Millions of Americans have kinks, and experts say exploring them safely can improve people’s overall wellness.
Amanda Chestnut
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Protest is personal in Joshua Rashaad McFadden’s Eastman Museum art show
The 31-year-old Rochester photographer’s rare early-career retrospective at George Eastman Museum runs through June 19.
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A wealth of work
George Eastman Museum’s current exhibit, “Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory,” marks the artist’s first major retrospective in her 50-year career and highlights a lifetime of femme, maternal, and dream-like works.
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Sex ed for every body
Inclusive yoga instructor and sex educator Jenna Weintraub is all about normalizing and enhancing our experiences
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ART | ‘Face It’
Ceramic artist Nancy Valle will this month open her Anderson Alley studio to two other artists. The exhibition “Face it!” features works from John Kosboth and Richard Harvey, who have each used portraiture to delve into their emotional responses to our current social and political atmosphere. Kosboth digitally manipulates the photographic medium to challenge the […]
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KIDS | Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly
TYKEs (Theatre Young Kids Enjoy) opens its 15th season this week with the musical “Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly.” Based on the clever, colorful New York Times best-selling book series by Doreen Cronin and The New Yorker cover illustrator Harry Bliss, the family-friendly performance is recommended for kids age 3 and […]
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ART | ‘Grounded’
“Grounded,” an exhibit featuring the work of regional artists Helen Santelli and Virginia Cassetta, opens this week at Nu Movement Gallery. Each artist creates abstract landscapes with mixed media including oils, pastels, wax, and encaustics. In keeping with the holistic wellness goals of Nu Movement, the work looks to explore a deeper spiritual understanding through […]
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Amanda reviews ‘BirthWrite’
There’s something about a hot day at the end of summer that really makes melanin pop. This first Saturday of Fringe was, for me, a celebration of Black Magic, with spoken word group We All Write presenting “BirthWrite” at Geva Theatre Center. The stage for Birth Write was set like a makeshift living room, with […]
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Amanda reviews ‘Holding On through Song’
“Holding On through Song: A Celebration of the African-American Spiritual” was not typical Fringe Festival fare. There was no spectacle or debauchery. No one set out to create a crazy audience-driven event in a strange and curious space, or see how many flaming swords they could juggle while drunkenly reciting Shakespeare and riding a unicycle. […]
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Spirituals show sparks controversy
Rochester’s Fringe Festival events don’t ordinarily create controversies. This year, though, one show has: over whether the performers are the appropriate ones for the subject matter.
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Review: ‘Dogfight, the Musical’ at JCC CenterStage
The Vietnam War is a looming menace throughout the story, but the real villain is toxic masculinity — disguised as brotherhood and camaraderie — that is portrayed with a loathsome and sickening success by the young actors.
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David Levinthal’s gaze: ‘War, Myth, Desire’ at Eastman Museum
The major retrospective presents the overarching themes present throughout Levinthal’s photographic career. But what does his lens have to say about his subject matter?
