Archive - December 2016
New Year’s Eve Party- Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar 253 Allen St. Sat. Dec. 31, 2016, 7pm Cost: $30 surf and turf The SNM crew featuring legendary DJ’s Milk and...
Those who have been paying attention may have noticed a gradual shift in the programming at Club Marcella, the venerable dance club on Main Street just...
‘I certainly am not a racist’ By Carl Paladino; To Artvoice: I never intended to hurt the minority community who I spent years trying to help out...
THE QUESTIONS WE POSED: 1. What would you most like to happen in 2017? 2. What would you like to see go away in 2017? 3. Who would you like to see run for...
Paladino to Media: My comments in Artvoice were not racist; ‘Tough Luck if you don’t like my answer’
By Carl Paladino; (Editor’s note: Along with dozens of others, Carl Paladino was asked by Artvoice to answer four questions about the coming year...
Other dog shooting cases compared by FRANK PARLATO An expected lawsuit arising from the police raid of a Buffalo man’s home that resulted in the death of his...
For many Buffalonians, the pleasure of seeing August Wilson’s play, Fences, adapted to the screen, will surely be enhanced by seeing actor Stephen McKinley...
By Tony Farina It is hard to know where to begin when trying to capture the essence of a much-honored and accomplished professional who is retiring after a...
Our annual year in sports favorites can be summed up by yet another familiar refrain…no Bills in playoffs, no Sabres in playoffs, no Bisons in playoffs. It is...
Town Ballroom Sat Dec 31st 8pm $20 Electronic rochers Jimkata will make you find your groove. Their new album, In Motion, is a triumph of swirling analog...
Before it was known as Delaware North, the global Buffalo-based concessioner called itself Emprise. A reporter at the time who relentlessly investigated the...
The prolific local publisher Frank Parlato, accused by the United States Attorney’s office of fraud and violating tax rules, is seeking...
AURUM JEWELER 4878 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 (716) 886-1300 • aurumonelmwood.com All the beautiful jewel tones of the holidays are captured in this...
Record Theatre 1762 Main St (716)-883-1355 3500 Main St (716)-837-2090 Bob Dylan: the 1966 Live Recordings Box Set A monumental 36-disc box set featuring every...
Suggestions from Talking Leaves Bookstore: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick In this poignant and charming debut, a lovable widower embarks...
JULY TALK Town Ballroom Fri Dec 16th $18/$22 Toronto-based five piece July Talk create a gritty brand of Rock n’ Roll that features two singers (Peter...
By Chuck Shepherd Recurring Themes • The Micropenis Defense: Jacques Rouschop, 44, went to trial in October in Ottawa, Ontario, denying that he had raped two...
By Tony Farina The Explore & More Children’s Museum planned for Buffalo’s Canalside received a much welcome $1 million capital gift from the Paul A...
By Jamie Moses; Everyone knows that Frank Parlato is guilty of the 19-count indictment against him for fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, obstructing the IRS...
Town Ballroom Fri-Sat Dec 9-10 7pm $26/$31 Multiple Juno Award winners, including 2015 Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year, these Canadian rockers...
Helium Comedy Club Dec9th&10th 7:30&10pm $20/$28 Hal Sparks began his career as a teenage member of Chicago’s iconic comedy company Second City which...
ONCE Shea’s Sat Dec 10th 8pm tickets start at $22 A beautiful love story illustrating the power of music and winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical...
ALBERT CUMMINGS Buffalo Iron Works Thurs Dec 8th 7pm $20 Veteran Blues guitarist Albert Cummings has performed for thirty years with a fiery guitar style and a...
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT By Neil Gaiman (Author) and Michael Zulli (Illustrator) Dark Horse Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Do you enjoy Grimm’s...
Sabres getting younger and faster to keep up with changing game By Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell Saturday’s Sabres matinee at Key Bank Center had a different...
THE CHIMES: A GOBLIN STORY Original adaptation of Charles Dickens by John Hurley at Road Less Traveled Playwright/director John Hurley with cast members Lisa...
On December 5th, The York Theatre Company in New York honored Broadway legend Joel Grey (pictured above) with the 25th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime...
BY JAN JEZIORO Camerata di Sant’Antonio and the Brentano Quartet remind us that it not yet Christmas If you love classical Christmas music, and there is...
OPENING A CHRISTMAS CAROL, adapted and directed by Neal Radice, starring David C. Mitchell, Stephanie Bax, Michelle Holden, Noah Doktor, Shawn Calmes, Allison...
BY TONY FARINA It was a very impressives turnout on Tuesday night at DiPaolo’s Restaurant in Blasdell for the annual holiday get-together for the Judges and...
Baking Soda Is Dangerous Almost all law enforcement agencies in America use the Scott Reagent field test when they discover powder that looks like cocaine, but...
BY JAMIE MOSES On October 28, 1979 the Lake Shore Limited passenger train pulled out of Central Terminal and headed to Chicago. That was the last train...
By Tony Farina As former New York State Chief Judge Sol Wachtler once said, “a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, if that’s what you wanted.” In other...
Former Assistant US Attorney Anthony Bruce led the charge to indict Frank Parlato last year. In so doing he may have committed perjury. In the past, Bruce has...
AFTER FUNK “JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE NIGHT” Buffalo Iron Works Thursday Dec 1st 9pm $10 After Funk is a Toronto-based power funk group brings their unique sound...
St. Stanislaus Church, Sun, Dec. 4, 8:30am, 123 Townsend St, Buffalo, NY Buffalo Mass Mob started in 2013 to draw attention to struggling Buffalo inner city...
Sat Dec 3rd 1&7pm Sun Dec 4th 1pm $21 to $30 The magic of the holiday season begins with Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece “The Nutcracker.” Now in its 2oth year...
BY ANTHONY CHASE For the holidays, two local theaters are featuring new, locally written adaptations of classic stories. Road Less Traveled has mined the...
Krzysztof Penderecki leads the US premiere of his Concerto for Violin and Cello BY JAN JEZIORO Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra music director JoAnn Falletta...
OPENING THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, holiday play by Barbara Robinson, presented by Lancaster Regional Players, directed by Caroline Parzy-Sanders. Dec 2...
SHE WOLF, VOL. 1 By Rich Tommaso (Author and Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Before this, I’d never wondered if someone can be a...
Future of Travel Australian aviator David Mayman has promised investors that his personal jet packs will hit the market by mid-2017, though early adopters will...
Now that Donald Trump has been elected president his administration will select the next US Attorney for the Western District of New York. A few names have...