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Not a Priority by John Roche
Oct 18, 2022
Are nuns members of the working class?: ...
Aug 27, 2022
Preparing for the Really big show: “Let...
Aug 23, 2022
Getting ready for the 2022 Rochester Jew...
Jun 30, 2022
“Yoga Play” at Geva: Even mo...
Jun 9, 2022
Enjoy actual print at the Brighton Memor...
May 23, 2022
The Friends of the Brighton Memorial Lib...
May 19, 2022
Buy often and early at the 7th “Ge...
May 18, 2022
Pledges, Poems and Prayers of Thanksgivi...
May 7, 2022
Reflections on Activism and Art by Kitty...
May 3, 2022
Even Better than I Remembered
Apr 16, 2022
If it’s baseball season, it’...
Mar 22, 2022
R Community Bikes: An anchor for Rochest...
Mar 12, 2022
Real men and air guitar at Geva. Plus, w...
Jan 27, 2022
Corners for Kindness by Kitty Jospé
Jan 22, 2022
After 107 interviews, Che of The Town in...
Jan 18, 2022
The shortest and longest sledding slopes...
Jan 8, 2022
Do you know what and where this is?
Jan 7, 2022
The cobbler of Upper Monroe
Dec 29, 2021
Brighton Connections publishes excerpts ...
Dec 12, 2021
Thanks Rochester City Council for listen...
Dec 6, 2021
Celebrate the tenth issue of Rundelania
Nov 12, 2021
Goethe coming to the Rochester Public Li...
Nov 12, 2021
Veterans Day in Brighton, 2021, and the ...
Nov 11, 2021
Yolanda López, Artist Whose Restyled Mar...
Sep 20, 2021
The Academic Anachronism That Is Netflix...
Sep 10, 2021
Good Bye Monroe Post and thanks for the ...
Sep 9, 2021
What should the trail behind Buckland Pa...
Sep 7, 2021
Offering school supplies, hot dogs and d...
Sep 4, 2021
On the new Netflix series “The Cha...
Aug 25, 2021
Plein Air Painting at the Amos B. Buckla...
Aug 21, 2021
Juneteenth in Brighton, North Street and...
Jun 20, 2021
“I’D RATHER HAVE AN ALLEY IN ROCHESTER T...
Jun 16, 2021
What is the connection between Beethoven...
Jun 3, 2021
Memorial Day at Buckland and Highland Pa...
May 31, 2021
Rochester City Ballet dances again at th...
May 27, 2021
Celebrate the ninth issue of Rundelania
May 26, 2021
After a virtual hiatus, the “Get S...
May 19, 2021
The Remember Garden in Highland Park ref...
May 10, 2021
Farewell Betty Strasenburgh (age 90) and...
Apr 28, 2021
A hunter’s tree stand on the Highl...
Apr 21, 2021
Choose your own adventure with Kitty Jos...
Apr 6, 2021
Spring cleaning and kite flying at Brigh...
Apr 1, 2021
Community in action, Part I: Sprucing up...
Mar 20, 2021
Breaking ground on the Auburn Trail in B...
Mar 16, 2021
Dear Diary: My week as a Nielsen radio s...
Mar 6, 2021
Local Poet offers an Acrostic/Telestich ...
Mar 1, 2021
Exotic animals once lived next to the Hi...
Feb 25, 2021
Farewell, Frank Judge whose words are ma...
Feb 21, 2021
CAMERA ROCHESTER celebrates its 50th ANN...
Feb 19, 2021
Before and after the (disappointing) Dél...
Feb 16, 2021
Goethe kehrt zum Leben zurück
Feb 11, 2021
Tracking the prints of a deer on the Hig...
Feb 5, 2021
Introducing Brody Schenk, a young musici...
Jan 27, 2021
Finding Fame While Losing Credibility
Dec 17, 2020
John le Carré (19 October 1931 – 12 Dece...
Dec 14, 2020
Following a gaggle of wild turkeys on th...
