Antoinette Ena Johnson
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The City Seen: July 30-31
City Newspaper last weekend stopped by City Hall and traveled out to the Village of Spencerport for its Canal Days Festival. City Hall’s Link Gallery is currently displaying Frank Liberti’s photography, which features panoramic views of Rochester’s architecture and everyday life on aluminum plates. His high contrast, wide-view shots gave visitors a new perspective on […]
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The City Seen: July 9-10
The Corn Hill Festival took place this past weekend and City Seen was out to search for the new and unique arts vendors this year. During our casual stroll through the thousands of fest-goers, City ran into two women carefully protecting their fresh henna tattoo while they dried. This year Firefly Henna had a tent […]
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The City Seen: July 8-11
After a short hiatus, the City Seen is once again hitting the streets. This weekend, we rolled through several First Friday venues, and caught the Independence Day celebration downtown. Our first stop on Friday was Visual Studies Workshop where Ray Ray Mitrano tried to make sense of the presidential primary caucus process. Mitrano had drawings […]
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The City Seen: April 16-17
City last weekend visited the Rochester Museum and Science Center for the Genesee Region Orchid Society’s Orchid Show and Sale as well as the Rochester City Ballet studio for its “Fairytales & Fables.” Regardless of how familiar you are with orchids, the various award-winning displays by area societies at Saturday’s show were enough to convince […]
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The City Seen: March 26
City slinked into the Montage Music Hall last Saturday night for the Sirens & Stilettos Cabaret: Burlesque Showcase. Hostess Penny Scandal opened the show with plenty of wit and seduction and kept the crowd whistling and hollering all night long — occasionally joined by stage kittens such as Raven Allure and Phoenix Foxx. The show […]
