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day pre-primary deadline for candidates to file campaign finance disclosure forms with the New York State Board of Elections. For us, it’s like the first day of a long holiday season filled with delights and curiosities, parties and outbursts of familial dysfunction. The following are a few notes gathered at the tail end of the Labor Day weekend, as reports became available, in time for your primary election consideration. We begin with the strangest of this fall’s candidates, the most likely to yield idiosyncracies. First up is the campaign of Kristy Mazurek. Mazurek, running for the Democratic line for the 143rd Assembly seat against endorsed Democrat Monica Wallace, reports a deficit of $645.36. Technically, this is illegal: A campaign cannot spend money it does not have (otherwise what is the point in pretending to report the sources of the money it spends), and so cannot report a negative balance. But Mazurek is an accomplice of the political hack Steve Pigeon, currently indicted for bribing a New York State Supreme Court judge but most notorious for being a conduit for the illegal flow of money to and from political campaigns. She was chair of the Western New York Progressive Caucus, for example, the political action committee whose 2013 campaign season depredations led circuitously to the charges Pigeon faces now. Pigeon-affiliated campaigns have a long history of reporting negative balances, not reporting at all, or crowding all financial activities into the days right before an election day, so that the donors and recipients need not reveal that activity until after the voting is done. MARQUIL, 2016 / EMPIREWIRE.COM

Mazurek refunded several donations, which may explain (but not excuse) her campaign’s deficit: $200 to fellow Pigeonista David Pfaff, who is running her campaign; $100 to Guy Marlette, a Republican from Williamsville who ran for Erie County Legislature last year; and $800 to her father, Henry Mazurek, a longtime Cheektowaga politician whose relationships are the basis of her career. Mazurek received $2,000 from a group called WNY Freedom, headquartered at 11 Deerhurst Park Boulevard in Buffalo, a property once owned by Pfaff, though current Erie County tax records say it’s been owned by Fannie Mae since March of this year. WNY Freedom was formed in 2013, with $1,000 in donations from limited liability corporations associated with Carl Paladino’s Ellicott Development. The Erie County Republican Party kicked in $4,700 a year or so later, and more recently the committee received $500 from the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America District #2, of which Pfaff has been a board member. That $2,000 donation to Mazurek is the first time that WNY Freedom appears to have spent any money on a campaign, though one can’t be certain: WNY Freedom itself doesn’t appear to have filed a campaign finance disclosure report this past Friday, as that donation would require it to do. Who know what activities it has failed to acknowledge in the past. Mazurek’s opponent in the Democratic primary is attorney Monica Wallace, who reports $49,701.93 on hand as of last week. She is the endorsed Democrat and will enjoy party and union backing, too, in this last week before the primary. On to Chris Jacobs, about whom there is nothing strange at all: The Republican candidate for the 60th District State Senate seat is notable only for the amount of money he has on hand compared to his opponents. His closing balance last week was $453,971.57, and he has already spent $93,523.15. His endorsed Democratic competition, Amber Small, has tracked

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Last Friday, the city’s prioritization of the “senseless” variety of victims was revealed at a press conference, where $2,500 of cash rewards were announced for information leading to the arrests and convictions of five of the 2016 victims who were unintended targets of the gunfire that wounded or killed them. Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda and Mayor Byron Brown announced that police are close to solving several recent shootings, but needed more information to make arrests. As for the families of the victims of the remaining 25 uncleared homicides, Derenda told WBFO, “I want the victims from other families, the victims we’re not highlighting today, to know that we are working on their cases also. We will be announcing more rewards in the near future.” The issue of the community not coming forward to assist in homicide investigations and the city’s deplorable clearance rate stretch back several years. In early 2015, both Investigative Post and The Public published articles on the subject. In brief: The city’s homicide clearance rate since 2013 is 35 percent, and many leaders in the African-American community lament that getting people to come forward with tips to help solve crimes has become difficult and rare. Under Brown, the city’s police force has pursued a statistics-driven model of “broken windows” policing. It is possible that this policy has led to growing resentment of police in exactly the community that is being asked to come forward with information. In mostly African-American neighborhoods that the Buffalo Police Department has determined to be high-crime areas, they have focused on low-level offenses such as trespass, code violations, and vehicle-related violations and crimes, using constitutionally questionable checkpoints as a crime-suppression tool. Michael DeGeorge, spokesperson for the mayor and the Buffalo Police Department, told The

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“Indeed, current B[altimore]PD Commissioner Davis and his predecessor, Anthony W. Batts, have both acknowledged publicly that the zero tolerance approach to policing eroded community trust and impeded efforts to build partnerships that are central to effective policing,” reads another. “In the fall of 2014, [Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s] administration noted that the zero tolerance strategy ‘ignited a rift between the citizens and the police, which still exists today’ and that there is a ‘broken relationship’ between law enforcement officials and community members,” reads yet another. Baltimore started its zero-tolerance program in the late 1990s, in the wake of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s adoption of “broken windows” policing. Zero-tolerance policing was a major theme of Byron Brown’s first campaign for mayor, and he rang it in citywide when he assumed office in 2006. A recent Open Buffalo survey—which was heavily criticized by the Buffalo News for not interviewing a proportionate number of whites and offering little analysis of the information it did provide—revealed that many blacks simply don’t trust the police. Only around 40 percent of blacks said they trusted the police to help them when they need it, and only 20 percent believed that police respect people of color. Only 50 percent of the black males surveyed indicated they would call police if they knew something violent was going to happen. For black women, white men, and white women, those numbers were only 60, 65, and 75 percent respectively. Furthermore, there appears to be a lingering animosity between Buffalo Police and the DA’s office, stemming from the administration of Flaherty’s predecessor, Frank A. Sedita III. During a recent debate of DA candidates hosted by the Buffalo Association of Black Journalists, former Deputy District Attorney Mark Sacha attacked Flaherty’s record of poor homicide clearances, noting that, according to his own research, Buffalo’s homicide clearance rate was among the worst in the country. Flaherty, who became DA after Sedita vacated the post to become a judge in January, deflected the attack onto the Buffalo Police, telling Sacha he should take that query up with Derenda. In the meantime, attorney John Flynn—another Democratic challenger for Flaherty’s office—has scarfed up the lion’s share of endorsements from area police labor organizations, including the Buffalo PBA, the Amherst Police Club, the Cheektowaga Police Club, the Town of Tonawanda Police Club, and the City of Tonawanda PBA. “The DA’s office and law enforcement have no relationship,” Flynn claimed to The Public after the debate. Flynn accused the DA’s office of an “arrogant attitude” when it came down to which cases it would try. “That’s a fact,” Flynn said of the DA’s habit of cherry picking which cases to prosecute. “They thought they knew all the answers.” Flaherty is viewed by his challengers as Sedita 2.0, causing him to repeatedly mention during the debate that he was not, in fact, Frank Sedita. A radical tactic, given the traditional power P of incumbency in local races.

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land is the one who helped orchestrate massive intervention into Ukraine, the one who, in a leaked conversation, said “fuck the E[uropean] U[nion],” when the question was whether the UN or the EU was going to negotiate a transition that would work for Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world. Nuland’s husband is Robert Kagan, who prefers to be called a ”liberal interventionist” rather than a “neoconservative.” Andrew Bacevich is an anti-interventionist. This West Pointer, a retired US Army colonel, presents a 40-year history of disastrously failed US interventions. He’s tough on Jimmy Carter and on Barack Obama, too, for having made disastrous Middle East decisions that hurt our national interest—almost as bad as David Petraeus, Wesley Clark, everybody ever named both George and Bush. Bacevich calmly lays out how bipartisan the incompetence and how bizarre the wishful thinking has been, sparing

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WALL TEXT BY THE main accessway into the Albright-Knox sculpture from the collection exhibit notes the difficulty of defining the genre for the Modern and Postmodern periods. It’s not just statues anymore.

The venture into three dimensions from two seems to produce— again, talking generalities—a salutary liberating effect on the artistic imagination. Part of this may relate to the fact that you can make sculpture from anything. (You can make paintings from anything, too, of course, or many things other than paint on canvas, but most painters most of the time stick to paint on canvas.)

