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.