Recent recordings available at ImagineLifelongLearning.com

WINTER 2022

IMAGINE Greater Buffalo
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

January 4—Jessie Fisher
Executive Director, Preservation Buffalo Niagara
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88976790398


January 11—Brother Clifford Bell
Chairman, Buffalo African American Museum
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88381908499


January 18—TBA
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88059951965

January 25—Simone Ragland
Executive Director, WNY STEM
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83787181717


February 1—Frank Kowsky
Preservation Buffalo Niagara – Lenses Exhibit
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89266875068


February 8—Mike Billoni
Hank Aaron/Negro League/Buffalo Story
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541446088

February 15—George Scott
Colored Musicians Club
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84929421322

February 22—Joe Stahlman
Executive Director, Seneca-Iroquois National Museum, Salamanca
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85671483435

EARLY SPRING 2022

March 1, 2022 - 1st Tuesday - The Arts & Creativity - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022
Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"
12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Greg Delaney, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo 

"Why the Great Northern Matters"

Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Campus, Explore Buffalo, Martin House & EC200

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March 8, 2022 - 2nd Tuesday - Architecture & Design - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Mark Mortenson, President, Richardson Center Corp. with Jessie Fisher, Ex. Dir. PBN, LENSES Exhibit

Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Campus, Explore Buffalo, Martin House & EC200

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March 15, 2022 - 3rd Tuesday - History & Future - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022  
Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"
12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Melissa Brown, Ex. Dir. Buffalo History Museum, "Erie County, NY 1821 - 2021"

Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press & The Buffalo History Museum & EC200

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March 22, 2022 - 4th Tuesday - Nature & Science - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022 
Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm Speakers:

Aitina Fareed-Cooke, Owner & Creative Director, Get Fokus'D Productions 

Aaron Ott, Curator of Public Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

"In These Truths" Exhibit https://www.albrightknox.org/art/exhibitions/these-truths

Co-sponsored by Buffalo Museum of Science, WNY STEM & Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & EC200

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March 29, 2022 - C-SAAHN IMAGINE 5th Tuesday - The "Art of Investing" - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022

Theme: "IMAGINE a Healthy, Wealthy, and Sustainable Community: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm "Art of Investing: Imagine a Healthy, Wealthy & Sustainable Community" 

* Michael Weiner, Pres. & CEO United Way B&EC 

* John "JD" Hartman, member, WNY Sustainable Business Roundtable 

Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & EC200

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April 5, 2022 - C-SAAHN IMAGINE 1st Tuesday Focus - The Arts & Creativity - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Bari Zeigler, Providence Farm Collective & Jajean Rose-Burney, WNY Land Conservancy 

Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo, Working for Downtown Buffalo, Richardson Olmsted Campus & EC200

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April 12, 2022 -  C-SAAHN IMAGINE 2nd Tuesday Focus - Architecture & Design - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022
Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"
12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Peter Schiffmacher & Bren T. Price, Sr. iTours 360VR "Buffalo's Presidential Story" 

Co-sponsored by the Richardson Olmsted Campus & Explore Buffalo & Martin House & EC200

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April 19, 2022 -  C-SAAHN IMAGINE 3rd Tuesday Focus - History & Future - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"
12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Doug Kohler, Erie County Historian "Erie County, NY 1821 - 2021" 

Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press & The Buffalo History Museum & EC200

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April 26, 2022 - C-SAAHN IMAGINE 4th Tuesday Focus - Nature & Science - An Erie County 200th Anniversary Event: April 2021 - April 2022

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Kathy Leacock, Deputy Director, Buffalo Museum of Science, "BMS: Looking Back & Looking Forward" 
Co-sponsored by: Buffalo Museum of Science, WNY STEM & Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & EC200

Presented by the Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature and IMAGINELifelongLearning.com.
Free & all are welcome. Information: www.BuffaloLib.org 716-858-8900

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Buffalo & Erie County Public Library NEW LINK for Today's 12:30pm - 1:00pm Tuesday Virtual IMAGINE Greater Buffalo Programs with Q&A: 
Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82813270709 

For links to future programs: http://imaginelifelonglearning.com/
and https://tinyurl.com/IMAGINE22Fall

EARLY FALL 2022

September 4, 2022 First Sunday Franciscan Reflective Walk

10:45am - 11:30am Delaware Park Hoyt Lake near Casino

Sponsored by: C-SAAHN & ImagineGreaterBuffalo.com

An affiliate of the nonprofit Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
SUNY Buffalo State Newman Center Laudato Si' Committee
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy & Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper

Imagine quietly and reflectively walking and appreciating the beauty of Buffalo's Delaware Park Museum District - 

it can be both a physical and spiritual exercise; individual yet communal; as well as a pleasant and creative "place-based lifelong learning" experience. 

