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by Geoff Kelly
HUD’s new report on the city’s community development block grant pogram describes missing paperwork, deficiencies in management, questionable use of funds, and wasted opportunities.
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by Bruce Fisher
The good news for the aggrieved Great Lakes states is that our new president is sending some serious federal assistance to help combat the collapse of the George Bush/Bernie Madoff economy.
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by Donny Kutzbach
Every year I fly to Texas for SXSW, the annual music festival and conference, and have the greatest, most exhausting week of my year. It’s a long, bleary-eyed and ear-blasted week that I am amazed I actually survive. Why do I do it year and out?
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by Anthony Chase
It is always fascinating to see new waves of talent hit the Buffalo theater scene. In the current production of The Fastest Clock in the Universe, veteran actor Richard Lambert is joined by Candice Kogut, who gives a marvelous performance as Sherbet Gravel. Miss Kogut made an impression at Alt Theatre earlier this year and will soon appear in Blackbird at the New Phoenix Theatre.
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by Jan Jezioro
On Tuesday, March 31, the Meridian Arts Ensemble, the top avant-garde brass quintet in America, makes a very welcome return to Buffalo for a four-day residency at UB, sponsored by the Robert Morris and Carol Center for 21st Century Music.
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick, The Hold Steady, playing the Tralf on Wednesday, April 1st.
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by George Sax
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by M. Faust
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by M. Faust
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by Jim Corbran
At this year’s Detroit Auto Show, one vehicle really caught my eye: the Kia Soul. I’d seen preview pictures beforehand but pretty much ho-hummed the car as a Scion xB wannabe. But seeing it in person changed my mind.
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by Jay Burney
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by Chuck Shepherd
In January, federal prosecutors revealed that District of Columbia Council member Marion Barry, who was already on probation after a 2005 conviction for failing to file tax returns for the years 1999 through 2004, and subsequently almost tauntingly failed to file a return for 2006, has now doubled-down the taunt by failing to file for 2007.
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by Carl Paladino
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by Cliff Cawthon
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by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t you think it’s time you toned down your manic aspirations? Aren’t you curious about the sweet, sensitive success that could be yours if only you got really calm and peaceful?
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I’m usually the last one to hop on a trend, and it looks like I’m that way again—this time about Facebook. I’ve been hearing more and more people talking about it, and more and more friends telling me how great it is. I don’t know what it is about me, but I like to stay aloof when it comes to tech stuff.
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