Billionaire Tom Golisano’s $25 million donation has tipped the balance in favor of a performing arts center development in downtown Rochester. Mayor Lovely Warren announced this morning that Midtown Parcel 5 will become the Golisano Center for the Performing Arts and Tower. The $130 million development will be a block including a major theater, housing, […]
According to the “New York Times,” Rochester native and opera star Renee Fleming is retiring from the stage. The “Times” says Fleming’s May 13th performance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera will be her last. The famed soprano has performed around the world and is the first opera star ever to have sung the National Anthem […]
The Greece Performing Arts Society has announced its “Next Chapter,” saying over the weekend that it’s essentially re-doing its storefront. GPAS Board President Eric Vaughn Johnson says the society has a new direction, a new theater company and several new partnerships with community organizations. Johnson says GPAS is expanding its performance schedule in the Town […]