<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rochester - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Rochester with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:22:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Genesee Brewing Co. has a new owner]]></title><description><![CDATA[The post Genesee Brewing Co. has a new owner appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/genesee-brewing-co-has-a-new-owner/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/genesee-brewing-co-has-a-new-owner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia and feel-good picks permeate this season’s theatrical lineup  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in uncertain times. The AI technological revolution has many wondering (and worrying) about the future. One of the more optimistic speculations is that if AI becomes more widespread, theater will have a resurgence: people will long for a space away from screens in the company of other humans more than ever.But a rosy future of financial security for the art form has not quite come yet. This season, many theaters are playing it safe (not in a bad way), turning to tried-and-true classics]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/nostalgia-and-feel-good-picks-permeate-this-seasons-theatrical-lineup/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/nostalgia-and-feel-good-picks-permeate-this-seasons-theatrical-lineup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | ‘Solo Street’ by Greg Townson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homegrown favorite Greg Townson released his first collection of solo guitar instrumentals, &ldquo;Solo Street,&rdquo; in late May. The 10-song record showcases sweet fingerpicking and clean, articulate fretwork. It&rsquo;s about dynamics, not gymnastics, and illustrates the work of a practiced craftsman.Townson is usually recognized for his work with Rochester&rsquo;s Hi-Risers, his collaborations with Nick Lowe or as a masked marauder of tasteful twang with Los Straitjackets. On &ldquo;Solo S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-solo-street-by-greg-townson/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-solo-street-by-greg-townson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New nightclub jazzes up High Falls]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 233 Mill Street in the High Falls district sits a new jazz and R&amp;B lounge that the owners describe as mature, classy and comfortable.&nbsp;Nightcap Blues was the vision of Tyrone Reaves, Harold Drumgoole and Rick Caesar, three men who work in manufacturing with a love for good vibes and good people.&nbsp;&ldquo;We wanted to have a place that looked nice, a place that the community would be proud of,&rdquo; Reaves said.&nbsp;He and Drumgoole have had a longterm business rapport, so it was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/new-nightclub-jazzes-up-high-falls/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/new-nightclub-jazzes-up-high-falls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | ‘North Country Blue’ by Seungyoung Hong and Paul Meyers Duo]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happens when two great minds do, in fact, think alike? Apparently, they make an album of inspired and captivating jazz songs. &ldquo;North Country Blue&rdquo; is a new nine-track album from Seungyoung Hong and Paul Meyers. With Hong on bass and Meyers on guitar, they explore some wildly imaginative interplay between their instruments but still deliver accessible arrangements and melodies for everyone to appreciate.What strikes initially is Hong&rsquo;s ability to be so percussive with his]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-north-country-blue-by-seungyoung-hong-and-paul-meyers-duo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-north-country-blue-by-seungyoung-hong-and-paul-meyers-duo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahjong’s quiet rise through social circles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intricately designed, hand-carved tiles click against acrylic racks as four women spanning three generations rack their tiles, uncovering the 13 they have to work with. Once everyone has racked their tiles, they select three they want to pass and the Charleston (or tile swapping) begins. Between each tile exchange, the women forget which round they&rsquo;re on as they get wrapped up in conversation about their week. A single round of mahjong can be played in as little as 10 minutes, but many ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/mahjongs-quiet-rise-through-social-circles/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/mahjongs-quiet-rise-through-social-circles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | ‘Moonlight Passes On’ by Attic Abasement]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Moonlight Passes On&rdquo; is Rochester-based Attic Abasement&rsquo;s first record in about 10 years. Helmed by the prolific Mike Rheinheimer, AA is an acoustic guitar-driven indie rock, raucous collective with a good number of releases under its belt within 20-plus years of existence.This new one consists of short, but somehow slow-building, under-the-radar blips that&rsquo;ll turn your grimace into a grin after repeated listens let them