Taste of Buffalo 2010
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The mission of the Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops is “to provide an affordable and enjoyable weekend festival in a socially responsible manner for families of Western New York; to enhance the quality of life in the Niagara Frontier and promote downtown Buffalo.”
Get A Taste
The Taste is a weekend festival filled with great food and entertainment. It is located in the heart of Downtown Buffalo along Delaware Avenue beginning just South of Niagara Square by City Hall and heading North almost all the way to Chippewa Street. It begins at 11 a.m. daily and there is no admission charge.
Music To Your Ears
The music never stops with two stages providing continuous entertainment.
From Jazz to Top 40, from Pops to Blues, the best local, regional and national artists are always showcased.
Food For Thought
More than 200 culinary specialties are served by WNY’s best restaurants. All items are priced between $1.00 and $4.00. Pick your favorite food or sample something new like Strawberry Crepes with Whip Cream or a “Nickel City Mac and Cheese” w/Blue Cheese, Sundried Tomatoes, Goldfish Crackers and Hotsauce. The Taste has it all.
Tasty Facts
The Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops is the largest two-day food festival in the United States. It began in 1984 and now attracts almost 450,000 patrons annually. It has been voted WNY’s premier outdoor festival.
Dates: July 110- 11, 2010
Location: Niagara Square & Delaware Ave, Downtown Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Times: Sat 11:00 am – 9:00 pm Sun 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Admission & Parking: Food tickets start at $$1.00 a piece
More Information:
Website: http://www.tasteofbuffalo.com
Telephone: 716-652-0038
Allentown Art Festival 2010
The Allentown Art Festival takes place in the Allentown Historic Preservation District of Buffalo, New York. Tens of Thousands art patrons visit the Festival to enjoy the beauty of Buffalo’s weather in June, the charm and uniqueness of the Allentown area and the quality of the art and crafts presented by the over 400 juried exhibitors.
For the 2006 Festival, $21,275 in cash awards was presented to Artists, Best of Show, Mentholatum Purchase Award and Poster Winners. $20,000 was also awarded for eight Art Scholarships and support for Erie County High School students to attend New York State Summer School for the Arts. In addition 10% of the gross profit from the festival goes to the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, to be used for future Art Scholarships
Dates: June 12 – 13, 2010
Location: Allentown Historic Preservation District of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Times: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
More Information:
Website: http://www.allentownartfestival.com/
Phone and Fax:
716-881-4269
Email Address:
allentownartfestival@verizon.net
Baltimore?s High Zero Festival
Baltimore?s High Zero Festival?one of the longest running and most successful festivals of experimental improvised music in the country and what City Paper called “one of Baltimore?s great cultural treasures” and Baltimore Magazine called “Best Music Festival”?is entering its tenth year.
The critically acclaimed festival pulls out all the stops presenting six days of inspired live music featuring special programming by legendary performers such as 1st generation Fluxus artist Olga Adorno from France, minimalist icon Tony Conrad from Buffalo, Baltimore conceptualist Jennifer Graf Sheppard, and visionary Philadelphia film-maker Peter Rose, as well as the freshest homegrown & international improvisers?all in the town Rolling Stone calls “The Best Music Scene” in the country. And it is.
The High Zero Festival gathers avant-garde musicians each year from around the world for a series of concerts featuring startlingly new ad hoc collaborations, virtually taking over the city. This year?s festival will open with a special works by Adorno, Conrad, and Rose, beginning with a special opening concert at the Fox Court of The Baltimore Museum of Art, followed by five days of intensive improvised music concerts featuring artists from as far away as Africa and Japan at Theatre Project and all over the city, including numerous street performances.
Attendance of the High Zero Festival in previous years has been exceptionally high for this non-commercial music, with the festival frequently selling out. A weekend pick in the New York Times and regularly covered by major European and U.S. magazines, the festival is an outgrowth of the vital weekly Red Room performance series at Normals Books and Records, which since 1996 has presented roughly 700 concerts of experimental music in Baltimore, making it one of the longest running series of its kind in the country.
Date: September 17- 21, 2008
For more information contact:
High Zero Foundation, Inc.
info@redroom.org
Phone: 443 414 5414
The Potato Association of America 2008 Annual Meeting and Conference
August 10 to 14, 2008
Adam’s Mark Buffalo-Niagara Hotel
Buffalo, N.Y
Welcome to New York State for the 92nd Annual Meeting of The Potato Association of America.
The United Nations has decreed 2008 as the “International Year of the Potato” and we look forward to a productive, friendly and entertaining meeting and social events based on that theme.
Our meeting will follow the traditional schedule of a Sunday evening reception where friends and new friends can meet and socialize. Monday morning begins with a welcome and a symposium presented by the Utilization and Marketing Committee, followed by concurrent sessions in the afternoon and all day on Tuesday.
