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*African World History Class Tuesdays,7:30-9:00 pm.Introducing a new pro-gram at the center, hosted by Kiah Nyame! Stay tuned and check the Baobab website for further details. $5 donation re-quested per session.

“LAST CALL AFTER FALL” FAMILY DAY ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: Sunday De-cember 16, 11am-5pm, Dan-cencounters, 215 Tremont St. In the Kee Lox Bldg., Dr.#8, 1st floor Admission: $3.00 Featuring “Make It and Take It” [Creative arts supplies to create your own masterpiece!]Soul line dancing, Artististic vendors (jewelry, pictures, etc…), baked goods sale &a musical atmosphere to help you enjoy your visit. For more information contact:franceshare@yahoo.com

The Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave. www.thebaobab.org

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*The Second ComingDec 21, 7 pm Authorities accuse a Black man wearing dreadlocks who calls himself Jesus of being a lunatic. Starring Blair Un-derwood. This project was supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Hu-manities. RSVP

*Last Friday Heritage Jazz SeriesDec 28, 7 pm TBA. RSVP

*A Kwanzaa Celebration Dec 30, 3 -6 pm Nia (Purpose) The Baobab Cultural Center is one of the locations and organizations within the city hosting an event during the seven-day celebration. Join us for a unique celebration of traditional African values of Family, Community and Culture.

Culture Continues at The Baobab

Hosted by Dr. Carl Atkins, Professor of Music at RIT, the Last Friday Jazz Heritage Se-ries will present fine perfor-mances of Jazz and provide audiences with the opportuni-ty to engage in a dialogue on its history, sociology and psy-chology in the United States and throughout the world. Audience members will be invited to ask questions and interact with the performers. Each program in the series will include musical perfor-mance or film and lecture/dis-cussion about some aspect of this music called Jazz.

Dr. Carl and Mrs. Atkins

Carl Atkins (saxophones) has been program director for the Thelonius Monk Institute and has taught jazz at the New England Conservatory. He re-cently toured with the Smith-sonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and is currently on the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology.Admission: $10; Free for members in good standing. Refreshments served.

*MOCHA Center Pre-New Year’s Masquerade Extrav-aganza! Saturday, December 29 from 8:00pm – 2:00amThe VIBE Lounge 302 N. Good-man Street, Rochester NY (Village Gate) Tickets Online $30 plus 2.64 transaction fee. On Sale NOW until Friday, December 28 @ 5pm.Tickets At the Door $40. Bring ID – It is a 21 & Older Affair

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Stand With Us Support Rally! A Rally to support John Walker, Darryl Boyd and Darryn Gibson (deceased) to overturn Motion 41-413 will be held at 2041 Fillmore Ave (site of 1977 homicide) every Saturday morning 9-10 a.m. The purpose of the rally is to show community support for these young men who were falsely accused and convicted of a crime none of them committed. Their case has been directed to the Erie County District for a possible trial date to exonerate them. Please come out and stand with them every Saturday until justice has prevailed. For more information, please call John Walker at (716) 578-5128.

HAPPYHOLIDAYS!

PRAYER FOR JUSTICE: John Walker (left), his son John Walker III (middle) and Jeffrey Watkins, pray for justice at a recent Satur-day Rally.

Naming Ceremony for the Alphonso “Rafi” Green CAO Masten Resource CenterA Naming Ceremony for The Alphonso “Rafi” Green CAO Masten Resource Center “ will be held on Thursday, December 20 at 11 a.m. at Center, located at 1423 Fillmore Avenue. The naming of the center is in honor of Mr. Green. “We want to create a legacy in his honor to our commu-nity. Rafi gave his all for all of us,” organizers stated. It will be hosted by Patricia Elliott. Call 332-3773 ext. 205 for more information.

“Kwanzaa, What's It All About?” Columnist To Complete Lecture Series Columnist Eva M. Doyle will complete the Eye On History Lecture Series with the 33rd lecture on Thursday, December 20 at the Downtown Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the area known as the Ring of Knowl-edge. The topic for the lecture will be: Kwanzaa, What's It All About? Mrs. Doyle will discuss the origins and meaning of Kwanzaa and dispel the myths surrounding it. She would also like to announce that the first CD from the lecture series in now available. "I would like to thank those who came out in support of this series of lectures,” said Mrs. Doyle. For more information call 847-6010 or 533-9547.

WUFO Sponsoring Presidential Inaugu-ration Bus TripPresident Obama has won the 2012 Presidential Election and WUFO Mix 1080 Radio is going to Washington, DC to support and witness this momentous occasion. For the first time in history a minority male will serve as president in the White House for a second term. You and a friend can join WUFO as we hop on the bus and travel to the Presidential Inaguration Jan. 19-2Call 834-1080 or visit www.wufoam.com for more information.

Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes Presents Check for $500K for MLK Park NYS Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes, as a staunch advocate for the preservation and improvement of MLK Park and its surrounding neighborhood, presented a check for $500K to Thomas Herrera-Mischler of Olmsted Parks Conservancy. The funding was secured by As-semblywoman as part of the capital improvement dollars received from the New York State Assembly. The funding will be used to assist in im-provements to the Casino and Wading Area of MLK Park. The check was presented during Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes’ “2nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony” at MLK Park, which is done in partnership with Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. Much thanks is given to Schnittel’s Nursery for their donation of the tree last year and the support of Majority Leader and Masten District Councilman Demone A. Smith and the Masten Block Club Coalition.

