MERET KELSEY

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See you later friends

By MERET KELSEY | May 17

My goodbye and thanks to The Spectrum

Orange Dog Club performed a “Tiny Desk” concert in the Spectrum newsroom.

ARTS

UB’s Orange Dog Club rocks the Spectrum newsroom

By MERET KELSEY | May 3

The Buffalo-based musical project of UB student Tim Turner, visited the newsroom last week for an intimate performance of stripped-down, guitar-driven indie rock.

Dancers practice choreographed pieces as a part of Dancer’s Workshop.

ARTS

Creative control and inclusivity take the stage at the Dancer’s Workshop

By MERET KELSEY and AMY MASLIN | May 3

Dancer’s Workshop isn’t your average department-run performance. This one’s all about the students.

Despite working as a nude model, Isabel Yu typically wears clothes.

Photo: Courtesy of Isabel Yu

ARTS

‘Wait, like, naked?’: A conversation with a figure model

By MERET KELSEY | Apr. 26

Isabel Yu has been a figure model in art classes for about a year and a half.

Students told The Spectrum the best and worst songs to have playing the background during sex.

ARTS

Smash or pass: UB students on the best and worst songs for sex

By MERET KELSEY and ALEX NOVAK | Apr. 26

Pick a song that gets you hard, not one that makes sex harder.

ARTS

Graduating art students debut “Reflections of Impermanence”

By MERET KELSEY | Apr. 19

“Reflections of Impermanence,” the Department of Art’s class of 2023 senior thesis exhibition, opened to warm reception last Thursday evening at the Center for the Arts (CFA).

The Albright-Knox Museum has been under construction for three years.

ARTS

What to expect from the brand new Buffalo AKG Museum

By MERET KELSEY | Apr. 12

The museum’s June 2023 debut will include new acquisitions, additional community spaces and a redesigned campus.

Five Buffalo bands highlight the city’s music scene.

Photo: Matthias Wagner / Unsplash

ARTS

Embrace Buffalo’s music scene with these up-and-coming local bands

By MERET KELSEY | Apr. 5

Buffalo might be primarily known for football, wings and cold weather, but it's got great music too.

Selma Blair delivered the final installment in UB’s 2022-23 Distinguished Speakers Series with her service dog, Scout, curled up at her feet.

FEATURES

Selma Blair gets candid about multiple sclerosis, addiction and more

By MERET KELSEY and SUHA CHOWDHURY | Mar. 18

The gravity of the topics in her speech didn’t stop Blair from speaking with remarkable levity and humor, garnering laughter from the audience all night.

Senior theatre major E Lyons is the mastermind behind the set of “Eurydice.”

ARTS

A ‘recycling center’ for the departed and discarded

By MERET KELSEY and ALEX NOVAK | Mar. 15

A gigantic gray staircase split the space down the middle. Sculptures of garbage stood guard in the corners. Old family photos were plastered on the theater’s walls and UFO-like rings hung from the ceiling.

The Burchfield Penney’s gallery walls are lined with Johnson’s vibrant, colorful pieces.

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By MERET KELSEY | Feb. 15

The Burchfield Penney’s gallery walls are lined with Johnson’s vibrant, colorful pieces.

See you later friends

UB’s Orange Dog Club rocks the Spectrum newsroom

Creative control and inclusivity take the stage at the Dancer’s Workshop

‘Wait, like, naked?’: A conversation with a figure model

Smash or pass: UB students on the best and worst songs for sex

Graduating art students debut “Reflections of Impermanence”

What to expect from the brand new Buffalo AKG Museum

Embrace Buffalo’s music scene with these up-and-coming local bands

Selma Blair gets candid about multiple sclerosis, addiction and more

A ‘recycling center’ for the departed and discarded

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