When Kathy Kepler was offered a job forty years ago to help sell sweet corn from a roadside farmstand, she took the job because she thought the guy managing it, Steve, was cute. She has good instincts: She’s now been both his business partner and his wife for decades. Steve had long been helping his older brother, Frank, with his…
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For decades, Julietta Fiscella built her career as a pathologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, guided by scientific precision and a lifelong fascination with the human body. Born and raised in St. Lucia, an island nation in the Caribbean, her youth was shaped by village customs, time-honored remedies, and a deep respect for holistic care—experiences that quietly stayed…
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Photo by Michael Hanlon Founded in 1969, the Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) is one of the longest-running nonprofit media art spaces in the country. It began with a vision for a graduate program for artists, historians, and curators that would help build the field of photography. To support this vision, VSW developed its core programs of exhibitions, publications, and residencies,…
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Behind the scenes | Kodak & the Amazing Ektacolor Dream Collab

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Mastering the art of observation

A group of medical students from the University of Rochester are doing rounds—but not at a hospital. Instead, they’re moving from painting to painting at the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery and at each stop must answer a simple question: What do you see? Slowly their observations unfurl, as each student reveals a new …

What's he thinking?

If you were to Google the definition of “bros,” my male friends—let’s call them Chad, Michael, and Murray—would hardly fit the descriptions of obnoxious frat boys chugging beer out of red Solo cups. In contrast, they have great jobs and are well-liked, affable professionals in the community. They’re also involved in many extracurricular activities such …

Drink like a Viking

“Drink like a Viking.” That’s the slogan of the Potoczak family, operators of Corfu’s new Midgard Winery. The Potoczaks have been beekeepers for close to forty years, and the raw honey they use to make their wine comes from their own apiary, run in a noninvasive, organic style.  Mead, or honey wine, like many “new” …

"Rochester made means QUALITY"

An unwavering commitment to excellence was the mission guiding one of Rochester’s earliest industries, one that operated continuously throughout the Industrial Age under the direction of four generations of the Cunningham family. It was 1834, and Andrew Jackson was President when James Cunningham, a native Scotsman and Canadian émigré, made a stopover in Rochester, America’s …

Nick’s Chophouse: When you just want a decent steak

This magazine and, it seems, much of the Rochester media corps, is constantly urging you to be more adventurous in your dining choices. There are hundreds of creative chefs in this market delivering the best of ethnic tradition and fresh, new trends that tap into the incredible agricultural bounty of the area. But sometimes you …

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