A partnership between Nazareth College, WXXI Public Broadcasting, and The Little Theatre, the Rochester Teen Film Festival, a collaborative juried media competition, will tackle issues like homelessness, environmentalism, friendship, and evolution, while taking inspiration from a plethora of styles and genres. The Little Theatre will screen the films of the 12 finalists of the Teen […]
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COUNTRY | Dylan Scott
After winning two major talent competitions in Louisiana and Texas, resulting in a Walmart and FLW-sponsored tour, rookie country artist Dylan Scott’s upward trajectory seems paved before him. His progression from honky-tonk act to collaborative songwriter with Nashville’s newest class of musicians portrays a young talent steeped in the country tradition. His stage presence and […]
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ART | Summer Harvest
Five artists from a range of disciplines will come together at the Ock Hee Gallery to put on the exhibit “Summer Harvest.” The exhibit displays mono prints by Alan Singer, sumi-e and drawing by Dennis Burns, ceramics by Kurt Feuerherm, paintings by Arthur Singer, and photography by Patricia Wilder. Each method offers artistic takes on […]
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FESTIVAL | Park Ave Summer Art Festival
The Park Ave Summer Art Festival is held one weekend at the beginning of every August, filling Park Avenue from Culver Road to Alexander Street with artists and craftspeople selling their wares. More than 350 artists, craftspeople, and exhibitors from the US and Canada will line the 1.25-mile stretch, and 40-plus food vendors will add […]
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FESTIVAL | Afrikan American Festival
A.B.O.V.E.’s 8th Annual Afrikan American Festival will be a day full of music, dance, spoken word, poetry, vendors, and a health tent. Serena Young, Brownskin, Ignite, Tamra Cherubin, Paradigm Shift, and Judah Sealy will provide the festival’s live music. For children, there will be inflatables, carnival games, soccer, and coloring and jump-rope contests. The Afrikan […]
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ROCK | Desaparecidos
After dissolving the Bright Eyes moniker and producing a couple commercially and critically unexciting solo records, it’s nice to see poetic songwriter Connor Oberst playing in a rock band, maybe even having fun. Desaparecidos, with its political topics and punk-informed momentum, are the right vehicle for Oberst at this point in his career. Originally forming […]
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ART | Implied Science at NTID
Glass artist Michael Taylor, whose work will be featured in a dual exhibit in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall at RIT, says he is “fascinated with the mechanical complexity and visual abstractions of scientific apparatus that are within my grasp to simulate.” Taylor, who once led RIT’s glass art program until his retirement in 2000, […]
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FESTIVAL | The Waterfront Art Festival
This year’s Waterfront Art Festival will take place at North Ponds Park in the town of Webster, leaving behind its host city of the last 41 years. The relocated festival will circle North Pond Park’s front pond with booths along the same path. Alcohol tasting and a food court will also be on hand, as […]
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THEATER | “Somewhere Under Wonderland”
Dream/Visualize/Create, DVC for short, is a collective of Wilson Magnet High School students, alum, and local artists, currently in its 15th year of bringing thoughtful, socially conscious theater to Rochester. The collective’s latest effort, the musical “Somewhere Under Wonderland,” opens at MuCCC on July 24 for a three-show run. Written by Mario J. Savanstano and […]
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SOUL | Roc the Park
The first night of Rochester’s 2015 Roc the Park concert series is themed “A Night of Neo-Soul,” with a hefty roster headlined by singer Drea d’Nur. D’Nur’s record, “Day of D’Nur,” which is available on Bandcamp, is largley self-written and passionately sung. D’Nur’s set at Roc the Park will be supported by a Tamra, Will […]
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FESTIVAL | Canandaigua Arts & Music Festival
Food, art, and music will fill up Canandaigua’s main street for the Canandaigua Arts & Music Festival. There will be community-inspired fun for the young ones like a ring toss, face painting, and a meet and greet with animals. For the full-grown patrons, seven of the area’s select food vendors will be on deck, such […]
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SPECIAL EVENT | Civil War Reenactments
This year marks the final year of the Civil War sesquicentennial. Bearing that history in mind, the weekend of July 18 and July 19, The Genesee Country Village and Museum will host reenactments to commemorate the war’s conclusion 150 years ago. Each day there will be two staged battles. The first will be on an […]
