Overhaul coming for 19th Ward apartments

Children's mental health needs attention

Aquino quarterly report: plusses and minuses

Sharp budget cuts in RCSD's future

Rochester's Interim Superintendent, Daniel Lowengard, presented his proposed budget for next year to the school board yesterday: $925 million,  a slight increase over this year's $922 million. But balancing the budget required $40 million in cuts, including eliminating 326 full-time jobs, Lowengard said.

RCSD budget: City will keep pushing for a say

Tension between Mayor Lovely Warren and the Rochester City School District is likely to heat up this spring. A Warren spokesperson says the city will continue to push for a say in how the district spends some of its money.

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Interview: 'American War' author Omar El Akkad

Literature as 'weaponized empathy'

KIDS | Superheroes Weekend

POP/LITERATURE | The Caribbean/Brian Wood

SPECIAL EVENT | Maple Sugar Festival

FILM | 'Blade Runner' & 'Blade Runner 2049'

DANCE | 'Dangerous Liaisons'

Album review: 'Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band'

Album review: 'HyperGiant Hi-Fi'

BLUES | Selwyn Birchwood Band

CLASSICAL | Elias String Quartet

AMERICANA | The Mount Pleasant String Band

HARDCORE | The Weight We Carry

SINGER-SONGWRITER | Sam Nitsch

The F Word: Is It True?

Is it true, pretty baby, what they said about you? This week, two music icons were taken from us. R&B-soul shouter Andre Williams and surf guitar originator Dick Dale. Something ain't right here.

African family dining at Akwaaba

Sibling owners Mohammed and Naima Ahamed named this African cuisine spot Akwaaba because the word literally means "welcome" in Akan, a language spoken in their native Ghana.

Film preview: 'Gloria Bell'

A showcase for the wonderful Julianne Moore, the film is a character study of a person we seldom see in the movies these days: a confident woman over 50.

Supporting the arts

7 ways to get involved

Citizen action

Organizing to better the community

Sound variety

A trio of smaller music hot spots

A city's foundations

Unsung heroes who left their mark

'Small-box' shopping

Buying locally, at independent stores