Folk darling Jackson Cavalier presents a music and arts mini-festival at Abilene to bring live shows back from oblivion.
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Corn Hill Arts Festival canceled due to COVID-19
For the second year in a row, the Corn Hill Arts Festival has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rochester Fringe confirms there will be a September festival
As capacity-limited events were OK-ed for NYS venues, Rochester Fringe confirmed it’s moving ahead with plans for a hybrid festival.
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Preview: Rochester Black Pride Festival 2018
Now in its third (official) year, the annual intersectionality-focused Black Pride Festival features workshops and discussions, parties, concerts, a cookout, and youth-focused events.
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Perry native Josh Rice creates NYS Puppet Festival
Puppetry is a bizarre, paradoxical art form: in which the artifice of the scene and the construction of the characters is blatant. But at times, puppets can express human frailty and vitality better than we can ourselves. The inaugural New York State Puppet Festival will celebrate the spectacle, craft, and international scope of contemporary puppetry.
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Eastman Audio Research Studio presents Image/Sound Festival
The brand-new Rochester event seeks to bring together audiences with an appreciation for experimental film, music, and avant-garde art in a two-day celebration of image and sound, and is presented by Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS).
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DANCE: Stepping back in
After a year hiatus, the Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival will return Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, but in a rather scaled down form compared to the last three years it was held. The festival will run for two days, rather than the previous nine or ten, and is headlining with a lesser known, […]
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Rochester International Film Festival 2014
Always a highlight of my annual film-going calendar, The Rochester International Film Festival — better known as “Movies On a Shoestring” — returns to its home at the Dryden Theatre this week. Boasting the auspicious title of “The world’s oldest, continuously held short film festival,” the RIFF presents four programs of shorts over the course […]
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THEATER: Summer’s servings on the stage
For some institutions, summer may be the slow season. But Rochester’s theater scene is coming off extremely lively fall, winter, and spring seasons, continuing the momentum right through the summer months. If you’re a fan of musicals, mysteries, comedies, and the occasional serious drama, summer offers plenty of theatrical diversions, in town and nearby. If […]
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GEEK EVENTS: Nerd up your summer
Like many nerds, I have the tendency to remain indoors, permanently huddled in front of whichever glowing box happens to be displaying my currently desired form of entertainment. But now it’s summer: the few months every year when Rochester is guaranteed at least some beautiful weather. So it seems a shame to waste it. It’s […]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Indie Music Revolution Festival, Methanol, Brooklyn Haley, Melia, Goodbye Ronnie, The Roc City Stompers, Roots Collider, Electro Kings, and The Campbell Brothers
The Indie Music Channel brought its Indie Music Revolution Festival to Water Street Music Hall this past weekend. The event boasted a cornucopia of young talent, including plenty of stuff from the home team. I caught Methanol Friday as the band blasted its big rock with hooks. This group has really settled into a solid […]
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Maplewood Rose Festival
“In the center of the city of Rochester, above the bank of the river which has shaped the region’s history, lies a jewel of a garden.” So goes Duane Reid’s history of the Maplewood Rose Garden. Celebrate horticulture and heritage this weekend with the Maplewood Rose Festival, which takes place Friday, June 15, through Sunday, […]
