March madness
Don’t be alarmed by the title – this column has nothing to do with college basketball (yawn!). March is a very eventful month. St. Patrick’s Day and the beginning of spring are upon us, and there are more fish fries than you can shake a stick at. As March is Women’s History Month, I’m putting the focus on brazen broads for the first portion of this column. GIRLS ON FILM ¯ On DVD: “Coco Before Chanel” “Coco Before Chanel,” very recently released on DVD, depicts Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s hardscrabble life prior to becoming one of the most influential designers of all time. I didn’t know much about Chanel before seeing the film and assumed she simply designed her way out of poverty – that’s not exactly how it happened. Instead, she befriends a very wealthy gentleman, Etienne Balsan, while singing cabaret in a seedy club. After he returns to his mansion just outside Paris, Chanel packed her things and dropped in on hi.
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Throughout history, few subjects have inspired more spirited discussion than the subject of women in power.
We’ve never had a woman president, for example, and only a very few women have even attempted to run for the office.
Adams Art Gallery comes alive this weekend
Dare I say it? As I took a stroll to the Crosby Mart next door - unofficial provider of the energy drinks and pizza that fuel OBSERVER staff - it felt like spring.
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BUFFALO — For many people, an art gallery seems to be a hostile, unwelcoming place.
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I just got back to OBSERVER headquarters after walking two blocks down Central Avenue to join the rest of Dunkirk in watching a substantial chunk of the city go up in flames.
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There is something irresistible about being seduced.
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