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Get out and breathe in fresh air on these socially distant nature walks

Get out and breathe in fresh air on these socially distant nature walks

Buffalo News — As we spend most of our time inside these days, fresh air and sunshine beckon. If you've taken an outdoors break during this time of mindful social distancing - walking solo, or six feet away from a recreation partner - you have undoubtedly noted an uptick in the number of people taking to area parks, city sidewalks and hiking trails.

George Caldwell

George Caldwell

Buffalo Spree — Photo by Nancy J. Parisi What bands are you in? I am a member of two bands: the George Caldwell Quintet, and a Miles Davis repertory band-a sextet-called Star People (named for famed jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis's song of same name). Both bands play regularly at PAUSA.

Coffered and linear

Coffered and linear

Buffalo Spree — Photos by kc kratt "My favorite part of our new kitchen is the ability for my family to sit around me while I cook," says Julia, mom to three young kids. She later muses that the reconfigured "linear" kitchen also makes it possible to sit at the granite island and watch for the school bus out the large bay windows.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra lights up KeyBank Center with annual holiday event

Trans-Siberian Orchestra lights up KeyBank Center with annual holiday event

Buffalo News — Should there be any opening slots in the rollicking road show that is Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a notice could read: musicians must have long hair, be able to play in the prog-rock style while smiling and in a low runner's lunge, plus move from stage to gigantic scissor lift at back-of-house quickly.

Art of Walking | Western New York's Premier Destination for Music, Theatre, Family Fun

Art of Walking | Western New York's Premier Destination for Music, Theatre, Family Fun

artpark.net — Created by Carin Jean White, Itsaso Iribarren & Germán de la Riva The ART OF WALKING, created through an international collaboration between New York-based theatre and visual artist Carin Jean White and artists Itsaso Iribarren & Germán de la Riva from Spain, traced and celebrated Artpark's history, unique landscape and ecology, art and more.

Kane Brown brings the party to KeyBank Center

Kane Brown brings the party to KeyBank Center

Buffalo News — What a difference seven months makes. Back in August of 2019, urban-country singer and bandleader Kane Brown played a sold-out concert in Erie County Fairs ...

Winter walks reveal a new landscape at area parks, nature preserves

Winter walks reveal a new landscape at area parks, nature preserves

Buffalo News — Every direction heading outside of the City of Buffalo offers opportunities for winter hiking, from wild to manicured and densely traversed to more remote.

In the BUF - Visit Buffalo Niagara

In the BUF - Visit Buffalo Niagara

visitbuffaloniagara.com — They come from across the United States and Canada. From the four corners of the globe. From as near as Burlington, Ontario and as far away as Beijing. They are young families, couples without kids, ex-pats, cultural tourists, festival lovers and Bills fans. Some travel in groups and others prefer going solo.

About Western New York > Visit > Burchfield Penney Art Center

About Western New York > Visit > Burchfield Penney Art Center

burchfieldpenney.org — In 1966, Charles Burchfield himself cut the ribbon to open the Burchfield Art Center, located inside Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State College. Today, the Burchfield Penney Art Center (renamed to honor donations from Charles Rand Penney) is the gateway to the campus.

Kiss delivers solid night of hard rock 'n' roll

Kiss delivers solid night of hard rock 'n' roll

Buffalo News — With an elaborate set that blasted retina-searing flames, zip lines and trademark costumes and face paint, Kiss delivered a solid night of hard rock 'n' roll kabuki theater. If the band's Wednesday night gig in the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center was shy of a sellout, the sheer volume of fan adoration - the Kiss Army as they are called - made it a mega sonic triumph.

Party in the Park: Tribute to our Troops

Party in the Park: Tribute to our Troops

Buffalo News — Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park (museum, gardens, memorials, docked boats and Liberty Hound restaurant) will be the waterside site for the annual Tribute to Our Troops and fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Rotary Club of Buffalo, led by event chairman Paul Marzello, is co-producing the event.

Buffalo's Best AirBnBs - Visit Buffalo Niagara

Buffalo's Best AirBnBs - Visit Buffalo Niagara

visitbuffaloniagara.com — The rise of Airbnb has led to a revolution of non-conventional bookings for accommodations around the world. In the Buffalo metro, there are more than three hundred Airbnb options for places to lay one's traveling head.

BuffaLove Maximus: An Aussie In the BUF - Visit Buffalo Niagara

BuffaLove Maximus: An Aussie In the BUF - Visit Buffalo Niagara

visitbuffaloniagara.com — This story initially ran on September 27, 2019. While the Buffalo Bills in-stadium fan experience has changed, our love for Bills has not. Murray Daniel conjures up so much exuberance pertaining to Buffalo (the people, sports, architecture and food) that he inspires a new term: BuffaLove Maximus.