The legislation represents the first allocations in years from the city’s “percent-for-art” fund.
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Gadd, Fleming, and Puts are among Eastman alums with ’23 Grammy nominations
The 65th Grammy Awards nominations are out, and former Eastman School of Music students are major contenders once again.
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These 5 Rochester musicians are getting monthly stipends from grassroots donors
The Local Sound Collaborative is giving five area musicians a monthly stipend for a year. Here’s how each musician plans to use the funds.
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Poetry and pistols
Is the pen mightier than the gun? Poet Matt Donovan finds out in “The Dug-up Gun Museum.”
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Frida Kahlo: the making of an art icon
An exhibition of photographs by Nickolas Muray at Corning’s Rockwell Museum shows the making of artist Frida Kahlo’s mythic image.
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After courting artists, Bello doubles down on funding the arts
Monroe County Executive Adam Bello proposes doubling funding for arts groups to $1 million as he enters an election year.
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Bello budget would boost spending on projects, public safety, and more
Monroe County Executive Adam Bello’s 2023 budget proposal would also reduce the average property tax rate.
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Upstate Unity Fest promises a hardcore heaven
Hardcore punk bands from Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse play Bug Jar on Nov. 12 for a one-day celebration of the upstate New York scenes.
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2022 midterm elections in Monroe County
The 2022 election in New York will decide the direction of the state and Monroe County for years to come. Every seat in the state legislature is on the ballot this year, and the race for a Webster-based Monroe County Legislature seat could reinforce Republican control of Monroe or usher in a Democratic majority. Polls […]
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Sarah Shook comes ‘home’
After a life of ups and downs, a songwriter from Lima takes their act back to where it all began.
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D&C journalists walk off the job for a day
A one-day strike here mirrors those at other Gannett-owned newspapers.
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Eastman Opera’s ‘Lear on the 2nd Floor’ tackles Alzheimer’s with arias
Anthony Davis’s 2012 opera “Lear on the 2nd Floor” uses Shakespeare as the inspiration for a family matriarch’s struggle with dementia.
