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Life & Leisure

Cover: Burchfield Penney Art Center

5 Dietary Ways..................................................................Ted Rickard 12 Crossword: Healthy Lifestyle .............................StatePoint Media

18 BPAC Celebrates 50 Years....................... Burchfield Penney Art Center

My WNY Story 6

Robbie Raugh .................................................................. Judith A. Rucki

Food 8

20 Explore Buffalo...............................................................Brad Hahn 22 St. Gerard’s Church............................................... Carol Ann Harlos 24 Kenmore.................................................................... Ed Adamczyk

Summer Produce.......................................................... Hilary Diodato

Home & Garden 9

Features: WNY Architecture

Let’s Talk About 28 Parents vs. Spouses........................................................... Judith A. Rucki

My Neglected Garden...................................................Carol Ann Harlos

Getaways

Arts

30 Hiking the Bruce Trail................................................... Jennifer Merrick

10 September Theater Review........................................Donna Hoke

Being Well

Lady Luck

32 Food as Medicine ............................................... StatePoint Media

12 Western Door Review............................................ Dennis Occhino

34 Rethinking Chemical Peels........................Samuel Shatkin Jr., MD

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From the Editor

We’re always encouraging readers to go out and explore their own neighborhoods. You never know what treasure you’ll uncover. A walk through town offers plenty to see; this summer was a hot one, and gardens (if watered adequately) were bursting with blooms. Now, take that same walk around town but, this time, look up.

Buffalo has long been lauded as a touchstone for lovers of significant architecture. In this issue, we get expert advice on which buildings to seek out and why from the executive director of Explore Buffalo, Brad Hahn, plus a few unheralded gems in Kenmore.

Our cover features the gorgeous Burchfield Penney Art Center, another artistic and architectural gem, as it celebrates its golden anniversary.

Speaking of art, we have a correction to make. Last month, we incorrectly included the word

“studio” after Lehrer Dance, which is, of course, a world renowned dance company. (Be sure to check out Lehrer Dance’s tenth anniversary home season performance on October 1 at UB’s Mainstage Theater.)

And remember to send in the FY Faves ballot (page 23), or complete it online. We love hearing from you!

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FOREVER YOUNG SEPTEMBER CALENDAR

1+ Erie County STAY FIT DINING PROGRAM offers a hot noon meal at 45 locations in Erie County. Menus and site list at erie.gov/stayfit or 8587639.

3+ Lockport T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings 9 a.m. Saturdays at Odd Fellows and Rebekah Nursing Home, 104 Old Niagara Road. Call 433-1693

1+ Cheektowaga T.O.P.S. (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) MEETING, Thursdays at 9 a.m., St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 900 Maryvale Drive (corner of Union Road). Come for the love, support and friendship. For information, call Karen at 247-2334

4+ Buffalo MEDITATION, 2:30 p.m., El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Ave. Free every Sunday.

Meditation unites with creative arts and pain management. Practitioner Sondra Holland welcomes people of all ages. Wear comfortable clothes. For information, Sondra: 947-5092; store: 885-6343.

1+ Buffalo GENTLE YOGA, 11 a.m. Thursdays, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. Bring a yoga mat. Info: 828-1093 1+ Niagara Falls SENIOR C O M PA N I O N / F O S T E R GRANDPARENT PROGRAM Looking for seniors who enjoy working with their peers or children.

Volunteers receive a tax-free stipend, transportation assistance and supplemental insurance coverage while volunteering. If you are 55+, have a minimum of 15 hours per week to give and want to make a difference, contact Nora Aloian (SCP) at 285-8224 ext. 217or Jennifer Britton (FGP) at 285-8224 ext. 228 1+ West Seneca UNITED CHURCH MANOR’S LUNCH PROGRAM is looking for volunteers in the West Seneca/Cheektowaga area.

Information: 668-5804.

1+, 6+ WNY IDEAL WEIGHT CLASSES taught by Ida Shapiro are offered every Tues. at 6:15 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ (Koening and Parker, Tonawanda) and every Thurs. at 6:15 p.m. at St. Gregory the Great (Maple Rd., Williamsville).

Over 40 years experience. 636-3698.

2+Springville SPRINGVILLE CONCORD ELDER NETWORK (SCENE) invites the public ages 50+ to any of their scheduled activities.

Visit www.communityalliance.org for an updated schedule or more details. Concord Senior Center, 40 Commerce Dr., Springville

6+ Tonawanda T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Claremont Avenue. For information, call 836-7255.

6+ Farnham T.O.P.S. CLUB (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) weekly meetings held Tuesdays at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 10633 Church St., starting at 9 a.m. Call 934-9619.

7 Williamsville WOMEN’S LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP, 5:45 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Sheridan Surgical room, 4510 Bailey Ave., Williamsville. Call 908-4149

opening reception is Sept. 9 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m., email: smb.fibreartist@ yahoo.com. The Amherst Center for Senior Services, 370 John James Audubon Pkwy., behind the Audubon Library.

7 Amherst FREE RESPITE CARE PROGRAM, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Trinity Old Lutheran Church 3445 Sheridan Drive. Held first Wednesday of the month, for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia. Guests are partnered with a volunteer (trained by the Alzheimer’s Association) and they participate in various activities in a secure environment. A morning snack and nutritious lunch are provided. For more information on registering for the program, call 836-4868.

11 East Aurora SALT OF THE EARTH A 2015 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary, Director Wim Wenders follows photographer Sebastião Salgado as he travels through the continents, capturing the beauty of the planet and questioning humanity. 4 p.m., Roycroft Film Society Parkdale School Auditorium, 141 Girard Ave., East Aurora, 14052. Please stay for the post-film discussion $6 members, $8 non-members roycroftcampuscorporation.com

7+ Amherst FIBER FIVE Through October 31, the exhibition will feature the origami, quilting, needle felting, weaving, knitting and crochet pieces.

Mon–Fri, 9 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. The

13 Hamburg ALZHEIMER’S CARE-GIVER SUPPORT GROUP for males at Wesleyan Church, 4999 McKinley Pkwy. 2nd Tues. 626-0600, alz.org/wnyç

6+ Buffalo TAI CHI: MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. For more information, contact monicazucco@gmail.com.

6, 20 Buffalo HEADWAY SUPPORT GROUPS, 2635 Delaware Ave. For individuals who have sustained brain injuries as well as their families and caregivers; exchange information and resources, and find mutual support and encouragement. Peer Support (enter at Suite B), first and third Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Caregivers Support (enter at Suite B), first Tuesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Women’s Survivors Support (enter at Suite E), first Tuesday, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Info: 408-3100 or headwayofwny.org 6, 17 WNY RESPITE SERVICES for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementia on first Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. in Williamsville, and third Saturday, 11 a.m. in Amherst. Location info: (800) 272-3900.

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FOREVER YOUNG SEPTEMBER CALENDAR 13 Depew BREAST CANCER NETWORK OF WNY Monthly meeting second Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bella Moglie Bldg., 3297 Walden Ave. Call 7060060 or visit bcnwny.org. Professional support group will be held at 8 p.m.

