Events
Events:
2014
Poetry Reading.
100,000 POETS & ARTISTS
Poetry Reading
Sponsored by Just Buffalo Literary Center
Saturday, Sep 27th @ 12:00 PM
I will be reading between 2:45 and 3:30
with Perry Nicholas et al. Please join us!
Free
92 Childs Street
Buffalo 14203
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Silo-City-Buffalo-NY-United-States/171667102883353
On this one day, more than 100,000 poets and artists from around the world will gather to promote social, environmental & political change. JOIN US!
Each poet will be allotted 4 minutes to read work relevant to the theme of CHANGE written by yourself or another.
Guitar Performance
The first Tuesday of every month 11:00am-12:00pm
Roswell
Park Cancer Institute, Music-in-the-Lobby
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:30pm
Poetry Reading
Featuring Gunilla Kester and Peter Siedlecki
Hosted by Jennifer Campbell
Just Buffalo Literary Cafe Poetry Reading
Center for Inquiry
3965 Rensch Rd. Amherst, NY 14228
Sunday, December 15, 2013
1pm
Amherst School of Guitar
Ensemble Guitar Performance
Daemen College
Social Room (located in the Wick Center, 2nd floor)
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
Free and open to the public
Directions to the Social Room:
1. ENTRANCE INTO COLLEGE FROM MAIN STREET
2. GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. MAKE RIGHT AT THE STOP SIGN INTO PARKING LOT
3. FIRST BUILDING ON LEFT IS THE WICK CENTER
4. COME IN THRU GLASS DOUBLE DOORS AND TAKE FIRST SET OF STAIRS ON YOUR RIGHT
5. HALL IS TO YOUR RIGHT THROUGH CAFETERIA
Friday, December 13, 2013
11:30 am*
Discussion led by Gunilla Kester
Poetry and Songs by Leonard Cohen
Between the Covers is Shir Shalom’s Book Discussion Group featuring books by Jewish authors and Jewish content.
It is open to all adults and mature teens.
*We will start off with a brown bag lunch and friendly chatter; at noon we will begin a discussion of the songs and poetry of Leonard Cohen.
Bring in copies of any of his poems or songs that are favorites of yours, and we will talk about them.
Congregation Shir Shalom
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, New York 14221
Poetry Reading and Guitar Performance
Featured Poet Gunilla Kester
Classical Guitar by C&G Duo
Circleformance
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
7pm - 9pm
1209 Hertel Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
(716) 768-3805
$7 admission
Classical Guitar Recital
Sunday, October 27, 2013
11am – Noon
162 Mill Street
2nd Floor of Tennis Club
Williamsville, NY 14221
Join me as I perform a solo program followed
by a couple songs by C&G Duo, played with
Christine Derby-Cuadrado. Free.
Reception immediately following.
Poetry Reading
100,000 Poets & Artists for Change
Saturday, September 28th
I will read during the 12:30 – 1:15 time slot.
Silo City
92 Childs Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
Guitar Ensemble Recital
Sunday, May 19
Amherst School of Guitar
The Village Glen - 2nd. Floor
162 Mill Street
Williamsville, New York 14221
Havdalah service in honor of Cantor Susan Wehle
Saturday, May 11 7pm
Poetry & Music followed by Havdalah service concluding
with the lighting of 18 memorial candles
Congregation Shir Shalom
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Classical Guitar Performance
Friday, May 3 7-10pm
C&G Duo featuring Christine Derby-Cuadrado & Gunilla Kester
Clarence Center Cafe
9475 Clarence Center Rd.
Clarence Center, NY 14032
716.741.8573
*All proceeds to go to “Remember Flight 3407, Inc.”
Classical Guitar Performance
Saturday, April 20 5-8pm
Artist Reception
C&G Duo featuring Christine Derby-Cuadrado & Gunilla Kester
Market Street Art Center
247 Market Street
Lockport, NY 14094
716.478.0239
Featured Speaker
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Presented by International Club at
Frontier High School
2012
Guitar Performance
Friday, December 7, 2012
Holiday Celebration
Market Street Art Center
247 Market Street
Lockport, NY 14094
716.478.0239
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:30pm
Featuring Gunilla Kester and Jorge Guitart
Hosted by Dr. Peter Siedlecki
RIC Series at Daemen College
4380 Main Street Amherst, NY 14226 - RIC 101
www.daemen.edu/LIBRARY/READINGRIC
Guitar Performance
Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:30pm
Total Aging in Place
Annual Memorial Service
Weinberg Campus
Guitar Performance
Friday, October 12, 2012
3rd Annual Benefit Dinner
Market Street Art Center
247 Market Street
Lockport, NY 14094
716.478.0239
Guitar Performance
Saturday, October 6, 2012 7pm
Glass Art by Leon Applebaum
Congregation Shir Shalom
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Featuring Gunilla Kester and Gary Earl Ross
Hosted by Perry S. Nicholas and Jennifer Campbell
Center for Inquiry
3965 Rensch Rd. Amherst, NY 14228
Featured Speaker
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Presented by International Club at
Frontier High School
2011
Mysteries I-XXIII
October 2011
Order online at
Finishing Line Press New Releases and Forthcoming Titles
and scroll to the Ks for Kester, Click on my book.
