For museums, ‘cost of admission’ takes on many meanings. There are entrance fees, of course. But there are other costs that ...

Jay Lincoln, the local artist whose vibrant and dynamic paintings and caricatures decorated the city’s bars and coffee shops, ...

During the reality TV boom of the aughts, many households likely heard the timbre of one man’s voice announcing his presence as he entered a room. “I’m Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC,” he would say, ...

Before electricity was invented, farmers in peak harvest season worked beyond sunset with help from the light of the full moon. The eponymous “harvest moon” arrives closest to the autumn equinox each ...

The 1960s produced an extraordinary number of records that seem to exist outside of time. Despite being together for only ...

No matter the medium, an artist’s work is her own language. Painter Kathy Clem took that a step further. She invented her own alphabet. “If you’re an artist, you have to have a style, or that’s what ...

Best Of Rochester 2026 has entered the chat. Our annual readers’ poll is a chance to shout out your favorite people, places and things to do. A chance to give recommendations to other CITY readers. A ...

Rochester’s reputation as a “festival town” is one we herald proudly from May through (roughly) October — and even beyond. From downtown to the Finger Lakes, our region features festivals celebrating ...

Mount Hope Cemetery, dedicated in 1838, holds in its 196 acres more stories and mythology than many of us in the Flower City would guess. Over the past 175 years, the cemetery has become the final ...

Parole Officer Doris Hernandez (left) and a second, unidentified officer, captured by Shannon Carpenter's web camera. Credit: PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE Shannon Carpenter and her boyfriend John Grandberry ...

The Memorial Art Gallery’s next director, Sarah Jesse, will be the eighth leader to helm the museum. Jesse comes to Rochester from The Academy Art Museum on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, and ...

Kodak Center’s 1,978 seats make it a larger theater venue. But Rochester lacks mid-size music halls with capacities closer to 1,000. Credit: TOMAS FLINT. A few years ago, Hannah Maier drove to Buffalo ...