ZOO’S FINDS MAY HELP PROTECT FORESTS
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THE STATE OF THE UNION IN THE AGE OF TRUMP URBAN JOURNAL, PAGE 3
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THEATER, PAGE 19
The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal cuts arts funding. How would that affect Rochester’s scene? ARTS, Page 10
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The new Republicans
Now that we have seen huge cuts proposed to many federal social programs that help millions of Americans, people may finally be ready to consider the fact that today’s Republican Party and especially the Republicans in Congress are different from those we remember in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Having studied “Conservative” political thought for the past 40 years, it is my conclusion that a lot of “Conservatives” in 2017 USA (but not all) do not believe that the federal government should spend one cent on any social programs that help people, including Social Security. It gives me no pleasure to say this. I just believe that people who have warm and caring hearts, who have compassion for others, who believe that government should try to help people who are struggling in life (in other words, “liberals” and “progressives”) need to be informed and accept the fact that this is so. This is what we are dealing with and will continue to deal with in the future. STEW EPSTEIN
Changing parties
It has been 40-plus years that I have been a registered Republican. I have rarely voted outside the party line for political offices. Every presidential election from Richard Nixon’s second term through Mitt Romney, I voted for the Republican candidate. In 2016 I voted, but not for Donald Trump. My 2 CITY
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stomach, like many others’, churned at the thought of this inexperienced, new politician becoming a “fake” president. Even now, I am sick with the thought that Trump has the right to let his ego-sized portrait hang in the White House alongside legitimate presidents. Everything he has said or done, as the Republican candidate and now as the president, makes me regret I voted in 2016 as a registered Republican. Since he became president, it has all been “Make Trump Great.” His attacks on the media, his refusal to acknowledge any Russian collusion, and so many more other unpresidential things make me want to see him impeached. As an evangelical Christian, I don’t support my evangelical brethren’s giving their approval to the Trump presidency for any reason. Trump’s party today seems to have forgotten the Republican role model of what a “real” president is suppose to act like. They have forgotten Abraham Lincoln. My wife has always been a declared independent. She sees Donald Trump as I do. So, being thoroughly disgusted with the GOP, I am considering changing my party to one that has fully separated itself from Donald Trump and his “fake” presidency. DOUGLAS W. ALLEN
The future of Parcel 5
This is Main Street. Why would you want to put a “dark box” on it? The theater proposal means that the location would be closed for nearly half the year when events aren’t occurring. We need something vibrant and active in that space. We don’t need another project to endlessly subsidize. This space is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the heart of our city to change the dynamic. Let’s not rush into something in the dark. KELLY CHEATLE
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The state of the union in the age of Trump Day after day, the bad news spills out: During last year’s presidential campaign, the Russians not only hacked into the Democrats’ e-mail system but also proposed a meeting with Donald Trump’s son, on at least the pretext that they had incriminating evidence about Hillary Clinton. A gleeful Donald Trump Jr. agreed to the meeting, and, for good measure, took along his brother-in-law and the Trump campaign chairman. Republicans in Congress have responded fairly tepidly to signs of Russia’s meddling in our election, but they’re dead set on making it harder for Americans to vote. Trump is alienating the leaders of foreign nations at a horrifying pace, and the damage he’s doing – to our reputation, to our history of international leadership, and to other nations’ trust in us – will last long after he’s gone. Trump appointees and Republicans in Congress have their sights set on regulations that protect the environment and Americans’ health and safety. Trump has walked away from an important international agreement on climate change, despite growing evidence that the world faces catastrophe if we don’t work together, quickly. North Korea is testing missiles that could reach our shores, and our volatile, unpredictable president will determine our response. Meantime, on Capitol Hill, Republicans continue to construct a war on the poor, the elderly, and the sick. The latest version of the Republicans’ health care bill – abandoned Monday night – would have let health-insurance companies charge the sick and the elderly far more than they would charge people with no health problems. That version of the Republican health-care plan was so bad that the two big insurance trade associations, America’s Health Insurance Plans and BlueCross BlueShield Association, came out against it. The plan was “simply unworkable in any form,” the two groups said in a letter to Senate leaders, “and would undermine protections for those with pre-existing medical conditions, increase premiums, and lead to widespread terminations of coverage for people currently enrolled in the individual market.” The senior-citizen lobbying group AARP said the plan would “make a bad health bill worse” and warned that it would tell its 38 million members how every Senator voted. And here was the banner on the American Medical Association’s website: “New Health Bill: Tell Senate to Put Patients Before Politics. Join AMA and urge senators to stop Medicaid cuts & ensure meaningful, affordable coverage.”
Trump Sr. and Jr. aren’t the only ones who seem to have lost the normal human instinct for kindness.”
None of that opposition mattered to most Republican senators, and the bill came close to passing. And with that plan dead, the Senate’s majority leader, Mitch McConnell, was urging his legislators to simply repeal Obamacare and come up with a replacement in a couple of years. That would get Republicans past the midterm elections, but it would throw millions off of health insurance, reinstate the atrocities of the old system, and throw the insurance industry into chaos. This is just incomprehensible. In his column late last week, the Times’ David Brooks traced some Trump family history and said that a “moral obliviousness” was bred into our current president and his namesake son. “It takes generations to hammer ethical considerations out of a person’s mind and to replace them entirely with the ruthless logic of winning and losing,” Brooks wrote, “to take the normal human yearning to be good and replace it with a single-minded desire for material conquest; to take the normal human instinct for kindness and replace it with a lawof-the-jungle mentality.” Trump Sr. and Jr. aren’t the only ones who seem to have lost the normal human instinct for kindness, though. That loss is evident throughout the Republican Party. So here we are. Conservatives’ grip on the Republican Party seems permanent. Even if Donald Trump doesn’t fill out his term, Mike Pence will take his place. And Ruth Bader Ginsberg won’t live forever. Good merciful heaven: how did we let this happen to this country? And how will we fix this mess? rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Lima leads on power law
The Lima village board passed legislation that will allow the government to proceed with community choice aggregation. In those programs, governments buy electricity for their residents and businesses; the individual customers still pay for the power. Lima’s legislation authorizes the village to enter a buying group with other local governments; it’s the first Rochester-area community to pass such a law. Brockport officials are considering similar legislation, and the Town of Geneva plans to hold an August 8 public hearing on its proposed law. The Rochester People’s Climate Coalition has been advocating for local governments to embrace community choice aggregation because they see it as a way to provide lots of people with renewable energy and to lower utility bills.
DMV’s make accessibility tweaks
The Monroe County Clerk’s Office will now allow people with disabilities to request accommodations at
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local Department of Motor Vehicles offices by using the office’s online reservation system (https://monroedmv.setmore.com/) or by calling (585) 753-1604. Typical accommodations include providing ASL interpreters and audio testing for people with reading difficulties, according to a press release from the clerk’s office. The changes came after a request from the Center for Disability Rights, says the release.
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For Dems, a wealth of candidates
Ethics complaint is dismissed
The City of Rochester’s ethics board dismissed Democratic mayoral candidate Rachel Barnhart’s complaint against Mayor Lovely Warren, whom she’s challenging in the party’s September primary. Barnhart’s complaint stemmed from an Uber job fair at City Hall. She questioned whether it was appropriate for a business to use city property and whether there was a conflict of interest, since Warren’s former chief of staff, Jeremy Cooney, now works for a lobbying and public affairs firm that represents Uber.
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Key offices in Rochester’s city government are on the ballot this fall. PHOTO BY KEVIN FULLER
This year is a particularly significant election year for the City of Rochester, with the mayor’s office, more than half the seats on City Council, and three of the seven school board seats on the ballot. This year is also significant because of the large number of candidates: three for mayor, 13 for City Council, five for school board. July 13 was the petitionfiling deadline for Democrats who want to run in the September 12 primary. Challenges to the petitions can be filed until later this month, and by Monday challenges had been filed against almost every candidate. Challenges – which aren’t unusual – occasionally do result in petitions being ruled invalid. It’s likely, though, that most of the candidates who filed will end up on the ballot. Here’s the list: For mayor: the incumbent, Lovely Warren; County Legislator (and former Rochester Police Chief) Jim Sheppard; and former television reporter Rachel Barnhart. For the five City Council seats: The incumbents: Council President
Loretta Scott, who is completing her second Council term; Dana Miller, who is completing his third term; and Jackie Ortiz, who is completing her second term. The non-incumbents: Rochester artist and activist Shawn Dunwoody; school board member Malik Evans; Mitch Gruber, chief program officer at Foodlink; PLEX resident Dorian Hall; 2008 County Clerk candidate Thomas Hasman; Rochester teacher Matt Juda; former County Legislator Willie J. Lightfoot; former special education teacher Ann Lewis; community activist Mary Lupien; and small business owner Marcus Williams. For the three school board seats: incumbents Cynthia Elliott, who is completing her third term; and Van White, the board president, completing his third term; and non-incumbents Beatriz LeBron, a social worker; Cecelia Golden, a former Rochester school district administrator; Sabrina LaMar; and Natalie Sheppard, a care coordinator at Hillside.
Staff at the Smithsonian figured 20 to 30 percent of Madagascar samples collected by a Seneca Park Zoo Society-led team would be new to its database of species’ DNA, but about 90 percent were, says Pamela Reed Sanchez, the zoo society’s executive director.
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Zoo’s finds may help protect forests Madagascar, the island country off the coast of Africa that many people associate with lemurs, is a hotbed of biodiversity. According to the World Wildlife Fund, scientists discovered 615 new species there – including 41 mammals and 61 reptiles – between 1999 and 2010. WWF says 95 percent of the island’s reptiles, as well as 89 percent of its plants and 92 percent of its mammals, aren’t found anywhere else on the planet. So when Seneca Park Zoo Society representatives set out with photographer David Liittschwager to take his One Cubic Foot project to Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, the team expected to document a large number of species. For the project, Liittschwager places a onecubic-foot box in a promising spot and photographs all of the species that move through it in a day. The team brought back 500-plus samples so that the species’ DNA could be “barcoded” for a Smithsonian database. The Smithsonian started the database to help scientists better identify and differentiate species, as well as to catalog DNA sequences of living things and serve as a record when species go extinct.
Staff at the Smithsonian figured that 20 to 30 percent of the Madagascar samples would be new to the database, but about 90 percent were, says Pamela Reed Sanchez, the zoo society’s executive director. And around 20 of the species they collected – mostly insects – may have been previously unknown to science, she says. Researchers are now working to sort that out. “It’s going to be national and international news,” Reed Sanchez says. The Seneca Park Zoo Society is an independent educational, conservation, and advocacy group tied to the zoo, and it funded the project. Mahandry Hugues Andrianarisoa, a conservation biology student pursuing his master’s degree from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar’s capital, is in Rochester through the end of July to help prepare a report on the research for the Malagasy government. He was part of the team that did the fieldwork in Ranomafana National Park and recently traveled to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., to work on DNA barcoding of the collected species He says the findings could become a valuable tool for conservationists taking on one of Madagascar’s biggest environmental problems: deforestation. The research helps
provide a more complete picture of what could be lost when Madagascar’s forests are destroyed, and it helps strengthen the case for protecting those areas, he says. He’ll be able to take some of the skills he’s learned, he says, including DNA barcoding, back to Madagascar and use them to help protect the country’s forests. For example, mining and manufacturing companies have to study the potential impact their projects will have on forests and provide environmental restoration plans, Andrianarisoa says. When there’s more documentation of the species that make up or rely on the forests, officials can make better decisions around those projects, he says. Madagascar is not a wealthy country, and typically children leave school when they’re 10. Andrianarisoa is one of the exceptions: he pursued his studies with support from his parents, who are teachers in a small town, with the hope of making his country better. Much of Madagascar’s deforestation results from families doing what they need to in order to live, Andrianarisoa says. They clear land to grow food or to harvest trees for wood and charcoal. He wants to return to Madagascar to teach people
Mahandry Hugues Andrianarisoa PHOTO BY JEREMY MOULE
about the environment and help families find new ways of supporting themselves. He sees education as key to protecting Madagascar’s biodiversity. But all of that will take resources, and the funding just isn’t available in his home country. That means he needs to find partnerships, he says. The same holds true for reforestation efforts, which he also wants to work on. “The situation is getting hard,” he says, “so we want to make sure it’s happening as quick as possible.”
