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Monday in Marijuana: Green Light for Drivers?

Looking at the public safety issues of driving while high.

10,000 Maniacs

[FOLK] Mary Ramsey took time out to chat about making a CD of traditional music so intrinsically suited to the Maniacs’ core sound.

Little Stories no.5: Someone Else's Grandma

[HIP HOP] EKL means Equality Knowledge and Light. The Buffalo lifestyle brand is celebrating five years this Saturday, May 9 with a party which will be held at the Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center. The party will feature Kinda Like Dreamin’s Dr. Ooo and Sammy Booms, along with Wza, Short Moscato, Truey V, and Hooizzy. Attendees will grab a free copy of the latest Eklephantz mixtape, an Eklephantz bandana, and drink tickets.

Does Mayoral Control Have Legs?

Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes moves forward with her push to bring mayoral control to Buffalo Public Schools.

Photos: May Day Labor Rally

Labor activists and elected officials rallied downtown to support the labor movement.

Baltimore Riots Renew Push For Reform in Albany

New York State officials are debating bill that would give the state attorney general special prosecutorial powers in cases of possible police abuse.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Irish Classical

This production makes as good a case for playwright Martin McDonagh’s challenging, assertively disharmonious vision as one could ask for.

Feature Friday by Rise Collaborative

Editor’s note: Each week Buffalo lifestyle brand Rise Collaborative scour

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Is it summer already? I didn’t think so. And yet the summer blockbuster franchise season is already upon us.

Riots in Buffalo: Thugs? Animals?

Riffing a bit off the Baltimore riots, and, by extension, l’affaire Airborne Eddy, local historian Cynthia Van Ness brought some interesting news reports to light on Thursday.

Public Pick from buffaBLOG

BuffaBlog’s weekly local album reviews and event picks.

Dobosiewicz Suspended, Issues Non-Apology

On Wednesday, The Public exposed a set of Tweets that “Airborne” Eddy Dobosiewicz published Tuesday night.

The 39th Cleveland International Film Festival

Cleveland being one of those cities like Baltimore and Pittsburgh that Buffalo looks to for renovation ideas, I’ve been studying the Cleveland International Film Festival for a few years now trying to figure out the secret to its success so that we might perhaps replicate it.

And I think I’ve hit on the key: we need to have started 40 years ago.

Free Canalside Concert Series Lineup Announced

If you’re a summer concert goer in Buffalo, this is an announcement you’ve likely been waiting for: Canalside’s free Thursday concert series lineup. The series always has a few gems—this year more than ever.

Story: Albright-Knox Neighbor Gussies Up

The only home that is truly next-door neighbor of Albright-Knox Art Gallery is this year’s Junior League Decorator Showhouse, the Edward H. Webster House at 164 Lincoln Parkway on the gallery’s eastern side facing Hoyt Lake. The home, an Arts and Crafts mansion, was designed by architectural firm Esenwein & Johnson and completed in 1908, seven years after the historical Pan-American Exposition that took place nearby.