Groundbreaking News

St. John Fruit Belt Community Development Breaks Ground for 49 New Townhouses

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Erie County Chairwoman Betty Jean Grant held a press con-ference last Wednesday with members of the Stop the Violence Coalition, FATHERS, Buffalo United Front,MADDDADDS and other anti-crime organizations and concerned citizens of the community to say enough is enough in the wake of the dou-ble murder on Minnesota Ave. December 11. The news conference was held in the 400 block of Minnesota Ave, (near Bailey Ave.) near the scene of the latest homicide where 28-year-old Shameka Harris and 23-year-old Joshua Eatman were gunned down just after midnight Monday as they sat in a cab in front of their home. Harris’s death leaves four children without a mother. The killings raise to 47 the number of city homicides in 2012, up from 34 in 2011. Grant says only 20 percent of the year’s homicides have been solved.Anyone with information regard-ing the shootings is asked to contact Buffalo police through the confidential TIPCALL by calling or texting a tip to 716-847-2255. “We are asking the community to come out and work to-gether with law enforcement officers and the elected officials to put a stop to this community’s self imposed genocide,” stated Mrs. Grant. Erie County Legislature Chair Betty Jean Grant says the Buffalo and Erie County Safe Neighborhood Initiative will be made up of community members, anti-crime groups, elected leaders, and law enforcement.

Legislaltor Grant (center)

Legislator Grant Calls for End to “Self Imposed Genocide” in Wake of Double Murder

Couple Celebrates 45th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Washington are celebrating their 45th Wedding An-niversary. The couple was married on Christmas Day December 25, 1954. Mrs. Washington is the former Frances Banks. The Wash-ington’s are the proud par-ents of five children. They have nine grandchildren and seven great grandchil-dren. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Washington!

Mr. and Mrs. Washington

East High, Waterfront Elementary Won’t Be Turned Into Charters The Chameleon Com-munity Schools Project has withdrawn its bid to close two Buffalo public schools - East High and Waterfront Elementary - and turn them into charter schools. They withdrew their plan after realizing that Albany would reject it.

Transformation of Buffalo’s historic Fruit Belt neighborhood continued on Dec. 14 when federal, state and local government officials joined religious leaders in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new townhome project. St. John Fruit Belt Community Development Corp. is devel-oping 49 new townhomes on properties near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The $15.3 million project will in-clude 17 buildings, with two, three and four-bedroom town-homes that will be energy ef-ficient. Their design will be in line with the neighborhood’s architecture. Rent will be $500 for the two-bedroom, $550 for three and $600 for the four-bedroom units.

“This is an important step in our ongoing efforts to help improve the quality of life in the Fruit Belt and in Buffalo,” said Pas-tor Michael Chapman, consulting CEO of St. John Baptist Fruit Belt Community Development Corporation. “Construction of these townhomes is leading to new employment opportunities for neighborhood residents. We are most grateful for the com-mitment from Governor Cuomo, Lieutenant Governor Duffy, Congressman Higgins, Mayor Brown and a number of other government leaders. This investment is bringing new life to the Fruit Belt.”

New York State Homes & Community Renewal Commissioner/CEO Darryl Towns said: “The State’s investment in St. John Town Homes brings affordable housing to the community, grows jobs and encourages further investment in the Fruit Belt. Governor Cuomo has committed to revitalizing Buffalo with a $1 billion initiative to strengthen the regional economy. I join in congratulating Pastor Chapman for building a better community with meaningful opportunities that will benefit individuals and families, by training and employing Fruit Belt residents in the construction of the town homes, ensuring they learn marketable skills to position them for good jobs.”

Mayor Byron Brown called the effort “nothing short of extraor-dinary....As we see growth in the medical corridor, we’ll see growth in the Fruit Belt.”

Also attending the groundbreaking was Assemblywoman Crys-tal Peoples-Stokes Ellicott District Council Member Darius Pridgen, Senator Tim Kennedy, Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, Con-gressman Brian Higgins and State Senator Mark Grisanti.

Pastor and Mrs. Chapman

Breaking Ground. Photo Princess Photography

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(Reuters) - A surge in His-panics and Asians is set to dramatically change the face of the United States over the next 50 years, with no one ethnic group the majority, ac-cording to U.S. figures that depict an aging nation with slower population growth. By 2060, non-whites will make up 57 percent of the U.S. population, more than doubling from 116.2 million in 2012 to 241.3 million, ac-cording to projections by the U.S. Census Bureau released on Wednesday. Racial mi-norities are now 37 percent of the population, it said. The shift will largely be fueled by minority births that continue to outpace those of whites, the agency said, based on data from the 2010 Census. Nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic by 2060, up from one in six now, it said. The Asian population is also expected to more than double over the next five de-cades.

The United States has financed and given overall direction to the worst genocide since World War Two, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 1996, Washington has drenched Con-go’s eastern provinces in the blood of over six mil-lion people. The govern-ments of Rwanda and Uganda, the direct perpe-trators of this h o l o c a u s t , are in every sense of the word agents of U.S. for-eign policy, who operate with impunity under the imperial umbrella. A growing number of voices now charge that the Obama ad-ministration, like the Bush and Clinton administrations before it, has “protected” Rwanda and Uganda in their de facto an-nexation of eastern Congo and its mineral riches. But the actual relationship is more like that between a Mafia Godfather and his murderous henchmen. For 16 years, Uganda and Rwanda have done the bidding of their paymasters and arms suppliers, the American and British governments. If the Nuremburg rules of international justice were in force today, the highest officials in London and Washington would face death by hanging for their monstrous crimes – and only later would Presidents Kag-ame of Rwanda and Museveni of Uganda take their walk with the executioner. When Congolese women and children screamed in agony, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice said, literally, that the U.S. should “look the other way” – knowing full well that a people were being annihilated. She is no different than the high Nazi officials who were hanged for waging aggressive And now, after 16 years of unspeakable carnage, the world’s greatest military power, equipped with the most sophisticated means of information gathering ever devised, whose soldiers train and equip the Rwandans and Ugandans who are respon-sible for tens of thousands of murders a month, claims to have only the most limited knowledge of how six million people wound up dead – half of them children below the age of five. During hearings this week at the House Subcommittee on Africa, Johnnie Carson, an avuncular Black man who’s fill-ing Susan Rice’s old shoes as assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, performed his own sickening dance of death, admitting that the so-called M23 “rebels” that have been ram-paging through eastern Congo “would not be the threat” they are today “without external support.” But Carson would still not say directly that Rwanda is the real power behind M23, and he tried to absolve the government of Uganda of complicity. Steve Hege, who coordinated the UN Group of Experts whose report Susan Rice tried to suppress, testified that “Rwanda, in fact, orchestrated the creation of M23,” and that “senior Ugan-dan officials” were deeply involved in M23’s operations. Johnnie Carson and Susan Rice are not motivated to lie by loyalty to African military strongmen. They are loyal to U.S. government policies that they have both played a role in for-mulating. Just because Susan Rice qualifies as a person of the lowest human order imaginable – an accomplice to genocide – does not make her a rogue element. Far from it: she is a “good German” soldier, following her commander-in-chief’s orders, oblivious to the agony of dying Africans, whose lives don’t count for anything in America, anyway – including, it appears in much of Black America, where Rice is applauded as yet an-other Black face in a very high place. On the web, go to Black-AgendaReport.com. BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.

