[ROCK] With a 1966 hit single under his belt (“In Love”), Buffalo native Tony Galla went on to sing for the band Raven from 1967-1970, touring with some counterculture icons and signing to Columbia with some help from Jimi Hendrix. Since then he’s carved a successful career for himself as a celebrated solo vocalist.
[COMEDY] Taking a slight detour from his previous touring performances, Eddie Izzard has developed this show as a byproduct of his book, Believe Me, released last year. It’s Izzard’s first literary foray, and Bill Gates chose it for one of his 5 Amazing Books I Read This Year list. As he’s proven so adept at doing, he uses humor to both soften and punctuate difficult topics — in this case, a childhood interrupted by the loss of his mother, adventures at boarding school and issues of sexuality.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] With the fifth iteration coming up, Amplify has officially become a tradition to look forward to each September, with its massive line up of underground electronic music artists.
[INDIE] “Just when you think the rage has cooled in your veins, there’s a brand new flavor that fucking beats your head against the wall every day,” Neko Case told Pitchfork’s Senior Editor, Jillian Mapes, in an interview earlier this year.
[FESTIVAL] Somewhere between an arts festival and an academic conference, the fifth annual Humanities Festival offers a weekend of talks, panels, and performances around the theme of Revolution.
[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] A string of opening week shows at the new Chippewa night club, Rec Room, continues with a show from EDM DJ Said the Sky. The 25-year-old DJ and producer from Denver is fresh off the release of his debut album, Wide-Eyed, an emotional 15-track indie-tronic record, which was released in July after a series of remixes and collaborations with artists like Illenium, Seven Lions, and the Chainsmokers. Catch the young DJ at the Rec Room on Thursday, September 20, presented by MNM Presents.
[SKA] Self-styled “satanic ska” band, Mephiskapheles comes in from New York City for a show at Buffalo’s Mohawk Place on Thursday, September 20. The hardcore-inspired ska band formed in the early 1990s before breaking up in 2001. They reformed in 2012 and founding member Brian Martin returned to the band in 2013 and the band recorded a self-titled album in 2015. Support comes from The Abruptors and Buffalo Brass Machine.
[FILM] Barbara Loden’s independent drama about an ungrounded woman (played by herself) in a dreary coal-mining area of Pennsylvania was universally acclaimed by critics when it was first shown in 1970. But it wasn’t audience friendly for the times and disappeared after that first release. Loden died of cancer a few years later without ever making a second film, and Wanda was consigned to the scrapheap of history.
JENNIFER REGAN was a writer and visual artist. A show of her quiltwork, titled Salvaged: The Stitched Narrative of Jennifer Regan, opens Friday, September 14, 5:30-7:30pm, at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This piece is Long Live the King, the King Is Dead.
The Burchfield Penney offers this biographical sketch of the artist: