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Council’s vote on the Cobbs Hill Village plan
I have never been more proud of my city than when City Council voted to approve the Cobbs Hill Village project. Because of this vote, 70 new residents will have affordable housing (44 new units, with 24 of these units being two- bedroom townhouses likely to have two people per unit). In addition, the existing 60 motel-style units will be demolished and the existing residents will move into 60 larger units with improved amenities. This means a total of 130 people will have up-to-date affordable housing. And these units will be constructed in the wealthier southeast neighborhood rather than in our poorer neighborhoods. I say bravo to the Council members who voted for the project, and I ask those who voted against it: Where was your compassion? City Council, thank you, thank you. JOHN THOMAS
The fate of Parcel 5
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being on the hook for Frontier Field and Capelli Sport Stadium (or whatever we are calling it these days). Community members and politicians should regard a performing arts center as no different from any sports stadium. Theaters, like sports stadiums, are entertainment venues. As with stadiums, the Rochester Broadway Theatre League will use the proposed Golisano Performing Arts Center only a projected 200 nights – at best, according to the organization’s hopeful projections. The theater will arguably be a large, dark shell most of the year. And the PAC will be in exactly the wrong place for that darkness: City Center. The PAC will be no different than the Convention Center or any other large fortress within the city limits. If city officials were not going to leave Parcel 5 as an outdoor community gathering place and green space, then housing with a large dedicated green space would have been a better use. The bottom line: This is a terrible location for this project. Nearly every architect with whom I have spoken agrees. And the PAC does nothing to address deep-seated extreme poverty. Nor does it help the vast majority of Rochesterians who will be unable to attend performances because they do match the RBTL’s stated demographics. In fact, the majority of people who can afford to attend a Broadway musical will come from outside the city, park in the parking garage, watch the show, then return home, without
spending any money on the surrounding amenities or businesses. That occurs in other cities, especially regarding stadiums and theaters. And the age demographic of the temporary visitors will be a generation or two removed from the vast majority of people who live within the city center. Moreover, as RBTL admits, the money that theater-goers spend on tickets will not stay in the City of Rochester. Above all, there are so many unanswered questions raised by the announcement regarding Parcel 5. Rochesterians need to ask: Is a new performing arts center truly needed? What will become of RBTL’s current home, the Auditorium Theatre, which was purchased and renovated in 2013 using New York State taxpayer dollars, is fully functional, attracts top-rate productions, and will be a large, mothballed hole once it is vacated? (RBTL staff have been working feverishly to address this question, but should we believe their latest ideas?) Why not build off the back of the current space (along College Avenue), in ways similar to Shea’s Buffalo Theatre and elsewhere? Why build such an expensive place for a not-for-profit organization, when the city is bemoaning the loss of tax revenue? Why do we always turn to the same people and developers, when the reality is that there are many potential developers, partners, and community members with creative ideas and plans who could do just as well if supported and given a chance?
The city’s actions made a sham out of the RFP process. What developer will want to submit a proposal in the future? If a new performance space is in fact needed, a better location would be the site of the former Beebe Station in the High Falls, Genesee Gateway Park along Mount Hope Avenue, or any number of other places in the City of Rochester. Wouldn’t Rochesterians rather have an “endless bridge” cantilevered over the Genesee River – similar to the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis – than a large box cemented in place in the center of the city? JOEL HELFRICH
I write as one who loves Rochester and who has lived here for 45 years. Originally from Portland, Oregon, I do not compare Rochester to the amazing place of my origin. But I think it’s OK to mention that one of the great amenities of Portland are the “Park Blocks,” spanning many streets in the center city. Designed by Frederic Law Olmsted, they provide trees, shade, and peoplespace for Portlanders. We in Rochester have no opportunity for anything similar, but we do have Parcel 5, which gives us a chance to have a space not covered with buildings for people to congregate, hold concerts, have outdoor Christmas markets, etc. Restaurants and small shops might also be located adjacent to Parcel 5. Many have seen on PBS how cities throughout the world hold concerts, with, say, the Three Tenors,
in large outdoor areas. Chicago, where I lived for several years, has the enormous Grant Park, where concerts occur. I was recently in Oaxaca, Mexico, and attended an outdoor concert in their large “Zocalo” center city park. Washington Park is pleasant but limited, offering little opportunity as a concert venue. There are no restaurants adjacent to it. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, beside the Strong museum, is not very accessible to people. It is also badly designed. Concerts are held there, but the space for them is less than ideal. In addition, the trees and the hillocks on which they are planted are conducive to a parkgoer’s feeling isolated and unsafe, not fulfilling what a park should offer. The other big issue of Parcel 5 is the possibility of a new theater being constructed on that spot. What we are offered is (in my opinion) a characterless glass building that would be mainly used from time to time to bring Broadway shows that a small number of Rochester and suburban citizens attend. Ticket prices are often at least $60. The beautiful Auditorium Theater is deemed not appropriate or adequate for the needs of some Broadway productions. Is there no possibility to do some upgrades to that architecturally significant building? And it “looks” like a real theater, not a glass box. Lastly, the over-arching question: How will a new theater be financed? Once built, it still needs maintenance. Who pays for all this? MARILYN ANDERSON
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What do city schools have to do with you? “Again? She’s writing about this again?” That’s the question a reader posed in a letter to me last week, after she read my column, “Yet Another Attempt to Improve City Schools.” What had prompted my column was the state’s appointment of a “distinguished educator” to help school district leaders figure out what’s wrong and correct it. What’s wrong, I said for the gazillionth time, is the city’s extraordinary high poverty rate. The reader’s comments were respectful. And she wasn’t just complaining. She wanted answers. And she said she hoped I’d answer in my column. “I am a bit challenged to understand the full scope of the problems in Rochester’s city schools, or how I can help.” The problems, she said, “do not appear, on the surface, to touch me.” This reader is not alone. And she’s asking some important questions. Like many, many people, she has a lot to deal with. She’s an older adult, has some health problems, has a husband and a home and the demands that all of that entails. Based on letters she’s written previously, I think she’s a caring, concerned citizen, aware of the challenges her community and her country face. She wishes I’d write about more climate change, mobility issues, mass transit, and other concerns. “Why,” she asked, “so much writing on what happens in schools? From my chair, it mostly impacts families with school-aged kids.” Well, for one thing, I’m only one writer at CITY. My co-worker Jeremy Moule has written extensively about climate change and mass transit and will continue to. My columns touch on them, too, and on a lot of other issues. But I get this reader’s point, and I understand her concern. So here’s why I keep writing about schools – and not just “schools,” but the impact concentrated poverty is having on the children in Rochester’s public schools: First of all, this is a moral issue. Every year, tens of thousands of children are robbed of a healthy, fulfilled, productive life in Rochester because they are not
