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Catch up on the news of the day on the WBFO Brief.

Catch up on the news of the day on the WBFO Brief.

Buffalo PAL is dedicated to enriching young lives year-round with sports, educational, cultural, & enrichment programs. Nekia Kemp shares the full lineup of fall programs for Buffalo youth.

John Cimperman and Tim O'Shei gather incredible insight from Matt Kittle, the former SVP of Business Operations at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

Pastor Charles McCarley discusses the role that religious leaders play in the community, & members of the YMCA Buffalo Niagara discuss the upcoming projects the YMCA is bringing to the East and West sides of Buffalo.

Catch up on the news of the day on the WBFO Brief.

Recently, Niagara University partnered with various local housing agencies and the City of Niagara Falls to develop a housing and community assessment of the Mid-City District.

This weekend on Theater Talk, Peter and Anthony talk about REMEMBER THIS: THE LEGEND OF JAN KARSKI starring David Lundy, an intense one-person show at Jewish Rep in Getzville and THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, presented by 2nd Generation Theatre at Shea's Smith in downtown Buffalo.For 32 years (as of November 2024), Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45am, 8:45am, and 5:45pm Fridays on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and Chautauqua are covered as are other relevant art forms for the stage, including ballet and opera.

President Joe Biden last week became the first president to publicly apologize to Native Americans for the federal government's Indian boarding school system and policies.

On today's episode, we welcome back Duncan Kirkwood, a renowned national resilience trainer and the visionary behind the “Unleash Your Greatness” program, an initiative designed to empower students in Buffalo Public Schools. He’s joined by Katie Schuta, Principal of the Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, where this transformative program is being piloted. Together with host Jay Moran, they delve into the profound impact of resilience training on young minds, the unique challenges facing Buffalo schools, and the broader potential of fostering resilience as a core skill in education.