Dec 5, 2020
The first December snowfall at the Highl...
Dec 2, 2020
The Mushroom House: A Peek at Perinton&#...
Nov 30, 2020
Something Moving Beside the Breeze: Expl...
Nov 25, 2020
First November snowfall at the Highland ...
Nov 17, 2020
Celebrate the eighth issue of Rundelania
Nov 10, 2020
Miss and Ms. T go Tête-à-têt
Oct 7, 2020
Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S...
Sep 26, 2020
The Genesee Valley Pool shows that publi...
Sep 16, 2020
Up the Stairwells
Jul 16, 2020
Trekking After Thoreau
Jul 6, 2020
Rochester Jewish Film Festival goes virt...
Jul 5, 2020
No Fireworks? Talker has you covered (as...
Jul 4, 2020
Not Even His Mother
Jun 16, 2020
The Brighton Farmer’s Market is ba...
May 31, 2020
The Hush
May 27, 2020
Fear and Loathing in DC: Inside Hunter S...
May 22, 2020
The Remember Garden in Highland Park and...
May 20, 2020
Cobb’s Hill is (getting) back to b...
May 16, 2020
Lilac Festivals past
May 11, 2020
Distributing masks in Brighton and revis...
May 9, 2020
During a dusting of May snow, revisiting...
May 8, 2020
In Brighton, the Meadowbrook neighborhoo...
May 2, 2020
The RPL is staying close with “Cen...
May 1, 2020
Rundelania publishes “Providence, ...
Apr 29, 2020
Finding MLK at Manhattan Square
Apr 25, 2020
Memphis Blues Again (For Martin Luther K...
Apr 25, 2020
Seriously, where can I get a shave and h...
Apr 23, 2020
The inscribed brick pavers at Buckland P...
Apr 15, 2020
Cobb’s Hill is closed for business...
Apr 1, 2020
Love is Spreading
Mar 30, 2020
Bill Pruitt offers “Pennant Race i...
Mar 23, 2020
Cobb’s Hill is open for business
Mar 19, 2020
Ebola
Mar 18, 2020
David Brooks’ “Pandemics Kil...
Mar 17, 2020
Lest Auld Acquaintances be forgot, Talke...
Mar 13, 2020
Miss T says a long layover lover should ...
Mar 8, 2020
On the Highland Crossing Trail in Bright...
Mar 7, 2020
Britton Bradford and Che Holloway get sh...
Mar 4, 2020
Geva’s “Once” and east...
Mar 2, 2020
From prehistory to today, the story of P...
Feb 27, 2020
Black History Month at the Corner
Feb 25, 2020
Sid Rosenzweig on jacket writing
Feb 25, 2020
Stopover at the Most Successful Utopian ...
Feb 19, 2020
My grandparents’ old gold coins an...
Feb 12, 2020
Michelle, nice New York Times column on ...
Feb 11, 2020
Eric Kemperman, Brighton High School ...
Feb 8, 2020
“Slow Food” at Geva: More ne...
Jan 26, 2020
“Day of the Dead” at the Mes...
Jan 24, 2020
Revisiting Mt. Hope Cemetery: From Jack ...
Dec 15, 2019
“Parasite” at The Little: Wh...
Dec 11, 2019
A snowy 100th Veterans Day in Brighton a...
Nov 11, 2019
Geva’s “The Niceties” ...
Nov 9, 2019
The complex and mysterious journey of Ga...
Oct 1, 2019
Performing gender at Geva: La Cage aux F...
Sep 20, 2019
Adding the first pull up at the new Cobb...
Sep 10, 2019
Donating to the beloved Brighton Memoria...
Sep 4, 2019
Brighton’s connection to R Communi...
Aug 29, 2019
Rochester International Air Show: Art or...
Aug 26, 2019
Bruce returns from Cambodia with “...
Aug 13, 2019
Behold. The first print edition of Runde...