To entice grower attendance, we will have a concurrent session Tuesday afternoon focused on production and management. Wednesday will be dedicated to tours to Niagara Falls and an Agricultural tour to Wyoming County. Thursday morning will finish concurrent sessions, the annual business meeting in the afternoon and the meeting concludes with the evening Awards Banquet.
Buffalo Irish Festival
Buffalo, New York – August
Description: The Buffalo Irish Festival features food and beverages, crafts, at least twenty vendors, including sweaters, kilts, t-shirts (of course), books, CD’s and tapes galore, personalized pub and storefront paintings, Irish photography, hand-styled ceramics and glassware, etc. Watch one of five Irish Step-Dancing and Ceili groups perform for you. Sing along with the bands, or join us at the Inside Stage Friday night for a traditional jam session.
Dining of Buffalo, New York
The dining in Buffalo is truly a cultural experience in itself. It is very well known that Buffalo has some of the finest cuisine in all of the United States, as is highlighted by the annual Taste of Buffalo festival. From waterfront dining to sky-high dining, the scene is eclectic.
Check out the Skylon tower, which overlooks the Falls. From stories above ground, diners can take in a view of the roaring falls as they partake in their fine dining experience.
Head out on a Lockport cruise, which is a water boat that floats between the locks of Erie Canal, for some unique food selection in an unordinary environment.
For some Inn-style old school dining, visit the Glen Iris in or the Red Coach Inn, two of Buffalo?s largest homesteads that are still maintained.
Arts of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo values arts and culture as a tool to engage citizens in community activities and events at art galleries are well attended.
The Polish Arts Club is a good example of how diverse the Buffalo scene really is. At the Polish Arts Club, they offer many events, from musical showcases, film showings, and social gatherings to art shows, projects for children and writer?s workshops. The reason for having such a diverse club is to educate people on Poland?s heritage and culture, according to the foundation?s mission.
Buffalo is also home to the Carnegie Art Center, which was built in 1903. From 1903 until 1973, the historic building served as a public library. However, as it is no longer a library, the Carnegie Art Center now offers a wide variety of classes on subjects such as ballet, literature and visual arts, amongst other activities. The Center also offers an ever-changing display of exhibitions from artists representing all parts of the country.
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is noted to be amongst the best of its type in the world. Inside the gallery are showcases of magnificent treasures from varied places in the world and eras in history, such as work by Van Gogh, Picasso and Pollock. It is the beautiful, unique and famous artwork that attracts visitors to the museum (and city) from all over the world.
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center opened in 1966 by local Buffalo artist, Charles Burchfield as simple, the Burchfield Art Center. In 1983, the name of the museum was changed to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center to support the many different styles of art located within its walls. It is home to a large collection of Burchfields’ work, abstract paintings by many different artists, sculptures made of all materials, and galleries designed and created to perfectly mimic rooms dating anywhere from the early 19th century up to the 1960?s.
The Royal Academy of Ballet and Dance is another important component of Buffalo?s culture. The academy was opened in 1947 by ballerina, Ginger Burke. At the academy, all types of ballet, such as classical and modern, and dance, such as jazz and contemporary, are taught. Many of its students have grown to be very famous performers, such as Michael Bennett, who graduated and soon became a successful director/producer of dance. Linda Swiniuch, the founding director of the Theatre and Dance Department at the University of Buffalo also attended Buffalo?s famous Royal Academy of Ballet and Dance before she went on to found the department at the University.
Schools & Education of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo?s first schoolhouse was built in 1807. The funds to build the schoolhouse were donated by the generous townspeople. The school was built on the corners of Pearl and Swan streets. Unfortunately the schoolhouse burned down in 1831. The second schoolhouse to be built was the Cold Spring School. This was built on west Utica and Main streets. At this point in history, parents provided the fuel for heating the school and all the cleaning services in exchange for their children?s education. The first school teacher in the Cold Spring Schoolhouse was Professor Sturgeon. He was an arrogant Scotsman. He would only teach his students one subject as he felt if he taught any more, the children would surpass their parents. He felt that a child knowing more than their parent was improper.
Recreations & Leisure of Buffalo, New York
Almost every major city in the United States has a sports team, and Buffalo is no exception. Buffalonians are proud to call the Buffalo Bills football team, the Buffalo Bison?s baseball team, and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team their own.
Although Buffalo has its professional sports teams, there are also other programs in which non-professional athletes can participate. Whether it is the Buffalo Regal Girls Hockey Club, where young girls can learn and play competitive hockey, or whether it is the Buffalo Triathlon Club, where members push their abilities to the limits in three different sports, Buffalo provides the athletic avenues for everyone interested in pursuing them.
In addition to the professional sports opportunities that are near and dear to most Buffalonian hearts, Buffalo is also home to a variety of spectator sports that are aimed to please everyone. Harness and thoroughbred racing are among the most popular of these spectator sports. NASCAR and drag racing are also popular crowd pleasing activities, drawing large crowds for each race.
