The month of February provides opportunities to celebrate St. Valentine, Body Awareness Month and, perhaps, new and exciting ways to make sure your needs are being met. You may find yourself in the company of someone who you wish to celebrate with, and part of that equation may include breasts. You may have them, have […]
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6 local ways to love yourself
Self-love is a concept that is thrown around so casually and frequently these days it can sometimes feel meaningless. But I place firm stock in it, manifesting it through self-kindness, putting less pressure on yourself and not only accepting, but embracing your imperfections. Truly loving yourself means exploring who you are down to the core and […]
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Innovative Field to become ESL Ballpark this season
ESL will pay Monroe County $550,000 in the first year of the contract, with a 2% increase each year.
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A therapist’s tips for sexual wellness, intimacy and empowerment
It’s not always easy to talk about sex. Some might say the discussion of sex is wholly unsexy and best left alone. Eleni Economides talks about it every day. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, an AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists) certified sex therapist and a sexual wellness and intimacy […]
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Mutoscopes provided a window into the risqué
The year is 1900. You’re a Rochester boy old enough to ride the streetcars, and you’ve got a few nickels in your pocket. Where to go? There’s the ballpark on Culver Road or the races at Driving Park. You could ride up to the beach if the weather is good, or down to the South […]
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Rochester’s forgotten NFL heroes
Before the Bills. Before billion dollar stadiums. Before the NFL became a national obsession, Rochester was already rewriting the rules of football. On dusty sandlots and roaring high school fields, a visionary owner, a Haitian-born trailblazer and a city that loved the game more than college or pro teams laid the foundation for a sport […]
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Local businesses close; donate portion of proceeds during nationwide shutdown
This week, the Somali Student Association at the University of Minnesota called upon the nation to shut down in response to the deaths of Keith Porter Jr., Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti and ongoing ICE activity. Activist groups have designated Friday, January 30 as a day for no work, no school and no shopping. […]
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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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The search for truth among America’s trees
In his new book, Trent Preszler remembers cutting down a Christmas tree with his father on a snow-drifted South Dakotan prairie. He’s seven or eight years old, yet the memory remains vivid. He recalls that “the young pines stood motionless, waiting to learn which of them would die.” That moment, quiet and severe, opens “Evergreen: […]
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Michael Fambro turns to grief to art as a tribute to her beloved father
In December 2020, Michael Fambro walked out of the hospital for the first time in three days to find her car buried in snow. After she cleared it off, she climbed inside and sat in a daze. Her beloved father, world-renowned musician Miché Fambro, had just died. The only thing Fambro could think to do […]
