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What is it exactly that makes Sunday brunch in the city so good? I know that there's a Bills game today, but if you're not heading out to a tailgate, what could be better than walking over to the closest neighborhood brunch destination for some good old fashioned cooking?
There's a chill in the air for the first time in a while. Really, I can't remember such a beautiful summer. Not to say that you can't enjoy brunch year 'round, but there's just something special about toss…
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"A contemporary master of midnight ragas, acoustic noise, and finger-picking polysyllables, Ben Chasny doesn't snag as many magazine covers as Devendra Banhart, but there's no doubt the Oakland guitarist is an equally compelling-- albeit more taciturn personality. For starters, Chasny overlaps his Six Organs of Admittance moniker's Buddhist origins with paganism, astral projections, prophetic dreams, surrealism, and a reverence for outsider folk masters. Then, of course…
saturday october 8th 2005
Disability Film and Speaker's Series
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Introducing the first annual Disability Film and Speaker's Series. This series takes place at 7:00 p.m. every Thursday night in October at the Dipson Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in downtown Buffalo, NY. The films focus on disability history and culture and are intended to educate viewers about disability and challenge stereotypes. Their speakers consist of filmmakers, disability studies professors, activists, and his…
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Megan Weaver and Nadejda Petrova, along with Artefakt Magazine and Buffalo Rising, will be hosting a public panel discussion and gathering, titled The Business of Art, at Pearl Street Grill & Brewery on October 27th, 2005, 5-10pm.
Participating panelists include Ed Cardoni, Executive Director of Hallwalls; Celeste Lawson, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Buffalo and Erie County; Marilee Keller, 2003-2005 Chair of the Collec…
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Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's Autumn Beach Sweep, a major volunteer cleanup of shoreline sites throughout Western New York, yielded tons of trash as well as some interesting items including a 1974 time capsule. The tally of trash has just been compiled from the September event. A total of 759 volunteers signed up for this year's event, more than doubling last year's total. Thirty sites along the Buffalo and Niagara rivers and smaller streams in the region were scoured. Over 7 tons of trash was collected filling approximately 1000 trash bags. Individuals came solo or participated in family groups or as members of organizations such as the League of Women Voters, WNY Windsurfing Association, Nichols School, Houghton College, Buffalo State's NYPIRG, Y&C Paddlers an…
friday october 7th 2005
Cooltown Studios Digs Buffalo Rising Online
George Johnson
Cooltown Studios (based in Washington, DC) designs and invests in next gen urban neighborhoods. They link 40$M in investment capital with proven, innovative developers who want to set a new standard for quality and innovation in real estate development.
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But isn't he always? Marks seems to have a new Allentown Restaurant in the works. When this guy puts his mind to a project, you can be sure that something good is on the way. Mark has seen the future. The future of Allentown that is. What is the future of Allentown? Well, as far as the business district goes, Mark envisions an increased interest in the historical value of the neighborhood. Not just the architecture, but the history of the neighborhood. Allentown has something that is unique in Buffalo. It has a certain 'character' that can only be understood and appreciated by spending some time there. If you ever find yourself in this part of Buffalo, park your car and wander around all the beautiful side streets that make up Allentown. There you will find artist…
Cynnie Gaasch
University at Buffalo Architecture students joined professor Brad Wales for a walk through of the neighborhood for their next SMALL BUILT WORKS PROJECT last week. The students will work with the West Side Community Collaborativeis Greening Collaborative on architectural elements for Massachusetts Avenue and Rhode Island Street. The students joined area residents Jeff Brennan and Cynnie Gaasch on a tour of a twelve-block loop that will be the focus of the project. The group is talking planters for corners and furniture and light posts for a park on the corner of 18th Street. The University at Buffalo won The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) this year for iWest Side Streetscape/ Small Built Works Project.i We canit wait to see what happe…
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Violinist Chee-Yunis combination of flawless technique, beautiful tone and compelling musical temperament has quickly captured the attention of the music world. Her brilliant artistry has been shared with audiences and praised by critics on five continents.
Career highlights include appearances at the Kennedy Centeris iSalute to Slavai gala honoring its departing Music Director, Mstislav Rostropovich, the Mostly Mozart Festival including the orchestrais tour to Japan, the Pacific Music Festival in a premiere of Lou Harrisonis Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, the inaugural concert at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in New York City and a performance with Michael Tilson Thomas in the inaugural season of Carnegie Hallis Zankel Hall and the US premiere of the Pende…
