A muse is intended to inspire, and this restaurant certainly will encourage one’s own imagination. Playful dishes blur the suggested lines between modern and classic, sweet and savory, and the even the line between food and art. A beautiful complement to one of our city’s greatest treasures, Muse at the Albright-Knox, is a perfect start or end to a day of stirring your senses. Sophisticated and subtle, the ambience of Muse’s space fits the Albright well–modern yet inviting. The restaurant overlooks the Sculpture Garden, with additional seating outside. The walls are decorated with a rotating exhibit to enjoy during a…
Author: Alex Nye
The City of Buffalo along with the National Brownfield Associations (NBA) will host the Third Canadian-U.S. Brownfield Summit (CUBS) conference September 11th and 12th at the Adam’s Mark. “The Buffalo-Niagara Region Goes Green” is the theme of this year’s gathering of 300 brownfield, green build and real estate industry leaders. Brownfields are typically abandoned or underutilized industrial or commercial properties where redevelopment is held back due to the real or perceived presence of environmental hazards. Putting these properties back into productive use provides both environmental and economic benefits. It creates jobs, restores local economies, improves community aesthetics, and cleans up…
The Bassmaster Elite Series returns to Western New York Thursday, July 31st- Sunday, August 3rd for the second summer in a row. Don’t miss this exciting week on Buffalo’s waterfront, as 108 of the world’s top bass anglers compete for over $650,000 on one of the top small mouth bass fisheries in the world. This family friendly week is free to the public and is full of fun waterfront activities for everyone. Known as the “Empire Chase,” an estimated 212 professional and amateur anglers will be competing in the four-day series. The competition is being filmed by ESPN and will…
Richard Kegler is to computer fonts as Indiana Jones is to archeology. Like Indiana Jones, Kegler can make a seemingly humdrum topic like fonts seem extremely interesting. Kegler scrutinizes ancient scripts and historical writings for unusual lettering, which can all be transformed and preserved into digital fonts. When he is not rummaging through texts, Kegler is also the creative director at P22, a “virtual” company in Buffalo that licenses fonts and typefaces to major publishers, in-house designers, and scrap bookers from around the world. You may not know the name P22, but you have seen its fonts. Some of the…