Just in time for its 30th anniversary, the Buffalo Irish Festival has found a new home at the Statler Hotel.The festival was first held in 1982 at Weimer’s Grove in Lancaster as a celebration of Irish heritage and the history of the Irish community in Buffalo. After spending 20 consecutive years in Lancaster, the festival was moved to the festival grounds at the pier on the city’s Outer Harbor. In 2005, organizers had to relocate once again when “big things” were slated to start developing at the harbor, so the festival headed to the Hamburg Fairgrounds from 2006-2010. After struggling…
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North Buffalo has finally started blooming just in time for the Parkside Community Association’s 13th annual tour of homes.This tour takes guests on a trip throughout the residential area bordering the Buffalo Zoo and Frederick Law Olmsted’s Delaware Park. This year, 10 homes will be showcased, along with two local churches. The tour will start at the Church of the Good Shepherd on the corner of Jewett Parkway and Summit Avenue. It will continue through the neighborhood homes and will even include a look into the Darwin Martin House Complex. Visitors will be able to get a firsthand look at…
The Theatre of Youth will be bringing a band of pirates to Allentown to celebrate the opening of “How I Became A Pirate” on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m. The play will also be shown during matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through May 22. There will be a special brunch held at the Quaker Bonnet Eatery on Sunday, May 15 for families to meet the cast of the show. The brunch will feature a pirate-themed menu of Pirate Pancakes, Scallywag Scramble, Plank Potatoes, Shipshape Salad, Sandy-wich, Grog (green orange juice), Pirate Poison (blue milk) and Sea…
With the National Preservation Conference coming this fall, the timing couldn’t be better to add six properties in both Erie and Niagara Counties to the National Register of Historic Places. The six locations described below have been given the seal of approval by the State Review Board and the State’s commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. It is expected that the Keeper of the National Register will give them the go ahead in the beginning of June. The following properties are being recognized by the State Historic preservation office:1. University Park Historic DistrictThis land was purchased by Anthony J.…
On Saturday, April 30, representatives from the areas of art, architecture, activism and education will gather at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center for the “Ineffably Urban” symposium.The University at Buffalo is hosting this all-day interdisciplinary seminar to bring people together to share how their contributions help define the diverse story of the City of Buffalo, both in times of strength and weakness. The symposium was organized by UB’s own Miriam Paeslack, who is an art historian and adjunct professor in the arts management program.”It’s not a conference about whether we like or hate Buffalo, but it’s really about how we can…
The Western New York Land Conservancy will be wrapping up their 2011 speakers series on Monday, May 2 with a talk led by Paul Fuhrmann.Fuhrmann is an environmental scientist with Ecology and Environment, Inc. and is also the Acting Coordinator for the Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM). His professional experience includes design, construction and management of natural and managed landscapes in the northeastern United States. He has over 20 years of experience with environmentally friendly landscaping and his specialization is in native plant communities. Currently, he is working on the Buffalo River Ecological Restoration Master…
OUTspoken for Equality, the Stonewall Democrats of Western New York and the Human Rights Campaign will be hosting a party in honor of marriage in all forms – not just the royal kind.On Friday, April 29, the El Museo Gallery will welcome local supporters of civil marriage to join in the fun of watching the broadcast of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, while also showing their support for gay and lesbian couples fighting for those same marriage rights in New York State. The Royal Wedding broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. During that time, guests are…
After two years of working to build up the Buffalo arts scene, local gallery owner Marcus Wise is still keeping the momentum going.Wise began his journey into the local arts scene after he graduated from University at Buffalo. Having cultivated a strong interest in photography and art, he struggled to find a resource for information on how he could participate in the Western New York arts scene. Wise chose to establish an online presence by launching his own website, MindWeb, which became a free platform for many artists seeking exposure. In February of 2009, Wise and his stable of artists…
The Grant-Amherst Business Association’s Black Rock Historic Photo Project will be one of the nine award recipients recognized by Preservation Buffalo Niagara at their annual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The project was nominated for recognition by North District Councilmember Joseph Golombek, Jr. for an award in the category of Education and Outreach. The project was first established when the creators realized that there was a lack of photographic historical documentation of the history of Buffalo’s earliest settled part of the city. Given the central role that Black Rock played in the war of 1812 as the site of…
When Mark Goldman began redesigning the back room of the Allen Street Hardware Café, he reached out to local production designer Joel Resnikoff to collaborate on what they could do with it. And so began the transition from a back room to Buffalo’s next hot venue for screening films.According to Resnikoff, the space is ideal for screening films because it provides a one-stop venue for dual purposes. “It’s really like some of the smaller theater venues in the city, but because it’s in the back of a bar, it sort of in-formalizes it,” Resnikoff said. “It’s an intimate venue where…