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NEW DATA SHOWS LEAD POISONING RATES MORE THAN TRIPLE PREVIOUSLY DISCLOSED NUMBER BUFFALO’S LEAD POISONING PROBLEM—already recognized

as serious—is much worse than previously reported by state and local health officials. Officials to this point have only released data that shows the number of children with blood levels that exceed the state’s threshold. Those numbers approached 300 last year. But new data obtained by Investigative Post shows that the number of children whose lead levels exceed a stricter federal threshold exceeded an estimated 1,100. “I’m surprised at how bad and how high that number is,” said Arthur Wheaton, the director of Western New York Labor and Environmental Programs for The Worker Institute at Cornell University. Although the number of children with elevated blood lead levels in Erie County has declined by more than 40 percent over the past decade, the previously reported numbers from the state and county still show that Buffalo has a serious problem—the worst in all of upstate. Neighborhoods on the city’s West and East sides accounted for three of the four upstate ZIP codes reporting the most new cases, according to the state’s most recent comparable data for a three-year period ending in 2012. Those figures are based on the state’s threshold of 10 micrograms per deciliter of blood. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012 adopted a stricter threshold for case management of five micrograms per deciliter of blood, which is equivalent to one grain of sugar dropped in 3.3 gallons of liquid. “We know that levels of at least five [micrograms] lead to serious, permanent impairments,” Erie County Health Commissioner Gale Burstein told the Erie County Legislature during an April 7 committee meeting.

NO SAFE BLOOD LEAD LEVEL The CDC has determined there is no safe blood lead level in children. There is a growing body of research that shows blood lead levels as low as two micrograms can cause irreversible harm to a child, such as a lowered IQ. The New York State Department of Health won’t discuss why it has not adopted the stricter federal guideline and would not make

State Health Commissioner Howard A. Zucker available for an interview. Senator Charles Schumer told Investigative Post in February that the state should bring its standards for lead poisoning in line with stricter federal thresholds. “Many of the scientists said the threshold was too high,” Schumer said in explaining why the CDC lowered the guideline from 10 to five micrograms. Children who are diagnosed with lead levels of five to nine micrograms are not counted in the state and county data. In addition, the families of the affected children miss out on critical county services that help families deal with the impacts of lead poisoning. Burstein said she needs more resources to help families whose children test at the federal government’s stricter threshold. “Currently, our grant only provides us with funding resources to reach children with elevated blood levels of 10 and above,” Burstein told county legislators. Although Erie County health officials do not have a precise number of children affected, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz proposed $3.75 million over five years for lead prevention, a portion of which will address the lack of case management for these children diagnosed with levels of five to nine micrograms. The County Legislature has not approved the plan. Triple the number of children diagnosed at the CDC threshold may seem like a heavy lift for one nurse, but Poloncarz said the job should be doable. “We’re not talking about a nurse spending time at a bedside,” Poloncarz said. “This is case management. If need be in the long run, if we realize that’s not sufficient, then we’d consider going for more.”

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A small amount of lead paint dust can result in a house failing inspection under federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations. The amount it takes to trigger a failed inspection is equivalent to spreading 128 grains of sugar over the floors of a 2,000-square-foot home. “When you think that we are measuring exposure in millionths of a gram, it really drives home how an incredibly small dose can do so much damage to a child,” said Stephanie Kellner, program coordinator for the Western New York Lead Poisoning Prevention Resource Center. Saraswati Tiwari’s (pictured) apartment in Buffalo had peeling and chipping lead paint, but she was initially unaware of the hazard it presented. After all, she believed her West Side apartment was an improvement over the bamboo hut she had inhabited in Nepal three years ago. “Back home I had not known about lead,” she said through an interpreter. Two years ago her son tested with a dangerous amount of lead in his blood. Now she can’t stop thinking about her son’s lead level, which is high enough to cause learning impairments and brain disorders such as attention deficit. “I feel tense about it,” she said. “It keeps hitting my mind.” Her family received services from the County Health Department, who sent officials to check her apartment for lead hazards. But Tika Bhattarai’s family did not because her son tested for a blood lead level of 7.5 micrograms per deciliter of blood. County health officials did not inspect her apartment to find potential causes or provide any case management because his level was below 10 micrograms. “And I need to know if my new home is safe or not,” Bhattarai said. P

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blood lead levels earlier in the year and subsequently fell into the lower range after a second retest. “If you look at data from around the country, it seems pretty consistent that there are around three times as many kids with 5-9 [micrograms] as there are kids with greater than 10 [micrograms],” Katrina Korfmacher, a lead poisoning prevention expert and associate professor for the Department of Environmental Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center, wrote in an email. County health officials said they are working with the state to determine a more precise number of children who test at the lower levels that the CDC considers concerning. “If we had that number we’d give it, but we don’t control that data,” said Poloncarz. Bruce Lanphear, a professor for Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, said the lack of precise data presents “a huge problem.” “It means public health is failing,” said Lanphear, who studied Rochester’s lead poisoning problem in the 1990s while an assistant professor at University of Rochester. “You can’t do good public health without surveillance and that surveillance needs to be accessible to the public and certainly to journalists,” he said. The Monroe County Health Department in 2013 began tracking the number of children who test within the CDC’s threshold without the state’s assistance. Advocates in Erie County often complain that the state Health Department is several years behind in releasing lead poisoning data and fails to include children who test within the federal threshold. Monroe County, however, does not “rely upon [New York State Department of Health] for their information,” wrote Elizabeth McDade, the program coordinator for the Rochester Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, by email. “They developed their own system—it follows all appropriate protocols—and are the only county in New York to do so.”

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Sparklebomb BY NINA LAPRES

FOUND SOUNDS AND CHEAP GEAR ARE MUSICAL BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ANGELA CONTE A.K.A. SPARKLEBOMB WITH A PETITE FRAME, long blonde hair, and doe eyes, Syracuse native Angela Conte looks to be the reigning manic pixie dream girl of the Buffalo music scene. Conte’s bright and quirky personality came out a bit after she first moved to the Queen City, once she’d escaped what she playfully refers to as “boyfriend island.” After the breakup, Angela’s light came through and the persona of Sparklebomb was born.

“I actually used to be a bitter and miserable person back in Syracuse, but living in Buffalo has reversed that demeanor almost entirely,” she says. “I really started putting myself out there and playing shows, and soon strangers were yelling my name from moving cars, or approaching me at bars saying they loved my music. I’d never experienced any sort of recognition or praise like that from strangers in my hometown, so I really gotta hand it to the people in this city for accepting me in the community and supporting what I do.”

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Sparklebomb’s origins date to Conte was seven years old and granted her first Casio keyboard. Her musical endeavors took a more serious turn when she was attending college. Her music is best described as an Alice in Wonderland acid trip set in flawed reality. The sound of Sparklebomb incorporates the darkness of witch house (a la Salem) and the more carefree exploration of Ex Mañana, taking advantage of seemingly minuscule things such as the grainy noises of an answering machine and the recorded dialogue of a middle-aged man on a sex hotline on beautifully composed songs like “Funeral Tunes,” “Moldavite,” her most recent single “I’m Always Very Careful,” and even her haunting rendition of Prince’s “When Doves Cry.”

