Connections
In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 9/24/26, we discuss what public media means to the community and reflect on WXXI's rich history and service to the region over the past 60 years.
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Arts, Music and Culture
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Jay Lincoln, the local artist whose vibrant and dynamic paintings and caricatures decorated the city’s bars and coffee shops, has died at age 60. He posted on Facebook about his prostate cancer diagnosis in early 2025. Lincoln worked in caricature, presenting faces with exaggerated features that brimmed with motion. He painted local fixtures and celebrities, […] The post Artist Jay Lincoln, whose caricatures captured Rochester, has died appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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For museums, ‘cost of admission’ takes on many meanings. There are entrance fees, of course. But there are other costs that are harder to see: wondering whether you belong; worrying about how your children will behave; not seeing people who look like you in the galleries; or simply never having learned the unwritten rules of […] The post The Memorial Art Gallery will remove all admission fees in 2027, returning to its roots appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
Local and national arts from NPR
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As a Syrian glassmaker created his wares in Damascus, watching his craft reminded this reporter to slow down and enjoy the moment. -
Here are the honorable mentions from this year's Student Podcast Challenge, chosen from nearly 1,500 entries. -
We've listened to nearly 1,500 podcasts from all around the U.S. and narrowed them down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists. -
Khalil was the face of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University when immigration agents arrested him and sent him to detention in Louisiana. His new memoir is No Land to Stand On. -
A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants. -
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal. -
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves. -
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way. -
What we know — and still don't — about the suspected terror plot near a U.K. air base. Trump rejects Iran's offer to pause fighting. And CNN prepares for new owners with ties to Trump. -
President Trump has brought his New York real estate background to the White House. But experts say D.C. is a very different historic and legal landscape — and worry about the precedent he could set. -
Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify supremacists that have, despite ideological differences, converged around the conviction that they are part of an elite destined to survive an apocalypse. -
A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.
