Poet Rachel McKibbens presents the deeply personal collaborative performance “8 Chamber Hunger Orchestra” as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival.
Rachel McKibbens
Writers & Books launches The Ladder literary conference
The June 16 conference at Rochester Riverfront Hotel will be a day-long boot camp featuring the expertise of more than 40 literature industry professionals and 12 different workshops, all designed to help writers up their game.
Creatives in the cold
No one is immune to the itch to check out until the sun returns. For their parts, artists must fight the urge to power down for the season, and instead keep the creativity flowing.
Poetry, politics, and pie
Rochester is the Land of 1,000 Potlucks — a place where a commitment to art and a passion for fostering community are inextricably linked. On a warm evening in early July, a pie-centric potluck transpired in the city. In the hosts’ backyard, a table held several different pies — most of them homemade — brought […]






