At 19 years old, Rodney Taylor left for New York City with three suitcases and $150. He had a dream of becoming an artist and felt that if he stayed in the City of Buffalo, he wouldn't be able to chase it down. "I couldn't imagine not doing art," Taylor said.
Loud chanting reverberated throughout the Center For the Arts. The walls shook as the Indian Student Association (ISA) took over the stage. After using vivacious colors, flawless timing and exquisite dancing to convey the story of the Taj Mahal, ISA won the crowd's approval and took home its second straight first-place award at the 2014 International Fiesta Friday night. The event included 14 clubs' performances, which told tales of love and tragedy - creating an engaging atmosphere for the packed audience - in keeping with the theme of "myths, legends and folklore." The Student Association brought back three alumni guest emcees for the evening - Andrea Ortiz, David Cobb and Harrison Nyguen - who, in the show's introduction, appeared on stage as silhouettes against a red background, the aesthetics demanding the audience's attention. The crowd began rising to its feet; the energy was palpable. But the room's emotion reached its highpoint during the performance from ISA, the most colorful group of the night.
In the big pond of American political power, Frank Underwood is neither a big fish nor a wealthy whale; he is a shark and an extremely hungry and ambitious one at that.
With the Academy Awards approaching this weekend, conversation is abuzz about the prevailing question of the Oscars: Who's going to walk away with the golden accolade? The year 2013 offered a long list of stellar performances.
Robert Frost's name has long conjured the instant evocation of snowy woods and roads less traveled.
With the Academy Awards coming this weekend, it's time to run down a list of the best songs off of movie soundtracks.
"Turn those cellphones to vibrate" the announcer calls over the loudspeakers. Even before the audience is finished fiddling with their phones, the stage lights up.
When your adjunct English professor from freshman year asks you to hand him a beer, you know you're a long way from UB's lecture halls. Most students wouldn't expect to see their professors on stage reciting risqu?
Growing up in Buffalo as the youngest of five boys, Seth Williams spent his childhood surrounded by food - growing in the garden, cooking on the stove and canned into mason jars. "[My siblings] would always fight over the last grab of the potato salad," said Williams, a chef manager at UB.
Album: Sun Structures Artist: Temples Label: Havenly Release Date: Feb. 10 Grade: C+ Two years ago, Temples burst onto the music scene and seemed to have the potential to provide a new wave of psychedelic rock.
On Wednesday, the Student Association announced that Aziz Ansari will perform in Alumni Arena April 28 as part of the 2014 Comedy Series.
Aziz Ansari will be performing at Alumni Arena on April 28, according to a Student Association Facebook post. The comedian will be part of the 2014 Comedy Series.
Platform: Playstation 3 Developer: Naughty Dog
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has donated $150,600 to UB's Poetry Collection.
It's the middle of the week. Your energy levels are lagging and the weekend is teasing you, brushing the tips of your fingers. Not to mention that it's been cold for long enough now - it's time for the sun to come back. But though the near future still holds bitter mornings and chilly nights, we in the office have been brightening up our days with songs that make us think of the long nights that Spring Break has in store for us. Ed Sheeran - "Gold Rush" The staccato guitar riffs that British one-man-band Ed Sheeran plays in this chirpy song induce foot taps and weird public grins.
Hopsin, the deep-thinking, name-calling hip-hop artist best known for his haunting white eye contacts and "Ill Mind of
The crowd before her rose to their feet, an eruption of applause broke out and the Twittersphere exploded in response. The speaker choked up with emotion, but smiled as she accepted the support being sent to her from around the room. Former Oscar nominee Ellen Page announced her true sexual identity during the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's (HRCF) Time to Thrive speech in Las Vegas on Feb.
Dominique Hickson, a sophomore computer engineering major, gave a brief sermon about forgiveness before Thursday's rehearsal. "You need to be able to forgive, because at the end of the day, you and that person are going to the same place," Hickson said.
Film: The Lego Movie Release Date: Feb. 7 Studio: Village Roadshow Pictures Grade: A
The words "street art" can provoke uninformed sounds of disdain and unjustified headshakes. The label induces images of uninspired scribbles of graffiti against brick walls and vandalizing youths who are spoiling communities. But the idea of street art is being liberated through an intriguing movement. Free Art Friday has made its way to Buffalo and is a global movement that spreads free art across a community.
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