For the fourth year running, block clubs on the West Side have put together a ‘Festival of Lights’. Between now and January 6th, households from Richmond to the Peace Bridge get in the holiday spirit and participate in a friendly competition to see who can make their houses look the most festive. Neighborhood and celebrity judges tour the neighborhoods in December assigning points in categories such as most creative, most thematic and most unique. Last year they even had categories for best use of LED lights, and most environmentally friendly display.
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By Mindweb:Tomorrow night, November 26 from 6pm-11pm, 464 Gallery is hosting a benefit event for Tony Lorenzo, victim of the recent shooting. Tony is the son of 464 Gallery’s friend and former member Caroline Bronckers, a great photographer and person who is now in need of our help in preparing her home to take care of her son who has been paralyzed by this senseless crime. Please join us to help support a friend and neighbor! We will be hosting an art auction and gift raffle to help benefit the family in this time of need. We will also have artwork…
By Andrew Delmonte: Shopping smart is more than finding the best deals or scoping out the fastest checkout line. It’s making smart choices with the money you spend, and being aware of where it goes after leaving your wallet. People in Western New York spend a lot of time debating “economic development” and the big, strategic policies necessary to bring money to our region. They do so while swiping credit cards at big-box bookstores, or sipping cups of coffee at national chains, completely oblivious of the fact that they can take economic development into their own hands. Consider this: a study conducted by…
By Sarah Zawadzki:Gilda’s Club Western New York is hosting its annual Gingerbread…Gifts…Glitz event. The event runs from December 1-4 and will be held at the Gilda’s Club clubhouse located at 1140 Delaware Avenue, corner of West Ferry, in Buffalo. The Gingerbread….Gifts…Glitz event kicks off with a preview cocktail party on Thursday, December 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cocktail party will have a special preview of over 20 local artists who will be selling jewelry, pottery, photography, Buffalo-themed gifts, and more! These artists generously donate 20% of their profits to Gilda’s Club Western New York. The tickets for the…
By Mike Farrell:Despite generations of acquired wisdom, life can still host a repetition of poor decisions.Whether it’s to drink a fifth of Canadian whiskey out of fruit bowl or lose a Bob Dylan song in the embers of a torched relationship, children have been ignoring their parents’ advice against such acts for generations. They’ve heard stories of pain, stupidity or regret, then proceed to make the exact same mistake in the exact same situation. After enough of these experiences, though, enlightenment can set in. Teenagers or young adults will leave the Crown Royal on the counter or save every lyric…
Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) has nominated the Erie Freight House to be designated a City of Buffalo landmark. According to PBN executive director Henry McCartney, “The Erie Freight House is an extremely significant building on the Buffalo River, a rare survivor of Buffalo’s early industrial heritage that is incredibly important to our city.” Local preservation officials have been scrambling to save the condemned structure as rumors were flying that a buyer that has the site under contract was looking to demolish the building. That turned out to be untrue. The potential purchaser, not ready to go public, is said to…
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement ordering Samuel Kurz and Central Park Plaza, LLC, the Brooklyn-based owners of Central Park Plaza, to clean up the property that has become a dangerous blight in the heart of a Buffalo community. The 19-acre blighted property has been a neighborhood nuisance for many years. Located at 129 Holden Street, Central Park Plaza was once a thriving property with many commercial tenants, but as a result of the failure of its owners to maintain the site, the tenants left and it has become a haven for criminals who engage in dog…
Retail shopping, live entertainment, community events, culinary festival and Western New York’s largest holiday ice skating rink set the stage for 37-day event The region’s biggest holiday spectacle in a generation, the inaugural Niagara Holiday Market will be a 37-day winter wonderland in Niagara Falls, New York; opening on Friday, November 25 and running through New Year’s Day 2012. The Market is aiming to be on par with the memorable shopping destinations of Europe’s Christkindlmarkets and retail arcades. “We are thrilled to create a world-class attraction and economic development beacon built upon inspired entertainment, merchants, and experiences from the region…
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Taylor Harding:Clive Barker — synonymous with horror and all things nightmarish — started a new project in 2002. Barker wrote a young adult novel called Abarat. It is not a light whimsical tale but it is as close to it as anything that Clive Barker has written. It is a tale of a young girl, Candy, who hates her small, middle-American town. Yet, she is transported by a key to a world where hers was the past and there are islands that represent each hour of the day. There, she encounters creatures…
Tonight from 7-11pm, the Guerilla Gallery is hosting an event for a local art project featuring portraits of some of Buffalo’s tattoo society. There will be food and musical entertainment provided by DJ Keith Harrington (PROJEX). Buffalo Brands is a local art project featuring the portraits of some of Buffalo’s tattoo society. It is an expose of skin art culture revealing style, community, rebellion and flesh fashion. The project attempts to portray a sneak peak into the art under peoples’ clothing from every walk of life and across Buffalo’s vast neighborhoods. The art book with close to 100 portraits will be…