Aug 9, 2019
Honor Park: 101 years of honoring our ar...
May 28, 2019
Why is there a statue of a giant golf ba...
May 23, 2019
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge: A ba...
May 13, 2019
Rochester Goes to Seed and Eventually Ge...
May 13, 2019
RUNDELANIA publishes “A Phone Call...
May 9, 2019
The Richest Place on Earth: Passing Thro...
May 5, 2019
You are never too old at the Kid’s...
Apr 27, 2019
From Rochester to Cleveland by pony expr...
Apr 21, 2019
“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:...
Mar 27, 2019
Third time is the charm; Pruitt tells us...
Mar 22, 2019
A Measure of the Disorder
Mar 20, 2019
Where the Lake Turns Aside: Irondequoit ...
Mar 19, 2019
Illuminating western and central New Yor...
Mar 16, 2019
Exploring my Scottish Roots at Cazenovia...
Mar 13, 2019
This is a poem about owls
Mar 13, 2019
Leonard Urso’s Prophets at Legacy Tower...
Mar 6, 2019
Melville’s Mighty Theme: A Visit to Herm...
Feb 27, 2019
Troy’s Oakwood Cemetery: Burial Place of...
Feb 27, 2019
Voyage to Illium: Scenes from Kurt Vonne...
Feb 22, 2019
Albany After Hours
Feb 21, 2019
The beginnings of a better Auburn Trail
Feb 16, 2019
The Sound of Winter in Vermont
Feb 14, 2019
Wild Wings: Promoting Personal Responsib...
Feb 5, 2019
Geva’s Hard Cell and problematic c...
Jan 29, 2019
The Lyric Theater: East Avenue’s Apotheo...
Jan 29, 2019
The Cinema Theater: Rochester’s Oldest N...
Jan 29, 2019
The Cinema
Jan 29, 2019
Touching Sound: Exploring the Science Be...
Jan 24, 2019
Re-viewing Apocalypse Now: A Meditation ...
Jan 19, 2019
Mekong Delta, June 19, 1967
Jan 18, 2019
First Draft
Jan 18, 2019
Lamberton Conservatory: Highland Park’s ...
Jan 18, 2019
A Poem Written on the Day Mary Oliver Di...
Jan 18, 2019
Rochester’s Monroe Square: An Art Deco T...
Jan 17, 2019
A periodical lover’s dream at the ...
Jan 14, 2019
Genesis of Clouds
Jan 12, 2019
Michael Herr’s Delhi
Jan 9, 2019
Talker has two tickets to Geva. Seeking ...
Jan 6, 2019
Binghamton in the Twilight
Jan 5, 2019
Wit and Repartee at Woodlawn: A Secular ...
Jan 3, 2019
Return to Woodchuck Lodge: Rediscovering...
Jan 1, 2019
Democrat and Chronicle 2018: Endings, wi...
Dec 31, 2018
The Museum that Wax Built: An Appreciati...
Dec 30, 2018
Ropes Turned to Dust
Dec 29, 2018
Art of the Book and Nighan’s “The ...
Dec 24, 2018
“Four Stemmed Glasses”
Dec 24, 2018
Mystic Stew
Dec 19, 2018
A FLANNERY O’CONNOR CHRISTMAS GIFT
Dec 15, 2018
Speckled by Loons
Dec 7, 2018
Another Staged Thanksgiving
Nov 27, 2018
Thrown Into the Bird
Nov 25, 2018
Adding Audrey to the Cobb’s Hill S...
Nov 24, 2018
Maundy Thursday and A Brazilian Coconut ...
Nov 18, 2018
Nationalism and its contradictions
Nov 15, 2018
Veterans Day in Brighton
Nov 12, 2018
Thumbs up for Geva’s “Thurgo...
Nov 3, 2018
Bill Pruitt’s Third Birthday gift:...
Sep 26, 2018
The Way of Zen
Sep 12, 2018
Why Rochester Should Bring Back the Fast...
