Superintendent search 'on schedule

RCSD needs major change, forum speakers say

Participants at a public forum on Saturday cited problems of racism and lack of teacher diversity in the Rochester school district and told state education officials that the district has to change.

The new state budget: some progress, some compromise

New York State’s new budget, passed during a marathon session in Albany on Sunday, includes a raft of progressive reforms. But like many budgets, it’s the result of a compromise where not everyone is completely happy.

McFadden pleads guilty, vacating City Council

Rochester City Council Vice President Adam McFadden pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday morning, including a count of wire fraud and a violation regarding filing a false tax return. His seat became vacant immediately, and the remaining members of City Council will appoint his successor.

Rochester’s ‘Report Card’: poverty still a major challenge

The overall “well being” of the nine-county Greater Rochester area is improving in some areas, but it’s deteriorating in some troubling areas. And as in past reports, the City of Rochester continues to face challenges related to concentrated poverty.

Dems have primaries, so many primaries

CRCDS developer outlines plans for campus

La'Ron Singletary to head Rochester Police Department

Mayor Lovely Warren has chosen La’Ron Singletary, a Rochester native with 19 years’ experience in the RPD, as Rochester's next police chief. His appointment comes after a national search in which more than 20 candidates applied.

Still waiting for action on the Call to Action

This is an unsettling time for anyone concerned about the Rochester City School District.

Urban Action 4/3

Feedback 4/3

Alison Meyers will lead Writers & Books

Writers & Books has hired Alison Meyers, a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and fiction writer and a veteran non-profit leader, as its next executive director.

Theater review: 'Indecent'

Like the play it's about, "Indecent" is a challenge to produce onstage. There are several difficult intimacy levels that require true professionalism, and sensitive subject matter including anti-Semitism and homophobia. But it lands well, under meticulous and caring direction, at JCC CenterStage.

RBTL announces 2019-20 season

Next season's lineup features seven award-winning shows, including "Come From Away," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "Dear Evan Hansen." Disney's "The Lion King" will also return for a three-week run.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre announces spring program

DCT’s spring program features four shows, including war dramas and a prison-escape caper. The theater will also continue its Rochester Folkus series of singer-songwriters.

THEATER | 'Long Day's Journey into Night'

LITERATURE | 'Listening to the Future'

Film | "Sicily: Land of Love & Strife"

SPECIAL EVENT | 'Rattlesnake Revue: ResErection'

EXHIBIT | 'Stonewall: 50 Years Out'

SPECIAL EVENT | First Annual Seed Swap

ART | 'The Myth of the Sacred Wound'

Aaron Diehl: paradox at the piano

Balancing act

Prominent regional bands to make GrassRoots Festival debuts

The 2019 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is assembling a formidable lineup of bands familiar to GrassRoots audiences as well as groups that have, surprisingly, never played the festival before.

Album review: ‘Partly on Time: Recordings 1968-1970’

Album review: 'Radio Silence'

Opera review: a modern take on 'Don Giovanni'

The brilliant opera “Don Giovanni” — performed this weekend by Eastman Opera Theatre — unfortunately remains relevant more than 230 years after its premiere.

Fresh string quartets come to 2019-20 Eastman-Ranlet Series

The 2019-20 Eastman-Ranlet Series of Sunday string quartet concerts isn’t flashy at first glance, but initial appearances can be deceiving, with two groups with which you may be unfamiliar.

CLASSICAL | Pegasus Early Music presents Bedlam

JAZZ | Mark McGrain's NOROC Quartet

FOLK | Richard Shindell

METAL | Kryst

SMOOTH JAZZ | Lao Tizer Band with Eric Marienthal & Chieli Minucci

CLASSICAL | Rochester Oratorio Society presents 'The Peacemakers'

Diner series: Jim's at The Mall

Jim's at The Mall, originally opened in 1967 by George Criticos as Critic's at The Mall, was an original tenant in the area's first suburban mall. But the diner would fit well into any neighborhood or town.

Film preview: 'Shazam!'

Like a lot of big action flicks released these days, "Shazam!" shows the influence of Amblin-style 80's family-adventures. It's a delightful cross between "The Goonies" and a superhero version of "Big."