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Canalside 2016: Visualizing Lawns and Toilets

Canalside is unfinished. Like Benjamin West’s portrait of the American delegation to the 1783 Peace of Paris, the parts that are done are great, but it remains in a sort of perpetual limbo. A recent Buffalo News article underscores how the current ”lighter, quicker, cheaper” fetish has left us with a Canalside that fails to live up to its potential as a year-round attraction. The blame for that runs wide and deep, and the project is held back to this day because of it. 

Peace Love and Grant Street

[HOLIDAY] This special holiday market takes place not in one building, but down an entire street. A slew of stores, restaurants, and pop-up shops will be participating in the block-party type event which will also feature live outdoor music, holiday arts and crafts, food trucks, a petting zoo, and an appearance from Santa, this Thursday, December 1. There’ll also be a special trolley available to transport shoppers from one end of Grant Street to the other.

Holiday Intervention

[HOLIDAY] By now, some of us already need an intervention from the holidays. Well, the Five Points Business Association is about to make that happen. Take a break at the Holiday Intervention, a block-party-esque event this Saturday, December 3 on Rhode Island Street on Buffalo’s West Side.

After Funk Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

[TRIBUTE] Toronto-based funk band After Funk returns to Buffalo for a unique set this Thursday, December 1 at Buffalo Iron Works. This time around they won’t be playing their power-funk originals, but instead a set of classic Jimi Hendrix tunes in tribute to the influential artist. Expect, of course, mega hits like “Purple Haze,” “Foxy Lady,” and “All Along the Watchtower,” as well as some deeper cuts too.

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