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Maybe the best definition is from Ad Reinhardt, who says sculpture is “something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.” Not a definition but general distinguishing feature of the works on show from Modern and Postmodern painting is sense of humor. Sense of fun. One example, Vik Muniz’s Verso (Nighthawks). It’s the back side of the famous Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting—supposedly—we don’t get to see the front, the painted side—propped against a gallery wall, as if awaiting hanging. Or right as you enter, two comical works from Venezuelan-heritage artist Marisol, each in its own way mocking the monumental statue tradition. Two Generals—namely George Washington and Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar—riding double on a literal barrel hobby horse with stirring martial music emanating from its innards. (Querying Wikipedia, “horse parts,” I discovered the main, horizontal body portion of a horse—the part the rider sits on, straddles—is called the “barrel.”) And Baby Girl, a larger-than-life-size pudgy one-year-old or so in dress-up

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1045 Elmwood Gallery for the Arts (1045 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 716-228-1855, photographics2.com/store/welcome-to-our-studio-1045-gallery-store): Juried exhibition entitled ninesixteen juried by Ginny O’Brien. On view through Sep 30. Thu & Fri 11-6, Sat 11-4 and by appointment. Albright-Knox Art Gallery(1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 882-8700, albrightknox.org): Shade: Mark Crawford and Clyfford Still, through Oct 2. Operation Sunshine: Joan Linder, through Oct 30. Marie Lorenz: Ezekia, through Sep 11. Defining Sculpture, works from the museum’s collection on view through Oct 9. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, open late First Fridays (free) until 10pm.

From hard stuff. Nancy Graves’s brassy concoction of vaguely bony forms—a sort of vertebral column—that morph into a globe of crazy angle crooks and crotchets, then back into sort of vertebral column again. Or John Chamberlain’s scrap car parts piece—painted sheet metal and chrome bumpers, stuff apparently gleaned from a junk yard. Or soft—Claes Oldenburg’s Soft Manhattan #1 (Postal Zones), a map of the Borough of Manhattan composed of little puffy pillows representing the various postal zones, evoking a butcher’s chart of the various cuts of meat from a side of beef. “I am for an art that is smoked like a cigarette, smells like a pair of shoes,” Oldenburg said. “I am for an art that flaps like a flag, or helps blow noses, like a handkerchief. I am for an art that is put on or taken off like pants, which develops holes, like socks, which is eaten, like a piece of pie.” Even from light. Joseph Kossuth’s lovely enigmatic blue neon work entitled—and the neon letters read—One and Eight—a Description [Blue].

Amy’s Place Restaurant (University Heights Arts Association) (3234 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, 716-833-6260, uhartsgroup.com/amysplace): Allusive Formations. Metal and glass wall sculptures by Lawrence Kinney. On view through Sep 20. Every day, 7am-9pm. Art Dialogue Gallery (5 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209 wnyag.com): Transitions, work by Joyce Hill. Opening reception Fri Sep 9, 7:30-9pm. TueFri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm. Art 247 (247 Market Street, Lockport, NY 14094, theart247.com) Exploring the Puppet World, through Aug 28. Wed-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm. Artists Group Gallery (Western New York Artists Group) (1 Linwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, 716885-2251, wnyag.com): Betty Pitts Foster, Robert Then, Sean Witucki. On view through Sep 2. TueFri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-3pm.

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(Light artist Dan Flavin’s blue, pink, and yellow fluorescents piece called Untitled (to Donna) is installed as part of the general works from the collection—including paintings and sculptures—exhibit elsewhere in the gallery.) A piece listed as by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller—a former professor of mathematics who abandoned that métier to become a Buddhist monk—consists of a desk you can sit at with a telephone you can pick up the receiver and listen in on a recorded conversation between the Cardiff and Miller. Half the same room is occupied by Tara Donovan’s otherworldly array of mylar constructions. A little resembling an undersea coral garden in black and silver. Most of the exhibit main room—at the north end of the gallery old building—is occupied by Polly Apfelbaum’s metastasizing forms and colors carpet of synthetic velvet and dye, entitled Reckless. The show is called Defining Sculpture. It continues through P October 9.

Ashker’s on Elmwood (1002 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, 716-886 -2233, ashkersbuffalo. com): Group 263: works by Brian Boutin, Kathleen Corff Rogers, John Lloyd, Gethyn Soderman, Rick Steinberg. Mon-Sat 7am-10pm, Sun 9am-5pm. Artpark (450 S 4th St, Lewiston, NY 14092, 716754-9000, artpark.net): Extemporal: works on paper by Bruce Adams. Betty’s Restaurant (370 Virginia Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 362-0633, bettysbuffalo.com): Unintended Consequences: recent photo collages by J. Tim Raymond on view through Sep 18. Tue-Thu, 8am9pm, Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun 9am2pm. Benjaman Gallery (419 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222, thebenjamangallery.com): See Artpark listing. Thu-Sat 11am-5pm.

Big Orbit (30d Essex Street, Buffalo, NY 14222, cepagallery.org/about-big-orbit): Autism Services Inc.: BLACK and WHITE, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and mixed-media work by ASI artists, through Sep 11. Fri-Sun 12-6pm. Box Gallery (667 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203): Posture Alternatives, a new installation by Kyle Butler. Runs through Sep 12, 4pm-10pm daily. Buffalo Arts Studio (Tri Main Building 5th Floor, 2496 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, 8334450, buffaloartsstudio.org): Five Buffalos, student murals, through Sep 2. Archiving Western New York: Select Artists from the Gerald Mead Collection, through Sep 2. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm, Fourth Fridays till 8pm. Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (1221 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209, 259-1680, buffaloartstechcenter.org): Sandy Ludwig: Portraits, Places

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CHARLES CLOUGH Charles Clough is a visual artist who was born in Buffalo. After attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (1969-1970) and the Ontario College of Art in Toronto (1971-1972), he returned to Buffalo, where in 1973 he became one of the co-founders of a new artist-run gallery, Hallwalls. The organization and the young artists behind it soon attracted international attention, and Clough moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue his own career as a painter. In subsequent decades his work has been shown in more than 60 solo and 150 group exhibitions internationally and has been included in the permanent collections of more than 70 museums. He currently maintains studios in Buffalo and East Aurora. For more information on Charles Clough, visit clufff.com and burchfieldpenney.org. -THE PUBLIC STAFF Artists Seen: Photographs of Artists in the 21st Century is an ongoing project by photographer David Moog in partnership with the Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State. Moog has set out to make portraits of every self-identified working artist and arts professional in Western New York. To be included in the project, call David Moog directly at 716-472-6721 or contact the center at 716-878-4131. Artists working in all media are welcome; P visit burchfieldpenney.org for more information.

and Pleasures, on view through Sep 28. Opening reception Fri Sep 9 from 6:30-8:30 PM. MonFri 10am-3pm. Buffalo & Erie County Central Library (1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203, 858-8900, buffalolib. org): Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare: Reflecting on the Life of the Bard. Milestones on Science: Books That Shook the World! 35 rare books from the history of science, on second floor. MonSat 8:30am-6:00pm, Sun 12-5pm. Burchfield Penney Art Center (1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 878-6011, burchfieldpenney. org): Jozef Bajus: Nothing is Going Away (through Jan 29, 2017) and Babs Reingold: The Last Tree (through Feb 26, 2017), opening reception Fri Sep 9, 5:30-7:30. Blistering Vision, Charles E. Burchfield’s sublime American landscapes through Oct 23. Artists Seen: photographs of contemporary artists by David Moog. Aries Press of Eden NY, through Sep 11. Sequel on view through Sep 18. The Birthday Party: A Community of Artists, on view through Sep 25. 10am-5pm & Sun 1-5pm. Admission $5-$10, children 10 and under free. Casa de Arte (141 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14201, 716-0227, casadeartegallery.com): Mexican

Movements: Carlos Mérida and his Compañeros. Opening reception Sat Sep 10 6-10pm. Mon, Wed, Fri 10-3pm, or by appointment. Castellani Art Museum (5795 Lewiston Road, Niagara University, NY 14109, 286-8200, castellaniartmuseum.org): Max Collins: Natural Processes, through Sep 11. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. CEPA (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 8562717, cepagallery.org): Eikoh Hosoe: Revisitations to a Vacuum’s Nest. On view through Aug 27. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 12-4pm. Daily Planet Coffee Company (1862 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216, 716- 551-0661): Paintings by Maddison Proctor, on view through Sep 12. Work by Enid Edelman, opening Tue Sep 13. Dana Tillou Fine Arts (417 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 716-854-5285, danatilloufinearts.com): The Old and the New: 180 Years of Painting and the Arts. Wed-Fri 10:30am-5pm, Sat 10:30am-4pm. El Museo (91 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 464-4692, elmuseobuffalo.org): Realizing Beauty, photographs by Nick Butler on view through Oct 1. Tue-Sat 12-5pm.

