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Building excitement - 3/2/2007
There was a moment early on in Courteney Cox's FX TV series "Dirt" when an ambitious young male actor - a man willing to sell his girlfriend and all her friends down the river in furtherance of a career - finally thinks he has landed in the big time. |
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TELL ME - 3/2/2007
In the age of Wikipedia and podcasts, researching dramatic roles has become a much less daunting proposition. For Brendan Powers, artistic director of Niagara University Theatre and an actor appearing in Irish Classical Theatre Company's production of "Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme," that research landed him on the Web site of BBC Radio Ulster. |
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JUST ANNOUNCED - 3/2/2007
Straylight Run. 6:30 p.m. March 27. Club Infinity, 8166 Main St., Williamsville. 565-0110. $12 (box office, Tickets.com). The Tubes. 9 p.m. April 12. Club Paradise, 3950 McKinley Parkway, Blasdell. 648-4944. $20 advance, $23 day of show (box office, Tickets.com). |
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FREE FOR ALL - 3/2/2007
The Amherst Symphony Orchestra will give youngsters an opportunity to try out instruments of the orchestra at a 3:15 p.m. "Petting Zoo" before its 4:30 p.m. free children's concert of "The Little Engine That Could" on Sunday in the Amherst Middle School, 55 Kings Highway, Snyder. At its 7 p.m. concert, same day, same place, the Amherst High School Orchestras will join the symphony. |
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FUN FOR ONE - 3/2/2007
Do you have cabin fever? Well this will sure cool you down. The Olcott Lion's Club presents its annual Polar Bear Day on Sunday at Olcott Beach, off Route 18 at Route 78, Olcott. Events begin at 10 a.m. and include the Polar Bear Queen contest, games, food and, of course, a dip in Lake Ontario. For more information or to register for the event, call 625-1542 or visit www.olcottlions.org. |
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NO I.D. REQUIRED - 3/2/2007
Author Lois Lowry's book comes to life when Theatre of Youth presents "The Giver," which opens next Friday in the Allendale Theatre, 203 Allen St. The show is suitable for age 10 and up. For more information, call 884-4400 or visit www.theatreofyouth.org. Tickets for the production run from $17 to $19. |
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Border bonus - 3/2/2007
Living in a border city certainly has its perks. Not only did we get to enjoy the music of the Barenaked Ladies and Tragically Hip for years before the rest of the country, we get to watch "Hockey Night in Canada" and other Canadian television gems. |
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Freedom flight - 3/2/2007
With all the rain, snow and gray clouds overtaking the Western New York sky between March and May, the temptation to escape can be overwhelming. If only we could whisk ourselves away to a castle on the Mediterranean to bask in the sun among friends. |
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Behind the Scenes - 3/2/2007
Students from Alfred University's Students in Free Enterprise group along with the Allegany County Cancer Services Foundation will host an art auction from 2 to 6 p.m. March 25 in the Wellsville Creative Arts Center, 124 N. Main St., Wellsville. Works by upperclassmen in the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University will be featured. For more information, call (585) 593-3000 or e-mail SIFE@alfred.edu. |
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SHORT ORDERS - 3/2/2007
Busy chef Keith Dulak is a busy guy. Not only is he manning the stoves in the newly opened Trattoria Aroma, he's also planning to present a class for the Women of Studio Arena Theatre from 9 a.m. to noon on March 24. The charge is $30; for more information, call 655-1944. |
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Balancing act - 3/2/2007
The renowned critic John Berger wrote eloquently concerning the contradictions inherent to the artistic imagination. That imagination needs to be grounded in order to be productive, and yet yearns for a fully actualized freedom of the spirit. "The human imagination . . . has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy," Berger wrote. "It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open." |
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FULLY STOCKED - 3/2/2007
"The most striking feature is the plethora of flat-screen televisions mounted above the bar and around the interior." Warehouse Pizza Co. 4360 Milestrip Road, Blasdell |
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In the pink - 3/2/2007
Ideally, a tribute band does more than faithfully reproduce the work of its chosen idols. To be more than just a novelty, tribute music should at once celebrate an artist's former glories and place that artist's music firmly in the here and now. |
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Go with the flow - 3/2/2007
This weekend, the ever-creative Freudig Singers are paying tribute to the beauty of the Niagara River and the land that surrounds it. The celebrated chorus, led by Roland E. Martin, has dreamed up a multimedia event, including not only music but also poetry and painting. |
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Parody tonight - 3/2/2007
Percival Everett is the author of 15 novels and three story collections covering a wide range - from baseball tales to Westerns. The 51-year-old Everett, who teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California, will read from his work tonight in Hallwalls. |
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Fat chance - 3/2/2007
It isn't every great jazz tenor saxophone player who can say he has been portrayed by name (and, importantly, to boot) in an Oscar-winning movie. But if you saw Taylor Hackford's "Ray" - for which Jamie Foxx won a well-deserved Oscar - |
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Camo comedian - 3/2/2007
Years back, when he was working the Southern comedy club circuit, Daniel Whitney's manager told him to knock it off. The drawling accent, thick as tobacco spit, had to go. There was only room for one duke of redneck comedy - and that was Jeff Foxworthy. |
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CLUB CHATTER - 3/2/2007
Bloody well right! So Bloody Hollies guitarist-vocalist Wes Doyle recently granted an interview to a Southern California paper, during which he was asked some questions about Buffalo, the city where the Bloody Hollies formed and centered their operations for many years. |
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GETTING PICKY - 2/23/2007
WHAT: 79th annual Academy Awards WHERE: Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday TV: Channel 7 Hollywood loves a sequel, so we got the gang back together for another crack at the Academy Awards. |
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Best picture - 2/23/2007
Best picture "Babel" "The Departed" "Letters from Iwo Jima" "Little Miss Sunshine" "The Queen" Best actor Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond" Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson"Peter O' |
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