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FEATURE: The geek guide to Rochester
Let’s be honest: Rochester is a pretty geeky city. Everybody knows about The Strong’s National Museum of Play, which currently sits on various national lists as a must-see geek destination, especially with its burgeoning International Center for the History of Electronic Games.
Video Game Review: Kid Icarus Uprising
Not since Retro Studios rebooted the dormant “Metroid” franchise has a seemingly lost Nintendo series been reinvented with such care, craft, and charm. It’s been 20 years since gamers have seen Pit and the “Kid Icarus” series, and “Kid Icarus: Uprising” has not only redefined the series, but has given gamers one of the best…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester neighborhoods
MonroeCounty is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The GeneseeRiver and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester’s lesser-known entertainment
It has been said many times, by many people: for a city its size, Rochester is packed with arts and cultural opportunities. On any given night literally dozens of events take place in the Greater Rochester area, from art exhibits to theater shows to dance recitals to music concerts. With so much going on,…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester Experts
Bolgen Vargas Occupation: Interim superintendent, RochesterCitySchool District Neighborhood:Cobbs Hill Most beautiful place in Rochester:DurandEastmanPark looking at the LakeOntario waterfront. Best kept secret of Rochester: The Highland Park Lamberton Conservatory. You will find tropical flowers there on the middle of the coldest winter day in Rochester. The RochesterCitySchool District has many excellent schools, some of which…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester Hot Dog Guide
BY ERIC LACLAIR Many cities or regions are identified by a special food or dish. Philadelphia has its cheese steaks. Chicago, deep-dish pizza. When it comes to Rochester, the food most often associated with the area is the garbage plate, and the “hots” restaurant at which it is usually served. Whether you’re hanging out downtown,…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester Monuments
Rochester’s history is a fascinating study, only partly told by our standing monuments. As permanent dedications, these structures are anything but motionless — they have a tendency to move with our changing city, unlike our dedicated grand spaces, such as MountHope and Holy Sepulchre cemeteries. Just within city limits, discovering the stories behind the sites…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Alternative excercise guide
BY DEB SCHLEEDE You may not be a health nut, but the thought of joining a gym or participating in some sort of physical activity has probably crossed the mind of even the laziest of couch potatoes. There are a slew of gyms and fitness clubs in the Greater Rochester area offering up a wide…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Introduction
Rochester is something of a hot topic right now. Over the past few months our fair city has been getting a fair share of national media attention. Some of it has focused on the precarious financial situations of some of our historic business leaders, while some of it has pointed out the region’s tremendous growth…
ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Custom t-shirt presses in Rochester
Maybe your band needs some shirts printed up before you go on that northeast tour. Or perhaps your bar-sponsored softball team is gearing up for the summer and you want to talk to a printer about pricing and design options. No matter what you need, Rochester’s healthy — and growing — cottage industry for custom…
“The Walking Dead” Season 2 Episode 12: Who’s your daddy?
Another main character dead.A twist in the very development of how people become walkers.A character confrontation that has been building since the very start of the show. And yet, I can’t get into the episode as a whole.
“The Walking Dead” Season 2, Episode 11: He’s a threat!
Oh man. It took right up until the end, but Jesus tap-dancing Christ, everything managed to came full circle and end on such an intense note. Wow. This is why I love “The Walking Dead.”
