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WBFO Brief July 30, 2021

In today’s WBFO Brief ... Mumbo sauce! On National Chicken Wing Day, a look at John Young’s claim to developing the chicken wing in Buffalo’s African American community years before The Anchor Bar. If it’s Friday, it’s Theater Talk — today with a look at the new rules on joining the Actors’ Equity union and the dilemma that membership might present for some local actors.

Also, using Disabilities Trivia to teach about the Americans With Disabilities Act, looking at the possibility of mask mandates returning and a Thursday night that returned from COVID to include a live concert presentation at Shea’s, a concert on Fountain Plaza, The BPO, and the start of Buffalo's infringement Festival.

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