Rebecca Rafferty

This week’s early bird preview of More Fire Glass Studio’s 20th Annual Holiday Studio Sale offers the chance to get some seasonal shopping done. And as a bonus, you can watch local master craftspeople create stunning objects from molten glass. All glassware is specially priced during the sale, and includes an assortment of handmade ornaments, […]

I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that book fair day was one of the most wonderful days of the school year. The annual Rochester Children’s Book Festival, now in its 22nd year, is like a book fair on magic beans — it’s a day-long, festive affair, and features more than 48 regional authors and […]

Even though I suffer badly from secondhand humiliation (empathy fries my nerves sometimes), I can handle it just fine if the firsthand sufferer is able to joke about their experiences. Stories of public embarrassment is the theme of the comedy double-bill being hosted this weekend at Nazareth College Arts Center. The show features award-winning comedians […]

If the pen is mightier than the sword, then perhaps the printing press is mightier than a machine gun. In celebration of the 500-year-old process of disseminating information, a screening of “Pressing On, the Letterpress Film,” will this week be co-presented by Type High Letterpress, Rochester Advertising Federation (RAF), and AIGA Upstate New York. The […]

The George Eastman Museum’s popular annual holiday exhibit, “Sweet Creations,” returns this week, presenting a display of dozens of impressively designed and decorated gingerbread houses. —opens to the public. The display will be on view through December 12. This year’s showcase features a creation by celebrity baker Kate Sullivan of the Chelsea, New York-based company […]

In her artist statement, Rochester-based painter Belinda Bryce describes her intuitive way of creating: “Venture first; meaning may follow.” Meditative and soothing to behold, her paintings are stripped down to formal elements of shapes and line, with an emphasis on texture achieved through layers of gestural marks and abstract stains. Bryce’s recent exploratory work is […]

The 26th annual JCC Lane Dworkin Rochester Jewish Book Festival is underway and continues through November 19, featuring visiting authors, lunchtime talks, films, workshops, family events, and more. Among this week’s events are a talk and Q&A with New York Times bestselling author Jenna Blum (“The Lost Family”) on Wednesday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. […]

I grew up devouring “The Addams Family” in every iteration, from the black and white TV show, to the 1991 film starring Christina Ricci as teen icon Wednesday. When “Parks & Recreation” debuted, I couldn’t help but think that April Ludgate was what Wednesday would be like as an adult. Grown-up Wednesday is the subject […]

Rochester Dance Theatre will this week present an immersive, multimedia experience in just four performances of “Ripple,” which merges the movement of bodies with the movement of light and sound. The program includes eight dancers in collaboration with spatial sound engineer Tom Montagliano, with light design and tech by Occurrent Arts. The audiences will be […]

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of 1975 Gallery, which emerged as a pop-up within Surface Salon in the South Wedge before gaining its own white walls on Charlotte Street. Though 1975’s brick-and-mortar spot has been closed down for a few years now, owner and curator Erich Lehman has continued his work […]

After some alternating hot and cold temps, autumnal weather seems to have finally settled in. And the leaves have just begun to turn, right in time for The Medina Railroad Museum’s annual Fall Foliage train excursions. Passengers can relax and enjoy the scenery rolling by during a two-hour train ride along the scenic Erie Canal […]