“Buffalo…..who knew?” that Buffalo boasts a festival that celebrates the humanities, thought, and creativity, and that it is a coming-together of both cultural and educational institutions across the city?  Newell and Frits discuss, and learn (more) about, the Buffalo Humanities Festival, which is celebrating its 10th year. Podcast guests are festival Executive Director, Christina Milletti, and Director, Elizabeth Otto.  This year’s festival (September 20-21st, 2004) will be held in Buffalo’s “Literary Row” (which extends from the Erie County Public Library to [...]

“Buffalo….who knew” that Buffalo hosts one of the most respected art conservation departments in the country? The Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State, founded in 1970, is one of the leading programs of its kind in North America. Listen as Newell and Frits speak with Director, Patrick Ravines, about the founding of the program, some of the storied items on which the program has worked, and how it became so recognized in the art conservation [...]

The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. “Buffalo….who knew” that Frederick Law Olmsted claimed Buffalo to be “the best planned city, as to its streets, public places, and grounds, in the United States, if not in the world”, [...]

The Buffalo Niagara Hostel is a unique and wonderful asset to Buffalo: the organization was founded and woven into the fabric of downtown at a time when little was happening in our city’s center (in 1996), it offers budget-conscious travelers–from literally around the world–an interesting, comfortable and communal landing pad, and it serves as a cultural hub for the creative and civically-engaged communities of WNY. Nonetheless, the Hostel is at risk of shuttering, despite the fact that the Hostel differentiates [...]

The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. It brings together two ardent Buffalo champions—and their guests—Frits Abell and Newell Nussbaumer, who highlight the exceptionalism that, once again, attempts to embed itself in Buffalo’s ethos. In this segment [...]

The “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the barriers that may impede their forward movement. In this segment of Buffalo….who knew?, Frits Abell speaks with Cathleen Chaffee, Charles Balbach Chief Curator of the Buffalo AKG, about the artist Marisol and her historic, transformative bequest she [...]

After the overwhelming feedback from our first episode of the “Building Buffalo Podcast: Around the world of Buffalo, with Frits Abell,” Newell Nussbaumer and Frits decided to continue their exploration of Buffalo’s transformation and growth. Introducing, the “Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast series which aims to highlight the (often under appreciated, sometimes unearthed) assets of Buffalo–particularly as it relates to the built and natural environment. It reveals up-and-coming projects, checks in on those that are already underway, and discusses some of the [...]