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EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
Frustrated board wrestles with special ed Rochester school board member Malik Evans isn’t known for theatrics or public outbursts, but at a recent board meeting, Evans had enough. Special education consultant Judy Elliott was bluntly describing a broken system. But she wasn’t more than 15 minutes into her presentation when Evans began fidgeting in his seat and interrupting her with questions. “We continue to have the same issues over and over again,” Evans said in a telephone interview the day after the meeting. “How do we keep this from repeating itself?” The district hired Elliott earlier this year to look at special education: how students with disabilities are identified and given the services they need and what results from those efforts. The report was the latest of many – going back years –with similarly condemning findings. Elliott’s report raised challenging questions for the school board. Why, for instance, have referrals for special education shot up by a whopping 93 percent during the last few years, while the district’s enrollment has declined? The large number of special education referrals is overwhelming the district’s ability to manage them, Elliott said. And why does the district’s special education enrollment hover at nearly 20 percent, when the national average for large school districts is around 12 percent? The district seems to be basing its decisions about special education on the race of the students, according to Elliott’s report. For instance, the vast majority of students classified as having autism are white, and most of the students classified as having learning disorders are Hispanic. Race should not be a predictor of the student’s disability, she said. The majority of students referred for special education services under the “Other Health Impairment” classification are African American. That category is typically reserved for children with ongoing medical problems like kidney disease, Elliott said. And those children were also disproportionately suspended more than any others, supporting critics’ claims of institutional racism. “So kids with health issues are getting suspended?” Elliott said. Most troubling was the report’s broader point: the district’s problems with special education reflect its problems in general education. The district must improve the latter to see better outcomes in special education, Elliott said. Board member Malik Evans said he wasn’t interested in hashing over Elliott’s statistics, and he rattled off a list of previous reports, all of them harshly critical of the 6 CITY
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From left to right, Board President Van White, Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams, Vice President Cynthia Elliott, and Malik Evans. PHOTO BY KEVIN FULLER
school district’s outcomes. The district has to be more focused on management, execution, and accountability, he said. “I don’t know if it’s the data or the implementation,” he said the next day. “I just think we have to follow through and do the things that we say we’re going to do. A lot of what we heard last night, we’ve heard before. We could close our eyes and it could be the same things we heard in 2007. How many reports do we need?” Board President Van White empathized
with Evans. “I know exactly what he’s thinking,” White interjected during the board meeting. Experts have been issuing reports and making recommendations for years to, as he termed it, turn over the applecart. The board has agreed to many of these recommendations, but the promised improvements usually don’t materialize, he said. “Excuse me if I have some healthy skepticism,” White said. In a telephone interview late last week, former Rochester superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard said he understands the board’s frustration. “These issues are not new,” Brizard said. The district has management problems, but it also has cultural issues that help to explain the
“over-classification of black and brown kids.” Not all of these kids are disabled, he said. “It’s not something that’s in the water,” Brizard said. “It’s something organic, but changing a culture is not easy.” And former Rochester superintendent Manny Rivera stressed intervention, which he said must begin as early as possible with children living in poor communities – in the 0-3 age group. “It really has to do with having your interventions right up front,” Rivera said last week. “Then when they need to go to a program or service, you are more likely to have success, because you’ve started early and you know exactly what the problems are.” And if intervention starts early enough, the referrals for special education often aren’t needed, he said. Elliott’s report makes a similar recommendation. For instance, intervening early enough with many of Rochester’s students – providing support for reading or English language skills, for instance – could eliminate the need for many special education referrals, she said. But at the meeting, Elliott also stressed that the district needs to use data to help drive its decisions about intervention. She used the example of students who arrive from Puerto
Rico. Without immediate help with language, learning disorders are fairly predictable, she said. Some changes are already underway, said Sandy Simpson, the district’s chief of special education. In the past, professionals such as social workers or special education teachers in the schools made the recommendations about referrals. But it’s hard for them to know everything the district can offer, Simpson said, so now a centralized team of experts will review all program referrals and existing placements for every student. And the report showed that in the past, the district has been overly reliant on referring students to outside agencies, when similar services were available in the district, Simpson said. “We need to bring the students home,” she said. More stability and less disruption are important for special education students, she said. Still, that may not be enough for board member Evans. He said he wasn’t upset with Elliott for doing her job. “She put it out there,” he said, but the district needs to start making substantial progress. Maybe, he said, the board and the district need more independent oversight themselves, to keep everyone focused and on track. “I think we need to partner with a third party to review everything, someone or some entity that is an objective party,” Evans said.
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This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
The event will be held at the First Church of God, 334 Clarissa Street, at 6:30 p.m.
Forum features candidates for mayor
Hearing set on divinity school landmark status
The United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York will hold a Mayoral Candidates Forum, moderated by the Rev. Dwight Fowler, on Thursday, July 20. Participants will be Mayor Lovely Warren, former television reporter Rachel Barnhart, County Legislator and former Rochester police chief James Sheppard, all Democrats; Republican candidate and County Legislator Tony Micciche, and Green Party candidate Alex White.
The Rochester Preservation Board and Planning Commission will hold a special public hearing on Wednesday, July 19, to consider making Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School a city landmark. The designation would include the exterior and grounds that make up the CRCDS campus as well as the interior of the Colgate Memorial Chapel, according to the application. The divinity school announced plans to sell
the 24-acre campus to Top Capital of New York. Although the company has not submitted plans to the city for review, officials have talked about investing $36 million in the property to convert the main building into a hotel and add a new building at the property’s southern end, near the South Goodman Street - Highland Avenue intersection. Some nearby residents and the Landmark Society of Western New York have expressed concern about changes to the picturesque setting. The hearing will be at City Hall, City Council Chambers, 30 Church Street, at 7 p.m.
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Trey Yager, owner of Seven Seas Tavern, says his restaurant will focus on seafood, with much of the food sourced from Boston and Florida. PHOTOS BY KEVIN FULLER
A coastal tavern [ CHOW HOUND ] BY KATIE LIBBY
Trey Yager, owner and executive chef at the new Seven Seas Tavern (58 University Avenue), grew up on the coast of Florida and made his mark there in the restaurant and seafood industry. “I’ve made my whole career in seafood,” he says. Yager relocated to Rochester, and opened Havana Cabana five years ago, which he still oversees. He saw a gap in the Rochester food scene for a seafood-forward restaurant and the idea for Seven Seas Tavern was born. The restaurant officially opened in late June. The restaurant occupies the former space of Tavern 58 at Gibbs, which closed abruptly this year. Yager has renovated the interior, adding a fireplace and a fish tank (and I asked: no, you don’t get to pick your dinner from the fish tank), and extended the front bar. The bar will have six draft lines and feature an old-fashioned cocktail selection, think Sidecars and Manhattans. Seafood is the focus of the menu, with much of it sourced from the Boston area and Florida. Yager says he is using his connections as a former seafood distributor to find the freshest products available. You’ll find standard seafood
fare, like grilled tuna and lobster, on the menu, but also unique dishes such as a pesto swordfish ($28), which is a grilled swordfish steak topped with basil pesto and served with jasmine rice and sautéed spinach. The Tavern Seafood Nachos ($19) are topped with langostinos, baby shrimp, crab meat, salsa, jalapenos, onions, and cheese. Those looking for an alternative to seafood will find a roast half duck ($25) served with a crispy skin, orange horseradish marmalade, and mashed potatoes and asparagus on the side. Vegetarians won’t have a ton to choose from on the menu, but Yager says he is willing to accommodate both vegetarian and gluten-free requests. The restaurant has two patios available for outdoor seating and a large parking lot behind the building. Yager will offers halfpriced drinks for happy hour, hoping to draw in those thirsty teachers leaving the school right down the street. Seven Seas Tavern is located at 58 University Avenue, and is open Tuesday through Thursday from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., and Sunday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. 491-7552; sevenseastavern.com.
Quick bites
Connections with Evan Dawson debuted a new series, Summer of Food, at the beginning of July. The series airs at 1 p.m. every Thursday through August 31, and will focus on topics ranging from food waste to what’s new in the Rochester and Finger Lakes’ culinary scene. You can listen to Connections on WXXI AM 1370, WRUR FM 88.5, WEOS FM 89.5 (Geneva), and online at WXXINews.org. Joe Bean’s (1344 University Avenue) family-style, communal meal series continues on Saturday, July 22, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a Saturday Family Meal Picnic. On the menu will be Cubanstyle pulled pork sandwiches, Elote-style roasted corn with mayo, lime, and paprika, coleslaw, and Eat Me ice cream. If you’re like me, you’ve dreamt of the opportunity of getting down on some Eggs Benedict while listening to the sweet sounds of Christopher Cross’s “Arthur’s Theme.” ButaPub (315 Gregory Street) is making those dreams come true on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Yacht Rock Brunch. DJ Ben Frazier (Saturday) and DJ L. Cat (Sunday) will kiss your ears with
the smoothest sounds of the 70’s and 80’s. A love for sax solos is a must. Ristorante Lucano (1815 East Avenue) will host a Cheese Lovers Night on Monday, July 24, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and include tastings of cheese from around the world plus a homemade dessert. Call 244-3460 or email ristorantelucano@ aol.com to make a reservation.
Openings
Mexican food fans rejoice: the owners of Paola’s Burrito Place are back with a new venture, Mi Barrio , at 319 Exchange Boulevard. Also, El Sauza Mexican Restaurant has opened at 155 State Street.
Closings
No. 1 Chinese Restaurant (38 East Main
Street, Webster) has closed.
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The Trump Administration’s 2018 federal budget proposal cuts arts funding. How would that affect Rochester’s scene?
[ ART FEATURE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Donald Trump’s 2018 fiscal budget proposal for the federal government, which was announced in May, notably aims to slash funding for Medicaid, the EPA, food stamp programs, scientific research, and cultural agencies. Of the 66 programs up to be eliminated or cut, the ones that allocate funding for arts and culture are the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The funds that each agency will ultimately get for federal programs will be decided by members of the House and Senate appropriations committees. While it isn’t certain that federal support for the arts is doomed, all of the discussion surrounding saving federal arts and cultural agencies has provided the opportunity to examine how Rochester’s arts scene is funded. It’s important to note how little the US invests in the arts to begin with when compared to other developed nations. In 2017, the NEA received just $150 million from the total federal budget of $4.147 trillion. And a 2014 article from Alternet cites the National Arts Index and other sources to show that in arts spending the US falls behind many other nations, including Germany, which dedicated $1.63 billion (in USD) to its cultural budget in 2013. Ireland, France, Sweden, Australia, Finland, England, Uzbekistan, Mexico, and The Balkans also dedicate more substantial support to the arts than the US does. The NEA’s own report, “How the United States Funds the Arts,” shows that of the revenue sources for not-for-profit performing arts groups and museums, nationwide, only 1.2 percent came from federal funds. Larger sources of revenue come from state and local funding, foundations, endowments and interest, and corporate funding. But the largest percentages of income are sourced from individual supporters (20.3 percent) and earned income (40.7 percent). It’s also worth mentioning that a city’s arts scene is made up of more than just museums, 10 CITY JULY 19 - 25, 2017
institutions, and well-established arts groups. Individual artists in America are largely on their own, with few supported by federal, state, or local funds. Instead, they must count on individual patrons who purchase their work or go to their gigs. Meanwhile, Sweden uses public money to support institutions as well as punk rock and indie bands, and Uzbekistan notably funds projects by young creatives and pays the salaries of professional artists. When it comes to Rochester’s cultural sector, the loss of federal funding would have a varied impact. There is a trickle-down effect to consider: about 40 percent of the NEA’s funds annually goes to support state and regional arts agencies nationwide. In 2016 this included $750,000 awarded to the New York State Council on the Arts, which that year awarded more than $41 million to arts and cultural institutions statewide. NYSCA this year awarded $1.1 million to arts and cultural institutions in Monroe County alone and more than $40 million statewide. Because federal funds are scant and acquiring them is competitive, they aren’t a significant direct source of funding for Rochester’s art scene. But some institutions do rely on NEA grants for support of specific projects. In December 2016, the George Eastman
Museum received a $20,000 grant from the NEA, which will support preservation of two 35mm nitrate films from the 1910’s: “The Rich and the Poor” (1911) and “The Inevitable Retribution” (1915). Pegasus Early Music in June announced it was awarded a $10,000 Art Works Opera Program grant from the NEA in support of its upcoming baroque opera production, “Dido and Aeneas.” “This was somewhat of a surprise for us,” says Deborah Fox, Pegasus Early Music artistic director. “I had heard that first time applicants are almost never awarded grants, so I applied without any expectations.” Pegasus was founded in 2005, and the grant is its first federal support. The grant covers just about 6 percent of the $175,000
opera budget. “Nevertheless, it is still a significant amount of money, which will go towards production costs and artist fees,” she says. “I am thrilled, excited, and grateful to have it, and proud to be recognized by the NEA; it feels like a validation and recognition on a national level of what we do.” Fox says that Pegasus was encouraged to apply to the NEA again in the next cycle, which hints that the agency thinks it will be sticking around. Chris Garland, Memorial Art Gallery assistant director of advancement, says that federal agencies don’t really provide operating support anymore. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his crew killed that about 20 years ago, she says, but the federal government remains a source of funding for special projects. Garland says that the MAG has been supported by federal grants recently for collection management projects. The Memorial Art Gallery in 2009 received federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services in support of the renovation and improvement of its fiber and tapestry storage facilities. The funds also supported the restoration of some of the MAG collection’s tapestries. MAG Director Jonathan Binstock says that in-house organized shows, rather than rented exhibitions, are the kinds eligible for federal grants. “They represent new work; they represent an effort to generate knowledge about art and culture and society,” he says. “Organizations that do original work such as this — research and so forth — have access to the kinds of grants that support research and original work.” The last MAG exhibition to receive federal support was its George Bellows show in 2002, which the museum organized and travelled. “We’ve received some support in the meantime for significant reinstallations of our permanent collection, but not for special exhibitions,” Garland says. If the NEA survives, the MAG could see more federal support for shows; Binstock has committed the institution to organizing more in-house shows — like its recent Meleko Mokgosi exhibit. The timing of the proposed
