Literature

thurs. 3 .WBFOs "Meet the Author" with Bert Gambini series continues with Fred Pearce, author of "With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Climate Change," 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3 at the Roycroft Inn, 40 S. Grove St., East Aurora. Pearce presents a cogent rundown of the findings that establish greenhouse gases as a global warming catalyst and, most disturbingly, provides careful analysis of evidence indicating that climatic change has never been gradual. Visit www.wbfo.org for more information.
fri. 4
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    The Nickel City Poetry Slam host
the Buffalo Poetry Slam
Championship starting at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 4 at Albright-Knox Art
Gallery's Clifton Hall, 1285 Elmwood
Ave., Buffalo. Call 882-8700 or visit
www.albrightknox.org for more
information.
mon. 7
.
    Basics2Bylines - meeting of
writers (poetry, essays, fiction and
nonfiction) wanting to get works
published, beginning at 7 p.m. Monday,
May 7 at Barnes & Noble, 1565
Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. Visit
http://basics2bylines.org for more
information.