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• Rfalconcam announces Beauty has laid her second egg of 2021

  03-04-2021 13:34
  
  It's been an exciting morning for a famous couple here in Rochester!
  
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• REVIEW | ‘The Commons’ by Thornéd Crown

  30-07-2026 19:20 via roccitymag.com
  
  Thornéd Crown may describe themselves as a “dungeon folk outfit,” but the Rochester band’s debut cassette release “The Commons” is a stylistically diverse collection of (mostly) instrumental songs, ranging from the modal psych raga of “Swamprun,” reminiscent of Kikagaku Moyo or Goat, to the ‘70s folk horror movie soundtrack territory of “Torchlight.”Expanse by Thorned CrownOpening track “Plains/Fireside” is a loose g
  
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• The 19th-century sandlot in Mumford

  29-07-2026 07:54 via roccitymag.com
  
  By the time you’ve traversed through the 68 buildings that make up the circa 19th-century Genesee Country Village & Museum (GCVM) and made your way to the furthest point of the 600-acre grounds, your brain may be convinced you’ve traveled back in time. Especially once you step through a wooded tree line and beneath an arch donning the field’s name — Silver Base Ball Park — onto a 19th-century replica baseball field (think the 1919 Black Sox stepping through the
  
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• REVIEW | ‘Are We Damned?’ by Goat Farm

  29-07-2026 03:46 via roccitymag.com
  
  If you’re looking for music that doesn’t just sound good, but also takes hold of you and reaches all the way down to your soul, Goat Farm’s new album, “Are We Damned?” (released June 20) is an excellent place to start. The stoner metal group based in Rochester has outdone itself with a collection that manages to be both heavy and ethereal in the same note. It’s atmospheric, sludgy and lyrically inspiring, commanding attention and demanding action in a world t
  
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• Annual ArtsBloom grants benefit city school music education

  28-07-2026 19:24 via wxxinews.org
  
  The post Annual ArtsBloom grants benefit city school music education appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
  
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• REVIEW | ‘Hard Candy for Hard Times’ by Handsy Grandma

  28-07-2026 19:11 via roccitymag.com
  
  Listeners who gravitate toward punk rock, fast-paced music that makes them jump as well as engaging messaging will feel a sense of belonging with Handsy Grandma. The band’s “Hard Candy for Hard Times,” available July 24, brings all the energy with 16 dynamic tracks ready to pump up listeners for the heat of summer. The Rochester-based trio with an unforgettable name made their first debut back in 2025 with the EP “Sweaty and Weird.” Relatively new to the scene
  
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• REVIEW | ‘Brutalist’ by Andrew Cloninger

  27-07-2026 05:09 via roccitymag.com
  
  There is a lot to process on Andrew Cloninger’s new album, “Brutalist.” Processing, in fact, could serve as the guiding concept behind the album. Song titles like “Archive” and “Field Notes” suggest raw sonic material of various sorts underwent a careful process of refinement, sifting or even distilling.Instead of clean, repeatable melodies and chord progressions propelling songs forward, the Canandaigua artist lets simple melodic fragments, riffs and d
  
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• REVIEW | ‘Brutalist’ by Andrew Cloninger

  27-07-2026 05:09 via roccitymag.com
  
  There is a lot to process on Andrew Cloninger’s new album, “Brutalist.” Processing, in fact, could serve as the guiding concept behind the album. Song titles like “Archive” and “Field Notes” suggest raw sonic material of various sorts underwent a careful process of refinement, sifting or even distilling.Instead of clean, repeatable melodies and chord progressions propelling songs forward, the Canandaigua artist lets simple melodic fragments, riffs and d
  
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• REVIEW | ‘Tales of the Finger Lakes, Western New York & Beyond’ by Growl Bear

  25-07-2026 14:49 via roccitymag.com
  
  With local Americana band Growl Bear’s new offering, the 20-track concept album “Tales of the Finger Lakes, Western New York & Beyond,” its frontman, singer-songwriter Jeremy Button, has produced a group of story-songs that stand on their own while also making a collective statement about upstate New York culture. He has also secured an impressive roster of Americana-bluegrass musicians from the region who lend their distinctive and recognizable talents to the music. The s
  
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• Review | ‘The Big Cheese’

  24-07-2026 14:43 via roccitymag.com
  
  American cheesemongers have a chip on their shoulders. It’s not entirely unwarranted. American cheese (the category) is fairly young, all things considered, gaining traction only in the 1970s, and is often conflated with the giant bricks of yellowish-orange American cheese (the product) found in grocery stores across the country. “The Big Cheese,” a new documentary from director Sara Joe Wolansky (a former video producer for “The New Yorker”), looks to course-
  
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• Review | ‘The Big Cheese’

  24-07-2026 14:43 via roccitymag.com
  
  American cheesemongers have a chip on their shoulders. It’s not entirely unwarranted. American cheese (the category) is fairly young, all things considered, gaining traction only in the 1970s, and is often conflated with the giant bricks of yellowish-orange American cheese (the product) found in grocery stores across the country. “The Big Cheese,” a new documentary from director Sara Joe Wolansky (a former video producer for “The New Yorker”), looks to course-
  
