Speakers Lectures
thurs. 26

Dr. Narciso Menocal will present a lecture on John Lloyd Wright's use of water elements beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26 at The Church, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Menocal is the author of "Architecture as Nature: The Transcendentalist Idea of Louis Sullivan," "John Lloyd Wright, My Father Who Is on Earth" and "Louis Sullivan: The Poetry of Architecture," and editor of "Wright Studies I: Taliesin, 1911-1914" and "Wright Studies II: Fallingwater." Call 947-9217. fri. 27

Jennifer Michael Hecht will present "The Happiness Myth" beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, April 27 at the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Call 636-4869 or visit www.centerforinquiry.net for more information.

fri. 27

Former vice president, author and activist

Al Gore will speak as part of the 20th annual UB Distinguished Speakers Series starting at 8 p.m. Friday, April 27 at Alumni Arena, UB's North Campus, Amherst. Call 645-6147, x227 or visit www.speciale vents.buffalo.edu.