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Rochester Celebrates Five Years!
You Say It’s Your Birthday Rochester Brewing and Roasting is celebrating five years in business! Time has flown, and a lot has changed, but one thing has remained the same: our supportive customers and community. We want to thank you all for helping us build our dream to have Kansas City’s best coffee and craft…
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August Featured Artist: Taylor Fourt
Meet the Artist Friday, Aug. 2. Crossroads 10 am – 4 pm Taylor Fourt is a green-thumbed artist with dirt under her fingernails. Her gouache and oil paintings are recognized for their charm, whimsy and spirit; they may illustrate complex regenerative agriculture systems, or simply rejoice in the meditation of colors, form and composition. She…
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Juneteenth Jazz and Blues Festival
Banneker School Foundation’s First Annual Music Festival We were honored to work with the Banneker School Foundation on its first annual Juneteenth Jazz & Blues Festival at English Landing Park this month. The event, a fundraiser for the Banneker School restoration project, featured local jazz and blues musicians as well as the launch of Rochester’s…
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Four New Beers on Tap
New Flavors and Old Favorites Our head brewer, David, has been very busy lately! Rochester recently tapped four new beers in Parkville. Boogie Off Beat Saison This vibrant Saison was brewed in collaboration with our friends from Vine Street Brewing as part of the Banneker School Foundation Juneteenth Jazz & Blues Festival. It combines earthy…
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Pride Month Featured Artists
Alex Coffee and Piper Ruwe Rochester’s Pride Month artists are Alex Coffey and Piper Ruwe. Both are students at the Kansas City Art Institute. Alex Coffey is an artist who examines the relationships between feminine handicrafts, photography and painting. Her layered works are meant to explore where to place herself in both the craft and…
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Rochester in the News!
Rochester Brewing and Roasting has been recognized as one of Kansas City’s best breweries by Hop Culture magazine, along with seven other area microbreweries. Citing Rochester’s unique title as Kansas City’s first craft brewery and coffee roaster under one roof, Hop Culture gave accolades to Rochester’s creative seasonal beverages as well as its top-rated ciders,…
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February Featured Artist: John Raux
World Traveler with Local Roots John Raux was born in Dakar, Senegal but has primarily lived in Kansas City. He studied illustration in Los Angeles at ArtCenter. After college he created a participatory gallery on 18th St. in Kansas City and screamed in the metal band James Dean Trio while working in the construction industry.…