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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!
Great Cocktails are Everywhere You Go
Wind down and relax with a fancy beverage or two at the bar with any of these Loupe partners.
Spotlight: Tom Holt
If you live in Buffalo, chances are you’ve seen Tom Holt’s work.
Squeaky Wheel Studio Program to Link Students with Careers
Squeaky Wheel’s West Side Studios offer neighborhood youth a possible pipeline into a media arts career.
Undoing Olmsted
Buffalo, more than any other city, should think measure twice before you cut once.
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
[JAZZ] To celebrate their 15th birthday the Rochester (Xerox)International Jazz Festival’s will host 1500+ musicians performing 320+ concerts at 19 venues clustered around the Kodak Eastman Theater on East Avenue from Friday, June 24 through Saturday, July 2 in downtown Rochester.
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
[JAZZ] To celebrate their 15th birthday the Rochester (Xerox)International Jazz Festival’s will host 1500+ musicians performing 320+ concerts at 19 venues clustered around the Kodak Eastman Theater on East Avenue from Friday, June 24 through Saturday, July 2 in downtown Rochester.
On the Front Lines
At UB’s Anderson Gallery, military veterans from the Arts Students League of New York.
Canalside Afterparty Series: Radarada
[HIP HOP] Lockhouse Distillery’s official Canalside After Party series continues this Thursday, June 23 for a post-Public Enemy Party. The party will feature local hip hop live band Radarada, winners of Best Local Music Act from Buffalo Spree. The party starts at 9pm. Presented by Sunbeam Entertainment.
Sinnfest 2016
[PUNK] On Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26, 17 punk bands will take the stage at the Adam for a two day music festival titled Sinnfest. Starting Saturday, June 25, at the Adam Mickiewicz Library bands from Cleveland to New York City, including Midnight, Absolut, Rotten, Cinderblock, and Extended Hell, with gather for day one, which will also feature a Punk Rock Flea Market where vendors will be selling punk, metal, and hardcore merch.
Pilates and Pajamas
[EXERCISE] The Pilates Loft and Lace & Day are teaming up for a Pilates & Pajamas party. Beth Elkins Wales of the Pilates Loft will lead a free Mat Pilates class inside of Lace and Day on Saturday, June 25 starting at 8:30am. The Pilates class will be followed by mimosas, bra fittings, and pajama shopping.After Pilates, enjoy mimosas, bra fittings, and pajama shopping. Space is limited, so call 716-884-1580 to reserve a spot.
Brian Fallon
[INDIE] Gaslight Anthem front man Brian Fallon steps out on his own this year with Painkillers, his first true solo album, produced by Butch Walker and released on Island Records in March. The disc was recorded mostly in a quartet format (Fallon, Walker, Catherine Popper on bass and Mark Stepro on drums) after Gaslight Anthem announced a hiatus in 2015.
War on Women
[HARDCORE] Like your hardcore with a feminist edge? Then it doesn’t get any better than this: three righteous gals and two dudes from Baltimore spewing vitriol with just the slightest hint of melodic sweetness coming through the shred and pummel. With a fierce self-titled debut on the Bridge Nine label released in late winter of last year, War on Women tackle abortion, rape, and rampant sexism with rage to spare.
Sinkane
[POP] The musical project of Ahmed Gallab throws back while moving forward. Call it afro-futurism. Blending elements of 1970s funk and disco with jazzy ideals, prog structures, and flourishes of electronica, Gallab melds past and present for a rhythmically contagious tomorrow that’s simultaneously worldly, melodic, and hypnotic. As the son of two Sudanese college professors, Gallab arrived in the States at the age of five.
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
[JAZZ] The 15th annual (Xerox)International Jazz Festival’s kicks off this Friday at the Kodak Eastman Theater in Rochester.
Laney Jones
[INDIE] Laney Jones and her three man band will appear at 189 Public House on Wednesday, to perform her self titled album that was released in March.
Jackson Browne
[ROCK] Folks contend that Jackson Browne is the quintessential So-Cal singer-songwriter, but that’s really too much of a generalization.
Silo City Reading Series
[LIT] Billed as “the only high-profile summer literary event in Buffalo,” the unique multidisciplinary series returns this summer as Silo City for their Silo City Reading Series this Saturday, June 25. The series, which celebrates all artistic mediums from music, to visual art, to writing, and everything in between, will feature Man vs.
Public Enemy
[HIP HOP] One of the most anticipated shows of Canalside’s Free Thursday Concert Series happens this week. Public Enemy the classic hip hop group featuring the infamous Flavor Flav and the tenacious Chuck D will take the stage for what should be a jam-packed show at Canalside on Thursday, June 23.