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Music Review | 'Dance'

2 days ago | roccitymag.com | Mona Seghatoleslami

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] Do you know the traditional Chinese instrument the pipa? It’s a beautiful pear-shaped, fretted, plucked string instrument; a type of lute. Next question: Did you know that the pipa can rock? I didn’t, not really, until I heard one of Rochester’s newest bands: Mountain River Traveler.
Plant-based chemistry

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge The description “locally sourced, plant-based ingredients” conjures images of delicious veg-friendly cuisine. But for Alice Cazenave, a photo artist and doctoral researcher, it’s a means of reinventing film photography and centering ecology in the process.
Album Review | 'Illuminate'

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Daniel J. Kushner

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] Rochester musicians James Tabbi and Thomas Ferrara continue their fruitful partnership as The Heroic Enthusiasts with the new album “Illuminate,” which releases digitally and on vinyl on Apr. 11 via ECR Music Group’s Meridian label.
In a Barbie world

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Leah Stacy

Along the basement stairwell in my childhood home, there was a plastic bag filled with plastic bags that we used for transporting lunches, wet swimsuits, disposing of cat litter — the list went on. A few weeks ago, my mom handed me leftovers wrapped up in a plastic bag and I must’ve looked at her like it was contraband. “I got an Etsy order filled with plastic bags as packing materials!” she said.
Hometown heroes

1 week ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

click to enlarge Passing the time waiting for his duck quesadillas, Travie McCoy tried to remember the old jingle for the Irondequoit Mall. It’s been a while; the center opened in 1990 and shuttered in 2009. McCoy, the vocalist for Gym Class Heroes, has been a little busy with a music career, too.
Theater Review | ‘Funny Girl’

2 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

click to enlarge Broadway’s “Funny Girl” revival in 2022 made headlines for its shake-ups. Beanie Feldstein anchored the show as 20th-century entertainer Fanny Brice but left after three months; her replacement, Lea Michele, subsequently earned raves, especially from fans who watched a “Glee” plot line come to life. But absent of all the backstage intrigue, what’s left?
Ryan Miller's Amerks homecoming

2 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

click to enlarge Before he was a silver medal-winning Olympian and a Buffalo Sabres Hall of Famer, Ryan Miller was a young goaltender starting out his career with the Rochester Americans. In other words, a pro athlete in his early twenties still finding his way. As such, he knew the value of a good deal. His teammates did, too. “One of the local sub places would always do a deal for tickets,” Miller said.
Man of steel

2 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Rebecca Rafferty

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge You’ve seen his work. It’s the low row of water sprite-like wings on the bridge railing where Main Street spans the Genesee.
Act two

2 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Leah Stacy

click to enlarge The only night Richard Reddington ate dinner at Grinnell’s, he was with his dad, and it was right around the time news leaked that the Michelin-starred chef was moving back to open a restaurant in the former 2Vine space downtown. “This newscaster comes up to our table and says, ‘hey, can you come in and do an interview?’ and I’m like, ‘yeah, sure,’” said Reddington.
The power of positive masculinity

3 weeks ago | roccitymag.com | Patrick Hosken

[ { "name": "500x250 Ad", "insertPoint": "5", "component": "15667920", "parentWrapperClass": "", "requiredCountToDisplay": "1" } ] click to enlarge What does it mean to be masculine? The word has been politicized in conversations about gender expression and identity. Now, local artists are using their work to spark conversations of their own.