Amber Healy

I’m a re-planted WNY native, growing up in Niagara County before moving to San Francisco followed a 10-year adventure in Northern Virginia and a happy return to Buffalo in 2016. I believe the Sabres will win the Cup someday – it’ll be worth the wait when it happens. The best unknown feature in Buffalo is the sheer number of concert venues and offerings, especially the options for free shows in the summer that many of us might take for granted. If you ask me about Canadian music or the inner workings of how ticket sales are impossible and rigged, get comfortable because those are long conversations I will gleefully have in great detail. In addition to writing, I enjoy volunteering at the SPCA’s Wildlife Department and, in another homegrown special, the Music is Art Festival, the single best day of the year.

Buffalo Helps: Benefits for Brick Bar Employees, LA Musicians

The City of Good Neighbors is stepping up to help out over the next few days, with a two-day benefit for the employees of Brick Bar and a concert to help musicians who lost everything in the LA wildfires.

Changes at City Hall: Gramaglia Resigns as BPD Commissioner

After serving as commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department for more than two years, Joseph Gramaglia has resigned his position effective midnight Monday.

Hochul: Free Meals for All Students in Buffalo Public Schools

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced her intent to call for free breakfast and lunches for all students in New York State schools, an action meant to keep kids prepared to learn and to destigmatize financial difficulties in the homes of some students.

Buffalo Bar Nietzsche’s Under New Ownership

Good news for Allentown: Nietzsche’s new ownership nearly finalized

Buffalo Bar Likely To Be Demolished Wednesday Morning

Despite the brick perimeter standing literally among the ashes, Mulligan’s Brick Bar will be torn down Tuesday morning following a devastating fire early Sunday.

Buffalo To Lose Two Institutions in First Week of 2025

We’re losing our spaces in Buffalo. Don’t take for granted the bars, music venues, and coffee shops you love; you don’t know whether they’ll be around tomorrow.

Sending Santa an SOS: Save Our Sabres

After the now impossible-seeming successful road trip in which the Sabres swept all three California teams, the whole landscape for this hockey team has changed.

Buffalo Council Approves $2 Million for Repairs to Hostel

The Buffalo Common Council has approved a $2 million grant to help cover the cost of repairs at 667 Main Street

State of Emergency Declared for Buffalo Ahead of Latest Storm

Before the first flakes in Western New York’s third storm of the season even began to fall, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for Western New York

Buffalo’s Downtown Bazaar to Shutdown; What Comes Next

Less than two years after it opened the Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI) confirmed Monday it was closing the Downtown Bazaar, effective immediately.