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September 6, 2022 - C-SAAHN IMAGINE 1st Tuesday Focus - Art & Creativity 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Heather Gring, Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives

Partnered with the Richardson Olmsted Campus & Explore Buffalo & Martin House & EC200+

Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82813270709

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September 13, 2022 -  2nd Tuesday Focus - Architecture & Design

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"
12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Brad Hahn, Ex. Dir., Explore Buffalo, "2022 Doors Open Buffalo"  
Partnered with the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, Western New York Heritage Press, The Buffalo History Museum & EC200+

Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81311928098

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September 20, 2022 - 3rd Tuesday Focus - History & Future 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker: Gary Costello, Pres. Hull House Foundation

Partnered with by Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site & Western New York Heritage Press, The Buffalo History Museum & EC200+

Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84945184254

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September 27, 2022 - C-SAAHN IMAGINE 4th Tuesday Focus - Nature & Science 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.Speaker: Courtney Grim, Associate Professor of Art and Digital Literacies

Digital Arts Minor Program Director, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Medaille College

Co-sponsored by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & EC200+

Log on to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85782174023

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October 2, 2022 First Sunday Franciscan Reflective Walk

10:45am - 11:30am Delaware Park Hoyt Lake near Casino

Sponsored by: C-SAAHN & ImagineGreaterBuffalo.com

An affiliate of the nonprofit Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
SUNY Buffalo State Newman Center Laudato Si' Committee
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy & Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper

Imagine quietly and reflectively walking and appreciating the beauty of Buffalo's Delaware Park Museum District - 

it can be both a physical and spiritual exercise; individual yet communal; as well as a pleasant and creative "place-based lifelong learning" experience. 

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October 4, 2022 - 1st Tuesday Focus - The Arts & Creativity 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Speaker:  Michele Agosto, BPS Art Supervisor & Julio Valentin, "2022 PBS Summer Arts Enrichment Camp" 

Partnered with the Richardson Olmsted Campus & Explore Buffalo & Martin House & EC200+

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October 11, 2022 - 2nd Tuesday Focus - Architecture & Design 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker - Sharon Cramer, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Emerita 

Partnered with the Richardson Olmsted Campus, Explore Buffalo, Western New York Heritage Press, The Buffalo History Museum & EC200+ 

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October 18, 2022 - 3rd Tuesday Focus - History & Future 

Theme: "IMAGINE Greater Buffalo as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30pm - 1:00pm Speaker: Terry Alford, Michigan Street African American Corridor, Executive Director 

Partnered with the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site,  Western New York Heritage Press, The Buffalo History Museum, Explore Buffalo & EC200+

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October 25, 2022 - 4th Tuesday Focus - Nature & Science

Theme:  "IMAGINE a Healthy, Wealthy, and Sustainable Community: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning"

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Speaker: Rev. Mark E. Blue, Buffalo NAACP, President

Partnered with the  Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo & EC200+

