The spring and summer always brings a little something for everyone. For almost 18 weeks, the Greater Rochester Area will host festival after festival. If you’re bored over the next few months, that’s on you. Rochesterians will have every reason to get out into the sun, from celebrating Highland Park in bloom (the Lilac Festival) […]
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Pre-epiphany
A year into its current lineup, Rochester rock band Oh Manitou is preparing for a breakthrough
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Perspectives: James Norman
Few people have developed a better understanding of the area’s poverty, the needs of low-income families and children, and the importance of fostering self-sufficiency than the retiring president and CEO of Action for a Better Community.
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With mixed emotions, Bill Edwards closes Lumiere
Health issues forced Lumiere Photo owner Bill Edwards to close up shop, but the business may yet have a future
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Finding common ground: for Earth Day, bridging our national divide
For Earth Day: a bridge across our national divide, even in the Age of Trump
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The year in … Rochester
Rochester is a changing city. It’s grown in a lot of ways in the last year, and it will continue to do so. In this year’s Annual Manual, we investigate what Rochester can expect in 2017
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The mind of a musician
Rochester songwriters give a peek inside their process and reveal what’s at the heart of a song
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Hetsko’s heart
Scott Hetsko had to nearly die twice before he could really live again. One of those times — what he calls the lowest point of his whole, nearly 10-year ordeal — his heart was in arrest for over two minutes until medical staff in the cardiac unit at the University of Rochester Medical Center could […]
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The creative dissent of Stephanie Mercedes
The visiting artist explores the intersection of art and law and Argentina’s Dirty War in new project at Flower City Arts Center
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Slaves to the machines
Big Data can quantify your life, but may not necessarily improve the quality
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Contested territory
Meleko Mokgosi challenges ideas of national identity and history in the exhibit ‘Pax Kaffraria’ at MAG and RoCo
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Cuomo’s blame game
Local leaders say they’re sick of the governor pointing the finger at them for high property taxes
