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Infringement Festival

In the Center Ring

by Anthony Chase

Infringement Kick-Off Party

by Peter Koch

Temporary Dream

by Buck Quigley

We Are

by Peter Koch

The Five-Minute Video Series

by Peter Koch

Rock-N-Bowl

by Buck Quigley

The Zero Hour

by Peter Koch

Schedule

Letters to Artvoice

Though the Hezbollah attack on the IDF post inside of Israel’s border and the subsequent capture of two Israel soldiers were violations of international law, so too was the 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon that followed Israeli’s massive bombing of Lebanon more than 20 years ago. Hezbollah emerged out of the deadly smoke and carnage of a devastated country which continues to mourn the deaths of thousands of civilians, victims of the 1982 bombing of Lebanon. Many Lebanese—Christian and Muslim—view Hezbollah as a resistance force, as does the European Union.

Free Will Astrology

by Rob Brezsny

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Travel writer Bruce Chatwin walked around Australia as he researched and meditated on the indigenous people’s beliefs about what the land was like in the ancient past. He wrote: “Aboriginal creation myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered over the continent in the Dreamtime, singing out the name of everything that crossed their path—birds, animals, plants, rocks, waterholes—and so singing the world into existence.” Given the fact that you’re now primed to create a new domain or two, Leo, may I suggest the aborigines’ approach? You’ll infuse everything with extra beauty if you play around with singing it into existence.

Streetvoice

Buffalo-Style Collecting

by Kat Brady

This week, the Buffalo News reported that our region has come under fire as one of the top 10 debt-collection hubs in the country. Complaints filed with the Fair Trade Commission have repeatedly shown cases of verbal and emotional abuse by collectors, ranging from threats to debtors’ homes and jobs, to ominous warnings of impending legal action, many of which are simply not true. Some debts are exaggerated greatly or even completely fabricated. The FTC reports receiving 500 calls from angry and upset citizens throughout the county targeted specifically at aggressive collectors within this region in the last year alone. And with more than 40 agencies operating around the area, it is no wonder a recent article in New Jersey’s Randolph Reporter coined the phrase “Buffalo-style collecting,” synonymous with tough tactics.

News of the Weird

by Chuck Shepherd

■ Allen Heckard filed a lawsuit in Hillsboro, Ore., in June against Michael Jordan and Nike founder Phil Knight for $416 million each, charging that they are responsible for his “pain and suffering” and his “defamation,” in that nearly every day for 15 years, people have mistaken him for Jordan. Heckard admits to being a pretty good basketball player (though six inches shorter than Jordan) and to wearing Air Jordans, and in fact curiously told KGW-TV that, all in all, being recognized as Jordan was a “positive” thing. He said he arrived at the “416” figure from multiplying his age by seven (though he appears to be in his 30s, not 59). (Needless to say, Heckard filed the lawsuit without benefit of a lawyer.)

The News, Briefly

Casino Chronicles

by Bruce Jackson

Breaking Out

by Peter Koch

Play Ball!

Ain't Life Great?!

by Andrew Kulyk & Peter Farrell

Joe Connor is the kind of a guy who any sports fan would just like to sit down and have a beer with. For the past few years, Connor has traveled to baseball venues around the globe, racking up the kind of experiences that most of us just dream of.

Poetry

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Author Interview

Olga Karman

by Jorge Guitart

What’s in Scatter My Ashes Over Havana? It’s a story. It’s my story inserted or woven into history: Cuban history and US history; the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban diaspora, my Harvard days in the ’60s, my developing a Hispanic consciousness later on here in the US. It’s the story of a Cuban girl who had American dreams, big American dreams. And those dreams, of course, included everything she had seen in the matinees at the Miramar movie theater.

Theaterweek

Theater at Chautauqua

by Anthony Chase

The Chautauqua Theater Company is the resident professional theater and conservatory of the Chautauqua Institution. Now in its 23rd season, the company works with a resident company of 16 young actors from some of the best drama programs in America, and with principle players brought in to play featured roles. Under the leadership of co-artistic directors Vivienne Benesch and Ethan McSweeny, the programming has become increasingly challenging and wide-ranging, more in keeping with the mission of the venerable Chautauqua Theater Company itself.

Film

Bobby Goes Splat!

by Donny Kutzbach

Imagine if you will Comedy Central’s Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry roaming the woods with a paintball gun and a purpose. This is what happens in the mock documentary (à la This Is Spinal Tap and the rest of the Christopher Guest oeuvre) Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, the cult-worthy film just out on DVD. Co-writer/producer Brian Steinberg, a UB graduate, spoke to Artvoice about the film, his years in Buffalo and how to script for unscripted television.

Film Reviews

Dead Line

by M. Faust

Gulf Coast Crime and Cross-Purposes

by George Sax

Film Clips

Miami Vice

Cavite

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

See You There

Tarantula A.D.

by K. O'Day

Tango at the Gallery

by Kat Brady

2006 Great Lakes Water Sport Expo

by Brian W. Wright

The Hold Steady

by Donny Kutzbach

Left of the Dial

Cut Chemist: The Audience's Listening

by Donny Kutzbach

The Return of Dr. Octagon

by Joe Sweeney

Bandwidth

FarFromFree

You might like us if you like…Hits from today and yesterday. For this show we will be performing mainly well-known covers, with a few originals entwined. Our original sound is inspired from bands such as Radiohead, Tori Amos and the Beatles. We pull from all everything from the classical genre to hip hop beats.

Music

Going Down the Road, Feeling Good

by Buck Quigley

BK: No, I live in Texas, but I get back a whole lot. I just gotta check on something…there’s something bizarre going on here…is there something on fire? I’m going through a construction zone and there’s a big cloud of shit…never mind, I’m back. Fuck it. So I hear you’re gonna be able to write something up for the paper.

Calendar Spotlight

Wreckless Eric

by Eric Boucher

The X's

by Brian A. Wright

Wendell Rivera

by Kat Brady

Crash Kelly

by Kat Brady

Flogging Molly

by Brian A. Wright

Big Leg Emma

by Nikki Gawel

Oneida

by K. O'Day