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‘The Pajama Game’ - a labor of love and loungewear

By KADEN ZHONG | Apr. 29

UB Theatre and Dance unveiled its 2025 rendition of “The Pajama Game” with its opening night on Friday, April 25, at the UB Center for the Arts. As the lights in the glamorous Drama Theatre dimmed, Vernon Hines, played by sophomore musical theatre major Ty Burgess, wasted no time breaking into a musical number, introducing the audience to the world of Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory and rambling about his obsession with time efficiency.

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Review: ‘The Secretaries’ takes audience through a chaotic chain(saw) of events

By KADEN ZHONG | Apr. 15

On the nights of April 11 and 12, “The Secretaries” came to life at UB’s Center for the Arts Rehearsal Workshop.

Photo: BarberJP / Wikimedia Commons

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UB art professors weigh in on the AI debate

By KADEN ZHONG | Apr. 8

The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has only become more and more popular amongst the general population as it continues to advance and adapt to user preferences and requests.

Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey & Jessica Chastain at the ‘Interstellar’ European premiere.

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Movie Review: Interstellar’s beyond-stellar exploration of the existential & the theoretical

By KADEN ZHONG | Apr. 8

The 2014 film, directed by Christopher Nolan, tells a heart-wrenching story of family, humanity and risk, mixed with a healthy dose of theoretical science. Set on a decaying Earth in the year 2067, the human population is dwindling under a second Dust Bowl. In response, a group of scientists unified under NASA attempt to find a different planet to facilitate human life.

80 members of the Buffalo Chips took the stage

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Seven eras of the Buffalo Chips reunite in a grand chorus

By KADEN ZHONG | Feb. 25

Over 80 members of the Buffalo Chips took the stage in Slee Hall to commemorate 30 years since the founding of the all-male a cappella group.

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Student-led production hatches rock musical “A Crack in the Egg”

By KADEN ZHONG | Feb. 11

After a year of tireless production, the long-awaited “A Crack in the Egg,” created by Jeremy Meyers and John DellaContrada, made its debut in UB’s Katharine Cornell Theatre on Feb. 7 and 8.

Brooklyn-based indie rock band, Real Estate, taking the stage at Electric City.

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The fountain of youth is here in Electric City

By KADEN ZHONG | Feb. 4

The Brooklyn-based indie rock band Real Estate took the stage at Buffalo’s Electric City to perform their greatest hits.