Speakers

thurs. 3
.Innovations in Creative
Expression - Julia Sabova, head of
the department of textile and the
fashion studio at the Academy of Fine
Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia,
presents "Current Works - Hats,"
featuring students' and her current
fashion artwork. The afternoon will also
feature Zuzana Gazikova, director of the
Peter Michal Bohun Gallery in
Liptovski Mikulas, Slovakia, speaking
on the
"Inspiration-Quotation-Interpretation
Project," 12:15-1 p.m. Thursday, April
3, Buffalo State College's Bulger
Communication Center, Room 410,
Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood
Ave., Buffalo; free.
www.buffalostate.edu/e vents
.Tom Calderone - Buffalo State
graduate, music industry veteran and
cable television executive, 4:30 p.m.,
E.H. Butler Library, Room 210, Buffalo
State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo; free.
www.buffalostate.edu/e vents
.Cognitive Dissonance - The
Philosophy and Humanities Department
of Buffalo State College presents
philosophy majors Marinos Maroulis
and commentator Jason Sandman, noon,
Buffalo State College's Ketchum Hall,
Room 100, 1300 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo; free.
www.buffalostate.edu/e vents
.Lorraine Pflaumer -
Designing integrative art units for
education, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3,
Buffalo State College's Upton Hall,
Room 410, 1300 Elmwood, Buffalo;
free. www.buffalostate.edu
fri. 4
.Truth Forum - Join
distinguished representatives of the
academic and research communities of
WNY who will explore the way truth is
defined in the sciences, the arts,
philosophy and the learned professions
in this roundtable discussion. Inaugural
Session, 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 4, The
Center of Inquiry Center for Inquiry,

1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst; free.
636-4869, Ext. 408
mon. 7
.David W. Blight, Ph.D. - The
Class of 1954 Professor of American
History at Yale University will present a
lecture titled "New Tales from the
Underground Railroad," 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 7, Buffalo & Erie
County Historical Society, 25
Nottingham Court, Buffalo. 888-2690
.Poland's Relations with
Europe and the U.S. - Priorities
of the New Government - Event
co-sponsored by the Permanent Chair of
Polish Culture at Canisius College and
the Department of European Studies
and features Dr. Slawomir Józefowicz,
professor of political science at the
University of Warsaw and the
Kosciuszko Foundation
Scholar-in-Residence at the University
at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Monday, April 7,
Canisius College's Horan O'Donnell
Building, Room 107, 2001 Main St.,
Buffalo; free. 888-5736,
www.c anisius.edu
tues. 8
.The Niagara Frontier
Botanical Society - Annual dinner,
with speaker Robert Johnson of
Medaille College, "Going Underground:
The Hidden (chemical) World of
Goldenrod (Solidago altissima)," 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8, Marinaccio's Steak &
Seafood Restaurant, 5877 Main St.,
Williamsville. 632-0646
.Human Relations Lecture -
7 p.m. every Tuesday, Church of
Scientology Buffalo, 836 Main St.,
Buffalo. 856-3910
.Problems of Work Lecture -
7 p.m. every Tuesday, Church of
Scientology Buffalo, 836 Main St.,
Buffalo. 856-3910
wed. 9
.Historical Society of the
Tonawandas - "An Undertaker's
Story" presented by Fred Hamp, a
fourth-generation owner and operator of
Hamp Funeral Home, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9, Tonawanda City
Hall's Community Room, 200 Niagara
St., Tonawanda; free. 694-7406