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Arts/Entertainment

Write Now: Educator Opens Doors For Students

It’s simple, really. He loves music, especially jazz. Ralph Rassmusson is a musician’s musician. I say this because I know this. Talk with him, and you will learn about music not because he is trying to educate you about music, but rather he can connect music in some way to your ...

Playwrights Have H.O.T. Drama Going On In Their Lives

Bob Terreberry will be the first to tell you that he has had a lot of drama in life. “It’s one of those things. I always thought I was a writer,” he said. Now, the local author now has more drama in his life — hot drama. Recently, Adam Hughes, Adam Owens and Terreberry formed ...

Lights Camera ‘Empire’

He fell in love with movies at an early age. With the release of his film “Empire,” Matthew Swanson has seen his dream come to fruition. “It is something that I have wanted to do as long as I can remember — since I was a little kid. I loved watching movies as a kid and it seemed ...

Don’t Let Writer’s Block Affect You

How many times have you stared at your blank computer screen or a blank sheet of paper? For some, it’s a recurring struggle while for others, it doesn’t happen often. For authors, when writer’s block does happen, and it may at some point, authors need to face the challenge head ...

Niagara Falls Native Returns Home For Casino Show

Western New York has its share of musicians that move away looking for that shot at stardom. Some come back as their stock rises. JB Aaron is one of those. The Niagara Falls native returns to his hometown today, to unveil a new song to the people he feels closest to. When he plays Stir at the ...

Dark Fiction

He is out for blood. Figuratively speaking of course, Lee Allen Howard has been writing dark fiction since grade school. “Since I was in second grade, I can’t do anything but. I started writing stories when I was in second grade,” Howard said. The son of a pastor, Howard grew up ...