BUFFALO Inspiration

Situated alongside the Niagara River and what was once the Erie Canal, Niagara Street in its heyday was a significant hub for transportation and industry. Today, many of…

Valentine’s Day is coming. So is the pressure to plan. Expectations for the perfect date can be high. In Buffalo, it’s a lovestruck breeze to check every Valentine’s…

There was a time when Buffalo was known as one of the hippest jazz cities in the country, when clubs like the Pine Grill, the Royal Arms and…

Johann Sebastian Bach sometimes needed a break from the organ loft. He would entertain at the Cafe Zimmerman, a popular coffeehouse in Leipzig, Germany. For his gigs at the…

Coffee was a regular treat at Alisa and Alicia Officer’s grandmother’s Hamlin Park house when they were growing up. Despite other adults’ gentle admonishing that coffee might stunt…

The Miro Quartet / Photo via MKI Artists Beethoven fans have a strong sense of place. They revere Bonn, Germany, where their hero was born. And Vienna, Austria, where…

The first public creation from the group of artists Michele Agosto helped co-found into the Los Artistas del Barrio Buffalo: A Latino/a/x Hispanic Arts Collaborative was a mural:…

Photo by Bobby Kirkham It says something about Buffalo’s priorities that our oldest piece of public art is not a statue of a soldier or a statesman. It is a…

In 2014, my husband and I were newly engaged and looking for our first home together. We wanted a walkable neighborhood near restaurants, bars, and stores. Naturally, we only…

Photo by The Gypsy Parlor (Facebook) The Gypsy Parlor is a late 19th-century corner bar on Buffalo’s West Side that’s also a restaurant, a venue for live local music,…