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New Horizons celebrates 30 years of making music with Rochester seniors

When Roy Ernst, an Eastman School of Music professor, set out in 1991 to form a band of senior citizens from around Rochester with little to no musical...
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Wed, 09/29/2021 - 1:42pm
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Folkfaces Fest V features charismatic storytellers, regional roots bands

Now in its fifth year, Tyler Westcott’s annual Folkfaces Fest at Cherry Hill Campground in Darien Center has become a fall tradition for the upstate New...
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Tue, 09/28/2021 - 1:57pm
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New Warfield bust is one dream ‘about many dreams’

Thomas Warfield was thinking back about 20 years, to when Shawn Dunwoody had created a work of art for the Rochester Museum and Science Center. “Some...
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Mon, 09/27/2021 - 2:05pm
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Joywave closes Fringe in a big-decibel way

Very few people who give a damn about music have the same kind of records, album after album, on their shelves. That was the appeal of “Smokestacks,”...
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Sun, 09/26/2021 - 1:31pm
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The dark inspires Charming Disaster in ‘Musical Tarot Show’

The name, Charming Disaster, would seem to explain everything. But I’ll go ahead with this review anyway. And as it turns out, first impressions built...
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Sat, 09/25/2021 - 8:54pm
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PUSH Physical Theatre extinguishes the ‘Generic Male’

Rochester’s PUSH Physical Theatre is a remarkable fusion of dance, body architecture, sight gags, and social philosophy. Thursday night at the KeyBank...
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Fri, 09/24/2021 - 5:32am
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Andreas Delfs makes official debut as RPO music director in impressive concert

The Andreas Delfs era has officially begun for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. On Thursday, Delfs conducted his first RPO Philharmonics concert as...
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Fri, 09/24/2021 - 6:23am
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‘The Twilight Zone’ gets the Watkins treatment in clever Rochester Fringe concert

The room at the Rochester Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Gibbs Street was packed. Fifty-five or so people, most of whom were likely familiar with what...
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Thu, 09/23/2021 - 2:00am
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After conquering Russia, Joywave brings it home with 'Smokestacks' at Rochester Fringe

Joywave might be the only rock band in the country -- or perhaps the only one that will admit to it -- whose hearts go all aflutter at the sight of...
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Wed, 09/22/2021 - 12:13pm
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At Fringe: Hettie Barnhill presents local premiere of BLM film; making room for death at Spirit Room

Still singing the same songs Every time they’re needed, artists are there to reflect on and grapple with urgent concerns, create room for crucial...
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Wed, 09/22/2021 - 2:50am
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