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She explains that she learned most of her craft by working with cheap machines that no one would have thought useful for music-making. “I’ve never wanted to sing too much so I began incorporating samples from answering machine tapes I’d stolen from thrift stores or garage sales. It wasn’t long before my friends and I started taking various battery operated things apart to experiment with circuit-bending. It was so exciting that I could turn a cheap toy into some type of glitchy beast just by touching things inside. This was right around the time I discovered ’70s/’80s electronic bands like Suicide, Throbbing Gristle, and Kraftwerk. I didn’t imitate their music, but they were super important to me in formulating my dedication to producing analog electronic sounds.” Conte expresses indifference to becoming a rock star, preferring the normal nine-to-five to the lives of excess lived by her mainstream DJ counterparts. “I like taking the train and talking to all the randos about their lives as I commute to my monotonous day job,” she explains. “I like that kind of thing because I know that I have something to look forward to when I come home, you know? The idea of life as a full-time musician just doesn’t seem very good or fun for me, personally. I don’t want it to ever feel like work.” Though she generally has released music one song at a time on her Soundcloud page at a fairly even pace, Conte says she is currently working on a new tape entitled Private Rooms, which she first announced last winter. “Something felt different this past winter and I decided that I’d take more time to work instead of rushing myself just to keep up with the annual tradition,” she says. ”So I’m still composing and recording for Private Rooms as we speak and finally I can say that it’ll be out sooner than later.” She also alludes to a seven-inch vinyl pressing by Torn Light that should be coming soon. P

Lockedown BY KRIS KIELICH

22-YEAR-OLD KATHERINE LOCKE IS NEW TO THE SCENE, BUT SETTLING IN QUICKLY AFTER MOVING FROM Perrysburg to Buffalo a year ago, Katherine Locke, a.k.a. Lockedown, dove

headfirst into her music—a glittery version of electro-pop that mixes the shine of CHVRCHES and Grimes with the industrial and moody sounds of How to Destroy Angels. Her music is full of atypical melodies that immediately draw attention and beats that are intricately crafted and weave around her melodic voice. At age 22 and with a debut EP, Taste, coming in about a month, it’s safe to assume that Locke is just getting started. This week we sat down with Locke to talk about her experience in the local scene so far, and how her creative process and life experiences have played a role in defining her as a musician. What started you down your musical path and how would you describe the music that you make? I say I make electropop, generally, because that’s the word I see that best fits. I started writing in college, and I really used the resources that were available to me. Back in high school I was really into art. Around age 16, music became really fun for me, and I hit a turning point 8

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overproduced. When I was in high school I started going off the beaten and that’s true both in terms of creating and listening. And it’s always Date _______________________ path, hanging with hippies, and I started listening to Radiohead, which reassuring when a musician tells you that their work is a byproduct of opened me up to more experimentation. I went from contemporary something spiritual, since it indicates that there’s anIssue: organic process/ atY16W8 ______________________ BARB Christian to Air with very little in between. Bjork was also a huge influwork—much preferred over something contrived. ence on me.” IF YOU APPROVE ERRORS WHICH ARE ON Space Cubs, which is the musical project of local singer-songwriter and THIS PROOF, THE PUBLIC CANNOT BE before heading off to college at Fredonia, Bonifacio musician-producer Suzanne Bonifacio, comes to us on a lofty bed of Raised in Amherst may not have wanted HELD RESPONSIBLE. PLEASE EXAMINE THE AD much to do with perpetuating the Christian pop electro-organic textures. Vocals that echo, birdcalls float in and out of that hymn-like songs full of hypnotic repetition with occasional percussive THOROUGHLY EVEN IF THE ADsoundtracked IS A PICK-UP. her childhood, but the connection between mu

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 when I started associating with different people. But really, feeling left out is what pushed me to where I am now. In high school the guys at the lockers next to me had their tiny independent rock band and it seemed fun and I wanted to be a part of that, but I played piano and sang, and guys don’t generally bring in a piano player. So I learned guitar, and that made things easier in terms of writing. That was the beginning of my creative kick. Who are some of your influences? I mean, I grew up with all the angsty hard rock bands in high school, but later on I discovered Lights. Since I didn’t really have internet growing up, it was harder for me to discover new things, and listening to pop radio told me most female singers did whiny heartbreak pop songs. But Lights was energetic and happy, and I loved it. That’s what made me want to make those kinds of sounds. I had bought a digital workstation and after that I really started playing with 10 THE PUBLIC / MAY 4 - 10, 2016 / DAILYPUBLIC.COM

that more. Lyrically, Brand New was certainly formative for me. When I write now, my lyrics generally come from conversations and certain phrases and how they sound. What’s your creative process like? What steps do you take in creating a song? It’s different for every song. A lot of it starts with me sitting down on my laptop and playing piano, and I’ll pick out certain melodies I like or a beat I like and start to build. Then I look through my ridiculously large amount of files of half-conversations, thoughts and rants, and think of something that fits the mood of the instrumental I made. Sometimes I think of a title first. It seems like a lot of your songs are based on food. There’s kind of an interesting story for each of them. I associate a lot of tastes with and experiences in my life, which is where the food titles come in. I feel that certain foods correlate with my own feelings. For example, the song “Lemon Flavored Things” I associate with luxury and being stuffed, because I wrote

that song about being happy with what I had and being content. Even though I didn’t have a whole lot, I felt like I did. As time has passed since you moved to Buffalo, what have you discovered about the local scene? The biggest challenge of it is that I am somewhat socially anxious, shy and quiet. It was pretty recently that I attended a local musician meet up, and I think that’s going to be great for others who want to get into the scene. I would love to see more female musicians out here. I was the only female musician at the meet up, and a lot of people assumed I wasn’t even there for the same purpose. I’m not sure I know why there’s not a whole lot of women in the scene here, but I hope it’s something that changes and I hope I can set a precedent with what I’m doing. On the flip side, one thing I love about Buffalo is that everyone is so willing to help one another. Sometimes I wouldn’t have equipment and people would jump to let me borrow what they had. That’s been aweP some.

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START A CAREER THAT CHANGES LIVES sic and spirituality remains. It’s at the core of Space Cubs, which she named after her Sunday school youth curriculum. “Coming of age in an environment of music that was so emotionally charged, riding this wave of euphoria and singing with this group of people that just raises that euphoria even higher—the result is that the music I make now is emotionally based,” she said. And you can hear it, rattling around like a mischievous ghost through many of the tracks on her 2015 release, The Fire and Things Forgotten. By writing most of her material acoustically, then decorating with electronica afterward, she brings a palpable level of human emotion to what sounds, in the end, like a largely synthetic medium. There’s so much electronically composed music circulating that fails to connect on an emotional level, what Space Cubs does is no small feat. And yet, she says it comes about naturally. “Writing a song by sitting and playing an instrument comes from a more emotional place, and usually it comes when I’m not in the best mood,” she said. “When I mess with electronics, I’m in craft mode, putting in the extra flourishes that don’t usually happen until later. You want to have a goal in a song, wherever the inspiration may be coming from, it needs to have a point—whether that be not having a point, or being something entirely experimental, at the end of the day it still has to have a concept.” “I feel like I have to write music,” she continued. “It’s my way of releasing what’s going on inside, and I might go crazy if I didn’t have that outlet. Keeping your motivation pure is paramount in whatever art you’re making, even if you’re using a synthetic means to create. It’s important to remember that it’s not just for you, but for the listener as well. For a long time, I was unable to write a love song for another person. Ultimately, I was focused on spirituality and the things that are unseen, and I truly believe music exists in that realm. It really caters to that. It was actually harder to write about something more tangible.” Space Cubs releases her music through Unspeakable Records, a Los Angeles based label that specializes in showcasing the work of women that make music at the intersection of songwriting, electronica, production, and DJ’ing. The label is backed up with new material, (not a bad thing when you think about it), so the forthcoming Space Cubs collection, a more pop-toned set called Something for Us, is on hold for a bit while a new single/ teaser drops this month. Additionally, a split cassette—Summer Jamz ‘16—with good pal Shawn Lewis (a.k.a. Lesionread) is set for imminent release with a gig at Mohawk Place on Friday, June 3.

