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Step aside, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." There's a group of bakers in town who are taking your housing game and making an even sweeter deal. Making gingerbread houses is typically a casual, family-friendly activity, but some fans of the traditional holiday activity are taking it to the next level and
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It may seem like the slew of summer festivals in Rochester is drawing to a close, but there's still time to get your festival on before fall officially arrives. The 8th Annual Sankofa Festival of the Arts is a celebration of African culture that will surely remedy anyone's end-of-the-summer blues. The
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Following a recent City School District lay-off scare, teachers and alumni of the School of the Arts joined together and created COLLAB, a showcase of the arts, exhibit, and sale to raise money and awareness for arts education. The event, which will be held on Saturday, August 22, at the
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Dilek Canakci School: Nazareth College (grad student, human resources/management major) Hometown: Rochester Best Cup of Coffee: Java's (16 Gibbs St), "Their Mexican blend is the best." Friday Night Hangout: Park Avenue, "Lots of restaurants and shops to see." Advice for Freshmen: "Ask a lot of questions, unless you ask you'll never know. The
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It was time. I had spent nearly four months studying abroad in London, but the day had finally come to return home. My bags were packed, weighed and measured to airline standards (after a bit of difficulty with the conversion from kilos to pounds). My flat had been cleaned -
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One of the best things about being in college is meeting new and interesting people. Getting to know your fellow students is essential to your college social life, but what a lot of students forget is that professors can be just as cool as their peers. That's why we've searched
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After a long, stressful week, going out on the town and dancing the night away can be a fun way to unwind. Whether you love the deafening boom of the latest chart-toppers accompanied by seizure-inducing laser lights, or you're into a more laid-back scene with live performances by local bands,
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Welcome to college, the best four years (or more, depending on your degree) of your life. Now that you've made it to the big leagues, it's all up to you. You've already decided where to go to school (thanks for picking Rochester), and now you're probably neck-deep in decisions about
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Greater Rochester Repertory Companies combines both the comedy and the drama of modern-day relationships for its latest production, a staged reading of the play "Ping" by Nancy Preston Stark. Following on the heels of the popular show "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" (which played for an unprecedented eight
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Long before NASCAR became popular, people came out in droves to see carriage-driving competitions instead. Wednesday, August 12, through Sunday, August 16, everyone can get a taste of the authentic old-time event at the 38th Annual Walnut Hill Carriage Drive Competition. There will be dozens of races at Walnut Hill Farm
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There's no denying the popularity of the Barbie doll (what girl didn't have one when she was a kid?), and for her 50th birthday, Strong National Museum of Play is celebrating America's favorite doll with a huge year-long exhibit. More than 500 of the petite, plastic girls are currently on display
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There's a place you can go where everybody knows your name - and no, it's not Cheers. It's the Standard Lounge, which opened earlier this summer with the goal of offering a comfortable, retro hangout everyone will want to frequent. Located on Monroe Avenue in the former stomping grounds for
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Winter in upstate New York is a notoriously frigid, so when summer comes around, Rochestarians rejoice in the blissful, balmy weather that finally comes our way. And what better way to celebrate the sunny summer days than to head outdoors to Genesee Valley Park (2 Elmwood Ave) for one
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Drag the kids away from TV and video games this weekend and get them outdoors to the City's 10th Annual Main Game event. The outdoor recreation extravaganza will run Saturday, July 25, 1-6 p.m. under the big tent at the Downtown Festival Site (on Court and Exchange streets). Kids can participate
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Jessica Lange is best known as a big-time Hollywood actress, having worked in front of the camera in movies like 1982's "Tootsie," the 1976 remake of "King Kong," and the 2009 TV adaptation of "Grey Gardens." But she's also adept at working behind the camera, as is proven by "Photographs
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Get ready to paint the town red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. It's time for the annual Rochester Pride Week, running now through July 19. Rochester will celebrate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender pride with stage shows, musical performances, a picnic and the second-largest pride parade and festival in
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Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer entered her profession on a dare. But after a few nights at the mic, her friends - and audiences - quickly realized nothing was off limits with this funny lady, and they loved her for it. Westenhoefer, the first openly gay comedian, will perform at the Iroquois
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Dust off your invisibility cloak, grab your broom, and practice those spells for the Harry Potter Movie Marathon and Magical Bash this Saturday, July 11, at Writers & Books. In anticipation of the sixth film in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (opening Wednesday, July 15), the event
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There are many things we can thank the Irish for - St. Patrick's Day, tasty soda bread, Celtic music, and step dancing. You can check out who has the luck o' the Irish this Saturday, July 11, at the 38th Annual Rochester Feis. The feis, which comes from the Irish
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To see or not to see? That shouldn't even be a question when it comes to the Rochester Players' production of "Hamlet" at Highland Bowl (on South Avenue). The group has performed at the bowl for its annual Shakespeare in the Park event for more than 10 years, and
