Buffalo State College’s Bulger Communications Center has been announced as the location for the Great Lakes Metros and the New Opportunity, Remaking Policy and Practice in a Time of Transformation, a program that will provide topical overviews and opportunities for future federal support. The conference will house four organizations, the Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE). the Northeast-Midwest Institute, The Buffalo State College Center for Economic and Policy Studies, and Buffalo’s Partnership for Public Good, each with distinct but overlapping missions. Practitioners, policy makers, advocates, legislators, and stakeholders who seek to use the stimulus bill, future allocations, and other federal support…
Author: Meg Walker
With the rising of steel on Buffalo’s new Federal Courthouse complete, the next phase is moving forward. The inner window rows, previously covered with wooden boards, are coming out and are being replaced by blue tainted glass panes. The new glass curtain walled facade will be going up shortly after all inner windows are in place, covering the entire structure with a modern, futuristic appearance. This new landmark on Niagara Square fills in a good chunk of the urban fabric streetscape, soon to be topped with a glowing beacon on the tip of the elevator tower, marking the City of Light’s slowly growing skyline.…
The Neighborhood Collective building, located at 810 Elmwood Avenue across from the Lexington Co-op, has been many things to many people. Soon the structure will be adding Juniper to its list. The new restaurant that will be opening at the end of May, early June at the latest. Juniper is launching under Kate Elliott and Lindsay Malinowski. The two became friends while working together at the downtown lunch establishment Chop Chop where Kate was Lindsay’s first boss. Kate, a chef for 15 years, will run the back of the house at Juniper with Co-chef Roo Buckley, former owner of Coda,…
Love the pastries at Delish on Elmwood? Well, there’s going to be more to love. On Saturday, May 9th, Delish Pastry Shop opened Sprinkles, its new ice cream shop. Modeled after an old-fashioned ice cream shop, customers will have the opportunity to create their very own sundaes using any of the amazing baked goods made at Delish, homemade dessert toppings, fresh whipped cream and 16 different flavors of EDY’s Ice Cream. Delish will also be offering specialty cones for the ice cream. Unlike other ice cream shops, you will not find any milkshakes, floats or malted shakes. HOWEVER, they will be offering adult…
A few months ago, Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram of the Uncrowned Queens published a collection of heartfelt letters addressed to Michelle Obama. The letters were from African American women from around the world. Not only did the book touch the hearts of the readers, Nevergold and Bertram kept on receiving more letters. In merely months, the book is already on its 5th printing and has sold 10,000 copies to date. According to the SUNY press, this is their best selling book of all time. The newly released audio version of the book is unabridged and expanded. Nevergold is delighted by the success of…
The Trinity Episcopal Church on Delaware Avenue has been holding their annual White Elephant Sale (WES) for 110-plus years now, but this year the rummage sale is getting a welcome update for all those recessionistas out there. Deal-seekers will still find pots & pans, furniture, and clothes for all ages, but they will also find high-end updates for their closet in the Designer Clothes and Artful Elephant departments. Household names like Liz Claiborne and Ann Taylor will meet Jimmy Choo and Sex and the City mainstay Manolo Blahnik in the form of purses, shoes, clothes and jewelry. Under the direction…
2009 is a big year for astronomy. Deemed the International Year of Astronomy, 2009 celebrates the 400th anniversary of the telescope, the 400th anniversary of Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, and the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing. As NASA works diligently to spread the word in the astronomy community to those who are already interested in astronomy as a hobby, four months in, it is appearing that the hobby is dying a slow death. As Tim Collins says, who is perhaps more readily known as Mr. Galaxy or the senior operator at the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium, “Whether it’s from…
Buffalo State theater student Jason Lee Klinger zeroed in on the idea of a vampire love saga long before the relatively recent Twilight phenomena began, but his version is just a bit different. His story chronicles a zombie going after a vampire in “Zombie Loves Vampire”. Klinger’s digital HD-short, a romantic comedy of sorts, is set in the streets of Buffalo. Receiving permission for filming at certain areas of the city proved difficult for the film maker, but others weren’t quite as difficult, Klinger says, like “the exterior of the Unitarian Church at Elmwood and West, an undisclosed cemetery…
I stopped by Sample last Tuesday and was reminded why I’m never disappointed there. A couple of friends were in town, and we were in the mood for a light dinner. On any normal weekday, the atmosphere at Sample is perfect for a relaxing meal with some great friends, but Tuesdays are customer appreciation days at Sample. Translation: Half price off their menu. I started out with the pomegranate cocktail, which was light and bubbly. You really can’t go wrong with anything on their drink menu; like everything else at Sample, the drinks are…thoughtful. Since each item is a…
Tickets are going on sale this Saturday for the whole range of summertime shows that will be coming to Canandaigua’s Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC). Including national and local entertainers, CMAC is known for the variety it brings to the table, and this year is no different. Each year CMAC collaborates with its partners, Metropolitan Talent (securer and promoter) and SMG, a world leader in facility management. All three parties are ecstatic about the range and diverse nature of the talent they’ve booked this year. And with no further ado, this year’s CMAC lineup: June 2 David Byrne…