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Bonifacio and Lewis toured together last year and enjoy a certain degree of creative reciprocity, assisting one another in their respective production processes. “Shawn and I sit in on each other’s stuff a lot, we bounce ideas back and forth. He’ll listen to something and say it was rad, but maybe I should fix this compressor or bring something forward, and I’ll say fine, but only if I can make a change on something of his. We’ll bargain for P it and shake on it.”

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Considered a hip hop pioneer, Rakim came onto the scene with as part of the rap duo Eric B. and Rakim in the late 1980s. Their debut, Paid in Full, has become a touchstone for Golden Age hip hop, influencing a generation. Now the 48-year-old hip hop genius returns to his roots to perform Paid in Full in its entirety when he comes to the Town Ballroom on May 27.

June 30, Artpark

DAVID LIEBE HART June 2, Mohawk Place David Liebe Hart, the loveably freakish musician, puppeteer, and occasional cast member of the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Good Job!, returns to Mohawk Place on June 2 to communicate with extraterrestrials and play what some might call music.

ALUNAGEORGE June 20, The Tralf Most fans may have discovered AlunaGeorge after they were featured on the track “White Noise” by the English electronic duo Disclosure. That single came off of their album, Settle, which exploded after its release in May 2013. Just a month later, AlunaGeorge, English musicians Aluna Francis and George Reid, dropped their debut full-length Body Music to nearly equal critical acclaim. Their follow-up I Remember will come later this year but perhaps not before they make a stop at the Tralf Music Hall on June 20.

BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY June 20, Asbury Hall Last month, folk-country singer/songwriter Bonnie “Prince” Billy released a collaborative album with Bitchin’ Bajas, a solo project from Cooper Cain of Cave. The result is a meditative, organic jam session that reinforces the reputation of both acts to put out transcendent music. The collaboration doesn’t end with the record, however, as Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Bitchin’ Bajas are on a tour together in which they’ll perform “together and apart.” Look for them June 20 at Asbury Hall.

What can one say about Bob Dylan that hasn’t already been said? The living legend and influential singer/songwriter returns to Buffalo on June 30 for a special outdoor performance at Artpark with his full band.

THE BLACK LIPS July 16, Nietzshe’s The weirdo psychedelic rock band the Black Lips have pleasantly surprised Buffalo fans when they announced a tour stop at Nietzsche’s on July 27. It’s not every day that the legendary Allentown venue gets to welcome a band as well known as the Black Lips, so expect the room to be packed for this one.

TEARS FOR FEARS July 19, Artpark

After a few break-ups and reunions, English new wave band Tears for Fears are back in reunion mode. The duo will make a stop at Artpark on July 19 for a performance in the Artpark Amphitheater as part of their Tuesdays in the Park concert series.

KERFUFFLE FEATURING DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 July 23, Canalside Alternative Buffalo continues to bring solid line ups to town for their Kerfuffle series. This time around they booked a rare appearance by dancepunk band Death From Above 1979. The rest of the line up—which includes Bloc Party, the Moth & the Flames and many others—is good, but really, DFA179 is worth the price of admission.

EDGEFEST FEATURING THE DEFTONES July 30, Canalside Buzz around this year’s Edgefest is loud. The line up might be the strongest in years, boasting headliners the Deftones, who return to Buffalo for the first time in 15 years. They’ll be joined by a bunch of other notable acts including City and Colour, the Sam Roberts Band, Tokyo Police Club, Joywave, and more for an outdoor festival P at Canalside on July 31.

FEATURE MUSIC though there will be some creative lineup choices as well. Not only will the winning bands win the chance to open some of the summer’s biggest shows, but it’ll also be a paid gig.

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“Buffalo has such an amazing music scene. It is fundamental that we allow for these opportunities, such as the ‘Public Choice’ model to showcase Western New York talent,” says Ryan Coate, general manager at Canalside. Kevin Stuitje is the bassist of local post-rock band Tomoreux, a band that had the chance to open for Spoon at Canalside last year. “We had just changed our band’s name and genre so the songs were still really new and unrefined. But it was a cool experience, playing one of our first shows to a couple thousand people. It got our name out there and helped us kinda break into the scene,” says Stuitje. The free Thursday concerts have been an instrumental part of Canalside’s growth, Coate says. “The series has evolved into a must attend event every Thursday at Canalside. The distinct lineup and noticeable crowds tell the story of how Canalside is now Buffalo’s backyard at the waterfront.” PHOTO BY JOE CASCIO

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CANALSIDE TO DECIDE FREE THURSDAY CONCERT OPENERS WITH BATTLE OF THE BANDS THE CANALSIDE FREE THURSDAY CONCERT SERIES has

consistently been one of the most popular summer events in Buffalo each year. Thousands of people show up each week to hang out and experience live music at what has become one of the city’s most popular outdoor music venues. Last year, the average attendance was 10,000-15,000 people per event while the largest recorded attendance was approximately 21,000. Needless to say, this concert series is a big deal for everyone involved, but especially for the local musc acts that get the chance to open the shows. This year, Canalside and The Public are teaming up let our readers decide which of their favorite local bands should fill those coveted opening slots.

Properly executing this concert series, which was taken over by the venue management company Spectra—formerly known as Global Spectrum—in 2014, is clearly an impressive feat. This year, they’ve streamlined the process further.

“The layout of the shows has expanded Each week three local bands will compete in its footprint. The two main entrances will be on Marine Drive [at Commercial an online battle of the bands dubbed The Street and Main Street]. The food trucks Public Choice. Fans will vote for their fawill be along Marine Drive and we are addvorite bands, and at the end of the week, ing a second live screen for viewers to see the band with the most votes wins. The the main stage. Most exciting is our new VIP pool of bands has already been nominatstructure with private bathrooms and catered ed by local cultural and community or716,” Coate says. ganizations including the Hispanic Heritage “We’re enthusiastic for the summer ahead and to Center, Blues Society of WNY, Buffalo Music CHECK OUT have live music at Canalside for many, many years Hall of Fame, and Sugar City in partnership with CANALSIDE’S to come.” Canalside, The Public, and Arts Service Initiative FREE THURSDAY of Western New York, and each contest will, natCONCERT SERIES The Public Choice battle of the bands will begin urally, feature bands that match up by genre, to May 11 with the first set of three bands who will SCHEDULE ON some degree, with the headliners. For instance, hip battle for the chance to open the first Free Thursday PAGE 3 hop acts will likely be opening for any hip hop reCanalside Concert of the year. Look for more info onP lated shows, country acts for country shows and so on, line at dailypublic.com.

