City
September 30, 2011 3:52 PM
By Sarah Zawadzki:
Looking for a way to spend your Sundays that is both educational and entertaining? Forest Lawn's third annual Sunday in the Cemetery Concert & Lecture Series is all that and more! These events take place on the second Sunday of every month, beginning in October and running through April in Forest Lawn's historic 1882 chapel. They will highlight everything from Buffalo's architecture to its amusement parks, museums, libraries and more - and introduce you to the people who made them possible.
The Concert
City
September 30, 2011 3:05 PM
By Bernice Radle:
Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10am - 4pm
The Solar Homes and Green Buildings Tour is ALMOST HERE. On October 1, 2011 from 10am-4pm, you can go to any building on the list (see below) and learn about their green technologies. The tour is free and open to
food
September 30, 2011 9:50 AM
Amherst Street is coming alive with the smells of fresh brewed coffee, desserts and pastries. Delish! recently opened its doors (see history), allowing visitors to enter into a world filled with all sorts of visual delights. The transformation of the space is incredible - if you didn't know any better you might think that the pastry shop had been there for decades. That's not the case though. Owner Deb Clarke (photo right) has put in countless work
City
September 29, 2011 10:01 AM
We've got every other fest, so why not a Squeezefest? As long as there is a Polka Hall of Fame, we might as well take full advantage of it. Oh yeah... apparently there's a Polka Hall of Fame. Get ready to grind (can you grind when dancing to polka?) to traditional polka beats as they are played by some of the most notorious polka musicians in the nation. Infamous players have come together to form Full Circle, a band that specializes in recreating historic polka tunes from the 50s, 60s and 70s. The Buffalo Concertina Allstars will also be on hand as the inaugural Squeezefest kicks off on October
September 29, 2011 12:15 AM
Oracle Charter School, which is housed in the Goodyear mansion at 888 Delaware Avenue, has begun restoration work on the historic home. Thanks to a $223,664 Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) Grant Award from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, work is well underway on restoration of the school's steel main entrance doors, wooden doors and windows, and the roof of its adjoining carriage house. The carriage house roof work, which began in August, has been completed. The restoration of the windows and doors is scheduled for completion in December 2011.
This
lifestyle
September 28, 2011 3:11 PM
MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss, directed for SUBVERSIVE THEATRE by Kurt Schneiderman:
MARAT/SADE is an epic theatre piece. A play within a play, it is based on historical events. The Marquis de Sade (yes, that Marquis de Sade) was a patient at the Insane Asylum of Charenten in 1808, and had been an inmate there for many years. At Charenten, the Marquis produced many plays enacted by the inmates, all allowed in the name of progressive therapy and performed under the watchful eye of the hospital director, Monsieur Etienne Coulmier.
de Sade did actually
City
September 28, 2011 1:41 PM
Continuing on with our celebration of fall, food and beer, Canalside is getting into the act this weekend as it hosts Buffalo Harbor Oktoberfest on October 1. So far that's our third Oktoberfest option that we've posted, and there are one or two more yet to come. Organizers of the Buffalo Harbor event include the German American Musicians Association (GAM) and Edelweiss of Buffalo. That combo alone insures that there will be plenty of authentic food, music dancing and beer. "We are excited to bring Oktoberfest to Canalside," said Melanie Hachten, spokeswoman for the GAM. "Combining talents,
City
September 27, 2011 2:38 PM
I have not highlighted any of my favorite buildings for a while so I thought I would get back into it with this beauty at the corner of Allen and Delaware. One of the reasons I have done this "favorites" series over the years has been to shine a light on some of the countless great but unheralded buildings throughout Buffalo. Too much focus is given to the big guys like City Hall or the houses of Frank Lloyd Wright with little attention to the importance of the everyday buildings which ultimately are much more important to making up a rich and healthy urban city. Buffalo's architectural
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