Niagara Falls Fun - Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls Canada

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By JOHN LAW , REVIEW STAFF WRITER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls – The Perfect Fall/Winter Getaway Destination

Clifton Hill: The World Famous Street of Fun By the Falls offers up big-city excitement in an intimate setting near the natural wonder of Niagara Falls.

October 21, 2010 (Niagara Falls, ON) Fresh off hosting Canada’s largest skateboarding competition, Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls prepares to welcome tourists seeking a fun-filled weekend getaway or mini-break this fall and winter. With the majestic falls as the backdrop to countless attractions and activities, Clifton Hill provides joy for people of all ages and interests, which you can learn more about at the official website Cliftonhill.com.

Endless Attractions
The 30-minute Maid of the Mist boat tours continue to be among the most popular Niagara Falls attractions. Weather permitting, October is the last month of the year you can get an up-close-and-personal experience with the majestic falls. If you miss the boat, hop on the Niagara Skywheel located in the heart of Clifton Hill. Soaring 175 feet above the falls, the Skywheel provides the newest way to view the falls and is (open) year round. On return to earth, take a short walk along the Street of Fun to the Great Canadian Midway, a 70,000-square foot entertainment complex featuring interactive rides and games for families and singles.

Night Life to Remember
Whether you’re in the mood for a good laugh, want to dance the night away or to try your chances at poker, it’s all available in Clifton Hill. Casino Niagara boasts 2,700 slot machines, 150 games tables and more in a 100,000-square foot facility that rivals the best casinos in the world. It also features one of the top comedy lounges, Yuk Yuk’s, which showcases the rising stars of the comedy world. More energetic entertainment takes place at Rumours nightclub on Clifton Hill where world-class DJs spin the latest hits. Or, get your bowling shoes on at the Strike Rock N’ Bowl, a 25,000-square foot entertainment complex, where you can also prove your talents at the billiards tables.

Food, Glorious Food
After a day of touring the numerous attractions on Clifton Hill, unwind and enjoy a delicious meal at the nearby Niagara Falls Restaurants like Boston Pizza, which also features bowling, interactive games and a large sports bar. For home-style cooking, check out Kelsey’s Bar and Grill, or refuel at the local Tim Horton’s or Wendy’s, where you can grab a coffee or a quick meal before heading out for more fun. With Christmas around the corner, stock up on sweet treats for your family and friends at the nearby Fudge Factory.

Planning Your Clifton Hill Niagara Falls Getaway
Fall, winter, spring or summer, the excitement never ends in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls. Create your own passport to fun by visiting Cliftonhill.com for its special Niagara Falls Packages and offers. Find information on party packages, download coupons or purchase a hotel package to take advantage of the area’s attractions and entertainment at the best prices. You’ll also be able to search for accommodations and download maps and directions.

For more information on attractions, call 1-905-358-3676. To book a hotel room or package, please visit: CliftonHill.com/reservations or email: info@cliftonhill.com.

Originally printed by the Niagara Gazette Aug 27th, 09′

NIAGARA FALLS: Jim and Pam wed here — for “The Office”
Emmy-winning TV comedy crew shoots wedding scenes in Niagara Falls

By Michele Deluca
michele.deluca@niagara-gazette.com

Like thousands of other couples throughout the ages, Jim and Pam were married in Niagara Falls on Thursday.

There was debate over where to tie the knot. It was a toss up between the Maid of the Mist or Terrapin Point. Ultimately the boat won and viewers of the Emmy-winning TV comedy, “The Office,” will be able to watch the whole thing unfold during a two-part show that airs on Oct. 8. (more…)

Originally printed by BuddyTV Aug 27, 09′

The Office: Tourists Surprised by Jim-Pam Wedding on Niagara Falls
Thursday, August 27, 2009

If you were somehow aboard the Maid of the Mist on the Niagara Falls last week and spotted a couple with the guy making funny faces to a camera, congratulations, you just stepped into the filming of the highly anticipated Pam-Jim wedding on The Office. The two-part episode is set to air on October 8, and of course the Office people chose to do it on the US side of the falls. (more…)

Printed originally by the Buffalo News

TV’s ‘Office’ lovers will be ‘married’ in Niagara Falls
Director Paul Fieg is scouting out ‘a lot of different locations’ for the wedding

By Alan Pergament
NEWS TV CRITIC

Posted: August 08, 2009

PASADENA, Calif. — Lovebirds Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) will be heading to Niagara Falls shortly for their wedding this fall on NBC’s “The Office.”

