UB’s annual “Art in the Open” at the Center for the Arts offered visitors an opportunity to experience varied student work across the arts department from live group performances to physical creations.
“Wolf Play” details a boy’s search for belonging — his “wolf pack” — amidst a clash between two families; representing an intimate confrontation with dilemmas of identity and acceptance, along with an exploration of the harm and resulting resilience caused by imperfect familial relationships.
With its strong representation of Gen Z, friendship, workplace, and social blunders, “Adults” has become a new comfort show for me.
Taylor Swift can be considered as incredibly talented and successful even without the belief that every song she releases is the greatest song ever written — dislike her music, but do not pretend that she has not made an enormous impact on the music industry.
Located in the Western New York Book Arts Center — a nonprofit organization committed to protecting the arts and a hub for modern art — the "Disrupted" and "Natural Mythology" exhibits showcase the artists’ imaginations: Kathleen Sherin’s abstract series of questions and Amanda Maciuba’s reimagination of her childhood.
Building its presence for the past three years, the Buffalo Fashion Week serves as the centerpiece of a week of events which bring fashion together with other forms of art and entertainment.
Macklemore's advocacy for Palestine after his opening act performances under Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour led to his dismissal. Several UB students have thoughts on it.
The sounds of Cuba filled Shea’s Buffalo Theatre as “Buena Vista Social Club” brought its music, history and culture to Western New York during Hispanic Heritage Month.
The Daisy Chain Fields festival transformed collective pop-culture spaces into a hub for political power and intergenerational community building.
UB’s annual first-year MFA showcase offered a glimpse into the minds of nine talented artists who worked tirelessly on their pieces.
Sampling is when an artist takes an existing recorded sound and adds it to a new recording. The original sound is oftentimes altered by pitch-shifting, looping, or chopping.
By the time she died on Aug. 25, Dolly Parton long cemented herself in history as the “Queen of Country.” But she may have also reimagined a future for children’s literacy.
“One and Many Chairs,” a new exhibit held from Sept. 1 to Oct. 17 in the UB Department of Art’s Lower Gallery at the Center for the Arts (CFA), showcases the sheer resourcefulness of student artists, faculty and the UB Sustainability team. The exhibit displays 35 different works of art, all of which began at the exact same point: old discarded leather chairs from the university’s Lockwood Library.
Fashion designer John Galliano was set to receive one of fashion’s highest institutional honors: a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the 2027 Met Gala. But his past could not be separated from the clothes.
With the start of a new school year comes a brand new set of productions presented by UB’s Department of Theatre and Dance, and the 2026-27 season looks to be a deeply contemplative yet riveting year of performances.
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