From the Niagara Falls Review: After a wildly successful Niagara Falls run, don’t rule out a “Beauty and the Beast” comeback for 2008. That’s what producer Linus Hand is leaning toward, along with a possible production of “Footloose” in the spring. In fact, after two seasons of testing the waters Hand’s company, Silver Mist Productions,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: From the ashes of Niagara Concerts comes a new live music series starting in September. Organized by the Scotiabank Convention Centre, where Niagara Concerts spent its final three seasons, the Live by the Falls series kicks off with the Cowboy Junkies on Sept. 16, followed by Niagara Falls’ own The…
From Collective Evolution: Can you imagine if we were still walking around at night using candles to light our way, or heating our homes only by fire? Sure, it’s romantic and nostalgic to do that once in a while, but at the end of the day, society would look extremely different without the use of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s official. Travellers entering the United States by land, sea and air will require a passport “or other secure document” as identification iorder to be permitted into the Land of the Free. “We are on course to implement and enforce the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative which is an important step…
Most of the gift shops around here sell videos that are full of arial shots of Niagara Falls. These videos often recount some history, as well as talk about the daredevils. I recently obtained the following movies and will post comments after I watch them: Niagara Windows Niagara’s Winter Charm Niagara Falls – A View…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Yuk Yuk’s isn’t laughing about how its 10-year relationship with Casino Niagara came to an end last month. In early January, management at Casino Niagara closed the comedy chain’s Niagara Falls club as part of a $7 million upgrade to the facility. A casino spokesperson said the space was needed…
Last Thursday I received another newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel & Spa. They are promoting a Marineland package. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main page.
Earlier today I tweeted about the fire at King David Bakery. A friend was around when the building was actually burning, and sent me these pictures. Apparently there was a lot of smoke on Clifton Hill.
Last week I received the latest Clifton Hill Update email newsletter. To get your own copy of the newsletter, fill out the Clifton Hill Newsletter form at the bottom of every page of the Clifton Hill web site.
From the New York Times: The Maid of the Mist tour boats have plied the roiling waters of the Niagara Gorge since the 1840s, taking tens of millions of visitors, including the future King Edward VII (1860), Marilyn Monroe (1952) and Mikhail Gorbachev (1983), past the American Falls to the base of the Horseshoe Falls,…