Sep 2, 2018
Frederick Douglass returns to Washington...
Sep 1, 2018
This Love Is
Aug 26, 2018
On the trail behind Cobbs Hill Village
Aug 18, 2018
The Metropolitan: a stellar example of “...
Aug 18, 2018
With Enough Creativity, Parcel 5 Design ...
Aug 18, 2018
Channeling the Dead at Frontier Field
Aug 13, 2018
Midnight Romp Around the Hotel Lenox
Jul 29, 2018
Architecture as Frozen Music: An Appreci...
Jul 27, 2018
Domestic Symphony: An Appreciation of Fr...
Jul 24, 2018
More emerging artists coming of age in R...
Jul 15, 2018
In Brighton, first 4th of July fireworks...
Jul 5, 2018
My Adirondacks: A photomontage from a na...
Jul 3, 2018
Xerox tent at the Jazz Festival on hard ...
Jun 30, 2018
A Marriage Blessing
Jun 29, 2018
This is what Happiness Looks Like
Jun 9, 2018
Traffic Control Box Art in Brighton – Ev...
Jun 1, 2018
Soldiering on at the Buffalo and Erie Co...
May 14, 2018
Pride of Eastman: After Years of Tumult ...
May 10, 2018
The Buffalo Roams Again
May 4, 2018
Genius of Geniuses: An Appreciation of C...
May 3, 2018
Hard core Hank is back in the Bop Shop l...
Apr 21, 2018
Find a Tree
Apr 13, 2018
I Want Forever
Apr 11, 2018
In Search of Irishness
Mar 18, 2018
TO THE PENINSULA
Mar 13, 2018
Bill Pruitt reviews “Black Panther...
Mar 11, 2018
Dispatch from Emerald City
Mar 7, 2018
Why the Sasquatch Myth Will Never Die
Mar 7, 2018
The Severing
Mar 7, 2018
Enchanted Tranquility: Scenes from Olymp...
Mar 7, 2018
Remembering Cynthia Heimel and “Se...
Mar 5, 2018
Adding a snow day to the Cobb’s Hi...
Mar 2, 2018
Sadly, more vandalism and theft in Highl...
Feb 26, 2018
Street and Smith’s is back and so ...
Feb 25, 2018
In Douglass We Trust
Feb 7, 2018
Sneak preview of our 2018 Rochester Cont...
Feb 4, 2018
Discovering Frederick Douglass
Jan 10, 2018
Monopoly at the Strong Museum and the wo...
Dec 31, 2017
“Our” Ray Ray makes the big ...
Dec 28, 2017
White-Tail Deer
Dec 28, 2017
First snow fall in Highland Park. And co...
Nov 10, 2017
Reflecting on “Reflecting” w...
Oct 15, 2017
George returns from Colorado with “...
Sep 17, 2017
AMVETS saves the day at film shooting in...
Sep 10, 2017
The Rochester Baha’i Center Welcomes the...
Sep 2, 2017
Read about Sutton Griggs at the Brighton...
Aug 1, 2017
Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program Bro...
Jun 20, 2017
Impromptu poetry slam at Lux Lounge
Jun 17, 2017
Mourning for the dead and fighting for t...
Jun 15, 2017
Storyteller Bill Pruitt interweaves the ...
Jun 9, 2017
The Nursery Office: An A.J. Davis Gothic...
Jun 7, 2017
The Barry House: Victorian Italian Villa...
May 28, 2017
The Historic Brewster-Burke House Gets a...
May 26, 2017
A fond farewell to the Get Some Balls! s...
May 22, 2017
The Guardian, the Crime Victims Memorial...
May 14, 2017
The Bevier Memorial Building at Night: A...
May 11, 2017
The Lilac Festival and the missing monar...
May 10, 2017
Alexis Arnold; An Extraordinary Journali...
May 10, 2017
Kids Fishing Derby at Brighton Town Park...
May 7, 2017
Swillburg’s Native Son: Paying Tribute t...
