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UPS: Apparently prompted by a story in the Buffalo News on abject conditions in the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s Kenfield/Langfield development, on CONGRESSMAN BRIAN Monday HIGGINS called for a long overdue investigation in the BMHA, an agency responsible for providing a housing safety net to Buffalo’s poorest families which has long been a mismanaged patronage dump, arguably worse so under Mayor Byron Brown’s administration. (Higgins is not the first member of Congress to demand such an investigation: The late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter was a persistent critic of BMHA and the city’s use of federal community block grant money—especially during a period when Brown was researching a run for Slaughter’s seat.) Reporter Sue Schulman tweeted that a reader wrote her and asked her who the “target audience” is for such a story. One Buffalo, indeed. We suspect there’s so much more to the story of BHMA mismanagement these past 10 years or so, and an investigation provides an opportunity to correct mistakes and establish a municipal housing agency that can provide safe and adequate shelter. Now is the time, when interim leadership can make changes that might be difficult—politically, culturally— before a new executive director is hired. AMHERST SUPERVISOR BRIAN J. KULPA, an architect and urban planner by trade,

unveiled a forward-looking redevelopment plan for the Boulevard Mall site that incorporates public transportation and green infrastructure to reinvigorate acres of parking lot with mixed-use vitality. Though we’re a little uneasy that the site could be classified as a “low income community” and benefit from Opportunity Zone tax credits when just around the corner a new Whole Foods has a bar and a cafe with a Bocce Ball pitch. We’re pretty sure that Whole Foods and the state’s Opportunity Zone initiative used different market research methodologies.

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DOWNS: Welcome back to “Downs,” ASSEMBLYMAN TIM BOHEN: According to the latest campaign finance disclosure reports, Bohen’s committee transferred $31,500 to the Erie County Republican Committee in May. That’s out of the total of $76,189 that Bohen’s committee raised to fund his successful special election run for the 142nd District seat vacated by Mickey Kearns when he became Erie County Clerk. It’s almost as much as the $34,960.25 Bohen’s committee spent on his campaign. That would be all well and good if Bohen, who ran on the Republican and Conservative party lines in the special election, weren’t continuing to insist that he is a Democrat: Since taking the seat, he has sought to caucus with Assembly Democrats, and he recently sought the Democratic Party endorsement for election to the seat this fall. (Erie County Legislator Pat Burke, whom Bohen beat in the special election, handily won the Democratic endorsement to take another shot in the heavily Democratic district in the fall.) Bohen’s voter registration card may identify him as a Democrat, and he may even espouse Democratic Party ideals, but the money flowing in and out of his campaign and the political allegiances he made to win the special election say something else. And that money and those alliances come with a price. POLITICAL PROTESTS a la carte: Cynthia Nixon’s plane was an hour late last Friday, and the squad of Andrew Cuomo supporters dispatched to greet the governor’s Democratic primary challenger had diminished to about a dozen and a half, mostly young people in their 20s. An equal number of Cuomo supporters—all but one, a short guy in a suit and white tie and a cap, who was left in charge—had ditched the scene as soon as the TV cameras left, we were told. The cameras had arrived on time, around 7pm, to capture Nixon’s arrival, but she was late; in her absence, they recorded some footage of the protesters, then moved on to their next Saturday evening assignments, some for them planning to circle back when the actress finally arrived for the roundtable discussion with progressive activists, who were awaiting Nixon patiently inside the workshare space on the first floor of 515 Main Street. Here’s the thing: A couple of the signs the protestors waved at Nixon suggested she was not welcome here in “Upstate,” which is not a geographic term anyone who grew up west of Rochester would write on a sign and bring to a demonstration in downtown Buffalo. “We call it Western New York,” we told a reporter from the Guardian, who had used the term himself as he drew our attention to its use on the signs. “It’s a clear indication that these folks, or at least their signs, were shipped in from somewhere else.” The guy in the cap carried a sign that read P “This is Cuomo County.” County or country, apparently it is and it isn’t.

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SHOULD ERIE COUNTY TAKE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BORDER POLICING? BY AGNES O’FARRELLY

IN ANOTHER BORDER COUNTY, OFFICIALS HAVE DEBATED BUDGETARY AND OVERSIGHT CONCERNS RELATED TO FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT—BUT NOT HERE, NOT YET MORE THAN 2,000 miles away, Pima County, Arizona shares some crucial characteristics with Erie County. Both are border counties with populations just shy of 1 million residents, and both have been the site of an infusion of federal law enforcement money. Whereas Pima County has vigorously debated the merits of its inclusion in the program, in Erie County it’s been greenlit without any public debate or media coverage.

For both Pima and Erie counties, geographic location means that its sheriff ’s department qualify as a “tier 1 entity” for funding under an $85 million Homeland Security grant program with the alluring name of Operation Stonegarden. Programs like this one were authorized after 9/11 to align the communication and enforcement strategies of local, state, tribal, and federal authorities. Operation Stonegarden, often shorthanded as “OPSG,” is overseen by

the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and is designed to fund equipment and overtime to improve the coordination of local agencies with the work of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). A recent series of reports in the Arizona Daily Star catalogs Pima County’s involvement with Operation Stonegarden funding. In early February 2018, the Pima County Board of Supervisors made waves when they voted 3-2, along party lines, not to accept the federal funds. The County Board of Supervisors had previously voted to accept the funds for over a decade, but this year the three dissenting Democrats, in rejecting the funds, cited recent changes in CBP policy in their county, including the militarization of the border area as well as the hidden budgetary costs The debate over the costs continued to boil over for weeks. One county supervisor asserted in debate that every dollar of overtime paid for by the grant would cost Pima County 67 cents in contributions to the state retirement fund. Another supervisor in support of the funds complained that the Pima County Sheriff ’s Office had received the funds every year since 2004, and that they now relied on the grant program to cover costs, a situation that was identified as a problem in an audit of the grant program by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.

The audit of Operation Stonegarden, released in November 2017, expressed serious concerns that FEMA and CBP “have neither issued adequate guidance nor conducted thorough reviews of proposed costs in subgrantee Stonegarden spending plans (operations orders) to ensure approved costs comply with grant guidance and Federal requirements. As a result, FEMA and Border Patrol approved…overtime costs and… equipment costs without addressing the risk of supplantation.” (Supplantation being defined as “when a grantee uses Federal funds for an activity in place of its own funds specifically because Federal funds are available to fund that same activity.”) The audit of Operation Stonegarden goes on to explain that FEMA and CBP failed to collect three-year staffing histories and did not restrict the amount of overtime officers may work in a 24-hour period, as required by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In addition, it reports that the success or failure of Operation Stonegarden is not possible to determine because “the only metrics that Border Patrol reports are the number of miles patrolled and number of hours worked, and these metrics are not assessed against the law enforcement activity data required by the standardized DARs [Daily Activity Reports]. The DAR includes such data as the number of vehicle stops, citations, arrests, and people turned over to Border Patrol.”

