What would Halloween be without a King and Queen of the Damned Pageant? Leave it up to Club Marcella to come up with a spooky fashion spectacular four years running. For those looking to get down with drag queens and kings, in an energetic party dance venue, then you are cordially invited to attend the Fourth Annual dance and drag party, hosted by hometown superstar Melody Michaels. The King and Queen of The Damned Pageant will feature a variety of performers and ghoulish guests that includes honorees Queen of The Damned – Zak Attack, King of The Damned – Nick Vitello,…
Author: Vincent Rondinelli
Buffalo Rising’s Sunday Suppers, in association with Slow Food Buffalo, hopes to encourage readers to share a simple one-dish meal with family and friends featuring the bounty of area producers. This month’s recipe will allow you to impress your guests with a refreshing meal, with minimal effort and clean up. Restaurants come and go in this city, but a few manage to stay alive because of their commitment to serving up freshly prepared food and combining it with prompt, friendly service and comforting ambiance. The Bijou Grill in the theater district of downtown Buffalo has been doing that for 18…
That question can have quite a different answer if you have an English style garden, or say, a Japanese garden. Buffalo is fortunate to have the Japanese Garden in Delaware Park, a gift of Kanazawa, Japan, our sister city. The garden is tended by the Buffalo Olmsted Conservancy. Like all of Buffalo’s gardens and parks, the Japanese Garden suffered great damage in the October storm of 2006. To aid in its recovery, three professional garden experts from Kanazawa visited Buffalo last weekend and advised on traditional Japanese gardening techniques. The visit was arranged by the Buffalo-Kanazawa Sister City Committee and…
Explore the business district of Jefferson Avenue. Find out how Buffalo’s upper crust lived 100 years ago. Marvel at how the West Side Community Collaborative is transforming the neighborhood, one block at a time. All of these opportunities and more are yours this weekend with Buffalo Tours. Jefferson Avenue – Old and New: Jefferson Avenue is dotted by small, underappreciated shops and services, some of which have been owned and operated by the same Buffalo entrepreneurs and families for decades. From its origins as a German-American neighborhood in the 19th century through its evolution into an African-American neighborhood in the…
It has been six years since First Amherst rolled the dice on creating The Lofts @ Elk Terminal. Since then, several other developers realized the potential of downtown redevelopment. As time elapsed, the conversion of old and dilapidated buildings into stunningly modern structures has become old hat here in Buffalo. The long list of developers proclaiming grand projects no longer fuels the ire of jaded and disbelieving Western New Yorkers that have lived through years (if not decades) of broken promises. As the inventory grows larger and older, these apartment complexes settle into the scenery, sharing in the awakening of…