It was the ‘Best Of’ times 🏆🏆🏆
Thanks for voting and coming out, y’all. Til next year!
Best of Rochester 2024 🏆
Swing thru Radio Social on Friday, January 3 from 6-9p [awards begin @ 7p], 🆓 + open to all!
Hey Siri, turn on shuffle (but make it analog) 🔀
CITY’s Patrick Hosken dives into the @recordarchive $5 mystery bag, as seen in his December gift guide roundup.
Check out the full article in the December Winter Guide, on stands and online now. 🔗
CITY went shopping with @fanelligino as he curated his fifth annual beer advent calendar.
Read about the full lineup in our December issue, on stands now!
📽️: @bertoscamera
Kasey Whibbs spends her work day creating top secret potions in little cauldrons on the sixth floor of @RochesterArtSupply.
Meet “The Modern Alchemist” behind the handmade @enkaustikos paints.
Interview by @joe.morrell, shooting + editing by @jaymilton @kt_ep.sapozhnikov 📽️
🔦 CITY goes ghost hunting 🔦
WXXI producer Jason Milton didn’t put much stock in the supernatural until he visited an old asylum in Genesee County.
Rolling Hills Asylum, a fixture of reality shows like “Ghost Hunters” and allegedly the second most haunted site in the U.S., set Milton on his own journey of paranormal investigating. Some of these spooky outings can be seen in his series, “Ghost Show,” which Milton launched with Jeremiah O’Reilly in 2020.
Milton shared some of his experiences in CITY’s October “Lore” issue — on stands and online now — and then took part of the crew ghost hunting at Rolling Hills a few weeks ago… 🍿📽️
A rollercoaster, ferris wheel, merry-go-round, shooting gallery, midway and theater sparkling with 3,000 incandescent bulbs drew daily crowds by the tens of thousands; as did attractions whose names still entice the modern thrill-seeker — Katzenjammer Castle, House of Trouble, Cleopatra, Temple of Mirth, Cave of Winds, Helter Skelter and Mystic Chute. 🎢 🎡 🎠
In CITY’s October issue, contributing writer Katie Epner digs into the lore of Dreamland, Rochester’s forgotten amusement park — and she walked the former grounds on the southern shore of Irondequoit Bay with rail fan Charles R. Lowe, author of “Trolleys to Glen Haven.” 🚃
Full story on stands and online. 🔗
📽️: @jaymilton | @kt_ep.sapozhnikov
🔦 October | LORE 🔦
In this issue, stories on Sam Patch, White Lady, @thelittletheatre, @thecompanytheatreroc @theroyalistkate, @thealexandersocial, @bridgmanpackerdance, @jaymilton, Dreamland, the state of local music venues, @undeathny, Sheldon “Reem” English, @beefgordon, @croixband, @thedirtypennies, @fuzzrod, Rochester plates + Gonechester — plus, our first-ever lit submission.
[Cover illustration by @ok_cool_jacob; video by @bertoscamera]
Find the issue on stands now. 🗞️
Justin Pyle reports to the Vern’s basement at dawn — the first to unlock the doors, turn on the lights and “chase the ghosts out.” He’s been making dough for 10 years, and it’s his form of art.
Meet “The Dough Maker” behind every slice of @iloveverns pizza and focaccia.
Interview + editing by @joe.morrell, shooting + editing by @kt_ep.sapozhnikov @jaymilton. 📽️
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