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Donald Trump applauded Vladimir Putin for not quickly retaliating against Obama’s sanctions over Russia’s cyberattacks during the election. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) – I always knew he was very smart!” Trump tweeted. Obviously, this is not the first time the president-elect praised the Russian leader. After receiving Putin’s endorsement during a vital stage in the campaign, Trump declared, “It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond.” In response to this flattery, Putin went one step further: “He is a very flamboyant man, very talented, no doubt about that… He is the absolute leader of the presidential race, as we see it today. He says that he wants to move to another level of relations, to a deeper level of relations with Russia. How can we not welcome that? Of course we welcome it.” Let us set aside the allegations, conspiracies, and pride and prejudice. How can it not matter to Putin’s supporters — including the president-elect — that he is a cold- blooded kleptomaniac who oversees the world’s largest mafia state? How can it not matter to them that Putin violently eliminates anyone or any group that tries to oppose him? How can it not matter that in a 2015 Democracy Index study, Economist magazine classified Russia as “authoritarian” and ranked it 132nd out of 167 countries? How can it not matter that Putin condoned the use of bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground hospitals and safety zones in Syria? He is a war criminal and vicious enemy of human rights. How can that not matter? Perhaps Nietzsche said it best: “There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.” But the truth matters to me. I care about those kids in Syria. I care about those journalists and reporters who have been killed for doing their job. I care about my homosexual brothers and sisters who are persecuted for being themselves. I care about a free press. I care about human rights. That matters to me. The truth matters to me. It may not matter to Putin and Trump, but it sure as hell matters to me. GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE
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Charters don’t cut it
The writer of “Segregated schools fuel racism” (Feedback, January 4), might be making some mistakes about charter schools. The segregation in our schools is much more closely aligned to parents’ socioeconomic status, not race. Rochester city schools are set up and structured just like every suburban school: teaching positions are filled with qualified, knowledgeable, and dedicated people who really try to teach every child. But the poorest, neglected children with no support at home are concentrated in the city. Charter schools are set up for parents who aren’t willing to try to fix the problem; they want to run away from it. But charters just don’t have the resources needed to teach every city school student. There are additional problems with our charters, some related to their own structure and some related to the teaching profession in general. Teaching is difficult; more than one-third of newly certified teachers leave the profession within their first three years. Twenty-five years ago, new teachers with high grades got jobs in New York State, while teachers with low grades got jobs in other states. After a while, those teachers who were dedicated to teaching moved back to NYS for jobs. Now, teachers who don’t find jobs in local school districts can find jobs in charter schools where teachers have no union and poor long-term employment prospects, so the good teachers leave. And while teachers at charters are energetic, they tend to have little depth, which is not a good longterm solution for educating our children. So charters may seem like a good idea, but they aren’t able to achieve the goals they’ve set. The
problem comes back to fixing our public schools. All schools should be able to serve all students and there should be an equal distribution of resources. The recent expansion of Rochester’s UrbanSuburban program to more school systems in spite of protests is to be recognized and applauded. DAVID WALSH
Readers are still talking about a proposed Whole Foods store on Monroe Avenue in Brighton.
As a Brighton resident, the stretch of Monroe Avenue from French Road to 590 is probably the worst stretch of traffic anywhere! No matter the time of day. Way too big of a project, especially right at the foot of the 590 interchanges! DISCOVER ROCHESTER
As a bike rider, I avoid Monroe like the plague that road is. If Whole Foods really cared, they would have come to Rochester 20 years ago, and in a better location. I’m sick of the blame game. Trader Joe’s is 1,000 feet from Wegmans’ flagship store and is doing fine. What’s next? Daniele Family Companies blames Russia for the delay? Take responsibility! Pick a better spot! DAVID GREENHILL
Whole Foods isn’t perfect. What I do like is that they carry more vegan options and they offer a FREE whole food plant-based nutrition-lifestyle program to all of their employees. Wegmans offers the Weight Watchers program to its employees. Whole Foods’ co-CEO’s are vegan and have helped WF become the most progressive large US grocer in terms of animal welfare concerns.
News. Music. Life. Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly January 18-24, 2017 Vol 46 No 11 250 North Goodman Street Rochester, New York 14607-1199 themail@rochester-citynews.com phone (585) 244-3329 fax (585) 244-1126 rochestercitynewspaper.com facebook.com/CityNewspaper twitter.com/roccitynews instagram.com/roccitynews On the cover: Illustration by Justyn Iannucci Publishers: William and Mary Anna Towler Editor: Mary Anna Towler Editorial department themail@rochester-citynews.com Arts & entertainment editor: Jake Clapp News editor: Christine Carrie Fien Staff writers: Tim Louis Macaluso, Jeremy Moule Arts & entertainment staff writer: Rebecca Rafferty Music writer: Frank De Blase Calendar editor: Kurt Indovina Contributing writers: Roman Divezur, Daniel J. Kushner, Kathy Laluk, Adam Lubitow, Amanda Fintak, Alex Jones, Katie Libby, Ron Netsky, David Raymond, Leah Stacy Art department artdept@rochester-citynews.com Art director/Production manager: Ryan Williamson Designers: Justyn Iannucci, Kevin Fuller Photographer: Kevin Fuller Advertising department ads@rochester-citynews.com New sales development: Betsy Matthews Account executives: Christine Kubarycz, Sarah McHugh, William Towler, David White Classified sales representatives: Christine Kubarycz, Tracey Mykins Operations/Circulation kstathis@rochester-citynews.com Business manager: Angela Scardinale Circulation manager: Katherine Stathis Distribution: David Riccioni, Northstar Delivery City Newspaper is available free of charge. Additional copies of the current issue may be purchased for $1 each at the City Newspaper office. City Newspaper may be distributed only by authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of City Newspaper, take more than one copy of each weekly issue. City (ISSN 1551-3262) is published weekly by WMT Publications, Inc. Periodical postage paid at Rochester, NY (USPS 022-138). Address changes: City, 250 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and the New York Press Association. Annual subscriptions: $35 ($30 senior citizens); add $10 for out-of-state subscriptions. Refunds for fewer than ten months cannot be issued. Copyright by WMT Publications Inc., 2017 - all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording or by any information storage retrieval system without permission of the copyright owner.
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Buffalo could get more money
Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $500 million second phase for the Buffalo Billion. The money would fund revitalization efforts in some key city corridors and Buffalo-Niagara region downtowns, as well as an extension of Buffalo’s subway. It would also fund tourism projects, including restoration of some Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.
Cuomo demands cost-cutting plans New York’s counties may have to develop cost-cutting plans for approval by their voters if a proposal from Governor Cuomo survives the legislature. Cuomo wants county executives and administrators across the state to look for ways to better coordinate services, with a particular focus on minimizing redundant services. He also wants county leaders and local governments to explore joint purchasing for expensive equipment.
No love for the monorail
The former Midtown monorail has a special place in the heart of many Rochesterians, but that’s it. The City of Rochester’s attempt to find someone to dis-
play the children’s ride, forever associated with Christmas downtown, fell short. No proposals were received. It’s unclear what happens to the monorail, now.
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Canal System made landmark
The New York State Canal System was designated a national landmark. Work began on the canal system in 1905, which covers 525 miles through more than 200 communities. The historic canal system, which includes the Erie Canal, is credited with expanding settlement and commerce from the Great Plains to the Northeast region of the country. David Gayle,16, and Shandan Jones,17, both of Vertus High School change a wheek at Dream Bikes on University Ave.
Deane-Williams charts RCSD future
Rochester schools Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams presented the findings of her months-long listening tour of the district. Her presentation stressed better management of the district and more personalized instruction. She wants to encourage autonomy, innovation, and a more timely use of data among principals and teachers to help students, she said. The district faces a $65 million budget gap for the 2017-2018 school year.
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Bike shop peddles opportunity Bicycles are a socially conscious form of transportation. They aren’t as personally isolating as cars, they’re better for the environment, and they’re accessible to a broader range of people. Bicycles can also improve lives. That’s the idea behind Dream Bikes, a nonprofit shop that opened this month at 1060 University Avenue. The shop’s inventory of bikes, bike components, tires, cycling clothing, and gear is largely used, but there’s more to the operation than what it sells. The shop’s main thrust is to provide job opportunities and
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meaningful work experience for teens from lower-income neighborhoods. The teens handle customer service and sales, and they wrench on the bikes. “We’re just here to try to help them out, give them a step up,” says Paul Barrows, manager at Dream Bikes. David Gayle and Shandan Jones, both juniors at Vertus High School, are two of the shop’s three initial hires. They say that working with their hands and using tools appeals to them. And the skills they learn are transferable to others field, too, such as plumbing and auto repair.
“This is something you can actually use in life,” Jones says as he and Gayle work to strip parts off of a pair of damaged bike frames. Trek Bicycles formed Dream Bikes in 2008 and opened its first shop in Madison, Wisconsin, the home of its corporate headquarters. It opened a second location in Milwaukee, and the two locations have provided jobs for 80 teens and repurposed 10,000 bikes. The Dream Bikes board decided last year to expand into additional cities and picked Rochester because of its struggles with poverty and its low city school graduation rates, Barrows says.
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Sheppard criticized the growing poverty rate in the city and the strained relationship between police and many people of color in the community; he said that he was outraged over the arrests of more than 70 activists during a Black Lives Matter rally last year.
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Excitement, criticism greet Sheppard’s run We’ve got ourselves a mayor’s race, Rochester. James Sheppard made it official on Saturday at a press conference at the Workers United union hall on East Avenue. It was an exuberant affair with an hour’s worth of speakers praising Sheppard’s integrity, commitment, compassion, and work ethic. A couple of the speakers took shots at current mayor Lovely Warren, saying that the city has become more divided under her leadership and that Warren lacks real accomplishments. Sheppard criticized the growing poverty rate in the city and the strained relationship between police and many people of color in the community; he said that he was outraged over the arrests of more than 70 activists during a Black Lives Matter rally last year. “I know we can and we must, get this city working together again: not just jobs, but working together, through communication, coordination, cooperation, collaboration, towards (sic) a unified vision — followed by action that delivers measurable results,” he said. Sheppard said that the city is losing ground and losing hope. It should be noted that Sheppard and Warren probably don’t have the best relationship. Sheppard resigned as
Rochester’s police chief shortly after Warren won election as mayor; the word was that she was going to replace him. A Warren surrogate sent over a lengthy statement in response to Sheppard’s announcement. It accuses Sheppard of using “heavy handed” police tactics as chief and says that Sheppard did not properly maintain a city property he once owned. (In the D&C, Sheppard said that bad tenants and poor communication by the property’s manager were responsible.) Warren hasn’t officially announced her re-election bid. The “heavy handed” police tactics is an accusation also lobbed by supporters of another likely mayoral candidate, former WROC-TV reporter and anchor Rachel Barnhart. Robert Scott Gaddy, a Barnhart supporter and operative, has been all over Twitter in recent days, criticizing in harsh language Sheppard’s performance as police chief; essentially accusing him of racial profiling. Gaddy and others are likely referring to the police crackdown called “Operation Cool Down,” an RPD initiative started in 2012 in response to a surge of shootings in the city. Sheppard was chief at the time and billed the program as “proactive policing.”
James Sheppard announcing his run for mayor PHOTO BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
Sheppard’s supporters say that Gaddy and others are using racial buzzwords such as “stop and frisk” to provoke an emotional response in the African-American community. Sheppard currently serves in the Monroe County Legislature. He, Warren, and Barnhart would have to square off in a primary election for the Democratic endorsement. But since city politics are dominated by Democrats, the general election is essentially moot. The winner of the Democratic primary is, in all likelihood, the next mayor.
Rally against Team Trump Can’t get to Washington to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration? Do it here. Many local groups have joined together to organize the People’s Solidarity Rally on Saturday, January 21. (Trump’s inauguration is Friday, January 20.) The rally is from 11 a.m. to noon in Washington Square Park, 181 South Clinton Avenue, and it will be followed by a gathering at First Universalist Church on the corner of Clinton Avenue and Court Street from noon to 1 p.m. The event is organized by Action Together Rochester and Stronger Together WNY, with Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York Action Fund, Gay Alliance, Metro Justice, NOW, and the Urban League. According to a Facebook post, the goal of the rally “is to publicly voice opposition to the hate and division that have surfaced across the nation since the presidential election; stand in solidarity with marginalized groups; and suppose those participating in the Million Women March in Washington, DC, and in similar rallies across the nation.” The women’s march on Washington is also scheduled for Saturday, January 21.
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OUR ANTI-INAUGURAL
It is an urgent time to work for progressive goals The House GOP’s attempt to gut Congress’s independent ethics office as its first act of the new session, as well as Republicans’ gleeful pronouncements about undoing the Affordable Care Act and defunding Planned Parenthood are clear examples of the threats posed by President Donald Trump and a Republicancontrolled House and Senate to the health and well-being of millions of Americans. Has there ever been a more urgent time to work for progressive goals? It’s impossible to know what to expect from a Trump presidency; his positions change from breath to breath. That in itself is dangerous given the grave domestic and global challenges his administration will face when it takes over on January 20, from the growing impact of climate change — which Trump dismisses — to saber-rattling by North Korea. But a fair look at Trump’s public record shows a man who is completely devoted to self-enrichment and entirely detached from reality: a 2 a.m. Twitter troll weighed down by myriad conflicts of interest, unpaid debts, a bizarre bromance with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, shady business dealings, a fraudulent university, an easily provoked ego, and a gross overestimation of his own knowledge and abilities His hateful rhetoric throughout the campaign emboldened racists and others of similar ilk to unleash their vitriol openly and proudly, and frayed the already perilously thin margins of society where so many people of
color, the disabled, LGBTQ individuals, and other Americans reside. There is no reason to hope that Trump will miraculously discover a higher purpose, a code of honor, or a latent sense of duty once he’s sworn in. The call to arms is broad; progressives must be aware and active at all levels of government. New York is thought of as a progressive state, but it wouldn’t take much for state government to fall under the control of the far right, which could undo the progress that New York has made or could make on minimum wage, clean energy, child care, affordable tuition, and paid family leave. The next four years will be rough, but you must not give up. You must remember that at the heart of progressivism is the unshakeable belief that everyone is equal, everyone deserves a fair shot, and everyone plays by the same rules. We believe that every woman has the right to self-determination, including the right to decide when she has children. We believe that the earth is warming, humanity is to blame, and that Republicans’ denial of overwhelming scientific evidence is ignorant, petulant, and self-serving. We believe that health care is a human right and that to deny services based on ability to pay is an affront to the dignity of all. We believe that poverty is a cruel affliction and not a character flaw. We believe that LGBTQ people are people and we will stand with them against
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any attempts to restrict their rights. The only battle you lose is the one you stop fighting; don’t stop fighting. Vote. Go to government and community meetings. Read multiple, credible news sources. Agitate. Run for office and encourage others to run. Volunteer. Stand up when you witness attempts to demean or harass others based on their skin color, religion, gender, sexual identity, or for any reason. Establish a relationship with your elected representatives: they’ll assume everything’s O.K. unless
you tell them otherwise. Mentor a young person. Check out the list of local activist organizations on CITY’s website, www. rochestercitynewspaper.com, and get involved. On the cusp of Trump’s inauguration, CITY writers Jeremy Moule, Tim Louis Macaluso, Jake Clapp, Christine Carrie Fien, Mary Anna Towler, and Rebecca Rafferty discuss some of the issues they’re most concerned about under a Trump presidency, what to watch out for, and what you can do. continues on page 8 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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An anti-environment agenda
The Trump administration has proposed doing away with important environmental and climate programs and rules. During a November anti-Trump rally at the University of Rochester, several participants showed their concern. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON
President-elect Trump talks about the war on coal as if it’s a bad thing, wants to withdraw the US from international climate action efforts, and picked oil industry execs and their statehouse lackeys for key cabinet posts. During the campaign, Trump pledged to unleash domestic gas and oil production while reviving the coal industry. He vowed to eliminate, roll back, or cripple Obama administration programs and regulations intended to cut climate-altering carbon emissions. And he said he’d approve the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. And let’s not forget that Trump once called global warming a hoax invented by the Chinese. He’s unwilling to accept the overwhelming scientific consensus that human-influenced climate change is real and an urgent problem. These are bad, bad signs if you care at all about the environment, climate change, nature, or breathing without choking. Trump and his cabinet present an overwhelming threat to the environment 8 CITY
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and will undoubtedly work hand-in-hand with the like-minded House and Senate Republican majorities. (To give credit where it’s due, Trump and the GOP favor greater investment in drinking water infrastructure.) But this is not the time to give up. Activists, parents, grandparents, socially conscious businesses, environmentally aware politicians, engineers, professionals, scientists, and practically anyone who cares even a little bit about any environmental issue need to band together. This is a time to build upward pressure. It’s time to be relentless and to show government leaders that there will be consequences if they fail to protect the environment and to act on climate change. We see this all the time at the local level: town and village boards get reshaped or replaced because of one vote on a budget, a development, a library, and so on. In fact, start there. Find neighbors who are concerned about climate change, for example, and start pressing your local elected officials; local groups such as Mothers Out
Front, the Sierra Club, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition should be able to help. Demand that your town board or city council take a stand on oil trains, build bike- and pedestrian-friendly streets, and act on climate; many municipalities in New York are already greening their vehicle fleets, cutting energy use, and buying electricity from renewables. If your officials refuse, run against them or help someone who’s running against them. And then keep doing this up the chain. Press county officials and state legislators, particularly Republicans; try to convince local officials to do the same with members of their party who hold higher office. Environmental protections have never come easy and they’ve rarely been implemented without public agitation, regardless of the party or people in power. Yes, this is maddening and wrong, but it’s the reality. Rachel Carson’s expose on DDT, “Silent Spring,” was published in 1962 and the public soon began showing concern about the chemical. But the federal government took a full decade to ban the toxic pesticide. New York officials blocked high-volume fracking in 2015, but only after several years of review and incredible, unyielding pressure from state residents (as well as the elected officials representing them). State and local governments are the best defense against Trump and the congressional GOP and the best hope for addressing crucial environmental issues. New York and California have, historically, led the way on major environmental reforms, especially around consumer goods; vehicle emissions are a well-known example. New York officials approved a strong renewable energy requirement for state utilities and passed substantial incentives for residential solar power systems, as well as for hybrid and electric vehicles. Governor Andrew Cuomo included funding for hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations across the state in his 2017 budget proposal. Cuomo is also calling for a tighter limit on power plant carbon emissions through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade partnership between several Northeast states. And State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a coalition of state attorneys general who have vowed to fight any Trump administration efforts to roll back Obama’s climate initiatives. There is hope for the environment and the climate, but pushing back against the Trump administration and the congressional GOP will take dedication and aggressive, backto-basics, block-by-block, take-nothing-forgranted organizing and agitating. - BY JEREMY MOULE
Health care’s uncertain future The Affordable Care Act survived a Supreme Court challenge and more than 60 attempts to repeal it during Obama’s presidency — costing taxpayers an estimated $87 million. But its luck has run out. Congressional Republicans are finally getting their wish and dismantling the law, putting roughly 20 million Americans at risk of not having health care. And they’re combining that with a virulent assault on women’s reproductive rights with the ultimate goal of criminalizing abortion – something that President Donald Trump said that he supports during the campaign. Contrary to Republicans’ claims, polls show that most Americans want the ACA improved rather than repealed, and they don’t want it repealed without a replacement policy that can be reviewed in advance. Instead, Americans are being told to hold their breath. Despite the right’s negative drumbeat, the number of uninsured Americans has dropped consistently under the ACA to 11.9 percent in 2016 for 18- to 64- year olds and 8.6 percent overall — or 27 million people. That’s down from nearly 16 percent or more than 48.6 million in 2010, according to a recent CNBC report. The nation’s health care policy prior to the ACA was failing Americans. A 2001 Harvard University study tracking bankruptcies in five states concluded that about 46 percent of all bankruptcy filings involved high medical debt. Senator Elizabeth Warren is a co-author of the study. Women’s health is in a particularly precarious spot under the Trump administration. Republicans’ rush to defund Planned Parenthood will increase public health spending by $130 million, according to a recent New York Times article. Women will have less access to preventive care such as cancer screenings, especially in rural areas where there are few medical facilities, and in facilities where Medicaid is not accepted. And restricting access to birth control will result in more unplanned births, which will increase Medicaid and welfare spending, the Times story says. There are things that progressives can do to fight back. They must tell Democratic leaders in the Senate and House to firmly reject a Trump plan that isn’t comparable or better than the ACA, because that’s what Trump promised. And they can’t be fooled by gimmicks.
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The Republican proposal to eliminate the “individual mandate” would send premiums skyrocketing as healthier and younger individuals leave the insurance pool. And their talk of turning health care over to individual states and relying on marketplace principles also raises alarm bells. A multi-tiered system that reserves higher quality care for those who can afford to pay would amount to rationing health care. And progressives in New York State, specifically, can’t be complacent about protecting women’s access to reproductive health care. State lawmakers passed nine out of Governor Andrew’s Cuomo’s 10 bills in his Women’s Equality Act, but the bill to protect women’s reproductive health and access to legal abortions by essentially integrating Roe v. Wade into state law failed to pass. In this political climate, women’s reproductive health in New York is vulnerable unless the WEA is expanded. Progressives should support New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, which would protect New Yorkers’ access to cost-free contraception if the ACA is repealed. And they should continue to fight for single-payer universal coverage because it would uncouple health care from employers and sharply reduce administrative costs, supporters say. Progressives must recognize that the threat that Trump and Republicans pose to health care, including entitlements, is real. Even though Trump promised in his campaign that he would not cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — he’s given us little reason to believe him. - BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
Trump’s immigration fearmongering Immigration has been a central piece of Donald Trump’s platform from the beginning. The world’s introduction to Trump as a presidential candidate — gliding down an escalator with Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” blaring in the background — included Trump’s infamous disparagement of Mexican immigrants. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” he said, as if human migration is a coordinated government plan. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us (sic). They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” It’s this kind of sweeping generalization and racist stereotyping that hinders real, needed immigration reform — but it’s O.K., because Trump assumes that some Mexicans are good people. Still, it played well with a segment of voters. You don’t have to look far in history to see that once economic worries take hold, undocumented immigrants and foreign-born citizens are often the first targets of blame.
A lot of Trump’s stated positions during the primary season concerned the US Southern border, while consistently pushing the boundaries of decency. But his policies reached another level of f***ery with his call in December 2015 for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” It was a kneejerk reaction to the tragic terrorist attack in San Bernardino, and it further solidified Trump’s xenophobic platform. Trump has outlined a 10-point immigration plan, which includes building “an impenetrable physical wall” along the US border with Mexico, which Mexico will also pay for. (Recently, however, Trump said that the US would foot the bill and Mexico would reimburse. Mexico’s president, however, says he’s not paying for a damned thing.) The plan would also end sanctuary city designations and President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans executive actions, while tripling the number of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Trump has “softened” his stance on Muslim immigration using clever word gymnastics, from a complete ban to “extreme vetting” to “temporarily suspend immigration from regions that export terrorism.” He also supports a registry, not of Muslims, of course, but of immigrants coming from Muslimmajority countries. A prominent Trump supporter had the gall to cite the JapaneseAmerican internment camps of World War II as precedent for an immigrant registry. That’s worth repeating: Trump’s camp cited vile human rights violations to justify further human rights violations. A lot has been said about how, if unchecked, Trump’s immigration plans could affect the US; families are afraid of being separated. And Dreamers (undocumented people who came to the US as children and are now protected under Obama’s executive orders), many of whom have built lives here, could be deported. The National Bureau of Economic Research found that undocumented workers are responsible for about 3 percent of the overall US economy. If they were all immediately removed, agricultural production — Western New York’s agricultural industry heavily depends on migrant workers — would decline by 9 percent, and the construction, leisure, and hospitality industries would decline by 8 percent over the long term. Manufacturing output would decline by $74 billion. The price tag to deport all undocumented immigrants is estimated to be between $400 billion and $600 billion. Rochester has a long history of welcoming immigrant populations and has a sizable population of refugees from Somalia, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Syria. The Democrat
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and Chronicle’s Justin Murphy wrote that 1,176 refugees came to Rochester in 2016 (up from 756 in 2015) in a recent article. Rather than casting a suspicious eye on those coming to the US, we should actively work to ease their transition. Citizenship and access should be easily attainable in a country that professes, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.” Trump’s policies don’t show compassion for the realities of the tempest-tossed, but rather hardline nationalism. - BY JAKE CLAPP
Law and order or fascism? Donald Trump was vague on many important issues during his campaign. In particular, one of his more popular refrains, “law and order,” remains a specter. His plan for his first 100 days in office includes something called the “Restoring Community Safety Act” (the only part of his plan that directly deals with crime). It calls for setting up a “Task Force on Violent Crime”; increasing funding for programs that aid local police; and providing more resources to federal law enforcement and federal prosecutors to combat “criminal gangs.” Trump’s campaign website dedicates a single page to “Constitution and Second Amendment” positions. Included are notes to “enforce the laws on the books.” (It should be skeptically applauded, though, that Trump’s positions do include fixing “our broken mental health system” by expanding treatment programs.) Even though specifics are lacking, it’s easy to see the harsh tone that Trump wants to set concerning America’s justice system. He has consistently painted America as crime-ridden, despite ample evidence to the contrary — the homicide rate is the lowest since the 60’s. His description of “inner cities” — how’s that for coded-language? — conjures up images of Mad Max jumping into his supercharged V8 for a grocery store run. continues on page 10 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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a starkly different meaning; it’s part of a strategy to uproot the New Deal — which conservatives see as the liberal welfare state — so that free-wheeling capitalism is unleashed, complete with winners and losers.
