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The warm weather has got us excited for the 20th installment of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. This week, the full lineup has been announced! The festival runs June 23-July 1 at venues throughout the city. Headliners performing ticketed shows at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall include Pat Metheny (June 23 at 8 p.m.), Keb’ […]
This weekend, a local band was given the opportunity to sing and perform with Jimmy Fallon on St. Patrick’s Day. 1916 was performing at the Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport when Jimmy Fallon walked in. Their lead singer, Billy Herring, said that he heard Jimmy Fallon would be in town last minute from a friend […]
This weekend is the start of the two-weekend event, Maple Weekend. More than 50 maple producers across the region will be opening their facilities to guests. During this weekend and next, maple farmers will show and explain the production process, and how different products are made. Check out the maple list by clicking here Source: […]
From the warm weather to the new announcements, can you believe it’s almost baseball season? Yesterday, the Rochester Red Wings announced a new bag policy for its upcoming season that kicks off on March 31 at 4:05 pm. Bags must be transparent and not exceed dimensions of 16-by-16-by-8 inches. Backpacks, briefcases, non-transparent or oversized fanny […]
It’s official! Rochester’s first Whole Foods Market is slated to open on April 12 on Monroe Avenue in Brighton. This date comes just one week after a judge ruled in favor of the project’s developers in a lawsuit filed by Wegmans-backed community groups. Festivities will start at 7 am where the first 500 shoppers in […]
Over the weekend, the Gallo & Iacovangelo, LLP law firm released its first statement on behalf of the Main Street Armory, following the deadly surge at a concert held at the venue. This statement comes days after the City of Rochester prohibited the Armory from holding any public events in the aftermath of the tragedy. […]
Anthony Rouse, a security guard who worked Sunday’s concert at the Main Street Armory Sunday night has spoken out, stating people started running for the doors as soon as the confetti cannon went off, possibly confusing the noise for gunshots. Rouse wasn’t planning on assisting with the GloRilla and Finesse2tymes concert, but changed his mind […]
After the crowd surge that killed two people and injured eight others, the City of Rochester has prohibited Main Street Armory from hosting any public events. According to the city, they invited the Armory’s owner to attend a meeting yesterday, during which “he would have been presented with a choice to voluntarily cease holding entertainment […]
Since families extra SNAP benefits came to an end earlier this month different organizations have been planning on how to deal with the impact people will feel. Food Link Has partnered up with Monroe County, RCSD, and City Public Market to help add emergency food distribution sites. These food distributions require pre-registration (first come, first served) […]
This weekend, the Strong National Museum of Play and RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf hosted a ‘Deaf Day of Play.’ Throughout Sunday, students from the NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education Bachelor of Science in Interpreting Program celebrated the richness of Deaf culture in Rochester and provided ASL assistance at […]
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