MARY WALRATH

Gallery 384 continues its summer season with “Engaging the Gamut.” The exhibit features oil paintings of animals and people in everyday situations by Elisa Root, who is known to create scenes of nature and moments of everyday life in bold color. Philippe Faraut, creator of classical-style portrait sculptures, will also have works on display, including […]

The comedy “Rounding Third,” directed by Donald Bartalo, will jog some memories of your little league days. In the play, written by Richard Dresser, two men — the veteran “win-at-all-costs” little league coach, Don, and the new “just have fun, guys” assistant coach, Mike — battle it out while directly addressing the audience as if […]

The Rochester Puerto Rican Festival, now in its 47th edition, this year celebrates the theme of cultural evolution. The three-day event will host live music, food, cultural events, guests, and more, all related to the celebration of Puerto Rican culture and heritage. Bachata Heightz, George Lamond, Ismael Miranda, La Banda Gorda, Charlie Aponte, and J […]

Pat Rauly, who started her art career in quilting, creates her works with bits, fragments, and pieces, and figuring out how they work together, slowly builds a complete design. This is the theme of her coming exhibition at Nu Movement studio, which features pieces of her internationally recognized fiber art. A curator, former exhibition designer, […]

In a city known for its film preservation, “Endangered Features,” a one-man play appearing at MuCCC, seems a perfect fit. The play is a coming-of-age story about a young man whose love for film turns him into an accidental archivist. After falling in love with escapist cinema as a young child, the young man goes […]

For its summer staged reading, The Penfield Players will dig into “Loot,” a (very) dark comedy of questionable taste. Written by Joe Orton, the play follows Dennis, who works in a funeral parlor, and Hank, who recently lost his mother, as they pull their first heist as young thieves. After robbing the bank next door […]

Where the great outdoors and art-making meet, there is the Seneca Lake Plein Air Arts Festival. The event will take place on the east end of Seneca Lake and the surrounding vineyards and orchards, with painters, sculptors, and artists of all kinds will be working on creations in the outdoors from 7 a.m. to 3 […]

“Glorious, vibrant, and vital” are the words that Rochester architect, writer, and stage designer Claude Bragdon (1866-1946) accurately used to describe the women in his life. Bragdon’s varied career led him through many social, artistic, and physical locations, and each step of the way provided him new women who mentored and nurtured him both personally […]

The Rochester-based Theatre/Theater Company will perform the Tony Award-winning dramatic comedy “Art” this weekend at MuCCC. A mixture of humor and existential crises, “Art” follows a successful dermatologist, a self-proclaimed mentor, and a neurotic groom-to-be in a struggle for power and reconciliation within their long-term friendship. Conflict begins when the dermatologist takes to the frequent […]

Food and rock ‘n’ roll will collide in the first annual Westside Music and Food Festival. Bands playing include Springer, Cherry Bomb, Catch 22, Bonfire, Guy Smiley, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Social Club. Food trucks Cheesed and Confused, Wraps on Wheels, The Bento Box, Tony Tomatoes, and Hot Rosita’s will be out. The Westside Music […]

Irondequoit’s popular pop-up and explorative art gallery, the Irondequoit Art Trail, returns for its fifth year to showcase the town’s artistic talent. The Art Trail allows local artists and makers to display and sell work in their own homes and studios, and the public can follow a provided map to hit any of the locations. […]