Of the 1,016 confirmed coronavirus cases, 442 patients have fully recovered and the number of patients in ICU appears to be leveling off.
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Posted inMusic
The F Word: Keeping Three Heads above water
It’s hard to keep smiling during this pandemic, but you can see the corners of Three Heads Brewing concert organizer Geoff Dale’s mouth curl up into a grin when he talks about the things he loves: beer and the Rochester music scene.
Posted inNews & Opinion
East side towns decree: You can live in your RV in your driveway, for now
The towns of Brighton and Pittsford have relaxed restrictions on allowing RVs and campers in driveways during the health crisis.
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Complaints about non-essential businesses operating tops 7,000
Offending non-essential businesses could face a $2,000 fine, but most just get saber-rattling phone calls from state or county officials.
Posted inMovies
‘Trolls’ is a test case for Hollywood
‘Trolls World Tour’ is the first major studio movie that will bypass theaters entirely to go directly to digital video. The fate of the entire industry is in the hands of the sequel to a children’s jukebox-musical inspired by a line of wildly popular, poofy-haired plastic dolls.
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As early intervention goes virtual, families and therapists improvise
Normally early intervention services must happen in person. But the state has authorized the use of teleptherapy during the health crisis.
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Cuomo extends stay-at-home order until May 15
The governor said the stay-at-home orders are keeping transmission rates of the virus down, which helps hospitals.
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URMC researchers will lead study of COVID-19 immunity
The research will likely aid vaccine development and shape the way government officials proceed with reopening society.
Posted inMusic
The internet fills the void
WXXI’s Jeff Spevak shares what he’s been finding while surfing web streams lately and previews the upcoming new album from Rochester surf band Harmonica Lewinski.
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The F Word: Abilene’s Danny Deutsch believes
Rochester-area club owners such as Abilene’s Danny Deutsch have been caught in a kind of COVID-19 limbo. As a business owner who relies on live audiences, how is he coping?
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Grassroots grants: WOC Art Collaborative hosts 24-hour live fundraiser for BIPOC creatives
A multi-generational group of performers will present ‘COVID-19 LIVE ROC,’ a 24-hour streaming event to fund emergency grants for creatives of color.
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Coronavirus sidelined youth sports — and I’m secretly happy about it
Coronavirus has given youth sports parents and groups a once-in-a-lifetime breather to reassess their priorities. Let’s not squander it.