16 Years of U.S. Genocide in Congo

People of Color to Outnumber Whites in U.S. by 2060

When NBC pre-empted Sunday Night Football to broadcast President Barack Obama’s heartfelt address to nation about the tragic massa-cre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, racists quickly took to Twitter. “Take that n****r off the tv, we wanna watch football!” one bigot tweeted. “Obama you stupid sand n****r get off my tv,” another racist complained. “Your just making the families hurt and miss their kids more and I want to watch football.” “Damn n*****r takes up my football time,” an idiot com-mented.“This n****r interrupted foot-ball game,” added one more Obama hater. There were dozens of simi-lar ugly racial comments streaming through Twitter and over the Internet on Sunday from bigots who were totally unsympathetic to the families who lost 20 children and six adults when an insane gun-man, Adam Lanza, opened fire inside an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut last week. At a time when most Ameri-cans came together to support the residents of Newtown, there were racists who rep-resented the darkest side of humanity. How can so many people be so callous in the wake of an unspeakable trag-edy? These racists didn’t vote for Obama in November and they never wanted to see a black man in the White House any-way. But Monday’s collective racial tirade took on a decid-edly different tone than the usual run-of-the-mill racial hatred. This was even more de-spicable because these racists would rather blame Obama for pre-empting a few minutes of the 49ers-Patriots game in-stead of standing with those families who were mourning th eir loved ones. “Whatever measure of com-fort we can provide, we will provide,” Obama told a sol-emn audience in Newtown Sunday night. “Whatever portion of sad-ness we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear,” the president told them. “Newtown, you are not alone.”

“Take That N*gger Off TV” is How Racists Reacted toPresident Obama’s Speech

Happy Holidays-

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WINTER On the winter solstice, oc-curring December 21 (this Friday)in the northern hemi-sphere the sun rises the latest and sets the earliest, giving us the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This is a time for us to go deeply within to bring light to the dark places. The organs associated with the Winter season are the kid-neys, adrenal glands, bladder and bones. In traditional Chinese med-icine the kidneys are thought of as the root of the body’s energy. The element associ-ated with the kidneys is wa-ter. Your adrenal glands sit like miniature caps on top of your kidneys and help you re-spond appropriately to stress.Your bladder is the muscular holding tank for urine re-leased by the kidneys – and a storehouse for emotion.: specifically fear and held-in anger.-Winter Foods-Use the following foods to support your kidneys, blad-der, adrenal glands ad bones during winter months:*Herbal teas with ginger nettle, fennel seeds, licorice root, and cinnamon in the winter; use an abundance of vegetable and bean soups to promote kidney cleansing.*Miso , seaweeds, sea salt, millet and barley *Bitter foods nourishes the heart: . Use lettuce water-cress, endive, turnip, celery, asparagus, alfalfa rye, oats, quinoa and amaranth*Warming Foods: ginger, cinnamon, garlic, black pep-per, cloves, fennel, cayenne, roasted root vegetables (yams, potatoes, beets, car-rots), flaxseed oil. MINI-MIZE YOUR INTAKE OF COLD FOODS SUCH AS SALAD GREENS RAW VEGETABLES FRIUT, COLD DRINKS AND ICE CREAM.*Kidney yang tonics (warm-ing): walnuts, black beans, quinoa, onion, leeks, garlic, chicken, lamb *Kidney yin tonics (blood building): mung beans, mung bean sprouts, string beans, black beans, aduki beans, kidney beans, black soybean lenils, tofu, wild rice, millet, sweet rice, barley, chlorella, red, black and blue berries; watermelon, rosehip tea and red raspberry tea..(From The Complete Natural Medicine by Dr. Sat Dharam Kaur, MD; Dr. Caroln Dean ad Dr. Mary Danylak, Ar-hanic, MD)

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ChallengerCN.com FAITH BASED“Mary’s Baby Daddy” “Mary’s Baby Daddy,” a Christmas story told in a contem-porary presentation, will be shown in a drive-in at True Bethel Baptist Church parking lot, 907 E. Ferry St. on Thursday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Free per carload.

Calendars are available at the Thomas T. Edwards Funeral Home, Monday thru Friday 10am - 2pm, Please call 894-4888, Quanities are limited

The Emmanuel Temple Seventh-day Adventist church is cel-ebrating the Christmas holiday season with its annual concert featuring the choir and the spoken Word at our 11 a.m. Sabbath (Saturday) morning worship service at 300 Adams Street, Buf-falo. All are invited, please call 856-6044 for additional info.

Emmanuel Temple Annual Holiday Concert Free Calendars at Thomas T. Edwards

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BUYING BLACK IN BUFFALO: FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND BEYONDThis is our third “Buying

Black In Buffalo” fea-ture, designed to pro-

mote Black business and en-courage our readers to spend as much as they can with Af-rican American entrepreneurs – not only during the holiday season, but throughout the year. And although things may be a bit tight, people are still spending money. Nationally African Americans’ spending power now surpasses $1 tril-lion a year. Recycling some of that cash back into Black-owned establishments is just plain good, economic sense.

