Rochester mixologists spill the secrets to their favorite bubbly-based drinks to float you through the holidays.
Leah Stacy
Leah Stacy is CITY's editor-in-chief.
Rochester’s coziest cocktails โ and where to find them
Mixologists spilled their secrets to their most comforting seasonal cocktail. Duck fat-washed Old Fashioned, anyone?
CITY Visits . . . Fashion Week Rochester
We talked to models, you know what we mean? And they did their little turns on the catwalk. Yeah, on the catwalk.
Experiential gifts for everyone on your list
With a little help from local Twitter folks, we curated a list of local, experiential gifts for the person in your life who has everything, enjoys learning a new skill, or just loves a good adventure.
Go-to gifts from female makers
Weโve heard the โgirl bossโ term is a bit dated, but thereโs something to be said for the swath of local women producing cool things in Rochester.
JCC’s new theater production is a โlove letterโ to local BIPOC artists
JCC CenterStage and producer-actor Jennifer Galvez Caton present A.R. Gurneyโs play “Love Letters” with a diverse cast and crew on June 27.
When the show must go on
Theaters don’t have the green light to reopen, but there are signs of theatrical life — if you know
where to look for them.
Rochesterโs theater community remembers Herb Katz
Herb Katz, a local stage legend who was the first artistic director of the CenterStage at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, died March 24 at the age of 82.
House party
For a city of Rochester’s population size and general distance from the Great White Way, there’s an impressive amount of talent and options for theatre lovers. But while the bigger houses like Geva, Rochester Broadway Theatre League, and Blackfriars get plenty of love for their season-long programming, there’s something to be said for the scrappier […]
Geva announces 2020-21 season
On Monday Geva Theatre Center announced its upcoming 48th season, which includes a lighthearted play about the niche world of air guitar competitions, an immersive new take on โFrankenstein,” a tribute to Johnny Cash, and a Taliban-plot-centered drama.
Blackfriars Theatre announces 2020-21 season
Each of the six mainstage season productions will be directed by a woman. The 2020-21 season includes the longest-running music revue in Broadway history, a very Jane Austen Christmas production, and a coming-of-age soccer play.
Falling slowly
“Once” is a captivating musical, filled with story and heartache, ghosts and grief. It has every opportunity to be Dublin embodied on stage — but the music must be honored the way it was written, or the production feels hollow.






