A digital happy hour today called “Rochester Tips Back!” aims to support food and beverage service workers impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
GUEST OPINION
Community over competition
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The collaborative spirit that infuses Rochester’s thriving coffee scene offers a lesson for all businesses.
Culture
It’s a wonderful week
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Community is at the heart of the 1947 classic film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Starting this weekend, Rochesterians will be able to experience the film through theatrical screenings, plays, and festivals.
Culture
A table for the culinary elite
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Seven women will combine their talents at the James Beard Foundation to create a dinner representing some of the finest gastronomic skills found in the Finger Lakes region.
Culture
The origins and growing impact of the Rochester Fringe Festival
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Festival Producer Erica Fee says such festivals both further the work of artists and help build a community’s sense of its own assets.
Culture
2019 Jewish Book Festival has its own flavor
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James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov and business partner Steven Cook will be in Rochester as part of the festival’s two-day focus on food.
Culture
Valuing artists in our ‘City of the Arts’
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Rochester has a vibrant cultural sector, but some members of the creative community point to challenges—including difficulty making a living as an artist.
Community
Making a place for community
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Kathryn Mariner, a cultural anthropologist, is researching placemaking in the city of Rochester, through Fertile Ground, a visual, large-scale, multi-year project.
Culture
Replacing a local restaurant institution
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In the space Remington’s occupied for three decades, Lucca Kitchen & Cocktails aims to be a place for people who love food, family and Rochester.
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?”