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Four Saturday Screening Opportunities This Fall. The Cancer Services Program Wants You to Know About Them.
Boop! Opens the RBTL Season October 3rd Through 10th at West Herr Auditorium Theatre
Celebrating 20 Years: Embrace Your Sisters & The Positively Pink in Pittsford Walk Is Back October 4th
The House of Mercy on How New York State Is Using Medicaid to Keep People Housed, Fed and Out of the ER
The Eclipse Effect. Debra Ross on How Extraordinary Moments Build Extraordinary Communities.
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School on Why Bilingual Education Is One of the Best Gifts You Can Give a Child
The ESL Rochester Fringe Festival Is Back. Here's How to Find Your Show.
Al Sigl Has Been Serving Rochester's Special Needs Community for 65 Years. Tom O'Connor on What Is Coming Up This Fall.
CSC Rochester's Heroes Ball: A Celebration of Rochester's Cancer Support Community
The Child Abuse Epidemic Hiding In Plain Sight & Rochester's Advocate
90 Years of Delphi Rise. The President and CEO on What Has Changed and What Still Needs to.
Agape Haven of Abundance Is Celebrating Seven Years of Changing Lives in Rochester. Meet the Kids Who Prove It.
Smoking and Health Action Coalition on Vaping, Smoke Free Housing and Why the Fight Is Far From Over
RBTL's Albert Nocciolino on Why Rochester's Broadway Scene Punches Way Above Its Weight
The Trek Within. Rob Sullivan on Cancer, a Heart Attack He Almost Missed and the Magic He Found in Both.
The ESL Rochester Fringe Festival Has Something for Everyone. Here Is How to Find Your Show.
What Most People Get Wrong About Eating Disorders. A Conversation With Licensed Psychologist Dr. Laura Ellick.
Alive + Well Is Heading Into All Nine Rochester City High Schools This Fall. Here's What They Do.
Joshua Shea Returns to Talk About Parenting, Porn and Why Making It Taboo Makes It Worse
Dean Lucas on the 10th and Final Lee Lucas Memorial Poker Run and the Legacy That Lives On
Year Round, All Boys and Tuition Free. Vertus Charter School Is Not What Most People Expect.
Food, Dance, Live Music and Karaoke. The Filipino Festival Is Coming to Rochester This Saturday.
No Zip Code Restrictions, No Pre-Packed Bags. The People's Pantry Does Food Differently.
The Conversation Most People Are Having Behind Closed Doors. Joshua Shea Gets Honest About Porn Addiction.
Disc Golf, Dream Factory and the Penfield Rotary Club. Chris Bull on a Tournament Worth Showing Up For.
What If AI Actually Led to More Human Connection? Chris Bull of Toro Solutions On New Technology & Change Management
From Hacked Phones to Damaged Property. Jennifer Sisson on What Stalking Victims Actually Go Through.
Megan Gaul Lost 100 Pounds Naturally and Kept It Off for Seven Years. Here's What She Learned.
Webster Chamber of Commerce Business Of The Month: Susan Tripp Of SMT Mobile Notary
Certified Health Coach Debi Carlin Boyle on What Actually Works When It Comes to Food, Fitness and GLP-1s
Meet the New President and CEO of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: Tanya McBride Robles
The 15th Annual Fairport Angels Blood Drive Is This Thursday. Here Is Everything You Need to Know.
Finding Nature This Summer: ROC Ecology Partners
Food Is Love: Pam Ayers on What a Little Green Building in Spencerport Is Doing for Its Neighbors.
Taproot Collective Is Growing Food, Building Skills and Employing Rochester Youth One Garden at a Time
Cancer Support Community at Gilda's Club Rochester on Mental Health, Connection and What Actually Helps
Wreaths Across America and the Webster Chamber of Commerce on How Rochester Honors Its Fallen Veterans
SPCC Rochester on What It Actually Takes to Break the Cycle of Generational Poverty and Trauma
Rochester's Oldest Nonprofit Is 150 Years Old. Here's Why It Matters More Than Ever.
Billboard Art ROCs Is Bringing Color, Joy and Student Art to Rochester's Most Visible Spaces
Free Summer Concerts, a Classic Car Show and Resort Style Living. The Highlands at Pittsford Is Inviting Rochester In.
Rochester Hearing and Speech Center Is Changing the First Five Years for Hundreds of Local Children
Get Outside This Earth Day. Rochester Ecology Partners on Where to Go and Why It Matters.
