On Friday (February 3) the University at Buffalo’s Humanities Institute will celebrate James Joyce at the Albright-Knox as part of the Gusto at the Gallery series. Items from the university’s impressive James Joyce Collection will be on display, and there will be a panel discussion, followed by a question and answer period. Guest speakers for the evening are Margot Norris, Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine and President of the International James Joyce Foundation; and Luca Crispi, James Joyce Fellow at the National Library of Ireland. The program begins at 4pm with Celtic music provided by Kindred and continues with readings and performances by Vincent O’Neill and Josephine Hogan of Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre Company. The evening concludes with the documentary film Following James Joyce... Dublin to Buffalo, directed by Patrick Martin and Stacey Herbert and a reception with Gerry Dixon and Laurence Shine at the Garden Restaurant.

Friday, February 3 from 3-10pm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave. (270-8292). Free.