Buffalo mayoral candidate Mark Schroeder has called for a new engineering consultant for the train station study after the findings of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff...
Archive - March 2017
“We sell televisions for rock bottom prices,” said Dave Hatrick, owner of the electronic store. “You can’t get prices like these at any big box store. Just...
Congressman Says Fair Comparison Makes the Central Terminal the Most Affordable Option After eliminating the gratuitous padding inserted into the cost...
Sidney Crosby Incidents Show Need For Hockey’s Bad Boys by Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell The hockey world, and all of social media, was all abuzz these past...
by JAN JEZIORO Let’s say that you are a recent talented performance graduate of one of the most renowned music schools in the United States. Instead of seeking...
CAN’T POSSIBLY BE TRUE —–News of the Weird has written several times (as technology progressed) about Matt McMullen’s “RealDoll” franchise —...
JOHN CAPARULO Helium Comedy Club Thurs Mar 30th 8pm Fri&Sat Mar 31st & April 1st 7:30pm&10pm $20/$25 John Caparulo is best...
We are all gratified by the tremendous progress of the City of Buffalo over the past decade. As architects, we believe that we have played an important and...
On March 17, 2017; hundreds of New Yorkers marched through the city and delivered over 51,000 petitions to Governor Cuomo’s Office in Manhattan, urging...
Fallsview Casino Thurs. March 30th & 31st 9pm • $40 Widely regarded as the architect of Canadian Rock n’ Roll Guitar, platinum musician Randy Bachman...
Town Ballroom Thurs Mar 30th 7pm $24/$28 Minus The Bear is excited to be out touring in support of their new album VOIDS, –– so expect a lot of good energy...
CLEOPATRA By Charles Busch, Starring Jimmy Janowski at Buffalo United Artists Cleopatra first-nighters Camille Hopkins, Ari Moore, Betsy Marie, and...
By Tony Farina; State Sen. Robert Ortt (R-62nd District) and his predecessor, George Maziarz, plan to vigorously fight the eight felony charges of filing a...
By Tony Farina; Assemblyman Angelo Morinello (R. C. – Niagara Falls) is urging the governor and the Seneca Nation of Indians to use the arbitration...
By Tony Farina The long and sometimes bitter gaming war between the State of New York and the Seneca Nation ended in the summer of 2013 with an agreement that...
OPENING MOther hicks, play by Suzan Zeder, presented by Niagara University Theatre, directed by Steve Braddock. Mar 23-27, Thu at 7, Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2...
“Love is all truth; Lust full of forged lies,” or so Shakespeare would have us believe. In a medium that plumbs the depths of human truth, this week, three of...
Sportsmen Tavern Sunday March 26 5pm $25 The Band Band is the most musically satisfying tribute to The Band performing today. They will perform such classics...
DAN BAIRD AND HOMEMADE SIN Buffalo Iron Works Thurs March 23rd 8pm $20 Songwriter Dan Baird has been performing Classic Hard Rock for more than three decades...
Seneca Casino Sat March 25th 8pm Tickets start at $35 Canadian pop singer and songwriter best known for international hits- “Sometimes When We Touch” and...
Town Ballroom Sat Mar 25th 8pm $20/$24 DJ Bear Grillz (produced by the legendary Datsik) performs Dubstep and Electronica dressed as a bear. Bear Grillz has...
Buffalo Chamber Players Serve Up a Musical Menagerie by Jan Jezioro To celebrate the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s exhibition, Menagerie: Animals on View, the...
w/Metlachi & Okilly Dokilly TRALF Thurs 3/23 8pm $18/$22 Mac Sabbath’s large cult follows their surreal and hilarious take on the legendary songs of...
NEWS OF THE PRETENTIOUS – Why live with a cat if one cannot take it out for some wine together? The Apollo Peak in Denver and the Pet Winery in Fort...
Classical guitar star Jason Vieaux comes back to town with his friends On Tuesday March 21th at 8pm the Buffalo Chamber Music Society (BCMS) will host the...
By Tony Farina; It guarantees to be a night to remember as Judges Barbara Howe, Ann T. Mikoll, and Penny Wolfgang take the stage to share their memories of...
By Frank Parlato; As we reported in part 1 of this series, there has been no evidence publicly presented that Trump friend and adviser, Roger Stone...
By Tony Farina; A state grand jury sitting in Albany County could return indictments next Thursday (March 23) in the investigation into the Niagara County...
DONNELL RAWLINGS Helium Comedy Club Thurs Mar 16th 8pm Fri&Sat Mar 17th 7:30&10pm $15/$20 Donnell Rawlings is a stand-up from Washington, DC who...
