Leah Stacy

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Leah Stacy

My first post-graduate school assignment in 2012 was freelance coverage of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. My editor, Cathy Roberts (a rare gem, if you have the honor of knowing her), believed in me enough to let me write some of the headliner reviews, and as a freshly christened Arts Journalism grad, there was (is!) no better feeling, as a writer, than seeing my words in print.

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Leah Stacy

click to enlarge [ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] It’s simply that the perception changes, perhaps out of necessity (specific parking options, some further away), or by design (the festivals are spread over a certain radius that is more easily traversed on foot).

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Leah Stacy

click to enlarge [ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] Instead of a sports car, how about a DeLorean? The plot follows Marty McFly, a high school wanna-be-rockstar who’s befriended a scientist named Emmett “Doc” Brown.

1 month ago | wxxinews.org | Evan Dawson |Megan Mack |Leah Stacy |Julie Williams

America is in what some industry experts are referring to as a kind of alcohol recession. Beer and wine sales have been hit hardest, but even some premium spirit brands are seeing significant declines. An annual event seeks to breathe some light into the scene. With that in mind, this week's final episode feels like happy hour: it's all about the twelfth annual Rochester Cocktail Revival (RCR), which returns June 2-8.

1 month ago | wxxinews.org | Evan Dawson |Megan Mack |Leah Stacy |Julie Williams

The Trump administration has begun canceling grant funding for arts organizations across the country. As word of the funding cuts hit different communities — Oklahoma City; Pittsburgh; New Orleans; Rochester among the first — a group of senior officials at the National Endowment for the Arts announced their resignations. For some local organizations, the funding cuts are coming almost immediately, after they had planned for the money.