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Buffalo Day at Chautauqua

The Chautauquan Daily

Second Annual "Buffalo Day at Chautauqua," Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sponsored by:
The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara, WNED, Chautauqua Institution & C-SAAHN



10:45 A.M. Opening Announcements including Proclamation of 2nd Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua" - August 16, 2011
Sherra Babcock, Director of Education, made the morning announcements, (prior to the 10:45 A.M. speaker at the Amphitheater audience of about 5000), which included a welcome to the 2nd Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua" sponsored by The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara, WNED, Chautauqua, and The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature (C-SAAHN).

11 A.M. Rita Argen Auerbach tour of her exhibit at Chautauqua Institution - August 16, 2011
Rita Argen Auerbach led a tour and Q&A of her donated exhibit at the Hulquist Center in Chautauqua Institution which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1986 Chautauqua Institution/Eisenhower Institute Conference on U.S./Soviet Relations in Rega, Latvia. This presentation was also part of the 2nd Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua" sponsored by C-SAAHN, The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara, WNED and Chautauqua Institution.

2 P.M. Don Kimes, Director, Visual Arts at Chautuaqua Institution (VACI), Part 7 (of 7), August 16, 2011, Tour of new exhibit in collaboration with Albright-Knox Art Gallery (AKAG)
Don Kimes provides a personal view of Abstract Expressionism as one of two great American contributions to world cultural - the other being jazz - in the 20th Century. This tour of the exhibit "Abstraction in America: The 1940s to the 1960s" at the Strohl Art Center encouraged questions and observations by the audience. This is Part 7 of a seven part series during July and August of the 2011 season. This event was also part of the 2nd Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua," sponsored by C-SAAHN, The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara and Chautauqua Institution, and included a well known Buffalo artist, Rita Argen Auerbach.

2 P.M. "How And Why Buffalo Was Selected to Host the 2011 National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference (October 19 - 22, 2011)" - Not Recorded.
Cindy Kincaide and Mike Even from Visit Buffalo Niagara made this educational presentation at the Smith Library.

3:30 P.M. SCREENING OF PBS DOCUMENTARY "ELBERT HUBBARD - AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL" - Chautauqua Archives Heritage Lecture Series, August 16, 2011
Presented by the writer and director Paul Lamont, with an Introduction on Hubbard and Chautauqua by Jon Schmitz, Chautauqua Institution Archivist and Historian, during Week Eight of the 2011 Chautauqua Institution Nine Week Summer Season. The Chautauqua Institution Archives Heritage Lecture Series is held at the Hall of Christ every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 PM. during the summer season.

This presentation was also part of the 2nd Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua" and includes a Welcome by Dennis Galucki, Founder & Coordinator of C-SAAHN, sponsor of the Day along with The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara, WNED and Chautauqua Institution. The Q&A at the conclusion of the screening included Paul Lamont, Doug Swift, President, Roycroft Campus Corporation and Christne A. Peters, Executive Director, Roycroft Campus Corporation.

These recordings are part of the C-SAAHN "Chautauqua Stories" AUDIO Series, an activity of The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature
--- by Dennis Galucki

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OTHER LINKS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL "BUFFALO DAY @ CHAUTAUQUA:"

Tuesday August 16, 2011 - The Chautauquan Daily
"Buffalo Day celebrated with visual arts and educational programs" and "PBS documents controversial Roycroft founder Hubbard."

Roycroft Campus Corp - Roycroft @ Chautauqua's 2nd Annual Buffalo Day  

PLANS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL "BUFFALO DAY @ CHAUTAUQUA" DURING THE SUMMER OF 2012
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