Sportsmen’s Tavern Mon Mar 20th 7pm $30 Grammy-winning Texas music legend performs his latest of his seventeen albums “When You Used To Be Mine.”...
Town Ballroom Fri March 17th 7pm $25/$27 Local Natives is a Los Angeles-based indie-rock band whose songwriting creates a series of cathartic chapters...
Fallsview Casino Wed Mar 22nd 8:30pm tickets start at $25 Singing sensation and vocal impressionist Veronic DiClaire honors the world’s biggest singers...
Buffalo Iron Works Fri Mar 17th 9pm $20 The Town Parts have headlined Roots and Celtic Festivals with their own brand of Celtic Roots Rock. There are...
Seneca Casino Fri Mar 17th 8pm Tickets start at $50 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are a Jersey Shore musical group led by lead singer Southside...
Sportsmen’s Tavern Wed Mar 22nd 7pm $15 Chuck Prophet describes his new album “Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins” as “California Noir.” They include songs...
Stage and screen star Alfred Molina (pictured above) is currently playing director Robert Aldrich in FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan. He is also starring (through...
: OPENING CHARLOTTE’S WEB, play based on the book by E.B. White, presented by Theatre of Youth, directed by Meg Quinn, starring Kurt Guba, Arin Dandes, Jacob...
EXPLOITING VILLIANS In February, two teams of South Korean researchers announced cancer-fighting breakthroughs — by taking lessons from how two of...
NCAA basketball tournament returning to Buffalo for the 6th time By the time you’re reading this, no doubt you’ve seen the hustle and bustle of what a big time...
Town Ballroom Sun Mar 19th 7pm $30/$34 Big Mike Geier is a six-foot-eight-inch Atlanta-based singer, entertainer and bandleader of the band Kingsized...
By Frank Parlato; For nearly 30 years critics have disputed martial arts legend, Frank W. Dux’s claim that he was taught as a boy by an elderly...
By Frank Parlato; Media articles published in the last few days are reporting that Trump friend and adviser, Roger Stone has admitted he had a private Twitter...
The trial of renegade Democrat, G. Steven Pigeon is scheduled to begin Sept. 5. before acting State Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio Jr., a mainstream...
By Frank Parlato; As we reported previously, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is in a battle with federal highway officials over state-funded “I Love New York” billboards...
By Tony Farina A noted Buffalo attorney has won a $3,225,000 settlement, one of the largest ever in Orleans County, for a Town of Shelby man who died in a...
Helium Comedy Club Thurs Mar 9th 8pm Fri&Sat March 10th&11th 7:30&10pm $25 Carlos Mencia is best known for his hilarious TV comedy show:...
Sportsmen’s Tavern Wed Mar 15th 7pm $25 David Lindley is a multi-instrumentalist who performs music the re-defines the word “eclectic.” Lindley, well known for...
The Rapids Theatre Sat Mar 11th 8pm $18 Louis the Child is an electronic music duo from Chicago with the simple goal of creating music that makes people...
Riviera Theatre Fri Mar 10th 8pm $30 The National Dance Company of Ireland Presents: “Rhythm of the Dance.” This two-hour dance and music extravaganza contains...
Seneca Casino Sat Mar 11th 8pm tickets start at $35 The Isley Brothers are an American musical group from Cincinnati consisting of two brothers: Ronald and...
Tralf Music Hall Fri Mar 10th 7:30 & 10pm $41 The NY Kings Comedy Tour consists of five New York City stand-up comedians including Capone...
By Frank Parlato; There is a battle between the US Dept. of Highways and Gov. Cuomo’s NYS Department of Transportation over the state’s right to keep illegal...
Frank Parlato; As readers know, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has installed I Love New York billboards along highways in New York State which US Highway officials...
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge is the story of Eddie, a man whose possessive desire for his own niece prompts him to betray his family and community in...
THE LINDSEY HOLLAND QUINTET Pausa Art House Fri Mar 10th 8pm $7 Lindsey Holland is one of the fastest rising Jazz singers in town and she performs with...
OPENING SHOTS A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE At the Kavinoky Theatre John Fredo who stars as Eddie with Debbie Pappas who plays Beatrice and Peter Palmisano who...
Buffalo Chamber Players celebrate the music of Caroline Mallonée BY JAN JEZIORO When UB professor of trumpet John Nelson, and Cuban-born violinist Lazara...
OPENING DANSE MACABRE, play by L. Don Swartz presented by Western Door Playhouse, directed by Robert Priest. Mar 10-19, Fri & Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2:30...