http://artvoice.com Western New York's smartest news, arts and entertainment. This feed contains weekly features. en-us Copyright 2008, Artvoice. All rights reserved. Access to this RSS feed is for individual and non-commercial use only. Please contact webmaster.com for more info on commercial use syndication. editorial@artvoice.com (Artvoice Editorial) webmaster@artvoice.com (Artvoice Webmaster) Mon, Oct CDT 6 EST Hackers on Steroids http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/crude http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/crude Or, How Wall Street investment banks manipulated oil prices to try to save their hides, screwing American consumers and the rest of the world and breaking the economy anyway Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Cover Story Jed Morey http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/to_invest_or_cut http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/to_invest_or_cut One of the richest and most respected Wall Street investment bankers of our time is actively campaigning for a massive program of public works. Meanwhile, Governor David Paterson’s chief economic development officer recommends tax cuts for economic growth. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST News Bruce Fisher http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/news_briefs http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/news_briefs The News, Briefly: Common Council Report, Murray lights into city manager proposal, brutalizes the language, First Student fails to employ enough school bus drivers Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST The News, Briefly n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/grip http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/grip Let’s use a simple analogy to explain the financial meltdown: I take your money to the casino and start playing roulette. If I win, I keep the profits. I’m a champ. If I lose, you lose your money. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Getting a Grip Michael I. Niman http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/season_ticket http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/season_ticket With the Buffalo’s professional football team off to its best start since the final year of the first Bush administration, the Season Ticket coverage team took to the street to investigate whether the Bills Bandwagon had started rolling. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Season Ticket Dave Staba http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/ed_harris_interview http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/ed_harris_interview It’s been 50 years since they first pronounced the Western dead, but it just refuses to stop sucking air. Filmmaker Ridley Scott most recently took heat for pronouncing the demise of what used to be America’s favorite genre (though it’s unlikely anyone would have noticed had he not brought it up as a comparison to what he called the equally lifeless genre of science fiction). Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Film Interview M. Faust http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/artshorts http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/artshorts Artshorts: Gerald Mead: New Assemblages at Studio Hart, Lyle Ashton Harris: Blow Up at the UB Art Gallery Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Artshorts n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/lotd http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/lotd Left of the Dial: The Gifted Children - Always Stay Sweet, New Order - Live in Glasgow Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Left of the Dial n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/food_for_thought http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/food_for_thought “Bread is an object of unparalleled worship and decorum. It embodies the full cycle of life and seasons, from the death of the wheat kernel in the earth to the resurrection as a stalk, from its ordeal in the mill to its journey through the oven and its offering at the table. Bread is a part of all major events in many lives, from birth, to betrothal and marriage, to death and resurrection.” Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Food for Thought Joe George http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/chew_on_this http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/chew_on_this Interested in mingling within benevolent social circles this fall? Why not purchase tickets to one of these appetizing benefits: Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Chew on This Judy Sperry http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/stagefright http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/stagefright Stage and movie star Patrick Wilson is now back on Broadway starring in the revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which also stars John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, and Katie Holmes. Buffalonian Lizbeth MacKay, who was last seen on Broadway in Miller’s The Price, is also featured in the cast and is the understudy for Wiest. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Theater Javier http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/film_reviews http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/film_reviews Film Reviews: Blindness, Nick and Nora's Endless Playlist, Religulous Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Film Reviews n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/listings http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/listings Listings: On The Boards Theater Listings, Movie Times (Fri. Oct. 3 - Thurs. Oct. 9), Film Now Playing Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Listings n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/see_you_there http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/see_you_there Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including this week's Editors Pick: the Baltimore Round Robin, which is happening on Monday October 6th & 7th at the Tralf. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Events n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/news_of_the_weird http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/news_of_the_weird The ashram-museum in Ahmedabad devoted to India’s highly revered icon of freedom Mahatma Gandhi recently re-installed a replica of the spiritual leader’s personal toilet, in that Gandhi’s own hygiene-consciousness was such a part of his legacy. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Offbeat News Chuck Shepherd http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/gawatch http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/gawatch Gaywatch: When Good Bears Get Bad, Gaywatch Events Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Gaywatch n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/free_will_astrology http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/free_will_astrology CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your creed for the last three months of 2008 comes from Nikos Kazantzakis: “By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.” Memorize this meme, Cancerian. Imprint it on your subconscious mind. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Horoscopes Rob Brezsny http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/ask_anyone http://artvoice.com/issues/v7n40/ask_anyone What kind of country are we living in? The other night I was at a party where there was a healthy cross-section of Republicans and Democrats. Naturally, as the drinks started flowing, conversation began turning to the upcoming presidential election. It started with a few funny gibes, but quickly disintegrated into heated accusations. Thu, Oct CDT 9 EST Advice n/a