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Flogging Molly Scheduled To Perform In Buffalo

For fans of punk music, one tour this summer may be an attention grabber. Flogging Molly is co-headlining with Social Distortion. Both bands will perform Tuesday at Canalside in Buffalo. “You know, when the idea of Flogging Molly and Social Distortion co-headlining came about, we just had ...

Gone Digital

He traded in his typewriter for a computer, and word processing program. Not really, but the books of the late recluse author J.D. Salinger have gone digital. According to The Associated Press, Salinger’s publisher Little, Brown and Company said all four of his works, including “The ...

Write Now: Keep Any Distractions To A Bare Minimum

Have you ever been in a writing groove where you have written about 1,000 words during your session? I mean you have turned a page (no pun intended) with your writing and your project is beginning to take shape. And then you hear your phone. It’s either a text message from one of your friends, an alert, or someone is calling you. Whatever the situation, it may be a distraction. Distractions are time and project killers. Imagine if you reply to the text, look at the alert, or answer your phone. In all three of those scenarios you lost time — time in which you could have ...

Bluegrass Festival Making A Comeback In Mayville

MAYVILLE — After a 10 year hiatus, the Mayville Bluegrass Festival is returning Aug. 17. The one-day event will be held on the grounds of the new Big Inlet Brewing facility just outside of Mayville. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Chautauqua Rails to Trails, a nonprofit organization dedicated to acquiring, developing and maintaining multi-purpose recreational trails for public use, usually near abandoned railroad tracks. “When the Bluegrass Festival originally took place, we ran out of resources and had some real trouble with the weather on the early June dates,” said ...

‘Curse Of The Comet’

RIPLEY — In a mission to help renovate the Ripley Library, the Ripley Library Players, are performing “The Curse of The Comet” The acting group delivered its third performance of the dinner/murder mystery in which the audience tries to solve the case through interaction with the ...

Iron Maiden Comes Back To Buffalo

BUFFALO — OK. What can be said about the supposed best heavy metal band in existence taking the stage and showing off a catalogue of 16 tracks, covering over 40 years in a two-hour block? Let’s call it an Iron Maiden fan’s dream. Start with the 61 year-old voice of Iron Maiden, ...