Leah Stacy

When Friedrich Schiller wrote his “Ode to Joy” in 1785, he probably didn’t imagine it would eventually be much more successful as the final choral movement of Beethoven’s ninth symphony (also the composer’s last). This year, the annual Oxford Gallery invitational exhibit is built around “Ode to Joy” as well, featuring the works of more […]

Garage sales aren’t really known for being prestigious, but that’s exactly the idea behind the Memorial Art Gallery’s annual “Art & Treasures” fundraiser. Gently used items including antiques, fine art, jewelry, china, pottery, porcelain, silver, crystal, fine linen, and small furniture items will be available, with all proceeds benefitting future MAG programs. For those who […]

The latest offering from John W. Borek’s community theater group Elephant Productions is “The Dusk Cages” by local playwright Louie Podlaski. The plot follows a crew of employees at a major TV network as they report on a potential extinction event. Set in the present day, the drama will explore themes ranging from politics and […]

As part of their 2018-19 season, longstanding community theater company Bread & Water will present Eugene Ionesco’s oft-studied, rarely performed “Rhinoceros.” The 1959 avant-garde drama tells the story of a small town in provincial France where the citizens are slowly transforming into rhinoceroses, and a sole inhabitant, Bérenger, is left observing as the town’s social […]

The Rochester City Ballet will close the 2017-18 season with “Stravinsky/Bowie,” a melding of “Rite of Spring” and “Under the Moonlight,” two differing programs developed by RCB artistic director David Palmer. This will be the first time “Rite of Spring” has been performed in Rochester (it was originally developed by Palmer and co-choreographer Yanis Pikieris […]

Sonnenberg Gardens will join the yearlong celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass with “No Struggle, No Progress,” a multimedia performance production, on Sunday, May 20. The event — which is included with a discounted park admission that day — will feature visual images, dance, music, and the words of Frederick […]