A Statement Released by the Buffalo International Film Festival

Buffalo, NY; New York, NY - The staff and board of The Buffalo International Film Festival mourn the passing of Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) one of the great, truly American authors famed, especially, for his children's books "Where The Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen" among dozens of others.

Mr. Sendak kindly contributed a written tribute to Mickey Mouse on the occasion of Mickey's 80th Birthday which was celebrated by The Buffalo International Film Festival on April 4, 2009 at Shea's Buffalo Theatre with a once-in-a-lifetime screening of 10 Mickey Mouse classic films and a unique presentation of the special Roadshow version of Walt Disney's Fantasia.

June 2nd, 2012 10 AM - 3 PM

Join Forest Lawn and the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society for this exciting tour! 

The Erie Canal Discovery Center at 24 Church Street is pleased to offer a free public program and book signing on Saturday, April 28 at 11 a.m. entitled, “Visions of Lockport: A Century in the Blink of an Eye.”  The guest presenter for this program is local historian, Craig Bacon, who will offer insights from the photo-journal of the same name which he compiled in 2010.  This Old Home Week Centennial Publication contains about 100 sepia and color photographs taken around the Lockport area from 1910-2010.  Many of the photos in this pictorial publication were previously unpublished and tell the story of Lockport from some of its earliest times up through the 20th century.