Buffalo Rising

In 2024, Music is Art relocated – again – to the Outer Harbor at Terminal B. The festival’s origins began in Allentown in 2003, at Robby Takac’s (bassist for The Goo Goo Dolls) music studio parking lot. From there, it made the rounds, including Hamburg Fairgrounds, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo RiverWorks, virtually (during the pandemic), back to RiverWorks (and River Fest Park), and finally the Outer Harbor. From all of the reports, the Outer Harbor has managed to serve

Chalk up a big win for downtown Buffalo. The Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship has announced that more than 70 students have begun classes at the new campus center in the former Buffalo News building. An overview of the inaugural cohort is as follows: The Buffalo location joins the flagship Rochester campus in its mission to provide students of all ages with practical business education and acumen. The effort behind this heralded post-secondary institution is that of entrepreneur, philanthropist,

Local Buffalo State professor Dorothea Braemer presents two documentaries about the lives of Buffalo-based activists Lee Constance “Connie” Bowles Eve and Arthur O. Eve. Connie – The Powers and Possibilities of Community Engagement. These documentaries explore Connie’s groundbreaking work on behalf of incarcerated women and their children, which has earned national recognition. The organization she founded, Women For Human Rights and Dignity, provided the largest and most comprehensive alternative to incarceration and support network for women in New York State’s history, serving as a model

Humans are a curious lot by nature. We are always trying to figure things out. Whether it’s technology, gardening, or jumping rope, people are constantly analyzing the way that systems work. On Saturday, September 19, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Central Library) will be hosting its inaugural How-To Festival, where attendees will interact with experts in various fields. Over the course of three hours (11am-2pm), attendees will have an opportunity to learn about new skills, hobbies, our community,

THE BASICS: GULP! THE GAY BEACH MUSICAL, a groundbreaking show in its day by John Glines, Stephen Greco, and Robin Jones, lovingly resurrected and directed by Vinny Murphy, with music direction by Lucas Colon and Nikki Fae Dahlen and choreography by Nicole Cimato, stars Corey Bieber, Ryan Blunt, Michael Flanagan, Robert McKnight, Zachary Kushner, and Matt Rittler. 9/11–9/27, Fri 7:30, Sat 5:00, Sun 5:00 (no performance 9/13). Produced by BUA, Buffalo United Artists, on stage at the Compass Performing Arts Center,

Buffalonians can fall into entertainment (and the holiday season) with a visit to the Buffalo State Performing Arts Center. Located in Rockwell Hall (across from the AKG and next to Burchfield Penney), the intimate venue brings an eclectic lineup of comedy, music, family entertainment, and holiday programming to the city. “Our patrons love our intimate venue with amazing acoustics and not a bad seat in the house,” said Andrew Binder, Director, Buffalo State Performing Arts Center. “They also love our

When it comes to issues revolving around the topics of food equity and food justice, Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) is constantly at the center of the battle for bettering food access. Not only does the organization provide for the community day-to-day, it also organizes one of the most anticipated community events year after year. The annual Raising the Roots event has become a rallying cry for food equity in Buffalo. Each year, hundreds of people come together to celebrate the

The super convenient Buffalo Roam parking app was first introduced on May 30 of 2017. Since that time, Buffalonians have come to rely heavily upon the app. That said, there is now a new mobile parking payment service being introduced, which will now take the place of Buffalo Roam. The app, called ParkMobile, will not require users to load money into a prepaid wallet. Other than that, the system should work in a similar manner to its former counterpart. On

Nursing students need to practice venipuncture, the skill of inserting a needle into a vein to draw blood, hundreds of times before they do it on a patient. The training arms they practice on are specialized commercial equipment, and sim-lab budgets only stretch so far. That practical teaching problem is what brought University at Buffalo School of Nursing faculty to 469 Franklin, a workspace and workshop on Franklin Street where members build real things for real users.

This event guide is all about music, and the offerings that Buffalo has this month are pretty impressive! You can still see an open-air concert at Terminal B, go out of town for Boderland, hear Fascinating Rhythm at Kleinhans, or get Nasty at Electric City. There is something for everyone in the Queen City. Theater lovers won’t want to miss Curtain Up, the annual celebration that takes over the Theater District on Friday, September 18. The evening includes a Cocktail