Enjoy the Journey Art Gallery (1168 Orchard Park Road, West Seneca, NY 14224, 675-0204, etjgallery.com): COEXIST, Lauren Fratantonio Dunn and Jessica Rosenberg. On view through Oct 1. Tue & Wed 11-6pm, Thu & Fri 2-6pm, Sat 11-4pm. Grindhaus Cafe (160 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, facebook.com/grindhauscafe): Paintings by Ian McPhail. Tue-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun 8am-6pm. Indigo Art Gallery (47 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 984-9572, indigoartbuffalo.com): Tree cantations by Reinhard Reitzenstein, on view Sep 2 through October 2. Opening reception Fri Sep 2, 6-9 pm. Wed & Fri 12-6pm, Thu 127pm, Sat 12-3pm, and by appointment Sundays and Mondays. Karpeles Manuscript Library (North Hall) (220 North St., Buffalo, NY 14201): The invention of the telegraph and the railroad. Tue-Sun 11am-4pm. Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall) (453 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY 14201): Maps of the United States. Tue-Sun 11am-4pm. Kenan Center House Gallery (433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY 14094, 433-2617, kenancenter.org): Beauty of the Beasts: paintings by wildlife artist, Judith Hartke on view through Oct 2. “Tea & Tour” event of exhibition with artist Sep 18, 1-3pm. Mon-Fri 12-5pm & Sun 2-5pm. Lockside Art Center (21 Main Street, Lockport, NY 14094, 478-0239, locksideartcenter.com): Members exhibition on view through Sep 17. Fri-Sun 12-4pm. Native American Museum of Art at Smokin’ Joe’s (2293 Saunders Settlement Road, Sanborn, NY 14123, 261-9251) Open year round and free. Exhibits Iroquois artists work. 7am-9pm. Paper Moon Gallery (497 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 949-6604): Greg Kuppinger and Brian Dennis, Of Light and Matter, on view through Aug 31. Thu-Sat 11-5pm, Sun by appointment. Parables Gallery & Gifts (1027 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, parablesgalleryandgifts.com): Gary P.Sellig, pen & ink works. On view Sep 1-30. Opening reception Fri Sep 9, 7-9pm. Tue-Thu, 11am6pm, Fri 11am-7pm (11am-9pm on first Fridays), Sat 11am-5pm. Pausa Art House (19 Wadsworth Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 697-9069 pausaarthouse.com): Flesh and Water: Markenzy Julius Cesar Live Music ThuSat. See website for more info. Pine Apple Company (224 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 716-275-3648, squareup.com/store/ pine-apple-company): Work by Thomas James

Holt, Yames Moffitt, Esther Neisen, Mickey Harmon, Mike West, and Sarah Liddell. Wed & Thu 11am-6pm, Fri & Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 10am-5pm. Queen City Gallery (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 868-8183, queencitygallery.tripod. com): Neil Mahar, David Pierro, Candace Keegan, John Farallo, Chris McGee,Tim Raymond, Eileen Pleasure, Eric Evinczik, Barbara Crocker, Thomas Bittner, Susan Redenbach, Barbara Lynch Johnt, Kisha Patterson, Sara O’Brien, Michael Mulley. Tue-Fri 11am-4pm and by appointment. Sports Focus Physical Therapy (531 Virginia Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, 332-4838, sportsfocuspt. com): Susan Q. Liebel “large colorful textured abstract paintings.” On view Sep 1 through Dec 27. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, 6-9pm on first Fridays. Starlight Studio and Art Gallery (340 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202, starlightstudio.org): Adrian Bertolone and Denton Crawford. Includes work by the Starlight artists Ron Steele, Jeremy Pratt, and Saeed Dubaishi. Mon-Fri 9-4pm. The Rosalie “Roz” Steiner Gallery (Genesee Community College, One College, Batavia, NY 14020, 585-343-0055, genesee.edu/gallery): Meditations, paintings by Joanna Angie on view through Sep 24. Receptions: Thu Sep 8, 1-2pm, Sat Sep 24, 1-4pm. Studio Hart (65 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 536-8337, studiohart.com): Burn the Bridges, photographs by Max Collins. Tue-Fri 11:30am3:30pm, Sat 12-4pm, and open every First Friday 6-9pm. Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, (716) 8847172, squeaky.org): A Year From Monday: Recent work by Wenhua Shi, through Sep 3. Tue-Sat, 125pm. UB Anderson Gallery (1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY 14214, 829-3754, ubartgalleries.org): Situations: Lydia Okumura on view through Jan 8, 2017. Opening reception Sat Sep 10, 11-1pm. Cravens World: The Human Aesthetic, on view through Dec 31. Wed-Sat 11am-5pm, 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): Situations: Lydia Okumura on view through Jan 8, 2017. Opening reception Thu Sep 8, 5-8pm. Screen Projects: Rodney McMillian on view through Nov 13. Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 1-5pm.

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Infinite Regression album Recommended if you like: Wavves, Ty Segall, Yuck Released in mid-August, Infinite Regression is the debut EP from the new Buffalo emo punk band Passed Out. Led by guitarist and vocalist Andy Pothier, known for his solo work as well as his work as drummer of Pine Fever and the Evil Things, the band also features bassist Jake Rogers, guitarist Nicole Morrisson, guitarist Dom Sciarrino, and drummer Dan Schwach. The four-song EP was recorded at After Glow Studios in North Tonawanda. Highlights include the fast-paced album opener “Winnipeg”and the moody, downtempo track “Black Lodge."

[COMEDY] Jen Kirkman will never date someone who is almost half her age…again. The 41-year-old, newly tattooed comic rose from the Boston and New York City comedy club scenes in the late 1990s, and quickly blossomed into an international sensation and best-selling author. In 2015, her Netflix original comedy special, I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine), was ranked a top stand-up special by The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and Time Out New York. Kirkman has penned two New York Times best-sellers, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself (Tales of a Happy Life Without Kids) and I Know What I’m Doing & Other Lies I Tell Myself (Dispatches From a Life Under Construction). Kirkman was known as a regular roundtable guest on E! Network’s Chelsea Lately, where she perfected her capacity for off-the-cuff hilarity. Her sense of humor is decidedly less raunchy than many of her contemporaries, with a touch of self-deprecation and audience interaction. The latter is how she sharpens her material—performing stand-up and working off her audience. In preparation for the taping of her new comedy special, Kirkman is bringing her material to Buffalo for a test run. Catch Jen Kirkman at Helium Comedy Club on Thursday, September 8 through Saturday, September 10. -KELLIE POWELL

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[ROCK] The concept is that by forcing yourself not to think about something, you will think of little else. It’s referred to in psych circles as White Bear Syndrome, coined by Professor Daniel Wegner in his book White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts, but Wegner got the idea from a Tolstoy short story. It is related to the pink elephant in the room, the thing we’re all trying not to talk about that’s standing before us, larger than life. UK five-piece the Temperance Movement thought White Bear was the perfect title for their sophomore album, finally out in the States in July on Concord after a six-month import-only status. “As we were making the album, the idea of it being this thing you’re trying not to think about but also can’t help but think about kept coming up,” guitarist Paul Sayer explained, calling from overseas. The Temperance Movement, which has no affiliation to the anti-alcohol campaign of the same name that emerged during the American Revolution, took a different approach to White Bear than they had with their self-titled debut, going in for a more polished sound while striving to preserve their edgy live aesthetic. See our full interview with Sayer at dailypublic.com. The band comes to the Town Ballroom on Wednesday, September 7 as support for New Orleans-based roots rock band thee Revivalists. -CJT

Ra Ra Riot 7pm The Waiting Room, 334 Delaware Ave. $1.03-$10

[INDIE] Ra Ra Riot comes to the Waiting Room as part of 103.3 the Edge’s inaugural “New Rock Now” series. Having formed a decade ago in Syracuse, Ra Ra Riot has pumped out indie rock hits such as “Boy” and “Beta Love,” which have been featured in commercials, television shows, movies, and more. Their latest record, Need Your Light, was released in February and was produced by Ryan Hadlock, best known for his work with indie rock band the Lumineers. This steal of a show only costs $1.03 in advance (tickets available at waitingroombuffalo.com) and $10 day of show. Buffalo indie rock bands Mutual Friends and Dreambeaches open the show. -EVAN JAMES

THURSDAY SEP 8 Burning Books Turns 5 with Daniel McGowan 7pm Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St.

