Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 1: Big ideas, memories, and whiskey
Rochester Fringe Festival kicks off with lost legends in Nate DiMeo’s “The Memory Palace” and the imbibing film critics of “Whiskey Flicks.”
2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival: CITY & WXXI’s daily coverage
The 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival is going virtual, and CITY and WXXI have it covered with previews and daily reviews.
Rochester Fringe Festival leads a conversation on 2020
Keybank Rochester Fringe Festival carries on virtually, addressing both Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 with engaging online programming.
City Council to hold listening session on Prude, protests, and policing
Anyone who wants to speak will have to sign up ahead of time and provide a brief description of what they’d like to discuss.
Sequestered recording sessions
Sally Louise, Luke Cornwell, and the duo Luxury Robe used the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic to create new music and evolve as artists.
City Council backpedals on a new East Main Street police station
The East Main Street police station was to be part of a plan of the Warren administration to re-establish neighborhood police stations.
Four FringeTalk shows load up with comedians, social issues
Rochester Fringe Festival’s panel discussions, called “FringeTalks,” includes such notable comedians as Maria Bamford and Tim Meadows.
County, city put up funds to expand mental health intervention program
The funding will allow the county’s Forensic Intervention Team — or FIT — to expand to a round-the-clock program.
Hundreds gather for celebration of the life of Daniel Prude
On Thursday evening, hundreds gathered on Jefferson Avenue to celebrate the life of Daniel Prude, complete with live music and catered food.
Fringe’s sheen goes to the screen
Like other Fringe festivals around the world, Rochester 9th annual Fringe will be presented as an experimental, virtual version of itself.
Three artists to watch
Local musicians The Low Spirits, Alex Patrick and the Noise, and Reverend Kingfish all modify classic popular music with a mishmash of genres.
Cyclist’s bizarre “The People’s Court” case airs
Bryan Agnello and Jovonte Cook remotely appeared in front of Judge Marilyn Milian in July.
Monroe County Democratic Party executive director steps down
Brittaney Wells, the executive director and chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, announced Thursday that she is stepping down.
Calendar preview: A Season for Change
A big week of events — from Black Kids Matter to The Suffragist City Parade — marks a big time for change here in Rochester.
Commentary: Monroe County’s Defective Democrats
Less than a year ago, Democrats came within a hair’s breadth of controlling Monroe County government. Today, their party is in shambles.
RECREATION | Guided Nature Walks
The next Guided Nature Walk at Henrietta’s 68-acre Tinker Nature Park takes place on September 12.
They call him the ‘Pigeon Man’ of Rochester
Michael Picow has been feeding pigeons on Division Street for nearly 35 years. When one dies, he says, “a little piece of me dies inside.”
FOLK | Virtual Turtle Hill Folk Festival
For the 2020 Turtle Hill Folk Festival, the Golden Link Folk Singing Society is taking the celebration online, September 11 through 13.
Mazzeo, Singletary ousted from RASE Commission
The departure of outgoing RPD Chief La’Ron Singletary and police union president Michael Mazzeo leaves the commission with just two representatives of law enforcement and none from the city.
Northern exposure
The 45th Toronto International Film Festival adapts to uncertain times.
As the school year nears, Lesli Myers-Small is moving fast and breaking eggs
Lesli Myers-Small is shaking things up at the RCSD. But as her grandmother taught her, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
Rochester Cocktail Revival moves forward despite unrest and coronavirus
Rochester Cocktail Revival and its director Chuck Cerankosky forge ahead with a “low-proof version” of the annual event.
In lawsuit, Prude family seeks federal monitor for RPD
The complaint accuses three RPD officers of using excessive force by restraining Prude, who was naked with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary resigns amid RPD brass shake-up
The RPD’s top brass, including Chief La’Ron Singletary, announced Tuesday they were stepping down amid accusations of a cover-up in Daniel Prude’s death.
Album review: ‘Revolutions’
“Revolutions” — the fourth recording from Rochester band 1916 — is a perfect example of loud and fast Celtic punk, done louder and faster.
Full-hearted hip-hop
As Skitzo LuvHartd, Tyshawn Pettway makes vivid hip-hop that boldly addresses the Black experience and his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
During sixth night of marches, protesters call for justice for Daniel Prude
The demonstration began Monday evening and a standoff between police and protesters continued until about 1:00 a.m. Tuesday.
Demonstrators converge on RPD headquarters amid calls for mayor and police chief to resign
Demonstrators took the streets of Rochester for the fifth straight night Sunday amid mounting calls for the mayor and police chief to resign.
