What’s Good – February 22-28, 2024
Our weekly guide to what’s going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture.
Thursday, 2/22
Placeholder: First-Year MFA Exhibition (UB Center for the Arts, 2nd floor, through 2/29, FREE)
See work from nine UB MFA students in the CFA Gallery, on display through the end of the month.
Rachel Feinstein (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 8pm, Fri/Sat 7:30/10pm, $20)
Feinstein has done everything from cohosting both The View and Upload with Shaquille O’Neal, to doing voicework for The Venture Brothers and Grand Theft Auto. She’s also done three specials for Comedy Central, and appeared on Last Week Tonight, The Nightly Show, and Inside Amy Schumer.
Municipal Waste (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 6pm, SOLD OUT, 16+)
with Ghoul, Necrot, Dead Heat.
Mary Ramsay (PAUSA Art House, 19 Wadsworth St, 7pm, $15/19)
Ramsay and Friends perform a mix of standards, Latin jazz, Celtic, and folk music.
Choro Samba (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6pm)
Guitarist Stephen Guerra and mandolin player Titus Stevens play Brazilian music together.
Karaoke Night (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 9pm)
Drive-Away Dolls (in wide release)
Ethan Coen does what he and his brother do best, direct a darkly comic crime-gone-wrong caper, this one starring Geraldine Viswanathan and Margaret Qualley as a lesbian odd couple who inadvertently cross paths with the mob.
Mea Culpa (Netflix)
Tyler Perry shifts gears with this legal thriller, in which Kelly Rowland has to defend an artist accused of killing his girlfriend.
Ordinary Angels (in wide release)
Hillary Swank rallies a small town to help a widower’s sick daughter during a blizzard, in this based-on-a-true-story heartstrings-tugger.
Ooru Peru Bhairavakona (Elmwood Center, Transit Center)
Sundeep Kushan seeks answers in the mythical land of Bhairavakona, but finds there is no escape. In Telugu with subtitles.
Friday, 2/23
That Comedy Show (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm, $10adv/$15)
A night of stand-up featuring Nicole Beatty, Jameel Key, Christina L, Jacob Morrison, Bennett Solowsky, and host Kevin Thomas Jr.
WBNY 91.3 Showcase (Ironworks, 49 Illinois St, 7pm, $7adv/$10)
A night of Americana, sponsored by Buffalo’s other college radio station. Featuring Clayton Duffy, Little Liar, Tsavo Highway, and The Patrick Jaouen Band
Star People (PAUSA Art House, 19 Wadsworth St, 6:30pm, $13/15)
The group performs music from across Miles Davis’ catalog.
Fourth Friday Poetry (Dog Ears Books, 688 Abbott Rd, 6-8pm, $5)
This month’s featured poet is Lynn Ciesielski, and additional reading slots are available.
Poetry Reading (Just Buffalo Literary Center, 468 Washington St, 2nd floor, 7pm, FREE)
An evening of readings from poets Tracy Fuad, Julianne Neely, and Spencer Williams.
Softcult (Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St, 7pm, $20adv/$25)
with Glixen
Cancerslug (Electric Avenue, 300 Ellicott St, 7pm, $15adv/$20)
with Heathens, Monomaniac, Inhaler
Sabai (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 6pm, $15-20)
Joe Rozler’s Rockin’ Little Trio (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 6pm)
New Movies This Week
Land of Bad (in wide release)
Liam and Luke Hemsworth help Russell Crowe extract a team of soldiers trapped in the Phillipine jungle, in a movie that’s somehow in theaters and not straight to Redbox.
Saturday 2/24
Wordism (PAUSA Art House, 19 Wadsworth St, 6:30pm, $15adv/$20)
A non-competitive spoken word slam, backed by a jazz group.
Cypher (Mohawk Place, 47 E Mohawk St, 7pm, $15adv/$20)
with Ancient Spaceship, Baggs Jazz
The Hey Nonny Nonnys (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 1-2pm)
This baroque ensemble performs as part of the Mimosas & Minuets brunch concert series.
Tom Stahl & the Dangerfields (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 5-7pm)
Local veteran folk rockers.
Workingman’s Dead (Ironworks, 49 Illinois St, 7pm, $15, 18+)
Grateful Dead cover band.
Celtic Sessions (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 4:40pm, FREE)
Sunday 2/25
Nick Coletti (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7pm, $27)
When not doing stand-up, Coletti stars in Facebook Watch’s faux-reality series The Real Bros of Simi Valley.
John Bacon Jazz (Duende, 85 Silo City Row, 4-6pm)
Monday 2/26
Emt (Mohawk Place, 47 E. Mohawk St)
Tuesday 2/27
Silver Arrow Band (9th Ward, 341 Delaware Ave, 7pm, FREE)
A free showcase where you can hear old and new music, and talk to the band.
Ballyhoo! (Ironworks, 49 Illinois St, 7pm, $20adv/$25)
This ska-punk band is centered around two brothers who have been playing together since middle school.
Drake (KeyBank Center, 1 Seymour Knox Plaza, Tue/Wed 8pm, $190-700)
A man we think we can safely call Canada’s best-ever rapper just added more dates to his It’s All A Blur tour, including two nights at KeyBank. With J. Cole.
Bit Brigade (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 7pm, $24, 16+)
This band performs the soundtracks to classic NES games while speedrunning the games onstage. This show features The Legend of Zelda and Castlevania.
The Steam Donkeys (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 6-8:30pm)
Rustbelt Comedy Showcase (Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St, 9pm, FREE)
Open Mic Night (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 6-9pm)
Dragula Viewing Party & Drag Show (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 9pm; $10)
Wednesday 2/28
Heather McGhee (UB Center For the Arts, 7pm, $25-45/$5 for UB students)
Author of the bestselling The Sum of Us speaks on racism in America, activism, and solidarity, as part of UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
Helium Comedy Academy (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 8pm, $10)
This ongoing monthly class teaches stand-up, sketch, and improv to aspiring comedians at all levels.
Saint Asonia (Town Ballroom, 681 S Main St, 7pm, $30, 12+)
with Black Stone Cherry.
Drake Preshow and Afterparty (Ironworks, 49 Illinois St, 6-7:30pm & 11pm-12:30am, FREE,18+)
WBLK is throwing a party to bookend Drake’s second night at KeyBank (see Tuesday). With DJ Hendo, plus food and drink specials and prizes.
Comedy Open Mic (Milkie’s, 522 Elmwood Ave, 9pm)