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Leaning into Fantasy with River
Welcome to the world of fantasy with Freshman Media Communications major, River. Each week they will immerse you in a new world with...

River P
Oct 4, 20244 min read
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Poetry Post: Lavaya Taylor
Lavaya Taylor is a Senior Instrumental Major with a specialty in Bass Clarinet. She has a passion for poetry and reading. She finds...

Lavaya Taylor
May 8, 20241 min read
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Arts on the Wire Interview Exclusive with Aitina Fareed-Cooke
Junior Alana Costner, theater major, sat down with Buffalo's iconic Poet Laureate, Aitina Fareed-Cooke also known as A.I. The Anomaly to...

Alana Costner
May 7, 20241 min read
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Poetry Post: Lavaya Taylor
Lavaya Taylor is a Senior Instrumental Major with a specialty in Bass Clarinet. She has a passion for poetry and reading. She finds...

Lavaya Taylor
Mar 25, 20241 min read
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Alternate Universe OC's with Al
About the Author: Al is a creative kid. They can be seen drawing, writing, and daydreaming. You wouldn’t be shocked if Al suddenly starts...

Atticus Zulawski
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Comic Corner: Shadow Agency - File A24
Welcome to our Comic Corner with 7th grader Luke S. This week's comic is from a whole new world, the Shadow Agency! Listen to Luke: This...
Luke S
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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Turning Visions into Reality with Aniyah Carter
Aniyah is a Junior Media Communications major with a specialty is photography. She has her own website dedicated to her photography and...

Aniyah Carter
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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Comic Corner: Indiana Joe Leap of Faith Part 2
Welcome to our Comic Corner with 7th grader Luke S. This week's comic is part two of two about Indiana Joe and the Leap of Faith! Listen...
Luke S
Dec 21, 20231 min read
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Comic Corner: Crush
This week's comic is from Freshman Media Communications major, Nailea Garcia-Calderon. News for Nailea: My comic "Crush" is a short comic...
Nailea Garcia-Calderon
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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Comic Corner: Buggin' Out
This week's comic is brought to you from Freshman Media Communications major, Atticus Zulawski. As per Atticus: My comic is about a woman...

Atticus Zulawski
Dec 12, 20231 min read
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Comic Corner - Indiana Joe: Leap of Faith Part 1
Welcome to our Comic Corner with 7th grader Luke S. This week's comic is part one of two about Indiana Joe and the Leap of Faith! Listen...
Luke S
Dec 3, 20231 min read
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BAND Against Bullying 2023 Feature
Join Junior theatre majors, Alana Costner and Briah Burney as they experience and interview participants of BAND Against Bullying at UB's...

Alana Costner
Dec 2, 20231 min read
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Comic Corner - Indiana Joe: Jungle Teaser
Welcome to our Comic Corner with 7th grader Luke S. This week's comic is a teaser for the Jungle edition of Indiana Joe. Listen to Luke:...
Luke S
Nov 3, 20231 min read
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Hands Up Black Man by Lavaya Taylor
My name is Lavaya Taylor and I'm a Senior music major. I made this poster for my Studio in Media Arts with Mr. Riffel. The piece is...

Lavaya Taylor
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Comic Corner - Indiana Joe: Volume 1
Welcome to our Comic Corner with 7th grader Luke S! You may recognize him from the video on the Wellness Fair as the lead reporter and...
Luke S
Oct 14, 20231 min read
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Captivated C: New Release Alert!
Captivated C (BAVPA class of 2023) just dropped her latest music video for her smash hit "Gravity Falls" which was filmed right here in...

Chy'Ana
Oct 11, 20231 min read
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Through the Lens with Nabiha
From the camera of Junior Media Communications major, Nabiha: These are pictures I took of Miss Glorioso, one of our Media Communications...

Nabiha
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Through the Lens with Nabiha
From the camera of Junior Media Communications major, Nabiha: These photos are of my bird at home. My mom named him "Moina" which means...

Nabiha
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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Women's History Month - Creative Writing Contest Winner
March is Women's History Month and at BAVPA, we celebrated our first Creative Writing Contest sponsored by Arts on the Wire and generous...

Isabella Lamberty
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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Creative Writing Corner - 7th Edition
This week's fictional short story is by Benjamin Munson-Ellis, a 10th grade Media Communications major. Ben’s Story: I wrote this because...

Benjamin Munson-Ellis
Apr 27, 20234 min read
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