LOOKING BACKWARD: ROBERT F. KENNEDY IN BUFFALO, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy died 50 years ago today—June 6, 1968. Kennedy made a visit to Buffalo in January of 1968, prior to announcing his run for president. In this rare photograph, Kennedy is seen cavorting with Mayor Frank Sedita, Democratic 26th Ward “boss” Robert Costanzo, and Erie County Democratic Chairman Joe Crangle. This was likely at the Romulus Club, where the trio dined with the senator. Robert F. Kennedy, like his brother John F., knew well that all politics were local. It was Kennedy’s last visit to Buffalo. - THE PUBLIC STAFF 4

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NATIONAL NEWS The absence of metrics identified by the Inspector General is only compounded by the ambiguous goals that the program purports to achieve. In both grant documents and in the way that recipient sheriff ’s departments talk about Operation Stonegarden the words “immigration enforcement” are always euphemistically avoided as “terrorism, criminal aliens, drug trafficking organizations, and alien smuggling organizations.” Here on the northern border, the Erie County Sheriff ’s Office is also a “tier 1 entity” receiving funds under Operation Stonegarden. According to resolutions submitted by the Erie County Sheriff ’s Office and approved by the Erie County Legislature, Operation Stonegarden is “to support the U.S. Border Patrol’s primary mission of apprehending terrorist and their weapons as they attempt to enter the United State illegally.”[sic] The resolution goes on to authorize the county executive to “enter into sub-contracts with the participating agencies” namely the police departments in Buffalo, City of Tonawanda, and the towns of Brant, Evans, and Hamburg. Back in Pima County, the debate ended when a Democratic county supervisor called for reconsideration of the vote. Fifty-five members of the public appeared at the vote to speak against accepting the funds. However, supervisors in favor of the funding assured the public that approval of the funds was attached to conditions of local oversight: requests that all employeerelated expenses associated with the grant be completely covered; that new grant coordination processes be established for programs similar to Operation Stonegarden; that financial impacts on other elements of the criminal-justice system be tracked; that a formal policy be developed for interactions between sheriff ’s deputies and federal officers; and, for the creation of a new committee to look at the issue of racial profiling. A month later, the Arizona Daily Star reported that attempts at establishing local oversight of Operation Stonegarden were running into delays. The Pima County Sheriff ’s Office coordinates with other local police agencies, as the Erie County Sheriff ’s Office does here, and at least one participating agency referred local oversight requests to federal authorities for approval. An official with US Border Patrol was quoted as responding, “Please have them stand down on this request. It is being reviewed by our legal department. At this time, no one has given permission to release information to the county administrator.” Erie County is no stranger to the difficulties of getting local oversight of federal grant programs. In 2014 when the Erie County Legislature asked Sheriff Tim Howard to explain the uses of a cellphone tracking technology purchased with a federal grant, he cited a secrecy contract signed with federal authorities and the device manufacturer. “With no disrespect to this honorable body,” he addressed the legislature, “the specific use of the device should be left to the monitoring of the courts and not to the legislature.” Documents related to the devices’ use were released a year later after New York Civil Liberties Union took the Sheriff ’s Office to court. The acceptance of federal grant money undeniably expands the scope of participation for local police agencies in all types of federal enforcement actions. However, because of the difficulty of establishing local oversight over federal programs, it is not easy to separate coincidental participation from program participation. In early 2017, the Buffalo News reported that 23 suspected undocumented immigrants were arrested in a joint effort by Customs and Border Patrol and the Hamburg Police. Erie County resolutions indicate that Hamburg Police have been participating agencies of Operation Stonegarden since at least 2010, but no mention was made of the program in any reporting on the immigration arrests. The Public Safety Committee of the Erie County Legislature gave tentative approval to Operation Stonegarden funding for 2018 on May 31. Final approval for Operation Stonegarden funding in Erie County will go before the full Legislature P on June 7.

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STATE TO INVESTIGATE FATAL BPD CAR ACCIDENT BY AARON LOWINGER

STATE’S INVOLVEMENT IN ACCIDENTS WITH PEDESTRIANS UNDERLINES CRITICISM OF BUFFALO POLICE INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES, LACK OF ACCREDITATION THREE TIMES SINCE late March, Buffalo Police have been involved with pedestrian collisions causing serious injury and death, and each of these accidents have been investigated by the Buffalo Police Department’s Accident Investigation. But according to a report issued by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of New York and ongoing concerns regarding the lack of training protocols within the BPD, the AIU’s ability to properly investigate serious collisions may be compromised, and the BPD recently asked State Police investigators to handle the accident reconstruction of a North Buffalo woman struck and killed in a collision with a police vehicle.

On March 30, an officer, en route to service call without having activated the car’s lights or sirens, killed pedestrian Susan LoTempio on Hertel Avenue. On May 2, an off-duty detective on her way to work struck and critically wounded a 19-year-old SUNY at Buffalo student on Main Street near Custer Avenue. The next day, an officer collided with a fou-year-old on Oneida Street, resulting in head injuries. The OAG’s report on the death of the unarmed Jose Hernandez Rossy, ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, faulted BPD the most on its “failure” to perform a proper accident reconstruction investigation so that investigators could determine what happened immediately preceding the chaotic final moments of Hernandez Rossy’s life, what the report called a “calamitous confluence of events.” “The BPD did not perform any accident reconstruction until being asked to do so by the OAG,” the report reads. “While not central to the determination of whether the shooting was legally justified, determining what transpired prior to the shooting would have been helpful to complete the full narrative of this incident. BPD’s failure to immediately commission reconstruction undermined that ability.” “The collection of evidence was problematic,” the report’s conclusion reads. “For example, the BPD’s technicians failed to perceive the need to analyze Mr. Hernandez Rossy’s vehicle for forensic evidence and instead only processed the vehicle in order to search for the weapon Mr. Hernandez Rossy (supposedly) used to shoot PO Acquino. Similarly, BPD also failed to conduct (or even perceive the need for) any type of accident reconstruction. And, the evidence collection work that was performed immediately following the incident was captured on a hand sketched map that was 6

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never converted into a properly scaled map with any sort of measurements, hardly suitable for a homicide investigation.” Nelson Torre, the attorney for the family, took issue with the BPD’s handling of evidence when the AG report was released. “What’s noteworthy is this diagram that was compiled by the BPD in September is different than the one that was made at the time, which shows the position of police car 164 after the fatal shooting took place,” he explained at a press conference in December. “As one can note, the police car has been moved. The AG’s office confirmed it was moved after the fatal police shooting and that there was no reconstruction of this collision done to determine how the impact happened,” Torre said, pointing to printed out media pictures of Hernandez Rossy’s vehicle and the police vehicle in question. “Another troubling aspect which is contained within the AG’s investigation is that over the course of an 8-month investigation the officer that moved the police car involved in the case after the fatal shooting has never stepped forward to say why he moved it and where he moved it from,” Torre said. “There is litigation pending, there will be a great deal further investigation in the case. All of this being done with a view towards arriving at the truth of what happened in a full and complete fashion.” Susan LoTempio’s death is also being investigated by the OAG under the same law that triggered investigations for Davis and Hernandez Rossy. Buffalo Police, however, enlisted the help of State Police to assist with their accident reconstruction for the LoTempio accident, shutting down Hertel Avenue for most of the morning. “Buffalo Police requested assistance from our Collision Reconstruction Unit,” a New York State Police spokesperson told us. “State police routinely provides assistance to local law enforcement agencies at their request.” Buffalo Police has not responded to our requests for clarification on the matter. In the OAG report on Hernandez Rossy, a section titled “Policy Recommendations” includes a lengthy admonition—as did a previous OAG report on the death of another unarmed civilian, Wardel Davis, who died in a police beating and choking incident—that the BPD become accredited. The Buffalo Police Department has been faulted by advocates and by the state Attorney General’s office for lacking state accreditation, a process that better ensures that best practices and trainings are up to date and standardized across departments. According to online resources that advertise accident reconstruction for law enforcement, accident reconstructions are specialized investigations that demand specialized training. The BPD has claimed it has started taking steps toward P becoming accredited.

