Huewayne Watson
ValoreBooks has changed its name to Bucks4Books, and with that change, it continues to bring new and innovative ways to make it easier, less time consuming and more profitable for college students to sell back their text books. The Buffalo based company was founded in 2002 by a group of Western New York college students looking for a better alternative to on-campus bookstores.
Staying true to their slogan “A Refreshing Text Book Experience,” Bucks4Books made it their mission to provide students with many key advantages to the buyback experience. After having to wait on long lines, many on-campus bookstores often turn students away if their books are no longer being used by a professor at their school. However, Bucks4Books has the ability to buy them back since it is likely that some other professor at another college may still be using the book.
No matter where a student buys a book, they can sell it back to any Bucks4Books location; they even accept video games and graphing calc…
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saturday november 22nd 2008
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center Opens Minds
queenseyes
Earlier today we took our first walk through the brand new Burchfield-Penney Art Center. By the end of the visit I must say that I was a bit disappointed. Why? Because after walking through the entire complex, I found myself wishing that I had gone to the membership gala the night before. That was when thousands of members/supporters came together to revel in the glory that is The Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
The art center experience certainly lives up to all the hype that has been building for the last couple of years. From the sweet time-lapse video show that greets each visitor, to the 'flower blobs bloom' room, the 31-hour (straight) grand opening is a multicultural and ageless showing of art, space and time. It's a modern day journey through the work of regional artists the likes of no other. Around every corner there are sights and sounds presented in a 'real live' form…
Elena Cala Buscarino
This past July, the East Delavan Branch of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library was given a grant of more than $133,000 from the Josephine Goodyear Foundation to help improve literacy rates in the area as part of the Read to Succeed Buffalo Literacy Coalition campaign.
Organized by Good Schools for All, a program of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, the goal of the grant and its resultant programs is to achieve a 100 percent literacy rate in the City of Buffalo. This adds a much-needed service to this East Side area that encompasses the 14215 zip code.
This particular area has a high incidence of families and individuals who are in need of assistance with food costs and medical care, as well as a concentration of predatory lenders and other business that take a…
buffalorising
Almost nothing incites a turf war on Buffalo Rising like The City vs. The Burbs talk (unless, of course, the topic happens to be Classic Art vs. Modern, or Casino vs. No Casino, or anything to do with the Peace Bridge and trolls).
Therefore, we enjoyed this little parody from the Onion that pokes fun at the 'burbs, but at the same time takes a look at what might be a haughty attitude held by city dwellers in respect to the suburbs.
This piece pushes stereotype to the max in a tongue-in-cheek look at a family that was "Found Alive in Suburbs". Excerpt: To protect themselves from the elements, the Holsapples fashioned a three-bedroom, ranch-style lean-to with brick facing and white aluminum siding.
Way over the top, we simply had to share it. Think of it as your urban adult Saturday morning cartoon.
buffalorising
Toot toot! Everyone get on board at BECHS for Train Day! This annual event is set to take place the Friday after Thanksgiving, giving families an alternative activity to shopping or sitting around eating turkey sandwiches. Come on out and see a very impressive train display as well as other train-themed family activities. You don’t have to be a train enthusiast to have some great fun and to learn something about model trains.
Train Day marks the beginning of the holiday run of the “Rail Barons” display. The display has over 200 feet of track, a scale Erie Canal lock, a hundred different buildings showcasing the Buffalo and WNY area of the 19th century, and model trains in the style of 1900s replicas. This miniature city will put Thomas the Tank Engine to shame and really thrill the kids as they watch it travel down the tracks.
Guests will get to enjoy the display and acti…
West Coast Perspective
Pity the bench. Home to pigeon feeders, transit riders, vagrants and failing athletes, the bench gets a bad rap. But as street furniture, it serves a useful purpose. The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume recently gave city street benches some overdue love.
friday november 21st 2008
BR Classifieds: Waterfront Townhouse for Rent
BlueDevil
Every now and then, we'll feature an ad from our Buffalo classifieds listings here on the homepage. Today, the focus is an ad for a beautiful waterfront townhouse for rent.
According to the posting, the 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhouse comes fully furnished with a fireplace, a 2 car garage, and, of course, great views.
If you're interested, check out the full listing and contact the seller.
queenseyes
Do you know a Buffalonian who now lives in Charlotte? Do you know someone who is moving back to Buffalo from Charlotte? What are your thoughts on the city? Good feelings? Bad feelings? It was as recent as 2007 that some reporters in Charlotte decided to conduct a study to find out where many of its new residents had come from. Buffalo, it turned out, was a surprisingly large source of transplants considering that it's a mid-sized city. With so many Buffalonians living in Charlotte, the city's NPR radio station, 90.7FM, wanted to air a series on the phenomenon. Reporter Scott Graf decided to poke around in order to find out what brought so many Buffalonians to Charlotte. Were they happy living away from Buffalo? Did they miss their hometown? Were they sticking around or heading back home?
In this on air series, Scott talks to …
Elena Cala Buscarino
After all of these news sources reported that Clinton had accepted the secretary of state position, the attached press release came out of her office.
It was reported as recently as this afternoon that nothing would be decided until after Thanksgiving, but then the rash of news alerts poured in saying that it was a done deal.
I suppose we'll know soon enough, but in the meanwhile the speculation continues. Don't let that stop you from commenting on the ramifications such a move could have on Buffalo.
Elena Cala Buscarino
The New York Times has reported that Hillary Clinton was offered the secretary of state position by President-elect Barak Obama, and she has accepted.
What does this mean to Buffalo? This past week, Eileen Buckley of WBFO interviewed both Mayor Byron Brown and Congressman Brian Higgins about the "ifs" involved in Clinton's move to secretary of state. It's been rumored that if she did accept the nod, Brown or Higgins would move to her senatorial seat.
Brown was guarded in the interview with Buckley, saying that he'd listen "if [Governor Paterson] calls," but that he had no plans to make the leap out of Buffalo and back to a Senate seat, this time representing the United States, rather than New York. Higgins, on the other hand, answered th…
