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Max Creek

[ROCK] For 43 years, Max Creek has been delivering a brand of music all their own, and in 2015, not a thing has changed, except maybe the bands members. However, this has never stopped them from bringing their unique energy and legendary music to the stage. The current members—Bill Carbone on drums, Mark Mercier on keyboard, Scott Murawski on guitar, John Rider on bass, and Jamemurell Stanley on percussion—emphasize that they are a family band, and further emphasize that the audience is a part of that family.

Star People: The Miles Davis Project

[JAZZ] An all-star lineup of the local jazz faithful featuring Tim Clark, Bobby Militello, John Bacon, George Caldwell, Miles Tucker, and Danny Ziemann will play their ongoing tribute to jazz legend Miles Davis and the so-called “Sons of Miles.” The extensive family-tree of Davis collaborators and contemporaries will also be put on heavy rotation at the Allentown spot by the able hands and lungs of the Star People.

BiPolaroids

[ROCK] The BiPolaroids hatched last fall with a high profile debut at the Hotel Lafayette’s annual Witches Ball. The band consists of stalwart local mainstays Kristin and Dave Gilmet along with Sakura Paterniti, a la Global Village Idiots who, you may recall, quite nearly blew up a while back.

Little Mountain Band

[JAM] The “Spun Out-Jam Out” might not explain well enough what’s going on at Buffalo Iron Works, but in its third installment, the series is aimed at providing much more than just music. Next Wednesday, January 21, the venue will play host to Little Mountain Band, Experimental Sandwich, and Fortunate Hobos as the backdrop for an overall immersive evening.

Black Rock Zydeco

[ZYDECO] If you’ve ever experienced the music of New Orleans, you’ve likely heard a form of Zydeco music. The style represents the spirit of the city with a party feel and can cause just about anyone to break out into dance. Black Rock Zydeco sums up the Cajun nature well with a musical approach that puts the style on wheels and brings it all around the country.

Interview: Mark Walton

Mark Walton is taking himself out of the “Who is Buffalo’s best stand up comic?” conversation, leaving the growing pond of stand up stages in Buffalo to dive into the cavernous waters of New York City’s storied comedy scene. If anybody has a shot in the big city, it’s Walton.

Spotlight: Jeremy Jermaine Jerome

Everything Jeremy Jermaine Jerome does forever alters the course of human history. Technically speaking, this is true of all people. Many of us have probably even felt connected to this principle at some point in our lives.

Hate Radio in Real Life

What do you do when a Limbaugh show breaks out in your neighborhood coffee shop?

Monday in Marijuana: Gateway to Probable Cause

Still digesting 2013 report on local marijuana arrests plus the usual wrap of the week that was in marijuana news.

Radford and DPCC Pushing Paladino Agenda

The DPCC claims they represent all Buffalo parents. That’s simply not the case.

New York Times Shills for Cuomo

NYT Editorial in praise of Cuomo’s education plan gets it all wrong.

Buffalo Police Watched Sager Die And Waited

A source describes the chilling nonchalance and obfuscation of justice committed by the two Buffalo policemen involved in Sager’s death.

Amid/In WNY

[ART] Playing on and perhaps previewing WNY’s beloved biennial by a similar name, the Amid/In show is curated by Hallwalls’ John Massier in collaboration with Kyle Butler and Rebecca Wing. It’s as much of curatorial experiment as it is an artistic one, and they plan on doing it again in March, May, September, and November this year. It’s a pleasant deviation and complement to the solo or double-feature shows the space lends itself well to. Works featured by: Marie-Claire Bozant, Emily Churco, Martin Freeman, Kate Gaudy, Brian Milbrand, Tommy Nguyen, David Schirm, Peter Stephens, Marc Tomko, Jeff Vincent, Virocode, Alfonso Volo, Kurt Von Voetsch.

Skewed Perspective: Anne Muntges

[ART] Fresh off her wonderful illustration in the centerfold of last week’s Public, Muntges is holding her first open house in her apartment installation of furniture, walls, and familiar objects that have all been painted white and delicately cross-hatched in one-inch black marker lines. Her artist statement suggests the music that architecture plays on our psyché.

Review: TAKEN 3

Is there any point in adding another negative review of a universally panned movie that made bucketloads of money in its opening weekend? Probably not, but, well, this is what I do. (Cue college prof. Donald Sutherland in Animal House indignantly complaining to his yawning students, “Hey, this is my job!”)

Igloo at the Gypsy Parlor

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Following up what was by all accounts a blast of a New Year’s Eve party, the Igloo crew return to their old haunt, to kick off the 2015 edition their monthly dance party on Saturday, January 17. This one will feature Rufus Gibson, Nicky Folwer, Bill Bacon, Get Chase, and John Patrick.

Shooting on Elmwood Spurs Action: Habibi Sheesha Lounge Shut Down Indefinitely

On January 3 a young man, likely a teenager, was caught on surveillance cameras outside of Elmwood’s Sunoco gas station at the intersection with Hodge firing a handgun at least three times across the street, in the direction of Habibi Sheesha Lounge at 467 Elmwood Avenue. It was on Saturday night around 11pm—prime time for one of Buffalo’s busiest commercial blocks, which includes bars and restaurants, and is near Children’s Hospital.