Artist Talk: Mark Bradford Tuesday, May 24, 2016 PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts Free Talk 6–7 pm Free Community Reception 7–8 pm FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Mark Bradford is one of his generation’s most celebrated artists and the cofounder of Art + Practice, an arts and education foundation based in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Bradford’s work is the subject of an exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford, which has a free public opening on Wednesday, May 25, from 7 to 9 pm. The artist will give a free talk at 7:15 pm.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222-1096 albrightknox.org Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford has been made possible through the generosity of the First Niagara Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Banta, Jay Goldman, Hauser & Wirth Inc., Deborah Ronnen, and Amy and Harris Schwalb. The First Niagara Foundation is proud to serve as the official Education Sponsor of this exhibition. Their sponsorship will underwrite free admission to the exhibition for all K–12 students in Erie County during the months of July and August. Education programming for Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford is presented in partnership with the City of Buffalo. Image: Mark Bradford (American, born 1961). Photograph courtesy the artist.

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[TRIBUTE] By now you’ve likely seen all of Prince’s brilliant lyrics and quotes posted all over the internet. You’ve probably revisited his records one by one starting with his debut, For Now, on which he played every single instrument. You’ve seen the video clips of his epic live performances on SNL and at the Super Bowl. But now that he’s gone, that’s it. All we have left are these clips and bits. As close as you’ll ever get to seeing Prince live again are the many live tribute shows that have been popping up since the genius artist’s death a few weeks ago. Luckily for local Prince fans, some of the area’s best musicians and bands—Vinnie DeRosa, Kathryn Koch, Joe Rozler, members of Radarada, Blue Stone Groove, and Jacob Peter & the Truth—will come together for a special tribute to Prince titled "Musicology" this Thursday, May 5 at Nietzsche’s to celebrate the Purple One’s life and music—all of the hits along with some deep cuts and b-sides, too. -CP

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The new video for Night Slaves’ “Poison Arrows,” released today, is a hallucinatory media nightmare. Produced by Flatsitter, the grainy, black-and-white montage of news footage, virtual reality images, and cryptic symbols accentuates the bombastic, electronic industrial feel of the track.

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[EXPERIMENTAL] “The three Rs of rock and roll,” the Fall’s Mark E. Smith sang, “are repetition, repetition, repetition.” In his snarled delivery, Smith seems put off by the irony of the gambit (he was making a rock record, ya know?), which kinda dulls his otherwise astute observation. Throughout his composing career, Steve Reich’s attitude to repetition as a feature of music has been more nuanced. “Rhythmic ambiguity” is the phrase he used to characterize his signature methodology in the 1987 doc A New Musical Language. “If you’re going to write repetitious music,” he continued, “and the music reviewers are going to say this is terribly monotonous, and for them to be [wrong], then one must build something into the music which makes [them wrong]. What that is, in my case, is a series of multiple candidates for the downbeat—all of whom are equally eligible.” Reich turns 80 this year, which has happily prompted a series of retrospectives and recitations. A week ago, Pitchfork went long on his Civil Rights-era tape composition “Come Out,” while last month’s performance of “Music for 18 Musicians” in Toronto got rave reviews. In Buffalo, conductor Brad Lubman and Ensemble Signal will perform a selection of Reich’s compositions at UB’s Lippes Concert Hall on Thursday, May 5 at 7:30pm. Thursday’s program (“Clapping Music,” 1972; “New York Counterpoint,” 1985; “Triple Quartet,” 1998; “Radio Rewrite,” 2012; “Quartet,” 2013) highlights Reich’s career-long exploration of percussive foregrounding, acoustic depth, interlocking rhythms, the human body as instrument, and, most of all, the vicissitudes of repetition. Tickets are free, but must be reserved through the UB website. -SHANE MEYER

[INDIE] A stacked lineup of jamming psychrock and garage punk awaits you this weekend. Two recently hyped bands, JEFF the Brotherhood and Diarrhea Planet, will make a stop at the Studio at the Waiting Room this Saturday, May 7 for what should be a couple of epic, fun sets. Both bands are known for their jam-punk styles—JEFF the Brotherhood landing more on the psych/ garage side, while Diarrhea Planet comes from the high-five school of bro-jam punk music. They’ll be joined by a couple of great local bands, too, in the form of M.A.G.S. and Deadwolf. Doors open at 7pm. -CP

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band 7pm Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main St. $14-$16

[BLUES] Hailing from southern Indiana comes Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Through a hearty combination of Delta blues and backwoods bravado, this family trio plays with a musical dexterity that’s sharp as a thistle. Their epic live shows feature the Rev’s insane flair for guitar—which includes playing their already fast-paced tunes at twice the normal speed—and his wife Breezy working the crowd for a foot-stompin’ good time. Catch Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at the Tralf Music Hall on Wednesday, May 4. -KELLIE POWELL

“Jumping Out of Airplanes” video RIYL: Yeasayer, The Rapture, !!!

Ithaca-based dance-rock band Jimkata released the video for their single “Jumping Out of Airplanes” last week. The video features a series of dancers dancing their ways through a dilapidated building, a city scene, and a beach, set to the band’s gossamer, groovy synth jam.

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THURSDAY MAY 5 Tim Meadows 7:30pm Helium Comedy Club, 30 Mississippi St. $15-$31

[COMEDY] Tim Meadows is arguably one of the most underrated comics of his generation. One of Saturday Night Live's longest-running cast members, his capacity for improv is beyond remarkable. He flows naturally into each character he portrays, whether it’s the Ladies Man, OJ Simpson or Tiger Woods. His flair for eliciting laughter is rooted in his delivery. Lines that could be forgettable if recited by a lesser actor become cult-worthy when read by Tim Meadows, from Mean Girls (“I should cancel your Spring Fling…I’m not gonna do that because we already paid the DJ”) to The Goldbergs (“I have a parrot I can’t get rid of. They live for 80 years. You have to put them in your will"). Catch Tim Meadows at Helium Comedy Club on Thursday, May 5 through Saturday, May 7. -KP

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Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet & Buffalo PlusTet 8pm Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Ave. $12-$15

[JAZZ] Musician Taylor Ho Bynum is a cornet player by trade, but a composer in his soul. The 41-year-old musician leads his band, the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, which features Jim Hobbs (alto sax), Bill Lowe (tuba), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and Ken Filiano (bass). As a player, he’s collaborated with the likes of Anthony Braxton. As a composer he’s written, most recently, a four-set album titled Naviation in 2013, and plans to debut a recording with a 15-piece ensemble this year. When Bynum’s band comes to Asbury Hall on Thursday, May 5, it will be with the addition of six more players from Buffalo including Tim Clarke, Steve Baczkowski, Dave DeWitt, Michael McNeill, Dave Arenius, and John Bacon. -CP

Zomboy 8pm Town Ballroom, 681 Main St. $23

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Another product of Never Say Die Records, the label home to acts like Skrillex, Flux Pavilion, Datsik, and Excision, bass music purveyor Zomboy delivers a set just as heavy and hard-hitting as his label mates. The 26-year-old electronic dance music producer released his latest record, the Neon Grave EP, in March. The follow up to Resurrected, his 2015 debut full-length, Neon Grave is just as aggressive with a touch of pop. Zomboy comes to the Town Ballroom on Thursday, May 5 with support from Ghastly, presented by MNM Presents. -CP

The Naked Magic Show 7:30pm 710 Main Street Theatre, 710 Main St. $35-$50 or $75 for VIP