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Trump uses fearmongering to paint a dystopian present, while declaring that only he can make things better. To do that, he has advocated for stop-andfrisk policing, surveillance of Muslim communities, and further militarization of police departments. The Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest police union, released a “predictive summary of potential actions” that the Trump administration may take within its first 100 days. It includes bringing back “racial profiling by all or some federal agencies.” The summary also speculates that Trump will reverse modest reforms introduced by the Obama administration’s “Task Force on 21st Century Policing,” such as increasing the use of body cameras and implementing a national database on use of force by police. Policing in America is broken, and Obama-era reforms, while incredibly weak, sought to correct parts of it by holding police accountable and shifting the balance of power to communities. Trump’s stances wildly swing that power right back to police and other authorities. Tactics such as stop and frisk and community surveillance only further inflame tensions between police and many members of the public. Systemic use-of-force problems will become even more entrenched. Needed prison reform will become that much harder. And rather than incentivizing departments to listen to and become ingrained in their communities, “law and order” dictates a “my way or the highway” mentality. From there, it’s easy to see how civil liberties unravel. Police departments emboldened by a hardline president could become more aggressive to protestors. Trump has already proven himself an adversary to a watchdog press by calling for “opening up libel laws,” and shutting down a question from CNN during a press conference last week. “Law and order” sure smells a lot like fascism. Fortunately, cities have leeway in the operation of their police departments. While a harsh tone set at the top will trickle down, reformers at the bottom can combat that message from the foundation up. And Rochester has several community watchdog groups on police issues, including Enough is Enough, Rochester CopWatch, IndyMedia, and United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York. And there are numerous social justice organizations with other direct missions that routinely touch on police reform. - BY JAKE CLAPP 10 CITY JANUARY 18-24, 2017
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The threats facing the poor
Betsy DeVos. PHOTO BY KEITH A. ALMLI. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA
The queen of the charters When even some conservatives balk at Trump’s education secretary pick, it says something. If approved, Betsy DeVos’ aggressive support of charter schools could permanently destabilize the nation’s public education system. DeVos is a name that means little to most Americans unless they happen to be from Michigan or have a penchant for pyramid marketing. Dick and Betsy DeVos are staunch conservatives who are deeply involved in Michigan politics. Dick is the co-founder and former head of Amway, the multi-level product marketing company. The couple has amassed a fortune by convincing people to sell their laundry soap, supplements, and other products to neighbors, friends, family, and co-workers. And Betsy DeVos is notorious for using that fortune to play hardball. She dropped about $14 million on national and state candidates, PAC’s, and Super PAC’s during the 2016 election cycle, according to the New York Times. She focuses on supporting free-market policies and small government. Dick and Betsy DeVos have supported anti-labor and anti-LGBTQ legislation, as well. But Betsy DeVos’ pet issue is education, and she is bullish on charter schools and vouchers. If progressives allow DeVos to do to the rest of the nation’s public schools what she’s done to Michigan’s, the US will see a plethora of charter schools in largely poorer, segregated, minority communities. Michigan’s charter schools are loosely regulated, largely due to the efforts of Betsy DeVos. And the state’s charters are
dominated by for-profit companies and achieve marginal results at best, Politico recently reported. And though Catholic and private school advocates praise DeVos for supporting vouchers, critics have rightly expressed their concerns about the separation of church and state. Progressives shouldn’t expect DeVos’ influence on higher education to be any better. Calls for free college or relief from student debt wouldn’t get much federal support from DeVos. One of the companies that the couple invests in, Social Finance, makes its money by refinancing student debt, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s fair to say that education reform is an area that has divided Democratic leaders, both locally and nationally, particularly when it comes to the issue of school choice. President Obama’s pick of both Arne Duncan and John King as his education secretaries — vocal supporters of charter schools and high-stakes testing — reflects a decades-long national debate over how to close the achievement gap in lowincome communities. But a DeVos pick assumes that debate has ended and that charter schools are the definitive solution, which is not true. Further, the couple’s political power is so significant that their influence – much like the Koch brothers – crosses a wide range of conservative priorities. For instance, they contribute to the National Center for Policy Analysis, which aims to privatize Social Security, the New York Times reports. When viewed in this context, Betsy DeVos’ interest in education takes on
This week, we mark the 88th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. When the week ends, the nation’s president will be a man who represents much of what King fought against. And rather than providing a check against his worst instincts and actions, conservatives in the new Congress are likely to be egging him on. Among those who could be hurt most are this country’s poor. As Rochester’s extraordinarily high poverty rate shows, the US has a long, long way to go in dealing with this complicated domestic challenge. The poor — urban, suburban, and rural; unemployed and low-wage workers — need social services, affordable housing, food, health care, affordable transportation, public safety, child care, education, job training, jobs, adequate wages. That takes money. But given the high cost of some of Trump’s own proposals (a Mexican-border wall, increased defense spending) and Republicans’ passion for cutting taxes, funding for programs that assist the poor seems certain to be slashed. Anti-poverty efforts also require understanding, commitment, and leadership, not only from service providers but also from government officials at every level. And this month, the highest level of US government will be in the hands of people who have shown a disdain for the poor and an interest in undercutting both the services that can sustain the poor and the assistance that can lift them out of poverty. The aid under fire right now, of course, is the Affordable Care Act. But that’s not the only target of the president-elect and right-wing congressional leaders. Some of Donald Trump’s nominees for key posts — Ben Carson as housing and urban development secretary, Betsy DeVos as education secretary, Jeff Sessions as attorney general — can do great damage through what they choose to do and what they choose not to do. Conscientious, concerned Americans have met challenges before. With activism, education, and perseverance, Americans have pushed government to provide environmental protections, outlaw discrimination, guarantee voting rights, and launch a broad attack on poverty. Sometimes progress has come about by changing minds, sometimes by electing
The highest level of US government will be in the hands of people who have shown a disdain for the poor.” new political leaders. But it has never been easy. It has always taken hard work and the involvement of vast numbers of Americans, young and old. It has taken action at the local, state, and national levels. And it has always taken time. Rochester is fortunate in having both a history of activism and a wealth of socialservice and activist organizations. The health of those organizations will be critical during the Trump era, so they will need both financial support and personal involvement. But public involvement can’t stop there. Years of work by tea party conservatives helped build an activist movement that led to the takeover of Congress and to Donald Trump’s presidency. Setting the nation back on course will take a similar, long-term effort from progressives. Every election is important: local, state, and national. Not every American is interested in running for office, but every one should be an active citizen, becoming informed, voting regularly, working on behalf of political candidates, contacting elected officials frequently, and getting friends and associates to become involved. In his farewell address in Chicago earlier this month, President Obama emphasized the importance of citizen activism. As a young community organizer, he said, “I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, and they get engaged, and they come together to demand it.” “Yes, our progress has been uneven,” he said. “The work of democracy has always been hard. It has been contentious. Sometimes it has been bloody. For every two steps forward, it often feels we take one step back. But the long sweep of America has been defined by forward motion, a constant widening of our founding creed to embrace all, and not just some.” “If something needs fixing,” he said, “then lace up your shoes and do some organizing.” “Show up, dive in, stay at it,” he said. The time to start is now. - BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
Art lifts all While there’s been a lot of discussion about the impact the incoming administration will have on the legal and social landscape of America, implications for the cultural realm may seem like a lesser issue. But it’s important to consider that while art gives pleasure and provokes thought, it also gives voice to different identities and experiences and communicates these in an immediate way. Art isn’t a mere frill. It’s storytelling that shines a crucial spotlight on what we should celebrate or lament. It’s a call for a response. The creation of art and the interaction with it is an important part of what makes a culture whole and sophisticated. And it can be argued that a bump in cultural sophistication would help connect the broken parts of this nation. Why should artists and art lovers worry? Historically, conservative administrations on national and local levels have offered less focus and funding for the arts, and at times politicians have leveled crippling legal attacks on individual artists and institutions in the name of morality. Censorship of the media has been a growing fear, given that the president-elect throws tantrums at the slightest whiff of criticism. And he’s threatened to suppress critical voices. It’s not a far leap to fear that a witch hunt might also extend to the arts, where some of the most unabashedly critical voices have always lived. While it’s hard to be certain what will happen, it’s a good idea to be armed. One thing we can do is identify the proper representatives nationally and locally to call and write in support of the arts. When it comes to America’s low regard and support for artists, public servants aren’t the only guilty parties. The image of the “starving artist” is still romanticized, while creators all around us struggle
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under the double burden of survival and sneers. Artists are lambasted for choosing an “unstable” path while people — who overlook what it takes to dedicate yourself to a craft in a culture that doesn’t foster its growth — level blame at the victims when tragedy strikes. Following the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire last December, Danielle Thys, posting to Medium.com, wrote “We live in a schizoid society that denigrates process and deifies product.” In the US, we want the end result, but we want it to manifest without our communal effort. There are simple ways we can support local artists: We should stop asking them to
work for free or for “exposure.” Businesses can pay local painters to put murals and their original work on their walls, and members of the public should patronize those locations. Musicians and dance troupes can be hired for your events. Go to shows — including the small ones — and don’t try to get in for free. Support local arts and cultural institutions by becoming members. Stay up-to-date about emerging artists (all of the famous creatives we adore started small). And artists: be competitive but not cutthroat. Connect each other with opportunities, because a rising tide lifts all ships. - BY REBECCA RAFFERTY rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
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Expert shares insights on intelligence gathering
Finger Lakes Community College will present “Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Age of Terrorism,” a talk by Stewart Baker, former assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 29. Baker was general counsel of the National Security Agency and worked on the commission that investigated WMD intelligence failures prior to the Iraq War. His Washington, DC, law practice specializes in homeland security, cybersecurity, data protection, international trade, and foreign investment regulation. The event will be held at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua.
Tickets: $25 or free with current student ID.
Panel to discuss Rochester’s economy
The Rochester Business Journal will present “2017 Economic Outlook: Rochester and the Upstate Region,” a panel discussion on Friday, January 27. The panelists are: Donald Levy, director of Siena Research Institute; Heather Briccetti, CEO, the Business Council of NYS; Kent Gardner, chief economist and researcher, Center for Governmental Research; Anne Kress, president of Monroe Community College; and Ebony Miller-Wesley, interim director of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship. They will offer their insights and predictions about the regional economy. The breakfast event will be held at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street. Tickets: $45 per person;
registration from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., followed by the presentation. Information: Stephanie Sulfaro at events@rbj.net.
Clarification
CITY’s January 11 article about the Inauguration of Hope event at the Unitarian Church on January 20 did not indicate that because of space limitations, registration is required. The program is now filled. For information about subsequent events, email Padme Livingstone at padmelivingstone@gmail. com and put “Newsletter” in the subject line.
Dining
Co-owner and Head Distiller Teal Schlegel mixes a Sazerac with Honeoye Falls Distillery rye whiskey. PHOTOS BY KEVIN FULLER
Soothing spirits Honeoye Falls Distillery 168 WEST MAIN STREET, HONEOYE FALLS TASTING ROOM HOURS: WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 4 P.M. TO 11 P.M.; FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 3 P.M. TO 11 P.M.; SUNDAY, 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. 624-1700; HONEOYEFALLSDISTILLERY.COM [ FEATURE ] BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Teal Schlegel, head distiller at Honeoye Falls Distillery, is a bit of a chemistry nerd. But despite all my questions about the distilling process, it’s clear that Schlegel wants to focus on the craft rather than fixating solely on the science. “It’s funny that you latch onto my obsession with the technicals of it,” Schlegel says, “but it ultimately comes down to someone sitting here, at the parrot, at the condenser, tasting the spirit coming from it. That’s the art, right? That’s where it comes from. That’s the house flavor, so to speak.” A Pittsford native and SUNY Brockport alumnus, Schlegel realized he had a passion for craft liquors — and in particular, whiskey
— by accident in 2007. While on a trip to Taiwan, Schlegel’s wife ordered a whiskey and ginger ale. Perhaps through miscommunication, or divine providence, her waiter brought a Macallan 18-year-old Scotch to the table. One $400 bottle service later, the Scotch found its way home to Teal. The taste was a revelation for him. “It really kind of piqued my enthusiasm,” Schlegel says. “And over the next couple years, I went pretty crazy for whiskey and kind of treated it as a hobby of sorts, trying to find the next best whiskey.” Schlegel and his business partner, Scott Stanton, started Honeoye Falls Distillery in 2014. Today, the distillery offers patrons its own whiskey, gin, vodka, and absinthe in its tasting room; for $8, you can try any three liquors in quarter-ounce samples. The spirits have names like Devil’s Bathtub Gin, Red Saw Whiskey, and Frozen Falls Vodka, in
tribute to Honeoye Falls’ landmarks and natural attractions. Honeoye Falls Distillery has a Class D distiller’s license, also known as a farm distillery license, meaning that, under New York’s 2007 Farm Distillery Act, 75 percent of the ingredients used in the beverages must be sourced in state in order for the distillery to make and sell its products on site. Often Schlegel doesn’t have to look far for the right ingredients. The distillery gets its grain from Dave Meisenzahl’s farm right in town, and Pioneer Malting on Paul Road in Rochester provides the barley. “Luckily we’re surrounded by a lot of great resources and great farms,” Schlegel says. “We proudly say that we’re 99 percent Monroe County-sourced for all of our spirits … all this grain comes in from our local farmer.
