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Mid-sized arts organizations will have access to grant money through a new program launched by Monroe County.

In partnership with the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, The Strong is offering free general admission and parking this Saturday in celebration of Juneteenth.   The event is part of a larger, community celebration ...

M&T Bank and the Rochester Education Foundation are teaming up once again to collect musical instruments for local students during the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, which runs from June 17 – 25.  

While family-owned businesses are commonplace in the United States, those that are multigenerational remain rare gems. According to Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, there are over 5.5 million family businesses in the United States, with the average lifespan ...

The Strong National Museum of Play has been awarded a $7.5 million grant through the Economic Development Administration’s American Rescue Plan Competitive Tourism program for an expansion project that includes creating a Neighborhood of Play, a new home for the World Video ...

ROC The Mic productions once again presents “Listen to Your Mother” in celebration of Mother’s Day weekend. The annual storytelling event is in its eighth season in Rochester and will be held this Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Hochstein ...

Salsa music plays. The smell of bread, kababs and empanadas waft through the air. Colorful, flowing dresses and skirts catch the eye. For over 50 years, the Puerto Rican Festival has celebrated food, culture, dancing and beauty in downtown Rochester. ...

According to Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, nearly 80 percent of upstate New Yorkers live within 25 miles of the canal, including the historic villages of Pittsford and Fairport. A stroll along Main Street in both villages — exploring local ...

Welcome to Rochester, where there is no limit to what you can do — and no reason to do it anywhere else. After seemingly endless disruptions to every aspect of our lives over the past two years, Rochester residents and ...

Hilary Field Respass has been appointed president and executive director of The Hochstein School, effective July 1.   Respass has served as executive director of Boston University Tanglewood Institute since 2014. Prior to that she held the leadership role at the ...

The 26th anniversary celebration of the Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival will take place on the last Friday and Saturday of August at Frontier Field.   The festival will kick off at 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 26, with the ROC ...

After going virtual for 2021, the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival is back in person, planned from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat., April 23, on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Henrietta.  More than 250 exhibits from more ...

To mark its 50th anniversary, Rochester Area Community Foundation will underwrite free tickets or admission to a range of arts and cultural sites and performances throughout the Greater Rochester-Finger Lakes region. The yearlong program, called “Gifts for Good: Sampling Cultural ...

Rochester Institute of Technology is creating a School of Performing Arts this summer.  The new school will be housed within RIT’s College of Liberal Arts beginning July 1, and a national search is underway for a director. Anna Stenport, dean of RIT’s ...

The Golisano Community Engagement Center at Roberts Wesleyan College aims to create a bridge between higher education and the local business community.