New this year to the Taste of Buffalo was the invasion of the food trucks. Four of them were parked in a “food truck alley”, and they seemed to be doing well. Outside of this past weekend, the food trucks are very innovative in a “new-school” restaurant kind of way. These days they are leveraging going where the people are, as opposed to the “old-school” restaurant routine where people have to the food… now the food finds them! Food trucks certainly get “ease of use”. Buffalo’s world continues to change very quickly. The food trucks are also being quite innovative in…
Author: Rimas Musteikis
If you are a Buffalo high school or college student and want to succeed in the Buffalo music business, then GCR Audio, the house that Robby Takac (the Goo Goo Dolls) built, was the place to be last week. Top superstars from Buffalo’s music industry shared their insights and secrets on making it. Some 30 students took advantage of the RSVP invites that were available to attend for anyone that had an interest, and boy did they take lots of notes. For details on that as well as the event itself please view Queenseyes’ preview Music Industry Mentoring Event. Although the focus of the…
The Great Race made it into Buffalo yesterday along with yet another gorgeous summer day. Seneca Street was back in its heyday as it served as the finish line at Michigan Ave right in front of the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum. The area surrounding this museum has so much untapped potential, especially when we see what recently transpired with The Larkin District (Larkinville). There are plenty of empty parking lots that need to become productive other than for Sabres games, concerts and events. While many of the buildings are gone, there are still a few that would be great anchors…
While walking on a beautiful summer day around Ring Road here in Delaware Park I noticed something new. Right by the basketball courts and the Jewett Parkway/Meadow Drive Buffalo Zoo parking entrance, the water fountain had disappeared! In its place I saw a what looked like a triple water fountain… Upon a closer inspection I saw that there were two waist high water fountains – the second tier fountain must be designed for kids and wheelchair accessibility – hip hip hooray! What was most unusual however, was a third water fountain just a little bit off the ground. This must be for…
The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame will have its 30th Induction this October 4 at the Tralf Music Hall in downtown Buffalo. Sixteen inductees were announced at “The House that Robby Takac Built” – the world-class GCR Audio Studios, right here in the architecturally significant Allentown area of Buffalo. Rick Mathews, president of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, told me that he was proud that this year’s class was so exceptional, not only in the talent of the new inductees but also in the tremendous diversity in music genres it represents. Here are the inductees, along with some of their accomplishments: Performers Category: Bob Falk – guitar with the…
His first invention was a device that could make three free phone calls to anywhere in the world. His first killer app was the spreadsheet program. Steve Wozniak created the Apple I computer, which led to the microcomputer revolution. The Woz came to downtown Buffalo last week for the Be Motivated event to share about a variety of topics, including insights about the late Steve Jobs. To view summaries about other Be Motivated speakers that came to Buffalo please see Marv Levy and Bill Cosby. When you develop solutions in…
It was a spectacular summer day at Ring Road in Delaware Park in North Buffalo. Mr Weatherman predicted all sorts of havoc with 60% rain and possible hail. The funny thing is, I’m sure that the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge runners would have welcomed the rain rather than a balmy 80 degree day, but my fellow race volunteers would not! The clouds eventually rolled in, but the precipitation ended up hitting Rochester and Syracuse east of Buffalo instead. I recall that Alan Tieuli, from Upton Massachusetts, came in to oversee the race – he must have really great connections…
As most of you know, CURTAIN UP!, the official start to Buffalo’s theater season, is mere weeks away, with the main event held on Friday, September 11th. After the curtain has fallen on all of our local theaters’ opening shows, there will be plenty more entertainment to last the entire year! I’ve looked through all of the schedules for this upcoming season and now present to you some of my choices for the must-see shows on the season from many of our area theaters. Enjoy! I’ll see you at the show!Shea’s Performing Arts Center: In April and May, Jersey Boys…
The 28th annual CURTAIN UP! is a little under a month away and local theater companies are working tirelessly to put together comedies, dramas and musicals to captivate their audiences. The main CURTAIN UP! event will be held on Friday, September 11th, beginning at 5PM with a cocktail reception for the public and a reservations-only black-tie gala dinner. Performances will then begin at each of the participating theaters around 8PM, with a free community celebratory party on the 600 block of Main Street at 10PM. If you can’t make the main event, all of the shows featured will continue to run…
On Sunday, August 16th, Trattoria Aroma will celebrate its commitment to buying locally grown food — as well as the farmers who provide these delicious foods — by hosting a dinner event at the Oles Family Farm in Alden. Breen Shea, the restaurant’s general manager, said Trattoria Aroma is dedicated to buying local because it’s better for customers’ health and the region’s economy.Shea also said Trattoria Aroma works with the Oles Family farm frequently, so it was only fitting that this farm serve as the location of this event. In fact, 60 percent of their food comes from the Oles Family Farm!…