[DISCUSSION] Burning Books, the radical book store on Buffalo’s West Side, will celebrate their five-year anniversary by hosting a presentation by Daniel McGowan. McGowan is a former political activist who was imprisoned for seven years for his association with the Earth Liberation Front, a radical group of activists who carried out a series of “economic sabotage” operations against corporate entities that they viewed as highly destructive of the environment. Free birthday cake will be served. -CP

HOLLAND PURCHASE "Grayscale" single Recommended if you like: Broken Social Scene, American Football, Beach Fossils In August, the new lo-fi indie rock act Holland Purchase released their second single. The threepiece band, featuring Kevin Stuitje and Jesse Kaufman of the post-rock band Tomoreaux, and bassist Nate Ward, released their fuzzy, ethereal track, “Grayscale.” A cross between emotive indie rock and Tomoreaux’s postrock ambience, “Grayscale” is the follow-up to the band’s first release, “Five Years,” a more straight-foward indie rock track, which came out in July.

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BRO SAFARI THURSDAY SEP 8 8PM / TOWN BALLROOM, 681 MAIN ST. / $24 [ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Bro Safari is the latest music project in the evolution of DJ/Producer Nick Weiller (stylized as Knick with the silent K), and it's definitely the most popular thus far. Having previously established his talents as a contributor to the hardstep trio Evol Intent and co-producer for Ludachrist with Jake Stanczak (Kill the Noise), it was the 2013 singles "Scumbag" and "The Drop" that introduced the Bro Safari aesthetic, which blends elements of trap, reggaeton, and dubstep to create a beat-salad that easily distinguishes itself from the work of his contemporaries. Weiller is also considered a champion of moombahton, an infectious combination of house music styles with reggaeton beats. As a huge Radiohead fan, the Rome-born, Austin-based Weiller aspires to innovate while retaining a meticulous edge, and the results are striking. Bro Safari's only boundary, it seems, is the enforcement of a flawless flow while he rummages under the kitchen sink for beats that will keep listeners on their toes. His Pretty Good Tour comes to Town Ballroom on Thursday, September 8, with MC Armanni Reign and Los Angeles-based fellow DJ/Producer ETC!ETC! in the opening slot. -CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

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Show Me The Body 8pm Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St. $10-$12

[HARDCORE] New York City trio Show Me The Body is part of the Letter Racer collective, a cooperative group of envelope-pushing musicians and visual artists that have established themselves as underground fixtures. SMTB may identify as hardcore, but that's little more than a generalization for a band that employs elements of hiphop, blues, and post-punk into its grimy mix. These are modern hybrids, but the ingredients are organic and time-tested—as is the subversive NYC culture that propels them. Thursday, September 8 at Mohawk Place with Blackie. -CJT

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7PM / RAPIDS THEATRE, 1711 MAIN ST. / $25 [ROCK] Canadian-bred band Billy Talent have been playing together for just over two decades, and have known each other for even longer. The band, comprised of Benjamin Kowalewicz (lead vocalist), Ian D'Sa (guitar), Jon Gallant (bassist) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drummer), just released their fifth studio album, Afraid of Heights, on July 29. They will be making their way to the Rapid Theatre in Niagara Falls on Friday, September 9 to give us a taste of some of their new music and a show that’s sure to have plenty of sweaty and exhilarating mosh pits and crowdsurfing. Gallant recently spoke with The Public about the band’s new album and current tour. I read the original name of the band was Pezz, but you were forced to change it due to legal trouble. Were you pissed when you had to change the name? No, at that point we had been in that band for seven years and we had struggled. We were kind of going in a different type of direction with music. We were excited to change the name. Pezz was a cheesy name. How would you say the band has evolved over the years? We’ve been together for 23 years, so we’ve grown up together. We went from being high school students to men. A couple of us have families. Like anybody, you grow up and all your life experiences affect you one way or another. After that’s happened, our songs have kind of evolved, we’ve matured and we’re a little bit more direct instead of vague, which we were in the past. I think we have more confidence in ourselves. It’s like anything. When you grow up, you get wiser.

When did you start writing the Afraid of Heights? We came off the road in 2012 and started working on the album and writing songs during the end of our last touring cycle of our last record. It probably took about three to three and half years to get everything done. Where did you guys record this record? This is the first time we recorded a whole record in Toronto. We’ve been building a studio for the last six years so this is the first time we ever really got to use it professionally. It was a lot of fun to be able to do things on our own time and not have to worry about studio hours. Can you tell me a little bit about filming the video for the album’s first single, the title track, “Afraid of Heights”? Yeah, it was cool. Alon Isocianu, the director, came up with the concept. Originally he just wanted it to be just to be a story with no performance, but we kind of always feel strongly about having a

little bit of performance in there. It was his idea and it turned out great and is kind of a good example of what the song is about. It was done in the greater surrounding areas of Toronto as well. Will your next videos be a continuation of this video? It does kind of leave you hanging. We actually thought about that and that’s a strong possibility. It’s going to be a surprise. What are your favorite songs to play off this new record? Right now we’ve kind of started introducing the new songs. We’re playing four of them live right now: ‘The Crutch,” “Big Red Gun,” “Louder Than the DJ” and “Afraid of Heights.” Out of those four I really love playing ‘The Crutch.” Some of the other songs we’re ready to start introducing to the set, so we’re going to start to do that. I’m looking forward to playing all the new material. Do you have any interesting tour stories to tell? This last tour was pretty crazy. We were just in Australia then Japan, so we were flying quite a lot. It was like 10 flights in like 14 days or something like that. The shows were absolutely wild. Tokyo and Osaka, it was like 110 degrees and we had to step onstage. It was a really entertaining tour. -VANESSA OSWALD

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FRIDAY SEP 9 Kate Mills and Kasey Williams 5pm Daily Planet Coffee, 1862 Hertel Ave.

[POP] Two New York City-based singer/ songwriters will make their way to the Daily Planet Coffee Company on Friday, September 9 as part of a tour of the East Coast. Both artists, Kate Mills and Kasey Williams, are on tour in support of their debut EPs. -TPS

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[AMERICANA] Woody Pines takes an acoustic approach to jump blues that makes for some of the most contagious roots music you've ever heard. Earthy but energetic, sometimes forlorn but always fun, humid but usually well-humored, Pines turns the roots model on its head by keeping the tempo snappy and the mood light even when the subject occasionally dips into the classic country buffet of woe-is-me bummers. A longtime buddy of Old Crow Medicine Show's Gill Landry (the two once toured together in a jug band), Pines cut his teeth busking, which informs his stage presence with a degree of showmanship that less seasoned troubadours lack: he knows how to hold your attention. Friday, September 9 at Sportsmen's Tavern. -CJT

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Adulting has never been so chic! Taste and learn about craft beers from a beer expert and learn about group benefits from a financial expert, all paired with five-star hors d’oeuvres like Buffalo wing dip, pretzel bits with cheese dip, and arancini. This class, geared for the LGBT community, is free and includes an open bar, food and craft beer tastings. RSVP by registering at bit.ly/beerandbenefits.

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Buffalo Bitchfest 12pm Adam Mickiewicz Polish Library, 612 Fillmore Ave $10

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SILVER PRIDE COFFEE HOUR 10-11:30AM at Undergrounds Coffee House, 580 South Park Ave.

A meet-and-greet coffee social for LGBT seniors open to everyone. For more information, call the Pride Center at 852.PRIDE.

