Everyone had at least one brush with Pigeon By Frank Parlato A POLITICAL QUESTION The question of whether politics was a motive for New York State...
Archive - July 2016
WEIRD NUMBERS MAKING THE NEWS RECENTLY ■ The Transportation Security Administration announced in May that it had collected $765,000 in loose change left behind...
By Jim Ostrowski This week, my brother Mike and I published “The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria and Libya.” Here is...
By Frank Parlato The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) agreed last week to spend an unspecified sum of taxpayer money on a full and formal...
In an attempt to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla in the Erie Canal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, will be treating the...
By W. Dalton Weir Why not Buffalo? Why can’t we have a comic convention in the Nickel City?” That was the question that rang out in the minds of John Grimaldi...
By Tony Farina Flaherty Camp Slams Dem Party Boss for ‘Hypocrisy’ The race for Erie County District Attorney is a real political donnybrook as we all...
By Mike Hudson Matt Damon is a fine actor and the fifth installment of his Bourne film series, “Jason Bourne,” is a two-hour plus, nonstop series of...
OPENING BUFFALO CAR PLAYS 2016, world premiere short plays by Donna Hoke, Bella Poynton, Darryl Schneider, Winifred Storms & Jon Elston, presented by...
By Tony Farina Political operative and former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon faces nine felony counts in a state prosecution involving former...
By Tony Farina The Empire State Development Agency (ESD) is the umbrella organization for New York’s two principal economic development entities, the Urban...
By Frank Parlato The Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center in Blasdell, a 54 acre fossil park featuring fossils from the Devonian Period...
By Brian K. Vaughn (Author) and Tony Harris (Illustrator) DC Comics/Vertigo (Publisher) Review by Carolyn Marcille. If Alan Moore’s Watchmen changed the tenor...
Neil Gaiman (Author) Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon (Artist) Dark Horse Comics (Publisher) Review by Joe Tell Don’t be confused by the title of this graphic novel...
Nietzsches Thurs July 28th to Aug 7th 8pm FREE (donation suggested) A broad range of eclectic, independent, experimental and controversial art of all forms...
TOWN BALLROOM FRIDAY JULY 29TH 7PM $12/$14 Indie/country singer/songwriter Rayland Baxter will be featuring songs from his new album, “Imaginary Man.” Baxter...
Buffalo Iron Works Saturday July 30th 8pm $10-$15 The Town Pants performs their own brand of celtic, roots, rock, and rebel styles with a combination of...
Sportsmen Tavern Sun July 31st 5pm $10 The Way Down Wanderers, a five-piece modern folk Americana act, draws listeners in with their fast-paced soulful sounds...
Buffalo Museum of Science Lawm Sun July 31st 3pm Free The “Pappy” Martin Jazz Festival continues for its second week featuring trumpeter extraordinaire Jeremy...
Artpark Wed August 3rd 6:30pm $37/$45 American Jam Band OAR bring a riveting live show to Artpark to the delight of fans. The band is celebrating its 20th...
Old Fort Niagara Sun July 31st 8pm $25 The BPO concludes its summer season with an outdoor concert featuring classic patriotic favorites. A fireworks show and...
COLORED MUSICIANS CLUB FRI JULY 29TH 5PM & SAT JULY 30TH ALL DAY FREE TO $25 Headlining the 99th annual CMC Jazz Festival is saxman James Brandon Lewis. ...
ARTPARK SAT AUGUST 2ND 6:30 PM $12 TO $27 Quintessential prog rockers Yes will perform their at Artpark on Saturday. When Yes hit the scene in the early 70s...
■ FASHION CHALLENGES Beautician Sarah Bryan, 28, of Wakefield, England, who garnered worldwide notoriety last year when she introduced a wearable dress made of...
Canalside Sat July 23 rd 1pm $35 general admission Kerfuffle is a huge concert of Alternative Rock at Canalside featuring nine different bands performing. The...
Artpark Sun July 24 th 3pm Indoor tickets from $29 to $49 Lawn seating $19 Joann Faletta brings the BPO to Lewiston to celebrate arguably the greatest and most...
Artpark Tues July 26 th 6:30pm $17 to $112 Husband and Wife Classic Rock Superstars Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo bring their exciting stage show to Artpark...
Seneca Niagara Casino Sat July 23 rd 8pm Tickets start at $45 Olivia Newton-John has sold more than 100 million records, starred in hit movies and continues to...
Darien Lake Arts Center Tues July 26 th 7:30pm Tickets range from$15 to $281 Josh Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo...
Darien Lake Center Wed July 27 th 6:30pm Tickets start at $19 Heart is an American rock band formed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. Ann is the lead singer and...
