Seldom have I ever been moved by a film as I was by Joyeux Noel, a 2008 nominee for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It certainly deserved to win more than the South African film that did take the prize, Tsotsi.
Comedian John Oliver spoke last night at UB Alumni as part of the UB Distinguished Speaker series. Photos by The Public’s Bruce Jackson.
[ARTS] New works by Tanya Chutko, Darlene Garcia Torres, and Ashley Smith will be on exhibit in the expansive first floor of Artspace this Friday, December 5. These three art educators are revisiting the chops that launched their careers. Chutko is a teaches at Olmsted #156, Smith at Elmwood Village Charter School, and Garcia Torres a doctoral education student at UB. All three have backgrounds in multimedia, so expect a crushed-peppermint kind of visual experience to perhaps declare the underside of the holiday season.
Last year First Niagara ousted its CEO, John Koelmel, who had overseen the bank’s rapid expansion and, subsequently, the rapid decline of its stock price. Koelmel, according to a post-mortem of his banking career published in the Buffalo News, was just too engaged in the civic life of the region to do a decent job of managing the bank. The article suggested that “the hallmark of Koelmel’s hubris” was his decision to buy the naming rights for HSBC Arena at a cost of over $1 million a year.
Quoting the immortal—and authoritative—1970s lyrics of disco ensemble A Taste of Honey: “Everybody here tonight must boogie, let me tell ya, you are no exception to the rule.” Thousands of mostly-costumed revelers converged at Buffalo Niagara Convention Center to boogie at the raucous annual World’s Largest Disco on November 29, two days after Thanksgiving.
Sons of Buffalo, Cannibal Corpse, have been legally banned from Russia, according to NME. The band’s music and lyrics have been said to “damage the mental health of children.” The city of Ufa, Russia (the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, largest export: chemicals.
This New Year’s Eve, let’s pop a bottle at the Waiting Room. Spend the biggest party night of the year with all of your friends at Pin Ups and Pompadores, After Dark’s 2014 NYE party, which includes a four hour open bar, food by Osteria 166, a photo booth, DJs, complimentary coat check and more.