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Age: 33 Hometown: Far Rockaway, Queens Current residence: Rochester Occupation: Artist; musician Taurus Savant is an artistic jack-of-all-trades...

Ruben Ornelas Age: Vintage Hometowns: Rochester, New York City; San Antonio Current residence: Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts Occupation: F...

The idea for the Sankofa Theatre Festival sprang from conversations in a Village Gate bookstore about a lack of Black representation in local theat...

Age: 36 Hometown: Pittsford Current residence: Fairport Occupation: Actor & clerical assistant Race Eberhardt is not a super-powered secret agen...

Age: 53 Hometown: Gainesville, Georgia Current Residence: West Irondequoit Occupation: Certified therapeutic recreation specialist; founder and exe...

Age: 49 Hometown: Greece Current residence: Rochester Occupation: Owner of Krudco. The year is 1994, an era when skateboarding had been firmly...

Age: 38 Hometown: GenevA Current residence: Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts Occupation: Deputy director at Writers & Books Chris Fanning wa...

Age: 35 Hometown: Rochester Current residence: Rochester Occupation: Full-time artist Practicing drums amongst the radio hum and cathode ray tube...

Age: 71 Hometown: Akhnoor, India Current residence: Pittsford Occupation: Radiology professor; founder of Dogra Art Foundation As a young doctor...

There’s an old saying that goes something like, “Give people their flowers while they can still smell them.” In our annual Rochester 10 issue, that’s ...

Age: 38 Hometown: Rochester Current residence: Rochester Occupation: Chef; owner at The Saucey Chef Margherita Smith, founder of indulgent takeo...

Age: 51 Hometown: Brighton Current residence: Henrietta Occupation: Writer; writing teacher From the highest point on Cobbs Hill, it’s easy to p...