Tori Martinez

As part of the August First Friday, Gallery Q, The Triangle neighborhood, and ImageOut are partnering to present “Illuminate,” a gallery event celebrating the LGBTQ community. “Illuminate” will feature artists Chen Wang, Citlali Fabián, and Katie Efstathiou, and puts a focus on projection and installation-based art. Wang will display animations that explore sexuality and gender […]

Summer is a time for Shakespeare productions, and Modern Sensibilities Theatre Co. is taking advantage of the season with its debut production of “The Tempest,” believed to be the final play that Shakespeare wrote by himself. Modern Sensibilities, one of Rochester’s newest theater companies, wants to make history accessible to young artists and audiences by […]

Don’t be surprised if you see a group of teens dancing around the Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Avenue) this week. The students of Garth Fagan Dance’s Summer Movement Institute will perform a free, public show on Thursday, July 27. Drawing inspiration from the gallery’s outdoor sculptures, the performance will be directed by Natalie Rogers-Cropper […]

In a mission to support black-owned businesses from Buffalo and Rochester, Flower City Noire Collective will host “Ujamaa: The Pop-Up,” on Saturday, July 29, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., with vendors gathered together at Causing Effects Garden (739 Jefferson Avenue). The pop-up hopes to make it easier for people to find items sold by […]

John Henton was a computer science student by night, and spent his days working. He didn’t entertain the idea of becoming a comedian until 1982, when his coworker suggested he try some of his jokes at a local comedy club in Ohio. He won the amateur night contest on his second night there, and within […]

Part of the JCC SummerStage, casting high school and college students, “Bring It On, The Musical” is loosely based on the original movie released by Universal Pictures. From the composers of “Hamilton” and “Next to Normal,” with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, and Amanda Green, the musical takes you through the life of Campbell, […]

Dynamic duo Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune take a step back into the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s with their upcoming drag show “Big Wigs: Big Rewind,” this weekend at Blackfriars Theatre. Known as the Big Wigs, this will be Davis and Dune’s first show in a new full-year residency at Blackfriars Theatre. Mrs. Kasha […]

In Harvey Fierstein’s dramatic “Torch Song Trilogy,” protagonist Arnold Beckoff gives a glimpse into his life as a gay, Jewish, torch song-singing drag queen living in New York City during the 1970’s and 80’s. The play (really three plays told over three acts) takes you through different phases of Beckoff’s life, spanning several years, as […]

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first women’s rights convention in July 1848. Now, 169 years later, Convention Days 2017 will begin on Friday, July 14, commemorating the day the 1848 convention was announced in Seneca Falls. This year’s theme is “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For,” and will include keynote speaker […]

The Village of Geneseo is kick-starting the month of July with its 35th Summer Festival and Sidewalk Days, hosted by the Geneseo Rotary Club. You can spend two days wandering through downtown and Village Park, stopping to shop at various artisan vendor stations, or grab a bite at one of the local churches or Rotary […]

Havana Cabana will help you forget about the recent un-seasonable rain and wind with “La Cantina Drag Brunch,” an island getaway-themed brunch. Wash down a Caribbean-inspired buffet with mimosas and cocktails by the pitcher, while enjoying performances by Ortensia de Loren, Miss Deelicious, Vanity Faire, and Darienne Lake, who is a former contestant on “Rupaul’s […]