On a quiet stretch where Routes 5 & 20 cut through Lima, there’s a low-slung building that doesn’t call much attention to itself. You could pass it without realizing that, on certain nights, it becomes one of the most intimate blues rooms in the Northeast. Inside Fanatics Pub, something unlikely has been unfolding — steady, […]
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An ancient grain gets a regional revival
Ganondagan’s Iroquois White Corn Project aims to preserve an heirloom crop while promoting good health.
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Fringe’s sheen goes to the screen
Like other Fringe festivals around the world, Rochester 9th annual Fringe will be presented as an experimental, virtual version of itself.
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Lost theater season leads to Geva layoffs
With its upcoming season in doubt because of the coronavirus pandemic, Geva Theatre Center laid off a handful of employees on Thursday.
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“Depatriarchalizing” event to be staged in Planned Parenthood parking lot
The war on women and femininity, especially when it comes to body autonomy, is alive and rearing its ugly head. These concerns are central to an upcoming event in the “At the Crossroads: Activating the Intersection of Art and Justice” art and community conversation series.
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New art & culture space on King Street
The Douglass Auditorium, in the building that formerly housed the Frederick Douglass Resource Center, will host visual art exhibits, performances, lectures, and artists talks. 540WMain’s Calvin Eaton will manage the space’s programming.
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Men’s lifestyle shop pops up on University
Neon Wave caters to the niche surf and snow sports culture in Rochester and carries products with an environmental focus.
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Bridging mental health awareness with Free Comic Book Day
Local comic book writer and illustrator Nigel Carrington will hand out free previews of his new West African-influenced comic.
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Amplifying voices
Rochester’s unique cultural exchange with Nagaland — a remote state in Northeast India — has yielded an international film festival with the aim of preserving and amplifying the cultural expressions of the indigenous Naga people. Locally, the driving force behind the exchange are Heather Layton and Brian Bailey, who co-facilitate a variety of collaborative projects in Rochester and abroad.
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Creatives in the cold
No one is immune to the itch to check out until the sun returns. For their parts, artists must fight the urge to power down for the season, and instead keep the creativity flowing.
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Consuming local: media dieting tips for the New Year
During a recent guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey introduced the term “sheet caking,” which she used to describe the practice of eating an entire cake in response to upsetting news coverage. And although her satirical remarks led to a public debate about the ethics of joking about the use of dessert foods […]
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RIT students design dining at Good Luck
For the last several years, RIT’s Industrial Design department has charged its senior year students with a challenging opportunity to collaborate with designers and design houses for its Metaproject. The program creates industry partnerships for students with different established companies, which in the past have included Umbra, Poppin, and Kikkerland. And it allows students the […]