Mysteries I-XXIII
Readings from The Empty Chair & The Still Empty Chair
Thursday, June 2, from 7-8:30 PM
Clarence Public Library
3 Town Place
Clarence, NY 14031-1230
Readings from The Empty Chair & The Still Empty Chair
Thursday, April 21 at 7 PM
Talking Leaves
3158 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214-1395
Featured Guitarist
Annual Memorial Service at Weinberg Campus
Monday, April 10
Poetry Reading
Saturday, March 12 from 2-4 PM
Borders
2015 Walden Avenue
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Featured Guitarist
Private 3407 Memorial Service
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Book Launch, readings and concert
The Still Empty Chair
More Writings Inspired by Flight 3407
Friday, February 11, 2011 8PM
The Chapel
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Link to Canisius’ Calendar of Events
Readings from The Empty Chair and The Still
Empty Chair and chamber music by ensemble ANA.
Admission is free and open to the public.
2010
Guitar Performance
The first Tuesday of every month 11:00am-1:00pm
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Music-in-the-Lobby
Readings from The Empty Chair
Clarence Public Library
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Reading from 7-8:45
3 Town Place
Clarence, NY 14031
716.741.2650
Readings from The Empty Chair
Clarence Center Coffee Company
Monday, November 15, 2010
Doors open at 6:30 Reading starts at 7.
9475 Clarence Center Rd.
Clarence Center, NY 14032
716.741.8573 www.clarencecentercoffee.com
Book Club Invited Guest Speaker
May 20, 2010
Temple Beth Am
Discussion of Poetry Chapbook Time of Sand and Teeth
Guitar Performance
Temple Beth Am: Annual Shopping Extravaganza
Thursday, April 29th 6-9
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
Featured Poet
Wednesday, April 21 7:30pm
Presented by Marge Merrill
The Screening Room
Northtown Plaza Business Center
3131 Sheridan Drive Amherst, New York 14226
www.thescreeningroom.net click on screening room cine-cafe then click on event schedule to get to calendar.
Guitar Performance
April 8, 2010
Presented by International Club at Frontier High School.
Poetry Reading
Friday, March 26, 2010 5pm-10pm
Passion in Progress: a youth ideas festival
Hauptman - Woodward Institute
700 Ellicott Street
Buffalo, NY
Book Launch: Chapbook and Anthology
Thursday, February 18, 2010 7pm
Time of Sand and Teeth
Poetry chapbook published by Finishing Line Press.
by Gunilla Theander Kester and of
The Empty Chair: Love and Loss in the Wake of Flight 3407
Edited by Gunilla Theander Kester and Gary Earl Ross
click here for more about The Empty Chair
Talking Leaves Books
3158 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
2009
Guitar Performance
The first Tuesday of every month 11.00-1.00
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Music-in-the-Lobby.
Guitar Performance
October 17, 2009
No Name Duo: Teddy Strauss & Gunilla Theander Kester
Bennett Park Montessori Center
Fall Festival 2009
September 25, 2009
Temple Beth Am
Dedication of Memorial Garden for Cantor Susan Wehle and the
other 49 victims of the crash of Continental Flight 3407
Sponsored by the Memorial Committee
Poetry Reading and Guitar Performance
September 11, 2009
The Anne Frank Project
Second Annual, Buffalo State College
Honoring Cantor Susan Wehle as a spiritual sister of Anne Frank
Sisters’ of Anne Frank: Three Women; One Legacy
Barbara D. Miller, Associate Professor of Spanish
Gunilla Theannder Kester, Ph.D., Amherst School of Music
We can never know Anne as a woman in her prime, but can see her ideals alive in others. One ‘soul sister’ of Anne was Cantor Susan Wehle of Temple Beth Am, Williamsville, whose voice was stilled when flight 3407 went down over Clarence. Though granted only half a life, like Anne, Susan lived her years joyously, originally and generously, an “artist as peace agent,” especially through interfaith and youth outreach.
