Rochester Fringe Fest

September 23, 2013April 10, 2019

Fringing

Drag queen MCs at Xerox Auditorium for the Fringe Fest

With 300 some odd events a good bit of the fun of the Fringe Fest is trying to figure out what is going on where. It was pretty obvious why the huge crowd was looking up at the HSBC building. Bandaloop is a sensation. We wandered by the Xerox Building and saw people filing into the Auditorium for TheaterRocs Showcase. Funny how mainstream drag queens are today. The MCs of this citywide theater group roundup were billed as two of Rochester’s most beloved personalities.

We missed “Ole,” the Blackfriars production of a Lorca/Dali play, because we hadn’t deciphered the Fringe handbook in time. Outside the packed Magic Chrystal Spiegeltent at Main and Gibbs we heard that a silent disco was going on inside but it sounded more like a circus. We might have to buy tickets to find out.

Work Vs. Play

Sax player at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles

We always seem to working on the delicate balance of home maintenance and home enjoyment. Always weighing whether to sit on the porch and read or hang that mirror in the bathroom that we bought at a yard sale five years ago, whether to transplant more pachysandra to the bare spot on the hillside or take a walk in the woods, whether to split that pile of wood we picked up or go down in the basement and paint, whether to clean the shower or just go down to the pool and relax. It might be the last warm day for swimming.

Margaret Explosion has released a song for the upcoming Fringe Festival. You can listen to or download it here.

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