A small hub of video game developers has started to establish itself in Rochester.
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COMEDY | Marlon Wayans
For anyone who stepped foot in a movie theater during the late 1990’s and most of the 2000’s, the Wayans Brothers should be immediately recognizable. Keenen, Damon, Shawn, and Marlon have had comedy careers that span decades, with each taking turns at almost every role in Hollywood, from acting to directing and screenwriting. Marlon, the […]
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FILM | “Twenties”
For most Millennials, your 20’s are a time of being broke, being listless, and just not really having your sh*t together. It’s easy to relate to the main actors of “Twenties,” an independent comedy, filmed entirely in Rochester, about two friends who are putting off adulthood — despite staring into empty wallets. So when a […]
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From sound chip to stage
There’s a special connection that video gamers have to the music used in the games they play. A lot of it is iconic, recognizable by many who’ve never touched a console because it has worked its way into popular culture: the “Super Mario Bros.” theme, for instance, and the perilous “Space Invaders” song. Even Pac-Man’s […]
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Lake Street Dive
It’s in some of the smaller moments that drummer Mike Calabrese knows his band, Lake Street Dive, is starting to leave a bigger impression. While 2013 and 2014 have been stand-out years for the band — with a major appearance during the “Inside Llewyn Davis” all-star concert in 2013; the release of the band’s critically […]
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THEATER | “‘Til Death Do Us Part”
Colleen Moore has picked back up the habit for another appearance as Sister for “‘Til Death Do Us Part,” a humorous lesson on the Catholic Church’s Sacraments of Marriage and the Last Rites, now on stage at Geva’s Fielding Nextstage. This will be Moore’s fourth appearance at Geva as Sister in the “Late Nite Catechism” […]
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COMEDY | Alonzo Bodden
Before launching into stand-up comedy, and breaking out after performing at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and winning season three of “Last Comic Standing,” Alonzo Bodden taught aircraft mechanics. The comedian studied aerospace in school and became a licensed aircraft mechanic — he has said that the comedy started when he tried to make […]
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CLASSICAL | RPO performs Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Kodaly
This week, Christoph Konig will guest conduct the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra through a program of Brahms’s Third Symphony, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1 — composed when Rachmaninoff was only 18 — and Kodaly’s “Dances of Galanta.” Brahms’s Third Symphony will most-likely be familiar to listeners for its soulful, sweeping melodies — especially its third movement, […]
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ZYDECO | Mo’ Mojo
The Akron, Ohio-based Mo’ Mojo describes itself as a “Party-Gras” band, and it’s pretty accurate. Akron is about 1,000 miles from the heart of Louisiana, but Mo’ Mojo gets that high-energy, can’t-stop-moving Zydeco just right. Building on some solid traditional Zydeco, Mo’ Mojo brings in a little Americana, rock ‘n’ roll, and some New Orleans […]
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CLASSICAL | Stefan Engels
The Rochester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, along with the Eastman School, WXXI, and several area churches, will launch the 2014 Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series this Sunday with a performance by Stefan Engels. Professor of Organ and Leah Fellinwider Centennial Chair of Organ at Southern Methodist University, Engels is internationally known for […]
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PROG ROCK | Stick Men
When they aren’t working with King Crimson, drummer Pat Mastelotto and bassist Tony Levin join up with guitarist Markus Reuter for the spacey, electric Stick Men. When with the Stick Men, Levin — who has worked with everyone from Peter Gabriel to Tom Waits and Pink Floyd — puts down the bass in favor of […]
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FILM/MUSIC | “The Phantom of the Opera”
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will be in the Halloween spirit this weekend as it provides live accompaniment to the 1925 silent film “The Phantom of the Opera.” One of the first classic Universal Monster movies — behind only 1923’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” — “The Phantom of the Opera” stars Lon Chaney Sr. as […]