The field across the street is going to grow our winter wheat.” Having a variety of wheat is ideal for the distillery’s Zamir Vodka (40 percent ABV), resulting in a mellower taste without a harsh kick. The spirit is a collaboration with Zamir Gotta, a frequent traveling partner of Anthony Bourdain. The distillery’s other vodka, Frozen Falls (also 40 percent ABV) — which won the American Distilling Institute’s 2016 award for Best Grain-toGlass Rye Vodka — delivers a spicier kick that dances on the tongue. The distillery’s two whiskeys offer a similar choice between soft subtlety and bolder zest. The Red Saw Rye Whiskey (48 percent ABV) is a satisfying liquor characterized by lingering sweetness and a slight spice that decays quickly. The Red Saw Bourbon Whiskey (also 48 percent), on the other hand, is hot on the tongue and has a smokiness that sneaks up on you. As for the cocktails, “That Old Fashioned” ($9) breaks the mold right from the get-go: the drink is made with gin rather than whiskey. While this may seem like the height of sacrilege on its face, the Devil’s Bathtub Barrel Rested Gin is stored in whiskey barrels, imbuing the gin with an appealing combination of sweetness and smokiness. The end result is decidedly drier than a traditional Old Fashioned, but the fruit and sugar help to temper the bite of the alcohol. Add aged orange bitters and Peychaud’s bitters, and you’ve got an attractive twist on an old favorite. Honeoye Falls Distillery also has a full yet concise food menu of pub fare with sophisticated, locally sourced ingredients. There are daily specials, and menu items change frequently. The distillery’s Chef and Head Cocktail Artist Celia Cleary has focused her energies on elegant but uncomplicated recipes using ingredients that bridge the gap between comfort and sophistication. Look out for the HFD Burger, an excellent, savory counterpart to the spirits on the menu. Cooked to a medium rare, the burger also includes bacon, pimento cheese, and a house sauce ($11, served with fries or slaw). Schlegel, for his part, is a perfectionist. This may be why he offered me the pleasant La Cascade Verte absinthe (70 percent ABV), but was hesitant to serve La Cascade Rouge, explaining that it was an experiment that wasn’t quite ready. “When you come back, it’s our job to show you we’ve grown, we’ve evolved.”
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Upcoming [ ZYDECO ]
Curley Taylor. Thursday, February 16. German House Auditorium, 315 Gregory Street. 7 p.m. $20-$25. ticketfly.com; curleytaylor.com.
[ HIP-HOP ] OG Maco. Friday, March 17. California Brew Haus, 402 West Ridge Road. 6 p.m. $20-$25. ticketfly.com; facebook.com/ogxmaco.
Music
[ FOLK PUNK ] The Rumjacks. Saturday, April 15. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 8 p.m. $13-$15. themontagemusichall.com; therumjacks.com.
The Devil Makes Three WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 ANTHOLOGY, 336 EAST AVENUE 7 P.M. | $20 | ANTHOLOGYLIVE.COM; THEDEVILMAKESTHREE.COM
[ AMERICANA ] For 15 years now this enigmatic band
from Santa Cruz shows up to show out but doesn’t take the prestidigitation to the point of blurred fingers and hands. The Devil Makes Three comes close, though, as it serves its ample songs with ample treatment and ample harmony — ample, ample, ample. Rooted somewhat in tradition, the instrumentation the trio (I guess the devil makes four in this case) still sounds current despite what nostalgia it may conjure with banjo, guitar, and doghouse bass. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Fred Sturm Tribute SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA HIGH SCHOOL, 83 EAST STREET, HONEOYE FALLS 7:30 P.M. | FREE [ JAZZ ] Composer, arranger and teacher Fred Sturm, was a
force at the Eastman School of Music when he chaired the jazz department and directed several ensembles from 1991 to 2002. Sturm died of cancer in 2014 but his impact on the local music scene endures. Bill Tiberio and Mark Borden, band directors at Fairport High School and Honeoye FallsLima High School respectively, have organized a tribute featuring an all-star big band with Fred’s son Ike Sturm, Jeff Campbell, Tom Davis, Bill Dobbins, Jim Doser, Mark Kellogg, Clay Jenkins, Bob Sneider, Rich Thompson, John Viavattine, and others. Free; donations accepted for the American Cancer Society. — BY RON NETSKY
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The Macedonian [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Dady Brothers. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 7 p.m.
“Stay At Home Bad” Self-released 1809studios.com
“O Anima Mea” THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 500 UNIVERSITY AVENUE 7:30 P.M. | MAG ADMISSION | MAG.ROCHESTER.EDU; PUBLICKMUSICK.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] The latest in Rochester’s recent rediscoveries
of uncommonly interesting female composers of the past — following Pegasus’s salute to Barbara Strozzi and the Rochester Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Louise Farrenc’s First Symphony last fall — is the 17th-century Italian nun Isabella Leonarda, whose prolific output of sacred vocal and instrumental music will be explored during this week’s “Third Thursday” concert at the Memorial Art Gallery. String players from Publick Musick will be joined by Naomi Gregory on the MAG’s Italian Baroque Organ, Deborah Fox on theorbo, and soprano Shari Alise Wilson. Free with MAG admission ($5$14; half-price after 5 p.m.). — BY DAVID RAYMOND
City of Caterpillar THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 8:30 P.M. | $12-$15 | BUGJAR.COM; THEARCHIVISTLABEL.BANDCAMP.COM [ SCREAMO ] In the vast, confusing world of screamo music
the list of “legendary” bands is a fairly small one. Bands like Pg.99, Orchid, and Jerome’s Dream all occupy the best of the genre’s hallowed halls, but only City of Caterpillar can retire as legends after just one record. Its 2002 self-titled debut is a whirlwind potpourri of mile-a-minute hardcore, emotional dirges, and tense atmospherics. While the band called it quits right after releasing the album, City of Caterpillar is returning in 2017 for a string of shows. With Green Dreams and Coming Down. — BY ALEXANDER JONES
The opening of this disc will take your breath away. Dave Drago (The Macedonian) plugs in his studio savvy to create a sort of Gregorian chant round robin as if it were conceived by Mott The Hoople. It’s heavily atmospheric, accessible, and with a tangibility you can practically taste. Drago popped an advance copy of “Stay At Home Bad” into the post that has no track listings, so I geared myself for a true LP experience. You should try it, too. “Stay At Home Bad” is a lush, pop tour through power pop on a cool soundscape. It’s all Drago in his 1809 Studios, where he’s churned out gold from artists like the Ginger Faye Bakers, Jon Lewis, Susanna Rose, Northern Spies, and Mulberry Soul. Well, now he’s gone and turned the gun on himself. Listening to this complete recording, it becomes apparent how much influence Drago has in the sound that comes out of the studio, be it his own or from a client. Sounds pretty goddamn epic if you ask me.
[ BLUES ]
Hanna PK and Mike D’Aurizio. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m. Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. templebarandgrille.com. 10 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
Janus Guitar Duo. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. rsmits.com. 7 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Margaret Explosion. Little
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Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m.
Bill Tiberio Band
[ R&B/ SOUL ]
“Joy” Self-released billtiberioband.com
Heart and Soul. Downstairs
Like a Weather Report that predicts smooth sailing ahead, the Bill Tiberio Band opens its newest CD, “Joy,” with a trot. Covering several progressive paths, the band builds and builds to a happy crescendo with Tiberio shifting from sweet and smooth to exuberant hirsute wail. And that’s all in the first song, the title track no less. The boys cut loose and jump salty with “Back in the Day,” the second track of this nine-cut trip. All tunes were penned by Scott Bradley (trumpet flugelhorn, anAd keyboard), but the whole band put the chromAe on this buggy. The track “Only When You Lose It” stands out with its Cuban piano ambition, and the wind cries Hendrix with a mash-up nod on the song “Louie.” Short answer: this is a smooth jazz record, but it ain’t vanilla by a long shot. “Joy” is a jazzy take on lighter musical fare with some lingering progressive chops that are just resting until the time is right. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
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THU., JANUARY 19 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
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Music and give each other feedback. I usually need a lot of time and silence to envision a particular scenario, environment, or perspective and write in an appropriate headspace. I don’t do as well in a co-writing situation in which there’s a lot of back-andforth. Kate, on the other hand, thrives in that kind of situation. When do you know a song is done? When it needs work? Lee: That’s a good question. I guess you
Wisewater is the duo of mandolin player Forrest O'Connor and fiddler Kate Lee. The two perform in the Grammy-nominated O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor. PHOTO PROVIDED
Charm in harmony Wisewater FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 CALLAHAN THEATRE, NAZARETH COLLEGE’S ARTS CENTER, 4245 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. | $25-$35 | 389-2170; ARTSCENTER.NAZ.EDU; WISEWATERMUSIC.COM [ INTERVIEW BY FRANK DE BLASE ]
Some voices are just made for one another. That’s not to say they can’t beautifully intone alone, but there’s just something about when voices fit together. The Everly Brothers come to mind. And so does Wisewater, the string-centric duo of mandolin player Forrest O’Connor and fiddler Kate Lee, a Webster native. The two musicians are also part of the O’Connor Band, the Grammy-nominated vehicle of Mark O’Connor, Forrest’s father. After being introduced in 2013, Forrest O’Connor and Kate Lee converged on Nashville. The duo’s debut EP, “Demonstration,” came out the following year to a plethora of Music City accolades. The group plays Americana in the purest sense of the word, gentle and sweet like a lifesized music box. It’s lovelorn but not weary; the duo’s innocence remains. And despite the lack of flashy flush, Wisewater is a study in 20 CITY JANUARY 18-24, 2017
pervading elegance. It’s simply wonderful to watch and listen to. We could go on and on, but CITY wanted the skinny from the duo. Here is what they said … in harmony. An edited transcript of that conversation follows. CITY: A 2017 Grammy nod … how does that feel? Kate Lee: We are so honored and excited to
be nominated for Best Bluegrass Album as part of O’Connor Band. We’ve been very proud of the album, “Coming Home,” since its creation and release, and we’ve always felt it is such a special project. But of course, you can’t plan for such an honor, and we’re so touched that people have been inspired by the music. The album consists of original songs that Forrest and I have written or co-written and instrumentals that Mark has written and/or arranged and a few interpretations of bluegrass standards. Give me some background. How did the band come to be? Lee: Wisewater, our duo, came to be when a
string arranger in Nashville, Kris Wilkinson, recommended that Forrest and I start singing together. We found that we had really similar musical intuitions right off the bat and we also discovered that we had a lot of personal chemistry, and now we’re getting married.
