During the upcoming Olmsted Parks Flurrious! Festival, Campus WheelWorks is planning a Snow Sprint Bike Race. These are the same guys that brought is Cyclocross this past fall. This time it’s going to be a race in the snow around Ring Road wit…

So where were you three weeks ago tomorrow, when this season’s worst (knock on igloo wall) snowstorm of the season hit?  In some parts of town, folks who a week before had been out and about without a coat suddenly found themselves diggin…

The Buffalo Entertainment District will feature the premiere Holiday event of the season with the Christmas Soiree II: Presented by Mercedes Benz of Buffalo, at Bayou on Wednesday night.  All proceeds will benefit Bunkers in Baghdad, an o…

Again the old city of Buffalo was faced with a preservation crisis.  There once more was an old building that many wanted gone. The building’s decaying structure loomed over its Buffalo neighborhood, its darkened and empty windows a symbo…

An application was approved on December 7th placing the circa-1896  ’Zink Block’ on the National Register of Historic Places.  Most recently the home of Horsefeathers before moving to Black Rock, the Zink Block is loca…

Great Lakes Industrial Development LLC, a Buffalo-based real estate investment group, announced today it has acquired the former Bethlehem Steel Galvanized Products Division complex.  The development partnership purchased the property fro…

This year in Buffalo, the tradition of beautiful lighting displays will not have to come to an end with the holiday season.In honor of the ten countries that will be participating in the 2011 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championships, the Buf…

Minutes ago on Facebook, I received notification that a group of ‘Merry Rioters’ would be congregating at Bidwell Parkway to sing Christmas carols on Thursday December 23rd from 7pm-9pm. The group is looking for people to come out and ‘cajole,…

For those people who have never attended a Peepshow, be prepared for Squeaky Wheel’s upcoming event being billed as ‘It’s Complicated’. Peepshow is an adventure in interactive art installations and performances that changes in theme from year …

Has anyone tried a food delivery service in Buffalo? I am aware of Takeout Taxi Buffalo, a delivery service that works with a limited number of urban businesses (but its numbers are growing). We’ve seen bike delivery services take a stab at of…

I wasn’t intending on highlighting a second local candle maker, but these Fire and Light candles made by Philip James are too good to pass up. Philip has been making the candles for 30 years, and in that time he has been able to add an inheren…

By Julia Foy:For the third year running, block clubs on the West Side have put together a ‘Festival of Lights’.  Between November 26th and January 7th, households from Richmond to the Peace Bridge get in the holiday spirit and participate…

Second Chance Sheltering Network, Inc. is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit animal rescue group serving the Western New York area.  Their goal is to help place homeless animals while simultaneously helping interested individuals find a new…

By Maximilian C Quinn-Loeb:Since I last wrote about Frack Action Buffalo a number of important things have taken place.  In that time the signatures that were collected sent the strong message to the Buffalo City Council that the people o…

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Carol Ann Strahl:For over a year, the author was embedded with a single platoon based at a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan.  We are introduced to what it means to be a comrade…