Jason Silverstein

Kids in Rochester are lucky to have plenty of fun choices for how to make the most of their upcoming spring break. If you’re feeling up for a challenge, put your mind to the test at Puzzlers School-Break Week at the National Museum of Play (1 Manhattan Square), which starts on Friday, March 29 and […]

The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, held every year at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is coming up on May 21. That may sound like it gives you plenty of time to prepare. But you know how this whole exercise thing usually turns out: it’s too cold outside today, you’re too busy tomorrow, too tired over […]

There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. That’s what four Rochester actors learned after venturing down to catch a big break on Broadway, and living to return to Rochester and tell their tales of frustration and fame. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre veterans Nicolette Hart, Tom Deckman, and Mark Bradley Miller — along with […]

Literary: If I had to predict a good way to spend your lunch break, I’d put our money on the free discussion of Nate Silver’s “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don’t,”

Music: You’ve cast your votes. You’ve seen them perform. Now come on out to see who Lovin’ Cup Idol’s 2013 (300 Park Point Dr., lovincup.com) winner will be. The red carpet finale takes place tonight, so head on down and see who ultimately takes the crown.

Special: Yes, we know, we want the cold weather to finally come to an end, too. (So much for spring beginning this week, right?)

Music: It’s almost like they did it on purpose! Abilene (153 Liberty Pole Way, abilenebarandlounge.com) will be celebrating its fifth anniversary tonight, which is none other than the wood anniversary. Who will be playing? Woody Pines! Music is free and kicks off at 8:30 p.m. Drink specials and prizes round off the celebrations.

Lecture: The truth may be stranger than fiction, but trying to mix the truth into fiction is an even stranger predicament – and a rather difficult one. Anthony Giardina – a playwright, former University of Rochester professor, and author of several novels,

Special: What are your New Year’s plans? The Persian New Year, that is – otherwise known as Nowruz. If you want to get in on this Persian party, stop by the Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave.) on Sunday for “Ode to Wine: A Program of Poetry, Art and Culture,”

“C” is for cookie, and that’s good enough for the Cookie Monster. But Elmo cares about the entire alphabet, which is why he gets to sing “The Alphabet Song,” and also why he gets his own musical. That would be “Elmo Makes Music,” which will run for six performances this weekend at the Auditorium Theatre […]

Some people don’t need need any help figuring out how to spend St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a two-step process: get with your friends, then head to a bar. The rest is blacked-out history. The only dilemma is how to handle the morning after. Should you call in sick for work in advance, or try to […]