On Nate DiMeo’s The Memory Palace podcast
Rochester, NY – After making its world premiere during The Memory Palace: Live at the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival on September 19 & 21 in Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall, creator and Peabody-nominated podcaster Nate DiMeo has released his transporting tale about George Eastman entitled “Dotting I’s” to the public. Available at thememorypalace.us/2019/12/dotting-is or via Apple podcasts at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-memory-palace/id299436963?i=1000459544704, the eight-and-a-half minute episode was commissioned by the Fringe and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Two additional stories were part of the commission as well, one of which also premiered at this year’s Fringe as The Memory Palace: On-Site Listening Experience at High Falls. That episode about Sam Patch and a brand-new one will both be made available to the public in late January 2020. The new story will also be an on-site listening experience during the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 15-26).
“Bringing Nate’s incredible storytelling to Rochester this year was a Fringe highlight,” says Founding Festival Producer Erica Fee. “Being able to share these Rochester stories internationally is thrilling.”
The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (September 10-21) broke attendance records again with upwards of 100,000 visitors, with its highest-ever ticket sales. From its five-day debut in 2012, Rochester’s Fringe has become one of the fastest-growing and most-attended fringe festivals in the U.S. and is also the largest multi-arts festival in New York State. As a bifurcated festival, it allows for a combination of headline entertainment curated by the Fringe as well as an open-access portion programmed by the venues themselves. Renowned among the world’s 200+ fringe festivals for its spectacular, outdoor, free events as well as its large number of free performances in general, Rochester’s Fringe was also the first in North America to feature a Spiegeltent. From comedy to theatre, from music to dance, from visual art and film to spoken word, and from children’s entertainment to multi-disciplinary collaborations, the festival’s diversity also extends to venues that span the gamut from parked cars to grand theatres.
A not-for-profit, 501(c)3 corporation Rochester Fringe Festival connects and empowers artists, audiences, venues, educational institutions, and the community to celebrate, explore, and inspire creativity via an annual, multi-genre arts festival. It was pioneered by several of Rochester’s esteemed cultural institutions including Geva Theatre Center, the George Eastman House and Garth Fagan Dance; up-and-coming arts groups like PUSH Physical Theatre and Method Machine; and higher-education partners such as the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology. The organization’s overarching mission is to make arts readily accessible to audiences, as well as to provide a platform for artists to share their ideas and develop their skills, while stimulating downtown Rochester both culturally and economically.
The 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival was made possible with support from New York State through Market New York/Empire State Development under the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Other 2019 Fringe sponsors include: KeyBank; I LOVE NY; New York State Council on the Arts; University of Rochester; RIT; Rochester Area Community Foundation; Waldron Rise Foundation; City of Rochester; Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust; National Endowment for the Arts; Imagine Monroe; Estate of Marianne L. Rohack; Richard U. & Elaine P. Wilson Foundation; Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation; Nocon & Associates; Konar Properties; SUNY Geneseo; Ronald Fielding; Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust; Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation; Hyatt Regency Rochester; The Pike Company; Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation; Big Slide Creative; 13WHAM TV; CITY Newspaper, D&C Digital; Broccolo Tree & Lawncare; McCarthy Tents & Events; Nazareth College; The College at Brockport; St. John Fisher College; The Rubens Family Foundation; Genesee Beer; Wegmans; Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation; Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation; Visit Rochester; Wilson Foundation; ESL Charitable Foundation; Hamilton A/V; Scott Miller; House of Guitars; City Blue; Yelp!; WXXI; KidsOutandAbout.com; Midtown Athletic Club; Mary Cariola Children’s Center; Canandaigua National Bank; and the YMCA of Greater Rochester. Also supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
ABOUT KEYBANK: KeyBank’s roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, KeyCorp is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $146.7 billion at September 30, 2019. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of over 1,100 branches and more than 1,400 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.
Media please note: High-resolution photos from the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival may be found here, or visit https://rochesterfringe.com/press for complete 2019 Press Assets.