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...
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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...
BY ANTHONY CHASE A year ago, it wouldn’t have seemed possible that Diane Paulus, the Tony Award winning director who has staged Broadway revivals of Pippin...
By chuck shepherd Awkward ν A paramedic with the St. Louis Fire Department discovered on Aug. 4 that his car, in the station’s parking lot, had been...
Broadway and TV star Jesse Tyler Ferguson (pictured above), best known for his role in TV’s Modern Family, spent his summer back on Broadway starring in the...
World Cup, Prospects Challenge, Training Camp and it’s only September Here it is, not even October yet, temperatures outside are still summerlike, yet the...
by Tony Farina Flynn Back in Full Campaign Mode After Primary Win John Flynn, fresh from his Democratic primary win over Acting DA Michael Flaherty earlier...
OPENING Fancy Nancy: The Musical, by Danny Abosch and Susan DiLallo, based on the book by Jane O’Connor, presented by Theatre of Youth, directed by Michael...
By Anthony Chase LOUISIANA BACCHAE Written and directed by Robert Waterhouse at Red Thread Theatre. Robert Waterhouse has an undeniable talent for story...
By Tony Farina Attorney Paul Cambria, 69, showed his bulldog courtroom grit and razor-sharp legal mind on Monday in arguing on behalf of his client, Steve...
By Anthony Chase AMERICAN IDIOT Musical by Green Day, Billy Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer presented by American Repertory Theater of WNY American Idiot is...
by Chuck Shepherd The Continuing Crisis ν Stephen Mader, 25, native of Weirton, West Virginia, and former Weirton police officer, is fighting to get his job...
By Anthony Chase Urinetown! is a truly terrific show, pointed in its dark comedy and clever in every detail. Taking such Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht musicals...
by Kelsey Sandra Ables This is our fifth in a series called Green Giants highlighting individuals who take concrete steps to help the earth, the climate and...
Dear Lydia By Larry Gray Alleyway Theatre by Anthony Chase Playwright Larry Gray is a favorite of Alleyway Theatre. His Louisiana Trilogy was staged at this...
Lips Together, Teeth Apart New Phoenix Theatre by Anthony Chase Continuing the theme of excellent acting in great American plays in the seasons opening...
Sweet Bird of Youth Irish Classical Theatre Company by Anthony Chase One of the great plays of the Tennessee Williams oeuvre, Sweet Bird of Youth follows the...
Dinner with Friends at Road Less Traveled Theater by Anthony Chase Under the direction of Katie Mallinson, the Road Less Traveled production of Donald...
Father Sean Duggan plays the “Jeunehomme” piano concerto with the WNYCO The BPO opens its season on Saturday, September 16 with a gala event a Kleinhans...
The UB Department of Music jumpstarts the fall classical season by Jan Jezioro Jeffrey Stadelman, Professor of Composition and Chairman of the University at...
THU AUG 25 CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Canalside Thurs August 25th 6pm • Free Primus’ Les Claypool and Sean Lennon (son of John and Yoko) perform songs...
Leading Economic Indicators • Since Bulgaria, on Romania’s southern border, lies close to Romania’s iconic Transylvania region, Bulgarian tourism officials...
English metal lords Def Leppard formed in 1977 as part of the new wave of Heavy Meal. The band deserves a salute for staing with drummer Rick Allen even after...
The freakish 2006 October Ice Storm rushed into the heart of Buffalo and obliterated nearly 60,000 of our most vivacious trees. Thick ice formed on the...
BY ELIZABETH SIEMATKOWSKI; Friday August 26th at 8pm you best get yourself to the first inaugural launching of BabeFest at Babeville, (Asbury Hall, 341...
The Rival Sons from Long Beach, California formed in 2009. The band is often compared to British blues-rock bands like Cream, led Zeppelin, and Free. Their...
Hoyt lake has proved to be a popular spot for the fire spinning community. Photographer Glenn E. Murray captured some great nighttime shots, and posted dozens...
BOB DYLAN Artvoice Contest winners: SAM LIVENGOOD: Pair of Pit tickets SUE OSBORNE: Lawn seats ALYSE COUGET: Lawn seats HILDA FERNHOUT: Lawn seats DARYL...
When you renovate your kitchen, you have to have a plan. Chances are you have a whole list of things that you want to change and a whole list of things that...