May 7, 2017
Introducing The Temptators; A Soulful En...
May 7, 2017
From SOTA to the Eastman School to NYC. ...
May 7, 2017
A Talented Comic Making Positive Contrib...
May 7, 2017
Getting to know Evalyn Gleason; An Accom...
May 6, 2017
For Albert Paley
May 5, 2017
Paley in Rochester: On the Local Path of...
May 5, 2017
A bust of Frederick Douglass at the Colg...
May 4, 2017
Rochester’s Broadway
Apr 30, 2017
Nue Chanthavongsay; A Gifted Photographe...
Apr 30, 2017
“The True Secret of Writing”...
Apr 29, 2017
Vinnie Paulino; A Gifted Stand Up Comic ...
Apr 28, 2017
Nikki Rudd; A Headstrong Journalist and ...
Apr 28, 2017
Introducing Jessica Lewis; A Dedicated A...
Apr 28, 2017
Temple Beth El: A Community of Living Me...
Apr 27, 2017
The Graffiti Towers of Washington Grove:...
Apr 25, 2017
Jennifer Johnson; A Strong, Compassionat...
Apr 25, 2017
Introducing Willis Ajamu Brooks; An Acto...
Apr 24, 2017
Adding a wooded haven to the Cobb’...
Apr 24, 2017
Willie “El Mongoose” Monroe ...
Apr 23, 2017
Revisiting Rochester theater
Apr 23, 2017
Marguerite Frarey; A Gifted Familiar Fac...
Apr 22, 2017
Tom Malloy; A Prominent Figure in the In...
Apr 22, 2017
Saying goodbye to the “Downtown: T...
Apr 21, 2017
Hélène Biandudi Hofer; A Warm Spirited A...
Apr 21, 2017
Getting to Know Banke Awopetu-McCullough...
Apr 21, 2017
OVTLIER; A Magnetic Powerhouse Band On T...
Apr 20, 2017
Introducing KOPPS; A Vivacious Band Quic...
Apr 19, 2017
Seeker of Light: Re-Viewing Louis Kahn’s...
Apr 19, 2017
Chris Konya; A Familiar Voice within our...
Apr 18, 2017
Adam Antalek; Trailblazing and Solidifyi...
Apr 18, 2017
Joél James; A Familiar Face in the Comed...
Apr 17, 2017
The Rochesteriat; Working Hard to Bring ...
Apr 16, 2017
Introducing Justin Krall; A Talented Act...
Apr 14, 2017
Stephen Cena; A Gifted Actor Living in h...
Apr 13, 2017
Ajani Jeffries; A Beacon of Light within...
Apr 12, 2017
Plymouth-Exchange After Hours
Apr 12, 2017
Introducing Yolanda Smilez; Our Queen of...
Apr 10, 2017
Genesee Valley Park Awakens
Apr 10, 2017
Shopping for all the women in your life ...
Apr 9, 2017
Adam Petzold, A Familiar Face in the Loc...
Apr 9, 2017
Rashid Jarrell; A Talented and Active Ar...
Apr 7, 2017
Introducing Johnny Mattice; A Photograph...
Apr 7, 2017
Michele Ashlee; A Passionate Photographe...
Apr 6, 2017
Introducing Grande Wop
Apr 4, 2017
Pruitt breaks new ground with “The...
Apr 3, 2017
Kayoz has his eye on the Fortune.
Apr 2, 2017
Introducing actor Christian B. Leadley; ...
Apr 1, 2017
Tim O’Connor; A Humble and Gifted ...
Apr 1, 2017
Getting to know Michael McFadden; A Pass...
Mar 31, 2017
Humble Braggers; A fresh band making the...
Mar 31, 2017
I.Am.Tru.Starr; A Soulful Voice, Marchin...
Mar 29, 2017
Celebrating 1396 and the University of R...
Mar 29, 2017
Scott “Fitz” Fitzgerald; A F...
