For years we’ve talked about the disconnect between our collegiate/university students and their host neighborhoods. Campuses are built to retain students by offering them everything they need to get by without ever venturing into the city. La…

As work continues at the Hotel Lafayette (see latest update), and developer Rocco Termini solidifies contracts with tenants, the hotel’s in-house catering arm is getting underway. Marquis de Lafayette is made up of owners Bill and Molly K…

Retail shopping, live entertainment, community events, culinary festival and Western New York’s largest holiday ice skating rink set the stage for 37-day event
The region’s biggest holiday spectacle in a generation, the inaugural Niagara Holi…

By now everyone has probably attended an ugly sweater party at one time or another. The crew at Campus Wheelworks has taken the concept of wearing ugly sweaters to a new level. Every day, from Black Friday to December 25, Campus owners and emp…

If you’re planning on heading out and getting a Christmas tree this holiday season, please leave the axe at home. Urban Roots is teaming up with Riverkeeper, Grassroots Gardens and Olmsted Parks to, once again, offer up an alternative that can…

Each holiday season the Historical Society offers unique ways to give your favorite Buffalonians special gifts that tell the story of our city. This year our friends are featuring one day where you will find Buffalo-themed gifts including a nu…

A while back I wrote about an unusual new house being built on Bird Avenue in the Elmwood Village (see post).  That story garnered a predictable set of pro and con views on the radically contemporary design (mostly pro).  Now we can …

It’s 2011 and ‘pond’ hockey fever is finally taking hold. Instigated in years past by the Labatt tournament, and more recently fueled by the Buffalo Pond Hockey Committee, the outdoor winter sport, which had been virtually nonexistent, is aliv…

In the last year, the Larkin Center of Commerce has made huge strides forward in the redevelopment of 701 Seneca. This week they celebrated their progress with a party featuring a lecture by one of the leading Larkin Company experts, Jerry Pum…

The transformation of the Statler takes another step forward next week with the opening of a new club- Rendezvous.  Owner Mark Croce says the venue will be “the most spectacular niteclub Buffalo has ever seen.” 
Workers are putting …

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Staff Review by Taylor Harding:Clive Barker — synonymous with horror and all things nightmarish — started a new project in 2002. Barker wrote a young adult novel called Abarat. It is not a light …

Tonight from 7-11pm, the Guerilla Gallery is hosting an event for a local art project featuring portraits of some of Buffalo’s tattoo society. There will be food and musical entertainment provided by DJ Keith Harrington (PROJEX). Buffalo …

As we gear up to hit all of our favorite shopping destinations this holiday season, don’t forget to support the fledgling boutiques, restaurants and gift shops that are new to the city. It can be easy to fall into ruts when we all have our fav…

Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo’s fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers. The Vampire’s Kiss: The Legend, The Myths, and The Fashion of Vampirism by Phi…

Buffalo First! knows how tough it can be to be a small business. It also understands the importance of keeping your money circulating in the local economy – something that doesn’t happen when you shop at a chain or (especially) on the Internet…