First off, can we talk about how cool Plasticiens Volants was? According to my social media feeds, you guys thought so, too. Tonight, I was popping around to The Lyric Theatre, Parcel 5, and the School of the Arts, and I have to say, it makes me all sappy when I see the amount of […]
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Kathy reviews Garth Fagan Dance and EstroFest
Garth Fagan Dance’s “Up Close and Personal,” my first show at the 2017 Rochester Fringe, was a raw shot of movement, inspiration, and awe. The show, set in the acclaimed company’s rehearsal space, feels intimate as you watch the dancers move gracefully about the stage. The performances are punctuated by chats with the man himself about […]
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Becca reviews ‘Big Bang’
I strongly encourage you all to attend the final performance of “Big Bang.” And for that reason, my review will not contain all of the spoiler descriptions that are effervescing inside of me. Some of them, but not all of them. The Friday and Saturday on the Fringe feature will take place again at Parcel 5 […]
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Frank reviews Cirque Du Fringe: ‘Eclectic Attraction’ and Pinch and Squeal
Cirque Du Fringe: “Eclectic Attraction” was a physical treat of muscular and balance-oriented feats performed in the confines of the Spiegeltent. The hosts, Matt Morgan and Heidi Brucker Morgan — who have staged Spiegeltent shows at the Rochester Fringe before — were the through-line for essentially a circus masquerading as a dream by their infant […]
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Becca reviews ‘Elephant Grass,’ ‘On the Verge,’ and ‘There is a Field’
Rochester Fringe 2017 for me began with a massively inspiring performance that felt like a love note to everyone in the audience. FuturPointe Dance’s “Elephant Grass: An Afrofutur-Mystic Tale” is a femme-forward, “She-Ro” quest to shake off all that well-known negative shit and do the hard work of figuring out what you’re here to do. […]
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It’s Warren’s party now
Mayor Lovely Warren has won the Democratic Primary and, given the party’s heavy domination in the city, in all likelihood she’ll will begin her second term in January. With results in from most polling places, Warren had scored an impressive win – more than 60 percent – over County Legislator and former Rochester police chief […]
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I Scene It: U2 at New Era Field
I underestimated U2. Of course, I know the band and its music — and I understand the band’s massive relevance in rock history — but until Tuesday night, I’d never fully grasped what a powerhouse it is still. There’s a reason the band can pack out Buffalo’s New Era Field: U2 delivers a show that’s […]
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The life and work of Arthur Singer is on view at University Gallery
In a celebration of the stunning diversity of life and the art that captures it, RIT’s University Gallery, through October 28, is hosting “Arthur Singer: The Wildlife Art of an American Master.” The extensive exhibition displays dozens of Singer’s original illustrations and paintings, but the exhibit also serves as a celebration of an individual life. […]
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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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People pack City Council for Parcel 5 forum
City Council’s chambers needs better fans. With the room jam-packed with people Thursday night, things in the back got warm really quick — God bless the people who clung to their suits, sweaters, and jackets throughout the public forum. At a City Council public forum, almost 70 people, across more than two hours, spoke about […]
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Main Street Arts decks the walls with fine jewelry
Imagine stepping into a dragon’s den that’s filled with its hoarded jewels. Everywhere you turn, surfaces gleam with precious metals and sparkling stones. Now picture this particular dragon has a penchant for organization — instead of haphazard dunes of gold and precious crystals in a dim cavern, the dragon has carefully displayed each item to […]
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St. Monci and Lives Styled stage dream spaces at Axom
Axom Gallery has been temporarily transformed from a white walls art gallery into a supremely fun, impossibly chic series of staged living and working spaces. A beloved local creative couple — painter St. Monci and Hannah Betts of design studio Lives Styled — have taken over the room, filling it with their art and carefully […]