seep under your skin. On the surface, it&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-moonlight-passes-on-by-attic-abasement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-moonlight-passes-on-by-attic-abasement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jane Schoenbrun&rsquo;s third feature, &ldquo;Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,&rdquo; is a fitting entrant in their filmography lineup. As a fairly new filmmaker who has begun to make a name for themself in the industry, Schoenbrun is interested in how gender and identity themes can be tied to the media we consume. Their first feature, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re All Going to the World&rsquo;s Fair&rdquo; (2021), focused on those who spend their time online, while 2024&rsquo;s &ldquo;I Saw the TV G]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 lesser-known Rochesterians who left a mark ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even with the continued rise in features about Rochester and its many contributions to the local, national and international, it can still feel like there&rsquo;s only two notable Rochesterians &mdash; or three, if you think a little more on it. It cannot be overstated how impactful the contributions of Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony and George Eastman were; that said, they&rsquo;re not the only people who lived and left their mark here.&nbsp;Continuing the series started in last year&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/10-lesser-known-rochesterians-who-left-a-mark/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/10-lesser-known-rochesterians-who-left-a-mark/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best of Rochester 2026 primary voting is now open]]></title><description><![CDATA[Best Of Rochester 2026 has entered the chat.Our annual readers&rsquo; poll is a chance to shout out your favorite people, places and things to do. A chance to give recommendations to other CITY readers. A chance to promote your business.And as always, the&nbsp;four finalists&nbsp;in each category are dictated by your write-ins!That&rsquo;s where we are now: the first stage of the poll is the primary ballot. We always do a little tweaking based on the previous year&rsquo;s feedback to keep the n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/best-of-rochester-2026-primary-voting-is-now-open/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/best-of-rochester-2026-primary-voting-is-now-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | My Morning Jacket and Guster at Hoochenanny Festival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jim James&rsquo; entire musical modus operandi might as well be &ldquo;this dude is in love with his guitar.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s something someone might say if their entire exposure to James&rsquo; band, My Morning Jacket, was the Southern-rock banger &ldquo;Mahgeetah&rdquo; from 2003&rsquo;s opus, &ldquo;It Still Moves.&rdquo; In fairness to this hypothetical plebe, the song is literally called mah geetah, as in my guitar.Jim James performs with My Morning Jacket at Hoochenanny Festival on Augu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-my-morning-jacket-and-guster-at-hoochenanny-festival/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-my-morning-jacket-and-guster-at-hoochenanny-festival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team behind Rochester Fashion Runway is just getting started]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a humid 90-degree day last July, nearly 400 people sat shoulder-to-shoulder inside the Fedder Building on East Main Street. Handheld fans and sweating bottles of Modelo took the edge off, and any discomfort was forgotten as the first-ever Rochester Fashion Runway program began. For the next two hours, more than 10 designers, 20 performing artists and 100 models presented the region&rsquo;s most hip underground fashion show &mdash; one that sold out to standing room only and immediately outgr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/the-team-behind-rochester-fashion-runway-is-just-getting-started/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/the-team-behind-rochester-fashion-runway-is-just-getting-started/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phoebe Bridgers listening parties coming to Strasenburgh Planetarium]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has chosen Rochester&rsquo;s&nbsp;Strasenburgh&nbsp;Planetarium to help promote her latest album.New music&nbsp;from Phoebe Bridgers can soon be heard as part of a laser show&nbsp;and&nbsp;with special&nbsp;projections in the venue&rsquo;s dome.&nbsp;The &ldquo;Lost Weekend Planetarium Experience&rdquo; kicks off Monday, August 10 and runs through the album&rsquo;s release on Friday, August 14.The listening parties give fans a chance&nbsp;to&nbsp;hear her new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/phoebe-bridgers-listening-parties-coming-to-strasenburgh-planetarium/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/phoebe-bridgers-listening-parties-coming-to-strasenburgh-planetarium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[REVIEW | ‘Blue Soul’ and ‘Viñao’ by Eastman Percussion Ensemble]]></title><description><![CDATA[With contributions by Carver SnyderBlue makes Michael Burritt think &ldquo;of hope and good things.