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• The nation’s first founding farm animal sanctuary marks 40 years in Watkins Glen

  23-07-2026 18:22 via roccitymag.com
  
  It’s 1986, and Gene Baur is selling vegan hotdogs at Grateful Dead shows. Surrounded by the sounds of Jerry Garcia and company, Baur spends his time educating fellow “Deadheads” about the cruelties of animal agriculture, providing firsthand accounts from his investigations at factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. Then Baur finds Hilda, a discarded sheep left for dead at a stockyard in Pennsylvania. What started as Baur’s act of compassion to save Hilda&rsqu
  
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• The nation’s first founding farm animal sanctuary marks 40 years in Watkins Glen

  23-07-2026 18:22 via roccitymag.com
  
  It’s 1986, and Gene Baur is selling vegan hotdogs at Grateful Dead shows. Surrounded by the sounds of Jerry Garcia and company, Baur spends his time educating fellow “Deadheads” about the cruelties of animal agriculture, providing firsthand accounts from his investigations at factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. Then Baur finds Hilda, a discarded sheep left for dead at a stockyard in Pennsylvania. What started as Baur’s act of compassion to save Hilda&rsqu
  
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• The Witches of Water’s Edge dance to benefit others

  22-07-2026 17:30 via roccitymag.com
  
  It’s a Wednesday night in Seneca Falls, and a group of women prepares for another busy weekend of performances. In a few days, they’ll don pointy hats, grab their broomsticks and dance into their roles as modern-day witches. But they aren’t just dancing for spectacle —- they’re raising awareness. The Witches of the Water’s Edge, a volunteer dance troupe that started recruiting members in March, uses performance, community and creative expression to estab
  
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• The Witches of Water’s Edge dance to benefit others

  22-07-2026 17:30 via roccitymag.com
  
  It’s a Wednesday night in Seneca Falls, and a group of women prepares for another busy weekend of performances. In a few days, they’ll don pointy hats, grab their broomsticks and dance into their roles as modern-day witches. But they aren’t just dancing for spectacle —- they’re raising awareness. The Witches of the Water’s Edge, a volunteer dance troupe that started recruiting members in March, uses performance, community and creative expression to estab
  
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• Trillium to issue refunds after Rochester Pride Festival cancellation

  21-07-2026 15:56 via wxxinews.org
  
  The post Trillium to issue refunds after Rochester Pride Festival cancellation appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
  
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• Trillium to issue refunds after Rochester Pride Festival cancellation

  21-07-2026 15:56 via wxxinews.org
  
  The post Trillium to issue refunds after Rochester Pride Festival cancellation appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
  
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• How a struggling Lima pub became a blues haven

  20-07-2026 07:09 via roccitymag.com
  
  On a quiet stretch where Routes 5 & 20 cut through Lima, there’s a low-slung building that doesn’t call much attention to itself. You could pass it without realizing that, on certain nights, it becomes one of the most intimate blues rooms in the Northeast. Inside Fanatics Pub, something unlikely has been unfolding — steady, unflashy and deeply human.Jim Shelly didn’t set out to build a blues destination. He didn’t even grow up on the blues.“I was into pro
  
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• How a struggling Lima pub became a blues haven

  20-07-2026 07:09 via roccitymag.com
  
  On a quiet stretch where Routes 5 & 20 cut through Lima, there’s a low-slung building that doesn’t call much attention to itself. You could pass it without realizing that, on certain nights, it becomes one of the most intimate blues rooms in the Northeast. Inside Fanatics Pub, something unlikely has been unfolding — steady, unflashy and deeply human.Jim Shelly didn’t set out to build a blues destination. He didn’t even grow up on the blues.“I was into pro
  
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• REVIEW | ‘The Odyssey’

  17-07-2026 17:29 via roccitymag.com
  
  “Is Christopher Nolan Catholic?”
  That’s the first thing I Googled upon exiting “The Odyssey.”As a director, Nolan has built a filmography around tortured men: atomic-bomb patriarch J. Robert Oppenheimer; dream wanderer Dom Cobb in “Inception;” marooned Joseph Cooper in “Interstellar.” But Nolan’s latest protagonist, the Greek hero Odysseus, endures a barrage of suffering so relentless (and often self-directed), I half-expected an actua
  
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• REVIEW | ‘The Odyssey’

  17-07-2026 17:29 via roccitymag.com
  
  “Is Christopher Nolan Catholic?” That’s the first thing I googled upon exiting “The Odyssey.”As a director, Nolan has built a filmography around tortured men: atomic-bomb patriarch J. Robert Oppenheimer, “Inception”’s dream wanderer Dom Cobb, “Interstellar”’s marooned Joseph Cooper. But Nolan’s latest protagonist, the Greek hero Odysseus, endures a barrage of suffering so relentless (and often self-directed), I half-expecte
  
