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Forty-Fifth Annual Corn Hill Arts Festival – July 13-14, 2013

If you enjoy history, you’ll want to read the fascinating articles that give account of Corn Hill’s early days. Corn Hill – also known …

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Have a Roaring Good Time at the Seneca Park Zoo

When my daughters were young and we lived outside NYC (where the commute was an hour and a half each way…glad those days are …

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Glue Factory Gift Shop in Rochester, Gifts for Home, Hearth and Self

I think I inherited my love of gift shops from my Mother. When we vacationed, there was no gift shop door left unopened. So …

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ROCA 6x6x2012: Celebrating Five Years of Making Art Accessible to All

This year marks the Fifth Anniversary of the Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6×6 Exhibit, a fun and innovative fundraiser for ROCA that gathers and …

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1905 Dentzel Menagerie Carousel at Ontario Beach State Park

Easter was beautiful and fairly warm this year, so after a hike in Mendon Ponds Park, our family headed to Ontario Beach State Park …

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Memorial Art Gallery’s Family Day: Persian New Year Celebration

Yesterday was the first time our family attended a Memorial Art Gallery Family Day. Because of another commitment, we arrived halfway through Memorial Art …

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Geva’s A Raisin in the Sun Resonates with Raw Emotion – Through March 25

When A Raisin in the Sun premiered on Broadway in 1959, reviewers disagreed as to whether the themes in the play were universally relevant, …

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Rev Up for the Rochester International Auto Show – March 1-4, 2012

Congratulations to David Powers of Webster, NY, the winner of 4 tickets to the 2012 Rochester International Auto Show! From Thursday, March 1 through …

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Magic in the Making, a “Show and Tell All” Experience at Geva

Question: On the home page, can you guess what the header photo is for this post? (answer at the end) There’s something magical about …

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