Arts and Culture

Wednesdays at 4 PLUS, the distinguished reading series founded by poet Robert Creeley, former David Gray Chair in Poetics at the University at Buffalo, opens its Fall 2004 program this week with two literary stars who will make presentations on Sept. 9: Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy and author Ulla Dydo, a "reader of Gertrude Stein without equal."

The impact of government policies on cultural production and personal privacy and the art sector's response to censorship will be the subject of an interdisciplinary art and law workshop to be held Sept. 10 at the University at Buffalo.

"Citizen Kane," considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made, will be among the offerings in the ninth edition of "Buffalo Film Seminars," the semester-long series of screenings and discussions sponsored by UB and the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo, in collaboration with the UB Polish Studies Program, the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo and the Kosciuszko Foundation, Western New York Division, will present Warsaw Village Band at 8 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Drama Theatre located at the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Bruce Hornsby at 8 p.m. on Nov 1 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Nellie McKay at 8 p.m. on Sept 10 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

"Walter Prochownik: In Retrospect, 1965-1995," on exhibit from July 23 through Sept. 5 in the UB Anderson Gallery, is the first comprehensive survey of paintings and works on paper to highlight the long and productive career of Walter Prochownik (1923-2000), one of Western New York's most beloved artists.

Researchers from the Virtual Reality Lab at the University at Buffalo have developed a new tool for transmitting physical touch to the virtual world. Their virtual clay sculpting system enables users to replicate in real time on a personal computer the physical act of sculpting a block of clay or other malleable material.

"Playing it Cool," a new one-act play by University at Buffalo alumnus and Buffalo native Rachel Lynn Brody, will premiere at Scotland's high-energy, often controversial Edinburgh Theatre Festival Fringe, which will take place next month.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Derek Trucks Band at 8 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.