Rachel Crawford

The Hungerford and FUNgerford’s annual Haunted Hungerford event is back this weekend, this year featuring 20 open studios for visitors to explore, a costume contest, prizes, and the chance to support a few good causes. Some participating studios include Black Cat Gallery, where attendees can find information on voter registration, and Cat Clay, which will […]

Rochester theater company Screen Plays continues its seventh season this week with “Frankenstein — A Live Radio Play” by Philip Grecian, held at The MuCCC and Record Archive. The performance hits just over 200 years since Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus” was published in 1818, and ties in themes of 1940s radio-style drama, with […]

This Saturday, August 24, The College at Brockport Dance will host an event in its “Open Air: Brockport” series, which takes place in unique spaces such as gardens, rooftops, and farms. The series is presented by Brockport alumna Marisa F. Ballaro’s dance company, Ballaro Dance. This weekend’s performances will take place in and around the […]

Celebrating its 174th year, the New York State Fair is a 13-day, family-friendly annual event attracts more than one million people with its rides, performers, animals, vendors, and more. On opening night, Wednesday, August 21, legendary rock band Grand Funk Railroad kicks things off at 7 p.m. at Chevy Court. The fair will be hosting […]

Participating in Western New York Cider Week, Unter Biergarten will host its first annual Cider Festival this weekend. The festival will features samples from approximately 13 craft cideries, as well as live music and a pie eating contest. Admission includes eight tasting tickets and one tasting glass. Deluxe admission includes eight tasting tickets, two half […]

This Saturday, Clarissa Street Reunion will hold its 24th annual event. Clarissa Street has a rich, musical history: Once referred to as Rochester’s “Broadway,” Clarissa Street was a thriving commercial corridor of the historic Corn Hill neighborhood. After two years on Adams Street, the reunion returns to traditional roots this weekend, taking over a portion […]

The Little Theater will continue its “Party Like it’s 1999” series this week with a screening of Wes Anderson’s nostalgic film “Rushmore.” The series is inspired by Brian Raftery’s book, “Best. Movie. Year. Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.” Perhaps best known for its famous line, “I saved Latin — what did you […]

This Saturday, August 17, Bloom: Rochester Poetry Project will host a ‘Reading for RAICES’ benefit event at The Avenue Blackbox Theatre. RACIES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education) is a nonprofit organization that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families, and refugees in Central and South Texas. The event’s organizers aim to […]

Rochester celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Puerto Rican Festival this weekend, and this year’s theme is fittingly “Our 50 –– Nuestro 50.” Each year, the Puerto Rican Festival organization hosts the family-friendly gathering, sharing food, music, and dance performances. This year’s headliners are N’klabe and Grupo Mania (Friday), Las BomPleneras, Alex Bueno, and RKM […]

Flour City Brewers Fest celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend with its annual event, hosted by Rohrbach Brewing Company. Bringing together both local and New York State-wide brewers, the festival features more than 70 craft breweries as well as wineries, cideries, distilleries, and even kombucha makers. In addition to several new breweries, the event will […]

Writers & Books will host a reading and book signing for author Lauren Acampora’s debut novel “The Paper Wasp” (published this year by Grove Atlantic), which has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, and received praise from Oprah Magazine and TIME Magazine, which calls […]