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MOVIE PREVIEW: Greentopia | FILM
Greentopia began in 2011 as a two-day event. Now, just three years later, it has blossomed into a week-long multimedia festival that includes a conference, art exhibits, musical performances, and even a fashion show. Presented by Friends of the GardenAerial, the festival’s purpose is to educate and raise awareness for the environmental issues facing our […]
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ARTS: High Falls Film Festival announces 2014 dates
The High Falls Film Festival announced that it will return in 2014, running April 24-27. The festival returned this spring after taking a year off to reformat and refocus itself after multiple name changes and shifts in mission in recent years. The full press release follows: Rochester, NY–June 14, 2013–The High Falls Film Festival today […]
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INTERVIEW: Rudresh Mahanthappa
It’s not unusual for a jazz artist to lead several groups, but Rudresh Mahanthappa just might hold the record. He leads or co-leads 10 different ensembles. “I’m always hearing a different sound in my head,” says Mahanthappa. “My artistic vision is not necessarily about having one group and keeping it together for 10 to 20 […]
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Metro ink – 5.31.06
GOD ART It was October 2004. Lex Blaakman was talking to God. Or God was talking to him through a paintbrush. He drew, he says, something wholly unfamiliar: a painting of a giant wave juxtaposed with football legend Reggie White with a heart on his forehead. Just two months later, on December 26, the tsunami […]
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Little changes
Jennifer Caleshu, acting executive director of the Little Theatre, says she’s been fielding phone calls from people interested in taking the helm of the downtown landmark. “I think that for those who might not be in the business, it sounds like a really attractive job,” she says. Caleshu was the associate director when executive director […]
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Little Theatre, big changes
The Little Theatre has been a successful and integral part of downtown Rochester since 1982 — long enough for its co-founder, Bill Coppard, to have made a number of observations about issues facing the community. He’s had no qualms over the years about sharing his informed opinions and ideas for solutions with those in the […]
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Little Theatre, big changes
I started scooping popcorn at the Little Theatre in the fall of 1994, and my first encounter with Bill Coppard was completely underwhelming. The whisperings I had heard about the cofounder of the Little suddenly made sense: crabby, humorless, blunt. But he was running one of the most profitable arthouse theaters in the United States, […]
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Pre-emptive petitioning
Pre-emptive petitioning David Day of the Azalea Neighborhood Association isn’t sure who his future neighbors on Elmwood Avenue will be. He knows, however, who he doesn’t want: Wegmans or any other large-scale commercial operation. New York State owns the land now occupied by the Terrance Building of the Rochester Psychiatric Center. Soon, the state […]
