The Buffalo Humanities Festival — an annual celebration of ideas, art and activities featuring talks and panel discussions by scholars, artists and community activists — took place last weekend. The spotlight speaker was Candy Chang on Friday evening at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Central Branch Auditorium. Saturday's events featured talks, panel discussions, roundtables and performances. A special BHF Humanities Matinee performance of "What the Constitution Means to Me" was held at the D’Youville Kavinoky Theatre on Sunday. Photos: Nancy J. Parisi