[MAGIC] There is not much to explain about the Naked Magic Show—the title speaks for itself. Two guys, Christopher Wayne and Mike Tyler, had the idea for the show after seeing the movie Magic Mike, which inspired the two magicians to up the ante at their popular magic shows. Now, the two friends from Australia bare it all as they perform some mighty impressive magic tricks for sold-out, adults-only crowds around the world. Billed as “the world’s naughtiest magic show,” the Naked Magic Show comes to the 710 Main Street Theatre on Saturday, May 7, presented by Murray & Peter. -THE PUBLIC STAFF

Amy Schumer 8pm First Niagara Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plz $34-$95

[COMEDY] Before Amy Schumer swept the nation with her hit film Trainwreck, she was roasting controversial celebs like Charlie Sheen, and dishing out her biting stand-up on Last Comic Standing and beyond. The New York native has been on the rise in recent years thanks to her sharp tongue and her Emmy-winning sketch comedy series, Inside Amy Schumer, which she writes and stars in. Her show boasts an excellent demonstration of Schumer’s capacity for writing and acting, whether she’s playing a workout instructor (“This is not a workout class; it’s a funeral for the fat you”) or a victim of the cable company’s tech support. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, as Schumer has a well of gut-busting one-liners that never runs dry. Schumer’s early stand-up and appearances on the roast were marked by her sexuality, confidence, sharp wit, and remarkably relaxed demeanor. Catch Schumer at the First Niagara Center on Saturday, May 7. -KP

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ECHOING ECHO FRIDAY MAY 6 7PM / ASHKER'S JUICE BAR, 1002 ELMWOOD AVE. / FREE [ART OPENING] The gorgeous and fresh food and drink available daily at Ashker’s on Elmwood have an added visual delicacy in the form of monthly art shows, and this month brings a special companion exhibit to Buffalo’s annual fine art showcase, the Echo Art Fair. Echoing Echo is an independent and complementary show running alongside the larger fair that joins in the fair’s mission of encouraging the collection and acquisition of local artists. Going on view on Ashker’s will be select works from Gerald Mead's renowned collection, including Lawrence Brose’s Dock Guy #2, which was featured in The Public's centerfold last year, in addition to work from Bruce Adams, Robert Blair, Susan Copley, Julian Montague, Kathleen Sherin, and Gary Sczerbaniewicz. -AARON LOWINGER

Horse Lords 8pm Sugar City, 1239 Niagara St. $8

[EXPERIMENTAL] Baltimore-based band Horse Lords will definitely make you feel a certain way. It might take a few moments to get past the discombobulation of their hypnotic math rock, but once you break through, you’ll find the glory in their repetitive rhythms and textures. It’s tough to put the four-piece band into a box. The repetitiveness of their music echoes techno and electronic music, but the texture, timbre, and sound are unmistakably made by a full band—drums, guitar, bass, and the occasional keyboard. The band’s latest album, Interventions, was released just a few days ago and calls to mind composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich, as well as contemporary rock bands like Battles and Fridge, and folktronica producers like Four Tet. Horse Lords come to Sugar City on Saturday, May 7, joined by a couple of tal-

ented local acts—UVB-76 and Welks Mice, presented by FOUNDRY. Frankie NP will provide the visuals. -CP

Pyramid Presents: Pete Bones 10pm Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, 562 Genesee St $12

[ELECTRONIC/DANCE] Pyramid continues their underground house and techno series with another edition this Saturday, May 7 at the Dnipro Ukrainian Cultural Center. This time around they’ll bring in Pete Bones, the UK-based veteran DJ and Red Ant records label head. Buffalo’s Nate Howell and Kyle Moody will present opening sets. Then, in the second room, Canadian drum-n-bass producer Distinct Motive will headline in between sets by Biggz, Chunin, Basha, and Loki. -CP

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[ELECTRONIC] Multitalented drummer Allen Aucoin brings his electronic music project DrFameus to the Town Ballroom’s Leopard Lounge this Saturday, May 7 in what will be a unique, drum-n-bass-heavy show. Aucoin’s ability to survey the crowd allows him to produce one-of-a-kind shows, ensuring that each show is more interesting and different from the next. Presented by MNM Presents. -EVAN JAMES

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NATURAL NARRATIVES 6-10PM at Prism Gallery, 224 Allen St.

Using found objects the discarded remains of all sorts of beasts, Brian Dickenson creates sculptural histories, capturing moments that tell a story to the viewer. Some are takes on traditional folktales, such as Hansel and Gretel; others are more personal stories. Artist reception includes light refreshments; exhibition on view through May 30. In the adjacent Glow Gallery: Mixed Messages, multimedia works by Bill Battaglia.

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AIDS WALK BUFFALO 2016 10AM-1PM at Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park

A three-mile hike through scenic Elmwood Village and its surrounding neighborhoods, followed by a barbecue at Hoyt Lake, plus bonus experiences for the hour leading up to the event. Participants have spent the past two months raising a hoped-for $90,000 or more for Evergreen Health Services from friends, family, and colleagues willing to sponsor their walks.

BOOM DAYS SATURDAY MAY 7 12-10PM / SILO CITY, 100 SILO CITY ROW / FREE [CELEBRATION] Now in its 16th year, Boom Days has become a rite of spring in Western New York. The festival's name celebrates the removal of the ice boom from the Niagara River, a sure sign that winter is behind us and summer is on its way. It’s the first in the region’s rich schedule of outdoor festivals and showcases a site that is unique and emblematic of Buffalo’s history and its future: Silo City, once at the heart of the commerce that made the region wealthy, now developing an international reputation for its re-invention as a canvas for artists, musicians, theater and film producers—for anyone, in fact, with innovative ideas. It's also a great place for an outdoor festival. This Saturday, May 7, the free, family-friendly action starts at noon with tons of kids activities, cultural exhibits, and interactive environmental displays. There will be live music by Susan Rozler, Doug Yeomans, Michael DiSanto, the Boomer Daddys, BloodMoney, and the Minions. There will be tours of the historic grain silos and the fireboat Edward M. Cotter, food trucks, a beer tent, a Boom Ball race (don’t ask, just come and watch), a live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby on a giant LED screen…and, capping it all off, a fireworks display at 9pm. A little bit of summer is waiting for you at Silo City this Saturday. Come down and say hello. Bring the kids. Reflect on Buffalo in the last century and imagine what it will become in the next. Parking available on-site for both cars and bikes. Check out the full chedule on dailypublic.com and learn more at silo.city. —GEOFF KELLY

Chain & The Gang

6pm Sugar City, 1239 Niagara St. $7

[ROCK] Sugar City will host a solid lineup of rock-and-roll this Sunday, May 8. Headliners Chain & the Gain will come in from Washington, DC to rock your face along with Buffalo's JOHNS, Mallwalkers, Much Band, and Nicky Reynolds & His Pushers. If you're under 17, it's free. -CP

John Hiatt 6:30pm Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Ave. $39-$45

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[ROCK] Any artist who can boast songs recorded by artists like Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, and Iggy Pop should naturally grab your attention. John Hiatt’s songs have been covered by these folks and many more. The 63-year-old artist has released more than 20 records in his 40-year career, including his latest, 2014’s Terms of My Surrender, which carries on his lyrical legacy of passion, wit, and, at times, desperation, often linked together by irony and poetic justice. Hiatt comes to Babeville’s Asbury Hall on Sunday, May 8 with support from folk musician Rick Brantley. -CP

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THE NAKED MAGIC SHOW 10:30PM at 710 Main Theatre, 710 Main St.

