Research shows we make an initial subconscious judgment about a person, environment, or product visually, within 90 seconds, and that between 62 and 90 percent of that assessment is based simply on color. Marketers know this phenomenon. (What can Brown do for you?). How ingenious then for the Green Party to run Irishman Malachy McCourt as their candidate for governor of New York State. Malachy, brother of Frank (Angela’s Ashes) McCourt, is also a New York Times best selling author with his memoir A Monk Swimming, among other works. An accomplished Broadway, TV and film actor, his appearance in Buffalo is billed as an hour and a half of “rambunctious prose, songs without singing but sung, and obiter dictums on everything and guaranteed to offend politicians and blowhards alike.” According to a recent Zogby Poll, 14 percent of independent voters currently support McCourt—and among single voters, McCourt and Republican John Faso are in a dead-heat at 11 percent. Far from a stodgy debate, McCourt’s one-man show You Don’t Have to Be Irish to Vote for Me promises to be an entertaining and enlightening affair. Joining him will be Alison Duncan, Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York. And just think of the victory party should these two stage an upset on November 7!

Sunday, October 29 at 7pm. Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Rd. Call the Green Party of Erie County at 716-858-3456 for more info. $20