BY PAUL WOLF, ESQ. While Buffalo and Erie County have their share of open government and ethical issues, Niagara County seems to be years behind on basic items...
Author - Frank Parlato
BY FRANK PARLATO Below is something that is not taught in public schools. It is history nonetheless and easy enough for anyone to verify. It is the simple...
For some, the 1990s were an abysmal time for comics. For others, those willing to dig and get their hands dirty, it was a time of some of the best genre comics...
Even as a kid, artist, modeler and commercial photographer Bob Collignon thought the “duck and cover” drills of his youth were a Pollyannish response to a...
THE 9TH WARD AT BABEVILLE | THU, JUNE 14 @ 8PM | $10 ADV / $15 DAY OF SHOW Rachel Sage is a soulful vocalist and innovative multi-instrumentalist from New York...
by Chuck Shepherd LEAD STORY – Cashing In By 2009, when Zimbabwe’s central bank gave up on controlling inflation, its largest currency was the 100...
A Request by Yoshua Carnegie That which was shall be again, and again in new variation. Beloved Machines, When the future has shrugged us off, when you have...
Two local artists are collaborating to present Nature & Decay – an exhibition of paintings of trees and films of mushrooms and is on display from June 9th...
Responding to the fate of their beloved football quarterback Tom Brady, who again faces a four game suspension for his alleged role in “Deflategate”, the...
As a concerned citizen I often bring issues to the attention of elected officials through emails and articles in Artvoice, regarding open government, ethics...
While West Seneca residents had cause to celebrate the relocation of seven sex offenders from two group homes for the developmentally disabled on Leyecker Road...
The Buffalo area—no, not just the City—has been in a state of decline for about 55 years. I am 58. No one under 50 around here has grown up in a vibrant...
Some argue that the rise in minimum wage impacts the economy negatively by increasing unemployment rather than creating a living wage. The owner of the...
Most jurors and the juries they comprise don’t realize they have this right: It might be ascribed to the colossal dumbing-down of America that such an...
In that article, the city’s chief fiscal watchdog said “I believe I have the right skill set to be mayor,” citing his 25 years in the private sector before...
The past couple of years the state agency has been working overtime to clear-cut trees in some of its most popular Western New York parks, such as Niagara...
In the last few years, biking has become one of the most functional ways to travel around the city. There is a glow around Buffalo as it undergoes its...
Dennis DiPaolo, the restaurateur who has made quite a name for himself for carrying on the Old World Italian restaurant in Blasdell started by his late father...
James Wan’s 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” did a lot better than expected, and “The Conjuring 2,” opening this week at your nearest multiplex, is the result.
The 2016 winners are listed below. As always, this is an undertaking of gargantuan proportions, and all for two good causes: to celebrate Buffalo’s amazing...
OPENING DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Musical by David Yazbeg, presented by Second Generation Theatre Company, directed by Lisa Ludwig, starring Jake Albarella...
Buffalo News music editor Jeff Miers recently published a must-see concert list that we thought was right on. We’d like to second the nominations and reaffirm...
The world premiere of “Shot!” a new opera by composer Persis Vehar, will take place on Friday June 10 at 8pm, and Sunday June 12 at 2:30pm.
We did things a little differently with the Summer Guide this year. In the past we wrote short descriptions of summer activities in what we believed...
Gemini (May 21-June 20) “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing. “The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her...
GUACAMOLE HOUR BY LISA WILEY — at the lake house Five avocados wait on the sill, a little conspiracy ripening, as I wonder who they’re for. Our host faces...
Planetary is a sterling example of the glories of graphic fiction. Warren Ellis, the veteran writer known for Transmetropolitan, The Authority and Global...
>VOTE HERE< Because we changed our voting method this year the voting for the Artvoice Best of Buffalo has been a record breaking 15,858. In the past...
Final preparations for this year’s Artie Awards, celebrating excellence in Buffalo’s 2015-2016 theater season, are being made. The event will take place at 710...
Nickel City Con, presented by Dave & Adam’s, will be a two-day fan festival celebrating pop culture, science fiction, super heroes, comic books and more with...
