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Sunday: City Kitty Fundraiser @ Nietzsche’s
posted November 7, 11:00 am on Artvoice DailyIt may not be “kitten season” yet, but it’s definitely time for last season’s batch of cuties to get spayed or neutered, in order to ward off an even bigger kitty explosion come spring. This semi-annual fundraiser helps “build the kitty for the kitties,” meaning proceeds benefit City Kitty, basically a one-woman cat rescue mission ... (more)
Tonight: When Pigs Fly @ Nietzsche’s
posted November 7, 1:00 am on Artvoice DailyTonight (Nov. 7), Artvoice is presenting a Jeff Garbaz production, in tribute to Pink Floyd and the best in audio-visual psychedelia. You don’t have to be an aficionado to know that Floyd was seriously into pigs, and featured inflatable, custom-designed porcines as props at their live shows dating back to the mid-1970s. The first Pink ... (more)
Saturday: The Scorpio Ball
posted November 6, 9:24 am on Artvoice DailyOn Saturday night, the Coalition for Economic Justice is hosting the second ever Scorpio Ball, celebrating Scorpios and the Halloween season, the end of the year’s elections, and another year of promoting workers rights, a living wage, accountable economic development, health are for all, and justice in general. (CEJ’s Micaela Shapiro-Shellaby writes: “Years back, the ... (more)
Question for Brian Davis
posted November 6, 9:16 am on Artvoice DailyYesterday an anonymous commenter left this note on the long-abandoned blog of Ellicott District Councilman Brian Davis: Anonymous said… November 05, 2009 How could you? Good question. Related posts (automatically generated):Brian Davis: No on Domestic Partnership BenefitsBrian Davis UpdateBrian Davis! On Facebook!
Tonight: Allentown First Fridays
posted November 6, 7:50 am on Artvoice DailyEach month for the past year, 15-20 local and regional artists have exhibited their work at the College Street Gallery (which recently celebrated its 12-year anniversary), and it’s time to celebrate. The Co-op’s first anniversary celebration will be held during Allentown’s monthly First Friday Gallery Walk on Friday (Nov. 6). Besides College Street, particiating galleries ... (more)
This Modern World: Joe & Harry
posted November 5, 11:49 am on Artvoice DailyMan vs. Machine
posted November 5, 11:15 am on Artvoice DailyAccording to a source in City Hall, the push for red light cameras has lost momentum since the home-rule measure was passed in Albany and approved by the Common Council this past spring. Since then, one traffic surveillance company, Redflex, has met on more than one occasion with council members to voice their displeasure at this ... (more)
Tonight: Fire Under the Snow
posted November 5, 11:00 am on Artvoice DailyFire Under the Snow tells the remarkable story of Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk whose life tracks the modern history of Tibet: Born in 1933, Palden entered a monastery at the age of four. In 1959, after the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, he was arrested and spent the next 33 years in prison, ... (more)
Brian Davis AWOL
posted November 5, 10:28 am on Artvoice DailyJohn Borsa at Channel 7 News reports: // Sources on Buffalo’s Common Council tell Eyewitness News that Ellicott District member Brian Davis could lose two weeks of salary on payday if he fails to show for Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting. This after Davis failed to show for a committee meeting on Wednesday. “Avoiding state police investigators ... (more)
Print Papers in the Digital Age
posted November 5, 9:23 am on Artvoice DailyTonight at the Burchfield-Penney, Buffalo Spree hosts a panel entitled “Journalism on the Brink: When the daily paper becomes the daily blog, who wins and who loses?” It’s at 7pm, and it’s free. By far the least interesting and least qualified participant on this panel is me: Brian Connolly, web editor for the Buffalo News Jim Heaney, blogger ... (more)
Working With What’s There
posted November 3, 6:18 pm on Artvoice DailyLooks like those backward downstate New Yorkers are at it again. First, there was the successful High Line that reused a defunct Manhattan rail line as a public park, and now the Walkway Over the Hudson, the newest NYS park, which opened to the public on October 3. They even got Empire State Development grant ... (more)
Wednesday: Greg Klyma @ Allen Hall
posted November 3, 11:00 am on Artvoice DailyWBFO’s Wednesday night concert series continues at Allen Hall on UB’s South Campus with Buffalo-born folk troubadour Greg Klyma. Although Klyma now spends most of his time on the road touring, and he did relocate to Austin, Texas in 2004, Klyma is still considered a hometowner by his fans and the local media (he continues ... (more)
Local Groups Beg at State Senate Budget Hearing
posted November 2, 10:25 am on Artvoice DailyFor the second time in four days, New York State Senators sat at a table in Western New York to listen to locals beg for money. On Friday, Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Martin Malave Dilan held a hearing at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society to hear idea on how the state should spend ... (more)
Halloween Parties…
posted October 30, 6:00 pm on Artvoice DailyLooking for something to do Halloween night? Concert promoter Frank (the Tank) Sandor will introduce the Balesteri Band’s new lineup at Tony Rome’s (1537 Union Road in West Seneca) tomorrow night (Saturday, Oct. 31) at Tony Rome’s Halloween Party 10pm-2am. Many prizes for costumes… Tonight, Beggar’s Night (Friday, Oct. 30), has almost as much going on ... (more)
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