“If you want to help the city of Buffalo, here is your chance,” said Joe Malczewski, chairman of B-Team Buffalo. The B-Team was organized in March 2008 because a few friends came together with an interest in becoming actively involved in making a better Buffalo. In the past year, the B-Team has grown to over 100 members. “We’ve come together because we’re like-minded and there are a lot of people like us out there. The more you talk to people the more you understand that there are a lot of people like us who want to give back to the…
Author: John Carocci
The International James Joyce Conference attracts up to 250 scholars, and has been held in parts of North America and Europe. In 2009, these top minds will be heading right here, to the heart of Buffalo, New York.”What we wanted to do is have it here in Buffalo and make a three ring circus out of it,” said Mark Shechner, professor of English at the University at Buffalo.The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency, with events all across the Queen City, highlighting the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Burchfield Penney, Pearl Street Brewery and other Buffalo hot spots. People…
If January 17th finds you out and about looking for a good time, why not check out the very first Infringement Festival party of 2009? A mere $5 at the door will get you an evening of great live entertainment, including music by BloodThirsty Vegans, Shadow Swines, A Relative Term, Cassi Meyerhoffer, Clocks Ticking Backwards, Sister Lara Siren Provecateur, and BRRRN. You’ll also help raise a few bucks for the Buffalo Infringement Festival, which has quickly become one of the area’s most popular summer festivals. The festival features plays, music, performance art, video and multimedia installations, dance, puppetry, street theater…
It’s that time of year again. Gathering school supplies, new school clothes, looking forward to seeing friends at school and making new friends. And for some kids, anticipating the school bully. Some adults feel that bullying is an inevitable phase of growing up, but this is not your grandfather’s bullying—to quote a popular saying. Technology has given birth to a new bully: The Cyber Bully. Cyberbullying is serious enough that the Center for Disease Control considers it an emerging public health issue. Cyberbullying can involve sending mean, vulgar, or threatening messages or images over the Internet, or posting sensitive, private…
BRO’s regular readers know Buffalo is becoming more bicycle-friendly by the day, thanks to a perfect storm of factors ranging from gas prices to the health benefits of regular exercise to how great a summer breeze feels on your face. Well, add another reason to the list: riding a bike can help fight AIDS. “But John,” I hear you say, “how can riding my trusty little blue bike fight AIDS?” Well ok, it probably can’t. But riding the Big Bike on September 18 can. “But John…” Hold on, I’m getting to that. The Big Bike is a specially-built bike that…
Say what you will about West Virginia, but thanks to VoIP Supply, LLC of Buffalo, there’s no joking around when it comes to communication systems and campus security at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, a sleepy little town known best for being the site of the first Civil War battle. As today marks the anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, many universities are still scrambling to design systems that would allow broad notification to students and staff in the event of an emergency. When Alderson-Broaddus (AB) College wanted a new way to expand measures to keep its university community safe, yet…
Despite the well-publicized struggles of Studio Arena, we’re lucky to have a vibrant theatre community that is the envy of many similarly-sized cities. One of the scene’s brightest – and most irreverent – newcomers is the Infringement Festival, now gearing up for its fourth year in the Queen City. The Infringement Festival provides independent artists and audiences alike with a forum in which they’re not only permitted but encouraged to take chances, push envelopes, criticize, experiment, cross lines and explore uncharted territory. Buffalo’s Infringement Festival is one of many held in cities throughout Europe, Canada and the Northeastern United States,…
It’s only been a couple of months since I saw Marti Gorman’s post on BRO announcing the inaugural meeting of the Buffalo Freelance Journalists Collaborative. I was immediately intrigued. The group’s mission – to connect Buffalo writers with positive stories about our city that need to be told at the national level – is brilliant in its simplicity, and Marti has a nearly unparalleled track record of getting things done. When I arrived at the meeting I had no idea what to expect, but I knew whatever it was, it would be good. Now, after only three meetings the Buffalo…
Joy Pepper School Director of Tapestry Charter is excited about upcoming plans to build a new school on Great Arrow, allowing all of the K through 12 students to be under one roof. “Presently, we have K-8 at Franklin and Linwood, while the high school is in St. Mary’s School for the Deaf on Main Street. We’ll be putting a 2-story, 90,000-square foot addition on an existing building at 65 Great Arrow to house K-12,” Pepper said. “In terms of culture, teachers and student mentoring, this is so exciting. We’ll be able to bring our school community together.” When we…
Mark Scott hosted Newell and me again last week. The man was exhausted, as was everyone in the station. The exceptions may have been Bert Gambini, who didn’t have a wrinkle on him and Debbie Sims, who was laid-back and happy, as always. We’re not used to seeing Mark Wozniak because I think he’s winding up his day by the time we get there at 10 AM, but he was in the coffee room fueling up. They’re the greatest group of people no one ever sees, and they were fundraising in order to keep doing what they do. Speaking of…