Pro wrestling fans like to debate over who the true “tough guys” of the business are, the ones who could beat anyone up in a legitimate contest or real life situation. The most common chart topper is Tongan powerhouse Meng, who according to legend has effortlessly popped out eyeballs and bit off noses in real life fights.
[ART OPENING] The Weimar Safari Guild is a creative collaborative comprising David Mitchell, Jon Eisenberg, and Joseph Stocker—the latter two being the founders of Bureau, the custom clothier on Elmwood Avenue, and Mitchell being a local art star of surpassing renown, whose day job is artistic director of CEPA Gallery. Their show, titled P.S. we still have to find our way off this island, includes video, sculpture, and photography, as well as a multi-channel audio installation.
[THEATER] So, here’s the truth: There’s no previewing a theatrical event at Rust Belt Books, that Grant Street oasis. We can tell you what we’re told to tell you about
[MUSIC] Never let it be said we don’t give due credit to our colleagues at the Buffalo News when they do something great. The new monthly Gusto Vinyl Happy Hour series at Sportsmen’s Tavern is definitely great: Each month, Buffalo News music critic Jeff Miers and 97 Rock DJ Anita West pick a classic record, play parts of it, and open the floor to a discussion of the record. Then a group of musicians take the stage to play selections from the record, too.
[MEMORIAL] We agree it’s unusual to post a memorial event in a newspaper, but since it’s a public memorial to Richard Lipsitz, Sr., it makes a little more sense. Lipsitz, who succumbed to illness at the age of 97 just months after his wife Rita passed in February, was a legend in Buffalo legal and progressive community.
[MEDIA ART] A new exhibition on tap for one of the more adventurous gallery’s in town at Squeaky Wheel is checking all of our boxes: genre-defying, immersive use of new media, and AI devices in communication with each other. Yvette Granata, a PhD candidate at UB’s Media Study program has shown her work all over the globe, including shows in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and our own Hallwalls and this is an opening not to be missed.
[REAL ESTATE] The good weather version of Buffalo is awash in quality tours geared towards visitors or those looking to deepen their understanding of local history, but no such tour is quite like the Buffalo Living Tour, a daylong showcase of new upscale apartment locations through the city for prospective tenants, investors, or simply nosy Good Neighbors.
David Suzuki famously compared the context of measuring economic progress by removing the quantifiable impacts on the environment and social justice in economic growth to “brain cancer”. This is a topic that readers of GreenWatch have frequently read. The good news is that I can continue to write about it.
[FILM] Born in Jamaica and raised in Syracuse, Grace Jones was a unique icon of the 1980s and 90s, initially as a model and actress but most memorably as a musical performer, with dance club hits like “Warm Leatherette,” “Pull Up to the Bumper”, and “Slave to the Rhythm.” Though she just marked her 7th birthday, she hasn’t slowed down over the years, as charted in her 2015 memoir I’ll Never Write My Memoirs.
Despite the best efforts of the federal government, America is still a first-world country. Just barely.
According to an article WGRZ published on Wednesday, some New York health insurers are asking for massive premium increases for 2019.
This isn’t the health insurance solution President Trump promised us, is it?
No one will lose coverage. There will be insurance for everybody. Healthcare will be a “lot less expensive” for everyone — the government, consumers, providers.