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• Oceanic (fever) dream

  16-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  A new tiki-themed bar and mini festival embrace kitschy escapism — and revive an ongoing debate.
  
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• Theater Review | 'Describe the Night'

  15-05-2025 21:13 via roccitymag.com
  The power and danger of storytelling is at the heart of “Describe the Night,” which plays at MuCCC through May 17.
  
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• He shall be released

  15-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  CITY sits down with Stephen T. Lewis, whose biography of The Band’s Richard Manuel is out in June.
  
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• Theater Review | 'Some Like It Hot'

  14-05-2025 18:45 via roccitymag.com
  
  A charmingly vibrant adaptation of the 1959 film plays through May 18 as part of the RBTL season.
  
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• Music Review | 'Notker Balbulus: Liber Ymnorum"

  13-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Eastman School of Music professor Michael Alan Anderson conducts a ninth-century hymnal.
  
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• A festival town

  13-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  CITY's 2025 guide to the region’s unofficial fifth season.
  
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• Smokey Robinson will perform at Rochester International Jazz Festival, despite allegations

  12-05-2025 22:10 via roccitymag.com
  
  The Motown icon, accused of sexual assault by four former housekeepers, is the headlining act on June 20.
  
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• Dance Review | 'Anastasia: A Ballet Reimagined'

  10-05-2025 18:51 via roccitymag.com
  The ballet, co-produced with the Society for Chamber Music, trades tutus and sparkle for a more mature, intimate aesthetic.
  
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• Album Review | 'Love-Longing'

  10-05-2025 18:36 via roccitymag.com
  Five folk songs, recorded between 2022 and 2024, revel in the moody moments.
  
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• Hatch 'n' release

  07-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  The Caledonia Trout Festival is a celebration of fish culture.
  
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• A doggone good time

  07-05-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  More than 300 Dachshunds will parade around downtown on May 10.
  
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• Theater Review | 'An American in Paris'

  06-05-2025 18:04 via roccitymag.com
  This love letter to art and diversion plays at JCC CenterStage through May 18.
  
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• Under the big top

  05-05-2025 07:22 via roccitymag.com
  Sean McCarthy’s tents are festival season’s not-so-secret weapons.
  
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• Growing together

  30-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Taproot teaches leadership skills to youth through community gardening.
  
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• Album Review | 'Forgotten Turns'

  29-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Ithaca group Twin Court touches on Javanese gamelan and indie rock for its latest LP.
  
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• The rhythm and the wave

  28-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Drummer Juan "Jay Cali" Calixto readies a new solo career.
  
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• Drum of Seneca

  25-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  Lake Drum sets a steady tempo of societal betterment in Geneva.
  
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• Mining for digital gold

  24-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  The environmental cost of crypto in the Finger Lakes.
  
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• The great Canadian songbook

  23-04-2025 19:10 via roccitymag.com
  Upcoming local concerts from Steven Page and the Lightfoot Band center the True North’s songwriting prowess.
  
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• Music Review | 'Dance'

  23-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  The pipa-led track from Mountain River Traveler evokes Celtic step dances and even a bit of Dropkick Murphys flair.
  
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• Creating a circular economy

  23-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  Local e-waste recycling facilities provide conscious disposal for consumers and businesses.
  
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• Theater Review | 'Pure Native'

  22-04-2025 20:28 via roccitymag.com
  Geva Theatre's newest production is presented in association with the local Friends of Ganondagan and Native Voices.
  
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• Climate change is local — and so are the solutions

  21-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  From frogs to crops to furniture, here’s how you can get involved.
  
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• Breathing room

  18-04-2025 18:37 via roccitymag.com
  Gateways Music Festival, which takes place April 21-24, creates a space for Black classical musicians.
  
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• Movie Review | 'The Wedding Banquet'

  17-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Andrew Ahn’s queer reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 film of the same name features a talented cast and lots of heart.
  
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• Plant-based chemistry

  16-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Photo artist Alice Cazenave’s work reflects Kodak’s past ecological impact while presenting sustainable solutions for the future.
  
