$5 admission at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! during “Gimme Five Food Drive”, Nov. 6-10

A couple of weeks ago I posted an article from Niagara This Week about a special promotion that Ripley’s had on to support Project Share in Niagara Falls. Here is the full press release: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! To Hold   “Gimme Five” Food Drive to Fight Hunger in   the Niagara Falls Area …

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Festival of Lights turns up the wattage with new sports events

From the Niagara Falls Review: With its 30th anniversary looming next year, the CAA Winter Festival of Lights is adding more juice to its lineup. Sponsored by beverage maker Cintron, a new three-day sports festival will take place throughout the city to conclude this year’s event. It’s expected to attract about 1,300 athletes in a…

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Next tour boat operator could be named by year’s end: NPC

From the Niagara Falls Review: The winner of the much-publicized bid to provide boat tours in the Niagara gorge could be named by the end of the year, says Janice Thomson, interim chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission. “We’re currently still in the review process. There has been a lot of detail throughout the whole…

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January 2012 Entertainment Announcements

I recently received the latest Entertainment Insider email newsletter from the Fallsview Casino Resort.

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Flash mob to descend on Niagara Falls

From Niagara This Week: Fancy being in a music video? Then the Niagara Social Project wants to hear from you. Better yet, the group wants to meet you in front of Planet Hollywood in Niagara Falls on Oct. 27 as a part of a flash mob that will be a part of a music video…

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Wallenda making pitch to Canada for tightrope walk

From the Niagara Gazette: Nik Wallenda’s lifelong dream may be coming closer to reality. The tightrope walker and his team met with Canadian officials Thursday in continuing efforts to convince that side of the border to allow a wire walk next year above Niagara Falls. Wallenda said he wasn’t expecting anything but a continuation of…

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Spandy Andy’s Niagara Falls adventure!

I posted recently about Spandy Andy. Well, the Clifton Hill Blog caught up with him recently and asked him some questions. The “interview” doesn’t reveal much, but it is interesting, and there is at least one reference to Niagara Falls.

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Queen of the Mist, Starring Tony Nominee Mary Testa, Takes the Plunge Off-Broadway Oct. 18

From Playbill.com: Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist-librettist Michael John LaChiusa takes on an American icon in Queen of the Mist, starring Tony nominee Mary Testa as Anna Edson Taylor, the first person to survive the plunge over Niagara Falls. The Transport Group’s environmental staging begins performances Oct. 18 at The Gym at Judson Memorial Church… Here’s how…

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World tunes in to Fear Factory faces

From the Welland Tribune: When Frank LaPenna received a text message saying the website for his business was seeing some unusually high numbers, he didn’t think too much of it. One of his employees wanted to let him know that the Nightmares Fear Factory website, which was typically getting 600 hits per day, had received…

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