http://blockclubonline.com Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:28:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blockclubonline.com/to-do/2010/02/4408/ The Avatars are invading St. Louis. They should get a pass for this fact alone. Ughhh. I don't know what to say when I see articles like this. To be defensive borders on whiney, and to play devil's advocate seems redundant. Furthermore, what the people in the Forbes Empire––Forbania, east of ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/les-miserables-at-least-were-not-literally-blue/ Nickel City Chef is a local series of cooking competitions modeled after the Food Network’s popular Iron Chef. The competition pits local chefs against each other in an hour-long three-course cook-off using a secret local ingredient that’s revealed only moments before the competition begins. Season two begins this Sunday, Feb. ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/posters-programs-nickel-city-chef/ Chances are if you’re online, you’re on Facebook. If you’re not on Facebook, you’ve at least thought about signing up. Facebook started as an online tool for communication through user profiles, photos and shared interests, but has become a useful tool for businesses too. 

To get your business on Facebook, you’ll ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/social-situations-facebook-pages/ When brainstorming this year’s House and Home Issue, we continued the conversation that we started two years ago with our first home-themed issue. In that issue (which, you might remember, featured two illustrated birds on the cover in their comfortable nest), we talked with local homeowners and renters about what ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/block-club-magazine-house-home-issue/ We’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of fun businesses in various industries. One that we’ve recently worked with is Meibohm Fine Arts, a more than century-old gallery and frame shop located in the village of East Aurora. We were tasked with redesigning their logo and designing collateral ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/awards-accolades-meibohm-fine-arts/ Our friends at Celebrate Buffalo have teamed up with Adoption STAR and the families of Flight 3407 to help honor one tragedy while giving to another. They've announced the sale of a  memorial t-shirt called Forever In Our Hearts. 100% of proceeds from each $20 t-shirt sold will benefit orphaned ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/honor-one-tragedy-give-to-another/ [caption id="attachment_4684" align="alignleft" width="511" caption=" Joseph doing his thing "][/caption]Over the years, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has made strides in shedding the misperceptions that come with classical music. By bringing in collaborators like Ben Folds, the BPO has tried to show that the talented musicians we are lucky to have locally ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/buffalo-informance-concert-orchestra/ Larry Pearson, a racing coach at Holimont in Ellicottville, was featured in our January/February issue of Block Club in our "KnowWear" section for his snazzy snowsuit and skis.  Here's Larry standing in front of a copy of the feature in the lodge at Holimont. Thanks to our friend Martha Buyer ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/02/larry-pearson-seeing-double/ I have already said so much about what I love about In The Heights, the exciting Tony Award-winning musical that touched down in Buffalo Tuesday evening for a run that completes this Sunday. So I won't waste too much more space here. Except let me just say: You will do yourself and ... http://blockclubonline.com/blog/2010/01/get-to-in-the-heights/