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by Matthew Quinn & Geoff Kelly
You’d think that every American artist would eventually adopt war as his subject. Conflict is the constant in the American experience, and sooner or later an artist’s work must engage the realities of his time.
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by Bruce Fisher
Judging by his new book—No Apology: The Case for American Greatness (St. Martin’s Press)—the Republican Party would be fortunate indeed to have Mitt Romney as its presidential nominee in 2012. But in the age of tantrum populism, a guy who created a one-state version of the national healthcare plan just signed by Obama may have penned the last centrist statement ever intended as a GOP manifesto.
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by Geoff Kelly & Buck Quigley
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by Zachary Burns
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by Jack Foran
Cravens World, the new exhibit at the UB Anderson Gallery, is a cabinet of curiosities with a difference.
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by Donny Kutzbach
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by Donny Kutzbach
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by Jan Jezioro
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by Jan Jezioro
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by Anthony Chase
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by Anthony Chase
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by Javier
In less than a month, the super-fabulous Chita Rivera will be in Buffalo performing at UB’s Center for the Arts. Chita will perform her one-woman show Chita Rivera: My Broadway, on Tuesday May 4 at 8pm at the Mainstage Theatre.
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by George Sax
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by M. Faust
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by M. Faust
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Artvoice's weekly round-up of events to watch out for the week, including our editor's pick: Green Jelly, performing at Club Diablo on Sunday, the 11th.
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by Jim Corbran
Last time we featured the new, upcoming Mazda2 compact. Staying with that small car thought, this week we’ll take a quick look at a few more compacts coming down the turnpike in the next year or so. Does all of this small-time activity signal the end (finally) of Americans’ appetite for buying more vehicle than they really need?
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Peter A. Reese is a champion of openness in government, and stands committed to dragging shadowy dealings by governmental agencies into the light—often by challenging them in court. He’s also an experienced sailor.
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by Olivier Delrieu-Schulze & Cayden Mak
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by Dan Hoffman
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by Chuck Shepherd
A popular TV chef in Italy was fired in February after musing on the air about the historical popularity of gourmet cat meat. According to Beppe Bigazzi, 77, cat stew is best cooked after leaving the meat under running water for three days to tenderize it.
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Buffalo has a large and diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. For further information about its numerous organizations and activities, visit Gaywatch at Artvoice.com, call the Western New York Pride Center (852-7743), or email WinterDanny@AOL.com.
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by Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): It would be a good week for you to perfect your ability to crow like a rooster, Aries. I also recommend that you practice your skill at leaping out of bed in the morning fully refreshed, with your imagination primed and ready to immediately begin making creative moves.
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While we were out for a drink a couple weeks ago, a friend who works for a bank recently let slip some information about a pending foreclosure on a property I would very much like to own.
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