Hot pink lawn ornaments are popping up in unlikely places around Buffalo—outside abandoned buildings, for example.

Plastic pink flamingos, invented by designer Don Featherstone in the 1950s, are at the center of Broadway Fillmore Alive’s Pink Flamingo Project. Inspired by Buffalo’s Young Preservationists’ “heart bomb” project, BFA’s Christopher Byrd decided he, too, would tag…

This year, we made a New Year’s resolution to try and add some balance into our lives. Six months in, I feel like it’s something we’ve actually been able to stick to.

Before, we’d do everything in short bursts – work really long hours, spend every night at the gym, see our friends for two months straight then not again for six months. We were awfully busy, but never…

Nicknamed “The Buffalo Crooner,” Mark Weber is in search of funding to share his musical passion with Buffalo’s most alluring areas—through art-adorned refurbished outdoor pianos. Sounds kind of wild, right?

With 15 days remaining in his Kickstarter campaign, Weber has raised $1,245 of his $4,000 goal to restore, transport and decorate old pianos to become fixtures in some of…

Visit Buffalo Niagara, the Queen City’s convention and visitors bureau, has released its latest visitors guide.

Jammed with Buffalo’s newest treasures and brimming with colorful images, the 68-page issue blends cut-and-dry attraction and venue information with short interviews, quirky tidbits and plenty of images of Buffalo’s new generation of difference-makers.

Leaf through the…

Changing jobs or embarking on a new career shouldn’t have negative connotations. Leaving an unsatisfying job for a better fit—including a transition period of uncertainty and risk-taking—can be a noble and fruitful endeavor.

BuffaloJobFinder.com, a product of the Buffalo News, and Monster.com collaborate on Career Fest, a meeting of hiring local businesses and prospective…

Free wedding announcements are back at The Buffalo News, and it’s a pretty easy process for lovebirds to benefit in the renewed service.

The free announcements return June 2. Anyone getting hitched in the near future should fill out this form as soon as possible.

“Wedding announcements are brief items listing information about the newlyweds, their families and their wedding…

There is a romantic figure in our collective imaginations, an image that dates back to the earliest days of our country that has evolved over time and distance: the solitary man whose rugged freedom and guileless self-knowledge are counterbalanced by a troubled sense of emptiness and loss. The frontiersman, the pioneer, the railroad tramp, the hitchhiker, the folk singer—tough…

We’ve all had that next big business idea that’s going to take the nation by storm—but for some reason, we’re all still working for someone else. Well, almost all of us.

Some people get discouraged at the thought of failure. Others think they lack the necessary skills to start their venture. You may think to yourself, “I have this million-dollar idea, but how do I even get…

Delaware Park's Hoyt Lake was the site of the 21st Annual AIDS Walk Buffalo on Saturday morning -- a crowd of hundreds of volunteers, participants and sponsors enjoyed another day of amazing weather as they walked together for the fight against HIV and AIDS. The event started with the traditional flower launch on Hoyt Lake, followed by a walking route through the surrounding…

Just a quick jaunt up the QEW, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is probably shaking in his boots—partly due to the earthquake that hit earlier today, and also because there’s reportedly video of the Canadian mayor smoking a crack pipe.

Gawker contributor John Cook broke the story Thursday night, claiming to have watched the video, himself, and was offered the chance to purchase the video…