ImageOut: The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival celebrates its 16th year this time around. And after a decade and a half of consistently bringing local audiences the planet's best films...
Best of Rochester 2008: Final Ballot
The results from the primary are in! VOTE NOW in the Best of Rochester 2008 Final Ballot to...
When you hear "rock musical," you don't typically think "intimate exploration of interpersonal...
It's been more than 20 years since a new nuclear reactor came online in New York. That could...
It was raining in the morning with a forecast of steady showers, but the sun began to shine shortly before the gardens tour at the Rochester Civic Garden Center. About a half dozen of us met inside the center to eat our brown bag lunches while...
Restaurant Articles
RESTAURANT REVIEW: A simple bowl of soup
Given the season, the state of the economy, and the coming elections, I find myself craving comfort food right now - cheap comfort food. I want to sit down at a table, have someone slide a steaming bowl of soup in front of me, tousle what's...
Art
REVIEW: John Wood "On the Edge of Clear Meaning"
Some artists are so caught up in visual language that they don't know how to talk about their own work. John Wood is not one of those people.
Nightlife Articles
BAR SHOTS: Mex closes kitchen; East/Alexander hayrides
As a kid, you might've taken tot-sized, tractor-drawn wagon rides around the backyard (or, if you were lucky like me, through the forest on your parent's land). In your teen years, fall evenings were sometimes spent at haunted hayrides, where,...
Choice Concerts
AMERICANA: Lucinda Williams (10/12)
The last time alt-country maven Lucinda Williams came to town, it was to the Armory, where the mix was loud, muddy, and echo-y. It didn't matter - she was great to look at, her voice was a treat to hear, and the fact of her presence made up for...
Choice Events
The Genesee is often prettier than we allow, and especially when the weather's just right. It's the perfect time to appreciate the river now, while the leaves are changing, before the weather turns bone cold. This weekend, the city sponsors...
Bus ridership is up in the Rochester area and more than just soaring gas prices are the cause,...
When you hear "rock musical," you don't typically think "intimate exploration of interpersonal...
As a kid, you might've taken tot-sized, tractor-drawn wagon rides around the backyard (or, if...
Brooklyn's The MK Groove Orchestra swings like one wild and reckless big-band bastard. It...
The basic premise of "The Pillowman" is this: a writer living in a totalitarian state has penned...
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I have to say, I wanted to like Kath & Kim. I really did. But there was really nothing funny about it, nothing at all. Molly Shannon is sweet and...
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