13 Orchard Park ALIENATED GRANDPARENTS ANONYMOUS, INC., meetings 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of month, 4295 S. Buffalo St.

14 Williamsville MCGUIRE GROUP MEMORY CARE SUPPORT GROUPS: General Support Group is second Wednesday, 3 p.m. at Harris Hill Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville; Daughters’ Support Group is also second Weds., 5 p.m. at Harris Hill Monthly support groups coordinated in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Association, with caregiving tips and coping mechanisms. For more

information, call 632-3700 or visit mcguiregroup.com 14 Hamburg COMMUNITY APPRECIATION DAY The Lake Erie Seaway Trail is hosting a Community Appreciation Day Event at the Visitor Center, 5:30-8 p.m., 4968 Lakeshore Rd. in Hamburg, across from St. Francis High School.

21 West Seneca FREE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT SESSION, hosted by The McGuire Group for anyone coping with grief,

sadness or loss at 5 pm at Seneca Health Care Center, 2987 Seneca St. Held third Wednesday of the month.

Those interested in attending can call 828-0500.

21 WNY NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) held third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in two locations for families of people living with mental illness: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4007 Main St., Amherst. Southtowns: Lake Shore Behavioral Health, 3176 Abbott Rd., Orchard Park.

DANCE CALENDAR MONDAYS W.

Seneca

BALLROOM

DANCING BY CAROL is a 6-week class @ St. David’s Church, 3951 Seneca St. 7:30– 9:30 p.m. Info: 824-0504.

Sloan CLOGGING LESSONS

by Kickin’ Rhythm Cloggers, 6:30 p.m. @ St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, 111 Crocker St., Bldg.

1.

kickinrhythmcloggers.com,

(585) 457-4455.

TUESDAYS Buffalo LINDY FIX 8–10 p.m. @ Polish Cadets Hall, 927 Grant St. lindyfix.com, swingbuffalo.com.

WEDNESDAYS N. Ton. DANCING WITH DOTTIE

AND

FRIENDS

country-style line lessons, 7:30 p.m. @ Pendleton Center Meth.

Church, 6864 Campbell Blvd.

688-6026 or 625-8306.

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THURSDAYS Kenmore JACKIE’S THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES @ Brounshidle Post, 3354 Delaware Ave. Lessons: 7 p.m. Open dancing: 8 p.m.

691-8654.

Ongoing WNY BELLYDANCE CLASSES 560-1891, nadiaibrahim.com.

Kenmore JACKIE’S DANCE Monthly dance.

Call 691-8654 for details.

WNY BALLROOM SOCIAL DANCE, Argentine tango and belly dance instruction with Carol Allen; N. Collins and Amherst.

337-3092 or callen8801@aol.com.

West Seneca BALLROOM DANCE classes @ 1761 Orchard Park Rd., 771-3110, ballroomiliana.com.

WNY DANCE W/ ERIN BAHN 997-7190 or erinbahn.com.

ARGENTINE TANGO IN BUFFALO Dancing & Classes www.traviswidricktango.com Contact Travis @ 716.517.7047

LIFE & LEISURE

Dietary Ways to Better Health

BY TED RICKARD

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verything from halitosis to osteoporosis can be prevented or, at least, treated with the right stuff. Or, several stuffs, as it turns out. My authorities on this are the ads in that thumbworn magazine about healthy life style that’s in my doctor’s office. The cover date is November, 2011, and since then the sheer number of pills we should be taking has, I’m sure, increased. That’s because there are more things to be treated, especially for those of us who have reached more mature years. Mature enough, in fact, to have become forgetful about how many illnesses we likely suffer from and should do something about. the groats around in their puddle of or no dessert.” But I’m convinced that The problem is this: since I didn’t milk in the bottom of my bowl in if I just stay alert, something will work know I had the problem, I obviously to reverse the reality of time passing … hopes they might somehow simply was doing nothing about it. I was not disappear. They never did. Which sometimes with remarkable rapidity. taking my daily dose of concentrated I also don’t know why mashed explains why I always trailed a full glandular extract from near-extinct animals or distillate of jungle fauna. block behind my brother on the walk potatoes should be flavored with anything but salt and butter. So spare to school.

Somehow I’d survived since 2011 me the garlic, leeks, chili peppers, Years later the same brother needed despite the new problems discovered saffron, hallucinatory herbs, or to be bailed out of jail due to a bit every month—just before the whatever else has been imported magazine’s editorial deadline. It was of over enthusiasm on certain civil recently. Restaurants particularly seem liberties issues; in particular those high time I paid better attention. to think they have to embrace the regarding alcohol consumption on All this seems a far cry from my bizarre. It’s a bit like the funny little youth when “finish your oatmeal” public property. I took my own sweet fluted paper garter that fits around time getting there I can assure you. In was about as much health advice as I ever got. The cereal bowl battle was fact, I didn’t come up with the cash the bone of a lamb chop. I always thought this was so you could hold until I’d asked what they served for complicated by the maneuvers of an the chop with the fingers of one hand breakfast in the First District lockolder brother who, grossly overacting, and simply munch away. I quickly gave every sign of actually enjoying the up—a point that was lost entirely on mush. He’d even smack his lips while both my sibling, the bail bond guy, learned otherwise on my first attempt and was mortified since this was one of and the desk sergeant. But I felt better looking at me out of the corner of his my earliest excursions into restaurant about it. eye. Then with a smug and superior dining, and I wanted desperately There’s no real reason a seaweed glance, he’d put his empty bowl and extract from an obscure third world to demonstrate to my parents that spoon in the kitchen sink—just as tribal state should work any better than I was mature enough to handle we’d both been told hundreds of times it. Something told me that I should “eat your spinach…” followed by “… to do. Meanwhile, I’d be still pushing

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The solution for this month’s puzzle can be found on page 36.

MY WNY STORY

Robbie Raugh

BY JUDITH A. RUCKI

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hether she’s lecturing, kickboxing, or teaching a yoga class, Robbie Raugh exudes pure energy. A registered nurse, Raugh is also an internationally known integrative health, fitness, and nutrition practitioner. A master trainer, Raugh has spent more than thirty years teaching health, nutrition, and fitness classes. further. Take stairs Foods that rob your energy and That’s not all. Once a month, instead of the elevator.” make you fat include white and she appears as the health and fitness While moving naturally expert on WKBW-TV’s AM Buffalo. wheat bread, white rice, flour, sugar, is beneficial, “It does not Plus she hosts her own radio show pop, potatoes, sweets, processed food, replace getting in your cardio and called The Raw Truth on local station and toxins. resistance training.”

That leaves us with a healthy WDCX 99.5 FM, which streams Exercise not only helps reduce body worldwide. Tune in, and you can hear variety of choices, including water, fat, it can also boost your immune vegetables, fruits, whole grain, her talk about faith, family, food, and system. Additionally, it reduces risk sprouted grain, beans, legumes, and fitness. of coronary heart disease along with Wondering what she does in her nuts. some cancers, diabetes, high blood She draws from The China Study, spare time? Raugh is the featured pressure, and high cholesterol. It instructor of four Raw Energy Fitness a book by T. Colin Campbell, PhD. also helps with maintaining healthy Exercise videos, plus The Kinetic He says, “People who ate the most bones and muscles, controlling animal-based foods got the most Workout Live exercise video. joint swelling and pain associated chronic disease. People who ate the An international speaker, she is also with arthritis, and improving body the author of The Raw Truth Recharge, most plant-based foods were the composition (more muscle, less fat). a book described as “seven truths for healthiest.”