O’Connor Band is a duo of duos. Forrest and I had our duo with Wisewater, and Mark and Maggie O’Connor had a violin duo. All four of us performed together for the first time on one of Mark’s annual “An Appalachian Christmas” tours, and we all decided after that that the group should make music together all year around. Mark added Joe Smart on guitar and Geoff Saunders on bass to round out the group. And after recording “Coming Home” in January 2016, we’ve been on the road as O’Connor Band for the majority of the time. How did you both first pick up your instruments? Forrest O’Connor: I was a little bit of a late
bloomer. I picked up the mandolin at age 13, although I’d played a little guitar and piano before then. I kind of dabbled in it throughout high school and became more serious in college. Kate started playing fiddle at age 9 and singing pretty soon after that. She spent a lot of her childhood playing shows with her own band, Kate Lee and No Strings Attached. How do you write? O’Connor: We actually don’t write a whole
lot together, since we have very different processes. We’ll help edit each other’s songs
don’t always know. I definitely feel like a song is done, at least for the time being, when there are no lyrics that feel unnatural to sing and when I’m not questioning the meaning behind any of those lyrics. A song feels done to me when the lyrics and music seem to fit naturally together and one doesn’t seem to be harming the other. To be completely honest, though, the song usually isn’t done until it’s recorded. We’re always tweaking music and lyrics and arrangements to the very last minute, sometimes to the last second before one of us puts it down on the recording. Forrest and I do help each other a lot by editing each other’s songs as well. That also helps give you confidence that a song is done because someone you trust has listened to it with fresh ears. All that said, we have even changed lyrics and melodies from recording to recording of the same song. Forrest even has some melodies that he’s written that he has rewritten entire new lyrics to many times over in hopes of finding the perfect combination, so for us, I guess, our writing is always evolving, and a recording or a performance of the song is a snapshot of that song’s life. What’s on your wish list or bucket list? Lee: Bringing our music to more places is
on our bucket list. We’re going to begin fulfilling that dream in a few weeks when we perform in Scotland for the first time as the O’Connor Band. We definitely want to travel more. I’ve been so fortunate to perform at the CMAs as a backing musician, but performing there with our own material as leading artists is on the bucket list for us. Having mainstream radio hits would also be on the bucket list for us. I guess our bucket list is pretty long, but we’re gonna work our hardest to check off as many items as we can and add more. For an extended interview, check out Rochestercitynewspaper.com.
raom.org/event-2283868. 2 p.m. $26-$120, reservations. Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S. 546-2826. musicaspei.org. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Lunch with Ludwig. First Universalist Church, 150 South Ave. 546-2826. esm. rochester.edu. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.29, Op.106. O Anima Mea. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 244-5835. publickmusick. org/our-next-concert. 7:30 p.m. Music of Isabella Leonarda. Third Thursday Concerts. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. Every third Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Made possible by Rippey Endowed Trust. Included w/ museum admission. [ VOCALS ]
Seth Sealfon and Julie Ketchum. Via Girasole
Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. winebarinpittsfordny.com. 7-10 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
Heart and Soul. Downstairs
Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. 3254370. downstairscabaret. com. Jan. 22. Through Jan. 22. Thurs. Jan. 19, 7p.m. Fri. & Sat. Jan. 20, 21, 8p.m. Sun. 22, 2p.m. Jenn Cristy, Troy Thomas, Jr., and a red hot band recreate the best of Motown and R&B. $13-$29. [ POP/ROCK ] Joan Shelly. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $10.
Meghan Koch and the Gentleman Callers. Little
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m.
FRI., JANUARY 20 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]
Jackson Cavalier & the Fevertones. Little Theatre
Café, 240 East Ave. 2580400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. Kevin Fuller. Butapub, 315 Gregory St. 563-6241. butapub.com. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sisters of Murphy. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 9-11 p.m.
Wisewater, Kate Lee, and Forrest O’Connor. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2170. naz. edu/events. 8-9:30 p.m. $25-$35. [ CLASSICAL ]
Linda Boianova, Guest Artist Series. Doty Recital Hall SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo. 2455529. geneseo.edu. 3 p.m. Performing 3 Sonatas by James Willey. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
Heart and Soul. Downstairs
INDIE FOLK | BEN MOREY
CLASSICAL | BOSTON BRASS
Like any good singer-songwriter, Ben Morey is deeper than he seems at first glance. At 29 years old, Morey has released more than a dozen albums and collaborated with a variety of musicians on tunes that utilize pipe organs, Theremins, and cellos. And while other performers are content with cranking out MP3 files, Morey crafts the packaging of his CDs in handmade fabric jackets, or puts records out on vinyl. The Rochester-based musician’s resume includes his other two bands Dumb Angel and Howlo as well as the Eyes, which is comprised of a patchwork orchestra of up to 30 players. This concert is a solo acoustic show.
The quintet known as Boston Brass has been a musical institution for 30 years. On Tuesday, French horn player Chris Castellanos, trumpeters Jeff Conner and Jose Sibaja, trombonist Domingo Pagliuca, and tuba player Sam Pilafian will display their precision and panache at Kilbourn Hall. Boston Brass is known for its stylistic versatility, and is equally at home interpreting the works of classical composers like Dvorák and Shostakovich, jazz greats such as Chick Corea and Dizzy Gillespie, and contemporary composers through its “25 Fanfares Project.” The chamber ensemble also has a reputation as road warriors, playing more than 100 gigs annually.
Ben Morey performs with Daniel Bachman, Finkbeiner, and Joe+N on Wednesday, January 25, at Mission Hall, 125 Caroline Street. 7 p.m. $7-$9. southwedgemission. org; benmorey.bandcamp.com. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR
Boston Brass will perform on Tuesday, January 24, at Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $15-$30. 274-3000; eastmantheatre.org; bostonbrass.com. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Faculty Recital, Linda Boianova. Nazareth College
Fishbone Soup. Johnny’s Pub
Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 5853892700. naz.edu. 7:30 p.m. Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 31 No. 1, Rachmaninoff’s EtudesTableaux Op. 39, and more.
& Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 9 p.m. Greg Townson. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 7 p.m.
[ JAZZ ]
Harmonica Lewinsky, Aircraft, and Total Yuppies. Bug Jar,
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
Heart and Soul. Downstairs
Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. Jan. 22. Through Jan. 22. Thurs. Jan. 19, 7p.m. Fri. & Sat. Jan. 20, 21, 8p.m. Sun. 22, 2p.m. Jenn Cristy, Troy Thomas, Jr., and a red hot band recreate the best of Motown and R&B. $13-$29. [ REGGAE/JAM ] Bottle Train. JB’s Smokehouse, 211 Main Street. East Rochester. 485-0983. jbsmokehouse.com. 8-11 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 8 p.m.
SAT., JANUARY 21 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Loren & Mark. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. goldenlink.org. 7:30 p.m. $10-$25. [ BLUES ]
Billy Schmitt. Flaherty’s
Webster, 1200 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-0816. flahertys. com. 9 p.m. Third Degree. JB’s Smokehouse, 211 Main Street. East Rochester. 485-0983. jbsmokehouse.com. 8-11 p.m. The White Hots. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m.
The Bradley Brothers. Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 West Main Street. Lima. 624-2080. fanaticspub.com. 8 p.m. Download. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.
[ COUNTRY ]
Rich Taromino - Country Rain.
Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 West Main Street. Lima. 6242080. fanaticspub.com. 7 p.m. Stateline. Nashvilles, 4853
W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Cousin Vinny. Salvatore’s
Pizzeria and Pub, 1217 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-9420. 8-11 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
Heart and Soul. Downstairs
Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. Jan. 22. Through Jan. 22. Thurs. Jan. 19, 7p.m. Fri. & Sat. Jan. 20, 21, 8p.m. Sun. 22, 2p.m. Jenn Cristy, Troy Thomas, Jr., and a red hot band recreate the best of Motown and R&B. $13-$29. Timeline Band. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. [ METAL ]
Heavy Metal Steve’s Annual Birthday Show. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Orodruin, Demontage, Fatal Curse. $5. [ POP/ROCK ]
Big Rock & Roll Birthday Bash. The Argyle Grill at Eagle
Vale Golf Club, 4344 Nine Mile Point Rd. Fairport. 377-2452.
rocnroll.com. 8-11 p.m. Black Rock Zydeco. Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com. 8-11 p.m. $12-$15. Jumbo Shrimp. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 8 p.m. Mr. Mustard. Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, 5857 Rt. 96. Farmington. 924-3232. fingerlakesgaming.com. 8 p.m. Nobody’s Marigold. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $5.
Rockshow Records Launch Party. Firehouse Saloon, 814
S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Performances by Ayla Huff, Pseudo Youth, Nightlite Mary, and Hojack. $5.
SUN., JANUARY 22 [ CLASSICAL ]
Christ Church Schola Cantorum performs Compline. Christ Church,
141 East Ave. 454-3878. christchurchrochester.org. 9-9:30 p.m. Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. christchurchrochester. org. 9-9:30 p.m. Donations appreciated.
January Afternoon Concert Series. Rochester Academy
Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. 3254370. downstairscabaret. com. Through Jan. 22. Thurs. Jan. 19, 7p.m. Fri. & Sat. Jan. 20, 21, 8p.m. Sun. 22, 2p.m. Jenn Cristy, Troy Thomas, Jr., and a red hot band recreate the best of Motown and R&B. $13-$29. [ POP/ROCK ]
G Love and Special Sauce. Anthology, 336 East Ave. 484-1964. anthologylive. com. 6:30 p.m. $25-$29.
MON., JANUARY 23 [ JAZZ ]
Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m.
TUE., JANUARY 24 [ CLASSICAL ]
Kilbourn Concert Series: Boston Brass. Kilbourn
Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 2743000. eastmantheatre.org. 8 p.m. Performance by Jeff Conner, José Sibaja, Chris Castellanos, Sam Pilafian. $20-$30. Tuesday Pipes. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 4543878. esm.rochester.edu. 12:10 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Grove Place Jazz Project.
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. 7 p.m. Featuring a different set of Eastman School of Music Students and other area jazz artisans every Tues. $10. [ POP/ROCK ]
The Dungarees. Fanatics
Pub & Pizza, 7281 West Main Street. Lima. 6242080. fanaticspub.com. 8 p.m. $5.
Miller & the Other Sinners.
Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 7 p.m. $5. Rockabilly Rumble. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. The Brains, The Delta Bombers, and the Grease Creepers. $10.
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The North Star Players (pictured) will present Deborah Solomon’s “Emancipation Denied: The Story of Black Wall Street” from January 23 through January 28 at MuCCC. PHOTO COURTESY NANCY VALLE
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“Emancipation Denied: The Story of Black Wall Street” MONDAY, JANUARY 23, THROUGH SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 MUCCC, 142 ATLANTIC AVENUE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7:30 P.M.; SATURDAY, 4 P.M. $7 ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY; $15, WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ($10 STUDENTS AND SENIORS) 465-8388; MUCCC.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
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Following the Civil War, African-Americans began to establish all-black townships in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. One of those townships was Greenwood — located north of the tracks in Tulsa. Created in 1906 by O.W. Gurley, one of Tulsa’s earliest pioneers, and other black entrepreneurs who invested in property, Greenwood over time became a self-sufficient community. Residents sought true emancipation from a system that excluded them from success when it couldn’t outright exploit them. This bit of repressed American history will be explored onstage next week at MuCCC. Deborah Solomon’s new play, “Emancipation Denied: The Story of Black Wall Street,” presents the history of the rise and destruction of the successful black-owned community of Greenwood, Oklahoma. The play’s world premiere will be performed by the North Star Players under the direction of David Shakes. In Solomon’s play, historic figures encounter violent pushback from those who sought to maintain the way America operates. As with so many other instances of racial violence, trouble was sparked by the
accusation that a black boy was inappropriate toward a white girl. Understandably fearful that the young man’s fate was in the hands of mob justice, Greenwood residents gathered at the lockup. A shot was fired by an unknown source, chaos ensued, and white mobs burned Greenwood to the ground. Shakes says the play opens in a classroom setting, in which a teacher begins to dispel the myth that “black people don’t invest.” The audience actually becomes an extension of the classroom. “A lot of people don’t know about this; it’s not taught,” Shakes says. “You have to search it out, and pass along that information.” The bulk of the story takes place after a shift into a dream sequence, which contains an historic reenactment of the rise and destruction of Greenwood. Because of its economic success and growing entrepreneurial opportunities, the Greenwood community was dubbed “Black Wall Street” by Booker T. Washington. “Emancipation Denied” immerses viewers into the individual lives of those who developed an economic powerhouse in Greenwood, which included more than 600 businesses. Greenwood residents watched as all they had worked for was razed to the ground. And to preclude any ideas of fighting back against the white terrorism, law enforcement dropped firebombs on buildings, residences, and fleeing children, women, and men. What happened in Greenwood wasn’t unique, Shakes says. There were up to 50 independent black towns by 1920, he says, and the Florida community of Rosewood is another successful hub that bore the wrath of white anger at black success. There are more recent parallels between the foiling of Greenwood and other black communities: the 1985 bombing of the
M.O.V.E. community in Philadelphia mirrors law enforcement dropping bombs on African-American residences. And fear of black success arguably resulted in the re-zoning of Rochester’s Clarissa Street neighborhood following the 1964 riots. That area had been an important cultural hub for black Rochesterians, with black-owned businesses and clubs, such as Pythodd Club, which hosted national jazz and blues acts. Shakes remembers the area’s heyday. When his family moved to the Browncroft neighborhood from Brooklyn, he was 17 going on 18. “My father said, ‘You’re far away from African-American community, but if I’m not home and you want to listen to music, take the #4 or the #8 bus to Clarissa Street,’” Shakes says. “So I would go to the Pythodd, and next door was Snuffy’s Birdland, and a place where you could get your hair cut. There was a shoe repair, places to get breakfast … the rezoning seemed like cultural aggression, to crush that area like that.” The play strikes a number of different chords that have resonance regarding our current political and social climates, Shakes says. “We need some healing, we need some kind of growth and understanding of one another.” Art has the potential to play a major role in facilitating this healing, Shakes says. “It can be an opening to researching and valuing things of the past as we move forward. It can help in our grounding, in discovering our roots. Hopefully this play will pique the interest in people to look into the rich history of the nation, and spread some optimism: some hope and some strength and some resilience within ourselves.”
