Live music headlines this weekend's Best Bets with many local artists doing their thing around town.
Be sure and check out Mad Dukez & Fresh Kils as they make their return to Buffalo at The Gypsy Parlor.
Enjoy these 8 cool events in Western New York! Check back Monday morning for more things to do next week.
Upright Citizens Brigade
Waiting Room
Fri Mar 28
Named "Hot Farm Team" by Rolling Stone magazine and "Best Comedy Club" by AOL, The UCB Theatre is widely recognized as home to today's funniest actors and writers. Among our esteemed alumni include several performers and writers for Saturday Night Live, The Office, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 30 Rock, Best Week Ever, Old School, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro and countless other films, commercials and television shows. Performers who have gained success continue to lend their talents to the theatre and training center. Join the latest from the UCB for a night of Improv at World Cafe Live! More info here.
Ron Hawkins and The Do Good Assassins
Buffalo Iron Works
Fri Mar 28
As one of the members of Canada's legendary indie bands, LOWEST OF THE LOW, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist RON HAWKINS has enjoyed many accolades through the years. In 1996, 2000 and again in 2005, Chart Magazine honored the group's 1991 debut album, Shakespeare My Butt, with spots in the top 10 of the Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time, alongside Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and The Tragically Hip. After a second Low album in 1994, the band parted ways. Official site.
Red
710 Main Theatre
Fri Mar 28 – Sun Mar 30
Last showings this weekend. Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York's famed Four Seasons Restaurant. But soon Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. Winner of the 2010 Tony® Award, RED is playwright John Logan's extraordinary work about art and the 20th century. Official site.
Good People
Kavinoky Theatre
Fri Mar 21 – Sun Mar 28
The Kavinoky Theatre, a professional theatre on the campus of D'Youville College, is gearing up to unveil one of its most anticipated productions of the season. David Lindsay-Abaire's GOOD PEOPLE opens on March 7 and runs a limited four-week engagement through March 30, 2014.
Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month's paycheck covers last month's bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who's made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out. With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America. Official site.
Bowfire
UB Center for the Arts
Sat Mar 29
"Exhilarating," "electrifying," and "innovative" is typical praise for the diversely talented collection of violinists and fiddlers that make up BOWFIRE. But the BOWFIRE experience is anything but typical - it's a toe-tapping, hand-clapping, soul-stirring theatrical experience that highlights the range and artistry of string musicians. Each of BOWFIRE's performers is renowned as a leading interpreter of their respective violin and fiddle styles. As if that level of virtuosity wasn't enough, several happen to possess incredible voices and can tap and step dance. With one sweep of the bow, they can journey across musical time and styles, turning from a Celtic rhythm to a hip-hop beat or seamlessly sliding from Led Zeppelin to a lullaby.
The musical mash-up in a BOWFIRE performance can include a Hungarian dance, a Stevie Wonder medley, a tango, traditional and bluegrass fiddle tunes, Texas swing, pop, rock, jazz, and hip hop, as well as any number of originals. Instead of remaining sedentary behind music stands, the players move energetically throughout the show, taking turns in the spotlight. When the fiddle players simultaneously show their step-dancing prowess, the audience can't help but rise to their feet and clap along. Official site.
Mad Dukez & Fresh Kils - The Repeat Offenders Tour
The Gypsy Parlor
Sat Mar 29
With Fresh Kils banging out the live MPC instrumentation in champion showman style and Mad Dukez layering profound and playful rhymes between polished and soulful choruses; these two pack a powerful presence under the stage lights. Individually revered live performers, they truly bring out the best in one another on stage. Together, Dukez and Kils strike a dynamic balance between orchestration and improvisation. Check out BuffaloVibe video from previous show @ DBGB's
DOCTOR P + COOKIE MONSTA
Town Ballroom
Sat Mar 29
An electric evening with dubstep sensations. Official site.
Andrew Hambridge Band
Waiting Room
Sat Mar 29
Formed in 2012 by the band’s namesake and lead singer, Andrew Hambridge, the Andrew Hambridge Band is an acoustic-pop trio featuring two guitarists and a bassist. Based in Western New York, the Andrew Hambridge Band is a melodic, listener-friendly group of musicians that aims to produce meaningful songs through the combination of their true-to-life lyrics and each heartfelt note. Still in the infancy of establishing their brand, the Andrew Hambridge Band continues to create songs which are rapidly becoming popular among its expanding fanbase. Official site.
6th Annual Edible Book Festival
Western New York Book Arts
Sun Mar 30
The international Edible Book Festival is a family-friendly event that takes place on or around April 1 throughout the world. This event invites participants to create edible books that are exhibited, documented, and then consumed. Creations are ranked by local celebrity judges and artist/chefs are awarded with prizes donated from local businesses. All proceeds from ticket sales, entry fees, and basket raffles go towards ongoing programming at the WNY Book Arts Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
The event will run from 4-8 pm, with judging between 5:30-7pm. Prizes will be awarded and winners will be announced at approximately 7pm in the categories of: Most Book-like (looks & functions like a book), Best Tasting, and Most Creative use of Materials. Then we eat our words! Everyone is allowed to partake in eating the exhibits after judging. Additional festivities include: a basket raffle featuring goods from local businesses and organizations & a free edible book kids craft! Come hungry! Official site.