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• Album Review | 'Illuminate'

  15-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Synth-pop group The Heroic Enthusiasts delivers New Wave-indebted songs in the vein of New Order and Depeche Mode.
  
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• In a Barbie world

  14-04-2025 17:55 via roccitymag.com
  An April Editor's Letter on microplastics and a future for the children.
  
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• Hometown heroes

  11-04-2025 23:26 via roccitymag.com
  
  Travie McCoy and Gym Class Heroes and keyboardist John Fossitt will be inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame on April 13.
  
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• Pushing peas

  10-04-2025 18:21 via roccitymag.com
  How a plant-based meal delivery startup serves more than nutrition.
  
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• Theater Review | ‘Funny Girl’

  09-04-2025 22:35 via roccitymag.com
  The riveting, mostly fictional Fanny Brice musical biography runs via RBTL through April 13.
  
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• Pantry staples

  09-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Whether you’re hoping to decrease your grocery bill, find community or reduce plastic waste, these local alternatives offer myriad solutions.
  
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• Ryan Miller's Amerks homecoming

  08-04-2025 16:18 via roccitymag.com
  The celebrated NHL goaltender and silver-medal Olympian will be inducted into the Amerks Hall of Fame on April 11.
  
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• Album Review | 'Nature Takes Its Course'

  08-04-2025 06:27 via roccitymag.com
  Doom metal outfit Goat Farm’s debut EP sits firmly between melody and misery.
  
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• Man of steel

  07-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Rochester's Albert Paley to be honored with lifetime achievement award in contemporary sculpture on April 16.
  
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• A cop, a priest, a soldier for the IRA

  05-04-2025 22:32 via roccitymag.com
  Meet the reporter who told the tale of Rochester’s most infamous Irish crime.
  
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• Act two

  04-04-2025 17:32 via roccitymag.com
  The former Grinnell’s building is now home to Redd Wood, a second local restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Richard Reddington.
  
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• Movie Review | 'The Friend'

  03-04-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Sometimes, working through grief comes in the form of a Great Dane.
  
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• The power of positive masculinity

  01-04-2025 19:03 via roccitymag.com
  Muck Duck Studio explores gender with an inter-arts exhibition through April 4.
  
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• Dancing toward a better climate future

  31-03-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  Garth Fagan Dance and others will participate in a two-day summit hosted by the Climate Solutions Accelerator.
  
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• What’s luck got to do with it?

  30-03-2025 11:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  On kissing the Blarney Stone, and why we did an Irish issue in March.
  
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• Theater Review | ‘Pomona’

  28-03-2025 19:55 via roccitymag.com
  Crow City Theatre’s third production runs at MuCCC through Sunday, March 30.
  
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• Ancient ties

  28-03-2025 16:27 via roccitymag.com
  Rochester’s Irish sports club, Roc City Gaelic, celebrates a decade here — and centuries before.
  
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• Movie Review | 'Death of a Unicorn'

  28-03-2025 00:59 via roccitymag.com
  Alex Scharfman’s film has all the hallmarks of a feature debut — for better or worse.
  
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• To your health

  26-03-2025 10:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  Six wellness drinks that raise the bar.
  
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• Theater Review | ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

  25-03-2025 10:00 via roccitymag.com
  The one-man show, which runs at Blackfriars Theatre through March 30, more than lives up to its name.
  
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• Passing the baton

  25-03-2025 10:00 via roccitymag.com
  After 15 years, Son House Blues Night has a new host — and will celebrate its namesake's birthday this Thursday.
  
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• Album Review | 'Prove It To Me'

  24-03-2025 18:36 via roccitymag.com
  
  Bellwether Breaks spans R&B, piano-bar haze and unexpected covers on its new LP.
  
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• The revolution was not televised

  24-03-2025 10:00 via roccitymag.com
  
  How Rochester played a role in Ireland’s independence.
  
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• Keep it cool

  21-03-2025 15:07 via roccitymag.com
  The City of Rochester creates a plan to protect against more record-breaking temps this summer.
  
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