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Review: ‘COWBOY CARTER’: A bombastic, genre blending, career triumph
By JOSH PAWLIK | Apr. 2, 2024“COWBOY CARTER” is full of moments that will excite listeners, especially country music fans.
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Review: Hozier’s new EP ‘Unheard’
By FERDINAND BABIANO | Apr. 2, 2024Following the release of his third studio album “Unreal Unearth,” a concept album based on Dante’s journey through the circles of hell in the “Inferno,” Irish singer-songwriter Hozier’s surprise EP “Unheard” is an amazing follow up.
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Review: Buffalo’s SPACED shines on debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Get’
By RODRIGO FEIJÃO | Apr. 2, 2024The self-described “far-out” hardcore band SPACED has proved once again that Buffalo is a prime breeding ground for innovative musicians and artists in the scene and beyond.
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‘The lives stolen are not in vain’: Buffalo artists respond to the May 14 shooting
By MYLIEN LAI | Mar. 11, 2024The “Before and After Again” exhibit is not intended to fit a single description: it should not be treated as just a memorial for the 10 residents, nor is it just meant to be a call to end gun violence.
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The Royal Pitches bring the house down with another stellar performance
By SARAH OWUSU | Mar. 11, 2024The Royal Pitches, UB’s all-treble a cappella group, presented “The Royal Pitches Unplugged,” a concert in the style of MTV’s “Unplugged” series, on Saturday in Norton Hall.
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Ariana Grande’s ‘eternal sunshine’ review
By LAUREN MONTAGNE | Mar. 11, 2024The album is Grande’s seventh and follows her last album, “Positions,” which came out in 2020.
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Talent and tech make Zodiaque’s 49th season a success
By MAILI NOVAK | Mar. 11, 2024Whirling colors and rhythmic movement took to the UB Drama Theatre Stage from Feb. 29 to March 2 as the Zodiaque Dance Company put on its 49th annual spring performance.
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How UB became home to one of the country’s first media studies programs
By TENZIN WODHEAN | Mar. 4, 2024In 1972, Gerald O’Grady was offered a position that many academics spend their whole lives pursuing: director of the Educational Communications Center at UB. O’Grady told administrators he would accept the job — as long as UB created its own Center for Media Study and named him as its director. It was one of the first media studies departments in the nation.
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Review: Phyllis Thompson takes over Buffalo Arts Studio
By JOSH PAWLIK | Mar. 4, 2024Thompson's exhibition ran from Jan. 26 to March 2 at the Buffalo Arts Studio and showcased the whimsical and creative interpretations of her life and family.
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‘We’re just trying to make it better every single year’: Black Student Union reflects on 2024 Black Explosion
By MYLIEN LAI | Mar. 4, 2024This year’s Black Explosion, the Black Student Union’s annual fashion show, kept with tradition in showcasing Black culture and diversity, while marking a comeback for the organization.
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Campus bathroom poem mourns ‘the way that change erases things’
By XIOLA BAGWELL | Mar. 4, 2024A senior media studies major at UB, Sydney King often writes poetry to socially process the world and implicitly express her emotions. Her first publicly displayed poem, “Eulogy for the Bathroom Graffiti in Student Union,” can be found in many bathroom stalls around campus.
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Local artist tackles objectification of women: ‘What if I objectified men?’
By MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 26, 2024Within the interweaving questions and responses, Linder’s “Belly” exhibit takes a unique perspective on how women are viewed in society by turning the stereotypes onto men, the gender often in power.
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Selfish Act: Buffalo’s freshest hardcore contemporaries
By RODRIGO FEIJÃO | Feb. 26, 2024Selfish Act have been making a lot of noise in the Buffalo scene and beyond. With their clear passion for the community and a bold take on hardcore, the band has established themselves as a group to keep an eye on.
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Beyoncé goes country
By JOSH PAWLIK | Feb. 26, 2024Beyoncé first dipped her toes in the genre with the track “Daddy Lessons” off her 2016 album “Lemonade.” Now, nearly eight years later, she’s released two new country singles and has a whole album slated for release next month.
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The fits of International Fiesta: How are students wearing their cultures?
By TENZIN WODHEAN | Feb. 19, 2024Vibrant colors adorned the Center for the Arts (CFA) mainstage at this year’s International Fiesta. But where do these colorful garments come from, and what do they mean?
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‘We did what we came here to do’: Students celebrate their communities in International Fiesta
By MAILI NOVAK and MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 19, 2024The Indian Student Association (ISA) took home first prize at this Saturday’s International Fiesta with a bold, exciting dance in homage to India’s struggles to free itself from British colonizers. The Filipino American Student Association (FASA) cemented second place while the Bengali Student Association (BSA) achieved third.
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Review: ‘Funny Girl’ explodes on stage at Shea’s
By JOSH PAWLIK | Feb. 19, 2024Singing, dancing, confetti and excited guests filled Shea’s Buffalo Theater for days as the Broadway musical “Funny Girl” touched down in Buffalo from Feb. 13-18.
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Music Theatre program debuts department Lab Series with Sondheim Tribute Revue
By SOPHIA STINES | Feb. 12, 2024UB’s recent musical choices have varied greatly in recent years, but Sondheim has been absent from its line-up for over a decade — until now.
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The Grapevine: It’s never too cold for art in Buffalo
By TENZIN WODHEAN | Feb. 5, 2024Winter in Buffalo can get dreary, but there's no better way to get over lousy weather than to indulge in local art with these events happening around town.
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The only way to a college student’s heart is through their stomach
By MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 5, 2024To the artists featured in the “Food for Thought” exhibit, it’s not the food itself that is meaningful, rather it’s the events, places and the people that the food is connected to.
