A screening of She’s a Boy I Knew, a 70-minute award-winning documentary, will be shown at 8PM on Friday, April 3rd at Hallwalls (341 Delaware Avenue) in continuation of its celebration of the 20th anniversary of Ways in Being Gay: Ways In/Between Gender. She’s a Boy I Knew, produced by filmmaker Gwen Haworth (formerly Steven Haworth) using interviews, family footage, phone messages and hand-drawn animation, follows his decision to come out to his wife and family about his life-long female gender identity. The film is full of emotionally-charged experiences that take place during the filmmaker’s transition from biological male to…
Author: Meg Walker
I was always one of those kids who was constantly talking in a British accent, thinking that I sounded just Divine saying, “Cheerio!” and “Pip, pip!” Turns out I wasn’t, but maybe your child, or someone you know is just oozing with stage energy and a love for performance. The Theatre of Youth (TOY) recently announced their schedule for summer acting classes for those children who love an audience. Professional actors teach the classes, which concentrate on improvisation, physical theatre, dance, voice and stage combat. The classes are held during the month of July at The Allendale Theatre at 201…
Three Buffalo-based acts will go on stage beginning at 8PM this Friday, April 3rd at The Ninth Ward at Babeville (341 Delaware Avenue). Indie rock, alternative country and acoustic varieties will all be rolled into one evening. Likened to The Decembrists, The Shins, and Death Cab For Cutie, Shambu falls into the indie pop category, with Peter Burakowski supplying the vocals and guitar; Dave Milazzo on the bass and trumpet; Mike Milazzo on the guitar and bass; Mike DiGiacomo playing the sax; and Brian Dziewa on the drums. The group will play its cycle of four songs committed to the…
Nearly heartbroken when Whose Line Is It Anyway? was cancelled by ABC, the weeping is now over. There’s something better that doesn’t come through a wired box that’s happening at Shea’s this weekend, and monthly throughout the year: live improv comedy. Eclectic Improv Company is made up of a group of five veteran improv comics. The group has been operating together in this troupe for 11 years, and for some members, even longer. Like Whose Line, Eclectic Improv is completely improvised. “Everything is based on audience suggestion and participation – whether it’s 8th graders suggesting, or adults yelling out ‘taxes,'”…
Chances are that as a reader of BR Online, one (or both) or your parents are nearing the age of 65, or are already there (not to mention those dearly loved grandparents).The facts are there, and they’re frightening for anyone who has people aging around them that they care about. One in 3 elderly people 65 or older will fall in 2009, and many of those falls will result in injury and sometimes be fatal. Between 2003 and 2005, a shocking annual average of 45 deaths resulted from falls. With an aging population, we can expect that if a plan…
The days of the old (and sometimes dreadful) company picnics dominated by tedious and embarrassing team builders can now be a thing of the past for companies in Buffalo. At worK, a new business partnership offered by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery aims to provide its partners with low-cost training and networking opportunities for their employees. The program enables local business and their employees to engage with the Knox in new ways, while the Gallery’s collections act as a background and stimulus for networking and learning. Skill-building sessions are presented by the Gallery’s Education Department staff, and use art as the…
For anyone who has an interest in the ongoing debate between evolutionism and creationism, Buffalo State College and the Buffalo Museum of Science has invited a prominent speaker on the subject to present at 7:30PM on Thursday, April 2nd in Rockwell Hall (map) on Buffalo State’s campus. The spring lecture, Charles Darwin: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow?, is part of the Hayes Lecture series that has been running since 1907. Dr. Michael Ruse, an expert on Darwin’s work, will present an examination of Darwin’s theories and how writers have continued to develop his theories today, as well as what impact Darwin’s…
Each year, AIDS Family Services (AFS) holds an annual gala, which in turn raises approximately 25 percent of their budget, equating to three months of operating support for this very important event. From 7-11PM this Saturday, March 28th AFS will again hold their annual fundraising gala at the Porterview Room (map) at D’Youville College (320 Porter Avenue). Themed Island Heat, the event will feature reggae artists Neville Francis and the Riddim Posse. Island Heat will keep with the Caribbean theme for the evening’s cocktail buffet of ceviche (a citrus marinade) of orange roughy, curry chicken, jerk pulled pork, rice and…
Media artist Victoria Bradbury has held the spot in the cinema vestibule of Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center for the month of March, and will be presenting an evening of video shorts at 8PM this Thursday, March 26th. Thursday evening’s screening will include a slew of shorts – 10 to be exact – as well as “Ms. Bradbery,” which is currently installed in the Hallwalls Cinema. “Ms. Bradbery” centers on the story of Victoria Bradbury’s 10th great-grandmother who was convicted of witchcraft for allegedly turning herself into a blue boar. Through video, Ms. Bradbery imagines the woman’s transformation as those who…
The United Way of America’s very early beginnings date back to sometime in the late 1800s, while its contemporary roots, by their current name, began in the early 1970s. For years, the charity has been providing opportunities for the public to get involved in helping their neighbors in need, but in recent years they’ve combined all resources into one giant fair – VolunteerPalooza!Here, in its fifth year, the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County offers hundreds of volunteer opportunities. Over 50 agencies join the nonprofit for this event, offering opportunities to work with children, pets and seniors, as well…