She reminds us that reducing stress Speaking of water, Raugh says, total health and fitness.” in our lives and getting enough rest She and her husband Jeff have two “Most people don’t drink enough will also lead to better health. water. Many people are also carrying daughters, Shanelle and Raquelle.

A deeply religious woman, Raugh around a few more pounds than they Raugh is a great believer in adds, “Here’s the thing. God made preventing, rather than treating, would be if they did drink enough our body and mind one, and we know water. Being dehydrated slows down disease. She says, “You will spend the that when you have a healthy mind, time and the money either way—you your metabolic rate, which decreases you have a better chance of having a will either spend it treating disease, or your energy level and ability to burn healthy body, and vice versa!” you will spend it preventing disease fat.” Kick start your day with warm For more information, visit by exercising and eating right. Which water and a squeeze of lemon for even robbieraugh.com FY more benefits. is better for you?”

Moving on to exercise, Raugh Let’s start with her thoughts on our diet. Raugh says we need to take says, “When it comes to exercise and COME HOME TO care of our bodies, which she calls our eating right, you have to do it as if “mobile homes” and our “temporary your life depends on it, because, in so many ways, it does.” earth suits.”

She has heard every excuse why Raugh says she learned early on that “you can’t out exercise a bad someone can’t exercise. “And truly diet!” If you aren’t sure what you most of the excuses I’ve heard aren’t should be eating, she makes it simple. valid.” Raugh says we need to exercise “Eat food, not food-like things. If it at least three days a week, and A quiet senior community comes from a plant, eat it. If it was preferably seven, for at least thirty nestled in the heart of Amherst. minutes. If you haven’t exercised in made in a plant, don’t!” awhile, start slowly. And you can Still not sure what should be included or excluded from your diet? exercise each day naturally. “Don’t take the closest parking space; walk Raugh provides these guidelines:

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Internationally known integrative health, fitness, and nutrition practitioner Robbie Raugh Photo by Jim Bush

Judith A. Rucki is a public relations consultant and freelance writer. Readers may contact her via the editor at wswearingen@buffalospree.com with ideas for making the golden years sparkle, sizzle, and shine.

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FOOD

Enjoying the Last of Summer Produce

BY HILARY DIODATO

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t may be September, but I encourage you to remember that the first day of fall is not truly until September 22. So, let’s not rush into the fall mindset before necessary and enjoy the last of the summer bounty in the produce section.

It will be many months before you’ll get to enjoy fresh sweet corn and local summer squashes again.

Both of the dishes I am highlighting here are spicy vegetable side dishes that offer a light reprieve over the delicious but heavy mayonnaise-laden salads of summer. I recommend pairing either side with a main dish or other side that also speaks of warm weather—black bean salad, a platter of sliced mangoes and papaya, or grilled chicken. Goya marinades in the Latin section of your grocery do not disappoint when paired with any meat—and they’re a steal, too!

Corn and Poblano Sauté Serves 4 as a side Ingredients 1 large (or 2 small) poblano peppers 2 ears corn, shucked ½ yellow onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon canola oil ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground black pepper Large pinch cayenne (for heat seekers – otherwise, omit)

Directions 1. Invert an ear of corn over a shallow bowl. Using a sharp knife, cut down toward the bowl to remove the kernels from the cob.

Repeat on all sides of both cobs.

Set aside.

2. Using a gas stove, the broiler, or your grill, bring your heating element to a high flame. Place the rinsed and dried poblano pepper(s) directly over the heat source. Allow the pepper to cook until the first side is completely charred—not a bit of green skin showing. Flip, and continue to cook until the other side of the pepper is completely charred. Place the blackened pepper(s) in a glass bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and allow to sit for ten minutes.

3. After ten minutes have elapsed, remove the pepper(s) from the bowl. Rub the blackened skin off (resist the urge to rinse the pepper – just use a paper towel to wipe your hands if they become

too covered in blackened pepper skin). Remove the stem and seeds, and roughly chop the peppers. Set aside.

4. In a large sauté pan, heat the canola oil over medium heat. Add the onion, cooking and stirring until translucent, 3–4 minutes.

Add the garlic, stir, and cook for one minute more. Add the corn and sauté, stirring occasionally, 5–6 minutes until the corn is completely soft.

5. Stir the salt, pepper, and cayenne (if using). Check for seasoning.

Remove from heat, stir in the chopped poblano, and serve.

Smoky Grilled Summer Squash Serves: 4-6 as a side Tip: choose smaller squash at the grocery store, the very large specimens tend to be water logged.

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Ingredients 2 yellow summer squash 2 zucchini 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon ground black pepper ½ teaspoon ground chipotle powder Directions 1. Preheat an indoor or outdoor grill over medium high heat.

2. Remove the stem end and bottom end of the squash. Cut the squash lengthwise into ½-inch strips.

3. In a small bowl, stir together the oil, salt, pepper, and chipotle.

4. Brush the oil mixture on both sides of all of the slices of squash.

5. Place the squash in a single layer on the preheated grill (if your grilling surface is small, resist the urge to overlap or your squash will steam).

Allow to cook on the first side until you have deep grill marks on the squash’s surface, about five minutes.

Flip and cook until grill marks are on the other side but the squash is not turning clear and mushy—the sweet spot is about two minutes.

6. Remove to a cutting board and cut crosswise in 1-inch pieces. Mix the green and yellow squash together in a serving bowl and present to diners with a slotted spoon (the squash will release liquid as it cools). FY Hilary Diodato is passionate about cooking and saving money and writes a bi-monthly column for Forever Young.

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his was an exceptionally “interesting” year for me. Between taking a major trip followed by rotator cuff surgery and moving my ninety-five-year-old mother north from Florida, the garden has been neglected. I look at the garden and see weeds and overgrown plants. My friends (aren’t they great?) see lush plants.

My husband says, “At least plants grow in your gardens!” Love that man.

CAROL ANN HARLOS What have I learned from all this?

My years of adding compost, weeding, and pruning were like an investment in an insurance policy that I thought I would never use. The gardens paid me back. This meant less watering this year due to loose rich soil and plants with roots that reach deep into that soil. Weeding in years past has not meant no weeds, but weeds that are manageable. This year I found that large weeds (such as wild mustard which can get five feet tall) actually support floppy plants growing in the same bed. Mature weeds are easier to yank out than little weeds...no bending or hoeing involved. Just yank!

I have also learned that a perfect garden is not necessary, except to the gardener. I treasure the stolen moments I got this year. I find myself looking for free days when I have no obligations, just the garden. Most of the gardens have been pruned and weeded at least once. But the garden behind the gazebo hasn’t been touched! I know, I will call it “the naturalistic garden” untouched by humans. It actually supports many

species of bees, wasps, birds, and hummingbirds. The raspberry bushes are in there somewhere!

