Album Review | ‘I Love Getting Dumped!’
Electro-pop wiz Boy Jr. unpacks heartbreak with colorful, arty songs.
Rochester, my sweet home
Moved away? CITY’s care package will cure every last drop of homesickness.
Tidings of discomfort and joy
Blackfriars Theatre presents “DOT,” Colman Domingo’s sweet and sour holiday play about family dynamics.
Looking for a copy of our December issue?
A distribution disruption means you probably won’t find it at your local grocery chain.
Aging well
Simone Boone reflects on 10 years of Apogee Wine Bar.
Juliet Lloyd comes home with a new purpose
The Rochester-area native singer-songwriter celebrates new album “Carnival” at Lovin’ Cup on Dec. 1.
Retro cravings
Meet the one-woman cakery powered by social media.
Off menu
Restaurant Good Luck breaks bread with a decades-old hospitality tradition — family meal.
Building a new arts and culture vision
Aided by a Columbus-based firm and an artist engagement team, the City of Rochester and Monroe County look to the community to reimagine the future of funding and opportunities.
Theater Review | ‘Mamma Mia!’
The ABBA-centric musical remains ebullient as ever, 25 years after its premiere.
After 46 years, VSW will move to a new home in a new neighborhood
Visual Studies Workshop will relocate from its 31 Prince Street building, where it has been based since 1978, to 36 King Street in the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood.
East coast migration
As climate change continues, Finger Lakes winemakers could be poised for greater success.
Festive foods
Celebrating Desi culture with local South Asian grocery stores.
Anthology to reopen with two Joywave concerts
The East End venue, inactive since 2022, welcomes the hometown band for a pair of holiday shows in December.
Album Review | ‘Tender as a Wound’ by Chores
Chores benefits from raucous production and the supportive, audacious musicianship of the trio’s members.
Theater Review | ‘The Summer Land’
The world premiere from playwright Kate Royal offers an inspired answer to “why here, why now?”
Filling a long table
Geneva’s Chef Samantha Buyskes gathers friends wherever she goes, for the betterment of all.
Director Lizzie Borden shows sex work is just another job
Three feminist films screen as part of the University of Rochester’s exploration of sex and labor.
The beer bubble
As the number of craft breweries declines, the once-booming industry examines new ways to survive.
Royal treatment
Grill Kingz brings surf-n-turf to the city, at approachable prices.
Movie Review | ‘Anora’
Sean Baker’s latest film plays like an unlikely combination of “Pretty Woman” and “After Hours.”
