On a dark stage, stood a brightly lit tank full of colorful fish and a man dressed in all black. For 10 minutes, the man in black held his breath as he managed to make an eel come out of his mouth, juggle three steel balls, eat a banana and smoke a cigar, before taking a selfie with a lucky UB student. The scene?
Alice Notley talks to the dead. But she isn't a medium. She's a poet. In an audience of curious students and community members, a woman slumped in a chair and cried and one man couldn't contain his laughter.
After being introduced, Dr. Alessandra Renzi turned red. Flustered, the professor slowly approached the microphone and began to speak with a thick Italian accent.
Ten years ago, Bill Cowell received a letter that changed his life. The letter, from acclaimed publicist Dick Delson, outlined Delson's desire to draw attention to Cowell's latest film, The Magic Shoe Project. At first, Cowell had never heard of the famous publicist. Now, the creative duo has been working together and running the annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival for eight years.
After a long Buffalo winter, it can be easy to forget that sunshine and green grass do in fact exist.
In the lull leading up to Danny Brown's performance, security guards broke up two near fist-fights.
If you've been keeping up with 'Around Town' for the past two weeks, you might've realized that on just about every Friday of the month, a major museum in Buffalo is open to the public for free - perfect for us college kids on college budgets. This Friday, the Buffalo History Museum, located at 1 Museum Court in Delaware Park, is open and free from 10 a.m.
Style is like a Phoenix - it may die but will eventually come back. And like a Phoenix, style reappears stronger than before. With this week's Spectrum playlist, we take artists from the '60s through now and break down their fashion and music styles. '60s The Rat Pack: <iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:track:1REh8MwrhwEu0NQgAtwf5R" width="300" height="380" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true">iframe> Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop were a group of classy individuals, but what made them more attractive was the immense talent that each possessed.
Featuring high-stakes drama that ensnares clones, cops and rogue scientists in an ever-evolving conspiracy, the first season of Orphan Black managed to straddle multiple genres and defy
If you walked around North Campus this weekend, you may have seen resemblances of Zelda's Link, Marvel Comics' Thor, Dragon Ball Z's Goku or even
At 15 years old, Gavin DeGraw decided he wanted to be a performer. The revelation hit him while he was sitting in the backseat of his family's car, driving home from a Billy Joel concert. "If you're dreaming big, it can happen.
Book: The Opposite of Loneliness Author: Marina Keegan Release Date: April 8, 2014 Publisher: Scribner Publishing
On Thursday evening, Gavin DeGraw will take the main stage at UB's Center For the Arts.
CORRECTION:In the April 11 issue of The Spectrum, in the
There will be no shortage of culture in Buffalo this weekend. If you check out any of the following events, not only will you get off campus and away from the looming academic buildings, but Buffalo's city air will rejuvenate you for the homestretch of the semester. This Friday is the second Friday of the month, meaning that Burchfield Penney Art Center, located at 1300 Elmwood Ave.
Comedy fans won't have to turn on their televisions this weekend to see Al Madrigal deliver his signature commentary on politics. Madrigal, a regular correspondent on the Emmy Award-winning TV show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 2011, is set to perform standup this weekend at the
Game: Infamous: Second Son Platform: PlayStation 4 (PS4). Developer: Sucker Punch Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) Released: March 21 Grade: B+ Power consumes and corrupts.
Album: Imaginary Enemy Artist: The Used Label: Hopeless Records Release Date: April 1 Grade: C
Graphs on increasing income inequality, skyrocketing imprisonment rates and rising tides juxtaposed energetic, cacophonous piano playing and buzzing kazoos on Saturday. At Hardware
A man walks through the gallery's double doors. His identity is hidden by a white, plastic painting suit and a mask made from bandages.
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