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More growth downtown? Developers keep signing on
If there’s a market for them, the developments proposed for the Inner Loop land will bring people, life, and jobs downtown.
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Fringe Festival announces its lineup
This year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival will include outdoor performances by the nerve-wracking STREB Extreme Action Company, a rare appearance by comedian Patton Oswalt, a breakdancing and hip-hop competition, and a world-premiere show by the creators of last year’s “Cabinet of Wonders.” The 10-day festival, celebrating its fifth year, will feature 500-plus performances — […]
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ARTS: Rochester Fringe announces Fringe 101 sessions, Artist Mash-Up
The Rochester Fringe Festival today announced the schedule for its Fringe 101 information sessions, which give local performers interested in participating in the annual arts festival an opportunity to learn more about the process. The hour-long sessions, led by Fringe Producer Erica Fee, begin this weekend on Saturday, March 15, and continue on Saturday, March […]
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2014 Rochester Fringe Festival accepting submissions
Want to put on a show? The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2014 edition of the festival, which will take place September 18-27 in Downtown Rochester. Festival events run the gamut from music, visual art, theater, dance, comedy, film, multidisciplinary works, and kids’ events. And YOUR show could be […]
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ARTS: Rochester Fringe Festival announces 2014 dates
The Rochester Fringe Festival Board of Directors today announced dates for the 2014 edition of the festival – its third edition – which will take place September 18-27. The official press release follows: FRINGE ANNOUNCES 2014 DATES: SEPT. 18-27 First Niagara renews title sponsorship for 10-day event 2013 ticket revenue increased more than 100% over […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Transient Being”
Saturday was the final night of Fringe, the last show I went to, and, damn, am I glad I did. “Transient Being,” choreographed by Eran David P. Hanlon in collaboration with performing artist AlainaOlivieri and visual artist Joseph Tarantelli moved me like nothing else I’ve seen at the festival. Olivieri’s arresting movements reflected the deconstruction […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Mikaela Davis
I’m right almost all of the time; just ask me. I’m wrong plenty, too; just ask my wife. But I know I’m right in saying Mikaela Davis is going to be a big sensation from this jerkwater burg as soon as she quits wasting time at SUNY Potsdam and hits the road. Davis and her […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Day of Dance
The dance community in Rochester is more vibrant and diverse than most probably realize. But if you went to the Day of Dance at RAPA during the final day of the Fringe Fest, you certainly left knowing that. From swing and Lindy Hop to contemporary, step dance, and hip-hop, to tap and even Bhangra, the […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Heart and Soul,” “Sun Boxes,” Fringe Fingers, “Spirits Within”
For me the final day of Fringe 2013 started at Writers & Books for “Heart and Soul: Medicine and Life.” This spoken-word program featured poetry and short stories written by five health professionals: family physician Pebble M. Kranz, family medicine resident Natercia Rodrigues, family therapist Tziporah Rosenberg, resident family physician Francesca Decker, and family physician […]
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Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “How to Survive Crack Addiction”
To begin with, the audience crowding the foyer of Writers & Books waiting to see Padraic Lillis’ one-man show “How to Survive Crack Addiction” seemed all wrong to me. I expected — I don’t know — youthful? But these folks were almost all of a certain age, dressed respectably and drinking coffee out of Styrofoam […]
