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People Like Us: Freeheld, Meet the Patels, The Tribe

Three stories about people who are in some way different but at the same time more like you than unlike you.

Public Picks from buffaBLOG

BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks!

Assisted Living: Anti-Social Media

I don’t use social media. I gave it up several years ago. Now, I feel like i’m completely and utterly out of the loop.

Looking Backward: Times Beach, 1954

The last remaining house along Times Beach, before 1931 known simply as “The Beach” or “The Seawall Strip.”

Public Record: AG Investigating Collins-era Public Works Invoicing

INVESTIGATION INTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: In 2013, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office began investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the handling of highway contracts at the Erie County Department of Public Works under Erie County Executive Chris Collins’s administration, The Public has learned.

Mapping New York's Marijuana Dispensaries

An interactive map viewing the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries by location.

Buffalo, Books and Beer: Novelist Benjamin Percy at Resurgence Brewing

Percy, a writer of novels, comic books, and TV shows, comes to Resurgence to read and talk on Wednesday, October 14.

Emancipator Ensemble

[ELECTRONIC] Electronic music producer Douglas Appling, a.k.a. Emancipator has performed in Buffalo many times, but never like this. When he returns to the Town Ballroom on Sunday, October 18, he’ll do so as the leader of the Emancipator Ensemble. It’s not surprising that Appling, a well known electronic jam music producer, has gravitated toward more of a full band set up. Appling grew up studying the violin.

Sage Francis

[HIP HOP] The ever poetic Sage Francis has come full circle, back to his indie hop roots, once again releasing his music via his own Strange Famous imprint.

Sonny Baker

[INDIE] Sonny Baker creates a distinguishable, idiosyncratic tone whether he’s playing by himself, in duo formation, or with his band—see for yourself Thursday night.

Superhuman Happiness

[INDIE] Superhuman Happiness is a considerably more breezy project, and their new Escape Velocity is a hazy breath of fresh pop air.

Tiger Hatchery

[EXPERIMENTAL] Built around the propulsive lawlessness of Ben Billington’s drumming and Andrew Scott Young’s bass, Tiger Hatchery is back to present listeners with a challenge.

Mayday Parade

[ROCK] Since their debut album, Mayday Parade haven’t strayed from their lucrative formula of clean, catchy anthems and heartfelt ballads, peppered with piano cries…until now. Their latest album – “Black Lines,” released earlier this month – shows Mayday Parade expanding their sonic palette with an edgier, more dynamic sound that’s stripped of their staple pop sheen, without sacrificing accessibility.

In The Valley Below

[INDIE] In the Valley Below surfaced in California just two years ago, but their sound, which blurs Americana folk, blues and heady indie-noir, has made a searing impression on alt rock radio.

Brian Regan

[COMEDY] Accomplished comedian Brian Regan takes the stage at Kleinhan’s.

Dave Coulier

[COMEDY] He played one of the most lovable characters on television by basically being himself. Dave Coulier starred in the megahit television series, Full House, as Uncle Joey – a quirky, hockey-loving comedian and cartoon virtuoso.

A Grandeur Finale featuring Just Ending Now and Art Lakewood

[EXPERIMENTAL] Deep inside the West Delavan subway station, Jeremy Jermaine Jerome, known by some as his stage name Just Ending Now, is holding Art Lakewood—another local musician and artist—in his arms as they both ascend up a lengthy escalator. For reasons that no human will ever understand, Lakewood is wrapped in a Mexican flag and donning a lucha libre wrestling mask—props that Jerome brought for Lakewood to wear during this promotional video shoot.