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Author - Jamie Moses
Jamie Moses founded Artvoice in 1990
Weirdo-American Community A 22-year-old Los Angeles makeup artist who calls himself Vinny Ohh has, according to his several TV and YouTube appearances and much...
Above: Jimmy Janowski greets 2016 Artie Awards attendees on the Red Carpet at 710 Main
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OPENING DESDE EL PUENTE, a bilingual one-act play festival written, directed and performed by the Raíces Ensemble, presented by Raíces Theatre Company. May 26...
Pictured above: Andrews family at the beach house in Pt. Abino. From left to right David, Julie, Louise, Molly, Joan, Peter , Ben, and Peter Jr. aka “Andy”...
MEGALODON & MIDNIGHT TYRANNOSAURUS Waiting Room Thurs May 25th 9pm $17/$20 South African-based Megalodon brings their heavy metal show to the Queen...
Waiting Room Sun May 28th 6:30pm $20/$25 Mushroomhead is a Heavy Metal band from Cleveland, Ohio that is known for their theatrical live show and the black...
Helium Comedy Club Fri&Sat May 26th & May 27th 7:30&10pm Sun May 28th 7pm $25 Hailing from the west side of Chicago, Adele Givens is a...
Seneca Niagara Sat May 27th 8pm Tickets start at $45 Edition and formed Bell Biv Devoe in the early 90’s. They know how to put on ashow capitalizing on their...
Fallsview Casino Sat May 27th 8:30pm $40 With a string of chart-topping hits, multi award-winning songwriters Bob DiPiero, Rodney Clawson and Nicolle Galyon...
Seneca Niagara Fri May 26th 8pm tickets start at $45 Grammy Award-winning Jody Watley has the distinction of being named one of America’s 50 most beautiful...
Tralf Music Hall Fri May 26th 8pm $25/$30 Trumpeter Brian Freeman brings his sweet tone to the Tralf Music Hall for a fifth concert with his friends. Mostly...
Buffalo Iron Works Wed May 31st 9 pm $10 Electric Love Machine is a quartet from Baltimore that combines electronicfunk, traditional Americana and...
By JAN JEZIORO Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra music director JoAnn Falletta returns to the podium on Saturday June 3 at 8pm, and on Sunday June 4 at 2:30pm to...
Ballpark’s feature amenity now showcasing the Aud It’s one of those stadium amenities that is easy to miss. Right off the main concourse, close to section 107...
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Pedestrian Calming — Officials in charge of a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal heritage site recently installed “speed bumps,” similar to those familiar to...
PROPOSED SOLUTION TO SYRIAN IMMIGRATION DILEMMA Dear Artvoice, During the holocaust, a charismatic activist named Hillel Kook, who took on the pseudonym Peter...
BY REUBEN WOLF Those involved with Buffalo filmmaking probably already heard of Kyle Mecca. Despite only having one feature to his name, Mecca has created a...
Valerian Ruminski and his Nickel City Opera Company bounce back for a new season By JAN JEZIORO The Nickel City Opera Company (NCO) will return for its 9th...
OPENING ROUGH CROSSING, play by Tom Stoppard presented by Aurora Players, directed by Jessica Rasp, starring Monish Bhattacharyya, Brendan Cunningham, David...
The Rapids Theatre Thurs May 18th 7:30pm $18.50/$22 Before releasing their first album, the Struts opened for the Rolling Stones in front of a crowd of...
Tralf Music Hall Thurs May 18th 8pm $29/$34 Yngwie Malmsteen is a rock guitarist from Stockholm, Sweden heading to Buffalo on his “World on Fire Tour.”...
Artpark Sat May 20th 5pm $42 For much of their career, Grammy-nominated Danish rock band Volbeat have been known for their unique fusion of classic rock...
Seneca Niagara Sat May 20th 8pm tickets start at $45 The Average White Band is a Scottish funk & R&B band that had a series of soul and disco...
Tralf Music Hall Sun May 21st 8pm $24/$29 Eric Johnson is “one of the most respected guitarists on the planet,” says Guitar Player magazine, and the...
Tralf Music Hall Mon May 22nd 8pm $19/$22 Born in Belgade, Ana Popovic is a blues guitarist and singer who has performed since 1995. Her latest album...
Riviera Theatre Wed May 24th 7:30pm $31.50 The historic Riviera Theatre presents “Live and Unplugged: Scott Stapp of Creed 2017 Tour” with special...