The world’s naughtiest magic show. Get ready for two hot, hilarious magicians—Christopher Wayne and Mike Tyler—starring in this R-rated spectacle. Good magicians don’t need sleeves, and great musicians don’t need pants. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com with limited VIP seats including a meet-and-greet plus pictures with the stars also available.

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[BIKE] Slow Roll are opening their season in a big way. The weekly bicycle tour will launch their first ride of spring from the Marcy Casino at Hoyt Lake and travel down the Scajaquada Expressway to Humboldt Parkway. The ride is at least partly an activist statement to “right-size” the Scajaquada and Kensington Expressways and “restore Olmsted’s vision for our city in order to reknit our community back together,” according to the group’s Facebook page, but it’s also a once-in-a-lifetime chance to safely bike down these usually restricted roadways. Rest assured it will be safe, as the ride will be accompanied by a Buffalo Police Department motorcade. Take a ride on the Slow Roll this Sunday, May 8 at noon. -CP

Sunflower Bean 6:30pm Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St. $10-$12

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[INDIE] Long Island natives and “night music” makers, Sunflower Bean are stopping by Mohawk Place this Sunday, May 8. Compared to everything on the spectrum from psychedelic to Black Sabbath, Sunflower Bean’s rugged lo-fi influences are set to make waves inside of Mohawk Place, much like the band has made waves from coast to coast. The Get Money Squad opens the show. -EJ

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[FUN] Porchfest has become an Elmwood Village tradition, and the next edition of the block-party-esque neighborhood celebration will take place this Saturday, May 7 from 1pm to 6pm. Porchfest is basically a neighborhood-wide concert that takes place on the porches, balconies, and front yards of the houses of the residents of the Elmwood Village. In April, residents and bands signed up to participate in this year’s event. Last week, bands were assigned to their performance porches and residents were notified of which acts they’ll be hosting. Many of the acts performing are singer/songwriters with acoustic guitars, but there are plenty of full bands—from jazz to rock—and other various types of music-makers scheduled all through the neighborhood. Typically stretching from Bird Avenue to North Street—as far east as Linwood and as far west as Richmond—porches participating in Porchfest will be designated with an official Porchfest sign. For those in the Elmwood Village who aren’t hosting bands or don’t have a porch, this is a great excuse to explore your neighborhood and some of the beautiful, historic houses by visiting participating Porchfest sites, so don’t be afraid to walk up and take a listen. -CORY PERLA

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TUESDAY MAY 10 Protomartyr 7pm Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St. $10 [ROCK] Detroit’s Protomartyr can best be described with the sentence “the best bands sound like everything you love and nothing you’ve heard.” This Detroit four-piece does just that by taking all of your favorite postpunk classics and making them their own, as evidenced by the praise received from publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and Pitchfork. Protomartyr comes to Mohawk Place on Tuesday, May 10. -EJ

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[FUNK] For their first studio offering in eight years, Brooklyn-by-way-of-Texas fusion funksters Snarky Puppy have hunkered down to produce something surprisingly moody. Which isn’t to say the rebellious, jazzy spirit at the band’s core isn’t present for Culcha Vulcha, out last Friday on the Ground Up label. The 14-ish member collective is still very much rooted in the marriage of complex melodies with ever-shifting rhythms, borrowing styles and sensibilities from the world over to create a singular, rather anarchic sound. The triumph has always been the way the music remains quite listenable and often dance-worthy—exuberant, even—despite the far-flung range of inputs. After a series of live releases, including the Family Dinner compilations that featured vocalists on pop’s fringes and significantly raised the band’s profile (and earned them a 2014 Grammy win for their Lalah Hathaway collaboration), Culcha Vulcha feels slightly overcast and introspective. Instead of the devil-may-care strutting that characterizes the live recordings, there’s more stealth-in-step here, coming across in the carefully layered percussion and brass of “Grown Folks,” which gets artfully blended with some synthy textures. “Palermo” emerges from hushed, dreamy beginnings, only to melt back into them after achieving a full gallop as something likened to a blaxploitation soundtrack interlude. “Gemini” cooks along at an even pace, spiked with an addictive, melancholy lilt, and “Beep Box” cobbles an oddly romantic slow dance from an hodgepodge of swirling electronic flourishes with just the slightest hint of hip-hop. The jazz-funk groove is very much alive through Culcha Vulcha, particularly on “GO” and “Tarova,” it just feels more meticulously strategized and a bit slick. But that doesn’t deter from the fact that, left to their own devices in the studio, Snarky Puppy digs deeper… and there’s really nothing wrong with that. They come to the Town Ballroom on Saturday, May 7, brought to you by Funtime Presents. -CHRISTOPHER JOHN TREACY

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With ingredients arriving and brewing operations set to commence shortly, work is progressing at Buffalo Brewing Company (314 Myrtle Avenue) in advance of their expected late May opening. Plans call for a Vienna lager, IPA, American pale ale, porter, and pilsner to start, with seasonal varietals featuring different herbs and fruits to follow. “Though small and mainly focused on production with the slogan, ‘Good Neighbors, Great Beer!,’ everyone is welcome and encouraged to stop into the intimate tasting room for a sample, growler fill or keg purchase,” said Buffalo Brewing Company’s John Domres, Jr. For more information, stay tuned to Buffalo-Brewing-Company.com.

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Located on tiny little Virginia Place in Allentown, Fat Bob’s may seem like a well kept secret, but it’s not. Fat Bob’s is a Buffalo institution. Locals with a hankering for ribs, pulled pork, chicken, and brisket head to Bob’s for the smoke-imbued meats prepared in its custom-built Texas smoker. Since our goal is to get your mouth watering, we’d suggest Bob’s Jerk Smoked Wings. We assure you, these wings are only the beginning of a Fat Bob’s food adventure.

Teaming up with Victory is certainly big news for the region, and Western New York will soon be able to reap the benefits. Southern Tier’s fifth annual Public Day will be held in conjunction with American Craft Beer Week. On Sunday, May 15, Southern Tier will open their grounds from noon to 4pm, welcoming beer lovers to enjoy some of Southern Tier’s favorites, like Pumking, Choklat, Mokah, Hop Sun, Harvest, Grand Arbor; but also special beers that Southern Tier produces throughout the year. In addition to these selections, Victory Brewing will be bringing some beer of their own beer for attendees to sample. “We have no idea what they’re bringing,” Nathan admitted. “It will be a complete surprise—but a good one.” In total, Southern Tier will offer 42 selections of their most popular beers, as well as their most funky. “We’ve been experimenting with sour beers, so we’ll have some of those available. One that we’re starting to brew on Monday is called Cherry Gose; it’s an imperial sour ale brewed with tart cherry juice from Singer Farm Naturals in Niagara County. It’s a crazy red color—absolutely gorgeous. We’ve got some test batches of a new IPA that we’re working on that hasn’t left the building yet. That’s really a really tasty beer brewed with a bunch of new hops.” Southern Tier will also join the Buffalo Niagara Brewer’s Association in their Farm to Pint festival, which will be held at Hamburg Brewing Company on May 15 from noon to 8pm. They’ll be sending their Backburner—a barleywine brewed with maple syrup produced by a local sugar shack. The future looks bright for Southern Tier as they head into the ABV era. This summer, beer lovers can expect several Southern Tier favorites to be available in cans. “We’ll have IPA and Tangier in 12-pack cans by the beginning of May, and in June, we’ll be releasing 2XIPA in 16-ounce cans. We’ll also be releasing a pilsner that we’ve been testing—it’s really great. I think it’s one of the best craft pilsners on the market.” Is there anything in store for the fall? “We’re barrel-aging Pumking right now in rum barrels,” Nathan confessed (and the nation rejoiced).

