The company announced seven new shows, and unveiled a new logo, website, and seat campaign.
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FILM | 90-Second Newbery Film Festival
The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, now in its fifth year, lets young filmmakers take a shot behind the camera to adapt or interpret a Newbery-winning book. But they only get 90 seconds to tell the story. From dramas and musicals to stop-motion, puppet shows, and even Minecraft recordings, the submissions are quite impressive. The best […]
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COMEDY | “The Three Tenors (Who Can’t Sing)”
Three Italian-American stand-up comedians — all heavyweight touring comics in their own right — are out on the road together for a powerhouse night of storytelling. Vic DiBitetto, Richie Minervini, and Fred Rubino will each perform a set, and then sit down together to close the night out with improv and audience talkback. “The Three […]
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FILM | “VIVA”
ImageOut, Rochester’s LGBTQ film festival, will get its 2016 season rolling with a screening of “VIVA” on Thursday, March 24 — a month before the film’s official US release. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, screened at Sundance as part of its Spotlight program, and was Ireland’s official entry for […]
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ROCK | Foals
There just aren’t many bands that have been so consistently adventurous and equally satisfying with its sound as Foals. The English band has so far put out four albums, and each one has taken a new left turn — from the math rock-esque excitement of the debut album, “Antidotes,” followed up by the mature, epic […]
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Jazz Festival announces 2016 lineup
The Rochester International Jazz Festival announced new
details and the full lineup of its 2016 festival.
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Geva announces 2016-17 season
Season will see 12 major productions and events as well as newly renovated lobby and cafe areas.
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COMEDY | Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan
If you were a college student at any point in the 2000’s — or if you just like comedy that follows in the footsteps of the National Lampoon greats — Broken Lizard is almost a house-hold name. The team — the five Broken Lizard guys share screen-writing, acting, and production credits for their movies — […]
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ELECTRONIC | RIPROC presents
RIPROC — a group of DJs, electronic musicians, and fans who host local underground shows — has a massive set at the Bug Jar Friday night. The show will feature hour-long sets by regional acts Hoogs (drum ‘n’ bass, dub), and True Risen (jungle, dub) with support from Dr. Stockman, Matt 4star, Sita, and Bizmuth. […]
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Submissions to 2016 Fringe open Wednesday
The process to submit a show to the 2016 Rochester Fringe Festival will open Wednesday, March 16, beginning 9 a.m., online only at rochesterfringe.com. The submission window will close at midnight on Saturday, April 30. Producers, artists, and arts organizations can submit a show of any genre for consideration at any of the Fringe’s venues. […]
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POP | Matt Griffo
Matt Griffo’s song “Basically” is basically everyone’s life. With lines like “I’m basically healthy because my pudding says ‘Fat Free,’” and “Sometimes I wish I could just get paid to sleep, that would be awesome,” the track is a witty take on what everyone is already thinking. That’s the kind of humor Griffo works well […]
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ROCK | Rochester Insomniac Presents
The Rochester Insomniac is throwing a 5-band, local show Friday night. The punk, rock, and hip-hop lineup includes pop-punk outfit Scholar (scholarny.bandcamp.com); psychedelic rock ‘n’ rollers The Capitals (thecapitalsound.bandcamp.com); underground hip-hop from Tugboat; thick sludge metal by The Highest Leviathan (thehighestleviathan.bandcamp.com); and garage rockers The True Believers. The show will take place Friday, March 11, […]
