By Frank Parlato; A Sept. 10 post by the publication, The Public, entitled “More on Mazurek’s Money”, reviewed campaign contributions made by...
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The State Senate campaign of Amber Small has released a statement refuting allegations leveled in Republican-funded campaign literature that has accused her of...
BY JOHN DUKE This year’s primaries will take place Tuesday, September 13, 2016. In the Race for State Senate there are 5 possible choices for the residents of...
BY FRANK PARLATO A number of revelations emerged this week as Artvoice continues its series on the New York State Attorney General’s case against political...
BY TONY FARINA With only four days to go until the primary vote on Tuesday, the three-way battle for the all-important Democratic line for district...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI If you’re younger than 45 or 50 years old, you probably don’t remember the time that Al Coppola refused to take a $10,000 pay raise that the...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Energetic and personable, 60th District Democrat Amber Small is focused on three core issues in her campaign for the 60thdistrict State...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI There is much reverence and esteem for Chris Jacobs inside New York State’s Republican Party. In many ways Jacobs’ stature inside the Party...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Kevin Stocker is the consummate outsider – proud to bark at the heels of a local party that he sees engulfed in corruption and bossism...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI The New York State’s 60th Senate District is a case study in gerrymandering, political self-interest, and high-politics at the crux of the...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI For years, I have advised GOP candidates, to seek the votes of African Americans by campaigning in blighted urban minority neighborhoods...
OPENING DINNER WITH FRIENDS, play by Donald Margulies, directed by Katie Mallinson, starring Kelly Meg Brennan, Dave Hayes, Lisa Vitrano, Phil Farugia. Sep 9...
By Mike Grell (Author and Illustrator) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Jack Dumpert. Green Arrow, DC Comics’ iconic emerald archer, started out as a Batman...
By Larry Young (Author) and Charlie Adlard (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Joe Tell. Astronauts in Trouble combines elements of sci-fi with...
BY JOHN DUKE Q: Tell us something the voters might not know about you? A: Until recently I lived within walking distance of the once wonderful Hoyt Lake...
BY JOHN DUKE Q: Tell us something the voters might not know about you? Did you grow up in Buffalo? A: Yep, I grew up right here in the City. Q: Then you lived...
BY JOHN DUKE Q: Tell us something the voters might not know about you? A: My wife Christy and I have been married for 12 years and have been blessed with 2...
BY FRANK PARLATO Mark Sacha, the former Erie County Deputy District Attorney who is credited for launching the investigation into alleged election law...
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL Over 55 years ago, an earthen barrier was built to surround the large reservoir that contains the water supply for the massive Niagara Power...
Kristy Mazurek, the award winning journalist whose career spanned decades in a half dozen American media markets until a struggle with ovarian cancer forced...
OPENING GYPSY, musical by Styne, Sondheim & Laurents, directed by Chris Kelly, starring Jonas Barranca, Allison Barsi, Charmagne Chi, Doug Crane, Arianne...
BY MIKE HUDSON AC/DC will be playing at KeyBank Center (formerly First Niagara Center) on Sunday, Sept. 11, after having cancelled back in March when singer...
GRAPHIC TRAFFIC: MARCH VOL. #1-3, By John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (authors) and Nate Powell (Illustrator) Top Shelf Productions (Publisher) Current events in...
BY TONY FARINA Knox Farm State Park, a 633-acre state park adjacent to the Village of East Aurora with 400 acres of grasslands and 100 acres of woodlands...
BY TONY FARINA Erie Community College (ECC) will have a new president by next June, Board Chairman Dennis Murphy said this week in an interview with Artvoice...
BY ANDREW KULYK A few bright spots. The home schedule ended on Thursday. Another packed house for Fan Appreciation Days. Tons of giveaways tossed into the...
all day you brazenly sunbathe you cajole me to do so i am shy, i avoid many naps feed me many stars whisper it’s time it’s time come out, pale one...
BY MIKE HUDSON Only two movies are going to open nationally this weekend (kind of astonishing). The better of the two nationwide releases is The Light Between...
VIRTUAL FANDOM The phenomenal Japanese singer Hatsune Miku (100 million YouTube hits) is coming off of a sold-out, 10-city North American concert tour with...
This week Judicial Watch released another 725 pages of State Department documents that include email exchanges in which Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin...
By Frank Parlato; A man whose dog was shot by Buffalo police in late July has taken the first step toward suing the city. His downstairs neighbor is also...
by Tony Farina Jack Quinn’s strong political connections helped land him the job as president of Erie Community College back in 2008 even though he...
