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Keep an eye out for these upcoming events... As always, check our on-line events calendar for continually updated, full events listings.
FRI • 8/15:
Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor - 5pm Great Big Sea. $10/advance (Ticketmaster) or $15/day of show. Visit www.buiffaloplace.com
Cafe Allegro - 8pm I Was the Scarecrow, with Roaring Sequoia, Tim Baldwin
Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm “A Walk Down Memory Lane.” Starring the Lettermen, the Association, and Lou Christie. $34.50 at the box office (357-6250 or www.ciweb.org)
Club Infinity - 7pm (doors). Keith Anderson, with Underground Stampede, Ransomville. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)
Darien Lake - 7pm Jonas Brothers, with special guest Demi Lovato. $31-$65.50 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com)
Darwin Martin House - 7:30pm Moon Over the Martin House. Wine, beer, appetizers, & music by Babik. $50. Call 856-3858 for reservations
Merlin’s - 11pm The Dense, Fox Japan, Love Parade. $4
Mister Goodbar - 11pm Free Henry
Mohawk Place - 10pm Down the Drain, Beyond Death, 137
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 9pm Tom & Dick: The Smothers Brothers Show (Aug. 14-15) with special guest the Yo Yo Man. $20 & up (Ticketmaster.ca)
Neighborhood Collective - 7-11pm Bunny Wabbit Costume Ball. Tru-Teas moving party and benefit for the SPCA & the Buffalo Museum of Science. Food, drinks, and live music by Five to One and Tiffany Nicely Trio. $45. RSVP by Aug. 11 to 887-2921
Nietzsche’s - 6pm Rick Smith; 10pm Full Moon Fetish featuring the Genuflektors, the Golden Calves, the Manipulators, It’s Like Going On Vacation For One Day, Louisiana Purchase, the Stripteasers, & more
The Secret Stagehands Picnic Part II - Three-day music festival (Aug. 15-17) with Lazlo Hollyfeld, Dali’s Ghost, Peanut Brittle Satellite, Chylde, Patrons of Sweet, Besnyo, the Found, the Vision Serpents, Jazzbollah, Axis of Evil, Jack Topht & the Vegetables, Type: Relevant, the Cat Jugglers, Blue Lazer, and more. $30
Tralf Music Hall - 8:30pm Robinhood Entertainment Presents: It’s Just Comedy Cafe, hosted by Talent. $20/advance or $23/day of show; $25 VIP presale/$28 VIP day of show; two tickets for $30 or $40/VIP. Available at Ticketmaster.com (852-5000)
SAT • 8/16:
Amherst Museum - 9am-5pm 24th Annual Scottish Festival & Highland Games. Live music, dance performances, food, vendors, & more. $10/adult; free for kids 14 & under. Visit www.amherstmuseum.com
Buffalo Place Rocks the Harbor - 5pm The Robert Cray Band with special, guest Keb’ Mo’. $10/advance (Ticketmaster) or $15/day of show. Visit www.buiffaloplace.com
Club Diablo - 9pm Black Cobra, Hyperion Blast, Able Danger, Kingdom, Denied
Club Infinity - 7pm (doors). Nevermind (Nirvana tribute), with Zero Nerve Response, No Apologies. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)
History Center of Niagara County - 10am-noon “Barbecue Sauces, Mops and Marinades.” Outdoor cooking class with the Barbecue Shop owner Robert Giordano (Mr. BBQ). $12. Call 434-7433 to register
Merlin’s - 11pm 22 Red, Luanjie, the Gallows. $4
Nietzsche’s - 10:30pm Outer Haven Memoirs, Slampig, the Great Mistake
Niagara Wine Trail - 10am-6pm Artful Weekend on the Niagara Wine Trail USA (Aug. 16-17). Browse & enjoy the work of local artists at each winery on the trail. $20/ person. Visit www.niagarawinetrail.org
Starpoint High School - 6-10pm Starpoint Art Auction & Evening of Entertainment. Art donated by local professional and student artists to benefit the Starpoint Art Department. Hors d’oeuvres, Chinese & silent auctions, and music by the Excelsior Brass Quintet and La Marimba. $10/advance (contact 433-9346 or dlaskey@roadrunner.com) or $12/at door
Summit Mall - 10am Smokin’ Eagles Championship BBQ Contest (Aug. 15-16). Judging begins at noon.
