Lifetime Assistance Airport Games "Totally Virtual Race"
Registration is now open for this year's Lifetime Assistance Airport Games. The "Totally Virtual" event will return for its 21st year from Saturday, August 22 through Friday, August 28 with a virtual 5K walk, run or Flour City CrossFit. Register online at lifetimeassistance.org/airport-games.
GiGi's Playhouse Rochester 5th Annual Gala "Red Carpet Affair"
GiGi Playhouse Rochester will hold its fifth annual fundraising Gala with the theme “Red Carpet Affair" on Saturday, March 14 at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main St, Rochester, NY 14604. Free valet parking is available. Over 400 guests are expected to attend.
Proceeds from the Gala help support GiGi's free programming for people with Down syndrome in the Rochester region.
Guests will arrive photo-ready on a red carpet with cameras flashing! A cocktail reception and silent auction will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. followed by an award presentation, dinner, live auction, music, dancing, and casino tables from 7:30 til..
"The Gala is our largest and most important fundraiser of the year and celebrates GiGi's Playhouse Rochester's achievements and the way we change how people see Down syndrome. This year’s celebration is sure to top last year's and we're so excited to share the evening everyone,” said Jennifer Bustamante, GiGi's Playhouse Rochester president.
Tickets, tables and sponsorship packages are now available starting from $175 to $10,000. To buy tickets and for more information visit gigisplayhouse.org/rochester/gala or email rochester@gigisplayhouse.org.
Roc Holiday Village 2019
This year's Roc Holiday Village will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday December 6 to 29, plus Thursday, December 19 and a New Year's Eve celebration on December 31.
Village Dates – December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
New Year's Eve Celebration – December 31
Hours, activities, events and details on the Roc Holiday Village and the New Year's Eve Celebration will be announced in the fall.
In the event's first year, more than 120,000 people of all ages visited Roc Holiday Village in the heart of downtown Rochester at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Park for skating, shopping, live music, visits and Breakfast with Santa, crafts and more. Pop-up restaurants and the bar in The Lodge were a huge draw all 11 days last year.
Doc Severinsen with the “Sonic Era Jazz Orchestra” Conducted by Jeff Tyzik
Iconic trumpeter and legendary The Tonight Show bandleader, Doc Severinsen, will return to Rochester Wednesday, April 17 performing with the new, Sonic Era Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Jeff Tyzik.
The concert, produced by Sonic Era and Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Greece Central Performing Arts Center. It is presented by Simcona Electronics Corporation.
Tickets
Tickets are $24.25, $34.25, $44.25, $54.25 and $64.25 plus service charges and go on sale Thursday, February 28 at 10 a.m.
Buy online at SonicEra.com
Call (866) 967-8167
Proceeds of the concert benefit Jazz90.1 – a non-profit public jazz radio station in Rochester.
The 1483-seat Greece Central Performing Arts Center is located at 800 Long Pond Road at Greece Athena Middle and High School. Parking is free. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Will Call is located at the Art Center’s Box Office. The concert is two hours with a 20-minute intermission.
Doc Severinsen last performed in Rochester with Jeff Tyzik in 2016. Now in his 91st year, Severinsen remains one of the greatest trumpeters and musicians of his time, respected in the worlds of classical music, jazz, big band, and now even world music.
The concert will celebrate the long-standing collaboration of Severinsen and Tyzik, one of America's most innovative and sought after pops conductors, who has orchestrated many of the great band leader’s symphony orchestra programs and produced the GRAMMY Award-winning album "The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. 1." Tyzik's subsequent recordings with Severinsen garnered three more GRAMMY nominations.
“I'm extremely excited to present Doc Severinsen in conjunction with Jazz 90.1 WGMC,” said Stabnau, producer and founder of Sonic Era. “Having grown up hearing his music it's been a dream of mine to bring him to Rochester to perform with the big band sound, for which he is known. He is a jazz legend and an incredible entertainer.”
“Jazz90.1 is honored to be a part of such an amazing concert, and we are grateful to be able to present Doc Severinsen and this wonderful orchestra to Rochester music fans,” said Jazz90.1 Station Manager Rob Linton. “As Jazz90.1 celebrates our 45th anniversary this year, we remain committed to presenting amazing live jazz to our listeners and members. To have a legend like Mr. Severinsen perform is truly a dream come true for us.”
8th Annual Reshaping Rochester Awards
The CDC Rochester Reshaping Rochester Awards recognize exemplary regional initiatives and projects that positively impact people, neighborhoods, and the community. They will be presented at a luncheon. This year's Urban Observations keynote speaker will be the renowned sculptor, Albert Paley. Tickets go on sale in September. Last year's awards luncheon sold out.
The Defamation Experience
The Workforce Diversity Network (WDN), the Rochester region's leading resource on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, will present the Defamation Experience – an interactive and engaging workshop that has been hailed as one of the most relevant and compelling diversity and inclusion programs ever presented.