December 8-14, 2010 - CITY Newspaper

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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

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly

Vol 40 No 13

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.


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