Arts & Life

Has music made it back from last year’s COVID-19 blues?

After more than a year of the twists and turns of life in the coronavirus pandemic, Danny Deutsch decided he had to lay down the law. In mid-May, he...
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Wed, 06/16/2021 - 8:38am
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Partial eclipse draws crowds early Thursday morning

Did you get to see it? The Rochester area and much of the U.S. was treated to a partial solar eclipse at sunrise Thursday morning, when 78% of the sun...
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Thu, 06/10/2021 - 9:08am
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GrassRoots Festival relaunches with 2021 summer concert series

In a rare positive reversal for concert plans during the pandemic, GrassRoots will present live music this summer at Trumansburg Fairgrounds after all....
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Wed, 06/09/2021 - 7:02am
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Rochester group celebrates Frederick Douglass Monument’s 122nd anniversary

This week, 122 years ago, a monument made in the likeness of Frederick Douglass was unveiled in Rochester to an audience of over 10,000 people. The...
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Tue, 06/08/2021 - 10:56am
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Connections: Previewing this summer's films

Which films are on your summer movie list? From "In the Heights" to "The Green Knight" to "Space Jam: A New Legacy with LeBron James," movie buffs have...
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Fri, 06/04/2021 - 7:40am
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JCC launches outdoor summer performances on Canalside Stage

A tented outdoor stage on the tennis courts of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester will be the site of a new collaborative performing arts...
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Wed, 06/02/2021 - 10:55am
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Your artists at work: ARTs + Change Conference addresses bias, advocates for equity

Here’s the question for Missy Pfohl Smith: What prompted the creation of the ARTs + Change Conference? Worldwide, it’s the rising tide of polarization,...
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Wed, 06/02/2021 - 1:52am
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Boyz II Men to headline Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival

The Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival at Frontier Field is back on this year, with 1990s R&B icons Boyz II Men serving as the headlining act. The...
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Tue, 06/01/2021 - 9:36am
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North Star Players resurrect Tulsa Massacre, 100 years later

The Greenwood District, a thriving business community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, built by Black Americans, was known as Black Wall Street. But the success...
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Tue, 06/01/2021 - 6:25am
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‘Drunk Bus’ makes a stop this weekend in Rochester

The unnamed co-star of “Drunk Bus,” now showing at The Little Theatre, is Rochester. The film’s co-directors, John Carlucci and Brandon LaGanke, and...
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Fri, 05/28/2021 - 7:44am
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