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The other evening I happened to run into Mike Higgins, former fireboat captain of the Edward Cotter, and he shared with me a vision of what The Cotter home could some day l... Continue Reading
In one of CEPA's after school programs, Teaching Artists Amy Meza Luraschi and Curtis Erlinger have been working on an extraordinary postcard project with students from Tapestry High School. Amy and Cutis worked with the 9th grade Tapestry students …
Jump to videoWe're here today with SAMPLE for an inside peek at the recipe and the process used to make another of their delicious and unique cocktails. Today's featured beverage is the Fire Roasted Pineapple Mojito, a tasty and refreshing drink that graces SAMP …
Jump to videoLast week was a big week in film for Buffalo, with the 2nd Annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival (BNFF) bringing a number of films in from abroad to watch alongside our locally made productions. Fresh off an interview with The Shredd and Ragan show o …
Jump to videoBuffalo Rising and Beth and Jerry MacKay of Littleflick Pictures are teaming up this Friday, April 4, for the Buffalo premier of Release the Funny. We'll be at the Market Arcade for a 7:30 show, followed by Q & A with Jerry and Beth, founders of Li …
Jump to videoThe Elmwood Village, recently designated as one of the Ten Best Neighborhoods in America by the American Planning Association, is located in the upper West Side of the City of Buffalo. Over the course of this series, our video camera will follow Elm …
Jump to videoNeeds couches plz.
Jump to storyA heartfelt thank you to those behind Walk Buffalo! When I first worked on a client project in Buffalo a few years ago, I couldn't miss the bright blue Walk Buffalo guidebooks in the rack at the NFTA termin...
Jump to storyProbably if we changed the way we do business in this region and cut the excessive taxes and change our myopic mindset, probably Buffalo would gradually start regrowing population again. This city has a lot ...
Jump to storyi just hope they retain enough zappa personality in the current line up. You gotta have Napoleon Murphy Brock and or Ike Willis.
Jump to storyI'm just glad nobody got hurt in the scrum to grab hold of that paint roller. Since there is no caption (imagine that), just who are the other "community leaders" in the picture"?
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Just Vino @ Granite Works
Regardless of your opinion of the Scientologists across the street from this new wine bar, they've helped clean up the area. At different hours of the day, like bees back to the nest, well groomed young people come in and out the front door, just …
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Just Vino @ Granite Works
This is interesting. In this area of the city, a number of recent projects have been successful (mostly apartments/not as much retail). If this type of establishment is well run, and well financed, it could make it here. If it leads to a little …
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Re-Tree WNY Tree Planting in Full Swing This Weekend
I was pleasantly surprised to see this group put two trees in front of my house (corner lot, one on each side). The volunteers did a great job. One suggestion, I'd drop a flyer with information about the group at any house that receives a tree. …
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Get Behind Buffalo
I'm thinking that Roswell should set up an area for volunteer researchers on the new BNMC. Whenever one of us is about to defend our city (or more generally be concerned about what others think about our city)... we would go to Roswell, and use ou…
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