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[ART] A new visual arts show titled It Was Never That Deep, Right? opens at Cafe Taza on Friday, September 2. The exhibit is a collection of illustrations and acrylic paintings by Buffalo-based artist Lina Tran. It Was Never That Deep, Right? will run until October 6.

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] The first event in what sounds like will become a new monthly event series at Milkie’s happens this Friday, September 2. Titled Diamond Nights (the name was inspired by Lance Diamond, the man who spent most of his career inside of Milkie’s when it was known as the Elmwood Lounge), the event will feature dance, electronic, and hip hop artists.

[ART] The subject of this art show is as creepy as it gets. Photographer Mark Thomas Duggan spent one year in the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines. If that sounds like a long time to spend in a cemetery, know that an entire community of living people live in this cemetery, permanently. Though Manila is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, there’s also a serious housing shortage, which is forcing folks to find shelter and protection from the harsh streets in unusual places.

[ROCK] The concept is that by forcing yourself not to think about something, you will think of little else. It’s referred to in psych circles as White Bear Syndrome, coined by Professor Daniel Wegner in his book White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts, but Wegner got the idea from a Tolstoy short story. It shares idealism with the pink elephant in the room, the thing we’re all trying not to talk about that’s standing before us, larger than life.

[PUNK] Chicago’s Voice of Addiction straddles the old-world punk vibe of bands like Fugazi and Circle Jerks and noise-rock hybrid artists like Dinosaur Jr. The results are plenty edgy with progressive, math-y touches. Add in their socially conscious songwriting approach (they’re definitely not emo whiners) and you’ve got something fairly unusual.

[COMEDY] Likely named (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) after Edward Zwick’s 2010 American comedy-drama film about Viagra (based on the book Hard Sell), this new comedy revue at Babeville’s 9th Ward offers another potentially great outlet for Buffalo’s burgeoning standup talent pool. Overseen by comic Zach Dietsch, Laugh and Other Drugs is running bi-monthly and already feels like a hit.

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] The rise of Eats Everything has been pretty meteoric. Now a household name on the electronic music scene, the 36-year-old English producer’s first track, “Entrance Song” was only released in 2011 on the then freshly minted boutique house record label Pets Recordings. Now, five years later, Eats Everything a.k.a. Daniel Pearce has played some of the world’s coolest underground clubs and biggest dance music festivals.