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2017
C-SAAHN 'IMAGINE' Tuesday Noon-Hour Lecture Series @ Downtown Buffalo
& Erie County Public Library
WINTER 2017
WINTER
2017
January 3, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts &
Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The World's Greatest Paintings: The Devotion of
Bellini, Geertgen, Durer"
The Great Courses Video #5 by Professor William Kloss, The Smithsonian
Associates, Smithsonian Institution
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Tim Clark, Director, Buffalo Niagara
Film Commission .... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
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January 10, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture
& Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Cathedral: Late Gothic Churches in France"
The Great Courses Video #18 by Professor William R. Cook, State
University of New York at Geneseo
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Chuck LaChiusa, Founder,
BuffaloAH.com & Pres. Explore Buffalo .... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
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January 17, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History &
Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era:
Andrew Carnegie - The Self-Made Idea"
The Great Courses Video #5 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Dr. Howard Stanger, Canisius
College ...... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
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January 24, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature &
Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and How They Know
It: Scientific Truth in the Early 20th Century"
The Great Courses Video #13 by Professor Steven L. Goldman,
Lehigh University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion - Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub .... AUDIO
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January 31, 2017 - 5th Tuesday - Nature &
Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and How They Know
It: Two New Theories of Scientific Knowledge"
The Great Courses Video #14 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Liesl Folks, Ph.D. . M.B.A Dean School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, UB SUNY ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
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February 7, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
Course: Creative Styles - Adaptors and Innovators
The Great Courses Video #3 by Professor Gerard Puccio, Ph.D. The State
University of New York, Buffalo
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speakers:
Sarah Taylor, Director of Customer Experience, BAK USA
.... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
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February 14, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Understanding the World's Greatest
Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity:
The Rise and Fall of the Gothic Cathedral" The Great Courses Video #12
by Professor Stephen Ressler, US Military Academy at West Point
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Dr. Tim Wadkins, Canisius College
............. AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
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February 21, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America in the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era: Big Business - Democracy for Sale?"
The Great Courses Video #6 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Bruce Fisher, Buffalo State College,
Director, Center for Economic and Policy Studies ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
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February 28, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and How They Know
It: Einstein and Bohr Redefine Reality"
The Great Courses Video #15 by Professor Steven L. Goldman,
Lehigh University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion - Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub .....
AUDIO
EARLY SPRING 2017
March
7, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The World's Greatest Paintings:
Masterworks by Leonardo, Raphael, Correggio"
The Great Courses Video #6 by Professor William Kloss, The Smithsonian
Associates, Smithsonian Institution
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Marla Bujnicki, Buffalo docent,
"Buffalo Authors" ...... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo_
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March 14, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Cathedral: Early Gothic
Architecture in England"
The Great Courses Video #19 by Professor William R. Cook, State
University of New York at Geneseo
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Francis ("Frank") Kowsky, SUNY
Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Fellow of the Society of
Architectural Historians ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
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March 21, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America in the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era: The New Immigrants - A New America"
The Great Courses Video #7 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Cynthia Van Ness, Buffalo History Museum
..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
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March 28, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and
How They Know It: Truth, Ideology, and Thought Collectives"
The Great Courses Video #16 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion - Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
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April 4, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
Course: Combining Opposites - Diverge, Then Converge"
The Great Courses Video #4 by Professor Gerard Puccio, Ph.D. The State
University of New York, Buffalo
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speakers: Bob Shibley, dean UB School of
Architecture & Planning: “An Academic Look at the Buffalo Comeback
Story" ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
April
11, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture &
Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Understanding the World's Greatest Structures:
Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity:
Three Great Domes - Rome to the Renaissance" The Great Courses Video
#13 by Professor Stephen Ressler, US Military Academy at West Point
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Patrick J. Mahoney, AIA, “Interpreting the
Larkin Administration Building Site in the 21st Century” ...... AUDIO
April
18, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America in the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era: Big Cities - The Underbelly Revealed"
The Great Courses Video #8 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Professor Mike Gent, Canisius College
..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
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April 25, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and
How They Know It: Kuhn's Revolutionary Image of Science"
The Great Courses Video #17 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion - Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
..... AUDIO
LATE SPRING 2017
May
2, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Art of Investing: Lessons from
History’s Greatest Traders - Investing Skill, Strategy, and Temperament"
The Great Courses Video #1 by Professor of Professional Practice in the
Finance & Economic Department John M. Longo, Rutgers Business School
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Robert J. Kresse, trustee Margaret L.
