Thu, Feb 8th 2018 02:45 pm
Radio station WYRK raised more than $315,391 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during the annual "Country Cares for St. Jude Kids" kick-off. The event shared the hospital's mission through inspirational St. Jude patient families battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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Thu, Feb 8th 2018 02:45 pm
Legendary New York Mets and New York Yankees pitcher, National League Rookie of the Year, Cy Young Award Winner and World Series champion Dwight "Doc" Gooden will be coming to Dave & Adam's to meet fans and sign autographs. His appearance is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
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Wed, Feb 7th 2018 12:50 pm
Niagara University junior Nicole Schimmenti originally intended to spend a single semester studying abroad when she departed last February for Myongji University in Seoul, South Korea.
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Wed, Feb 7th 2018 12:40 pm
NBC Olympics is partnering with Uber to bring a custom in-ride video experience to U.S. Uber riders during the XXIII Olympic Winter Games. Riders across the country will be able to access Olympic athlete interviews and highlights, curated each day of competition by NBC Olympics.
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Wed, Feb 7th 2018 12:40 pm
Fallsview Casino Resort announces a top May list of performers, with Grammy Award-winning Pitbull taking to the stage May 22 and 23.
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Wed, Feb 7th 2018 12:40 pm
Sesame Workshop has announced a four-episode "Sesame Street" event that draws on the workshop's global co-productions to bring this season's mutual respect and understanding curriculum to life.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 04:30 pm
Novelist, literary critic and environmental activist Margaret Atwood, author of "The Handmaid's Tale," the best-selling novel that inspired the television series of the same name, will deliver the keynote address on Friday, March 9 (8 p.m.), at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 01:15 pm
Christian music's largest annual tour and one of the biggest first-quarter tours in the world, the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular has announced the addition of Dove Award-nominated Gotee recording artist Hollyn for a 12-date stint in March.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 01:00 pm
The Historic Riviera Theatre and Performing Arts Center welcomes Rik Emmett of Triumph for an acoustic duo performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 01:00 pm
Recorded live with the sold-out backdrop of Atlanta's Philips Arena, Infinite Energy Center and D.C.'s The Anthem, "Whole Heart," the newest collection of songs from Passion, will street digitally on Feb. 23, followed by a physical release date of March 23. "Passion 2018" brought together more than 32,000 students from 700 universities and 35 countries to three arenas in Atlanta and, for the first time, Washington, in addition to a simultaneous live stream.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 01:00 pm
Jenny Slate (Disney's Academy Award-winning "Zootopia") will voice the iconic role of Miss Nanny in Disney Junior's reimagined "Muppet Babies," premiering this March on Disney Channel. Slate will bring to life the voice of the Muppet Babies' loving and playful caregiver, a character originally voiced by legendary actress, the late Barbara Billingsley ("Leave it to Beaver").
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 01:00 pm
Emerson School of Hospitality students participated in the "Whimsical Pie Contest" on Feb. 2 for a chance at having their recipes featured in the "Waitress Pie Recipe Book," as well as for tickets to "Waitress," which is on stage at Shea's Buffalo Theatre from Feb. 6-11.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 10:35 am
Grammy Award-winning Portugal. The Man announced their 2018 summer tour on Tuesday, including a stop at Artpark on Aug. 1, as part of the "Coors Light Concert" series. The 6 p.m. show will take place in the Outdoor Amphitheater.
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Tue, Feb 6th 2018 09:35 am
The music of legendary jazz composer Thelonious Monk will be performed by Star People at the Taylor Theater on Saturday, Feb. 24.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 08:55 pm
Sunday's special post-Super Bowl telecast of "This Is Us" has scored as NBC's most-watched scripted show in more than 13 years, since "ER" the night of the "Friends" finale, while also ranking as the most-watched drama on any network in 10 years, since the 2008 post-Super Bowl episode of "House."
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 08:55 pm
Super Bowl LII on NBC, featuring the Philadelphia Eagles winning their first Super Bowl with a 41-33 victory over the New England Patriots, posted a total audience delivery of 106 million viewers, across all platforms - NBC, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, NBC.com "TV Everywhere," Universo, En Vivo app, NFL.com, NFL Mobile from Verizon, the Yahoo Sports app and go90 - according to Fast National data released Monday by The Nielsen Company, and digital data from Adobe Analytics.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 11:25 am
NBC has partnered with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Dany Garcia to produce a new, large-scale physical competition series, "The Titan Games," which will feature Johnson.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 11:25 am
Fireplay, the full service multidisciplinary creative and design studio, was enlisted as the Visual Creative Lead by Justin Timberlake for his Super Bowl LII performance on Sunday.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 10:55 am
Super Bowl LII, which featured the Philadelphia Eagles winning their first Super Bowl with a thrilling 41-33 victory over the defending champion New England Patriots, delivered a 47.4/70 overnight rating/share on NBC (not including digital), according to data released Monday by The Nielsen Company.
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 10:50 am
Super Bowl LII Pepsi Halftime Show headliner Justin Timberlake returns to Buffalo on Sunday, Oct. 28. The former N'SYNC member, now a Grammy Award-winning performer, actor and solo artist, performs at 7:30 p.m. in KeyBank Center as part of his "The Man of the Woods Tour."
