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Pressing Play in the Sunshine

What’s the use of sun and fun without great soundtrack? Set up your iTunes playlist or maybe stack your change at the jukebox and fix in this hand-picked themed medley of songs of “summer.”



Ring Up the Curtain

Summer in the city turns every street into a stage. Under the sun’s spotlight, exuberance, languor and sex play out, dramatically and comically, on porches and sidewalks and yards everywhere.



Symphonic Sounds of Summer

Although the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s Classic Series ended last weekend at Kleinhans Music Hall with an electrifying performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto by Elmar Oliveira, the Western New York summer classic music season is just beginning.



Celluloid Summer

Don’t panic—the arthouse stuff tends not to get booked more than a few weeks ahead, so this is by no means a complete list.



Go for the Grill

The art of the grill: Not everyone can master it, and you can’t trust just anyone with the tongs and the flipper, two sacred necessities to any grill chef out there. Grilling takes us all back to the caveman days; there’s something almost tribal about a burning pit of fire and the smell of roasting food that makes people come running.



Life… At 11 Miles Per Hour

Last March I traded in my battered old Dodge Stratus for a newer, more streamlined vehicle—a Trek 4900 mountain bike. That act has fundamentally changed my lifestyle ever since, and not in a way that I regret. It’s physically slowed me down, to be sure, but it’s also slowed my life down. At an average cruising speed of 11 miles per hour, you learn to be patient because, let’s face it, you aren’t getting anywhere soon. Over time, however, I’ve learned that you can get anywhere soon enough. You just have to stop being in such a big damn hurry. Once I understood that, life on a bike became pretty relaxing. I’ve actually become more punctual recently, because I leave for my appointments earlier, knowing that the only factor is my slowness. I no longer bank on low traffic or good driving conditions to get me places fast, and then get angry when I’m stuck behind a white-haired couple in a Buick. I’m just stuck going 11 miles per hour.



Start Your Engines!

Start Your Engines! It's the AV Guide to Summer 2007. Here's your roadmap to the long, hot summer ahead: food, concerts, festivals, movies and much more.





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