Spring has arrived in the Queen City, which means Buffalo has traded snow banks for mud pits. Whether you enjoy the rainy season or not, there’s one place you always want water to fall – your bathroom. May flowers aren’t here yet, but at least you can smell like one by jamming out in an April shower (baths are cool, too).
The UB Department of Theatre and Dance will host the controversial Broadway hit Spring Awakening for its spring show. While other college casts may try to work around or censor parts of the performance, UB’s audience will be shaking their heads along to unedited versions of the show’s most popular songs like “Totally F*cked” and “The B*tch of Living.”
Subsoil is a genre-bending hip-hop group that fuses the sounds of ska, funk and rock to create an auditory experience unlike any other. The group is known for its high-energy live performances and won “Best Live Act” in 2010 from Rochester’s Insider/Metromix Magazine.
Buffalo continues to prove why it is one of the most underrated music cities in the United States. This week, indie rock legend Neutral Milk Hotel will be gracing the city with its presence, along with ’70s legend Paul Anka and ’00s throwback The All-American Rejects. No matter your musical preferences, there is no excuse to not make it out to one of these shows because there is truly something for everyone.
On Thursday night at the 710 Main Theatre, Alan Safier starred as George Burns in the play Say Goodnight Gracie, taking the audience on a rollercoaster of emotions as the life of Burns unfolded on stage.
UBCon, ran Friday through Sunday. People from all over the area came dressed as their favorite characters and participated in a variety of activities, including Magic: The Gathering card tournaments and meet and greets with popular comic artists.
It seems just like yesterday when Tyler, the Creator was eating cockroaches on MTV – shocking people with where the direction of hip-hop was going.
Alumni Arena, which holds roughly 6,000 people, was packed Friday night for Electric Tundra, UB’s first Electronic Dance Music festival. The festival featured DNNYD, 3LAU and main attraction Bingo Players. Electric Tundra, a Student Association event, was the first of two SA concerts this semester, the second being the SA’s annual Spring Fest concert.
Furious 7 is a film that can’t decide what it wants the stakes to be.
Bronx-born rapper and DJ, Thompson, a.k.a. Vague, is UB’s resident crowd mover. He is most known on campus for his performances during Perks’ weekly open mic nights on Wednesdays.
From the trailer, The Woman in Gold might seem as predictable and repetitive as any other movie in theaters. But this movie is a lesson as to why we sit through films instead of just judging them on a two-minute snippet: the characters come to life on screen in a way that flips whatever pre-conceived notions the trailer may have instilled in the viewer.
Dancing can be a grueling art form – members of Pascal Rioult’s company practice for eight hours a day – three-hour classes and then another two to six hours in the studio for rehearsal. The work of Pascal Rioult and his company, RIOULT Dance NY, made its way to the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre on Saturday night.
The instruments that accompany his music provide the atmosphere of “sadness,” but Yung Lean’s lyrics and delivery don’t provide much emotion at all.
Better Call Saul looks every bit as popular and exciting its predecessor Breaking Bad.
This week in Buffalo the list of concerts truly personifies Buffalo’s diverse music scene.
What For?, Bundick’s fourth album as Toro Y Moi, runs concurrent to the artist’s obsession with musical innovation and growth.
Last Thursday, the North Park Theatre celebrated the 17th Anniversary of the first screening of the film that was shot entirely in Buffalo.
On Monday Jay-Z launched Tidal, his own music streaming service. It went viral almost immediately.
Williams, a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, performed at the Center for the Arts as part of the Student Association’s Comedy Series Thursday night.
On Wednesday night, Aaron Kunin read selections of his poetry as part of UB’s Poetics Plus program at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in downtown Buffalo. Poets in the program are selected through votes by English department students.
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