| General | Food, wine, outdoor adventure, history, music, theatre, art - anything that has to do with the Finger Lakes! | | Music | Local Musicians from the Finger Lakes:
Gym Class Heroes
Donna the Buffalo
Teddy Geiger
Festivals galore:
Rochester International Jazz Festival
Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival www.lakechambermusic.org
Great places to hear music include:
CMAC (formerly known as "The Shell" in Canandaigua),
Water St. Music Hall,
Eastman Theatre,
Kilbourn Hall at ESM
...send me more ideas! | | Movies | The Finger Lakes Region is home to great movie festivals such as Deaf Rochester Film Festival, Image OUT! Festival, and many others - send over YOUR contributions! Also, there are such great films with their roots in the region let us know the ones that are YOUR faves! | | Books | Send me books that have authors from the region or are set in the Finger Lakes! | | Heroes | You won't believe the number of famous people who are from New York's Finger Lakes! Here's just a small list:
Garth Fagan, founder, Garth Fagan Dance Company, Rochester
Jim Boeheim, coach, Syracuse University Basketball, Lyons
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, actor, Academy Award ® winner, Fairport
Teddy Geiger, singer, musician, Fairport
Gym Class Heroes, band, Geneva
Chris McDonald, actor, Romulus
Lauren Holly, actress, Geneva
Jeff and Brett Bodine, NASCAR drivers, Chemung County
Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, Elmira
Bill Pullman, actor, Hornell
Chris Chrissy, football player, Penn Yan
The Baldwin Brothers, actors, mother lives in Syracuse
Bobcat Goldthwait, comedian, Syracuse
Lou Gramm, singer Foreigner, Rochester
Manowar, band from 80's and 90's....from and live in Auburn
Brian Williams - Anchor for NBC Nightly News, Elmira
Eileen Collins, astronaut - Elmira
SPONGEBOG!!! (Tom Kenney, voice), Syracuse and has family in Avon
Wendell Castle, furniture designer, Rochester area
Tom Cruise, actor, Syracuse
Seth Payne, NFL, Victor
Scott Greene, former NFL, Canandaigua
Michael Park, actor “As the World Turns,” Canandaigua
Taye Diggs, actor, Rochester
Pete Duel, actor, Rochester
Rory Fitzpatrick, NHL, Rochester
Brian Gionta, NHL, Rochester
Steve Gadd, jazz drummer, Rochester
Chuck Mangione, jazz flugelhorn, Rochester
Mimi Kennedy, actress, Rochester
Tim Redding, Major League Baseball, Rochester
Jeff Sluman, PGA golfer, Rochester
Abby Wambach, professional Soccer, Rochester
Attended college in the region:
Renee Fleming, Eastman School of Music – internationally renown soprano. Also from the region.
Vanessa Williams, Syracuse University, actress, singer
Alan Kalter, Hobart College, announcer for The Late Show with David Letterman
Have homes in the region:
Whoppi Goldberg, actress, has home in Ithaca
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