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June 4, 2013 12:00 AM
BBQ & Blues Bash is only a few weeks away. BBQ & Blues will take place on Friday, June 21st from 5:30 pm until 9:30 pm in the Cobblestone District. Each year, hundreds of party goers occupy Mississippi Street for what is becoming the main fundraiser form Gateway-Longview, Inc. All proceeds from the event go directly to the children and families served by Gatway-Longview.
There are a few improvements to this year's event. The most notable difference is the food. This year's Bash will feature a greater variety of BBQ items from five different restaurants
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June 2, 2013 9:20 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Anne Conable:
I am a recent convert to audiobooks which I listen to every time I'm in my car. The Library has an eclectic collection of books on CD available, and this one caught my eye. I had read and greatly enjoyed Larson's previous book The Devil in the White City, on a very different topic, but since I'm interested in World War II, this looked to be of interest.
Indeed it was. In the Garden of Beasts tells the rather unusual story of William Dodd, appointed
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June 2, 2013 9:01 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Carol Ann Strahl:
Any devotee of the 1960's & 1970's rock music scene will relish this memoir.
The author started out as a member of the The Guess Who and co-founder with his brothers of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, the band that brought us "American Woman" and "Taking Care of Business," two of the famous rock songs of that era.
He relates stories about a range of musicians, including rock, folk and country. Even Lawrence Welk and Danny
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March 17, 2013 9:06 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Carol Ann Strahl:
One of the seminal events leading up to the American Civil War was the raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in the fall of 1859. The raid was planned and led by John Brown, a fervent abolitionist, military idealist and probably a man possessing manic-depressive tendencies. Brown believed that the capture of the U.S. Armory and its cache of weapons would inspire a revolt by Southern slaves and he would be responsible for the liberation of those held in bondage.
He
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March 14, 2013 2:51 PM
By Ann Marie Trietley, Music Columnist:
Gold, oil, and hip-hop: three good things to discover underground.
Despite a prolific hip-hop career which has spanned more than two decades, Masta Ace has managed to retain his untarnished and legendary underground status. His fan base may swell on April 5, however, as Ace will perform at DBGB's, accompanied by Charlie the Butcher, LoPro, and Natural Ingredients.
Coming through on a conference call, and about to depart for a Canadian tour (DBGB's will
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March 14, 2013 10:30 AM
Lafayette Church will host a concert of The Handbell Choir of Wiedensahl, Germany on Tuesday, March 19 at 7pm.
The Handbell Choir of Wiedensahl is one of the biggest and most active of the only 25 bellchoirs in Germany. The ringers perform on 66 handbells and 61 handchimes, both made by Schulmerich Bells of Pennsylvania.
The home of the choir is a small village in North Germany near Hanover.
Since 1987 the ringers have performed on numerous German handbell festivals and concerts that took them to all parts of the country. The choir has
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February 25, 2013 8:28 AM
THE BASICS: Sam Shepard won a Pulitzer prize in 1979 for this creepy family drama, set in a strange and troubled American heartland. The present production, by Torn Space Theater, plays weekends through March 16th at the Adam Mickiewicz Dramatic Circle, 612 Fillmore Avenue. David Oliver directs a cast of seven. The play, with its two intermissions, runs fully 2 ½ hours.
THUMBNAIL SKETCH: The action takes place in the living room of a farmhouse in Illinois, 1970's. The owner-family, unnamed, and presided over by the bickering Dodge and Halie, has seen
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February 10, 2013 9:54 AM
THE BASICS: This new domestic drama by Lydia R. Diamond recently completed a successful NYC run. Paulette D. Harris snatched it up immediately for the Paul Robeson Theatre*, where it is now playing weekends through March 3rd. The show, directed by Willie W. Judson Jr., runs about 2 hours and 40 minutes with its single intermission.
THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Oak Bluffs colony on Martha's Vineyard, present day. The well-heeled LeVay family is congregating. Both grown sons have new girlfriends to present. One of the young ladies is white. Everyone has issues,
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February 10, 2013 9:44 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Patricia Covley:
If you are even casually a follower of hockey, you've heard of Barry Melrose. Known to younger fans as ESPN's premier hockey analyst, he is known to us older folk as a rough and tumble WHL and NHL player and as a Stanley Cup-winning coach. Famous for being a battler as a player, he became perhaps more well-known as Wayne Gretzky's coach with the Los Angeles Kings. Melrose's book,
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January 20, 2013 11:30 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Carol Ann Strahl:
This is a provocative and interesting look at the religious tenets our founding fathers espoused.
In 1776, only 17% of Americans officially belonged to a church. A favorite of the founding fathers was John Locke whose creed was "government should leave religion alone and religion should return the courtesy." Allen's research finds "Ours is, or at least was originally designed to be a Lockean state."
Allen
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January 13, 2013 8:58 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Carol Ann Strahl:
It is difficult to believe that almost a half-century has passed since we became involved in the quagmire called the Vietnam War. In this remarkable and poignant oral history, we share the memories of 33 soldiers, including Medics, a former POW, a Navy Seal, Riflemen, Interrogation Officers, Demolition Experts, Snipers, Pilots, Nurses, and Squad and Platoon Leaders. The
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December 12, 2012 11:38 AM
By GirlFriday:
Singer songwriter Alex Kelly has graced the Nietzsche's stage a number of times, delivering fiery, sultry, and undeniable sexy performances to a "hometown" crowd, even though she's not from Buffalo. What I mean to say is that Buffalo has come to call Alex one of her own, thanks to her past dedication and current commitment to the local music scene. Alex, who is originally from Queens, NY, came to Buffalo to attend Buffalo State College. After she graduated she ended up sticking around, helping to promote and partake in the revered
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