The fourth annual Dominican Day will be held Sunday at the International Plaza in Rochester.
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Intricately designed, hand-carved tiles click against acrylic racks as four women spanning three generations rack their tiles, uncovering the 13 they have to work with. Once everyone has racked their tiles, they select three they want to pass and the Charleston (or tile swapping) begins. Between each tile exchange, the women forget which round they’re […] The post Mahjong’s quiet rise through social circles appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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Jane Schoenbrun’s third feature, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” is a fitting entrant in their filmography lineup. As a fairly new filmmaker who has begun to make a name for themself in the industry, Schoenbrun is interested in how gender and identity themes can be tied to the media we consume. Their first […] The post REVIEW | ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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The Japanese artist has died at age 97. Kusama's polka dotted pumpkins, "Infinity Rooms," and other repetitive and dreamlike artworks have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide.
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Curry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80.
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The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.
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"I've always believed that a part of my magic, if there was any, was the fact that I look so artificial — but I am so totally real," Parton said in 2001.
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Parton, who died at 80 on Tuesday, had charm, depth, beauty, wit and radiant goodness. She was also a songwriter whose work told the story not just of country music but of the country itself.
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Like much of Rachel Cusk's work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for writers, artists, and women in particular.
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Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.
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The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.
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The director of American Doctor and two physicians in the film discuss the challenges of treating Gaza's wounded civilians and why they believe the world must see what is happening there.
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If Watchmen taught us that you can use superheroes to excavate the cracked foundations of the American experience, Lanterns seems content to linger in the shadow of another HBO prestige genre series, True Detective.
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A legal battle over what looks like a cartoon stick could help set the rules over whether creators can claim ownership of their AI-generated characters.