UUCB provides enriching adult education classes that delve into religious exploration, promoting spiritual growth, alongside engaging courses in music comprehension, fostering a well-rounded learning experience for individuals seeking intellectual and cultural development.
UUCB Brown Bag Breakfast Banned Book Club with Mary Lou and Sharon
Our 25-26 season is over, but stay tuned for next season’s reads. If you haven’t been able to join us but you’re curious about the books we read and discuss, stop by the Banned Book Table at the Women’s Society Book Sale. We’ll be selling books we’ve discussed over the years. We may also have next year’s schedule by then. All sales support the Book Sale.
And. . . . speaking of our 26/27 Season: Our first meeting, in October of 2022, focused on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. We’ve been reading ever since – contemporary adult, YA, and children’s books as well as classics that have been challenged or banned. 2026/2027 will be our fifth year of reading and discussing these works.
Some of our members have been with us since the very beginning. Others are “drop ins” or occasional members. We welcome new members at all levels of interest!
Over the years, we’ve developed a collaboration with Burning Books Bookstore. They offer 15% discounts to our members and visit the church on occasion to sell their books. Burning Books is the only bookstore in town that regularly stocks Beacon Press. We’re working on a special collaboration with Burning Books, the ministry, and our club. Stay tuned for more information!
For more information, contact Mary Lou Hill and Sharon Walker at uucbbbc@buffalouu.org or DRE Jess Pond at jpond@buffalouu.org. Remember to fight censorship and read a banned book today!
Music with Michael
Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo
695 Elmwood Avenue; Buffalo, NY 14222
11 Zoom Meetings; Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
May 6 to July 22, 2026
Cost: $75 for full course, or $10 per session
From musicals to mystery to farce, we’ll cover all the shows on the Shaw Fest’s 2026 theatrical bill of fare! We meet online on the Zoom platform.
Course Syllabus:
Session One (May 6): I’m the Greatest Star! – Funny Girl. Book by Isobel Lennart, music by July Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill.
Session Two (May 13): The Art of the Whodunit – Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer
Session Three (May 20): Good Humor Man – Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense by David and Robert Goodale, based on The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse.
Session Four (May 27): Bedtime Stories – The Wind in the Willows, adapted by Fiona Sauder, from A.A. Milne’s play Toad of Toad Hall, based on the Kenneth Grahame novel The Wind in the Willows.
Session Five (June 3): Holiday Season 1: A Year with Frog and Toad. Book and lyrics by Willie Reale, music by Robert Reale, based on the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel.
Session Six (June 10): Playwright’s Workshop – A New Work in Progress by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Session Seven (June 17): Dear Old Alma Mater – Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy
June 24 – NO CLASS SESSION!
Session Eight (July 1): Don’t You Love Farce? – One for the Pot, by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton
Session Nine (July 8): The Chekhovian GBS – Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw
Session Ten (July 15): Holiday Season 2 – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. New book by Douglas Carter Beane, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Session Eleven (July 22): Mozart and Mediocrity – Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
