Question: What was the most amazing way for Rochesterians to spend Wednesday night? Answer: By participating in TriviaCity: An Arts & Culture Quiz, put on by City Newspaper at the Spiegelgarden as part of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. I can say, without any conflict of interest, that this was the greatest game of […]
Eric Rezsnyak
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Waiting at the Crossroads Cafe,” “Anomaly”
I saw only two shows at the Fringe Fest on Sunday. While they were wildly different in content, they were alike in two ways. First, they showcased some of the truly astonishing artistic talent we have right here in Rochester. And second, they cemented for me that the quality of Fringe Festival shows in general […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “A Man, A Magic, A Music,” “Bag of Tricks,” “Ping,” “Same Sex Shakespeare”
“A Man, A Magic, a Music” is a one-man show starring Movin’ Melvin Brown, playing at Geva Theatre Nextstage as part of Fringe Fest. The piece is essentially Brown’s life story as told through a retrospective of black pop culture from the 1950’s through the early 21stcentury. Brown was bitten by the showbiz bug at […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Kinect the Dots, “Ole!”
My Friday night at the Fringe started at Little Theatre 1 for the second performance of Kinect the Dots. This show is a collaboration between FuturePointe Dance and RIT Projection Artists in which the movements of the dancers are captured live with an Xbox Kinect (hence the title), projected on to the Little 1’s screen, […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: The Big Vaudeville Hook Comedy Hour
My first night at the 2013 Rochester Fringe Festival started in the Spiegeltent (in a word: fabulous) for the premiere of Cirque du Fringe. I won’t go into detail since Adam Lubitow did a great job reviewing it for us (insider knowledge: I’m the one who didn’t care for the emo clowns). All I will […]
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2013 Rochester Fringe Festival Preview
A year ago Rochester still didn’t really know what to expect from a Fringe festival. But after five days of dancing on buildings, light shows, A-list comedians, improvisational puppets, gospel choirs, geriactors, drag queens, kids shows, physical theater, and dozens of other acts, the people got it. More than 32,000 people turned out for the […]
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Seeking Rochester
Hey, smarty pants! Welcome to college. And if you came from outside the area, welcome to Rochester. Chances are you’ll be spending the next four years here while you pursue your degree. You could spend the next 1400-some-odd days in the (metaphorically) warm embrace of your campus. Or you could venture outside the bubble and […]
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Festival | M&T Bank Clothesline Festival
One of the area’s best arts and crafts events, the M&T Bank Clothesline Festival returns to the grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave.) this weekend. The Clothesline Festival will feature more than 450 artists from across New York State showing and selling their wares in a variety of media, including ceramics, metal, […]
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Festival | Mendon Station Festival
If you’re looking to close out summer — or welcome in fall — with one last quaint area festival, consider the Mendon Station Festival. The event includes a wide variety of activities, including a 7-mile bike rally, 5K and 15K trail races, an appearance by the 64th Regiment of Foot, a classic car cruise, a […]
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Special Event | Antiquarian Book Fair
Every serious reader loves a book sale, but the annual Antiquarian Book Fair held by the Rochester Area Booksellers Association is an especially enticing option for bibliophiles. More than 40 exhibitors will buy and sale books, with a focus on hard-to-find books, unusual books, out-of-print books, rare books, prints and photographica, and more. It’s basically […]
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Student Survival Guide 2013
All you students better hope that the much-ballyhooed zombie apocalypse doesn’t start while you’re in college. It is a well-known fact — science, really — that the undead love themselves some brains. So the shambling hordes will likely be making a beeline right for the Rochester area’s many college campuses. They’re like all-you-can-eat buffets for […]
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POP/ROCK | Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is one of the biggest pop/rock acts currently on the scene. Since breaking out with the “Songs About Jane” album in the early 2000’s, the group has gone on to relatively consistent success on the Billboard and iTunes charts with songs like “Harder to Breathe,” “Makes Me Wonder,” “Moves Like Jagger,” and the […]
