Big Color, Delicate Cutouts
Allan Hebeler’s paintings and Maude White’s paperwork at Buffalo Arts Studio.
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The Grumpy Ghey: No Glory in the Hole
We’ve all known gay guys like this. Maybe you’re one of them. You prefer having sex with straight men. Married men. Anyone other than gay men.
Spotlight: Terri L. Mangione
Canisius College’s vice president for student affairs connects school, region, and students with experience.
Looking Backward: Buffalo Palace, 140 Seneca
When the Buffalo Palace, 140 Seneca Street, opened on September 2, 1889, the Buffalo Courier called it “one of the finest saloons in the city.”
Growing Pains: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Adapted from Phoebe Gloeckner’s novel about growing up in San Francisco in the 1970s, this film wields its honesty like a weapon.
Poet Bianca Stone Visits Silo City
Poet and comic artist Bianca Stone will visit Buffalo this Saturday for the JustBuffalo’s Silo City Reading Series season finale.
Always Talking, Never Listening: Listen to Me Marlon
In the new high-concept documentary, Marlon Brando gets a post-mortem chance once again to weigh in on acting.
Trending Now: Local Fall Fashion
Fall fashions: what to wear, how to wear it, where to get it
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Workers on Strike Rally Outside Ingersoll Rand Plant
Several hundred labor supporters rallied in solidarity with IAM local 300’s strike of the Cheektowaga air compressor manufacturer.
Paul McCartney to Play Buffalo for the First Time Ever
After nearly 60 years as a professional musician, Paul McCartney’s career is starting to pick up some steam. He has just announced that he will play his first ever solo show in Buffalo, on October 22 at the First Niagara Center. Is this bad news for all of you who bought tickets to his Toronto show a week earlier? Odds are you’ll probably go to both.
Buffalo Film Seminars: Diary of a Lost Girl
[FILM] And they said it wouldn’t last. This week brings the opening of the 16th year of the Buffalo Film Seminars.
Rod Picott
[AMERICANA] Rod Picott comes to the Sportsmen’s Tavern on Wednesday, August 26.
Steampunk 2015
[FESTIVAL] A self-proclaimed “festival of bizarre proportions,” the 2015 Steampunk Festival at Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Medina is this Saturday, August 29. The Steampunk fest will feature a performance by the first juggling group Pyromancy as well as a slew of musical acts.
Tango Open House
[DANCE] Tango instructor Travis Widrick returns with his free Tango Open House this Thursday, August 27 at the newest Ashker’s location at 1526 Main Street. The class begins with an intro followed by instruction on the Chacarera (traditional Argentinian Folk dance).
Canalside Boat & Auto Show
[SHOW] The first ever Canalside Boat and Auto Show happens this Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30. The show, which is free and open to the public will feature hundreds of new cars, trucks, RVs, jet skis, powerboats, and sailboats.
Trécubessence
[HIP HOP] Buffalo rapper Tré Ocho Guevara, a.k.a. Tré Marsh of Dead Trash Mob Records pays homage to the “27 Club” at his CD release show entitled Trécubessence. For those who don’t know, the 27 Club is the infamous collection of iconic artists who died at the age of 27. This includes Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and most recently Amy Winehouse.
Sophisticated Funk
[FUNK] What makes Sophisticated Funk so sophisticated is not some aristocratic attitude, but instead the sophistication that goes into their selections. The promoters are touting this as “not your average funk night.” “Don’t come expecting James Brown or any tired 70’s funk records,” they say. Meaning this will be a night of underground disco, funk, and electro music that you’ve likely not come across before.
Frank Rosaly with Steve Baczkowski
[JAZZ] Frank Rosaly has probably jammed with one of your favorite musicians. The drummer from Chicago has collaborated with the likes of Thurston Moore, Fennesz, Joan of Arc, White/Light, and many more as part of his improvisational music career. When he comes to Dreamland on Thursday, August 27 he’ll jam along with a master of improvisation from Buffalo, saxophonist and turntablist Steve Baczkowski.
Post Season
[PUNK] The Altoona, Pennsylvania five-piece, the Post Season, displays some impressive chops, cranking out infectious punk-pop tunes that land with a worthwhile punch. The band’s Facebook description reads, “More hooks than your Granddad’s tacklebox,” and they’re not lying—track after track will ring through your head like an earworm on meth.