Posts by Sally Cohen PR

ARTS ARE IMPORTANT FUN FOR PUSH PINS FOUNDER

PUSH Pins Summer Camp + Teen Training Camp return in July Plus: PUSH Summer Intensive again draws performers worldwide Rochester, NY – Heather Stevenson has personal insight into how children can benefit from hands-on exploration of the arts. As a child, she struggled with learning disabilities and found her calmest focus in dance and theatre […]

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PUSH + YING QT. CELEBRATE LANDMARK SOCIETY’S 80TH

Collaborative concert at Hochstein Performance Hall is Feb. 23 Also features William Warfield Scholarship winner Jonathan Rhodes Rochester, NY – Rochester’s award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre will take part in an unprecedented concert celebrating the 80th anniversary of theLandmark Society of Western New York on Friday February 23 at 7 p.m. in the historic Hochstein Performance Hall (50 Plymouth Ave. N.) The event will be the […]

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Keep It a Secret

My blog updates are getting further and further apart, and what you’re about to read isn’t even an official Sally Cohen PR post. It’s a personal story that I would like to share because it’s time to stop keeping secrets. I was never a very outspoken person, especially about politics. For most of my life, […]

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FRINGE #6 WAS BIGGEST & BEST YET

Photo: Parcel 5 during the U.S. debut of Plasticiens Volants at Fringe 2017, credit Erich Camping   2018 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival grows to 11 days: Sept. 12–22   Rochester, NY – The 2017 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (September 14-23) was “our most successful Fringe yet,” reports the non-profit board of directors that organizes the […]

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PUSH Brings DRACULA Back to Life this Halloween

All-new production at Blackfriars also tours U.S. this fall PLUS: ‘Devil’s Night’ FUNdraiser offers exclusive preview Rochester, NY – Rochester’s award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre will reveal its all-new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel, Dracula, just in time for Halloween at Blackfriars Theatre (795 E. Main St.). The two-week run of PUSH Physical Theatre’s DRACULA includes 12 performances* from Tuesday, October 31 […]

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REMEMBERING RALPH 2017

Rochester Music Hall of Fame presents fourth benefit concert Featuring: Campbell Brothers, Danielle Ponder, Prime Time Funk,  JunkYardFieldTrip, Me & the Boyz + more special guests When Rochester bassist Rafael “Ralph” Ortiz passed away suddenly in February of 2009 after a brief battle with cancer, a shocked music community grieved in the way they knew best: […]

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ROCHESTER FRINGE ANNOUNCES 500+ SHOWS ON WORLD FRINGE DAY

Photo: Plasticiens Volants’ BIG BANG  show, credit Dumitru Dragos 2017 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Sept. 14-23) among top U.S. fringes U.S. Premiere of Plasticiens Volants’ BIG BANG, John Mulaney: KID GORGEOUS ~ALL TICKETS ON SALE TODAY AT NOON~ Rochester, NY – The KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Thursday, September 14 – Saturday, September 23) announced its entire […]

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PUSH PINS PREMIERES BUSY BODIES AT BLACKFRIARS

Kids’ show uses physical comedy to address language challenges PLUS: PUSH Pins Performing Arts Camp & Teen Mentorship Project return Rochester, NY – PUSH Pins – the children’s division of Rochester’s award-winning PUSH Physical Theatre – will present the world premiere of its first show specifically written for young people, Busy Bodies: Compound Words in […]

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TRUMP INSPIRES 3-D CARTOON ART BY AIRIGAMI

“No chains will ever hold that” on display through May 15 in Rochester, NY Rochester, NY (April 24, 2017) – Rochester  artists Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle of Airigami™ (“the fine art of folding air”) are internationally renowned for their incredible, inflatable installations, whether it’s a giant Acrocanthosaurus for the Virginia Museum of Natural History, the […]

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