A birthday cake can be more than just a treat. Decorated in a favorite color or theme, they can bring extra excitement and joy to a child’s celebration, especially if extras are in short supply. That’s exactly what the nonprofit For Goodness Cakes (FGC) exists to do.
The wind outside my new Buffalo apartment didn’t just whip; it sighed, it smirked, it threw its head back and laughed, shaking the windows like a tachycardic pulse. The sky was a sheet of wet sidewalk, and I was alone.
When 5-year-old Jack Kaplewicz climbs into his bed at night, he imagines he’s a construction worker about to start digging with an excavator. That’s because his bed was intentionally built to look like just that, complete with a shovel full of pillow “rocks.”
Bessie Coleman. Langston Hughes. George Fletcher.
While many are aware the pacemaker is a WNY innovation, not everyone knows the kazoo has a local origin. The instrument just about anyone can learn to play has been manufactured in Eden since 1916.
Everybody eats. Everybody gives. Everybody matters.
Eighty-Six Reasons for Asylum Admission | University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Anderson Gallery | On view through Feb. 28, 2026
Puppy petter. Ice cream eater. Nap participant. Wine taster. Baby snuggler.Of the dream volunteer jobs that routinely top the wish list, that last one is very much a real thing.
From downtown Buffalo to Tonawanda to Hertel Avenue and every place in between, Western New York is peppered with murals that burst with emotion, creativity and civic pride.
Stay A While Longer: Fabric Collage Works from Studio WestFerry | Allen Street Art | On view through Sept. 27, 2025
Riding a bicycle is exhilarating: There’s an initial push to gain momentum, finding equilibrium and then the joy of fast and free movement. But those elements that make biking so exciting may also present obstacles for would-be cyclists.
Within a patchwork of neatly tilled farm plots, women in brightly patterned skirts coax weeds from between pepper plants. Two men bend to inspect a tiller motor. Others move with efficient strides to carry trays of transplants from the greenhouse to the field, supplies from a box truck to th…
Davana Robedee, Biformity | Buffalo Arts Studio | Opening Aug. 22, 2025
No parent should have to choose between diapers and keeping the lights on. But for hundreds of families across Western New York, that heartbreaking decision is a daily reality.
Karle Norman: Soft Cuts | C. Stuart and Jane H. Hunt Gallery | Opening May 30, 2025
Lip-synched songs. Gender-bending makeup. Electric energy. Costumes, both funny and fabulous. A little lewdness. A lot of dollar bills. Rowdy, raucous crowds.
In the Year of the Snake | Revolution Gallery | Opening April 11, 2025
It’s hard to imagine a world without Popeye, Betty Boop and Superman.
A youngster, guided by a student mentor, is learning to operate a small drone. After getting comfortable flying it up and down, she flips a couple controls and the drone completes an airborne somersault. Nearby, a group is entering instructions to make robotic vehicles follow a path. Another…
Lip-synched songs. Gender-bending makeup. Electric energy. Costumes, both funny and fabulous. A little lewdness. A lot of dollar bills. Rowdy, raucous crowds.
In the Year of the Snake | Revolution Gallery | Opening April 11, 2025
It’s hard to imagine a world without Popeye, Betty Boop and Superman.
A youngster, guided by a student mentor, is learning to operate a small drone. After getting comfortable flying it up and down, she flips a couple controls and the drone completes an airborne somersault. Nearby, a group is entering instructions to make robotic vehicles follow a path. Another…
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally published in 1974. Five decades later, the hobby is thriving in the Queen City with an ever-growing cast of characters.