Helium Comedy Club Fri/Sat July22 & 23 – 7:30 &10pm • $30 With more than 20 years experience under his belt, Jim Breuer is one of stand-up...
Sportsmen Tavern Sat July 23rd 8pm • $20 The Alexis P. Suter Band is a powerful and unique five-piece ensemble who artfully blends the line between Blues, Soul...
Artpark Wed July 27th 6:30 pm • $17 and up Slighty Stoopid is a band from San Diego whose music is a combination of folk, rock, hip-hop, funk, metal and punk...
Pausa Art House Sat July 23 rd 8pm • $7 Carina and the Six String Preacher are a husband and wife team who perform a spicy combination of pre 1960’s jazz, surf...
Pausa Art House Fri July 22nd 8pm • $7 Latin Clave is formed by a group of dedicated musicians from Roanoke, Virginia. The band plays Upbeat Salsa, Cumbia and...
Waiting Room July 21st 7pm • $10 Each Summer, the School of Rock All Stars embark on a tour and give multiple shows around the country. They are some of the...
OPENING IT’S ONLY A PLAY, comedy by Terrence McNally presented by Buffalo United Artists, directed by Drew McCabe, starring Anthony Alcocer, Anthony Chase...
By Andrew Kulyk BASEBALL’S BELLY BUSTERS Buffalo Bisons bucking the trend for outlandish concessions fare Grabbing that hot dog, and a watered down brew–and...
By Darwyn Cooke (Author) and Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone (Illustrators) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Michael Hoffert Jr. In the history of comics, few works...
SENSO DI VOCE AT SILO CITY Vocalist Esin Gündüz and oboist Megan Kyle create an otherworldly soundscape By Jan Jezioro photo: Maryam Muliaee Some of the...
By Anthony Chase As a critic and commentator on the dramatic arts for over 30 years, I am highly experienced at watching. I have enjoyed a theatrical...
By Anthony Chase The MusicalFare production of Evita, the 1978 Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is a highly satisfying affair. Michele Marie Roberts gives...
By Mike Hudson One of Buffalo’s hidden treasures is the Karpele’s Manuscript Museum, part of a nationwide group that claims ownership of the largest...
By Mike Hudson Some things just fall in the category of “no brainers” and looking at the upcoming week’s concert schedule, Heart, Cheap Trick and Joan Jett...
By Frank Parlato Here’s something different. On Saturday evening, July 30, starting at 7:30, the Penn Dixie Paleontological & Outdoor Education Center will...
By Tony Farina Flynn Shows Momentum in DA’s Race, Gets PBA Endorsement Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, who is the endorsed Democratic, Conservative, and...
By Mike Hudson Swedish Director David F. Sandberg struck Hollywood gold when he released a three-minute short film called “Lights Out” directly on the internet...
By Tony Farina Carrie Cohen was a big-time prosecutor with corruption-fighting U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Southern District of New York and before...
By Paul Wolf, Esq. New York State law requires that public hearings scheduled by governmental bodies be done with at least five days notice. More notice can be...
By Jim Ostrowski “War is the health of the state,” said Randolph Bourne. “War is hell,” said General Sherman. The war criminal Sherman was an expert in the...
What did Michalek and Pigeon get from each other? By Frank Parlato A lot has been written about political operative and attorney G. Steven Pigeon, 55, after a...
When the assistant manager arrived early on June 26 (2012) to open up the Rent-A-Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, he encountered a man on the ground with his...
(1) Australian lawyer William Ray was killed on May 22 when he was thrown from his all-terrain “quad bike” in rural Victoria state and pinned...
Recidivist Jesse Johnson, 20, was charged again in June (for suspicion of disturbing the peace) after he had crawled underneath a woman’s car at an Aldi...
A Woman at the Top of Her Game: In Nashville, Tennessee, in June, sex worker Jonisia Morris, 25, was charged with robbing her client by (according to the...
Brigham Young University professor Jason Hansen apologized in May after coaxing a student (for extra credit) to drink a small vial of his urine in class. The...
— Quixotic Malaysian designer Moto Guo made a splash at Milan’s fashion week in June when he sent model after model to the runway with facial...
A team of researchers is following about 30 tabbies, calicos, and others, recording their moves and sounds, to somehow learn whether housecats have dialects in...
(1) Insurance agent John Wright filed a lawsuit in Will County, Illinois, in June over teenagers playing “ding dong ditch,” in which kids ring a...
— (1) In June, District Attorney Jerry Jones in Monroe, Louisiana, dropped drug and gun charges against college football players Cam Robinson and Hootie...