Willie, a 5-year-old red panda, has made his way to the Seneca Park Zoo, where it is expected he will woo Starlight, the zoo’s female red panda. Willie’s arrival in Rochester was based on a recommendation from the Association of ...
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Rochester’s chamber music ensemble fivebyfive has been awarded one of 15 grants distributed nationwide by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program. Nearly 200 projects were considered as part of the competitive grant process. The grant will enable fivebyfive to ...
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A piano used and signed by 15-time Grammy award winner Alicia Keys is headed to Rochester. The piano was auctioned as part of MusiCares COVID-19 Relief, which seeks to alleviate the enormous financial burden placed on people in the music ...
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More than 175 artists will take the virtual stage next month for the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, producers said Tuesday. Now in its ninth year, the Rochester Fringe will feature 12 days of virtual productions from Sept. 15 through Sept. ...
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The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives is seeking additional funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act for nonprofits that serve the arts and humanities. Members of ACCE include the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Inc. ...
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The “Take It Down! Organizing Against Racism” traveling exhibit has returned to its home at Rochester Museum & Science Center. This exhibit, about the Dentzel Menagerie Carousel panel, discusses racism in the past and today, and inspires new dialogues about ...
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Six area arts establishments have been awarded $10,000 each in CARES Act funding to support staff salaries, fees for artists or contractual personnel and facilities costs. A total of $490,000 was awarded to 49 arts organizations in nine New York ...
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Visit Rochester is encouraging local residents to stay local and be tourists in their own town. The official tourism promotion agency for Monroe County wants Rochesterians to “rediscover Rochester” as more businesses continue to open. The Rediscover Rochester initiative is ...
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After postponing the event once and holding out hope for months that the coronavirus pandemic would wane, producers of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival have been forced to cancel the annual celebration of music. “This is the decision we ...
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded more than $2.3 million statewide to support local cultural nonprofits and educational programming, including more than $200,000 in awards to two area organizations. “Nonprofits and cultural organizations are critical parts of ...
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A pop-up drive-in theater is coming to Henrietta. Birnbaum Properties is usually focused on creating office, mixed-use or flex space within the commercial real estate marketplace. But president and CEO Bernard Birnbaum, together with Dr. Joshua Weitz, has ventured into ...
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KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival organizers have reimagined the event, held each year in September. The ninth annual event will take place from Sept. 15 through Sept. 26, but major changes are required in order to address public health and safety ...
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The Finger Lakes Visitors Connection has produced an online Digital Recovery Toolkit to help small businesses understand and put in place the reopening guidelines for the economy. The Toolkit was designed as a resource center for the tourism industry to ...
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Never in its nearly 125-year history has the storied Rochester Lilac Festival had a year like this. With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down pretty much everything, festival producers have found a way to bring its 5K/10K runs to us, in ...
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The show must go on! Movies on a Shoestring Inc. will present the 62nd Rochester International Film Festival from June 21 through 27. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s films will be presented virtually, the organization said this ...
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