&rdquo;He has assigned that color to a few of his pieces, including one just recorded by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble: &ldquo;Blue Soul.&rdquo; Burritt takes on a journey through overlapping musical worlds, over about nine minutes of music.There&rsquo;s lots going on rhythmically, but it often coalesces into a sort of melodic shimmer of pop harmonies. The music never lets you linger in one plac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-blue-soul-and-viao-by-eastman-percussion-ensemble/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/review-blue-soul-and-viao-by-eastman-percussion-ensemble/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | Jon Spacher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 50<br />
Hometown: Rochester<br />
Current residence: Rochester<br />
Occupation: CEO and co-owner, Fee BrothersJon Spacher doesn&rsquo;t come across as someone eager to be the face of anything. Gregarious but understated, he&rsquo;s more at ease talking about Fee Brothers than his own role spearheading it all.But as CEO of the esteemed Rochester cocktail ingredient company founded in 1864, Spacher deserves a sliver of limelight. Some 30 years back, he studied astrophysics &mdash; a field focused on the uni]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jon-spacher/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jon-spacher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | Pam Sherman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 64&nbsp;Hometown: Staten IslandCurrent residence: PittsfordOccupation: President and founder of The ShermanEDGE; authorBefore Pam Sherman wrote two books, she was traveling the world building a coaching business based on her experiences. Before that, she landed a syndicated newspaper column by making an editor&rsquo;s wife laugh in a dressing room. Before that, she was an award-winning stage actor in DC for 17 years. And before any of the curtain calls, she was a lawyer.Sherman was born in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-pam-sherman/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-pam-sherman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | Nydia Padilla-Rodríguez ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 73Hometown: RochesterCurrent Residence: RochesterOccupation: Artistic director and founder of Borinquen Dance TheatreNydia Padilla-Rodr&iacute;guez loves dance: from salsa to tap to Garth Fagan technique, she has a passion for all styles and appreciates how movement celebrates culture. But what Padilla-Rodr&iacute;guez loves even more than dance is people. Her company, Borinquen Dance Theatre, is rooted in Puerto Rican culture and folk dance, but its largest impact is functioning as a safe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-nydia-padilla-rodrguez/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-nydia-padilla-rodrguez/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | Jenna Manetta-Knauf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 49Hometown: GreeceCurrent residence: GreeceOccupation: Owner of Bella Events GroupOn a blustery night in December, the winds from a winter storm scattered Jenna Manetta-Knauf&rsquo;s igloos across downtown Rochester.One was in the middle of the ice rink. Another was halfway down Court Street. Some of the domes had splintered into pieces &ndash; metal frames and clear plastic panels strewn about Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park.Roc Holiday Village was scheduled to open in just a few hou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jenna-manetta-knauf/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jenna-manetta-knauf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | Jeffrey McCune, Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 48Hometown: ChicagoCurrent Residence: RochesterOccupation: Frederick Douglass professor and founding chair of the Department of Black Studies at the University of RochesterRye old fashioned with extra cherries &mdash; a spirit-forward drink that balances spice and sweet, the perfect preamble for great storytelling.&nbsp;&nbsp;That&rsquo;s Jeffrey McCune&rsquo;s drink order, and it mirrors the heart of his work.&nbsp;&nbsp;Growing up in Chicago, McCune was a theater kid who loved math. He c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jeffrey-mccune-jr/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-jeffrey-mccune-jr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rochester Ten | John Kucko]]></title><description><![CDATA[Age: 61Hometown: BinghamtonCurrent residence: PenfieldOccupation: Digital content creatorDuring a recent MRI, John Kucko laid inside a tube with a cylinder resting inches above his face. Physically, he remained still for about 30 minutes while the machine captured images of his brain.But mentally, he took a trip to the Adirondacks.&ldquo;I just closed my eyes and started thinking about Lake Placid,&rdquo; Kucko said. &ldquo;It was really snowing good, which I love.&rdquo;It&rsquo;s a trick he&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-john-kucko/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/rochester/rochester-ten-john-kucko/</guid></item></channel></rss>