For decades, activists have pushed for stronger police oversight. After months of study, City Council is finishing work on legislation that could do that.
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Rochester 10
We highlight the work of 10 outstanding Rochesterians, people whose efforts, talent, and determination make Rochester the community it is.
Metro Justice’s reckoning point
The social justice organization has been grappling with its own sexual misconduct issue.
On the road with tour manager Ron Mesh
The circus-on-wheels that is a rock show is coming to Anytown, USA, in all its reckless calamity. So get down. Look out. But before the first salacious slash across the guitar strings delights shrieking fans, there is a mile-high pile of logistics to contend with in order for this circus to function. It’s the job […]
RIT’s new digital media center brings the future to the classroom
MAGIC has existed for about five years already, but with the opening of the new center, students working in film, animation, game development, and other digital media studies got a serious upgrade in their classroom environment and amenities.
Holiday Guide 2018
In this year’s Holiday Guide, we’ve got the prescription for a more relaxed, yet still festive season, with plenty of ideas for slowing things down, whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or the winter solstice.
On the rise and shining
Each year, CITY spotlights four young artists who are creating engaging work but are still in the early years of their artistic careers. Our 2018 selections are Will Cornfield, G. E. DeGroat, Ashley Ludwig, and Alexandria Mockbee.
Election Day 2018
For today: Everything you need to know for the upcoming November 6th election day. And tonight: we’ll post results here after the polls close.
Best of Rochester 2018
Hello, CITY readers. Itโs time to reveal the results for Best of Rochester 2018, our own โShowcase Showdown,โ if you will. Itโs been quite the contest to get this far: More than 12,000 contestants gave us their best and final answers in our Best of Rochester readersโ poll, spanning 100 different categories.
The real fight against fake news
Fake news is not a new thing, and the new edition of Project Censored selections โ the list of the year’s most important but unreported or under-reported stories โ uses a reference to a 1938 fake news story as an illustration. The cover art for the latest Project Censored book, “Censored 2019: Fighting the Fake […]






