The Nitrate Picture Show, a festival of film conservation, just wrapped up yesterday at the Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre. The festival includes screenings of nitrate prints from the Eastman Museum’s collection as well as international archives. Lectures from leading film conservationists, historians, and archivists were also featured. For the seventh year attendees from around the …

Our beloved Rochester is known for its rich history, diverse culture, and fabulous lilacs. Celebrate the best of the Flower City by donning some fun-and-flirty warm-weather styles. When attending spring and summer teas, picnics, or parties during the warmer half of the year, remember soft colors and floral patterns speak to the season. Whether serving …

On a crisp Saturday night last November, the Rascals played to an enthusiastic crowd at the Kodak Theater. Clips of the band in their 1960s prime were projected in the background. At center stage was Felix Cavaliere, the band’s lead singer and keyboardist. To his side and seated was guitarist Gene Cornish, who last appeared …

For the past ten years, Rochester Cocktail Revival has been dedicated to bringing back the lost art of craft cocktails. It all started in 2013 when founder Chuck Cerankosky, along with a few others in the local bar scene, noticed an opportunity for a cocktail resurgence and that Rochester was a prime location for it. …

Since early childhood, local concept artist and Fairport native Andrew Scott has nurtured an inescapable urge to create. “I was the art kid in school,” he says, grinning. “I would run straight into my room [after coming home] and immediately start to draw.” However, as he got older, Scott shifted his focus to more practical …

Bianca Piazza was introduced to astrology at an early age thanks to her mother. “Growing up, my mom could never recall the names of my friends or boyfriends—but she could always remember their signs,” she says. Conversations between Piazza and her mother would often consist of comments like, “Of course you two are in a …