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This weekend, Rochester’s first micro-cinema opens its doors to the city with a pair of screenings. Gray Duck Theater and Coffeehouse will show Charlie Chaplin’s 1925 silent film, “The Gold Rush.”
W.W. Mayo would be 200 this year. To commemorate the bicentennial of his birth, we set out to explore the larger-than-life legacy of the man they once called the ‘Little Doctor.’
The goal of “Coffee with a Cop” is to improve trust and build relationships with members of the community. For previous events, Franklin has been joined by City Attorney Jason Loos and Mayor Kim Norton.
This fall, the district will debut INCubatoredu, a full-year program that encourages students to think and act like entrepreneurs. The course will be open to juniors and seniors at Rochester’s four public high schools.
The first event of the spring will take place Saturday, May 4, and continue every Saturday through October 26.
For Dustin Hart, one of the founders of My Town My Music, the recent success is part of a greater trend: artists and booking agents around the state (and beyond) are beginning to look at the Med City as a music destination.
Since June of last year, Canvas and Chardonnay has been exploring new directions, offering art classes making jewelry, macramé, embroidery, ceramics, tapestries, and painting with water colors or gold leaf.
The Rochester City Council will hold a special meeting this Thursday evening to hear from three groups seeking to take over operations and management of the Chateau Theatre.
Members of the Rochester City Council spent a portion of their Monday study session discussing potential revisions to liquor license fees.
The two-hour documentary — which premiered on PBS last September — was recently added to the subscription-based streaming service.
The colorful history of Julius J. Reiter, a five-term mayor of Rochester and founding member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and William H. “Billy” Friedell, a one-eyed ex-circus musician and hotelier.
His choice to play for legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke ends months of intense speculation on where he would play his college ball.
Signage has been put up outside the building advertising Café Steam as the latest business to secure space inside the 90,000 square-foot building.
Scores of property owners along the North Broadway reconstruction corridor have filed appeals contesting the special assessments sent out by the City of Rochester.
On Monday, a half dozen business owners on Historic Third Street went before the Rochester City Council to request that the city revoke its permit for a proposed street café outside Grand Rounds Brewing Company.
The joint venture, set to open this summer, is the first test in a partnership connecting two of the world’s leading brands in academia and medicine.
An area already ripe for redevelopment could become even more attractive to investors thanks to a federal program designed to spur commercial activity in economically-distressed parts of the country.
A representative for Perkins confirmed Friday that it will be re-opening the restaurant at 1818 South Broadway. The location, along with another on the north side of town, both closed in November of last year.
The Ronald McDonald House of Rochester is nearing the finish line on an expansion project that will make the facility the largest of its kind in Minnesota.
Road work season is about to ramp up. The city has a number of notable projects lined up for 2019. Here is an overview of some of the larger projects happening locally, courtesy the Rochester Public Works Department.
