Gaylon Arnold and Ann McCracken spend the park’s off-season restoring the brightly colored rides in time for the summer.
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Calendar curveball gives us an extra week of summer this year
Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, arrives this year the earliest it possibly can, while Labor Day, comes at its latest.
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CITY’s 2014 Festival Preview Guide
Whether you’re in the mood for live music, handcrafted art, or just want to get outside and walk around for the day, every month is packed full.
Posted inMovies
“The Way, Way Back”
It’s been a big year for films of the “and nothing was ever the same after that summer” genre. Between “Mud,” “The Kings of Summer,” and now “The Way, Way Back,” teenage boys have been coming of age all over your multiplex. (I swear I didn’t mean to make that sound quite so filthy…) If […]
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CLASSICAL PREVIEW: Summer road trip with the RPO
According to Ward Stare, the only place you’ll want to be on July 19 is at the Eastman Theatre, where he’ll lead the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in “three of the greatest works by three of the greatest composers.” Stare, a 30-year-old Rochester native, speaks of Beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner the way that some speak of […]
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MUSIC: Pitching a tent
Looking to catch some concerts this summer outside your own back yard? Want to make that concert a road trip? No matter what your musical tastes may be — or your budget — tons of shows are happening down the road that will get you grooving in the great outdoors. Get your motor running, head […]
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SUMMER GUIDE ’12: Audiobook guide
So you’re taking a trip involving hours in a car, bus, train, or plane. The songs on your iPod are getting old and radio just isn’t what it used to be. So why not do something useful with all that time? Read a book. With your ears. Just plug in your iPod and have the […]
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SUMMER GUIDE ’12: Calendar
BY PALOMA CAPANNA, WILLIE CLARK, KATHY LALUK, REBECCA RAFFERTY, ERIC REZSNYAK, TODD REZSNYAK, ANNE RITZ, AND ALEX STEINGRABER There’s so much to do in Rochester in the summer. So much, in fact, that just looking at pages and pages of endless listings can leave you, dear reader, nearly paralyzed by the sheer number of events […]
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SUMMER GUIDE ’12: Monroe County Parks
BY ALEX STEINGRABER The Monroe County Parks Department has a stellar line-up of parks that offer guests plenty of amenities, fresh air, and natural fun. Oh, and it’s all free. Think of our parks as mini-vacations that you can treat yourself to any day of the week, and of course you can bring your friends […]
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SUMMER GUIDE ’10: Introduction
Congratulations: you’ve made it to another glorious summer in Rochester, your reward for putting up with the less-than-cooperative Western New York weather the rest of the year. You’ve earned these sunny skies, warm breezes, and days that seemingly last forever. Better make the most of it. How to do that? City’s answer for this year […]