Can’t Possibly Be True — Last year, surgeons at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), for only the second time in history, removed a tumor...
PUP Waiting Room Thurs May 18th 7pm $16/$18 Pup is a full throttle four-piece Punk Rock band from Toronto known for its loud no-holds-barred live sets...
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NO JUSTICE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Dear Artvoice, There have been certain happenings across America and within Buffalo and Erie County that speaks on the...
Seneca Niagara Fri May 12th 8pm tickets start at $45 For more than 50 years Motown super-groups the Temptations and the Four Tops have been kicking out hit...
Shannon McNally’s bewitching voice is like a warm fog that wraps itself around you and whispers beautiful poetry in your ear. Considering this lovely...
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While many have trekked to the Rapids Theatre to hear various hardcore, metal, rock and ska bands, the Rapids has something quite different this week. The...
As far as weather events go, the Buffalo Bisons have pretty much seen it all. Such is baseball life playing in a northern climate, where April schedules get...
Robben Ford was named one of the top one hundred guitarists of the 20th century by Musician Magazine. Ford has played with some of the biggest jazz & rock...
For Americana godfather David Bromberg, it all began with blues. In his incredible five-decade career, Bromberg has performed and recorded with Bob Dylan...
great art! — Monument to Flossing: Russian artist Mariana Shumkova is certainly doing her part for oral hygiene, publicly unveiling her St. Petersburg...
This Sunday, May 14, Austin, Texas band Primal Static will be performing at Buffalo’s Sugar City (1239 Niagara St.) promoting their latest EP, Panstylistic...
An exciting week is coming up for those classical music lovers who crave the musical experience of hearing a work being performed live, for the first...
BIG MEAN SOUND MACHINE Buffao Iron Works Fri May 12th 9pm $15 Big Mean Sound Machine is a ten-piece horn band that plays unrelenting dance music that...
Next week, Broadway megahit, Wicked, arrives at Shea’s for a three-week engagement. The role of Madame Morrible, teacher of the Wicked Witch of the West, will...
Last week, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies paid a visit to Road Less Traveled Theater in Buffalo to participate in their American Theater...
TOM DOONEY Thank you, Anthony Chase, for organizing the [Tom Dooney] event, inviting me to be part of it, and for reading this piece on my behalf when I was...
The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today in federal court against the Buffalo City School District and principal Crystal Boling-Barton for...
OPENING A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE play by Martin McDonagh presented by American Repertory Theater of WNY, directed by Matthew LaChiusa, starring Thomas LaChiusa...
A HOME FOR BUFFALO VIDEO GAME PROGRAMERS BY JAMIE MOSES On Saturday, May 13, at the Tri-Main Center (2495 Main St.), local non-profit Buffalo Game Space will...
STEVE-O Helium Comedy Club Thurs May4th 8pm Fri&Sat May 5th&6th 7:30&10pm $22/$25 Steve-O aka Stephen Glover is a stand-up comedian who is...
Stage and screen star Harvey Fierstein (pictured above) will be honored, together with playwrights Paula Vogel and Israel Horovitz, with the Legends of Off...
1) Nordstrom is now selling pre-dirtied jeans for $425 (left). For slightly cheaper ($395) you can get what looks like paint-stained jeans (right).And here...
A grieving mother is a most dangerous guest at ‘A Musical Feast’ BY JAN JEZIORO (photo: Irene Haupt) On Friday May 12 at 8pm, in the Burchfield Penny Art...
Director, actor, writer, activist Thomas Dooney died on April 27th. Friends and family gathered at Alleyway Theatre for a memorial on May 2nd. The room was...
Riviera Theatre Thurs May 10th 7pm $41.50/$125 Todd Rundgren is a classic rock songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist and interactive...
Kleinhans Music Hall Sat May 6th 8pm May 7th 2:30pm $35 to $85 Classic Orchestral highlights Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung...
Shea’s Buffalo May 5th to 7th Fri & Sat 7:30pm Sat & Sun 2pm $73 to$153 Banned in Communist China today, New-York based Shen Yun (non-profit) is...
Sportsmen’s Tavern Sun May 7th 4pm $25 Professor Louie was one of the original members of the Band for over fifteen years. Professor Louie plays a...
THE NEW AMERICA? Dear editor, Elected officials should put American’s interests first, not those of our allies. If they do otherwise, charge them with treason...
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