I’m almost afraid to write this article. I’m afraid that people will find out how good the mac & cheese is at Colter Bay Grill and it will be sold out every day before I get there. Colter Bay was an unlikely stop for me on the lunch scene; I’d been there many times to watch a hockey game and drink some beer, but never to eat. The menu is surprisingly extensive. Starters feature the usual choices: wings, quesadillas, potato skins, nachos. The salads are generous in portion. The sandwich selection offers fantastic flavor combinations as with the Yellowstone–sliced turkey…
Author: reed
When veteran lighting designer Brian Cavanagh noticed 12 Angry Men on the Kavinoky Theatre’s schedule for this year, he called Artistic Director David Lamb to see if they had decided on a director. Lamb was planning to direct, but a few days later called back to offer the job to Cavanagh. “I had designed lighting for shows at the Kavinoky for the last 13 or 14 years,” he said, “but I wasn’t sure they’d hand me an entire show of this size.” It’s his directorial debut at the Kavinoky and his enthusiasm for the production is obvious. Cavanagh has designed…
In all of the recent discussions about the physical and aesthetic shortcomings of the existing convention center, one key player’s voice has been conspicuously absent, that of Paul Murphy, Executive Director of the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. It seems odd and altogether too common that people unconnected to the Center or the convention and meeting industry freely offer opinions on the appearance, functionality and value of the convention center without a full understanding of its role in the community, and without asking the opinion of the man closest to its daily operation. Last month Buffalo Rising introduced Tim Tielman’s proposal…