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es Seurat’s famous Sunday afternoon in the park painting. In two vitrines, preliminary and published artwork for Henry Luce’s Fortune magazine by both Cuthbert and Millman. Cuthbert’s is for a cover illustration reiterating the behemoth character of modern industrialism, an actuality abstract depiction of an enormous piping system for an aluminum production facility. In a preliminary drawing she includes an insect-size human figure that is then eliminated from the finished work. Almost as if human reference was irrelevant. The Millman illustrations are for an article on gathering and cooking pine rosin to produce turpentine and resin (the article helpfully explains that rosin is the product of the tree, the raw material, and resin the refined product). In the Luce empire writers did not get by-lines, but Millman gets a credit line for his artwork. Philip Elliott was a painter primarily, photographer secondarily. His paintings on show range stylistically from figurative representational with a slight modern civilization alienation quality—a work called Charleston Vista, a little in the mode of artist Edward Hopper—to large form orphism geometrics/coloristics in a work called Intersections. The gallery anniversary through September 25.

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Selections from the Dean Spong Collection, on view through Aug 21. Artists Seen: photographs of contemporary artists by David Moog. Roycroft from the Collection, on view through Jun 24. The Effects of Time, paintings by John E. (Jack) Drummer, on view through Jun 12. Finding Aid: Making Sense of the Charles E. Burchfield Archives on view through Jun 19. 10am-5pm & Sun 1-5pm. Admission $5-$10, children 10 and under free. Castellani Art Museum (5795 Lewiston Road, Niagara University, NY 14109, 286-8200, castellaniartmuseum.org): Made of Thunder, Made of Glass: continuing traditions in Northeastern Indian beadwork. Buffalo Society of Artists120th Catalogue Exhibition on view through Jul 31. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. CEPA (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 856-2717, cepagallery.org): 13th Biennial Art Auction Exhibition, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 124pm. Collect Art Now (Virtual gallery, collectartnow.com): Featured artist: OGRE. Daily Planet Coffee Company (1862 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216, 716- 551-0661): Photography by Setlur, on view May 2-May30. Dana Tillou Fine Arts (417 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 716-8545285, danatilloufinearts.com): The Old and the New: 180 Years of Painting and the Arts. Wed-Fri 10:30am-5pm, Sat 10:30am-4pm. Eleven Twenty Projects (1120 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14209, 8828100, eleventwentyprojects. com): Taper, sculptural installation by Scotty Bye in front window through May 15. Rodney Taylor: Grey. FF El Museo (91 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 464-4692, elmuseobuffalo.org): A Conversation in Conflict, documentary images from Marten Czamanske and Courtney Grim. Artist talk and reception Fri, May 6, 7-9pm. On view through May 28. Tue-Sat 12-5pm. Enjoy the Journey Art Gallery (1168 Orchard Park Road, West Seneca, NY 14224, 675-0204, etjgallery.com): Two Peas in a Pod. Tue & Wed 116pm, Thu & Fri 2-6pm, Sat 11-4pm. Fargo House Gallery (287 Fargo Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14213, thefargohouse.com): David Schalliol: Telescope Houses of Buffalo. Open by appointment. FF Indigo Art Gallery (47 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 9849572, indigoartbuffalo.com): I Walk the Line, mixed media by Jozef Bajus on view through May 15. Wed & Fri 12-6pm, Thu 12-7pm, Sat 123pm, and by appointment Sundays and Mondays.

Lockside Art Center (21 Main Street, Lockport, NY 14094, 478-0239,. locksideartcenter.com): Photography exhibit through May 7. FriSun 12-4pm.

FF Queen City Gallery (617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 8688183, queencitygallery.tripod. com): Art Under the Stars, 64 College Street. Fri, May 6, 6-10pm. Neil Mahar, David Pierro, Candace Keegan, John Farallo, Chris McGee, Tim Raymond, Eileen Pleasure, Eric Evinczik, Barbara Crocker, Thomas Bittner, Joshua Nickerson, Susan Redenbach, Barbara Lynch Johnt, Kristopher Whatever, Michael Mulley. Tue-Fri 11am-4pm and by appointment.

Margret E. Bacon Gallery (Upton Hall, SUNY Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222): Experimental Matters: dual show by Melissa Ash and Tiffany Rohrback, on view through May 14. Opening reception Sat, May 7, 6-8pm.

RO (732 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, 240-9387, rohomeshop. com): Woven Through the Sun: A reflection by Hayley Carrow and Issa Mars, on view through May 30. Tue-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm, closed Mondays.

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FF Sports Focus Physical Therapy (531 Virginia Street, Buffalo, NY, 14202, 332-4838, sportsfocuspt.com): Images of WNY on loan from the Buffalo Museum of Science. On view through May 31. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, 6-9pm on first Fridays.

Karpeles Manuscript Library (North Hall) (220 North St., Buffalo, NY 14201): Great Moments in Medical History, on view through Apr 28. Tue-Sun 11am-4pm. Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall) (453 Porter Ave, Buffalo, NY 14201): Maps of the United States. Tue-Sun 11am-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. Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (1201 Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY 14301, 282-7530, thenacc.org): Jonathan Rogers, retrospective. On view through Jun 5. Mon-Fri 9am5pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm.Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (1201 Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY 14301, 282-7530, thenacc.org): Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm. Nina Freudenheim Gallery (140 North Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, 8825777, ninafreudenheimgallery. com): Photographs by George Woodman. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Mon open by appointment only, and closed on Sundays. FF Paper Moon Gallery (497 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, 9496604): Richard Gubernick: Drawings. On view through May 28. Opening reception Fri, May 6 6-9pm. Wed-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 123pm. FF Parables Gallery & Gifts (1027 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, parablesgalleryandgifts.com): Works by Jill Gustafson Glunz, Susan Liebel, Scott Matheny, David Fehrman, Donald Jackson, Teresa Alessandra, Debra Orrange, Jane Marinsky, Paul Chlebowski, on view through May 29. Reception Fri May 6, 6-9pm. Tue-Thu, 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-7pm (11am-9pm on first Fridays), Sat 11am-5pm. FF Prism (MyBuffaloPride, 224 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14201): Natural Narratives, sculptures by Brian Dickenson. Opening reception Fri May 6, 6-9pm. Thu & Fri 4-8pm, Sat & Sun 3-7pm.

