Culture
Meliora Weekend
Author and smooth talker Ann Patchett visits Strong
Sarah Mangelsdorf welcomed Ann Patchett to Strong Auditorium on Saturday afternoon by listing a few of her accolades — an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a spot as one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2012, an Orange Prize, a PEN/Faulkner Award — but concluded her opening remarks by saying that her husband, […]
Art
“Current Seen” brings contemporary art to the streets
“Current Seen,” an exhibit soon to be shown in the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, is not only about the display of art, but also about uniting Rochester as one. “‘Current Seen is the evolution of the Rochester biennial, and it was also built on First Friday,” said Bleu Cease, the Director of “Current Seen” and […]
bookstore
At Small World, an indie concert almost by-the-book
Horse Jumper of Love came to Rochester for the first time this past Thursday, and their show at Small World Books didn’t disappoint. If Small World Books isn’t Rochester’s best music venue, it’s certainly its most literary. As shows proceed in the spacious basement, the cozy shop upstairs — overflowing with secondhand titles — remains […]
Television
Watched ‘Attack on Titan?’ Now would be the time to read the manga
This year the third season “Attack on Titan” third and fourth season took the anime community by storm. After a nearly five-year hiatus, the show made its return with two back-to-back seasons, with all new character arcs, betrayals, and tragic backstories. There is almost never a dull moment in “Attack on Titan.” Not when the […]
storytelling
Memory Palace Live: Storytelling at its most intimate
When I was around 8 or 9, a college student who frequented our house told me to listen to my first podcast. “Listen to this while lying down in a quiet room with the lights off,” she told me. This was over a decade ago, the podcast was “Radiolab,” and I’ve been listening since. Now, […]
online artistry
Not Vanilla: Public Picassos, and the life of online artists
Stagnation is a dire problem in our age, where new content and information is constantly pumped out. I was experiencing some stagnation in my social media feeds, so I took some advice from a friend and started looking up artists on Instagram and Tumblr. In my perusal of these art communities, I was delighted to […]
concert
Marianas Trench brings wave of pop punk to Rochester
Marianas Trench’s appearance at Anthology this Tuesday attracted fans from all over Rochester with their successful “Suspending Gravity” tour. It has been 4 years since the Canadian band last visited Rochester. This year’s tour not only features their most popular hits from their double-platinum and gold-selling albums, but also “Phantoms,” Mariana Trench’s newest studio album. […]
books
‘Infinite Jest’: A must-read in a digital age
These days our technologies — phones, laptops, personal voice assistants — seem to dominate every sphere of our existence. Take a walk through the dining hall, or Rush Rhees, and look around; you’ll be hard pressed to find a person whose eyes aren’t — at least periodically — glued to their phone screen or laptop. […]
art
Harnett displays art from UR faculty
The city of Rochester has received much praise over the years on its artistic and musical culture. Contributing to this culture, UR has continued to emphasize the growth of the arts through its exhibitions in the student-supported Hartnett Gallery. The current exhibition “in the works” features artwork created by the faculty of UR’s Sage Art […]
Not Vanilla
Not Vanilla: Fancy shoe obsession
The first pair of heels I remember buying was when I was in middle school. I had just joined my middle school’s speech team, and when I went to my first speech tournament I was startled to see my competitors decked out in business attire. Their hair was done, nails painted, ties ironed, and I […]