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Soul to Sole
To observe the St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality’s foot clinic is to be humbled. To partake in it is an act of humility and courage.
Bello: firm will review Child Protective Services
In 2018, the state recommended that Monroe County hire a monitor for its Child Protective Services.On Monday, two years later, County Executive Adam Bello announced that the county had hired the Bonadio Group, a local accounting and consulting firm, to serve as that monitor.
More charges for ex-Rochester Housing Authority boss George Moses
A Florida timeshare. A cruise. New York Knicks tickets. Guns and a membership in the NRA.These are a few of the things that federal prosecutors allege George Moses bought with money earmarked for poor people.
Data shows overdose deaths went down in 2019
However, the opioid epidemic is far from over, according to Sheriff Todd Baxter.
2020 Lilac Festival music lineup brings familiar sounds
The 2020 Rochester Lilac Festival music lineup is a mix of familiar regional artists, compelling touring acts, and popular tribute bands.
THEATER | ‘Broken Glass’
Written in 1994, Arthur Miller’s final play, “Broken Glass,” is set in Brooklyn in 1938. As news reports tell of German authorities escalating a populist movement into genocidal madness across the Atlantic, the Gellburg family in New York deals with wife Sylvia’s sudden and mysterious paralysis. Miller produced anti-authoritarian writing throughout his life, most notably…
SPOKEN WORD | Telling the Tale with Penny Sterling
Have you ever been in a public place with earbuds screwed into your head when the podcast you’re listening to hits a crescendo, but you can’t laugh or gasp because you’ll look like some sort of antisocial maniac to the other people waiting in the checkout line? Great news. There’s a new live storytelling event…
FAMILY | 2nd Sunday Storytime
The monthly 2nd Sunday Storytime is a family-friendly event presented by The Avenue Blackbox Theatre. Families are invited to hear a featured book read by a professional storyteller, alongside other activities and performances centered on a rotating theme. The March installment is all about Women Leaders, and attendees will get to take home a copy…
FAMILY | Musical Mystery Tour
The Hochstein School, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, serves 3,500 students in the Rochester area. The Musical Mystery Tour is the school’s annual children’s open house, which gives families a chance to try out instruments and learn about music and dance class offerings for the age 3-10 set. This year’s tour includes an…
THEATER | ‘A Show with Cookies’
Rochester native and professional dancer Katherine Marino performed with PUSH Physical Theatre for years before striking out on her own, and since 2018 has been presenting her original material as Muffin Theatre across the U.S., Canada, and in China. This week she’ll bring her variety act, “A Show with Cookies,” to Cobblestone Arts Center. The…
JAZZ | Twin Talk
Bassist, singer, and composer Katie Ernst was bending ears even before graduating from the Eastman School of Music. Now a major player in the Chicago music scene, the triple-threat musician has joined with tenor sax player Dustin Laurenzi and drummer Andrew Green (drums) to form the trio Twin Talk. Whether tackling a standard or performing…
THEATER | ‘On Stage with Josh’
Lately there’s been a deserved increase in praise of the artful skills that go into interpreting music and arts performances for the deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. Rochester-based accessibility advocacy company Hands-In Entertainment, which trains and provides quality American Sign Language interpreters for performing arts and large entertainment events, will this week present a critically-acclaimed deaf…
R&B-SOUL | Zahyia
Local soul diva Zahyia empowers her audiences with words of inspiration, love, and unity. The Vanishing Sun frontwoman delivers an uplifting and feisty blend of pop, rock, funk, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop. Zahyia channels the confidence of Lizzo, the smooth, jazz-funk vibes of Erykah Badu, and the refined vocal panache of Janelle Monáe. Zahyia begins…
What you can’t see
Writer-director Leigh Whannell’s re-envisioning of “The Invisible Man” switches up the traditional perspective, centering the story not on the person with supernatural abilities, but on what it might feel like to be their prey.
