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by Bruce Fisher
When a group of concerned citizens joined with a veteran attorney to file a lawsuit against Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC, and all the government entities that want this private Missouri company to get public New York money, a 20-year-old community conversation about Buffalo’s identity came of age.
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by Stephanie Berberick
Nader, who visits Buffalo August 3, shares his ideas with Artvoice in an interview that exposes the long-time Presidential candidate and activist’s thoughts on everything from imagination to taxes and war.
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by Geoff Kelly & Buck Quigley
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by Buck Quigley
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by Vanessa Oswald
The second annual Buffalo Dance Festival is being presented by The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo on July 31. This celebration of dance was founded last year by esteemed local dancers Jon Lehrer of LehrerDance and Joe Cipolla from the Configuration Dance Theatre. The festival will feature LehrerDance, Configuration Dance Theatre, and the Bill Evans Dance Company.
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by Anthony Chase
Ibn Shabazz’s new play, Insidious, now at Road Less Traveled Theater, is a pot-boiling dark comedy that cynically revels in contemporary phobias and taboos as it twists its way through the double and triple reversals of a thrilling plot. And that’s not what I thought it was going to be!
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by Geoffrey Anstey
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by Cory Perla
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by Jack Foran
Two current exhibits are about housing. One about housing past and present, one about present and future. The past and present exhibit is by Buffalo photographer Jean-Michel Reed, at Studio Hart in Allentown. The present and future exhibit is by UB architectural student Nate Cornman, at Hayes Hall on the South Campus.
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by M. Faust
Dinner for Schmucks director Jay Roach on the makings of a good comedy and antiquated Yiddish profanity.
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by George Sax
It’s not entirely clear from Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right whether the director (and co-writer with Stuart Blumberg) intended her film to be about one of Leo Tolstoy’s happy-in-the-same-old-way families, or his sui generis unhappy families. Of course, she may not have meant to depict either.
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick: the last days of the Infringement Festival, ongoing through August 1st.
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Often cited as the visionary who imagined — and then helped make real — a revitalized Chippewa Street, Mark Goldman’s knack for staying ahead of the local curve may be rooted in his deep understanding of our regional past. Here, he tells us a bit about running a restaurant, and why he joined a lawsuit to stop Bass Pro.
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by Jeffrey Hartinger
As a shuttle driver for a hotel in Buffalo, I dragged myself out of bed at 6am with as much strength and enthusiasm as an overworked college student could muster.
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by Jim Corbran
I’m loving the new MINIS. The first new variation on the two-door hardtop, which made its bow in 2001, was the convertible in 2005. The Clubman, a three-door station wagon (but don’t call it that!) arrived on the scene in 2008. And coming next year will be the Countryman, a four-door MINI.
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by Chuck Shepherd
Among the promotions offered by New York City’s upscale Marmara Manhattan hotel is a “birth tourism” package exploiting the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. For about $35,000, a foreign expectant mother with a visa can spend her delivery week in luxury accommodations (including medical care)—and assure her baby automatic U.S. citizenship.
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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
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Can you force things to grow? Is it possible to induce ripening simply by aggressively exerting your willpower? Normally I’d say no, but these days I think it’s within your capacity. Don’t misunderstand....
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My neighbors moved away a few months back. When they moved, they hired a few guys they found on Craig’s List to pack up all their stuff and take it half-way across the country. They had a lot of stuff, and it was a ridiculously inexpensive quote for all the work. Still, as far as we know, the move went off without a hitch.
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