Kiara Alfonseca

Museum of the Dead gives the 21-and-older crowd a chance to trick-or-treat again. Featuring DJ Alykhan, tarot card readings, and tastings from local bars and restaurants, the Halloween event opens up the Memorial Art Gallery’s exhibits to spooky exploration. Costumes are encouraged; attendees have the chance to enter and win a costume contest, with prizes […]

In homage to classic 1980’s slasher films, Geva Comedy Improv will perform two nights of quick-witted, on-the-fly skits featuring your favorite horror movie stereotypes. Classic storylines will combine with audience-led plot suggestions to generate an unpredictable performance each night. Violence, foul language, and adult content complement the Geva Theatre Center resident improv troupe’s aggressive performance […]

“Winnie-the-Pooh: The Musical” begins the 2016-17 Family Theatre season for the Rochester Association of Performing Arts — the company’s Broadway Classics season just opened with “My Fair Lady.” Based on the household children’s character that’s been a favorite since the 1920’s, “Winnie-the-Pooh” will be performed by RAPA’s professional cast of adult and youth actors. This […]

In a flashback to the 19th century, guides will lead lantern-lit tours through the historic Genesee Country Village, populated by costumed characters reading from the works of the iconic Edgar Allen Poe. Vignettes will include Poe’s well-known stories such as “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” which will transport attendees 150 years […]

Upstate Social Sessions is helping teach professionals to keep up with the ever-growing presence of social media. The day-long conference will host national and local social media gurus, like New York Times’s Neeti Upadhye, multimedia producer Corey Takahashi, and WXXI’s Helene Biandudi Hofer, to help guide attendees through personal and professional skills for the web, […]

The dancers of New York State Ballet are preparing for their next adventure down the rabbit hole with “Alice in Wonderland.” Following the classic story by Lewis Carroll, a young woman named Alice finds herself in a tea party with a Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat, as well as playing croquet with […]

“Wings” is a landmark movie of its time, breaking barriers for on-screen nudity, intense shooting conditions, realistic air-combat scenes, and men kissing. The 1927 silent war film, which captured Air Force pilots and actual infantrymen on camera to ensure the production’s authenticity, earned preservation in the US Library of Congress for its cultural and historical […]

Mark Medoff’s “When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?” brings a quiet New Mexico diner to life, as characters come to terms with their fears, aspirations, and inner desires at the gunpoint of a Vietnam War veteran. The play is now being performed by University of Rochester’s International Theatre Program, as the cast takes on the […]

Rochester Museum and Science Center is kicking off this year’s Science on the Edge lecture series with a lesson in fashion. Syracuse University professor Jeffrey Mayer will discuss drastic changes in fashion since the mid-1900’s and how recent scientific discoveries and advances in technology — like 3D printing and “lab-grown” fabrics — have helped make […]

The Hungerford, home of local artisans, craftsmen, and merchants, is in the Halloween spirit as it prepares for its annual Haunted Hungerford. Haunted Hungerford will mark the First Friday in October by joining in on the spooky celebrations early, with more than 20 open studios, live music, and food trucks. Attendees, who are encouraged to […]

Fresh from across the Finger Lakes region, Cider Week FLX will bring 17 cider makers together in more than 50 locations. Several Rochester venues — including Mullers Cider House, ButaPub, and Cure — will offer tastings, festivals, and cider workshops for fans of the old craft beverage. You don’t need to be a cider aficionado […]