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The Pride Divide
Feeling excluded from the Rochester Pride festival, queer and trans people of color create their own spaces.
VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2018 Primary Ballot
Voting for this Primary Ballot is open until 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 13, exclusively online.
Trump, democracy, and freedom of the press
Donald Trump isn’t the first president who has attacked the press. And the Trump supporters shouting insults at the media aren’t the first Americans to hurl their hatred at us. During the early days of this nation, attacks on the press were common. And violent. But President Trump’s incendiary attacks on the press have become…
Warren focuses on affordable housing
While there’s been a surge of development of market-rate housing downtown, new housing for the city’s working class and low-wage earners hasn’t kept pace, And city officials want to take a fresh look at how they evaluate proposals for affordable housing. Every year, the city issues Requests for Proposals asking developers to build affordable housing,…
GOTH ROCK | Blood Blush
While the instrumentation in Blood Blush is relatively bare bones, its music is haunting and complex. Based out of New York City, Blood Blush is a post-punk, dreamy goth trio with music that washes in and out like a ghost whispering in your ear. Its music pulses and drives you forward while giving a nostalgic…
Feedback 8/15
Send comments to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. For our print edition, we select comments from all three sources; We do edit selections for publication in print, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. Riverway pros and cons The city is embarking…
COUNTRY | Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
North Carolina band Sarah Shook & The Disarmers is bringing country back to its roots. The band’s music is about love and the bittersweet growing pains of youth, all filtered through a veil of uncompromising anger and humor. Sarah Shook has a low alto voice with a warm, Southern drawl that makes her sound older…
JAZZ | ‘Tierra Mestiza’
Latin Americans know “Tierra Mestiza” as the name of a traditional folk song. Music fans are increasingly recognizing it as the name of an excellent duo whose repertoire is at once ancient and contemporary: guitarist Omar Tamez and pianist Angelica Sanchez. Tamez is an expressive guitarist but he also plays a wide variety of instruments…
JAZZ | Dave Koz
A smooth jazz extravaganza will be rolling into Rochester, featuring saxophonist Dave Koz and some of the biggest names in the genre. On stage with Koz will be saxophonists Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot, trumpeter Rick Braun, and trombonist and vocalist Aubrey Logan. They’ll be joined by guest vocalists Jonathan Butler, Kenny Lattimore, and Sheléa…
ROCK | The Dead Daisies
The Dead Daisies plays a sort of Dr. Watson to the Sherlock Holmes role carved out by The Hollywood Vampires — both bands occupy the same supergroup haze. The Dead Daisies, featuring a lineup of changing musicians centered around rhythm guitarist and co-founder David Lowy, is a classic salute to the 70’s and early 80’s.…
POP | Beyoncé and JAY-Z
Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s On The Run II Tour is coming to Buffalo. The tour, which began in Europe in June and has been in headlines around the world, is an intimate look into the personal lives of Bey and Jay — both separately and as a couple. While reported set lists have featured some of…
Album review: ‘Snapshot: Chaos’
MdotCoop started his passion for hip-hop at the ripe age of 10 with a tape recorder and a cassette, eager to see where these new sounds would take him. Fast forward years later and the Rochester emcee has released multiple projects under the MdotCoop name. He’s earned his place as a talented spitter and a…
Urban Action 8/15
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Supporting immigrants and migrant workers A group of area peace and social justice activists will present an “Immigration Education Forum” on Wednesday, August 22. There will be a discussion about the current immigration…
Album review: ‘Subterranean Sweatpants’
With “Subterranean Sweatpants,” Moses Rockwell keeps his trend of coming out with at least one project a year. I’m honestly surprised that he can keep up the pace considering just how much substance he brings to the table. Rockwell clearly leans more than most toward left-field hip-hop, allowing his dizzying word play and snarky lyricism…
ART | ‘Of These Streets’
Rochester is not one but many cities, depending on the perceiver. Three different perspectives of this place are captured in “Of These Streets,” an exhibition of work by local photographers Jeremy Moule, Benjamin Osbourne, and Jason Wilder on view this month at the Flower City Arts Center. Each of the artists has recorded sights and…
Civil rights is focus of new park
Last year, more than two dozen people – parishioners at Spritus Christi and community members – set out on a trip to learn more about racism’s roots, history, and manifestations, says Myra Brown, senior pastor at Spiritus Christi. The group visited sites of historical civil rights events and parks dedicated to the movement, which inspired…
ART | ‘Threads of Resistance’
There’s no shortage of artistic response to the 2016 presidential election and everything that’s happened since. Experience Fiber Art (EFA), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the freedom of expression through the specific medium of fiber art, is this week bringing its traveling exhibit “Threads of Resistance” to downtown Rochester. Visitors to the exhibit can…
Report: Rochester nuisance law has racial impact
City officials use nuisance abatement laws to try to relieve some of the problems that come with urban living: noise, drug sales, deteriorating buildings. But the laws themselves can create problems. Critics say abatement laws don’t really fix the nuisances. Instead, they put tenants at risk of being evicted, and they just shuffle problems around…
ART | ‘OBJEKT: Matter in the Digital Age’
Technology, paint, and collage are combined in the upcoming exhibition “OBJEKT: Matter in the Digital Age,” featuring new works by artist Rebecca Aloisio. Hoping to examine the notion of truth in imagery, Aloisio’s large-scale works are influenced by the glut of visual information that we are inundated with on a daily basis. For the artist,…
FILM | ‘The Muppets’
Now in its fifth year, Movies With a Downtown View is a free outdoor movie night held downtown and presented by the City of Rochester. Food trucks, music, and giveaways are the introduction to the main event: a screening of a popular movie with the night sky as a backdrop. The Friday, August 17, event…
FESTIVAL | Fiddler’s Fair
Genesee Country Village & Museum’s annual Fiddler’s Fair is a weekend filled with performances featuring fiddles, guitars, harps, and dulcimers. Performers include a variety of local and regional fiddlers, as well as the Jamieson Irish Dancers. Musicians who bring their own instrument will receive free admission and can participate in a series of free workshops…
LECTURE | ACCT: Monthly Talk by Filmmaker Mara Ahmed
Local filmmaker Mara Ahmed will this week present a retrospective of her work in art and film during a multimedia, interactive presentation. Ahmed’s film “A Thin Wall,” about the 1947 partition of India, has won accolades and been shown around the world, and her current documentary project provides a look at racism experienced by women…
Recipe: honey soda
Want something between too-sweet sodas and unsweetened seltzers? Just mix nature’s versatile golden nectar with soda water and other ingredients. Presenting two refreshing, late-summer beverages (with options to make them boozy).
House race blows up
Republican House Representative Chris Collins halted his reelection campaign after he was hit with federal securities fraud charges, but Republican leaders may not be able to get his name off the November ballot.
Rage globally, act locally on Trump and immigration
The immigration policies that are tearing apart immigrant families on the southern US border are having the same effect here.
Film review: ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
Told with plenty of heart, humor, and style,”Crazy Rich Asians” offers a glamorous romantic fantasy that’s as universally crowd-pleasing as they come.
Men’s lifestyle shop pops up on University
Neon Wave caters to the niche surf and snow sports culture in Rochester and carries products with an environmental focus.
