Small Rooms, Big Nights: Let's Keep Buffalo's Intimate Venues Going

Buffalo’s small venues are getting a spotlight as a series of closures and openings reshape the city’s live-music and arts scene. The article notes the reopening of Mohawk Place, bought by musician and businessman Samuel Marabella, which is now open daily with food, a jukebox, a pool table, and weekly performances including Jony James on Saturdays and the Damone Jackson Outcome on Tuesday nights. Nearby, Community Beer Works, Thin Man Brewery, and Smoldered Society Beer Company have shut their Chandler Street operations, citing years of losses, reduced craft-beer demand, higher costs, changing habits, and distribution challenges. It also profiles Compass Performing Arts, Jack Rabbit, Springville Center for the Arts, Art’s Cafe, and PAUSA Art House.