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Friday, March 19, 2010

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'Mary Poppins,' 'Shrek' onboard for 2010-11 Shea's season

Updated: 03/19/10 10:45 AM
For its 2010-11 Broadway season, Shea's Performing Arts Center is turning its attention more than ever to the under-12 set with a lineup of musicals aimed at the hearts and spending power of the young and young-at-heart.

Jazz master: Wynton Marsalis has never compromised

Updated: 03/19/10 8:20 AM
It wouldn't work quite as well these days. But not too long ago, here is a game that could be played at any jazz event — nightclub appearance, concert, you name it.

Read my Lips: You, too, should try for tickets to local summer concerts

Updated: 03/19/10 8:02 AM
In July, U2 will plunder its way into Toronto.

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Composer Ted Nash on his inspiration for ‘Seven Shades’

In 2008, Ted Nash, a jazz composer and saxophonist with the elite Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, received a dream assignment from his boss. Wynton Marsalis, the eminent trumpeter and artistic director of the orchestra, asked Nash to compose a long-form jazz composition based on a subject of Nash’s choosing. He quickly settled on the theme of visual art and eventually produced “Portrait in Seven Shades,” a suite of compositions based on the lives and works of seven important painters: Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Marc Chagall and Jackson Pollock.

‘Bounty Hunter’: Butler, Aniston pretty up a dopey rom-com

“The Bounty Hunter” is total junk. But as total junk goes, it’s certainly amiable, which is, at the very least, what a movie should be when it stars Gerard Butler (“300’s” Mr. Six Pack abs) and Jennifer Aniston who, according to Publicity World, hooked up while it was being made. For all we know, they have yet to unhook, according to the movie publicist’s playbook. (I haven’t checked yet this morning.)

‘Wimpy Kid’: Tween’s middle-school nightmare is gross, good fun

Why “Diary of a Wimpy Kid?” Because you’re never too old for a good booger joke.

Club Watch: Hucklebuckets is down-home family sports bar

When it comes to bars and restaurants, I’ve heard of a hole in the wall but never a hole in the table. That’s the unique premise of Hucklebuckets, the formerORestaurant and Lounge, in the Northtown Plaza in Amherst. WhileO was trendy and swanky in its time, Hucklebuckets is down-home and fun, featuring a casual atmosphere and a lively bar with attentive help.

Buffalo native finds his niche behind the scenes on ‘The Bachelor’

Updated: 03/18/10 7:55 AM
If Buffalo native Bennett Graebner's life had gone according to his script, he would have followed in the footsteps of film director Cameron Crowe of "Jerry Maguire" fame.

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Susan Martin: Spring’s popping up everywhere

The weather has been gorgeous. Saturday is the first day of spring. And I plan to celebrate by taking down the winter arrangement hanging on our front door and replacing it with a yellow forsythia wreath.

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