A theater is opening in Canandaigua, bringing back to life what started as a high school auditorium a century ago. The Sands-Constellation Theater will have its grand opening in two performances this weekend and then be available for rental by ...
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Rochester Institute of Technology has taken out $346.2 million in bonds through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York in anticipation of major building and renovation projects on campus. Nearly half the funds will go toward new construction ...
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Groups still wanting to rent an igloo at the ROC Holiday Village may be disappointed unless they’re looking for time on New Year’s Eve. The downtown festival site, now in its second year, provides a mix of entertainment, food, drink, ...
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Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin will speak at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Dec. 5 on the subject of addiction and recovery. Matlin, the deaf actress who won an Academy Award in 1987 for “Children of ...
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A University of Rochester alumnus who was connected with some major movie hits in the 1970s through 1990s will deliver the annual Fairbanks lecture at UR Tuesday evening. Richard Fischoff, who graduated from UR in 1968, went on to help ...
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The Wizard of Clay is holding a celebration Saturday to celebrate its 40th year in business in Bristol, Ontario County, and thank its fans. The family owned business, which makes wheel-thrown pottery, was founded by the first wizard, artist Jim ...
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A year ago this month, David L. Long was standing at a podium showing off Rochester Institute of Technology’s newest toy – MAGIC Spell Studios, a state-of-the-art studio for creating video games, movies and all kinds of media. It would ...
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Amid neatly stacked shelves and bins of steel odds and ends, punctuated with brilliant sculptures by Albert Paley — some oxidized to a rusty finish and others wearing a bright white coat — an end-of-an-era party took place Thursday. The ...
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A $1.3 million gift from an alumnus of Rochester Institute of Technology and his wife will expand a relationship between the university and the Genesee Country Village & Museum. The two institutions have been working together under a memorandum of ...
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Read More »The scaffolding has only been gone for a year from the Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center at Nazareth College. It turns out that the new building itself has been a scaffold: It was part of a long-term plan ...
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Six recent graduates of Rochester Institute of Technology can’t say they were there at the original Woodstock concert 50 years ago. But they created an interactive video exhibit that will help others look back at that culture-shifting concert on its ...
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The history and popularity of the Lilac Festival, Corn Hill Arts Festival and the Park Ave Summer Art Fest are proof that Rochester loves a good festival. Folks in the Neighborhood of the Arts are pretty sure Rochester loves a good ...
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News correspondent Anderson Cooper will be the featured speaker at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in October. Cooper, a correspondent for CBS’s “60 Minutes” and anchor of “Anderson Cooper 360°,” will speak at 2 p.m. ...
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Tickets for the New York State Fair go on sale July 8 online and at select retail locations around the state. The fair, which is the third largest in the country, runs for from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 in ...
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A $10,000 grant from Avangrid Foundation, in partnership with Avangrid subsidiary Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., will pay to make some summer learning camps free at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. According to the RMSC, the grant will cover ...
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