Every year, tens of thousands of Rochester children are robbed of a good future. Everybody in Greater Rochester bears responsibility. getting a good education. Poverty and the disastrous effects it produces are affecting generations of families. Education isn’t the only barrier to a successful future, but it’s a central one. And without a good education, Rochester’s children face a limited future. There are solutions, and the fact that we don’t adopt them is immoral. I don’t know how any of us sleep at night. But let’s set morality aside. Let’s talk about self-interest. I can’t think of anything that has as much impact on the Greater Rochester community and its people as Rochester’s schools have. A community with a large number of poorly educated people is a community that spends a lot of money on social services, health care, and yes, criminal justice. And that money – tax revenue – comes from all of us: city residents, suburban residents, businesses. So whichever argument touches you more, ethics or self-interest, you have a stake in this. The city’s teachers and administrators are on the front line, but there’s plenty the rest of us can do. At the very least, we can set aside a little bit of time to be a good citizen. Read, stay informed, and contact elected officials – county legislators, suburban town board members, suburban school board members. Ask them what they’re doing to help reduce poverty, break up its concentration, and improve city children’s education. Rochester’s public schools are a community problem. And the community doesn’t end at the city limits. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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HOUSING | BY JEREMY MOULE AND MARY ANNA TOWLER
Cobbs Hill Village gets Council’s OK After more than two years of plans, revisions, and discussion, Rochester Management’s redevelopment of the Cobbs Hill Village senior housing complex seems ready to move forward. In a 5-4 vote, City Council approved the plan last week. Voting in favor were Council President Loretta Scott, Willie Joe Lightfoot, Mitch Gruber, Michael Patterson, and Adam McFadden. Voting against: Elaine Spaull, Mollie Clifford, Jackie Ortiz, and Malik Evans. Mayor Lovely Warren has signed the legislation, so the project needs only one more approval: the city’s zoning manager will review the plans to verify that they comply with city code requirements and that no variance is needed. Rochester Management officials say construction should begin later this year and is expected to take three years. Work will be done in stages, replacing old buildings with new ones, starting with the units fronting on Norris Drive. Residents who want to continue to live in Cobbs Hill Village will be allowed to stay in their older apartments until their new ones are completed. And Rochester Management says it will help residents move into the new units at no cost. As planning continues, opponents of the new Cobbs Hill Village are continuing with their suit against the city and Rochester Management, hoping to stop the project. A court date had been set for the end of July, but that has been postponed to September 18. The proposal has been controversial in part because of the location of the complex. It’s on a parcel of land specifically deeded for affordable senior housing in 1957, but it’s surrounded by Cobbs Hill Park. Rochester Management wants to replace the current 60 units, which are in six singlestory buildings, with 104 units in six buildings two and three stories tall. The larger buildings would be more noticeable from the park. Opponents include 45 neighborhood, environmental, and social-justice organizations. They have argued that the new complex will reduce the amount of low-income housing in the city. While the apartments in both the current and the proposed complex are classified as affordable housing, the continues on page 8
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Robin Wilt, flanked by supporters, announces that she’s ending her campaign for the New York State Assembly. PHOTO BY JEREMY MOULE
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Wilt ends her campaign In an impassioned address on Friday, Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt halted her campaign for State Assembly, saying she wants to help her town work on issues of race, diversity, and equity. Wilt had been running against Monroe Democratic Committee chair Jamie Romeo; Jaclyn Richard, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Organization for Women; and Todd Grady, who works in real estate sales, in a September Democratic primary. Wilt’s brief Assembly campaign wasn’t without rough patches. She faced a lawsuit challenging whether
she met the residency requirements for an Assembly candidate. And earlier Friday, some media reported that Wilt’s campaign manager, Wynette Vickers, was convicted of mail fraud and identity theft in 2011 and sentenced to prison. “I think that people who have served their debts to society deserve full reentry into our society,” Wilt told media including WHEC and the Democrat and Chronicle. At her Friday press conference, she said the lawsuit and the revelations about Vickers weren’t factors in her decision to leave the race. At the last Brighton Town Board
meeting, Wilt said, she got a reminder of why she entered public service. Keniyah Vickers, the daughter of campaign manager Wynette Vickers, talked about inequity and inequality in the Brighton schools and said she and other black students have been treated unfairly. Wilt said she believes she has an important role to play as the only woman and only person of color on the Brighton Town Board. But Wilt can’t take her name off the primary ballot. Only a court can do that, and it’s possible a judge would if there’s an agreement to end the residency case.
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The city will transfer property near downtown to the land bank to permit homeless people to camp there without fear of eviction. But advocates for the homeless and City Councilmembers say that’s just the first step in solving a pressing problem.
HOMELESSNESS BY JEREMY MOULE
City moves ahead on site for the homeless The City of Rochester and some advocates for the homeless are one step closer to establishing a designated encampment for the chronically homeless. Last week City Council unanimously approved transferring 97 Industrial street, a vacant lot near West Broad, to the Rochester Land Bank Corporation. Council member Jackie Ortiz abstained from the vote because she’s Council’s representative on the land bank’s board. The land bank is an entity the city set up to help get problem houses and properties back into productive use. It can make improvements to the site before it sells or transfers the land to a permanent owner, and the city plans to make some basic improvements to the site. Ultimately, if things go according to plan, the land will be turned over to the City Roots Community Land Trust. During last week’s meeting, City Council members indicated that they wanted an entity with some sort of oversight board to operate the encampment. Mayor Lovely Warren said that transferring the property to the land bank will allow the city, the advocates involved in the encampment talks, and other local service providers working with the homeless a chance to develop a plan to help and support the residents.
