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Movie Review: The American

Movie Review: The American

George Clooney's aging assassin finds redemption through love in Italy. Comments: 0

Posted 09/02/10 @ 03:40 PM

Re-entering the void of the 2009 Toronto Film Festival

Re-entering the void of the 2009 Toronto Film Festival

A look back at the wild highs of TIFF09. Comments: 0

Posted 09/01/10 @ 02:38 PM

Spree takes TIFF, next week

Spree takes TIFF, next week

Starting one week from tomorrow—Thursday, September 9—we'll be spending four days seeing movies, writing about them, keeping our eyes peeled for famous faces, and, well, seeing more movies. Comments: 0

Posted 09/01/10 @ 07:55 AM

Movie Review: Takers

Movie Review: Takers

A team of high-risk thieves find themselves helping an ex-partner as they take on their biggest job to date. Comments: 0

Posted 08/27/10 @ 07:34 AM

Movie Review: Nanny McPhee Returns

Movie Review: Nanny McPhee Returns

Emma Thompson's prosthetic warts return—along with her incomparable skills. Comments: 0

Posted 08/20/10 @ 07:18 AM

Movie Review: Eat Pray Love

Movie Review: Eat Pray Love

The much-anticipated adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoirs. Comments: 0

Posted 08/13/10 @ 07:19 AM

A homecoming for Peter Case

A homecoming for Peter Case

On Friday, August 13 the acclaimed singer and Buffalo native returns for a concert at the Sportsmen’s Tavern. Comments: 0

Posted 08/09/10 @ 07:15 AM

Engaging, challenging and fun: radio/ACTIVE pushes the needle into the red zone

Engaging, challenging and fun: radio/ACTIVE pushes the needle into the red zone

Another compelling multimedia production from Allentown's Gallery 164. Check them out tonight. Comments: 0

Posted 08/06/10 @ 11:10 AM

Movie Review: The Other Guys

Movie Review: The Other Guys

Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg attempt to become New York City heroes—with wooden guns and pirouettes. Comments: 0

Posted 08/06/10 @ 08:34 AM

A loverly production of "My Fair Lady"

A loverly production of "My Fair Lady"

Shaw's classic Pygmalion, as interpreted by Lerner & Loewe, is still great fun—and well done! Comments: 0

Posted 08/01/10 @ 12:42 PM

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2009-11-01

An exhibit of hand-crafted Tiffany glass works from the early 1900s. See everything from glass lamps to vases.

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Random Rants

In which a radio show about gardening includes subliminal marketing for Buffalo

In which a radio show about gardening includes subliminal marketing for Buffalo

Buffalo gardens are part of the discussion on a Chicago-based radio show. Comments: 0

Posted 08/16/10 @ 08:40 AM

“They’re not coming. They never were.”

“They’re not coming. They never were.”

That’s the quote from Brian Higgins I’m hearing on WNED AM as I write this. Do I care? Do you? By this time, probably very few of us care that much. Actually, relief is the biggest emotion. And a faint hope that now we can all move on, and continue to create positive activity at the... Comments: 0

Posted 07/30/10 @ 02:17 PM

Must-read: the FAIL tourney

Must-read: the FAIL tourney

Hats off to our friends at WNYmedia.net for their latest satirical look at local politics. Comments: 0

Posted 03/26/10 @ 10:21 AM

Vote architect Barbie, and vote often

Vote architect Barbie, and vote often

Mattel recognized the power of Barbie and developed an “I Can Be” series, designed to allow children to see all the things Barbie—and by extension, girls everywhere—can do. The overwhelming winner was "architect Barbie," But Mattel voted it down. Comments: 0

Posted 02/01/10 @ 12:31 PM

Rose-colored spectacles: my 2009 top ten

Rose-colored spectacles: my 2009 top ten

A different kind of top ten for 2009 Comments: 1

Posted 01/01/10 @ 10:40 PM

These three stores

These three stores

Wishful thinking about retail we don't have seems a waste of energy. Comments: 2

Posted 12/21/09 @ 11:26 AM

This is what happens when the City of Buffalo runs an Olmsted park

This is what happens when the City of Buffalo runs an Olmsted park

If it's not broke, don't fix it—a look at what happened when Olmsted was under city management. Comments: 0

Posted 12/10/09 @ 12:38 PM

Always on call—even at church

Always on call—even at church

S unday morning at church, a man passed out and coded in the pew right in front of us. We were there with our three little girls, and certainly weren’t expecting anything like that—one never is. He began to slump forward, and his wife couldn’t hold him. I reached forward, and... Comments: 0

Posted 11/18/09 @ 03:52 PM

“He just didn’t have the luck, I guess.”

The words were spoken by a grandfather, referring to a grandson’s problems with catching fish, but the discussion was happening in a much larger and more serious context. Comments: 0

Posted 11/16/09 @ 07:55 AM

No place to hide

Entering the online world is always a painful process for print publications, which have decades, sometimes, centuries of human, technical, and financial resources invested in the world of the tangible printed object: a newspaper, a magazine, a pamphlet, a book. But we’re all doing it.... Comments: 0

Posted 10/21/09 @ 01:11 PM