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MCC Daily Tribune Archive
Diversity Dispatch: Have a Diverse Summer!
As you head into summer, enjoy some fun events that will remind you of the diversity of the Rochester area community. Find activities featuring or sponsored by a group with a different ethnic, racial, national, or religious background, sexual orientation, or ability level from your own. Here’s just a sample:
Festivals:
• Rochester Greek Festival (
https://www.rochestergreekfestival.org/
) – May 30-June 2
• 19th Ward Community Square Fair (
https://www.19wca.org/yearly-events
) – June 1
• Festa Italia East Rochester (
https://www.festaitaliaer.com/
) – June 6-8
• Rochester Deaf Festival (
https://www.rochesterdeaffestival.org/
) – June 8
• Juneteenth (
https://groups.yahoo.com/group/ROCHESTERNYEVENTS/message/810
) – June 15
• Rochester Pride (
https://www.gayalliance.org/pride/
) – July 19-21
• Festa Italiana (Gates) (
https://www.iaccrochester.org/html/special_events.html
) – July 19-21
• Macedonian Ethnic Festival (
https://www.macedonianfest.com/
) – July 20-21
• St. Stanislaus Polish Arts Festival (
https://www.polishartsfest.org/
- 2013 not yet posted) – August 2-3
• Puerto Rican Festival (
https://www.prfestival.com/
) – August 9-11
• German Fest (
https://www.rochestergerman.com/
) – August 9-10
• Carifest (Riverside Festival Site, Rochester, 1:00-10:00 PM) – August 10
• St. Josaphat Ukrainian Festival (
https://www.rochesterukrainianfestival.com/
) – August 15-18
• Greek Fest (
https://www.highlandgreekfest.com/
) – August 22-25
Performances:
• Black Music Month Celebration (
https://tinyurl.com/clx63un
) – June 1
• Nrithya Tharangan (
https://www.iccrochester.org/ICC_Concerts.aspx
) – June 15
• Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus (
https://thergmc.org/season2012-13.html
) – June 15
• Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (
https://www.rochesterjazz.com/
) -- June 21-29
• Native American Dance & Music Festival (
https://tinyurl.com/dxpcdn9
- 2013 not yet posted) – July 27-28
• Gateways Music Festival (
https://gatewaysmusicfestival.org/
) – August 14-18
• Sankofa Evening of Theatre and Jazz Festival (
https://muccc.org/events/?cat=3&paged=2
) – August 22-24
Films:
• Reel Mind Theatre & Film Series (
https://www.reelmindfilmfest.com/
) – May 14-June 25
• JCC Ames Amzalak Rochester Jewish Film Festival (
https://www.rjff.org/
) – July 21-29
• Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House (
https://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/
)
• Little Theatres (
https://www.thelittle.org/
)
Books:
• Visit the MCC Libraries or your local public library for diverse summer reading!
Have a great summer!
This is part of a monthly series of articles from the Diversity Council about topics related to diversity and multiculturalism.
Debbie Mohr
Diversity Council (ETS: Libraries)
05/13/2013