Communities: Trust,” Sept. 22–24!">Attend this year’s Buffalo Humanities Festival, “Communities: Trust,” Sept. 22–24!

Posted by Tim on September 18, 2023 in Buffalo Bits, Event, Student experience

The Buffalo Humanities Festival is back in full force, from Friday, Sept. 22^nd through Sunday the 24^th. Founded in 2014, the BHF is Buffalo’s festival of ideas, a chance to come together to think, learn, and discuss! This year’s theme for the festival is “Communities: Trust.”

Honors College students may particularly want to attend Professor Camilo Trumper’s conversation with Professor Roy Bakos, “Breaking Bread: Bridging Divides with Culture, Conversation, and Comfort Food,” Professor Rinaldo Walcott’s talk on “Black Studies, the University, and the Future of Democratic Life,” or a panel on “Communities of Care: Environments and Incarceration” including UB PhD Jesse Miller, who now directs the Bard Prison Initiative. 

This year the festival will be offering free shuttles from the CFA to all events for those who register at https://buffalohumanities.org/ (where you can also find more information about the full 3 day program).

The detailed schedule can be found via this link, but highlights include:

• Friday evening (9/22, 6pm) – FREE: Central Public Library, FREE parking with early registration

Artist Candy Chang will talk about the power of art to create restorative change in communities. Described by The Atlantic as “one of the most creative community projects ever,” several of her “Before I Die…” interactive community boards will be installed at locations throughout Buffalo this week, including the entryway of the CFA. More about her project: https://candychang.com/work/before-i-die-in-nola/

• Saturday (9/23, 11am-5pm) – FREE/Donations encouraged: the Festival Proper at Buffalo State’s Rockwell Hall (1300 Elmwood). A full day of presentations and panels from local faculty, artists, and community activists, exploring topics on comfort food, indigenous languages, ecological loneliness, Black Studies in the university, human-animal bonds, prisons, policing, and renewable energy while keeping an eye on local landscapes from Love Canal to the waterfront. There will also be live music, short films, food trucks, and art activities!
• Sunday (9/24, 2pm), D’Youville Kavinoky Theatre. A special Buffalo Humanities Festival matinee performance of “What the Constitution Means to Me” starring UB colleague Lindsay Brandon Hunter with post-performance conversation featuring Brian E. Herrera (Princeton) and Ariel Nereson (UB Theatre & Dance)! Tickets (discounted to $25) for sale directly from the theatre. Register for the free shuttle from CFA to Kavinoky Theater. 

If you have any questions, refer to the Buffalo Humanities website here.