School Districts "Held Hostage" by Cuomo
Senator Panepinto and education leaders call on Governor Cuomo to dismantle the GEA and fully fund public schools.
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Bowl Over Bladder Cancer
[BENEFIT] On Sunday, March 22, teamCure will hold a special, onetime event, Bowl Over Bladder Cancer, a benefit for Roswell Park Cancer Institute at Transit Lanes in Williamsville. The event will be held in memory of the 10 year anniversary of the passing of Paul Perna, Vice President of Supermarket Management of Tops Markets, who lost his fight against bladder cancer at the age of 50.
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BuffaBLOG’s weekly local album reviews and event picks.
Torche
[METAL] In the last 20 years guitarist Steve Brooks has created a sludge-metal franchise out of Miami, Florida, flip flopping between his two creations, Floor and Torche. In 1992 he formed the doomy metal band, Floor, which existed off and on—gaining a cult following after a couple of releases on No Idea records—before disbanding in 2003.
Top 5 Cursive Albums, Ranked
Cursive, a band that damn near invented emo music, will be coming through Mohawk Place on Sunday, March 15.
7 Tips for Being Drunk in Public on St. Patrick's Day in Buffalo
This week the Buffalo Police Department announced that they will be cracking down on public intoxication during the St. Patrick’s Day parades this year.
Interview: ISIS Eradicating History
The Public interviews Steven Miller, the author of “War after Death,” about the significance of ISIS’s destruction of ancient artifacts and in the Middle East.
All These Racists
It’s 2015. Last week at a commemoration of the march on Selma, President Obama said,
Anthony Chase in The Importance of Being Earnest
Opening Thursday, March 12: Theater columnist Anthony Chase walks the board as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at SUNY Buffalo State.
BPO to Present Hip Hop Show with Buffalo B-boys
Shane Depree Fry of Verve Dance Studio is teaming up with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra to put on a performance fusing hip-hop and classical music for students on the West Side of Buffalo.
It’s Not Over 'Til The Fat Boy Sings: One Chance
If the pathways to a career as an opera singer were as fraught with nearly crippling difficulty and heartache as the one that lays before the subject of the appealing and entertaining biopic One Chance, the state of grand opera would be even more uncertain than it already is, particularly in this country. As David Frankel’s movie relates, in what one assumes is more or less accurate fashion, Paul Potts, born into the Welsh working class, experienced and had to surmount the kind of obstacles that would stop, and maybe crush, a lesser, and less lucky, man.
Going to Hawaii: Find Me by Laura van den Berg
Laura van den Berg’s new novel illustrates why young adult fiction has earned the respect it deserves.
Centerfold: Chihuahuan Desert
BRUCE JACKSON is SUNY Distinguished Professor & James Agee Professor of American Culture at the University at Buffalo and an editor at large for The Public. This is one of a recent series of photographs Jackson made in the Chihuahuan desert.
The Mid-April Surprise: M&T's Bob Wilmers and His Annual Report
Part one of a two-part series examining the role M&T Bank and its chairman, Bob Wilmers, play in our regional conversations.
Do They All Do It? Cosi fan tutte at Center for the Arts
Buffalo Opera Unlimited transposes Mozart’s comic opera into 1950s America.
Abundant Connection: Alixandra Martin's Paintings at Canisius College
Broad Matter: paintings by Alixandra Martin at Canisius College’s tiny Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Art Gallery.
The Public Questionnaire: Jessica Wegrzyn
Meet Jessica Wegrzyn, currently appearing in The Hairy Ape at Torn Space Theater.
The Public Record: Mad Bomber Mascia, Masiello's Money
Joe Mascia continues to toss bombs at the BMHA, while Tony Masiello cashes checks from the firm Sheldon Silver invested in.
Cover Art: Crowned With Crow
Read the full story about Alixandra Martin’s paintings on display at Canisius College.
Looking Backward: Swannie House
The Swannie House as it was in 1925: “…the most familiar commercial establishment in the First Ward, utilized by workers as a cafeteria, a hiring location, a place to sleep, and a location for general conviviality.”