BUSDRIVER Waiting Room Fri Nov 18th 7:30pm $12 LA rapper Busdriver has been wowing audiences with his patented onslaught of rants, rhythms and musical...
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The Passing Parade The Passing Parade • (1) The world’s first constantly flowing (and free!) “wine fountain” opened in Abruzzo, Italy, in...
FANS EXPERIENCE A YAWNER AT LAST WEEK’S CLASH By Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell Back in the 90s, as the Buffalo Sabres ended their run at the old Aud to...
OPENING A Midsummer Night’s Dream, comedy by William Shakespeare presented by UB Department of Theatre & Dance, directed by Stephen Wisker. Nov 16-20, Wed...
by Donny Frauenhofer At the start of our “recorded history” of the human race music already had been in existence for some time, so no one knows exactly when...
By Tony Farina CCS Oncology, the region’s second largest oncology group, will be going to State Supreme Court in a matter of days in an attempt to stop...
“Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any other one dish.” –Louis...
DOCTOR STRANGE: THE FLIGHT OF BONES By Various (Authors) and Various (Illustrators) Marvel Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Just how long can you...
Lorenzo Brothers Masterfully Designed Nightclub Offers Upscale Dining Live Jazz and Blues and Unique Craft Beverage Offerings A new upscale restaurant...
BY JAN JEZIORO The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has enjoyed a long and warm relationship with Canisius College, performing once during the academic year at...
DIZZY WRIGHT The Waiting Room Wed Nov 16th 6:30pm $18/$22 Not many21 year old rappers can say that they’ve been rapping for over a decade.Formerly known as...
Can’t Possibly Be True • Kids as young as 6 who live on a cliff top in China’s Atule’er village in Sichuan province will no longer have to...
by JAMIE MOSES Evolation Yoga has a new home at 476 Rhode Island St. and the path that owner David Drost took to get there is instructive in how...
The month of November has geared up to be nearly as busy as Curtain Up on the stages of Western New York. The combination of classics and newer works provides...
By Tony Farina The journalism community is mourning the loss this week of a true champion of investigative reporting with the passing of Stanford Lipsey, the...
by Chuck Shepherd Redneck Chronicles • Thousands flocked to the annual Roadkill Cooking Festival in Marlinton, West Virginia, in September, featuring an array...
OPENING AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, touring production of the Broadway musical presented by Shea’s & Albert Nocciolino. Nov 8-13, Tue-Thu at 7:30, Fri at 8, Sat...
The fabulous Annaleigh Ashford (pictured left) is certainly very busy these days. First, she appeared as Columbia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do...
THIS ONE SUMMER By Mariko Tamaki (Author) and Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator) First Second Books (Publisher) Review by Emil Novak Sr. Who doesn’t love that week...
The Friends of Vienna present an all-Schubert program BY JAN JEZIORO The Friends of Vienna continue celebrating their 40th Anniversary Season on Sunday...
By Tony Farina As the shareholders’ vote nears (Nov. 17) on the $2.7 billion merger between electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SolarCity, shares of both...
BY BUCK QUICKLEY Down along the cold creek bed, the lanterns cast dim shadows against the steep, dark banks. It was a pitch-black night. The trees had dropped...
Sabres General Manager inks new deal to stay with team By ANDREW KULYK and PETER FARRELL Opening Night last week didn’t turn out the way a general manager...
The 1920s come back to life in Buffalo later this month with the opening at 26 Virginia Place of The Twilight Room, a new bar and restaurant highlighting the...
Rock star drummer Stewart Copeland shows his classical composing chops BY JAN JEZIORO Stewart Copeland gained international fame as the drummer for The Police...
Compelling Explanations • In September, Charles Lawrence III, 60, was sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault despite his claim that it...
The Tralf Monday October 31, 8pm $15 Advance / $18 Day Of Show Son of Greg Allman of the Allman Bros. Devon carved out a strong career of his own as a powerful...
Quinn Pushes for Raise for His ECC Staff By Tony Farina Last year’s scathing state audit report that, among other things, found that Erie...
By Tony Farina With a nearly two-to-one Democratic advantage in Erie County, it would appear that Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, who defeated Acting DA...
OPENING GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY!, one-man play by Samuel Gallu starring David Lundy. Oct 20-29, Thu-Fri at 8. New Phoenix Theatre, 95 Johnson Park (853-1334). www...
The fabulous Deborah Cox (pictured above) is getting ready to star in the national tour of the new musical The Bodyguard, which is based on the film of the...
