Post Central editor and RAF member Dave Marshall is debuting his documentary, “Swimming with Lesbians,” this Sunday at the Dryden. The Emmy-award winning director’s film documents the life of gay rights activist Madeline Davis as it chronicles the GLBT rights movement in Western New York. Marshall and Davis will be on hand for a Q&A [...]

It seems like only yesterday we were drinking warm beer out of plastic cups at my Klassy Kegger.
Watching Mayor Duffy pose gamely on the ADDY red carpet with two drag queens? That couldn’t have been two years ago.
And let us not forget the sight of a preggers ADDY emcee and RAF VP Robin Lohkamp vamping [...]

Long-time RAF members and supporters Ferdinand Smith and Gregory Smith of Jay Advertising will be inducted into the 2009 Rochester Business Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on October 7, 2009 and is sponsored by the Rochester Business Journal, Junior Achievement and Rochester Museum & Science Center.

Huge props to David Nardone who scored some more hardware for his trophy shelf at the national ADDY Awards Show & Gala in Atlanta last weekend. David took home National ADDY Gold for his “Houdini” poster series for the Museum of Magic. David also won gold at the district and local levels.
Apparently, advertising talent [...]

We are super proud that not one, but TWO RAF board members will be honored at the Ad Council’s annual Spring Luncheon Celebration on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. Matt Jones of Wegmans and John Myers of John Myers Photography will both receive the organization’s coveted Lantern Award.
Also, Kodak CMO [...]

Fuel your creative brain with a Progressive Opening event put on by the George Eastman House and the Rochester Contemporary tomorrow, Friday, May 8.
First, view “Not A Cornfield,” a photography and video installation at the Eastman House that captures the transformation of a 32-acre brownfield in historic central Los Angeles into a cornfield [...]

John Myers Photography is hosting our next RAF event, a winetasting. Mark your calendar in sharpie: Wednesday, June 10, 5 til 8 pm. More details to come soon.

Nice story in RIT’s news and events column about the award-winning next generation of creative talent the school is putting out. But the real question is: what can we do to keep these hot shots from performing a disappearing act and instead stay right here in Rochester?
— Kate Sonnick

Looking for something to do this weekend? The man who designed credit sequences for Star Wars, Taxi Driver, the Exorcist among other film classics, will be at the Eastman House this Saturday at 8:00 pm. Title Designer Dan Perri, will present a selection of his clips and discuss his movie career. Mention the RAF and [...]

I am on Flickr, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Adgabber and even a social network just for knitters called Ravelry. But I am no equal opportunity social networker. For example, I can’t bring myself to join LinkedIn. People keep sending me invites. I keep ignoring them. With mounting guilt, I admit. I just have this perception of [...]