protection during the dark evenings approaching Yule and the Solstice.

This basket is a great first-time project for teens and adults. Using round reed we will learn to form the base and use a continuous weave up the sides adding color and texture as desired.

Bring a song you have written or are working on. Share with others. With the hopes of continuing to build a community of songwriters, Caleb Spaulding and Jon Hasz will host this monthly get-together.

Sarah Sorci of Sweet Flag Herbs will walk you through preparing Gingerbread Sugar Scrub, Herbal Culinary Salts, Spiced Hot Cocoa, and more.

FUNDAMENTAL SENSATIONS OF THE EYE | VIEW FINDERS
October 16th – November 23rd | Art’s Cafe Gallery

The NY and CA Chapters of VIEW FINDERS, directed and curated by Bonita Chimes, will be presenting their photographic interpretation of “Fundamental Sensations of the Eye.” Photographs are creatively taken in three basic colors; Red, Yellow or Blue. All photographs have been taken as viewed “through the lens” and have not been digitally manipulated. VIEW FINDERS, established in 1994, has been an on-going adventurous group of amateur and professional photographers throughout WNY and in Northern CA.

Based on Sholom Aleichem’s Tevye and his Daughters, Fiddler on the Roof is the beloved story of the small, tradition-steeped town of Anatevka, Russia, where Jews and Russians live in delicate balance. It is a story that captures the essential human longings for love, community, success, freedom, family, and meaning.