Explore Buffalo Winter 2019 Speaker Series
This speaker series features different Explore Buffalo docents presenting lectures on a wide variety of topics. Each session will have two different lectures.
All sessions are from 7-9 PM on Thursday evenings at First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo on Symphony Circle.
Click on each session date below for more information on the topics and to register.
Session 1: Thursday February 6, 2020
Admission Info: General Admission per session: $10
Explorer Pass Holders: Free
Educator Discount: Educators, school administrators, & NFCSS members are invited to join us for only $5/evening (50% off the general admission price). Please bring your school ID or proof of NFCSS membership with you to purchase tickets at the door, or contact Paige Melin at paige@explorebuffalo.org to reserve in advance. Discounted rate applicable for up to 2 general admission tickets per ID.
Weather Cancellation Policy
In the event of extreme winter weather that requires us to cancel a session, a cancellation notice will be posted on the website, Facebook, and Twitter by 5 PM. An email will also be sent to all registered participants. A rescheduled date will be announced at a later time.
If there is a driving ban in effect in the City of Buffalo, the session will be automatically cancelled. As winter weather in Western New York often hits certain communities hard while sparing others, we ask you to use your best judgment based on local conditions and not travel if you deem it unsafe to do so. We will transfer your registration to a different date if you are unable to attend a session that does proceed as scheduled due to weather.
All sessions are from 7-9 PM on Thursday evenings at First Presbyterian Church of Buffalo on Symphony Circle.
Click on each session date below for more information on the topics and to register.
Session 1: Thursday February 6, 2020
- Edreys Wajed: Depicting the Black Experience Through Art
- Evan Wright (Niagara Falls Underground RR Heritage Center) — Intangible History: Niagara Falls and the Underground Railroad
- Mary Durlak: The Vanishing Ditch: In Search of the Original Erie Canal
- Donnie Gibson: 1901 and the Assassination of William McKinley
- Craig Centrie: From Mandalay to Nickel City and Other Refugee Stories
- Vince Schiffert: What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been: The Tuscarora Nation’s Journey to WNY
- Chris Campbell: The Fight For Women’s Suffrage: Would You Have Fought For Or Against It?
- Katie Kokolus: Seneca Falls & Women’s Rights
- Cheryl McDonald: The Real Riveting Rosies
- Chuck LaChuisa: Revisiting V. Roger Lalli’s 2002 ‘Buffalo My City’ Watercolors
- Margaret Logan: Exploring Buffalo Murals
Admission Info: General Admission per session: $10
Explorer Pass Holders: Free
Educator Discount: Educators, school administrators, & NFCSS members are invited to join us for only $5/evening (50% off the general admission price). Please bring your school ID or proof of NFCSS membership with you to purchase tickets at the door, or contact Paige Melin at paige@explorebuffalo.org to reserve in advance. Discounted rate applicable for up to 2 general admission tickets per ID.
Weather Cancellation Policy
In the event of extreme winter weather that requires us to cancel a session, a cancellation notice will be posted on the website, Facebook, and Twitter by 5 PM. An email will also be sent to all registered participants. A rescheduled date will be announced at a later time.
If there is a driving ban in effect in the City of Buffalo, the session will be automatically cancelled. As winter weather in Western New York often hits certain communities hard while sparing others, we ask you to use your best judgment based on local conditions and not travel if you deem it unsafe to do so. We will transfer your registration to a different date if you are unable to attend a session that does proceed as scheduled due to weather.