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Buffalo Schools targeting grades 5, 6, 9 for new computers this year

Buffalo Public Schools are buying more and more computers for students, as the district works on a $56 million technology plan to get one laptop or tablet…

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. (from left); Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.; Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.; Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla.; and Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa.

State of the Union attendance required a COVID test. 6 legislators tested positive

To attend Tuesday evening's speech, guests — even those who are fully vaccinated — are required to produce a negative test. Attendees will not be required to wear masks.

Emily Yancey in the title role of SUSANNAH, an opera by Carlisle Floyd, on WNED PBS Monday November 22 at 9pm streaming online at wned.org

Theater Talk: MARGARITAVILLE at Shea's, LOOPED at New Phoenix, RENT at Shea's 710 and, one night only, Emily Yancey stars in the opera SUSANNAH on WNED-TV

For over 25 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins BTPM's Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. This week, MARGARITAVILLE closes its run at Shea's, LOOPED wraps up at New Phoenix Theatre, and Emily Yancey stars in a TV Broadcast of the opera SUSANNAH.

Spyo Gyra Comes Home to Buffalo

By Joyce KryszakBuffalo, New York – One of Buffalo's oldest and most successful music stories comes home tomorrow night. Contemporary jazz legend Spyro…

Bandmate Recalls James Brown's Signature Style

Saxophonist Maceo Parker began playing with James Brown's band back in the 1960s, and his signature style helped define James Brown's brand of funk.

Trump says he's a target of the federal grand jury investigation into the Jan. 6 riot

Former President Donald Trump alleged that he received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Sunday indicating he may be criminally indicted in the Jan. 6 riot.

Secret Service erased messages from Jan. 5 and 6, government watchdog says

The Secret Service insists it did not delete the messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 in a malicious way but that there were lost in what it described as a “device-replacement program.”

Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) (2-R) presents evidence during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence related to the January 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol for almost a year, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building in an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for Joe Biden. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

What the Jan. 6 committee learned about the Capitol attack, 18 months later

As its series of hearings wraps up, what has the Jan. 6 committee revealed about Donald Trump and the attack on the Capitol?

The Scene Playlist for Feb. 22

Check out this week's playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and learn and learn about the artists and their music, including The Sarandons, Whitetails, and Boy Jr.

Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers.

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