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Karen Mason (who has appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, and Sunset Boulevard, among other productions) is one of several cast members from Love Never Dies (currently at Shea’s) who will take the stage at Alleyway Theatre Friday night for Late Night With the Cast, a one-night-only benefit show presented by Buffalo United Artists and Alleyway Theatre.

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PLAYING NOW: ANNIE: Little Orphan Annie and Daddy Warbucks close out the season, June824, at Lancaster Opera House, 21 Central Avenue, Lancaster, 683-1776, lancopera.org. LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN: We can resist anything but a little Oscar Wilde. Beckon summer with a flick of the wrist: Through June 24 at the Irish Classical Theatre Company, Andrews Theatre, 625 Main Street, 853-4282, irishclassicaltheatre.com. Broadway stars will perform LATE NIGHT WITH THE CAST: Buffalo United Artists and Alleyway Theatre present a one-night-only, after-hours cabaret performance featuring the cast of Love Never Dies, the touring broduction of the sequal to The Phantom of the Opera currently playing Shea’s. Broadway stars will perform selections from their favorite musicals in a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the ECMC Immunodeficiency Clinic. Minimum donation is $25 and pre-purchase of tickets is highly recommended. Friday June 8, 11pm at Alleyway Theatre, One Curtain Up Alley, 852-2600, alleyway.com. LOVE NEVER DIES: New touring production of the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, through June 10 atShea’s Performing Arts Center, 650 Main Street, 847-0850, sheas.org. THE RED DRESS: Biographical drama set in 1920s Berlin: A popular film actress and antiNazi political activist marries a World War I veteran turned filmmaker who becomes embroiled in the Goebbels propaganda machine. Through June 23 at New Phoenix Theatre in the Park, 95 Johnson Park, 8531334, newphoenixtheatre.org.

ONGOING: COMEDYSPORTZ: Improvisational comedy every Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm at CSz Buffalo, 4476 Main Street, Amherst, 3938669, cszbuffalo.com. CSz AFER HOURS: Late(ish) comedy for the 18+ crowd every Saturday, 9:30pm at CSz Buffalo, 4476 Main Street, Amherst, 3938669, cszbuffalo.com. DIVA BY DIVA & GENTLEMEN PREFER DIVAS: Long-running and popular revues featuring songs, readings, humor, and more—by and about (but not exclusively for) women. At O’Connell & Company, in residence at the Park School, 4625 Harlem Road, 848-0800, oconnellandcompany.com.

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AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: THE BARONESS AND THE PIG: A Pygmalionlike tale, but with a baroness instead of a patronizing professor. Opens June 7. GRAND HOTEL: Tony-award-winning musical based on the 1932 film based on the 1929 novel, set in 1920s Berlin. THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW: The world premiere of an adaptation of what is either the first or the sixth (depending on what edition you have) of C. S. Lewis’s The Narnia Chronicles. MYTHOS: A TRILOGY: GODS. HEROES. MEN: Three plays, 1,000 years of Greek mythology, digested by the ingenious British comedian Stephen Fry. It’s a world premiere, and you can see just one, just two, or all three. OF MARRIAGE AND MEN: Two shorts by Shaw on the subject of marriage: How He Lied to Her Husband and The Man of Destiny. O’FLAHERTY, V.C.: The Irish and World War I— it’s complicated. A lunch hour one-act. THE ORCHARD (AFTER CHEKHOV): Imagine The Cherry Orchard re-cast with a Punjabi Sikh family who are trying to protect their orchard in the Okanagan Valley. Opens June 7. STAGE KISS: Exes in “real” life are cast as lovers on stage in the comedy by Sarah Ruhl. At the Shaw Festival, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

AT THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL: BRONTE: THE WORLD WITHOUT: ”Three sisters live in poverty with their ailing father and dissolute, dying brother, jealously guarding the secrets of their disappointed hearts.” THE COMEDY OF ERRORS: Slapstick, mistaken identity, ribald puns, in one of Shakespeare’s first comedies. CORIOLANUS: One of Shakespeare’s later, grimmer tragedies. AN IDEAL HUSBAND: Oscar Wilde’s comedy about politics and blackmail. LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT: Really just about the opposite, in every imaginable way, of the production above. Eugene O’Neill at the absolute top of his game

dramatizing the bottom. THE MUSIC MAN: And the pendulum (with a capital “P” and that rhymes with…) swings again. Meredith Willson’s classic musical. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: Dan Chameroy fills Frank-N-Furter’s fishnets. Drinks before, during, after the show. THE TEMPEST: Ban, ban, Ca-caliban has a new master. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel.

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TEACHER ART AND STUDENT ART CURRENTLY ON SHOW IN TANDEM EXHIBITS AT BUFFALO ARTS STUDIO. AMONG THE MORE impressive teachers’ works, Ellie Byrne’s

acrylics on canvas paean to paint, in vivid colors in open buckets, called The Process. And Kayla Leach’s bold metaphor self-portrait as a chrysanthemum, in myriad hues from the red end of the spectrum. And Rona Goldberger-Hecker’s watercolors and pastels weave construction of sliced strips of multiple previous paintings—of various organic subject matters—trees, foliage, sky, edible and inedible vegetation, a face of fish—as a much fragmented but yet still legible portrait of a kind of earth goddess. Demeter, perhaps. Somewhat in the manner of Renaissance Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who made human-like portraits composed of fruits and vegetables and flowers, but more artistically interesting—the Goldberger-Hecker piece—inasmuch as less bizarre, and more artful in the amalgam technique. How the fragmented image elements are juxtaposed and fitted and blended together. E. Spiro-Carman has two excellent photos, a close-up view of a house cat and her mouse victim, entitled Art is Why I Notice the Mouser, and a medium-distance nocturnal view of an elaborate architecture pedestrian bridge in Dublin, Ireland, entitled Art is Why I Travel: Reminiscing Dusk on the River Liffey. Art and travel come together also in two photos by Michele Agosto. Character studies in both cases, one called El Guardián—who may or may not be on guard, but probably best presume so—the other called Revolución—of a young man who may or may not be a revolutionary, on a white motorbike and posed before a brick wall heavily spray paint graffitied with a revolutionary message. The locale in both cases—for a guess— might be Cuba. Laura Minor has several understated environmental pieces, called Bodies of Water in NYS with Toxic Algae Blooms in 2017. What at first look like random nondescript shapes—in colors and color patterns that could probably best be described as oil slick—that after some looking, you decide must be configurations of actual New York State lakes, choked with algae. Among other interesting works, Veronica Kruger has a small, slightly grisly portrait of a Janus figure pre- and post-mortem, wreathed in cigarette smoke and butterflies, entitled Tremors Before Death. Becky Moda-Lowinger a delicate little meticulous construction cloth fabric and embroidery piece in pumpkin hues. Yekaterina Lepa a striking portrait depiction of motherhood. And Sean Witucki two Hudson River School reminiscent oil paintings, a woods scene, entitled Placed Boulders, and small landscape, entitled Distant River. And Eric Evinczik two daub impressionism paintings featuring dinosaurs, gremlins—or maybe those are trolls, with Spock ears—

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and what would have been very early humanoids. One called The Wild Ride—humanoids and one of the gremlins, or trolls, on the back of an obliging Tyrannosaurus Rex—and one called Trolls’ Parliament—a kind of remote prehistoric town meeting. One wall of the Jump Start exhibit is devoted to work related to a project by adult artist Mark Snyder and a score or so of Jump Start students tasked to create an outdoor artwork for the NFTA’s Black Rock/Riverside transit hub. A three-sided sculpture incorporating steel etching versions of photos the students took of architecture and other subject matter in the course of photographic expeditions through the historic northwest Buffalo area. A dozen or so of the original photos are on display, and an example of a photo-etched stainless steel plate as produced for the project. Other students’ works range in genre from selfie drawings to