Christmas in July A New Play by Matthew Crehan Higgins Buffalo United Artists at the Alleyway complex Playwright and cast member Matthew Crehan Higgins with...
By Tony Farina When William Hochul Jr. announced earlier this month that he was resigning as U. S. Attorney for the Western District of New York effectiveOct...
Sportsmen’s Tavern Mon Oct 24th 7pm $12 Country singer/songwriter from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, Kelsey moved to Nashville after high school to hone her...
ROBERT WATERHOUSE REMEMBERS KAREN NEMETH By ANTHONY CHASE Karen Nemeth, who died the weekend before last, was a consummate stage manager during a Golden Age in...
Nathan Winograd is considered to be the father of the No Kill movement. His Facebook comments to his national animal rights audience about the Artvoice Oct. 13...
THE DARK & BLOODY By Shawn Aldridge (Author) and Scott Godlewski (Illustrator) DC Comics/Vertigo (Publisher) Review by Gabriel Allandro. How far would you...
BY JAN JEZIORO The focus of the local classical music scene shifts to Slee Hall on the UB Amherst Campus starting on Friday, October 21 at 7:30pm when New York...
ROD PICOTT WS/ WILLIE SCHOELLKOPF Sportsmen’s Tavern Thurs Oct 20 7pm $10 adv/$12 at the door Americana singer/songwriter Rod Picott comes into town performing...
Fine Points of the Law ν Compelling Explanation: Senate bill 1342, passed in the Idaho legislature earlier in 2016, authorizes schools to use the Bible as a...
Lawsuit may hinge on necropsies of Damian and Gotham by FRANK PARLATO Buffalo NY – Necropsies by the Erie County SPCA on a pair of pit bulls shot and...
Okay, it’s official. Finding Neverland has been heavily reworked and is a far more efficient and engaging show than you would have seen on Broadway. As you may...
UB Center for the Arts Fri Oct 14th 7pm $33.50/$14.50 Students Recognized as one of the “25 for the future” by the jazz bible Downbeat Magazine, Skonberg is...
BY RAVEN SATTERFIELD For the past two years there’s been a growing recognition that Buffalo is finally starting to make progress. Cheerleaders are...
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concludes the Tchaikovsky’ Festival of Hits with a concert that features The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus and Cello master...
Grizzly Shark Ryan Ottley (Author & Artist) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Joe Tell Hot on the heels of the popular Sharknado film series, GrizzlyShark...
9th Ward at Babeville • Tues Oct 18th 8pm $15 Steve Albini, Todd Trainer and Bob Weston are the post-hardcore rock trio Shellac from Chicago formed in 1992...
CLASSIXX W/ HARRIET BROWN Waiting Room Tues Oct 18th 8:30pm $22/$25 Dance Gavin Dance is an experimental/post hardcore band from Sacramento. They will be...
Perspective ν In a dozen YouTube videos recently released, Syria’s Tourism Ministry praised the country’s sandy, fun-filled beaches as ideal...
opening THE BIRDS THAT STAY, thriller written and directed by L. Don Swartz, starring Haleigh Feth, DJ Swartz, Ben Torres, Ryan Walters, Madsion Swartz, Daniel...
BY JAN JEZIORO A Musical Feast, the Friends of Vienna, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society and the Camerata di Sant’Antonio each offer a concert over the span of...
by Tony Farina Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty may have lost the Democratic primary last month to Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, but he’s still...
BY ANDY KULYK and PETER FARRELL Downtown arena marks special anniversary. It was first called the Crossroads Arena project, a transformative development to...
BLACK MAGICK, VOL. 1: AWAKENING By Greg Rucka (Author) and Nicola Scott (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Gabriel Allandro. “Eight words the...
By Paul Wolf, Esq. In a 2015 Buffalo News article about high earning government employees, Amherst Town Supervisor Barry Weinstein stated that “It is unseemly...
OPENING CHUCKY’S UNIVERSE, musical written and directed by Sam Fadel, presented by Western Door Playhouse, starring Cade Mongielo, Dawn Ansel, George...
RAPIDS THEATRE Friday Oct 14, 2016 Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM All Ages$32 in advance, $35 day of show It’s been just over 20 years since Gerry Garcia and the...
By ANTHONY CHASE Cover photo by CHERYL GORSKI In August, the Board of Trustees of Shea’s Performing Arts Center announced that they had finally hired a new...