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Restaurant and bar with live music plans to open at Eastview Mall
A new business is looking to move into a prominent 9,000-square-foot space at Eastview Mall that has seen three restaurants come and go. Stage 585, which promises live music, craft cocktails, “upscale bites” and more, according to its Instagram account, plans to open where local Italian restaurant Nocino operated from November 2021 until...
Lollypop Farm overwhelmed by large influx of kittens
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Lollypop Farm’s animal shelters are being overwhelmed by “kitten season,” the Humane Society announced Friday morning. Kitten season is described as a period during the fall and winter months when cats go into heat. This period of time can be a problem for animal shelters because the amount of kittens being […]
Born to sing, Pittsford grad makes Broadway debut
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Pittsford Mendon graduate Isa Antonetti is Broadway bound. The musical theatre major at Carnegie Mellon University recently learned she would be starring in her first Broadway musical this Spring. Antonetti stopped by News 8 to share the exciting news. “You have to pinch me still because rehearsals are in January and […]
Three Upstate NY Beers Win Awards at ‘Country’s Largest Beer Competition’
The 2024 Great American Beer Festival, dubbed the largest professional beer competition in America, took place in Denver, CO this past weekend. Countless beers and ciders from around the country were pitted against one another, competing for awards in over 100 beer and cider categories. At the 2024 edition of...
World Atlas names 9 New York towns that come alive each fall. See the list
Yellow, gold, orange and red are aplenty. There's simply nothing quite like autumn in the Empire State with its transforming foliage. These nine New York communities make splendid seasonal getaways, according to World Atlas. Some offer fall festivals or other harvest-themed events - in quaint towns without too large of a crowds. ...
Wegmans East Avenue Grocery Run eyes record turnout
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — It’s time to sign up for a great race for a good cause. The 15th annual Wegmans East Avenue Grocery Run is Saturday, November 2nd. Kerrie Merz launched this in 2010 and says last year more than 1,200 runners, donors, and sponsors helped support Foodlink and dozens of other food pantries […]
Museum of the Dead returns to the Memorial Art Gallery
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Museum of the Dead returns to the Memorial Art Gallery for its ninth year. It’s a Halloween party with artistic elements, cocktails, live organ music, fortune tellers, and staff in gallery-themed costumes. Attendees are encouraged to come in costumes of their own, and there will be a costume contest with […]
Generation ROC: Pittsford scout’s project supports healthy giraffes
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Crane your necks way, way up to the tip top of a Masai giraffe’s ossicones, and you’ll see dangling above some new enrichment feeders at Seneca Park Zoo, courtesy of local scout Cameron Halpin. When it was time to pick his Eagle Scout project, Cameron says he wanted to help wildlife […]
Lou Gramm enters Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Foreigner: What you don't know
Lou Gramm, Mick Jones and the rest of the living founders of Foreigner are rock survivors. One of the best-selling classic rock bands of all time, Foreigner is poised to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday, Oct. 19, after after a 22-year wait. Gramm, Foreigner's lead signer...
Local students among first to watch film on remarkable WWII story
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — As the video played and few dozen Bishop Kearney students watched, Sharon Salluzzo thought about her dad. It was his story that started all this. He had been a soldier on his way to battle in World War Two when he and other GIs found train cars packed with Nazi captives. […]
‘Whose Live Anyway?’ improv show coming to Rochester: Where to buy tickets
Fans of improvisational comedy won’t want to miss the upcoming performance of “Whose Live Anyway?” at the Kodak Center Main Theater in Rochester, New York, on Wednesday, October 23. Cast members Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray from the Emmy-nominated TV series “Whose...
Lou Gramm heads to Cleveland for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Foreigner will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend! Lou Gramm, the band’s lead singer and a Rochester native, will be heading to Cleveland for the ceremony. The band has been nominated along with Peter Frampton, Mary J. Blige, the Dave Matthews Band, Ozzy Osbourne, and […]
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