Metaphoric Power of Art
Join Manya Fabiniak and Tony Billoni for an engaging art gallery experience that will allow you to use the metaphoric power of art to expand your own creative power by engaging your mind and heart. Manya will begin the evening by exploring several dynamic works in the current Extreme Abstraction exhibition at the AKAG. Drawing your attention to various details, she will illustrate that the very challenges we experience in our lives are totally similar to the process of creating a thoughtful work of art. Tony will then lead participants in a deliberate process that will transform a tour of the art museum into an opportunity to discover fresh new ideas that can serve a personal challenge. To conclude all participants will gather together with Manya and Tony to share experiences and outcomes.
Friday, September 30, 7pm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery - 1285 Elmwood Avenue - Elmwood Aveenue Entrance. This event is part of Gusto Fridays At the Gallery and is free to the public.

As we mentioned in our previous post, we’re in the process of changing the Buffalo Rising site. We’re almost there as we expect to launch the new site on Friday, December 19th.
In the meantime, posting will be light as we log new stories in the new publishing system which will only be viewable when we launch on Friday.
As always, we appreciate our users’ patience as we make this transition but we promise it will be well worth it. With faster load times, a comment view …
Caroline Kennedy was in town for a visit with our mayor yesterday. A possible choice to succeed US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kennedy's name has been mentioned along with that of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo) and our own Byron Brown, among others.
Certainly, Kennedy has "been around politics" all of her life, which is to say she was born into a family of politicos and lived in the White House--neither of which would necessarily f …
Free light rail rides on downtown's above ground section could be derailed thanks to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's budget mess. That is the news coming out of a Buffalo Place meeting this morning. Facing a budget shortfall and reduced State operating assistance, the NFTA is scrambling for new revenue sources and is contemplating charging for rides along the lengthy downtown pedestrian mall.
Well it is Christmas time in the city and the NFTA helped put people and especially children into the mood in a very festive and fun way. One of my favorite memories of childhood was taking the train downtown with my grandfather. I would gaze out the windows and watch the tunnel speed by. It always felt like we were going a million miles an hour.
Then there was the ability to stand up and walk around during the ride without the need to be strapped down. It was always a fun time … 



