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Who Fears the Mighty PTO?

Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of a PTO?

Story: Defecting, Pitching, Researching

Meet Vladislav Sandler, 43North competition winner and stem cell researcher.

Midsummer Night's Dream at New Phoenix

Audience members entering the New Phoenix Theatre for a performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will find themselves in a substantially transformed space.

Cover Art: Street Duet

GARY L. WOLFE’s latest exhibit, at Starlight Studio & Art Gallery, comprises portraits of local buskers.

Read about the project and Wolfe’s painting in “Gary L. Wolfe: Buffalo Buskers”.

Centerfold: Rathbun Keeps Building

RATHBUN KEEPS BUILDING / CAITLIN CASS‘s fourth installment in her biography of Buffalo entrepreneur Benjamin Rathbun.

Make sure to view more of her work and like her page on Facebook.

Gary L. Wolfe: Buffalo Buskers

A Musical Interlude: New Paintings by Gary L. Wolfe at Starlight Studio & Art Gallery.

Summer is Now in Session

A roundup review of session beers sure to satisfy during drinking season.

David Adamo at the Albright-Knox

Inside the gallery, an excellent exhibit of the sculptor’s wood carvings. Outside the gallery, beavers are at it, too.

The Public Questionnaire: Mary Kate O’Connell

Mary Kate O’Connell has long been known as Western New York’s First Lady of Musical Theater.

The Public Record: Litwin Feeds the Local GOP

Dean Skelos arranged for real estate mogul Leonard Litwin, tied to Skelos’s corruption charges, to send $100,000 to the Erie County GOP in one night.

The Real Neo-noir: Man From Reno, The D Train

Is there any more misused movie term than “film noir”? Too often it is applied to any B&W crime film, as if it were nothing but a “look.”

It’s Halloween and a young Zachary Patton walks into his fifth grade classroom. He’s wearing the new Adidas sneakers his mom just bought him, but this morning he laced them up with black and orange laces. Jaws drop. The crowd goes wild. “Of course now who cares, but in fifth grade, this was a big deal,” says Patton.

It was at this moment that the now 24-year-old founder of Buffalo-based lifestyle brand Cretaceous Clothing realized he had a knack for putting together an impressive outfit.

Is Buffalo Baltimore?

The wealth disparity and racial division that characterizes Baltimore exists in Buffalo. What are we going to do about it?

Succeeding Skelos

Dean Skelos says he won’t resign. Meantime, the jockeying for position to replace him has begun.

GreenWatch: Buffalo's Dark Sky Begins

It is probable that almost no one who lives in Buffalo has ever seen a real night sky.

5 Years Later, Tea Party Wants to Re-litigate Carl's Emails

The tea party accuses me of fabricating Carl Paladino’s sexually explicit and racist emails from 2010, and now we get to revisit the whole thing.

The Grumpy Ghey: I Made My Baby Say Goodbye

For better or for worse, as a gay man, Joni Mitchell taught me a lot about articulating my feelings.

Live at Larkin Concert Series Announced

For the fourth year in a row, Larkinville will hold a free summer concert each Wednesday, starting June 17. The lineup for the series, Live at Larkin presented by First Niagara and sponsored by Independent Health, was announced just moments ago and will include more than 35 bands, as well as plenty of food carts and vendors. Some highlights include the series openers, John & Mary and the Valkyries, as well as The Tins, the Ragbirds, and Dive House Union & Jony James Band (pictured).

Buffalo.FM Live Video of the Week: Funktional Flow

Upstate New York has long-been a hotbed for talent across all genres, and the blended nature of jam is no different. From Buffalo to Albany, there are many bands that play in this space and excel at live improvisations and touching on various tones, including one of the region’s best, Funktional Flow. On Saturday, April 25, the band played a CD Release Party at Nietzsche’s. Buffalo.FM captured the vibe.

Looking Backward: St. Ann’s Church and Shrine

“We are the proud possessors of a most magnificent temple of God, but we have not built it. It was erected by our poor but pious ancestors who wanted to achieve something great for God.” —Souvenir of the First Fifty Years of Saint Ann’s Church, 1928