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Events & Openings

Guerilla gallery @ Ohm Ultra Lounge
948 Main St (602-7441)
Wed Dec 24, 9:30pm: Madd Graphix Christmas Eve Art Opening with music by DJ K Gunz

Albright Knox Art Gallery
http://www.albrightknox.org
1285 Elmwood Ave (882-8700)
Fri Dec. 26, 5-10pm: Gusto at the Gallery Free Fridays. This week: Snowmen ornaments art activity (5-7pm); “Happy Birthday Gian Lorenzo Bernini”—lecture by Curator of Education Mariann Smith (6pm); music workshop with Casperous Vine (7pm); “Mistletoe and Modern Art” family tour (7pm—meet at the admission desk); screening of “It’s A Wonderful Life” (7:30pm); performance by the David Kane Quartet (8pm in Clifton Hall)

Guerilla gallery @ Ohm Ultra Lounge
Wed Dec 31, 10pm: Maddtat2 New Year’s Art Show with music by Asleep and DJs Big basha, Jah Creation, and Loony Tunes.

Betty’s
370 Virginia St (362-0633)
Mon Jan 5, 6-9pm: Opening reception for Still Hanging a Round. Paintings by Ani Hoover. (All paintings 25% off this night only)

Exhibits

20th Century Finest Gallery
http://www.20thcenturyfinest.com
Michael Donnelly Interior Design, 1534 Hertel Ave (308-6520)
Tu- Sa noon-5pm: Sheldon Berlyn: Works on Paper/1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s (through Jan. 3)

Albright Knox Art Gallery
http://www.albrightknox.org
1285 Elmwood Ave (882-8700)
W Sa Su 10am-5pm, Th F 10am-10pm: Remix Inner Space: Photography from the Collection (through Jan. 4); Op Art Revisited: Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (through Jan. 25); From Tusk to Tail: Animals and Art (through Jan. 30)

Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
1 Linwood Ave (885-2251)
Tu-F 11am-5pm, Sa 11am-3pm: Artful Gifts 2008. Annual exhibition of small original art gifts by local artists (through Dec. 30); Think Green. Work concerning the environment by members of the WNYAG (through Jan. 30)

Art Market
464 Amherst St
Tu-F 11am-7pm, Sa 10am-6pm, Su 11am-5pm: Work from Ran Webber, Jozef Bajus, Caroline Bronckers, Jill Hart, Marcus L. Wise, Hugo Rodriguez, and dozens of others (through Dec. 28)

Artsphere Studio
http://artspherestudio.com
466 Amherst St (876-7188)
Th F 11am-7pm, Sa 10am-6pm: Gifts of Art for the Holidays (through Jan 3)

Big Orbit Gallery
30 Essex St (883-3209)
Th-Su noon-5pm: Apt. Noir. Photographic works by Amy Meza Luraschi (through Jan. 17)

Buffalo Arts Studio
http://buffaloartsstudio.org
Tri-Main Building, Suite 500, 2495 Main St (833-4450)
Tu-F 11am-5pm, Sa 11am-3pm: Buffalo Arts Studio’s Annual Artists Exhibit and Sale ‘08 (through Jan. 3).

Burchfield-Penney Art Center
http://www.burchfield-penney.org
Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave (878-6011)
Tu W 10am-5pm, Th 10am-9pm, F Sa 10am-5pm, Su 1-5pm: Artistry in Clay, Fiber, Glass, Metal, and Wood (through March 1); Burchfield’s Seasons (through March 1); Declarative Mode: Paul Sharits’ Bicentennial Film (through March 1); Entering Burchfield’s World (through March 1); Flower Blobs Bloom by Roberley Bell (through March 15); Photo-Pictorialists of Buffalo (through April 4); Gateway: Space, Place and the Transformative (through April 19); In Rare Form: Western New York Sculpture (through April 19); Milton Rogovin: Appalachia Revisited (through April 19); The Art of Western New York: An Historical Context (through Sept. 27)

Castellani Art Museum
http://www.niagara.edu
Niagara University, University Dr., Niagara Falls (286-8200)
Tu-Sa 11am-5pm, Su 1-5pm: Thus I Passe By. Paintings by Richard Huntington (through Jan. 18); Max Streicher: Metamorphosis. Exhibit based on Kafka’s Metamorphosis (through Jan. 25); Homage to Picasso (through Feb. 15)

Collectors Gallery at the Albright Knox
1285 Elmwood Ave (270-8215)
W Th noon-4pm, F noon-8pm, Sa Su 1-4pm: New York: Selected Works (through Jan. 31)

College St. Gallery
244 Allen St (882-9727)
W-F 4-8pm, Sa 2-8pm, Su 2-5pm: College Street Gallery Co-op. Work by Gene Witkowski, Glenn Murray, Robert Schultz, Michael Mulley, Jeanine Swallow, Jerry Greenberg, Val Dunne, Amanda Giczkowski, Nick DeMarchi, Fran Amaya, Tim Raymond, Sean Madden, Candace Keegan, Neil Mahar, and Evan Everhart (through Dec. 31)

Dana Tillou Fine Arts
417 Franklin St (854-5285)
W-Sa 11am-5pm: Little Picture Show: Covering 150 Years of Art. A Western New York and Niagara historical print collection (through Dec. 31)

El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
http://elmuseobuffalo.org
97 Allen St (884-9693)
Th-Sa noon-5pm: Spirituality. Group show by Maxi Boyd , Karla J. Levi, Gerald Mead, Johnathan Rogers, Holly Sczfranski, Joseph Gabryel, Garry Collins, Francisco Amaya, Eric McEntire, Mark Lavatelli, Sandra Jardine, Pamela Plumber, Kajuan Lyons, and Mary Ellen Adragna Bossert (through Jan. 10)

Fotografia Fine Art Photography Gallery
739 Elmwood Ave (418-2102)
Th F noon-8pm, Sa 11am-7pm: Black and white photography by Tina Waters and work by Marcus L. Wise (through Dec. 25)

Goldman/Greenfield Gallery at Daemen College
4380 Main St, Amherst (839-3600)
M-F 9am-4pm, Sa 1-4pm: Faculty Exhibit (through Jan. 23)

Indigo Art Gallery
74 Allen St (984-9572)
Tu-F noon-5pm, Sa noon-3pm: Winter: A Group Exhibition (through Jan. 4)

Museum of European Art
http://www.meaus.com
10545 Main St., Clarence
Clarence (759-6078)
M-F 10am-5pm: Art Metropolis 2008 (through Dec. 31)

Native American Museum of Art
http://www.NativeAmericanMuseumArt.com
Smokin’ Joe’s Rt. 31, Sanborn (297-0251)
Open daily 7am-10pm: Sculptures by Joseph Jacobs, Frank Mount Pleasant Olympic Medal Exhibit, paintings, and other mediums (through Dec. 30)

Neighborhood Collective
810 Elmwood Ave (887-2921)
Tu-Sa noon-5pm, F noon-8pm: Local Artisan Bazaar. Featuring 30 local artists and craftspeople with work for show and sale (through Dec. 24)

Nichols School Gallery
http://nicholsschool.org
Glenn and Awdrey Flickinger Performing Arts Center, 1250 Amherst St
M-F 8am-4pm: Two Generations: How We See. Recent work by Beth Munro and Robert Ivers (through Jan. 16)

Nina Freudenheim Gallery
http://ninafreudenheimgallery.com
Lenox Hotel, 140 North St (882-5777)
Tu-F 10am-5pm: Exhibition of new constructions by Rebecca Smith (through Jan. 13)

Studio Hart
65 Allen St (536-8337)
Tu-Sa 10:30am-2pm: Eyes On The World: Three Buffalo Photographers. Work by Linda Gale Gellman, Nancy J. Parisi, and Robert Schulman (through Jan. 3)

UB Anderson Gallery
Martha Jackson Pl, Amherst (829-3754)
W-Sa 11am-5pm, Su 1-5pm: Federman @80. Group exhibition inspired by the life and works of Raymond Federman featuring work by Harvey Breverman, Bruce Jackson, and Terri Katz-Kasimov (through Jan. 18); Ode to Michael Goldberg (1924-2007): Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking. Memorial exhibition (through Jan. 18)

UB Art Gallery
North Campus, 2nd Floor Center for the Arts, Amherst (645-6912)
Tu W 11am-5pm, Th 5-7pm, Th F Sa 11am-5pm: Noncommittal: A Prospective Glance. Selections from the Department of Visual Studies’ Senior Thesis 2008 (through Feb. 7)

Special Exhibits

Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
http://bechs.org
25 Nottingham Ct (873-9644)
Tu-Sa 10am-5pm, Su noon-5pm: Cathedrals of Industry Part II. Photographs by Michael L. Horowitz (through Jan. 25)

