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Calendar Spotlight: Upcoming Events
FRI • 5/30
Barnes & Noble (Clarence) - 7pm Good Charamel Records Spring Local Music Showcase with Agent ME
Century Grill - 10pm Jumpers. $5
Club Infinity - 7pm The Acacia Strain, All Shall Perish, the Warriors, Since The Flood, Wings of Eden
Erie County Fairgrounds - 4pm-midnight Polish Heritage Festival (May 30-June 1). Free admission (Friday only. Help break the Guinness World Record for fish fry dinners sold!); 4pm-midnight Polish Heritage Festival (May 30-June 1). $15/geneal; $13/seniors ages 65+. Free for those under 18 when accompanied by an adult
International Conference on Creativity & Innovation Management at Buffalo State College - International Conference on Creativity & Innovation Management (May 28-30). Three-day conference with academic leaders and business experts including representatives from IBM and Fisher-Price. $275/general; $125/srudents. Call 878-4861 for info or www.buffalostate.edu/creativity/x735.xml to register
Kenan Center - 6-9pm 100 American Craftsmen (May 30-June 1). Annual juried show of contemporary craft art in clay, metal, wood, paper, fiber, leather, basketry, glass, and mixed media. Awards presentation Saturday at 2:30pm
Kleinhans - 10:30am M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (May 30-31): 8pm Concert “Celebrating the Classic Love of Dan & Margaret Roblin.” Music by the Innocent Bystanders, the Bass Reeves Outfit, & special guest Maria Sebastian. $10/presale (www.bpo.org) or $12.50/at door
Lafayette Tap Room - 9pm Leon Russell. Jim Ehringer and Harvey & the Hurricanes open the show
Merlin’s - 11pm Patrons of Sweet, Environment, Curiosity’s End. $4
Mister Goodbar - 11pm AJR Band
Mohawk Place - 10pm Here Come the Comets. $5
Nietzsche’s - 6-10pm Ed Hernandez Memorial Party & Los Tacos Locos Reunion, with Ashford Junction; 10pm Erie Lackawanna Railroad Band featuring Katie Panfil
Soundlab - 9pm Lazlo Hollyfled, Shapes of States
WBFO XPO Wednesday Concerts - Allen Hall (UB South Campus), 8pm Love Parade
Wilson Boat House - off Route 18, 8pm Wild One with Tom McCarr
SAT • 5/31
Amherst Museum - 10am-5pm Amherst Celebrates the Arts 2008: A Family Festival.” With over 200 visual and performing artists, arts & crafts vendors, free performances, concerts, demonstrations, dance, kids’ activities & more. Visit www.amherstmuseum.org for full event schedule
Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County - 7am Weekend trip to Cleveland (May 31-June 1). Stay at the Hilton Hotel, visit the Cleveland Museum of Science, the Annual Fine Art Expo, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, House of Blues & more. $250 includes everything. Call 856-7520 ext. 17 for reservations
Club Diablo - 4pm Jamsolid Battle of the Bands; 9pm Rock Rehab: Billy Draws Two, Black Summer Suicide, Caustic, Chaos Came to Be
Delaware Park Hoyt Lake - 10am 16th Annual AIDS Walk to benefit AIDS Community Services of WNY. register at 10am, walk begins at 11am. Free picnic lunch will follow. Contact 847-0340 or www.AIDScommunityservices.com for info
Flickinger Performing Arts Center - Nichols School, 8pm Pick of the Crop Dance presents “Buffalo Gals Bring Home New Works” (May 31-June 1). Reunion of Buffalo-trained dancers and choreographers. $15. Visit www.poc.org for more info
Forgotten Buffalo - 5pm “Forgotten Buffalo: Over Niagara Falls in a Beer Barrel.” Docent-led tours of Buffalo landmarks, taverns, old world neighborhoods and oddities $35. Reservations required, contact 833-5211or www.ForgottenBuffalo.com
Kleinhans - 8pm M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (May 30-31). Contact 885-5000 or www.bpo.org for tickets
Soundlab - 9pm Barroness, La Cacahuoette, Trystero
Tralf Music Hall - 6:30pm Najee, with special guest Will Holton (performing two sets, 6:30 & 9:30pm). $30/presale (Ticketmaster) or $35/day of show
Water Street Music Hall (Rochester) - 7pm (doors). Ashes Divide. $15/advance (Ticketmaster) or $18/day of show
SUN • 6/1
Creekside Banquet Facility - 1pm Superjam 2008 with Gregg Juke & the Mighty No-Stars. $15
Kleinhans - 2:30pm M&T Bank Beethoven Festival presents family concert “Beethoven Lives Upstairs” with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Contact 885-5000 or www.bpo.org for tickets
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 7pm Frances Yip & Elisa Chan with the Chinese National Orchestra (June 1-2). Tickets start at $88 (877-833-3110 / www.ticketmaster.ca)
Resource Center of the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - 10am Historical Society/Forest Lawn tours. Start with the Historical Society’s Pan-Am exhibit, then travel by motor coach to Forest Lawn Cemetery where the guided tour continues with costumed actors. $25
Village Meeting House - 8pm Buffalo Friends of Folk Music (BFFM) Acoustic Concert Series: Kate Campbell. $15/general; $6/students.
