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Club mural design competition shows off students’ artistic talents

By JOSH PAWLIK and ISAAC HO | May 6

The EDM Club, Classics Club and Latin American Graduate Student Association took home the top three prizes in UB Student Engagement’s “Colors in Construction: Student Organization Art Showcase.” 

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Buffalo Fashion Runway: the blueprint for Buffalo’s artistic revival

By NADIA BANGAROO | Apr. 23

Buffalo Fashion Runway is a culture of cultivation that shines a light on local artists in Western New York region, ranging from designers and models to poets and performing artists.

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History is Present: How plywood prints can help us process our country’s recent past

By TENZIN WODHEAN | Apr. 22

In “History is Present,” now on display at UB's Anderson Gallery, two artists try to decelerate the diminishing of these images and lend a slowness to the urgency of our present by reflecting on the past. 

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The Spectrum Tiny Desk: Tiny Cypher

By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Apr. 22

Buffalo-area rappers showed off their lyricism in the Spectrum office. Watch the full concert here. 

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Comedy, chaos and creative takes on Shakespeare

By MAILI NOVAK | Apr. 15

Without lighting design, a set or much prior preparation as to what characters they’d be playing, the cast of “King Henry VI: Part 2” took to the Center for the Arts (CFA) Rehearsal Workshop. They had 110 minutes of showtime with no intermission to encompass comedy, romance and tragedy in the bloody War of Roses 

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How two Buffalonians built a community of artists during COVID-19

By SOPHIA STINES | Apr. 9

Alexa and Edreys Wajed first had the idea for Eat Off Art while on a road trip to Toronto in 2020.

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Sun’s up, I listen: a playlist for the spring

By TENZIN WODHEAN | Apr. 9

The Spectrum has put together a selection of songs that could be fresh and fitting for jumpstarting a spring playlist with new sounds. 

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‘No such thing as too much love’: UB students organize LGBTQ+ art exhibition

By SOPHIA STINES and MYLIEN LAI | Apr. 9

In collaboration with the UB LGBTQ+ Association, Kelly Luu and Juntralai Moore showcased Queer House: a home for artistic expression centered around the queer experience. 

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Review: ‘COWBOY CARTER’: A bombastic, genre blending, career triumph

By JOSH PAWLIK | Apr. 2

“COWBOY CARTER” is full of moments that will excite listeners, especially country music fans. 

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Review: Hozier’s new EP ‘Unheard’

By FERDINAND BABIANO | Apr. 2

Following the release of his third studio album “Unreal Unearth,” a concept album based on Dante’s journey through the circles of hell in the “Inferno,” Irish singer-songwriter Hozier’s surprise EP “Unheard” is an amazing follow up. 

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Review: Buffalo’s SPACED shines on debut album ‘This Is All We Ever Get’

By RODRIGO FEIJÃO | Apr. 2

The self-described “far-out” hardcore band SPACED  has proved once again that Buffalo is a prime breeding ground for innovative musicians and artists in the scene and beyond. 

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‘The lives stolen are not in vain’: Buffalo artists respond to the May 14 shooting

By MYLIEN LAI | Mar. 11

The “Before and After Again” exhibit is not intended to fit a single description: it should not be treated as just a memorial for the 10 residents, nor is it just meant to be a call to end gun violence. 

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The Royal Pitches bring the house down with another stellar performance

By SARAH OWUSU | Mar. 11

The Royal Pitches, UB’s all-treble a cappella group, presented “The Royal Pitches Unplugged,” a concert in the style of MTV’s “Unplugged” series, on Saturday in Norton Hall.

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Ariana Grande’s ‘eternal sunshine’ review

By LAUREN MONTAGNE | Mar. 11

The album is Grande’s seventh and follows her last album, “Positions,” which came out in 2020.