Buffalo Museum of Science
http://sciencebuff.org
1020 Humboldt Pkwy (896-5200)
W-Sa 10am-5pm, Su noon-5pm: Culture Quest. New themed exhibit about collectors and collecting (through Jan. 4); Vanitas. Photographs by Patty Wallace in the Museum’s Atrium (through Jan. 4)

Burchfield Nature & Art Center
http://buffalo.com/burchfieldnatureandart
2001 Union Rd, West Seneca (677-4843)
M-F 9am-4pm, Su noon-3pm: Hamash Variations. Woodblock prints by Catherine Schuman Miller (through Feb. 1)

Castellani Art Museum
http://www.niagara.edu
Niagara University, University Dr., Niagara Falls (286-8200)
Tu-Sa 11am-5pm, Su 1-5pm: Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara

Grant Street Gallery
216 Grant St
Open daily 10am-6pm: A Holiday Bizarre. Art show and sale (through Jan. 17)

History Center of Niagara County
215 Niagara St, Lockport
M-Sa 9am-5pm: Time in a Bottle. Collections of glass bottles, clocks and watches

Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall)
453 Porter Ave
Th-Sa 11am-4pm: Sigmund Freud: Founder of Psychoanalysis. Exhibition of hand-written documents,1856-1939 (through April 30)

Karpeles Manuscript Museum (north Hall)
220 North St.
Su-Tu 11am-4pm: Florence Nightengale: Pioneer of Modern Nursing. Documents concerning her life and work, 1820-1910 (through April 30)

Starlight Studio & Gallery
http://ldaofwny.org/Starlight%20Studio.htm
340 Delaware Ave (842-1525)
M-F 9am-4pm: Snow and Starlight: Holiday Gift Sale (through Jan. 30)

Etc.

Betty’s
370 Virginia St (362-0633)
Tu-Th 8am-10pm, F 8am-11pm, Sa 10am-11pm, Su 10am-9pm: BirdSong. Painting and mixed media sculpture by Mary Weig (through Jan 4.); Ani Hoover—Still Hanging a Round (Jan. 6 through March 8)

Center for Inquiry
http://centerforinquiry.net
1310 Sweet Home Rd, Amherst (636-4869)
M-F 9am-5pm: Rational Impulse. Work by Bruce Adams (through Dec. 24)

Chateau Buffalo
http://www.chateaubuffalo.com
1209 Hertel Ave (873-0074)
Tu-Sa noon-8pm, Su noon-6pm: De Fine Presents. Work by CassGlass, Cathy Miller and mini works by Kristin Brandt, installation of fine art glass, sculpture and paintings (through Dec. 31)

Chow Chocolat
731 Main St (843-4388)
M-Th 8am-9pm, F 8am-10pm, Sa 10am-10pm, Su 10am-4pm: Denise Sperry Solo Exhibition 2008 (through Jan. 1)

Jewish Center Greater Buffalo 
2640 N Forest Rd, Amherst (688-3572)
M-Th 6am-9pm, F 6am-6pm, Sa noon-4pm, Su 8:30am-5pm: Samplings: The Artists of Bryant Street Studios. Group exhibition featuring work by Adele Becker, Susan Budash, Susan Copley, Jason Klinger, and Ginny Lohr (in the Bunis Family Gallery through Dec. 28)

Pangaea Sushi & Sake Bar
1260 Hertel Ave (871-7039)
M-Th 5-10pm, F Sa 5-11pm, Su 4-9pm: Shadows of the Mind: Surreal art by Joseph Edward Agen; Functional Stoneware by Trista Barry

Point of View
5560 Main St, Amherst (634-6235)
M-F 10am-6pm, Sa 10am-5pm: Work by WNY artists including Adele Becker, Joan Fitzgerald, Rena Reisman, Dianne Baker, Linda Toomey, and Evette Slaughter (through Dec. 30)

Artvoice Blog Headlines

Greg Palast: Don’t Shed a Tear for Bill Richardson

posted January 5, 2:19 pm on Artvoice Daily

In this article, muckraker Greg Palast weighs in on Bill Richardson withdrawing from his appointment as commerce secretary. Richardson, he says, is not your friend—unless, that is, you’re Henry Kissinger, or Richard Branson, or any other member of the monied elite... (more)

Antoine Thompson, Mastermind

posted January 2, 8:53 am on Artvoice Daily

This evening State Senator Antoine Thompson will be sworn in for his second term in office at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society (25 Nottingham Court). The swearing-in begins at 7pm and is followed by a reception, free and open to the public... (more)

