Highland Park is Rochester’s best-known green space and garden, thanks to the Lilac Festival. What most don’t realize is that the park’s original centerpiece, its
When I visited community activist Midge Thomas in her downtown Rochester home, I was unprepared for how overwhelmed I’d feel by the number of successful
David Paul’s most important conversations always include a cup of coffee. These days, those cups are filled with a good pour-over, no cream or sugar.
If you open Professor Elizabeth Johnston’s new book of poems, Wild Things (Main Street Rag 2021), you’ll come face to face with Greek goddesses and
“We’re on a north-flowing river; a lot of people have associated north-flowing rivers with high spiritual activity. We sit on several different ley lines, which
Right now, in Letchworth State Park, a completely original concept is taking shape. “There really is nothing else quite like it,” says Loren Penman, who
If you’ve been a regular reader of (585) magazine over the last few years and are also an enthusiastic gardener, you’ll recognize Terri Sauerhafer’s name—she’s
In 1956, Rochester Public Library director Harold Hacker knew that it took an average of twelve minutes for people working downtown to reach the Central
I’m dating myself here, but I’ve been around Rochester long enough to have spent my twenty-first birthday at Lloyd’s—which became Fenlon’s, Lloyd’s again, the Jungle,
