Literature

sun. 16
Spoken Word Sundays - Spoken
word and open mic hosted by poet Liz
Mariani, featuring Trudy Stern and
Verneice Turner, 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
16, Allen Street Hardware Cafe, 245
Allen St., Buffalo; free. 882-8843
Just Buffalo Open Reading -
Featuring poets Claudia Torres and Ken
Feltges with additional reading slots
available, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Rust
Belt Books, 202 Allen St., Buffalo; free.
wed. 19
Screening Room Reading Series
- Featuring Ken Feltges, Richard Olson
and Liz Mariani. Additional slots
available, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19,
The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza,
3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst; free.
Reading Between the Lines:

Wasting Away - Free monthly book
discussion series hosted by graduate
student Mary Foltz of SUNY Buffalo.
September's book is "Garbage Land: On
the Secret Trail of Trash," by Elizabeth
Royte, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Wednesday,

tues. 18 Meet the Author Hosted by Bert Gambini of WBFO FM 88.7 and featuring Scott Weidensaul, author of "Of A Feather: A Brief History of American Birding," 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, WBFO Theatre, Allen Hall, UB South Campus, Main Street, Buffalo; free. www. wbfo. org

Sept. 19, the Buffalo Museum of

Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway,
Buffalo; free, but pre-registration
required by calling 896-5200.
Participants asked to attend all four
sessions on the third Wednesday or
every month through December.
www. nyhumanities. org/ discussion_ groups