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Arts & Culture

The arts, music and culture of greater Rochester.
Orange CITY Magazine "Festival Guide" cover, with a smiling sun
Connections
CITY Magazine brings you 'every festival under the sun...in Rochester'
Evan Dawson, Megan Mack, Julie Williams
In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 5/6/26, the CITY Magazine team discusses this month's issue — the "Festival Guide" — Zweigle's hot dogs, and some sage advice.
Eight smiling people stand next to each other in a radio talk studio. A print of the Rochester skyline in the evening is behind them. From left to right: a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white headband, a green top, a blue and gray shawl, and jeans; a woman with black curly hair, wearing a black top under a pink blazer, and jeans; a woman with her black hair tied back, wearing a black top under a pink blazers, jeans, and a bracelet; a woman with her dark hair tied back, wearing a brown top; a woman with short gray hair, wearing glasses, and a black top under a white blazer; a bald man with a gray beard and mustache, wearing glasses, a gray button-down shirt, jeans, and brown shoes; a woman with long brown hair, wearing a black top under a white sweater, green pants, and black sandals; a man with very short dark hair, wearing glasses, a dark blue button-down shirt, jeans, and brown shoes
Connections
'Listen to Your Mother' returns with stories of love, loss, and lessons
Evan Dawson, Megan Mack, Julie Williams
A smiling woman with curly shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a blue hoodie with white strings and sunglasses on top of her head. She is standing in front of a mountain range.
Connections
Preparing for a 'heavy' tick season; treating 'chemo brain;' Garth Fagan Dance celebrates 55 years
Evan Dawson, Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Arts, Music and Culture
  • Garth Fagan Dance looks back — and forward — during a milestone 55 years
    Audiences around the world have long been enamored with Garth Fagan’s choreography. While families and theatergoers may be most familiar with his Tony Award-winning work on “The Lion King,” others have been singing Fagan’s praises since long before his Broadway debut. But without the company and overall artistry of Garth Fagan Dance, it’s unlikely his […] The post Garth Fagan Dance looks back — and forward — during a milestone 55 years appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
  • Rochester Lilac Festival has a musical act for every ear
    For Mikaela Davis, the 2026 Rochester Lilac Festival is a homecoming. Though the harp-playing, twangy, jam-adjacent singer-songwriter is now based in Catskill, New York, she still considers Rochester home enough to make her May 13 headlining set in Highland Park the release party for her new album, “Graceland Way.” Fellow local cornerstone group Giant Panda […] The post Rochester Lilac Festival has a musical act for every ear appeared first on CITY Magazine. Arts. Music. Culture..
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