Sugar City (1239 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14213, buffalosugarcity. org): Experiencing Computational Media featuring eight artists. Crowd-Sourced Intelligence Agency by Jennifer Gradecki and Derek Curry. Opening reception Thu May 5, 6-9pm, closing reception Fri May 6, 6-9pm. Open by event. UB Art Gallery (Center for the Arts— North Campus, Buffalo, NY, 14260, 645-6913, ubartgalleries.org): The Visitors, 9-channel video work by Ragnar Kjartansson, on view through May 14. Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay, Dr. Jolene Rickard and Ruchatneet Printup. On view through May 6. Sojourn: Rumsey Competition Exhibition, on view through May 7. Tue-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 1-5pm. UB Anderson Gallery (1 Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo, NY 14214, 8293754, ubartgalleries.org): Cravens World: The Human Aesthetic, on view through Dec 31, 2016. On the Front Lines: Military Veterans at the Art Students League of New York and Cracked Open, paintings by David Schirm, on view through Aug 7. Wed-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm. Western New York Book Arts Center (468 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, 438-1430, wnybookarts.org): Mogu Mogu ~ Munch Munch, Harumo Sato. Wed-Sat 126p

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may be sucking all the air out of the room this week, but it’s not the only new movie in theaters. Two movies that, in very different ways, examine the nature of art and its relevance to everyday life open in local theaters this weekend. Adapted from the novel by Kevin Wilson, The Family Fang finds a new take on what will probably sound like a played-out genre, the dysfunctional family drama. Annie Fang (Nicole Kidman) is an actress better known for her off-screen antics than her performances, and offers are starting to dry up. Her younger brother Baxter ( Jason Bateman, who also directed) is a writer in a slump after an early success. Each has both benefitted and suffered from childhoods in which they were famous as “Child A” and “Child B” in performance art pieces staged by their parents, Caleb and Camille Fang (Christopher Walken and Maryann Plunkett). It was Caleb’s goal to stage chaotic scenes in the everyday world as a way of shocking unwitting observers into questioning their lives. The film opens with one of these, an apparent bank robbery that includes the children at ages seven and five (or thereabouts). Is this actually art, or merely acting up? One of the funniest scenes in the film is a debate by two art critics who argue just that

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point. Other staged events (recreated in flashback to the main action of the film) also add humor, though it’s not clear that the self-serious Caleb gets that aspect of it. A brief, unintended family reunion is approached with different expectations by the siblings: Baxter just wants to forget their past, while Annie wants to deal with it. Caleb is disappointed that they chose to quit his projects, while his wife seems ambivalent. And when the two of them disappear in what may or may not be another stunt, the children are forced to confront their relationships with each other and their pasts. While Bateman and Kidman are both too old for their parts (one would assume people dealing with these kinds of issues to be in their 20s or 30s), but are otherwise clearly involved with these characters. (It was Kidman who optioned the book to make it into a film.) The Fangs may be an odder family than most, but the damage they inflict is a matter of attitude: as Caleb tells them in one exasperated moment, “That’s what parents do.” Opening Friday at the Eastern Hills Cinema. *** Aleksandr Sokurov is probably best known in this country for Russian Ark, his documentary about the enormous Hermitage

Machine, and Baron Zemo. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (You, Me and Dupree). Flix (Dipson) , Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria THE FAMILY FANG—Jason Bateman directed and co-stars in this drama about a brother and sister coping with parents who used them as part of their avant-garde performance art projects when they were children. With Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, and Kathryn Hahn. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills (Dipson) FRANCOFONIA—From Aleksandr Sokurov (Russian Ark), a free-ranging essay film about Paris’s famous Louvre museum, centering on its situation under the German occupation during World War II. Reviewed this issue. Amherst (Dipson)

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Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. Directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator). Fri, Sat, Tue 7:30pm. Screening Room DARLING—This indie horror film wears its influences on its sleeve, chief among them Roman Polanski’s Repulsion: a black-and-white film about a woman who sinks into madness and murder while living alone. Writer-director Mickey Keating offers vague hints at a story of demonic possession, but his movie is primarily an exercise in style, playing with images of star Lauren Ashley Carter’s staring face (it’s up to the task), high-contrast black-and-white images, jarring sound design and slashing editing. If Darling ran any long than its 78 minutes, it would become wearying. As it is, it does what it wants to do quite nicely. With Sean Young. -MF Tue, Thu 7:30pm, Sat 9:45pm Screening Room HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010)—Charming animated feature with Jay Baruchel as the voice of a runty Viking boy who tends to an injured dragon he was supposed to kill. Other voices by Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera,

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Jon Bap, Bleu & Green, and Lesionread, in a rare appearance as a full band, performed at Nietzsche’s for a recent edition of The Public Presents on April 27, 2016. See dailypublic.com for live video of Lesionread performing their song “Listen to Me.”

DEAR KEITH: My dad has started wearing a Make America Great Again hat in public. But he’s not a Trump supporter, he’s doing this ironically. Problem is, people who don’t know him don’t understand the irony and don’t find it funny. When we’re out in public together, people give us dirty looks. He thinks it’s hilarious, though, and won’t listen to our pleas to ditch the hat. Would it be wrong for me to straight up burn the hat and play dumb when he think he’s lost it? —SINCERELY, ISN’T IT IRONIC? DEAR “ISN’T IT IRONIC?”: When I was 21 years old, I lived in an apartment with two other guys. One of the guys—while having his very own bedroom—insisted on living on the couch. All of his clothes were in a pile in front of it, and he would not only sleep there while some were trying to sit, he would piss there while sleeping. Empty beer bottles piled high around it, food containers aggregated, an ashtray overflowed, and before long that one corner of the living room began looking like what you’d imagine you’d see through a microscope when you zoomed in real close on one of Kid Rock’s molecules. But despite all of this, you know what irked me most? Definitely the piss that I mentioned. Piss will always upset me more than anything else when there is piss involved, just know that about me. Second up for the most irksome thing about this man, however, was the ironic t-shirt he insisted on dredging up from the pile of damp clothes whenever company came over, which read, in big white letters that he personally ironed on to a sickly thin black t-shirt, “I’LL FUCK THE FAT ONE.” This t-shirt, for me, represented everything about his lifestyle that I disdained and served as a symbol of his disregard for the people around him, particularly the fat ones. Today I would probably pay good money for that exact article of clothing, because, as I write this, it sounds pretty awesome, but back then the shirt was my nemesis, and since the man who wore it was immune to shame, his treasured possession would bear the brunt of my moral outrage. What to him was an ironic joke tee was to me a proclamation of harmful indifference—much like your father’s Trump hat. When I thought of the dishes around his hovel that I would have to wash, I pictured the slogan on his t-shirt. When I realized I couldn’t play Sega Dreamcast after class because the couch was occupied, I pictured the slogan on his

t-shirt. It embarrassed and haunted me in equal measures and I admittedly obsessed over it so much that eventually I was left with no other option—I had to burn it. So, one night while he slept, I took that sticky thing out back and burned it in the grill, and I have played dumb about it (and every other ill-advised thing I’ve ever done) to this day. While my friend would eventually overturn the entire house screaming about losing some “gift from his dead twin brother” and a week later be taken to the hospital by a panicked mother after a prescription med overdose in her kitchen on Thanksgiving, I was free for the first time in my life and it was exhilarating. As you’ve probably surmised, “Isn’t It Ironic,” the moral of this story is to let your own emotions get so out of control that you feel you need to supervise the actions of others. Then, when you’re forced to realize that other people will not always conform to the life you’ve decided they should live, grow so silently resentful that one day, without warning, you lash out in anger at your unsuspecting victim and justify it to yourself by believing “they should have known better” even though you never actually told them how their behavior made you feel. Burn that stupid hat. It’s the only way we’ll ever make America great again.

HAVE A QUESTION FOR KEITH? ADVICE@DAILYPUBLIC.COM Editor’s note: As front man of Every Time I Die, Keith Buckley has traveled the world gaining insights about the universe. In this biweekly column he’ll use those insights to guide our readers with heartfelt and brutally honest advice. DAILYPUBLIC.COM / MAY 4 - 10, 2016 / THE PUBLIC 27