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  • Peradotto's Aeschylus Article Among Best in Past 50 Years
    1/25/07
    "The Omen of the Eagles and the Ethos of Agamemnon," an article by John Peradotto, Ph.D., of Amherst, emeritus SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and former faculty member in the Department of Classics at the University at Buffalo, has been included an anthology of 13 of the most important articles on the Greek playwright Aeschylus published in the past 50 years.
  • Aaron Lewis of Staind to Present Solo Acoustic Performance on April 4
    1/24/07
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Aaron Lewis of Staind at 8 p.m. on April 4 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Feb. 2.
  • The Decemberists, with Special Guest My Brightest Diamond, to Perform March 30
    1/24/07
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Decemberists at 8 p.m. on March 30 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Feb. 2.
  • "Joyce with Gusto" to Feature Dance, Theater, Film and Discussions
    1/22/07
    The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and riverrun, Inc., will team up to present an elegant program in February about lesser-known aspects of Buffalo's most celebrated adopted son, James Joyce.
  • Poetry Contest Open to High School Students
    1/17/07
    High school poets will have the opportunity to have their work judged by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet by participating in the fourth annual UB Poetry Contest, sponsored by the University at Buffalo's College of Arts and Sciences.
  • UB Commissions Ballet with ABT Studio Company
    1/12/07
    The Center for the Moving Image (CMI) at the University at Buffalo has commissioned a ballet by noted choreographer Brian Reeder that will premiere in Buffalo with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and, during the company's performance there in March, be presented to the City of New Orleans as a gift from the City of Buffalo.
  • Faculty Member's Film Named to National Film Registry
    1/12/07
    A documentary film co-directed by University at Buffalo faculty member Sarah Elder has been added to the prestigious National Film Registry as part of a select group of films that includes "Rocky," "Blazing Saddles" and "Halloween."
  • Audiences Set Lineup for Spring Buffalo Film Seminars
    1/12/07
    The 14th edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars, the semester-long series of screenings and discussions sponsored by the University at Buffalo and the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, will open on Jan. 16 with a lineup of films that has been determined by the series' audiences.
  • The Intermedia Performance Studio to Present "Human Trials" for One Performance Only
    1/12/07
    "Human Trials," a virtual reality drama, will be performed in the University at Buffalo Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 15; the one-time-only performance will be preceded by a reception at 5 p.m.
  • Controversial, Award-Winning Play, "The Exonerated," to Be Performed
    1/8/07
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present the Western New York premiere of the controversial play, "The Exonerated," winner of the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play and a Drama Desk Award, March 1-4 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.