We canvassed the city and found some really nice buys, and we hope everyone who reads this week’s issue will check out some of the busi-nesses in the city before head-ing for the mall. Our shoppers guide offers some really nice alternatives. Happy shopping!

FINE HAND CRAFTED JEWELRY

Allen Street ConnectionLONNIE B. HARRELLSome of the finest handcrafted silver and African American Jewelry in the city. The hands on the cover page are those of master jewelry maker Harrell. Afro-centric clothing and ac-cessories also available.Open: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.; 884-9481

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC /VIDEOS

Doris Records50 years serving all the com-munity’s music needs! Lots of other great buys as well in cloth-ing, caps, purses and more!286 E. Ferry St. 883-2410

New Style Records & MoviesR&B to Gospel: Magazines and more 2995 Bailey Avenue834-0710

BOOKS N’ THINGSZawandi Books2460 Main Street (Inside Frater-nally Yours Card Shop); one of best selections of Afro-centric reading in Upstate New York; formerly Harambee Books, great gift ideas. Hours: wed, Fri 7 Sat. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.903-6740

BLACK GREETING CARDS AND LOTS OF UNIQUE GIFT IDEAS!

Our World Boutique863 E Ferry: this amazing shop goes way beyond cards. Great gift ideas. Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. up until Christmas Day when its open till noon!903-0449

Fraternally Yours Gift and Card Shop2460 Main Street. Open Tues-day – Sat. 11:30 a.m. – 4 :30 pm All occasion cards, gifts, ce-ramics, collectibles and special fraternity/ sorority , Mason and Eastern Star items as well.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LOSING INCHES!

Inches Gone Now70 Allen Street; open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sun. by Ap-pointment. A unique business just in time for the holidays and it works! Call for a consultation @ 253-8096 or 881-0801.

DRESS TO IMPRESS

J. Christian Fashion Boutique617 Main St. Market Arcade Building Open 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mon-Fri. and 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sat. Suits, dresses, jewelry, hats, “Church” Ensembles, ca-reer wear; really, really nice, classy styles for every occasion in sizes 2 to 30!! 563-6410

Couture Boutique3142 Main Street. Striker’s Ball? Urban League Gala? Some of the most beautiful formal attire anywhere for all occasions from proms t0 wed-dings? Hours 10am – 6 p.m. Mon. – Sat. 605-8822

KJ Fashions439 E. Amherst St. New York City right in the community! Great men & women designer clothing, shoes & accessories. 332-1246

One of a Kind Fashion3000 Bailey Avenue: Really hot stuff for men and ladies, shoes, boots, clothing. . 783-9796.

Me & My Wife Style Studio93 Allen Street. Open Wed.– Sat. noon – 7 p.m. Men’s and Women’s clothing and accesso-ries; 390-4982

CLOTHING AND MORE

Althea’s Second Time Around Consignment Shop: 661 Main St.; really nice items for men and women from shoes and suits to furs and furniture – Althea has it all. Check her out – you’ll be pleasantly surprised! Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays for Drop Offs by Appointment only. 845-0000

Class Act Boutique40 Allen Street. Hours Mon.-Fri. 11a.m. – 7 p.m., Sat. Noon – 5 p.m., wholesale and retail body oils and incense; men and women’s clothes and even tropical fish (African Cichlids). 602-8128

Gloria’s No Limit95 Allen St. Some consignment, mostly retail, oils, costume jew-elry, all sizes! Hours Mon. – Fri. noon – 6 p.m.; Sat. noon – 5 p.m. 361-4916

Pamela’s3142 Main St. Nice variety of women’s clothing and acces-sories. Hours 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily Call for appointment. 725-6215

African Market224 Elmwood (in plaza next to Price Rite), Designs by Dovi and girls, African fabrics, bas-ket, jewelry, Shea Butter, Gift items from Africa and more, plus food items. Hours: Mon-Sat 11a.m. – 7 p.m. 882-1424

Flight 104104 Elwood at Allen; beautiful gift ideas from arti-facts to clothing, oils and jewel-ry; real cool stuff. Hours: Tues. – Sat. Noon – 6 p.m. 882-1925

One Man’s Junk Another Man’s Treasure Boutique1474 Fillmore @ Woodlawn; new and used clothing, shoes, and more for men, women and children. Open Wed – Sat 10am-5pm; donations welcome.

D&D AromaHigh quality fragrances. Free delivery. 353-0897.

Cindy’s Hats. Beautiful selection, plus jew-elry. 893-5613

UNIQUE BOUTIQUES

Dirt Cheap301 E. Utica St. @ Jefferson.A real treasure hunt! You may even find some antiques! Furniture, jewelry, accessories some clothing. Worth check-ing out! Hours: noon – 5 pm Wed. – Sat. 563-3136

Ansar Cellular Communica-tions1371 Fillmore Ave. (cor. Uti-ca); specializing in cell phones but oils, soaps incense also on hand! Plus, a one stop center for phone and utility bill pay-ing and other needed services! Hours Mon. –Wed. 11a.m.- 7 p.m.; Thurs – Sat. 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.884-2373

GRANT STREETLots of unique ethnic shop-ping in the Grant-Ferry business district fro owners throughout the Diaspora; lots of really nice items!

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ENTERTAINMENTon stage

*The Jazz Example; fea-turing Lester Robinson on drums; Greg Piontek on bass; Doug (Trigger) Gaston on Pi-ano, Band Leader Bilal Abdul-lah on Tenor Sax; and vocalist Lady Lita, will be performing on stage @ the Anchor Bar, each Friday night @ 9PM .

NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA: The Old School B Boys will be the featured entertainment at the upcoming St. Martin De Pores Holy Name Society’s New Year’s Eva Gala Decem-ber 31. DJ David Allen will be spinning the latest music at the event from 7 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. at The Fairdale Banquet Cen-ter - 672 Wehrle Drive. Tickets are $50 per person and must be purchased in advance by Friday, Dec. 28 at the follow-ing locations. Brooks Central Park Cleaner-located at the corner of Wade & Holden,St. Martin De Porres Church Office-555 Northampton Street,or call God Father Promotions Promotions at 716-602-8150.*Holiday Bash, Dec. 22, 9 p.m. Until Buffalo East, 1412 Main St. near E. Utica; tickets $10 @ Pee Wee and Doris Re-cords, 768-3245; For the 35 & older crowd.

*Kenny Byrd and Friends, 'Humor For The Holidays'7:30pm Show; 6:30 - Musical Stylings of Ken Kaufman@ TRALF MUSIC HALL. Sun-day December 23. $25 Ad-vance $40 VIP Tickets Sale At Ticketmaster.com / Wal-mart / Tralf Box Office.

*My Funny Valentine Com-edy Jam February 16, 2013 7:00 PM Ticket prices: $55.50, $48.50 starring Sher-yl Underwood, Earthquake, Arnez J, J Anthony Brown.

*Billy Cobham’s ‘Spec-trum 40’Saturday January 19 Tralf Music Hall featur-ing Jerry Goodman / Dean Brown / Gary Husband / Ric Fierabracci 7pm Doors | 8pm Show$26 Advance | $29 Day of ShowTickets On Sale At Ticketmaster.com / Walmart / Tralf Box Office 716-852-2860Generally ac-claimed as fusion’s greatest drummer, Billy Cobham’s explosive technique powered some of the genre’s most important early recordings -- including groundbreaking ef-forts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Bread & Water Theatre will be holding auditions for CHRONUS by Bennett Fish-er on December 20 and 21 from 6-9pm at 243 Rosedale St., Rochester, NY. Call 585.271.5523 or email info@breadandwatertheatre.org for additional details. Play will be world premiere production dealing with Republicans and the election process.

AUDITIONS

HANGING OUT WITH LUCIANO! Ras Jomo and The Challenger’s own Abubacar and friends pose with the leg-endary Luciano after his powerful per-formance at the Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester last month

A LOVE SUPREME! Pappy Martin and Love Supreme pro-vided great entertainment during BFNC’s annual free Thanks-giving Dinner at the High Street facility. The amazing Pappy Martin just gets better with time...

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TOSS! Stylist ‘extraordi-naire’ Mr. Ed of Salon Toss on Delaware Avenue works his magic during a demon-stration at WUFO Mix 1080’s annual Expo at the Buffalo Convention Center in Octo-ber. Be sure to check out this week’s Shopper’s Guide Styl-ists for your “Holiday Hair” - they’re all FABULOUS!PHOTO PRINCESS PHOTOGRAPHY

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On the day after Christ-mas, when every-body else thinks the

holidays are over, for African Americans they are just be-ginning. Kwanzaa, a unique cultural celebration, starts onDecember 26th. For the next seven days ( December 26-January 1) families will think about what it means to be a part of the Black community and talk about seven important prin-ciples (the Nguzo Saba– the Seven Principals of Black-ness). An African American and Pan-African holiday cel-ebrated by millionsthroughout the world Africancommunity, Kwanzaa, mean-ing “first fruits” in Swahili, is a unique cultural celebration centering on the time hon-ored African values of family, community and a positive way of life. Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that promotes unity, community and individual responsibility and improve-ment. Buffalo has the honor of hosting one of the nation’s largest celebrations. The theme of this year’s celebra-tion is “When We Honor Our Ancestors, We Honor Our-selves.” Dr. Maulana Karenga, who founded Kwanzaa in 1966, will address the community on the second night of Kwan-zaa, Thursday, December 27 at The Science Museum, 1020 Humboldt Parkway 7 p.m. It will be hosted by the African American Cultural Center. On the 5th night, Sunday, December 30, Dr. Alim Mu-hammad, National Health Minister of the Nation of Is-lam and personal physician of the Honorable Louis Far-rakhan, will be the keynote speaker at 7 p.m. at the Dela-van Grider Community Cen-ter. 877 East Delavan. Each night of Kwanzaa celebrates one of its principles based on the Nguzo Saba or the Seven Principles of black-ness: Umoja: Unity; Kujich-agulia – Self Determination;

Kwanzaa 2012

Dr.Maulana Karenga and Dr. Alim Muhammad Return for This Year’s Cultural Celebration, One of the Largest in the Nation!

KWANZAA 2012“When We Honor Our Ancestors, We Honor Ourselves”

All programs will be from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted

Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility; Ujamaa – Co-operative Economics; Nia – Purpose; Kuumba – Creativ-ity; and Imani – Faith..

Dr. Karenga (left), Dr. Muhammad (right).

All prograns are scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. unless oth-erwise noted. The complete 2012 Kwanzaa Schedule is on this page.

African Unity Night AFRICAN UNITY NIGHT, a Kwanzaa celebration with Alassane Sarr of Senegal, will be held on Saturday Decem-ber 29 at Slyboots Headquarters 350 Ellicott Street. The event will feature drumming, dancing and food from Africa. Special visiting guests are Assane M’beye, Cheikh Ndong, Mamadou Gningue from Senegal, and The SAAKMU Dance Troupe of Ghana. There will be a Dance and Drum Class at 7 p.m. followed by a 9 PM Celebration Party. Admis-sion is $10. Wear your African attire!! Bring your drums!! All ages. For more information call 716-939-2408, or 716-563-0529. or email griffin.brady.9@facebook.com

For more information: call the Kwanzaa Hotline at (585)436 6453.Locations*Umoja (Unity) December 26 Dr. Freddie Thomas School 2-5pm 625 Scio Street*Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) December 27 Wheatley Library 2-5 pm 33 Dr Samuel McCree Way*Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) December 28 Memorial Art Gallery 12 -5pm 500 University Ave.*Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) December 29 Rochester Museum and Science Center 3-6pm 657 East Ave*Nia (Purpose) December 30 Baobab Cultural Center 3 -6pm 728 University Ave*Kuumba (Creativity) December 31 Memorial AME Zion

Rochester Kwanzaa Schedule

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“We wish to plead our own cause.Too long have others spoken for us.”

