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Over 100 buttons hand-sewn on this headboard

Dan Garver of Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery displays a king size diamond tufted handcrafted headboard, recently upholstered by the Ada firm.

Over 100 buttons are in this headboard. Each button was hand sewn. Fine Touch Furniture and Upholstery is located at 153 N. Johnson St.

Sleeping giant

All is quiet for the moment on Simon Street. Ken Collins, Icon photographer, took a night photograph of the equipment parked in the street project underneath a street light. It is a very quiet photo.

All Weather Gang show their art in Elzay Gallery

Artist reception Wedneday at 4 p.m.

A gallery reception for artists in the current exhibit at Elzay Gallery, ONU, takes place at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28. The show features works by The All Weather Gang, painters of western New York.

William Mancuso of the ONU art faculty describe the artists this way:

"The All Weather Gang is a group of diverse individuals – think aerospace
engineer and English teacher to graphic designer and owner of a construction company – from Western New York State who have met almost every Saturday for decades to go outdoors and paint in weather that at times would give even the U.S. Postal Service reason to reconsider.

A little Harvest and Herb Festival entertainment

By Monty Siekerman

Before we close the book on this year's Harvest and Herb Festival, here are photos of two of the performing groups from the main stage last Saturday.

Raegan Cox, an America's Got Talent contestant, performed. Her mother is Heather Cox of Liberty National Bank.

Also performing are Harvest and Herb veterans Jim Boedicker and Brad Wright (photo below)

Cort Reynolds' blog column named "Best of the Day SB Nation NBA"

Link to the column is in this story

Cort Reynolds, Icon sports writer, received a “Best of the Day SB Nation NBA” for a column he wrote titled "Don Nelson: the Celtics’ unlikely multiple-time champion," subtitle: "How a chunky, non-leaping, two-time castoff won 5 rings and played 14 effective seasons in the NBA"

In addition, his “History quiz: Celtics guards of the 1980’s” was also posted.

SB Nation is the Boston Celtic’s blog site.

CLICK HERE to read his column.

235 Grill: Serves large portions of mouth-watering ribs, chicken, salmon and more

Las Vegas comedian performs on Oct. 1 - tickets now on sale

By Monty Siekerman
(A Las Vegas comedian performs there on Oct. 1, see end of story for details and watch the video)

Don't read this if you're hungry because you'll want to grab your car keys and head to the 235 Grill in Alger before you finish the story.

The Grill, located in the heart of town, serves large portions of mouth-watering ribs, chicken, kabobs, salmon, filet mignon with all the fixins. Oh, and pizza, too.

And, you better get there early or call ahead on steak or rib nights. They serve 150 dinners, that's it. When they are gone, they are gone.

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