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Ladies Behind the Lens

There are currently over 40,000 institutionalized orphans in Uganda and the number is steadily growing. Last Tuesday night at Hallwalls, Krista Hamlen, a media study graduate student at the University at Buffalo, presented Where We Belong, her recently completed documentary film that explores the inner dynamics of two orphan-related non-profit organizations in Jinja, Uganda. The film provides an up-close and personal vantage point of Ekisa, an orphanage for children with disabilities, and of the Obukuumi Sponsorship Program, an organization that assists families in raising their children at home. Much of the film was shot at Ekisa and includes interviews with the Ugandan women who work there and the two founders of the organization.

The Rydell Gang's CFA Shindig

Since its debut on Broadway in 1972, Grease has rocked the stage with its provocative material and playful, energetic dance and musicality.

"The Influence of ""Trash"" In Literary Form"

For centuries literary critics, theorists, and analysts have traced the roots of popular themes and aesthetics back to surprising historical periods and works of literature. Last Friday, at Scholars at Hallwalls, Ramon Soto-Crespo, associate professor of American Studies and author of Mainland Passage: The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico, gave a lecture on his experience in this realm of literary exploration and how it will impact the last chapter of his upcoming book, Biotropics. "In my research for that project I became captivated by the emergence of 'white trash' subjectivity as a byproduct of slave emancipation in the Caribbean," Soto-Crespo said. This discovery inspired Soto-Crespo to start reading long-forgotten pulp fiction - cheap writings focused on sensationalist topics.

Queer Art Enlightens CFA Attendees

Queer Art is a subject that has been tenuously studied for decades. Two artists brought the topic to UB in a high-speed fashion last Thursday. Artists Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch presented The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art showcase at the CFA.

Print Mastery at UB

Humanism, individualization, and equality are all abstract ideas, but there's a gallery that makes these concepts concrete and aesthetically pleasing.

A Time Capsule of Post-Modern Art

While Buffalo may currently be known for its chicken wings, blizzards, and beloved NFL team, just four decades ago it was home to a thriving community of musicians, poets, painters, and visual artists.

The Art & Science of the Theoretically Known

Quickies in the Theater

An Underground Art Form