In the meantime, the honeybees are doing great. I managed to do a hive inspection. There were thousands of honeybees all doing their jobs. I found the queen surrounded by worker bees.

There is stored honey, egg laying, larvae, thousands of workers, fewer drones (males). Although the purpose of my hive is to promote pollination, I think we will take some honey this year to share with friends and loved ones. The honey is so plentiful it needs to be shared.

In other news: I grew a castor bean plant this year again (see photograph).

It flowered in late July at about four feet but kept producing flowers all summer as it continued adding height.

This is in contrast to last summer when it reached twelve feet before flowering.

The male flowers are at the top of the plant. The leaves are large alternate, palmately lobed (like your hand) with between five and eleven toothed lobes.

The leaves are glossy and tinged red.

It is a member of the spurge family so the fruit is not truly a bean, but an oblong spiny pod that contains seeds.

The seeds are oval and light brown. I have never saved the seeds because our growing season is too short for them to mature before the plant itself dies. FY Happy gardening! I love hearing from you. caharlos@verizon.net or herbgardener.net

Castor bean plant Photo by Carol Ann Harlos

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Don’t Talk to the Actors MusicalFare

By Tom Dudzick Director: Tom Dudzick Cast: Wendy Hall, Kevin Craig, Steve Vaughan, Jamie Nablo, Peter Palmisano, Pam Mangus

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f you thought this fall would bring The Last Mass at St. Casimir’s— the final play in Buffalo native Tom Dudzick’s hometown trilogy— you’re out of luck. “I know people were expecting Part 3 of the Tavern Trilogy this year, but I thought a break from the Pazinskis wouldn’t be a bad idea and Don’t Talk to the Actors is just so much fun,” Dudzick contends. “I’ve been anxious to try out some of the new changes that I’ve never seen up on stage.” Dudzick began making those changes even as Don’t Talk to the Actors ran at Studio Arena just before it closed.

“This is my backstage comedy,” the playwright describes. “It’s about a greenhorn playwright from Buffalo

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It came about after a discussion with my wife. She saw me struggling and agonizing over what to write about.

She said, “Can’t you just write something funny?” I said, ‘But it has to be about something. Something of life-or-death importance to the main character.’ Then she reminded me about the angst I went through when my first play Greetings! was being prepared [at George Street Playhouse]. And suddenly there it was, my story. It was the quickest I ever wrote a play.”

Since the premiere of Greetings!, Dudzick has indeed had an offBroadway show with Miracle on South Division Street, which Kavinoky-goers saw in 2013, but

he says that experience in no way resembles the “nuthouse experience you’ll see in Don’t Talk to the Actors at Kavinoky. That was simply a transfer from an upstate regional theatre to a little off-Broadway house on West 46th Street. It was the same cast, same director, so no ego-driven insanity was present.

If a big star had been involved demanding rewrites it would have been a different story.”

Don’t Talk to the Actors seems to be enjoying a revival, with several theaters—including one in Australia—scheduling productions.

It’s exciting, but Dudzick is more excited about his current project, a musical for which he is writing book, music, and lyrics. “I’m well aware that this will consume the next three years of my life but the story is strong and stage-worthy so it will be worth the struggle,” he says. “Hey, if it was easy, everybody would have a musical on Broadway!”

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Buffalo playwright Tom Dudzick’s Don’t Talk to the Actors runs at Kavinoky through October 2 (kavinokytheatre.com, 716-8817668).

American Idiot American Repertory Theater of Western New York Book: Michael Mayer and Billie Jo Armstrong Lyrics: Billie Jo Armstrong Music: Green Day Director: Matthew LaChiusa Cast: Christopher Teal, Billy Horn, Jesse Ryan Tiebor, Jordan Levin, Sara Kow-Falcone, Carolyn Lanson, Rosemarie Lorenti, Clarissa Maloy, Ben Caldwell, Preston D. Williams, Melissa Levin Green Day’s seventh album, a rock opera and comeback release, was the inspiration for this musical that ran for a year on Broadway.

While the 2004 American Idiot album focuses primarily on the coming of age of Jesus of Suburbia, the musical expands the story to center on three men— Johnny, Will, and Tunny—who grapple in different ways with the disillusionment of a generation who became “adults” during the aughts. It’s this show that will kick off American Repertory Theater of Western New York’s

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tenth season. ARTWNY artistic director Matthew LaChiusa will direct the production, with Billy Horn directing the music; Horn previously was the music director for ARTWNY’s Artie Awardwinning Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in 2013.

Though the musical is based on the album, there are significant differences between the two, primarily in structure, according to Horn. “The album is much more abstract than the musical,” Horn explains. “The album presents the songs in a raw and honest way where the listener is able to draw from it whatever storyline presents itself, whereas the musical gives the same songs specific voices and characters and tells a very specific story set in a very specific time.”

As such, the music, as the show’s source material, is its biggest strength, says Horn. “If you didn’t know the album or Green Day, you’d most likely classify this as a rock musical,” LaChiusa expands.

“But if you are familiar with the album, the musical interpretation read is more on the lines of a rock opera in the same vein of Tommy, Spring Awakening, or Jesus Christ Superstar–except this one is more

like a punk rock opera, a raw punk rock story with heart and soul.”

Horn promises that American Idiot will not be what people are expecting. “If you’re looking for unorthodox musical theater with high energy and the Spirit of ’76, American Idiot should do it for you,” says LaChiusa. “But this is not a ‘modern’ rock musical with mopey twentysomethings costumed in skinny jeans and Hot Topic T-shirts. It’s a gritty, angst-driven yet honest, operatic punk rock journey beginning with the first part of the twenty-first century to present time. American Idiot is not generation specific.

It is for those who came of age, reached adulthood during this part of the century, or spent two to three decades in the Modern Age of Cynicism. Whether they are Boomers, Gen Xers, Oregon Trailers or Millennials, American Idiot speaks to all age groups.” FY Playwright Donna Hoke writes about theater for Buffalo Spree and Forever Young.

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DENNIS OCCHINO After a four-month hiatus and a $5-million investment to redesign the restaurant, fine dining has been taken to a whole new level. Dennis Khanh, vice president of food and beverage, notes, “The only thing that’s original are the walls. Everything else was torn out.”

New to the steakhouse experience is Bistro, a restaurant within the restaurant. Housed in the former wine room with seating for more than forty guests, its casual menu offers interesting items such as oyster po’ boy, la quercia charcuterie board, and fried chick peas.

Expanded hours for Bistro include opening at 3 p.m. on weekends.

The reinvented contemporary bar has plenty of seating with outlets underneath the counter for charging your mobile devices and convenient hooks for purses and bags to maximize comfort. Original cocktails include the Blue-Doo Child, Man Overboard, and the Seneca Sweetheart.

A portal corridor enters on exceptional steakhouse dining, offering new menu items such as grass fed boneless rib eye and the highest quality steaks from the menu’s Chairman’s Reserve Beef list that include those on the bone, off the bone, Wagyu, and Prime.

Other featured entrees are cavatelli (braised short ribs), sustainably raised Faroe Island salmon, and entrée accompaniments such as lobster tails, Alaskan king crab, or jumbo day boat scallops.

