The second annual Black Culture Festival, now at Parcel 5, highlights entrepreneurship and the arts on July 30 and 31.
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Puerto Rican Festival announces new format for this year’s event
The festival will take place on two Saturdays in August, at two new city locations.
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Feedback 1/22/20: High-speed rail, climate change, ‘Parcel 5 Park’
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Mayor seeking funds for Parcel 5 project
City Council will vote on July 23 on a request for $4.7 million in state funds to create an enclosed entertainment venue at Midtown’s Parcel 5. The Warren administration is considering transforming much of Parcel 5 into a Rochester version of Kansas City Live!, a block-long, covered complex that hosts concerts, major sports broadcasts, and […]
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Giant inflatables coming back to Fringe
French street theater company Plasticiens Volants will return to Rochester to perform the first weekend of the 2019 Rochester Fringe, festival organizers announced on Tuesday.
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Some unsolicited advice on Parcel 5: just chill
Eight years after Midtown’s demolition, city officials are still looking for something to put there. Maybe it’s time for a reality check.
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Feedback 12/19
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RBTL by the river: the next big thing
Moving RBTL’s theater from Parcel 5 to the riverside solves some problems, opens up new opportunities, and raises questions.
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Jazz Festival has new venues, club-pass changes
It’s only October, and there’s already big news in local jazz. The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival announced major changes this morning for its 2019 event, including two new venues – Parcel 5 and Geva – and a more user-friendly club pass policy. The festival, which will run from June 21 to 29, will stage […]
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RBTL theater site moves to the riverfront
The Rochester Broadway Theatre League will get its new theater, if its fundraising is successful. But it won’t be on Parcel 5. It’ll be by the river, part of a large, $250 million multi-use complex on the site of the former Radisson Riverside Hotel on East Main Street, across the street from the Riverside Convention Center.
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New RBTL theater could boost all arts venues, consultant says
A new report suggests that a new larger theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League can have a positive economic impact on other city arts venues. City officials commissioned the report from AMS Planning and Research, an arts and entertainment consulting firm, to study the new theater’s financial impact on existing arts organizations. Though the […]
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Urban Action 9/19
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Seeking equitable development The Parcel 5 Community Programmers will host “Gentrification Supper” on Sunday, September 23. A workshop, “Development without Displacement,” will be led by the 540WMain Community Learning Academy. A meal provided […]
