The “Good Neighbors Helping Haiti” event at Pearl Street Brewery in January was a bit of a coming out party for The Good Neighborhood. Planning an event for a separate cause, we’d paired Lazlo Hollyfeld and DJ Cutler for a creative collaborati…

Buffalonians who have lived elsewhere know something that other locals don’t – grocery stores elsewhere generally stink.  Whether it’s Safeway or Stop & Shop or Giant or Shaw’s, shopping at any of these other large supermarket chains …

For those of you who can’t make it to the weekly Common Council
meeting, following is the briefing. From this week’s meeting as
provided by the council:The Council adopted a resolution sponsored by Council Members Michael
LoCurto and Michael …

THE BASICS: This “musical remembrance of things past” was adapted
from a story in Joyce’s DUBLINERS by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey. The
2000 Broadway production won several Tony Awards, including best
musical. The ICTC version, directe…

Who knew that there were so many books written about Greater Buffalo? Actually, this is just a handful of the many books currently being published, and there are even more that are not being circulated (such as Steve Powell’s Rushing The Growl…

On November 17, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center will welcome artist Blake Carrington to perform his Cathedral Scan production at Asbury Hall.Carrington’s Cathedral Scan is a unique audio-visual experience that captures the essence of Gothic…

By Nancy Cardillo:Want to do some unique holiday shopping while helping out a worthwhile organization?  Looking for a creative gingerbread house to help decorate your house for the holidays?Join us at Gilda’s Club Western New York, 1140 D…

What are the things that connect you to a city? Some of those ‘things’ may be so upfront and obvious that we may not readily identify them, even if they turn out to be daily habits and occurrences. How far does a community garden go towards en…

This is a shout out to the 35 University at Buffalo students from department of urban planning that I met with this morning to discuss the climate of the city. A short while ago I was contacted by Ramzi Farhat, Ph.D., Department of Urban and R…

What city wouldn’t want a team of IBMers to tackle its problems? What would you ask the company for if it were to descend upon Buffalo with millions of dollars worth of corporate brainpower and technology? That’s what one of our readers wants …

Just the other day someone new to Buffalo asked me where the bars, cafes and restaurants with the fireplaces were. I thought about it for a hot minute and answered that surprisingly I only knew of a couple of places. The first restaurant to co…

Note: The fundraiser originially scheduled for the 19th has been postponed.  We’ll post details on the new date when it is finalized.
When I read the item in the Challenger last month that the Uncrowned Queens (now Uncrowned Community Bui…

Every so often I run across a business that opens in a commercial district that creates a perfect match between the concept and the neighborhood. Such is the case with the Lagniappes French Quarter Cafe expansion into its new home at 220 Allen…

The holidays are steadily approaching and The Floristry is once again featuring its ever-popular Buffalo-themed snow globes.In previous years, the store has sold globes featuring some of Buffalo’s finest architectural icons, including City Hal…

If all goes according to plan, Hertel Avenue will have a new little sandwich shop on its hands as soon as this morning. Proprietor Dave Howard’s breakfast and lunch concept is to keep it simple by sticking to the basics – selling a number of w…