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A Night Out on the Town
The Grosvenor Room, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Special Collections Department, will present a speaker series with Explore Buffalo in 2025.
This free speaker series will take place in the Ring of Knowledge in the Central Library in downtown Buffalo at 1 Lafayette Square. Admission is free and no registration is required. All presentations will begin at 1 PM and be approximately one hour in length, including time for Questions & Answers.
This talk revives the exciting history of the entertainment community in Buffalo. Are you a movie buff? We will talk about the variety of theatres that would have shown everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Cary Grant to the original Star Wars. Is music more your speed? We will help you imagine where you would have sat to listen to the likes of Sinatra, Elvis, the Stones, and the Goo Goo Dolls. From vaudeville to live stage productions, Buffalo has been home to wondrous theatres and other venues which are no longer physically with us but, through this talk, can once again be part of our collective memory.
Speaker: Christine Campbell
Bio: While an attorney by trade, Chris Campbell’s first love has always been history. Whether she is providing a walking tour, giving a presentation, writing a book or even attending a Bills game, Chris is always fascinated by the history of our wonderful Western New York community. She has traveled the world but just as Dorothy learned in OZ: there is no place like home. Chris’s goal is to share her love of Buffalo’s history with others … and of course to one day see the Bills win the Super Bowl and the Sabres win the Stanley Cup.
- Date:
- Saturday, November 8, 2025
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Library Name:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Adult Senior Teen Young Adult
- Categories:
- Education History Lectures, Talks & Panels Public Program