Mar 29, 2017
Revisiting the South Wedge
Mar 28, 2017
Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
Mar 28, 2017
Introducing MF SKUM; The eclectic lyrici...
Mar 28, 2017
Introducing PG, a fresh and talented Fem...
Mar 28, 2017
Changing My Mind About Muhammad: A Cinem...
Mar 28, 2017
Alyssa Trahan; A Country singer/songwrit...
Mar 27, 2017
Matthew McArdle; A Photographer inspirin...
Mar 27, 2017
Tom Tubiolo; Coloring imagination with h...
Mar 27, 2017
Josh C. Pies; Innovative Cinematographer...
Mar 26, 2017
Britton Bradford the Passionate Athlete ...
Mar 23, 2017
Rainbows Without Luck
Mar 20, 2017
Fred DouglasS gets his due
Mar 18, 2017
Adding a March blizzard to the Cobb̵...
Mar 15, 2017
Entering The Jae Era with Deeper than th...
Mar 3, 2017
See the Charlotte Carousel panel at the ...
Feb 28, 2017
Religion Is Like A Mountain
Feb 27, 2017
Says who you can’t get rich being ...
Feb 25, 2017
Ray Ray rejoins our conversation: “...
Feb 21, 2017
Rochester works for actor Che Holloway
Feb 19, 2017
The Dead End of Speech
Feb 18, 2017
From Brighton to LA: Andria Langston, a ...
Feb 10, 2017
Brighton girl taking feminist humor big ...
Feb 10, 2017
Trump is Perverse, Fight in Verse
Feb 9, 2017
Shawn Dunwoody joins our conversation wi...
Feb 7, 2017
“Joy Abounds”
Feb 7, 2017
Bill Pruitt rejoins our conversation: &#...
Feb 5, 2017
“Yes, Donald!” by John Roche
Feb 3, 2017
A garden for peaceful contemplation on t...
Jan 28, 2017
Abandoned farms in Brighton
Jan 26, 2017
“45” by Frank Judge
Jan 21, 2017
Ampersand Literary publishes “The ...
Jan 2, 2017
Cheers for Gratitude in 2017 from Haifa,...
Dec 26, 2016
A look inside the “readers’ ...
Dec 23, 2016
Don’t Grab My Pussy! welcomes sexual ass...
Dec 14, 2016
Poet’s Page Prospering
Dec 9, 2016
At the Rochester Academy of Music &...
Dec 8, 2016
Middle eastern flavours at Cedar Restaur...
Dec 6, 2016
Invitation to Equal Grounds and more fro...
Dec 5, 2016
A ribbon cutting and the Pages of the Br...
Nov 27, 2016
Maplewood’s Mystique: exploring the fina...
Nov 24, 2016
Rochester Skyline
Nov 21, 2016
Historic Lockport: Part of One of the Wo...
Nov 21, 2016
The Masks of Eternity: a montage on the ...
Nov 19, 2016
Ford Street’s Reward: The Genesee Riverw...
Nov 15, 2016
Trailblazers: Reflections from the Ancie...
Nov 14, 2016
1,500 celebrate yoga at Soul Pose in the...
Nov 13, 2016
Mt. Hope’s Subconscious Side: Symbolizin...
Nov 10, 2016
Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite on El...
Nov 9, 2016
RIT’s John Roche offers “Ora...
Nov 7, 2016
A Fake Election at the Visual Studies Wo...
Nov 5, 2016
Once again, charmed and challenged at th...
Nov 2, 2016
Hike to Rattlesnake Point: traversing th...
Nov 2, 2016
The Empty Closet prints “Rochester...
Oct 29, 2016
For the love of trees: arboretums, activ...
Oct 27, 2016
30 years ago when Billy Buck broke Rhode...
Oct 25, 2016
Abandoned Farm: A Gallery of Photographs...
Oct 20, 2016
In Memorium: In search of Talker at the ...
Oct 16, 2016
Dreaming of Europa: imagining our place ...
