The Buffalo News: Gusto

Out there: Get set for the Buffalo Infringement Festival — Google 翻訳
The rotating team of organizers behind the Infringement Festival, Buffalo's two-week free-for-all of offbeat art, theater and music, has a pretty simple credo.

Artpark's summer concerts finest in recent memory — Google 翻訳
When the dust settles and the summer concert season fades into memory, many moments will stand above the rest as definitive ones.

Vino's: Dining is just fine indoors or out — Google 翻訳
Summer presents its challenges to the restaurateurs of Western New York. The siren call of backyard grills, golf courses and beaches is substantial. But, there's even more to worry about than that. With warm weather so fleeting around here, even the hungriest of people want to spend their every minute in the fresh air.

'I Am Love': An homage to the work of great filmmakers — Google 翻訳
Part of the exceptional power of “I Am Love” is the way you learn of the sexual attraction that turns these wealthy lives upside down.

Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky: An odd couple's elegant affair — Google 翻訳
“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” is about the affair between composer Igor Stravinsky and designer Coco Chanel. Let us pause for a moment and enjoy that sentence.

'Sorcerer's Apprentice': A witty update of a classic — Google 翻訳
“The Sorcerer's Apprentice” is almost as much fun as a lot of people probably hoped -- which, to be honest, means it's about twice as much fun as I expected.

'Cyrus': A wacky romantic comedy like no other — Google 翻訳
No one in the sweet and delightfully odd comedy “Cyrus” is quite “normal.” And thank heaven for that. “Normal” people have their own romantic comedies and very few of those are actually funny these days -- or even watchable (that's especially true if they star Gerard Butler).

Piero's serves a personable experience — Google 翻訳
Early on a Thursday evening, Lindsay, Don and I headed over to Piero's (formerly the Burgundy Room) for a bit of summer libation.

Pino's Pizzeria: Tasty, ample portions of Italian authentic fare — Google 翻訳
In a world of big-box stores and chain restaurants, it's a pleasure to find Pino's Pizzeria, a mom-and-pop establishment serving authentic Italian fare.

All grown up — Google 翻訳
“Every album is an evolution,” said Zac Hanson, the youngest member of the American pop rock band Hanson. Now in its 13th year, the band -- brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac -- is still churning out catchy soul tunes reminiscent of old R&B and swing styles.

Stylish grief — Google 翻訳
As Lady Gaga's “Poker Face” pumped out over the sound system at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis twirled in blissful circles, demanding that the man in the booth turn up the volume.

Garden views — Google 翻訳
In the midst of the National Buffalo Garden Festival, which wraps up with Buffalo's popular annual Garden Walk on July 24 and 25, flower beds across the region are entering full bloom. ZGM Fine Arts, a small art gallery that occupies a light-filled former synagogue at 1045 Elmwood Ave., is celebrating Western New York's growing population of green-thumbed botanical fanatics with an exhibition focusing on the art of gardening. “Crazy About My Pot: Garden Views and Artists' Vessels,” which opens Saturday, features the watercolors by Lorna Berlin and Dana Jenkins and photography by Don and Diann Zintek, each of whom have produced artwork for the Buffalo Garden Walk in the past. The show, which runs through Aug. 29, will open with a reception starting at 6 p. m. Saturday with live jazz by Caputi and Co. The gallery is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., or by appointment. For more information, call 510-0251 or visit www.zgmfinearts.com . -- Colin Dabkowski

Works from WNY — Google 翻訳
Every two years since 1969, the Kenan Center (433 Locust St., Lockport) has mounted its Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit, a juried collection of painting and sculpture that features a sampling of work by some of Western New York's most talented artists and artisans. The show gets under way today in the center's House Gallery, which occupies the drawing room and light-filled, second-floor spaces of a stately Victorian mansion on the center's grounds. Out of 130 submissions, 2010 juror Grace Meibohm of East Aurora's Meibohm Fine Arts gallery chose 52 artists for the show. These include the likes of photographer R. H. Stamps, Lockport illustrator Bob Rimmer and painters Joseph Whalen and Priscilla Bowen. The show, which remains on view through Sept. 3, opens with a reception and awards presentation (featuring six prizes, from Best in Show to the Sheila Whalen Memorial Realism in Drawing Award) beginning at 7 tonight. For more information about the exhibition, call 433-2617 or visit www.kenancenter.org . --Colin Dabkowski

