This week: Black Lives Matter, and 19th Amendment commemorations continue — plus schnitzel, brats, beers, and … ghosts!
Black Lives Matter
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 5: FringeTalk Recap and ‘A Night at the Cabaret’
The first weekend of the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival brings a recap of two FringeTalks, plus a review of “A Night at the Cabaret.”
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ROC Freedom Riders spread message of hope and racial justice
ROC Freedom Riders’ Fringe Festival show tells the raw, underrepresented stories of the Black community in the wake of Daniel Prude’s death.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 3: ‘The Memory Palace,’ ‘Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl,’ and ‘The Empathy Project’
“The Memory Palace” recalls Corinthian Hall; a Manic Pixie Dream Girl confesses; “The Empathy Project” takes on COVID-19, police brutality.
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Calendar preview: Arts and About
This week’s art offerings include events that illuminate mental health struggles, increase artists’ business savvy, and refresh the spirit.
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Rochester police, protesters stand off at City Hall
Sixteen people were arrested Wednesday after a standoff outside City Hall between Rochester police and the protesters calling for justice in the death of Daniel Prude.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Ashley Gantt’s organizing principles
Ashley Gantt, a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement and an emerging voice, reflects on organizing for social and racial justice.
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ART TALK | ‘Centering Black Women: A Conversation About Art and Organizing’
Thursday’s live-streamed talk will address the importance of fore-fronting Black women’s voices in both art and political organizing.
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Calendar preview: Sun power
This week, the sun shines on sunflower fields, African lions, craft beer, classic festivals, and timely, important conversations.