Wendt Foundation "The Art of Investing - Locally"
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo ..... AUDIO
Mr. Kresse will also receive the 2017 C-SAAHN IMAGINE Greater Buffalo
Recognition Award.
Previous twelve recipients of the IGB Recognition Award have been:
Sally Cunningham - 2016
Congressman Brian Higgins - 2015
Marti Gorman - 2014
Joan K. Bozer - 2014
Anne Conable - 2012
Gerry Rising - 2011
Ed Healy - 2011
John Conlin - 2010
Stanford Lipsey - 2010
Charles Rand Penney - 2010
Robert Shibley - 2009
Chuck LaChiusa - 2009
May
9, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Cathedral: Decorated and
Perpendicular English Gothic"
The Great Courses Video #20 by Professor William R. Cook, State
University of New York at Geneseo
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Sylvia Coles, "Architect's Wife"
author ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
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May 16, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America in the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era: Popular Culture - Jazz, Modern Art, Movies"
The Great Courses Video #9 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Kate Funk,
Manager of Membership, Albright-Knox Art Gallery ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site
May
23, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars: What Scientist Know and How They Know
It: Challenging Mainstream Science from Within"
The Great Courses Video #18 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion - Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
...... AUDIO
May
30, 2017 - 5th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Emerson, Thoreau, and the
Transcendentalist Movement: Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism"
The Great Courses Video #1 by Professor Ashton Nichols, Dickinson
College
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Mark Goldman,
"John J. Albright" ..... AUDIO
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June 6, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
Course: Principles for Unleashing Your Imagination"
The Great Courses Video #5 by Professor Gerard Puccio, Ph.D. The State
University of New York, Buffalo
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker: Benjamin
Spitler, Buffalo Religious Art Center &
realtuscreative.com ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
June
13, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Phil Zuckerman, Chautauqua video,
"Irreligion Rising: Why More Americans Are Becoming Secular" - Part I
Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy, Wednesday, August 5, 2015
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speakers: - Dr. G.
Stanford Bratton, Executive
Director/CEO Network of Religious
Communities ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
June
20, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Phil Zuckerma, Chautauqua
video,"Irreligion Rising: Why More Americans Are Becoming Secular" -
Part II
Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy, Wednesday, August 5, 2015
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker: Dennis Galucki,
founder, 8th Annual "Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua" - Tuesday July 11, 2017
Fall Series
September 3 - Delaware Park
Museum District 2017 First Sunday of the Month Franciscan-based
Reflective Walks
Downtown Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Tuesday Noon-hour
IMAGINE Series September & October Schedule
September 5, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts &
Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Creative
Thinker's Toolkit Course: Principles for Converging on the Best
Ideas"
The Great Courses Video #6 by Professor Gerard Puccio, Ph.D. The State
University of New York, Buffalo
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Sandy Starks,
Director of Interpretive Programming, Forest Lawn
Co-sponsored by the Wellness
Institute of Greater Buffalo ............ AUDIO
Saturday September 9, 2017 - "IMAGINE Buffalo's New
Literary Corridor"
10am - 1pm Downtown Buffalo & Erie County Public Library &
Project for Public Spaces presents Buffalo Reading Park Placemaking
Workshop
All are welcome! BuffaloReadingPark@BuffaloLib.org
............ AUDIO
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September 12, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture
& Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Understanding the World's Greatest Structures:
Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity: How Iron and
Science Transformed Arch Bridges"
The Great Courses Video #14 by Professor Stephen Ressler, US Military
Academy at West Point
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Mike Vogel,
Chair, Canalside History Advisory Group
............ AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
& Explore Buffalo
September
19, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: New
Technology - Cars, Electricity, Records"
The Great Courses Video #10 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - James Sandoro,
Founder & Pres., Pierce Arrow Museum
............
AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore
Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press
September
26, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science Wars:
What Scientist Know and How They Know It: Objectivity Under Attack"
The Great Courses Video #19 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion led by Jim Guido
& Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
........ AUDIO
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October 3, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts &
Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The Creative
Thinker's Toolkit Course: Stages in the Creative Process - and You"
The Great Courses Video #7 by Professor Gerard Puccio, Ph.D. The State
University of New York, Buffalo
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Bhakti Sharma,
Chair | Interior Design SUNY College at Buffalo ......... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness
Institute of Greater Buffalo
AUDIO
October 5, 2017 - The Buffalo History Museum hosts The Red Jacket
Awards Dinner, recognizing individuals and organizations for their
contributions to our community
October 10, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture
& Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The
Cathedral: Gothic Churches in the Holy Roman Empire"
The Great Courses Video #21 by Professor William R. Cook, State
University of New York at Geneseo
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Daniel Hart,
Ex. Dir., BPO ....... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
& Explore Buffalo
October
17, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. America
in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: The 1892 Homestead Strike"
The Great Courses Video #11 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Dr. Howard Stanger,
Canisius College
Co-sponsored by theTheodore
Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press
October 24, 2017 - 4th
Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M.
