Connections
In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 2/27/26, we close out the week with a look at commuting expenses, the federal immigration detention facility in Batavia and a concert for peace.
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Now in its fourth year, ArtsBloom aims to fund small art projects that benefit the community as a whole. The post City to offer up $170,000 in grants for the arts appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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There’s a reason chefs don’t translate cleanly into daylight. They belong to the hours when the rest of the world is loosening its grip. When people are drinking, touching, confessing, unraveling. While everyone else is reaching for pleasure, chefs are manufacturing it. While the room fills, they disappear. That inversion matters. Tension lives there. Food […] The post Why we fixate on — and fetishize — chefs behind the line appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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