Spirit of America
Saturday’s event hosted by three local elected officials looked a lot like a white supremacy rally.
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Collins Sells Out Your Online Privacy
It’s an Obama-era regulation with such broad support, even many Breitbart commenters can’t believe it’s being repealed.
Centerfold: Brendan Bannon
BRENDAN BANNON’s show at the Nina Freudenheim Gallery (Lenox Hotel, 140 North Street) is called Rwanda: Landscape and Memory A Work in Progress. Bannon will talk about his work as a documentary photographer on April 20, 6-8pm.
This Week's Public Picks
The Public’s weekly local music reviews and previews.
Peach Picks: Things to Read This Week
The editors of Peach Mag select a handful of compelling literary selections and events.
The Grumpy Ghey: Me, Myself, and I
“He’s got so much love to give, and he’s a good looking man… I just don’t understand why he can’t find someone to be with.”
Cover: Emily Churco
Emily Churco’s “Bored Future: We Should Be So Lucky” at Pine Apple Company (224 Allen Street) continues just one more week!
Investigative Post: The Subsidy State
Albany invests billions in job-creation programs. Investigative Post, ProPublica, and Columbia’s journalism school examine the results.
Ebony G. Patterson at UB Center for the Arts
Through Jamaican dancehall culture, a discussion of class, gender, and race
T2 Trainspotting, The Zookeeper’s Wife
“You’re a tourist in your own youth,” spits Sick Boy at his old friend Renton.
Looking Backward: 520 Seventh Street, 1966
The former Schaefer & Brother Malt House, 520 Seventh Street, is a rare survivor of Buffalo’s pre-Prohibition brewing history.
WBEN Blues: A Dispatch from Eden
What happens when a right-wing radio station invents a controversy in a small town.
This Week's Agenda from Loop Magazine
Stay in the Loop with this week’s LGBT happenings in Western New York presented by Loop Magazine!
Lewiston Nazi: A Play in 3 Acts
ACT I: “Lewiston residents disgusted by fliers they call racist” (emphasis added)
The Trump Plan to Kill Public Schools
Want to destabilize public education? Start with HR 610.
Spotlight: YLXR
Buffalo-based dance music producer YLXR has recently released a pair of remixes for dance music and fashion icon RuPaul. On top of that, the young producer has produced an original track for RuPaul, titled “Broke Me Down,” which has appeared on RuPaul’s new album American, released earlier this week.
YLXR’s (pronounced like “elixer”) style is pretty unique—landing somewhere between massive club bangers, chillout afterparty vibes, and glitchy hyperpop. On his remixes for RuPaul, these aspects are even more accentuated.
Resist: Poetry Reading
[POEMS] Resist Much, Obey Little: Nine poets celebrate the launch of a new magazine.
Pat Cain, Lara Buckley, dildoN't, Abramson/Sack Duo
[FILM + MUSIC] With the fate of Buffalo’s venerable hostel up in the air, this Saturday presents only the latest opportunity to discover a piece of what makes so many people give a damn about the building at 667 Main Street. A range of tastes and flairs from the experimental side presents itself with sights, sounds, and visuals from Pat Cain, Lara Buckley, dildoN’t, and the Abramson/Sack Duo.
Backroom Booksale
[BOOKSALE] An annual rite of spring: books for $5 a bag.
Advance Base
[INDIE] Hailing from Chicago, electronic pop songwriter Advance Base comes to Mohawk Place this Wednesday.