The first World Fringe Day seems an appropriate time for the Rochester Fringe Festival to announce its full 2017 lineup. During its Big Reveal press conference at The Little Tuesday morning, the Fringe released this year’s schedule, including more than 500 shows in venues in and around downtown Rochester. The sixth annual Rochester Fringe Festival […]
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Nazareth College Arts Center announces 50th season
Nazareth College Arts Center on Thursday announced the lineup for its 2017-18 season, its 50th programming season. In addition to a mix of music, dance, theater, comedy, and family performances, the season will offer special pricing and opportunities to win free tickets and VIP parking. The season opens on Friday, September 8, and Saturday, September […]
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With mixed emotions, Bill Edwards closes Lumiere
Health issues forced Lumiere Photo owner Bill Edwards to close up shop, but the business may yet have a future
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Los Campeones!
Over the last two months, CITY Newspaper’s Best of Rochester readers’ poll has asked for your opinion: What are the best people, places, and things in Rochester? We set the poll at 100 categories — down from almost 140 in previous years — and let you make the call. More than 12,000 people took this year’s final readers’ poll.
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Best Arts & Entertainment 2016
Best Local Original Band Teagan and The Tweeds. @teaganandtweeds; teaganandthetweeds.com Runners up: Joywave | KOPPS | Machine Gun English Best Local Solo Musician Paul Strowe. paulstrowe.com Runners up: Jackson Cavalier | Cammy Enaharo | Roger Kuhn Best Local Album of 2016 “Head Honcho” by Harmonica Lewinski. harmonicalewinski.bandcamp.com Runners up: “The Devil’s Undertow” by Jackson Cavalier […]
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Arts Council board is restructuring
Big changes are afoot with the Arts & Cultural Council. Last Thursday, the board elected philanthropist Dawn Lipson as its new president. Other new officers include former Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel; Bleu Cease, director of Rochester Contemporary Art Center; Eric Townell, artistic director of Rochester Lyric Opera; Baal Bhagat, a director with the Kalidas Indo-American […]
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VOTE NOW: Best of Rochester 2015 Primary Ballot
Primary balloting is now closed. Check back on Wednesday, September 23, for our final four poll.
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Artists in residence at rec centers
Though Rochester is rich in arts and culture, more must be done to make sure that everyone shares in the bounty, regardless of social class, Mayor Lovely Warren often says. One step in that effort is to bring artists, musicians, and others into city recreation centers. City Council is currently considering legislation that would create […]
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DANCE: “Past, Present, and Future”
At an April rehearsal at the Rochester City Ballet studios on University Avenue, the company was running through the George Balanchine work “Serenade” under the direction of Leslie Peck, one of an elite group of dancers authorized by the George Balanchine Trust to stage his ballets, in an effort to keep the artistic integrity of […]
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Show time for Rochester Fringe
It took dancers jumping off buildings for people to finally “get” the magnitude of the inaugural First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. “Another festival?” is a common refrain in Rochester. It can be hard to get excited about a new project when the area is already so flush with celebrations of everything from Turkish culture and […]
