“A quick look at the monstrous blast furnaces and huge ore stockpiles of the Hanna Furnace Corp. as you speed south on Furhmann Boulevard is not apt to leave you with a sense of overpowering beauty in a physical sense, but stop and think a minute. Sure, the place is ugly, the buildings grimy, the air sooty. But look at it from the standpoint of production.” —Buffalo Courier Express, November 4, 1951
[COMEDY] Comedian Aries Spears was on 198 episodes of Mad TV, so chances are if you’ve tuned into that show you’ve probably seen Spears do one of his famous (or infamous) impressions. From Eddie Murphy to uh oh… O.J. Simpson, here are some of Spears’ best celebrity impressions. Spears comes to Helium Comedy Club for five shows, this Thursday, February 26 through Saturday, February 28.
According to their Facebook page, indie rock band Real Estate will play a show at the Tralf Music Hall on June 20, 2015 as part of a two month U.S. Tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 27.
Attention all Buffalo bands: WBNY is holding a battle of the bands and they want you. The battle is scheduled to be held at Buffalo Iron Works on April 25, and submissions will be open until March 8. That means if you want your all orginal, non-cover band to play in this show, you should get your butt in gear and email your three song submission to wbnylocalmusicdirector@gmail.com.
[ART] As part of their Fourth Fridays free public programming sponsored by M&T Bank, UB Graduate student and artist Tommy Nguyen and the wonderful staff at Buffalo Arts Studio cordially invite you to come savor some sweet and salty treats while immersed in the fantastical world of PLUSH, a site-specific sculptural installation. Throughout the run of this show, which is up until March 6, Nguyen has continually added new pieces of work to this brightly colored and patterned fabric based work.
Call it the reverse field trip: Buffalo Public Schools have gotten one step closer to bringing the farm to Buffalo students.
At a Monday press conference, BPS officials joined Congressman Brian Higgins and Board of Education member Jay McCarthy in announcing the reception of a $45,000 grant from the USDA aimed at developing a strategy to integrate locally-sourced foods into the diets of students with a farm-to-schools initiative.
School districts throughout New York State are now busily plotting out their budgets for the 2015 — 2016 school year. These budgets must be in final form by mid-April so that school boards can adopt their budgets in time for the public to vote on them by late May.
[FILM] Kicking off their ACESS Documentary Film Series, Squeaky Wheel is presenting locals a rare opportunity to watch this Oscar nominated film, Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, followed by a Q&A with political prisoners that currently reside in Buffalo: Zaw Win from The Wash Project, and Executive Director from the All Burma Monks’ Alliance, U Pyinya Zawta. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about the “Saffron Revolution” from people who survived this catastrophic event.
Jonathan Casey was that kid who wanted to rearrange your room when he came over to play. You know the one: he had some big ideas about better utilizing the space, a different spot where the bed should go, and a suggestion for a new paint color.
Your mom probably didn’t warm to his helpful ideas, but eventually his did, allowing him to preside over interior changes to his family’s West Seneca home. And so, an interior designer was born. One that was named Buffalo Magazine’s “Hottest New Designer to Watch” in 2013.
[PARTY] To help Buffalonians take their minds off of this blustering winter and warm, visitors to the new RiverWorks event complex will be temporarily transported to a tropical oasis for the Madd Tiki Winter Luau. Mark Madden of Madd Tiki Tattoo, the mastermind behind this event—this Saturday, February 28, presented by Buffalo Rising—found the inspiration to create this one-of-a-kind party after taking trips to Polynesia and Hawaii and experiencing the culture, spiritual healing, and energy emitted from these islands.
It’s not just that no one seems to watch the Oscars anymore: people all but boast that they don’t. Usually that’s followed by, “I haven’t seen any of those movies anyway.”