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Does downtown need (or want) a business improvement district? Opponents and supporters dig in.

The staple of children’s parties, awkward school-auditorium dances, and sporting events has taken on another life.

Here's a look.  Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo): This year, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) has four different programs that look back on the year that was 2020. “Last Year on Earth,” a juried exhibition, is on view in RoCo’s main gallery. “Last Year on Earth” marks the first year after COVID-19 irreversibly changed life as we know it. RoCo said in a statement that “Last Year on Earth” “(provides) the community with a space to reflect on both our collective and private experiences over the last twelve months.” Judged by Tanvi Asher, Kelly Cheatle and Alex...

PHOTO PROVIDED Rochester-based artist Aaron Humby captured the making-the-most-of-it mood of 2020 with his digital illustration, titled "When Life Gives You a Dumpster Fire, Roast Marshmallows." This month, Rochester Contemporary Art Center launches a group exhibition ominously but aptly titled “Last Year on Earth.” The title might conjure images of the End Times, but the name actually refers to our collective experience over the past life-altering y...

An arts advocacy group has accused Mayor Lovely Warren of misrepresenting an outdoor mural of Daniel Prude pictured in promotional materials that complemented her recent State of the City address, in which she pledged to foster “a bold new era of public art.” The group, Roc Arts United, wrote in a letter dated Jan. 25 that, according to the artists who created the mural, their work was “a direct response to the city of Rochester’s involvement in Mr. Prude’s death.” “The city’s use of these images re-contextualizes the artworks and misrepresents the artists’ i...