Rochester-based artist Sarah Rutherford is in the midst of a new series of murals that spotlight local women who work to lift up the voices of others.
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Corn Hill Arts Festival releases 2017 poster
The Corn Hill Neighbors Association and ESL Federal Credit Union on Friday unveiled the 2017 Corn Hill Arts Festival poster created by artist Ryan Martin. For the 49th annual event’s poster design, Martin explained that he used a “broad color scheme” to reflect Rochester’s unique “energy and history.” The poster itself has an Impressionistic style, […]
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Eastman Museum hosts Eugene Richards retrospective
Photographer Eugene Richards has been creating powerful, challenging images of some of the most overlooked people in America and beyond since 1968. His approach to storytelling also involves getting to know his subjects deeply. While his striking images provide a poignant look at racism, poverty, addiction, violence, cancer, family, aging, and wounded veterans, incorporating their […]
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ART | “Tiger Show”
Rochester-based artist Rina Miriam Drescher’s drawings, paintings, and prints embody a harmonious combination of sweetness and ferocity. She doesn’t limit herself to one genre, shifting with ease from abstracts to portraiture and animal or still life studies, laying down bright and unexpected hues in skillfully sketchy brushstrokes or dusky flicks of the charcoal stick. Drescher’s […]
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COMEDY | “Villain’s Vacation”
If the existence of the club at Mar-a-Lago is any indication, even figureheads of evil feel the need to get away from it all — “it all” being the world they’re actively destroying. Comedy sketch and improv group Polite Ink. offers a more lighthearted take on this concept in its new show, “Villain’s Vacation,” which […]
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FILM | Prince Double Feature Birthday Bash
Don your raspberry beret, hop into your little red corvette, and party like it’s 1999. The Little Theatre will celebrate Prince’s birthday with a special double feature honoring the late, great music icon on Saturday, June 10. The evening begins with a pre-show tribute to Prince’s career, then a screening of the classic, Oscar-winning rock […]
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THEATER | “Million Dollar Quartet”
For anyone who loves classic rock ‘n’ roll, December 4, 1956, is a sacred date. Early in the day, Carl Perkins went into Sun Records (the hallowed Memphis studio) to work on new material. There, the owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, lined up a then-relatively unknown piano man, Jerry Lee Lewis, to sit in […]
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LITERATURE | “Spit & Share”
On Monday, June 12, at 6 p.m., the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (929 South Plymouth Avenue) will host its monthly “Spit & Share: Not Your Everyday Cypher Series” event, during which community members share writing, art, and music centered around contemporary issues. Snacks and a group discussion will follow, allowing attendees to reflect […]
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Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time
Magnum photographer Eugene Richards’ first retrospective exhibit is being presented at George Eastman Museum from June 10 to October 22.
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‘Minimal Mostly’ exhibit highlights Minimalism and its legacy
The many sides of Minimalism are represented in “Minimal Mostly,” the newest exhibit curated by art
collector and dealer Deborah Ronnen