Artists Group Gallery (Western New York Artists Group) (1 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, 716-885-2251, wnyag.com): The Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Spring 2018 Members Transparent Watercolor Show, on view through Jun 1. Tue-Fri 11am5pm, Sat 11am-3pm. Betty’s Restaurant (370 Virginia Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 362-0633, bettysbuffalo.com): River Reflections, by Linda Toomey through Jul 22. Tue-Thu, 8am-9pm, Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 9am-2pm. Benjaman Gallery (419 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222, thebenjamangallery. com): Works from the collection. ThuSat 11am-5pm. Big Orbit (30d Essex Street, Buffalo, NY 14222, cepagallery.org/about-big-orbit): Delayed, collaborative exhibition by Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Megan Metté, and Megan Scheffer. Closing reception Sat, June 9, 8-10pm. Sat 12-3pm. BOX Gallery (Buffalo Niagara Hostel, 667 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203): Feel Me, a multi-layered installation by Kyla Kegler, on view through Jun 15. Every day 4-10pm. Buffalo Arts Studio (Tri Main Building 5th Floor, 2495 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, 833-4450, buffaloartsstudio.org): Art Is Why: Buffalo Public School Art Educators and Fascination: Jump Start Student Exhibition through Jun 15. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am2pm, Fourth Fridays till 8pm.

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figure studies of live models, and in artistic proficiency from neophyte artist first beginnings to accomplished visuals and ceramics by program participants such as Naomi Hata—some lovely abstract mixed media works, and an inchoate portrait group in inky black and gray on cloth—and Joshua Flores—a comical drawing/painting about the evolution of voice communication technology, from tin can on a string to cell phone, and in another section of the exhibit, some superb small ceramic items. Among Jump Start alumni/alumnae works, a compilation of brief but excellent animation videos by Molly Lonigan, Rachel Struble, and Buyinza Buchanan. All three young artists apparently well on their way to promising careers in the animation field. The public school teachers’ exhibit continues through June 15, P the Jump Start exhibit through June 29.

Buffalo Big Print (78 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 716-884-1777, buffalobigprint.com): Benjamin Minter, recent paintings and mixed media, through June 1. Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm. Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (1221 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209, 259-1680, buffaloartstechcenter.org): Mon-Fri 10am-3pm. Buffalo & Erie County Central Library (1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203, 858-8900, buffalolib.org): Buffalo Never Fails: The Queen City & WWI, 100th Anniversary of America’s Entry into WWI, on second floor. Building Buffalo: Buildings from Books, Books from Buildings, in the Grosvenor Rare Book Room. Catalogue available for purchase. Mon-Sat 8:30am-6pm, Sun 12-5pm.Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm, Fourth Fridays till 8pm. Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 878-6011, burchfieldpenney.org): Messages/Visual Platform, through Jul 29; Philip Koch: Time Travel in the Burchfield Archives, through July 29; Merton & Lax: Image and Word, through August 26; Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield, through July 29; Opems: Verbal Visual Combines, Michael Basinski, on view through Jun 24. Cargo, WayPoints, and Tales of the Erie Canal, through Jul 29. Wright, Roycroft, Stickley and Roehlfs: Defining the Buffalo Arts and Crafts Aesthetic, through November 26. Under Cover: objects with lids from the permanent collection, through Apr 29. At This Time, group show, through May 27. M & T Second Friday

event (second Friday of every month). 10am5pm & Sun 1-5pm. Admission $5-$10, children 10 and under free. Caffeology Buffalo (23 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY, 14201): Rachel D’Alfanso, paintings from series Still. Carnegie Art Center (240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120, carnegieartcenter.org): CAC Members Exhibition, through May 19. Thu 6-9pm & Sat 12-3pm. The Cass Project (500 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY 14204, thecassproject.org): Jack Edson, on view through Jul in lobby gallery. Opening reception Wed, Jun 6, 5-7pm. Thu 129pm, Fri & Sat 12-5pm. Castellani Art Museum (5795 Lewiston Road, Niagara University, NY 14109, 286-8200, castellaniartmuseum.org): Think Big: The Artists of Autism Services, through Jan 14, 2019. Writing on the Wall, text-based works from the collection, through July 29; The Lure of Niagara: Highlights From the Charles Rand Penney Historical Niagara Falls Print Collection, through Sep 9; Of Their Time: Hudson River School to Postwar Modernism, through Dec 31, 2019. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. CEPA (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 856-2717, cepagallery.org): Vicious Cycle, Kate MacNeil, through Jun 15. The Unseen Marion Faller, through Jul 8. MonFri 9am-5pm, Sat 12-4pm. Dana Tillou Fine Arts (1478 Hertel Avenue Buffalo, NY 14216, 716-854-5285, dana-

GALLERIES ART tilloufinearts.com): Wed-Fri 10:30am5pm, Sat 10:30am-4pm. Eleven Twenty Projects (1120 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209, 882-8100, eleventwentyprojects.com): P.S. we still have yet to find our way off this island, by multi-disciplinary creative collaborative Weimar Safari Guild. Opening Jun 15. Tue-Fri, 10am4pm, or by appointment. El Museo (91 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 464-4692, elmuseobuffalo.org): What We Desire: Bria Green, Ari Moore, Joey Pietromicca. On view Jun 1-23. Wed-Sat 12-6pm Enjoy the Journey Art Gallery (1168 Orchard Park Road, West Seneca, NY 14224, 675-0204, etjgallery.com): Tue & Wed 11-6pm, Thu & Fri 2-6pm, Sat 11-4pm. Expo 68 (4545 Transit Road, Williamsville, NY 14221, 716-458-0081, Expo68.com): Re-imagine / Re-purpose, works by Dianne Baker, Tim Brooks, Joan Hambleton, and Eileen Pleasure on view Jun 2-Jul 5. Tue-Fri 129pm, Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 12-5pm. Galerie PACT (Former St Francis Xavier School, 147 East Street, Buffalo, NY 14207): Michael Bevilacqua: EXHziTIbitio. N. Title. [A.r E—A X ] Gymnesia, on view through Jun 30. Wed-Sun 11am-4pm, Thu 1-7pm and by appointment: melissa@galeriepact.com, 716-491-8901. GO ART! (201 East Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020): Where Do I Go From Here? by Shirley Nigro in the Rotary Club Room Gallery. Thu-Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Second Sun 11am-2pm. Hallwalls (341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202, 854-1694, hallwalls.org): Jeremy Boyle and Mark Franchino: five. On view through Jun 29. Tue-Fri 11am6pm, Sat 11am-2pm. The Harold L. Olmsted Gallery, Springville Center for the Arts (37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY 14141, 716-592-9038). Reflection of Nature and Spirit, by John Merlino, on view through Jun 2. Artist also offering painting workshops. Wed & Fri, noon-5pm, Thu noon8pm, Sat 10am-3pm. FF Indigo Art Gallery (47 Allen Street, Buffalo,