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• The veteran-owned Rainbow Cammo is a gathering place for the queer community

  16-07-2026 18:31 via roccitymag.com
  
  During the pandemic, Malcolm Keim was making soap in about 200 square feet of basement space. What began as a hobby, sparked in part by a college assignment illustrating scientific concepts through soapmaking, gradually grew into something larger. Artist markets led to a website. A website led to appearances at the Rochester Pride Festival.“It was a pleasant surprise to see such a community pop up around it,” said Keim, a Marine Corps veteran who served during the final years of &ls
  
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• The veteran-owned Rainbow Cammo is a gathering place for the queer community

  16-07-2026 18:31 via roccitymag.com
  
  During the pandemic, Malcolm Keim was making soap in about 200 square feet of basement space. What began as a hobby, sparked in part by a college assignment illustrating scientific concepts through soapmaking, gradually grew into something larger. Artist markets led to a website. A website led to appearances at the Rochester Pride Festival.“It was a pleasant surprise to see such a community pop up around it,” said Keim, a Marine Corps veteran who served during the final years of &ls
  
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• ‘Circus in the City’ anchors Rochester Fringe Festival 2026 lineup

  14-07-2026 21:37 via roccitymag.com
  
  There can be no ESL Rochester Fringe Festival without the Spiegeltent, the signature mirrored hall that houses many of its shows. Indeed, the Spiegeltent will return for the fest in September.But this year’s Fringe also brings a slew of outdoor acrobatics, trapeze and aerial arts performances to downtown venues like Parcel 5 and Gibbs Street, organizers announced this week. The program is called “Circus in the City,” and it’s part of the 715 performances Fringe will offe
  
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• ‘Circus in the City’ anchors Rochester Fringe Festival 2026 lineup

  14-07-2026 21:37 via roccitymag.com
  
  There can be no ESL Rochester Fringe Festival without the Spiegeltent, the signature mirrored hall that houses many of its shows. Indeed, the Spiegeltent will return for the fest in September.But this year’s Fringe also brings a slew of outdoor acrobatics, trapeze and aerial arts performances to downtown venues like Parcel 5 and Gibbs Street, organizers announced this week. The program is called “Circus in the City,” and it’s part of the 715 performances Fringe will offe
  
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• Local radio show ‘Rainbow Roc’ celebrates 10 years of proud LGBTQ+ advocacy

  13-07-2026 06:03 via roccitymag.com
  When Brian Hurlburt applied to host a radio show on low-power community broadcaster WAYO-FM, the station didn’t technically exist yet. This was 2015, and organizers were still laying cables and installing power racks before launching. Hurlburt wanted in.He’d worked in radio before, hosting a show in Batavia, and he dreamed of returning to the microphone with a purpose.“I had a desire to get LGBTQ+ views out into our community,” Hurlburt said. “I heard about this st
  
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• Local radio show ‘Rainbow Roc’ celebrates 10 years of proud LGBTQ+ advocacy

  13-07-2026 06:03 via roccitymag.com
  
  When Brian Hurlburt applied to host a radio show on low-power community broadcaster WAYO-FM, the station didn’t technically exist yet. This was 2015, and organizers were still laying cables and installing power racks before launching. Hurlburt wanted in.He’d worked in radio before, hosting a show in Batavia, and he dreamed of returning to the microphone with a purpose.“I had a desire to get LGBTQ+ views out into our community,” Hurlburt said. “I heard about this st
  
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• Review | ‘The Invite’

  11-07-2026 16:36 via roccitymag.com
  The latest directorial effort from Olivia Wilde (“Booksmart,” “Don’t Worry, Darling”) pulls off, with great success, something that few recent films with similar pedigrees — smaller, successful distributor; A-list cast; hybrid genre — have managed: actual humor amidst emotional stakes. It helps that Wilde helmed one of the best, if underrated, teen comedies of the last 10 years — 2019’s “Booksmart” deftly maneuvered through
  
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• REVIEW | ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Highland Bowl

  10-07-2026 18:32 via roccitymag.com
  
  In the era of AI slop and bot accounts, it’s easy to be nostalgic for the Internet of yore — somewhere around 2015, before courts were weighing the damage social media companies have done to youth and when influencers were still somewhat novel. That long-ago year is the setting for a phone-obsessed “The Taming of the Shrew,” playing through July 25 at Highland Bowl; this production marks the 29th year Rochester Community Players has presented Shakespeare in the Park.The
  
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• Three Finger Lakes ice cream shops bringing the heat

  10-07-2026 05:54 via roccitymag.com
  
  Milk, cheese, yogurt, artisanal ice cream: while the Finger Lakes may be lesser known for its dairy production, the region is a quiet cornerstone in New York’s lactose industry. During the summer months especially, ice creameries boom, from classic mom-and-pop shops to artisanal makers that specialize in unique styles and flavors. CITY visited three creameries providing unique experiences that highlight the Finger Lakes.Cayuga Lake Creamery8421 State Rt. 89, Interlaken | 215 Nor
  
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