From Hotel-Online.com: The Howard Johnson Hotel by the Falls, located at 5905 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, Canada, has just completed a $1,.5 million redevelopment project. The renovation project was completed May 1, 2010 and includes a complete makeover of all guest rooms including: new bedding, carpet, wall coverings, lighting, tile and upgraded bathroom fixtures and…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The King was here, but his followers missed the memo. The first annual Niagara Falls Elvis Festival was marred by slim crowds and some angry vendors over the weekend. Most wondered why the event wasn’t promoted more, and felt sorry for the top notch entertainers gathered at Oakes Garden Theatre….
From View magazine: While Niagara Falls has a handful of tattoo shops in and around Clifton Hill, it won’t be until Saturday that the world’s leading tattoo brand, nearly a genre in itself comes to the area. Founded by motocross legend Carey Hart, the athlete turned entrepreneur is bringing his chain of highly successful quality…
On Monday I received an email newsletter from the Greg Frewin Theatre. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the Greg Frewin Theatre Mailing List page.
From the Buffalo News: The Vincentian virtue of charity as taught at Niagara University helped James V. Glynn become a successful businessman, as well as president and owner of one of the world’s most popular tourist attractions — the Maid of the Mist boat ride at the base of Niagara Falls. Monday, it was Glynn’s…
This article was on the Review web site a few days ago and then was pulled. It’s live again today… From the Niagara Falls Review: For years, you could count on the Shrine Circus coming to the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena every summer. But with the arena closing this summer, there’s a new circus in…
On Saturday I received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.
From the London Free Press: The summer of Elvis sightings continues, shifting to Niagara Falls, in what would have been the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s” 75th birthday year. The Niagara Falls Elvis Festival will attract 25 “tribute artists” from next Thursday through Sunday (Aug. 19-22). With an outdoor venue having the Falls as the…
From Chicago Breaking Sports: From the raging rapids of Niagara Falls to a perch high above his hometown to an old-fashioned floor hockey game, Patrick Kane had quite a day with the Stanley Cup. The Blackhawks winger, who scored the game-winning goal in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals against the Flyers in June,…
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: Let’s say you have 30 cents in change. There are only two coins, but one of them is not a quarter. What are the coins? It took a bit of time for me to catch on to my great nephew’s puzzler. Now I’m wondering what to do with my…