Greg Daniels, the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning comedy that is set inside the fictional Dunder Mifflin paper supply company in Scranton, Pa., confirmed here Friday that director Paul Fieg is currently in the Falls to scout out locations for the wedding. (more…)

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They’re back from the ’70s
‘We came up from nothing’ Legendary duo Cheech and Chong play Falls casino
Posted By JOHN LAW REVIEW STAFF WRITER

One jokes that it’s all about paying his legal bills. The other says it’s about alimony.

Their fans simply say it’s about time.

Whatever the reason Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong decided to bury the hatchet, the legendary comedy team’s “Light Up America and Canada Tour” has been a hit since it launched in Ottawa on Sept. 5.

Maybe because everything seems strangely familiar, says Marin. When Cheech and Chong launched their stoner schtick in the late 1960s, America looked a lot like it does now.

“It’s exactly the same situation as when we first started,” he says, on the line from Los Angeles. “Unpopular president, unpopular war, economy in chaos. You just substitute Nixon for Bush and it’s the same.

“Cheech and Chong has sort of transcended every age category, every ethnic category, every economic category. It’s like … who likes butter? Everybody likes butter! It has nothing to do with how you think.” (more…)

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Horrors!
As in, The Rocky Horror Show, comes to the Oh Canada Eh? dinner theatre next week as a fundraiser for AIDS Niagara
Posted By JOHN LAW REVIEW STAFF WRITER

There was a time “The Rocky Horror Show” was forbidden to Meaghan Chapin. But come Wednesday night, she’ll be the one doing the time warp in garters.

“It’s going to be an adventure,” says the 21-year-old North Bay actress who’ll play helium-voiced hellcat Columbia. “I haven’t seen it. My father wouldn’t let me watch it when I was a kid.”

Dad has respectfully declined his invitation. As has her grandma. Some shows, you love seeing your family in the audience. Others … well, it’s best they stay away. Lest they see their sons and daughters prancing around in high heels and underwear.

Thirty-five years after it debuted in London, England, Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” is still an acquired taste. Unruly, bizarre and often incomprehensible, it’s also a decadent party for both patrons and performers.

The Oh Canada Eh? dinner theatre began staging the show six years ago as a Halloween fundraiser for AIDS Niagara. The first production was crude, with actors performing scenes next to video images of the cult 1975 movie.

Now, it’s a full-blown production with an elaborate set and a live band performing the tunes. Almost every show sells out, raising more than $25,000 for AIDS Niagara.

As always, cast members for Oh Canada Eh?’s regular show do a tour of duty with “Rocky” come October. Many return year after year. Others, like Chapin and 24-year-old Jean-Francois Grenier of Montreal, are getting their first taste of the campy classic.  (more…)

Source PRnewswire.com

Cheech and Chong to light up Fallsview Casino

Reunited comedy duo bring their Light Up Canada tour to Niagara for one night only Nov. 6
NIAGARA FALLS, ON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ – Fallsview Casino Resort

announced today that Cheech and Chong – one of the most popular comedy duos
of the 1970s and 1980s – will bring their Light Up Canada tour to Fallsview
as part of the resort’s autumn line-up.

The reunited Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong will perform one
show only in Fallsview’s Avalon Theatre on Thursday, November 6, beginning
at 8:30pm.

L.A. native Marin and Edmonton’s Tommy Chong met at a former Vancouver
topless bar that Chong had turned into a comedy club. The duo hit it off
and took their marijuana-themed act on the road, where they were discovered
in 1970 by a record-company executive. They released nine comedy albums in
the ’70s and ’80s, winning a Grammy for their 1973 album Los Cochinos. They
also made 10 movies between 1978 and 1985, including Up In Smoke (1978),
Yellowbeard (1983) and Cheech and Chong’s The Corsican Brothers (1984).
Their box office popularity ranks them among the most successful comedy
duos in the history of the movie business. (more…)