The Liberty Hound has teamed up with The Good Neighborhood to bring a jam-packed live music series to the waterfront this summer - 65 performances total. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, fans of the waterfront and great regional music will convene waterside to tune into the sounds of top-notch bands and musical talents. "The weather (for the most part) is now driving Buffalonians to our waterfront, and we've got one of the best spots to enjoy great food - especially seafood - along with drinks and live music to go with the breeze and view from our patio," said Liberty Hound co-owner

Construction will soon be underway on The Iron Works, a live music club planned for Illinois Street.  The club and building is owned by a partnership that includes Trettel, developer Sam Savarino and Savarino's partners in Lagerhaus 95, Ed Plata and Dan Mania.  Building permits were pulled on Tuesday.  The goal is to have the club up and running for at least half of the summer season.

The two-story property at 49 Illinois Street behind First Niagara Center will feature live music at least five nights a week and host local and national acts. The club will also be open

The first residents at Bethune Lofts are expected in mid-July.  Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation is spending $15 million to convert an industrial turned educational complex at 2917 Main Street in to 87 market rate loft apartments. The building is adjacent to Bennett High School and one block from the LaSalle light rail station.

With heavy construction completed, construction crews are busy putting the finishing touches on the building's common areas and unit finishes.  The building's façade,

"FOUR LITTLE GIRLS: Birmingham 1963"Written by Christina HamDirected by Kelly BeuthFeaturing student actors of Buffalo's Performing Arts High School.
Reviewed by Jeff Wilber:
It was HOT last night!  The last place I wanted to be was in a stuffy, hotter, little black box theater with no A/C and very little ventilation watching some high-school kids perform.  But my wife, in her infinite wisdom, coerced me by promising ice cream

There's a push in the Queen City by the Lake to get a new board game off the ground, and brother and sister team Alex (Boston) and Rachel DiNunzio (Buffalo) are close to raising the necessary funds to The Breakup Game to take their dream from concept to reality. Their company, Xander Gaming, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to attract enough pledge supporters so that they can manufacture the product, and the last time that I took a look they only needed to raise an additional

As other parts of the city continue to reinvent commercial districts, there is a growing number of people rethinking the future of Chippewa - restaurateurs who want to see the street as an up-and-coming anchor in the city, not just for partiers, but for people who have an appreciation for good food and tasteful atmosphere. At this moment, four partners are planning an overhaul of the former Bayou, and are investing a considerable amount of money to not only change the image of the building, but the entire block. The team of /var/www/vhosts/buffalorising.com/httpdocs/index.html

A BRO reader sent me link to the Somerville PorchFest event, hoping that someone would see it as a good fit for Buffalo, and roll it out in the future. After taking a look at the logistics, I believe that our reader might be onto something. Basically, PorchFest sounds like a great way to get live music out onto the streets of Buffalo... with musicians playing from their porches. Not only does Buffalo have some incredible musicians, there are also a ton of sweet porches (right Steel?). The following is a description of the event, as seen on the PorchFest

List your band members and the instruments that they play. 
Andrew J. Reimers: Vocals, Acoustic GuitarKatie Panfil: Vocals, Fiddle, MandolinJosh Mullin: Drums, VocalsEric Rovner: Electric GuitarJames Warren: Bass Guitar
What is the name of your group?
Long version - The Andrew J. Reimers Country-Punk Extravaganza!Short version - The CPX
How did the name of the band come about? When did it form?
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One of downtown's biggest boosters will soon be calling it 'home.'  Architect Steve Carmina, a principal at architecture, engineering and design firm Carmina Wood Morris, is purchasing a commercial building on Roosevelt Square to convert it into commercial space and his residence.

Steve and his wife  Brenda are ditching their suburban home for something he is deeply involved in- repurposing an historic building.  Carmina has 9 Genesee Street under contract and received Buffalo Planning Board and Preservation Board approvals for his redevelopment

Starting next week, Tuesday May 28, Larkinville will be launching Food Truck Tuesdays (5-8pm). This is a great initiative being taken by district promoters - the food trucks are an important piece of the Buffalo summertime mix, and given the amazing grounds at Larkin Square, visitors will be able to grab some of their favorite foods, and then sit down and relax at myriad recreational spots. People will also have an opportunity to grab a beer or a wine to go with their food truck favorites. "We enjoy hosting Buffalo's beloved food trucks in Larkinville, and it'll be fun to have so many

