by Chris Clemens In the early 1840’s Dorothea Dix was just beginning her lobbying efforts in Massachusetts to call for better treatment of individuals experiencing mental health concerns, particularly those living in institutions. At the same time that she was conducting visits to county based Almshouses, the State of New York was beginning to realize […]
by Chris Clemens This year the 14th edition of the world-famous Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest will fill the streets of downtown Rochester with literally hundreds of thousands of people over a nine-day, jampacked schedule of events from June 19th through the 28th. As a native Rochesterian and music fan, the festival has always been […]
by Chris Clemens Ask anyone in Oswego what you should do while you’re in town and they’ll instruct you to go eat at Rudy’s Lakeside Drive-In. How do I know that? Because I asked on Twitter what I should do while I was in Oswego and that’s exactly what I was told! Over and over […]
The Boynton Frank Lloyd Wright home is one of the architectural gems of Rochester. by Chris Clemens A few American artists have carved such a unique corner in creative history that their name alone has become iconic. Louis Comfort Tiffany, Norman Rockwell, George Gershwin, Ansel Adams…each has left a signature touch within their niche. In doing […]
While Anchor Bar in Buffalo is cited as the original Buffalo chicken wing, Duff’s Famous Wings is often preferred by locals to the original. by Chris Clemens We all know of course that the “Buffalo Chicken Wing” was first invented at the Anchor Bar in 1964. Since then, countless iterations have popped out of fryers […]