ROCKABILLY | Don Diego Trio
This article has been updated and revised to reflect a schedule change.The music of Italian guitar stallion Don Diego is rooted in his Tele’s trademark twang. Whether boppin’ the bottom end to a trucker tune, or swinging something sweet, Diego and his trio never disappoint. The man is a crooner, too, so just in case,…
Album review: ‘Finger Lakes Chill’
Tommy Gravino & Mary Monroe ‘Finger Lakes Chill’ Self-released tommygravino.us; marymonroemusic.com Tommy Gravino and Mary Monroe take away pain you never realized you had. On their new CD, “Finger Lakes Chill,” the harp and flute duo take on otherworldly sounds that others use only sparingly for mystical musical spice, and instead make them the focus…
Caroline Vreeland’s an open book, and it ain’t the Bible
“Notes on Sex and Wine,” the new album from singer, actress, and model Caroline Vreeland, doesn’t heed many rules. Vreeland plays a sold-out show at Three Heads Brewing with Roses and Revolutions on March 6.
Album review: ‘Dream Float EP Vol. 2’
Dream Float ‘Dream Float EP Vol. 2’ Self-released dreamfloat.bandcamp.com Local improv-based piano trio Dream Float continues what it started on its follow-up to its “Vol. 1” EP, released last October. Drummer Chris Palace, keyboardist Thomas Mariano, and bassist Jordan Rabinowitz seem more sure of themselves on Vol. 2, getting more experimental with rhythms and melodies,…
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL | The Sadies
Toronto wonder-band The Sadies play at the heart of multiple musical genres. Hell, if you’ve ever seen them live, you’d swear they play at them all. For the past 20 years the band has crisscrossed the planet, playing with notable peers and legends like Neko Case, Jon Spencer, Andre Williams, and Neil Young, to rattle…
Feedback 3/4/20: Cyclists, sex ed, and silver linings
This week, readers finger wag Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren’s stance on sex education, rally around a cyclist who got hit by a car then sued by the driver, and defend the seemingly endless presidential campaign.
Local governments wary of Cuomo’s renewables review plan
Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to create a new Office of Renewable Energy Permitting, which would be responsible for reviewing large wind and solar projects. But municipal leaders across the state are worried that the new process could limit local influence on the often massive developments.
Commentary: The Catholics on South Avenue
There is no mystery to what is going on at St. Joe’s. Its volunteers are taking the biblical teachings to feed the poor, shelter the homeless, and clothe the needy at their word.
CHORAL | American Choral Directors Association’s Eastern Region Conference
[ Updated and revised ] From March 4 through 7, Rochester will be humming with vocalists from all over the northeast for the American Choral Directors Association’s Eastern Region Conference. Students, conductors, and aficionados will grapple with issues ranging from copyright law to working with LGBTQIA+ singers in daytime workshops (acdaeast.org.) On March 4, Bobby…
A wealth of work
George Eastman Museum’s current exhibit, “Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory,” marks the artist’s first major retrospective in her 50-year career and highlights a lifetime of femme, maternal, and dream-like works.
Love at first sight
When Gino heard about the coffee-kombucha collaboration, he envisioned acidic and tart flavors clashing with dark-roasted notes into a muddled, nauseating mess. But Imbue, a new collaboration between Katboocha and Joe Bean Coffee, is anything but that.
A damn good Sunday dinner
We got a hot tip that there’s a new chicken dinner pop-up event in town called Damn Good Chicken. Chris checked out its inaugural Sunday dinner, co-hosted by Julia K. Caters, and fell in love with the spicy honey.
1916 plays Celtic punk, no punches pulled
The Rochester band 1916 still plays Celtic-infused rock, albeit with a slightly heavier punk sound. The quartet will play a live album and DVD taping at Iron Smoke Distillery on March 14.
Rochester comedy scene rocked by sexual abuse allegations
Woody Battaglia, a prominent fixture on the local comedy scene, denies allegations that he sexually harassed and abused women, but the backlash against him has been swift and severe.
The F Word: Run from cover
I’ve been kinda live and let live when it comes to tribute bands. But the numbers are out of control, and these bands are setting listeners up for chronic complacency.
Film preview: ‘Greed’
British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom re-teams with comedian Steve Coogan for “Greed,” a barbed but frequently uneven comedy taking aim at the fast fashion industry.
