The vastness of the universe becomes even more incredible when you consider how very much we still don’t know about the immediate vicinity of our own star. Perhaps you stay up on the latest news and speculations from NASA’s spacecrafts and probes. But if you’d like this knowledge paired with amazing visuals, join Rochester Museum […]
Rebecca Rafferty
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Shoppertunity at “Wintercraft”
Only a few more days remain of “Wintercraft,” the annual holiday show and sale of handmade items made by local artists, held at Genesee Center for the Arts & Education (713 Monroe Avenue). The show features decorative and utilitarian ceramic vessels and Rochester-pride ornaments, colorful aprons, and a variety of letterpress goods. This latter group […]
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Wintercraft 2015
Images from Genesee Center’s “Wintercraft” show and sale of handmade items by local artists.
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Emerging Artists 2015
Each year, City Newspaper highlights four young Rochester-based artists who are beginning to come into their own. The following emerging artists — Chara Dow, Evyn Morgan, Johnnie Smith, and Kurstie Grimble — come from diverse origins and work in a range of media, but all share the drive to generate and sustain artful lives. Those […]
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ART | “Embrace Every Angle”
Artistry and athleticism is the focus on “Embrace Every Angle,” a group photography exhibit and fundraiser currently on view at Carlson Cowork (60 Carlson Street). Eleven photographers have collaborated with artist and yoga and fitness instructor, Liza Savage-Katz, in creating unique images of people engaged in yoga poses in various environments of Rochester. The project […]
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ART | “Present: Three Views”
The fleetingness of time can make it hard to stay present. Through December 30, a showcase of three artists’ work at Geisel Gallery (second floor, 1 Bausch & Lomb Place) crucially reminds us to slow down and stay in the moment. “Present: Three Views” features Stephen Merritt’s elegant vessels and totem-like clay sculpture; Jonathan Merritt’s […]
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WAYO-FM hits the home stretch
In March 2014, City ran a story about the groups vying for the new spaces the FCC opened up on the FM dial for low-power community radio stations. Some of these stations have since gone on air or are streaming online, including WXIR-FM (100.9), an alternative news station run by Rochester Community TV; a Spanish-English […]
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The honest fierceness of Meredith Graves
The Perfect Pussy vocalist talks music, guns, body image,
international politics, and food.
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Compartmented
Preview images of “Compartmented,” a temporary pop-up installation and performance event at Lyric Theatre.
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Artists transform Lyric Theatre space
A group of regional artists will temporarily
transform the former Sunday school space located in the back of what is now Lyric Theatre.
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Eunsuh Choi’s captivating glass sculpture
It’s not every day that you’re invited to hold and even squeeze an expensive glass artwork. This is the first thing that happened when I recently met with Korean-born sculptor Eunsuh Choi to discuss the ideas behind her current work, which is on view at Nazareth College’s Arts Center Gallery. “It looks fragile, but the […]
