Festival of Lights at our Lady of Fatima Shrine

This evening Jim and I went to Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Lewiston to see their festival of lights; all religious themed light displays keeping with the true meaning of Christmas. We also enjoyed a wonderful concert by Father Bill Quinlivan who was joined by several other talented singers. And the evening was free, except for paying the toll to cross Grand Island!

Local author signing at Buffalo History Museum today

Just a reminder about the local author signing at the Buffalo History Museum today from 12-2pm. Over 45 local authors will be there.

Below is a press release I received from the Buffalo History Museum regarding the upcoming local author book signing November 24th.

THE BUFFALO HISTORY MUSEUM

PRESENTS ANNUAL LOCAL AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING

More Than 30 Local Authors on Hand to Autograph Books

Buffalo, N.Y. – Nov.8 –The Buffalo History Museum offers a fun, relaxed alternative to frenzied holiday shopping – its 9th annual local author book signing event on Saturday, November 24, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. at the Museum, located at One Museum Court at Elmwood Avenue and Nottingham Terrace intersection.

More than 30 local authors will be on hand to meet and greet readers and sign purchased books. This year’s event includes, but is not limited to, the following local authors:


John Allen

Andy Anselmo

Tim Bohen

Steve Cichon

Lorna Czarnota

Mary Dolce

Dan Glushefsky

Gerald Halligan

William Kae

Ed Kilgore

Nicholas & Zoie Kin

Jessica Saddleson

Graham Millar

Nancy Mingus

Paul Moore

Michael Mulley

Stephen Myers

Cassidy O'Connor

Lynda Schneekloth

Frances Schmidt

Jan Sheridan

Christine Smyczynski

Gerry Stafford

Dan Starr

Dr. Mark Donnelly

John Fagant

Bruce Fisher

Mary Ann Giordano

Linda Fritz

Jim Reynolds

Sister Jean Kliczcak

John Koerner

Lillian Jusziewicz

Patrick Mahoney

Donald Mang

Ray Massey

Neil O'Donnell

Janice Okun

John Percy

Jack Quinan

Mike Rizzo

Erno Rossi

Cynthia VanNess

Deborah Williams

Mason Winfield

Julianna Fiddler-Woite

(List as of 11/8)


In addition to books, the Museum Shop offers unique Buffalo-themed gifts, including jewelry, fine art prints, maps, educational toys, and special Abraham Lincoln/ 1901 Pan-American Exposition-themed items. Museum members will receive 10% off discounts on many items. Special holiday promotions will be featured.


The Local Author Book Signing event is free and open to the public and parking is complimentary and plentiful. For more information, the public may call The Buffalo History Museum at (716) 873-9644 ext. 301. Find us Facebook and twitter. Visit the website: www.buffalohistory.org


MEDIA CONTACT:
CONSTANCE M. CALDWELL
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Daemen College Center for Visual & Performing Arts

Earlier this evening my daughter and I attended the opening reception for the new center for Visual and Performing Arts at Daemen College. Of special interest to me as I'm a Daemen alumni and my daughter is going to apply there for next fall.

What a beautiful building and large classrooms with all sorts of windows. A very exciting time at Daemen College!

Guest blogging on Brainiac Getaways

I am a guest blogger on www.brainiacgetaways.com with a post about glassmaking in Corning. Check out my post along with some other interesting articles on the site. Please note that my daughter is the one making the glass flower, not the younger girl next to me when I'm making my glass pendant. The caption is incorrect and should be changed soon by Carol, the blogs creator.

Forest Lawn tour and Navy Week on the waterfront

Today my husband and I went on a trolley tour at Forest Lawn cemetery. We had picked up a brochure a few weeks ago and had always wanted to take one of our tours. Since today was clear on our calendar, we made reservations for the11:30 tour, which today happened to be the women's history tour focusing on the well known women who are "permanent residents" of the cemetery, such as Maria Love and Shirley Chisolm.

It was very interesting and informative, as the tour also mentioned some of the other notables buried in Forest Lawn, such as Millard Filmore and Rick James. WE even stopped to see the well-known Blocher memorial in the cemetery.

After the tour we headed down to the waterfront to see (from the outside) some of the ships docked at the waterfront for Navy Week. It was so nice to see so many people at the waterfront! There was quite a long line to get on board the ships that were docked there. We knew we had to be home by a certain time, so we didn't bother trying to tour the inside of the ships.

A Getaway to Ellicottville

Last week Thursday my husband and I went on an overnight getaway to Ellicottville to celebrate our anniversary. Our first stop was the Nannen Arboretum, a very picturesque spot. Then lunch at the Ellicottville Brewing Company, followed by wine tasting at the Ellicottville Winery, which has very good wines. Later that evening we had dinner at the Silver Fox, which had some great specials on the menu. After dinner we strolled down to a small park with a gazebo, which features live music on Thursdays during the summer. We stayed overnight at the Wingate hotel.

The next day we enjoyed shopping at the many stores in town. On our way back home we traveled through Colden, stopping at the Colden Country Store, and then we made a stop in East Aurora to shop at Vidler's. We had gift certificates to the Dog Bar in West Falls, so we had dinner there. Both the food and atmosphere are good here.