budget cuts isn’t great for the MAG, he says, “because a lot of our programming is now geared toward being able to apply for those grants. And if it all comes to pass and there’s fewer grant dollars for us to apply for, then we’ll have to find other ways to pay for the programs that we’re organizing.” A further complication, Garland says, is that the federal grants MAG applies for require a one-to-one match, “so they’re very important in leveraging local support and support from the institution itself. They also serve as a stamp of approval — that what you’re doing is good. It’s very prestigious to win. They focus on your scholarship and service to your community, they’re peer-reviewed, so they’re really important things to get.” While other cities of comparable size rely on corporate support of the arts, Garland says that Rochester can’t count on the same. Corporate funding in Rochester has taken a real hit. The MAG “used to get $55,000 a year from Kodak, unrestricted, and it was even higher than that, I think, way back when,” she says. “Gleason used to give us $30,000 a year. Bausch and Lomb, Xerox — all of those big funders were good for five-figure gifts, unrestricted, every year, and then some of them would also do exhibition support for us. And that’s really pretty much dried up.” Binstock says that support from banks, such as M&T and KeyBank, has started to fill in the gaps, but hasn’t reached the levels of arts support that Rochester enjoyed under its now-diminished industry titans. It has fallen to — and will continue to fall to — individuals to pick up that slack, he says. The Memorial Art Gallery’s 2015-16 fiscal year revenue chart shows that only 2 percent of its funding came from government sources; 8 percent came from the UR, 31 percent from endowments, 26 percent from memberships and gifts, and 33 percent from earned income. “Our credit lines are almost all individuals now, or foundations that are controlled by individuals,” Garland says. continues on page 12
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MAG Director Jonathan Binstock at the gallery’s Meleko Mokgosi exhibit. PHOTO BY KEVIN FULLER continued from page 10
Individual support for the arts remains crucial
nationwide. A Giving USA report estimates that annual private charitable donations to arts, culture, and humanities causes totaled $17 billion in 2015. This number dwarfs the federal millions allocated for the same sectors, and some who are opposed to federal support of the arts argue that the relatively small federal contribution is unnecessary. A local example: in December 2016, Edgar Smith and Lusette “Andy” Smith, University of Rochester 1972 graduates, committed $5 million to establish the Ed and Andy Smith Endowed Funds for the Performing Arts. The money will support performing arts programming within the UR’s School of Arts and Sciences, and also provide seed funding for the proposed construction of a new studio theater on the River Campus. “There’s precious little that’s been funded at the Flower City Arts Center through federal funding,” says Janice Gouldthorpe, the center’s director. “The things that we’ve been able to fund are largely programmatic. Our youth photography program is the only thing we’ve had federal funding for in the past. We’ve gotten no general operating support, no capital support, no support for any other programs.” In the 18 years that the youth photography program has been running, it has received federal support four times. “We have probably spent well over $360,000 to produce that program,” Gouldthorpe says. “Federal funds in that time have been maybe $40,000.” 12 CITY JULY 19 - 25, 2017
So if the federal cuts go through, Gouldthorpe doesn’t anticipate much change for Flower City. “We would be looking to individual supporters, family foundations, and some national foundations,” she says. “The ability to position Rochester and this center as a resource regionally and nationally, allows us to tap into funding from outside of this area. And bringing in those outside dollars will allow us to keep operating the program. “That’s the trajectory we’re on anyway, we don’t count on federal funding, ever. The competition is so high and the dollars are so meager.” Nevertheless, Gouldthorpe says supporters of the arts should get in touch with their representatives. “People think, ‘Oh, but I’m just one person,’ but you would be shocked at how much a single person writing an eloquent letter about the importance of the arts can do,” she says. “Congress people and senators often don’t take time to do general research on what the demand, impact, and benefit of the arts is, so your anecdotal information to them is key.” As federal funds are already so skimpy, Gouldthorpe says that arts organizations and artists rely heavily on the support of individuals. Many arts projects are finding funds through crowdsourcing, including on platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, and now those methods far outstrip federal funding. And it’s not just the arts. Gouldthrope says that anyone working for a nonprofit will
Flower City Arts Center Director Janice Gouldthrope. PHOTO BY KEVIN FULLER
tell you the majority of the funding comes from individual donors. “Your $20 donation, when you add that up across the spectrum of the millions of people in the United States, that money far outstrips what our federal government is doing,” she says. “Or what foundational giving or corporate giving is. People might think, ‘I’m only one person,’ but that aspect of the funding stream is critical and substantial.” The MAG is increasingly looking to
individuals beyond Rochester to support case-by-case programming, Binstock says. Part of his role as director is building these relationships and generating support and enthusiasm around specific projects. “They do this because they’re interested in the particular subject or the artist that we’re showing,” he says. “Wendell Castle has collectors in New York City and D.C., for instance, who have helped us pay for our Wendell Castle show that’s coming up.” Because the MAG is an encyclopedic museum with a broad purview, it can think strategically about the intended audience for a given exhibition. “Whether it’s an audience of visitors or an audience of funders, is really the game now and the game going forward,” Binstock says. Museums are also becoming more retail-oriented in how they approach their programming. Beyond just charging admission to see the collections or special exhibitions, they are generating additional income by hosting more and more one-off
events — especially ones that appeal to younger visitors who don’t become members at the rate other generations have. Several other local arts and cultural institutions have taken up a trend of offering 21-and-older events to supplement their funds. Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s “Art of the Mix” series are exclusive cocktail parties featuring mixologists from local, upscale eateries. The Strong’s “The Happiest Hour” features adult beverages, a dance party, and the run of the museum sans children. And the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s themed “RMSC After Dark” programs similarly let adults explore the museum and socialize without competing with kids. In the past year, the MAG has hosted several, often holiday-themed events and series, including “Museum of the Dead,” “Cocktails with Creatives,” and “Valentine Schmalentine.” “You have to constantly give folks a reason to visit,” Binstock says. “It’s not just about raising money, it’s about creating programs that are sale-able and then expecting people to buy them. The intensity of the need to do that is what’s changing, and the less funding there is, the more we have to think of ourselves as a retail operation.” Less funding changes the playing field, because it forces cultural institutions to compete with commercial and for-profit institutions for those luxury, recreational dollars, Binstock says. “But we’re not competing with Geva or the Eastman Museum or The Strong or the RPO,” he says. “We’re competing with Radio
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Social, with Good Luck — I love going to those places. But we’re also competing with Netflix or Amazon Prime.” And, “the mall,” he dryly adds. When there’s less funding for the arts, for scholarship, for unique experiences that are unlike any other in the cultural-commercial landscape, Binstock says, “we have to find other ways to compete for the dollars that visitors have in their pockets to spend. The trick is to remain true to your mission while wrestling with Netflix, the mall, or bowling, because we’re not about to put a bowling alley in the gallery. We’re here for the art.” There’s another crucial task individuals can
take up, Gouldthrope says. “On the local level, people can work with local government and legislative groups to put together structures to support the arts here,” she says, “whether it’s at the Monroe County level, or at the City of Rochester level.” Both the county and city say that they support the arts, but Gouldthorpe believes there has been little action to back that up. “Mayor Lovely Warren has been known to proclaim that Rochester is ‘The city of the arts,’” she says, “but there is no structure in the government that really coalesces that into a strategic framework.” Gouldthorpe sees the need for a funding framework that allows the city to work with other outside entities, whether they be foundational or corporate resources. There’s been talk in the past, she says, but nothing has been implemented to the
city governmental structure that makes that into a reality. It’s the same in the county government, she says. “It matters who is elected to office, and they need to know that there is a portion of the citizens of Rochester and Monroe County to whom art matters,” she says. “That needs to be a priority just as does public security and safety, the roads, health, and anything else that happens.” Gouldthorpe proposes the creation of a cultural executive at the city or the county level, as well as “a department whose function would be to advocate for, administer, and help coalesce resources.” This department would work to get national organizations to invest in this region. “What’s currently happening here in Rochester is, more or less, every organization for themselves,” she says. It can be noted that in some cities and regions, nonprofit arts councils fulfill some of the responsibilities Gouldthorpe is advocating for. The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester was founded in 1980, and has served as an umbrella organization that advocates for the arts across 10 counties. It also functioned as a conduit for state and private grants to reach regional artists and small cultural organizations. But the council slipped into financial crisis in 2014 and lost its role as conduit for 2016. It will offer grants opportunities again later this year. Gouldthorpe cites cities with United Arts Funds (UAFs) — localized arts agencies dedicated to raising money from regional
individuals, businesses, and foundations to regrant to local arts institutions — as success stories. Some exemplary cases, include ArtsFund in Seattle (with more than $4 million in campaign revenue for 2015), ArtsWave in Cincinnati (more than $12 million), and Fund for the Arts in Louisville (more than $8 million). “How did that happen? Over the course of many years,” Gouldthorpe says, “but it also happened because they decided to put in place a structure that funds the arts in a more broad sense rather than having arts organizations jockey for position for themselves individually. Cities and communities that have invested that amount of resource to setting themselves up to have a thriving arts sector — that’s very forward thinking. Hope is not a plan. A plan is a plan.” A cultural executive and an arts-forward focus could serve not only established institutions, but also individual artists — few of whom receive grants or support, despite being the bones and blood of the scene. It’s important for a city that bills itself as an arts hub to have structure and support for growing artists in the city, not just performing arts or exhibitions, but as a space that supports its working artists. “Until this community really makes strides in that area, it’s going to be difficult to really put us on the map,” Gouldthorpe says. “Despite what people say. And just taking credit for what’s happening here doesn’t mean that what’s happening now is going to continue to happen in the future.”
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becomes an adjective. “Put a little Les Claypool on it,” they’d say. Claypool is a machine on the electric bass, emitting sounds from his instrument that are something like tap dancing elephants or a dinosaur with gas. Primus is all musically tight and genius in its conception, as the three-piece band emits swirls of sonic mania. If Mad Magazine were a band… — BY FRANK DE BLASE
“When Love Goes Wrong” SUNDAY, JULY 23 HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 4 P.M. | FREE | 465-0838; FINGERLAKESCHORAL.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] The Finger Lakes Choral Festival is best-known
for its summertime presentations of choral blockbusters, like the Berlioz and Verdi Requiems. The chorus, and its imaginative director Adrian Horn, will present something a bit different for their 2017 summer concert this Sunday at Hochstein Performance Hall. “When Love Goes Wrong” is a bouquet of fervent scenes devoted to a favorite operatic proposition: the bigger the love (generally between a soprano and a tenor), the more likely it is to really not end well — but at least the lovers will expire to a good tune. Horn and the FLCF will be joined by vocal soloists and an orchestra for this program of heartbreakers and blockbusters (and good tunes) from tragic operas by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini, Purcell, Donizetti, and Wagner. — BY DAVID RAYMOND
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Pizza Face THURSDAY, JULY 20 PHOTO CITY, 543 ATLANTIC AVENUE 8 P.M. | PHOTOCITYIMPROV.COM; PIZZAFACEBAND.BANDCAMP.COM [ PUNK ] Philly punks Pizza Face are a food-centric — guess
what the band’s favorite is — that’s just a couple of clicks shy of being a metal band. There’s plenty of guitar-borne chuggachugga-wee, but it stops there as the band opts for a rapid-fire and loose punk attack. It’s sloppy fun. With The Results and House Majority. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
ROC Women’s Music Fest FRIDAY, JULY 21 PARCEL 5 DOWNTOWN, EAST MAIN AND CORTLAND STREETS 5 P.M. TO 11 P.M. | $5 | 428-6690; CITYOFROCHESTER.GOV/WOMENSFEST [ VARIOUS ] The importance of women in music has always
been monumental — from Hildegard von Bingen and Francesca Caccini to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Joni Mitchell. On Friday, the City of Rochester will pay tribute in a big way with the first-ever ROC Women’s Music Fest, coinciding with the centennial of women’s suffrage in New York state. The evening-long concert will feature performances from prominent local musicians Mikaela Davis and Teagan and the Tweeds alongside headlining sets from MC Lyte, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Joan Osborne — a trio of women who have all been fixtures in popular music for the better part of three decades. There will also be female-run food trucks — including Le Petit Poutine, Sweet Sammie Jane’s, and Whole-E Roasters — and tables set up to learn more about local women-led groups. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams. The Penthouse at One
It may be an unfair musical prejudice, but a lot of people hearing a jazz band think of the bassist as functional, as opposed to the pianist, saxophonist, or trumpeter, who usually take the spotlight. But bassist Anne Mette Iversen is far more than functional as evidenced by her wonderful new CD, “Round Trip.” She composed every tune on the record and every one is a gem. Iversen also has excellent taste in musicians. Her group — with John Ellis, saxophone; Peter Dahlgren, trombone; Danny Grissett, piano; and Otis Brown III, drums — is first rate. Iversen, who now lives in Berlin, views the album’s title, “Round Trip,” as more than returning home after a journey. It’s also an apt metaphor for a musical excursion of 15 years with the same musicians. Judging by the upbeat and effervescent mood of the title track, it’s been a highly positive journey. The album is full of great solos by Ellis, Dahlgren, and Grissett, and Iversen is, for the most part, in the background. But it’s her superb compositions and arrangements (especially “Viinstedt’s View”) that take the spotlight on this album. — BY RON NETSKY
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Bike Night: Live Music. 585
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Cyrus Pireh, Asthmatic, Wild Gone Girls, and more. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. $8.
