Falls Comic Con draws big crowds

From Niagara This Week: Appearing at Niagara Falls Comic Con was like coming home for Lance Henriksen. The American actor, best known as the android Bishop in two films in the Alien franchise and the cult classics Pumpkinhead and Near Dark, recently spent several months in Toronto filming a movie and was eager to return…

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Marineland: At Niagara Falls attraction, it’s business as usual

From the Toronto Star: The crowd before her roars as Buttercup waddles onto the stage on this late Wednesday afternoon at Marineland’s King Waldorf’s Stadium. The centre of attention, the 900-kilogram walrus twists around and wags her flippers at her trainer’s call, sending people in the nearly packed bleachers clapping and cheering even louder for…

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Carnival vibe enhances Hard Rock series

From the Buffalo News: Perhaps more than any other free, outdoor concert series in Western New York, Hard Rock Rocks Old Falls Street is presented as a community event more than just a big concert with basic concessions. Saturday night, the two blocks of Old Falls Street were filled with puppeteers, in-your-face mimes, vendors and…

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“The Sound Remains the Same” concert

I did not know this, but apparently people/cities remember the last time Led Zeppelin played in their town. According to a press release I received, On Sunday July 15, 1973 legendary rock and roll band Led Zeppelin performed in Buffalo, NY for the last time to a sold-out Buffalo Memorial Auditorium crowd, and this epic…

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Nik Wallenda successfully completes Niagara Falls highrope walk before spectators, television viewers

From the National Post: Emerging out of a cloud of mist, Nik Wallenda ran the last few steps to become the first man in more than a century to cross Niagara Falls on a high wire and singlehandedly bring the Wallenda name back into the public consciousness. Although the walk was mostly free of theatrics,…

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Video from the Winter Festival of Lights 2010-2011 Opening Ceremonies

Last week I posted some pictures from the CAA Winter Festival of Lights 2010-2011 Opening Ceremonies. I also took a very short video. You can see/hear a short clip from a couple of the performances. You can also get a sense of how big the crowd was. I would have taken a longer video and…

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The world comes to run in Niagara

From the Niagara Falls Review: Veterans of the Niagara Falls International Marathon were shocked by what they saw Sunday. Blue skies. Warm temperatures. No rain coats. They’re so used to lousy weather, being dry is like a consolation prize. It made for more smiles and a bigger crowd cheering them on during the annual run,…

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