Mary Kunz Goldman, Journalist

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Sunday Edition: A Victorian Orangerie ... On a Shoestring
One visit to the Botanical Gardens. A whole new chapter for my sun room
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Big Daddy Cooks: This Hep Hunk of Hog
'Season that cat' -- Big Daddy Cool Cat's Summer Pork Loin
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A Visit From the American Mariner
The Cheerios plant's ship has come in! And where freighter fans can learn more
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Buffalo's Other Japanese Garden
Visit now! And tell our city forefathers, "Domo arigato"
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The Buzz: This Week in Buffalo
Rudders, royals, and anonymous lions
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We're Going In: The Buffalo Zoo Dog Show
Whirling jump-ropes, flying Frisbees, and wait, where's my treat?
Sunday Edition: How I Lost 18 Pounds with Big Daddy Cool Cat
A diet built by an AI who calls me 'Sugar' and plays to my groove
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The Buzz: This Week in Buffalo
Wines, Whines, and a Free Shrimp Cocktail
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We're Going In: The Metro Rail
Where brakes screech, fluorescent lights flicker, and 'Greensleeves' haunts the halls
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Miss Manners is a Wagnerian
10 nights of opera at Bayreuth, 1 single carry-on
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Sunday Edition: A June Bucket List
Plus more gems from my summer typewriter, including 'The Apollo of the Woods'
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'The Apollo of the Woods'
Walt Whitman called it that. We just call it beautiful!
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Buffalo Snapshots: The Cotter
Fun Facts About the World's Oldest Functioning Fireboat
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Musical Notes

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Miss Manners is a Wagnerian
10 nights of opera at Bayreuth, 1 single carry-on
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O Captain! My Captain! Resurrecting Lincoln’s America in Song
A Buffalo world premiere of orchestrated songs by Lee Hoiby brings Lincoln’s spirit -- and Walt Whitman's poetry — to life
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Sunday Edition: Alto Rhapsody, or Alto Meltdown?
A singer's toughest challenge: What do I wear?
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My Upcoming Choral Concerts - They're Free!
Come and cheer us on as we tackle Schubert, Palestrina and a magnificent Magnificat
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'Let's Sing With the Pope' Will Have You Chanting Like It's 1399
The Vatican's new YouTube tutorials take it one square note at a time
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A Magical 'Figaro' At the Met
The cast and conductor love Mozart, and it shows in their work
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Songs of Knights and Ladies
And my dream about Franz Schubert
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A Quick Toast To Mozart
It only takes five minutes! Join me in celebrating his birthday
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We're Going In

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We're Going In: The Buffalo Zoo Dog Show
Whirling jump-ropes, flying Frisbees, and wait, where's my treat?
We're Going In: The Metro Rail
Where brakes screech, fluorescent lights flicker, and 'Greensleeves' haunts the halls
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We're Going In: Your Old Grade School
Ancient lockers, a haunted staircase, and the world's tiniest toilet
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We're Going In: The Secret Life of the Aviary
A curious corner of the Buffalo Zoo springs back to life. What changed? Who vanished? And why is no one else here?
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We're Going In: The Brutalist Observation Tower
Concrete looms over Buffalo's waterfront. The climb starts here.
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We're Going In: The Great Baehre Swamp
A grab-bog of mystery -- complete with frog chorus, bird calls, and the ghost of a great explorer
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We're Going In: Mount Calvary Cemetery
A walk here is a lot different from a walk through Forest Lawn
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We're Going In: Thrift Madness at 'The Bins'
Act fast, dig deep, and don't be 'that one'
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What's New at the Zoo

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The Lion Gets a Cuddle
A lovely Buffalo Zoo moment on video
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Meow! Buffalo Zoo Welcomes New Kitten
Anahi and Salvador are first-time parents
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A Polar Bear's Mud Spa Day
'in Just spring ... when the world is puddle-wonderful'
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The Keeper of the Giant Anteater Speaks
A lucky encounter in the rain forest of the Buffalo Zoo
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When a Horse Meets an Ass ...
Adventure on a cold winter's day
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A Cow, a Capybara, and We Glimpse Our Elusive New Gorilla
Handsome ape Babatunde is already a Buffalonian
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Adventure at Goat Island
Goats are the GOAT!
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The Peaceable Kingdom
Nothing like a warm day at the zoo
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