By Frank W. Dux; (A former covert operative and world renowned martial arts black belt, Frank Dux wrote, The Secret Man [1996. Published by Harper Collins} In...
Archive - February 2017
The curious federal civil lawsuit by US Tobacco Cooperative Inc. against two paid informants alleging the ATF stole $24 million from their 700 farmer- members...
By Frank Parlato A federal racketeering lawsuit brought by a cooperative of tobacco farmers against two Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)...
Tiffany DuMouchelle : a recital of contemporary art songs that speak to the moment BY JAN JEZIORO On Sunday February 26th at 3pm soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle...
Buffalo, NY – For the third year in a row, Russell Salvatore is proud to present The Miss Buffalo Scholarship Competition to be held Sunday March 5, 2017, 4 pm...
For the growing number of readers who eagerly await the next in the series on former Assistant US Attorney Anthony M. Bruce, there is some news. Mr. Bruce has...
By Tony Farina; Martial Arts Hall of Fame member A. J. Verel will be sworn in for his second term as president of the Judges and Police Conference of Erie...
By Frank Parlato; It will be a long time, maybe never, before Alfonso ‘Big Al’ Cutaia rides again. Formerly of North Tonawanda, Lockport, Pendleton...
By Tony Farina; “The hope is to make it a regional festival,” says Dennis DiPaolo of the decision announced earlier this month to move this...
By Tony Farina; “The ride-hailing companies (Uber, Lyft) can operate right now upstate if they want to,” says Kevin Barwell, president of the...
Deconstructing the Left on Police Brutality and the ‘War on Drugs’ By Jim Ostrowski; How did we get from Wardel Davis dying after a drug war-related...
Seven planets have been discovered orbiting a ‘dwarf’ star named ‘Trappist-1’ which is about 40 light years [235 trillion miles] from Earth. The findings...
BY FRANK PARLATO; Last week, the idea for ferry service along the Lower Niagara was announced by Matthew Ohji^grago: Ricchiazzi, a Cornell-trained urban...
Senior Wishes, WNY’s only program dedicated to enriching the lives of deserving seniors by granting meaningful wishes, is continually on the lookout for more...
A federal lawsuit filed by NXIVM (pronounced nexium) against cult tracker Rick A. Ross was dismissed last month by US District Judge Katharine S. Hayden after...
By Frank Parlato; The Utah House of Representatives will debate a bill [House Bill 99] which proposes a change in the state’s legal definition of bigamy...
There is speculation rampant in the local legal and political community about who President Donald Trump will nominate as the next US Attorney for the Western...
Motion to Dismiss Denied by Magistrate in Parlato Case Sometimes it takes a long time for the truth to come out. But Frank Parlato says the truth about...
Here is a little game for those who want to be detectives. It will take some deductive reasoning. It concerns the federal case against Frank Parlato and a...
February 10, 2017 at KeyCenter
The National Hockey League turns 100 this year. There’s a snazzy logo, some chest puffing, but considering the significance that this league is older than the...
Sat Feb 18th 7pm • $15 • Town Ballroom Whiskey Myers combines a blues-rock jam style with a mix of modern day Texas country. The band is known for their high...
OPENING CHARLOTTE’S WEB, based on the book by E.B. White adapted by Joseph Robinette presented by Theatre in the Mist, directed by Corey Bieber, starring...
By TONY FARINA With state lawmakers still trying to find agreement on legislation to expand ride-sharing beyond New York City, Buffalo’s Bill Yuhnke...
There’s rumor that the fabulous Sandra Oh (pictured above), best known to TV audiences for her role as Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy may be returning to...
PLOTS OF THE WEEK With so many shows running it can be difficult to choose. Her is a rundown of plots in greater detail than the usual theater listings to...
Fallsview Casino Tue Feb 21-Thurs 23 8:30pm • tickets $90 Chris Rock is one of the greatest stand-up comedians and comic actors in the biz. Rock came into...
Helium Comedy Club Thurs Feb 16th, 8pm • $16 Fri Feb 17th 7:30 pm, 10pm • $20 Sat Feb 18th 7:30pm, 10pm• $23 Comedian, actor and writer Josh Wolf has...
