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Two friends, Chris Stapleton, and a whole lot of fun; photos by Alex Weiss Last week our editor, Christine Green, and “Lunatics Lounge” columnist, Taylor Terrance, attended the Chris Stapleton concert at Darien Lake Amphitheater. Read below to learn about their concert experience. Christine Green: Taylor, thanks for coming to see Chris Stapleton at Darien Lake Amphitheater with me last…
16.07.2024
Can’t make it to the shore this summer for an old-fashioned clam and lobster bake? There is no reason you can’t recreate the experience in your own backyard. Grab the Zweigle’s, some beer, clams, live lobsters, and fresh corn. Make sure you have plenty of big pots for boiling and steaming and a bag of charcoal for the grill.  This…
2.07.2024
Assorted locally sourced pickled vegetables Vinalia Urbana  230 Monroe Ave., Rochester  738-0384  vinaliaurbana.com Along the stretch of storefronts on Monroe Avenue is an unassuming black building. There are no flashy signs or grand entrances. But as you step into the glass enclosure, you’re suddenly transported into a world of merriment.  The interior is illuminated by dazzling chandeliers casting a warm…
1.07.2024
“You’re only a quarter of the way up this mountain, and it only gets harder from here.” After two hours of agony on the aptly named Grouse Grind, this is not the encouragement I need from the park rangers. But these rangers have zero patience left for overzealous vacationers; the kind who think climbing what’s known as “Mother Nature’s StairMaster”…
1.07.2024
Without fail, July and August proves to be my favorite season to be in Western New York. The lead up in June is a part of my summertime rhythm. Rochester Cocktail Revival. Jazz Fest. Independence Day. Then, if I’m lucky, nothing super major for a while. Just long, warm days and cool, breezy nights. It’s a welcome handful of weeks…
1.07.2024
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Vegetation education

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) in Canandaigua is offering its biennial Master Gardener (MG) training for Ontario County from September 3 through November 19. This program is geared toward individuals with basic gardening experience eager to learn more. Registered participants will expand their knowledge on lawn care, soils, fertilizing, fruit and vegetable gardening, botany, ticks, structural …

Herding instinct

Amanda Farnsworth has been training dogs to herd animals for more than fifteen years. “A lot of people start on all-terrain vehicles until they realize you can get one dog, and it’s so much smoother,” she says. “I primarily love herding because it’s so unpredictable,” she says. According to Farnsworth, sheep farms are quite common …

Starting a movement

Here’s one for you—what do rowdy fashion shows and youth homelessness have in common?  Everything—at least once a year. Fashion Week Rochester, a labor of love from Center for Youth director Elaine Spaull and fashionista Meghan Mundy celebrates its tenth year in 2019.  Mundy started out as a student at New York’s Fashion Institute of …

Style and substance

                                        It was one of the most glamorous nightspots in the world: the Stork Club. Between 1929 and 1965, the Manhattan venue was the favored destination of the upper crust and celebrities from around the world. …

Three cheers

Glasgow bartender Mal Spence created a drink to celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth games that required 71 different ingredients, ranging from prickly pear to devil’s claw (that’s the genus Harpagophytum, for those following at home). When cocktail enthusiasts think about stocking their living room bars, sometimes this is what they envision—the need to buy bottles on …

The fashionistas

  Fashion, by nature, has always pushed social norms. Is there anything that you guys are doing this year, or last year, that wouldn’t have flown ten years ago?   Meghan: Well…our favorite show, this Thursday show, we have drag queens in that. That’s the night we’re planning for the LGBTQ house funds to go …

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