The Spectrum got the chance to speak with Long about writing, touring and the trials of juggling music making and having a family.
The 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.
Christian 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.
The 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.
On 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.
Not 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.
Browder, 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.
Founding member Jake Huffman talked to The Spectrum about the band’s roots and how their musical vision has changed over time.
Hannah 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.
Drake 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.
During 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.
Ace 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.
On 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.
In 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.
As summer draws its final breaths and fall is ushered in, Buffalo enters a new season for music activity. In this weekly installment of The Grapevine, Buffalo exhibits a large variety of artists and venues, ranging from outdoor Indie rock concerts at Artpark lawn to hard, head-mashing electro in the intimate Waiting Room. Come out and see your favorite artists perform or get out and discover new ones – take your pick.
Until recently, Alex Schwartz would never have described himself as artistic. Schwartz, an electrical engineering major, never touched a piano in his life until about three years ago when his mother bought him and his brother a keyboard. He said it changed his life. “My whole life I thought I wasn’t artistic and then I started playing piano,” Schwartz said.
She is set to perform at the Center for the Arts Drama Theater this coming Saturday at 8 p.m. UB is just another step in her high-profile career, which includes performances at the London Jazz Festival and Carnegie Hall.
Back in April of this year, DA$H dropped a bomb on us with his Metro Boomin’ produced track “Mudd Walk” but has remained quiet since then. Now, DA$H is back, sending us into a bass heavy, trap trance.
The end of the September opens to a year of new releases seeking to engage audiences of all sorts. Films of the fall are set to portray the realities of life and consequences of moral relativism to its audiences while also creating a community of comedic refuge.
Even four days after the Student Association’s annual fall concert, UB students are still talking about the unrelenting rain, painstakingly slow lines and limited space in Alumni Arena. All undergraduate students who pay the mandatory student activity fee of $104.75 a semester get into the concert for free with a student ID, but once the 6,500-arena capacity had been reached Saturday, students and ticketholders alike were refused entry.
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