Cover Art: K2 Afghan Translator
Photo series by Brendan Bannon focusing on The Public’s profile “A Life, Translated”.
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Hard Guys and Software
Reviews of Run All Night, Red Army, Chappie, and Eva.
Public Picks from buffaBLOG
BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks.
About Schmitt
The BPO and pianist Alain LeFevre present works by Florent Schmitt and George Gershwin.
Amherst Parking: Coda
The follow-up and coda to yesterday’s viral story about an ugly verbal altercation in a local parking lot.
East Meets West and Back Again
If you ever looked at a classic vampire movie and thought that Dracula’s cape looks not unlike a male chador, you’re on the wavelength for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, a Sundance presentation that all by itself nearly makes up for every failed attempt of the past decade to breath new life in the vampire genre.
The Public Questionnaire: Anne Roaldi Boucher
Buffalo theater mainstay Anne Roaldi Boucher has graduated to grownup roles—and reveals herself in this week’s Public Questionnaire.
Rust Belt Books Relocates to Grant Street
A beloved institution trades opens its doors in a new neighborhood.
A Life, Translated
Meet K2, a translator for US armed forces in the Afghanistan war, now a resident of Buffalo.
Looking Backward: The Skyway
“It’s not only the best free joyride in town and a special pleasure to anyone who ever got tangled up in any of the traffic jams below—but also gives a completely new and breathtakingly sweeping panoramic view of what somehow seems a much greater city from ‘way up there.’” – Buffalo Evening News, October 20, 1955
It Happened Here: Sexual Assault on Campus
New film about rape on campus highlights universities’ failure to act.
Centerfold: Chamber
CHAMBER by Gary Sczerbaniewicz, a Buffalo-based multimedia artist whose work is currently the subject of a show at the Castellani Art Museum.
Spotlight: M.A.G.S.
Elliot Douglas is as humble as he is talented. His shiny new project M.A.G.S. came soaring out from the ashes of the Malones, a band Douglas had previously played bass in, which gained quite a substantial cult following. It would seem remiss not to mention the Malones, as their shadow loomed quite largely over the local scene in the wake of their breakup over a year ago. In spite of that, M.A.G.S. glimmers brightly as it’s own marvelous creature, with a sound and feel all of it’s own.
High-school Artists at UB Center for the Arts
Some precociously accomplished-looking artworks by area secondary school students are currently on view at the UB Center for the Arts.
Using Israel: Netanyahu and the Republican Congress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech for the US Congress is all politics—the bad kind of politics.
Just Announced: My Morning Jacket
For a band that intends on releasing an album called The Waterfall, Lewiston should be the perfect backdrop for an outdoor summer concert. On Wednesday, July 22, My Morning Jacket will come to Artpark as part of Artpark’s Coors Light Wednesdays concert series, just in time to debut some tunes from what will be their seventh studio album, The Waterfall, which they’ll release on May 4. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 13 at 10am.
Film: Death on The Subway
A ten year old 8mm film made in Buffalo has surfaced.
Amherst Racist Pig Parker (UPDATED)
Here’s a video from local Facebook user “Marcia Lynn,” capturing her encounter with the racist driver of a wildly conspicuous monster truck.
Children of San Jose Del Negrito
[ART] On Saturday, March 7, local photographers Alexis Oltmer and William Bergmann will be exhibiting and selling their travel photos from Honduras at CEPA Gallery as a fundraiser for the non-profit, Shoulder to Shoulder Pittsburgh, whose mission is to provide health care and training for health professionals from the area of San Jose Del Negrito.
Get Involved
[ART] Are you looking to get more involved in the arts and cultural community of Buffalo, and are interested in music, film, poetry, zines, crafts or art? Well then look no further, because Sugar City is looking for you! Join them this Thursday, March 5 for an informational session on how to get involved. The new space has been under construction, and they’re currently waiting for their permit application to be approved by the city, but once they get a green light and the sawdust is cleared, the space will be ready for the programming to begin.