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by Michael I. Niman
Activists took to the streets a generation ago to protest nuclear power, unpopular immoral wars, sexism, homophobia, police violence, racism, sweatshops, environmental destruction, human rights violations, union-bustinig, and anti-labor trade pacts, to name a few causes.
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by Bruce Fisher
Spring is coming, so life is good. The spring uptick in local real estate sales suggests that economic recovery is budding up almost as vigorously as the daffodil and tulip bulbs we planted last autumn. In some Buffalo neighborhoods, especially those where houses cost less than $200,000, there’s hot action.
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by Geoff Kelly & Buck Quigley
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by Zachary Burns
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by Jack Foran
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by Becky Moda
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by Jack Foran
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by Andrew Kulyk & Peter Farrell
It was a case of anguish, then euphoria, this past weekend as the Buffalo Sabres played back-to-back games at HSBC Arena. On the line was a chance to mathematically clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2007.
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by Donny Kutzbach
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by Geoff Anstey
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On Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30pm, UB faculty members Tony Arnold, soprano, Alexander Hurd, baritone, and Alison d’Amato, piano, offer a world premiere performance of Marcel Tyberg’s Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine’s “Lyrischen Intermezzo” in Slee Hall.
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by Anthony Chase
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by Anthony Chase
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by M. Faust
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by M. Faust
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick: Dyngus Day Buffalo 2010 this Monday, April 5th.
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Like Carl Paladino, the candidate he and his Tea Party compadres are supporting for governor, Rus Thompson is brutally frank. And he is often angry—at waste and corruption in government, at ineptitude and dishonesty among politicians, at the failures of both the country’s primary political parties.
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by Chuck Shepherd
More Texas Justice: In March, juries in Smith County and Matagorda County sentenced Henry Wooten and Melvin Johnson III to 35 years and 60 years in prison, respectively, for possessing small amounts of drugs (but enough under Texas law to allow jurors to infer an intent to distribute).
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by Carl Mrozek
While roughly half of America is happy or at least relieved at the passage of the Health Care Reform Act, millions of Americans are on the fence and unclear about how and when this landmark legislation will impact their lives.
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Buffalo has a large and diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. For further information about its numerous organizations and activities, visit Gaywatch at Artvoice.com, call the Western New York Pride Center (852-7743), or email WinterDanny@AOL.com.
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by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’m worried about your ability to sneak and fake and dissemble. These skills seem to have atrophied in you. To quote Homer Simpson, “You couldn’t fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!”
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I love Buffalo, but I can’t stand how small this town is sometimes. When someone badmouths you in this city, it gets around fast, and most of the time you know exactly who’s doing the badmouthing. It’s happening to me right now.
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