It has been a big year for Rochester Community Players’ Shakespeare Players shingle. Large crowds turned out this summer for the annual Shakespeare in the Park production in Highland Bowl (this year it was a very solid production of "Othello"). The Players launched the Rochester Shakespeare Literary Society, a monthly discussion group meant to prepare […]
Eric Rezsnyak
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FALL GUIDE ’11: Introduction
When will smart people finally perfect cloning? This is what I wonder while scanning the upcoming arts and cultural events listed in this year’s Fall Guide. As I write this I’m trying to figure out how I can be three places at once since not one, not two, but THREE interesting stage shows all open […]
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DISH ’11: Introduction
Confession: I don’t eat chicken wings. They always seemed like too much effort for fairly little reward. But that didn’t stop me from wanting to lick the cover of this edition of Dish. Photographer Matt DeTurck and Production Manager Max Seifert outdid themselves, making those saucy, greasy bits of meat and bone look like the […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’11: Introduction
The toughest part of putting together the Annual Manual each year isn’t finding stuff to write about- it’s fitting all of Rochester into one publication. It’s impossible to condense any city into a few dozen pages, and Rochester is certainly no exception. City Newspaper could put out an Annual Manual every week and still not […]
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HOLIDAY GUIDE ’10: Introduction
This past weekend I saw Pittsford Musicals’ very good production of “Annie.” Although the play is set in the 1930’s, parts of it sound an awful lot like 2010. The country is suffering through a severe economic depression. Millions are out of work. A Democratic president is being pressured to miraculously fix the destructive policies […]
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HOLIDAY GUIDE ’10: The year of living Krampusly
Last holiday season, my family entered the danger zone. My 9-year-old nephew, a video-game addict whose bottom must surely be fusing to the couch by now, was asked to feed the dogs. An hour went by, and the bowls went unfilled. Someone made a vague reference to a watchful Santa, and without pausing his game […]
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STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE ’10: Introduction
BY ERIC REZSNYAK For new students, college can seem like the final frontier. You’ve spent your whole life doing what teachers and parents tell you to do, living under someone else’s rules, following a more or less prescribed path. That’s all gone now. You’ve got a whole universe of options, and you can plot your […]
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SUMMER GUIDE ’10: Introduction
Congratulations: you’ve made it to another glorious summer in Rochester, your reward for putting up with the less-than-cooperative Western New York weather the rest of the year. You’ve earned these sunny skies, warm breezes, and days that seemingly last forever. Better make the most of it. How to do that? City’s answer for this year […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’10: Rochester Basics
Every city has certain people, places, and things that help to define it. Deep-dish pizza is Chicago. The Golden GateBridge is San Francisco. Harry Connick Jr. is New Orleans. The list goes on. While Rochester may not be a booming metropolis like those previous examples, it has its own signature, and certain details that are […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’10: Introduction
One of the fun things about working on a project like Annual Manual is that you get to rediscover Rochester all over again. It’s easy to take a place for granted after you’ve lived there long enough, but each year this publication reminds me what a cool, interesting place we live in. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rochester certainly […]
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BEST OF ROCHESTER ’09: Introduction
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper’s Best of Rochester 2009! Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Every yearCity asks Rochesterians to tell us their picks for the best restaurants, businesses, arts groups, people, places, and things in the Greater Rochester area. And this year it really was a circus: we had a record-breaking number of […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’09: Arts & Entertainment
ART You watch them as they strut the stage, bathed in footlights, commanding a scene or captivating a crowd. You listen as they discuss their latest exhibit at a gallery opening, soaking in the praise for their visionary works. You think to yourself, “I could do that.” And if you’ve got the talent, maybe you […]
