Rochester residents receive city-provided trash and recycling pickup, but when it comes to composting, it’s kind of a DIY thing. That’s about to change. Local residents Brent Arnold and Steve Kraft have started a city-based business, Community Composting, which will provide residential pickup of compost fodder. They’ll give subscribers a bucket for food scraps and […]
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Sounding the alarm on water
The Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was once one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes. But in the 1950’s and 1960’s, the Soviet Union ramped up agricultural programs in the sea’s basin, which included diverting the freshwater streams that fed the sea and using the water for farming. By 2010, the Aral Sea was […]
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[UPDATED] RPO challengers lose legal battle
Both sides in the legal case respond to Justice Kenneth Fisher’s ruling.
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Latino Rochester: pride and power
Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t remember, but the City of Rochester has already had its first Latino mayor. City Commissioner Carlos Carballada filled the office for a blink-and-you-missed-it period of time in 2011, when everyone was arguing over the legal process to replace former Mayor Bob Duffy. (Duffy won election as […]
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Theater Review: RBTL’s “Wicked”
Since opening on Broadway in 2003, “Wicked” has had smashing success, breaking box-office records and becoming one of the most beloved modern musicals. It has a large, devoted fanbase and inspires the sort of passion in people so that they are eager to see it time and time again. That at least partially explains why […]
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ART: Geva cancels summer show “The Lifeguard”
Geva Theatre Center announced today that it has cancelled its upcoming summer production of “The Lifeguard,” a new one-man show about Ronald Reagan that was set to star Rochester native and Oscar nominee Robert Forster. Geva heavily touted the show at its 2013-14 season announcement a few weeks back. In the official press release, Geva […]
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Rochester Lilac Festival announces 2013 schedule
The 115-year-old Lilac Festival announced details of its 2013 edition this morning, including a new official title for the event — the Rochester Lilac Festival. The festival will run May 10-19 in Highland Park. The festival grounds will be open daily 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and admission remains free. Headliners for the festival main stage this […]
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Musicians wanted for City Newspaper’s Best Busker Contest
MUSICIANS WANTED for CITY Newspaper’s 4th Annual Best Busker Contest! Thursday, May 2, 5-9 pm in Rochester’s East End
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RIT spins cooking oil into gold
The campus dining services at Rochester Institute of Technology will use approximately 4,000 gallons of cooking oil this year. And every time a fryer is emptied or a skillet is drained, that goop has to go somewhere. How about into a gas tank? Over the past two years, RIT researchers, through a partnership with Monroe […]
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MUSIC: Jazz Fest announces full 2013 line-up
The 2013 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival line-up was announced on Tuesday, March 26. In all 1200 artists will perform 280 concerts over the nine-day festival running June 21-29. (NOTE: The official press announcement appears in full below.) The June 28 soul double-bill of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and The James Hunter 6 […]
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Deciding DOMA
The US Supreme Court is hearing legal challenges this week to two major pieces of LGBT-related legislation: California’s Prop 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Voters in California narrowly approved a ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, in November 2008. The ban was upheld by the California Supreme Court in May […]
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Warren sets tone for her campaign
Lovely Warren officially launched her bid for mayor today. WATCH VIDEO