- John Russwurm, Freedom’s Journal.1827 America’s 1st Black Newspaper

31Weapons are the tools of violence;All decent men detest them.

Weapons are the tools of fear;A decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint.Peace is his highest value.If the peace has been shattered,how can he be content?His enemies are not demons,but human beings like himself.He doesn’t wish them person-al harm.

Nor does he rejoice in victoryand delight in the slaughter of men?

He enters a battle gravely,with sorrow and with great compassion,as if he were attending a funeral.

Hua Hu Ching

Betty JeanGRANT

-66-All streams flow to the seaBecause it is lower than they are.Humility gives it its power.

If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead the people,You must learn how to follow them.

The Master is above the people,And no one feels oppressed.She goes ahead of the people,And no one feels manipulated.The whole world is grateful to her.Because she competes with no one,No one can compete with her

There is good news about our children, joyful, hopeful news about hard work, disci-

pline, and tremendous accomplish-ment. That will be readily evident to all who attend the Buffalo City Ballet’s annual production of the Nutcracker play at the Performing Arts High School on December 22nd and 23rd. This year, the Buffalo City Ballet is celebrating 40 years of classical dance instruction in our city. It’s one of our many cultural insti-tutions with staying power. For 4 decades now, our girls and boys have defied the oft-repeated myth that they can’t dance the ballet. Actually, they do it quite well! It was Buffalo’s own Karl Singletary who founded the school in 1972. It’s current director, Marvin Askew was one of his students. With the foundation he received, he went on to dance with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, the

M a r y -land Bal-let, Capi-tal Ballet, and Chi-cago Bal-let, re-c e i v i n g principal and solo r o l e s with each

of them. He also appeared as a guest performer with many regional companies, as well as dance troupes in Tennes-see, South Carolina, and Los Angeles. Indeed, “Mr. Mar-vin” enjoyed quite an illus-trious career as a performer before settling on the task of preserving the legacy of clas-sical dance for children with few economic, academic, and social opportunities. As for the lucky youngsters who dance with the company, beautiful costumes, color-ful stage lights, soul-stirring musical accompaniments and appreciative audiences are the reward for arduous training and preparation. Awkward, insecure limbs are strength-ened and transformed into surefooted, graceful supports for the refined creatures that come forth with just a few years of training. Some of the older students begin to assist with the instruction for the

Buffalo City Ballet Celebrates 40 Years!

younger ones, rounding out their training with the devel-opment of leadership skills, and like their teacher, with the desire to return the service they’ve received. The Buffalo City Ballet offers several performances throughout the year, but the Nutcracker is its most cel-ebrated production. For those of us who will be moved to join the BCB at Performing Arts this year, it might be helpful to summarize what the play is about. As popular as it is, many in our community become adults without having any idea of what’s happening in the totally wordless produc-tion. Understanding it might just encourage more of us to go and support the children who work so hard to create it. It’s a Christmas play, which can be enjoyed even by the growing number of folk in our community who no longer participate in the holiday. The idea is to support our babies in their offering. The main character in the story is a little girl named Clara, who receives a doll shaped nutcracker as a gift. It’s given to her at a party, where many other children are gathered, and who also re-ceive gifts, but none so unique as this one. Similar to Doro-thy in the Wizard of Oz, Clara falls asleep after coming back to check on her toy once more.

She dreams of a fierce battle between a mouse king and his army – and her nutcrack-er, who, like all of the other toys has come to life. The nutcracker, now transformed into a handsome prince, suc-cessfully defends her against the rodents, and he and Clara travel through a magical for-est to the land of sweets. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy, to whom they tell their heroic tale. She is impressed by their bravery and throws a festival for them, giving them sweets and treating them to entertaining dances. Finally, the Sugar Plum Fairy joins with her partner and dances for Clara, which concludes the evening. She wakes in the morning under the tree, with her nutcracker still in her arms. There are two shows on Saturday, December 22nd, at 1pm and 7pm. There is a Sunday December 23rd per-formance at 3pm, again, at Performing Arts, 450 Masten Avenue. Tickets are $20 for general seating. For more in-formation, contact the Buffalo City Ballet at 833-1243. After an intense time of mourning for children, lets go out to embrace, support, cher-ish, and celebrate them. In spite of all that’s worrisome in our world, may this season find all of us...wrapped in the bosom of God.

Try to walk in any court building in Buffalo and you will be stopped frisked. Go thru a metal detector and most of your electronic or questionable materials will be left with the court marshalls until you exit the building. Go to almost any school in Buffalo and you will be buzzed in once you state who you are, who you want to see and your reason(s) for wanting to see that individual. No frisking, physical search, search with a hand held metal detector and certainly no walking through a portable one.

And yet, no one bats an eye when we are subjected to the above safety proce-dures in almost any judicial or governmental building in the area-with the excep-tion of Buffalo’s City Hall. Heck, it has been in the last ten years, I believe, that Buffalo installed security cameras in the building.

I vividly recall the late Beverly A. Gray, former Council membet-At-Large, begging the Mayor Tony Masiello Administration to install cameras and metal detectors in City Hall. Aside of the few cameras installed and a uniformed police officer guarding the mayor and his staff, every-thing is as it has always been in this building of many corridors, tunnels and basements. Many days, dur-ing my four year tenure as University District Coun-cilmember, vagrants and other individuals would be found sleeping in the sub-basement and in bathrooms on many floors. During the time between the Septem-ber 11 attacks on the twin World Trade Towers and the discovery and media circus around the Lackawanna Six episode, there were discus-sions about making all city and county buildings, in-cluding City Hall, safer but sadly, these talks died down to nothing but forgetfulness and inaction.

We protect Judges and Lawyers Better Than We do Our Students!

