Tuesday, August 29, 9pm, $9 adv $12 door | THEE SILVER MT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA AND TRA-LA-LA BAND | Purchasing advance tickets is highly recommended, as this show is over 2/3s sold already. Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding Godspeed You! Black Emperor guitarist Efrim. Joined by fellow GYBE members Sophie (violin) and Thierry (contrabass), SMZ debuted with a performance at Constellationis Musique Fragile concert series in spring 1999 and went on to record their first record in November of that year. Built around Efrimis simple piano figures, the debut SMZ album also marks the first recording…
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Mister Goodbar will be having another specialty beer night this Friday September 1 at 7pm. The featured beer is the Middle Ages Cask Conditioned Wailing Wench. A cask ale, or also called real ale, is a beer served from a stainless steel barrel called a firkin. They are best served at 50 to 57()()F, and are made to be laid on its side while the beer is served. The term “cask-conditioned” indicates that secondary fermentation of the ale has taken place inside the cask. Breweris often “dry hop” their cask ales, adding hop plugs to the beer before the cask…
Get a first hand view of what preservation is all about — an inside/outside tour of the beautifully restored Italianate house known as “The Victorian” (206 South Elmwood Ave.). Then, walk with us down Chippewa to Main Street where we learn what this infamous area was like before it was a noted “red light district” and, more recently, a popular night spot for the young crowd. The tour takes place this Saturday, September 2, 9:30 n 11:30 AM. Meet at the corner of Elmwood and Chippewa Streets. There is a $10 donation for this tour. Buffalo Tours is operated by…
Crittenden & JukeJoint Blu | At The Allen St. Hardware Store CafE | Friday, September 1, 2006 at 10pm | Buffalo NY native Eric Crittenden has just signed a three record deal with SONY/BMG affiliate and independent powerhouse, Sunset-Jazz Records, a division of Sunset Records Group and is announcing the world-wide re-release of his critically acclaimed solo debut, iBlui, featuring special guest appearances by Eric Krasno (Soulive) and Rob Wasserman (Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia). Crittenden joins an eclectic roster that includes society bad boy, Boy George and hip-hop tour de force, AKA. Crittenden will be on tour this fall in…
The photographic exhibition by Melissa Grainger, IM/EXPRESSION from South Africa, is on view at the Buffalo Museum of Science until September 2, 2006. An artistis reception will be held Wednesday, August 30, 2006 from 5:30 to 8:30 P.M. and the public is welcome. The photography show is part of the Museumis Going Ape Exhibition. The imagines depict the lives of some of the 450 Chacma baboons that reside at C.A.R.E., the Centre for Animal Rehabilitation & Education, as well as the wild troop that has taken refuge at the sanctuary during the four-year regional draught. They represent both the photographers…
08/28-Mon | The Prids @ Mohawk Place with Neyko: Imagine the sound of listening to your favorite band on headphones while halfway between the 23rd floor and the ground via the balcony and you may have just a fraction of an idea of what it is to hear The Prids bashing out articulate, gloomy post-punk in some dark club, some late night, in some lame town. Until the World is Beautiful (five03) is a follow up to the band’s 2003 debut LP, Love Zero. Nailing down the heart-bursting experience of a Prids’ live show, the band’s latest record is an…
To properly cover and an event so core to the mission of Buffalo Rising, this weekend, our focus will be exclusively on the CITY channel and Buffalo Old Home Week.
To properly cover and an event so core to the mission of Buffalo Rising, this weekend, our focus will be exclusively on the CITY channel and Buffalo Old Home Week.
To properly cover and an event so core to the mission of Buffalo Rising, this weekend, our focus will be exclusively on the CITY channel and Buffalo Old Home Week.
Studio Arena Theatre will start the 2006-2007 season on a high note with Broadway writer/director Marion J. Caffeyis 3 MOi DIVAS, a musical celebration of class, sass and style, created, directed and choreographed by Caffey. The musical sensation of 3 MOi DIVAS begins previews Friday, September 1, 2006, and runs through Sunday, October 1, 2006. Due to the extraordinary vocal demands of the production, Caffey has assembled a double cast. iItis not just three divas, itis actually six incredible divas for an eight-show week,i said Studio Arena Theatre Artistic Director Kathleen Gaffney. There are two media/opening nights for the opportunity…