Primal Themes: The New Season's Dramas Reach Into the Soul
Between self vs. society, the standard for so many outsider narratives, and the existential substance of self vs. self, you will recognize vital themes at work.
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Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor
In this Paris hospital, most doctors and nurses try to do their best for patients under sometimes very trying circumstances.
Cover Art: Buffalo Dropsie
Stephanie Dubin’s “Buffalo Dropsie” takes the cover to celebrate Curtain Up!
The Grumpy Ghey: Fall's Positive
The back-to-school season always reminds me of my first HIV test, 26 years ago…
Looking Backward: Genesee & Moselle, 1954
In this image, taken by an unknown photographer in 1954, 19 businesses are visible along a three-block stretch.
Buffalo Eats Presents On The Menu
Your weekly rundown from Buffalo Eats on what’s happening locally in the Food + Drink scene.
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!
Spotlight: Good Huemans
Pry open the lid of any budding street-corner philosopher and they will tell you that there is a vast difference between the concepts of knowledge and understanding. Certain information is able to be passed along by way of language that, once consumed and processed becomes knowledge. Understanding, on the other hand, is more rare and sacred—something ultimately personal.
Centerfold: Darwin Martin House
DARWIN MARTIN HOUSE / DANIEL GALAS is a Buffalo artist. An exhibit of his architectural linocut prints opens September 21, 6-8:30pm, at Betty’s Restaurant (370 Virginia Street).
When Prosecutors Go Bad
Frank Sedita has a history of running away from cases brought to him by police agencies in the county. But he’s about to be anointed a judge.
Public Picks From buffaBLOG
BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks!
Spend the Money, Clean the Water
The economic benefits of clean water are manifest—so where’s the political will?
ASI Candidate Surveys: Erie County Office-seekers on Arts and the Community
Arts Service Initiative of Western New York poses a series of questions to candidates for elected office across the region…
Transparency and Election Law: Cheektowaga
A couple of years ago, Cheektowaga’s Democratic Committee ousted Frank Max, the head of the Progressive Democrats of WNY committee, as its chairman. Until now, no one thought Max’s group was at all involved in this year’s primary race for town supervisor.
How to Prepare for Curtain Up!
[THEATER] Friday, September 18, is Curtain Up!, the official debut of the new theater season in Western New York. If you haven’t started planning your evening, you’d better do so today. If you don’t, you’ll be:
Mike Amico’s Obituary—a P.S.
Here’s a story you didn’t read in the daily paper’s obituary for former Erie County Sheriff Michael A. Amico…
The End of the Clarence GOP's Hartzell Experiment
The interpersonal squabbles among the Politburo of Clarence’s ruling Republican Party are entertaining when I get to say, “I told you so”.
Memorial Flags
Small American flags were placed, as has been local tradition since 2004, to memorialize each of the 2,977 citizens killed in the three terrorist plane crashes of 9/11/01 in Manhattan, Shanksville, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. The practice of placement of flags was spearheaded by Mark Multerer and Kathy Multerer, as they and a few of their friends lost relatives in World Trade Center on 9/11. “This is the most volunteers that we’ve ever had,” says Mark, “we started at 11:00 a.m. and it takes us a couple of hours to place all of the flags.
Family Court: Going Negative
Gloves have come off in the usually staid race for Family Court Judge.
The Parade is Coming: Labor Day Interview with Richard Lipsitz
In advance of the Labor Day and the annual parade down Abbott Road from the Irish Center to Cazenovia Park, Western New York Area Labor Federation President Richard Lipsitz Jr. sat down with the Public to discuss what Labor Day means and to highlight current labor struggles.
Labor seems like one of those rare things you can talk about where the local issues mirror global issues. As you reflect on the challenges and progress of the labor movement, what are its largest obstacles?