From the Witness Palestine Film Festival Rochester organizers: We are thrilled to be working with Visual Studies Workshop for an evening of short films on Thursday November 20th, 2025 from 7 to 9pm. As part of the Fall VSW Salon, join us evening of contemporary film from Palestine, exploring the role of the moving image
Culminating in party at station Friday When WAYO 104.3 FM Radio station hit the air waves of Rochester nearly a decade ago, it filled a gaping hole in the alternative media scene. In all actuality they have become the real public radio station in Rochester. The following is a description by station manager Max Kelley:
Our new County Attorney is a career prosecutor who is registered with the Conservative Party, which opposes everything Democrats stand for. Matthew Schwartz is registered as a member of the Conservative Party — a party whose platform couldn’t be more at
If you were a jazz-hating alien who dropped onto earth with a mission to destroy all jazz on the planet you would probably start eliminating all the economic supports that enable musicians to play and record jazz music. Your first step might be making sure humans don’t know where the jazz is happening. This strategy
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins Rochester’s mayoral primary debate took place on May 28, between incumbent Mayor Malik Evans, ROC DSA-endorsee and city councilmember Mary Lupien, and local businessman Shashi Sinha. Lupien spoke ambitiously of her vision for a better future, while Evans and Sinha invoked limitations
( Original and full article published on May 15, 2025 by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni on Substack at: feedbackdef.substack.com ) André 3000 and The Dandy Warhols can teach us some very important lessons about how to carry that weight. André 3000 has just released a new collection of music titled 7 Piano Sketches. I hesitate to call this release
Rochester’s top Democrats have nothing to say while immigrants are detained, deported, and disappeared. Mayor Malik Evans would rather talk about anything else. At a recent press conference, Evans awkwardly confirmed that Rochester police officers helped Border Patrol detain undocumented immigrants—violating the