“This is not a situation that is going to go away,” Warren said. There is some urgency to the matter. A few people have been living in tents at the edge of Spectrum’s property between South Avenue and Mt. Hope Avenue, and the company wants them off the land. The city, county, and organizations that help the homeless have struggled with the encampments for years, and the residents have endured several rounds of displacement: they were kicked out of the Civic Center parking garage after years of using it for nighttime shelter, they were forced out of Washington Square Park, and their tent city under the Douglass-Anthony bridge was razed. “This is currently a game of whack-amole,” said Joe DiFiore, president of the community land trust’s board. Michael Murphy, a Catholic Worker at St. Joe’s House of Hospitality, said the workers at St. Joe’s would rather see people living indoors, but they know there are people who don’t want to live in shelters. They need a safe place where they can live without fear of eviction, he said. Some homeless service providers said they opposed the plan, some were neutral, and others cautiously supported it. They
said they want to make sure that residents get the services they need and that the camp will have adequate staff and resources. Homeless people need permanent housing, they said, and a sanctioned encampment may direct efforts away from that. Council Member Elaine Spaull, who is executive director of The city and advocates for the homeless plan to turn vacant the Center for Youth, property at 97 Industrial Street into an encampment site. said Council has heard FILE PHOTO those concerns. “We all personally pledge to do this as best we can,” Spaull said. “The county cannot be let off the hook,” he said. “This is the county’s issue.” Council President Loretta Scott said the measure would allow the city to take the Council member Willie Joe necessary steps to ensure that matters of Lightfoot echoed McFadden. But the safety and readiness are addressed. problem is on the city’s doorstep, he said, and it needs to take steps to meet City Council Vice President Adam the needs of people who don’t want McFadden spoke in favor of the plan, though traditional housing. he said there was a lack of dialogue with the site’s neighbors; several expressed concerns “They’re just going to go somewhere about sanitation and appearance. McFadden else, and we’re going to keep pushing also said Council was being forced to respond them around the city,” Lightfoot said. to a human services matter that the county is supposed to handle.
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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
NYCLU unveils data on RPD policies, actions When are Rochester police authorized to use force? Are they using it disproportionately against people of color? What kinds of surveillance technology are Rochester police using – and what’s the department’s policy for using it? How does the police chief decide what kind of discipline to impose on officers he believes are guilty of misconduct? The public has a right to know all of that, says a new report from the New York Civil Liberties Union, but too often police department policies aren’t clear, aren’t developed with community input, and aren’t accessible to the public. And Rochester is no exception. Last week the NYCLU unveiled an online database that contains extensive information about police department policies in seven communities, including Rochester. And while the NYCLU’s research focuses primarily on policies, not how the policies are carried out, the data on Rochester bolsters many of the arguments made by local policereform advocates, including concerns about disproportionate arrests of people of color. The project, called Behind the Badge, is the result of several years of gathering data from the police departments. The NYCLU will be adding information about other departments as it continues its research. (The database is available at behindthebadgeny.org.) Along with statistics and policies provided by the police departments themselves, the NYCLU provides comments and recommendations for improvements. (It says Rochester was “generally responsive” to its pubic information requests, and it compliments the RPD for several of its policies.) The purpose of the database, says the NYCLU’s introduction, is to provide data that residents, police, and public officials can assess. “Accountability and transparency are a crucial step in maintaining trust between law enforcement officials and the communities they serve,” says the NYCLU. The NYCLU makes pointed criticism of several Rochester policies, including those dealing with police stopping and questioning residents and those dealing with “pretext stops”: officers using traffic violations as “fishing expeditions.” And the NYCLU’s overall message echoes an argument made by reform advocates: The public doesn’t have access to critical 6 CITY
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information about policies and procedures related to how police interact with them. Good policies are only a beginning; the question, says the Genesee Valley Civil Liberties Union’s Iman Abid, is whether police are well educated, whether they’re trained well enough, whether they’re using the techniques properly. “Implementation,” Abid says, “is huge.” The report, says the Reverend Lewis Stewart, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Police Reform, can “further the dialogue” about police accountability and transparency. “I think it’s a good report,” he said in an interview last week, “that is going to spur us into more activity to make the RPD and surrounding departments more accountable.” The RPD released a statement saying that it appreciated the NYCLU’s interest in the issues, that it would respond after studying the report further, and that it “looks forward to a continuing dialogue” with the organization. The release also noted that the policies in the report were several years old and many have been updated. The statement also challenged the accuracy of one part of the report. The NYCLU had said that the RPD spied on individuals’ cell phone data four times without proper legal authorization. The RPD said it had proper authorization in all of those cases except one, and that one was used to “quickly and safely locate a missing person who had threatened to commit suicide.”
The statistics for Rochester
According to RPD data from January 2016, the NYCLU says, while about 63 percent of city residents were people of color, 74 percent of the police force was white. Of the 711 sworn personnel, 13 percent were women – 15 percent of the lower ranks of the force, 10 percent of the middle ranks, and none of the upper ranks (captain and above). The RPD has extensive policies related to police interactions with people of color, people with limited English ability, and people with impaired hearing, mental illness, or other disabilities. Police, the RPD policy says, are to ensure that residents’ own safety and health is protected and that they are “cared for with understanding and compassion.” Police are supposed to be trained to recognize disabilities, know how to respond and, if needed, help them. RPD policies prohibit “bias-based profiling” in any contact with the public, including “field interviews” – the brief stopping and questioning of civilians. And they prohibit doing those interviews “based solely on a common trait of an individual” (race, age, national origin, etc.). “Low-level stops and field interviews are among the most common interactions between police officers and the public,” says the NYCLU, “but they’re also among the least transparent and most susceptible to abuse.”
