Set along the Niagara Escarpment in Lockport, visitors will find rows of grapevines, a calm lake and gentle forest trails.

The Ellicottville Summer Music Festival returns in 2026 with performances each evening slopeside at Holiday Valley Ski Resort ...

The rural town of Marilla on the eastern side of Erie County might not strike you as a shopping destination—but the Marilla ...

With a teenager and a tween in our household, my wife and I are always looking for (relatively) brief road trips that offer a ...

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.

Gifting a book by a Buffalo-based author takes the shop local ethos to a whole new level … and there’s no shortage of books to consider for everyone on your list. Here’s a roundup of some recently ...

Before Bridget Murphy, Joey Pucciarelli and Soon Ho Sim sat down to write the menu for Extra Extra Pizza, they made a list of everything they were looking for in a restaurant. Funnily, nothing about ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without Popeye, Betty Boop and Superman. These characters are fixtures in our culture. We see them on umbrellas, coffee mugs, bumper stickers and even on arms and legs, as ...

Always making your own cocktails? Can’t get enough of IPAs? Why not host your wedding at where they’re made then? Western New York is home to many hand-crafted specialties, from wine in Niagara County ...

A visitor expects to find books at a library, maybe movies and audio recordings. A laser cutter and 3D printers are more surprising, but those are among the many items available at the Buffalo and ...

Remember those paperback novels with lovers on covers in the grocery store checkout line, circa 1987? The flowing-haired Fabio characters in chest-baring pirate shirts pouncing on flustered maidens ...

About a month after moving to Buffalo, Sebah Ghannam was ready to explore beyond pizza and wings. “I made a lot of Buffalonian friends, and I went to all their recommendations,” Sebah explains. “I was ...