The Buffalo Tea Party on "Race"
Quoting approvingly from a murderer’s regurgitation of a white nationalist hate group’s ideology isn’t the way forward for poor black kids in failing schools.
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Centerfold: Get Married
Joseph Radoccia’s The Game of Life: Get Married—perfect timing, we think.
When the Magic Has Gone: Magic Mike XXL
Magic Mike XXL renders men removing their clothing tedious—something of an accomplishment.
The Grumpy Ghey: Smartphones, Dumb Hookups
Now that marriage is a legal, universally defined option for same-sex couples in this country, we might want to take a look at how we find each other.
Cover Art: Little Planet
GENE WITKOWSKI’s “Little Planet” photos have been exhibited at various locations, most recently this winter at the Waterfront Memories & More museum, 41 Hamburg Street in the First Ward.
Best of the Niagara Integrated Film Festival
Now in its second year, the Niagara Integrated Film Festival appears better situated than most to make it.
Spotlight: Haute La Vie Going With Plan A
A Buffalo entertainment startup founded by a returned son of the Queen City aims to change the world.
Death and the Dork: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Adapted by Jesse Andrews from his own young adult novel, this film may be most appreciated by people rather older than the ostensible target market.
Move Over Flaubert: Gemma Bovery
Gemma Bovery has its amusements, but it’s never quite as sharp as it wants to be.
LAST EXIT: Max Collins, David Mitchell, Flatsitter at Hi-Temp
There’s something eerie in the darkness. Exactly what isn’t immediately clear.
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!
THURSDAY JULY 2
Sexyback Thursdays
10 p.m. – 2 a.m. at Underground Night Club, 274 Delaware Ave.
Tina Dillman's Project Grant
Dillman’s self-funded artist-in-residency program has entered phase two.
Looking Backward: Liberty Pole, July 4, 1895
The Liberty Pole No. 4 was dedicated on July 4, 1895, amid song, speech, and cheers.
The Public Record: Peoples-Stokes Looking for a Job?
Crystal Peoples-Stokes said to be lobbying for UB’s Educational Opportunity Center.
Teachers, Students, Parents Rally Against Receivership
Are “persistently failing” schools failing the state, or is the state failing the schools?
Story: Marking the Marquis
In 1825, one of the stops on General Marquis de LaFayette’s frenetic, 24-state tour was Buffalo.
Fosdick Field Gains Vision, Support
The City Honors/Fosdick-Masten Park Foundation unveils its rendering for the restoration of Fosdick Field, and gains financial support from Mayor Brown.
Scalia's Impotence
The most accomplished and snidest of the sophists on the current court is the court’s most vocal member.
Cuomo's Pay to Play Illustrated
Now you know that the whole anti-corruption thing was just an act. Now you know that the Moreland Commission was a joke. In July of last year, I called it “Cuomo’s Betrayal”.
On the Fourth day of Preetsmas, I wrote this about Gene Caccamise, the Rochester-based former head of the Bricklayer’s Local 3: