The RBTL ushers in their 2017-18 season with “School of Rock,” adapted from the crowd-pleasing 2003 comedy starring Jack Black.
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‘Finding Home’ art program spotlights refugees
Amid news this last weekend of a second bomb threat to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester — and the third case of anti-Semitic hostility in Rochester in recent weeks — Deborah Haber is pushing onward to finalize plans for a series of arts events that will be held this month at the JCC […]
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Through the winter
The big concerts, theater performances, and events to look forward to in the beginning of 2017
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Holiday events
Ongoing Festival of Trees Design and display a holiday tree, wreath, basket, handmade jewelry or other home decoration to be loaned through exhibit or donated for auction. Continues through Dec. 11. Granger Homestead Museum, 295 N. Main St., Canandaigua. 394-1472; grangerhomestead.org. Glass Wonderland Family-friendly holiday showcases and activities will be located throughout the museum. Nov. […]
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Geva names new executive director
Geva Theatre Center today announced Christopher Mannelli will be the next Executive Director and co-CEO with Artistic Director Mark Cuddy. Following Geva’s national search, Mannelli comes to Geva from Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago — a 41-year-old, Tony Award-winning institution dedicated to new plays and playwrights, where he served as managing director for five years. […]
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WAYO-FM hits the home stretch
In March 2014, City ran a story about the groups vying for the new spaces the FCC opened up on the FM dial for low-power community radio stations. Some of these stations have since gone on air or are streaming online, including WXIR-FM (100.9), an alternative news station run by Rochester Community TV; a Spanish-English […]
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Change is a verb
The passage of time can be a horrifying concept, especially when nothing changes. Last weekend marked the one year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, which was followed by more of the same, to the collective disgust of some and the collective shrug of too many. America’s unfulfilled responsibility to black America includes acknowledging […]
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CALENDAR: Holiday Events
Wednesday, November 19 Holiday Display & Auction More than 25 holiday wreaths designed and donated by local florists, through Nov. 30; tabletop tree displays of pre-lit, three-foot decorated trees continues through Dec. 18; Sweet Creations Gingerbread house display will continue through Dec. 17. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 271-3361 x 242. eastmanhouse.org. Festival of […]
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David reviews “SaMe SeX sHaKeSpEaRe” 2014
The Rochester Shakespeare Players’ "SaMeSeXsHaKeSpEaRe" was a hit at last year’s festival, and if you’ve ever wanted to see Macbeth in a red power suit and heels, or Hamlet as the original emo teen, you have one more chance to see the 2014 edition, on September 26. This is a nicely paced, 45-minute tour through […]
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Sharing the dream
After 35 years of memorable productions and performances at Blackfriars Theatre, John Haldoupis announced last spring that he would step down as Blackfriars’ artistic director; the 2014-15 season, which starts this weekend with “Shirley Valentine,” will be his last.
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THEATER: A theater town
Anyone who believes that theater is a dying art has not spent much time in Rochester; we have always offered a remarkably full range of theater, for consumption and for participation. To use a word theater people enjoy, the Rochester theater scene is very textured; there’s a little of everything offered, and something for everybody […]
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More local boys (and girls) done good
Rochester is definitely a town with a longstanding music and theater culture. With numerous area schools offering high-level music and theater programs, and many community-theater groups, it has been a training ground for a surprising number of actors who have gone on to fame on Broadway and in Hollywood. We’ve produced some actors who went […]
