NORMAL CHEF: Minestrone soup
So it’s the beginning of the year, and like I said, let’s continue with our new traditions, starting with making a fresh pot of simmering soup. I would like to…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: The Kanyoo Nature Trail
Swallow Hollow, which we profiled in this column in 2016, is far and away the most popular hiking trail in the Iroquois Wildlife Refuge, sometimes affectionately known as the “Alabama…
HEaRD in WNY: Top shows for Jan. 12 – 18
This week’s featured show is Sunday’s Ritual Walk’s Return Show at Mohawk Place. Formed back in 2010, Ritual Walk became very active in the local scene starting in 2012. For…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: Birdwatching projects to pass the winter months
The feeding of songbirds is incredibly popular in rural Western New York. A majority of homes have one or more bird feeders. This writer maintains two sunflower stations, a nyjer…
HEaRD in WNY: Top shows for Jan. 5 – 11
Editor’s Note: Beginning this week, HEaRD in WNY shifts from a Monday – Sunday format to a Thursday – Wednesday format. HEaRD in WNY will continue to be published Monday…
NORMAL CHEF: New Year’s Neighbor Loaves
Happy New Year, everyone. Another new year is upon us and everyone is rushing to make their resolutions. I for one say “no” to them. We hardly ever stick to…
TOMMUNIST: Mayor Brown claims he doesn’t know who Carl Paladino is
“Who is this Carl of which you speak?” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, under pressure to respond to Carl Paladino’s “2017 Wishlist” published in ShartVoice, (the one where Carl wishes death…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: The rough-legged hawk – visits from an arctic raptor
When snowy owls make their periodic irruptions into the northern states, those beautiful birds get all the ornithological press. That often overlooks the other feathered friends that visit us from…
HEaRD in WNY: Top shows for the week of Dec. 26 – Jan. 1
This week’s featured event is tonight’s “The Nightmare After Christmas Show” at 6 p.m. at Mohawk Place. It’s that time of year again, time to get out the black dress,…
TOMMUNIST: A Christmas Carl
As The Tommunist closes out the shitshow that was 2016, we look forward to our eighth year of “fake news”. We wish you the very best at this joyous holiday…