NY 14202, 984-9572, indigoartbuffalo.com): “…and what’s the use of talking”: recent work by Kristina Siegel and Jörg Schnier. Wed 126pm, Thu 12-7pm, Fri, 6-9pm Sat 12-3pm, and by appointment Sundays and Mondays. Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo Bunis Family Art Gallery (2640 N Forest Road, Benderson Family Building, Amherst, NY 14068, 688-4033, jccbuffalo.org): Mon-Thu 5:30am10pm, Fri 5:30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 8am-6pm. Karpeles Manuscript Library (North Hall) (220 North St., Buffalo, NY 14201): The Young Abraham Lincoln, the drawings of Lloyd Ostendorf. Tue-Sun 11am-4pm. Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall) (453 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY 14201): Maps of the United States. Tue-Sun 11am-4pm. Main Street Gallery (515 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203): Online gallery: BSAonline.org. Meibohm Fine Arts (478 Main Street, East Aurora, NY 14052, 652-0940, meibohmfinearts.com): Summer Salon: Vintage, on view through Jul 14. Opening reception Sat, Jun 9, 10-2pm. Tue-Sat 9:30am5:30pm. Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (1201 Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY 14301, 2827530, thenacc.org): Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm. Nichols School Gallery at the Glenn & Audrey Flickinger Performing Arts Center (1250 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14216, 332-6300, nicholsschool.org/artshows): Work from the collection. Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, Closed Sat & Sun. Nina Freudenheim Gallery (140 North Street, Lenox Hotel, Buffalo, NY 14201, 716-8825777, ninafreudenheimgallery.com): TueFri 10am–5pm. Norberg’s Art & Frame Shop (37 South Grove Street, East Aurora, NY 14052, 716-6523270, norbergsartandframe.com): Regional artists from the gallery collection. TueSat 10am–5pm. Harold L. Olmsted Gallery, Springville Center for the Arts (37 N. Buffalo Street, Springville, NY 14141, 716-592-9038, SpringvilleArts. org): Wed & Fri, 12-5pm. Thu 12-8pm, Sat 10-

3pm. Parables Gallery & Gifts (1027 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, parablesgalleryandgifts. com): BEAU FLEUVE, a group exhibit. On view Jun 1-30. Opening reception Fri, Jun 1, 7-9pm. Wed-Sat,12-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. Pausa Art House (19 Wadsworth Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 697-9069 pausaarthouse.com): Transfer, work by Monica Angle, on view through June 30. Thu, Fri & Sat 6-11pm. Live Music Thu-Sat. Pine Apple Company (65 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 716-275-3648, squareup.com/ store/pine-apple-company) Wed & Thu 11am6pm, Fri & Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 10am-5pm. Project 308 Gallery (308 Oliver Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120, 523-0068, project308gallery.com): Tue & Thu 7-9pm and by appointment. Queen City Gallery (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 868-8183, queencitygallery.tripod.com): Art by Neil Mahar, David Pierro, Candace Keegan, Chris McGee, Eileen Pleasure, Eric Evinczik, Barbara Crocker, Thomas Bittner, Susan Liebel, Barbara Lynch Johnt, John Farallo, Thomas Busch, Sherry Anne Preziuso, Tony Cappello, Michael Mulley. First Friday extended hours. Tue-Fri 11am4pm and by appointment. Resource:Art (445 Rhode Island Street, Buffalo, NY 14213, 716-249-1320): LIBERTY, a pop-up exhibition of the work of visual artist Ryan Arthurs. Revolution Gallery (1419 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216, revolutionartgallery.com): Inside Out, work by Gretchen Lewis, on view through Jun 22. Thu 12-6pm, Fri and Sat 128pm. River Gallery and Gifts (83 Webster Street, North Tonawanda, 14051, riverartgalleryandgifts.com): Wed-Fri 11am-4pm Sat 11am- 5pm. Ró Home Shop (732 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 240-9387, rohomeshop.com): Work by Catherine Willett. Tue-Sat 11am6pm, Sun 11am-4pm, closed Mondays. Sisti Gallery (6535 Campbell Blvd., Pendleton, NY 14094, 465-9138): Honoring Watercolor,

works by Rita Argen Auerbach and Charles E. Burchfield. Fri 6-9pm, Sat & Sun 11-2pm. Squeaky Wheel (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, squeaky.org): Tue-Sat, 12pm-5pm. Stangler Fine Art (6429 West Quaker Street, Orchard Park, NY 14127, 870-1129, stanglerart.com): Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am3pm. Closed Sundays. Starlight Studio and Art Gallery (340 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202, starlightstudio. org): James Paulsen and Dana Graap. MonFri 9-4pm. Sugar City (1239 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14213, buffalosugarcity.org): Chroma: Photographs by Emily Sniegowski. Open by event and Fri 5:30-7:30. UB Anderson Gallery (1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY 14214, 829-3754, ubartgalleries. org): Bracha: Pietà—Eurydice—Medusa, Bracha Ettinger, on view through Jul 29. Claire Falkenstein: Time Elements, Cravens World: The Human Aesthetic. Wed-Sat 11am5pm, Sun 1-5pm. UB Art Gallery (North Campus, Lower Art Gallery) (201 Center for the Arts, Room B45, Buffalo, NY, 14260, 645-6913, ubartgalleries.org): Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective, on view through May 26. No Plan for the Future, SCREEN Projects by virocode on view through May 26. Tue-Fri 11am5pm, Sat 1-5pm. Villa Maria College Paul William Beltz Family Art Gallery (240 Pine Ridge Terrace, Cheektowaga, NY 14225, 961-1833): Mon-Fri 9am6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 348-1430, wnybookarts.org): I’m trying to remember, pero nunca olvidaré, a collaborative exhibition on view May 17 through Jun 2. Found Text Traces, Catherine Linder Spencer. Opening Reception Thu, Jun 7, 5-8pm. Wed-Sat 12-6pm To add your gallery’s information to the list, please P contact us at info@dailypublic.com

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 6 Live at Larkin: Big Mean Sound Machine 5pm Larkin Square, 745 Seneca Street free

[ROCK] The first concert of the summer in the Live at Larkin event series happens this Wednesday, June 6. The show will features nine-piece world music rockers Big Mean Sound Machine out of Ithaca, New York. They’ll be joined by bluesy soul rock group Miller and the Other Sinners. Look for the Live at Larkin concert series each Wednesday at Larkin Square. -CP

Murray El’Zabar Duo 8pm The 9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave $18

METHOD MAN & REDMAN THURSDAY JUNE 7 5PM / CANALSIDE, 44 PRIME ST. / $5 [HIP HOP] The first concert of the summer Canalside Live concert series happens this week, and

it’s one of the most anticipated of the year, with legendary rap duo Method Man and Redman taking the stage. The East Coast rappers are both Def Jam Records alum as well as Hollywood

DR. OOO "Joe Pepitone" featuring Short Muscato single Recommended if you like: Anderson .Paak, Black Milk, Kaytranada Buffalo rap artist Dr. Ooo jumps into his new single, “Joe Pepitone,” through the lens of a Curb Your Enthusiasm scene. But this track is anything but neurotic; instead it’s chilled out and flows smoothly with low-key, soft synth backing and rounded bass lines. The subject is the alleged jointsmoking Yankees first baseman who is name checked on a hilarious episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. “I’ll watch whatever Larry’s in,” raps Dr. Ooo in his first verse, which is followed by a more forceful verse by Short Moscato. Listen now on Soundcloud.

actors—Method Man, real name Clifford Smith, and Redman a.k.a. Reggie Noble, both starred

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most famously in the film How High and less famously the short-lived sitcom Method & Red.

