Arts & Life

Many of the familiar elements will be in place for this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. There is the big show on Parcel Five. The vaudevillians…

Maureen Callahan is making her pandemic-delayed journey to the city that the New York Post columnist has decreed “grim and depressing.”And, since we are…

Comedian Louis C.K. is scheduled to perform in Rochester in September as part of an extensive tour aimed at relaunching his career after it imploded in…

The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival is joining a growing list of local businesses and entertainment venues requiring patrons to show proof of…

The Bug Jar is a slim sliver of Rochester real estate. Four small rooms, if you count the two bathrooms, at the corner of Monroe Avenue and South Union…

While the summer COVID season has forced the cancellation of many long-standing Western New York events, the Memorial Art Gallery’s M&T Bank Clothesline…

Rochester’s festivals are back, and with them comes a new batch of city dollars.Last year, the pandemic had put the kibosh on outdoor festivities, and…

After 20 years of writing its own history, you’d think people could talk or write about Blackberry Smoke without referencing The Allman Brothers Band. Or…

In some respects, it’s as though the coronavirus pandemic never happened. Over the last couple of weeks, blueswoman Carolyn Wonderland was at Abilene Bar…

The Puerto Rican Festival is back. The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. This year’s festivities will be different than in previous years:…