Executive Chef Oliver A. Wolf, with an eye toward health and environment, handpicks the farms, ranches, and sustainable fisheries when sourcing menu items.

Some of the signature dishes served at the Western Door Steakhouse Photo courtesy of the Seneca Gaming Corporation

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Burchfield Penney Art Center Celebrates 50 Years

Charles E. Burchfield speaks at the Burchfield Art Center opening on December 9, 1966 Photo courtesy of William Doran from Burchfield Penney Art Center Archives

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or fifty years, the Burchfield Penney has been dedicated to the vision of American master Charles E. Burchfield and to the diverse art and artists of Western New York.

The Center is commemorating this golden anniversary with full year of special exhibitions and events, beginning with Blistering Vision: Charles E. Burchfield’s Sublime American Landscapes, an exhibition that heralds a new interpretation of Burchfield’s accomplishments.

In this collection of landscapes, Burchfield both celebrates nature’s beauty and examines its complex relationship with industrial development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and places the artist between the nineteenth century naturalists, such as John Burroughs and Henry David Thoreau, and twentieth century environmentalists like Rachel Carson and Stuart Udall.

Important works from public and private collections combined with collection and archival materials from the Charles E. Burchfield Archives at the Burchfield Penney present Burchfield’s concerns for the environment expressed 18

from within the dialect of the tradition of the sublime, extending its reach into the new context of environmental aesthetics.

The then-named Charles Burchfield Center opened on December 9, 1966 on the third floor of Buffalo State’s Rockwell Hall. The beginnings of what became this center were thanks to the vision and determination of one of Buffalo State’s professors, Dr. Edna Lindemann in the early 1960s. Charles Burchfield was one of America’s greatest artists. From his studio in the Gardenville section of West Seneca with inspiration from Western New York’s landscapes and the sights and

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sounds of the city of Buffalo, the artist created work that was collected by the most important museums in the United States: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art. His work has been the subject of major exhibitions nationally, including being the subject of first solo artist exhibition of the nascent Museum of Modern Art in 1930. The 1950s saw the first retrospective of Burchfield’s work at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Buffalo’s Mr. Burchfield was an art star – and Dr. Lindemann, a dear friend of the artist, believed a “center”

to celebrate the artist, a teaching artist at the college, would be a suitable honor.

Burchfield was not convinced at first. In 1964, he wrote to then Buffalo State president Dr. Paul Bulger that he was grateful for the honor, but it was one he could not accept. But, Dr. Lindemann persisted, and plans for the Charles Burchfield Center were solidified. Mr. Burchfield was convinced, albeit begrudgingly. And on that December evening in 1966, Mr. Burchfield with his wife Bertha at his side, cut the ribbon officially opening the center.

It was Burchfield himself who

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Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967); Cattaraugus Canyon (March Canyon), 1933-57; watercolor on paper; 39 ¾ x 53 ¾ inches; DC Moore Gallery

encouraged Dr. Lindemann and the leadership of Buffalo State that the center which bore his name would not be a single artist museum, but a gallery that celebrated all of the artists of this culturally rich region, past and present.

Tragically, Charles Burchfield died at age seventy-three on January 10, 1967—a month and a day after the opening of the Charles Burchfield Center. He did not live to see his center flourish or to see its mission grow to celebrate the art and artists of a city and region with cultural riches far

exceeding its size as New York’s second city.

Dr. Lindemann guided The Center through the first third of its history— exhibiting works of Western New York artists and preserving the legacy of its namesake artist. In the mid-1980s, she passed the torch to Dr. Anthony Bannon. Thanks to the vision and support of Sylvia L. Rosen, a focus for the Burchfield Art Center became art in craft media. The establishment of a biennial exhibition celebrating craft combined with a commitment

to collection works in craft media solidified the Burchfield Art Center’s commitment to these media. Bannon also embarked upon an ambitious goal to significantly grow the collection of the Burchfield Center. This goal culminated with the landmark gift of works from Charles Rand Penney and resulted in the center being renamed the Burchfield Penney Art Center in 1994.

The next chapter in the Burchfield Penney’s history began in 1999, when Buffalo based attorney William J. Magavern II shared his hope.

He seeded a capital campaign for a freestanding Burchfield Penney Art Center with a gift of $1 million. The plans for a new museum took flight under the leadership of the Center’s third director Ted Pietrzak, Buffalo State College and a volunteer team led by capital campaign chair Paula Joy Reinhold. A ten-year campaign followed, and on November 22, 2008, the new Burchfield Penney opened on the corner of Elmwood Avenue

and Rockwell Road, in the heart of Buffalo’s Museum District.

Since opening the “new” Burchfield Penney in 2008, more than a million people have experienced The Center from all over the world. More than 1,000 artists have been exhibited and hundreds added to the collections and archives for posterity.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center celebrates the vision of Edna Lindemann and the legacy of Charles Burchfield and the art and artists of Western New York. Join us on December 9 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Burchfield Penney. FY

Charles E. Burchfield (1894-1967); Black Iron, 1935; 28 1/8 x 40 inches Watercolor on paper; Arkansas Arts Center September 2016 | www.foreveryoungwny.com 19

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Exploring Buffalo’s Architecture

BY BRAD HAHN

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rom its founding, Buffalo has been a community of ambitious builders who have strived to build the city in such a way as to leave a legacy that future generations can take pride in. When Joseph Ellicott arrived here in 1804 as the agent of the Holland Land Company, he laid out a radial street plan befitting a much larger and grander city than Buffalo was at the time. The city that developed along those streets is one that all citizens of Buffalo can and should be proud of, as it is a true architectural museum of America through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Explore Buffalo, the largest guided tour organization in Buffalo, offers a variety of ways to discover this treasure trove of historic architecture, with tours led by volunteer docents by foot, bike, bus, and kayak.

The entrance to the Guaranty Building Photo by Kim Miers

Many of the best architects in American history have come to Buffalo to design some of their most noteworthy buildings. Among the most significant buildings in American architecture is the Guaranty Building at Church and Pearl Streets in downtown Buffalo, designed by the Chicago firm of Adler & Sullivan.

With the Guaranty Building, Louis Sullivan set the standard for what tall buildings should look like by emphasizing the height of the building 20

with vertical lines. Directly across the street from the Guaranty Building is St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, designed by Richard Upjohn, also architect of Trinity Church in New York City. Built in 1851 on a triangular piece of land donated by the Holland Land Company, Upjohn regarded St. Paul’s as his best work. Both of these buildings can be seen on Explore Buffalo’s “Masters of American Architecture” downtown walking tour.

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in Buffalo has an architecturally significant masterpiece at its center that it can boast of. Parkside, where Explore Buffalo offers a neighborhood walking tour, the Darwin D. Martin House Complex by Frank Lloyd Wright is the crown jewel of the neighborhood, which features many other beautiful homes in a variety of styles. Parkside and its namesake, the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Delaware Park, features prominently into two Explore Buffalo bicycle

tours: “Parkside & Central Park” and “Landmarks & Landscapes.” The Landmarks & Landscapes bike tour takes in some of Buffalo’s other famous landmarks around Delaware Park, including the Richardson-Olmsted Complex, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and Buffalo History Museum.

