Rochester developer Marvin Maye lost his bid today to have a West Main Street church taken off the city’s list of historic properties. Maye owns the church but wants to tear it down so he can build a Dollar General. The historic designation adds another hurdle for Maye to clear in his push to demolish […]
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ARTS: Geva announces 2013-14 season
Geva Theatre Center announced its 2013-14 season on Tuesday night. The 41st season will include several world premieres and critically acclaimed dramas, and many shows with links to Rochester or Geva itself. Although the full summer 2013 season has yet to be announced, Geva Artistic Director Mark Cuddy closed his presentation by unveiling one of […]
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Teachers may take over some schools in Rochester
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas has asked the Rochester Teachers Association to present plans for schools to be run by teachers instead of central office administration and principals. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Any proposals for teacher-led schools would be part of the administration’s new contract negotiations, which have just started, RTA President Adam Urbanski told about 200 teachers […]
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Zoning Board to hear request to waive design standards for College Town
The City of Rochester’s Zoning Board will hear an application this week to waive certain design standards for Mount Hope College Town, a University of Rochester-initiated project which will be built on 16 acres on the west side of Mount Hope between Elmwood Avenue and Crittenden Boulevard. | The major concerns associated with the application […]
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Daily Choices: What to do on Tuesday, March 19
ART/MUSIC: Abilene Bar & Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Way) will host another in its Artisan Craft and Music Night series tonight, 6 p.m., this time featuring Jeff Sherner. Local artists will be display and sell their works both upstairs and down, and there will be drink specials and BBQ. Admission is free. For more info, […]
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Rochester Broadway Theatre League announces 2013-14 season
Still riding high on last week’s blockbuster run of “The Book of Mormon,” the Rochester Broadway Theatre League announced its 2013-14 season Wednesday night. The big news is that the subscription series has been increased to six shows from five. The line-up includes a new production of a modern musical classic, several new musicals, a […]
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Pedal empowered
Considerable work has been done in some Rochester communities to encourage people to set aside their cars more often in favor of bikes, the bus, or their own two feet. To date, however, much of the work has focused on infrastructure: curb cuts to make it easier to step on to sidewalks, lockers so cyclists […]
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FILM: High Falls Film Festival announces 2013 schedule
The High Falls Film Festival today announced the line-up of films for its 2013 edition, which will run April 18-21 at various local theaters. Although it will be the 11th installment of the festival overall, it is the first since 2011 and will feature a return to the festival’s original name and a renewed focus […]
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West Main Street church is structurally sound, says new report
The study was commissioned by the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association and funded by the Landmark Society.
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The Squirrel that gathers causes
On almost any day or evening, the Flying Squirrel Community Space is home to a potpourri of progressive artists, musicians, and social justice activists. The Squirrel is a meeting space. But it’s also an organization with its own members, who often describe it as a collective: a community that’s part of other communities.
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Chills, thrills, and gills
Rochester is obviously known for its icy cold winters. But few would guess that, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Greater Rochester area is home to roughly 2000 sportsmen willing to trek out on frozen ponds, cut through the surface ice, and try to catch a fish on just about any pond or body of water
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: The Indigo Girls
Amy Ray’s voice does it for me every time. Whether it’s delivering a pounding indictment of Holocaust complicity or letting her heart bleed all over an old lover, the sound that claws out of her throat is by turns plaintive, playful, violent, and raw — never passive or ambivalent. It is folk rock’s molten core. […]
