Jeff Spevak
Jeff Spevak has been a Rochester arts reporter for nearly three decades, with seven first-place finishes in the Associated Press New York State Features Writing Awards while working for the Democrat and Chronicle. He has also been published in Musician and High Times magazines, contributed to WXXI, City newspaper and Post magazine, and occasionally performs spoken-word pieces around town. Some of his haikus written during the Rochester jazz festival were self-published in a book of sketches done by Scott Regan, the host of WRUR’s Open Tunings show. Spevak founded an award-winning barbecue team, The Smokin’ Dopes, and believes Bigfoot is real. His book on the life of a Lake Ontario sailor who survived the sinking of his ship during World War II will be published in April of 2019 by Lyons Press.
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It was announced Wednesday that Jonathan Binstock, who has led that museum for the last eight years, has been named the new Director and CEO of a modern art museum in Washington D.C., The Phillips Collection. -
The Eastman Opera Theatre’s ambitious production of “Lear on the 2nd Floor,” opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. -
The 100th anniversary of Eastman Theatre, jazz guitarist John Scofield, the strings of The Ying Quartet and a performance by the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine in the shadow of the Russian invasion of its home country, are among this season’s Eastman Presents shows. -
Seven new shows are coming to Rochester, along with a previously planned production of Hamilton. -
The Rochester Music Hall of Fame honored several inductees on Sunday night, after COVID-related postponements in 2020 and 2021. -
Maria Schneider has composed a piece for the Eastman School of Music’s centennial celebration, which she’ll be premiering Wednesday, April 27, at Kilbourn Hall. -
Awadagin Pratt will present "Black in America" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. Then he returns to Kodak Hall on Thursday and Saturday to play piano with the RPO. -
As part of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's benefit concert for Ukraine on Saturday, Oleh Krysa will play violin on a concerto called “Question Without Answer.” It was written specifically for the Ukraine native several years ago. -
The Eastman School of Music is celebrating its 100th anniversary during the entire school year, including this weekend's "Eastman Opens the Doors” events. -
"Visual Music 4.0: An Evening of World-Premiere Film and Music Collaborations" is an evening of live music played to film at 8 p.m. Saturday at Eastman’s Kilbourn Hall. It will also be offered as a livestream.
