Today is 716 Day! That’s when we turn as a nation to the region of The 716 and bow to the country’s greatest place. Or something like that! In truth, with the possible exception of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes, I can’t think of anyplace I’d rather live, even with all this area’s warts and self-inflicted unforced errors. There’s just too much that I love about this region. Ditch it for one of the Carolinas, so I don’t have to shovel snow and pay less taxes? No, thank you!

Here’s a photo I took last week of downtown Buffalo, as seen through the support pylons of Buffalo’s Skyway. I like how this one turned out, especially since this isn’t my final edit at all; this is a very quick edit of the jpeg in Snapseed. I haven’t put the RAW file into Lightroom yet, so we’ll see how that turns out.

And now, music! Here is “Flivver Ten Million” by Frederick Converse, a work which honors the ten millionth Ford vehicle. The piece is actually about Detroit, but this performance is by the Buffalo Philharmonic, which makes it appropriate. Plus, Detroit and Buffalo are quasi-sister cities in a lot of ways (some good, some bad). 

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  1. I heard this piece played by the Albany Symphony Orchestra in the last decade or so.
    Most people in the US don’t know that Buffalo is geographically closer to Detroit than to NYC by about 100 miles.

  2. At Chautauqua TODAY, I just discovered:
    Explore locally and come to Chautauqua Institution on Buffalo Day. Residents of Buffalo have free admission and parking* all day. Our Buffalo Day includes access to all events in the Amphitheater and Hall of Philosophy that day, beaches, and so much more!

    Please bring proof of residency for entry. Youth 12 and under are always free at Chautauqua!

    Events:

    9:15 a.m. (Amphitheater) Morning Worship: The Rev. Kate Braestrup

    10:45 a.m. (Amphitheater) Morning Lecture: Margaret Sullivan, Egan Visiting Professor, Duke University

    2 p.m. (Hall of Philosophy) Afternoon Lecture: Sohrab Ahmari, Founder and Editor of Compact

    3:30 p.m. (Hall of Philosophy) Buffalo & Chautauqua: Advancing Racial Equity Panel
    Glenn Jackson – M&T Bank/Oishei Foundation; Felicia Beard – Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo/Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable; Michael Ball – Highmark. Panel will be moderated by Amit Taneja, Senior Vice President & Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Officer at Chautauqua Institution

    5 p.m. (Smith Wilkes Hall) Film Presentation: The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

    8:15 p.m. (Amphitheater) Evening Program: Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra “Dvorak 8” with Chia-Hsuan Lin, conductor

    Patrons from the Buffalo region zip codes 14201 through 14280 are admitted free to Chautauqua 7 a.m. –11:59 p.m. Order tickets at the Chautauqua Ticket Office. Orders placed by July 11 will also receive free parking for the day. Please place your order online. Free parking discount will be added during the checkout process.

    Buffalo Day is made possible in part by The Martin Group and the C-SAAHN Fund at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, with additional support from The Buffalo-Chautauqua Idea and Connection: Galucki Family Endowment Fund.

  3. Buffalo Day is an annual event at CHQ. Just sayin’.

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