Mariia Novoselia

Urbanczyk, Galucki, Wenzler Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Explore & More is “not your typical children’s museum,” said its executive director Michelle Urbanczyk. For one, it provides free admission to Buffalo fourth-graders and their families.  The new

Lund Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer For Nicholas Lund, birder, conservationist and author, the question about his favorite birding experience is “unanswerable.” “(Birding) is a lifelong scavenger hunt that takes you everywhere a bird could possibly live,”

Plastic Earth Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Janice Overbeck, co-director and producer of the “Plastic Earth,” describes it as a “solution-based documentary.” The feature-length film, released earlier this year, tells a story of a mother trying to

Mason Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer A day of sailing on the Great Lakes led Sherri “Sam” Mason to a new facet of plastic pollution research.  The history of plastic pollution in freshwater systems and the issues

Vanessa Zoltan, CEO of Not Sorry Productions and author of Praying with Jane Eyre, opens the Interfaith Lecture Series Monday in the Hall of Philosophy. Jess Kszos/Staff Photographer Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Vanessa Zoltan is the

Frey Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Classical literature, philosopher Jennifer Frey said, helps people find the meaning of life by exploring “big existential questions,” such as: Are we free? Does God exist? What is love? What is

Burgeson Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer What, Betsy Burgeson asked, does a pirate call his vegetable patch? A Garrr-den.   “(Invasive species) are total pirates,” said Burgeson, supervisor of gardens and landscapes at Chautauqua Institution. “They take

A statue of a bat bathes in the afternoon sunlight surrounded by flowers Monday in the Francesca Rappole Memorial Night Garden outside Smith Wilkes Hall. The garden was dedicated to bat conservation on July 28,

Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Jamestown Board of Public Utilities will host its second Retool WNY conference, this time on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. Retool ’23 is set to focus on ways of developing and training

Rajkovich Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Buildings are all too often left out of conversations about climate change, said Nicholas Rajkovich, associate professor in the University at Buffalo’s department of architecture. That is, they will be before

Falk and Gorri Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer A flower’s bloom may be temporary, but the bloom of one Virginia Beach, Virginia, educational building will last for decades. “We’re all (devoted) to make sure that (our) flower

The Probables Mariia Novoselia,Staff writer If a band’s journey to the Amphitheater starts at the gates of the Turner Community Center, it is probably worthwhile. “We’ve played on almost every single stage you could imagine

A vertical profiler named Endurance is towed to its destination in the North basin by environmental scientists from The Jefferson Project Wednesday on Chautauqua Lake. Carrie Legg/Staff Photographer Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer From the pier by

Warren Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer With a new spin on the questions of faith and trust, Setti D. Warren wants to assess “the real crisis” in current American politics for the Week Four theme, “The State

MARIIA NOVOSELIASTAFF WRITER Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual, co-founder of The Nearness, the Sacred Design Lab and the podcast “Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.” delivers his Interfaith Lecture on the

Day Mariia NovoseliaStaff writer Producing impressive pictures doesn’t always require expensive gear. In her first visit to Chautauqua Institution, photojournalist Anne Day will share smartphone photography tips and tricks with anyone who wants to learn.