This presentation also considers the long life and contributions of Dr. Fanni Bogdanow, a Holocaust survivor and member of Anne Frank’s generation. Honored among the most renowned literary scholars of our time, she embodies “Survival and the Power of Testimony.”
Poetry Reading
September 2, 2009
Presented by Perry S. Nicholas
Just Buffalo Literary Cafe
Poetry Reading featuring Gunilla Kester, Gary Earl Ross and Joyce Kessel
Center for Inquiry
3965 Rensch Rd. Amherst, NY 14228
Featured Speaker
Thursday, May 21
Presented by International Club at
Frontier High School
Featured Poet
Book Signing and Poetry Reading
from “Time of Sand and Teeth”
Sunday, April 19 2pm
Hosted by Susan Miller
Rensselaerville Library and Conkling Hall
National Poetry Month
1459 Main Street Rensselaerville, NY 12177
518.797.3949
Featured Poet
Wednesday, April 15 7:30pm
Presented by Earth’s Daughters and
Just Buffalo Gray Hair Reading Series
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
341 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
www.hallwalls.org
3rd Annual Small Press Book Fair
The Writer’s Den & Gary Earl Ross
Saturday, March 21 12-6pm
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
453 Porter Avenue Buffalo, NY
www.angelfire.com/journal/garyearlross
Featured Poet
Wednesday, March 18 7:30pm
Presented by Marge Merrill
The Screening Room
Northtown Plaza Business Center
3131 Sheridan Drive Amherst, New York 14226
www.thescreeningroom.net click on screening room cine-cafe then click on event schedule to get to calendar.
Featured Poet
2 Poetry Readings
“Nickel City Nights: Erotic Writing in Western New York”.
Edited by Gary Earl Ross
Wednesday, February 18 7pm
Talking Leaves
3158 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
AND
Wednesday, February 25 7pm
Ujima Theatre at TheaterLoft
545 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222
Featured Poet
Sunday, February 1 7pm
Presented by Bill Kothe
The Screening Room
Northtown Plaza Business Center
3131 Sheridan Drive Amherst, New York 14226
www.thescreeningroom.net click on screening room cine-cafe then click on event schedule to get to calendar.
2008
Guitar Performance
The first Tuesday of every month 11.00-12.00
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Music-in-the-Lobby
Guitar Performance
December 6
Amherst School of Music Student Recital
Denton, Cottier and Daniels
460 Dodge Road
Getzville, NY 14068
time to be announced
Guitar Performance
Sunday, November 23 1:00 - 3:00
Classical Guitar Recital & Master Class
Amherst School of Guitar
Daemen College
The Wick Center Alumni Lounge
4380 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
Solo & Duet Performance w Theodora Annas-Strauss
Guitar Performance
May 2008
Israel at 60- A Celebration of Culture
Temple Beth Am
4660 Sheridan Drive Williamsville, NY 14221
Guitar Performance
Friday, May 9, 2008 5:30-7:30pm
VOICE-Buffalo & The Visual Arts
2008 Art Auction and Wine & Cheese Reception
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Guitar Performance
Sunday, May 4, 2008 10:30am
Yom Hashoah Observance sponsored by the Buffalo Jewish Community
JCC Benderson Building
2640 North Forest Road Getzville, NY
Guitar Masterclass with James Piorkowski
Sunday, February 10, 2008 2pm
Hosted by Gunilla Kester through the Amherst School of Music
Guitar Performance by Gunilla Kester and Djuro Dragojevic and students
2007
POETRY READ and AFTERNOON TEA
Saturday, November 3, at 2:30 PM. In the Rosary Hall Parlor, Daemen College. A reading with Dr. Peter Siedlecki, Dr.Kester, and Christina Wos-Donelly
Featured poet at the Allen Street Hardware Cafe located at 245 Allen Street at 8 PM on Sunday, September 9.
I will be reading poetry and playing guitar at Temple Beth Am, 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville NY, between 7-8 PM on Saturday, September 8 PM. The reading will be followed by Havdala and Service of S'lichot.
The poetry reading held in the memory of Rosemary Kothe at The Screening Room on 8/19/07 was recorded and can now be heard on ThinkTwiceRadio.com. Simply go to their website: www.ThinkTwiceRadio.com and click on the The Screening Room show, “SR”. If you want to hear my reading, simply click on my name. The reading at the Allen Street Hardware September 9 is also available on that site.
Wed., June 6th at 7.30 PM, Center for Inquiry. Featuring Gunilla Kester (classical guitar) and Susan Wehle (voice) performing from their recent CD “Songs of Healing and Hope.”
Guitar Performance
Enjoy beautiful classical guitar music at your reception, event or wedding.
Please contact Gunilla via
email or call 716.689.1592
