Lucinda Williams, Drive-by Truckers, Trampled by Turtles, and Lucero are among the headliners of this year’s Party in the Park weekly concert series at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Manhattan Square beginning June 19. The Wailers, Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Baseball Project, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, […]
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Eastman adds series
The Eastman School of Music is expanding its performance offerings in its 2014-15 season, adding a new series that will include comedian Jason Alexander, Broadway star Bernadette Peters, and the Vienna Boys Choir. The new series, named Eastman Presents, will also include appearances by pianist Peter Serkin, the Kodo Drummers, and Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo […]
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Urban texture
Last autumn, Rochester witnessed the annual summer street art festival, Wall Therapy, bust out of its regular July programming with an off-season “Fall Therapy” mural-making series. After a dormant winter, Wall Therapy will present yet another break-out painting session this week. “Writes of Spring” will focus specifically on letterform graffiti, and will feature an international […]
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Exhibit Review: “Vulnerable Geometry” at 1975 Gallery
The origin of the current show at 1975 Gallery goes back to the early 90’s, when gallery director Erich Lehman attended college with one of the featured artists. “Vulnerable Geometry,” features the work of three current or recent Denverites. After college, Lehman’s fellow RIT student, friend, and artist Vincent Comparetto moved to Colorado, and Lehman […]
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“Dirty Dozen: The Outlaw Printmakers”
Though traditional methods of printmaking are arguably outdated forms of creating and mass-producing images, the medium has remained a fresh art form through subject matter and use, and is found everywhere from cottage-industry t-shirt printing, to concert posters, to fine art editions. The current exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center brings together the diverse work […]
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Exhibit Review: Dual Matisse exhibitions at Memorial Art Gallery
When we come to admire an artist’s work, what we see is the expert representation of form and gesture, the elegant depiction of balance, and the rich tones carefully chosen to lead our emotions here and there. What is hidden from us are the long, laborious hours and obsessive repetition required for achieving the necessary […]
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Exhibit Review: “Suspended Arrangements” at Genesee Center
As complex and flavorful as our terrestrial world is, the sum of it is made up of surprisingly few components, pieced together in endless possible ways. The further we reduce our focus in scale, the less diverse our group of building blocks becomes, with the occasional scientific surprise that makes us reconsider everything. With a […]
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“Insight: The Inner Nature of Things”
Though each of us may know we are not the center of the universe, we cannot shake the fact that we experience this world in terms of how everything relates to the self. This whirling, messy, and perfect dance of (hopefully) ever-increasing awareness and growth is explored in “Insight, The Inner Nature of Things,” an […]
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Exhibit Review: “The Museum of Failure” at Hartnett Gallery
Though Thomas Edison was a concept thief and a bad wolf of a businessman, I’ve always appreciated this paraphrased quote attributed to him: “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” We are essentially momentary blips on a vast radar, signifying little unless we create some significant impact. And to our egos’ […]
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“Redefining the Multiple: 13 Contemporary Japanese Printmakers”
When we think of Japanese printmakers, the Edo Period’s large woodblock prints of courtesans, actors, samurai, and landscapes with the ever-present Mount Fuji immediately come to mind. The current exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery illustrates the diversity of work being created by contemporary Japanese artists, including wood-block prints, photographs, and some sculptural works that severely […]
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“Shaman-isms”
Where do we end, and where does the world begin? What divides the past, present, and future, and what are the means by which we may access one position from another? Do such lines truly exist, or are they perceived for the sake of making some sense of it all? And from where do we […]
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“Lossless”
Limited as we are, humans will forever grasp at some intangible and possibly nonexistent mode of perfection — a perfect experience, or perfect conveyance of action, of story, and of meaning. As we use technology to hook and drag ourselves forward in time, it provides enhanced tools for interpreting and conveying our experiences. But sometimes, […]
