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Lehrer Dance[s] the night away
By GIOVANNI GAGLIANESE | Oct. 4, 2015The Lehrer Dance Company has continued to take flight on and offstage with its sellout first performance at UB.
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The grapevine 10/5 - 10/11
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 4, 2015A breakdown of what to see in Buffalo this week.
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Lana Del Rey and her Honeymoon phase
By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Oct. 1, 2015Lana Del Rey released her fourth studio album, Honeymoon, on Sept. 18, which she started working on only two months after the release of her third project, Ultraviolence (2014). Clocking in at an hour and five minutes, with 14 tracks, this project has shown that Lana has refined her sound without losing the characteristics of the iconic sound that we have all fallen in love with.
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Not exactly a ‘time to be alive’
By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Oct. 1, 2015What A Time To Be Alive clocks in at 40 minutes with 11 tracks, most of which feature beats from Atlanta up-and-comer Metro Boomin’. It’s hard to consider this a mixtape, especially based off the fact that this “mixtape” is being sold like an album – remember Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and its rollout? Calling this project a mixtape gives Drake and Future a pass in mediocrity.
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WRUB radio helps UB students learn DJ skills, share with community
By Luke Heuskin | Oct. 1, 2015“WRUB stands for ‘We Are UB,’ and I think that our name says it all,” said Gabrielle Cohen, general manager of WRUB and a junior environmental design major. “We are UB’s voice to the students via radio, whether it be music or talk radio and we really strive to make WRUB inclusive of all listeners.” WRUB was conceived in the 1970s and started as an FM station but later switched to online radio format, making it one of the first internet-based college radio stations. Sub Board I, Inc. owns WRUB.
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Grammy award-winning KC and the Sunshine Band to play UB tailgate series
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 1, 2015KC and the Sunshine Band will kickoff the football team’s tailgate on Saturday, as the third show of the Tailgate Concert Series. The Grammy and American Music Award-winning band has toured for more than 50 years and is known for their massively popular songs such as “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “Get Down Tonight,” and “Shake Your Booty.” The band took a hiatus from 1985 to1993, but has been touring ever since.
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Indie-folk duo The Dodos to play Mohawk Place
By GRACE TRIMPER | Sep. 30, 2015The Spectrum got the chance to speak with Long about writing, touring and the trials of juggling music making and having a family.
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Two UB students explore their Hispanic heritage through 'In the Heights'
By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Sep. 30, 2015The two UB students are performing in “In the Heights,” a production of cultural significance, at the MusicalFare Theatre, a non-profit theater company located on the Daemen College campus, until Oct. 11.
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Buffalo Film Seminars give students and residents a look into the past present
By Tomas Olivier | Sep. 30, 2015Christian and her husband of more than 40 years, Bruce Jackson, also a SUNY distinguished professor in the English department, host the Buffalo Film Seminars every Tuesday night at the Dipson Theatre on Main Street near South Campus. The seminars bring together UB students and community members to watch and discuss films dating back as early as the 1920s.
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The McLovins, a jam-band at heart, plays at Waiting Room in Buffalo
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 27, 2015The McLovins walked onstage at 11 p.m. without saying a word. Silently, the band picked up their instruments and started playing, their heads nodding in unison. Halfway through the first song at the Waiting Room, the crowd was already dancing to the beat. The McLovins, humorously named after Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s character’s fake ID name in Superbad, are a four-piece outfit from Hartford, Connecticut.
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Coming into his own: Mac Miller’s new album epitomizes his style and sound
By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 27, 2015On Sept. 18, Mac Miller dropped his latest album GO:OD A.M. Miller has seen immense success for such a young artist. His career skyrocketed when he released his LP, Blue Slide Park in 2011and it hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top 100 list.
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UB's Pagan SA brings old traditions to a new crowd
By Luke Heuskin | Sep. 27, 2015Not many people know what Paganism is about. Chelsea Carnahan, a junior German and linguistics major, said that is one of the reasons she started the Pagan Student Association.
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Splitting Light art exhibit comes to UB
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 25, 2015Browder, Dawe and Knuth are three of the 10 artists whose work premiered in UB’s Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on Thursday night in the exhibit Splitting Light. Rachel Adams, associate curator of the University Art Gallery, curated the exhibit, focusing the show on how color is used as an idea, inspiration and theme through different mediums and artists.
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McLovins, a goofy jam band turned rock innovators, to play at the Waiting Room
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 25, 2015Founding member Jake Huffman talked to The Spectrum about the band’s roots and how their musical vision has changed over time.
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Student Hannah Perno’s calligraphy displayed on UB's Seasons’ menu
By Alexandra Saleh | Sep. 24, 2015Hannah Perno grew up on a farm. She ate organic and wholesome foods that eventually became integral to her daily eating habits. It is fitting that the senior environmental studies major is the artist behind Seasons’ vibrant blackboard menu in the Center for the Arts.
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Salty or sweet?: Hot takes on Drake and Future project don’t matter – it’s not that deep
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 22, 2015Drake and Future’s most recent project has been out for two days – since its drop, the mixtape has been examined and analyzed from every aspect imaginable. Some common criticisms that have arisen so far: “I thought it was going to be better,” or “It’s not as good as Drake and Future’s old stuff,” and “It didn’t live up to its hype. It’s not that deep.
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HBO reigns supreme amid lowest-rated Emmys ever
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 22, 2015During the 67th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, HBO-produced shows won 14 major awards, including best drama, comedy, movie and miniseries. HBO shows like “Game of Thrones”and “Veep” won five of the 10 main Emmy award categories, including the two keynote awards for the night, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series.
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Space Ace: KISS founding member Ace Frehley plays at UB's Center for the Arts
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 22, 2015Ace Frehley, born Paul Frehley in the Bronx, is the former lead guitarist and founding member of KISS, one of the best-selling rock bands in the world.
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Buffalo's theater season kicks off with 34th annual Curtain Up!
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 20, 2015On Friday, the 34th edition of Curtain Up!, held by the Theatre District Association of WNY and M&T Bank, kicked off the theater season in Buffalo. Curtain Up! is a promotional event held to celebrate the beginning of the theater season in Buffalo. Hundreds of theater fans dressed and came out to enjoy performances, food, outdoor bars and live music for this year’s annual theatre kickoff.
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Gretchen Parlato performs at UB's Center for the Arts
By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Sep. 20, 2015In a well-received event, she played songs from her critically acclaimed album Gretchen Parlato – Live in NYC and gave fans of the Jazz genre a reason to follow her musical career.