Village of Newfane August Fest - 11am-6pm Newfane Business Association hosts the 21st Annual August Fest with wine tastings, food vendors, crafters, artisans, a parade at 3pm, & more. Visit www.NewfaneBusiness.com for details
Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Amongst The Ruin, Affront The Riot, A Wretch Like Me, the Maimed. $10/$12
SUN • 8/17:
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - 3pm World Rock Symphony Orchestra (WRSO) “Britain Rocks” (Aug. 17-24). $20 & up (Ticketmaster.ca)
Rose Garden Grove - 2pm Zydeco-Reggae Fest featuring LeeRon Zydeco & the Hot Tamales and the Dreadbeats featuring Tom Fenton
Tralf Music Hall - 8pm Billy Bob Thornton. $20/advance (Ticketmaster.com/852-5000) or $25/at door
Xtreme Wheels - 6pm Lessons From A Failure, Smiles For Faces. $8
MON • 8/18:
Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm PHILANDANCO: The Philadelphia Dance Company. $16 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)
Darien Lake - 7pm Counting Crows and Maroon Five, with special guest Sarah Bareilles. $30.50/lawn & up (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com)
Gateway-Longview Family Support Center - 9:30am-2pm Free Special Education Workshop for parents and professionals. Call 332-4170 or 866-277-4762 to register
Town Ballroom - 6pm (doors). “Soundtrack of Your Summer” tour featuring Boys Like Girls, with Metro Station, the Main. $25.50 at box office (852-3900), Tickets.com (888-223-6000). All ages
TUE • 8/19:
Artpark - 6:30pm First Niagara Tuesday in the Park Free Concert Series: Joe Bonamassa
Darien Lake - 1:30pm Mayhem Festival, featuring Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon, Underoath, Machine Head, Walls of Jericho, Black Tide, the Red Chord, Five Finger Death Punch, 36 Crazyfists, Airbourne. $31.25 (lawn)-$55.75 (LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster)
Roycroft Campus - 2-4pm Hand Illumination for kids ages 6-12 (Aug. 19 & 21). Two-day workshop in illuminating printed essays, poems, mottos, stories and book covers. $50. Contact 655-0261 or www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com to register
WED • 8/20:
Artpark - 6:30pm Wednesday at the Gorge Free Concert Series: Donna the Buffalo
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - 8pm WBFO Free Live Broadcast Concert Series: The Reign of Kindo
Club Infinity - 5:30pm (doors). The Absolute Punk/Bands of the Future Tour: Settings, with Mercy Mercedes, TV/TV, The Summer Set, Go Crash Audio, Lannen Fall. Tickets at box office (565-0110), Tickets.com (888-223-6000), Tops Markets, the Record Baron (871-8722)
Town Ballroom - 7pm (doors). Jack’s Mannequin. $22/advance (box office, Tickets.com, Tops Markets). Special guests Phantom Planet, Treaty of Paris, and Paper Route
UB Center for the Arts - 11am-2pm Center Celebration. Free picnic lunch to celebrate the new season with live entertainment by More Than Me Acoustic Duo (Ryan & Todd Doyle), Doug Yeomans, and Lehrer Dance
THU • 8/21:
Artpark - 8pm Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Aug. 21-24). $25-$45/adults; $12.50-$35 kids 12 & under; $20-$36/seniors (box office, Tickets.com)
Chautauqua Institution - 8:15pm An Evening with Jim Brickman. $34.50 (357.6250 or www.tickets.ciweb.org)
Thursday at the Square - Downtown, 6pm Saliva, with Klear. Free
Town Ballroom - 6pm (doors). Gavin DeGraw, with Matt Wertz. $20 at box office (852-3900), Tickets.com (888-223-6000). All ages
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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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