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Published: Nov. 15, 2012

  • Assist Sandy victims through SUNY Help

    Members of the UB community who wish to help those affected by Superstorm Sandy as the holiday season approaches can do so through the SUNY Helps program.

    SUNY is partnering with the American Red Cross to connect the generosity of SUNY students, faculty, staff and alumni to those still in need.

    The SUNY Helps website contains links for those who would like to make a charitable donation, give blood or volunteer in the affected areas.

  • REBEL ensemble to perform

    The internationally known New York-based REBEL ensemble will present an evening of Baroque music of the 17th and 18th century at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus.

    The ensemble is performing as part of the Slee/Visiting Artist Series.

    Last appearing at UB in 2005, REBEL—pronounced “Re-BEL” after French Baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel—will perform works by Telemann, Corelli and Gabrielli. The performance will feature Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, Baroque violin and viola; John Moran, Baroque cello; and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord and organ.

    Advance tickets are $12 for adults, $9 for faculty/staff/alumni and senior citizens, and $5 for students. At the door, tickets are $20, $15 and $8. Tickets can be purchased at the Slee Hall box office, the Center for the Arts box office and at tickets.com.

  • Films on urban condition to be screened

    The Urban Image Research Workshop, sponsored by the UB Humanities Institute, will present a free public screening on Nov. 30 of two important films addressing the urban condition by legendary documentary filmmaker Manfred “Manny” Kirchheimer.

    The screening of “Stations of the Elevated” (1980) and “Claw” (1968), presented by the workshop in collaboration with Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Kirchheimer will be at the screening to discuss his work.

    Kirchheimer was born in 1931 in Germany and came to the U.S. in 1936 when his family fled the Nazis. He studied film at Hans Richter’s Institute of Film Techniques at City College and spent 24 years in the New York film industry as an editor, director and cameraman, editing more than 300 films for the documentary departments of American television networks.

    Kirchheimer’s own films explore various aspects of urban life—such as the city’s architectural environment or its graffiti or the docking of an ocean liner.

    “Claw,” a fable in the guise of a documentary, argues that styles of contemporary urban development subordinate human values to economic ones. It was chosen to launch “The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age,” the Museum of Modern Art’s 1968 landmark exhibit.

    “Stations of the Elevated” (1980), one of Kirchheimer’s most celebrated films, is a lyrical documentary of the graffiti tattooing of New York subway trains set to the jazz of the legendary Charles Mingus. It approaches graffiti as art, rather than vandalism, taking viewers along the routes of the subway and elevated tracks.

  • Allstate grant to aid aspiring entrepreneurs

    A $59,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation will help support initiatives for minority and women entrepreneurs at the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the School of Management.

    The grant will subsidize the Allstate Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs program (MWEE), a joint venture by the CEL and the UB’s Center for Urban Studies.

    The MWEE program is designed to help participants move their companies to the next stage of development by forging relationships with successful business owners, setting objectives and outcomes for business plans, connecting with existing resources and more.

    “The program builds valuable skills for our participants and strengthens the Western New York economy by helping to create viable and sustainable businesses,” says Thomas Ulbrich, executive director of the CEL. “The continued support of the Allstate Foundation has enabled more than 170 graduates to become more focused and strategic in their businesses.”

    The Allstate Foundation, a charitable organization funded by subsidiaries of Allstate Insurance Corp., provides philanthropic grants to nonprofit organizations. It has helped fund the Allstate Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs program since 2005.