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Issue Archive for
Mar 11, 2015

In This Issue:

News

Ken-Ton looking at a district-wide opt-out from state mandated testing in grades 3-8.

News

The Swannie House as it was in 1925: “…the most familiar commercial establishment in the First Ward, utilized by workers as a cafeteria, a hiring location, a place to sleep, and a location for general conviviality.”

News

Joe Mascia continues to toss bombs at the BMHA, while Tony Masiello cashes checks from the firm Sheldon Silver invested in.

Culture

Buffalo Opera Unlimited transposes Mozart’s comic opera into 1950s America.

Culture

BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks.

Culture

Buffalo-based indie pop duo Royal Tongues—Aaron Bonus and Justin Gamella—will make even the most reluctant dancer want to move.

Culture

A Musical Feast’s upcoming program at the Burchfield Penney includes a rare staging of Samuel Beckett’s play for three characters.

Culture

Broad Matter: paintings by Alixandra Martin at Canisius College’s tiny Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Art Gallery.

Culture

Meet Jessica Wegrzyn, currently appearing in The Hairy Ape at Torn Space Theater.

Culture

Laura van den Berg’s new novel illustrates why young adult fiction has earned the respect it deserves.

Culture

Reviews of Run All Night, Red Army, Chappie, and Eva.

Culture

If the pathways to a career as an opera singer were as fraught with nearly crippling difficulty and heartache as the one that lays before the subject of the appealing and entertaining biopic One Chance, the state of grand opera would be e

Food & Drink

Everyone loves a beer on St. Patrick’s Day—why not love a good beer?

Visuals

Read the full story about Alixandra Martin’s paintings on display at Canisius College.

Visuals

BRUCE JACKSON is SUNY Distinguished Professor & James Agee Professor of American Culture at the University at Buffalo and

News

Part one of a two-part series examining the role M&T Bank and its chairman, Bob Wilmers, play in our regional conversations.