Arts & Life

A ‘Summer of Soul’ for troubled times

A music festival dominates our perception of what American culture was a half-century ago. It is Woodstock, of course. Properly filmed and recorded, it...
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Wed, 07/14/2021 - 1:11pm
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High Falls Women’s Film Festival shifts to monthly showings

After nearly two decades of shining the klieg lights on women both in front of and behind the camera, Rochester’s High Falls Women’s Film Festival is...
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Fri, 07/09/2021 - 12:35pm
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The Little Theatre expands hours this week

The Little Theatre is expanding its hours this week. The theater, operated by WXXI, had been open Friday through Sunday. As of Thursday, July 8, it will...
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Tue, 07/06/2021 - 4:30am
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John and Jackie, and 'the best death'

The scene was something that might have been directed by John W. Borek himself. Three people, including two women in angel wings, opening the show --...
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Wed, 06/30/2021 - 1:48am
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Rochester’s Food Truck Rodeo is back

The Food Truck Rodeo is back at the Public Market. The event, held on the last Wednesday of the month through September, runs from 5 to 9 p.m., but even...
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Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:31am
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Geva’s Mark Cuddy to retire next year

Longtime Geva Theatre Center Artistic Director Mark Cuddy announced Thursday that he will be leaving the regional theater in July 2022, after its 49th...
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Thu, 06/24/2021 - 11:35am
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Accomplished Americana musician Cindy Cashdollar returns to Abilene

Cindy Cashdollar did not use the past year of pandemic retreat as an opportunity to reinvent some aspect of her life. “I did not sit down and learn...
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Wed, 06/23/2021 - 1:49am
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Fringe scrambling for venues, welcomes back Spiegeltent and Parcel 5

The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival is firing up what it once considered “a pipe dream for us.” After having conceded this spring that September’s...
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Tue, 06/22/2021 - 8:53am
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CMAC drops COVID-19 vaccination mandate

Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts is the latest local entertainment venue to make an adjustment to its coronavirus pandemic guidelines....
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Mon, 06/21/2021 - 11:45am
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CMAC adds four shows, completes summer lineup

With the addition of four more show announcements this week, the Marvin Sands-Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center says its summer season is...
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Thu, 06/17/2021 - 8:14am
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