By Frank Parlato; Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper will host a fund raising event, September 1st, to aid efforts to clean up Scajaquada Creek. The event will be...
by Mike Hudson Driver crashes cop car An Erie County sheriff’s deputy was driving on Niagara Street near the intersection of Austin Street over the weekend...
by Tony Farina “The 9,500 patients of indicted pain doctor Eugene Gosy are being well treated,” says Joel Daniels, the attorney who represents Gosy who is...
By ANTHONY CHASE Musical theater and opera fans, familiar with the incomparably horrible and unintentionally hilarious singing of Florence Foster Jenkins (1868...
presented by By Mark Rahner (Author) and Jethro Morales (Illustrator) Dynamite Entertainment (Publisher) Review by Joe Tell. Dejah of Mars is an action-packed...
By Paul Tobin (Author) and Colleen Coover (Illustrator) Dark Horse Comics (Publisher) Review by Carolyn Marcille. Bandette is less John Le Carre and more...
by Robin “Moose” Scott Jr. The Lewiston Jazz Festival kicks off its 15th year with a bang. Drawing over 40,000 people annually Lewiston’s Jazz Fest is one of...
presented by SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS BETSY CARMICHAEL’S BINGO PALACE, interactive comedy by Joey Bucheker and Mary Kate O’Connell, presented by Cocktails and...
BY FRANK PARLATO; A recent report conducted by the Hamburg Natural History Society (HNHS) which estimates the economic impact on the local economy of a fossil...
Righteous Babe Records and singer/songwriter/activist Ani DiFranco is announce the inaugural festival “Babefest,” a festival of social activism, comedy and...
Kaleida Health has announced plans to modernize and double the size of DeGraff Memorial Hospital’s emergency department (ED). The plan is to relocate the...
By James Hufnagel; New York State’s reputation as a socialist paradise that takes care of a multitude of free-loaders from cradle to grave, was recently...
By Jim Ostrowski; I am not unsympathetic to the Trump Movement as I too am a populist. That said, Trump is wrong about trade. Trump is the latest and loudest...
By Jeannine Fallon; Artvoice contributor, Jim Ostrowski recently predicted that Donald Trump will win the general election this November, claiming that Trump...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI AND FRANK PARLATO; Last year, City Comptroller Mark J. F. Schroeder created an online database called Open Book Buffalo. Updated biweekly...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI; Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder is being heralded by good government activists for launching Open Book Buffalo, the database that makes...
BY TONY FARINA It appears there will be no bipartisan endorsements for the now two open State Supreme Court seats that will be on the ballot in November in the...
BY TONY FARINA Buffalo City Comptroller Mark Schroeder has not yet fully committed to running for mayor next year, but he is certainly acting like a candidate...
BY ANDREW KULYK AND PETER FERRELL When it was announced that Chris Colabello was returning to the Buffalo Bisons back in mid July, the news offered up hope to...
OPENING BURDEN, Torn Space Theater’s fourth and newest performance installation for Silo City. Aug 18-21, Thu-Sun at 6, 7, 8, & 9 p.m. 20 Childs St. (Silo...
By Tom King (Author) and Mitch Gerads (Illustrator) DC Comics/ Vertigo (Publisher) It’s 2003 in Iraq: Saddam Hussein has fallen, and the U.S. military occupies...
The General Pulaski Association will honor 19 Western New Yorkers of Polish descent who work in the health care field on Sunday, September 11, 2016. The public...
By Tom King (Author) and Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Illustrator) Marvel Comics (Publisher) In a Washington, D.C., suburb lives a family like any other: A...
Cataract Surgeons, Dr. Kenneth D. Anthone, Dr. Amar Atwal and Dr. Ephraim Atwal, will provide cataract surgery at “no charge on Friday, October 7, to people of...
BY RUBY ANDERSON When did we bring back the pompadour? These men are all growing from the roots Leaning over bar counters and flexing through cotton sausage...
BY JACOB JAY The Buffalo jazz ensemble, Star People will perform the music of trumpeter Miles Davis at PAUSA Art House on Wadsworth Street this Friday from 8...
BY CHUCK SHEPARD DESIGNER LEATHER The late fashion designer Alexander McQueen (who dabbled in macabre collections, himself), might appreciate the work of...
Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs issued a press release this week announcing he saved county taxpayers $45,000 in pens. He reports that after becoming County...