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09/08/2026

Our September album review lineup is hot off the press 🗞️

Mona Seghatoleslami reviews ‘In Plain Sight: The Black Anthology’ (see the music in concert on 9/15 at Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester)

Leah Joy reviews ‘Siren’ by Delaney West (releases 9/18)

Daniel Kushner reviews ‘Greatest Almosts’ by Dufus

Lou Battaglia reviews ‘Analog Dreams’ by Aloefi

Read all four reviews on stands and online now 🔗

09/04/2026

From Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” at The Company Theatre (which opens tonight) to Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” at PenfieldPlayers, nostalgia and feel-good picks permeate the 2026-27 season’s theatrical lineup. 🎭

Read Katherine Varga’s full preview in our September issue, on stands and online now. 🔗

09/02/2026

Tucked into a nondescript building on Mill Street in the High Falls district is a new jazz and R&B lounge that the owners describe as mature, classy and comfortable.

Nightcap Blues was the vision of Tyrone Reaves, Harold Drumgoole and Rick Caesar — three men who work in manufacturing and have a love for good vibes and good people.

“We like to go out, and we like to enjoy ourselves,” Drumgoole said. “We wanted something nice where we can invite others to come down and have the same experience.”

Read Racqui B. Steve’s full story, with photos by ʟᴏᴜ ʏᴏʀᴋ, online now 🔗

09/01/2026

ICYMI 🎶 Our August album review lineup is online now 🔗

Brendan Dabkowski reviews ‘Moonlight Passes On’ by Attic Abasement

Stephen Lewis reviews ‘Solo Street’ by Greg Townson

Wren Werner reviews ‘North Country Blue’ by Seungyoung Hong and Paul Meyers Duo

Mona Seghatoleslami and Carver Snyder review ‘Blue Soul’ and ‘Viñao’ by Eastman Percussion Ensemble

08/27/2026

Intricately designed, hand-carved tiles click against acrylic racks as four women spanning three generations rack their tiles, uncovering the 13 they have to work with.

Once everyone has racked their tiles, they select three they want to pass and the Charleston (or tile swapping) begins. Between each tile exchange, the women forget which round they’re on as they get wrapped up in conversation about their week.

A single round of mahjong can be played in as little as 10 minutes, but many mahjong players prefer hours-long games, free of screens and any sense of rush.

Read Abby Rose Sugnet’s full story about the local rise of mahjong, online now 🔗

08/20/2026

A world famous umpire. A missionary-turned-policewoman. A trailblazing broadcaster. A Bard for Clarissa Street. A prolific American architect.

Continuing the series started in last year’s ROC 10 issue, Matt Rogers of The Lost Borough wrote about 10 (more) historical Rochesterians who don’t always get the recognition they deserve.

Full story in our August issue, on stands and online now 🔗

08/18/2026

Best Of Rochester 2026 has entered the chat. 👾

Our annual readers’ poll is a chance to shout out your favorite people, places and things to do. A chance to give recommendations to other CITY readers. A chance to promote your business.

And as always, the four finalists in each category are dictated by your write-ins!

Primary ballot voting is open until Friday, Sept. 25 at midnight; head to the link in our bio to vote. 🔗

08/16/2026

REVIEW | My Morning Jacket and Guster at Hoochenanny Festival

Jim James’ entire musical modus operandi might as well be “this dude is in love with his guitar.”

That’s something someone might say if their entire exposure to James’ band, My Morning Jacket, was the Southern-rock banger “Mahgeetah” from 2003’s opus, “It Still Moves.” In fairness to this hypothetical plebe, the song is literally called mah geetah, as in my guitar.

Imagine, then, hearing My Morning Jacket — lovingly, The Jacket — save “Mahgeetah” for its last song on Saturday night, when the longtime twang-jam rock institution headlined the Hoochenanny Festival. Ten minutes on the clock ‘til the Perinton curfew, a band known for jamming ripped into those yearning chords, and something in my mind snapped into place.

Read Patrick Hosken’s full review online now 🔗

📸: tomas flint photographer / 𝗖𝟳 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆

08/13/2026

On a humid 90-degree day in July 2025, nearly 400 people sat shoulder-to-shoulder inside the Fedder Building on East Main Street. Handheld fans and sweating bottles of Modelo took the edge off, and any discomfort was forgotten as the first-ever Rochester Fashion Runway program began.

For the next two hours, more than 10 designers, 20 performing artists and 100 models presented the region’s most hip underground fashion show — one that sold out to standing room only and immediately outgrew the rambling warehouse.

Rochester Fashion Runway returns Sept. 5, this time to The Hochstein School.

Read leah stacy’s full story online now.

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