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The entrepreneur

Malik Evans will likely be our next mayor, but he got his start selling cookies
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The Reprise

(585)'s exclusive interview with the RPO's new music director, Andreas Delfs
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Living room lullabies 

What kind of band sings Scooby Doo, Peter Cottontail, Willie Nelson, and the Beatles? The answer might surprise you—or not
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If you build it, they will come

Harvey and Lauren Rayner have big plans for their rural town—greenhouses, workshops, residency programs, tiny homes, and maybe even a coffee shop and English pub. But it all starts with a rustic-chic bed and breakfast.
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The brewmeister

John Urlaub was brewing craft beer before brewing craft beer was cool
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An unknown reality

After downsizing from his 40,000- square-foot studio and team of ten employees, world-renowned metal sculptor Albert Paley reflects on the life of the artist—as well as his own future.
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A real-live fairy kale

Genesee Country Village & Museum’s spin on Germany’s annual “Cabbage Walk” offers a break from winter’s monotony — and brings a little fairy tale magic to Upstate New York.
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Normalizing the conversation

ROCovery Fitness channels the power of shared experience to support people in recovery and change the way the public views addiction
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Bridging the gap

AIA Rochester is working on its community outreach—through a bizarre, brilliant, and interactive competition designed for everyone.
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Regenerative design

Rochester joins a global movement to reconnect children—and everyone else—to the natural
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A compulsion to relax

At the Bodymind Float Center, guests pay to lie in 800 pounds of salt dissolved in ten inches of water. They say it changes their lives.