Hop top it! Award-winning author and MacArthur genius Kiese Laymon is paying a visit to the Kleinhans stage for the season finale of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL author series later today, April 25th.  Laymon, a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi, is the author of the award-winning memoir Heavy, the groundbreaking essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and the genre-defying novel Long Division. In his observant, often hilarious work, Laymon battles with the personal and the political: race and family, body and shame, poverty and place. His ..read more

The Preservation Board will be reviewing plans for a single-family residence proposed for an odd-shaped parcel located at 92 Trinity Place today.  The site is within the Allentown Historic Preservation District. Architect Brad Wales designed the modern cottage-style home for owner James Horn.  The one-bedroom residence has approximately 750 square feet of living space and a full front porch. The post Infilling: 92 Trinity Place appeared first on Buffalo Rising ..read more

The artistic community that calls the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts (UBCFA) home welcomes all on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, starting at 5 p.m. for Spring into Art. The UBCFA’s annual showcase turns the spotlight on the various visual and performing arts created in this hub of activity, which has a well-earned reputation for inclusivity, innovation, and quality. Performances, art installations and exhibits, film screenings, a printmaking station, artist talks, and a student art sale are all part of the evening’s program, which is free to attend and open to the public. Compl ..read more

The Basics : AIRNESS a play with music by Chelsea Marcantel, directed by Drew McCabe presented by Lancaster Opera House starring Amanda Funiciello, Jacob Applegate, Isaiah Brown, Zachary Kushner, Mara Westerling-Morris, Zachary Bellus, and DP Morris. The show runs April 19 through May 5, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm at Lancaster Opera House 21 Central Ave. Lancaster ,NY 14086, 716 683 1776 lancasteropera.org RUNTIME : 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES including one intermission THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Airness is a music filled comedy about finding your tribe and your joy. It fea ..read more

Virtual presentation | Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | 12PM Grant writing can be intimidating and frustrating for people who aren’t full-time development or grant writing staff. In this free presentation, ASI’s Grants and Programming Director Holly Grant will demystify the grant writing process, show you how to find arts and culture grants, and provide grant writing tips. As a part of ASI’s “From the Ground Up” series, this presentation is geared for individual creatives and nonprofit administrators who are new to grant writing or would like a refresher course on the topic. This workshop is free to at ..read more

THE BASICS: The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence runs April 18 – May 19, Thursdays – Sundays at Road Less Traveled Theater, 456 Main Street, Buffalo 14202 – click for tickets. THUMBNAIL SKETCH: Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes’ trusty companion; Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell; Watson, the unstoppable supercomputer Jeopardy! champ; and Watson, a Dweeb Team everyman. Four Watsons in three centuries unite to tell one tale in this playful, time-traveling drama about the foibles and frustrations of the human heart and the technology on which it increasingly relie ..read more

On Saturday, May 4, 2024, Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) will host their annual spring ‘Seedling Sale’ event, which promises to offer a wide range of garden treasures, including vegetables, herbs, and flower varieties such as lemon verbena, oregano, pineapple mint, calendula, squash, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, zinnias, and tulips. All total, there will be over 70 varieties of vegetables, flowers, and herb seedlings, all grown at the West Side farm. MAP’s Mobile Market truck will be on-hand to ensure that visitors to the event have access to seasonal, farm-fresh goods. Topping ..read more

Author and Buffalo native, Robert Brighton knows how to tell a good story.  A former speech writer, graduate of the Sorbonne in France, and avid traveler, Brighton’s experiences have enriched his imagination, and have informed his love of research.  His new work of historical fiction, Current of Darkness, is now available, and is, in Brighton’s words, “a tale of industrial espionage set in turn of the last century Niagara Falls, and also in Buffalo,” during the period known as The Gilded Age.  Growing up in Buffalo, Brighton was a voracious reader, who took to adventure novels a ..read more

In 2008, “Salsa” Sarah Haykel, Director of Salsa for the Soul, a part of Love Is Real LLC., set out to create an energetic salsa scene in Buffalo. Eleven years ago, she established a dance series in Delaware Park, called Salsa in the Park, which has became a rallying flag for the salsa dance movement. Now, with the help of her dance partner Jerome Williams, Salsa in the Park is more impactful than ever. Haykel attributes the success to movers and shakers that participate in the dance series, which, she says, is a combination of art, music, life coaching, movement, mindfulness, and empowerment ..read more

The bike, oft-called “Our noblest invention of mankind,” is being celebrated throughout the month of May, aka National Bike Month. Leading up to the month-long celebration, GObike Buffalo will be presenting Ride Reels: Happy Hour and Film Screening on Thursday, April 25 (5:30P – 8:30P) at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Presented by Evans Bank, with support by Clean Mobility Buffalo and Burchfield Penney Art Center, the single screening of long-form documentary, THE ENGINE INSIDE from Anthill Films. Screening attendees will get to enjoy yummy treats from Manna @ Northland, as well as beer a ..read more