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Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Richard Renaldi: Manhattan Sunday. Series consists of portraits, urban still lifes, and streetscapes. 2713361. eastman.org. Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Against the Grain by Phillia C. Yi. Through Feb. 26. Artists reception Fri. Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m. Woodcut prints. 389-2170. naz. edu/arts-center. Nazareth College Colacino Gallery, 4245 East Ave. That Said: Recent Prints by Nicholas H. Ruth. Through Feb. 26. Artists reception Fri. Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m. 389-2170. naz.edu/arts-center. Poco Loco, 58-60 High St. Chatham. A New Vision. Through Jan. 25. Explores alternative forms of image-making: embroidery, collage and film. 01634 844198. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Feathers, Figures and Foliage. Through Mar. 7. Opening reception Fri., Jan. 20, 6-8 p.m. Work by father and daughter artists Dick & Allison Roberts. rochesterunitarian.org. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Nature’s Beauty. Through Feb. 26. Opening Reception Fri, 20, 6-8 p.m. A display of photography by Joseph Woody. 546-8400. episcopalseniorlife.org. Bridge Art Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd. In My Neck of the Woods. Through April. Work by local artists. 275-3571. bit.ly/ bridgeartgallery. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main Street. Dansville. Student Art Showcase Opening Reception. Through Jan. 28. 335-4746. dansvilleartworks. com. Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery, 3165 East Ave. Life is Good. Through Mar. 31. Watercolor’s by Tracie Doerner. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Art Invitational. Through Jan. 29. Variety of work by John Kosboth, Paula Sentirocco, Bill Fricke, and more. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. AtmaSpheres by Scott Matyjaszek. Through Jan. 29. Images produced on dye-infused aluminum media. 271-2540. ImageCityPhotographyGallery. com. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Parisian Afternoon. Through Jan. 31. Original paintings by Brazilian artist, Monteiro Prestes. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions.com. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. Painted and Glued… Continuity and Change. Collage and oils by Lynne Feldman. 4732240. LynneFeldman.com. Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Trying To Understand The World. Through Feb. 17. Drawings and Prints by Anne Muntges and Sylvia Taylor. 315-462-0210. mainstreetartsgallery.com. continues on page 24
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Rehearsals Begin Sunday, February 26th THEATER | “CARRIE: THE MUSICAL” “Carrie,” Stephen King’s bestselling novel about a lonely, bullied teenage girl with telekinetic abilities, who gets pushed to her breaking point by her classmates, got the Broadway musical treatment in 1988. The run lasted only five showings — what the New York Times called “the most expensive quick flop in Broadway history” — although it has been revived several times since with a lot better reception. SUNY Geneseo will now take a turn retelling the story of Carrie’s revenge on her oppressive mother and her small town using newfound powers. Directed by Melanie Blood with musical direction by Don Kot.
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“Carrie: The Musical” will be performed Wednesday, January 18, through Saturday, January 22, at SUNY Geneseo’s Wadsworth Auditorium, 1 College Circle, Geneseo. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. on Sunday. $10 for students; $15 general admission. For tickets and more information, call 245-5000 or visit geneseo.edu/bbo. — BY KIARA ALFONSECA
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THEATER | “THE TAMING” Need help coping with the impending inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump? Me too. Fortunately, Aspie Works has us covered with a one-night-only reading on Thursday of “The Taming” by Lauren Gunderson. Billed as a political satire, the all-female play tells the story of a Miss America pageant contestant eyeing political office with the help of a progressive blogger and the aide to a conservative senator. Using Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” as a point of departure, Gunderson’s play addresses issues of polarizing political rhetoric, feminism, and American history. Featuring performances by Kayleigh Barclay, Amanda McFaul, Jacqueline Moe, and Katharine Sanford, the event is also a fundraiser. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley, which helps to instill economic self-reliance in women and their families. “The Taming” will be performed on Thursday, January 19, at MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. 7:30 p.m. $5. 866-8114111; muccc.org; thetamingplay.tumblr.com. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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Makers Gallery and Studio, 34 Elton Street. Todd Stahl: American Voices. Through Jan. 20. Portraits done in honor of iconic Americans whose visions have pushed the country forward. Mixed mediums. 5073569. toddstahlart.com. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. The Call of Nature. Through Feb. 19. Acrylics and watercolors by Mark Stash. 5468400. episcopalseniorlife.org. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua. Emerging Artists and Their Mentors. Through Feb. 12. Opening reception Sat. Jan. 14, 5-7 p.m. Featuring work done by students and the artists to who taught them. 394-0030. Phillips Fine Art, 1115 East Main Street. Collector’s Show & Sale. Through Feb. 28. Market pieces to private collections. 232-8120. Rochester Art Club, 1115 E. Main St. Studio 437-439. Art de la Vie. Through Jan. 30. Paintings and sculptures by various artists. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. Pulse by Fitzhugh Karo. An exhibit of sculptures. 461-2222. rochestercontemporary.org.
Activism [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] People’s Solidarity Rally. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Washington Square Park, S. Clinton Avenue at Washington Square bit.ly/ jan21roc.
Call for Artwork [ WED., JANUARY 18 ] 6x6 International Call for Entries. Through April 16. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. Entries due April 16, 2017 461-2222. info@ rochestercontemporary.org. roco6x6.org. Call for Submission: Black Lives Have Always Mattered. Through Feb. 1. Seeking a essays, poems, and personal narratives. Submission deadline Feb. 1 blacklivesmatter@2leafpress. org. 2leafpress.org. Envisioning the Future 2017 Call for Art. Through Jan. 28. Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. May submit two works completed in the last three years. Entries must be made online. $1000 reward for Best of Show $5-$35. 315255-1553. minyentry.org. Geva Theatre Calls for Local Writers. Through Jan. 31. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Seeking plays and playwrights for its Regional Writers Showcase. Plays must be submitted between Jan. 1-31 420-2034. gevatheatre. submittable.com. High School Writing Contest. Through Feb. 12. Writers and Books, 740 University Ave 20 line poem or 250 word prose piece, based on Maya Angelou’s “And Still I Rise” 473-2590. writingcontest@ wab.org. wab.org. Sokol High School Literary Awards Contest. Through Jan. 31. Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Ave. 428-8350. Rebecca.Fuss@libraryweb. org. Sokol.ffrpl.org. 24 CITY JANUARY 18-24, 2017
ART | PRINTMAKING EXHIBITS AT NAZARETH On Friday, January 20, Nazareth College’s art department celebrates the art of printmaking with the opening of two new exhibits: “Woodcuts: Against the Grain” by Phillia C. Yi and “That Said: Recent Prints” by Nicholas H. Ruth. Yi’s show will be held in the Arts Center Gallery, and Ruth’s will be held in the Colacino Gallery, both on Nazareth’s campus at 4245 East Avenue. Hobart and William Smith Colleges faculty member Phillia C. Yi draws from her native Korean and adopted American cultures to create colorful oversized woodcut prints, reflecting the dilemmas and tension of her multicultural experience. Provided info states “Yi’s pieces appear spontaneous, yet are carefully crafted as she meticulously carves her woodblocks to imitate the fluidity of traditional brush and ink.” Nicholas Ruth’s monoprints express his ideas regarding modern communication, and explore the ways we “litter our lives with the artifacts of our desires.” A double reception will be held on Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Arts Center, and both exhibitions will continue through Sunday, February 26. The Arts Center Gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Colacino Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 389-5073 or visit artscenter.naz.edu. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Comedy [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv. 8-10 p.m. Spotlight Arts, 3 Railroad street . Fairport $10. 683-1654. spotlightarts.com. Polite Ink.’s Anniversary Show: You Are Here. 8-10 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $10$15. muccc.org. Ron White. 7 p.m. Rochester Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. For mature audiences $39-$59. (800) 745-3000. rbh.org. [ TUE., JANUARY 24 ] Comedy Nite hosted by Duane Witt. 8 p.m. Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 West Main Street . Lima 624-2080. fanaticspub.com.
Dance Events [ THU., JANUARY 19 ] Swing-In Band Jam. 8-10:30 p.m. St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 2000 Highland Ave. $9. 248-5196. [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] RCB InStudio. 7 p.m. Rochester City Ballet Studios, 1326 University Ave, Open Rehearsal for the children’s Ballet Green Eggs and Ham $10. 461-5850.
[ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] Light Works! Winter Wellness & Mystical Faire. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Carmen Clark Ldge, 777 Westfall Rd. $15-$20. 784-5250. rocmetaphysical.com.
Film [ THU., JANUARY 19 ] Keir Dullea to Present 2001: A Space Odyssey. 7:30 p.m. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave $25. 271-3361. eastman. org/2001. [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] Classical 91.5 Presents: The Pianist. 3-5 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue $7. 258-0400. thelittle.org. [ SUN., JANUARY 22 ] Opera Guild of Rochester Beatthe-Blahs. 1-4 p.m Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. $10 suggested donation. 2447060. operaguildofrochester.org/ beat-the-blahs.html.
Kids Events [ WED., JANUARY 18 ] Disney On Ice presents Passport to Adventure. 7-9 p.m. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Square Through Jan. 22. Wed.Fri. Jan. 18-20, 7 p.m. Sat. Jan.
21, 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m. Sun. Jan. 22, 2 p.m $15-$80. 2321000. disneyonice.com.
Lectures [ WED., JANUARY 18 ] “Life in Rochester: A Perspective”. 6:30-8 p.m. The Harley School, 1981 Clover St Presented by The Commons Speaker Series Presents. Lecture by Walter Cooper, Ph.D 4421770. harleyschool.org. [ THU., JANUARY 19 ] African World History & the Roots of Racism. 7-9 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Panel discussion with: Terry Chaka, Dr. Kiahh E. Nyame, Ricardo Adams. Hidden Passions: Seymour Schwartz and Rosemary Janofsky. 7 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. $7. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu/passion.
Meetings [ MON., JANUARY 23 ] Showing Up for Racial Justice. 6-8 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave.
Special Events [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] Brian Witz. 7-10 p.m. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place . Pittsford No charge for live music. 641-0340. vgwinebar@gmail.com. winebarinpittsfordny.com. DeafBlind Coffee Chat. Third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-1 p.m The Marketplace Mall, 1 Miracle Mile Share DeafBlind experiences, culture, and resources. Sign language students welcomed 286-2318. Doctor Who Night with Flower City Comic Con. 7-10 p.m. Nox: Craft Cocktails & Comfort Food, 302 Goodman St N noxcocktail.com. Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center Gala. 7 p.m. JCC Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Hosted by Adam Chodak and Evan Dawson 461-2000. jccrochester.org. Masterpiece Murder Mystery Dinner. 6 p.m. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main Street. Dansville Presented by Dansville ArtWorks in part with Mystery Dinner Theater. Appetizers followed by buffet dinner $40-$85. 335-4746. dansvilleartworks.com. Vegan (GF) Pop Up Bakery. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 540WMain, 540 W. Main Street 855-540-6246. 540westmain.org. [ TUE., JANUARY 24 ] Book Discussion: The Holocaust and the Church. 6 p.m. Casa Italiana at Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue Apart of Casa Italiana’s Week of Remembrance. Discussion led by Bonnie Abrams.
Theater Wednesdays-Sundays Wadsworth Auditorium at SUNY Geneseo,, 1 College Circle . Geneseo Through Jan. 21. Wed.-Sat. Jan. 18, 19, 20, 21, 7:30 p.m. Directed by Melanie Blood; Music by Michael Gore $15. 245-5824. geneseo.edu/bbo. The Devil, the Witch & the Blacksmith. ThursdaysSaturdays, 8-10 p.m Gallery 74,
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St Through Jan. 21. Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m. Starring J.R. Teeter $8-$14. 538-9684. breadandwatertheatre.org.
Workshops [ SAT., JANUARY 21 ] How to Care For Your House Plants. 11 a.m. Grossmans Garden & Home, 1801 Fairport Nine Mile Point Rd . Penfield 377-1982. grossmans.com. Introduction to Zen Meditation Workshop. 9:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Rochester Zen Center, 7 Arnold Park Vegetarian lunch included $45-$60. 473-9180. rzc.org. Miniature/Fairy Garden Class. 4 p.m. Grossmans Garden & Home, 1801 Fairport Nine Mile Point Rd . Penfield $5. 3771982. grossmans.com. Tai Chi Open House. 10-11:30 a.m. The Rochester T’ai Chi Ch’uan Center, 80 Rockwood Pl. 461-0130. rtccc@juno. com. rtccc.com. [ TUE., JANUARY 24 ] Adoption Information Seminar. 6-8 p.m. The Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley, 875 E Main St. Suite 500 461-0110. gayalliance.org.
