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Mike Dillon Band

[ROCK] You might not be familiar with Mike Dillon’s name, but you may have heard his fine percussive talents on discs by Marco Benevento, Ani DiFranco, Les Claypool, Primus, and/or Garage a Trois. In addition to being a touring member of the bands Hairy Apes BMX, Billy Goat, and Critters Buggin, Dillon has found time to lead his own group, which has released a pair of discs, including last year’s Band of Outsiders. Catch them headlining at Buffalo Iron Works on Wednesday with openers Slyboots Circus. 

The Public: Cash Mob

[CASH MOB] What’s a cash mob? It’s like a flash mob but without the singing…and a lot more spending. The idea is to target a local business and send a mob of people there to buy things—in this case, gifts for their loved ones for the holidays. Think of it as a happy hour for shopping. You’ll mingle, you’ll buy, and it all helps boost a locally owned business.

Sarah McLachlan

[POP] McLachlan will bring a good-sized helping of her new material, but she’ll also reach back to her 1994 breakthrough Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. She might even play the ukulele.

The Refugee Process: Bosnia Edition

I’ll have more to say later about this past week’s descent into anti-refugee, anti-immigrant hysteria - from what the Erie County Legislature did on Thursday to Donald Trump’s descent into registration of Muslims already in the country, echoing the Nazi precursor to the Shoah. That’s before we get to the banality of drive-time hate radio callers expressing a desire to send Muslims in the US to camps in “boxcars”. 

Secret in their Eyes, The Look of Silence: A Dish Best Left off the Table

If there’s a genre that I try to avoid, it’s the revenge movie. Not so much a film like this summer’s The Gift, in which a wronged person plots a psychological payback, but the whole Walking Tall genre in which we’re shown a monstrous person or persons committing heinous acts in order to get us to relish a similar level of violence being directed at them.

Emerging Business Leaders Fall Social

[NETWORKING] Emerging Business Leaders, a group within the Amherst Chamber of Commerce that is focused on developing the next generation of movers and shakers, is hosting a get-to-know-you-better session in Williamsville’s Irishman Pub. Including food and drink specials at the bar to aid conversation, the evening promises to foster the groundwork for any successful business: relationships. Bring a non-perishable food item for the WNY Food Bank and a friend a two and we’ll see you in Williamsville Thursday night!

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