Nik Wallenda completes Niagara Falls tightrope walk

From the Los Angeles Times: High-wire artist Nik Wallenda fulfilled his dream of walking over Niagara Falls on a wire Friday, defying predictions of naysayers who warned of everything from falcons to fierce winds toppling him as he made his way over the roaring water. As hundreds of thousands of people watched from the Canadian…

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Artist to get show off ground

From the Buffalo News: The idea of walking across a steel wire 23 stories above the ground, as French high-wire artist Didier Pasquette plans to do Thursday, would be sheer terror for most people. For the renowned Pasquette, it’s his version of “freedom.” Pasquette plans to cross the 150 feet between the downtown Liberty Building’s…

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