Our public schools need to revisit the idea of having a formal metal detector policy. Several years ago, when I was a Buffalo Public School Board member, the discussion of installing metal detectors in all schools was broached. The idea had broad support but many parents and some par-ent groups spoke put against the idea because they did not want their children to be sub-ject to an arrest if a weapon was found. At least two school security personnel stated that they were opposed to a metal detector because, “What will we do if we find a gun on a sixteen year old? We will be afraid to take the gun from him.” I kid you not! This was this school employee’s actual statement. When I asked him what are they going to do; the student will still have the gun, he replied, “Yes, but if we don’t see it, we won’t know he has it.”

This latest round of shoot-ing innocent, unarmed indi-viduals all across our country and especially the tragic kill-ing of children and teachers in Newtown, CT., should act as a wake up call to schools and administrators of public buildings and shopping malls, all around, that we must de-velop safer and more effec-tive ways of protecting our citizens. I believe mandatory

metal detectors in all public buildings will give the public and our stu-dents a much safer and p r o d u c t i v e environment. We cannot go around being scared and w o n d e r i n g what crazed, g u n - t o t i n g lunatic is in our midst.

I will be attending a Buffalo school board meeting in the very near future. I will put forth my support of installing metal detectors in all schools. I do not believe that we can af-ford to wait nor should we tar-get only high schools for the protection. The killing of 20 children, little more than ba-bies, at that elementary school in Connecticut tells us that all of our children and citizens are at risk.

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EATERIESThe Corner Store

Deli & Grill1733 Genesee * 895-2009

West African Int. Market & Take Out3125 Bailey

(716) 833-1971

Tomatoes1393 Kensington*835-3663

ELECTRICAL

EMPIRE ELECTRIC716-634-0330

HAIR SALONSAkole Style Unisex Salon

2560 Main St.(716) 332-9078

Karen’s Salon & Spa413 Jefferson Ave.

812-9666

Miracle Tranition 23339 Genesee * 481-1321

Promise Hair Studio87 W. Cleveland Dr.

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Serenity Hair Boutique 221 Jefferson Ave.

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Salon Toss 2527 Delaware Ave.

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Jones Hardwood FlooringAlton Jones

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INSURANCEAble Insurance Jeff Moore/Broker

1798 Main St. * 883-5212

Joseph Burch Insurance2317 Main St.

551-0006 / 510-4729

LIQUORS & WINES

Bellamy’s Liquor Store405 E. Ferry * 884-4066

MEDICALMain Pediatrics

2800 Main St.(716) 837-0995

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Mandella Market & Citgo Gas272 E. Ferry cor. Jefferson

716-882-0288

PHONE SERVICE

Boost Mobile1286 E. Delavan * 551-0304360 Eggert Rd * 939-3900

PHOTOGRAPHYPrincess Photography

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F&S Tailors & Fashions(716) 894-3742

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Ann Rhod’s Tailoring3185 Bailey Ave.(716) 838-5633

TAX SERVICE

L. Sessum Income Tax Service1650 Fillmore

(716) 894-4904

TOWINGRon’s Towing & Recovery

(716) 892-2282

WINDOWS

Priced Right Windows USA710 Kensington Ave.

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ATTORNEYSPratcher & Associates

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720 E. Ferry * 896-3910

BARBER SHOPSKlassic Kuts

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Master Touch1283 E. Delavan

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SOLO Unisex Salon3081 Main St.

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CAFE’SEM Tea Coffee Cup * 884-1444

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Cookieland Group Day Care24 Barthel

Miss Cookie*893-0590

Debbie’s Little Scholars484 Hickory St.(716)304-6820

First Impressions Day Care847 Walden Ave.

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Kim’s Building Blocks Day Care1479 E. Delavan Ave.

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Home Away From Home84 Courtland Ave.

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DELI / VARIETY STORES

Grant’s Variety Shop1055 E. Ferry St.

893-0704

DJ’SDJ Kenny Kutz(716) 400-7358

DOG TRAININGDogman Joe

Dog Trainer1963 Fillmore * 807-8163

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Canisius College Women’s BusinessCenter Offers Open Networking EventThe Canisius College Women’s Business Cen-ter (WBC) will host an open networking event on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at the Canisius College Women’s Business Center, 2365 Main St., Buffalo, NY. The event is free and open to the public.All people in business are welcome to attend and make new contacts, market their business and interact with WBC staff and other program participants.No pre-registration is re-quired. For more informa-tion, visit canisius.edu/wbc or call the WBC at (716) 888-8280.

FREE COMPUTER CLASSES AT EOC! Beginning January 12, a wide array of Tuition-Free Weekend Computer Class-es will be available at the University at Buffalo Edu-cational Opportunity Cen-ter (EOC). Ever wanted to learn the basics of various computer productivity pro-grams to help you better organize your life, prepare correspondence, design/de-velop a visual presentation or to construct a database you need to keep track of some information? Well, now you can – and you can learn all of these skills in just one weekend. These exciting opportunities to learn Microsoft Word, Pow-erPoint, Access, and Excel are available at EOC. Reg-istration for Spring 2013 weekend computer classes is happening now. These opportunities are available for those in your profession-al network, your program participants and others you know seeking to build or strengthen their office com-puter and technology skills. For additional information or if you just have questions about any of EOC’s pro-grams, please contact the admissions office at (716) 849-6727. Visit EOC online at eoc.buffalo.edu This information is a com-munity service of the Uni-versity at Buffalo EOC.

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SUBWAY GRAND OPENING! Bishop Michael Badger and his lovely wife, Lady Joyce Badger, proudly cut the ribbon dur-ing the grand opening of their new Subway eatery conveniently located at 1371 Main near Utica. Stop in today for a delicious meal and great service! Bishop Badger is pastor of Bethesda World Harvest International Church. Challenger Photo

Free Introductory Tai Chi Classes for Better BalanceSix free introductory Tai Chi classes for better balance and to help prevent falls for seniors will be offered at the Dorothy J. Col-lier Community Center, 118 E. Utica. RSVP requested. Walk-Ins welcome. For more information call Alicia at 882-0602. Classes begin January 8 and will be held every Tuesday thru February 12 at 11 a.m. at the Center.

