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Summer@Eastman 2019 presents an exciting weekend of concerts. On Friday, Aug. 2 Adventure Music Camp and Trombone Institute both perform at 4 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., Trumpet Institute and French Horn Institute each perform. On Saturday, Aug. 3, there is ...

The Rochester Red Wings are home next week for most of the week. They play Gwinnett at 7:05 p.m. on Aug. 6, 7 and 8, and they play Louisville at 7:05 p.m. on Aug. 9 and 10 and 1:05 p.m. ...

Whimsical Art Cobblestone Arts Center is displaying Paper Art by various local artists, featuring origami, paper quilling, art and jewelry, dimensional illustrations and paper stitching. Local artists include Bill Finewood, whose art is pictured, James Lewis IV, Megan Alchowiak, Ruth ...

Sherlock Holmes on the case Bristol Valley Theater continues its 2019 summer season with “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Jersey Lily.” Karin Bowersock directs this production, Chris Handley portrays the timeless detective and Jim Ditmars plays Holmes’ forever sidekick ...

Hypnotic Clambake The kooky-named band offers a melting pot of world music, brings audiences’ ears on a virtual journey to the four corners of the earth. The award-winning group puts on some of the most eclectic live shows, everything from ...

On June 24, 2019, The U.S. House Financial Services Committee announced a second Senate hearing for Facebook’s Libra would be held on July 17. Since Facebook announced their decision to make Libra, a cryptocurrency, more central to their business model, ...

Tagged with: Business Banter David Kunsch Pouya Seifzadeh

    The U.S. expansion entered its 121st month in July, becoming the longest on record. Strong and resilient employment growth has accompanied the cycle, driving the national jobless rate to a 50-year low. Rochester has followed a similar path—with ...

Personality tests continue to grow in popularity as a workplace tool—not only in how they’re used, but also in the number of assessments available. The more common ones include DiSC Behavior Inventory, the Big Five, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Occupational ...

Tagged with: great workplaces Lauren Dixon

For over 50 years the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) has wrestled with defining what speech is “obscene,” “immoral” or “pornographic” under law. Such grappling led to one of the most famous phrases uttered by a Supreme Court Justice: “I know ...

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Finalists for the Small Business Council of Rochester Business Person of the Year awards have been announced. The award recognizes exceptional business leaders who have demonstrated significant contributions to their companies in the areas of growth, leadership, achievement and community ...

Nicole Sheldon talks with Tricia TenEyck about what pushed her to rebrand her business from Perfect Ten Professional Organizing to Life Made Simple Organizing and what she learned along the way.  Subscribe to our podcast for free! Get the latest ...

Hochstein at High Falls summer concert series continues next week with The White Hots. The band is a blues, swing and jazz group who perform an array of styles from mellow instrumentals to swing dances with a full band. Tina ...

Ganondagan’s Indigenous Music & Arts Festival, formerly the Native American Dance & Music Festival, is this weekend. Featured acts include Soh Daiko Japanese taiko drummers, Robert Parker and his band Freightrain and the Allegany River Dancers. Saturday, July 27 and ...

The 46th Annual Waterfront Art Festival will host over 100 talented artists and their work, interactive art projects with staff from The Pickled Paintbrush, tastings tents and live music. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, ...