A night of intentional incompetence provides an enjoyable escape at Geva Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment
Posted inArt
8 visual exhibitions to check out this fall
Life has many of us bouncing between sleepless concern over relentless waves of serious issues and the desire to walk into the woods and never look back. Maybe it’s always been that way. But, good news: this season, the roster of offerings at local and regional art houses has something for both needs (and we […]
Posted inTheater
Rochester’s theater season turns the spotlight on art with a message
It’s been a tough year for artists. The termination of previously awarded National Endowment for the Arts grants feels like an attempt of the current administration to regress the country to a time before the NEA’s establishment in 1965, or maybe even earlier (the era of kings?). Local theaters are also looking back, presenting seasons […]
Posted inRochester Fringe Festival
Rochester Fringe Festival returns for its 14th year, with plans for the future
Every circus needs a tent. The centerpiece of the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival is the Spiegeltent, a type of gorgeously mirrored entertainment venue handmade by only a handful of families in Belgium. Set up at East Main and Gibbs streets (aka One Fringe Place), it houses some of the fest’s most popular events, including the […]
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CITY reviews Rochester Fringe
Our take on “Cirque du Fringe: Claws Out,” “Submergence,” “Tarot Cabaret” and more.
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CITY’s Fringe picks
Stuff we’re jazzed to see, in case you want some recs.
Posted inNews & Opinion
Hungerford Building nears foreclosure
Once an artist’s hub in Rochester, the building has since fallen into a state of decay — and its owner has defaulted on payments to his lender.
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A dancer’s creative rebirth through krump
Ashley Alondra Green ran around her Syracuse home at midnight on April 9, yelling and clapping. She couldn’t believe she’d been chosen to debut her full-length choreography at the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival — it was time to tell her story of rebirth, from what was nearly the end of her dance career. Green has […]
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Comedian Chelsea Handler makes her Fringe debut on September 13
Armed with sharp wit, unapologetic humor and new Netflix special, stand-up comedian Chelsea Handler will land in Rochester this month to headline Rochester Fringe Festival’s opening weekend with a one-night-only performance on Saturday, September 13. “I think my new hour is perfectly suited for a festival like this,” Handler said in a recent phone interview. […]
Posted inDance
From studio to stage
Rochester City Ballet will open an all-ages dance school in September.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Monroe County announces nearly $900,000 in funding available to mid-sized arts orgs
Applications for 2025 operational grants are due by September 3.
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Theater Review | ‘Always… Patsy Cline’
A breezy concert based a true events, dressed up as a play and presented by Geva Theatre Company through August 3.