Jack White

Though Method Man, age 47, is best known for his work with Wu-Tang Clan and Redman, now 48, for his solo work—like his 1998 album Doc’s da Name 2000—their collaborative albums together, especially 1999’s Blackout!, are indispensable entries in their respective discographies. They’re likely to play cuts from their various collaborations as well as hits spanning their entire careers when they perform together at Canalside on Thursday, June 7. -CORY PERLA

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8pm Artpark, 450 South 4th St.

[ROCK] One of the most highly anticipated concerts of the spring happens this Friday, June 8 as rock star Jack White comes to Artpark. If you slept on tickets for this one you’re out of luck, because it’s been sold out for quite a while, (secondary market tickets are relatively painlessly priced, however). The 42-year-old musician, who came to fame as half of the White Stripes, has won 12 Grammy Awards in his nearly 30 years in the business. Earlier this week, White, who is originally from Detroit, received the key to the city of Cincinnati, Ohio after his gig at the city’s Bunbury Music Festival. -CP

Sugar City’s Soul Night 10pm Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave $5

[SOUL] Expect to see some foggy windows when you walk into Milkie’s on Elmwood for the next edition of Sugar City’s Soul Night, this Friday, June 8. That’s because winter is over and it's summer time in the city, so there’ll be plenty of hot bodies dancing to soul classics inside of the retro Elmwood bar. DJs Handsome Dan, Pat K, Press, and Mutualism will dig deep into their record crates to pull out the best of psychedelic soul, Motown, funk, and disco—from the most classic of hits to the deepest obscure cuts. Expect to hear everything from James Brown and Diana Ross to Roy Ayers and Gloria Gaynor. Soul Night is a a fundraiser for Sugar City, a volunteer-run DIY performance venue. -CP

MARY LAMBERT THURSDAY JUNE 7 CHUCKIE CAMPBELL "Synesthesia" featuring Talib Kweli single Recommended if you like: Talib Kweli, Macklemore, El-P Released last month, “Synesthesia (Remix)” is the latest single from Buffalo-based hip hop artist Chuckie Campbell. The single features rapper activist Talib Kweli. The soaring track features a pulsing beat over which Campbell and Kweli rap inspiring and timely lyrics that touch on racial issues and the nature of beauty that ultimately promotes unity and togetherness. Listen to “Synesthesia (Remix)” now on Youtube.

[JAZZ] Sax legend David Murray, known for his work with the Grateful Dead, Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, and others, has joined forces with Kahil El’Zabar—the virtuosic percussionist who has collaborated with everyone from Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder, to form the Murray El’Zabar Duo. Catch the duo play an intimate set at Babeville’s 9th Ward, on Wednesday, June 6. -TPS

7PM / ASBURY HALL, 341 DELAWARE AVE. / $15-$20 [POP] “I know I’m a little unusual, I’m a little delusional,” sings Mary Lambert on “Know Your

Name,” a single from last year’s Kickstarter-born EP, Bold, and it’s that very mix of unapologetic pride and self-deprecation that’s brought so much attention her way in recent years. That and some friends in high places. In 2012 Lambert was juggling three jobs and performing in and around Seattle after graduating Cornish College of the Arts, when she landed a shot at writing a chorus for the upcoming Macklemore and Ryan Lewis album, The Heist. The song, “Same Love,” was about marriage equality and took a then-unheard-of critical position on the homophobia permeating hiphop culture. Lambert sang on the track, and The Heist went on to sell a million and a half copies in the United States alone, catapulting her into a spotlight that she’s still making the most of. She is the world’s first out and proud, fat-positive lesbian pop star, and she’s also unquestionably talented both as

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a singer-songwriter (the New York Times called her debut album “surprisingly refreshing and severely

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as an arranger and multi-instrumentalist (her degree from Cornish is in musical composition). As a

personal”), a spoken-word artist and poet (her 2013 book, 500 Tips for Fat Girls, did quite well) and survivor of sexual abuse and multiple mental health issues, the combination of naked honesty and strength she exudes through her writing is quite contagious. She’s at Babeville’s Asbury Hall on Thursday, June 7 with NYC punks Mal Blum opening. -CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

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SATURDAY JUNE 9 Nietzsche’s ArtFest 2018 2pm Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St. $2-$5

[FESTIVAL] You’ll be down in Allentown anyways this weekend for the Allentown Art Festival, so while you’re down there, pop into Nietzsche’s. The classic Allentown music venue has two jam packed days of music lined up to coincide with the Art Fest. Day one, Saturday, June 9 features everything from jazz, funk, blues, rock, and Reggae from bands like Randle and the Late Night Scandals, Space Junk, Adam Bronstein, and more. Day two, Sunday, June 10 is more American and folk-focused with Banjo Juice Jazz Band, Pine Fever, Tom Stahl and the Dangerfields and others set to play all day in the back room. There’ll be a few sets in the front room as well, so pop in, grab a beer, and take in some music this Allentown Art Fest weekend. $2 gets you in all day until 9pm on Saturday and Sunday—$5 from 9pm to 1am on Saturday. -CP

DBGBs Artfest Saturday and Sunday 6pm Duke’s Bohemian Grove Bar, 253 Allen St

[FESTIVAL] Duke's Bohemian Grove Bar in Allentown has a whole bunch of music, entertainment, and food lined up for this weekend's Allentown Art Festival. Starting at 6pm on Saturday, the Allentown venue will host the Grateful Dead tribute band, Sonic

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AT PEACH: Last Friday Peach published “This Too Shall Pass” by Kevin Bertolero, a featured longlist finalist for the Peach Gold in Poetry prize. Bertolero’s poem has a wandering narrative and a hopefully gentle voice; it feels like a sleepy conversation in bed with someone you’ve just fallen in love with. “We discuss former loves as shadows, our former selves. In photographs I show you I was happy while camping (Pawtuckaway Lake, June 1999), flower boy at my cousin’s wedding, dancing to synth-pop with girls in a middle-school gymnasium. You’ll remember these stories even though I ask you not to.” Bertolero manages to be deeply vulnerable in a way that feels honest. This is new love, when the world becomes imbued with so much magic that even old wounds seem to shine, “seeing our breath in cold air was important, the way you kissed my bruise.”

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[FESTIVAL] Many might agree that Allentown is in flux right now as it moves from the artsy heart of

the city toward a more bar-centric destination, but one thing that remains the same is the Allentown June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Expect art vendors of all kinds from ceramics to visual arts—paintings, photographs, drawings—to crafts and even ornate lawn sprinklers. And of course there’ll be plenty of

reggae happy hour w/ the neville francis band 6PM FREE

folkfaces, a girl named genny 10PM $5

food and drink options as well. As is tradition, the footprint of the festival extends from North Street to West Tupper Street and down Allen Street and Franklin Street. See you this weekend on the streets of Allentown! -THE PUBLIC STAFF

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nietzsche’s art fest day 1

Adam Bronstein Trio, Randle & the Late Night Scandals, The Meat Whistles, Volver, Kaleidoscope Sky, Mosswalk, Physical Psychics, Cold Lazarus, The Moon Hunters, Jumpship, Space Junk, Tortoise Forest, Rob Falgiano, Rick Smith, Erica Wolfling, The Forest Dwellers

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SUNDAY

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nietzsche’s art fest day 2

the incantations, tom stahl & the dangerfields, brindamor, shaky stage, banjo juice jazz band, pine fever, twenty thousand strongmen, kathryn koch, susan peters

The Garbage Times / White Ibis By Sam Pink Soft Skull Press / 2018 / fiction

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Art Festival, which will return for its 61st year to the streets of Allentown this weekend, Saturday,