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[FESTIVAL] The annual Music is Art Festival is like a capstone to of the summer in Buffalo. This year, the 14th annual, this Saturday, September 10 at Hoyt Lake behind the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, will feature six stages and more than 100 bands. On the main stages, bands will rotate every 15 minutes, so that can be a lot to take in. There’s no way to catch it all, but here we’ve mapped out our schedule for the day. This is just one route to take through the festival, of course. If you want to create your own, go to musicisart.org for the full schedule of performances. 10AM

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Catch Little Cake n Jack Toft on the Lincoln Parkway Stage.

Formerly known as Wolf, Stress Dolls will mix it up on it up on the Main Stage.

10:30AM

Grab a snack and head back to the Main Stage to party with Uncle Ben’s Remedy.

3:15PM

See poet Ten Thousand on the Dance Poet Stage.

7:30PM

Check out hip hop producer Wza, who will throw down some beats on the Lincoln Parkway Stage.

You’d be crazy not to stick by the Main Stage for a set by Transgendered Jesus.

3:30PM

7:45PM

Pop over to The Public tent to see what we’ve got going on.

For something equally as crazy, check out AJ Jordan on the Lincoln Parkway Stage.

11:15AM

BUFFALO GAY BINGO 6-9PM at Amvets Medallion Post 13, 25 Review Place

Gay Bingo returns at a new location with tons more seating and a new system for entry: Doors open at 6 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. Optional reservation tickets that ensure a game packet are available at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of Lafayette Church, 875 Elmwood Ave. Seating cannot be reserved; large groups should come early. Discounted game packets that include every game, including specials, are $20. Admission: $5, all proceeds benefitting AIDS Plus Fund of WNY. This is not your grandmother’s bingo!

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Shoot back over to the main stage to for singer/songwriter Sara Elizabeth. 11:30AM You can make it if you hustle, so hustle over to the Americana Stage for First Ward. 12:15PM Pop-punk band In Real Life takes the main stage. 12:45PM Take a break and hit up Food Truck Row for some lunch. 1:15PM Hope you enjoyed lunch! Now it’s back to main stage for alt-rock band Urban Reverie. 1:45PM

BEAR NIGHT 10PM-2AM at Preservation Pub, 948 Main St.

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You’re not going to want to miss freak rockers Lazy Ass Destroyer on the Shakespeare Stage. 2PM If you’re with the kids, head over to the Kids Stage for the Water Dogs. If you’re looking for something more intense, check out the Fire and Ice Belly Dance Company on the Dance/Poet Stage #2.

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3:45PM Indie rock band the Tins are a must-see on the Main Stage. 4PM Stick around the Main Stage for a set by rock band Parade Chic.

8PM Things are getting tight at this point, but back at the Main Stage, Japanese punk rock band Pinky Doodle Poodle takes the stage.

4:45PM

8:15PM

Head over to the Americana stage for a set by local music veterans Mercury Blues Band.

One of the highlights of the night, Cute Is What We Aim For, return home for a special set on the Main Stage.

5:30PM Camp out at the Americana stage, because Randle and the Late Night Scandals are up next. 6:15PM Hurry over to the Shakespeare Hill Stage to catch Buffalo music legends Green Jello.

8:45PM Finally, English singer/ songwriter Denny Laine—a former member of Paul McCartney’s band Wings and an original member of the Moody Blues—takes the Main Stage to close out the night. -CORY PERLA

[PUNK] The name of this event might be a bit unfortunate, but Buffalo Bitchfest (formerly known as Vaggiefest) should deliver some high-quality underground music and celebrate women in music at the same time. A dozen bands from Buffalo and a few other Rust Belt cities will converge on the Adam Mickiewicz Polish Library on Saturday, September 10 for Buffalo Bitchfest. Highlights include Space Is Haunted, Facility Men, Gun Candy, Cloud Rat, and more. -CP

Sick of It All with Comeback Kid 6pm The Waiting Room, 334 Delaware Ave. $20-$25

[PUNK] Hardcore punk band Sick of It All returns to Buffalo for a show at the Waiting Room on Saturday, September 10. The Queens, New York-based hardcore band has continued with roughly the same lineup, led by brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on guitar, for 30 years. They’ll be joined by Canadian punk band Comeback Kid, as well as Friend or Foe, Revival, and Wreckage. -CP

Super American 9pm Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St. $5

[ROCK] Four rock bands will take the stage at Nietzsche’s on Saturday, September 10, led by headliners Super American. The poprock band, made up of former members of several notable rock bands, including Cute Is What We Aim For and I Can See Mountains, has been delivering their tight sets to increasing crowds on a regular basis. They’ll be joined by grunge band Cooler, rock band Jouska, and solo-acoustic act County Mike. Presented by Yace Booking. -CP

SUNDAY SEP 11 Peace Justice Nonviolence Festival 2:30pm Canalside, 44 Prime St.

[FESTIVAL] The 3rd annual Peace Justice Nonviolence Festival and Walk of Peace takes place on Sunday, September 11 at Canalside. Bringing together 115 organizations from Buffalo and surrounding suburbs, the festival’s mission is to promote the reduction of violence in local communities. “Violence includes poverty, racism, sexism, domestic abuse, environmental degradation, armed conflict, war, and assualts against our neighbors,” reads a press release from the PJNV Planning Committee. The festival will include community speakers, a “Walk for Peace,” tabling from organizations, live music, food, and more. -THE PUBLIC STAFF

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◆ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ◆ [INDIE] This month’s The Public Presents concert at Nietzsche’s will be an adventurous The Patient Zeros, The Devil In Love, one—with a little bit of hip hop, some indie rock, electronic music, and even some emo thrown in. The Meat Whistles, Half Animal The lineup includes Death Picnic & Short Moscato, Holland Purchase, Passed Out, and N3wT. 8PM ◆ $5 Death Picnic & Short Moscato is a live hip hop group led, of course, by MC and producer 47 East Mohawk St. 716.312.9279 Short Moscato. If you’re not familiar with Moscato, check out his track “Rose Gold” on SoundDAILYPUBLIC.COM BUFFALOSMOHAWKPLACE.COM cloud, or check out the live video for “A Long Story Short” on Youtube. Next we have Holland FACEBOOK.COM/MOHAWKPLACE Purchase, a new lo-fi emo project, who will make their debut at this show. The three-piece band, which features members of the Buffalo-based post-rock band Tomoreaux, recently released their first track, “Grayscale,” a hazy indie rock track that brings to mind bands like Broken Social Scene and American Football. Another new band to the scene, Passed Out—a four-piece indie-punk band—will also take the stage. The band is led by guitarist/vocalist Andy Pothier, who many might know from bands like Pine Fever and the Evil Things, and as a solo performer. Passed Out just released their debut EP, Infinite Regression, on August 19. Finally, you might know N3wT from projects like Armageddon Party. For this show he’s flying solo, laying down some of his propulsive electronic rhythms. Check out these four talented acts at Nietzsche’s on Wednesday, September 14. -CORY PERLA

7:30pm First Niagara Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plz $99-$135

[ROCK] You're not alone if accepting Axl Rose as AC/DC's frontman proves difficult. Arguably the best of the metal-tinged classic rock bands still in the game, AC/DC always managed to avoid the hackneyed rock pitfalls of excess and deluded egomania that claimed GNR pretty much straight away—making the new arrangement almost unimaginable. Thing is, the reviews have been pretty good. While some have criticized Rose's vocal style as being too shrill, others have praised his ability to hit notes long abandoned by Brian Johnson and have also cited noteworthy chemistry between Rose and guitarist Angus Young. Better catch 'em now: apparently, bassist Cliff Williams is also gone at the end of this year. Sunday at First Niagara Center, 7:30pm. -CJT

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[FOLK] Somewhere between folk, indie, and soul lands Sean Hayes. The singer/songwriter and guitarist keeps his songs simple—usually his voice a some stripped-back instrumentation. Hayes has spent time all over the country—right now he calls San Francisco DAILYPUBLIC.COM home, but he was born in North Carolina and lived for a while in New York City, so it’s no wonder that his music is hard to pin down. The 47-year-old wanderer’s recent album, Low Light, is his eighth release since launching his career in 1999 with A Thousand Tiny Pieces. He’ll come to Babeville’s Ninth Ward on Wednesday, September 14 with support from Charley Crockett and Tim Carr. -CP P

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[INDIE] Los Angeles psychedelic revivalists Mystic Braves serve up a colorful swirl of retro delicacies with occasional Latin twists and that menacing something's-gone-awry Farfisa organ sound that tells you acid has likely been dropped. Their 2015 album Days of Yesteryear (Lollipop) presented a more polished version of their sound, but Mystic Braves remain very true to their paisley-drenched musical ideals. At Mohawk Place on Monday, September 12, they're joined by the Dream Ride—a one-man bizarro-world electronica showcase from a psychedelic cowboy. -CJT

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FOOD + DRINK SPOTLIGHT Jesse Crouse, founder of Tipico Coffee.