Oct 16, 2016
Rochester’s South Wedge: an old working ...
Oct 16, 2016
Athesia in the City
Oct 13, 2016
Driving for reading outside Wolk Hall: L...
Oct 13, 2016
Red Ryder, The Stockholm Syndrome and a ...
Oct 11, 2016
Roc City Soundscape
Oct 10, 2016
Envoyé de mon at Meliora Weekend
Oct 9, 2016
Score one for love at Meliora Weekend
Oct 8, 2016
5 Meliora Weekends ago when President Cl...
Oct 8, 2016
The sky announces the Moon Dress landing...
Oct 6, 2016
Turning Point Park: an ecological jewel ...
Oct 6, 2016
Niagara Noir
Oct 5, 2016
Fur is not yet dead at the University of...
Oct 4, 2016
On the Other Side: a montage of Rocheste...
Oct 3, 2016
The Night Rochester Academy of Music �...
Oct 1, 2016
More Flower City Street Art
Sep 29, 2016
Rochester boasts one of the largest LGBT...
Sep 28, 2016
Downtown Rochester
Sep 28, 2016
Engaging families in the Highland Bowl
Sep 26, 2016
A Rochester that I Know
Sep 23, 2016
Cheese, pepperoni and hope in Nathaniel ...
Sep 22, 2016
Moon Dress coming to Rochester from L.A....
Sep 21, 2016
Design & Democracy: A Photographic ...
Sep 21, 2016
Encore for the Roc City Steelers at Buck...
Sep 20, 2016
Flower City Street Art
Sep 20, 2016
Burned Over: on the search for some of R...
Sep 19, 2016
The Linear Garden: An island of peace an...
Sep 17, 2016
Frederick Douglass in Rochester: a galle...
Sep 17, 2016
Non Violent Hooligans outside Stout
Sep 16, 2016
Looking for a cool date night? Stargazin...
Sep 15, 2016
Print is not dead yet at the University ...
Sep 14, 2016
Seth Green: The Most Important Fisherman...
Sep 14, 2016
Story teller and author William Pruitt j...
Sep 13, 2016
Five Versions of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bo...
Sep 13, 2016
No Jills; no playoffs for the Bills
Sep 12, 2016
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism to ...
Sep 9, 2016
New Team in Town: Roc City Steelers debu...
Sep 8, 2016
“What is the working class?”...
Sep 6, 2016
First Timer at First Fridays. At the Hun...
Sep 5, 2016
Farewell Boys and Girls of Summer! Under...
Sep 4, 2016
Backpacks for all on North Street
Sep 3, 2016
The Spirit of Corn Hill Lives: Photograp...
Sep 2, 2016
Painting faces and building community in...
Aug 31, 2016
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge: One o...
Aug 31, 2016
Warner Castle & the Sunken Garden: ...
Aug 30, 2016
Why did the Faith Temple in Brighton giv...
Aug 29, 2016
“Good therapy” at the RMSC&#...
Aug 26, 2016
Not Earl Lloyd. But a painting of Dolly ...
Aug 25, 2016
42 years and counting for the Kick Ass K...
Aug 24, 2016
Passing the torch at the Susan B. Anthon...
Aug 22, 2016
“Crooked Arm” Brancato bring...
Aug 20, 2016
A gathering of students, educators, urba...
Aug 16, 2016
Just like the NBA at Somerton Park
Aug 15, 2016
How do you make it to Carnegie Hall? Go ...
Aug 15, 2016
From Zimbabwe to Tokyo at the Brighton F...
Aug 14, 2016
For Golisano Children’s Hospital w...
Aug 13, 2016
My first and last purchase at Small Worl...
Aug 12, 2016
Brighton-Pittsford Post prints “Ga...
Aug 12, 2016
The difference between softball and kick...
Aug 11, 2016
Austin Steward’s Legacy is the Pride of ...
Aug 10, 2016
Rapids Cemetery: A National Landmark Sin...
