Sunday March 14th, neighborhood historian and attorney Mark Peszko, and professional photographer Bogdan Fundalinski, will do a presentation about the Black Rock area, from 1 to 3PM, at the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, open to the general public. Black Rock is the oldest part of the City of Buffalo, and Peszko and Bogdan felt it was necessary to archive and preserve the area’s historical past. The upcoming celebrations of the War of 1812 will also bring this area into the limelight, since three major battles were fought in Black Rock. “We had originally planned to do a postcard book, but decided that we have…
Author: AnickaEdwards
Restaurant owners have seen an increase in the price for chicken wings in the last few years. Chicken (especially the throw-away wings) was once so cheap, but the popular demand for it has put pressure on supply for restaurants all over.The more restaurants add wings to their menu the more the prices go up. Does that mean restaurant owners have had to change the menu prices for wings? No local restaurants in Buffalo were willing to talk (hang-ups and no call-backs).However, the demand for chicken wings is causing restaurant and bar owners all over to raise menu prices and threatening to put…
More and more people are realizing that the DIY (Do-it-yourself) movement is really on to something. Making your own books, prints and other objects has a level of gratification that cannot be compared. In tight economic times, making your own gifts can be doubly gratifying. As the art of fine crafts shows (as seen at the recent Burchfield Penney Art Center Exhibit: Art in Craft media), craft can be much more than busy-work for kids. One specific area of craft, the growing book arts community in Buffalo has more resources than ever. Along with the recently announced Just Buffalo “Studio How…