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David Feldman “Horizonte” Self-released davidfeldmanmusic.com
He may have an American sounding name, but pianist David Feldman was born in Rio de Janeiro and is a vital member of the current Brazilian music scene. “Horizonte,” his third album as a leader, is a wonderful excursion into this great musical culture. Feldman is joined here by members of his trio — André Vasconcellos on bass and Marcio Bahia, drums — and special guests Toninho Horta, guitar and vocals, and Raul de Souza, trombone. The album leaves no doubt about Feldman’s piano skills, but it also showcases his work as a composer. The two guests join the group for Horta’s tune, “Soccer Ball,” which features Horta’s wordless vocals. Horta, who also sings on Feldman’s “Teté,” has one of those beautiful Brazilian voices reminiscent of Gilberto Gil. Although Feldman takes the most solo flights on piano, he leaves plenty of room to highlight the great work of his bandmates. Vasconcellos plays an evocative solo on “Melancolia,” and Bahia is featured on “Chora Tua Tristeza.” If you are not yet into the Brazilian wing of jazz, “Horizonte,” an excellent album from start to finish, is a great place to start.
[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Gaelynn Lea. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. 6 p.m. $10. Phatkats. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 5852470079. 6-9 p.m. Swamp Rats. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 2323230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $5. [ BLUES ]
Steve Grills and the Roadmasters.
JB’s Smokehouse, 211 Main Street. East Rochester. jbsmokehouse. com. 7-9:30 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Henderson/Pattengale Duo. Ox
and Stone, 282 Alexander street. rochester ny. 585-287-6933. oxandstone.com. 6-9 p.m.
John Palocy trio & San Gabriel Social Club. Little Theatre Café,
240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m.
— BY RON NETSKY
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Music / MUSIC work, let’s try it out and see.” And teachers throughout high school worked with me as I progressed. And I’ve been playing ever since, and I started performing 10 years ago. When did you begin incorporating the looping pedal into your approach?
In 2011, I began playing with Alan Sparhawk from the band Low. He kind of introduced me to the looping pedal. He would control the pedal and I would play harmonies to what I was hearing. Then one day, he came over and gave me a pedal and said, “I think you should learn how to use it, then someday you can play shows by yourself,” which seemed like a ridiculous idea at the time. But he was right, and it became a big part of my music later on. How important is improvisation to your overall sound?
I’ve always been somewhat of an improv performer. In school, I was classical. But in college, I started getting into improv. You feel your flow, and I like that. The looping pedal is good for that.
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Before she was born, Gaelynn Lea had already suffered more than 40 bone beaks in utero. This Duluth, Minnesota, musician was diagnosed with a congenital disability called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or Brittle Bones Disease. With a life confined to a wheelchair and permanently bent arms, it didn’t look like Lea would be able to do much — until she heard the violin. A supportive teacher and a set of encouraging parents shouldered the challenge with her. She created an approach that she could handle, playing the violin like a cello. This is the ingenuity you see first. What you hear first is her voice. With its light vibrato and gentle phrasing, all harmonized and built up with a looping pedal, it’ll stop you dead in your tracks. In 2016, Lea beat out 6,100 other musicians to win NPR’s second annual
“Tiny Desk Contest” which added to her prominence. She travels the country with her husband, playing solo and as a member of the duo Murder of Crows, a minimalistic yet deeply ethereal outfit that puts together dreams of flight. When she’s not playing, Lea serves as an advocate for people with disabilities. CITY gave this exceedingly charming and chipper lady a call to discuss it all. An edited transcript follows. CITY: Musically, what first inspired you? Gaelynn Lea: In the very beginning, it
was the sound of the violin. I really love harmonies, and when I started performing in 2006, I would think of my violin as a second voice and used it as a harmony. Harmonies like Simon & Garfunkel, The Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel inspired me. I started playing violin when I was 10 years old. An orchestra came to my school and I really liked the sound of it, so I figured the next year I would try out for orchestra. And lucky for me the teacher who was in charge of the program didn’t try to dissuade me. I play very differently because I’m very small because of my disability. Instead of her saying, “This won’t work, you should try choir,” she said, “I don’t know for sure if it’ll
How do you keep the improv from getting out of hand?
That’s a good question. I think you have to remember that space in music is as important as sound. When I first started playing, I’d play a lot more notes. Low is known for being very sparse. I’m not like that, but I do remember that you have to build it up gradually or it gets too cluttered. What comes first: the melody or the lyrics?
Actually they come at the same time … at least some of the lyrics. I hear the first line of any song I write with the melody attached. But then I have to finish the lyric in the structure of the melody. I think only once or twice I ever heard the entire lyric all at once. Your disability notwithstanding, what do you struggle with?
Musically rhythm is my weakest link. And with a looping pedal you have to be precise. I’m working on it. It’s still not my strong suit. What comes easy to you?
What comes easy to me is harmony. I’m recording a new album and sat down and did all the harmonies and my bandmates said, “That’s not normal, how do you hear those?” I just do.
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FRI., JULY 21 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Auld Lang Syne. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. Paul Rivers. The Galley Reataurant, 94 S. Union St. Spencerport. 352-0200. 7:30 p.m. [ BLUES ]
Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 585-292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m.
[ CLASSICAL ] Play Ball! RPO. Frontier Field, 1 Morrie Silver Way. redwingsbaseball.com. 8:30 p.m. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ] Latino Night. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. prfestival.com. 5:30 p.m. Presented by Bands on the Bricks and The Puerto Rican Festival. Music by MC Franco, DJ Johnny Mambo, and more. [ JAZZ ]
Al Biles & GenJam. House of
Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500. houseofguitars.com. 6 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. Summer Concert Series. The Clover Center for Arts and Spirituality, 1101 Clover St. 473-3200. theclovercenter. com. 6-7:30 p.m. Donations appreciated. [ POP/ROCK ]
Bradley Brothers Duo. Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 West Main Street. Lima. 624-2080. fanaticspub.com. 8-10 p.m.
Brendan MacNaughton & The Inbetweens. Abilene Bar &
Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 9:30 p.m. $7. Full Circle. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Inside Out. Milly’s HandleBar, 3120 Kittering Rd. 377-0711. 5 p.m. The Presstones. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 6 p.m.
Slumbers, Boyscott, Caitlin Cipolla. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. $5.
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AMERICANA | SWAMP RATS
One genre couldn’t even begin to describe Florida-based trio Swamp Rats. The style contains bits of modern train-hopping punk yet is heavily influenced by traditional bluegrass with folk underpinnings — uniquely blended with metal riffs and mucky Southern blues. Each musician plays multiple instruments, so you’ll hear specks of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, stomp box, washboard, and despondent lyrics of life experience and the road. Swamp Rats performs Thursday, July 20, at Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 8:30 p.m. $5. abilenebarandlounge.com; swampratsmusic.blogspot.com. — BY AMANDA FINTAK
SAT., JULY 22 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Banjo Therapy. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com. Fourth Saturday of every month, 9:30-11 a.m. Forward into Light. Susan B. Anthony Square Park, 39 King St. oldsongs.org. 3-5 p.m. Featuring: Greg Artzner, Dan Duggan, Terry Leonino, Peggy Lynn, Annie Rosen, and more. $20. [ BLUES ]
Bill Schmitt & the Bluesmasters.
JB’s Smokehouse, 211 Main Street. East Rochester. 8-11 p.m. Genesee Johnny. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnysirishpub.com. 8 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
RPO Summer Sway: Dance Music From Around the World.
Gray Duo. Victoire, 120 East Ave. 325-3663. victoirebar.com. 7-9 p.m. [ METAL ] Invictra. I-Square, 400 Bakers Park. Irondequoit. 266-1068. noon. [ POP/ROCK ] Cage Kings. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Critical Mash. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 585-292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 9 p.m. Doorway Talker. I-Square, 400 Bakers Park. Irondequoit. 2661068. 2 p.m. The Jane Mutiny. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m.
The Jasons, The Emerson, aretheyyestheyare. Bug Jar, 219
CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive. Canandaigua. 800-745-3000. cmacevents.com. 6 p.m. $17$49.
Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. $7. Jocelyn & Chris Arndt. Peacemaker Brewing Company, 20 Pleasant St. Canandaigua. 396-3561. peacemakerbrewing. com. 6 p.m. $25.
[ COUNTRY ]
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Backyard Bash, These Guys.
Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. nashvillesny. com. 9 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Drew Dieckman & David Ianni.
Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole.com. 7-10 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com.
Allegheny Rd. Darien. 1-800745-3000. livenation.com. 3 p.m. $35-$45. Kung Fu Grip. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 5852470079. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Ray Paul & RPM. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 8-11 p.m. $7. Walt O’Brien. Milly’s HandleBar, 3120 Kittering Rd. 377-0711. noon. continues on page 18 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 17
SUN., JULY 23 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Elijah Wild. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle. org. 7-9 p.m. [ VOCALS ]
When Love Goes Wrong.
Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. fingerlakeschoral.org. 4 p.m. Operatic gems, with its 130 voice massed chorus, soloists and full symphony orchestra.
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[ POP/ROCK ] Lustre Kings. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. margeslakesideinn.com. 4-8 p.m. Sam Hunt. CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive. Canandaigua. 800745-3000. cmacevents.com. 5:30 p.m. Special guests Marren Morris, Chris Janson, and Ryan Follesse. $39-$59.
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[ CLASSICAL ] Stringplicity. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m.
TUE., JULY 25 [ CLASSICAL ] Tuesday Pipes. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. esm. rochester.edu. 12:10 p.m. [ COUNTRY ]
North Star String Band. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnysirishpub.com. 7 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. [ TRADITIONAL ]
Concert in the Garden: Ginger Majority. Central Library of
Rochester and Monroe County, 115 South Avenue. 428-8380. libraryweb.org. 12-1 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
“Honky Tonk” Henry Kearse.
Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
Papa Herb and The Sol Vibration. Abilene Bar
& Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $5.
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Theater
WallByrd Theatre is producing a gritty, dystopian, “Mad Max” inspired version of “Macbeth” at the Lyric Theatre. The production continues through Saturday, July 29. PHOTO BY ANNETTE DRAGON
Something wild this way comes “Macbeth” REVIEWED SATURDAY, JULY 15 CONTINUES WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 23 AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 29 LYRIC THEATRE, 440 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. EACH NIGHT | $20 GENERAL; PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (AT THE DOOR ONLY) WALLBYRD.COM [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
It takes all of five minutes for a fight to break out. As the lights dim in the grand Lyric Theatre, a bass-driven rock song blares and cast members in dystopian military garb rush the stage. A battle ensues, and only the strong survive. Such a violent beginning for WallByrd’s latest show, “Macbeth,” establishes two things right away. First, someone at WallByrd (likely, Artistic
Director Virginia Monte) understands the same thing a good journalist knows: “if it bleeds, it leads”; and second, this isn’t your average Shakespeare. This is Shakespeare for the next generation. Most audience members will be familiar with the plot of Macbeth, whether they read it in high school or watched the “Wishbone” version on PBS at some point. The tragic tale follows power-hungry Macbeth, a Scottish general, and his equally ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth. After a trio of witches foretells Macbeth’s future as King of Scotland, he and the lady decide to hasten the prophecy by removing the king. Civil War quickly ensues under Macbeth’s tyranny, and forces of darkness overtake the kingdom. Because Shakespeare’s work is in the public domain, many theater companies take the opportunity to update or adapt the work to a different era or concept. (A recent example is the Public Theater’s
much-debated Shakespeare in the Park production of “Julius Caesar,” which depicted a modern-day Rome and a Caesar much like President Trump.) WallByrd’s version of “Macbeth” is post-apocalyptic, inspired by the 1979 and 2015 “Mad Max” films in both aesthetic and tone. In other words, Shakespearean purists beware: this isn’t The Bard’s 17th century world. It’s WallByrd’s world now, and it asks the audience to suspend disbelief; to coexist with giant puppets and gender-blind casting. For those who are willing to do so, the reward is a show unlike anything else currently onstage. Like most of WallByrd’s (and Shakespeare’s) shows, “Macbeth” is a lengthy run — two hours and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission — but the show keeps a consistent pace. The cast features more than 25 people, ranging in age, and many of the cast members fill multiple ensemble roles. The lead roles are packed
with talent, a necessity whenever Shakespeare is performed. In this adaptation, the actors had the challenge of the language, the fight choreography (directed by professional Alec Barbour), characterization, and the set (which many in the cast had to climb and jump from throughout the show). Andy Head (as Macbeth) and Megan Barbour (Lady Macbeth), both highly trained actors, deliver outstanding performances and embody the iconic characters with a chemistry and energy that is captivating throughout the show. In the role of Banquo, recent Nazareth College graduate Ged Owen possesses a quiet intensity and stage presence beyond his years of experience. Jonathan Lowery, who plays Lennox, steals the show during battle scenes with his fluid, expert movement (no surprise, considering he’s a member of PUSH Physical Theatre). Lauren MacDonough (Menteith) elicits chills with a short, eerily beautiful a cappella song. The entire cast, overall, remains impressively in character and focused throughout the performance — a rare feat for a non-professional troupe. According to its fundraising page on Fractured Atlas (a nonprofit crowdfunding platform for artists), WallByrd’s budget for the show was projected around $30,000. That’s easy to believe, based on a set featuring extensive scaffolding rentals that provide multiple levels onstage; advanced lighting equipment; and extensive sound design that incorporates mics for the actors and a full soundtrack. The stage resembles a fallout shelter, while the costumes and makeup reflect aspects of military grunge, desert wear, and war paint. Monte also created several large puppets — really, a more gruesome term would be fitting for these beings — that add delightfully horrifying special effects to the show. Live, local theater competes with multimillion-dollar film budgets, plot-heavy video games, and that supercomputer in everyone’s pocket. For the next generation of theatergoers — one that values experiences over material possessions — immersive, sensory theater is a strategic move, and creating more of it will only advance Rochester’s theater scene.
