The Rochester Community Players, New York’s oldest community theater group, will stage Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” over two weeks in July.
GUEST OPINION
In RoCo’s massive 6×6 exhibition, everybody’s an artist
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Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6x2019 exhibition, slated to open June 1, will once again feature artwork from thousands of artists. The online preview begins today.
Culture
Appreciating our lilacs, in 7 photos and 10 facts
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In 1898, some 3,000 people gathered in Highland Park to smell lilacs planted by famed horticulturist John Dunbar. Today, a half-million people take part in the 10-day Rochester Lilac Festival. Here are some things you may not know about these beautiful and fragrant symbols of renewal and love.
Culture
A thrilling opening night for ‘Hamilton’ in Rochester
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The hip hop musical’s traveling production delivers its potent historical narrative with intricate choreography and superb vocal performances.
GUEST OPINION
Lessons of the Hour: a review
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Isaac Julien’s video installation tells a visually splendid story, but doesn’t ground Douglass in his marriage, his children, his Blackness. It evades the hideousness and savagery of bondage and forced labor, in order to construct mythic imagery.
GUEST OPINION
Centering ourselves
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Women of color in the arts and culture sector are leaders. Just because the mainstream arts community has not recognized this reality with jobs, funding, awards and other forms of professional recognition does not mean it isn’t so.
Community
A plight years in the making
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The Rochester Historical Society’s finances have been spiraling downward, imperiling its collections. The chief causes: misguided self-reliance and difficulty adapting to modern fundraising realities.
Guest Opinion
On statues, history and ignorance
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Is a statue always more than art? What is the relationship between a statue and a community’s evolving beliefs, values, and principles?
Community
Rochester’s imperiled heritage
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The Rochester Historical Society, home of artifacts that tell the community’s stories, is in danger of losing these treasures.
Crucial connection
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In his new book, “The Attachment Effect,” Rochester author and journalist Peter Lovenheim explores how the earliest bond impacts human relationships. He shares his findings, including the attachment styles of political leaders, with Beacon Publisher Alex Zapesochny. Listen to their conversation.
Culture
A story of survival
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As writer, director and producer of the play “Whispering Inhibitions,” Victoria Visiko wants those who have suffered sexual abuse to find strength in her work.