By Tony Farina The Empire State Development Agency (ESD) is the umbrella organization for New York’s two principal economic development entities, the Urban...
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Buffalo Iron Works Saturday July 30th 8pm $10-$15 The Town Pants performs their own brand of celtic, roots, rock, and rebel styles with a combination of...
Buffalo Museum of Science Lawm Sun July 31st 3pm Free The “Pappy” Martin Jazz Festival continues for its second week featuring trumpeter extraordinaire Jeremy...
COLORED MUSICIANS CLUB FRI JULY 29TH 5PM & SAT JULY 30TH ALL DAY FREE TO $25 Headlining the 99th annual CMC Jazz Festival is saxman James Brandon Lewis. ...
OPENING IT’S ONLY A PLAY, comedy by Terrence McNally presented by Buffalo United Artists, directed by Drew McCabe, starring Anthony Alcocer, Anthony Chase...
By Andrew Kulyk BASEBALL’S BELLY BUSTERS Buffalo Bisons bucking the trend for outlandish concessions fare Grabbing that hot dog, and a watered down brew–and...
By Darwyn Cooke (Author) and Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone (Illustrators) DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Michael Hoffert Jr. In the history of comics, few works...
SENSO DI VOCE AT SILO CITY Vocalist Esin Gündüz and oboist Megan Kyle create an otherworldly soundscape By Jan Jezioro photo: Maryam Muliaee Some of the...
By Anthony Chase As a critic and commentator on the dramatic arts for over 30 years, I am highly experienced at watching. I have enjoyed a theatrical...
By Tony Farina Flynn Shows Momentum in DA’s Race, Gets PBA Endorsement Tonawanda Town Attorney John Flynn, who is the endorsed Democratic, Conservative, and...
By Mike Hudson Swedish Director David F. Sandberg struck Hollywood gold when he released a three-minute short film called “Lights Out” directly on the internet...
By Tony Farina Carrie Cohen was a big-time prosecutor with corruption-fighting U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara in the Southern District of New York and before...
By Paul Wolf, Esq. New York State law requires that public hearings scheduled by governmental bodies be done with at least five days notice. More notice can be...
By Jim Ostrowski “War is the health of the state,” said Randolph Bourne. “War is hell,” said General Sherman. The war criminal Sherman was an expert in the...
What did Michalek and Pigeon get from each other? By Frank Parlato A lot has been written about political operative and attorney G. Steven Pigeon, 55, after a...
By James Hufnagel As the sultry summer weather settles in, investigations into alleged corrupt activities of the Cuomo administration are also heating up...
Dog Beater Gets His Day Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Flaherty announced last week that 54-year-old Santiago Morales of 53 Arkansas St...
By Jim Ostrowski We live in perilous times. We do not know what is going to happen on any given day. I am pretty good at predicting the future. After all...
Keith Capodicasa, 43, of Orchard Park, has pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia to Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree for...
By Tony Farina Every once in a while in life, we find a perfect match. It may be a golf club, a pet, a career, or a partner. There is something that tells us...
By Tony Farina Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Niagara Falls on Tuesday to officially break ground on the long-awaited Hamister hotel project in downtown...
By Tony Farina Financial Filings Due Friday The political season is getting into full swing locally, and Friday (July 15) is the first financial filing...
Bisons extravaganza set later this month It started out as just another date on a busy baseball promotional calendar – Star Wars Night. Another reason...
OPENING EVITA, musical by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Randall Kramer, starring Michele Marie Roberts, John Fredo, Marc Sacco, Paschal...
By Reuben Wolf Not unlike terrorists who claim to fight in the name of Islam, Akram Shibly also uses a weapon. However, this Syrian-American’s weapon is...
By Jim Ostrowski Buffalo SUDDENLY is all a twitter about judicial corruption. I have been yelling, screaming, kicking, and litigating about judicial...
By Mike Hudson There are plants and there are plants. Some you can grow and eat or sell. When you grow others, you can wind up behind bars. Back in June, the...
By Tony Farina Despite Big State Spending, Start-Up NY Falling Miles Short on Jobs Almost lost in the unbelievable feeding frenzy over the indictment...
The Western New York Land Conservancy and Friends of Jackson Falls received notice of a $20,000 grant from the Gallogly Family Foundation to help turn Jackson...
By Tony Farina The legacy of the late Buffalo News sportswriter Tom Borrelli came into focus again last week at the eighth annual Tom Borrelli Memorial...