Shining stars — Google 翻訳
Rhapsodies under the stars! That's what the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is offering, as this hot, hazy summer continues. At 6 p. m. Saturday, the BPO treks to Niagara Falls to pay homage to rock legend Pink Floyd. The free concert, sponsored by a variety of Niagara Falls entities including the City of Niagara Falls, Hard Rock Cafe and Star 102.5, takes place on Old Falls Street adjacent to the Hard Rock Cafe. Another free concert is 7 p. m. Wednesday when the BPO plays Cheektowaga Town Park with Associate Conductor Matthew Kraemer. A featured soloist will be flutist Jilene VanOpdorp, a recent graduate of Williamsville South High School and a winner of a BPO Millonzi scholarship. VanOpdorp is playing Mozart's graceful Flute Concerto in G. Next Friday brings Hollywood on the Harbor. In the historic setting surrounding the downtown Erie Canal slip, Kraemer leads the orchestra in am evening of music recalling the glamour of old-fashioned movie making. The performance will include works by John Williams, Danny Elfman, Henry Mancini and Harold Arlen, the great songwriter who spent his childhood here. Admission to this event is $22.50. For more information on BPO events, call 885-5000 or visit www.bpo.org . --Mary Kunz Goldman

Fiddle away — Google 翻訳
She has been called, by no less an esteemed publication than the New York Times, the “Jimi Hendrix of the violin.” High praise indeed, but much deserved for Eileen Ivers, the Brooklyn-born fiddle player who wows audiences with her prowess whether she's playing with a symphony orchestra or a rock band, or performing for a president.

Tuned In — Google 翻訳
Warsaw boogie

Discs — Google 翻訳
Pop

Umphrey's McGee makes pure reverie during Square stop — Google 翻訳
I'd be remiss if I didn't provide some full disclosure here -- jam bands tend to annoy me.

Going strong — Google 翻訳
After soaring to the top of the pop charts more than 40 years ago, legendary rock band Three Dog Night shows no signs of slowing down.

Second Helpings — Google 翻訳
Wine on Third ★★★ (July 9) 501 Third St., Niagara Falls (285-9463, www.wineonthird.com ). What was once a tapas bar added a fine dining room in the beginning of the year. The room serves a small menu that features very upscale ingredients.

In a bind — Google 翻訳
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. -- If the prospect of sitting through a turn-of-the century play about health care sounds about as enthralling to you as waiting in line for your biannual physical, you're probably not alone.

Down low — Google 翻訳
A week before the world premiere of “Insidious,” playwright Ibn Shabazz and director Doug Zschiegner sat discussing the show in a dreary rehearsal hall next door to Shea's Performing Arts Center.

Behind the Scenes — Google 翻訳
Auditions

New Chaplin — Google 翻訳
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- A short silent comedy that was lost for decades holds a big surprise for film buffs and historians when a familiar face emerges on screen wearing a police uniform and that unforgettable mustache.

TELL ME — Google 翻訳
“Alittle romantic, but a bit restless,” is how

OUT TO EAT — Google 翻訳
Digging into ribs

CRITICS' PICKS — Google 翻訳
Canal Fest kicks off

JUST ANNOUNCED — Google 翻訳
HAIL THE VILLIAN. 7 p.m. July 28. Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk St. 855-3931. www.themohawkplace.com. $10 advance, $12 day of show (box office, ticketweb.com listing).

'Zine around — Google 翻訳
The 'zine, a term that came into vogue in the '90s to describe self-published pamphlets that artists and writers with modest means and big ideas have been producing since at least the 16th century, has reached kind of crossroads lately. With the advent of the Internet, the flurry of 'zine-publishing that peaked in the mid-'90s has slowed to a trickle. But there are still many devotees of the form, many of whom have work on view in the Western New York Book Arts Center's show, “An Exhibition of 'Zines from the Sublime to the Silly,” which opens today in the center's gallery at 468 Washington St. Richard Kegler, who co-founded the center and helped to organize the show, along with co-curators Jessica Lewis and Amy Greenan, talked about the idea behind the exhibition. “Somebody said to me, 'Well, are you showing all 'zines?' and I said that would be like showing all books,” Kegler said. “It's a huge, vast area, so we're kind of just showing a cross-section of what's available.” The exhibition will include early 'zine-like literary journal called “some/thing” by Andy Warhol, publications by the band Bikini Kill, which helped kick off the Riot Grrrl movement and a handmade 'zine from the '70s that includes work by Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. There will also work from local 'zine makers like Greenan and David McNamara. Call 348-1430 or visit www.wnybookarts.org . --Colin Dabkowski

Warped Tour comes to Darien Lake Wednesday — Google 翻訳
The history of the Vans Warped Tour, America's ranking summer music tour, is well told.