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What an incredible day it was yesterday at the Broadway Market!!!

It is Easter Season that gives me hope for the entire neighborhood…the energy…the activity…the neighborhood shines brightly.

The Broadway Market and Buffalo’s Historic Polonia are part of the fabric of what makes this crazy city of ours GREAT! It is what I like to call Old Buffalo Cool.

Alive!

Tune in on Easter morning to BFA or Corpus Christi’s website as we broadcast ther 7 am Resurrection Mass live on the internet.

Saturday, March 20th
Spy Guy’s TV Show Presents:  Nicholos Council, Caitlin Croce, Katie Tate

Vernon James on Sax – 10am

Stan Grochowina on Accordion – 12pm

Harmony Polish Folk Ensemble – 2pn

Sunday, March 21st

Spy Guy’s TV Show Presents: Gaia Miranda and Tammy Shannon 9 – 10am

Spy Guy’s TV Show Presents: Nina Pierino, Miss Buffalo 2010 and Joe Scibetta – 4pm

Monday, March 22nd
Easter Season Kick-off with Byron Brown and Bishop Grosz and The Harmony Polish Folk Ensemble – 10:30am

Greg and Donna DeShanko – 12 – 2pm

[read the rest of the Easter Schedule here--->]

Each and every year since BFA started, I wait in great anticipation for the press release announcing the start of the Easter Season at the Broadway Market!

From the Market…

PRESS RELEASE

For more information:
Broadway Market Management Office
Tom Kerr – Executive Director Office: (716) 893-0705

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EASTER STARTS THIS WEEKEND AT THE BROADWAY MARKET – 300,000 EXPECTED TO VISIT EASTSIDE LANDMARK

Visiting Buffalo’s historic Broadway Market at Easter time is a tradition for many families in Western New York. Easter shopping at the Broadway Market starts this Saturday March 20th at 8:00AM. The many permanent tenants will be joined by seasonal food and craft vendors so Western New York can enjoy the Broadway Market’s rich traditions and new ideas. Mayor Brown and Bishop Grosz will be on hand Monday, March 22nd at 10:30AM.

The Easter festivities will continue daily through Saturday, April 3rd, 2010. New this year, the Broadway Market will be open Sunday March 21st and March 28th from 9:00am until 4:00pm as well as Dyngus Day (April 5th).

[read more--->]

Come down to the Market on Monday March 22 @ 10:30 am…

A whole bunch of local dignitaries will be on hand to help usher in B-F’s and the Market’s busiest time of the year!

The season for the Market actually begins on 03/20.

I love it…my favorite time of the year in B-F.

Came across an article on the Market from the Buffalo News’ Ray Hill from March 1991.  Is it me…because 1991 doesn’t seem like almost twenty years ago?!?!?!

[click here to read article - pdf]

The Easter season is slowly creeping up…with that in mind…you can now download an vendor application to participate at the home for everything that is Easter in WNY…The Broadway Market.

Click here to view (pdf)

http://broadwaymarket.org

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A fact I find quite amazing is that I have spent every Easter of my 41 years of life at my grandparent’s house in Buffalo’s historic Polonia…though my grandmother passed away last year, my Aunt Denise decided to continue the family tradition of congregating at the home on Easter.

The pics above are of the placek and barszcz (borscht) served on Easter…both homemade of course….even the kielbasa served was made by our family a couple of weeks back.

All of it amazing and special.

I am not a fan of traditional barszcz (borscht)…but the kind served up for Easter is a different story.

Hmmm…maybe a Barszcz booth for Dyngus Day next year?!?!?!?