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[ OPENING ] Makers Gallery and Studio, 34 Elton Street. Schemes: Poetry Inspired Paintings. Through Sep. 2. Opening reception Fri. July 21, 6-10 p.m. Poetry by J. Edward Moss. Paintings Virginia McDonald. 507-3569. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 New York 332. The Work of Rahul Bakshi. Through Aug. 18. 389-0220. bestfootforwardkids.com. Finger Lakes Gallery and Frame, 175 South Main Street. Canandaigua. Works of Shannon Crandall and Cathryn Leyland. Through July 31. 721-2373. galleryandframe.com. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Summer Spree Six. Through July 26. Art by Marcia Birken, John C. Mariner, R. J. Miller, and more. Gallery 96, 604 PittsfordVictor Road. Point of View. Through Aug. 26. Photography from Pittsford Mendon and Sutherland High School students. Gallery Q, 100 College Ave. Cowgirls, Vamps and Other So Called Ladies. Through July 28. Art by Beth Bloom. 244-8640. Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Boxed In. Through July 26. Word by Kerina Mangiaracina. thegeiselgallery.com. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. The Director’s Choice. Through July 31. Selected pieces by gallery director. Work by Monterio Prestes, Alessandro Nocentini, Jurgen Gorg, and more. 264-1440. internationalartaquisitions. com. Livingston Arts Center, 4 Murray Hill Dr. Mt. Morris. Justice is... Through July 22. Works on wood by Jerry Alonzo. 243-6785. livingstonarts.org. Main Street Artists’ Gallery & Studio, 1115 E. Main St. Multifaceted: Filling The Walls with Jewelry. Through Aug. 18. Jewelry from Erica Bapst, Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez, Lynn Duggan, and more. 2335645. mainstreetartsgallery. com. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Through Aug. 6. A display of contemporary artwork and crafts. 546-8400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org. Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. Figure it Out. Through Aug. 31. Opening reception Fri. Aug. 4, 5-8 p.m. Figurative and abstract work by Courtney Gruttadauria. 704-2889. numvmnt.com. Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Credences of Summer. Through Aug. 19. Paintings by Wallace Stevens. 2715885. oxfordgallery.com. continues on page 22
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THEATER | BIG WIGS Dynamic duo Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune take a step back into the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s with their upcoming drag show “Big Wigs: Big Rewind,” this weekend at Blackfriars Theatre. Known as the Big Wigs, this will be Davis and Dune’s first show in a new full-year residency at Blackfriars Theatre. Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune created their Las Vegas style show back in 2005 at the Golden Ponds Party House. The Big Wigs have travelled to other venues in Rochester and have gone on the road to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. Davis also appeared on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as a season seven contestant. The Big Wigs will perform at 8 p.m. both Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, at Blackfriars Theatre (795 East Main Street). Tickets are $25. For more information, visit the blackfriars.org or call 454-1260. — BY TORI MARTINEZ
COMEDY | JOHN HENTON John Henton was a computer science student by night, and spent his days working. He didn’t entertain the idea of becoming a comedian until 1982, when his coworker suggested he try some of his jokes at a local comedy club in Ohio. He won the amateur night contest on his second night there, and within six years, became a full-time standup comedian in Los Angeles. Henton was also a long-time actor on “Living Single” and “The Hughleys.” The comedian will be performing with Talent Harris as part of “Talent’s Comedy Takeover.” Harris, a Rochester native, is known for co-writing and starring in the video “Brotherly Love” and movies “Sunset Park” and “With or Without You.” He also hosted Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Hood.” Henton will perform five shows at The It’s Just Comedy Club (2235 Empire Boulevard, Webster). Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 to $30, depending on the seats and day. Tickets bought at the door cost an extra $5. For tickets or further information, call 671-9080 or visit theitsjustcomedyclub.com. — BY TORI MARTINEZ
Art
A section of a mural by Argentinian artist Ever, created for the 2013 WALL\THERAPY season. The 2017 festival will take place July 21 through 30. PHOTO BY MATT BURKHARTT
Muralism as activism WALL\THERAPY 2017 FRIDAY, JULY 21, THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 30 WALL-THERAPY.ORG
{ PREVIEW } BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Rochester’s mural festival, WALL\ THERAPY, returns Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 30, presenting a theme of arts, activism, and community. The festival has been held each July since 2011, except for 2016 when the organization participated in an artist exchange with a Berlin-based arts group. The organizers originally had “storytelling” as a loose theme for this year, “but then the election happened, and suddenly it didn’t sit right,” says Erich Lehman, WALL\THERAPY lead organizer and co-curator. “It was like, we can’t just be fluffy.” Lehman says the new activism theme was also inspired by the fact that WALL\ THERAPY was named “Best Group or
Person Improving the Community” in CITY Newspaper’s 2015 and 2016 Best of Rochester readers’ poll. The organization, which has installed more than 100 murals in Rochester over the last six years, is interested in strengthening its engagement with Rochester’s communities, Lehman says. This year’s festival will include free programming intended to connect Rochester residents of all ages and all walks of life. In addition to the 10-day festival, the group is launching a conference focused on arts and activism on July 29, followed by a Block Party, with music by Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People, at the new multi-use Kaleidoscope Collective Community Center. The 2017 roster will feature 10 artists from a wide range of backgrounds, including six Rochesterians and four muralists from around the nation. There are a handful of previous participants whose subject matter would
have fit this year’s theme perfectly, Lehman says. “But we wanted to reach out to folks who wouldn’t necessarily get an invite to a big mural festival. We felt their voices deserved a chance on a bigger stage, and that their particular voices might be challenged in the current political environment.” The participants are using the arts to address things they feel need to be dealt with in their own communities and around the world. “The issues range from women’s issues, to the refugee crisis, to immigration, to community,” Lehman says. The 2017 lineup includes Ian Kuali’i (Berkeley, California), whose mixed-media work is influenced by his ancestral ties to the indigenous people of the Southwest US and Hawai’i; Sean 9 Lugo (Jersey City, New Jersey), whose wheatpaste art considers the duality of Latin and American culture and complexities of perception; Lucinda Yrene, known as La Morena (Phoenix, Arizona), a Chicana self-taught muralist,
artist, and curator who helps facilitate mural projects in Phoenix with immigrant rights organizations; and Jess X. Snow (Brooklyn), an Asian-American artist, filmmaker, and poet whose work tackles queer liberation, migration, sexuality, and motherhood. Rochester-based artists include Aubrey Roemer, whose work has taken her all over the world and is rooted in environmental initiatives and refugee relief; Todd Stahl, a high school art teacher and mixed-media painter whose work often spotlights social justice heroes; and Sarah C. Rutherford, who is currently entrenched in her muralseries, “Her Voice Carries.” Rutherford’s mural for WALL\THERAPY will be one of the murals in this series. The other three local artists are teens who are members of Roc Paint Division, an organization that since 2015 has been adorning the city’s R-Centers with inspiring murals while employing and training young, developing artists. Roc Paint Division artists Nzinga Muhammad, Etana Browne, and KaoriMei Stephens were selected to create a mural together for this year’s festival. WALL\THERAPY is supported through crowd-sourced funding campaigns and a dedicated group of volunteers. But on the eve of the festival, the fundraising endeavor hasn’t hit its goal. There’s still time to support it, Lehman says. Those interested in volunteering can email Julie@walltherapy.com or click the “donate/ volunteer” link at wall-therapy.org. The festival’s inaugural conference, “Arts & Activism,” will take place on Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Little Theatre (240 East Avenue). The keynote speaker will be Jessica Pabón-Colón, assistant professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY New Paltz. A complete schedule for the free event will be released soon. Later that evening, from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., the block party will also feature an open air artist market, food trucks, beverage service, and live art at the new Kaleidoscope Collective Community Center (936 Exchange Street). CITY will have coverage of WALL\ THERAPY throughout the festival, including images, interviews, and blogs. Follow along at rochestercitynewspaper. com and on Instagram at @roccitynews.
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Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua. The Lake Country Effect. Through July 31. Rochester Institute of Technology University Gallery - University Services Center, 158 Lomb Memorial Drive. As Above, So Below. Through July 29. Satirical portrait paintings by Steven W. Justice. 475-2411.
Art Events [ THU., JULY 20 ] Post Cards from the Heart. July 20, 1-6 p.m. Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main Street, Suite #201 Door #5 In support for the Irondequoit Community cupboard 210-3161. Susan@CreateArt4Good.org. createart4good.org. [ FRI., JULY 21 ] Irondequoit Art Trail. July 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Artists Cave, 4639 Culver Rd 544-7846. IrondequoitArtTrail.com. [ TUE., JULY 25 ] WALL\THERAPY Fundraiser at Radio Social. July 25, 6-9 p.m. Radio Social, 20 Carison Road $10. 4664278.
Call for Artwork [ WED., JULY 19 ] The Cup, The Mug: A National Juried Exhibition of Drinking Vessels. Through Oct. 2. Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs A national juried exhibition, open to all U.S. artists 18 years and older, working in ceramics, glass, wood, or metal $30-$35. 315-462-0210. mainstreetartsgallery.com. Small Works 2017. Through Oct. 2. Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs Open to artists working in all media excluding video/ sound and installation art $30-$35. 315-462-0210. mstreetarts@gmail.com. mainstreetartsgallery.com.
Comedy [ WED., JULY 19 ] Buta Brawl Comedy Open Mic. 9 p.m.-midnight. ButaPub, 315 Gregory Street 9022010. evan@butapub.com. butapub.com. [ THU., JULY 20 ] Remembering Meaney. July 20, 7:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd A night of comedy to benefit the Trevor Project with Headliner Barry Crimmins 426-6339. carlsoncomedy. com. [ FRI., JULY 21 ] Josh Blue. July 21, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd 426-6339. calsoncomedy.com. [ TUE., JULY 25 ] Backdraft II: Laughdraft. 8-11 p.m Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 902-2010. thefirehousesaloon.com.
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THEATER | ‘BRING IT ON, THE MUSICAL’ Part of the JCC SummerStage, casting high school and college students, “Bring It On, The Musical” is loosely based on the original movie released by Universal Pictures. From the composers of “Hamilton” and “Next to Normal,” with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, and Amanda Green, the musical takes you through the life of Campbell, a senior in high school who dreamed of becoming captain of her school’s cheerleading team. She gets the position, but her dream is quickly crushed when she’s forced to transfer schools due to redistricting. Her new school doesn’t have a cheer team, so she must decide if she wants to try out for the dance team — if the team would even let her join. With all new music, and a new plot and characters, you’ll remember the movie, but get fresh twists and turns. The JCC production is directed by David Schuler and choreographed by Katie Keller. “Bring It On, The Musical” began last week, but will continue Wednesday, July 19, Thursday, July 20, and Saturday, July 22, at 8 p.m.; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 23. Tickets are $20 for students, $27 for JCC members, and $29 for general admission. For tickets or more information, visit jccrochester.org or call 461-2000. — BY TORI MARTINEZ Rochester Swing-In Picnic. July 20, 5-10 p.m. White House Lodge at Webster Park, 255 Holt Road . Webster $12-$20. 248-5196. mcparks@monroecounty.gov. [ FRI., JULY 21 ] Hunks the Show Male Revue Night. July 21, 9 p.m. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd Henrietta $18-$35. 3343030. nashvillesny.com.
