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Whether executives’ responsibility is to the shareholders or to a broader set of stakeholders remains a debate that is difficult to settle. While the debate may seem simple at first glance, there are many complexities that can make conclusions less ...

Tagged with: Business Banter David Kunsch Pouya Seifzadeh

 “All of everybody never did anything.” — Wynton Marsalis I write this column from my annual sojourn to the Chautauqua Institution near Jamestown. Each year for close to 150 years, Chautauqua has presented a nine-week summer program with a different ...

Tagged with: Gerald Archibald Non-profit Management

The Rochester Business Journal has selected its 25th class of Forty Under 40 award winners. The honorees are men and women, under the age of 40, who have achieved professional success and who have also made significant civic contributions to ...

The Daily Record has selected 14 members of the legal community and one law firm to receive 2019 Attorneys of the Year awards. The Daily Record’s Attorneys of the Year awards honor outstanding attorneys through the Leaders in Law, Pro ...

OFC Creations kicks off its 2019-20 season with “Dogfight: The Musical.” Set in 1963, three young Marines set out for one last boys’ night before leaving for deployment. When one meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress, he enlists her ...

The 2019 Big Band Dance Series is in full swing, and Greece Jazz Band is the next headliner. The Al Bruno Trio hosts dancing at 6 p.m., and the Greece Jazz Band takes the stage at 7:15 p.m. at Ontario ...

Casa Larga Vineyards is celebrating the grape harvest with its 24th annual Purple Foot Festival. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, guests can take part in the old-world tradition of grape stomping. A family-friendly event, this ...

Local quintet fivebyfive has commissioned four musical works for Memorial Art Gallery’s exhibit, The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art, which comes to the gallery in February 2020. As part of Glass Works, a yearlong project, fivebyfive is hosting ...

The Eastman Wind Orchestra will play selections by Hanson, Carter Pann and Ron Nelson, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble will perform Roberto Sierra’s “Rhapsodia” and David Liptak’s “Soundings” on Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Kodak Hall. esm.rochester.edu

‘God Help us!’ The Louis S. Wolk Rochester Jewish Community Center’s CenterStage Theatre presents the political comedy “God Help Us!” Ed Asner, legendary actor and eight-time Emmy Award-winner, stars in this production as God. Samuel Warren Joseph and Phil Proctor ...

Fringe Festival continues The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival continues all next week with tons of exciting performances you won’t want to miss. rochesterfringe.com Below is a selection of shows and events to check out: Saturday, Sept. 14 “Aliens Like Us,” ...

‘God Help us!’ The Louis S. Wolk Rochester Jewish Community Center’s CenterStage Theatre presents the political comedy “God Help Us!” Ed Asner, legendary actor and eight-time Emmy Award-winner, stars in this production as God. Samuel Warren Joseph and Phil Proctor ...

I didn’t want to like it. I wasn’t expecting the space or experience to be as special as it was. Certainly this feeling would fade in time, and I could chalk up the memory to a singular, rare occurrence. In ...

Tagged with: Architecturally Speaking Jason Streb

In 2007, when I first moved to the Rochester area from Houston Texas one of the many chores I had to attend to was to find a new dentist. I’ll never forget my first appointment. Reclining in the chair with ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

“I worked with HR to write an ad for an online job search board for a new position that I thought would generate some good candidates. We got lots of candidates who technically met the job description qualifications, but after ...

Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work