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Soft Skull Press recently released two new novels by Sam Pink in one tête-bêche bound volume. The Garbage Times is classic Pink, following an unnamed narrator as he slogs through a grimy barback job in Chicago, offering up a surreal and strangely empathetic view of the world as he goes. White Ibis is something of a departure from Pink’s oeuvre however, as another unnamed narrator escapes from Chicago with his girlfriend to relocate to Tampa. The change of scenery, especially when put in contrast with the Chicago of The Garbage Times, feels like stepping into another dimension. Throughout both volumes, Pink’s prose continues to balance between goofy nihilism and absolute sincerity. He has always been a writer deeply concerned with the forgotten and abandoned pockets of humanity and that remains true in each of these books. As the narrator of White Ibis observes, “Not everyone has a sash full of skills and a heart full of love.” —MATTHEW BOOKIN

Acid Raindance, Daze Ago, The Serftones

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jazz happy hour w/saranaide duo 5:30PM FREE

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EVENTS CALENDAR CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 Garden, followed by DJ sets by the Incredible Scott Down and Charlie the Butcher, who will spin party tunes late into the night. Expect a complimentary clam bake to top it all off. Then on Sunday, DBGB's brings in live hip hop band Radarada with Buffalo Wrecking Crew followed by rock and roll DJ Malik Von Saint. That one will feature a complimentary pig roast. Wow, just wow. -TPS

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[INDIE] Alt rock band Blis. comes in from from Atlanta for a show at Milkie’s on Elmwood this Saturday, June 9. The three-piece emoish indie rock band, signed to Sargent House records, brings along New Jersey-based emo band Puddle Splasher, and local support comes from Alleys and Previous Love. -TPS

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[R&B] R&B soul singer Keith Sweat returns to Buffalo for a show at the Seneca Niagara Events Center on Saturday, June 9. The 56-year-old jack swing pioneer has released a dozen albums in his nearly 30-year-long career including his hit 1987 debut Make It Last Forever, his 1996 self-titled album featuring his baby-making-hit “Twisted,” and his latest album, 2016’s Dress to Impress. -CP

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[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] A veteran DJ in the Buffalo electronic music scene, Xotec will join the Pyramid guys for their next event, this Saturday, June 9 at the Gyspy Parlor. Expect plenty of house, techno, and tech house from Xotec as well as Michaelarcangelo and Pyramid regulars Chad Lock b2b Kyle Moody. -CP

SUNDAY JUNE 10 Ghost Note 7pm Buffalo Iron Works, 49 Illinois St. $10

[FUNK] You might recognize a few of the members of Ghost Note, specifically drummer Robert Seawright and percussion Nate Werth from the Grammy Award-winning jazz-jam group Snarky Puppy. With these two at the helm, they’re the rare breed of funk/ jam band that truly puts percussion at the forefront. Catch Ghost Note at Buffalo Iron Works this Sunday, June 10 with support from Adam Bronstein. -CP

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 13 Buffalo’s Funniest Person 8pm Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi St. $20

[COMEDY] This is not the Buffalo’s funniestlooking person contest, or the funny-like-aclown contest, but more like the ha-ha funny contest, and it’s in its final round. The 2018 Buffalo’s Funniest Person championship round takes place at Helium Comedy Club on Wednesday, June 13. Pick a favorite, cheer them on, and see who takes the title. -TPS

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STEVEN TYLER AND THE LOVING MARY BAND TUESDAY JUNE 12 5PM / ARTPARK, 450 SOUTH 4TH ST. / $17-$37 [ROCK] Steven Tyler cannot be stopped. Despite myriad, ongoing health issues that have dogged

the last 15 years of his career, the legendary Aerosmith vocalist carries on (dreams on?). As a former music writer in Boston, I can attest to the idolatry: After his cutting-edge throat procedure and treatments for hepatitis C last decade, Tyler’s emergence to sing at the annual Fourth of July Boston Pops event in 2006 was one of the most media-frenzied happenings within city limits that summer. Fast-forward a dozen years and, at 70, he’s performing a short run of solo dates with his Nashville-based band, Loving Mary, including a stop at Artpark in Lewiston on Tuesday, June 12. Fret not, the set will be about half Aerosmith tunes with some cool covers (Beatles, Zeppelin) mixed in and, of course, a few selections from 2016’s We’re All Somebody From Somewhere, his only formal solo album. Gates are at 5pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Some sections are sold out, but P tickets remain. -CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

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9pm Electric Avenue, 300 Ellicott St $5-$7

[PUNK] In a curious and important feeling turnaround, Lee Bains's new Youth Detention (Don Giovanni Records) rings out like a call to arms against the loss of cultural institutions and norms that used to help us, collectively, hold our shit together. But punk was once about tearing all that down. It's startling to realize that our way of life has become so unglued that punk is calling for us to rein it all in. But then again, if punk has made its greatest strides as a genre by railing against the status quo—whatever that may be at a given time—then Bains is right on target. Regardless, Detention feels like a significant album, emulating the sort of teeth-gritting dissatisfaction that fueled the Clash's London Calling, albeit coming from the deep American South—perhaps where the most work needs to be done. Bains and company will rally with a gig at Mohawk Place's Electric Avenue on Wednesday, June 13, with Stationwagon P from Niagara Falls. -CJT

SPOTLIGHT ART

KALE JOHNSON BY NINA LAPRES

IN KALE JOHNSON’S DEBUT SHOW AT PINE APPLE COMPANY, THE BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED, PERSONAL JOURNEY OF A TRANS ARTIST

and a lot of other trans folks, have to balance between being able to express ourselves as we truly want, and trying to keep ourselves safe in an unwelcoming society. There’s an added layer of stress and exertion that it takes for us to simply exist, to exist in the workplace, at school,

WHEN LOOKING AT the work of up-and-

coming artists, the first thing I like to do is determine which other artists they are most like in terms of style and themes, and how those influences are conveyed through the artists’ performance and media. But when looking at the art of Kale Johnson, I found this next to impossible. In his debut art show, entitled Vulnerable, Johnson uses his trademark ballpoint drawings of figures hidden in morose

among our families, while applying for jobs, when at a doctor’s office, and so on,” Johnson explains. “In this series I am trying my very best to affirm my experiences, and hopefully connect meaningfully to other young trans folks. We aren’t alone, adrift in a sea. We have each other, we have the collective experience of struggling with our gender in a harsh society. I tried to express those feelings of alienation and misunderstanding, fear and hope in a world that

shades of black and white to create a deeply

is going through cycles of change.”

compelling memoir of his own personal journey.

While it may not be pretty in hindsight, the

“For the last few years, I’ve been thinking about

figures depicted in the Vulnerable series reflect

creating a series examining my experiences as

the real-life struggles of those learning to

a trans man,” says Johnson. “That aspect of

accept their trans identity through the haze of

my identity is always present in my art, usually

dysphoria and societal hardships. It’s painfully

with more subtle imagery. I’ve been hesitant

real and accurate, making the art beautiful

to out myself with my art, so my expression

not only in its themes and message but in the

of trans-ness usually manifests through floral

delicate manner in which it speaks for those

imagery and vaguely defined, very ambiguous

Johnson’s shoes.

human figures.”

“I really hope that I’ve created a series that not

While Johnson only recently revealed his

just expresses my growth as a trans man, but

identity as a trans individual, he has been

something that speaks to the experiences of

sketching in notebooks in classes from the very

other trans folks in the community. Even if the

beginning. This budding talent bloomed at

art itself is tense feeling, I think that I am creating

Clarence High School, where he was constantly

from a deep feeling of love and optimism for

challenged by his art teachers in ballpoint and

the people around me, the people supporting

watercolors that further accentuated his talent

me. I hope I can make the trans community in

for seeing details in everything from buildings

Buffalo proud, and I hope that anyone who isn’t

to figures, which he renders with seemingly

trans who walks into the gallery will stop and

effortlessly but meticulous linework, color, and

think about the trans people in their lives, and

shading schemes.

take a moment to consider how their own words

Kale recently graduated from Daemen College

and actions affect us.”

