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Tonight: David Byrne

March 6, 2018

Tonight legendary singer songwriter, multi-media artist/curator, and ex Talking Heads frontman makes a welcome return to UB’s Center For The Arts after a ten year absence to kick jams from across his storied career. Hailing his just kicked off American Utopia World Tour as his “most ambitious show since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense, a very high bar indeed considering those Talking Heads shows, and the film that documented them, are unabashedly brilliant. David will be playing classics from his solo catalog, some well known classics, as well as new material from his upcoming 11th solo album American Utopia, out this Friday, part of his ongoing multi media Reasons To Be Cheerful project, a worthy endeavor during these turbulent and trying times. Comfy shoes good for dancing are encouraged because there will be butt shaking. Tonight’s sold out show starts at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 7pm. There’s[...]

Tonight: Contemporary Color at the North Park Theatre

May 2, 2017

Tonight, the North Park Theatre will be hosting a special screening of the Ross Brothers’ documentary Contemporary Color in collaboration with Cultivate Cinema Circle. The 2016 film documents the 2015 concerts organized by David Byrne to celebrate the highly “sophisticated folk art form” known as color guard, the athletic dance routines featured during high school and college game halftimes that accompany marching bands, in this context substituting indie bands for the marching bands. Featuring performances by 2017 Record Store Day Ambassador St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, tune-yards, Dev Hynes, How To Dress Well, Lucious, Zola Jesus, Beastie Boy Ad Rock, and color guards from across the country, Contemporary Color looks looks musically, visually, and emotionally intense, and worth checking out on the book screen with the sound turned up like they do it at the North Park. Tickets are $10.50 and show starts at 7pm.