The RPD’s policy, the NYCLU says, doesn’t provide enough guidance on when officers can conduct field interviews and how to conduct them. The NYCLU also raises concerns about police “pretext stops”: stopping motorists for suspected traffic violations and using those stops “to engage in unrelated, suspicion-less fishing expeditions.” “Pretext stops drive racial profiling,” the NYCLU says, “and erode trust between police and communities, particularly communities of color.” In addition, the form that officers use during field interviews contains a question about an arrestee’s place of birth. “Questions about place of birth or citizenship should not be a routine part of police encounters,” the NYCLU says. “Immigrant communities may be less likely to trust local law enforcement if they think an officer is investigating their immigration status.” People of color are arrested at a disproportionate rate for “low-level offenses,” the NYCLU says. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, Rochester police arrested 2,502 people for marijuana possession – 89 percent of them people of color. Police arrested 376 for disorderly conduct – 78 percent of them people of color. And they arrested 128 for second-degree harassment – 75 percent of them people of color.
The RPD reported that from 2012 through 2015, 69 percent of the people against whom police used force were people of color. A major concern for local police-reform advocates has been police oversight and how accusations of police misconduct are handled. From January 2012 to October 2015, the NYCLU says, the RPD received 291 complaints against police – with 985 specific allegations – two-thirds of them filed by civilians. Many of those filed in 2015 were still under investigation, but of those filed from 2012 through 2014, the RPD judged that only 11 percent were “sustained.” All of those “resulted in disciplinary action,” the NYCLU says, “the most common of which was issuance of a memorandum.” The RPD’s documents contained “little substantive policy information on the department’s overall approach to discipline,” the NYCLU says. Nor was there anything that laid out a “presumptive range of penalties based on the type of violation,” the NYCLU says. One area of particular concern to the NYCLU was the RPD’s use of “Stingrays” – “military grade technology that mimics cell phone towers and allows police to spy on cell phones in the area by sweeping up data on people’s locations and the numbers they call.” The RPD’s records indicate that Rochester “did not have a policy governing the use of its Stingrays separate from its more general surveillance policies,” the NYCLU report says. And while the RPD’s policy is to destroy or seal information it gets from technological surveillance, the NYCLU says the department “did not fully reckon with all the legal and privacy concerns implicated by the devices.” “To fully understand the scope and impact of surveillance on our communities,” the NYCLU says, “local police departments must actively engage the public in decisions over how – and more fundamentally, whether – to deploy new technologies before deciding to spend huge sums of money to obtain and use them.” The NYCLU was also concerned about a nondisclosure agreement with the FBI on the use of Stingrays “that sought to prevent public disclosure about the use or even existence of the devices.”
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current units have very low rents. Some of the new ones would continue to have those rents, but others would be more expensive and, while still classified as affordable housing, would be available to people with higher incomes. The opponents have also said that the current units can be upgraded at a reasonable cost, and that the new buildings are too intrusive in a park setting. Some opponents have argued that the site should eventually be returned to parkland. Rochester Management has said that the current units are outdated and that by increasing the number of units, the new complex will help address Rochester’s serious shortage of affordable housing. Supporters of the new buildings include leaders of several key nonprofit organizations serving low-income people, including Action for a Better Community, the Ibero American Action League, the North East Area Development neighborhood service organization, and Flower City Habitat for Humanity. Tenants of Cobbs Hill Village include both supporters and opponents. Chris Stevens, one of the co-chairs of the Coalition for Cobbs Hill Park, called Council’s decision “deeply disappointing.” Members of the group plan to continue working together, she said on Friday, to increase the amount of housing for people with very low incomes and to enhance Cobbs Hill Park. And, she said, coalition members will work on other issues facing neighborhood groups. The coalition has included groups from around the city as well as some near Cobbs Hill Park. “What we’ve learned,” she said, “is that we all face the same issues. Many of us feel that the voice of the resident is largely if not completely overlooked” in the city’s decisions.
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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
Activist speaking in Rochester
The Mercy Spirituality Center will celebrate its 40th anniversary with “Becoming the Church You Dream of,” a keynote speech by Christian social activist and author Shane Claiborne on Friday, August 3. Claiborne was recently arrested at the White House with 11 other faith leaders during a demonstration against the Trump administration’s immigration policy, which has separated children from their families at the US-Mexican border. The event will be held at the Clover Center for Arts and Spirituality,
1101 Clover Street, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $40.
Traveling with an Indian elder
The Moving Beyond Racism Book Group will discuss “Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder” on Monday, August 6. Author Kent Nerburn won the Minnesota Book Award for his account of an excursion through Indian towns and back roads. The book offers a serious look at the Native American experience and culture. The event will be held at Barnes and Noble, Pittsford Plaza, at 7 p.m.
Walk-run will help the poor
St. Vincent de Paul Society will host a “Friends of the Poor Walk or Run” on Saturday, August 4.
The event will begin at Basil Marella Park, 975 English Road, at 10 a.m. People interested in participating or making a pledge can visit www. fopwalk.org. All of the proceeds for Saturday’s event will benefit poor people who live in the Greater Rochester area.
Register to vote
A non-partisan group of volunteers will hold a voter registration drive on Saturday, August 4, and Sunday, August 5, at the Park Avenue Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their booth will be located on Park Avenue near Berkeley and Buckingham Streets.
Dining & Nightlife
Above, Chef Gabriel Sanders. Below, “Fantasy of Beets” (with roast beef), a dish of whole roasted beets with quinoa fritters, sauteed chopped beet greens, and dill. PHOTOS BY RYAN WILLIAMSON
A moveable feast
Pop-up dinner series serves up seasonal fare [ PROFILE ] BY MARY RICE
The way we eat out is changing. In modern dining, it’s not unusual for a restaurant to appear in one place one week, and another the next; or for an establishment to never serve the same dish twice. Such is the case with Hearth and Cellar, a pop-up restaurant and catering company run by chef Gabriel Sanders. Hearth and Cellar hosts intimate, seasonally-themed pop-up dinners at various locations in and around Rochester approximately once a month, each with a capacity of 30 to 40 people. “I think that restaurants will always have a significant place in our culture, but they’ll look different in the years to come.” Sanders says. As sous chef and pastry chef at Lento, Sanders works full-time for the restaurant and fits in Hearth and Cellar pop-ups around his schedule on evenings when Lento is closed. Sanders anticipates taking on a reduced role at Lento as he works to grow his pop-up and catering business. He has mixed feelings about turning Hearth and Cellar into a brick-andmortar restaurant, however. “I like the flexibility of pop-ups,” he says. “I like being able to offer a wider range of experiences to diners.”