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Mon, Feb 5th 2018 07:00 am
Emmy Award-winning co-hosts Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall are taking their culinary inspiration from "The Chew's" fan-tastic viewers, who are sharing their favorite recipes, grocery lists and cravings.
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Sat, Feb 3rd 2018 12:05 pm
Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning hit "This Is Me," from the global chart-topping "The Greatest Showman-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack," will be used by NBC Olympics leading up to and during the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, NBC Olympics and Atlantic Records announced. "This Is Me," performed by breakout star Keala Settle, was co-produced and written by award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
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Sat, Feb 3rd 2018 12:00 pm
The Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association will host the 14th annual Sabres Alumni Wine Festival from 6-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at KeyBank Center. The event, co-sponsored by KeyBank, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and John W. Danforth, will feature wineries and restaurants from Buffalo, Niagara-on-the-Lake and beyond.
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Fri, Feb 2nd 2018 06:10 pm
NBC Sports presents coverage of Super Bowl LII this Sunday, Feb. 4, as Nick Foles and the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles take on Tom Brady and the AFC champion New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Super Bowl Sunday coverage begins at noon ET on NBC, as NBC Sports previews the game with a comprehensive six-hour Super Bowl LII pregame Show.
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Fri, Feb 2nd 2018 06:10 pm
Nearly half of Americans say they would encourage their child to play a different sport than football due to concerns about concussions - up 8 points since the same question was asked four years ago - according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Fri, Feb 2nd 2018 06:10 pm
The Big Easy in Buffalo series announced it will celebrate Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, Feb. 13, with a Louisiana zydeco master and one of Buffalo's top bands: the legendary CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, with special guests The Twang Gang.
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Fri, Feb 2nd 2018 06:00 pm
On Friday, AWOLNATION released their anticipated third studio album, "Here Come The Runts." Serving as a follow-up to the RIAA Platinum-certified debut album, "Megalithic Symphony," and 2015's "Run," which included No. 1 hit "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)," as well as Top 5 tracks "I Am" and "Woman Woman," AWOLNATION's third undertaking sees Aaron Bruno once again at the helm producing, writing and recording the new studio album.
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Thu, Feb 1st 2018 08:25 pm
Cory Asbury's "Reckless Love" is available everywhere, marking his first effort with Bethel Music. The 10-track LP draws from the lessons learned in the sojourn from boyhood to manhood, and the organic, soulful discovery whole-hearted telling of an essential story in scripture: a father's desire for connection with the ones he made, knows and relentlessly loves.
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Thu, Feb 1st 2018 08:25 pm
Following his three Grammy wins Sunday night, Chris Stapleton announced the 2018 leg on his "All-American Road Show" Tour on Monday morning. He's taking along special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb. Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 9. Stapleton has got a few festival and specialty dates before the trek kicks off June 16 in Brandon, Mississippi.
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Thu, Feb 1st 2018 08:25 pm
With less than seven weeks until the Buffalo Philharmonic departs for Poland, a fundraising challenge has been set.
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Thu, Feb 1st 2018 08:25 pm
"What if I told you God doesn't need you, he wants you?" asks Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North when talking about the band's No. 1 song "Control." "What if I told you that your loveliness to God doesn't rise and fall with your usefulness to God? God doesn't need us to be successful; he wants us to be surrendered."
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Thu, Feb 1st 2018 01:30 pm
For the third time in Jessica Camacho's career, the actor has been asked to bring new life - and a new character - to an established show. She joined FOX's "Sleepy Hollow" in season three, portraying FBI agent Sophie Foster. More notably, and most recently, she has been a recurring guest star on "The Flash." Camacho arrived in season three as the portal-popping Gypsy: a reluctant hero, metahuman bounty hunter from another dimension, and love interest for Cisco.
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Wed, Jan 31st 2018 01:40 pm
The Buffalo Sabres announced the team will partner with the Bald for Bucks initiative and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center throughout the month of February to raise funds to support critical cancer research and patient-care programs.
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Wed, Jan 31st 2018 01:40 pm
Irish band Rend Collective released their latest album on Friday, Jan. 19, to critical acclaim. The widely praised "Good News" saw Rend Collective at the top of the charts, earning the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Christian and gospel chart, and No. 5 spot on Billboard's digital albums chart, hitting within the Top 20 on Billboard's top albums chart.
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 05:45 pm
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh will join NBC Sports' comprehensive coverage of Super Bowl LII as a guest analyst, providing his opinion and insight during pre-game, halftime and postgame.
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 03:45 pm
The Buffalo Sabres announced a special edition Rick Jeanneret talking bobblehead presented by John W. Danforth will be available for purchase starting today. All proceeds will benefit the Buffalo Sabres Foundation and Kevin Guest House.
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 03:30 pm
NBC Sports will surround Super Bowl week with its most comprehensive consumer engagement campaign ever to promote the network's coverage of Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 4 (6:30 p.m. ET from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis).
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 01:25 pm
The Historic Riviera Theatre and Performing Arts Center announces The Greg Kihn Band & John Ford Coley on stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 01:25 pm
Audiences of all ages will delight in the comic antics of the "Potato People in School Daze" by the Canadian physical theater company Theatre Beyond Words.
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Tue, Jan 30th 2018 01:20 pm
"Saturday Night Live" cast member and Olympics super fan Leslie Jones will join NBC Olympics as a contributor on its coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
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