Art under the radar
With more than 250 events, 25 venues, 130 separate projects, including plays, concerts, exhibitions and more, the third annual Buffalo Infringement Festival will be celebrating art under the radar from July 26 to Aug. 5.

Montreal's longest-running theater experiment, "Car Stories," will be part of the Buffalo Infringement Festival from July 26-Aug. 5.

During the three years, the Infringement Festival has become one of the most talked-about highlights of the summer in Buffalo.

Traveling from one venue to another, audiences will encounter all sorts of activities, including, but hardly limited to: experimental and conventional theater, bands of every stripe, stand-up comedy, political street theater, dance, film and video screenings, hip-hop poetry, gender-bending cabaret, puppetry, pyrotechnics, virtual reality, visual art exhibitions and a late-night "self-serve" Shakespeare reading.

No single style or aesthetic predominates throughout the festival. Some events are intended for mature audiences, while many are suitable for viewers of all ages.

Lanford Wilson's "Wandering (a Turn)," directed by Matthew LaChiusa, will feature Nick Dostel, Josh Synder and Kate Germain.

Locations include Rust Belt Books, Staples, Nietzsche's, Squeaky Wheel, Merlin's, the Crane Library, Hallwalls, Soundlab and College Street Gallery, among others. Allen Street itself will also serve as a stage. Event admission varies, from $10 or less to free.

Here is a short sampling of e vents:

Per formances:

• "The Exception and the Rule," by Bertolt Brecht, presented by the Subversive Theatre Collective.

• "Axeman's Jazz," a series of axe murders terrorize New Orleans, by Matthew LaChiusa.

• Brazen-Faced Varlets, "A Midsummer Dy*** Dream," featuring Kelly Beuth, Heather Fangsrud, Lara Haberberger and Katie W hite.

• "Letters to the World," 10 monologues written and directed by Susan Hodge Anner.

• "Big Al," one man's obsession with Al Pacino, presented by Morphine Hearts Productions.

• "Wandering (a Turn)," by Lanford Wilson, directed by Matthew L aChiusa.

• "Shakespeare in the Parking Space," interactive street theater.

• "Concerto," puppet theatre, presented by TheatreFiguren.

• "Audience," Vaclev Havel's masterpiece, presented by Illinois Wesleyan Theatre Department.

• "Cat Venom," improv comedy.

• "Braces Horror Stories," two physical monologues, presented by Pavlov's Dog Theatre.

• "Jason Klinger, Live Painting," live art performance.

• "The Mad Graffix Crew," visual art installation.

• "Call It Chocolate Cake," dance/performance/art/comedy, presented by Janet Werther.

• "Divas," 3-D digital projections of egos, presented by Intermedia Performance Studio.

• "Voiceless Expression," hip-hop dance.

Music:

• Aidan Baker, Axis of Evil, The Baby Machines, Beta Cloud, Channel, Dick Whiskey, Dorian Grey, Fountainhead, Giants, Global Village Idiots, The Habit, Lazlo Hollyfield, Joe Rozler and Michael Wagner, Last Exit, The Motel Matches, Mr. Ski Mask, The Painkillers, Pat O' Keefe, Red Water, Severely Departed, and Z. Man Zilla and the World's Largest Trio.

For a complete listing of events, venue locations and performance times, visit www.infringebuffalo.org or call the festival hotline at 408-0488.