Sanders describes his cooking philosophy as “seasonal” and “nourishing.” He notes that the seasons change much more quickly in Rochester than in California — where he lived for years before returning to his native Rochester — which pushes him to keep adapting his menus. “Cooking is more dynamic here,” he says. “And when things are in season here, they’re better.” Sanders is a frequent visitor to the Rochester Public Market, where, even if he buys nothing that day, he checks in with farmers to see what produce is on the way.
Dining with Hearth and Cellar means putting yourself entirely in Sanders’ capable hands, and the chef leaves no detail overlooked. At a Hearth and Cellar dining event at Lento on a recent Sunday, I arrived to find tables set with crisp white napkins and scattered with wildflowers. Unlike conventional restaurant dining, Hearth and Cellar events are intended to get different dining parties mingling. Sanders seats his guests at long tables of ten to twelve people. With his return visitors, he takes extra care to seat people together whom he thinks will get along. Sanders’ pop-up menus are small and well-curated, with one or two options per course and a short but thoughtful wine and beer list with pairing suggestions. (You can also bring your own wine, for a corkage fee of $15). The first course, a chilled cucumber and buttermilk soup, was peppery and refreshing in the midst of an early July heat wave. Next, there were crispy brown rice arancini stuffed with mozzarella and gorgonzola, accompanied by a tangy tomato sauce. “It’s like a grownup mozzarella stick,” said the delighted woman seated next to me. For my main course, I selected Sanders’ “Fantasy of Beets,” a dish of whole roasted beets — stems still on — with quinoa fritters, sautéed chopped beet greens, and dill. A bright fuchsia smear of cultured beet cream made for a visually striking plate. Following the menu’s suggestion, I paired the dish with a spicy, earthy red blend wine from South Africa. Dinner concluded with strawberryrhubarb shortcake and whipped cream, accompanied by a jaunty pink Cappelletti spritz. As the dinner guests filtered out, Sanders thanked each one personally. He already has his next two pop-ups planned: “Summer Favorites” on August 19 will star local tomatoes and corn at Lento, and “On the Farm” on October 7 will showcase the flavors of autumn at Fisher Hill Farm in Canandaigua. Tickets ($40-$60) are available on Hearth and Cellar’s website: hearthandcellar.com. An extended version of this article is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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CITY 9
ASK A PUNK
It was a hot and sticky July night as a group of people began congregating in Photo City’s parking lot for Sinn Fest. This was a curated punk show and birthday celebration for Rochester punk impresario James Von Sinn, who also hosted the night. The growing crowd included Von Sinn’s friends and a rag-tag gaggle of like-minded iconoclasts, dressed almost uniformly in black leather and denim. Their hair was a study in danger and Aqua Net. And they chatted loudly beneath a plume of cigarette smoke while loud, old-school punk rock blasted out from the chilled air inside. As long as musicians around the world have been getting loud and snotty, punk has had a toe hold in Rochester’s music scene. That scene has included bands like New Math, Absolute Grey, The Presstones, 10 CITY AUGUST 1 - 7, 2018
and Claude Rains in the late-70’s and early-80’s. And over the next decades, bands like Dog’s Life, The Thundergods, The Quitters, The Priests, and The Shop Class Squares popped up. Punk rock has become its own selfsustaining, self-defining, self-made entity. Born out of rebellious necessity in the mid-1970’s, punk stood up to bloated corporate rock and the equally bloated white picket America, all while grappling with its own identity. From the start, punk had the rebellion, the defiance, and the swagger and sex appeal that was rapidly draining out of rock music’s wounds. Rock was left in danger of becoming obsolete, or worse yet, extinct. Punk offered a transfusion. It was a glimpse in the rearview for those who had forgotten why they loved rock ‘n’ roll in the first place.
IS ROCHESTER PUNK DEAD? [ MUSIC ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
Today, punk faces that same extinction, and Rochester punks — and adherents abroad — face new challenges, from inside as well as out. Are they ready for what’s coming? Can punk save itself like it saved rock ‘n’ roll? Or is punk dead? “No,” says Will Carroll, publisher of the wildly popular scene ’zine National Teenset Outsider. “It never was and it never will be. As long as there are kids that want to destroy things, it’ll be OK.” Teenset Outsider is a classic, cut-andpaste ’zine. But with a push from social media and the Internet, Carroll ships it worldwide, putting Rochester punks and the scene here on the global map. Jesse Amesmith, singer and guitarist for the band Green Dreams, views punk as a flexible entity in Rochester. Sometimes the message and the sound get a little diluted, she says, but it’s not dead — it’s just going
through some changes. “Everything has contraction phases and expansion phases,” Amesmith says. “And I think Rochester punk may now be coming from a contraction phase back in to an expansion phase. I think there was a time when punk got a little too rock ‘n’ roll in this town. “Beyond the music, I consider punk to have political undertones, whatever they are, whether it’s politically message-based or if it’s political in who’s making the music.” Von Sinn has a slightly different view. “I consider it dead, actually,” he says about Rochester punk … right in the middle of a punk event. And the irony isn’t lost on him. That happens a lot when talking about punk: it’s not punk rock to dwell on punk rock. To some it’s like talking about Fight Club. You just don’t.
So punk is dead, Von Sinn says. But in the next breath he exhibits hope. According to Von Sinn, there’s a small group that wants a reincarnation. “They want it,” he says. “But there’s nobody creating it.” Although, Von Sinn is: he promotes shows, networks with bands, and fronts the doom-laden punk outfit Rotten UK. “I’m trying, yeah,” Von Sinn says. “But I still see more people get out of it than into it. I think there’s too much of a history to live up to. There are stories about how it once was and they have all these expectations. And it falls short sometimes. And then there are people that don’t care one way or another, because they love it.”
