City
October 31, 2010 9:46 AM
On Saturday, November 13, the city of Buffalo will be showing New York City its party potential with the Fourth Annual Party to benefit Buffalo's neighborhoods, hosted by People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH). PUSH will be taking the big city by storm with this tailgate party in Times Square.
The party will be a celebration of Buffalo's culture and all the positive things happening in the city's neighborhoods this year. PUSH will also be honoring Buffalo Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion Bobsledder Steve Mesler. A dinner date with Mesler will be one of
lifestyle
October 31, 2010 9:21 AM
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Ann Kling:
One night in modern Britain, a man named Jack murders a father, mother and a little girl. But the baby boy of the family escapes. He toddles his way to the local graveyard where he is rescued and then taken in by a childless ghost couple, the Owens, who allow him to live in their tomb. Nobody Owens (Bod for short) spends his childhood in the graveyard with the ghosts from many eras, and a guardian, a benevolent creature of the night who brings him food, clothes, and books from outside the graveyard.
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lifestyle
October 30, 2010 3:24 PM
By Seamus Gallivan:
Tonight is a special night in The Good Neighborhood and for anyone else who's a sucker for a homecoming. The Sportsmens Tavern will host a birthday show for Lake Shore High School grad and current Nashville resident Chris Nathan, a budding soul sensation bound to break out and bring Buffalo with him.
The singer/songwriter and die-hard Sabres fan will perform an intimate set accompanied only by ace Buffalo drummer Jeff Schaller - no word on whether or not Jeffro will be playing his Blue & Gold Sabres drum kit, but the two are definitely developing
lifestyle
October 30, 2010 3:13 PM
By Greg Genco:
These two bands share not only an affinity with a particular color but also with spacey esoteric sounds commonly referred to as psychedelic rock. Black Mountain hailing from Vancouver come down more on the heavy side of things as they channel Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
The Black Angels, representing Austin, Texas employ more drones and effects conjuring The Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, and The 13th Floor Elevators. In fact, the band recorded and toured with legendary 13th Floor Elevators' leader Roky Erickson in 2008.
Tonight's show,
lifestyle
October 30, 2010 11:28 AM
If you're going to attend a super creepy Halloween party, then you might as well go to one in a location that's super haunted. It's a widely know fact that the Town Ballroom is notorious for sending cold chills down many visitor's spine. Don't believe the visitors? Then ask the ghost hunters who continue to explore every last detail of the historic building looking for clues as to what makes the place go 'bump' in the night. Each year the in-house ghosts are treated with hoards of characters around Halloween, making for one of the best costume parties of the year. That party is tonight!
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lifestyle
October 29, 2010 11:26 AM
By Fun Al:
Years ago, in days gone by, when our younger selves could tear it up like no one's business, there was a party of lore. Tom Slyvan and Jason Mang held a Halloween house party that rivaled none. Huge in scope, laden with debauchery of the highest level, and more often than not, the center of local law enforcement's attention.
Sadly, we have begun to age to the point where it is no longer fun nor amusing to have to repair the dry wall for the 14th time after a guest 'mistakenly' put his or her head through it. Thus, the party was moved to a larger, more public
City
October 29, 2010 8:45 AM
By Gwen Ito:
The year was 1954. Buffalo Seminary, an all-girls high school located on Bidwell Parkway, had just purchased the John D. Larkin Estate on the corner of Forest Avenue and Lincoln Parkway. Within months, the back yard to the 1915 mansion was transformed into a playing field for competitive sports, including field hockey and soccer. A quote from the school's publication that year summed up the significance of the acquisition: "This field will be wonderful for the students, especially for those who have had to deal in the past with slopes, ruts and mud holes. At last
College
October 29, 2010 7:56 AM
On Saturday, October 30, the Bulger Communication Center at Buffalo State College will be hosting the Buffalo premier of GASLAND, a film by Josh Fox.
The film, which won the Special Jury Prize for Best U.S. Documentary Feature at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, chronicles journey of filmmaker Fox as he uncovers the truth behind the natural gas-drilling industry and the new hydraulic fracturing drilling technology developed by Haliburton known as "fracking." Fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals under high pressure into a drilled
lifestyle
October 28, 2010 6:00 PM
Shea's Performing Arts Center is welcoming all literacy advocates to join them for a "novel" event on Thursday, November 4.
The "Cocktails in Character" fundraiser, presented by M&T Bank, will bring together Buffalo's book lovers to help support Literacy Volunteers in Buffalo & Erie County. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. and run until 8 p.m.
Several literary figures will be making an appearance at the theater. Amongst them will be Scarlett O'Hara, the Cat in the Hat, Zorro, Dracula, Clifford the Dog, Long John Silver, Cleopatra, Alice and the Queen
City
October 28, 2010 1:37 PM
There's an important message that needs to be sent to the DEC by the people of Buffalo. To those who would stand to make the big bucks while causing environmental turmoil, and putting people's health at risk, the message is, "This is NOT acceptable." Join protesters after work today (4pm) at 270 Michigan Avenue (corner of Seneca Street) to demand that the DEC not endorse the practice of deep well hydrofracking.
Not only does hydrofracking involve mixing millions of gallons of water with over 500 different chemicals that endanger our drinking water, it has also recently been reported
lifestyle
October 28, 2010 11:02 AM
The Good Neighborhood's inaugural Monster Mashup is set to smoke Nietzsche's tonight at 8:00pm with two threesomes, one performing and the other benefiting - performing are Critt's Juke Joint, Lazlo Hollyfeld & Sonny Baker, and DJs Cutler & LoPro, all in musical costumes; and benefiting are Buffalo First!, Buffalo CarShare, and Heart of the City Neighborhoods, who have united to launch the People's Party.
It's a busy bill built to kill, and tear up the stage they surely will. There are a lotta heads committed to making this a blast for all - it came together something like this...
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