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If you've got a passion for hang gliding, hang on tight! Head out for extreme sports adventure with Rochester Area Flyers and fly above the city on a hang gliding or paragliding journey. Join this group and learn the top hang gliding techniques, tips, and eventually, you'll venture out on a jump at one of the city's best launching points.

Dinner and drinks at Tapas177 is a great way to get the night started. Discover a creative dining menu that fuses the familiar with exotic flavors from around the world "tapas style," coupled with excellent wines and the best martinis in town. Your fun on the city's nightlife scene starts here with dinner and drinks at the bar.

Take the family to enjoy a hands-on learning experience at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. At this science center, you'll see attractions like spectacular laser light shows set to music at the museum's Strasenburgh Planetarium, and films presented on the planetarium's four-story dome. Check out the center's calendar and participate in family activities, classes, and camps.

The Lilac Festival is one blooming festival. Martha Stewart has been to this 10-day extravaganza held at Highland Park in Rochester, the only one of its kind in North America. Green thumbed festival growers are awe inspired by the magnificent collection of more than 500 varieties of lilacs blooming on over 1,200 bushes.