A new six-week Puppy Tales series at Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, located at 688 Abbott Road in South Buffalo, will kick off at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8.

Open to children ages 2 to 4 accompanied by a parent or guardian, Puppy Tales runs on six consecutive Friday mornings and each session includes three stories, a craft and healthy snacks. The cost is just $25 per child for the entire session.

Puppy Tales is a great way to prepare students for Pre-K. To register for the next Puppy Tales series, please visit the bookstore or call 823-2665. And for more information on the nonprofit community bookstore, please visit www.dogearsbookstore.org or follow on Facebook for frequent updates.

When local tattoo artist Keith Kuzara purchased Sink or Swim Tattoo from his boss back in the fall of 2015, the first-time business owner probably didn’t expect such a positive and immediate response from the Western New York community … but that’s exactly what he got.

Just two years later, Kuzara and the staff of Sink or Swim have left their 800-square-foot shop in North Tonawanda for much larger space in Niagara Falls. With more employees and more customers, the larger facility is a true blessing.

Located at 2045 Niagara Falls Blvd. in Niagara Falls, the spacious new home of Sink or Swim Tattoo offers 2,000 square feet of comfort for Kuzara, his eight employees and their faithful followers. A soft opening at the new location took place on Tuesday, Aug. 22.

Jamestown, NY – You can learn to make a beautiful beadwork owl pendant to wear or give as a gift.

Bead artist Anne Jackson will instruct the 1-3 p.m. workshop on Wednesdays, September 6 and 13 at Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC).

You can show off a bit of nature by learning beading techniques used to make a charming owl pendant. You will work with small seed beads and some medium size beads while learning to weave them into a pendant that you will want to wear every day.

It will take two sessions to create this piece of art, and you may need to work on the owl at home between sessions in order to complete it by the end of the second class.

No prior beading experience is needed to take this class.

Be sure to bring your glasses if you need them for close-up work.

Jackson is a member of the Chautauqua County Society of Artists. She has taught beading for more than two decades, both privately as well as at Audubon.