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Fringe Festival Guide 2019
The eighth annual Rochester Fringe Festival kicks off Tuesday, September 10, and continuing its trend of expanding by a full day each year, has reached a stretch of 12 days. This year’s theme is “Leap A Little,” with organizers encouraging audiences to get out of their comfort zones, whether that be the kinds of art you show up to take in, or the new-to-you cultural venues around the city.
News & Opinion
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- Urban Journal
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The more things change: 48 years with the RCSD
As we look for ways to give Rochester's children a good education, what will we try that we haven’t tried before?
Arts & Entertainment
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- Theater
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Theater review: 'Guys and Dolls'
Overall, the show is an enjoyable, albeit predictable, night out at the theater. There’s always a place for classics in each theater season, and a hat tip to the past 70 years of Blackfriars Theatre with a musical from the era of its origin feels like a fitting choice.
Music
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- Music Features
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Lincoln Hill Farms offers a bucolic concert experience
A farm-fresh venue
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- Music Blog
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The F Word: Muscles and Mascara
CITY Music Writer Frank De Blase recounts his experiences at concerts by Anonymous Willpower and Tammi Savoy, and a Sole Rehab dance party.
Life
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- Dining Reviews
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SPIEDIElicious brings a Southern Tier tradition to Roc
Owners Chelsea and Paul Lee -- high-school sweethearts who grew up eating spiedies, often at backyard barbecues -- wanted to open a restaurant emphasizing the Italian roots of spiedies, while adding their own flair with fresh ideas, flavors, and combinations.
Movies
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- Movie Reviews
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Film review: 'Blinded by the Light'
Coming at a particularly desperate moment, Springsteen’s songs about being stuck in a small town rut and yearning for more strike a chord with a Pakistani teen and his dreams of escape.
Special Sections
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- Rochester Fringe Festival
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Critics' Picks
Not sure which shows to see? Our writers have narrowed down the field of over 575 events to their favorites.
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- Rochester Fringe Festival
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Fringe Festival Guide 2019
The eighth annual Rochester Fringe Festival kicks off Tuesday, September 10, and continuing its trend of expanding by a full day each year, has reached a stretch of 12 days. This year’s theme is “Leap A Little,” with organizers encouraging audiences to get out of their comfort zones, whether that be the kinds of art you show up to take in, or the new-to-you cultural venues around the city.
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- Rochester Fringe Festival
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Fringe Festival Info
Everything you need to know to make this year's Fringe Festival a success
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- Rochester Fringe Festival
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Food on the Fringe
Rochester Fringe 2019 is here, offering 12 days of spectacles — some of which you can participate in. Between scurrying from act to act and busting a move at the Silent Disco, you’re going to need to take in some calories between performances.
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- Rochester Fringe Festival
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Headliners
The Fringe-curated headlining shows for 2019 Rochester Fringe.