Festivals [ WED., JULY 19 ] Genesee County Fair. Through July 22, 9 a.m.9 p.m. Genesee County Fairgrounds, 5056 East Main St Road . Batavia $5. 716474-3656. gcfair.com/.
part with the Zuzu Film Festival $15. 315-781-5483. thesmith.org. [ FRI., JULY 21 ] It’s a Wonderful Life. July 21, 6 p.m. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St . Geneva In part with the Zuzu Film Festival $15. 315-781-5483. thesmith.org. [ SAT., JULY 22 ] Queer As Folk screening. 3-5:30 p.m. LGBTQ Resource Center, 100 College Avenue, #100 2448640. gayalliance.org.
Kids Events
[ WED., JULY 19 ] The Bishop’s Wife. July 19, 6 p.m. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St. Geneva In part with the Zuzu Film Festival $15. 315-781-5483. thesmith.org.
[ FRI., JULY 21 ] Alleghany River Indian Dancers. July 21, 7-8 p.m. Sagawa Park, 100 Main St., Brockport 637-3984. The Pop Ups All Ages Concert. July 21, 7-8 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square $15-$20. 263-2700. museumofplay.org.
[ THU., JULY 20 ] Rio Grande. July 20, 6 p.m. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St . Geneva In
[ SAT., JULY 22 ] New York State Summer of Fun: Central New York. July 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The
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Literary Events [ SUN., JULY 23 ] Rochester Poets July Reading. July 23, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Legacy at Clover Blossom, 100 McCauley Rd. A reading by poet Eugene Stelzig followed by an Open Mic 260-9005. 4323. toastmastersclubs.org.
Meetings [ TUE., JULY 25 ] Pinto Beans for Peace. July 25, 5-9 p.m. Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1360 Mt. Hope Avenue Half of all proceeds when you mention that you came in to support the Gandhi Institute 463-3267. gandhiinstitute.org.
Recreation [ THU., JULY 20 ] Tai Chi For EveryBODY!. 4:30-5:30 p.m Briarwood School, 215 Briarwood Drive Irondequoit $42-$47. 7481138. westirondequoit.org.
Special Events [ WED., JULY 19 ] Vegan Pastry Pop-Up. 3:306:30 p.m 540WMain, 540 W. Main Street 2-10. 1-855540-6246. 540westmain.org. Votes for Women. July 19, 4:30 p.m. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote fairportlibrary.org.
/ T H E AT E R ART | ‘CREDENCES OF SUMMER’ “Credences of Summer” is an art exhibition at the Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford Street) celebrating the warm season. Continuing through Saturday, August 19, the display will feature work in various media — watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint — including noteworthy pieces by local watercolorist Darryl Abraham depicting the joy of summer in the Finger Lakes. Works by regional artists Walter Garver and Robert Heischman will also be on display. Additionally, the gallery is holding a special sale during the showcase, reducing the prices of all works in the Gallery between 15 and 35 percent. Oxford Gallery is located at 267 Oxford Street, and its hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 271-5885 or visit the gallery website at oxfordgallery.com. — BY GRACIE PETERS
[ SAT., JULY 22 ] Rescue Round Up. July 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Long Acre Farms, 1342 Eddy Rd 315986-4202. longacrefarms. com. Trolleys at Twilight. July 22, 4 p.m. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd Trolley rides will operate continuously til dusk $8. 533-1113. nymtmuseum.org.
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Theater Audition [ SUN., JULY 23 ] Coyote Challenges the World. July 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave.
FESTIVAL | THIS IS OUR YOUTH This is Our Youth is a week-long celebration of Rochester’s young talent in the performing arts. From Sunday, July 23, through Saturday, July 29, the festival will feature theater, dance, music, and poetry at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Avenue). The performers are from all over the city, and they represent various groups, such as the Gantt R-Center Theater Group and Voices of the Youth (V.O.T.Y.). Featured theater productions include “The Freedom of the City,” a work by Irish playwright Brian Friel (July 23), and “12 Angry Men,” a drama about a group of jurors overseeing a homicide trial (July 24). There will be a community showcase of teen dancers, singers, musicians, and visual artists (July 25 and 26). Polite Ink. Sketch & Improv will also hold a youth improv workshop (July 26). Performances will highlight hip-hop in a “Journey through Urbania” (July 29); Latinx youth in a showcase presented by The Rochester Latino Theater Company (July 28); and different genres of dance featuring the acclaimed Dunwoody Dance Ensemble (pictured). Prices vary. For specific information on tickets and performance times, head to muccc.org or call 866-811-4111. — BY GRACIE PETERS Presented by the Open Road Theatre. Casting all ages
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Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
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“War for the Planet of the Apes” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY MATT REEVES NOW PLAYING
It seems appropriate that I heard news of director George Romero’s passing while leaving a showing of “War for the Planet of the Apes.” Romero was a master at using genre filmmaking as a lens through which to explore social issues like civil rights, consumerism, militarism, and xenophobia. The messages in Romero’s films were rarely subtle, but they were always effective. Twentieth Century Fox’s new series of “Planet of the Apes” films is one of the current popular franchises to carry on that legacy, weaving timely political subtext into a story that warns against human arrogance and fear. And the latest installment mostly does the visionary director proud, even if it does end up stumbling slightly while crossing the finish line. “War for the Planet of the Apes” is the final chapter in a trilogy of films centering around Caesar — once again portrayed by Andy Serkis through endlessly impressive motion capture technology — the reluctant leader of the ape rebellion. The previous two films detailed how that uprising took root after a “Simian Flu” virus wiped out large parts of the human population while bestowing apes with heightened intelligence. The film begins with the last vestiges of humanity still engaged in combat against the apes, though despite the “War” title, the film takes place mostly in the aftermath of that struggle.
Andy Serkis as ape leader Caesar in “War for the Planet of the Apes.” PHOTO COURTESY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
Following an excellent opening battle sequence, the rest of the narrative takes the form of a straightforward revenge tale, after an act of mercy from Caesar results in tragedy for his clan. The ape leader abandons his command to seek vengeance against The Colonel (Woody Harrelson channeling Brando’s “Apocalypse Now” character), whom he believes responsible. Having long since established which side of the quarrel are the true savages, “War” manages to succeed in making its audience root against its own species, but does so by sacrificing some of the moral complexity of the previous films. Without villainous apes and decent humans to balance out the conflict, things are more black-and-white this time, and there’s nothing as compelling as the previous installment’s exploration into the inherent dangers of tribalism and cycles of violence. You can feel the mechanics of the film grinding along as director Matt Reeves (who also helmed the superior “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) works to provide an emotionally satisfying conclusion to
Caesar’s story, while also delivering a serious reflection on our troubled times. Not for nothing does the plot boil down to a conflict brought on by a unstable, megalomaniacal leader obsessed with building an enormous, likely useless border wall. Taking place in the same universe as the earlier “Planet of the Apes” films, we know how this will all shake out and there’s a sense of inevitability that robs the film of some of its dramatic stakes. The film is unrelentingly bleak, with the only source of levity provided by Steve Zahn as Bad Ape, his name taken from the most common phrase he heard from the humans at the zoo he once called home. What makes the film work, though, is the remarkable Andy Serkis, who continues to be a pioneer in acting with motion capture. The soulful Caesar is an incredible creation, a perfect melding of performance and technology. Romero’s allegories tended to land like a punch to the gut, and while “War for the Planet of the Apes” doesn’t strike as powerful a blow, it still finds a way to leave its own mark.
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“Maudie” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY AISLING WALSH OPENS FRIDAY, JULY 21, AT THE LITTLE THEATRE
Wonderful performances from Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke distract from some storytelling shortcomings in “Maudie,” a gentle biopic of Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis. The film opens in the 1930’s rural village where Maud (Hawkins) lives with an overbearing aunt, after her family decided the arthritic Maud would be unable to take care of herself on her own. Seeking independence, Maud responds to an advertisement placed by Everett (Hawke), a oafish fishmonger searching for a live-in maid to take care of the household chores he doesn’t have time for. In short order, Maud has moved into Everett’s tiny, boxlike home, and though he is often verbally and occasionally physically abusive, an affection blossoms between the two. In between performing her daily duties, she carries on with her true passion: painting. The pictures she creates are charmingly simplistic — brightly-colored nature scenes featuring birds, flowers, and cats — and over the years they earn Maud a following, making her a beloved figure in the community and eventually the nation. Sherry White’s script leaves us to form our own opinions of Maud and Everett’s relationship. But there’s a warmth and authenticity to Aisling Walsh’s directing which helps overcome the sense that at its heart, this is a familiar story of a gruff, closed-off man whose inner tenderness blossoms thanks to the love of a good woman. Hawkins is outstanding, though Maud remains an opaque but fascinating figure. Finding beauty and happiness in a life of hardship, the artist explains how she perseveres: “I don’t want for much, as long as I got a paint brush and a window.” Visit rochestercitynewspaper.com on Friday for additional film coverage, including a review of Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”
Death becomes him [ INTERVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
“A Ghost Story” (R), DIRECTED BY DAVID LOWERY OPENS IN ROCHESTER ON FRIDAY, JULY 28
Writer and director David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” is bound to be one of the more divisive films to be released this year. It tells the melancholy tale of life and death, as experienced by a married couple played by Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. When Affleck’s character unexpectedly passes away, he returns in the form of a ghost (complete with white bedsheet and holes cut out for eyes) to silently observe his wife as she grieves and attempts to move on. Where the story goes from there is best left for the audience to discover, but suffice it to say, things get existential. Those willing to open themselves up to the experience, though, will find some of the most audacious filmmaking — and one of best movies — to reach theaters this year. CITY spoke with David Lowery by phone for a conversation that touched on how he went about bringing such an unusual story to the screen. An edited transcript of our chat is below. For the complete interview, check out rochestercitynewspaper.com. CITY: “A Ghost Story” is such a different take on the haunted house story. I’d read that the idea originated from an argument you had with your wife. Can you elaborate on that? David Lowery: I’ve lived in Texas most of my life.
I feel like it’s my home, and part of my identity. But at a certain point a couple years ago it made sense to move to Los Angeles, and I really didn’t want to go. It was an upsetting move to me, like I was leaving part of myself behind. In particular I’d attached myself to the house we were living in, and did not want to move out of that house. When I did leave and moved to LA with my wife, that led to — you know, it wasn’t like it led to a gigantic, marriage-ending argument,
David Lowery on the set of “A Ghost Story.” PHOTO BY BRET BURRY, COURTESY OF A24
but at a certain point I floated the idea that we might move back to Texas. And my wife at that point was very happy in LA, she liked it and she didn’t want to leave. So we got into an argument, and that argument felt big for us because we never fight. I remember thinking it felt like the scene from a movie. And more so than that, I recognized in that argument some inherent flaws in my way of thinking, and my way of living. The things that mattered to me — the values I had. I wanted to rectify those flaws and also understand them more thoroughly. So part of the reason I made this movie was to dig into those issues in my life and kind of come to terms with them. The central image of Casey Affleck walking around in a sheet is incredibly striking, but I have to imagine seeing that on set was a different experience entirely. At what point were you like, “OK, I think this will actually work”?
It took a couple weeks of shooting. [Laughs] Or I guess a week — 10 days or so. Our shoot was only 19 days initially. And by day 11 or 12 I think we finally figured out how to make the ghost work. Preceding that moment of realization, there were plenty of stressful mornings where it just felt like the bed sheet was gonna be a disaster. And there was a lot of, you know, hemming and hawing and a great amount of trial-and-error in achieving the simplicity that we were really after. What was the design process like for creating the ghost costume?
My costume designer, Annell Brodeur, began by putting a bed sheet over someone’s head and cutting holes in the eyes, and realizing that would never in a million years work. [Laughs] You know, it’ll work for a 5-year-old on Halloween, but it does not work for a movie. So she created
this costume that looks incredibly simple and looks just like a bed sheet, but is in fact incredibly complex and has a lot of moving parts under that exterior fabric. How was it directing an actor without any of the basic tools an actor typically has to work with — you can’t see his eyes, his body is covered. I have to imagine that made things challenging.
The only difficult thing was realizing how un-difficult it needed to be. Once I realized it needed to be a very simple process, it was easy. But initially, I approached it as if I were directing Casey without a sheet. We talked about letting his instincts and body language define the character in a very prominent way, but that just wasn’t working. When we looked at that footage, it just didn’t quite work — it felt like an actor wearing a bed sheet. The solution turned out to be having him do very little. He had to stand either very, very still or turn his head very slowly. One of the ideas the film explores is what we leave behind when we’re gone. There’s a monologue at the center of the film about the legacy of art on humanity. As a filmmaker, how much of those ideas do you apply to your own work?
I definitely think about it a lot. And I’m also aware that I shouldn’t think about it that much because it’s a perhaps unfair standard to hold one’s own work to. But at the same time, you do want your movies to matter. Or if you’re writing a book, you want those books to matter. If you’re a musician you want your songs to mean something to somebody. It helps for me to think about things not in terms of the legacy I’m leaving behind, but the connection I’m building with the people who engage with what I’m making.
