Cover Story |
Happy Nuclear Yearby Buck Quigley & Lou RicciutiA controversy erupted in Niagara Falls, NY, this year over plans to relocate a New York State Parks Police barracks from Goat Island to a parcel of land behind the Howard Johnson hotel near the rim of the Niagara Gorge and adjacent to the Rainbow Bridge to Canada. |
Investigative Post |
What We Don't Know We Don't Knowby Charlotte KeithHave a complaint about uncollected trash or a noisy neighbor? New York City has an app for that. |
News Feature |
The Fog Begins to Lift on the Outer Harborby Alan OberstThe iconic image from Winter Storm Knife will forever be seared in our collective memory: the Lake Effect snow wall as seen from the What-Are-We-Calling-It-These-Days Tower. Especially striking in that image is the Outer Harbor cut in half: the northern half having a sunny fall day, while the southern half is cloaked in snowy invisibility. |
Art Scene |
Synesthetic Sceneby Jack ForanThe current art of Charles Burchfield display at the Burchfield Penney gets to the originality of this great watercolorist, the special visual language he invented to represent things invisible. |
Theatrically Speaking |
Holiday Respiteby Anthony ChaseWe may be in the thick of the holiday season, but it is still possible to get out of the house for a show. Three offerings currently on the boards provide an odd artistic sampling. |
Theater News |
Stagefrightby JavierThe fabulous movie and stage star Sigourney Weaver (pictured left) was recently quoted as saying “I used to play the girl, now I play the grandmother.” Weaver, who turned 65 in October, stars in the recently released Bible epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings. |
Sports Feature |
2014: The Year in Sportsby Andrew Kulyk & Peter FarrellIt would be great to report that 2014 was a watershed year for Buffalo sports. And it was, but not in the way we would like this to be. |
Upon Further Review |
Blame Abounds as Bills' Season Crashes Inby Dave StabaIt would be easy to blame the dispiriting end to Buffalo’s football season on Kyle Orton. |
Artvoice B.O.O.M! |
Round 1, Week 4: Second Trip vs. Shattered GlassWelcome to the ninth installment of Artvoice’s Battle of Original Music—a contest we call BOOM, for short. Visit boom.artvoice.com to listen to our contestants, Second Trip and Shattered Glass. |
Film Review |
Big Eyesby Jordan CanahaiTim Burton’s Big Eyes, the new biographical drama about famed artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), follows her tumultuous relationship to husband, Walter Keane (Cristoph Waltz). |
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Featured Events |
See You There!Artvoice's weekly round-up of featured events, including our editor's pick for the week: The Christmas Party at Pearl Street at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery on Thursday, December 25th. |
Graphic Traffic |
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Batwoman: Volume 1 - Hydrologyby Carolyn Marcille |
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The Joker: The Clown Prince of Crimeby Joe Tell |
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Punk Rock Jesusby Diana Guild |
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Letters to Artvoice |
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Peace, Love & Understandingby Joseph Ciarlo |
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Sewage Backupby Michael Sticht |
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Hollowing Our Militaryby Donald A. Moskowitz |
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Modest Proposalsby Kevin F. Yost |
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Offbeat News |
News of the Weirdby Chuck ShepherdPeople advertising for love interests via online dating sites have apparently become picky about how they describe their sexuality. |
Horoscopes |
Free Will Astrologyby Rob BrezsnyCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When he was 37 years old, actor Jack Nicholson found out that Ethel May, the woman he had always called his mother, was in fact his grandma. |