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HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Chef Thomas Keller once said, “A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.” Nowhere is that more true than in the family kitchen, where technical shortcomings are easily defeated by the love and care taken by the cook. Everyone needs a little homecooking once in a while, so excluding your mom’s house, here are a few of our favorite WNY options. Loupe users save $5 off $20 and $10 off $40 at all three of these local restaurants!

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MEET JESSE CROUSE, WHO BOUGHT HIS FIRST ESPRESSO MACHINE IN GRADE SCHOOL YOU WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND

anyone in the City of Buffalo who knows more about about coffee than Jesse Crouse. The 30-year-old has spent most of the last decade working for speciality coffee roasters, time which included sampling thousands upon thousands of coffees and traveling the world to find top-quality coffee seeds.

With that kind of background in Joe, it’s only natural that Crouse would want to bring his coffee expertise to the masses. And that’s just what he did, having opened a neighborhood cafe, Tipico Coffee, in Buffalo’s Lower West Side last November. Nine months in, he says businesses is going well. The café has a strong following of regulars who stop in every day of the week “I had a very intense desire to start my own business. I love coffee; it’s a passion of mine,” Crouse said. “I also love people, and they’re a passion of mine.”

Crouse’s interest in coffee began long before he entered the trade. He said he began drinking it as a kid, and even at a young age, his tastes were more refined than your typical caffeine-junkie.

Friday, Sept 26, 6pm Woodcock Brothers Brewing 638 Lake St, Wilson Woodcock Brothers Brewing is raising a pint to all things fall and all things beer, of course, at the inaugural Western New York Fall Beer Festival, taking place Friday, September 23, 6pm, at the Wilson, New York brewery. Attendees can sample up to 13 different fall seasonal brews from 12 local breweries, including Woodcock Brothers own Cocktoberfest and Wet Hop IPA (brewed with locally grown Chinook hops). Five-ounce samples will be available via drinkticket ($3 per drink-ticket), and each drink-ticket gets you one five-ounce pour of any of the 13 fall beers being featured at the event. There is no limit on drink-ticket purchases. There will also be live music and outdoor games.

n FLYING BISON OKTOBERFEST Saturday, Sept 10, noon-5pm 840 Seneca St, Buffalo It’s time again for the annual Flying Bison Oktoberfest gala! This years’ event takes place Saturday, September 10, noon5pm. The Frankfurters will supply the music while the Grill at the Dome will be providing this year’s German feast, including sausages, German potatoes, and sauerkraut. Mazurek’s Bakery rye bread and soft brewery pretzels will be available as well. $25 gets you a plate full of German food, three hours of music, a new Bisonfest souvenir mug, and three drink tickets to fill it with. You can get presale tickets, which include an extra drink ticket, at the brewery leading up to the event.

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2683 Clinton St, West Seneca scharfsrest.com Scharf’s is an old world Germanstyle restaurant located in a historic tavern. Well known for its satisfying portions of simple and delicious Eastern European favorites such as potato pancakes, pork chops, and sausage, it’s a longtime Buffalo favorite.

“I was a kid who brought my espresso machine to sleepovers when I was 12, 13,” he said. “I loved doing it. I don’t know why I loved coffee; I just always did. “I think I liked it a little bit because it was a grown-up drink, and even now I’m struggling to figure out if I’m a grown up or not,” he added. “Back then I was trying to convince anyone that I was an adult.”

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Saturday, Sept 10, 3pm-11pm 6553 Boston State Rd, Hamburg Join the Hamburg Brewing Company at the ninth annual Hamburg Oktoberfest, a familyfriendly event that celebrates German culture. The event, which takes place Saturday, September 10, 3-11pm at Hamburg Memorial Park, will feature German food, German drinks, authentic music from the German American Musicians, and traditional folk dancing. There is also a German car show to go along with a new kids area for fun, open 3-6pm. While the event itself is free and open to the public, a portion of the proceeds from the event will go toward the New Community Playground in the Village of Hamburg. There will be plenty of tents just in case of rain.

Saturday, Sept 24, noon-6pm 2072 Stoneman Cir, Lakewood Southern Tier Brewing Company will hold the first ever Pumking Festival in honor of the annually anticipated imperial pumpkin beer. The event, which goes down Saturday, September 24, noon6pm on the grounds of Southern Tier in Lakewood, will play host to a number of special features built around the fall beer favorite, including Pumking and Warlock beer floats and Pumking and Warlock brewery exclusive variants. There will also gourd bowling, seasonally inspired cuisine, live music from the Keith Shuskie Band, and, last but not least, the return of Rum Barrel Aged Pumking. Buy it P at the Pumking Fest first!

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the West Coast was stiff; Crouse says you can find a good café on every block.

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Having visited Kristen’s family in Buffalo for years, Crouse was familiar with the area and thought it a good place to find a home and start a business.

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Despite his appreciation for coffee, and his professed fondness of customer service, Crouse did not initially set out on a career path toward hospitality and food service. Rather, Crouse, who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, majored in poetry (though he also considered theater) at Chicago State University. While enrolled in CSU, he landed a job as a barista for Intelligentsia Coffee (the name being a play off an old Russian term for an intellectually elite class). Crouse said the company devoted “tons of time and tons of energy toward training,” and he blossomed there. “At the end of the day, I was trying to convince a large number of people to enjoy coffee that was a little more expensive than your typical coffee. It’s a fun thing to do,” Crouse said. Before long he advanced to the Quality Control Department, where he sampled about 3,000 coffees per year. The sampling process included removing labeling and giving the seeds an anonymous sample name. Then they would roast a quarter pound of the seeds, place it in a cup and note the aromas it gave off. Finally, they would add hot water and, without removing the seeds, sample tastes of it with a spoon. “Good coffees should taste great hot and should taste great cold, and should taste great under-extracted and over-extracted, where mediocre coffees are going to taste good at one point in that or no points in that,” he said. After leaving Chicago, Crouse resettled for a period in Ithaca, where he worked as a roaster for Gimme! Coffee. He stayed in the job for only about 10 months, and then relocated to Santa Cruz, Calif to work for a growing company called Verve Coffee Roasters. There, Crouse spent several months of each year traveling to farms throughout Central America, South America and Africa, searching for the best coffee seeds. Though he enjoyed the job, and was excited to work for a growing company, by 2015, he was ready for a change. His wife, Kristen, had given birth to their son, and Crouse was tired of the frequent long-distance traveling. They wanted a place to put down roots and start a family. And Crouse wanted to support them by opening his own business, but the competition on

“Buffalo is a pretty untapped market as far as great coffee goes,” Crouse said. The couple moved here in the summer of 2015, with Crouse planning to find and renovate his own space in a popular neighborhood like Hertel or the Elmwood Village. But then his landlord directed him to a nearby space at the corner of Fargo Avenue and Jersey Street. He was immediately drawn to its open, minimalist design, which he felt resonated very well with what he was trying to do. “I was in awe of the beauty of this space,” he said. So he signed a lease, applied for a small business loan, and got to work refitting the space to his specifications. Less than three months later, Tipico Coffee was open for business. In the time since, Tipico has established itself as a relaxed neighborhood hang-out. It sports huge windows that are kept open in the summertime, and a wood stove to create a warmer ambience during our harsh winters. “It’s one of those places that you never knew Buffalo needed until it opened,” said Drew Brown, a regular customer and friend of Crouse. “Tipico was the perfect place to grab a hot cup, break out the laptop and nestle up next to the wood stove. It’s cozy.” Brown also praised Tipico’s menu, which includes various coffee drinks, teas, a “quick cup” for casual coffee drinkers and a “pour over” that allows customers to sample different coffees from around the world. Food selections are basic but hearty, with offerings of toast (avocado, ricotta, and jam), sandwiches (a ricotta and grilled cheese) and a la carte selections of meats, dairy and pastries. Brown, who describes himself as a casual coffee drinker, said he’s amazed at Crouse and the Tipico staff ’s extensive knowledge on coffee. “I’ve seen the guy give hour-long presentations on the science of what makes a good cup of cofee,” he said. “You can tell he lives for it.” Tipico Coffee is located at 128 Fargo Avenue and is open 6am-9pm Monday through Friday; 7am-9pm Saturday; and 7am-8pm Sunday. For more information, visit tipicocoffee.com or P like the restaurant on Facebook. DAILYPUBLIC.COM / SEPTEMBER 7 - 13, 2016 / THE PUBLIC 19

FILM REVIEW Rachel Weisz in Complete Unknown.

