Amanda Lynn

The beauty and ecological diversity of the Genesee Valley region has long been a source of artistic inspiration. The Genesee Valley Conservancy (a group charged with protecting land preserves, habitats, and farmland) gave 100 artists of all walks a 12-inch-square canvas to record the beauty of the region upon, and has brought the works of […]

The annual national juried exhibition of drinking vessels, “The Cup, The Mug,” returns to Main Street Arts this weekend, featuring nearly 100 cups by 56 artists from 26 states. From clean and subtly detailed minimalism to bright colors and anthropomorphism, there’s something for every taste in this show that blends form and function. The exhibition […]

Signs of the approaching winter in Western New York include digging leaves out of our gutters, switching to snow tires, and plastic-wrapping drafty windows. As you get ready for the harsher weather, you can take a trip through time to see how cold weather preparations would have been tackled in our region in the early […]

Rochester’s longest-running fine art and crafts festival has expanded this year to include artists from beyond the bounds of New York State. The Memorial Art Gallery’s 62nd Clothesline Festival will continue to host local and regional makers, but festival goers this year can also browse and buy from national artists. The fest will also feature […]

Whether you love comics, science fiction, superheroes, or pop culture in general, a comic convention can be a place for you to find kindred spirits. The annual, family-friendly RocCon features a costume contest, presentations, vendors, and food trucks. A variety of celebrities will be on hand as well, including Chester Rushing (“Stranger Things”), Brutus “The […]

The Gallery at More Fire Glass Studio offers Rochester more than glass art. Its upcoming exhibition, “Stephanie Del Monte: Transcendent” features large wall hangings constructed of wood and fiber. Del Monte’s works are introspective and represent her own meditations through intricate knots and weavings in hand-dyed cotton and wool, and botanically-dyed rope, suspended from carved […]

Many living in the Canandaigua watershed and the wider Finger Lakes region are concerned with the health of the freshwater that we use on a daily basis, and for some that has come to be a defining part of life in Upstate New York. During the Annual Seneca Heritage Day, guest Jason Corwin (Seneca, Deer […]

If you haven’t checked the astrological charts lately, I can inform you that the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Or, at least, that’s where they should be as Geva Theatre Center gets ready to present the love-rock musical “Hair.” This now classic originally opened in 1967 and has come […]

Oxford Gallery’s new exhibit, “Byways,” features new work by area artists Darryl Abraham and Roland (“Chip”) Stevens. Each artist works in watercolor on paper: Stevens’ style blends a moody realism and impressions of the rural landscape and domestic scenes, while Abraham favors a more stylized, illustrative style and incorporates mixed media into his work. “Byways” […]

After the closing of TILT, one of the Rochester’s favorite LGBTQ+ clubs, a new series of drag events was created to have a safe, fun place for the community to revel. DeeDee Dubois has teamed up with a team of queens, local DJs, and Photo City Improv for DeeDee’s Club Night Out. The series kicks […]