Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef, author, and television personality, has made a career out of cultivating the image of a foul-mouthed blackguard. Whether he's slagging vegans, attacking ascendant Food Network...
DEVELOPMENT: New digs for RBTL gains some traction
It's looking more likely that if it can raise enough money, the Rochester Broadway Theatre...
MUSIC PROFILE: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
"They" are everywhere. "They" say a lot. "They" are illusive and wily. Who do "they" think...
ENVIRONMENT: Feds set aside money for Great Lakes cleanup
There is no shortage of environmental problems with the Rochester Embayment, a recessed section...
If contemporary American politics could become any more of a carnival sideshow, it would be hard-pressed to do so without Sarah Palin. The former governor of Alaska and one-time VP candidate will be in Rochester tomorrow hawking her book...
News Articles
ANALYSIS: The ABC's of school busing
The Rochester School Board's attempt to save money by stepping up enforcement of the district's transportation policy may actually result in more spending in the end. And the process has exposed the clear disadvantages of poor urban...
Art
ART REVIEW: "Zorcutt:The Way of the Future"
When The Fool has something to say, it's prudent to perk up those ears. Whether represented as a sooth-saying oaf in Shakespeare or the daring and disaster-prone man in a deck of tarot, the seeming nonsensical madness can bring needed,...
Stage
THEATER REVIEW: "According to Goldman"
In addition to entertaining audiences, thoughtful works of stage and screen usually have something to say about the human condition. It's fitting, then, that Blackfriars' current show, "According to Goldman" - a play that's all about movies and...
Nightlife Articles
MEET THE BARTENDERS: Louis and Anthony at Tilt
Tilt Nightclub & Ultralounge, recently voted Best Nightclub and Best Gay Bar in City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009 Readers Poll, has glitz, style, and a beat all its own. You can get a better sense of that this weekend, when Tilt...
Family
Several of you might roll your eyes in disgust once realizing this story is a head-first leap into a Christmas-related story. Yes, already. Sick indeed, but see, when holiday commercials are airing before Halloween, and stores...
Talk about tough shoes to fill. From the beginning, the great pianist Dave Brubeck's signature...
If you're crafty, you're already hard at work on the special holiday project of the season....
What child hasn't dreamed of flying, battling bad guys, and saving the world? Role-playing as...
Step right up to the greatest show in town: City Newspaper's Best of Rochester 2009! Every...
I was recently talking with a friend who, due to various schisms in his family, doesn't...
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