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Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ smashed records
By ALEX NOVAK | Nov. 17, 2022For the first time in history, one artist occupied all Top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: Taylor Swift.
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‘More Love, Less Ego’ displays how her love is better than ‘Her Loss’
By AJ FRANKLIN | Nov. 17, 2022From the smoothness of his voice to the seductiveness of his lyrics, WizKid vividly showcases his romantic abilities on “More Love, Less Ego.”
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Drake and 21 Savage’s ‘Her Loss’ feels like a Drake solo project
By MORGAN S.T. ROSS | Nov. 17, 2022‘Her Loss’ comes as a long-awaited full-length collaboration between Drake and 21 Savage, as fans of the duo reminisced on the successes of the pair’s previous songs together.
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ inspires audiences to break away from their generational curses
By AJ FRANKLIN | Nov. 17, 2022“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” takes audiences through a heartfelt journey filled with hopeless grieving, laugh-worthy comedy, engaging battles and relentless characters.
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Dark academia bewitches Fashionista Club
By ALEX NOVAK and JULES EVANS | Nov. 17, 2022UB's Fashionista Club is an on-campus group that promotes self-expression, finding meaning through one’s style and committing to an aesthetic vision.
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UB’s Student Concert Band offers a unique experience to student-musicians
By JOSH BILLIG | Nov. 16, 2022Composed of flutists and saxophonists, tubists and percussionists, and everything in between, the UB Student Concert Band creates a space of camaraderie among its unique group of musicians.
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UB’s ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ is sweet like honey
By ALEX NOVAK and REBECCA BUXTON | Nov. 9, 2022“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” may be a mouthful of a title, but UB’s fall musical certainly gave audiences a lot to chew on.
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Sophie Allison and Co.’s performance at the Town Ballroom was vulnerable and visceral
By MERET KELSEY | Nov. 9, 2022Soccer Mommy, the musical personality of singer-songwriter Sophie Allison, gave a vulnerable, visceral performance at the Town Ballroom last Friday.
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UB artists invite patrons into the studio at Art in the Open
By MERET KELSEY | Nov. 2, 2022Attendees were met with the lively, bustling atmosphere of UB’s most talented artists in their natural habitats: their studios.
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UB k-pop group brings energy and attitude
By ALEX NOVAK | Nov. 2, 2022Mix’n’Max rehearsals aren’t your traditional dance classes.
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‘Artistic healing’: UB students and artists collaborate on labyrinth project
By MERET KELSEY | Oct. 26, 2022With guidance from visiting artist Dara Friedman, a German-born film and video artist whose works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and the Hammer Museum, a group of adventurous students spent much of this semester constructing River Hill, a large-scale labyrinth and pollinator garden.
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‘Public art is my sport of choice’: The story behind UB’s Title IX mural
By ALEX NOVAK | Oct. 26, 2022Behind every “contemplative site” is the artist that brought it to life.
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Midnights is a “Glitch” in Taylor Swift’s long list of no-skip albums
By KAYLA ESTRADA | Oct. 26, 2022“Midnights” is just that: mid.
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Zodiaque Dance Company brings feminism and artistry to the forefront
By ALEX NOVAK | Oct. 19, 2022This past Friday, dance enthusiasts crowded into the Center for the Arts’ Drama Theatre for UB Zodiaque Dance Company's 48th showcase.
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Five local musicians to stream this weekend
By MERET KELSEY | Oct. 19, 2022Here's a look at five up-and-coming musical acts from the Buffalo underground scene.
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Buffalo International Film Festival celebrates art, community and diversity
By MERET KELSEY | Oct. 12, 2022The 16th iteration of the Buffalo International Film Festival — otherwise known as its “Sweet BIFFteen” — was an uplifting celebration of film, art and community that featured over 160 independent films from Western New York and beyond.
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The good, the bad and the drag
By KARA ANDERSON | Oct. 12, 2022Decidedly not born from any human body, Mx. Ology, with radioactive orange hair, lopsided lips decorated, a teasing mustache and a penchant for turning trash into photoshoot looks, is as much a performance persona as she is a fully fleshed-out fictional character.
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The Buffalo International Film Festival highlights films from WNY and beyond
By MERET KELSEY | Oct. 5, 2022The 16th annual Buffalo International Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, Oct. 6 with an extensive lineup of exciting films from Western New York and beyond.
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Fall Fest draws mixed reactions from students
By MERET KELSEY and ALEX NOVAK | Sep. 28, 2022The free show, last held in 2019, was headlined by rappers Yung Gravy and Fivio Foreign. Reactions to the lineup were mixed.
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A night to remember
By KARA ANDERSON | Sep. 28, 2022From the flashy lights of New York City to the slow-moving suburban midwest, “The Prom” captures all the delights of queer-acceptance through on-point comedy and stellar performances at Shea's Theatre.
