Western New Year offers plenty of wonderful opportunities to relax, explore, and learn. Whether its strawberry picking, brunch, and enjoying bottomless cidermosas at Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards, selecting a new objet d’art at the Garden Walk Buffalo’s annual Art Sale at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens which features dozen of vendors in a wide array of mediums, take a waterfront walk and use this free guide to discover 41 species of trees, shrubs, grasses, ground covers, vines, and perennials in the free guide “Working with Nature: A Guide to Native Plants for New York’s Great Lakes Shorelines,”…
Author: Jessica Marinelli
For 85 years, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has been providing Western New York with some amazing music. This unprecedented year has presented many challenges for those in performing arts, but we are beyond thankful for the dedication of organizations like the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra who have given back to our community generously, to lift our hearts and heal our spirits. The switch to virtual concerts has had some advantages, through their BPOnDemand series, The BPO has offered a magical gift of classical music enjoyed from the comfort of our homes. This concert, filmed at the Buffalo and Erie County…
Regional advertising and strategic marketing agency, FourthIdea, celebrated its 10th anniversary by launching a new division called FourthIdea+, specifically to support professional services firms in their strategic marketing and business development efforts. Manufacturing no longer drives the economy. Professional services and health services are the the greatest job generators in the WNY region. However, up until now they have been largely treated the same way by local in-house marketers and agencies. FourthIdea+ will provide an additional level of support and directly address the unique marketing and business development challenges faced by these industries. FourthIdea+ services will combine marketing insight and…
On Saturday, January 30, Graycliff will host a saucy fundraising event via Zoom that includes a virtual wine tasting experience led by Mark Fornatale, Italian Portfolio Manager at Skurnik Wine & Spirits, plus a layer of culinary education with Tom and Caitlin Moriarty of Moriarty Meats. Get Sauced! Wine & Meatballs With Graycliff begins at 7:00 PM. There are a variety of ticket options, one of which includes three bottles of premium Italian wine —one white and two red. A very limited number of Wine Tasting + Meatballs Packages remain, which includes the wine and eight Moriarty Meats meatballs along…
In the up-and-coming Black Rock Neighborhood, nestled at the intersection of Amherst, Military, and Kail streets is a safe place for original and aspiring artists of all walks. Owner, Valerie Meli opened Hot Mama’s Canteen in June of 2014, and takes great pride in presenting a comfortable atmosphere, with generous cocktails, amazing service, and fresh, tasty food, including her own brand of Hot Sauce. A self-described, “All-Inclusive-Everyone-Welcome kind of joint” where live music can be heard weekly, Thursday through Sunday. “We wanted to open our doors to all the forms of art and music that our building can support.” Val…
Kick-off the summer festival season on June 16 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with a spectacular evening of music and art! Their annual music fundraiser, Rockin’ 2019, will feature Death Cab for Cutie, Tank and the Bangas, and Phosphorescent. Gates open at 4:00 PM. Don’t miss out on seeing the concert of the summer in one of the most unique concert venues in the city! Death Cab for Cutie, an American indie rock band, just kicked off the summer leg of their 2019 tour supporting their ninth album, Thank You For Today. As a touchstone indie band of the 2000s,…
The phrase, it takes a community to raise a child, is never truer than when that child is in need of foster placement. It is an unfortunate reality that for their health and safety, children sometimes need to be placed away from their current guardian. Whether the placement is temporary or eventually permanent, with family or with strangers, these children often struggle with a range of complicated emotions. Some children are gratefully too young to understand, whereas others are all too aware. It is these stories and experiences that have inspired many across the country to get involved. Last week,…
Last month the New York State Senate Transportation Committee convened for their first meeting of 2019, with Senator Tim Kennedy (D) as the newly appointed chair. This is the first time a WNY representative has chaired the powerful committee and there is little doubt WNY will benefit from having Kennedy at the helm. Over the course of the initial session, Kennedy laid out a new path for the year’s legislative session. With a focus on the future that encompasses all of New York, Kennedy focused in on carving out legislation and policy that would not only configure outdated highways in…
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed Executive Budget, announced earlier this month, may be his most ambitious yet, propelled by new energy from a Democratic Majority in both houses of the State Legislature. Included in his budget is a sensible and overdue measure that looks to further protect children traveling to school from dangerous drivers. The bill authorizes school districts to install stop-arm cameras on all buses so that people who pass school buses while their lights are flashing will be caught and fined. There is little doubt that this legislation, sponsored in the NYS Senate by Senator Tim Kennedy, newly appointed Chair…
Who remembers the song, “People in your neighborhood” by Sesame Street? It was meant to introduce young viewers to all the types of people they might meet as they walked around their neighborhood, as well as different careers that exist in each community. People that provide essential services, like mail carriers, cleaners, teacher, bus driver, etc… Every once in a while that song pops into my head as I am running errands, grabbing a coffee, getting some takeout for dinner, etc… and along with a sweeping sense of nostalgia, there’s a reminder of how nice it is to be part…