Sitting around a boardroom table at their University Avenue headquarters, members of non-profit organization BLOOM ROC describe their paths into the world of cannabis. They use business-tinged terms like “distribution” and “logistics” as their roles in the legacy market — the era before the legalization of cannabis in 2021 — words that simply mean they […]
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At Norbut Farms, the future of solar is shepherded by the sheep
Embroidered on J. Michael Moore’s pine green hooded sweatshirt is the Norbut Farms logo. Beneath it the phrase, “The farm of tomorrow.” That’s the core belief throughout the grounds of the agriculture division that Moore, general farm manager, runs at Norbut Solar Farms in Spencerport. The Kentucky native pioneered the first solar grazing program at […]
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Haudenosaunee art show marks America’s 250th with a living vision of peace
What if the most radical way to commemorate a war … was peace? As the United States gears up for its 250th anniversary in July, the usual pageantry is already taking shape: fireworks, reenactments and the familiar theater of patriotic memory. But a few miles east of Rochester, at Ganondagan State Historic Site, the celebration will […]
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Why we fixate on — and fetishize — chefs behind the line
There’s a reason chefs don’t translate cleanly into daylight. They belong to the hours when the rest of the world is loosening its grip. When people are drinking, touching, confessing, unraveling. While everyone else is reaching for pleasure, chefs are manufacturing it. While the room fills, they disappear. That inversion matters. Tension lives there. Food […]
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ROCHESTER TEN | MIDGE THOMAS
Read last year’s profile on the philanthropist and community champion, who died Thursday at age 99.
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Three new indoor playgrounds feature inclusion, community and caffeine
Kristi Phillips and Richelle Acker were in a familiar stage of adult sisterhood: Phillips was a new mom stressed about going back to work. Acker was completely burnt out from her corporate job. They were living separate lives in cities far apart, missing each other and feeling isolated. Then last year, on a trip home […]
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After 12 years, Rochester Brainery has a new owner
As Rochester Brainery founder Danielle Raymo contemplated ending her decade-plus tenure with the business, she wanted to go out the right way. She didn’t want to just close down, leaving the teachers of so many experiential classes without that revenue stream or unique marketing opportunity. She also didn’t want to hand it over to someone […]
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Ridge Donut Cafe works to rise above the complexities baked into running a donut shop
A line forms outside Ridge Donut Cafe each morning well before the sun makes its daily appearance. The demand for donuts remains strong, and the longstanding donut shop is only one of two (the other being Donuts Delite on Culver Road) in the area still making them by hand “the old fashioned way,” without automated […]
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Rochester native taps upstate New York’s mystery and magic in debut novel
Sparrow Hall is a diehard New Yorker — and, unlike many who adopt that moniker, he has made a life out of embracing the state in its entirety. He’s run a microblog touting hidden gems such as the stretch of Route 5 between Amsterdam and Little Falls, soft launched his debut novel by personally transporting […]
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Estate sales provide memory and an ephemeral sense of home
Something all-consuming happens when you walk into someone’s house for the first time; quick evaluations that steer what path you’ll take through the house. Is there a pile of shoes by the door, encouraging you to take yours off? Laughter, cooking smells and loud music flowing from the kitchen? These tiny details come together, even […]
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George Eastman Museum to honor Rita Moreno
An awards ceremony and gala for the “West Side Story” actress will take place in October.