Local architects designed buildings to be proud of as well, most notably E. B. Green and his firm of Green & Wicks. Highlights of Green’s contributions to Buffalo’s landscape include many Delaware Avenue mansions, the Albright Art Gallery, Market Arcade, and the Buffalo Savings Bank, commonly known as Gold Dome. Explore Buffalo even has its office inside a landmark E. B. Green-designed building: First Presbyterian Church on Symphony Circle. Buffalo also was home to the first woman to become a professional architect: Louise Blanchard Bethune, best known today as the architect of the Hotel Lafayette that was restored to its original opulence by Rocco Termini. Take a look at these buildings on Explore Buffalo’s tours such as “Millionaire Mile: Delaware Avenue Mansions” walking tour, “Beaux- Arts Buffalo” downtown walking tour, and “Lincoln Parkway” walking tour.

While much of the attention is given to buildings built near the turn of the twentieth century, more recent buildings deserve to be recognized as well. One of the earliest major buildings built in a modern style is also one of Buffalo’s best: Kleinhans Music Hall, built on Symphony Circle in 1940. The graceful lines of M&T Plaza on Main Street, designed

by Minoru Yamasaki, present one of the best examples of modern style in downtown Buffalo. Among the most recent, the Robert Jackson Federal Courthouse on Niagara Square offers a very different façade to Niagara Square from its neighbors, with its curving glass wall a dramatic yet subtle contrast to its earlier neighbors.

All of the impressive buildings in downtown Buffalo and throughout the rest of the city owe their existence to Buffalo’s raison d’etre: the commerce and industry of the waterfront. Without the opening of

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the Erie Canal in 1825 that made Buffalo one of the most important trade links in the entire world, Buffalo would not have boomed throughout the nineteenth century, going from a frontier outpost to the eighth-largest American city by 1900. An enduring reminder of our waterfront roots are the grain elevators along the Buffalo River, among the most popular tours that Explore Buffalo offers. You can experience these massive structures on several tours, including our tours inside the grain elevators at Silo City, on the water on our “Elevator Alley Kayak” tours, and by bike on our “Silo Spin: Grain Elevators by Bike.”

The majority of Explore Buffalo’s tours are offered from April through November, with a speaker series and special interior tours offered during the winter months. During the summer months, more than 150 tours are offered each month: there is something for everyone! Even local residents who have lived in Buffalo their entire lives always walk away having learned something new. Buffalo has so much historic architecture to be proud of: Take a tour to discover it!

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Saint Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church

BY CAROL ANN HARLOS

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t. Gerard’s RCC is located at 1190 East Delevan Avenue at Bailey Avenue on the east side of Buffalo. The style of the church is Roman basilica. It had been a member of the Catholic diocese of the city but, unfortunately, has been closed since January, 2008.

The term “basilica” refers to its structural style, not to the church’s designation as a place worthy of a pilgrimage. This means the building is essentially a rectangle with a nave, a slightly raised platform toward the front, and an apse (semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical half dome). The design for St. Gerard’s was based on the Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls of Rome but is only one-third as large.

The St. Gerard’s we see is actually the second St. Gerard’s. The first one was too

small to satisfy the need for a larger place for Roman Catholics to worship. St. Gerard’s was built in 1911 and designed

by Schmil and Gould. The church is constructed of Indiana limestone. The main facade has two niches containing statues of St. Gerard and St. Joseph. The St. Joseph figure has a miniature of the church at his feet and was carved by the local sculptor Angelo Gatti. The present-day church has twelve granite columns, a grid of beams, murals, and a fresco (a picture created directly on

wet lime plaster so it became part of the wall). In the 1930s the nave was raised to sixty feet and a three-stage, 1100-foot bell tower was added.

After the closing of St. Gerard’s “Mary Our Queen” parish in Norcross, Georgia, expressed interest in moving the church 900 miles south to serve as their new church! The $16-million plan meant the church was to be totally “deconstructed,” packed, and moved south and reassembled in Norcross.

In 2010, the process began with the

removal of a seven-foot, 1600-pound statue of St. Gerard. Unfortunately, the statue broke in two while being transported. The process stopped.

The church is currently being listed at only $130,000. This includes the rectory. Contact the director of operations, Christina Lincoln, at 8523300 or email her at clincoln@pbnsaves. org for more information. FY Carol Ann Harlos is a columnist for Forever Young.

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FEATURE The front entrance to The Kenmore Municipal Building All photos by Wendy Guild Swearingen

Great Architecture You Never Noticed

BY ED ADAMCZYK

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uddenly it is easy to identify Buffalo, and Western New York, as the repository of some great architecture. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, whose name conveys everything about that organization’s mission, convened in Buffalo in 2011 and was stunned by the city’s stock of architectural beauty and promise. All that brick, all those buildings we never got around to demolishing—suddenly, people in a position to know are telling us, and the world, of our treasures. a place known for many favorable number of buildings he had only We knew about this stuff, we things but not really a focus of seen in books about architectural just didn’t think about it much. great buildings, until you pay a excellence—started calling it to our Then outsiders—like an out-oflittle attention. I suspect your attention. town Buffalo marathon entrant neighborhood has a few riches in I live in the Village of Kenmore, who commented he ran past a

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At the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Delaware Road in Kenmore sits the town municipal building, a Public Works Administration, Depression-era project opened in 1936. Designed by prominent architect E. B. Green in the “classical monumental” style, which means it follows ancient precepts for scale and design but looks much bigger than it really is, it features 1930s-style aluminum ornamentation on its windows, Art Deco touches throughout, and Kenmore and Town of Tonawanda offices and courtrooms within. Some with eyes attuned to architecture admit having hit the brakes hard when driving past it the first time. After nearly 100 years as Kenmore’s City Hall, it still admirably serves its purpose.

It’s small, by Buffalo City Hall standards, but it is a treasure, a gift of the Roosevelt Administration to a village that voted against him … four times.

Across the street is another jewel, known locally as the Art Deco house. It is a privately owned residence, so don’t intend to go in, but note how its size, shape, and that flat roof somehow fit in with the adjacent gable-roofed homes.

The front of the house is pure 1930s; you expect Fred Astaire, in a tuxedo, to come dancing through the front entrance and down those concrete steps. It was designed as a dentist’s office, with a small apartment upstairs added for code compliance, by local architect Duane Lyman, who designed Buffalo’s Saturn Club, among many others.

Across the street there is the Episcopal Church of the Advent, built in the Tudor Revival style in 1951, when there were still stonemasons for hire. It is one of six churches on three-quarters of a mile of Delaware Road. Advent is a beautiful church, with stainedglass windows by New Jersey’s J&R Lamb Studios, constructors of church windows since 1857. Go inside and be astounded.

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The exterior of the Episcopal Church of the Advent

The church’s chancel and nave are filled with complex, breathtaking woodwork, exquisitely carved and constructed in layered plywood and other woods by Arthur Werner, a longtime parishioner and Kenmore resident.

