I dierats' Buffalo’s Cultural Scene Has ComeAlive (NAPSA)—Looking for a vaca- tion that combines natural won- ders, history, world-class art and entertainment? Simply shuffle off to Buffalo. reeEN Pe Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery is offering an exhibit that features celebrated paintings by French masters. The Buffalo/Niagara Region of New York state has become a year-round destination for those seeking what has been described as a vibrant and sophisticated theatre and art scene. For example, the fall arts season will see the premiere of the stage adaptation of City of Light, a critieally-aeclaimed historical novel about Buffalo by Lauren Belfer at the Studio Arena Theatre. The fall schedule of the Buffalo Philharmonic includes concert performances with pianist Van Cliburn andviolinist Midori. Major works by celebrated French painters of the 19th and early 20th century will be the focus of the exhibit The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse at the Albright-Knox Gallery. Visitors with a taste for the old West may want to spend time with the photography of Howard D. Beach. Beach’s photographs of Geronimo, Chief Red Shirt and other Native American leaders are the focus of The Pan-American Exposition Centennial: Images of the American Indian.The exhibit runs at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center through January 6, 2002. To learn more, visit www.buf faloevb.org or call 1-800-Buffalo.
