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"Mighty Fitz" topic of "Meet the Author reading
Michael Schumacher, author of "Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald," will read from his work at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in MusicalFare Theatre at Daemen College.
The reading, which will be free and open to the public, is part of the "Meet the Author" series presented by WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate.
It also will be broadcast live on WBFO.
Bert Gambini, executive producer of the Meet the Author series, will serve as host. A book signing will take place immediately following the reading and light refreshments will be served.
The disappearance of the massive ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald in a storm on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in maritime history. Schumacher relays in vivid detail the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, its many productive years on the waters of the Great Lakes, its tragic demise, the search effort and investigation, as well as the speculation and the controversy that followed in the wake of the disaster.
Music series to open Tuesday
Music Is Art Live @ The Center, a series of weekly live concerts by local musicians and artist exhibitions in the Center for the Arts atrium, will continue this spring with performances by local musical artists The Highway Beautiful and Shambu at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The event will be free of charge and open to the public.
The live series, in which the CFA atrium is transformed into a bustling coffeehouse featuring a unique blend of cutting-edge musicians and creative visual artists, will continue on Feb. 28; March 7, 21 and 28; and April 4, 18 and 25.
The list of upcoming musical and visual artists still was being finalized at Reporter press time. Lineups will be posted at http://www.ubcfa.org/ and announced in future issues of the Reporter.
All events will be recorded for future television broadcast.
The Center for the Arts also has announced that the fall 2005 edition—Season Two—of Music Is Art Live @ The Center series airs at 10:30 p.m. on Sundays on UPN 23 WNLO. The first event of Season Two, featuring musical artists The Juliet Dagger and Jenny Owen Youngs, and visual artists Julie Silver and Ginny Lohr, aired on Sunday.
The remainder of the television schedule:
Feb. 19: Musical artists Woke Up in Vegas and Bensin; visual artists Deborah Kane and Iris Kirkwood
Feb. 26: Musical artists Scott Celani and From These Eyes; visual artists Karen Abbo, Ben Dunkle and Jeanne Dunkle
March 5: Musical artists Anatara and Nancyscandy; visual artists Andy Russell and Bill Cannon
March 12: Musical artists Ghostrunner and Sleepaway; visual artists Gerald Mead and Michael Mulley
March 19: Musical artists Xnow, Keanon Sean and Shangrila; visual artists David Butler and Kara Daving
March 26: Musical artists Wendell Rivera's Latin Jazz Ensemble and Nikki Hicks and the Soul Music Souljahs; visual artists Rita Argen Auerbach and Gustavo Glorioso
April 2: Musical artists Klear and Agent Me; visual artists Dorothy Fitzgerald and Mae Leong
Music Is Art Live @ The Center is a collaboration between the Center for the Arts and the Music is Art Foundation, founded by Robby Takac of Chameleonwest Studios and the Goo Goo Dolls. Takac and Thomas Burrows, executive director, Center for the Arts, serve as executive producers, supported by a team of production personnel from the CFA, Chameleonwest Studios, local video production personnel and UB student interns.
Tutzauer named chair
Frank E. Tutzauer, associate professor in the Department of Communication, School of Informatics, has been appointed chair of the department.
A UB faculty member since 1987, Tutzauer previously served as department chair from 1999 to 2001.
His research focuses on bargaining, negotiations and how ways of working out disputes can fall apart. He has had articles published in numerous scholarly journals, among them Social Networks, Journal of Communication, International Journal of Conflict Management, Behavioral Science and Journal of Family Issues.
Tutzauer teaches courses, mostly at the graduate level, in communication theory, decision-making, bargaining, communication in times of crisis and chaos, conflict theory and conflict resolution.
He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, with a minor in speech, from Southwestern College, and master's and doctoral degrees in communication, both from Northwestern University. He completed a postdoctoral appointment at Bowling Green State University.
"Millennials" topic of broadcast
A live satellite broadcast addressing the issue of "New Standards for the New Students" will be held from 2-3 p.m. Feb. 24 in B15 Abbott Hall, South Campus.
The broadcast is presented by the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources
Much has been made of the "new students"—members of the Millennial Generation—who are now entering institutions of higher education.
The "Millennials" include a wide range of students, from the technologically sophisticated to the unprepared, first-generation college student.
The broadcast will explore issues related to teaching these students.
The session will be free of charge and open to all UB faculty members. Registrations are required and may be made on the CTLR Web site at http://www.buffalo.edu/ctlr, or by contacting Lisa Francescone at lcf@buffalo.edu, or 645-7328.
Church directory comes home
The original directory of the historic Michigan Street Baptist Church, missing for more than 50 years, has been found and will be presented to Michigan Street Preservation Corp. in a ceremony at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 25 Nottingham Court, Buffalo.
The directory, a 3-by-5-foot black-and-gold sign that stood in front of the church and announced its name and service hours, originally was installed in 1902 and disappeared shortly after World War II.
The ceremony and reception that follows will be open to the public and free of charge. The presentation will be made by Peggy Brooks-Bertram, research associate in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, and the Department of African American Studies, and Barbara Seals Nevergold, coordinator of student support services for the Educational Opportunity Center. The women, principles of the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women Inc., retrieved the directory.
For a good part of its lost years, it was in the possession of the late Sol Sloan, an Auschwitz survivor and the founder of Sloan Antiques, an East Buffalo landmark. He refused to sell the directory to a number of interested customers over the years, recognizing it as a historic artifact even before the church was listed on the state and federal registry of historic buildings.
The directory will reside in the Reverend J. Edward Nash Museum, 35 Nash St., one of the few remaining landmarks of Buffalo's 20th century significance in local and national history across racial lines.
"We are deeply indebted to Max Sloan, also a furniture and antique dealer with a longtime appreciation for African-American history. He donated this extraordinary historic relic in his father's name," says Bertram-Brooks.
"When it joins other an historic artifacts of the Nash Museum, the directory will again become an integral part of the history of the Reverend J. Edward Nash House and the Michigan Avenue Preservation effort," adds Nevergold.
The Michigan Street Baptist Church was founded in 1843 and for the rest of the century was a center of abolitionist activism and served as a "station" of the Underground Railroad. Nash, the son of feed slaves, continued its tradition as its pastor for nearly 60 years (1892-1953). An imposing figure and exceptional leader, he helped orchestrate some of the foremost civil rights causes of Buffalo and the nation at the turn of the 20th century. Among them was the Niagara Movement (1905-09), which sought full civil liberties for persons of African descent. In 1909, its goals became the founding principles of the NAACP.