Webster Chamber's Business Person of the Year on Why Giving an Hour Changes Everything.
Anyone Can Become Addicted. Rochester's NCADD on What Every Family Needs to Hear.
80 Years of Fighting Addiction in Rochester. The Work Is Far From Over.
Cigarette Butts Are the Most Littered Item on Earth. Rochester Is Doing Something About It This Earth Day.
Deep Fakes Are Getting Smarter Every Day. So Is the Rochester Tech Fighting Back.
Peter Soufleris, founder of IngenID and University of Rochester alum, pulls back the curtain on one of the most quietly important technologies being developed right here in Rochester, voice biometrics and deep fake detection that protects millions of people from identity fraud every day.Discover what voice biometrics actually is, how companies like Spectrum use the sound characteristics of your voice to verify your identity during a call, and why the rise of deep fake audio technology has made that process both more urgent and more complex. Learn why Peter believes the battle between AI fraud and AI defense looks a lot like the early days of computer viruses and antivirus software, a constant cycle of measures and countermeasures that requires real time updates and relentless vigilance.Peter shares the story of a Wall Street career path that took an unexpected turn when he discovered voice biometrics as an investor 20 years ago and never looked back, and explains why he deliberately chose Rochester over Silicon Valley to build his company, hiring only locally and leaning on the deep tech talent ecosystem surrounding the University of Rochester and RIT.Peter also offers practical advice on what individuals and companies can do right now to protect themselves from deep fake voice scams, including what call center agents should be listening for and why multifactor authentication is your best defense.To learn more or start a conversation about protecting your organization visit ingenid.com.
Rochester Is the First City in the Country to See This New Broadway Musical. Here Is the Full 2026-27 Lineup.
Albert Nocciolino, producer and presenter for the Rochester Broadway Theater League, joins the show fresh off the big reveal of the 2026 to 2027 M&T Bank Broadway Season at West Herr Auditorium Theater, and the crowd reaction said everything.Discover the full lineup for next season, including four Rochester premieres. Boop the Musical, the brand new Betty Boop stage production directed by Jerry Mitchell, launches its entire national tour right here in Rochester, with over 100 cast and crew members spending four weeks in the city, generating thousands of hotel nights and meals and significant economic impact before the show hits the road. Hells Kitchen, Alicia Keys' acclaimed Broadway musical based loosely on her own life and powered by her greatest hits, brings an entirely different kind of energy to the stage. The Outsiders rounds out the new arrivals alongside a beloved classic returning after years away, The Sound of Music, which drew one of the loudest reactions of the entire announcement night.The Lion King returns for three weeks, with over 60,000 people expected through the doors, and Albert reminds Rochester that the show was choreographed by none other than Rochester's own Garth Fagan. Jersey Boys also returns to the delight of the crowd.Albert also makes the case for Broadway as an economic engine, sharing that more people see Broadway shows each year than attend all of New York's major sports franchises combined, and that unlike a stadium, theater audiences spend their dollars on Rochester's streets, in its restaurants and in its hotels.Season tickets, individual show dates and more are available at rbtl.org.
Diabetic? This Could Save Your Vision. Retina Associates of Western New York Brings Free Screenings to Rochester.
Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of blindness in working age Americans, and most people do not notice vision problems until something significant has already happened. Dr. Connolly and Margaret Whelehan from Retina Associates of Western New York join the show to talk about why early screening changes everything, and how Rochester is getting its very own free diabetic eye screening event on Saturday April 25th.Discover how diabetes affects the blood vessels that supply the retina, what diabetic retinopathy actually looks like and why catching it early can mean the difference between a simple treatment and a serious surgery. Dr. Connolly also explains what warning signs to watch for, including crooked lines, floaters and sudden vision changes, and why an abrupt change in vision should always be treated as urgent.The Rochester Community Diabetic Eye Screening Program runs Saturday April 25th from 8am to 3pm at 160 Sawgrass Drive Suite 200 in Brighton. The screening takes between 30 and 60 minutes and includes a health history review, visual acuity check, eye pressure check, wide field retinal imaging and an OCT scan. Every participant gets a face to face conversation with a retina specialist. Also on site are healthcare navigators from CCSI to help with insurance enrollment, diabetes educators from RADE with free educational resources and a nurse offering free blood sugar checks.Appointments are required due to high demand. Schedule now at retinaassociatesofwny.com.