Kirk phones home
How you can get William Shatner on your answering machine
Buffalo bound
Petah Coyne: Above and Beneath the Skin (through September 10) and Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (through October 22) | Albright-KnoxArtGallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo | Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Fridays til 10 p.m.) | $8-$10; children 13 and under, free; and Fridays 3-10 p.m., free | (716) 882-8700, www.albrightknox.org. Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art (through September…
Brilliant But Cancelled
Axed TV shows live on thanks to Bravo
Inside Shaw Fest 2006
The 2006 Shaw Festival, featuring Arms and the Man, High Society, Too True to Be Good, The Crucible, The Magic Fire, Rosmersholm, Love Among the Russians, The Heiress, The Invisible Man, and Design for Living, continues through November 19 at several theaters in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada. For schedules and ticket information visit www.shawfest.com, or…
MTV at 25
On August 1, 1981 the music network took to the airwaves — and changed pop culture forever
River views
The temperature inside the meeting hall has risen by several degrees. At least that’s what it feels like at the public hearing when the question-and-answer period — which becomes more interrogation than questioning — begins. “I just wish you would back off on some of the building development,” says one Charlotte resident. “You negate or…
I want my MTV
Plus, a look at great shows in MTV history
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili; The Road to Guantanamo
Two docs at the Little explore man’s inhumanity to man, and nature
He Who Must Die
The Eastman House screens the little-known Italian retelling of the Christ story
Ozzfest’s Lacuna Coil
Italian metal act offers something new in the face of Ozzy and Co.
Diaper dance
Frank checks out Big Sandy, The Orange Barrels, The Lobster Quadrille, and Deadly Pillow Fight
Airport outrage
You’ve got to be kidding. We’re planning to sink a gazillion dollars into Renaissance Square — a key part of which (we’re promised) will be a performing arts center. We’re basking in the glow of a greatly expanded StrongMuseum, which, we believe, will be a strong tourist attraction. We brag about the quality of our…
Metro ink – 7.26.06
INSIDE, KIDS! City officials are in the final stages of writing a curfew law to get minors off the streets late at night, and they hope to put it into effect as early as August 15. This summer’s curfew — which would last about 90 days — is being considered a pilot. Under the draft…
Partying (and developing) in the Wedge
“We funk-tified it,” says Lyjha Wilton. He’s referring to Boulder Coffee Co. on the South Clinton-Alexander Street intersection. Granted Wilton’s a little biased. He is, after all, the coffee shop’s owner. But the interior is undeniably funky. The walls meet at odd angles; the décor is a mix of antique mirrors, orange-beaded lamps, and overstuffed…
Cost of war – 7.26.06
The totals: 2549 US soldiers, 228 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 39,284 to 43,744 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 24. 3731 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between July…
Reader feedback – 7.26.06
Sprawl and decline, Bush and the law
Music reviews – 7.26.06
Discs by The Fashionistas, Neil Young, India.Arie, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet KEYWORDS: The Fashionistas|Neil Young|India.Arie|Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
320 Barrington Street
Gracious Park Avenue Property As you enter the ivy filled yard, open the front door and walk through the house and garden, you are taken in by every detail from the newly refinished floors to the wall colors to the garden that invites you to sit. This gracious house is more than ready to move…
Exploring Lockport Cave
Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride Caves are big fun. You never know what you’ll find. Treasure? Bears? The ruins of a 19th-century industrial complex? The LockportCave and Underground Boat Ride’s cave is actually a remnant of America’s industrial age. In the mid-1800s, Birdsill Holly — who held almost as many patents as his buddy…
