City
February 28, 2011 6:08 PM
Research has shown that nearly 50 percent of children in Buffalo who start kindergarten are one or more years behind in reaching developmental benchmarks, putting them at risk of staying behind. Those who struggle with learning often come from low-income families. These children are at high risk of struggling in school, dropping out, having low literacy, and facing chronic unemployment later in life. This cycle continues from generation to generation, perpetuating low literacy and poverty.
For the past three years, Read to Succeed Buffalo has been working to help better prepare children for kindergarten by promoting literacy and reading throughout the city. On March 2, they will be participating in the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America event. This event was developed in 1997 by a small group within the NEA. "Let's create a day to celebrate reading," said group members. "We hold pep rallies to get kids excited about
City
February 28, 2011 9:23 AM
The University at Buffalo will be a key partner in a $7.3 million collaboration that will research the origins of flowers by sequencing the genome of Amborella.
The Amborella is unique species of flower which is only found in one place on earth, the Pacific Islands of New Caledonia. It is an understory shrub or small tree and was shown to be a direct descendant of the common ancestor of all flowering plants. The plant is the single known living species on the earliest branch of the family tree of flowering plants.
The plant is a living fossil and can be used to study the evolution
City
February 27, 2011 2:50 PM
Overall, it's good to see storefronts filling up in popular commercial areas such as Allentown and the Elmwood Village. When a store or restaurant opens, it usually doesn't take long to fill the space. That's why it's especially bothersome that two prime commercial spaces have been vacant for so many years. Yes, there are other examples that sit empty for longer than we would like, but when six years to a decade passes and there is still no signs of activity, and little or no attempts at unloading the property or marketing the space inside, what are we to do?
185 Allen Street has been
lifestyle
February 27, 2011 12:05 PM
Second Chance Sheltering Network, Inc. is an all-volunteer,
not-for-profit animal rescue group serving the Western New York area.
Their goal is to help place homeless animals while simultaneously
helping interested individuals find a new furry companion. Every
Sunday, we will be running a homeless pet spotlight to help these
animals find families.
Byron is a spunky, beautiful black, 5 year old male who came to us from another shelter when they got full. He was not in the best of health when we got him, so we put him in foster care to get better. He
lifestyle
February 26, 2011 9:53 AM
By Amanda McLaughlin:
Covered in bright bubbles in color, the façade of Starlight Studio and Art Gallery building is a work of art in itself. Vibrant swathes of color were a welcome distraction as I stepped out into Buffalo's chilly winter grey air, and as I stopped to look more closely at the Ani Hoover designed façade--wonderfully out of place on Delaware Avenue--I soon realized that painting represented Starlight itself: a mix of the artistically refined and the unconventional. Founded in 2005 by the Learning Disabilities Association of Western New York and
City
February 25, 2011 5:13 PM
By Jeffrey Hartinger:
Unity, the gay-straight alliance of Canisius College, in collaboration with the department of Campus Programming and Leadership Development, will welcome Dustin Lance Black to campus on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Black, an Academy Award winning screenwriter and prominent LGBT activist, will visit the Jesuit institution for a presentation entitled, "Leadership for Equal Rights and Screenwriting Milk."
Black most recently has won an Oscar for writing the screenplay Milk; a 2008 movie which portrays the struggles and untimely death
City
February 24, 2011 6:26 PM
By Sandy Starks:
He wore dark makeup and exotic clothing as he performed his magic tricks. He was the first professional magician to do "gift" shows, where he would give away inexpensive trinkets as door prizes in between magic acts. His audiences in the mid 1850s loved it, and "The Fakir of Ava" as he billed himself became very wealthy.
Join us on March 13 in the chapel at Forest Lawn, 1411 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, at 2:00 p.m. as presenter Charity Vogel, Ph.D., a journalist in Buffalo who writes for national magazines on historical subjects and is completing
lifestyle
February 24, 2011 3:35 PM
What better way to celebrate the city's ever-expanding arts scene than with the Buffalo Arts Studio's Trimania party, an event that continues to get bigger and better over the years?
"The first Trimania was big. The second was huge. The third will be a monster," said organizers of the event back in 2008. With the lineup for this year, number four promises to exceed all expectations. The party will take place on Saturday, March 26 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. inside the Tri-Main Center, located at 2495 Main Street.
The event will have everything you could ask for
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