Early on in Georgia Oakley’s “Sense and Sensibility,” the most recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved 1811 novel, Marianne Dashwood (played by Esmé Creed-Miles) finishes off a list of non-negotiables she’s looking for in a husband with the potent summation: “I require so much.” It’s played as a bit of joke — rightly, for even […]
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Meet the band that opens for Jeff Tweedy of Wilco at RIT on 10/23
As the saying goes, you can’t go home again. Even if your childhood home is still physically intact, there comes a time when the place you once knew becomes irretrievable. For writer-turned-singer-songwriter Casey Gomez Walker, home is actually a place she returns to often in her prose and her music. The St. Louis exurb of […]
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Morphin’ time: local filmmaker racks up a half million views on Power Rangers fan flick
Even the cab driver snapped a photo. When Jesse Ferrara and his wife were on a babymoon in Japan, Ferrara, a lifelong fan of Power Rangers — yes, the Mighty Morphin’ kind — saw it as a great opportunity. On a break from exploring the local culture, the couple ventured to a remote quarry. But […]
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Jake Taniguchi makes RPO debut as assistant conductor and RPYO music director
As a child in Hawaii, Jake Taniguchi would go to classical concerts with his grandfather. The first orchestra he saw in concert was the Honolulu Symphony, led by then-principal conductor Andreas Delfs, who is currently music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Taniguchi is now a conductor himself, and having a bit of a full […]
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Elizabeth Williamson to depart Geva Theatre in December
The search for a new artistic director is currently underway.
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REVIEW | ‘Vision of Exile’ by Great Klons
In the dream, you’ve crash-landed some kind of flying object into a billowy bed of lilacs somehow blooming out of season in October and, stranger still, unconnected to any trees. It’s dusk. Who knows where you’ve landed. Point is, you’re safe; you’ve survived. You emerge from the nonwreckage and decide to do a little gardening […]
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Vote for the Best Of Rochester 2026 finalists
The time has come to unveil the Best Of Rochester 2026 finalists! After 15,492 submissions — including laugh-out-loud write-ins, several three-way ties and more than a few surprises (always) — voting is now open for the final round in 156 categories. Vote HERE until Friday, Nov. 27 at midnight. If you’re a finalist, you can […]
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Artist Jay Lincoln, whose caricatures captured Rochester, has died
Jay Lincoln, the local artist whose vibrant and dynamic paintings and caricatures decorated the city’s bars and coffee shops, has died at age 60. He posted on Facebook about his prostate cancer diagnosis in early 2025. Lincoln worked in caricature, presenting faces with exaggerated features that brimmed with motion. He painted local fixtures and celebrities, […]
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The Memorial Art Gallery will remove all admission fees in 2027, returning to its roots
For museums, ‘cost of admission’ takes on many meanings. There are entrance fees, of course. But there are other costs that are harder to see: wondering whether you belong; worrying about how your children will behave; not seeing people who look like you in the galleries; or simply never having learned the unwritten rules of […]
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Statutory rape allegation preceded RPO youth orchestra conductor’s departure — now, he’s suing
Jherrard Hardeman was a promising young conductor heralded as a “child prodigy” and “rising star” when the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra hired the then-25-year-old in 2023.
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The Zombies’ Colin Blunstone brings psych-pop sounds of yesteryear to RIT
The 1960s produced an extraordinary number of records that seem to exist outside of time. Despite being together for only five years, English band The Zombies left an enduring mark on that era with just two albums and a handful of 45s. Colin Blunstone, the voice of The Zombies, has had a career spanning more […]
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Review | ‘Primetime’
During the reality TV boom of the aughts, many households likely heard the timbre of one man’s voice announcing his presence as he entered a room. “I’m Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC,” he would say, as he invited an unsuspecting child predator to take a seat at a kitchen counter. Shocked and surprised, the alleged […]
