The Strong National Museum of Play has brought back its popular “Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns,” a showcase of science fiction’s influence on culture and in particular, the way people play. The exhibition — with themes like “Space Heroes” and “Aliens and Monsters” — already had prominent interactive features, but this new version has been […]
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CLASSICAL | The Ment Consort
Pegasus Early Music deserves a lot of credit for focusing on the youth movement in classical music. Its Pegasus Rising series regularly features emerging young professionals who are making (sound)waves in a sector of art that has frequently catered to an older demographic. Pegasus will host The Ment Consort a Chicago ensemble made up of […]
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Perry native Josh Rice creates NYS Puppet Festival
Puppetry is a bizarre, paradoxical art form: in which the artifice of the scene and the construction of the characters is blatant. But at times, puppets can express human frailty and vitality better than we can ourselves. The inaugural New York State Puppet Festival will celebrate the spectacle, craft, and international scope of contemporary puppetry.
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COMEDY | Brandie Posey
Los Angeles-based comedian Brandie Posey — who also co-hosts the popular podcast “Lady to Lady” — returns to Rochester this Thursday for a headlining set at Photo City Improv. Having released her punchy debut album “Opinion Cave” in 2016, Posey is cynical and self-aware, but also good-natured even as she subtly tackles issues like gender, […]
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DANCE | Garth Fagan Dance
Garth Fagan Dance is synonymous with the Rochester arts scene. A local fixture since 1970, Fagan and company continue to churn out contemporary choreography in which elements of Afro-Caribbean dance and ballet have equal footing. This Friday and Saturday, the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance will present benefit concerts featuring the dance troupe at […]
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ART | RoCo’s “6×6”
A mainstay event for the Rochester Contemporary Art Center since 2008, the annual fundraising exhibition “6×6” returns this week with the opening party at 4 p.m. Billed as “The International Small Art Phenomenon,” the 2018 iteration of the RoCo show features 3,278 artists and their works, all on six by six-inch squares. Specifically dubbed “6x6x2018,” […]
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CLASSICAL/JAZZ | Geneva Music Festival
Beginning Thursday, May 31, there’s a lot to love about the concerts at this year’s Geneva Music Festival. With a full slate of dynamic performances by compelling artists, fans of chamber music can hear works by Bach, Britten, Dvoák, Fauré, Schoenberg, and more —featuring such artists as violinist Jinjoo Cho, pianist Michelle Cann, the Cavani […]
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Writers & Books launches The Ladder literary conference
The June 16 conference at Rochester Riverfront Hotel will be a day-long boot camp featuring the expertise of more than 40 literature industry professionals and 12 different workshops, all designed to help writers up their game.
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Opera review: RPO performs ‘Carmen’
Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” is the perfect opera for people new to the art form: It’s a fast-paced, lively crime drama with captivating characters, irresistible rhythms, and indelible melodies for days. But the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s Thursday performance of the operatic classic — a semi-staged production directed by Sara Widzer — also provided more than enough […]
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Classical review: RPO performs Brahms and a Higdon world premiere
In a polished, powerful showing, the RPO debuted a new work by Jennifer Higdon
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CLASSICAL | RPO Performs Higdon Premiere
As the 2017-18 concert series winds down, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, Ward Stare, gear up for a program that may prove to be among the season’s best. There are few compositions in orchestral literature more hauntingly beautiful than “Four Sea Interludes” from Benjamin Britten’s masterful opera “Peter Grimes.” Devotees of symphonic […]
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FOLK | ‘Rochester Roots’
Rochester Folkus will bring together five pillars of the region’s folk community. A veteran of the scene for more than 40 years, folk master and multi-instrumentalist Allen Hopkins will host this vibrant showcase of local musicians who are actively keeping their respective traditions alive and thriving. Mitzie Collins is Rochester’s preeminent expert and educator on […]