MON • 6/2
June in Buffalo - UB Music Department and the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music present “June in Buffalo 2008: Music and Computers” (June 2-7). Featuring international composers of computer and electronic music, daily seminars, lectures, master classes, panel discussions, and open rehearsals with afternoon/evening concerts that are open to the public. Visit www.music.buffalo.edu/juneinbuffalo for full schedule of events
TUE • 6/3
Town Ballroom - 8pm Hayden. $17.50/advance (box office, Tickets.com) or $20/at door
WED • 6/4
Club Diablo - 9pm I Was the Scarecrow, with Leah Prentiss and Roaring Sequioa. $5. Ages 18+
Club Infinity - 7pm The Spill Canvas, with Ludo, Sing It Loud, Person L. $15/advance (Ticketmaster) or $17/day of show
Jazz Wednesdays at the Lewiston Gazebo - 7-9pm Barroom Buzzards. Free
Mohawk Place - 8pm Mudhoney, with the Cynics and the Irving Klaws. $15 (Ticketmaster). Ages 18+
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Artvoice Blog Headlines
Who Goes Where When Hillary Goes to State?posted November 19, 12:04 pm on Artvoice DailyCity Hall News has flow_chart that tracks who might replace who, from Hillary’s Senate seat on down (click to expand or follow the link—it’s an awkward shape): |
It’s Robert Rich Sr. All High Stadiumposted November 14, 5:05 pm on Artvoice DailyThese new signs properly label the structure. We’ve been reading recent stories in the Buffalo News about sportswriter Tom Borrelli’s terrible fall last week at the old All High Stadium. He’s currently battling life-threatening injuries... (more) |
CWM Fined for Violationsposted November 14, 2:41 pm on Artvoice DailyThis week Chemical Waste Management was fined $175,000 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for violating its permits and the state’s hazardous waste laws. I don’t have much to say about that, except it doesn’t seem to me like too much money... (more) |
Musical Chairsposted November 14, 12:51 pm on Artvoice DailyThe AP reports that Hillary Clinton met with Barack Obama in Chicago yesterday, adding fuel to speculation that she might be Obama’s choice for secretary of state. If that happens, it has long been rumored that Brian Higgins would be appointed to her Senate seat... (more) |
Paint the Townposted November 14, 11:06 am on Artvoice DailyLate last night, at the tail end of one of the few weeks in the past year in which we did not publish anything snarky about anybody, someone threw two gallons of paint on our front doors. Seems a waste; we hadn’t even earned it. Nonetheless, we were cleaning up all morning... (more) |
Old Editions Book Shopposted November 13, 1:58 pm on Artvoice DailyAV videographer Matt Quinn tours Old Editions, an often overlooked treasure at the corner of Oak and Huron Streets downtown: show enclosure (video/x-flv; 21.29 MB) |
This Is Not Today’s Newsposted November 12, 9:37 am on Artvoice DailyBut it would be nice if it were. Via the Data Stream, by way of Jon Winet. |
This Just In…posted November 11, 3:28 pm on Artvoice DailyAlways in the vanguard, researchers of the University at Buffalo’s Center of Human Capital have reached a bold conclusion, according to a statement disseminated this afternoon: Although no official determination has been made about whether New York State or the U... (more) |
Silver Lining: Edwards Remains a Good Guyposted November 11, 11:17 am on Artvoice DailyMarshawn Lynch Amid the anguished finger-pointing, plaintive wailing and resigned head-shaking sweeping the region following the Buffalo Bills’ third straight defeat, Season Ticket would like to apportion a minute sliver of credit. Quarterback Trent Edwards, by most quantitative and qualitative standards, failed miserably at New England on Sunday (not coincidentally, this was also his third consecutive regressive outing)... (more) |