Wall after wall features vines, flowers, and other artistic flourishes— sconces of oak, wooden screens called reredos in archways, and woodwork that simulates rope pulls and palm fronds. An upclose look reveals the astounding detail, and Werner designed and made the embroidered seat cushions and kneelers, as well. If this church were somehow transported to Italy or England, buses full of tourists, not to mention woodworking

and cabinetry enthusiasts, would be pulling up.

Those three buildings are within 100 feet of each other on a welltravelled road in a community not regarded as a destination for architectural tourism. Surrounding them are pre-Civil war houses, backyards with dimensions indicating they were blocked out of farmland, and otherwise nondescript residences which, if you know their backstory, were once elsewhere in Kenmore but moved to their locations by sturdy men with sturdy horses and a lot of rope.

It is easy to point to Western New York’s famous architectural treasures, and it’s getting easier. But what’s in your neighborhood, in your community? There are gems to be uncovered, old places, oncefamous places, and historic places?

As we have learned from some of Buffalo’s case studies, a change from the unheralded to the celebrated starts with a fresh look at things. FY

One of the many stained glass windows at the Episcopal Church of the Advent

Ed Adamczyk contributes frequently to Forever Young and is an avid historian.

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A Ritual Dynamic is a Lehrer Dance performance favorite Photo by David Evertsen

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or the fifth year in a row, Lehrer Dance kicks off the M&T Bank Dance Series at Mainstage Theatre with a stunning concert showcasing the company’s internationally renowned blend of artistry and athleticism.

After a sold out home performance last year, a five-week European tour, a two-week tour to Russia, and the Yeats Project collaboration with Irish Classical Theatre and Torn Space Theatre, the company begins its tenth anniversary at University at Buffalo’s Center For the Arts on October 1 at 8 p.m.

This year’s program features three world premieres, one Buffalo premiere, and audience favorites from the company’s diverse repertoire. Don’t miss your opportunity to see Lehrer Dance in Buffalo before they begin their touring season across the country and around the world.

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by Queen and “Africa” by Toto.

• Troika: A male trio about the power of each individual coming together to create a unified group.

• Pulp: A full company comedy inspired by the silent film era, with a stylish nod to the films of Quentin Tarantino

Veteran company member Rachael Humphrey performs the Buffalo premiere of Rascal, which premiered in Germany on February 12, 2016. Lehrer Dance performance favorites include Chukchi, Femeie de Lume, and A Ritual Dynamic. For more information visit lehrerdance.org, for tickets call 645-6915 or visit tickets.com FY

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onsidering that people are living longer, it is not unusual to see seniors in their sixties and seventies caring for parents in their nineties. About the time we thought we would be retiring and enjoying our own golden years, we may find ourselves managing one or more parents’ day-to-day care.

This could mean anything from checking on a parent daily to moving the parent into our homes. And if anyone thinks moving a parent into a nursing home means the responsibilities are over, think again.

Vigilance must be maintained, even when a parent lives in a high-

end facility. There are many stresses involved with caring for frail elders, not the least of which is the stress it puts on the relationship with one’s spouse—no matter whose parent it is.

The effect on couples No one wants to have to choose

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between an elderly parent and a spouse. Especially when there has been a long, loving relationship between the parent and “child,” it can be difficult to juggle responsibilities to both the parent and the marriage.

In an ideal world, spouses would pitch in with the work while providing the emotional support necessary to help balance the caregiving. Easier said than done, especially when one or both spouses are still in the workforce.

We may have promised a parent that we will never put him or her in “a home.” Perhaps our spouse wants to travel or engage in activities that will take us away from the needy parent.

The situation can leave us feeling tired, torn, guilty, and working extremely hard only to find neither parent nor spouse is satisfied.

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put a strain on the marriage, and the situation can go on for years.

Carol O’Dell is a contributing editor to Caring.com and the author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir, where she writes about caring for her mother through Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and coronary diseases.

She once counseled a woman whose husband was threatening a divorce if her elderly father came to live with them. O’Dell suggested that the husband’s reaction was irrational, and that the situation should not lead to a divorce.

She says, “In other words, something else is going on. This is the tip of an iceberg of deeper, more complex, ongoing issues your husband is having—and issues within your marriage.” O’Dell suggested couple’s or individual therapy. “You both need to be honest about what’s going on and come to a place of resolution. You won’t be able to move on until you do.”

She advises, “Perhaps he’s jealous of your relationship with your dad, worried that caregiving will take up all your time and energy, that his and your freedom will be taken away.

“He may resent your siblings for dumping this all on you. But under all these and perhaps other beliefs are fears: resentment, abandonment, rejection, jealousy—and these feelings may not have originated with you.”

O’Dell also suggested the woman

LET’S TALK ABOUT... be more introspective and consider that she, too, has issues. Perhaps the father could live nearby, with siblings pitching in monetarily.

Coping with stress An aging parent’s need for care increases over time, especially when they live to “a ripe old age.” Eventually that care becomes too much for an individual to handle.

Licensed psychologist and author Dr. Mary Languirand, writing for AgingCare.com, reminds us that, “Caregiving can be extremely stressful, so much so that full-time caregivers are actually at increased risk for depression, health problems, and substance abuse.” She also reminds us that any disruption in a longstanding family pattern can be difficult for everyone, including the one receiving care.

One important recommendation is communicating with our spouses.

She suggests we set aside time to talk about our relationship and get any difficulties out in the open.

We also may benefit from sharing our concerns with a trusted friend or member of the clergy. If both partners are willing, seeing a marital therapist might be helpful.

While we want to feel good about ourselves, years of caregiving can take an emotional and physical toll. When our desires include living out the rest of our lives with our spouse, it’s worth saving the marriage, even when it means making tough compromises.

Remembering these immortal words may help: “This, too, shall pass.”

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Judith A. Rucki is a public relations consultant and freelance writer. Readers may contact her via the editor at wswearingen@buffalospree.com with ideas for making the golden years sparkle, sizzle, and shine.

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Hiking the Bruce STORY AND PHOTOS BY JENNIFER MERRICK

One of the swimming beaches at Bruce Peninsula National Park

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iking all 560 miles of the Bruce Trail is on my bucket list. As it is Ontario’s longest and oldest footpath, running from Queenston in Niagara to Tobemory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, I have no interest in doing it all in one go (the average end-to-end hiker can finish in 30 days). Nor do I have any chance of breaking any records (ten days, thirteen hours, fifty-seven minutes is the fastest). I’d simply like to leisurely explore this UNESCO world biosphere famed for its glacially sculpted rugged limestone and rich ecosystem one scenic section at a time.

This summer, I fully intended to even the best-laid travel plans don’t But all was not lost. Thanks to our always materialize, and our four-day hike one of the trail’s most dramatic knowledgeable and gracious hosts stretches from Tobemory to Lion’s hike needed to be cut in half. Not at Taylor-Made Bed & Breakfast, Head. Located 370 miles northwest only that, a section of the trail near we spent a fabulous forty-eight of Buffalo, both small towns are Tobemory had been rerouted on to a hours exploring both lesser-known situated on the peninsula that divides main road, considerably less appealing and more popular sections of the than hiking on the escarpment.

Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. But Bruce Trail.