RIAA Shifts Tactics in Internet Piracy Fight

posted December 19, 3:33 pm on Tech Voice

Five years on, and 350,000 lawsuits later, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) announced this morning that the’re finally giving up on small-time file sharers. Well, sort of. Wading through the blogosphere (as opposed to wading through the two feet of snow outside), it looks like the story starts here: CNET reports that sources close to the RIAA claim the group’s budget is being slashed and their role reduced... (more)

Bills Fan

posted December 19, 9:50 am on Artvoice Daily

Local poet Aaron Lowinger sends us this poem: Bills Fan it’s third down on mt everest my dad at the bar says mt everest is the highest but not the most difficult it’s third down and extremely long there’s an overbearing wind dressed in another teams uniform that’s blowing and blowing right in bills fan’s face security is on alert a balloon knocks the stadium’s power out there are no lights on in the bathrooms bills fan is pissing wherever the sink the mop bucket the floor his pants it’s third down on K2 the bills may never score again the kicker has left the stadium the kicker is a painter he has left to go home into his basement studio and paint another triptych in his ‘riders of the apocalypse’ series the bills just got scored on we’re not sure how my dad recites the kol nidre prayer “i renounce and deny any affiliation with the buffalo bills ... (more)

Niagara Frontier Transparency Authority

posted December 18, 12:15 pm on Artvoice Daily

Click here if you want to check out salary info for the NFTA. Also Roswell Park, SUNY (nearly 3000 pages worth)—lots and lots of interesting information. Thanks to our compadres at the Empire Center for New York State Policy. Now, what’s all this about raising fares to $2?

A Dedicated Fund for Parks and Culturals

posted December 18, 11:52 am on Artvoice Daily

This week I wrote about the need for dedicated county funding for parks and cultural institutions. The Erie County property tax rate is lowest of any county in the State of New York. The price today is about $5 per thousand of assessed value—$2/thousand lower than when Dennis Gorski left in 2000... (more)

Capital Punishment, Part 2

posted December 18, 10:57 am on Artvoice Daily

Yesterday the five councilmembers who comprise a majority coalition—Fillmore’s Dave Franczyk, Niagara’s David Rivera, South’s Mickey Kearns, Delaware’s Mike LoCurto, and Lovejoy’s Rich Fontana—held a press conference to respond to Mayor Byron Brown’s veto of several revisions the Common Council made to the mayor’s proposed 2009 capital budget... (more)

Artvoice Keeps You Young

posted December 18, 10:05 am on Artvoice Daily

Margaret Ann Hill, born December 17, 1904 in Niagara Falls, celebrated her 104th birthday yesterday at the Mary Agnes Senior Home at Porter Avenue and Prospect Street. An what do you know: She’s an Artvoice reader.

Hillary’s Senate Seat

posted December 17, 12:07 pm on Artvoice Daily

Brown and Clinton at City Honors last June. On Monday, political gossip-slinger Joe Illuzzi reported that Caroline Kennedy had called Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown that afternoon, apropos her interest in filling Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. Illuzzi opines: We believe it is presumptuous of Caroline Kennedy to have called the Mayor of Buffalo... (more)

Capital Punishment

posted December 16, 4:34 pm on Artvoice Daily

Yesterday Mayor Byron Brown vetoed a number of additions the Common Council made to his proposed 2009 capital budget for the city. The most important change the Council made was to split $5,638,354 allotted for infrastructure replacement and repair—roadwork, sidewalks, streetlamps, etc... (more)

Rest in Peace, Mudbone Johnny

posted December 16, 3:51 pm on Artvoice Daily

After learning that local musician “Mudbone” Johnny passed away, in addition to Buck Quigley’s post, we thought this posting by WBEN’s Tom Bauerle was worth adding on the Artvoice blog, along with one of Mudbone’s signature songs... (more)

Apparently, nice guys do finish last.

posted December 16, 10:25 am on Artvoice Daily

Apparently, nice guys do finish last. Buffalo’s nauseating retreat from a three-point lead with just more than two minutes to play Sunday in New Jersey all but assured that the Bills will conclude 2008 at the bottom of the AFC East, as well as serving as this month’s laughingstock of professional sports... (more)

