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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v6n4 (01/25/2007) » Section: See You There


Sweet Charity

Skip dinner and go right to dessert next Thursday night at Sweet Charity, a new fundraiser to benefit the Food Bank of Western New York. The evening will feature a selection of desserts from 15 to 20 of the area’s top restaurants and bakeries, enticing patrons to open their hearts—and wallets—at the silent auction tables, as trays of flowing champagne, hors d’oeuvres and wine circulate nearby. A winning bid on a silent auction item may leave you with a sports collectible, a romantic Valentine’s Day gift (wrapped and ready to go), or something fun for the kids. Also, in anticipation of and preparation for Buffalo’s frosty after-dark hours, there will be coffee and complementary valet parking outside The Church. All net proceeds will go to help the Food Bank.



Small Axe

Albany-area “stoner rock” band Small Axe will be performing at Nietzsche’s this weekend, along with Trystero, Sonorous Gale and La Cacahouette. If you haven’t heard the musical genius of Small Axe, than you have been missing out on an amazing and creative take on psychedelic blues. They’ve shown their talent once again with their latest album, Public Thief, serving up a great plate of rock with a side of soul and heavy distortion. D.J. Miller’s scratchy voice and powerful guitar riffs blend to make a ruckus like you’d find in garage band heaven. Backing D.J. on drums is T.B. Hall, who definitely isn’t afraid to get loud, and bassist Kelly Murphy makes complicated bass lines look easy, proving that she is one of the best bassists to come out of Buffalo. The show is set to begin at 9pm, but this is rock-and-roll time, and with a talented, four-band lineup like this one, be prepared for a late night full of of ear-shattering fun.



The Alice Reunion

Back in January 1992 a little feminist revue called A…My Name Is Alice opened at the old Franklin Street Theater. The very first production of the newly formed Buffalo United Artists, it was an instant hit. The show moved from theater to theater and went through multiple cast changes. It would eventually rack up well over a hundred performances, making it far and away the most successful locally produced show of that time. The members of the original cast—Mary Craig, Gail Golden, Jeanmarie Lally, Sheila McCarthy and Loraine O’Donnell—enjoyed a kind of local celebrity few actors had experienced before, as producer Javier Bustillos featured their names and photographs on the posters—another Buffalo first. That was 15 years ago. The Franklin Street Theatre is now the Buffalo Chop House. Lally has relocated to the New York City area. Golden is now a Floridian. O’Donnell still appears in local theater and as co-host of Channel 7’s PM Buffalo. Craig and McCarthy are frequently seen in local musicals. For one night only, all will be reunited for the first time in 15 years in The Alice Reunion, on Sunday, January 28, at the Alleyway Theatre. Theresa Quinn will again provide musical direction and the original director, Kelli Bocock Natale, will stage the evening. The event is a benefit for 15-year-old BUA.



Strike Up the Choir

With only three months of experience together, the 45-voice chorus of the High School Master Chorale makes its debut along with the Buffalo Choral Arts singers this Sunday afternoon at St. Amelia’s Church in Tonawanda with at its Strike Up the Choirs concert. The members of the BCAS High School Master Chorale are some of the most outstanding teenaged singers in the Western New York area. The newly formed chorus is made up of select high school students from both public and private schools. The chorus is conducted and directed by Norman Zogaib, the director of the vocal music department at Hamburg High School. Zogaib has a reputation for being one of the most successful examples of Western New York’s superiority in high school choral instruction. Strike Up the Choirs features selections of sacred music by John Rutter, choral works by Hank Beebe and many more. For ticket information visit www.buffalochoralarts.org or call the BCAS box office at 812-1541.





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