This week’s mix of live, streamed, and drive-through socials, concerts, garden tours, theater, and talks give you options to stay in or venture out responsibly.
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
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RoCo’s sidewalk screening
We got the scoop on Rochester Contemporary’s window video installation and the 411 on the ‘6×6’ virtual exhibition.
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Review: ‘Landscapes and the Unbuilt’
Drawing on a long tradition of artists taking inspiration from the natural world, Rochester Contemporary’s new exhibit “Landscapes and the Unbuilt” presents meditations by several local artists on various properties conserved by the Genesee Land Trust.
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RoCo’s new screening room features ongoing video art series
A new space within Rochester Contemporary Art Center is dedicated to screening video art programs curated by artists from other Great Lakes cities.
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Urban Action 2/7
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Douglass and today The Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue, downtown) will host a discussion on the topic “What Would Frederick Douglass Do?” at 7 p.m. February 8, focusing on the region’s […]
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RoCo’s exhibit approaches serious subjects with merry media
Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s newest show, “It’s Not Funny,” brings together local, national, and international creators who use toys and humor as raw materials for art that expresses serious subject matter. Bright colors and familiar playthings draw viewers and create a wry dissonance when the makers’ meanings sink in. The show brings together a variety […]
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The City Seen: July 8-11
After a short hiatus, the City Seen is once again hitting the streets. This weekend, we rolled through several First Friday venues, and caught the Independence Day celebration downtown. Our first stop on Friday was Visual Studies Workshop where Ray Ray Mitrano tried to make sense of the presidential primary caucus process. Mitrano had drawings […]
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When wheels are wings
Along with the sweetness of spring comes the freedom of flying through the city on two wheels. As soon as the weather sustains 60 degrees for a few consecutive days, bicycles will join automobiles — and the more hardcore cyclists who’ve been out in almost every condition nature has thrown at us. Through May 15, […]
