SUNDAY, JULY 9TH @ Kitchen Distribution: HOT GIRLS COOL GUYS + NIGHT WOUNDS + CAUSTIC SOLUTION | Kitchen Distribution | 20 Auburn Avenue | Buffalo | 8:00PM | $7.00 Hot Girls Cool Guys: The Sacramento-based band made up of guitarists Tony Fauci and Vinny Vargas, bassist Patrick Golden, drummer Jesse Leguizamo and vocalist Brandon Kalarney recently released their 7-inch two-track vinyl recorded in June 2005 that features “Dust and Guns” and “Queen Kong.”Their music possesses an energy and element of the bizarre. Kalarney’s vocals bark in an almost spasmodic androgynous tone, with a highly sexual feel as instrumentation canters alongside.…
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Every Thursday night for over two years, The Stripteasers have been seducing audiences at Roxyis on Main Street. Starting July 14th, The Stripteasers will begin a two weekend run at The New Phoenix Theatre, bringing their unique style of sketch comedy and seduction to the big stage. The girls have dug deep into their bag of tricks, pulling out the finest and funniest of the past two years, and adding some brand new sketches, all in the style of their usual irreverence.
Hi, Y’all, After a long couple months offline (computer out sick) and not playing in the bars (busy playing private gigs and working on the new album by the Kings of Metal), I is back. Here’s what I got goin’ on, I hope you’ll dig it: This Sunday, July 9th @ 8:30 pm: The return of John Lombardo and Joe Rozler. The fad fops resurface with some old favorites and some new selections of nuggets from our, or somebody’s, youth.
Man meets machine. Past meets the future. This July, the debut show of Buffalo’s newest electro-synth-based-sci-fi outfit DIVINE MACHINE will be born. With the use of ancient analog equipment, the newest technology has to offer, and some science fiction inspired song-writing, their music is made to put you in another realm: Where retro meets what lies beyond, where brain waves hold hands and dance lovingly with electric currents from the outer reaches. Combine that with their self-made costumes, and intense, brooding stage performance, DIVINE MACHINE is a highly original act that is meant to be seen and heard with open…
Experimental musicians and indie-rock favorites Yo La Tengo will perform their instrumental program The Sounds of Science live to the 35mm films of French filmmaker Jean Painleve in Buffalo this coming Tuesday. This one-time only event will take place at Shea’s and is co-presented by Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and Shea’s Performing Arts Center, and co-sponsored by the Buffalo Museum of Science. JULY 11 at 8pm Shea s, 646 Main Street | YO LA TENGO performs THE SOUNDS OF SCIENCE | Featuring the films of JEAN PAINLEVE | Tickets: $18 for members of Hallwalls, the Buffalo Museum of Science, and…
The Nickel City Poetry Slam returns this FRIDAY, July 7, at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery! Join us as the best local talent fights for your love and a slot on the first Buffalo Slam Team that competes against 80 other teams from the across the globe at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas! Out of ten finalists chosen over eight months of competition, FOUR will become Buffalois first Slam Team to compete at Nationals! If youive ever had a good time at the slam and considered returning, this is the event not to miss. All the poets are previous…
Just a reminder for the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative Open House this coming Wednesday, July 12, 6-9:30pm at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum 220 North Street at Elmwood. Guest artist Andy Farkas will present examples of his work and you will have a chance to see the new Karpeles building before it is officially open to the public. Hear about the status of the WNY Book Arts Collaborative and upcoming events. Stop by and mingle, discuss ideas or just see the building. If you haven’t already, please RSVP to richard@p22.com and feel free to pass this on to…
On display, this Saturday, 51 doors one of which could be yours! We invite you to explore our intimate gallery space as we exhibit photographs of some of Buffalo’s interesting doorways. Gallery 51 presents 51 Door_ways: Photography as an art form by Suell E. Scott. The opening reception will be held at Gallery 51 on Saturday, July 8th, 2006 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. The exhibit runs through August 5th, 2006 at 716-567-569 Elmwood Avenue.
GO! More than 110 projects. Over 20 venues. Plays, concerts, exhibitions, and much more, from the early afternoon until the wee hours of the night. From Thursday, July 27-Sunday, August 6, 2006, the second annual iBuffalo Infringement Festivali will introduce Western New York audiences to a jaw-dropping assortment of work by performers, musicians, and artists of many other kinds from throughout the region and far beyond. The inaugural festival in the summer of 2005 was a word-of-mouth sensation, generating excitement on the streets of Allentown and celebrating the abundance of independent theater and performance in the area. By comparison, says…
Short films and videos presented by guest curator Karyn Sandlos Guest curator Karyn Sandlos is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at York University, a curator, writer and independent filmmaker. She is the co-editor (with Mike Hoolboom) of the volume of writings on autobiographical artists’ film and video, Landscape with Shipwreck: First-Person Cinema and the Films of Phillip Hoffman (2001). She is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Images Festival, and a former member of the Toronto programming collective Pleasure Dome. The Waiting and Wanting tour will visit six venues in 2004-06: The Agnes Etherington…