The Whiteface Ski Center, home to the 1980 Olympic downhill ski events, is pretty stoked these days. The readers of Condé Nast Traveler picked the mountain as the fourth best ski resort in North America. Not bad for a 50-year-old! Whiteface celebrates its 50th anniversary in January. Read more »

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will continue its record-breaking 2007-2008 season with its annual Holiday Pops shows at the Kleinhans Music Hall on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m., Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. This holiday tradition features favorites from the holidays with special guest singers and narrators Read more »

Help Dr. Seuss’s curmudgeonly Grinch celebrate his birthday at The Grinch 50th Birthday Weekend at Rochester’s Strong Museum of Play on Saturday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, December 9, 12 noon to 5 p.m. Meet The Green One “in person” (he promises to be on his best behavior) and enjoy daily readings of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Read more »