The Buffalodown, Vol. 2, Issue 34
Stories & Events for Social Connection
- ICE & Immigration in WNY panel announced for November 5th
- Musings on Music: Mohawk Rises Again!
- Featured Events: 20 this week, always encouraging submissions!
- Links to the Deep End: Buffalo mayoral candidate profiles and more
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We’ve announced the panel of experts for my first of many events with Investigative Post – ICE & Immigration in Western New York, a panel and presentation on Wednesday, November 5th, at the Unitarian Universalist Church (695 Elmwood Ave, 7pm) – free admission, please join us!
The event will feature a panel of speakers who work daily with immigrants and refugees, followed by a question-and-answer session. The program will begin with a presentation by J. Dale Shoemaker of his reporting on ICE raids, arrests and detentions of migrants in the region and the detention center in Batavia.
Confirmed panelists include:
- Jennifer Connor, executive director of Justice for Migrant Families.
- Pamela Bos Kefi, CEO of Journey’s End Refugee Services.
- Brittany Triggs, immigration attorney for the Erie County Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project.
- Ba Zan Lin, an asylum seeker-turned U.S. citizen from Burma.
More upcoming events being presented by Investigative Post include:
- A book club discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Fitz Books, 1462 Main St., on The Death of Truth by Steven Brill.
- Geoff Kelly and Jim Heaney interviewing mayor-in-waiting Sean Ryan on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
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Musings on Music
Mohawk Place rises again!
I wrote here back in January and again in March, “Mohawk Place will rise again,” and this weekend, there’s literally an event entitled, Mohawk Rises Again – now in its fourth life, Mohawk Place is an alleycat of music clubs.
“I refuse to believe that Mohawk Place is closing for good,” I wrote in January. “Leave the band pictures on the walls, y’all, bet this ain’t the end.”
Thanks and props to Mohawk’s latest saviors, co-owners Bernice Radle and Frank DiMaria, along with scores of helpers who fixed it up form its state of neglect to reopen this weekend with two shows, plenty more to come – contact the steadiest hand at The Hawk Marty Boratin at buffalosmohawkplace-at-gmail.com to receive his most thorough show updates.
In what they’re calling “phase two” of this revival, they’re also forming a nonprofit Mohawk Music & Arts to activate the spaces above the downtown building they’ve spared from demolition near the corner of Mohawk and Ellicott.
After a test run last night with Brooklyn band Florist – Elmer Ploetz provided a review in The Buffalo Hive – the floors will shake tonight with the return of a spirited party presented by Rise Collaborative. Viva the Hawk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNKxtn8Yqk
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Events in the Week Ahead
Thanks to all who’ve submitted their events! Welcoming submissions with a flyer and link to seamus@reconnecter.org
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Links to the Deep End
Deeper dives into subjects that matter for social connection
- With early voting beginning today for Buffalo mayor and more, Investigative Post has profiled the three candidates on the ballot – Sean Ryan, Michael Gainer and James Gardner. Ryan was profiled back in June before the Democratic primary in which he prevailed; I endorsed him here then, and do again, with optimism that he’ll proceed with clear eyes through the deep problems left by decades (centuries?) of dysfunction in city hall.
- Given that screen addiction is one of the causes of social disconnection that inspired the creation of Reconnecter, I’m always digging into news such as this from NPR: Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows.
- Finally, another from NPR on a rising star in the…Twitch-osphere? I shared here earlier this year from Vox Media what was my introduction to Hasan Piker, who was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk in September, and now offers his take on the state of free speech.
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