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Playing in the Park
By KIERA MEDVED | July 1, 2013It's a Buffalo summer night's dream: Shakespeare in Delaware Park is back. From June 20 to July 14, Shakespeare in the Park will be performing the famous tragedy Hamlet: a story about a young prince's plot to exact revenge on his uncle, King Claudius.
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Welcome to the family
By FELICIA HUNT | July 1, 2013Sheets of loose-leaf paper smudged with eraser marks occupy part of the wall in the cramped basement.
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Diggin' the scene
By MAX CRINNIN | July 1, 2013Whether you're a new student at UB or someone who has been around the area for a while, Buffalo's art scene is worth getting to know.
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Don't let the music die
By RACHEL KRAMER | July 1, 2013Kevin Beuler felt something was missing during his freshman year at UB. He had been a musician for 13 years and then, suddenly, he wasn't. Beuler is now a senior mathematics major with a minor in music, and he's an active participant in the UB Concert Band. There are over 300 students continuing their passion for music after high school at UB who aren't music majors.
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Pain & Gain movie review: Painful is putting it mildly
By JAKE KNOTT | Apr. 28, 2013Film: Pain & Gain Release Date: April 26 Studio: Paramount Pictures Grade: D- This film is a waste of electricity. Pain & Gain - director Michael Bay's first non-Transformers entry since 2005 - is a brainless exercise of barbaric violence and tasteless humor so surreally awful, it must be seen to be believed. Exhibit A: Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg, Broken City) has just crushed a man to death.
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Shibboleth: Not easily defined
By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Apr. 28, 2013Art is not easily defined by a single word, phrase or definition; art is multifaceted, diverse and encompasses everything from paintings and sculptures to digital projections and clothing designs - it would be near impossible to condense something so wide-ranging into a single, faithful definition. The same can be said for the group of 35 graduating seniors from UB's Department of Visual Studies; these students are as equally multifaceted as the artwork they create.
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The Clean House makes a clean sweep
By TIM ALLMAN | Apr. 23, 2013Distinguished playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) claims that theater has entered a "before and after" period with Sarah Ruhl.
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A Phoenix reborn
By KIERA MEDVED | Apr. 23, 2013Artist:Phoenix Album: Bankrupt! Release Date:April 22 Label:Glassnote Grade:C
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A stroke of punk rock genius
By JORDAN OSCAR | Apr. 23, 2013Title:Punk Rock Jesus Publisher:Vertigo (DC Comics)
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Shib happens
By ELVA AGUILAR | Apr. 23, 2013A word that UB students overlook on a daily basis will come alive in downtown Buffalo at the hands of 35 talented members of the Class of 2013. This Saturday, the graduating students from the Visual Studies department will present their theses exhibition, Shibboleth, in front of faculty, family and the most prominent people from the Buffalo art scene. The term was one of many proposed between the group of students, but senior fine art major Jennifer Cornwell's suggestion was chosen for the word's connection to UB, as well as its definition, according to senior communication design major Ned Semoff. Shibboleth is a word that carries multiple meanings, both literally and for the graduating students.
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Introductory Space-Funk 101: Higher learning
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 21, 2013It was a cold and dreary day for a 4/20 celebration. Snow flurried down periodically, and the wind made it uncomfortable to stand outside.
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Save Rock and Roll album review: A testament that believers never die
By FELICIA HUNT | Apr. 18, 2013Artist:
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The Place Beyond the Pines movie review: Biting the hand that feeds you
By JAKE KNOTT | Apr. 18, 2013Film:
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Fourteen hours of Dickinson
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 16, 2013In a bright wood-bound chapel room on a rainy Saturday night, a poetic atmosphere was created in honor of poet Emily Dickinson almost 130 years after her death.
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Bullpen turned zoo
By ELVA AGUILAR | Apr. 15, 2013Smoke, sweat and a sea of thousands filled Alumni Arena for one of the most successful Spring Fests in years. Sunday night, DJ Rosado, 5 & A Dime, Bad Rabbits, Krewella, Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki performed at Student Association's Spring Fest 2013 to a venue of raucous undergraduates and fans alike of the six acts. The night served as a massive crescendo, with each performance adding to the unbearable energy inside Alumni Arena.
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"Stay classy, Reebok"
By Brian Josephs | Apr. 14, 2013You have to find Rick Ross' public relations skills severely lacking, when all is said and done. The rapper has been given numerous opportunities to apologize for his hellacious lyrics on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." Ross attributed the controversy to a public misunderstanding.
