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Ravi Padmanabha & David Adamczyk

[JAZZ] Few musicians around these parts can play the sitar like Ravi Padmanabha. Same goes for David Adamczyk and his fiddle, so it’ll be interesting hear the sort of experimentation that bubbles out when these two are in the same room, back to back. Padmanabha and Adamczyk will perform this Saturday, January 9 at Daily Planet Coffee Shop on Hertel.

Micawber with Graveslave

[METAL] Green Bay’s merchants of death metal Micawber will make a stop at Buffalo’s Broadway Joe’s on Thursday, January 7. Despite some recent lineup changes, the band brings a raw, yet fun sound. Along with them, they’ll bring Minneapolis metal mavens Graveslave, as well as further support from Misanthropy, VoKillz, Way of Life, and the Finality Complex. Presented by For the Music Presents.

Jupiter String Quartet

[CLASSICAL] On Tuesday, January 12, the Jupiter String Quartet will perform in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall. The band, violinists Nelson Lee and Megan Freivogel, viola player Liz Frievogel, and cellist Daniel McDonough are masters of chamber music, enjoying national and international recognition. Performance pieces include Schubert’s Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703, Ligeti’s Quartet No.

Leggy

[INDIE] Over to our neck of the woods from Cincinnati, Ohio, garage rockers Leggy will bring their lo-fi dream rock to Dreamland on Saturday.

Gos Gozah: Battle Winter

[DANCE PARTY] If what you look for in a night out on the town are “grimy ass DJs” and a “wild ass drag show,” or just about anything else revolving around ass in general, then Gos Gozah is the dance party for you. This month’s entry, which takes place on Friday, January 8 at Milkie’s and is dubbed the Battle Winter Edition, includes DJs Pu$$y Pop and ABC Crew and a two-for-$5 drink special. Oh yeah, and it’s also Sailor Moon-themed, so, like, be prepared to summon the power of your legendary silver crystals?

Fleuron Rouge’s 2016 Winter Hafla

[PARTY] In arabic, a hafla is a party—more specifically, a party that involves belly dancing. In that case, “hafla” is the perfect word to describe Flueron Rouge’s upcoming party at Babeville’s Asbury Hall. The belly dance company will hold their annual celebration this Saturday, January 9 with a performance featuring guest performer, Jill Parker. The Fleuron Rouge Belly Dance Academy Dancers and Spun Out Fire Productions will also perform.

GreenWatch: SEQRA upheld in important water case

On New Years Eve, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued an important ruling against the Village of Painted Post and Shell Oil Company and in favor of three environmental groups (Sierra Club; People for a Healthy Environment. Inc; Coalition to Protect New York), and five individual petitioners. Noted environmental attorneys Richard Lippes of Buffalo, and Rachel Treichler of Hammondsport, represented the petitioners.

GreenWatch: WNY Climate Connections

The year-end wrap up for the state of the environment and climate change here in WNY and across the world is not good. Clearly we are in a state of climate emergency.

On the heels of the horribly inadequate climate change “economic agreements” that have come from the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris (COP21) last month are an ongoing series of historic and devastating storms.

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