Buffalo Rising

This fall, the Burchfield Penney Art Center (https://burchfieldpenney.org/) prepares for scares as Something Sinister: The Haunted Landscapes of Charles E. Burchfield (https://burchfieldpenney.org/exhibitions/exhibition:something-sinister-the-strange-and-haunted-visions-of-charles-e-burchfield/) opens October 29, 2026, and runs through February 28, 2027.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/something-sinister-tullis-johnson-on-charles-e-burchfields-haunted-landscapes-podcast

A new cultural amenity is coming to downtown Buffalo (477 Main Street) in the form of Zach Frank & Co. Art Gallery.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/zach-frank-co-art-gallery-to-open-477-main-street

Do you have a dog? Do you have a costume for yourself, and your pup?
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/buffalo-barkery-presents-2026-halloween-pup-strut-in-allentown

Urban Roots’ General Manager Patti Jablonski-Dopkin, is stepping down, to retire. That means that the search is on for someone to help write the next chapter of the organization’s sensational journey, from a small grassroots gardening effort to a full blown cooperative garden market.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/help-write-the-next-chapter-for-urban-roots-cooperative-garden-market

We continue the series on walking Buffalo, from the intrepid couple who began walking every day—no matter the weather—in the early years of Covid. They think (without being systematic) they walked every street in Buffalo, and many in other cities and towns, taking over 30,000 photos, shared in this series.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/how-to-take-a-walk-in-buffalo-and-beyond-ukraine

There’s a new type of tour in town, and it’s called “Buffalo Frolics.” As the name suggests, this lighthearted tour outfit, operated by its founders, Christina (T) and Patty, is in place to give people an up close and personal vantage point of various Buffalo-based neighborhoods. The tours give people insight into aspects of Buffalo that they might not otherwise be afforded.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/eat-sip-shop-stroll-meet-buffalo-frolics

Back-to-school season for college students always involves a hectic first week. But for dance majors at the University at Buffalo, auditioning for the university’s Zodiaque Dance Company (https://www.ubcfa.org/events-exhibitions/dance/zdc-fall-2026.html) adds another layer of excitement to the demands of the first week.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/versatility-matters-ubs-zodiaque-dance-company-opens-season-52-this-october

A circular economy is a strong economy. Often times we think of money when we think of a circular economy.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/the-tool-library-presents-circular-october

Get ready to laugh, Buffalo! Comedian and Actor JB Smoove is coming to Buffalo State University (https://buffalostatepac.org/event/jb-smoove-live/buffalo-state-performing-arts-center/) on Saturday, October 3 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available here (https://buffalostatepac.org/event/jb-smoove-live/buffalo-state-performing-arts-center/). Smoove has been to the Queen City before and is looking forward to coming back. “I’m really excited about going to Buffalo,” he said, showing off his sense of humor and play, adding, “I love Buffalo.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/curb-your-plans-jb-smoove-comes-to-buffalo-state-pac-this-weekend-podcast

The Last Viking (Den sidste viking) ★★★1/2 (out if 4 stars)

Availability: See end of review. The Last “Normie”

Danish director and writer Anders Thomas Jensen’s “The Last Viking” joins a short list of important and sensitive films—among them “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974)—that interrogate the relationship between “insanity” or “madness” and the world of so-called “normal” people who don’t have mental problems.

Most of the action takes place in and around an enormous, multi-story, Victorian country house, where Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his brother Manfred (Mads Mikkelson) grew up in a troubled household amid Scandinavian artifacts that will come into play.
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/10/five-cent-cine-the-last-viking