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Feb 25, 2015

In This Issue:

News

This past December, Hope Gardens opened its doors on the East Side of Buffalo. Hope Gardens is a newly built, 20-unit, permanent supportive housing project designed to meet the needs of women who have experienced chronic homelessness. 

News

“A quick look at the monstrous blast furnaces and huge ore stockpiles of the Hanna Furnace Corp.

News

Frank Sedita’s ties to the local firm where Shelly Silver parked some of his money. Plus, Byron Brown’s consultant in Queens…

Culture

The BPO and the Albright-Knox collaborate on Mussorgsky’s tribute to friend who died young.

Culture

BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks.

Culture

Jonathan Casey was that kid who wanted to rearrange your room when he came over to play.

Culture

Michael Seitz has been the handsome leading man in many a play here in Buffalo. Now he answers The Public Questionnaire.

Culture

Mohsin Hamid, author of Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, has returned with the poorly named Discontent and Its Civilizations, a collection of short essays that revolves around his home country, Pakistan.

Culture

The end credits of Focus identify as a production advisor Apollo Robbins, and if you know who that is you’ll know what kind of movie you’re in for.

Culture

A documentary, screening at Squeaky Wheel this Saturday, traces recent turmoil in Burma.

Culture

Leviathan renders an appalling portrait of life in a remote corner of Russia’s northwest.

Visuals

THE RICHARDSON OLMSTED COMPLEX by photographer John Waller as part of a series for the Buffalo 716 — 2015 wall calendar.

Visuals

When we’re this deep into winter, someone is bound to be happy about it. Amanda Ferreira shares her photo of the snowy wonderland at Niagara Falls.

News

The anti-vaccination hysteria ranks with the CIA explosives in the WTC, the hidden aliens in the American Southwest, and the JFK assassination: things we’d like a nicer or prettier answer for but just can’t find.