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by Jill Greenberg
CBS Sunday Morning recently featured the story of 64 year-old Rosie Hill, who is suffering from early-onset memory loss. When old love letters between her and her ex-husband from 1973 were discovered at Goodwill and returned to her it was a window to her lost memories.
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by Michael I. Niman
Gore Vidal once wrote that we’re the United States of Amnesia. He was talking about politics. You know, how the country hated Congress when they threatened to shut the government, crash the global economy, or take your health insurance or Social Security away, but months later all was forgotten, and the sneaky bastards were sent back for another term.
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by Jim Heaney
Buffalo’s murder rate is high, not just in comparison with the suburbs, but with comparably sized cities with a population between 250,000 and 500,000. Buffalo recorded an average of 18.7 murders per 100,000 residents vs. 11.3 for all mid-sized cities for the five years ending in 2013.
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by Greg Mach
Whether looking for love or just a date, thousands of competing dating sites and apps promise everything from a huge selection of potential mates, to personally tailored matches for maximum compatibility.
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by Jeff Czum
Let’s all come to terms with this right now: not everyone is going to have that perfect meet-cute out of a Tom Hanks romantic comedy. The one where the man and woman both reach for the same book in a quiet/cozy Barnes and Noble, and fall in love immediately over a cup of some bullshit grande latte from Starbucks. No.
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by Artvoice Staff
Photos and stories from local couples about finding love in the Queen City.
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by Artvoice Staff
Artvoice readers weigh in on Valentine's Day
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by Artvoice Staff
Hair the are again. Beards are back and styling for balance between pretty boy and manly man.
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by Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell
Imagine if you will if you woke up one day to find that our minor league baseball team, the Buffalo Bisons, are no longer a AAA team, a place they’ve held for most of the past century plus, but are now back at AA.
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by Willard Brooks, Paul Marko, and Chris Groves
Late beer writer Michael Jackson said “porter casts a long shadow.” Clearly this refers as much to the dark color from roasted malts as to the long history this beer has in the British Isles.
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by Jack Foran
Hard edge and soft meet in the current two artists show at Buffalo Arts Studio. The straight lines and right angles high-gloss enamel paintings of Dennis Barraclough, and the soft sculpture pillow talk ambience installation of Tommy Nguyen. What the two shows have in common is lots of color. Sometimes extreme color.
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Welcome to the ninth installment of Artvoice’s Battle of Original Music—a contest we call BOOM, for short. Visit boom.artvoice.com to listen to our contestants, Purple and The Beggar's Best.
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by Jan Jezioro
Music Director JoAnn Falletta returns to the podium at Kleinhans Music Hall to conduct BPO concerts Saturday, February 7 at 8pm and Sunday, February 8 at 2:30pm. The exciting young Russian-American pianist Natasha Paremski will be making her BPO debut in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor in a program that includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.2 in C minor and the Diversions Overture by Jack Gallagher.
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by Javier
The fabulous stage and movie star Debbie Reynolds (pictured above) received this year’s Life Achievement Award at the annual SAG ceremony held on January 25th. At 82, she has no intention to retire.
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by Jordan Canahai
Mr. Turner, the unconventional British biopic from acclaimed writer/director Mike Leigh, details the last 25 years in the life of the great 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner. As brilliantly played by Timothy Spall, he is not an attractive man, physically nor morally, but he nevertheless produces art of great beauty.
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by Carolyn Marcille
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by Carolyn Marcille
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by Carolyn Marcille
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by Chuck Shepherd
Al Shibla Middle East of United Arab Emirates has introduced lycra-style, whole-body camel coverings that are believed to enhance blood circulation and, perhaps, racing speed (although the fashions are now used only in training and transportation, to lessen camels’ “stress”).
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by Rob Brezsny
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published helpful instructions on how to avoid being struck by lightning during stormy weather. Wear a lightning rod in your hat, he said, and attach it to a long, thin metal ribbon that trails behind you as you walk. In response to his article, a fashion fad erupted.
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