Author: queenseyes

Newell Nussbaumer is 'queenseyes' - Eyes of the Queen City and Founder of Buffalo Rising. Co-founder Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts. Co-founder Powder Keg Festival that built the world's largest ice maze (Guinness Book of World Records). Instigator behind Emerald Beach at the Erie Basin Marina. Co-creator of Rusty Chain Beer. Instigator of Buffalo Porchfest, and Paint vs. Paint. Founder of The Peddler retro and vintage market on Elmwood. Instigator behind Liberty Hound @ Canalside. Throws The Witches Ball at Statler City, the Hertel Alley Street Art Festival, and The Flutterby Festival. And his latest adventure... FigBuffalo, with the intention of creating a Buffalo United Fashion Front (BUFF). Contact Newell Nussbaumer | Newell@BuffaloRising.com

Hope you made it! The place was jam packed. See ya next series. Tuesday, April 26, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 26th is the last film in this series. Akira Kurosawa’s classic, Ran, starts @ 7:00. Be sure to show up on time and to stick around for a discussion after the movie.

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Nestled in a quiet space near The Historical Society lies Buffalo’s very own Japanese Gardens . Situated on Mirror Lake, the garden was conceived in 1970, and was completed in 1974. Make it a point to visit this beautiful oasis this summer.

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Stopped into Ming Cafe this evening for a bite to eat and ran into a couple of really cool local artists. One is about to have one of her works (pictured above) don the cover of Mercury Rev’s newest cd (scheduled to be released May 17th). The other is a miniaturist that paints his originals on the covers of matchbooks. Both artists will be featured in the August issue of Buffalo Rising Magazine. And both agreed that Ming Cafe has the best Chinese food in the city.

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Here are the matchbooks. Most of this artist’s works are under an inch in size! And he’s about to be published… and I don’t mean just in Buffalo Rising Magazine. More to come on this later.

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UB’s School of Architecture and Planning has been awarded the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB ) 2005 Grand Prize for the Department of Architecture’s Small Built Works Project. Brad Wales, AIA, began the project in the spring of 2001. Pictured above is a bus shelter located on Pennsylvania near the old Coda Restaurant.

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