H.E.A.L. Buffalo
[WELLNESS] Cheryl Scheff and Jocelyn Ryann are two local yoga enthusiasts with their hearts firmly planted in Buffalo, and they’ve realized a vision that brings together many of their favorite things for a day.
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Paladino Bullies the Wrong Guy
People of New York, be happy today. Be proud and pleased that you so effectively and decidedly dodged the “Carl Paladino for Governor” bullet that was aimed right at your heart back in 2010.
County's CPS Still Reeling from Brooks Case
Backlog of overdue CPS investigations numbers in the thousands.
Cheektowaga Politics: Making Other Towns Look Good
Lest anyone think the City of Buffalo or state government in Albany have some sort of monopoly on dirty politics and bad government, Cheektowaga pops up to periodically remind us that stupidity and dysfunction can be found everywhere.
Remembering Frank Goldberg
This Sunday, February 15, friends, family, and community will gather at the Unitarian Universalist Church to honor Frank Goldberg, who disappeared 14 months ago.
Oh, the Humanity: Human Capital, Still Alice
You probably first heard the term in discussions of settlements made to the families of those killed in the September 11 attacks. “Human capital” refers to the assessment made by insurance companies of the value of a life when they have to make financial restitution for one that has been lost. The family of a victim who had high earning expectations would receive more than the family of, say, a janitor. It’s a controversial subject because it attempts to quantify something unquantifiable.
License to Kill
Only 25 percent of the homicides in 2014 resulted in arrest. Other cities, including Rochester, do a much better job. Why?
The Public Questionnaire: Adam Yellen
Adam Yellen is a naturalistic actor with boyish good looks who excels in character roles. The SUNY New Paltz theater graduate is currently playing Joel, the cynical and insightful brother of the main character in Beau Jest at Jewish Repertory Theatre of WNY. It’s a sweet comedy about a Jewish girl who hires an actor to pretend to be her boyfriend, so her parents won’t know she’s dating a gentile.
Cover Art: Together We Are
TOGETHER WE ARE by Valerie Kasinski
Valerie Kaskinski’s show continues at CEPA until February 28. Read more here.
Hello Mr. President: Gary Gulman Comes to Buffalo
Meeting the president: a sad fate that has doomed too many of comedy’s greats.
Centerfold: Psycho Love
PSYCHO LOVE by Buffalo artist Michael Mararian, part of an anti-Valentine’s show called Dream in Plastic in Beacon, New York.
Make sure to check out more of his work and like his Facebook page.
Looking Backward: Fenton’s Pekin
“It is putting it mildly to say that the first sight of ‘Pekin’ will cause thrills of amazement, admiration, and delight.” —Buffalo Courier, October 3, 1915
Fenton’s Pekin, 85 Broadway, was one of the great pre-Prohibition pleasure palaces of Buffalo. Opened in 1915 by Nathan Fernandez, better known as Nate Fenton (and pictured here), the American and Oriental cabaret was thronged nightly by patrons lured by chop suey, singing and dancing waiters, and jazz and vaudeville acts.
Persistent Pursuit: Katherine Sehr
Drawings by Katherine Sehr at Western New York Book Arts Center.
Cuomo's Education Gambit
It’s Cuomo versus the teachers unions, says the press. In fact, it’s Cuomo versus the entire education establishment.
Three Shows at CEPA Gallery
Works by Lukia Costello, Patti Ambrogi, and Valerie Kasinki at CEPA Gallery.
Brian Williams's Memory
Memory is not a hard drive or a book. It is active, ever in flux, ever reconfiguring bits of information that seemed irrelevant at the time.
Story: Pop-Up Dentistry
Riddle: When does a church turn into a dental clinic? Answer: When UB shows up.
Labor Relations on the Fly: Two Days One Night
If Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, the veteran Belgian filmmaking brothers, thought that casting Marion Cotillard, the Oscar-winning French actress (for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose), would enhance their prospects for a foreign-film Academy Award nomination of their latest, Two Days, One Night, they must have felt some disappointment when the nominees were announced this year. No such luck, the same as every year they’ve been eligible. And they’ve been working at this for over three and a half decades.
Peter Carey's Amnesia: Words, Words, Everywhere
The two-time Booker Award winner’s new novel is predictably difficult, postmodern, and cold.
Photo Gallery: Heart Bombing Buffalo
Buffalo’s Young Preservationists and friends spent last weekend giving some much-needed love and attention to buildings around Buffalo that are at risk of being lost.
Now in its third year here in Buffalo the Heart Bomb movement has spread to almost 20 cities including Cleveland, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, St. Paul, Wheeling, and even as far as Texas.