Cover Story |
Federman at 80by Buck QuigleyThis weekend friends and colleagues celebrate former UB professor Raymond Federman's 80th year |
News |
In Paulson We Trustby Ted P. SchmidtDid the treasury secretary let Lehman Brothers fail, exacerbating the nascent crisis, knowing it would punish liberal financier George Soros and benefit his old firm, Goldman Sachs? |
News |
Talking Taxes and Truth in 2008by Bruce FisherMaybe the presidential race will get closer, but so far Senator Barack Obama’s success demonstrates that the Republican campaign against taxes is failing. |
The News, Briefly |
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Richardson Revealed: A new plan for the old asylumby Geoff Kelly |
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Still Closed: WNYHS granted stay on OML/FOIL rulingby Buck Quigley |
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Meanwhile, At the UN: No new comment from our new representativeby Buck Quigley |
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Common Council Report: The late, late fileby Geoff Kelly |
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Verbatim: Overheard at the Sportsmen's Tavernby J. Tim Raymond |
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Music Feature |
Charles Wuorinen's birthday concert at Slee Hallby Jan JezioroRenowned contemporary composer Charles Wuorinen turned 70 this past June, and many of the leading cultural organizations in New York City (Guggenheim Museum, Riverside Church), Washington, DC (Library of Congress), California, and London have staged special concerts of the composer’s music to celebrate the event. |
Food for Thought |
Vegetable's Strong Armby Joe GeorgeI can still hear my mother telling me to eat my vegetables, much in the same way that I tell my teenage son today. But what she really should have said was don’t forget to eat your Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, because it’s really, really nutritious. Or, in other words: Eat your broccoli because it’s good and good for you. |
Lit News |
Jewish Community Book Fairby Justin SondelFor the 42nd consecutive year the Jewish Community Center sponsors the Jewish Community Book Fair and Cultural Arts Festival. This event lasts nine weeks and explores a variety of topics concerning Jewish culture, using the arts as a platform to promote discussion. Novels, nonfiction works, and theater will be used as jumping-off points to discuss how Jews determine their identities America. |
Framed |
The Wayward Museby Dean BrownroutIt’s been over 21 years since the Albright-Knox Art Gallery presented The Wayward Muse: A Historical Survey of Painting in Buffalo. |
Artshorts |
Paintings by Kyla Avery Kegler at Chow Chocolateby J. Tim RaymondKyla Kegler’s work at Chow Chocolate consists of acrylic paintings with silk screen on canvas that fits meditatively in the sere, minimal surrounds of this upscale outpost in the 700 block of Main Street. A storefront, this purveyor of coffee, tea, and fine confections offers plenty of space to view Kegler’s vibrant ruminations on folktales as abstract narrative. |
Theater |
Stagefrightby JavierThe fabulous Linda Lavin, most widely known for the TV comedy Alice, which was broadcast from 1976 to 1985, just turned 71 this week. Several years ago Lavin fell in love with Wilmington (North Carolina) and decided to move there, and in April 2007 she opened her own theater, the Red Barn Studio. |
Film Reviews |
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The Secret Life of Beesby George Sax |
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W.by M. Faust |
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Listings |
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On The Boards Theater Listings |
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Movie Times (Friday Oct. 17 - Thursday Oct. 23) |
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Film Now Playing |
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Events |
See You There!Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including this week's Editors Pick: Ralph Nader at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church on Friday, October 17. |
Offbeat |
News of the Weirdby Chuck ShepherdDeveloping Democracies: Candidates for local office in Brazil can either register under their own names or make them up, and in the October election this year, three candidates chose “Barack Obama” (none won), and others registered under “Bill Clinton,” “Jorge Bushi” and “Chico Bin Laden,” but more than 200 offered themselves under the name of the country’s popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. |
In The Margins |
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Review: Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944: He Nods in Quiescent Siestaby Joe Libutti |
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Literary Buffalo Events |
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Letters to Artvoice |
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A Conservative's Requiem, From Civil Rights to George W. Bushby Dan Hoffman |
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Nobody Cares About the Bailoutby Nobody |
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Horoscopes |
Free Will Astrologyby Rob BrezsnyTAURUS (April 20-May 20): I usually don’t have to tell you Bulls how important it is to finish what you’ve started. You are, after all, among the top three signs of the zodiac when it comes to following through. But just in case you’ve momentarily fallen under the sway of a delusion that would encourage you to escape before the resolution is fully in place, I’m here to remind you: It’s time to make the art of completion your graceful obsession. |
Advice |
Ask AnyoneAll this stuff about Barack Obama and his association with ex- Weather Underground member Bill Ayers has got me thinking. I sometimes work with a guy who went to jail as a youth for a violent rape. He lives a normal life now (30 years later) though I know he wrestles with what he did all the time. |