It is decidedly so that the fortune-telling Magic 8 Ball has been named one of three inductees to this year’s National Toy Hall of Fame. The Strong National Museum of Play on Thursday announced that in addition to the Magic ...
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The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival this weekend will host the 2018 U.S. Association of Fringe Festivals annual conference. “This is a real honor for us, both for our festival and for our city,” festival producer Erica Fee said in a ...
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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and Seneca Park Zoo officials kicked off the demolition of the Main Zoo Building at the Zoo yesterday. Tearing down the outdated 1931 structure signifies the conclusion of Phase One of Master Plan improvements at ...
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A world renowned composer will join the Eastman School of Music this month as this year’s Howard Hanson Visiting Professor of Composition. Charles Wuorinen will be in residency at Eastman from Nov. 12 through 16. His visit will culminate in ...
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As part of its Animals of the Savanna expansion, the Seneca Park Zoo has added a third Masai giraffe. Parker is a 2-year-old male from the Santa Barbara Zoo, who recently arrived at the zoo as part of the expansion ...
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The U.S. Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Rochester Inc. will continue its annual tradition this weekend with its 2018 USMC Rochester Ball. It is the second such event since the organization sidelined the ball for four years. Saturday’s event ...
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester has received a $1 million gift from the William and Mildred Levine Foundation to combat bias and intolerance. Foundation President Todd Levine led the charge to establish the Levine Center to End Hate at ...
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More than 350 businesses are expected to participate in the Small Business Council of Rochester’s “SBC Cares 3000” Thanksgiving Food Drive. Some 3,000 boxes of food will be delivered to families in need this year. “While conditions have been improving ...
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A pair of informational meetings will be open to area nonprofit organizations that may qualify for grants from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Legacy Fund for Youth Sports. Organizations from Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties are welcome ...
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Ten projects and individuals have been chosen as finalists for the 2018 Reshaping Rochester Awards. Sponsored by the Community Design Center Rochester, the annual Reshaping Rochester Awards recognized exemplary projects and initiatives in the nine-county Finger Lakes region that make ...
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The popular Hill Cumorah Pageant is slated to end its run after the 2020 season, pageant officials announced last weekend. Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Hill Cumorah Pageant was staged annually in Manchester, Ontario ...
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The Check Out Hunger campaign – in which grocery store customers are asked to add a little bit to their bill to benefit Foodlink programs – started Sunday at Wegmans stores and continues through Dec. 1. “We can’t stress enough ...
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A newly formed nonprofit will present its inaugural Expo of Awesomeness on Sunday to match volunteers with several local organizations who need their help. Founded by Wes Juliano, Volunteer Roc will use an online database and events like Sunday’s expo ...
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Between 1854 and 1929, some 200,000 homeless and orphaned children were relocated from eastern cities to the Midwest via the Orphan Train movement, an action designed to give the children better lives, and detailed in the New York Times bestselling ...
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Bivona Child Advocacy Center will host its 16th annual CHEERS for Children! fundraiser this week to help local children facing abuse. Thursday’s event will feature 14 tastings from local and regional wineries, microbreweries, distilleries and cideries, as well as live ...
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