Events calendar

May 2023

• Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect Exhibit

  March 28, 2023 - January 01, 2024
  @ 10:00am - 4:00pm

  Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect

  March 28, 2023 - January 2024
  University Special Collections, Silverman Library, 4th Fl Capen Hall
  University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14261
  Free and open to the public | Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm

  The University at Buffalo Special Collections presents... Read more

• Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter Exhibition

  April 03, 2023 - July 16, 2023 | All day

  This exhibition offers an unprecedented look at the life and artistic achievements of seventeenth-century Afro-Hispanic painter Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670). Largely known today as the subject of The Met’s iconic portrait by Diego Velázquez, Pareja was enslaved in Velázquez’s... Read more

• “Feminists Reclaim Mentorship”: A Reading and Celebration

  May 04, 2023
  @ 6:00pm - 7:30pm

  Mentorship continues to loom large in stories about women's work and personal lives— sometimes for the better, but often for the worse. If mentors can nurture and support, they can also bitterly disappoint, reproducing the hardships they once suffered and reinforcing the same... Read more

• Book talk and signing with Amy Truesdell

  May 06, 2023
  @ 2:00pm - 3:00pm

  The Bangor Public Library is hosting Amy Truesdell for a discussion of her new book, "From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell." In the book, she traces the Civil War experiences of her great-great-grandfather, an early enlistee in the... Read more

• Memorial Day Talk with Amy Truesdell

  May 24, 2023
  @ 6:00pm - 7:00pm

  The Falmouth Memorial Library and the Falmouth Historical Society will co-host a Memorial Day talk with Amy Truesdell at the library. Sharing from her book, "From Binghamton to the Battlefield - The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell," she will describe her great-great-grandfather's... Read more

• From Binghamton to the Battlefield Author Talk

  May 25, 2023
  @ 5:30pm - 6:30pm

  The Lincoln County Historical Society will host an encore presentation by Amy Truesdell about her book, "From Binghamton to the Battlefield - the Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell," this time online. Amy will discuss her great-great-grandfather's experiences as one of... Read more

• Downtown Writers Center's Visiting Author Readings

  May 26, 2023
  @ 7:00pm - 8:30pm

  Poets CYNTHIA HOGUE & MARY GILLILAND, who will read from The Devil’s Fools (Codhill Press 2022), winner of the 2021 Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award.
  Held in-person at the Downtown Writers Center, and also be available online through the magic of Zoom.

  You can... Read more

• "From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell" - Book Talk and Signing at Rockland Public Library

  June 01, 2023
  @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm

  Amy J. Truesdell will talk about her book, From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell, and sign copies after her presentation. The book traces the experiences of her great-great-grandfather from the time he rushed from the family farm to... Read more