I've never met Ginni Harden Pierce, yet I feel that I know, almost intimately, a dozen different people she has inhabited in utterly believable performances. A gifted creator of character, she has appeared on...
HEALTH: Controversial condom program approved
City students will for the first time be able to get condoms in city schools. By a vote of 4 to...
This season, winter came to Rochester on Friday, January 13, 2012. That's appropriate, since...
[UPDATED] Richards says city may forgive debt on the Sibley Building
There are separate but related developments to report on Monroe Community College and the Sibley...
Let's dive right in: Last night, January 26, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra gave its first performance of "Blue Planet" by American Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981) and it was exciting. Conductor Arild Remmereit continues to talk about...
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NEIGHBORHOODS: Little-noticed cuts may hurt neighborhoods
Governor Andrew Cuomo's state budget proposal for 2012-2013 eliminates a pair of programs that directly impact urban neighborhoods. Cuomo's plan cuts funding for the state's Rural and Neighborhood Preservation Programs grants, which partially...
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POLITICS: Monroe keeps its Assembly districts
Monroe County Assembly districts are facing changes, and residents in some towns will have new representatives if proposed maps released by a legislative task force yesterday are approved. Here's a rundown: Chili, Henrietta, and a question...
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ART REVIEW: "War & Consumerism"
For a long time now, captains of industry and their pocket politicians have been playing with our anxieties, our insecurities, and this has resulted in catastrophic world-changing events as well as tragic outcomes on individual levels. The...
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CHOW HOUND: Zeppa Bistro, Shea's Grill moves, Texas Blues BBQ, closings and coming soon
As the old idiom goes, too many cooks spoil the broth. But throw two chefs with amazing pedigrees into the kitchen and you may have the recipe for success. That's what local well-known chefs Seth Lindahl and Kenneth Holenbeck are hoping with...
Music Articles
When Imani Winds comes to town, the group will be performing works by Pavel Haas, Brian DuFord, and Valerie Coleman, well as arrangements by Debussy and Stravinsky. Composers you may not know? Arrangements of the great masters? What's that all...
Finland seems to crank out decent metal bands as quickly as it does cell phones, and no group...
Girls Rock! Rochester is dedicated to empowering young girls and helping break gender...
Put simply, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment; whether local outfit The...
When you think of a fairy tale, images of a beautiful princess being rescued by prince charming...
The Eastman School of Music has cooked up 13 more exceedingly talented musicians that have come...
Recent Comments
b sarbane said:
Is that legal?? I mean, how can the City just "forgive" $22 million in taxes, thus effectively shifting that burden from millionaire campaign...
in [UPDATED] Richards says city may forgive debt on the Sibley Building
Willie Clark said:
Hey Mo-According to ESM they aren't sure yet if the show will be rescheduled this year or not. We'll have an update it it does.
in CLASSICAL: Leigh Howard Stevens (1/26)
City editors said:
For the record, the city school district only plans to give out condoms. Nothing else.
in HEALTH: Controversial condom program approved
Bart said:
Show me where the schools have any role or responsibility to hand out condoms (or 'morning after' abortion pills or ANYTHING to do with student's...
in HEALTH: Controversial condom program approved
Bart said:
I repeat: Someone show me where condoms are the business of the schools.
in HEALTH: Condom countdown
Willie Clark said:
Mo-I'm waiting to hear back on if the concert will be rescheduled or not. I'll let you know as soon as I do.
in CLASSICAL: Leigh Howard Stevens (1/26)
EmJayEn said:
In cavalierly dismissing the $22,000,000 in back taxes owed by Wilmorite to US, the citizens of Rochester, Richards states that, "What's most...
in [UPDATED] Richards says city may forgive debt on the Sibley Building