Rochester had the good fortune to
be close enough to New York City, one of the hotbeds for punk’s birth. And when the first wave of punk bands began to hit the road, bands like The Ramones, The Dead Boys, X, The Rockats, The Cramps, Lords of the New Church, and Jim Carroll frequently blew through town to play clubs like Scorgie’s, The Penny Arcade, Backstreets, and Casablanca. That was almost four decades ago. Back then there was slightly more animosity, more participation, more excitement, and more mess. Roy Stein, the drummer for New Math, recalls his first gig with the band. “It was late-1979 at the Penny Arcade,” he says. “The bartenders wore ‘Punk sucks’ T-shirts. We drew 400 people on a Monday night. The bartenders passed out eggs and they threw them at us.” Stein saw this vilification as
vindication. “I thought it was hysterical,” he says. “I was behind my drums laughing so hard I could hardly play. I still have a poster from that night with egg on it. I thought, ‘This was beautiful.’ I think it’s harder now to get a reaction at that level.” The grassroots, do-it-yourself mentality that is part of punk’s calling card isn’t just enacted by the bands here; it has been implemented by club owners, like Danny Nielsen, who re-branded and re-opened Photo City on Atlantic Avenue as a punk club two years ago. Just like a band hanging its own show bills, Nielsen retro-fit the joint to become a cool hang for punks and a place for punk bands to play. In the days and weeks that preceded the club’s opening, Nielsen was living lean and mean, not eating, and sleeping on the floor in the club’s green room. He didn’t do laundry for weeks. “I just put on whatever wasn’t rotting on my floor,” Nielsen says. He even had to borrow a few bucks just to pay the performer’s opening night. But he built it, more or less, and they came. Local artists like The Emersons and Trevor Lake have played there along with punk icons like the Dead Boys,
Murder Junkies (G.G. Allin’s band), and Lydia lunch.
The Sinn Fest party outside Photo City slowly makes its way indoors as the whack of drums and the scream of guitar indicate the first band, Barbaryan’s arrival on stage. Most of the Buffalo-based band remains there while the singer seethes and rages and prowls about the floor in front of the bandstand. The band is rough, raw, mesmerizing, and extremely loud as it blows through a set of rather short and urgent punk salvos. Barbaryan performs like a preamble to a fight. And the audience joins the band in a sort of flailing tempo-tantrum where the line between the two groups is completely blurred. Initially, “punk” was a media label for the hi-jinx, impish behavior, and ragamuffin appearance of these upstarts. Some folks didn’t get the joke. And they still don’t. Johnny Rotten once said of musicians inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “It isn’t the clothes they wear, it’s what they did while they wore them.” Later on, the term became more of an adjective, serving as an accusatory finger
directed disapprovingly at the violence, chaos, left-wing political leanings, and the anti-establishment ideologies held by many punks. Sonically speaking, original punk’s sound is loud, fast, rude, and defiant, if not economical; a typical punk tune will get the job done in less than three minutes. Von Sinn says it was originally meant to be for, by, and about disenfranchised kids. “Punk’s a 21-and-over crowd, now,” he says. “It used to be a youth movement but nobody’s giving these kids a chance. So when I see these teenage punk kids playing and they’re good and they’re tight and they’re into the stuff the older kids are into, I’m like, ‘Come to Rochester. We’ll give you a chance.’” Nielsen sees punk rock as a defiant buck up against the system. Yet by supplying, as many local clubs do, a place for these bands and their fans to go, he has discovered he is part of the very system punk rails against. “No shit,” Nielsen says with a laugh. “I’ve realized that lately.”
Despite his punk-is-dead belief, Von
Sinn embodies punk body, heart, and soul. He’s not quite ready to call T.O.D. “It’s all I know, first of all,” he says. “And I still believe in a concept where there can be a community of people that can change things, inspire, be uplifted, be ourselves and be a family. “I thought, ‘What’s the appeal of punk for the younger generation?’ To them it was a bunch of older guys acting like snobs standing around who were too cool for anybody.” Von Sinn is hoping for more. He wants the younger kids to look past the cool
“People are angry because the whole world is falling apart,” Green Dreams’ Jesse Amesmith says. “We’re in the end times and I think people here are looking for ways to express that. I think punk is just getting started.” PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER
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James Von Sinn PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER
posturing, and instead look for something political to align themselves with. And with the current federal administration, it’s not hard to do. “We’re in a state of needing that,” Von Sinn says. “All that stuff they talked about in the 80’s is happening now.” Amesmith points out the positive in the fact that while these are bad times, good art comes from pain. “People are angry because the whole world is falling apart,” Amesmith says. “We’re in the end times and I think people here are looking for ways to express that. I think punk is just getting started.” There is a call for punk rock in Rochester being answered by musicians, some of whom weren’t alive when Joey Ramone died. But they still manage to 12 CITY AUGUST 1 - 7, 2018
break out with the righteous anger and all that goes with it. There is a steady legion of punk bands in town, especially when you include punk spin-offs, like hardcore, emo, and noise rock. Punk DJ MK Ultra lists some favorites: “Rotten UK, American Terrorists, Kodachrome, Phantasmagoria,” she says. “And don’t forget the Grinders.” Punks will tell you it’s not a fashion trend, even though there seems to be a loose dress code that sometimes applies. A good deal of the audience at Sinn Fest looked like something out of “Mad Max.” “I think punk rock is more of a lifestyle, an intention rather than a sound necessarily,” Amesmith says. “I love heavy bass and drums and guitar, loud, fast — what you think of when you think of
MK Ultra PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER
punk rock music. Sound-wise it isn’t for everyone. Something is punk when it doesn’t try to appeal to the middle. You have to blast into it or collide with it. Indie sort of cleaned up things for a while but I feel there’s a return to lo-fi.” At well over 6 feet tall, tattooed, and dressed mostly in leather, Von Sinn is a towering vision of punk. He, like most punks, consider it a statement — just not a fashion statement. “When punk becomes a fashion statement it becomes a product,” Amesmith says. “And people are like ‘I’m a punk because I look like this.’ But that’s hollow. It’s all aesthetic and now there’s a need for substance. Now it’s easy to assimilate, to talk the talk. It’s easy to look like you belong. We
have easier access to a sub culture to where it’s just culture. There’s no ‘sub’ anymore. Punk’s dead. Punk’s not dead. Meh.” But talking the talk isn’t all that bad for Stein; it gives him hope. “I’m glad kids are saying ‘punk is dead,’” He says. “Because it tells me they can still say ‘fuck you.’”
