Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita spawned the term “paparazzi,” and not a moment too soon—the tumultuous decade to follow would begin the revolution that eventually rendered quaint the previous generation’s concepts of celebrity, boundaries and appropriateness. As the expectations for public behavior, art and technology changed at a tremendous rate, the people who…

These kids just won’t stop.

Coming to Artpark tomorrow as part of the Coors Light Wednesdays series, MGMT will take the stage with opener Kuroma for a highly anticipated show.

“Formed by Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden as freshmen at Wesleyan University, MGMT emerged as one of the most buzzed-over bands to sprout in the tail end of the 2000s, playing a distinct blend of…

If you wear every single chain even when you’re in the house, clear your calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 16—Drake’s coming to Buffalo.

The Grammy Award-winning artist, who spent the weekend partying in Atlanta with 2Chainz and T.I. and dropping into the MuchMusic Awards in Toronto, announced today his 41-city Would You Like A Tour? road show would kick off on Wednesday, Sept. 25 in…

In it’s 13th year, the Zumiez Couch Tour will be making a stop in Buffalo this year at the Walden Galleria for a free skateboard and music festival.

Featuring live music from headlining act Polar Bear Club, the festival will also have pro skateboard demos, DIY activities, prizes, AM skateboard contest and celebrity meet and greets. The event will take place from 12:30 to 6:30…

It feels a little weird to see more and more events intended to “celebrate Buffalo and recognize its vast potential.” While it’s obviously a little dangerous to get ahead of ourselves in terms of our city’s promise—we don’t want to lose our hunger to improve the city or rest on the laurels of what we’ve already accomplished—there are reasons for excitement.

The second annual…

Buffalo’s version of Juneteenth, the third-largest in the country, returned for a 38th year on Saturday and Sunday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Deemed “Breaking the Invisible Chains,” the event doubled as the remembrance of past hardship and the realization of freedom and opportunity.

Additionally, Juneteenth has added its inaugural Science Fair and Expo, an all-ages…

What did a bunch of country music loving fans do after the WYRK Taste of Country 2013? They went to check out The Heritage at Bottoms Up. Country music fans got to party it up with Buffalo locals from the Heritage while the Morgan Twins kept things lively with an energetic performance which kept the crowd shaking and moving!

Once again the Buffalo Outer Harbor venue proved to be one of the best spots in Buffalo for a great night of music. This past Friday night it was the Masters of Madness 2013 Tour in town at the harbor featuring Alice Cooper & Marilyn Manson. The place was amazing, the people were even better, and it made for a great evening full of legendary tunes.

Marilyn Manson played his set…

Great songs stand up over time. Although the impact of the late 1970s-early 1980s all-female new wave group The Go-Go’s has kind of fallen off the map over the years as they have morphed into a nostalgia act, there’s no denying that this band that sold over seven million albums from 1981 to 1984 was responsible, in their moment, for some of the best popular music in America.

The…