John Dieckman—Rest in Peace

posted December 15, 1:44 pm on Artvoice Daily

Veteran area musician John “Mudbone” Dieckman suffered a fatal heart attack on Friday, apparently while moving into a new apartment. His sudden death is being widely mourned by friends and fellow musicians who knew him as an extraordinary player with a keen intellect and a sharp sense of humor that was much broader than his large frame... (more)

AV Theater Roundup

posted December 12, 11:40 am on Artvoice Daily

AV theater editor Anthony Chase runs through the weekend’s theater highlights, including the Jewish Repertory’s Awake and Sing at the Jewish Rep; Subversive Theatre’s Drop Hammer; Alleyway’s A Christmas Carol; The Man Who Came to Dinner at TheatreLoft; and It’s a Wonderful Life at the Kavinoky... (more)

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BeautyQuest MediSpa Opens

posted January 5, 5:07 pm on channel Health

We thought we'd head out to the burbs on Friday for the opening of BeautyQuest MediSpa & Skin Care in Williamsville. They had everything you could want at an opening, manicures, tasty treats, and a lipstick bar for assistance in leaving alluring lip signals on wine glasses. We spoke to CEO Abha Sharma and BeautyQuest medical director Dr. K.S. Bhangoo M.D.

MY 3 Minutes: Tobbaco Tax

posted January 5, 10:01 am on channel My 3 Minutes

Carl lets us in on his opinions on Gov. Patterson's decision to place sales tax on tobacco on the res.

Jordan Levey gives inside look at CANAL SIDE

posted January 4, 6:16 pm on channel Local Interest

I met with Jordan Levey of Softbank who along with Larry Quinn, Mindy Rich, Congressman Higgins and the Waterfront Development Corp. has made significant progress along the buffalo waterfront. During our meeting he gives a time-line for the next phases of the project which include a magnificent canal system, stores and hotels, and plenty of public access to the site. Mr. Levey tells me that the Model you see in the video will soon be on display at the Buffalo Airport for everyone to take a better look at the plans!

BOOM! Quarterfinals

posted December 28, 8:24 pm on channel Music

Friday night at Nietzsche's was crazy hot...I had a fever...here is a sample of what went down at the Artvoice BOOM! event.Congratulations to Peanut Brittle Satellite for taking the most votes at our first quarterfinals, earning them a spot at our finals in May.

Carl Paladino on waterfront development and Jim Pitts

posted December 28, 11:09 am on channel My 3 Minutes

Somehow former Common Council President Jim Pitts' proposal to develop a crappy-looking Wingate Inn attached to Shanghai Red's beside the Erie Basin Marina has been selected as a the preferred alternative by the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency. Ciminelli Development put forth a much more ambitious, mixed-use concept that, supporters claim, would generate far greater tax revenue for the city. Carl lets us know what he thinks.

The Reader

posted December 23, 2:49 pm on channel Movie Trailers

Movie trailer for The Reader, in theaters now. Read George Sax's review of the film here.

Doubt

posted December 23, 2:36 pm on channel Movie Trailers

Movie trailer for Doubt, in theaters now. Read George Sax's review of the film here.

Valkyrie

posted December 23, 2:09 pm on channel Movie Trailers

Movie trailer for Valkyrie, in theaters December 26th. Read M. Faust's review of the film here.

The Spirit

posted December 23, 1:59 pm on channel Movie Trailers

Movie trailer for The Spirit, in theaters December 25th. Read M. Faust's review of the film here.

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

posted December 23, 1:51 pm on channel Movie Trailers

Movie trailer for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, in theaters December 25th. Stay tuned for a review of this film in the next Artvoice.

New knuckle City Music Video

posted December 19, 12:54 am on channel Music

Knucklecity Films And BuffCity Records are proud to present this new music video from local artist : B.E.N.N.Y

Dear World: "Stand By Me"

posted December 18, 12:59 am on channel Music

This is not a video made by Artvoice, but we thought it was such a cool idea that we put it up. It is Ben E. King's well known song "Stand by Me" sung by different people all over the world and ingeniously mixed together.

Dr. Riyaz Hassanali: THERMAGE, What is it?

posted December 17, 4:08 pm on channel Health

Do you have sagging skin, a loose tummy, jowls? Maybe Thermage is the procedure for you. Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Riyaz Hassanali sat down with Buffalo actress and television host Lorraine O'Donnell for part 4 of our series of interviews with area medical experts. Today's subject is Thermage, a revolutionary procedure to tighten skin by using radio waves. Dr. Hassanali, of Williamsville (626-1593) is a well respected cosmetic surgeon who works internationally, as well as locally...