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There are many large houses with columned porches on Huntington Park but none stand out like number fifty-five. Built in 1916, four iconic, white, fluted columns rise two stories to frame the entrance double door, set with beveled glass panels. Wide marble steps lead up to a red-tiled porch, which is enclosed by a half wall. Visions of a comfortable chair and an iced drink on the porch complete the picture. Inside, a small vestibule leads to a hallway which runs the length of the house and divides it. The first things to notice are the gloriously high ceilings and the amount of natural light that comes through the many windows, giving the house an expansive feel. To the left, are two very large rooms connected by an archway. The first is a living room, which boasts a beautiful set of glass paneled pocket doors, a window seat, and built-in bookcases next to the fireplace. The second room also has a built-in window seat, wainscoting and decorative glass panels. The house retains its original hardwood floors, varnished wood trim, wainscoting, doors, and door hardware. At the end of the center hallway is a half bath. On the right side of the hall is the parlor, which would make a good office. A few steps down to the right is a small bedroom with closet. The main staircase to the second floor is one of the unique features of the house.
It has a gracefully curved bottom and wood trim accents along its length. At the first landing, there are three windows set at the second story height, which pour light onto a space large enough to be a room itself. The possibilities for this area are endless. Beyond the staircase is the entrance to the full basement, a second staircase, and at the back right of the house is the kitchen. From the kitchen there is access to an unheated, enclosed back porch. With the alignment of the dining room, kitchen, half bath and the small bedroom for a coat room, the first floor is made for entertaining. At 3,815 square feet and six bedrooms, this house is ideal for a large, or multigenerational family or someone who uses their home as an office. Five good-sized bedrooms and a full bath are upstairs. Off one bedroom at the back right, there is a large, enclosed sleeping porch. While the property needs investment and care, the many assets to work with provide an opportunity for personal choices that will make this house a unique home. 55 Huntington Park is currently listed at $64,900. For more information contact Donna Cornell with Re/Max Plus at 585-279-8200. by Terri Littlefield Terri is a Landmark Society volunteer.
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Employment AIRLINE CAREERS START Here –Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-2967094 ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR WANTED for Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, in the Corn Hill Area. Immediate opening. Please Call 576-9675
LIFESPAN’S OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM is looking for volunteers to advocate for individuals living in long-term care settings. Please contact, call 585.287.6378 or e-mail dfrink@lifespan-roch.org for more information MEALS ON WHEELS needs YOU to deliver meals to YOUR neighbors in need. Available weekdays between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM? Visit our website at www.vnsnet.com or call 2744385 to get started!
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Volunteers BECOME A DOCENT at the Rochester Museum & Science Center Must be an enthusiastic communicator, Like working with children. Learn more at http://www.rmsc.org/Support/ Volunteer Or call 585-697-1948 CARING FOR CAREGIVERS Lifespan is looking for volunteers to offer respite to caregivers whose loved ones have been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. For details call Eve at 244-8400 CATHOLIC FAMILY CENTER is seeking a volunteer with graphic design experience to help with fliers and signage for multiple events this summer and fall. Flexible schedule. Please contact cgill@cfcrochester.org or call 262-7044. Contact Urban League Of Rochester today to become a mentor to the youth in our community! Email Haley Catalano at hcatalano@ulr.org to get started.
Mary Cariola Children’s Center is hiring staff to work in the residential, community and school programs. These opportunities are both Part Time and Full time. • Direct Support Professional / Residential Aides • Teacher Aides • Special Education Teachers Additional positions posted at www.marycariola.com
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Strong Staffing, at The University of Rochester, is currently looking for experienced individuals to fill temporary positions in: • Clerical & Secretarial support (Medical & Administrative) Requires strong customer service & computer skills. Prefer typing speed of at least 45 wpm. • Patient Care Technicians, and Ambulatory Technicians Requires recent, related experience in a patient care setting. • Food Service & Environmental Service Workers for positions on campus, and at our Medical Center. • Skilled Trade workers with prior experience in commercial painting and carpentry. • Mail Couriers with prior experience, a clean driving record, and the ability to lift heavy bags of mail (possibly up to 50lbs) . Apply online at www.rochester.edu/jobopp Use a Keyword search for Strong Staffing and apply to the appropriate job posting. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled
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Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] 1110 Stone Road LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on June 1, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1271 Ridge Rd West, Rochester, NY 14615. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 1271 Ridge Road LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on June 1, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1271 Ridge Rd West, Rochester, NY 14615. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 128 Otis LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/1/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, New York, 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]
831 Manitou Road, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/17. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process James N. Hushard, Jr., 831 Manitou Rd., Hilton, NY 14468. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Alevy-Ny LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/13/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to POB 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] BGR HOPS LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 5/9/17. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 903 ScottsvilleChili Rd., Scottsville, NY 14546. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] BLACK NOR WHITE, LLC filed an App. for Authority with the NY Dept. of State of NY on 2/28/2017.
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 Jurisdiction: MD organized on 8/31/2005. NY officelocated in Monroe County. The Secretary of the State of NY (“SSNY”) is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of such process is 793 S. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14614. Address in its jurisdiction is 6629 81st St., Cabin John MD 20818. The authorized officer in its jurisdiction of organization where a copy of its Certificate of Formation can be obtained is: MD Dept. Assessments and Taxation, 301 W. Preston St., Baltimore MD 21201. The purpose of the company is any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Blue Lilac Marketing Group Limited Liability Company Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/24/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 16 Talbot Dr Penfield, NY 14526 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Danielle 533 LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/16/17.
Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to POB 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Fast Cash Buys LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/30/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 38 Thorntree Cir Penfield, NY 14526 RA: NYSCorporation.com 1971 Western Ave #1121 Albany, NY 12203 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Fiore Properties LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/2/17. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 685 Galleon Dr., Webster, NY 14580. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Hushard’s Enterprises, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/17. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process James N.
Hushard, Jr., 831 Manitou Rd., Hilton, NY 14468. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] INNOVIA COLABS, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/21/17. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 39 Oak Meadow Trail, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] J.E.M. PROPERTY RESTORATIONS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/14/2017. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 27 Parkington Meadows, Rochester, NY 14625, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Jc Craftsmanship LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/26/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process
may be served & mail to 2 Calihan Pk Rochester, NY 14606 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Lake Time, LLC. Filed 5/08/17 Office: Monroe co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3311 Union Street, North Chili, NY 14514 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] M-Squared Development Services LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/2/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 44 Pinewood Knoll Rochester, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] MFCHEN LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/13/17. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 114 Boyd Dr., Rochester, NY 14616. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] MJkeys LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/15/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design
agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Legalinc Corporate Services Inc. 1967 Wehrle Dr #1-086 Buffalo, NY 14221 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of RADHE 2 RADHE, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 6/7/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 448 Calkins Rd, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation Arcus Drones LLC filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 4.20.17 Office location Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 89 Clay Ave., Rochester NY 14613. Purpose: Any Drone data collection activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LEGAL SUPREME LLC .
Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/3/2017. 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 307 Meigs Street, Apt # 1, Roch, N.Y. 14607 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 139 VASSAR STREET LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/5/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 100 Bluhm Rd., Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 149 CHERRY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/28/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 149 Cherry Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against
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Legal Ads > page 31 it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 307 ROOSEVELT ROAD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/26/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 522 South Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 39 LAWTON ST. LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/12/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 285 Warrington Dr., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 408 WAGNER STREET., LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/14/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 26 Lake Lacoma Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Aden2, LLC. Art. of Org. filed by Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/08/17.
Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Abdulsallam K. Yehia, 475 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. General Purpose. Thank you [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AMAX Innovations LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) June 16, 2017. 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 96 Woodgreen Drive Pittsford NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities including leasing residential properties [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bare Element Greece LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/01/17. 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 1948 West Ridge Road, Rochester NY, 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BC&D ENTERPRIZE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/05/2017. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC at 1300 Mt. Read Blvd., Rochester, NY 14606. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation
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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 of Black and White Baseball, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secretary of State (“SOS”) on 5/12/17. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 1520 John St., W. Henrietta, NY 14586. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BONHOEFFER ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/19/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LP: 1900 Empire Blvd., #252, Webster, NY 14580. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2050. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BONHOEFFER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1900 Empire Blvd., #252, Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BONHOEFFER FUND, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/20/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LP: 1900 Empire Blvd., #252, Webster, NY 14580. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2050. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]
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Notice of Formation of BURANDT EMPIRE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/17. 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, 8 Larrigan Crossing, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Camp David at Sylvan Beach, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/1/17. 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 1483 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CAVALIER PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1225 Drake Rd., Brockport, NY 1420. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Clemenza’s Pizzeria of Lakeville, LLC, Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 07/12/2017. 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 200 Hogan Point Road, Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of COOLIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1900 Empire Blvd., #252, Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CRLYN Foods, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/27/17. 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 2070 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DriveTime Auto, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/25/17. 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 20 Stone Rd., Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DT Developers, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/28/17. 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 299 Jefferson Rd., Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of EIGHT’S ARMORY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/19/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 17 Hutton Circle, Churchville, NY 14428. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Eric Yellin Psychology PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/5/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 64 Sycamore St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: practice the profession of psychology. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GARNSEY TECHNOLOGIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/17. 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, 408 Garnsey Road, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of
Inkbleed LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/12/17. 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 91 Kirkland Drive, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Notice is hereby given that Lakewood Home Improvement, LLC, a limited liability company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on June 28, 2017. The principal office is in the Town of Livonia, Livingston County, 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 process is: Lakewood Home Improvement, LLC, 38 Old Meadow Ct. Livonia, NY 14487. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under �203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Notice is hereby given that Lakewood Home Management, LLC, a limited liability company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on April 21, 2017. The principal office is in the Rochester NY, Monroe County, 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 process is: Lakewood Home Improvement, LLC, 119 Chili Avenue, Rochester NY 14611. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under �203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Little’s Family Homes, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/25/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 90655, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activity
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LMAO Enterprises, LLC, Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 06/23/2017. 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 3501 Union Street, N. Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MC Hilltop Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 MC Milpine Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 MC MSH Realty LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 7/5/17. 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 MC Springlake Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 MCCUE MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/03/17. 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, 131 Gregory St., Rochester, NY 14620. The regd. agent of the company upon whom and at which process against the company can be served is Thomas McCue, 131 Gregory St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MCR Real Property LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 Midnight Slate Labs LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/21/2017. 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 28 Elmcroft Rd, Rochester, New York 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan 155 East Main LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/13/17. 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 4181 Veterans Drive Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/27/17. 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 Stratford Management LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/15/17. 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
Legal Ads Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Stratford Realty LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/15/17. 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 My Way Property Management of Rochester, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/29/17. 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 43 Clearbrook Dr., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Naturally Kissed by LaTosha , LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/5/17. 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 C/O United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of NEW BRIDGE MARRIAGE & FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/31/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 19 Stag Creek Trail, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of New York All Star Booster Inc. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/3/17. 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 39 Williams St.,Batavia, NY 14020 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of
Owens Road Self Storage LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/8/17. 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 460 White Spruce Blvd., Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PLANET HOME AQUISITIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/13/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 6 Bainbridge Ln., Webster, NY 14580. 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 RIKA Development LLC, Articles of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/16/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served, SSNY shall mail service of process to: 22 Ryder Cup Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Skyward Revenue, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/01/2017. 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 35 Hawley Dr, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of STS Corning, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/6/17. 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, c/o Sammy Feldman 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SWC 5 LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 7/6/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may
