Archives - Alex Holly
black history month
MAG celebrates Black History Month, highlights community resources
In the cold of the February winter, the Memorial Art Gallery opened its doors to its Black History Month Celebration Day — a part of the museum’s Celebration Series of culture and identity. Over 15 artists and performance groups, many based in the Rochester area, shared with the community their lovely work, which ranged from […]
comedy
Winterfest Weekend with Rachel Sennott and Ziwe: serving comedy and class
Good comedy is hard to find, and notoriously even harder to find at Winterfest Weekend. Yet Rachel Sennott, Ziwe, and all-talented moderator Cat Crawford quickly disproved this, bringing sass, class, and show-stopping red tights to the Kodak Hall stage. While both comedians have risen to main-stage fame through their recent projects, Sennott and Ziwe aren’t […]
orchestra
Across the galaxy with RPO’s “The Planets”
The audience, in turn, leaves with awe, intrigue, and a heavier resonance with the distant planets that we find so familiar. Read More
Conde Nast
0.0/10: Was Pitchfork’s shift to a men’s magazine the best move?
As a journal, Pitchfork is the biggest fish in a slowly draining pond, and it is unclear what its decline will sink next. Read More
Collage
Artist Rivka Simcha on her Hartnett Award-winning piece “Venus Decomposing”
Rivka Simcha's “Venus Decomposing,” which juxtaposes beauty and decay, won the "Hartnett Award” last month. She spoke with the CT about her art. Read More
album review
CT Wrapped: The top albums of 2023, according to our staff
Some of our staff has compiled their top albums of 2023 - so amidst finals season, we implore you to bump our tunes. Read More
Musical Theatre
Around the ROC Players “Carousel:” Reframing theater to a new age and stage
As a performance charged in both its energy and musicality, ROC Players’ “Carousel” breaks down and resets expectations for student theater on campus. Read More
Album Review
underscores: a warm welcome to the world of “Wallsocket”
Wallsocket’s locals find themselves dissecting the dauntingly resonant transition to adulthood in song after song. Read More
Album Review
Sex, drugs, and Hollywood love with Slayyyter’s “STARFUCKER”
With new style, new money, and new tits, “STARFUCKER” marks the dawning of an age for Slayyyter. Read More
Celebrity
“Celebrity Skin,” celebrity mind: The rise and reign of Doja Cat
To be a celebrity in the public light isn’t to fully exist as yourself: it’s to put on a character. We may not truly know Doja Cat, and we might never. Read More
