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Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Best of Buffalo 2012 n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/week_in_review http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/week_in_review Week in Review: Back-Taxed, Bicycle Beauty Pageant, Scorecard: The Week's Winners & Losers Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Week in Review n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/special_report http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/special_report Momentum is building to do something with the Outer Harbor, and just days after a group of community activists called for developing its 120 acres into a park, Mayor Byron Brown made a pitch for City Hall to play a role, perhaps a big one. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Special Report Jim Heaney, InvestigativePost.org http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/guest_essay http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/guest_essay It turns out that for the last three years, the prices paid to producers of electricity in New York and Western New York in particular are among the lowest in the nation. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Guest Essay David Bradley http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/art_scene http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/art_scene Art Scene: 2012 Future Curators Exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Remembering Peltier and Wounded Knee at El Buen Amigo Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Art Scene n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/theaterweek http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/theaterweek Theater Week: Jonah Interrupted, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Charlotte's Web Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Theater Week n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/stagefright http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/stagefright Broadway veteran and now TV star Christian Borle has just been nominated for a Tony award for his performance in the new play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to Peter Pan written by Rick Elice, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Theater Javier http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/classical_music_notes http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/classical_music_notes You have to hand it the volunteers who put on the long-running Ramsi P. Tick subscription series. The Tick series has managed to consistently bring top of the line classical soloists and ensembles to Buffalo over the course of the past twelve seasons. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Classical Music Notes Jan Jezioro http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/film_feature http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/film_feature Now that there seem to be as many film festivals in the US as there are feature films made each year, it’s hard for a new one to gain a foothold in the cultural zeitgeist. It helps if you set it in a location where people already either reside in large numbers or are willing to travel to. That’s why the Tribeca Film Festival, founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, had a stronger shot than most of reaching that top tier with Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, and Sundance. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Film Feature M. Faust http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/film_reviews http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/film_reviews Film Reviews: Dark Shadows, Marley, Keyhole Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Film Reviews n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/listings http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/listings Listings: On The Boards Theater Listings, Movie Times (Friday, May 11 through Thursday, May 17), Film Now Playing Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Listings n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/see_you_there http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/see_you_there Artvoice's weekly round-up of featured events, including our editor's picks for the week: Justin Townes Earle, performing at the Town Ballroom on Sunday, May 13. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Featured Events n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/play_ball http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/play_ball The music was blaring in the clubhouse. Smiles, nods, high-fives, and a sense of jubilation permeated the hallways and training rooms and lounges on the service level of Coca Cola Field. The Buffalo Bisons had just demolished the visiting Syracuse Chiefs before a sizable Fridaynightbash crowd; the team had grabbed first place in a tight, four-way race in the International League North; and the homestand had concluded with the team going 6-1. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Play Ball! Andrew Kulyk & Peter Farrell http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/book_review http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/book_review Christopher Moore, the author of 13 novels including this, is apparently quite famous, although I must confess I had never even heard of him before Sacré Bleu. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Book Review Woody Brown http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/letters_to_artvoice http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/letters_to_artvoice Letters to Artvoice: Grisanti and Fracking, Keep Sitting There Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Letters to Artvoice n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/news_of_the_weird http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/news_of_the_weird Car and Driver reported in April, the 2012 BMW M5, with 560 horsepower tempered with sound deadeners, has installed pre-recorded engine noise, channeled into the car’s cabin via the stereo system. A computer program matches the amplitude of the engine’s growl to the driver’s accelerator-revving. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Offbeat News Chuck Shepherd http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/free_will_astrology http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/free_will_astrology TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus actor Daniel Day Lewis will star as American president Abraham Lincoln in a film to be released later this year. Hollywood insiders report that Lewis basically became Lincoln months before the film was shot and throughout the entire process. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Horoscopes Rob Brezsny http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/ask_anyone http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n19/ask_anyone I’m a bartender. I used to do it full time when I was younger. Then I got married, had a son, and I wanted something with better hours and more benefits. So I did the corporate thing. Worked in a cube for a while. Got a bunch of promotions. Then, last year I got laid off. I put my resume out there, and in the meantime picked up a shift tending bar. I’ve only gotten a few bites on the resume for the “serious” job. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Advice n/a