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comes from Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” whose chorus asks “How does it feel/To be on your own/With no direction home/A complete unknown?” Rachel Weisz stars as Alice, or so she calls herself in the time we spend with her. When Tom (Michael Shannon) was in love with her, fifteen years ago back in college, her name was Jenny. It’s been many others in between, doing different things in different places around the world. Tom’s life hasn’t gone much of anywhere. A low-key kind of guy, or at least as low-key as you can be when you’re played by Michael Shannon, he has a government job in Brooklyn, where he writes advisory memos that usually don’t have much effect. His wife wants to move to California to take advantage of a once-ina-lifetime career opportunity. But if he comes with her, what will Tom do there? And if it means turning his back on his work, is he negating himself, whoever that may be? The cake the bakery delivers for his birthday party exhorts “Happy birthday, Tony!” That’s his frame of mind when he re-encounters Alice/Jenny, in what turns out not to be a coincidence. The bulk of the film follows the two over a night’s conversation. As do we, Tom has many questions: How could Alice/Jenny walk away from everyone she knew without so much as a goodbye?

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OPENING THIS WEEK COMPLETE UNKNOWN—Drama starring Rachel Weisz as a woman who has spent her life moving from one identity to another and Michael Shannon as an old lover she looks up in order to connect with her past. With Kathy Bates and Danny Glover. Directed by Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace). Reviewed this issue. Dipson Eastern Hills SULLY—Clint Eastwood directs Tom Hanks as the airline pilot who made a forced landing in the Hudson River in a drama focusing on the events after that heroic feat. With Anna Gunn, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart. Area theaters

ALTERNATIVE CINEMA BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (France, 1945)—The surrealist artist Jean Cocteau’s live-action adaptation of the perennial fairy tale about finding love by looking beneath the surface is, perhaps ironically, a film

How does she do what she does? Why has she come to see him now? And at heart, just who is she? Tom gets an answer to one of those questions when she gives him a chance to play the game himself with an older couple (Kathy Bates and Danny Glover) they help out. He gets a feel for the seductive ease of spontaneously re-inventing yourself, or as some might call it, lying. (Remember Seinfeld’s George Costanza and his penchant for telling strangers he was an architect named Art Vandelay?) But most of the questions Complete Unknown poses go unanswered. That might frustrate some viewers who like a film to be a tidy package. But its mysteries are mesmerizing throughout and stay with you after the film is over. It doesn’t hurt to have actors like Weisz and Shannon, who, as the cliché goes, could read the phone book out loud and still hold your attention. And in an era when personal identity may be nothing more or less than what you want to present to the world in a new social media account, it’s not an abstract question. As Kurt Vonnegut once said, “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” It opens Friday at the Eastern Hills. ••• Identity is a question that troubles actors who find success in a single role, usually on television, and are unable to move past it.

of endlessly lavish and surprising surfaces. But the filmmaker opens the film by asking you to watch with the eyes of a child, and the result is difficult to resist. Starring Jean Marais and Josette Day. Presented by the Buffalo Film Seminars. Tue 7pm. Dipson Amherst FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK—Documentary on the history of the popular Star Trek characters and the actor who portrayed hum, Leonard Nimoy. Directed by Nimoy’s son Adam. Reviewed this issue. Fri, Sat 7pm, Tue 7:30pm. Screening Room NICK CAVE: ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING—Documentary presentation for the release of the new album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Better get your tickets in advance before it sells out. Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Thu Sep 8, 9pm. Dipson Amherst THE SALT OF THE EARTH—The world-traveling photojournalist Sebastião Salgado is the subject of this Oscar-nominated documentary by his son Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders (Pina). Despite his exquisite abilities to compose and fill a frame, Salgado’s photos often aren’t easy to look at: His subject matter was some of the worst human catastrophes of the last few decades, including the civil wars in Rwanda and the African famines of the early 1980s. (By contrast, his famous photos taken at Brazil’s Serra Pelada mine are almost lighthearted.) That he was able to find away to bring positivity to his life makes the film not only bearable but

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Please list your top three priorities if elected.

Make sure the State invests in programs that will continue to revitalize the entire region and stimulate the economy by creating high paying, private sector jobs encouraging more people to come and work and continue to live in the region. Work with local municipalities, community civic organizations and cultural groups to access State Grants to improve the quality of life in the Cheektowaga, Depew, Lancaster and Sloan. Clean-up Albany by enacting tough ethics and campaign finance reform to increase government accountability, transparency and restore trust in State Government. What is the role of arts and culture in community development and revitalization? Arts and Cultural activities are one of

the most important components in revitalizing a community. Every city, town, village and region have a story to tell and that story can best be expressed through their cultural, social and artistic history. What is the role of arts and culture in your plans for economic development in Western New York? As someone who has been

involved since the age of 3 in dance groups and the performing arts, I know how important these activities are in building a vibrant community. I will support public investment in the arts and cultural organizatons of WNY, so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of these institutions. How would you develop cultural and heritage tourism in Western New York? I would seek public investment in creative ideas,

like the Polonia Trail, that embrace the rich diversity of our area. Cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing segments in our economy and we need to provide a small investment that will bring rewards to our region. In what ways would you support young people’s access to the arts in order to foster the creative thinking skills needed to ensure a solid future workforce in Western New York? The

easiest way to encourage young people to make the arts a part of their life is through the educational system. As a Member of the Assembly I would support dedicated funding to educational institutions to allow students to interact with the arts and cultural institutions. History has shown that once students are exposed to these organizations they will want to continue their association. Would you vote to decrease, hold steady, or increase grant funding for cultural organizations through the New York State Council on the Arts if elected, and why? I would increase fund-

ing for cultural organizations. It is common sense. It has also been proven that the public investment in these groups enhances the quality of life for people and spurs economic activity. Several of the Regional Economic Development Council plans throughout the state include arts and culture as a priority or targeted industry, but the WNY plan only mentions it in the context of tourism. If elected, would you advocate for the inclusion of arts and culture in the WNY REDC plan and for a cultural representative to sit on the council, and why? Yes.

It is again common sense. If WE want to maximize the impact of arts and culture in our local economy then we need to make them full partners in the plan.

MONICA WALLACE Candidate chose not to respond to survey.

NEW YORK STATE SENATE 60TH DISTRICT, REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CHRISTOPHER JACOBS Current occupation and employer: Erie Coun-

ty Clerk

Please list your top three priorities if elected.

