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The Proposed Erie Niagara Marine Sanctuary

A new proposal to create a national marine sanctuary in portions of lakes Erie and Ontario, and the Niagara River is evolving.

Back to the 80s: The Turbo Kid

The Turbo Kid so looks (and sounds) like a cheesy 1980s movie that you could probably sneak it on the weekend schedule at the North Park and no one would bat an eye, other than possibly to comment, “Gee, I don’t remember this movie being so gory.”

Hank & Cupcakes, Scajaquada Creeps, Bryan Johnson & Family

[ROCK] This Thursday Hank and Cupcakes strikes Nietzsche’s and injects the crowd with a dose of their fierce electro-rock.

Mikal Cronin

[INDIE] To describe Mikal Cronin as exactly what he is—a singer/songwriter who makes pop-tinged garage rock—doesn’t do him justice. He’s much more than that—or perhaps he’s just so good at making music of that particular kind that he sticks out among his fellow garage rock revivalists.

Urban Drive-In

[SCREENING] Bad weather forced the cancelation of Urban Drive In when it was scheduled for the second week of September. Now the make up date is this Saturday, when Squeaky Wheel partners with Silo City to bring you the outdoor movie event of your dreams.

NYC's Naked Cowboy Opines on Topless Movement

The following article appears courtesy of a content-sharing agreement between The Public and City & State.

Long before a multitude of costumed cartoon characters, superheroes and topless, painted women descended on Times Square, the Naked Cowboy was already an institution in the neighborhood.

Listen: Public Record Podcast with Kelly, Bedenko, and Caputo

Is Biden a probable Democratic candidate? What’s going on with the Steve Pigeon investigation? How are local primaries and judicial races shaping up? WBEN’s Michael Caputo joins The Public’s Geoff Kelly and Alan Bedenko to talk about the local and national political scene in The Public and Trending Buffalo’s inaugural joint podcast.

Our Picks of #ThePublicPet

Every day we check our Instagram feed for the latest photos of your pets posing with a copy of The Public.

Joe Biden's September

Hillary’s has a month to fix her image and Bernie’s support is thin—which is why Joe should run.

Spotlight: Griffin Brady

Drummer Griffin Brady travels the world looking for the perfect beat, and when he finds it, he brings it back to Buffalo.

The Public Record: Primary Choices

This political season is largely a yawn—but it need not and should not have been. The Delaware District is a case in point.

Public Picks from buffaBLOG

BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks!

Centerfold: Mothing

Mothing: Life Beyond the Edge of Awareness opens Friday, September 4

Assisted Living: You Hate Me Cuz You Ain’t Me

I left Buffalo and gave a “So long, suckers!” to all of my friends. Now that I’m back how do I respond to the interrogators?

Looking Backward: Iron and Steel Worker

The iron and steel worker is an icon of American labor. As little as a century ago, working in iron and steel meant subsistence wages, long hours and few holidays, and—too frequently—gruesome injuries and death. It was only after unionization, in the late 1930s, that wages rose and working conditions improved.