You heard it right. The AKG Art Museum has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s “World’s Greatest Places” in 2024 (category – Places to Visit). What many Buffalonians already know, is now being spread far and wide. The AKG Art Museum is living up to all expectations, as the world takes notice. Buffalo is in good company, as you can tell by viewing the complete list. “Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum announced that the museum has been included in TIME’s 2024 World’s Greatest Places. Selection to the list is a distinct honor for the museum, which opened to the…
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Sometimes a name of a business really does sum it all up. In the case of a young entrepreneur by the name of Karina Krantz – a Ukrainian refugee who settled in Buffalo in 1995, along with her family – she wanted to be as direct as possible per to her penchant for living a healthy lifestyle, as well as her love for her hometown. That’s why she chose to call her freshly minted Eastern European boutique market ‘Filled with Love Buffalo Market.’ Karina’s most recent journey, which led her to opening the market, started with an artisan cupcake business called Filled…
This coming weekend, you are invited to attend the Buffalo Irish Festival at the Outer Harbor. The festival, operated by the Buffalo Irish Center and the Irish Cultural and Folk-Art Association of WNY, has become a fan favorite, as it is loaded with all sorts of Irish-related activities and attractions, including music, dance, games, and history. Ultimately, the festival is in place to promote Irish heritage, while recognizing revered traditions. The Buffalo Irish Festival Friday, July 26 through Sunday, July 28, 2024 Lakeside Lawn at Buffalo’s Outer Harbor (825 Fuhrmann Blvd) Festival hours are Friday 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday…
27 Western New York nonprofit organizations are set to share in funding totaling over $645,000, as part of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo’s 2024 Competitive Grants process. Nonprofits that vie for the funding must excel in the following four community goals, per Community Foundation’s guidelines: The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 2024 Competitive Grants recipients are: • Arts for Learning WNY: $20,000 for Artworks: Hired to Create. Inspired to Succeed: Year 1 of 3 • Assembly House 150: $20,000 for General Operations • Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Erie, Niagara and the Southern Tier: $20,000 for Mentoring Program • Buffalo Lighthouse Association:…
Groundwork Market Garden just got a big financial boost, thanks to Buffalo Common Council approving American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding in the amount of $199,255.45. The funding will be earmarked for the organization’s HealTHY Community Garden Project, which is in the process of converting five vacant lots on Leslie Street on the city’s East Side into community gardens that will be a source of nutritional health for nearby residents, as well as others who are interested in obtaining locally farmed produce. Since 2015, Groundwork Market Garden has been dedicated to community supported agriculture. As part of its mission, the organization…
What could be better than visiting “Open Gardens” throughout Western New York. The answer would be, artists! Yes, that’s what Artists in Open Gardens is all about – a chance to explore the region’s most exquisite gardens, accompanied by free arts programming thanks to a collaboration between Gardens Buffalo Niagara and Open Gardens. If you stop to think about it, gardens are fairly artistic themselves. That’s why, by incorporating regional artists into the mix, the level of art is raised exponentially. Gardens Buffalo Niagara invites you to celebrate the integration of art and nature during these events. According to Gardens Buffalo…
This year’s Cheektowaga Polish American Arts Festival is a three-day event that will take place from Friday July 26 to Sunday, July 28 at Cheektowaga’s Town Park on Harlem Road. The festivities will kick off with a grand entrance march of community organizations and families, celebrating their ancestry in what was once the second-largest Polish colony in the world outside of Warsaw. To this day, Buffalo’s Polish heritage remains strong, as can be seen in the numerous festivals and events that celebrate Poland’s strong traditions. This particular festival, which began in 1979, has become a heralded event that is considered…
The art festival season continues to chug along, with the pending 9th Annual Oliver Street Art Festival Hosted by Project 308 Gallery. This art festival, which takes place in North Tonawanda, features over 60 regional artist vendors that specialize in trades and crafts such as handcrafted items, artwork, and vintage wares. Visitors to the free festival will also be treated to plenty of live music by some of the area’s hottest music acts. Project 308 Gallery, located at 308 Oliver Street, is the homebase for the Oliver Street Art Festival, which was established in 2012 by Natalie Brown. Brown organizes…
Coming soon, a new mural will be installed at Stitch Buffalo’s new headquarters at 284 Plymouth Avenue. The collaborative mural project is thanks to a partnership between the AKG Public Art Initiative and Stitch Buffalo. A local artist by the name of Saira Siddiqui (American, born 1991) has been selected to create the work of art that will be applied to the building, which is owned by Ellicott Development Company. In order to see the project to fruition, Siddiqui will lead a series of workshops in which she will enlist members of the community to participate. This process is one…
St. Joseph University School – the oldest operating Catholic elementary school in the Diocese of Buffalo – is in the midst of launching a project that will see teachers, students, and landscape architects re-envisioning a significant and unproductive greenspace. The plan is to transition the space into a unique outdoor classroom setting, that will accommodate a program called Outdoor Education Program: Learning Through Nature. There are two parts to the program: “An initial grant from a private donor provided the funds to begin the planning phase for this ambitious endeavor,” said Principal Mark Mattle. “The first step is developing the…