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FAME & PAPARAZZI / GEORGE AFEDZI HUGHES’s current exhibit at Indigo Art Gallery, Collisions [amp], continues through May 30.
The first national Independent Bookstore Day was May 2. The celebration was marked by entertainment, reading, special releases, and a thousand other delights that booksellers across the country conceived to draw customers, old and new, into their shops.
“Alleys, like this section of Booth Alley, may soon be a thing of the past. They once served as thoroughfares but many have been obliterated by parking lots and new buildings.” –Buffalo Courier Express, January 27, 1968
[BATTLE OF THE BANDS] There is a lot going on down at Canalside this summer. Like a lot: acoustic acts every Sunday, an open mic every Monday, the Tuesday movie series, and trivia night on Wednesdays, among many other activities.
TWO HELMETS / PATRICK FORAN’s current exhibit at Niagara University’s Castellani Museum examines the ways in which coverings obscure the face, providing anonymity and autonomy for