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.
Pub Theology
Tuesday, May 14 6:30-8:00
Frizzy’s, 140 Allen St
UU Elevator Speech Workshop
Sunday, May 11 12:00-3:00
Alliance Room
UUCB Banned Book Club with Mary Lou and Sharon
We meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Marge Gardner Room, 7:00-8:30pm. All are welcome. Join us at any time. For more information, contact Mary Lou Hill and Sharon Walker at uucbbbc@buffalouu.org or DRE Jess Pond at jpond@buffalouu.org.
“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.” Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. (Aug 29, 2015)
Our May read is Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, which wraps up the year. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author’s childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father. The book addresses themes of sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide, emotional abuse, dysfunctional family life, and the role of literature in understanding oneself and one’s family.” [Wikipedia]
The BBC will be returning in the fall with new books and a new monthly day and time. Stay tuned.
SOMETHING FUNNY GOING ON!—The Silly Syllabus
Session One (May 8): Classical (and Neo-Classical) Laughs (Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, etc.)
Session Two (May 15): Divertissement! – French Musical Humor (Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Satie, Poulenc, Ibert)
Session Three: (May 22): Musical Depreciation – Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Session Four (May 29): Connoisseurs of Comic Music – Gerard Hoffnung and Dr. Demento
Session Five (June 5): Pranksters at the Piano – Victor Borge, Igudesman & Joo
Session Six (June 12): “I’m Not Making This Up, You Know!” – British Musical Wit (Anna Russell, Flanders & Swann)
Session Seven (June 19): The Nutty Math Professor – Tom Lehrer; Jonathan and Darlene Edwards
Session Eight (June 26): Decomposing the Classics – P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele
Session Nine (July 10): Parodies and Polkas – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Session Ten (July 17): Be Our Guest – Christopher Guest’s Cinematic Musical Satires (This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind)
Session Eleven (July 24): Forbidden!– Gerald Alessandrini and Other Theatrical Satirists (Forbidden Broadway, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Musical of Musicals
Session Twelve (July 31): Song Parody as Political Weapon – Mark Russell, Capitol Steps, Randy Rainbow
This course celebrates the masters of musical satire, parody and buffoonery, including Victor Borge, Spike Jones, Anna Russell, Tom Lehrer, P.D.Q. Bach and “Weird Al” Yankovic. We’ll meet on Zoom, with the option for in-person sessions at UUCB. To register, click here or send your check (made payable to UUCB) to Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo; 695 Elmwood Ave; Buffalo, NY 14222. [Put ‘Something Funny’ on memo line of check.] For info, call 716-885-2136.