By now we have all seen how successful food trucks can be. The ability to go where the hungry masses are is a restaurant’s dream. As food trucks become more and more popular, mobile restaurateurs continue to deliver the ‘next best’ culinary of…

New to the Western New York area, Nuff Said Entertainment is a progressive media solution company that employs and support skilled young people who are doing creative and exciting work. Nuff Said Entertainment was founded in 2009 by CJ Banks w…

The historic Hotel Niagara in Niagara Falls, NY has a new owner.  Jamil Kara, a Vancouver-based developer, purchased the 12-story, circa-1924 hotel Tuesday for $1.25 million at a bank-run auction.  Kara plans to convert the gutted&nb…

Medaille didn’t break the Guinness World Record although it was a valiant try. They managed to fit 19 students into a VW Bug, which left me wondering just how the record was set at 25 without removing any seats (see background). My only two su…

Four very bright students, who attend The Buffalo Academy For Visual And Performing Arts (BAVPA), sat on the empty stage of the Manny Fried Playhouse to discuss their upcoming production.  Daniel Henderson, Connor Graham, Vanessa Elder an…

The Buffalo State College Japan Relief group, along the Japanese Group of Buffalo and the Japanese Student Association at SUNY Buffalo, are hosting Sakura Walk, Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m., in Delaware Park, with all proceeds to benefit the Ameri…

Dedicated to inspiring the exploration and appreciation of architecture and how it can shape individuals lives, a new non-profit organization known as the Buffalo Architecture Foundation Inc. (BAF) has been formed.This new non-profit group is …

UB professor Brad Wales, AIA, and his students are nearing the final completion phase of the 18th Street Community Park. Since last reporting on the project, two additional industrial benches have been installed, along with the rest of concre…

After two years of working to build up the Buffalo arts scene, local gallery owner Marcus Wise is still keeping the momentum going.Wise began his journey into the local arts scene after he graduated from University at Buffalo.  Having cul…

A smashing day for the annual Dyngus Day parade, with April showers bringing a unique quality to a parade that some say will someday rival Buffalo’s St. Patty’s Day parades! Judging by some of the outfits, I wonder if a few of the fans were fr…

Tomorrow is the day that 28+ Medaille students will attempt to break a Guinness World Record. While other students are cramming for exams, these nimble men and women will be cramming themselves into one of the smaller cars on the road. The sta…

The Grant-Amherst Business Association’s Black Rock Historic Photo Project will be one of the nine award recipients recognized by Preservation Buffalo Niagara at their annual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The project was nominated for r…

One of the scariest things about starting a parade can be worrying if people are going to show up. I guess that can be said for any inaugural event, especially when organizers are competing with a Sabres playoff game day. As luck would have it…

Buffalo sports franchises loves to roll out new uniforms. And fans love to argue about whether the ‘new’ ones are better than the ‘old’ ones. And the Buffalo Bills announced in February that they’d be spinning the uniform carousel yet again th…

There’s been a stream of projects downtown that have, or will, repurpose underutilized historic properties.  AM&As Warehouses, Lafayette Hotel, Lofts @ Elk Terminal, 95 Perry Street, Buehl Block, Lofts @ 136, Genesee Gateway, Sidway A…