All new homes come with a clarinet … Babel’s Alexander McCall Smith
The Michael Kelleher-less era of Babel began tonight with one of the biggest crowds the series has ever seen. If Alexander McCall Smith didn’t find himself standing before more audience members than...
View ArticleStarting and ending in doubt … Babel’s Nuruddin Farah
Deliberately enunciating his words, novelist Nuruddin Farah used a calculated cadence to talk about his tireless ability to find trouble. The second speaker in Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s 2012-2013...
View ArticleNothing human is alien to us … Babel’s Julia Alvarez
The last installment of Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s sixth season of Babel made for an intriguing night. From the Talking Leaves Books counter being moved farther from the parking lot doors for the...
View ArticleNever give a Cuban a microphone … Babel’s Richard Blanco
The 2013-2014 season of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel series start a tad late as the largest contingent of audience members since Salman Rushdie (or perhaps ever) shuffled into Kleinhans to see...
View ArticleDon’t let *blank expletive blank* affect your inner calm … Babel’s Amy Tan
As Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Laurie Dean Torrell went through her thank yous before Artistic Director Barbara Cole’s introduction of the night’s speaker, she gave us a statistic that posited how...
View ArticleYou are the ambassador of your race: the human race … Babel’s Suzan-Lori Parks
It wasn’t until Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Artistic Director Barbara Cole took the stage that I noticed something out-of-place: a microphone stand. I’m not entirely sure when its last appearance...
View ArticleBabel’s Abraham Verghese teaches Buffalo the difference between curing and...
It is interesting to see how Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel series has evolved over the years. Beyond locale (now residing at Kleinhans Music Hall after its origins in Asbury Hall at Babeville),...
View ArticleWriting holds a mirror to your inner self … Babel’s David Henry Hwang
Two plus months and a few snowstorms later, David Henry Hwang finally made it to Buffalo. The second speaker in Just Buffalo Literary Center’s 2014/2015 Babel Season, Hwang probably would have waited...
View ArticleOvertaken by the story … Babel’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The change was gradual, but 2014-2015 really cements it for Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Babel series. What began as a venue for renowned writers to read their works and engage the audience in a...
View ArticleBabel’s Patti Smith and her “monastic mess”
After waxing on about the “Lovecraftian” look of downtown Buffalo—the morning’s fog still hadn’t lifted by 6:45pm during my drive along the 190 to Kleinhans—Patti Smith disarmed the largest crowd in...
View ArticleAll new homes come with a clarinet … Babel’s Alexander McCall Smith
The Michael Kelleher-less era of Babel began tonight with one of the biggest crowds the series has ever seen. If Alexander McCall Smith didn’t find himself standing before more audience members than...
View ArticleStarting and ending in doubt … Babel’s Nuruddin Farah
Deliberately enunciating his words, novelist Nuruddin Farah used a calculated cadence to talk about his tireless ability to find trouble. The second speaker in Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s 2012-2013...
View ArticleNothing human is alien to us … Babel’s Julia Alvarez
The last installment of Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s sixth season of Babel made for an intriguing night. From the Talking Leaves Books counter being moved farther from the parking lot doors for the...
View ArticleNever give a Cuban a microphone … Babel’s Richard Blanco
The 2013-2014 season of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel series start a tad late as the largest contingent of audience members since Salman Rushdie (or perhaps ever) shuffled into Kleinhans to see...
View ArticleDon’t let *blank expletive blank* affect your inner calm … Babel’s Amy Tan
As Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Laurie Dean Torrell went through her thank yous before Artistic Director Barbara Cole’s introduction of the night’s speaker, she gave us a statistic that posited how...
View ArticleYou are the ambassador of your race: the human race … Babel’s Suzan-Lori Parks
It wasn’t until Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Artistic Director Barbara Cole took the stage that I noticed something out-of-place: a microphone stand. I’m not entirely sure when its last appearance...
View ArticleBabel’s Abraham Verghese teaches Buffalo the difference between curing and...
It is interesting to see how Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel series has evolved over the years. Beyond locale (now residing at Kleinhans Music Hall after its origins in Asbury Hall at Babeville),...
View ArticleWriting holds a mirror to your inner self … Babel’s David Henry Hwang
Two plus months and a few snowstorms later, David Henry Hwang finally made it to Buffalo. The second speaker in Just Buffalo Literary Center’s 2014/2015 Babel Season, Hwang probably would have waited...
View ArticleOvertaken by the story … Babel’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The change was gradual, but 2014-2015 really cements it for Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Babel series. What began as a venue for renowned writers to read their works and engage the audience in a...
View ArticleBabel’s Patti Smith and her “monastic mess”
After waxing on about the “Lovecraftian” look of downtown Buffalo—the morning’s fog still hadn’t lifted by 6:45pm during my drive along the 190 to Kleinhans—Patti Smith disarmed the largest crowd in...
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