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Helping Open WNY’s First Pay-As-You-Can Community Café
We are thrilled to have found a way to benefit the community during these challenging times. So thrilled in fact that I have agreed to do my first ever Facebook Live at Noon on Thursday, May 21st. Tune in – it should be very interesting! Please give what you can to the Big Big Table and ask others to
Review: Talley’s Folly
This JRT production of Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Talley’s Folly, is well cast, beautifully blocked, and offers 97 minutes of delicious entertainment.
USA Today says: Forget wings - Buffalo is a hot dog town
No matter how you slice it, Buffalo is a hot dog town that’s ready for prime time. From smoky char-grilled dogs that are reminiscent of family cookouts, to sublime griddled Texas Hots, Buffalonians know how to roll.
Right Here. Right Now. Buffalo
John Paget has done it again! His latest Beautiful Buffalo video captures the essence of why we love this place.
I Am Finally Riding
For more than a decade I could not do The Ride for Roswell. Not because I was physically unable, but because I was otherwise engaged that weekend--every year. But I finally did it! This is the year that I give back and give thanks for wonderful care.
Remember to Remember
The parade of picnics and scent of hot Italian sausage on the grill threatens each year to obscure the meaning of Memorial Day. Let's remember to remember the men and women who have died while serving our country.
A Dozen of My Favorite Courtyards and Patios
The lilacs are in bloom, the sun is bright, and it's not dark until nearly 9:00pm. Why in the world would you eat indoors? My dining preferences from now until well after Labor Day are all al fresco.
Mother Love
It was Sunday, May 10, 2015. My mother's smile lit up my life.
It's finally Spring...Let the cherry trees blossom!
In a city full of festivals, the Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival is important. Cherry blossoms, or sakura, are a symbol of spring. In a city known for winter, the cherry blossoms and the Festival that celebrates them is a harbinger of spring. And boy, are we ready for spring this year in Buffalo.
Earth Day. Every Day. Every Way.
The earth is huge. Climate change is dauntingly complex. It's easy to feel overwhelmed, to throw your arms up in despair. To do nothing. But preserving and protecting this fragile planet starts at home. With each of us, every day.
See the Movie. Read the Book. Create Community.
Can war create community? Perhaps. With the help of a book, a movie, some exhibits and a bunch of events. It's the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The One Community One Book initiative is…
Buffalo Named One of the Best Budget Destinations in the NE
Buffalo has turned up on yet another list of best places to visit. In Best Budget Destinations in America 2018, Part I: The Northeast, Budget Travel lists Newark, NJ; Dover, DE; Berlin, MD; Stockbridge,…
From Farm to Fork to Fine Cuisine
Buffalo has always had great pub food, the delicious byproduct of a long, robust pub culture. Both beef on 'weck and the ubiquitous wings are key ingredients of this comfort cuisine. Then, a little over…
Trimania: So Much More than Just a Really Great Party
What spans 2 blocks, 6 floors, and more than 520,000 square feet? When is this vast, repurposed, historically significant building filled with hundreds of artists making art, musicians making music, dancers shaking their booties, and thousands of revelers taking it all in? Answer: during Trimania!
Taylor Made Jazz Celebrates 30 years of Jazz and Blues in Buffalo and Abroad
In 1987, Van Taylor had an idea--create a jazz-oriented band that could work on various levels, including education. He assembled an array of musicians and world class entertainers...and the rest is 30 years of history.
What's Your Story?
I believe that stories are powerful. And I love making them more powerful, and making sure that they are shared. That's the role that I see publishing playing. And that's why I publish beautiful books about Buffalo and by WNY authors and artists…
40 Days, 40 Items
Fat Tuesday is behind us. Lent looms before us. Instead of just giving up meat on Fridays for 40 days and indulging in fish fries, consider getting truly lean. Take the 40 days, 40 items challenge.
On the Other Border
A Buffalo woman has one foot on the Canadian border and the other on the border on which Trump is planning to build a wall. As immigration and border security debates roil in the House and the Senate, Trudy Cusella is headed to El Comedor, an aid station run by the Jesuits and staffed by Sisters of
The Battle Continues
It took nearly a century for Negro History Week to morph into Black History Month. And who was Henry Highland Garnet, who Time Magazine calls "the most famous African American you never learned about during Black History Month"?
Lists: The Good, the Bad and the Great
Buffalo has turned up on many lists over the years, some good, some bad and some truly bogus. The New York Times list of 52 Places to Go in 2018 is a particularly great list to be on--and Allentown sits at the top of a list of the Best Drinking Neighborhoods in the Country.
Clear Out the Old, Ring in the New - and Give Back
Some people make New Year's resolutions. I long for a fresh start each January 1st. I like to clear out one year before starting the next and I inevitably find things I do not need. Give them to those in need to start the New Year a wee bit lighter and brighter...
Creating Holiday Traditions
Holiday traditions are generally handed down through families, from one generation to the next. Keeping these traditions feels sacred somehow--especially holiday traditions. But I have just discovered a lovely tradition that I plan to adopt this year from a country I have never lived in or even visited.
Shopping for the Christmas Spirit
My favorite flavor of Christmas is the hand-made, gluh-wine, Weinachtmarkt German version. I found it gratifying to focus on the beautiful hand-made gift-wrap and not just the gift. It was lovely to sip warm, mulled wine while meandering through quaint outdoor markets packed with local artisans. Buffalo
190 Bryant Street, where it all began
I had not been back in my hometown for more than a brief visit in 32 years. Festive signs with red and green balloons and brochures with a map announced something called "Holiday Open Studios." Why not? I circled ten or twelve studios on the map and set off down the street. My first stop was Chatham
Turkey Ambassador
Giving thanks. What a wonderful excuse for a day off and a feast with family and friends. This old fashioned, narrow view of Thanksgiving--one of the only non-commercial holidays in the U.S.--also makes it feel to me like the perfect way to be an ambassador.
Enough!
Yet another senseless massacre. Enough! We must stop mourning the dead and address the three explosive common denominators that are making massacres the new normal in America...
Books are for Kids!
Curling up with a child and a beautifully illustrated story to share is an experience every child should have every day. There’s simply nothing like the physical page turn of a beautifully crafted picture book. What is your favorite children's book?
More than a Dozen Ways to Say Boo! in Buffalo
I hate Halloween. However, if you love this Hershey holiday and can't wait to wear masks, makeup and marvelous duds, Buffalo is host to no end of spooky parties for kids of all ages...
Communicating
I got a call from Toronto yesterday. The phone didn't ring, but the screen lit up. The call came in via Facebook Messenger. My daughter just moved to New Zealand, so I've learned to use WhatsApp. With so many ways to communicate, you'd think we'd be getting really good at it. But are we? And what are
Marshall
Marshall, which was filmed in Buffalo, is not the story of a Supreme Court justice, but focuses instead on one of Thurgood Marshall's first cases during his early crusading days working for the NAACP. It is a poignant tale of the deep and abiding ailment that is racism in America, and it takes place