EVENTS: SANTANALIA PAGEANT, AMIRI BARAKA 23 FILM: “THE TILLMAN STORY,” “TINY FURNITURE” 32 ART: “VARIABLE EDITIONS” AT BROCKPORT 28 URBAN JOURNAL: SPECIAL ELECTION? YES!
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Dashboard Confessional • Khalil • Madeline Forster • The John Payton Project • Ugly Radio Rebellion • Auld Lang Syne
DECEMBER 8-14, 2010 Free
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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Vol 40 No 13
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AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 14
News. Music. Life.
The argument that not enough fresh water exists to frack wells is simply asinine.” MAIL, PAGE 2
Taming Penfield’s speed demons. NEWS, PAGE 4
Free will = happiness. NEWS, PAGE 6
Poll: You want a general election. NEWS, PAGE 5
Hot “Lesbian” action at the JCC. THEATER, PAGE 22
COVER STORY | BY REBECCA RAFFERTY | PAGE 10 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
Making an impression: the new wave of letterpress You don’t have to be a doomsday alarmist to hold with those who think it’s wise for people to know how to do things for themselves. Besides, handmade items have a tendency to be more beautiful and more lasting. A few years ago, an increased interest in handcrafting met a growing audience of enthused buyers, and along with clothing, jewelry, and pottery, letterpress-adorned goods began to fill craft show stands. Five years ago, City printed a story on the resurgence of letterpress culture, and since then the
presence of letterpress businesses and demand for goods has grown in Rochester to include at least two teaching centers, a handful of indie presses, and more than a dozen artists who utilize letterpress in their artwork in one way or another. Find out why, in the current culture where convenience, efficiency, cleanliness, and high-tech toys are king, these artists are taking a seemingly backward step toward a very slow, messy, time- and money- consuming process.