One of my favorite things about fall is all the rich flavors that accompany it. If there’s an apple- or pumpkin-themed recipe out there somewhere that I haven’t tried yet, I’d be shocked. For all the lovers of fall flavors out there, this weekend is the prime time to sample all of them by visiting […]
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RIT Honors Show
With the high concentration of colleges in the Rochester area, innovative ideas seem to perpetually whiz through the air. Observe a sampling of the student talent in our city by viewing the work of film and animation students at the Rochester Institute of Technology at the Little Theatre (240 East Ave.) this weekend. On Saturday, […]
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Rochester Fashion Week
Do you spend 20 minutes brainstorming about your outfit for work the next day? Had you been counting down the minutes to Paris Fashion Week? When your housemate buys the latest issue of Vogue, do you secretly ogle Marc Jacobs and Vera Wang ads while she’s at Wegmans? If so, Fashion Week of Rochester is […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 5: “Isle of Dogs” review
After experiencing a lifetime of American jokes, I find it refreshing whenever I encounter dark British comedy. Sunday night at Writers & Books, Spanner Theatre Company and Method Machine presented “The Isle of Dogs,” an original work written and directed by Kimberly Niles. The conclusion of the play left me in need of some Orbitz, […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 4: “Dangerous Signs” review
The first time I read poetry in Spanish I remember it required an adjustment. Since my brain was still translating the words into English, it didn’t seem like poetry at all to me. While American Sign Language is obviously not the same as spoken English, it never occurred to me that poetry in ASL would […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 3: A Cappella Hour
Showing up a mere eight minutes before my second Fringe Festival event on Friday was set to start nearly resulted in me not having a seat. When I entered RAPA’s (Rochester Association of Performing Arts) East End Theatre for “A Cappella Hour,” scheduled to start at 5 p.m., I was lucky enough to snag one […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 2: “Mary’s Wedding” review
Bristol Valley Theatre’s production of “Mary’s Wedding” opened Night 2 of the Rochester Fringe Festival, and was also the first show to take place at the TheatreROCS stage at Xerox Auditorium. The early show — it started at 5:30 p.m. — drew about 30 people in an auditorium with maximum seating for 700. The lack […]
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“Dora & Diego: Let’s Explore!”
The National Museum of Play’s newest exhibit brings Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer and her friends to Rochester to interact with visitors in a number of ways. By venturing through the Pirate Ship, the Rainforest Maze, the Animal Rescue Center, Tico’s Tree, and other parts of the exhibit, children and families can integrate themselves into Dora’s […]
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John Lithgow: Stories by heart
Goofy and gangly tend to make a winning entertainment combination. Back in the day, America found this to be true with greats like Danny Kaye. Today, one actor who embodies both these qualities particularly well is John Lithgow. We know him from roles like Dr. Dick Solomon in “3rd Rock from the Sun” and Lord […]
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Flour City Brewers’ Fest
Although we’re known as the “flour” or “flower” city, the number of up-and-coming breweries popping up in and around Rochester is undeniable — maybe one day we’ll be the “hops” city. In the meantime, the Flour City Brewers’ Fest, taking place Friday, September 21, 6-9 p.m., gives you the opportunity to sample up to 20 […]
