Arts

Geva Theatre’s annual Essie Calhoun Diversity in the Arts Award will take place on Thursday, March 28th at 6 p.m. prior to the 7:30 p.m. performance of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. This year’s “Essie” Award recipients are Gateways Music Festival, Lisa Helen Hoffman (posthumous), Annette Ramos, and Herbert Smith.

A Rochester conductor whose recordings inspired generations of musicians around the globe has died. Donald Hunsberger passed away on Sunday, November 5th. He was 91 years old. Hunsberger led the Eastman Wind Ensemble from 1965 to 2002.

Rhiannon Giddens has won Grammys, a Pulitzer prize for her opera Omar, and a MacArthur Fellowship. She's composed music for ballet and video games. And her new album is called You're the One.

The oldest opera not lost to history is coming to Rochester, and the director says this 17th century spectacle about loss and loneliness will especially resonate with modern audiences.

Seven new shows are coming to Rochester, along with a previously planned production of Hamilton.

What follows are links to some of the many stories about how music is providing a bit of comfort, "normalcy" and voice for the millions of Ukrainian refugees. As well as musicians helping others escape the warzone.

Thomas Warfield was thinking back about 20 years, to when Shawn Dunwoody had created a work of art for the Rochester Museum and Science Center. “Some...

One year ago, the giant fantasy undersea visions of Plasticiens Volants’ French inflatables bobbed and weaved in the crisp fall air over the heads of...

The world has reached the point where, after a tough day at work, you can’t pull up a barstool and unwind with an expertly made Negroni cocktail without...