Community
The experience of war through a different lens
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“First Light,” an exhibit of photography and writing by women combat veterans in Rochester, explores their stories and gives voice to a largely unacknowledged segment of the community.
Culture
Imagining Rochester in 2034 and beyond
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For the last decade, the Rochester Speculative Literature Association has nurtured visions of the city’s future. Its members—whose works span fantasy, science fiction and horror fiction—write stories about Rochester that ask “what if?”
Culture
Connecting through art
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The visual art community in Rochester is launching Current Seen, a small-and-midsize venue biennial designed as a contiguous string of exhibitions, pop-ups, and public art along East Avenue and Main Street downtown. The program’s theme: our current moment/our changing city.
Community
The Grandma Group
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An infant, faith-based organization in the city hopes to become a sustainable lifeline for grandmothers who are now or have been primary caregivers for their own grandchildren.
Community
Confronting the truth about segregation
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Economist Richard Rothstein’s talk in Rochester last week drew a crowd of 500 people. Is that show of numbers evidence Rochester is ready to finally tackle the racial divide in our community?
Community
Which way forward?
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Kendra Evans helped organize the 2016 Unity Walk against racism in Pittsford and co-founded PittsForward, a nonpartisan, grassroots initiative. Now she is running on the Democratic line against incumbent Supervisor Bill Smith, a Republican. Evans says she wants to spur “meaningful movement forward,” but can she win over those who believe efforts like PittsForward polarize the town?
Notable News
What the opioid overdose numbers tell us
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A new RIT study of 2018 opioid overdoses in Monroe County details the scope—and deadliness—of this public health crisis. Opioid fatalities surpass deaths from many types of common cancers, and even car accidents.
GUEST OPINION
Where the city’s housing market study falls short
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Possible interventions are identified to stabilize and improve housing conditions for Rochester’s poorest residents. Unfortunately, they are not adequate to meet the challenge.
Community
The ‘great’ debate
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What makes a city great? Does Rochester have what it takes to become one?
Notable News
Midsize cities are hot – and Rochester is the hottest
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Is our No. 1 ranking on realtor.com a fluke? More likely, it is part of a broader trend favoring small and midsize cities that are livable and affordable.