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Buffalo State will join the University at Buffalo, Canisius College, and Niagara University for the third annual Humanities Festival September 22–24. This year’s programming, “Renaissance Remix,” is focused on the idea of “rebirth,” from the fifteenth-century Renaissance through the Harlem Renaissance to today’s renaissance in the city of Buffalo. We’ll explore who benefits when ideas and economies are reborn.  

The festival features three days of talks, performances, discussions, and food, culminating with Renaissance Remix: The Faire, on the Buffalo State campus.

Thursday, September 22
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Downtown Public Library
Free
“The Economics of Segregation: A Town Hall on Race and the Buffalo Renaissance”

Friday, September 23
Keynote Lecture by Dava Sobel
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Dava Sobel, the former science reporter for the New York Times; frequent contributor to Audubon, Discover and the New Yorker; and author of Galileo’s Daughter, will deliver her talk, “The Rebirth of the Heavens,” at 8:00 p.m., with a book signing to follow. Tickets for Sobel’s keynote are $20 for general admission and $15 for students. A VIP reception will precede the talk at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 24
Renaissance Remix: The Faire
10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Buffalo State, inside and on the grounds of Rockwell Hall
A celebration of the rebirth of culture, inquiry, arts, and physical fitness

The Outdoor Faire, free and open to the public, features elements of the European Renaissance of the sixteenth century and Buffalo’s cultural resurgence. Activities and entertainment for all ages including music, Sonnet-Slam, participation in public art, demonstrations, and interaction in physical fitness, athletics, fiber arts, bicycling, and more. Join in on Kan-Jam, designed and developed in Buffalo; chalk art; and dance by local artists and students.

Indoor activities ($15 for adults, $10 for students, includes lunch from the Westside Bazaar) feature talks on Buffalo architecture, a discussion about novelist and activist Wendell Berry, films, Black Soldiers and Folk Culture in the Harlem Renaissance, and Iroquois revitalization, among many others.

For event details and registration, please see https://buffalohumanities.org.