The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival keeps on growing. Organizers on Thursday announced that the 2017 Fringe was its largest event so far. Attendance at the approximately 500 performances and events is estimated at more than 78,000, which is a 15 percent increase over 2016. This has prompted organizers to add an 11th day to its […]
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VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2017 Final Ballot
The Best of Rochester 2017 final ballot is now closed. Look out for the results on stands and online Wednesday, October 25
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Pulling back the curtain
Over the years, CITY’s annual Fall Guide — along with, of course, writing about the great things to do during a Western New York autumn — has become our annual preview of the upcoming arts and cultural seasons.
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Collaborative creativity, curated
The 2017-18 arts season will feature group shows and exhibits that span multiple venues.
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Our quest to become a ‘City of the Arts’
We’ve said for years that we’re a City of the Arts, and we have all the ingredients to be one.
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Rochester Fringe 2017 Preview Guide
The sixth annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival runs Thursday, September 14, through Saturday, September 23, with more than 500 shows in and around downtown Rochester. It’s hard to know where to start.
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VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2017 Primary Ballot
The primary ballot is now closed. Check back on Wednesday, September 20, for the Best of Rochester 2017 final poll
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The city should do an ‘arts impact’ study
City Council’s big, ornate Chambers in City Hall was packed last week with people concerned about the future of the key downtown piece of real estate known as Parcel 5. Mayor Lovely Warren has chosen a combination of a new theater for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League and an apartment building created by Morgan Communities. […]
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The hate that Trump bred
“Make America white again” signs. “Jews will not replace us” chants. Nazi flags. Torches and Nazi salutes. The predictable horror spawned by Donald Trump finally erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend in the white nationalists’ Unite the Right rally. The reaction of the president? To wag his finger at the resulting violence, which he […]
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Flower City ceramic exhibition confounds the norms
“Peripheral Of: The Periphery” is one of four current exhibitions that showcase the culminating works by the most recent rounds of artists in residence at Flower City Arts Center. On view at the center’s Firehouse Gallery are works by the 2016 ceramics residents, Ryana Lawson, who is from Rochester, and Marval A. Rex, who is […]
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WALLTHERAPY 2017 Coverage
The popular mural festival takes place Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 30, and features a new arts and activism conference and a block party
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Affording the arts
The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal cuts arts funding. How would that affect Rochester’s scene?
