By Andrew Delmonte: Shopping smart is more than finding the best deals or scoping out the fastest checkout line. It’s making smart choices with the money you spend, and being aware of where it goes after leaving your wallet. People i…

Produced by Neglia Ballet Artists, in collaboration with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Shea’s Buffalo ( Preview )…The Holidays are upon us. It seems the season starts earlier every year with Christmas displays popping up in the…

By Sarah Zawadzki:Gilda’s Club Western New York is hosting its annual Gingerbread…Gifts…Glitz event.  The event runs from December 1-4 and will be held at the Gilda’s Club clubhouse located at 1140 Delaware Avenue, corner of West Ferr…

While many of us spent the week shopping for all of the scrumptious delights that are synonymous with ‘Turkey Day’, Cantina Loco held a soft opening for its take-out operation. Considering that it was an unannounced soft opening, word managed …

Normally I run these stumpers on Saturdays, but considering today’s a special day, I figured that I would throw a zinger your way. For this mystery object, you not only have to guess where it is, but what it is. As a reward I’ll add a couple m…

The Urban Land Institute’s Young Leaders Group of WNY is
hosting their first holiday fundraiser on the top floor of the Liberty Building
next week at the exclusive Mid-Day Club. Boasting incredible views of the city’s
skyline from the 21st flo…

By Mike Farrell:Despite generations of acquired wisdom, life can still host a repetition of poor decisions.Whether it’s to drink a fifth of Canadian whiskey out of fruit bowl or lose a Bob Dylan song in the embers of a torched relationship, ch…

Buffalo Sabres netminder Ryan Miller and The Steadfast Foundation will bring a little bit of country into the city with this year’s edition of the Catwalk For Charity “Wrangling for a Cause.” The event takes place at the Town Ballroom in downt…

Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN) has nominated the Erie Freight House to be designated a City of Buffalo landmark. According to PBN executive director Henry McCartney, “The Erie Freight House is an extremely significant building on the Buffa…

Savarino Companies and FFZ Holdings have spent the past year revising their plans for redeveloping a vacant industrial complex at 500 Seneca Street at the edge of the Larkin District.  The new proposal calls for saving the unique, brick p…

Over two hundred young professionals were awed by the magnificence of the Statler last week. As Mark Croce continues to revive the downtown landmark, more and more organizations are flocking to the building to host their events. The Urban Land…

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement ordering Samuel Kurz and Central Park Plaza, LLC, the Brooklyn-based owners of Central Park Plaza, to clean up the property that has become a dangerous blight in the heart of a…

I moved back to Buffalo in 2006, and over the past 5 years, I’ve enjoyed the many new discoveries I’ve made about my hometown that I didn’t know about it while growing up, or even during my time away from the area. Over those 5 years, Buffalo …

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…