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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
Run the world “20th Century Women”
(R), DIRECTED BY MIKE MILLS OPENS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, AT THE LITTLE THEATRE AND PITTSFORD CINEMA
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
[ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
Geneseo Theatres
Writer-director Mike Mills, in 2010’s “Beginners,” reflected on the life and death of his father (wonderfully portrayed by Christopher Plummer in an Oscar-winning performance), who came out as gay at the age of 75. With the affectionate comedy “20th Century Women,” the director now pays tribute to the life of his mother. Although Mills’ mother appeared in flashbacks throughout his previous film, she remained an enigmatic, mercurial presence. Here, as
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Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com
Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com
played by Annette Bening, she has a warmth and grace that draws us in to eagerly learn more about this remarkable woman. “20th Century Women” takes place during the summer of 1979 when the country is in a period of transition and a moment of relative calm following the social turmoil of the 60’s and before the downward spiral of cynicism that marked the 80’s. Mills has called his film “an elegy for a time and an innocence we can never return to,” and he uses montages of archival video, still photographs, and competing narration to create a sensory experience that cements the film’s sense of time and place. Roger Neill’s ethereal, synthesized score evokes the period while setting the relaxed, easygoing vibe. A divorced, middle-aged architect, Dorothea (Bening) lives in Santa Barbara with her 14-yearold son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann deftly injecting personality into a character that’s by necessity a bit of a blank slate). As the film begins, she’s renting rooms to two tenants: Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a crimson-haired artist who fled New York City
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after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, and William (a superb Billy Crudup), an ex-hippie turned handyman who’s helping Dorothea out with household repairs. Jamie’s best friend Julie (Elle Fanning) is also constantly around, climbing into his bedroom each night to sleep and talk into the wee hours (and that’s all, she stresses once Dorothea discovers their clandestine meetings). A single mother tasked with raising a man, Dorothea realizes the distance between her and Jamie will only grow, that every day she’ll know him a bit less. Perhaps as a result of being raised in the depression, she’s a bit of a bohemian, with a partiality for communal living and prone to inviting strangers over for dinner. Embracing the notion that family is something we create rather than a stifling container we’re born into, she enlists Abbie and Julie to help her ensure Jamie becomes a decent man, sharing their lives with him and hopefully in the process teaching him a bit about the world. The film is quite good at dramatizing the ways parents and children can love but often never truly grasp one another as people. Talking to Julie and Abbie, Dorothea expresses a certain envy that they have the ability to see Jamie out in the world, whereas she’ll never really know him as anything other than her son. In keeping with the film’s mellow mood, that’s pretty much it in the way of story. Though Mills keeps things light and breezy, his film proves as expansive thematically as it is limited in narrative.
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Both Mills and the characters he creates share an intense curiosity for the world around them; “20th Century Women” and “Beginners” have a similar sense of wideeyed optimism. In paying homage to his mother, Mills honors the strength and resilience of all the women who’ve surrounded him throughout his life. In one of the best performances of her career, Bening plays Dorothea with intelligence and humor, embracing the character’s myriad contradictions. While she’s warm and gentle, she can also often be prickly and standoffish with Jamie. Likewise, Fanning and Gerwig are both terrific, making their characters feel like real, complex women and not simply things that happen to Jamie or plot devices who flit into the boy’s life solely to impart meaningful life lessons. Throughout “20th Century Women,” Mills is content to sit back and allow scenes to play out, letting us watch these characters talk to (and occasionally through) one another on a path toward some sort of greater understanding. As they each search for meaning and purpose, they’re taking advantage of a line of communication between generations. It’s inspiring to see Mills’ depiction of a world in which people seek out different perspectives rather than walling themselves off from anything that challenges their worldview. Imagine living somewhere so enlightened.
[ OPENING ] 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (R): The story of three women who explore love and freedom in Southern California during the late 1970’s. Little, Pittsford 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968): Open the pod bay doors, HAL. Dryden (Thu., Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 22, 2 p.m.) HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924): Lon Chaney, the “Man of a Thousand Faces,” stars as an embittered inventor who faces humiliation by embracing the lifestyle of a circus clown. Dryden (Tue., Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.) I WAS NINETEEN (1968): The story of a young man who returns to Germany as a Red Army soldier after having fled his native country with his family as a child. Dryden (Fri., Jan. 20. 7:30 p.m.) MARTY (1955): A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other. Dryden (Wed., Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.) SPLIT (PG-13): Three girls are kidnapped by a man with 24 distinct personalities, some of whom may be more dangerous than others. Starring James McAvoy. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster VIOLENT SATURDAY (1955): A gang of bank-robbing rogues roll into a small town ready for their big score, only to find that the community has troubles all its own. Dryden (Sat., Jan 21, 7:30 p.m.) XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (PG-13): After being left for dead, secret agent Xander Cage secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment. Starring Vin Diesel. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, IMAX, Tinseltown [ CONTINUING] ALWAYS SHINE (NR): On a weekend trip, two actress friends try to reconnect with one another, but suppressed
jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise. Little ARRIVAL (PG-13): Amy Adams stars as a linguist who’s recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications. With Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Canadaigua, Eastview, Webster THE BYE BYE MAN (PG13): Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind mankind’s most unspeakable acts. Canandaigua, Culver, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster EVOLUTION (NR): The only residents of a seaside town are women and young boys, but when one of those boys spots a corpse floating in the ocean, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Little FENCES (PG-13): A workingclass family struggles against the heightened racial climate of 1950s Pittsburgh. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Tinseltown, Webster FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (PG13): Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in the U.S. with a suitcase full of magical creatures, but when they escape the wizarding world is thrown into chaos. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Webster HIDDEN FIGURES (PG-13): Based on the true story of the team of African-American women who provided NASA with the mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, and Kevin Costner. Canandaigua, Culver, Pittsford, Webster JACKIE (R): Following the assassination of her husband, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman) fights through grief and trauma to define her husband’s historic legacy. Pittsford
LA LA LAND (PG-13): Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star as a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress who fall in love against the backdrop of modern-day Los Angeles in this swooning musical romance. Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Webster LION (PG-13): A 5-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, and survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. Henrietta, Little, Pittsford LIVE BY NIGHT (R): A story set in the Prohibition Era, centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime. Starring Ben Affleck. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R): After his older brother passes away, a man is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown MOANA (PG): In this animated adventure, a young woman sets sail for a fabled island with the assistance from the legendary demi-god Maui. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster A MONSTER CALLS (PG-13): A young boy attempts to deal with his mother’s illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping to a fantastical world. Canandaigua, Henrietta, Pittsford, Webster MONSTER TRUCKS (PG): A displaced subterranean creature takes up residence inside a high schooler’s truck. Adventure ensues. Canandaigua, Culver, Tinseltown, Webster MOONLIGHT (R): The life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Tinseltown OCEAN WAVES (PG-13): As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the
iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down. Little PASSENGERS (PG-13): A luxury spacecraft on a 120 year trek to a far off interstellar colony suffers a malfunction to its sleep chamber, causing two of its 5,000 passengers to be woken up 90 years early. Starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster PATRIOTS DAY (R): A docudrama account of the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath. Starring Mark Wahlberg. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13): The first spin-off story of the “Star Wars” film franchise follows a team of resistance fighters on a dangerous mission to steal plans for the Death Star. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster SILENCE (R): In the latest from Martin Scorsese, two Jesuit priests face persecution after traveling to Japan, where they attempt to spread the teachings of Christianity. Starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson. Eastview, Henrietta, Webster SING (PG): A koala bear decides to hold a singing competition in order to raise money to save his theater from closing. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS (R): Vampire death dealer, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. Brockport, Canandaigua, Henrietta
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This isn’t a column about a skill you could learn at college. I don’t believe Dartmouth College would be teaching the preservation trades. The worth of training in these trades is a completely different column for another day. But knowledge of wood refinishing and window restoration, to name just two skills, has done the current owner great benefit in bringing her home of 55 years back to its former glory. And because of her hard work and love of that home, it presents a great opportunity for the next owner of 267 Dartmouth Street. Built in 1900, this majestic Queen Ann is filled with beautiful chestnut molding and woodwork. The owner showed me the few areas that still had the white paint she had so painstakingly removed from the rest of the house. She also refinished the lovely pocket doors between the living and dining rooms. Original windows have been removed, refinished, restrung, and rehung. Again, all the windows haven’t been restored but it’s a good start for the next owner. The home has lots of great details and amenities including both a front and back staircase, with a stained glass window at the landing, stunning tile and mantle on the fireplace, original hardware, two clawfoot tubs, a sleeping porch, and push button light switches. There is plenty of storage including fine closet space in the generously sized four bedrooms and additional storage in two versatile rooms on the third floor
servant quarters. Bay windows in the master bedroom and living room elevate the design of these prestigious rooms. But my favorite is the original toilet in the basement with a wooden tank. A renovated kitchen with modern appliances and a built-in bookcase for your cookbook collection provides functional workspace. A full bathroom off the dining room was fashioned from the original pantry. There’s also a cute little room off the front foyer that has loads of possibilities. The lot has a nice backyard with a weeping Mulberry that fruits each year, four lilacs, and a dogwood. The location is very desirable with the Monroe Ave. YMCA and Public Library just a short walk around the corner. A few blocks in the other direction is Park Avenue and all its wonders. Contact Jaci Cannan with RE/MAX Plus at 585-279-8200 if you are interested in viewing 267 Dartmouth St. For a house in this neighborhood, $199,900 is a great price. But the greatest advantage of this home is the end product of the skills that the current owner honed in her years of work on her home. And if you ask nicely, I bet she’d give you some tips so you can finish that cherished work. by Larry Francer Larry is Associate Director of Preservation at The Landmark Society and a resident of the South Wedge.
