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GreenWatch Sunday Morning TV: Our Outer Harbor

If you have never been to our Outer Harbor just south of the downtown area, you might get the impression from most media reports that it is a “wasteland” just waiting for access to its highest use, often described by our conservative business community’s talking points as instense development into a new urban community. Much like the Admirals Walk “community” adjacent to the Buffalo Inner Harbor, which makes public access and enjoyment almost impossible to anyone except the high end condo users in that, um, “public” neighborhood.

Live at Larkin presents Latin at Larkin

[LATIN] The beloved Live at Larkin series gets a Latin flair on Wednesday, July 6 as the square turns into Latin at Larkin! While not the first time Live at Larkin has featured Latin music, it is the first time free dance lessons will be offered along side of it. Salsa Sarah will teach you how to do beginner sessions in merengue, bachata, and salsa, while La Krema and Sol Y Sombra (formerly Latin Jazz Project) play the music you won’t be able to stop dancing to.

The Memphis Murder Men

[ROCK] Mohawk Place invites you to celebrate this great nation’s independence by seeing the Memphis Murder Men perform live this Sunday, July 3. Self-described as the second greatest rock band in the world (with the first being the Ramones), this Steel City born, but now Oakland outfit has performed with greats like CJ Ramone, The Misfits, Agent Orange, and many more in between.

Last Daze

[ROCK] Adirondack alt rockers Last Daze are swinging through Mohawk Place this Wednesday, June 29. Having worked with the son of country royalty, Shooter Jennings on their last album Symbols & Snares, this band runs a range of musical styles and emotions. “It’s so unpredictable which is the way I like my music,” Jennings says, stating that they run the spectrum from Florence + the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, to beautiful country ballads. This show starts at 8 PM and is only $5 to get in.

VIDEO: Buffalo Cultural Showcase Recap

Art, food, and fashion were be on the menu for the Buffalo Cultural Showcase at Buffalo Iron Works on June 10, and there was even a live podcast thrown into the mix. Hip hop artists J3, Nile, and Open Ceazn, and pop musicians Dashuri and Maya, and DJ Wrapid mixed it up on stage, fashion collective Acid Cupcakes showed off some of their threads and artist Olivia Luciani displayed her dripped and splattered original sneaker art.

See our recap video below.

The Grumpy Ghey: God Walked Into a Bar

This column was written on Tuesday, June 14 in the wake of the Orlando tragedies, but was held in the interim.

“God walked into a bar…”

Only it’s not god, and it’s no joke. A man walked into a bar thinking like he was god and proceeded to perpetrate the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States. He was correcting us for something that he felt was wrong. Maybe he was simultaneously correcting himself for flirting with temptation.

Concert review: Blue Rodeo and Basia Bulat at Artpark

Could there be a better way to welcome summer than with a live outdoor concert by Blue Rodeo? The Canadian country-rock superstars are no strangers to this area—it’s a short ride from their home in Toronto, so they can get here even if they’re not otherwise on tour. They’ve played at least 40 gigs here in the last 30 years. The last time they played Artpark, in 2014, it was a truncated affair, clocking in at less than 80 minutes.

Looking Backward: Foot of Ferry, 1896

Scenic water travel helped put the word “gay” into the “gay 90’s,” perhaps the golden age for lake and river boating for group picnics and parties. Here, the steam yacht Huntress is seen offloading a group of straw-hatted merry-makers at the foot of Ferry Street in 1896. Described in an 1890 Buffalo Express account as “well known to be the finest steamer on the river,” the Huntress was one of several ferries that transported excursionists to lake and river destinations in the summer.

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