Arts & Life

Hochstein School honors namesake on Veterans Day

The Hochstein School commemorated Veterans Day with the ringing of a “peace” bell and the sounding of a trumpet. 

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Sun, 11/14/2021 - 9:06am
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Stars align for Strasenburgh Planetarium, Vanishing Sun collab

It’s been more than a year and half ago since musician Ian Sherman and the Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Strasenburgh Planetarium Director...
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Thu, 11/11/2021 - 5:22am
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Music heals Hanna PK and the Blue Hearts

Hanna PK dabbled in music while growing up in South Korea. She wrote a couple of songs when she was a kid. She played keyboards in a high school rock...
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Wed, 11/10/2021 - 4:25am
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A live ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ arrives in Rochester, with a lifelong fan as the lead

Emily Marsh knows how to nail a job interview. The problem, as she was interviewing with Joel Hodgson, the creator of the cult classic television show ...
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Wed, 11/03/2021 - 4:33am
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Meet the Rochester pianist who makes silent movies sing

On a recent Tuesday evening, the gold velvet curtain at the George Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre rose to reveal a movie screen that flickered to life...
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Mon, 11/01/2021 - 11:27am
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Show takes a look at '10 Years of the Rochester Fringe Festival’

Ten years ago, there was uncertainty -- and acrobats -- in the air. Would the city buy into this new festival? “The first year we didn’t know what was...
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Thu, 10/28/2021 - 12:56pm
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Gateways Music Festival receives $800,000 award from Mellon Foundation

The Gateways Music Festival is getting a substantial grant to continue its mission of supporting classical musicians of African descent. Gateways is...
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Wed, 10/20/2021 - 7:12am
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The Little renames theater for Jane and Larry Glazer

The Little Theatre on Thursday renamed one of its theaters after the late Jane and Larry Glazer, the Rochester couple whose philanthropy and businesses...
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Thu, 10/14/2021 - 3:17pm
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Greg Townson remembers Rochester Music Hall of Famer Pee Wee Ellis

It was the late 1980s, and Greg Townson was playing guitar in one of the more successful acts on the Rochester scene at the time, The Essentials. A rock...
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Tue, 10/05/2021 - 8:51am
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‘Water is Life’ mural by Seneca artist installed on the Genesee

In the Haudenosaunee creation story, Sky Woman, the daughter of the Great Spirit, descends from the heavens toward a watery world whose animals, fearing...
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Wed, 09/29/2021 - 12:17pm
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