MOSHE AND LA GATA Pausa Art house Thurs Feb 16th 7pm $7 Pausa will host the great Tango performance of Argentinian singer La Gata accompanied by Classically...
unclear on the concept — The British Medical Association issued a formal caution to its staff in January not to use the term “expectant mothers” when...
By any reckoning, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concerts in Kleinhans Music Hall this Saturday evening at 8pm and Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm are very...
By James Hufnagel; Last week Lou Jacobs, co-CEO of Delaware North, pledged $300,000 to Buffalo Olmsted for various purposes such as fighting the invasive...
By Joe Barrett It’s been over ten years now since I addressed New York Power Authority executives at their re-licensing hearing seeking the elimination...
By Tony Farina The governor’s Goat Island lodge plan, rolled out during one of his State of the State speeches in Amherst last month, is...
By Frank Dux; Despite its name, ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ is not, technically speaking, a martial art. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a professional sport...
By Frank Parlato; Rus Thompson is about to stand trial in New York State Supreme Court, before Hon, Justice Russell Buscaglia, on felony charges of voter fraud...
By Frank Parlato; A lawyer who the New York State Attorney General alleges was extorted by Steven Pigeon has left Buffalo. Edward A. Betz, 30, joined the...
Friday, Feb. 10 – LEMURIA Mohawk Place 7pm -11pm $13 adv /$29 dos Lemuria has a kind of hardcore-punk-pop sound, if there is such a thing. The band...
Long before Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder was a hit Broadway show and Tony Award Best Musical winner, Michael G. Murphy, president of Shea’s loved this...
friday feb 10, 2017 8 PM key center • tickets $117-$240 Touring their new album “The Getaway” the band is busy spreading their signature Red Hot Chili Pepper...
Sat Feb 11, 2017 8 pm The tralf, tickets $24 Steeped in the blues since childhood, the list of collaborators songwriter/guitarist Bramhall has worked with is...
One of the best wind quintets in the world makes its Buffalo debut BY JAN JEZIORO On Tuesday February 14th at 8pm the Buffalo Chamber Music Society will host...
Grand Jury dismiss felony assault case against teenager who ran against Paladino for School Board By Frank Parlato Austin Harig is perhaps best known as the...
By Tony Farina Two of the nine deputies named in a wrongful death civil suit by the family of the inmate who died while in the custody of the Erie County...
By Tony Farina; The war-torn nation of Somalia, located in the Horn of Africa with an estimated population of 12.3 million, has elected a Grand Island man with...
SOPHISTICATED LADIES at MusicalFare The sophisticated ladies themselves: Katy Miner, Annette Christian, Zoe Scruggs, and Cecelia Barron Artistic Director...
Thurs Feb 9, 2017 8pm Iron Works, tickets $27 Hard to find a better crew of happy jammers than Donna The Buffalo. Founders of grassroots festivals and...
Wait, What? — Surgery on a 16-year-old Japanese girl, reported in January by New Scientist, revealed that her ovary contained a miniature skull and brain...
By Jim Ostrowski; I have advocated a free market approach to transportation since 1989. In an article, published in Business First, I proposed allowing...
By Tony Farina; It is truly a David vs. Goliath story playing out in Albany these days as the ride-sharing giant Uber and its smaller competitor, Lyft, inch...
By Harlan Snow; I was called by a pollster last week about the Democratic Party primary for Mayor of Buffalo, but the questioner couldn’t say who...
By Frank Parlato; THE STATE CONTRACT FROM HELL Last week we began the story of Bhavesh H. Kamdar, a civil engineer from western India. This week we continue...
In the US District Court, Western District of New York, a Buffalo woman, Christine Townsend, is suing the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Police Department...
In the Tradition of the Old-time Pamphleteers, This is An Open Letter to the Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York By E.R. Baxter III...
By Tony Farina Less than 24 hours after Bill Yuhnke of Liberty Yellow Cab in Buffalo sent a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (see letter in Artvoice) urging...
By Tony Farina Acea Mosey, the public administrator running for Erie County surrogate judge, will officially launch her campaign on Thursday at Kleinhans Music...