The first film-music festival in North America opens in Rochester
        
        
            
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                Finger Lakes screenwriter David Ebeltoft is having a banner year.
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                Rochester Community Players stages a whimsical storybook version of one of Shakespeare's lesser-known productions at Highland Bowl through July 27.
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                The second "Goblin" graphic novel by local illustrator Will Perkins hits shelves on July 16.
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                The former 'Saturday Night Live' cast member will perform at Kodak Hall on Friday, September 13.
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                To mount a lesser-known Shakespeare production at Highland Bowl, Rochester Community Players lean into the two-dimensional.
Local and national arts from NPR
    
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                        "67," pronounced "six seven," spread from a rap song, through sports and social media, to classrooms and homes across the U.S. But even the artist who coined it struggles to define it.
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                        Black and Caribbean cosplayers are redefining what community looks like at New York Comic Con.
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                        In her new HBO series, comedian Rachel Sennott paints a picture of Los Angeles for Gen-Z, shaped by the highs and lows of internet culture.
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                        Director Yorgos Lanthimos' latest is about cousins who kidnap a CEO, convinced she's an alien.
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                        From the supernatural to the slightly-too-realistic, it's been a banner year for scary movies, many of which are available to stream from home this Halloween.
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                        Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, believes his non-resident visa could have been rejected because he likened President Trump to a former Ugandan dictator.
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                        DaCosta has directed blockbusters like Candyman and The Marvels. Her latest is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, Hedda Gabler, recasting the main character as a queer, mixed-race Black woman.
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                        The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
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                        Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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                        In this follow-up to her hit novel, Catherine Newman reprises her beloved Rocky, a sharp-witted, neurotically doting mother.
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                        America loves chain restaurants. NPR reporters Alana Wise and Jaclyn Diaz explore why.
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                        When a loved one is behaving in a way that bothers you, should you lean into the relationship or take a break? If you're having trouble deciding, therapist KC Davis offers guiding questions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