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Jacqueline A. Felser, Town ClerkDated: December 18, 2012

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Dance! Dance! Dance!*2nd Cup 36 Broadway St. 840-0048 7p.m. Wed. “Salsa night with Calvin and Fanny.” Beginner Salsa lesson and social dance. salsacalvinfanny@hotmail.

*African American Cultural Center 350 Masten Ave. 884-2013 3 p.m. Sat. 3 pm @5 p.m. Tues. Thurs. “Community Dance and Drumming.” Visit www.africanamericancultural.org.

*Line Dance Classes Every Tuesday 7 Wednesday morning, Martha mitchell Center, 175 Oakmont St. 10:30-11:30; 444-2046 or 833-1038.

*First Shioh Baptist Church. 15 Pine St. 6:30 p.m. Fri. “Line dancing lessons.” 847-6555. Free.

*Gateway Longview Family Resource Center. 347 E. Ferry St. 6 p.m. Tues. Dance lessons with the Smooth Steppers. Classes in Urban Ballroom, Chicago Steppin’ and Swing. 633-7813.

*Kenan Center 433 Locust St.; Level Breakdancing class. Also 7:30 p.m. Mon. Wed. “B-Girl class.” Beginners welcome. $10; $15; Also 6 p.m. Tues; 4 p.m. Thurs. Open practice.” $5.

*Urban Line dance lessons each Monday, 665 Michigan atPilgrim Baptist Church, 6-7:30 p.m, Ernestine Wilson, instruc-tor.

*African Dance Classs w/Aminata, 6-8 p.m., Fridays, June-teenth Headquarters, 1517 Genesee St @ Moselle; Ethnic Dance @ Artspace Gallery, 1219 Main 6-9 p.m. Thurs-days & 10:15 a.m..-3:45 p.m.. Saturdays, $10; 948-3583.

*Line Dance Class $2 every Tuesday & Thursday Rev.Smith Family Life Center Michigan at Goodell.

* *Urban Line Dance, Mondays 7-9 pm North & Fox, Tues-days 6-8 pm, Golden Nuggett; Wednesdays 6-8 @15 Fernhill; Beginner Classes only Thursdays 6-7 p.m. St; John’s Famiy Center. 200-9702, Igotart@hotmail.com

Buffalo Urban League Announces Five New Board Members The Buffalo Urban League, one of Erie County’s leading economic development and human services organizations, an-nounced recent additions to its Board of Directors, today. The new appointees are:•Karla Gadley, Vice-President of Community Development, First Niagara•Jonathan H. Gardner, Partner, Kavinoky Cook LLP•Kirk La, Assistant Vice-President, GEICO•Shandra Spicer, President & CEO, S&W Contracting WNY• Moises Sudit, Director, Center for Multisource Information Fusion, SUNY Buffalo Brenda W. McDuffie, is President and CEO of the Buffalo Urban League.

SAFETY FIRST: Pictured above are recent Range Safety Officer graduates from the Dorie Miller Rifle and Pistol Club of Buffalo. The December 8 class included: Ernest Clinton, Arthea Barker, Gerald Barker, Donald Collins, Solomon Myree, Charles Washington, Cary Dixon, James Cox, Alvion Johnson and James Gill. The training was con-ducted by NRA Training Counselor Robert Church. The Dorie Miller Rifle and Pistol club is sanctioned by the Na-tional Rifle Association.

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December 20

Eva M. Doyle “The Eye on History Lecture Series”: 12-1:30pm at the Downtown Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square in the area known as the Ring of Knowledge.

Naming Ceremony for the Alphonso “Rafi” Green CAO Masten Resource Center: 11am at 1423 Fillmore Ave332-3773 ext 205 for info.

December 21

Book Signing for Buffalo’s Authors: 11am-3pm at The Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main Street. The authors are Mari-lyn Foote-Kragbe, Priscilla Hill, William Cooper, Cliff Bell and Ted Kirkland.

Solo Productions and Solo Unisex Salon sponsor annual Giveback to the Community Day: 10am -7pm; Haircuts discounted to $5 and girls ages 10 and under will receive free nail polish service. Any questions call 716-833-2553 or 716-507-1232.

December 22

The Buffalo City Ballet: 1pm & 7pm at the Buffalo Acad-emy of Visual & performing Arts (450 Masten Ave.); $20 general, children under 5, $15. Call 716-833-1243.

Holly Jolly Jingle Bell Rock (BYO): 7pm at Schiller Park Center, 2057 Genesee Street. Music by DJ Cory Ent.; For Tickets call 716-464-3664 or 716-228-7887.

Pee Wee Variety & I Am En-tertainment presents Holiday Bash: 9pm-until at Buffalo East, 1412 Main Street (near E.Utica); Tickets $10 at Pee Wee and Doris Records.

December 26

KWANZAA: 7-9pm at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, 450 Masten Avenue corner of Fer-ry Street. (see p.10)

December 27

KWANZAA: 7-9pm at the Science Museum, 1020 Hum-boldt Avenue. (see p.10)

December 28

KWANZAA: 7-9pm at the Edward Saunders Community Center, 2777 Bailey Avenue. (see p.10)

December 29

KWANZAA: 11am-2pm at the Delavan Grider Center, 877 East Delavan Avenue; 7-9pm at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library, 1324 Jefferson Av-enue. (see p.10)

December 30

KWANZAA: 7-9pm at the Delevan Grider Center, 877 East Delavan Avenue. (see p.10)

December 31

New Year’s Eve Gala featur-ing The Old School B-Boys and Music Personality by David Allen: 7pm-1:30am at the Fairdale Banquet Center, 672 Wehrle Drive, Tickets $50 Call 716-602-8150.

KWANZAA: 5-8pm at the Pratt Willert Community Center, 422 Pratt Street. (see p.10)

December 22

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