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Culture

RBTL project receives nearly $3 million

By SMRITI JACOB | May 16, 2025

The money from the New York State Council on the Arts will support the Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s multiyear project to reinvigorate the West Herr Performing Arts Center.

An advocate from prison for the incarcerated

A new floor-to-ceiling mural blooms at AltBar

How Kate Navin set the stage for her career

Celebrating unique talent at the Lotte Lenya Competition

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A visual dialogue on incarceration and resistance

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | May 1, 2025

Experimental filmmaker Christopher Harris’ art will be shown along with films from the Visual Studies Workshop’s collection.

Culture

Eastman Rochester Chorus climbs a choral ‘Mount Everest’

By DAVID RAYMOND | April 25, 2025

The chorus is presenting Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis,” a great piece of music that also is a completely individual statement of faith.

Culture

‘An American in Paris’ comes to CenterStage

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | April 18, 2025

The musical will feature beloved songs and intricate choreography.

Culture

Flamenco and opera meet in Eastman’s ‘Ainadamar’

By DAVID RAYMOND | April 2, 2025

For its second Spanish-language production, Eastman Opera Theatre is presenting Osvaldo Golijov’s Grammy-winning “Ainadamar,” a surrealistic tragedy centered on Federico Garcia Lorca and the actress who served as his muse.

Culture

Pegasus Early Music reprises a Monteverdi showpiece

By DAVID RAYMOND | March 28, 2025

For its 20th anniversary concert, Pegasus will feature 25 distinguished early music singers and players, led by Grammy-winning lute virtuoso and conductor Paul O’Dette.

Culture

A festival of female improvisers

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | March 21, 2025

Harbor House of Rochester, a health care hospitality home, will present an event this weekend in honor of Women’s History Month.

Culture

Festivals, firsts and fiestas

By DAVID RAYMOND | March 14, 2025

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025-26 season aims to please various audiences.

Culture

A decade of exploring

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | March 7, 2025

The popular Instagram account Explore Rochester celebrates 10 years of photography through a new exhibit at Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Culture

A youthful take on ‘The Lion in Winter’

By DAVID RAYMOND | February 28, 2025

James Goldman’s classic 1966 play is the first Rochester production of the Ensemble Theatre Company of New York and its director Kevin Shinnick.

Culture

Rochester storyteller to make off-Broadway debut

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | February 21, 2025

Penny Sterling’s “Mounting Washington” one-woman show will be at the 18th annual United Solo Festival.

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