"Science Wars: What Scientist
Know and How They Know It:
Scientific Knowledge as Social Construct"
The Great Courses Video #20 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion led by Jim Guido
& Co-sponsored by WNY STEM Hub
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October 31, 2017 - 5th Tuesday - Nature &
Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Emerson,
Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement: The Roots of American
Transcendentalism"
The Great Courses Video #2 by Professor Ashton Nichols, Dickinson
College
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Harry G. Meyer,
Docent and Lecturer Western New York History and Architecture
Co-sponsored by Richardson Olmsted Complex
& Explore Buffalo
LATE FALL 2017
November 7, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts &
Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The
Art of Investing: Lessons from History’s Greatest Traders -
Benjamin Graham and Value Investing"
The Great Courses Video #2 by Professor of Professional Practice in the
Finance & Economic Department John M. Longo, Rutgers Business School
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker- Dusty Nelson,
Chautauqua Foundation ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness
Institute of Greater Buffalo
November
14, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture &
Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Understanding
the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity
to Modernity: Suspension Bridges - The Battle of the Cable"
The Great Courses Video #15 by Professor Stephen Ressler, US Military
Academy at West Point
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Peter C. Murad,
AIA, AICP Principal, Architectural
Resources ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson
Olmsted Complex & Explore
Buffalo
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November 21, 2017 - Happy Thanksgiving!
November
28, 2017 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Science
Wars: What Scientist Know and How They Know It: New Definitions of
Objectivity"
The Great Courses Video #21 by Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh
University
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion led by Jim Guido
& Co-sponsored by WNY
STEM Hub ............ AUDIO
December
5, 2017 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The
World's Greatest Paintings: Great Ensembles-Michelangelo and
Grunewald"
The Great Courses Video #7 by Professor William Kloss, The Smithsonian
Associates, Smithsonian Institution
12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speakers: Mary Jean
Jakubowski, Director, B&ECPL ..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Wellness
Institute of Greater Buffalo
December
12, 2017 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "The
Cathedral: Gothic Churches in Italy"
The Great Courses Video #22 by Professor William R. Cook, State
University of New York at Geneseo
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Chuck LaChiusa,
President, Explore Buffalo & Webmaster, BuffaloAH.com
..... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Complex
& Explore Buffalo
December
19, 2017 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "America in the
Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Morals and Manners - Middle-Class
Society"
The Great Courses Video #12 by Professor Edward T. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Nancy Stevens,
Ex. Dir., The Maria Love Foundation Fund
...... AUDIO
Co-sponsored by the Theodore
Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press
December
27, 2017 (Wednesday) - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science
Noon - 12:30 P.M. "Emerson,
Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement: Emerson and the Idea
of America"
The Great Courses Video #3 by Professor Ashton Nichols, Dickinson
College
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Discussion led by Dennis
Galucki, Founder, C-SAAHN &
ImagineLifelongLearning.com ...... AUDIO
and 8th Anniversary IMAGINE Series Celebration!
Happy
New Year!
Over 780 Audio Links in the C-SAAHN Catalog from Buffalo &
Chautauqua at ImagineLifelongLearning.com
"Appreciating our Past = Imagining our Future = Pursuit of
Happiness" - DG
"Visit
Buffalo Niagara - Explore a place where art, architecture, history and
nature come together like old friends"
2012 - 2013
Official Buffalo Niagara Visitors Guidebook Cover
C-SAAHN was established in 2009 as a unique digital enterprise and
network designed to help link volunteers and lifelong learning
communities
as part of the "Buffalo-Chautauqua Idea: Exploring
American Legacy through Place-based Lifelong Learning and Imagination"
Besides the IMAGINE Series, C-SAAHN is also the
creator and sponsor of:
Landmark
Cruise See- 100
Things Every Western New Yorker Should Do At Least Once: Take a Miss
Buffalo cruise
Annual Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua
"Art of Investing" Weekly Monday Discussion Class at
Chautauqua Institution
Dennis Galucki, C-SAAHN Founder