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with a degree in illustration; there his art grew

You can see Vulnerable in all its glory at the Pine

in precision and depth. His growing acceptance

Apple Company at 65 Allen Street until June

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and confidence in his identity as a trans man

30. You can also see Kale Johnson’s art on his

helped give birth to Vulnerable.

Instagram at @coldwavekid and on his website

“The title of the show refers to the fact that I,

at kalejohnsonart.wixsite.com/kalejonhson.

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Milly Shapiro, Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, and Alex Wolff in Hereditary.

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everything that came before them mean a tougher than usual challenge for me to avoid spoilers. I will do my best. A hit at Sundance, Hereditary is a horror film about a family having trouble dealing with grief. Toni Collete gives what may be the best performance of her career as Annie, wife of Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and mother of teens Peter (Alex Wolff ) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro, who starred in Matilda on Broadway). The movie opens with the funeral of Annie’s mother, whom she damns with faint praise in a eulogy to more people than she expected to show up for the event. To say that she had problems with her mother is an understatement. But you’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead, so Annie represses her feelings and puts her energies into helping her children cope. A more direct grief takes hold as the result of a horrifying accident, one that brings out all kinds of ugly cracks in the family’s façade. Hereditary is the first feature from writer-director Ari Aster, clearly a fan of the domestic horror films of the late 1960s and early 70s: there are echoes (though seldom direct references) to movies like Rosemary’s Baby, Don’t Look Now, The Omen, and The Exorcist, as well as The Wicker Man. The film is long, a bit over two hours, but never drags: even its slowest scenes maintain a steadily ratcheting of tension.

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so-British repression of their upbringings means that they have no way to communicate about it: Both virgins, they can barely even formulate their feelings to themselves, much less each other. McEwan, most of whose work has been adapted to film, wrote the screenplay for the new movie of On Chesil Beach, which stars Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as Florence and Edward. She is a budding classical musician, he is a student who wants to write about history. They are of different classes, but that’s a hurdle they are able to overcome. The bulk of the film, which opens on their wedding day, consists of flashbacks tracing their relationship, which is sweetly appealing. That this likeable young couple won’t be able to get past their problem will not come as a surprise to fans of McEwan, though the way that he and director Dominic Cooke present it evokes our empathy. What comes close to ruining the film are two postscripts presented years after their wedding. What was rueful in McEwan’s book becomes unnecessarily, even cruelly sad. My advice: see the film, but head for the doors the moment “1975” flashes on the screen. *** ADRIFT IS AN adaptation of the memoir by Tami Oldham, who in 1983 set sail with her fiancé Richard Sharp on a luxury yacht they had been hired to take from Tahiti to San Diego. Nice work if you can get it, as long as the weather is nice. No such luck: They ran afoul of an unexpected category-four hurricane that ruined the boat’s engines and threw it hundreds of miles off course.

The problem, at least for me, is that Aster is a better director than he is a writer. Most of what seemed to be ambiguous and VISITabout DAILYPUBLIC.COM FILMinLISTINGS & REVIEWS >> mysterious the movie is revealedFOR to beMORE misdirection a finale that is not only unpleasant (okay, it is a horror movie) The story was adapted as a vehicle for Shailene Woodley, star of but also unsatisfying and at least a bit ludicrous. Like A Quiet the Divergent films, which is to say targeted to young women. Place, Hereditary is undeniably scary and unusually well-crafted, Under the questionable assumption that said audience won’t buy tickets for anything that isn’t slathered in romance, the scripters but eventually less than the sum of its parts. tweaked Oldham’s story to play up the role of Sharp (played by ••• the suitably hunky Sam Claflin). That was a bad decision because VISIT DAILYPUBLIC.COM FOR MORE FILM LISTINGS & REVIEWS >> in the effect of minimizing Oldham’s accomplishment ONE WONDERS IF it was a consideration of the staggering it has amounts of sexual information available on the internet these her own survival. The way the story plays out is not inaccurate, days any child who wants it that led Ian McEwan to write his but it is (as eventually becomes clear) misleading, and hampers 2007 novella On Chesil Beach, about a young British couple who the effect you would think a story like this would most want P marry in 1962 with little knowledge about sex. Worse, the oh- to provide.

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Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfriend in First Reformed.

BEARING WITNESS, AND A VERY HEAVY CROSS FIRST REFORMED BY GEORGE SAX MAY SEEM inappropriate to call a movie as bleakly and deeply serious as Paul Schrader’s First Reformed silly, but before it’s over the temptation to do that can intensify. At least, it did for me. Schrader’s picture seems very personal, carefully and even painfully achieved for much of its length. Yet, at about the two-thirds point, First Reformed begins to go off its rails before it flames out in radical, summary excess. IT

The title refers to the Dutch Reformed church in Sturbridge, New York, near Albany, where Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke) serves the few remaining souls in his dwindled congregation. The church was founded in 1767, and it’s become little more than what Pastor Jeffers (Cedric Kyles, aka Cedric the Entertainer) calls “a museum church.” Indeed, Toller conducts and dignifiedly tries to hawk souvenirs to a very few visiting tourists. Jeffers presides over a nearby suburban, 5000-member megachurch and is apparently Toller’s employer, as well as a kind of mentor, the large-scale church having somehow acquired ownership of Toller’s. (Schrader’s script is a little vague about such formalities.) Jeffers has become concerned about the younger man’s mental and physical state. Toller appears thin and strained; he has become reclusive, and is suspected of being a secret drinker, a valid surmise. He’s also secretly in periodic pain. We are clued into Toller’s troubled, tortured mindset via Hawke’s narration from a journal Toller has begun to keep. If any of this strikes you as reminiscent of Robert Bresson’s Diary of a Country Priest (1950), that’s because Bresson is a known influence on Schrader and the similarities are

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scarcely coincidental. First Reformed is about severely challenged faith, conscience, and practical engagement with a dangerous world. It’s in this last idea that Schrader has departed from Bresson. When Mary (Amanda Seyfried), a pregnant member of his small congregation, asks Toller to speak to her vexed husband, Michael (Phillip Ettinger), Toller begins to consider increasingly drastic, frightening ideas. Michael has despaired over the country’s rapidly degrading ecological and political condition, and doesn’t want to bring a child into the world. Toller responds with a sophisticated but sympathetic combination of reason, belief, and inspiration, quoting one of Thomas Merton’s Christianexistential precepts. This scene is impressively written, even though it’s hardly cinematic. Toller will fail, however, and soon enough, the movie begins to be overwrought and off-kilter. (In one scene, Schrader subjects us to a spectacle of absurd, phantasmagoric ecological ecstasy.) Eventually he provides a last-ditch resolution that’s at once melodramatic, sentimental and grotesque. Before these untoward events, the director arguably indulges in too much severe stylization. His color schemes often tend to beige and dun coloring and Toller’s apartment resembles a monk’s cell in its stark bareness, as the clergyman’s footsteps echo in bleak loneliness. But his movie really goes off badly and Schrader loses it near the close. First Reformed is unmistakably a personal and deeply felt project. But Schrader must have hit a dead end, or become snarled in his own feelings P and questions.

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