Jimmy Graziano: June 2011 Archives

City June 24, 2011 9:15 AM
Deco-Fest is tonight!
The Buffalo Central Terminal will be celebrating Deco-Fest tonight, June 24th. The first of its kind to benefit the restoration of the deco landmark, featuring dance demonstrations, art deco merchandise, displays and a performance from national recording artists, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. The event is planned to coincide with the 82nd anniversary of the terminal's grand opening in 1929.

The Cheery Poppin' Daddies became famous in the late 1990's thanks to their hit "Zoot Suit Riot" which many believed to be a revival of swing dancing in the late 90's. There will be three opening acts performing as well including Rochester's Krypton 88, The Royal Crowns and rock-a-billy sounds from Buffalo's Blue Ribbon Bastards.

In addition to the three opening acts the festival will feature a retro burlesque performance by Chelsea Green from Pole Play Dance Studio and swing dancing lessons from Chuck Chazz. Retro pin up model Kelly "Kelvis" Welsted will also be in attendance to
City June 1, 2011 7:30 AM
Revolutionary Chameleon Magnets
Igor Zutic, a researcher at UB, has been pondering the usefulness of magnets and how they could transform the world of computing. He believes that magnets could aid with high capacity and low energy memory, data storage and data transfer devices.

In the most recent issue of Science, Zutic and UB physicist John Cerne talked about Japanese scientists who demonstrated a materials ability to turn its magnetism on and off at room temperature. All materials have electrons and those electrons have something called "spin". The spin can be either up or down and when the electrons within

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