Strange New Worlds S4E8: Orders of Magnitude
This week's gimmick is "let's try and write a good episode," and it mostly works. We get some back-to-basics Star Trek — the classic trouble-on-the-planet/trouble-on-the-ship formula,...
Strange New Worlds S4E7: Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass
I don't want to talk about Star Trek this week, I want to talk about Alf. For those of you whose brains contain useful information...
Strange New Worlds S4E6: Off-Hour
Everything in space wants to kill you. Recent sci-fi has focused heavily on this idea, as actual scientists (and overreaching hype men like Elon Musk)...
What’s Good: Aug 27- Sep 2, 2026
Our weekly guide to what's going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture. Thursday, 8/27 Cuba After Castro (Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave, 7:30pm...
Strange New Worlds S4E5: Level-Five Transporter Accident
We'll be honest, we've been dreading this one. Strange New Worlds has taken big swings with gimmick episodes before and connected: the partially-animated Lower Decks...
What’s Good: August 20-26, 2026
Our weekly guide to what's going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture. Thursday, 8/20 Greyhaven (Rec Room, 79 W Chippewa St, 7pm,...
Strange New Worlds S4E4: A Case of Chiascuro
Writing should be the easy part. Not that writing is easy. Anyone who's ever stared at a blank page or a blank screen can tell...
What’s Good: August 13-19, 2026
Our weekly guide to what's going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture. Thursday, 8/13 Craig Robinson (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $40-$56)The...
Strange New Worlds S4E3: Human Best Friend
This week's opening sets up a mission to a new planet, something about Pike negotiating a treaty in a civil war, tense, delicate, yadda yadda...
What’s Good: August 6-12, 2026
Our weekly guide to what's going on around Buffalo and in the world of pop culture. Thursday, 8/6 Nick Thune (Helium, 30 Mississippi St, 7:30pm, $33-$45)Thune's...