Richard Strauss completed his final tone poem, Ein Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 “An Alpine Symphony”, in 1915. Somewhat surprisingly, the Buffalo Philharmonic...
It was the second Bandits loss during a home game this year and the fans were devastated. Buffalo was hoping that having home field advantage would give them a...
Born in Sweden, she gave up a career as a trained electrician to come to the United States to pursue her goal of looking "like a cartoon character" -- which...
Your local government high school is often the best drug store in town. Government schools are the key distribution point for illegal drugs in many communities...
Well, after a long period of false starts and broken promises, all shrouded in “official” secrecy for lack of a better description, Cuomo announced on Tuesday...
BY TONY FARINA Lack of Transparency Examples abound about the lack of transparency when it comes to the accounting of taxpayer dollars and nowhere is the...
Big Al, a fixture at Hogs and Heroes events, appeared often on his bike with a child riding in back. This time Big Al could not attend. He was otherwise...
BY PAUL WOLF, ESQ. New York’s Campaign Finance Laws There is certainly room for improvement. New York’s campaign contribution limits are among the highest in...
Mrs. Warren’s Profession is the most highly regarded of George Bernard Shaw’s “Plays Unpleasant.” The profession of the title is the world’s oldest...
I think that is kind of the story of our band––that we have all been playing around Buffalo for at least 10-15 years, all of us in different bands and have...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI This may come as a shock but I have a slightly different take on the corruption scandal that led to the indictment and conviction of former...
Straight from the pockets of commuters and tourists, the Grand Island tolls bring in $18 million a year for the NYS Thruway Authority.
If we could ever put the interests of institutional advancement over the prissy sensibilities of cynics, we may be able to make something spectacular of the...
This newspaper has learned at press time that all cases currently assigned to State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek are being reassigned to other judges in...
The great U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis an early advocate of transparency in government once stated “sunlight is said to be the best of...
Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard, once again, is reminding motorists that the nanny state ‘Click It or Ticket’ revenue generator will be in effect between...
The Story of Anthony I was a parts delivery driver for 3 years. 2480 Autos was one of my frequent stops. I’d stop in and check out their projects and talk to...
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks I'd love you to learn more about how to heal your own pain and wash your own brain and right your own wrongs and...
BY W. DALTON WEIR I could smell the seasons in your hair; see the inexperience of time left plain on the fair milky white moment where your neck flutters...
I cried while reading this story, and I have no clue why. Seriously, I can’t fully wrap my head around this story, and yet something about this made me...
This was one of those “feel good homestands” at Coca Cola Field in downtown Buffalo this past weekend, as the Buffalo Bisons paid homage to their parent club...
The Buffalo Bandits went farther this past weekend than they have in the last eight years. After a 20-15 win over the New England Black Wolves on Saturday...
When you’re trying to plug your new movie at the Cannes Film Festival and your young wife’s “wardrobe malfunction” grabs all the headlines, it’s never a good...
The 26th Annual Artie Awards, celebrating excellence in Buffalo theater, will be presented on Monday, June 6, 2016 at 710 Main at 8 p.m. Career Achievement...
AN IDEAL HUSBAND, comedy by Oscar Wilde presented by The Irish Classical Theatre Company, directed by David Oliver, starring Steve Jakiel, Ben Michael Moran...
On Friday May 27 at 7pm the Camerata di Sant’Antonio will present an all-Slavic concert featuring works by Polish, Czech and Bulgarian composers at Corpus...
On June 5th the spectacularly colorful Gay Pride Parade will usher in summer with a celebration so joyful even Ebenezer Scrooge would be compelled to smile.
BY CHUCK SHEPHERD Lead Story Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they had recently (a first, they claimed) transmitted high...
Maggie Cassella is an actor, writer, director and producer. She has performed on stage, on screen, and on the air, and she can do it all brilliantly. Maggie a...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI When nationally renowned education expert Dr. Steve Perry came to town last week to speak with parents about education reform, Buffalo...