Video Link for Archived IMAGINE Greater Buffalo Library Programs:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYMNlV1J5NlGn75D6yGEfUkBnp6Xuwa7 Audio Link at Internet Archives: https://archive.org/search.php?query=c-saahn&sort=-publicdate YouTube links for 80+ archived IMAGINE Greater Buffalo Programs hosted by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYMNlV1J5NlGn75D6yGEfUkBnp6Xuwa7 Audio recordings available at ImagineLifelongLearning.com C-SAAHN Audio Catalog contains over 1200 audio recordings from Buffalo and Chautauqua Institution June 29    Ryan McPherson, UB Chief Sustainability Officer July 6—Kevin V. Connors, PE, AIA, CPHD, Principal, eco_logic STUDIO architecture & engineering, PLLC July 13—Congressman Brian Higgins, United States House of Representatives, District 26 July 20—Lielle Berman & Louis Paonessa, Senior Sustainability Project Coordinator, New York Power Authority & Senior Director of Community Affairs, Niagara Power Project July 27—Bonnie Lange Lawrence, Deputy Commissioner, Erie County Dept. of Environment & Planning August 3—Susan Clark, Director of Sustainability Leadership Program, University at Buffalo  August 10—Michelle Urbanczyk, Executive Director, Explore & More—The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum August 17—Jill Spisiak Jedlicka, Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper August 24—Jay Burney & Jajean Rose Burney, Our Outer Harbor Coalition & WNY Land Conservancy August 31—Dennis Galucki & JD Hartman, 10-Week Program Series Summary September 28 - Margaret Wooster, author, "Meander: Making Room for Rivers" October 26 -- Catherine Schweitzer & Robert Skerker - Co-Chairs of the 2011 National Trust Conference in Buffalo November 30 -- Bill Davis, Founding Partner & Portfolio Manager, Stance Capital LLC  January 25, 2022 -- Lisa Brosnick, WNY STEM Hub, "STEM & STEAM & Sustainability"  February 22, 2022 -- Dr. Joe Stahlman, Executive Director, Seneca-Iroquois National Museum March 29, 2022 -- Michael Weiner, Pres. & CEO United Way B&EC May 31, 2022 -- Nira Johri,  Director, Global Diversity & Sustainability, Rich Products Corp.& Board Member, WNY Sustainable Business Roundtable Selected Tuesdays of the month will continue the Ten Week 2021 Summer Series. Co-sponsored by the Lipsey Buffalo Architecture Center & EC200+ This Series is designed to help establish the IMAGINE Greater Buffalo - Sustainable Development Collaborative (IGB-SDC) striving to create a culture of sustainability for our region through collaboration of the public, private, nonprofit and education sectors along with Chautauqua Institution's Climate Change Initiative, all incorporating place-based lifelong learning. IGB-SDC Coordinators: Dennis Galucki & John ("JD") Hartman, member WNY Sustainable Business Roundtable Mark Wenzler, CHQ Climate Change Initiative Also created and sponsored by C-SAAHN: Next Walk: September 4, 2022 - First Sunday Franciscan-based  Reflective Walk Past example: January 2, 2022 First Sunday Franciscan-based Reflective Walk, Delaware Park Museum District https://archive.org/details/211231-0582 Free and all are welcome. All past C-SAAHN AUDIO reflections:  https://archive.org/search.php?query=c-saahn&sort=-publicdate 11am - Noon, Delaware Park Hoyt Lake near Casino Imagine quietly and reflectively walking and appreciating the beauty of Buffalo's Delaware Park Museum District. It can be both a physical and spiritual exercise; individual yet communal; as well as a pleasant and creative "place-based lifelong learning" experience. NEW - The 28 page Explore Buffalo Downtown Tour Workbook is now available for educators and place-based lifelong learning family members:https://buffaloah.com/h/eb/Workbook.pdf "IMAGINE Creating a Culture of Sustainability: Imagine Place-based Lifelong Learning" Tuesday Virtual Noon Hour Series Hosted by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library - An Erie County 200+ Event   Library archived YouTube video link for speakers listed below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYMNlV1J5NlGn75D6yGEfUkBnp6Xuwa7

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"Appreciating our Past = Imagining our Future = Pursuit of Happiness" - Dennis Galucki
                                                                                                          
"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
The Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History & Nature (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: "Imagine Buffalo Niagara as a Premier North American Cultural & Nature Center"
 Annual Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua
"Art of Investing" Weekly Monday Discussion Class at Chautauqua Institution

Dennis Galucki, C-SAAHN Founder
Chuck LaChiusa, Webmaster, BuffaloAH.com & C-SAAHN

Logo: djgalaxydesigns@gmail.com

  C-SAAHN Related Website: IMAGINE Greater Buffalo:

Our mailing address is:
IMAGINE Greater Buffalo: Imagine Lifelong Learning.com
c/o Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
65 Niagara Square Room 607
Buffalo, NY 14202