This yr proved that the Artwork & Tradition Business is resilient and robust in Western New York. After navigating the worldwide pandemic that shut down phases and reside occasions, this record demonstrates the vibrance, perseverance, variety, and depth of artwork, theatre, music, historical past, and tradition in our area. Given the quantity of articles we wrote in 2022 protecting these subjects, we determined to compile this large record of almost 50 articles to assist reacquaint you with these companies, artists, and organizations, and supply our readers only a style of what makes our neighborhood particular.
Listed below are our most learn tales of 2022 within the areas of Theatre, Music, Artwork & Tradition!
Theatre
Josh Cohen has no girlfriend and no prospects for a Valentine’s date. He’s broke, and his New York Metropolis condominium’s simply been robbed of the whole lot however a Neil Diamond CD. It appears that evidently Josh is an effective man caught in a lifelong battle with unhealthy luck. However, in the midst of his pity get together, a mysterious letter arrives that adjustments his life eternally. This fast-paced romantic comedy encompasses a six-member on-stage ensemble of very gifted musician-singer-actors who can do all of it….read more
15. FALL FROM THE GRACE OF GOD at A.R.T. assembles 10 local shorts inspired by Irish punk band The Pogues
14. Starring Buffalo’s EVITA brings together Broadway and Buffalo’s biggest stars
13. BURST at Alleyway, a new play, is wonderfully Shakespearean
12. STAGE KISS lets Irish Classical shine with one of their strengths – a well-directed, well-acted, high class farce.
11. GRINDR MOM, the comedy at Alleyway Cabaret, offers a new twist on coming out stories just in time for Pride Week
10. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, the first-ever Shea’s production is a non-stop 90-minute glory
9. MY FAIR LADY at Shea’s brings lush Bartlett Sher production to the big stage
8. AS YOU LIKE IT (Shakespeare in Delaware Park) provides a comedy suitable for all
7. Alleyway Theatre’s The Oregon Trail whisks audiences back and forth through time
6. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is finally here at Shakespeare in Delaware Park, fun for the whole family
5. Three WNY theatres team up to produce ‘The Color Purple the Musical’ in 2023
4. Alleyway Theatre premieres Berserker, a dark comedy that finds humor in some of life’s biggest questions
3. Road Less Traveled Presents “Little Women…Now”
2. ROCK OF AGES at the Kavinoky delivers non-stop high-energy fun
After nearly two years of Covid-19 cancellations, postponements, and re-casting, CABARET is lastly right here! Second Generation Theatre’s manufacturing of the timeless musical theater basic that was initially slated for manufacturing in June 2020 makes its grand debut on the Shea’s Smith Theatre stage on Friday, June 10, 2022…read more
Music & Comedy
Elmwood Summerfest heats up local music scene and celebrates all things Summer in Buffalo
As if having a few of the hottest bars and eating places within the Elmwood Village wasn’t sufficient, the unstoppable groups behind the Beer Preserve, Jack Rabbit, and Breezy Burrito Bar are heating up the summer time with the debut of Elmwood Summerfest. Expertise the Elmwood Village like by no means earlier than with this enjoyable within the solar competition taking place simply weeks away on Sunday, June twenty sixth 2022….read more
15. 2022 Borderland Music + Arts Festival
14. Inaugural WoofStock Music Festival at Como Lake Park
13. The Colored Musicians Club presents George Scott’s Big Band Bash @ The Buffalo History Museum
12. 6th Annual Beau Fleuve Music & Arts Celebration @ The Central Terminal
11. WNY holiday tradition, BPO presents Handel’s MESSIAH @ Our Lady of Victory Basilica
10. Best concert this season? It could be. BPO at Kleinhans
9. 2022 Music is Art: 20 Year Anniversary
8. The Colored Musicians Club at the 18th Annual Queen City Jazz Festival
7. Interview: Gregg Turkington (Neil Hamburger)
6. The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame introduces the Class of 2022
5. 2022 Cobblestone Live is back for its best year yet!
4. Bring a Date: Big Bands are Back in Buffalo
3. Elmwood Summerfest heats up local music scene and celebrates all things Summer in Buffalo
2. 2022 Porchfests are a lot more than “porches and bands”
It took two days and a very long time in airports and airplanes to get right here, however globe-trotting pianist Alexander Malofeev is younger (he turns 21 this October) and stuffed with vitality, and so that you’d do not know of all that as he marched throughout the stage at Kleinhans Music Corridor and sat so confidently on the BPO’s Steinway piano. No fussiness, no adjustment of the chair, JoAnn gave him a fast look, then signaled for the good musical introduction by clarinet, joined by second clarinet, flute, violins, then all of the strings quickly accelerating like a steam engine and BAM!…read more
Artwork, Movie & Tradition
The following time that you just cross by 1048 Niagara Avenue, decelerate and look to the west. There, you will notice a lovely previous brick constructing going through the road. However did you even discover the slender alleyways that lead in direction of the rear of the constructing, on both facet? These alleyways are house to a lot of designers, makers, and producers, together with Andy Morin, who lately launched a stage studio known as Avenir Cine….read more
15. 16th Annual Buffalo Int’l Film Festival
14. 2022 Lawyers for the Arts
13. Slideshow | Karle Norman
12. Architecture Photographer Kim Smith is nominated for an +Architizer award
11. Julia Bottoms selected to design statue honoring the late Shirley Chisholm
10. Small Business Spotlight: Artist Mark DiVincenzo finds his “Perfect Natural Rhythm”
9. UB Arts Collaboratory’s Artist Creates Labyrinth at Silo City
8. Mural Alert: Queen City by Adeyemi Adegbesan
7. Mural Alert: Beau Stanton in Allentown
6. Buffalo, through the eyes (and lens) of Painkiller
5. Introducing the C Stuart and Jane H Hunt Gallery
4. PLAY/GROUND is back and better than ever
3. Patti Smith and Snoop Dogg Murals by Philip Burke & Zoom Copy @ Town Ballroom
2. Art and Holiday Cheer @ The Firehouse and Moriarty Café & Bar
Later as we speak (Friday, July 15), at 5pm, The Budweiser Clydesdales might be paying a go to to Hertel Avenue, courtesy Attempt-It Distributing. The adored Budweiser mascots might be collaborating in a brief parade, that can happen on the intersection of Shoshone Avenue and Hertel Avenue, climate allowing….read more