Last night could have been a disaster. Tens of thousands of people descended on Canalside, many with children and families in tow, to watch the resplendent...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI There’s an old saying in libertarian circles: the GOP is the stupid party. The release of the House Committee report on Benghazi this week is...
BY TONY FARINA French cement maker Lafarge, which has several Western New York locations including Buffalo and Niagara Falls, entered into deals with armed...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) officials’ decision to disqualify dismissed BMHA Housing Commissioner Joe Mascia from running...
BY W DALTON WEIR “This is my home. I was hired specifically for this location,” said Talking Leaves assistant manager Alicia Michielli. “Lucy, the store...
BY TONY FARINA Flaherty, Flynn Pressing the Flesh The race for Erie County district attorney is just beginning and the virtual reality headset two major...
BY TONY FARINA State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek on Wednesday pleaded guilty to two felony charges stemming from the special state grand jury...
BY MIKE HUDSON Niagara Falls city officials attempted to address concerns this week in the wake of an expose in Artvoice on the creation of a radioactive waste...
BY ANTHONY CHASE I recently started to receive press materials about a fascinating theatrical venture up in St. Catherines, Ontario. “The Foster Festival” is a...
By Jan Jezioro The BPO ended its very successful Classics Concert Series in Kleinhans Music Hall a few weeks ago with a visually thrilling, multi-media...
OPENING EVITA, musical by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Randall Kramer, starring Michele Marie Roberts, John Fredo, Marc Sacco, Paschal...
By all accounts, the NHL Draft was a big success here in Buffalo this past weekend. Hundreds upon hundreds of people descended on our city. Owners, officials...
In Dedication to the Buffalo Puerto Rican/Latino Memorial By Alberto O. Cappas We visited the Buffalo Canal Side Enjoying the lively breeze from the...
BY PAUL WOLF, ESQ. LYNDON JOHNSON HAD TO BE DRAGGED KICKING AND SCREAMING On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson advised his press secretary Bill Moyers...
BY MATT RICCHIAZZI New York State Supreme Court Justice John L. Michalski denied suspended Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) Commissioner Joe...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI I could write a book about the Orlando shooting, its antecedents and its exploitation by the Progressive State of America. Alas, that won’t...
BY TONY FARINA I’ve been writing for some time now about Erie Community College’s misguided leadership under former Rep. President Jack Quinn, a series of...
BY RUEBEN WOLF Keeping it Real For a band that is described by the press as “Fleetwood Zeppelin,” you may not expect to hear anything really original coming...
Knights new ballpark receiving stellar reviews BY ANDREW KULYK & PETER FARRELL Buffalo opened its downtown ballpark, now named Coca Cola Field, in 1988...
WHY SHE OPENED A NEW PEDIATRIC DENTAL OFFICE IN ALLENTOWN For Dr. Marti Peterson, Pediatric Dentistry is not just a career, it’s a mission. “Excellent dental...
BY TONY FARINA CAPUTO MAY HAVE ACTED TOO SOON In case you didn’t notice, veteran political consultant Michael Caputo who lives in East Aurora resigned a top...
By Mike Hudson While cheap electronics, clothes and other goods come into this country in huge quantities from China every day, the emerald ash borer is the...
What could you possibly have better to do? By Mike Hudson Bob Dylan doesn’t have to tour, he doesn’t have to play shows. He’s got nothing to prove. If, at the...
BY JAVIER BUSTILLOS The fabulous Jayne Houdyshell (pictured left) just won the 2016 Tony Award for best featured actress for her performance in Stephen Karam’s...
BY REUBEN WOLF Quite possibly, Upstate New York’s best-kept secret is its vast and eclectic music scene. From jam bands to rap groups to folk music to cover...
BY JAN JEZIORO Back in 1993, two locally-based musicians, violinist Nancy McFarland Gaub, who was then a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and her...
BY MIKE HUDSON Talks currently underway between the principals of the Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival and the Niagara Integrated Film Festival held...
BY MIKE HUDSON Is it too early to say it’s going to be a bad summer for the good folks at Disney? After the unmitigated box office disaster that was and...
BY TONY FARINA Stocker Rips GOP, Jacobs in Letter to Party Faithful Hard-campaigning State Senate candidate Kevin Stocker is taking aim at the Republican...
BY JIM OSTROWSKI The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said last week that the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms means that there is no right to bear arms in...