Five chill restaurants for enjoying a meal solo
These spots offer tasty meals and a peaceful escape.
How do a couple of chefs express love? With food, of course.
Food is the love language of chef couple Lizzie Clapp and Dan Martello, whose friends and family benefit from their culinary skills and love of entertaining.
Three spicy dishes that’ll get you hot — and where to find them
Take a global journey with three local dishes that will satisfy the heat-seeker in all of us.
28 Reasons we love Rochester — one for every day of the Month of Love
From being a refuge for refugees to our music scene punching above its weight, there’s plenty to love about Rochester.
Boomers, millennials bond over modern art
The Arena Art Group started in 1951, and is introducing Modernism to a new generation.
Behind the Glass Gallery brings art to The Mercantile-on-Main
Photographer Richard Colón’s idea for a pop-up art event at The Mercantile has bloomed into a full-fledged gallery with monthly exhibits.
Artist Shawnee Hill invites self-reflection with RoCo wall installation
Shawnee Rebekah Morning Dove Hill’s oracle card drawings at Rochester Contemporary Art Center are designed to center the soul.
Bernunzio Uptown Music, an East End staple, to open again
Bernunzio Uptown Music is reopening its storefront after nearly three years.
RPO to give 100 free concerts next season
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will perform 100 free concerts as part of its centennial celebration, beginning on March 21.
Michael Furlano wants to be every slumlord’s worst nightmare
The city hired Michael Furlano, an experienced housing attorney, to ramp up residential code enforcement.
As war rages in Ukraine, the Lviv Philharmonic plays Kodak Hall
The Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert in Rochester will help to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
CITY Visits . . . Dinkers Pickleball
Everyone and their mother, er, grandmother, seems to be playing pickleball.
He fell from a plane as a baby — and lived to tell about it.
Brighton’s Paul Vick became the youngest sole survivor of a plane crash in January 1947.
Nurse shortage at RGH leads to a union drive
Spikes in vacancies among the nursing staff has led to low morale and high turnover at Rochester’s second largest hospital.
Fad, friend, or foe? AI art is a Pandora’s box for artists
As AI art flourishes, five portrait artists weigh in on the pros and cons.
Judge dismisses Black Irondequoit town board member’s discrimination case
The discrimination case brought by Patrina Freeman, the town’s first Black lawmaker, has been dismissed.
Imani Winds clears the path for BIPOC composers with Eastman School concert
The chamber music group Imani Winds continues to champion composers of color with its program “Black and Brown” at Kilbourn Hall Thursday.
Agaaze makes wide-ranging electro-pop album ‘For You’
As the electro-pop artist Agaaze, Rochester native Agathya Visveswaran leans into funk and hip-hop on his sophomore album, “For You.”
Police Accountability Board loses two board members
Matthew Nickoloff and Danielle Tucker both stepped down from the board Thursday.
Indie folk band Einstein’s Dreams soars on single ‘It’s OK to Fall’
“It’s OK to Fall,” the new single from Eric Heveron-Smith’s chamber folk band Einstein’s Dreams, is breezy folk-pop with artsy ambitions.
City requests proposals for Inner Loop North designs
The request for proposals marks the first step in filling in the urban freeway. The project is expected to finish in 2028.
Greece woman claims parole officers stole $6,000 from her closet
Shannon Carpenter signaled her intent to sue state Parole and Greece police, and the State Police has opened a criminal investigation.
Will Cleveland to lead Real Beer Expo
Former Tap and Mallet co-owner Joe McBane has stepped aside from curating the event’s beer list, and beer writer Will Cleveland will take over.
Roc City Skatepark to expand to what it was meant to be
The planned additions to the Roc City Skatepark are set to meet the demands of Rochester’s skate community.
Public Water Supply is flush with songwriters
Alt-country band Public Water Supply has not one or two, but three songwriters, all of whom contributed to its debut album, out Jan. 13.
Driftwood’s Dan Forsyth goes solo with the lonely, lovely ‘Friday Night Nowhere’
Driftwood frontman Dan Forsyth shifts away from his band’s sunny Americana to overcast folk songs on his solo debut, “Friday Night Nowhere.”
Ponder to appear on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ this week
Danielle Ponder’s big 2022 continues into the new year.
The results are in: ‘Best of Rochester’ is back — bigger and better than ever
The results of CITY’s annual “Best of Rochester” readers’ poll are in — and we went all out to bring them to you.
