http://artvoice.com Western New York's smartest news, arts and entertainment. This feed contains weekly features. en-us Copyright 2012, Artvoice. All rights reserved. Access to this RSS feed is for individual and non-commercial use only. Please contact webmaster.com for more info on commercial use syndication. editorial@artvoice.com (Artvoice Editorial) webmaster@artvoice.com (Artvoice Webmaster) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:28:08 EST Hackers on Steroids http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/valentines_profiles http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/valentines_profiles With the likely exception of Flag Day, no holiday is given shorter shrift than Valentine’s Day. If it even is a holiday, and not merely a sales tool for chocolatiers, florists, and restaurateurs in the slowest of the late-winter months. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Valentine's Day Issue n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/valentines_mixtape http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/valentines_mixtape James Blake takes the already heart-tugging melodies of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case Of You,” replaces the tinny guitar tones with sparse piano flourishes, and sings lines like “I remember the time you told me Love is touching souls/Surely you touched mine” in his naturally sad but beautiful voice. The result is a devastating and genuine reimagining of this well-known folk song for a new generation. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Valentine's Day Issue n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/week_in_review http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/week_in_review Week in Review: Local Attorneys Seek Federal Leonard Peltier Documents, Fixing Niagara's SPCA, Brookings Report Lists Buffalo Per Capita GDP as 19th Largest in the World, The Would-Be Comptrollers' Coming-Out Party, Scorecard: The Week's Winners & Losers Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Week in Review n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/news_analysis http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/news_analysis Just west across the Niagara River from Buffalo is a place where the income tax rate on individuals is higher than in New York or any of the other 49 United States. It is a place where national and provincial taxes on consumption are higher, and where there are more public employees per capita than in Buffalo. Comprehensive land-use and infrastructure planning there restricts development to specific corridors, in sharp contrast to the free-for-all, every-town-for-itself ways of Western New York. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST News Analysis Bruce Fisher http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/art_scene http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/art_scene In 1968, a US Department of the Interior report described the Buffalo River as a “repulsive holding basin for industrial and municipal waste.” It stated that the river was “devoid of oxygen and almost sterile. Oils, phenols, color, oxygen-demanding materials, iron, acid, sewage, and exotic organic compounds are present in large amounts.” Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Art Scene Jack Foran http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/food_feature http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/food_feature Though Mother Nature is kindly holding those fluffy white flakes at bay, finding street parking in Buffalo during the winter months can still be a hassle. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Food Feature Jennifer Mogensen http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/classical_music_notes http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/classical_music_notes If you were asked what is the most often performed classical music piano concerto in the United States, you probably wouldn’t be very far off the mark if you guessed that it was the Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Classical Music Notes Jan Jezioro http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/theaterweek http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/theaterweek One of the most fabulous musical performances of this season is, without question, happening up at MusicalFare. From the moment the sultry, sassy, and voluptuous performer begins to undulate her way down the center aisle, singing her signature tune, “Special,” we are mesmerized. She pauses her steamy saunter to interact with various men in the audience. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Theater Week Anthony Chase http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/boom http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/boom Congratulations to the Freeeek for winning last week’s online contest. With that win, they secure a spot in the next BOOM live show, coming up on Saturday, February 25 at Nietzsche’s. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Artvoice B.O.O.M! n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/film_feature http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/film_feature He was named best actor at the Venice Film Festival, but Michael Fassbender’s performance as an emotionally troubled man disabled by sexual compulsions was apparently either too subtle or too disturbing for the Oscar folk, who declined to nominate him for his work in Shame, opening this week at the Amherst Theater. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Film Feature M. Faust http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/film_reviews http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/film_reviews Film Clips: International Women's Film Festival, Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Midnight Beacon Film Series Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Film Clips n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/listings http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/listings Listings: On The Boards Theater Listings, Movie Times (Friday, February 10 - Thursday, February 16), Film Now Playing Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Listings n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/see_you_there http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/see_you_there Artvoice's weekly round-up of featured events, including our editor's picks for the week: The 3rd Annual Powder Keg Festival, taking place in Niagara Square this weekend. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Featured Events n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/autos_feature http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/autos_feature In more than 60 cities across the country, the annual auto show is to car buffs as the Super Bowl is to football fans, the World Series is to baseball fans, and the presidential debates are to comedy buffs. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Autos Feature Jim Corbran http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/you_auto_know http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/you_auto_know You’ve got to admire Hyundai. Once the laughingstock of the American car market, they’ve now got top-selling Toyota looking over their shoulders. And for good reasons: the Elantra, the Sonata… Thu, Feb EST 9 EST You Auto Know Jim Corbran http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/letters_to_artvoice http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/letters_to_artvoice Letters to Artvoice: Help Keep Occupy Buffalo Alive and Growing, Loves Animals, Eats Meat, Ron Paul Rules Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Letters to Artvoice n/a http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/news_of_the_weird http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/news_of_the_weird “Dementiaville”: Swiss health officials have authorized construction of an assisted-living “village” of 1950s-style homes and gardens designed to “remind” patients with Alzheimer’s and similar afflictions of surroundings that they might actually recall and with which they might be more comfortable and secure than they are with modern life. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Offbeat News Chuck Shepherd http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/free_will_astrology http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/free_will_astrology AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Jeep vehicles always feature seven slots on their front grills. Why? For the manufacturer, it’s a symbolic statement proclaiming the fact that Jeep was the first vehicle driven on all seven continents. Let’s take that as your cue, Aquarius. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Horoscopes Rob Brezsny http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/ask_anyone http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n6/ask_anyone I’m a local photographer who has been at it for over a decade. I used to be on top of the world. I had my own public studio, I had tons of models lining up to pay to work with me, and then after stepping on a few toes in the local industry trying to break new ground, I’ve found my career stuck on pause. I was no longer in demand. Thu, Feb EST 9 EST Advice n/a