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Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 172 Wintergreen Way Rochester,NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Centerpointe Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Facilities LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/13/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan FP Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
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Notice of Formation of RITCHIE NV PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/07/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2176 Lake Rd., Ste. 1, Hamlin, NY 14464. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of Rochester Area Community Foundation Health LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/27/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 500 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph M. Shur, Relin, Goldstein & Crane LLP, 28 E. Main St., Ste. 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TOTAL PROPERTY SOURCE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/09/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gabriel W. Weiler, 72 Beau Ln., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TPW MEDIA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/12/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 144 Ellingwood Dr., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of WEILER REALTY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/09/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gabriel W. Weiler, 72 Beau Ln., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Wildflower Birth Support, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/6/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 55 Bradford Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Zito Drone Services, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/4/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to John Zito, 111 Worthing
Terrace, E. Rochester, NY 14445, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Brighton Gardens Apartments LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 11/17/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Glenbrook Manor Apartments LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 11/17/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Lake Vista Realty LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 11/17/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 1 4534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Morgan Kings Realty LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 11/17/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any
lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Morgan Waverly Realty LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/20/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 12/16/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Waverly Wood Apartments LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/16. Off. loc: Monroe Co. LLC org. in DE 11/17/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE off. addr.: 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Aramco Performance Materials LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/14/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 9009 W. Loop South, Houston, TX 77096. LLC formed in DE on 10/12/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Kingsland Capital LLC, name amended to: Kingsland Advisors LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/23/14. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/04/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Corporation Service
Company, 80 State St., Albany, NY 122072543. Address to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of MagPump, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/4/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 64 Eagle Pine Way, Rochester, NY 14623. DE address of LLC: 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of MIG Building Systems of East Syracuse, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 495 S. High St., Suite 50, Columbus, OH 43215. LLC formed in DE on 10/4/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of MIG Building Systems, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 495 S. High St., Suite 50, Columbus, OH 43215. LLC formed in DE on 10/4/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful
Legal Ads purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Nettime Solutions, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/14/16 Office location: Monroe County. LLC organized in AZ on 1/18/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Principal office address: 911 Panorama Trail South, Rochester, NY 14625. Cert. of Org. filed with Executive Director, AZ Corporation Commission, 1300 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of RANDSTAD FEDERAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/06/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Georgia (GA) on 09/30/08. Princ. office of LLC: 150 Presidential Way, 4th Fl., Woburn, MA 01801. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with GA Secy. of State, 2 MLK, Jr. Dr., Ste. 313, Floyd W. Tower, Atlanta, GA 30334-1530. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of RANDSTAD HR SOLUTIONS OF DELAWARE, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/09/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/19/98. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of RANDSTAD PROFESSIONALS US, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 01/11/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/03/02. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Div. of Corps. - DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of RANDSTAD US, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/04/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/19/98. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of TEMP FORCE, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/30/98. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Pride Trading LLC. Filed 12/8/16 Office: Monroe co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:735 Emerson St Rochester, NY 14613 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] Rochester Real Estate Exchange LLC, a
To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/13/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process The LLC, 33 Crystal Springs Ln., Fairport, NY 14450. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] ROCHESTER SIGN CO LLC Articles of Org filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/30/2016 Office in Monroe County SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served SSNY shall copy of process to 27 Abby La, Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Serenity Massage By Jodi, PLLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/10/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 12 Dona Lea Fairport, NY 14450 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Sutherland Business Solutions, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/1/2016. LLCs office is in Monroe County. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLCs principal business location at 1676 Lake Rd, Webster NY 14580. LLCs purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] TCBJR Properties, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/28/16. County: Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to The LLC, 250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Vanessa Velez Properties, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 22, 2016 with an effective date of formation of December 22, 2016. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 136 Gibbs Street, Apt. 3, Rochester, New York 14605. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful
activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE ] Wade Cleaning Enterprise, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/3/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to princ address/RA Cornelius Wade 327 Troup St. Rochester, NY 14608 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] XL Construction Supply, LLC. Filed 11/9/16 Office: Monroe co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:5 Sheldon Dr. Spencerport, NY 14559 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE } Eini F Holding LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 10/25/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to P.O Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE } Lkp Event Productions, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/23/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 17 Lamp Post Dr Rochester, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of CKMJ Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/8/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 89 Pocatello Trail, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] BNR Engineering, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on August 8, 2015. Its office is in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to Jeron Rogers 67 Marion St. Rochester, NY 14610. The purpose of the Company is engineering services [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ]
Ellman Restaurants LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 11/1/16. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1042 Ravenside Lane E Webster, NY 14580 . The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: WOODTECH NY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/16/2016 with a future effective date of 01/01/2017. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O WOODTECH NY LLC, One East Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of 2815 Monroe Retail Office, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 22, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is CERC-NS Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on October 24, 2016. Office location is Monroe County, New York. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at PO Box 17408, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 10DOLLARTEECLUB, LLC ]
The name of the Limited Liability Company is10DollarTeeClub, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 12/20/2016. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 12 Beverly Street, Rochester, NY 14610. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BATTLESHIP ENTERPRISES, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 12/29 /16 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 1494 Chigwell Lane North, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] TKL Photography LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organizations of the LLC were filed with Secretary of State NY (“SSNY”) on November 14, 2016. LLC’s office location is to be in Monroe County, State of NY. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: Tasneem Luto, 775 Park Ave, Floor 2 Apt 1, Rochester, NY 14607. The LLC is to be managed by its members. No members of the LLC shall be liable in their capacity as members of the LLC for debts, obligations, or liabilities of the LLC. Purpose of the LLC: any and all lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Get Slim Rochester, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 2, 2016 with an effective date of formation of December 2, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 215 Spencerport Rd., Rochester, NY in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been
designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 215 Spencerport Road, Spencerport, New York 14606. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Hyperspectral Solutions LLC was organized in the state of Ohio on 6/30/15 and has filed an application for authority with the New York Secretary of State on 10/25/16. Its principal place of business is located at 125 Tech Park Drive, Rochester, New York in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 125 Tech Park Drive, Rochester, New York 14626. The address of the office required to be maintained in the jurisdiction of its organization is InCorp Services, Inc., 9435 Waterstone Boulevard Suite 140, Cincinnati, OH 45249. The name and address of the authorized officer in its jurisdiction of organization where a copy of its certificate of organization is filed is Ohio Secretary of State, 180 East Broad Street, 16th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] LCMJ Holding Company LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 2, 2016 with an effective date of formation of December 2, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 5 Cardinal Forest Lane, Spencerport, NY in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 5 Cardinal Forest Lane, Spencerport, New York 14559. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability
Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MMPO, LLC ] MMPO, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 12/14/16. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PLLC ] Notice is hereby given that Suzanne Allphin Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, PLLC, a Professional Limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on December 2, 2016. The principal office is located in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company is: 46 French Creek Drive, Rochester, New York 14618. The purpose of the company is to engage in the profession of Registered Professional Nursing. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILHUSKY HOTEL, LLC ] WilHusky Hotel, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 12/9/16. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILHUSKY STUDENT HOUSING, LLC ] WilHusky Student Housing, LLC (the
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Legal Ads > page 33 “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 12/9/16. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILRELAX, LLC ] WilRelax, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 12/20/16. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF638 WEST GENESEE STREET, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is 638 West Genesee Street, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 12/28/2016. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to840 Lehigh Station Rd., West Henrietta, NY 14586. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2016-2622 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Klemens Leskovics’ Living Trust, dated September 25, 2006, Plaintiff, vs. Gergely Gyorfi; James Bianchi; Julia Bianchi; Gergely Gyorfi, d/b/a G&G Garge; Seanknequa Miller; Linda Murray, Defendants. Pursuant
to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 30, 2016, entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the Foreclosure Auction Area, Hall of Justice Lower Level Atrium, 99 Exchange Boulevard, Rochester, New York, in the County of Monroe on January 20, 2017 at 9:30 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 1220F and 1220R Lyell Avenue, Rochester, NY; Tax Account No. 105.62-18./HOME and 105.62-18./NHOM. Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $60,725.14 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: December 2016 Sara Stout Ashcraft, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Plaintiff designates MONROE as the place of trial situs of the real property. Mortgaged Premises: 27 GREEN ACRE LANE ROCHESTER, NY 14624 District: Section: 119.10 Block: 1 Lot: 4 INDEX NO. 11309/2016 CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. PATRICIA TERZIANI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY TERZIANI; MARY TERZIANI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY TERZIANI; VINCENT TERZIANI, JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY TERZIANI, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien
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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; COUNTY OF MONROE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption
action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $160,500.00 and interest, recorded on June 20, 2005, at Liber 19746 Page 48, of the Public Records of MONROE County, New York, covering premises known as 27 GREEN ACRE LANE ROCHESTER, NY 14624. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. MONROE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: November 11, 2016 RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE; Index 2016/010562. Filed 01/03/2017. QUICKEN LOANS, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE ESTATE OF MELISSA NAVEDO; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF MELISSA NAVEDO; JORDAN A. FREEMAN, HEIR-AT-LAW; MANUEL C. FIGUEROA, JR., MINOR HEIR-AT-LAW; JOSE NAVEDO A/K/A JOSE NAVEDO, SR., HEIR-AT-LAW; ISABEL CARABALLO, HEIR-ATLAW; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action may answer to appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Supplemental Summons and Amended Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Supplemental Summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. To the above named defendants: The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Daniel J. Doyle, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated December 20, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on the property located at 119 Ridgemar Road, Rochester, NY 14615 also known as Section: 75.64 Block: 4 Lot: 3. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial based upon the location of the property being foreclosed. Attorneys for Plaintiff: Stern & Eisenberg, PC, 485 B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830, T: (516) 6300288.
[ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] INDEX NO.: 20165926 Date Filed: 01/05/17 MORTGAGED PREMISES: 24 SHRUBBERY LANE ROCHESTER, NY 14624 SBL #: 146.09 – 3 – 15. Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF MONROE ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF TINA PIERCE A/K/A TINA M. PIERCE, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs al law, next of kin, destributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all person having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who maybe deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien, or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widow, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complain; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the plaintiff, ET AL, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York).; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY
OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $88,319.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Monroe on April 27, 2015, in Book number 26088 Page number 495, covering premises known as 24 Shrubbery Lane, Rochester, New York 14624, County of Monroe and State of New York– SBL #: 146.09 – 3 – 15. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the defendant(s) Unknown Heirs to the Estate of Tina Pierce a/k/a Tina M. Pierce, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by Publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Daniel J. Doyle of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated December 20, 2016. Dated: New Rochelle, NY December 29, 2016 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. Sonia J. Baez, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at WWW.BANKING. STATE.NY.US. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay your taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.
Fun [ NEWS OF THE WEIRD ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD
Leading Economic Indicator
The salary the Golden State Warriors pay to basketball whiz Stephen Curry may be a bargain at $12 million a year, but the economics is weirder about the prices Curry’s fans pay on the street for one of his used mouthguards retrieved from the arena floor after a game. One used, sticky, saliva-encased teeth-protector went for $3,190 at one August auction, and SCP Auctions of California is predicting $25,000 for another, expelled during the NBA championship series last June. ESPN Magazine reported “at least” 35 Twitter accounts dedicated to Curry’s mouthguard.
Cultural Diversity
In parts of Panama, some men still fight for access to women with the ferocity of rutting male elks. The indigenous Ngabe people mostly keep to themselves in rural areas but have surfaced in towns like Volcan, near the Costa Rican border, where in December a reporter witnessed two men fist-fighting to bloody exhaustion on the street in a typical “Mi Lucha” (“my struggle”), with the loser’s wife following the winner home. As the custom loses its cachet, only about a third of the time does the wife now comply, according to the website Narratively. (Bonus: It’s an often-easy “divorce” for the Ngabe — for a fed-up wife to taunt her husband into a losing fight, or for a fed-up husband to pick a fight and take a dive.)
The Continuing Crisis
Over a six-year period (the latest measured), drug companies and pharmacies legally distributed 780 million pain pills in West Virginia — averaging to 433 for every man,
woman and child. Though rules require dispensers to investigate “suspicious” overprescribing, little was done, according to a recent Drug Enforcement Administration report obtained by the Gazette-Mail of Charleston — even though half of the pills were supplied by the nation’s “big three” drugmakers (whose CEOs’ compensation is enriched enormously by pain pill production). Worse, year-by-year the strengths of the pills prescribed increase as users’ tolerance demands. (West Virginia residents disproportionately suffer from unemployment, coal mining-related disabilities and poor health.) University of Kentucky professor Buck Ryan disclosed in December that he had been punished recently (loss of travel funds and a “prestigious” award) by his dean for singing the Beach Boys classic “California Girls” for a lesson comparing American and Chinese cultures — because of the song’s “language of a sexual nature.” The school’s “coordinator” on sexual harassment issues made the ruling, apparently absent student complaints, for Ryan’s lyric change of “Well, East Coast girls are hip” to “Well, Shanghai girls are hip.” Because the 2015 San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack that killed 14 and seriously wounded 22 was a “workplace” injury (in that the shooters fired only at fellow employees), any health insurance the victims had was superseded exclusively by coverage under the state’s “workers’ compensation” system — a system largely designed for typical job injuries, such as back pain and slip-and-falls. Thus, for example, one San Bernardino victim with “hundreds of pieces of shrapnel” still in her body even after multiple surgeries and in constant pain, must nevertheless constantly argue her level of care with a bureaucrat pressured by budgetary issues and forced to massage sets of one-size-fits-all guidelines.
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t send mixed signals. If you aren’t into someone, be frank about the way you feel. An offer of friendship will help you avoid hurting someone’s feelings as well as diminish your chance of damaging your reputation. Before you commit to anyone, make sure it’s with the right partner. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Open your heart and let the love pour in. You’ll attract plenty of interest and attention if you participate in community events or any other activity that is geared toward meeting and talking to people you encounter along the way. Don’t shy away from someone’s advances.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Playing games when it comes to love will lead to trouble. Listen and acknowledge if someone shows interest in you, but make it clear how you feel and what your expectations are. Honesty will help you weed out anyone who doesn’t fit your criteria when it comes to choosing a partner. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t go overboard. If you see someone you are attracted to, just be yourself and engage in chitchat. Keeping your conversation engaging and playful will encourage whomever you are entertaining to make the first move. Romance is in the stars, but that doesn’t mean you should move too fast.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be difficult to pin down when it comes to love. If someone comes on too strong, you’ll be gone; if you aren’t paid enough attention, you’ll lose interest. It will be a no-win situation for anyone but the person who has what it takes to hold your interest. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll be lucky when it comes to love. You’ll attract someone who shares your interests, values and common goals. Let the talks begin, and before you realize it, you’ll be planning a forever life with someone very special. If you like what you see and hear, don’t hesitate to seal the deal.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be difficult to pin down. Your changing attitude and mind will confuse anyone trying to control or harness your love. Carry on about your business, and don’t worry too much about anyone questioning what you will do next. Someone just as changeable as you will suit you better. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll attract attention even if you try hard not to. Your magnetic yet mysterious demeanor will draw someone as creative and unique as you to your side. Don’t be afraid to let down your guard and find out exactly how much you have in common. Romance is in the stars.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be attracted to someone you think you know. Don’t jump to conclusions or make an impulsive promise. Spend time talking, and you’ll discover what appeared to be so appealing will diminish quickly, giving you the chance to move along without emotional complications or attachments holding you back. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expectations will stand between you and finding true love. Don’t rule someone out just because he or she is different than you. Take time to find out more, and you’ll discover that although you approach life from different perspectives, you eventually
reach a similar conclusion. Give love a chance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Someone from your past is probably still interested in you. Make a point to attend a reunion or search for him or her through social media, and you will open the door to a new beginning to a tried and true past. If you love someone, let him or her know. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Consider who you are, the things you enjoy and what you want out of life. Anyone you decide to get involved with must accept you the way you are — and vice versa — if you want the relationship to have a chance to last a lifetime.
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