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KC and the Sunshine band will perform at UB's Tailgate Concert Series on Saturday.

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Grammy award-winning KC and the Sunshine Band to play UB tailgate series

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Oct. 1, 2015

KC 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.

Album cover of The Dodos' newest album, Individ.

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Indie-folk duo The Dodos to play Mohawk Place

By GRACE TRIMPER | Sep. 30, 2015

The Spectrum got the chance to speak with Long about writing, touring and the trials of juggling music making and having a family.

Alejandro Gabriel Gómez (far left) performs onstage as Sunny in ‘In the Heights.’

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Two UB students explore their Hispanic heritage through 'In the Heights'

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Sep. 30, 2015

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.

The 31st Buffalo Film Seminar attempts to bridge the gap between UB Students and the Buffalo community. The series is held at Dipson theatres in Amherst, near South Campus, every Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Buffalo Film Seminars give students and residents a look into the past present

By Tomas Olivier | Sep. 30, 2015

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 played in Buffalo on Saturday night on the second floor of the Waiting Room. The rock band showed off their softer side with a night full of soul and funk songs - with keyboard, drum and guitar solos abound.

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The McLovins, a jam-band at heart, plays at Waiting Room in Buffalo

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 27, 2015

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.

Mac Miller released his third studio Album on Sept. 18, GO:OD AM.

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Coming into his own: Mac Miller’s new album epitomizes his style and sound

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 27, 2015

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.

Students gather in Norton 214 for a meeting of UB Pagan Student Association. The group is a temporary SA club founded this year to help bring awareness to all of Paganism’s misconceptions in society. It meets every Thursday.

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UB's Pagan SA brings old traditions to a new crowd

By Luke Heuskin | Sep. 27, 2015

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.

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Splitting Light art exhibit comes to UB

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 25, 2015

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.

The McLovins, a progressive rock band from New England, will be performing their second show in Buffalo on Saturday at The Waiting Room, downtown.

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McLovins, a goofy jam band turned rock innovators, to play at the Waiting Room

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 25, 2015

Founding 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, 2015

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.

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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, 2015

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.

The 67th edition of the Emmys saw a new low in TV ratings, while HBO experienced a near sweep of the awards show with their productions “Game of Thrones”and “Veep.”

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HBO reigns supreme amid lowest-rated Emmys ever

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 22, 2015

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.

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Space Ace: KISS founding member Ace Frehley plays at UB's Center for the Arts

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 22, 2015

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.

The 34th annual Curtain Up! kicks off Buffalo theatre season with live music and performances, food trucks and street parties.

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Buffalo's theater season kicks off with 34th annual Curtain Up!

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 20, 2015

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.

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Gretchen Parlato performs at UB's Center for the Arts

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Sep. 20, 2015

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.

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The grapevine

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 20, 2015

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.

Alex Schwartz, the founder and president of the Student Association Piano Club, shows off his skills on the Flag Room piano, donated to the Student Union over 20 years ago by the Music Department.

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UB Piano Club trying to build ‘from ground up’

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 18, 2015

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.

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Gretchen Parlato to come to UB Center for the Arts

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Sep. 18, 2015

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.

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Da$h brings the Skrewface

By Gabriela Ortiz | Sep. 18, 2015

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.

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Fall movie guide

By Alexandra Saleh | Sep. 18, 2015

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.