Aug 9, 2016
Bitten by the Civil War bug at the Tinke...
Aug 8, 2016
A year after Reverend Mothers, Empaths o...
Aug 7, 2016
Teaching in the midst of tragedy at Gall...
Aug 5, 2016
Crisscrossing Rochester with Art Force 5
Aug 3, 2016
Garden blooming at 7 Eleven on the corne...
Aug 3, 2016
Michelle Turner rejoins our visual conve...
Aug 2, 2016
First Girls of Summer at the Game at the...
Jul 31, 2016
Cheesecake is good for you at National C...
Jul 30, 2016
Happy Dogs and People at The Daily Refre...
Jul 29, 2016
Debut of “This Iranian-American Li...
Jul 27, 2016
Once more into the breech on the banks o...
Jul 26, 2016
Celebrating 40 years of BOA editions in ...
Jul 25, 2016
Too much fun After Dark at the RMSC
Jul 22, 2016
King ‘Drew and his new Crew at JCC...
Jul 21, 2016
We Are Orlando. And 25 years ago when th...
Jul 16, 2016
Paul Simon’s Strange New Batch Exceeds A...
Jul 16, 2016
Casconchiagon and the Rochester Connecti...
Jul 14, 2016
Emerging artists coming of age in Roches...
Jul 11, 2016
The difference between guys and girls in...
Jul 7, 2016
Another Masterpiece for Radiohead
Jul 7, 2016
Flowering Upper Monroe
Jul 6, 2016
Celebrating the Fourth of July at the Ga...
Jul 4, 2016
Vote early and often at a political art ...
Jul 2, 2016
More on how the Sandra L. Frankel Nature...
Jul 2, 2016
Ghosts MIGHT walk the beautiful Brickyar...
Jun 30, 2016
Talk to me baby. Staff takes the Lip Syn...
Jun 29, 2016
Talker invited to Rochester Free Radio: ...
Jun 27, 2016
Orienteering Rochester from Houston with...
Jun 23, 2016
Who’s counting at the Game at the ...
Jun 19, 2016
Celebrating the roses of Maplewood. But ...
Jun 18, 2016
On bikes and writing: Bike Writers
Jun 15, 2016
Celebrating the first Otis Day (June 15t...
Jun 15, 2016
Hike to Rico’s Cave: An Experience Of “T...
Jun 13, 2016
Umpire added to Game at the Corners. Pla...
Jun 12, 2016
Monroe shows itself off as the road to R...
Jun 8, 2016
The Greek Fest wins over this Iranian-Am...
Jun 7, 2016
What is a Meadowbrook Parade without the...
Jun 7, 2016
Casper scores the winning run at The Cor...
Jun 7, 2016
Tall friends come in handy at RoCo’...
Jun 5, 2016
In Search of Famousiness at RoCo’s...
Jun 2, 2016
Recent R.I.T. MFA graduate Emily Belling...
Jun 2, 2016
Theatre visionary Gary D. Marshall bridg...
Jun 1, 2016
On the Memorial Day Parade and The Army ...
May 31, 2016
Ball in creek disrupts Game at the Corne...
May 29, 2016
Another bad call at the Rochester Airpor...
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Enjoy actual print at the Brighton Memorial Library’s Reading Room
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The Friends of the Brighton Memorial Library celebrate golden anniversary
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Buy often and early at the 7th “Get Some Balls” sale in Brighton’s Meadowbrook neighborhood
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Pledges, Poems and Prayers of Thanksgiving: Angling in Art by Kitty Jospé
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Reflections on Activism and Art by Kitty Jospé
by [email protected] | May 3, 2022 | Cultural Life | 0 |
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Even Better than I Remembered
by [email protected] | Apr 16, 2022 | Cultural Life | 0 |
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If it’s baseball season, it’s Bill Pruitt: “Pennant Race 2022”
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by [email protected] | Jan 22, 2022 | Cultural Life | 0 |
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