Mazzariello’s Ristorante & Martini Barposted November 7, 4:30 pm on Chew on ThisPhoto taken by Rose Mattrey From Antipasti to Primi to Secondi, Mazzariello’s (114 Bloomfield Ave, Lancaster, 206.0561) has conquered the map of Italian cooking. Your palate will be exposed to an array of spices, herbs, and ingredients indigenous to Northern & Southern Italy... (more) |
Post Election Bits & Bytesposted November 7, 12:02 am on Tech VoiceElection ‘08 is now in the history books - so I figured it’s time to take a look backward, and a look forward at some relevant headlines. Hacking Democracy First, we’ll take a look at one of the best kept secrets of the campaign season, from both sides, care of a Newsweek article published just today... (more) |
BNMC Open Meeting Tonightposted November 6, 1:19 pm on Artvoice DailyTonight at 6pm in the auditorium of the downtown library, everyone is invited to attend a public hearing on the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus—North End Projects. Among the projects planned are a 300,000 square foot Medical Office Building to be owned and operated by Ciminelli Development Company, Inc... (more) |
That Pigeon Won’t Flyposted November 6, 10:05 am on Artvoice DailySteve Pigeon Here’s another example, this one two years old, of the way Steve Pigeon’s political committees are alleged to steer money to candidates illegally. On September 15, 2006, the Pigeon-controlled PAC Citizens for Fiscal Integrity paid “RUR Strategy Group” $9,000 in consulting fees, according to CFI’s campaign finance disclosure forms... (more) |
SeaBar’s Social Calendarposted November 5, 12:44 pm on Chew on ThisSeaBar will host live jazz and sushi nights starting Friday, November 21st at 8 p.m. (5235 Main Street, Wmsvl, 204.5283). A Cave Springs Riesling Tasting Event will take place at SeaBar’s suburban location on Wednesday, November 9th at 7 p.m... (more) |
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Dr. Riyaz Hassanali: The effect Smoking has on your Skinposted November 21, 4:50 pm on channel Local Interest
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Twilightposted November 19, 1:09 pm on channel Movie Trailers
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamasposted November 19, 1:06 pm on channel Movie Trailers
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Avi Takes Artvoice Shopping for the holidays @ Lexington food Co-opposted November 19, 11:52 am on channel Food
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TRAIN DAY! @ the Buffalo Historical Societyposted November 17, 3:07 pm on channel Local Interest
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Mass Appeal: Elmwood Fashion Eventposted November 15, 10:19 pm on channel Events
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Buffalo Contemporay Danceposted November 15, 6:43 pm on channel Events
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Old Editions Book Shopposted November 13, 11:42 am on channel Local Interest
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Off Stage: Conversations with Anthony Chaseposted November 12, 4:50 pm on channel Theater
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Happy Go Luckyposted November 12, 2:08 pm on channel Movie Trailers
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Quantum of Solaceposted November 12, 2:01 pm on channel Movie Trailers
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Flash Party at Essex St.posted November 9, 10:59 am on channel Events
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Lakeview Effect at Nietzsche'sposted November 8, 4:54 pm on channel Music
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Flatbed at Allen St. Hardwareposted November 8, 2:28 pm on channel Music
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Obama's Nightposted November 6, 3:13 pm on channel Politics
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