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Local Spotlight: Michelle Visa builds on her R&B dreams

October 29, 2024October 28, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Buffalo, hip hop, R&B, rap

By Tanya Gamble Michelle Visa got a peek at R&B stardom early in life when her dad was a bodyguard for superstar Rick James. Now she’s pursuing her own music […]

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Review: Dave Alvin returns triumphantly to Black Rock

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Americana, Dave Alvin, rock 'n' roll, Sportsmen's Tavern

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore may have put on a lot of miles over the years but they came back to the Sportsmen’s Tavern vibrant and healthy. Their voices were right on and Alvin’s searing rock ‘n blues guitar was evident throughout the show.

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Four Bites: Sunday News – South American star Tortuga opening 2nd location in Kenmore

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 The Editor0Tagged restautant openings, Tortuga

Orso Nero Pizza seeks investors, Maizal’s Night of the Seven Moles, and lard sources By Andrew Galarneau Tortuga Sandwich Shop plans to open a second location in Kenmore, bringing its South […]

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‘The Line’ and ‘We Live in Time’

October 25, 2024October 26, 2024 The Editor0Tagged John Malkovich, movie review

By M. Faust If there is anything good to be said for college fraternities, you won’t hear it in the new independent drama The Line. At least you won’t hear […]

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Preview: Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Guilty Ones at Sportsmen’s

October 25, 2024April 20, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Blasters, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

‘King of California’ Returns to Buffalo By Robert J. McLennan Every now and then I’ll bring up Dave Alvin to somebody who I think is a music fan and I […]

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Film Focus for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2024

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 The Editor0

By M. Faust OPENING THIS WEEK: CONCLAVE (PG) Adaptation of the best-selling novel set during the Catholic Church’s secretive process to elect a new Pope. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jacek Koman, […]

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Buffalo Area Poetry & Literature Calendar (week of Oct. 21- Oct. 28)

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024 RD Pohl0Tagged literary, Literature, Poetry

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Tuesday Night Open Mic Series at the Em Tea Coffeecup Café. All are welcome whether be you new to poetry or a […]

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Concert Review: ‘Pink Martini’ With The BPO

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged buffalo philharmonic orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Pink Martini

Our story begins three decades ago in the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest with singing, sexagenarian triplets born in the Panama Canal Zone, a referendum seeking to strip LGBT people of their basic civil rights, and Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special.

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Film Review: G7 Fiddles While the World Burns in ‘Rumours’

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Faust, Maddin, movie

Every once in a while (not nearly often enough), there is a movie that is best enjoyed if you know as little as possible about it before you see it. “Rumours” is one of these:

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BIFF over for this year … except for the awards!

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 The Editor0Tagged Awards, BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, festival

The Buffalo International Film Festival 2024 is complete and all that is left is the echos in the theaters … and, of course, the awards that many of the entrant […]