“A Fighter's Chance” by Niagara Falls native Gabriel Gonzalez is the most recent release from No Frills Buffalo publishing company. No Frills Buffalo also published Gonzalez’s first book, “Legend of the Phoenix, Rise of Crescent,” in early 2012.

Gonzalez is a graduate of Niagara Catholic High School and Buffalo State College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2005 and minored in religious studies. When he was just 15 years old, he and a friend were hired to clean out the upstairs of an abandoned building to make way for a new boxing gym. When the gym opened, Gonzalez signed up to see how he would like it and has never looked back. Boxing taught him how to be self-confident, disciplined and patient, and changed his outlook on life.

"Well I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow. Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there, counting crows. One for sorrow, two for joy.  Three for girls and four for boys.  Five for silver, six for gold.  Seven for a secret never to be told." - "A Murder of One" from "August and Everything After"

In the early 1990's, the San Francisco Bay Area [California, USA] gave birth to numerous talented musicians. One of them was essential in forming the band Counting Crows that exploded onto the music scene [after years of playing the club circuit] with their album ""August and Everything After" in 1993.  The band sold more than 20 million albums worldwide with 10 albums to date, including their 2013 digital release available only at US Tours, "Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow."

Documentary filmmaker and photographer, Gail Mooney, will visit Nichols School on Monday, May 6 as the 2013 Prince Lecturer. Mooney, the Producer, Director and Cinematographer of the inspiring film, “Opening Our Eyes,” is also co-owner of Kelly/Mooney Productions with her husband and partner, Thomas Kelly.

Mooney will screen her fourth and latest documentary entitled, “Opening Our Eyes; Global Stories About the Power of One.” The film follows Mooney and her daughter who embarked on a journey around the world in the summer of 2010. Their mission was to document and film the stories of 11 individuals on 6 continents – ordinary people who are following their own dreams, passions and ambitions and doing extraordinary things. The film makes you believe in the power of one – the power of the individual – the power that each one of us has to effect positive change.