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Lion’s Head After visiting Lion’s Head on a hiking trip, Diana Licskai and Doug Kennedy decide to move here. “When we went into town on a Friday night and only three cars passed us,” says Diana, “we knew it was the place for us.”

Serendipitously, the B&B they had been staying at was for sale, and the rest, as they say, is history. The majority of their guests are hikers, and about 20 percent come from overseas, Germany in particular.

What is their reaction to the scenery here?

“They are blown away,” says Doug. “They are used to lots of other walkers and fences that stop hikers from getting too close to the natural attractions, and there’s none of that here.”

Though it’s much closer to home for us, we were blown away, too.

Our Bruce Trail hike in the Lion’s Head Provincial Nature Reserve took us through an ever-changing escarpment landscape. One minute we were standing atop of 300-foot cliffs looking down at the turquoise waters of Georgian Bay, and the next minute we were rambling through a cool, dark forest with massive moss-covered boulders and every shade of green imaginable.

What astounded us the most, however, was that we saw but one lone hiker in the first two hours.

Later on, there were a few more people out and about (though it was still blissfully uncrowded), especially near the Pothole and Giant Cauldron side trails, which as their names suggest, highlight the region’s distinctive sink holes and caves. We would have loved to explore more but after six hours on the trail, the only place our wobbly legs would take us was back to the vehicle.

We had been dropped off at

The blue and emerald water of Bruce Peninsula National Park

GETAWAYS and goings of this cheerful lakeside town: glass-bottom boats on the way to sightseeing excursions to Flowerpot Island; diving outfitters off to explore the over twenty shipwrecks found here; and the large Chi-Cheemaun ferry loading passengers headed to Manitoulin Island, the biggest freshwater island in North America and one of my absolute favorite spots in Ontario.

But I’ll leave that for another day as I still have a lot of hiking to do on the Bruce Trail. If I continue at this rate, I should be done in say, 2070.

A hiking trail in Lion’s Head Provincial Nature Reserve

a different entry point by Diana that morning, taking advantage of the ferrying service the B&B provides their guests for $0.65/ km. Transportation to this nearby hike was a very reasonable $7.15 Canadian (US $5.50). As part of the home-to-home network, they also work with four other B&Bs that can arrange travel and even ferry luggage from inn to inn depending on your hiking plans.

After enjoying a meal on the outdoor patio at Lion’s Head Inn, we crashed at a ridiculously early hour to rest up for our next day’s adventure in Bruce Peninsula National Park and nearby Tobemory.

Bruce Peninsula National Park With 248 campsites, ten yurts, swimming beaches, and varied hiking paths that include the Bruce Trail, this national park is one of the most popular spots on the peninsula. The star attraction of the 38,000-acre wilderness area is the Grotto, an easy thirty-minute

If you go: Taylor-Made B&B: 31 Byron St., Lion’s Head; 519-793-4853 or bb-bruce.com/taylormade For more information on the Bruce Trail and to order maps, visit brucetrail.org. You can find more to do on the Bruce Peninsula at explorethebruce.com and ontariotravel.net. Reservations for Bruce Peninsula National Park can

Taylor-Made Bed and Breakfast in Lion’s Head

be made at Parks Canada website at pc.gc.ca or by calling 1-877-7373783 (1-877-RESERVE). FY Jennifer Merrick is a freelance writer and avid traveler based in Toronto.

walk along the scenic Cypress Trail from the parking lot. Though we didn’t explore the underwater cave ourselves, we climbed the rocks and watched other brave souls do just that. The emerald water and the shoreline resemble a panorama you might see on a Caribbean postcard; however, unlike tropical locales, the water here is considerably colder!

Though the Grotto and Indian Head Cove next to it are the busiest areas of the park, there was a lot more to explore. We found ourselves back on the Bruce Trail, where we came across Boulder Beach, a shore covered with large white rocks bulldozed here by glaciers 450 million years ago. Once again we were awed by the wonders of the escarpment.

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hen you’re not feeling well, conventional wisdom says you should reach for over-the-counter or prescription remedies. But many experts point out that foods have healing properties that can be complementary in helping to treat common ailments and prevent illness.

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cause of their problems, rather than just eliminate the symptoms. While complex, he is offering a few quick insights into the subject of food as medicine.

• Nutritionists today base their work on the physical and chemical properties of food alone,

but this is just half the picture.

“There are many immaterial things contained within food as well,” says Lu, who cites Qi, or vital energy, as a key aspect of food you can’t see.

• The “right” foods won’t necessarily protect your health by virtue of their properties alone.

Good organ function is also necessary for your body to process and digest what you eat. However, foods can help restore balance to an ailing organ system.

• Listen to your body, not cultural beliefs about what is good or bad for you. Lu offers the example of a woman craving sugar or salt during her menstrual cycle. “Assuming she listens to the wisdom of her body and satisfies her craving, she’ll have some chocolate or eat some potato chips. This woman is doing something natural.”

• You may have heard of the adage, “you are what you eat.” Lu says to also consider the phrase, “you are what you think,” and avoid a steady d i e t of negative emotions, which you then must digest and process.

BEING WELL Your thoughts impact your body and health, he says.

• The next time your stomach is upset, consider reaching for something natural. Ginger can be eaten or used topically to deal with stomach discomfort, reduce inflammation, and even lower pain from arthritis.

More information about TCM and Digesting the Universe can be found at tcmworld.org.

While modern science has offered us groundbreaking medications and treatments, traditional healing systems can help patients recognize the root cause of physical conditions for a healthier, more balanced life. FY

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ave you ever considered having a facial peel treatment and backed off because of the concern of being over treated and dealing with significant downtime? Do you remember the episode of Sex and the City where Samantha is talked into a chemical peel by her dermatologist and ends up looking like a boiled lobster and needs to wear a veil to her big event that evening? While some chemical peels in real life can do this, I worry that the average TV viewer got the impression all chemical peels work this way, and that’s just not true.

SAMUEL SHATKIN JR., MD Patients hear the word “peel” and jump out of their skin, no pun intended. In reality, most peels done in the plastic surgeon’s office are more of the superficial type, which provide a nutritive treatment and light exfoliation. Last year alone, including office treatments

at the Aesthetic Associates Centre in Amherst and our medispa, Tres Aurae Spa in Williamsville, we provided thousands of peels, most of which were of the lighter, moisturizing type with no downtime. In addition, peels are also beneficial for lightening up brown spots or fending off those nasty “age spots” that we all hate.

Peels can have specific features that can deal with several different skin conditions.

I often have patients, typically women, but not always, who come in to the office saying they have a big getaway trip coming up and want their skin to look fabulous. To achieve that, I recommend a “red carpet ready” service that consists of a combination of lactic acid, urea, and a polishing cream—almost no peeling, just a moisturizing facial

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Acne-type treatment using azelaic acid, trichloroacetamide, and salicylic acid can clarify the skin by lifting off the dead layers that are plugging the pores and, with some redness and peeling for a couple days, will really make a jumpstart on managing problematic skin.

This all may sound very technical, but the characteristics of all of these “acid peels” in the right combinations allows the skilled skin care specialist to customize treatment for each individual and specific problems. We even offer

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