Three-chords meal
A new book catalogs the cuisines of touring indie rockers, including one fateful night in Rochester.
Garden variety
A veggie burger tour of Rochester reveals unique approaches to the meatless mainstay.
Album Review | ‘Goated & Foreboded’ by Comfy
Comfy plots a journey to the center of power-pop with interesting detours.
Best of Rochester 2024
Vote in the final ballot for our annual readers’ poll through December 13.
Where everybody knows your name
Foodlink’s community café, staffed in part by its enterprising trainees, serves fresh food to familiar faces.
A full plate
The lore of Rochester’s “signature dish.”
A mother’s revenge
Chasing the ‘White Lady’ of Durand Eastman Park.
Over and out
The fall of first American daredevil Sam Patch.
The ghosts of 282 Alexander Street
Once a private residence, mafia meeting place and the city’s finest restaurant, what’s now The Alexander has a colorful history.
Music Review | ‘Bee Sting’ by The Dirty Pennies
The Dirty Pennies lean into prog for an urgent song that simply rocks.
Album Review | ‘Self Soothe’ by Croix
Rock quartet Croix balances vintage cool with self-reflection on its debut.
Theater Review | ‘POTUS’
Just in time for Election Night, Blackfriars stages Selina Fillinger’s zany take on sexist incompetence in the Oval Office.
Theater Review | ‘The Brides of Dracula’
Penfield Players stages a Sapphic remix of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale through Nov. 9.
Making more than bluegrass
The Classical Mandolin Society of America’s 2024 Convention hits Rochester Oct. 30 through Nov. 2.
Theater Review | ‘How I Learned What I Learned’
The one-man show both honors and humanizes one of America’s greatest playwrights.
Album Review | ‘III’ by Fuzzrod
Fuzzrod delivers rough-and-ready garage rock on its newest collection of tunes.
A void in the local music scene
Rochester concert promoters weigh in on the solution.
Rapping with the dead
“The Summer Land,” a new play, examines Rochester as the hub of the Spiritualist movement of the 1840s.
Paranormal activities
Investigator and documentarian Jason Milton shares spooky stories from his otherworldly adventures.
Movie Review | ‘We Live in Time’
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh deliver an authentic romance onscreen.
Small but mighty
The Little Theatre weathers nearly a century of storms by pivoting and forging community.
Album Review | ‘American Paranoid’ by Beef Gordon
Post-punk crooner Beef Gordon explores conspiracy theory tropes on his new concept album.
The hidden stories of Joseph Avenue
Bridgman|Packer Dance unearths a neighborhood’s past onstage at U of R’s Sloan Performing Arts Center on Oct. 25.
Lost resort
Exploring Dreamland, Rochester’s forgotten amusement park.
A way forward
Promoter Sheldon “Reem” English rebuilds after a community tragedy.
Concert Review | The Psychedelic Furs & The Jesus and Mary Chain
The 1980s supertour stopped by Kodak Center on Oct. 8 for a night of darkness and dancing.
Low Cut Connie weaponizes the upright piano
The Philadelphia rock and roll band performs at Water Street Music Hall on Oct. 13.
A downtown nightclub gets kinky
The Tony Award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” takes centerstage at ROAR October 13-29.
Undeath goes more insane
Rochester’s biggest metal band checks in from the road ahead of their Oct. 27 homecoming.
Theater Review | ‘Young Frankenstein’
The irreverent Transylvanian romp from Mel Brooks runs through Oct. 27 at Geva Theatre Center.
Meet CITY’s new multimedia reporter: Roberto Lagares
The Rochester native began his role on October 1.
The play’s the thing
Rochester Community Players features the work of 10 local scribes in the first Playwrights Showcase at MuCCC Oct. 9 – 13.