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 be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6 Hedge Wood Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tackling Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) November 10, 2016. 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 76 Valley St, Rochester NY 14612 . Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TVSherpa LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 5 Travis Grove, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Visionary Content, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on June 6th, 2017. 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 54 University Avenue #5 Rochester, NY 14605. Purpose: Consulting, freelance writing, grant writing, capital funding, and business formation services. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Wolf Mechanical Service LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/31/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 574 Peck Road, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Mindful Leader LLC filed with SSNY on 24 April 2017 Office: Monroe Cty. SSNY designated as agent for Process and shall mail to: 40 Lakeview Park Rochester, N.Y. 14613. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Ciber Global, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/5/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Michigan (MI) on 5/15/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. MI address of LLC: 3270 West Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48084. Arts. of Org. filed with MI Director of Corporations, 2501 Woodlake Circle, 1st Fl., Okemos, MI 48864. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of HARRIS INSIGHTS AND ANALYTICS LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/28/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/21/16. 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., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]
Notice of FormationAshford Dance Company LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 07/10/17. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Attn: Caitlyn Culotta, 376 Goodman Street N, Rochester NY, 14607. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Qualification of Hillcrest Group, LLC, fictitious name: HCG Group, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/22/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in California (CA) on 09/29/05. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Hillcrest Group, LLC, c/o Laengel Corporation, 23622 Calabasas Rd. #121, Calabasas, CA 91302, also the address to be maintained in CA. Arts of Org. filed with the CA Secy. of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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of THE ENGLISHSPEAKING UNION OF THE UNITED STATES ROCHESTER BRANCH, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/27/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/16/17. Princ. office of LLC: c/o The EnglishSpeaking Union of the United States, 144 E. 39th St., NY, NY 10016. 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. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ROCHESTER AREA MUSIC PROJECT LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/15/17. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 31 W. Church St., Fairport, NY 14450, Attn: Member. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Roxal LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/6/2017. LLC’s 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 LLC’s principal business location at 2401 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Sardone Consulting LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/31/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Scott C. Sardone 613 Heritage Dr Rochester, NY 14615 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] TIGER BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/23/16. Office location: Monroe Co. LLC formed in Virginia (VA) on 5/5/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 15 N Mill ST Nyack, NY 10960. VA address of LLC: 1716
Corporate Landing Pkwy Virginia Beach, VA 23454. Arts. Of Org. filed with VA Secy. of State, P.O. Box 1197, Richmond, VA 23218. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] TWO AMIGOS 449 LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/3/17. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 425 Stone Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Uttara Light LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/20/2017. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 18 Cedarwood Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] VISUAL MARKETING IDEAS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/15/17. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2100. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Robert Rose, 5 Creekside Drive, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] WELCOME TO A FRESH START LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/20/2017. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 550 Latona Rd., Building D, Ste. 405, Rochester, NY 14626, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] WHOLESALE PROPERTY STORE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 07/11/17 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 233 Leonard Rd Rochester, NY 14616. Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] WNY Investors LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/17. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served &
shall mail process 2250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. General Purpose. [ NOTICE OF AUCTION ] Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at public auction pursuant to New York state lien law section 182 beginning on Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 11:55am and ending Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 2:00pm. The auction will take place online at Bid13.com. All sales are subject to prior claim. The lien holder reserves the right to reschedule or adjourn the auction and reject any/all bids. The personal property described as furniture heretofore stored with the undersigned by Debra Shea Unit #727. All sales are final. Cash only. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] ACM Northfield CR #3, LLC filed Application for Authority with the New York Department of State on May 25, 2017. Its office is located in Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware. 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 3144 S. Winton Road, Rochester, NY 14623. The purpose of the Company is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] LC MILLER SERVICES LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/5/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail process to LC MILLER SERVICES LLC, 129 Stafford Way, Rochester, NY 14626 General Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Mariano Property Services LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on June 14, 2017. 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 19 Copper Woods, Pittsford, NY 14534. The purpose of the Company is property investments. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] MMG Investments I, LLC filed Application for Authority with the New York Department of State on May 3, 2017. Its office
is located in Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware. 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 3144 S. Winton Road, Rochester, NY 14623. The purpose of the Company is any lawful business. [ Notice of Formation ] Name: ELI ESTATE JEWELERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/06/2017. 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 ELI ESTATE JEWELERS LLC, 1492 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, New York 14618. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: SYLVAN SEARCH PARTNERS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/13/2017. 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 SYLVAN SEARCH PARTNERS LLC, 57 Deer Creek Road, Pittsford, New York 14534. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Cline’s Tile & Stone, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on June 13, 2017. 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, 77 Bradford Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity [ Notice of Formation ] Pittsford Place, LLC (the “LLC”) filed a Certificate of Conversion with the NY Dept. of State on 6/22/17. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 1001 Lexington Avenue, Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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Legal Ads > page 34 [ Notice of Formation ] Rochester Sports Chiropractic, PLLC (“PLLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/22/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 12 Summit Oaks, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: to practice the profession of chiropractic. [ Notice of Formation of 1092 MH, LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on June 29, 2017. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 1142 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is Village Square Management, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on June 23, 2017. 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 286 Gillett Road, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is Sonya Allen Interiors LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 6/7/17. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 15 Bromsgrove HL Pittsford NY 14534. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Giltner Funeral Services, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on June 9, 2017, with an effective date of formation of June 9, 2017. 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 1717 Portland Avenue, Rochester, New York 14617. 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 ]
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 and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Perinton, Village of Fairport and County of Monroe and State of New York, SECTION 152.12, BLOCK 2, LOT 7. Approximate amount of judgment $94,008.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 2013-1112. Sarah E. Wesley, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 47311
Giltner Real Estate, LLChas filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on June 9, 2017, with an effective date of formation of June 9, 2017. 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 1717 Portland Avenue, Rochester, New York 14617. 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.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index #: 8113/2014 Filed: 06/13/17 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff, -againstFrank B. Iacovangelo, Monroe County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring’s respective heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Kathleen Spring who was heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring’s respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees,
Notice is hereby given that license number 3159422 for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a hotel under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 911 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, County of Monroe for on premises consumption. F.M. Butt Hotels Corp. d/b/a Ramada Plaza Rochester Airport and d/b/a Wheels Up Tavern [ NOTICE OF SALE ] NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST DOUGLAS N. DUMOND, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 05, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Foreclosure Auction Area, Hall of JusticeLower Level Atrium, 99 Exchange Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14614, on August 22, 2017 at 10:30AM, premises known as 6 PACKET BOAT DRIVE, FAIRPORT, NY 14450. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings
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Notice of Formation of BRM NY MGMT, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/02/17. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1380 Pittsford Mendon Rd., Mendon, NY 14506. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ]
executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real[property described in the complaint herein, ESL Federal Credit Union, RAB Performance Recoveries LLC, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of America, John Spring as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Joseph Spring as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Christine Paeth as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Linda Sherman as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Ann Fisher as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Danielle Stout as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Jeffrey Stout as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring, Atlantis Asset Recovery LLC, People of the State of New York, Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., National Loan Recoveries LLC, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 attorneys for the
plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. 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. Dated: Bay Shore, New York March 28, 2017 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Pamela Flink Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100Our File No.: 01-060986-F00 TO:Frank B. Iacovangelo, Monroe County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the Estate of GladysSpring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 10 Autumn Wood Rochester, NY 14624 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410 RAB Performance Recoveries LLC 10 Forest Avenue Paramus, NJ 07652 New York State Department of Taxation and Finance W.A. Harriman State Campus Bldg. 9 Albany, NY 12227 John Spring as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 56 St. John’s Drive a/k/a 56 Saint John’s Drive Rochester, NY 14626 Joseph Spring as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys
Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 5490 State Route 14 Sodus, NY 14551 Christine Paeth as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 1395 Brookedge Drive Hamlin, NY 14464 Linda Sherman as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 205 Ellington Drive Rochester, NY 14616 Ann Fisher as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 9604 Asbury Road LeRoy, NY 14482 Danielle Stout as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 59 Branch Street Rochester, NY 14621 Jeffrey Stout as Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring and as Heir to the Estate of Kathleen Spring who was Heir to the Estate of Gladys Spring a/k/a Gladys A. Spring 245 E. Main Street Victor, NY 14564 and/or 6015 Knapp Street Canadaigua, NY 14424-8979 Atlantis Asset Recovery LLC 21333 39th Avenue Suite 201 Bayside, NY 11361 Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. 1680 Capital One Drive McClean, VA 22102 and/or 340 Washington Ave Brentwood, NY 11717 People of the State of New York Webster Town Court Vanlngen Court Building, 1002 Ridge Road Webster, NY 14580 and/ or People of the State of New York Justice Building Albany, NY 12207 National Loan Recoveries LLC 2777 Summer Street, Floor 6 Stamford, CT 06905 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE; Index No.: 2017-542. Filed 05/26/2017. U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF THEODORE ANTONUCCI, SR. A/K/A THEODORE ANTONUCCI, NEXT OF KIN, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, DISTRIBUTEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,
CREDITORS, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, AS WELL AS THE RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, DISTRIBUTEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, CREDITORS, LIENORS, TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSONS, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; MARGARET ANTONUCCI A/K/A MARGARET SIDOTI; DOMINIC ANTONUCCI; TEDDY JR. ANTONUCCI A/K/A THEODORE ATONUCCI, JR., if living, and if he be dead, his respective heir-at-law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises; LEE ANTONUCCI, if living, and if he be dead, his respective heir-at-law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in and to the premises; ANDY ANTONUCCI; “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE” (Said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein) Defendants. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE. 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 May 16, 2017 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 1881 Clarkson Parma Town Line Rd A/K/A 1881 Clarkson Parma TL Rd, Hilton (Town of Clarkson) New York 14468 also known as Section 031.01 Block 2 Lot 8.1. 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.
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What could go wrong? Canadian company Bad Axe Throwing announced in June it is bringing its unusual entertainment concept to Denver. It’s “like darts, but on steroids,” says founder Mario Zelaya. Customers provide their own food and beer and learn how to throw axes at targets. “We’ll be bringing along the competitive league side as well. That means that folks in Denver can sign up ... and compete at a global level,” Zelaya said.
Smooth Reactions
Did you say French fries or FRESH fries? Eiram Chanel Amir Dixson, 25, made a point of ordering fresh French fries at a Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Wendy’s drive-thru in May. When the exchange between the dissatisfied Dixson and a Wendy’s worker escalated, the employee threw a soda at Dixson, and Dixson fired back by spraying Mace through the drive-thru window. Police charged Dixson with one count of using tear gas to immobilize. Rachel Borch, 21, of Hope, Maine, was out for a run in June when a raccoon attacked her. Thinking quickly, Borch grabbed the animal and, despite being bitten, ran to a puddle on the trail and held its head underwater until it drowned. (BONUS: Borch’s father retrieved the dead raccoon and delivered it for rabies testing in a Taste of the Wild dog food bag.)
Insult to Injury
It was dark in the wee hours of June 30 in Jacksonville, Florida, and Cedric Jelks, 38, probably never saw the loaded gun on the driver’s seat of his car as he got in, but he certainly felt it after the gun went off, wounding his manhood. When police in-
vestigating the report of a gunshot wound arrived at the hospital Jelks was taken to, they added possible firearms charges to his pain after discovering Jelks had a prior conviction for cocaine possession.
Why Not?
A driver in Zhenjiang, China, took drive-thru service to the next level on June 10 when he carefully pulled his tiny automobile through the front doors of a convenience store, requested a package of potato chips and a bottle of yogurt, paid for his purchase and reversed through the doors with the cashier’s guidance. Surveillance video shows the cashier waving and saluting as the car pulls away. He posited that the driver might have been avoiding getting out of his car in the rain.
Finer Points of the Law
A restaurant owner near Florence, Italy, was ordered to pay 2,000 euros in fines in June after judges in Italy’s highest court declared it illegal to keep lobsters on ice in restaurants because it causes them undue suffering. “The suffering caused by detaining the animals while they wait to be cooked cannot be justified,” the judges ruled. In a fit of law abidance, a resident of Yorkshire, England, called that country’s emergency phone number to report that Queen Elizabeth II was not wearing her seatbelt as she departed the Palace of Westminster on June 21 after delivering her traditional speech at the State Opening of Parliament. Police warned that the 999 system is meant to be used only for emergencies.
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Attend events that are geared toward mingling and making new acquaintances, or a reunion that will bring people from your past back into your life, and you will find love. All you have to do is show up and flirt your way into someone’s heart. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your emotions are likely to take over when it comes to affairs of the heart. If you love someone, make a move and do the things that will show how you feel and how much you care. Offering affection will have a much greater effect than words.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Participate, and you will find that special someone. Your ability to entice partners with your sultry, flirtatious words and body language will be a testament that you never have to be alone. Take comfort in knowing that this week you are in control when it comes to romance. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keeping your love for someone a secret will not get you any closer to having a meaningful relationship. Step out of your comfort zone and make a move. If you love someone, let that person know and find out where you stand. Sitting at home will not lead to love.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Participate in events that interest you, and love will spring to life. Your vim and vigor, along with your contribution to whatever you are trying to accomplish, will attract plenty of action from potential partners looking for someone just like you. Romantic opportunity is within reach. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll have trouble choosing the right partner this week. Don’t let your weakness or vulnerability show. Someone will be eager to take advantage of you for something you have to offer. Play it smart, and don’t be too willing to please without getting something in return.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do — as long as you are engaging in activities that attract single people, you will appeal to someone who is emotionally, physically and financially worth getting to know better. Your clever intellect and smart, sophisticated appearance are sure to please. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be careful not to fall into a relationship that will stifle your personal style or the way you like to live your life. Engage in the pastimes that make you feel alive, but be cautious of anyone trying to mirror your likes to capture your heart.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be difficult to resist if you get out and socialize. Your fun, free-spirited nature will capture all sorts of interest from people as entertaining and exciting as you. Pick someone who can match your fast-paced life and get started on a new adventure. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Pushiness or persistence will not lead to someone wanting to cozy up to you. Let whomever you are interested in come to you. You cannot buy or coax someone to make a commitment; give a potential partner the freedom to make that decision.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your desire to settle down with someone you find special will lead to concrete changes in the way you live and build your future. Your ability to overcome obstacles while in the planning stages of your journey will help you succeed. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Functions that are geared toward socializing and reconnecting with people who share your opinions, beliefs and cultures will make you think twice about what you want out of a relationship. Being honest about what and who suits you best will be the first step to choosing the right partner.
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