Spurred on in part by NTID, the deaf theater community, both in Rochester and nationally, has taken off in the last few years.
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Night of the living thread
A lifelong passion for scary movies led Ben Scrivens to start Fright Rags, an online purveyor of original horror-themed T-shirts. The Rochester-based company now has a global fan base, and is getting work from major movie studios.
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PHOTONICS: Building Rochester’s future
A one-year report card on Rochester’s progress as the center of this new industry.
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Red Wings organist celebrates 40 years
Organist Fred Costello celebrates 40 years with the Rochester Red Wings It’s the bottom of the ninth. Bases are loaded. The fans are on the edges of their seats, restless, noisy, and anxious on a cocktail of beer and fingernails. You can taste the tension. The batter walks up to the plate, focused and determined. […]
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Grisly work
The relatively new field of forensic cleanup spares families a grim task.
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Local food gets an artistic spin
Three relatively new businesses on the Rochester food scene, Relish, Fruit Belt Seltzer, and Burwell each offer an artful take on gastronomic pleasures.
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Footing the free college bill
Americans generally have a poor understanding of how higher education is financed and start their own planning too late.
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Jazz Festival Guide 2016
City Newspaper’s guide to Rochester’s biggest music festival. The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival runs Friday, June 24, through Saturday, July 2. For more reviews, blogs, photos, and the latest news, check our website every day of the festival.
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Cheers!
The smell of wet cereal and yeast is in the air at Rohrbach’s Railroad Street brewery. It’s 9 a.m. on a Thursday and the staff is well into the first of two daily brewing shifts. Workers run hoses between the brewing and fermenting tanks, while Jim McDermott, Rohrbach’s director of brewing, tests samples at a […]
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Summer Guide 2016: Hit the road
Warm weather is an invitation to get out of the house and move around, and many of us are eager to take advantage of it. The long days are perfect for long drives outside of Rochester — and there’s plenty to see in do across Western New York. This year’s Summer Guide is meant to […]
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Removal of airport artwork causes turbulence
When the Greater Rochester International Airport was renovated in the 1980’s, there was a push to have major works by local artists installed there. The new design, in fact, was created with art in mind, and spaces were reserved for site-specific work. This was following a national trend; airports were becoming the sites of important […]
