Carnivals bring us back to simpler times, when the biggest decision was whether to spend our dimes and quarters on messy cotton candy, or on chances to win the oversized stuffed tiger that looked as though he'd been hanging as a prize since the...

Dad never wants to make a big deal about Father's Day. He'd rather work outside in the garden, read the paper, and just do his own thing than be fussed over. And though my sister is in New Jersey (shacked up with her husband and Bassett hound)...

Bad boy of the gourmet food world Anthony Bourdain will come to Rochester's Auditorium Theatre Friday, November 20. Bourdain is a renowned chef and food critic, best known for his Travel Channel show "No Reservations," his muliple books, and his...

If you live anywhere near the Neighborhood of the Arts, it's easy to walk to the new Multi-use Community Cultural Center on Atlantic Ave. Once a church, MuCCC (pronounce it "muck") has been transformed to a cool arts space that Geomantics...

It's best to show up to the Greek Fest thirsty, with a grumbling tummy, the way my friend Steve and I did last Saturday. We parked and walked up the University Ave drive at the Greek Orthodox Church. A band played enthusiastically onstage. Lots...

The Dryden Theatre hosted the RIT School of Film & Animation Student Honors Show on a sunny Saturday afternoon last week. Not exactly the time of day most people want to sit in a dark theater, but it would've suited you just fine if you...

Roller derbies sounds like fun even when described in the barest of details. Women roller-skating around in circles. A rough-and-tumble competition of speed, skill, and strategy. Live music. Fishnets. So it didn't take much to convince a few...

Get a group of people together, offer cheap drinks, cheap food, and free stuff, and it's pretty much an instant party. City Newspaper held the Recession Procession Thursday, May 7, and we hit the South Wedge in our City t-shirts to hand out...

We all like stumbling on unexpected treasure. The fun of going to garage sales is sifting through the stuff other people have deemed disposable, in the hope that we (the hopeful shopper with pockets full of change, mind set to haggle) will come...

There's no escaping the upstairs room where Writers & Books holds its readings. Show up on time, or else you'll be caught crossing the room in front of the audience. And once it starts, there's no back door to sneak out of if things get too...

On Friday, April 17, from 5 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., a warehouse in Gates was brought to life by ArtAwake, a University of Rochester-sponsored event that brought together hundreds of works of art, installation pieces, live music, live dance, and...

It was dark and rainy, and the RIT campus threatened to make my head spin when I showed up clutching my little print-out map on Thursday, March 26. I was running late, and scooted my Mary Janes across the football field length of a parking...

I don't get to the theater enough, that's for sure. But I've always had respect for everyone involved with it, and sort of a romantic vision of it as a parallel world where the actors transform into different people, and the audience escapes...

If you've been to the Hungerford Building (it's by the train tracks on East Main, just north of the Village Gate), you know its appeal. It holds studios for all sorts of artists and musicians, houses art galleries and a recording studio, and...

Fat Tuesday is supposed to be the last hurrah before Lent. Prior to entering that season of self-restraint, we get a free pass (of sorts) to engage in as much debauchery as possible. In extreme New Orleans, the party rages all day and night...

Finally! After months of waiting Tyra has released the names and photos of the 13 young (ish) women deluded enough to think they have what it takes to be America's 12th next top model. You can check out the girls here.
My thoughts: this is...

What is up with parking downtown? I arrived at Blue Cross Arena at 6:15 p.m. for the 7 p.m. "Disney on Ice" show. I figured 45 minutes gave me more than enough time to park, get my ticket, and find my seat, but the lines for the Civic Center...

I have always loved chocolate, but it was my first Godiva truffle that spoiled me. Shaped like a shell, the open oyster filled with hazelnut praline dissolved in my mouth in a sense-enhancing glaze. It made me question every chocolate I had...

I've lived in Rochester more years than I can count on both my fingers and toes, and yet had never been to "Live from Hochstein." I'd heard about it for years, as it began way back in 1975. It starts at 12:10 p.m. and ends at 12:50 p.m., giving...

For shame, Rochester! For shame! Only one of you -- besides me -- showed, and even that was a pit stop.