Moments ago I received and email from William (Bill) Kresse, Principal City Honors School, notifying me that the first of the Woodson Houses has been demolished, and that the rest of the units will come down within a month's time (learn more).
Along with the news of the demolition, Bill also relayed some of his thoughts regarding the need for the return of Fosdick Field to the school. "My perspective is that this is coming from the ingrained assumption that city kids should

If you were to host a clam bake on the waterfront, with live music and dinner included, there's no better location than at the West Side Rowing Club (WSRC). On Saturday, June 29th from 4:00pm to 9:30pm, Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) will be celebrating its ten year anniversary by throwing a clam bake at one of the most scenic and sought after locations in Buffalo - the front lawn of the rowing club, overlooking the mouth of the Niagara Rivera, with the Peace Bridge as the backdrop. 
The time range of the party means that guests will be able

By Ann Marie Trietley, Music Columnist:
On Thursday May 30, DBGB's will host the #RapperProblems tour, featuring Dao Jones of Saratoga Springs, accompanied by AirlineJay, A.M.J, Austin and Nick Lyon. DBGB's has hosted a variety of up-and-coming hip-hop acts to date, and the #RapperProblems evening will highlight a group currently on tour from Philly to NYC. I spoke with 25-year-old Dao Jones, aka Cole King, about his latest projects and his outlook on today's music scene.
BR: Can you tell me about your latest release, "Dao

Buffalo booster Michael Farrell, along with Erie Community College and its students, has been working hard on beautification efforts on a long-abandoned park in downtown Buffalo. Once the site of a functioning water feature, Fireman's Park eventually suffered from lack of care, and became a symbol of much of the disinvestment in the surrounding area. Today Downtown Buffalo is shaping up, and thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of students, the park is being transformed into a place where the business community, residents and visitors to

List your band members and the instruments that they play. 
Jon Nelson - Director / Trumpet (interviewee)Tim Clarke - TrumpetLázara Nelson - ViolinJonathan Lombardo - TromboneSteve Baczkowski - SaxophoneJeff McLeod - GuitarWilliam Louden - KeyboardsMichael Wagner - BassTom Kolor - PercussionMatthew Felski - Drums
How did the name of the band come about? When did it form?
I founded the Genkin

Uniland Development Company and Catholic Health officials will be at the June 4 Planning Board meeting seeking permission to add over 200 additional parking spaces at the health organization's administrative center under construction at Genesee and Oak streets.  
Catholic Health is consolidating 700 employees into the new building that will be owned by Uniland and leased to Catholic Health.  Each office floor of the six-story building will have approximately

Preservation Buffalo Niagara is recognizing outstanding preservation projects and those contributing to preservation efforts at its annual awards ceremony May 31, 11:30 AM at Kleinhans Music Hall.  Buffalo Rising will profile this year's winners leading up to the event. 
The Hotel Lafayette is a seven-story steel frame and concrete building designed in the French Renaissance style and constructed in several phases with five major periods of significance.  The principle building, characterized by red brick with off-white terra cotta detailing above

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA) on Monday gave unanimous support for Ellicott Development's plan to overhaul the long-vacant Fairmont Creamery Co. building at 199 Scott Street.  Built in 1920, the eight-story structure was most recently used by the Arctic Freezer Company for storage as a refrigerated storage site for Rich Product Corp.  It has sat idle for the past two decades.
Easily seen from the I-190, the building still has the "Coffee Rich" logo painted on one side. The 5277 Group, a subsidiary of Ellicott Development, plans a

Once again, The Foundry continues to beat the drum for artisans all over the city. It also continues to show proof positive that with the right mix of forward-thinking ingenuity and talent, we can do just about anything, anywhere. The Foundry has rallied the community to its doorstep, and brought together some of the most clever people to explore co-working habitat relationships that range from bike building to guitar making. 
If you want to see an inspirational promotional tool that says it all, check out the video below. If you think that you've got a proficient grasp

We've all seen the once tacky, now kitsch pink flamingo lawn ornaments that have dotted Western New York front lawns in years past. In fact, I bet that there are still a few fans out there who have a pink flamingo or two planted firmly into their lawns. For the lovers of all-things-kitsch and Buffalo history, check out what the gang at Broadway-Fillmore Alive (BFA) is up to. Christopher Byrd and friends are bringing back the pink flamingo, but instead of decorating