Attraction of Buffalo, New York
In 1926, the Shea?s Performing Arts Center opened its doors to the public as an arena for music and entertainment shows. It has played host to such artistic legends as Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers. This 300,000-seat facility has been entertaining residents of Buffalo and visitors from the entire nation for over 60 years.
The Wilcox Mansion has a unique place in history, as it is the mansion in which Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated into the presidency of the United States. Every year, hundreds of visitors come to tour the facility from all over the world.
One of the most beautiful sites to see is the Buffalo-Erie county botanical garden. The garden paradise is situated within a late 1890?s tri-domed Victorian glass conservatory located in South Park, Buffalo. While strolling through these eclectic gardens, visitors can view plantings of exotic flowers from places all around the world. The only thing that is more pleasant than taking a casual stroll through the lovely gardens is the gentle fragrance given off by the large variety of flowers, which permeates the gardens.
Another attraction in Buffalo that thousands of visitors travel to every year are the Buffalo Zoological Gardens. The Gardens were founded in 1875 and is one of the oldest zoos in the country. There are over 1,000 different kinds of animals in this facility, including lions, tigers, gorillas, North American bison and even polar bears. There is also a petting zoo that the little ones enjoy spending time exploring.
Tourists and residents who have a penchant for fishing have named Buffalo ?the small mouth bass capitol world.? Every year thousands of people fish the lakes and rivers of the city for tournaments and casual fishing afternoons.
The winter season, which lasts much longer than in other parts of the country, brings outdoor enthusiasts flocking to the Buffalo region. Skiing and snowboarding are the favorites of both tourists and residents alike, drawing thousands of snow-lovers to the slopes for weekend excursions.
Although skiing and snowboarding are considered the favorite outdoor sports of most locals, tubing and tobogganing are equally as popular. Ice fishing and ice-skating are also favorite activities in Buffalo.
In addition to the year-round population in Buffalo, the winters and summers see a sharp increase in the number of seats filled in local restaurants and hotel rooms. That?s because Buffalo has many attractions that keep tourists returning year and year again.
The most majestic of all tourist attractions is the world famous waterfall, Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is technically in Canada, but borders the edge of the States. It is along the Erie River situated only half an hour from Buffalo, making it an attraction for tourists and Buffalonians alike. Tourism from Niagra Falls also helps to fuel the economy of Buffalo, as many tourists choose to stay, dine and shop in the town.
Niagara Falls is estimated to be approximately 12,000 years old is one of the Seven Greatest Wonders of the World. Many believe that of all the Great Wonders, the Falls is the most majestic.
Since the inception of the full-fledged tourism industry in 1820, billions of tourists have visited the Falls on both sides of the Canadian-American border. Though the Fall seem to straddle the Canadian-American border, the Falls are in Canada.
Ironically, tourists cannot simply cross the border into the nations without following a strictly limited set of procedures and protocol. If traveling by air, all tourists must show a birth certificate and a passport. A driver?s license is not accepted as a form of identification to cross the border. Parents must provide a birth certificate for each child they take. If a child traveling with an adult tourist is not the tourists? child, the child needs to present a letter from the child?s parents, stating that the child has permission to enter the country. Furthermore, drivers are not allowed to be drinking alcohol or doing drugs or to be impaired by alcohol or drugs in anyway. If any tourist has a ?Driving While Intoxicated? conviction on their record in the United States, he or she is not allowed to drive into Canada, even as a passenger, across the four artery bridges that lead into Canada. Animals are allowed into Canada, but must be disease free and dogs must have proof of immunizations.
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, every season holds something fun to do in Buffalo, and everyone who visits invariably returns home with treasured memories that will last a life time.
Festivals
Buffalo hosts a large variety of festivals each year. Most notably, the festival grounds at the pier host gatherings of all kinds. The grounds host a wide variety of events, from boat races to weddings to concerts. There is almost always something exciting happening at the pier, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Many festivals have very long and rich histories in the area.
In 1865, the Juneteenth Festival was created just after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This now-annual festival is attended mostly by African-American citizens and was originally created to celebrate their freedom from slavery.
Every fall there are crop-specific festivals held in Buffalo. A different festival is held for each of the crops grown that year. The reason for the festival is so that the community of Buffalo can get together and make the work of harvesting, preserving and pickling easier. They then get to relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor together.
The Disco Festival was started in 1979, and has drawn crowds of up to 13,000 people at a time to partake in the music, food and party fun that was popular at the time the festival first began. As one of the only true disco festivals left in the nation, the Buffalo disco festival helps to keep the art and culture of the popular American dancing style alive.
A Taste of Buffalo is another popular annual festival that brings together over 150 different local cuisines and 50 restaurants. A Taste of Buffalo is the 2nd largest food festival in all of the United States, bringing in tourists and residents to indulge their appetites quickly on a variety of types of food.
For the last 45 years, the Allentown Art Festival has ushered in the start of summer. This event brings around 450 people from all over the United States and Canada to walk among the streets viewing art and unique local architecture. At the Allentown Art Festival, there are six scholarships given out each year to those who are interested in perusing an education in art.
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