1. Economic Development and Job Creation 2 Funding Parity with downstate 3. Education Issue

arts and cultural institutions and encouraging development of new venues will produce a multiplier benefits for WNY. How would you develop cultural and heritage tourism in Western New York? I think we have major gains in this regards over the

last few years. The Governor and regional development councils have recognized cultural tourism as legitimate economic force. It needs to go farther but it is a start. This does not happen overnight, it needs sustained focus, coordination and commitment from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. In what ways would you support young people’s access to the arts in order to foster the creative thinking skills needed to ensure a solid future workforce in Western New York? As a for-

mer school board member, I believe strongly in providing students access to the arts and culture on a regular basis. Of course, field trips are great but we must find more ways to expose them within their school environments and integrate arts and culture throughout the curricula. Would you vote to decrease, hold steady, or increase grant funding for cultural organizations through the New York State Council on the Arts if elected, and why? Increase. Several of the Regional Economic Development Council plans throughout the state include arts and culture as a priority or targeted industry, but the WNY plan only mentions it in the context of tourism. If elected, would you advocate for the inclusion of arts and culture in the WNY REDC plan and for a cultural representative to sit on the council, and why? As I

mentioned earlier the regional council gave recognition and it was a good first step. Yes, I believe the arts should absolutely be included as the WNY REDC plan and a cultural representative should sit on the council.

funding. Due to economic circumstances & politics, A&C funding has decreased over the years despite a growth in understanding that cultural funding is a good investment for economic development and revitalization, as well as quality of life. The State can’t afford blank checks, but many smaller & newer arts organizations have been left out of funding, with monies going to the most established institutions. Grants can help grow a newer organization, especially if it is “mentored” by a more established one. Several of the Regional Economic Development Council plans throughout the state include arts and culture as a priority or targeted industry, but the WNY plan only mentions it in the context of tourism. If elected, would you advocate for the inclusion of arts and culture in the WNY REDC plan and for a cultural representative to sit on the council, and why? I’d

advocate for inclusion of A&C in the WNY REDC plan & for a Council cultural representative. A&C have a significant role in economic development & revitalization. They build identity of a city or region, contribute to creative growth that attracts businesses, inspire new ventures, generate tourism & help define an area as a good place to live & work. They contribute to stabilizing & growing population & a focus to the future. Part of the issue is measurement. The REDC plan should include a method of measuring the value of A&C to show A&C isn’t begging a seat at the table, but earned one.

AMBER SMALL Current occupation and employer: Executive

Director, Parkside Community Association

Please list your top three priorities if elected. For our region to prosper, we must bring fresh

NEW YORK STATE SENATE 60TH DISTRICT, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

ideas to the table. Albany is infested with corruption, and sending another career politician will do little to clean up Albany. We need a political outsider with a track record of getting things done for their community to champion ethics reform. My experience with my family’s small business has provided me the understanding needed to reduce the obstacles business owners face. I will be a fierce advocate for repairing our outdated infrastructure to ensure the safety of our neighborhoods, boost our economy and better the quality of our water.

ALFRED COPPOLA

What is the role of arts and culture in community development and revitalization? Arts and culturals play an incredibly

KEVIN STOCKER Candidate’s response when asked to fill out survey: “I have been busy going to the homes of

the voters and have not had time to fill out any surveys. As I am leading in the polls, you can count on me to support the arts and cultural programs.”

Current occupation and employer: retired Please list your top three priorities if elected.

Environmental Issues: NYSERDA reforms to increase renewable energy production; ban microbeads; homeowner “green” incentives; low-cost power from Power Authority Education: reform Common Core; revive quality trade schools; lower class size; more low interest student loans & incentive/scholarship programs Government Integrity: closer monitoring of Buffalo Billion; transparency in State Authority reporting; no placement of facilities in communities without public input; strict prosecution for campaign finance and disclosure violations; officials forfeit pension & benefits if convicted of crime What is the role of arts and culture in community development and revitalization? “A&C” contribute to educational enrichment

that encourages a creative environment with innovative minds that industry & businesses often seek; they help to positively define an area as desirable to live & work in, which helps to retain & grow population and investment; they inspire new businesses ventures, whether they are museums, design studios or fashion houses; they generate tourism that brings outside dollars into the community. As job growth stabilizes an area, business & public support can grow for A&C & vise versa. If development is bricks and mortar, arts and culture give it life. What is the role of arts and culture in your plans for economic development in Western New York? Tourism development

is an obvious choice given our historic & architectural traditions, & multi-ethnic population. Grant St. is ripe for development as ethnic shop & restaurant sector; state involvement with small business loans, housing revitalization & technical assistance for regional promotion makes sense. Support for cross-border tourism initiatives. Increase public art through public/private partnerships & build permanent site for vendors of regionally made goods as waterfront attraction with WNY benefits. Business incentives to integrate public space & art with commercial development. How would you develop cultural and heritage tourism in Western New York? Work with A&C organizations to survey short,

medium, long range tourism opportunities to create masterplan. Develop local, regional, inter-state advertising via TV, radio, internet. Targeted advertising via print media to preservation groups, etc. Promotion of cross-border tourism. Work more closely with Niagara Falls. Develop interest-specific multi-day inclusive tour packages (women’s, African-American, American history or architecture, crafts, etc). Establish comprehensive website of A&C sites, activities & organizations; advertise via municipal bills, bank statements, bus ads, p.s. ads In what ways would you support young people’s access to the arts in order to foster the creative thinking skills needed to ensure a solid future workforce in Western New York? Require

continue to be a critical force in the revitalization of Erie County. In our efforts to draw new people to the area and keep our young, arts and culture play a pivotal role — enhancing the quality of life and lifting the community spirit.

art, music, art & music appreciation courses K-12, with instruments & supplies available. Enrichment courses in woodworking, textiles, etc. during school year & summer. Funding for school field trips & libraries. School funding should show understanding these are not frivolous, but needed, studies. All State-funded sites & activities should have deep discounts or free student admission. Would enjoy working with private sector to establish annual exhibit of student creative work at Convention Center, including everything from dance to robotics.

What is the role of arts and culture in your plans for economic development in Western New York? Supplementing existing

Would you vote to decrease, hold steady, or increase grant funding for cultural organizations through the New York State

What is the role of arts and culture in community development and revitalization? Culture and the Arts have been and will

Council on the Arts if elected, and why? I would vote to increase

important role in community development and revitalization. When fostered in a community, they bring along a sense of “togetherness” and breathe new life into an area. Beyond that, they are critical components to ensuring successful economic development. Arts and culturals events in Western New York were attended by 4.1 million people in 2014 and contributed $157 million to our local economy. What is the role of arts and culture in your plans for economic development in Western New York? For Western New York to

continue on the path towards future prosperity, we must foster the growth of a unique identity. We see this already with local businesses teaming up with our arts community to promote their products. By focusing on our regional culture, we can develop a recognizable identity that can lead to new investments in our economy. Streamlining government regulations for starting a new business is a major part of my platform, and I strongly believe that opening a path to new opportunities would be a boon to many of the unique cultures we find throughout the 60th district. How would you develop cultural and heritage tourism in Western New York? Cleaning up our waterways will allow for more

people to enjoy our greatest natural resource, Lake Erie, which played a major part in our region’s growth, both economically and culturally. It is an embarrassment that our beaches are often closed because Albany has ignored our need for infrastructure improvements. I proposed my CleanNYWater initiative so that WNY can once again have beaches that we can enjoy without concern for our own health and that would benefit the economies of our waterfront communities such as Hamburg and Evans. In what ways would you support young people’s access to the arts in order to foster the creative thinking skills needed to ensure a solid future workforce in Western New York? Ac-

cess to the arts is essential for developing young people’s creative thinking skills, which are critical for success later in life. I strongly believe in reducing class sizes in our schools, increasing student’s opportunities to express themselves creatively in the classroom. This has been a proven method of improving educational outcomes across the board and should be implemented locally. I will be an advocate in the Senate for ensuring that our public schools receive the funding they are entitled to in order to provide the high quality education our children are owed. Would you vote to decrease, hold steady, or increase grant funding for cultural organizations through the New York State Council on the Arts if elected, and why? I would vote to in-

crease grant funding for our cultural organizations. Developing our cultural institutions here in Western New York is necessary for our economic growth. Albany will continue to fund downstate cultural organizations, so we need a Senator who will fight to bring resources here to Western New York. Through our widely recognized Olmsted parks system and rich architectural history, we already have the foundation to regain our status as a world-renowned center for arts and culturals. Several of the Regional Economic Development Council plans throughout the state include arts and culture as a priority or targeted industry, but the WNY plan only mentions it in the context of tourism. If elected, would you advocate for the inclusion of arts and culture in the WNY REDC plan and for a cultural representative to sit on the council, and why? The

benefits of developing Western New York’s arts and culture industry extend far beyond tourism. Our creative class has generated a burgeoning small business scene that has rejuvenated communities and created new jobs and wealth for our region. I would absolutely support this inclusion in the WNY REDC, plan as well as the adP dition of a cultural representative on the council. DAILYPUBLIC.COM / SEPTEMBER 7 - 13, 2016 / THE PUBLIC 23