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Upcoming
Music
[ BLUEGRASS ]
Slocan Ramblers. Sunday, September 2. Funk ‘N Waffles, 204 North Water Street. 7 p.m. $7-$10. rochester.funknwaffles.com; slocanramblers.com. [ ROOTS ]
Suzie Vinnick. Saturday, October 6. Café Veritas at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road. 7:30 p.m. $10-$18. cafeveritas.org; suzievinnick.com.
David Byrne
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 CMAC, 3355 MARVIN SANDS DRIVE, CANANDAIGUA 7 P.M. | $30-$135 | CMACEVENTS.COM; DAVIDBYRNE.COM [ ART ROCK ] In his role as the mastermind behind Talking Heads, David Byrne twisted the funk of ParliamentFunkadelic into a thin white groove during the band’s CBGB heyday. Working with producer Brian Eno, the band’s landmark album “Remain in Light” was an expression of African textures meeting technology. And Byrne’s later collaboration with Eno on “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” is a milestone in electronic music for infusing found sounds with foreign rhythms. Talking Heads remained active until 1991, and Byrne has now spent more years as a solo performer compared to time with his flagship band. He has drawn from a wide variety of genres and is touring in support of his first solo album in more than a decade, “American Utopia.” Benjamin Clementine opens. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR
Zeke SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | $18 | BUGJAR.COM; ZEKEYOU.COM [ ROCK ] For a band that’s been around 25 years, Zeke still has methamphetamine-levels of energy and a whole lot of guts. The West Coast-based, metal-tinged punk band bludgeons its listeners with a full-throttle assault of fast-moving guitar lines and lots of head banging. Since 1993, Zeke has released dozens of singles and eight full-length albums, the most recent being “Hellbender” in 2017 under a new lineup. The Emersons, Babayaga, and Heatseeker will also play. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN
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PHOTO BY JODY ROGAC
[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]
[ WED., AUGUST 1 ]
Heather Taylor
BLUES
“Undercurrents” Self-released heathertaylormusic.com
Megan Flechaus FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 7 P.M. | FREE | LOVINCUP.COM; MEGANFLECHAUS.COM [ FOLK ] Megan Flechaus has been writing and playing
music since she was 15, and continues to expand her musical boundaries with each new endeavor. Born in Rochester and now based in Austin, Texas, Flechaus played in a number of different bands while developing her own eclectic sound and songwriting technique. The singer-songwriter combines elements of jazz, blues, country, and folk into her music, often accompanied by her band FlecHaus. Flechaus’ voice is warm and scratchy with a jazzy sparkle that gently commands the attention of the room. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN
Don Menza MONDAY, AUGUST 6 BOP SHOP RECORDS, 1460 MONROE AVENUE 8 P.M. | $15 GENERAL; $10 STUDENTS | 737-0137; BOPSHOP.COM [ JAZZ ] Over a six-decade career, Buffalo-born tenor
saxophonist Don Menza has played a giant role in the jazz world. He toured with the bands of Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, and Elvin Jones, and had a long stint in Doc Severinsen’s NBC Orchestra. On Rich’s 1968 “Mercy, Mercy” album, Menza’s legendary solo on “Channel 1 Suite,” featuring circular breathing, put him permanently on the musical map. He also composed big band classics like “Groovin’ Hard” and “Time Check.” At the Bop Shop he’ll be joined by Rochester’s best: Bob Sneider on guitar; Mike Melito, drums; and Danny Vitale, bass. — BY RON NETSKY
Heather Taylor’s new album, “Undercurrents,” is a holistic celebration of self-acceptance and love. It’s an expression through the lens of a feminine Appalachian storyteller. The 10-song album was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording Studios in Asheville, North Carolina, with the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Julian Dreyer, using live tracking to capture the natural grit and honesty of Taylor’s music. Taylor’s voice is warm and golden, with a shaky vibrato and leonine volume, like Rhiannon Giddens. It’s so passionate that it smacks everyone within hearing distance to attention. While Taylor sings and strums along on her octave mandolin, Sean Jerome accompanies her on slide guitar, playing tasteful solos in songs like “Color of the Blues” and “Roll Away” that sound as though the guitar is actually speaking a conversation. On a mission to shake the fabric of what you think folk music is, Heather Taylor creates a genuinely uplifting experience that calms the mind and eases the soul. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN
Druse
“Honey from the Rock” Head2Wall Records druse.bandcamp.com
“Honey from the Rock” is an album about love. But on its debut full-length album, Druse achieves the rare feat of exploring love in all of its complicated, ugly truths. With an almost literary quality, a loose story arc plays out across the album’s 11 tracks, and the Rochester post-hardcore band grapples with the world’s messiness: love of a significant other; love for oneself; a caretaker’s love; love for a God; love for a place and time; addiction to substances and to people; destruction of love; and all of the disappointment that comes when love is not realized. Jewish mysticism plays a large role on the album, most prominently seen in a screamed chant of “ahavah,” Hebrew for “love,” on the track “Annalisa.” It’s apparent the members of Druse threw their souls into this album. The band’s 2016 EP, “The Way That We Ache,” was a heavy, exciting example of post-hardcore breaking its box, and on this debut LP, the band is tighter, more mature, and more adventurous. Emo, math rock, and ambient influences are seen all over “Honey from the Rock,” and the album is simply compelling — an aggressive trip you want to see through to the end. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Blues & Roots Night. B-Side,
5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m. Upward Groove. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m. CLASSICAL
National Convention of the Organ Historical Society. Various, Locations.
organhistoricalsociety. org/2018/. Aug. 3. Artists, speakers, performances, and appreciation of revered organs in regional cathedrals & museums. DJ/ELECTRONIC
First Bass: RVKIT, CLIN, Skywalker, Sour, Silentkilla. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 10 p.m. $5/$7. TRADITIONAL
Concerts by the Shore: Dady Brothers. Ontario Beach Park, 4799 Lake Ave. 7 p.m. HIP-HOP/RAP
Matt DeLuca, KVN FX, DARE.
Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7/$9. POP/ROCK
Bike Night: Dr. Moxy. 585
Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 247-0079. 6:30 p.m. Chris Wilson. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m. Jumbo Shrimp. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. 6-9 p.m.
Middays at Midtown: Mr. Mustard. Midtown Commons,
275 E. Main St. 428-6690. 12-2 p.m. continues on page 17
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Music country are all rolled up in the music project, which has included writing more than 100 songs. It’s an old-school approach anchored by the right ingredients, and the response has put Hoyser on the radar. Hoyser is playing an acoustic show at The Penthouse at One East Avenue on Thursday, August 2, so CITY shot a few questions to the emerging artist. An edited transcript follows. CITY: How’s it been going so far? Claudia Hoyser: So far the ride has been
exciting and exhausting. I never know what is coming around the corner next. Has gaining notice made things easier or more difficult?
There’s a lot more to pay attention to now because the stakes are higher, but it’s given me a clearer focus and it really fuels me. I am loving every bit of it. What’s a typical day like?
When I’m not on the road, I’m usually at GFI Studios by 10 a.m. just about every day. Then, after a few cups of espresso, it’s go time. It seems like we’re always doing a little bit of everything at the studio — whether it’s writing songs, recording the album, working radio, filming live videos, prepping for shows or keeping up with social media. We wear all the hats right now and no two days are alike. Have you always enjoyed singing?
Always. When I was younger I remember I used to skip “girls night sleepovers” so I could record YouTube covers in my garage. I always thought it was just a hobby. I never realized we’d be here now, making this into a career.
Fairport native Claudia Hoyser will play an acoustic duo show with guitarist Ryan Hurley on Thursday, August 2. PHOTO BY TONY GROSS
A home in country Claudia Hoyser THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 THE PENTHOUSE AT ONE EAST AVENUE 6 P.M. | $5 | PENTHOUSEROC.COM; CLAUDIAHOYSER.COM [ INTERVIEW ] BY ROMAN DIVEZUR
Claudia Hoyser’s star is on the rise. The 24-year-old singer and actor has attracted millions of video views on the Internet with her renditions of classic country songs, and her originals have appeared on country breakout charts. She recently sang the 16 CITY AUGUST 1 - 7, 2018
national anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and played a show at the renowned Iridium in New York City. Hoyser has a beautiful voice that cascades through her song’s lyrics, carrying the tunes to greater heights. It’s a voice that can exude strength or vulnerability as she commands tunes like “No Matter What It Costs,” co-written by her manager, Tony Gross. There’s everything from chasing your dreams (“Steam”) to the impulse of letting loose on a Saturday night (“Drinkin’ with the Boys”), and the duo’s songs have connected with audiences far beyond Western New York. Glimpses of rock ‘n’ roll and traditional
When did you find a connection to country music?
I think country music had a bigger impact on me growing up than I realized. My poppy (grandfather) would always have it on and we used to laugh at his twangy, banjo music. Now it’s really the only place my music feels at home. How so?
Since I’m from Western New York I never thought I could compete in country music, but after working with my manager and co-writer for about a year, country music found us. An unfinished song called “No Matter What it Costs” was sent to a country music director who thought it would be competitive on radio and wanted to test it. After playing the song a few times during drive time, people started calling into the station and asking about the song. It ended up becoming my first single and even spread to the Music Row Country Breakout Charts. Country music is just a natural fit with my storytelling and sound and everybody has roots no matter where you’re from.
How has your family life influenced your decision to be a singer and actor?
Luckily, I have a very supportive family. I truly don’t think I could be doing this without them. They definitely have their fingers crossed and I know I can count on them to be the front row whenever I need them. Which one do you like better?
I love both, good thing it seems like they go hand in hand most of the time. Although singing and songwriting is where my heart is. Is there a new album coming out?
Yes. We have been trying to finish it up in between all of the craziness that’s been happening. We have a book of songs in various stages, and we’ve been digging deep to assemble a collection that really makes a statement. We are not in a rush to release it, which has been a blessing and a curse. I am dying to show everyone. But we are constantly releasing content, like our latest single. It’s called “Drinkin’ with the Boys.” Where do you draw your inspiration?
They come from more places than you’d think. My co-writer and I try to pull from real life stories and situations. That could be anything, from “The hippie who never left Woodstock” to a sentence somebody says in everyday conversation. What’s something that has sparked your interest recently?
I’ve just met some amazing people in new places and one way or another they will shape some of my future songs even though they may not ever know it. Describe your creative process.
One thing I know about it is that it’s never ending. There’s really no set way. Sometimes a line or melody pops in my head and it becomes a seed that my co-writer helps grow. Sometimes, he brings the idea and I react to it. It’s always been a very reactive writing relationship. I am always feeling creative and it’s the best feeling in the world to be surrounded by a team of people who feel the same way, everybody here wants to make something good happen. Is there an artist you wish you could work with?
I would love to work with Chris Stapleton. His music has been a huge inspiration and I think we could make a pretty nice harmony. At what point will you feel like you have finally made it?
You know, I have actually asked myself the same question. I think I am always going to feel like there is more to do and more steps to climb. I really just want a fair shot in the race and I’ll do whatever I can to make it happen.
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Mojo Chunk. Record Archive,
33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m. STIG, Fakaui. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 8 p.m. $5/$7.
Annual Garage Sale Now through August 18th
[ THU., AUGUST 2 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m. Maria Gillard Trio. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7-9 p.m.
Summer Serenades: Chris Wilson. St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church, 14 State St. Brockport. 637-6586. 6:30 p.m.
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METAL | SLAYER
Since 1981, the enduring, eternal rallying cry for metal-heads the world over has simply been shouting “SLAYER!” as loud CottonToe Three. B-Side, 5 as humanly possible. No sloganeering, no nuance, just people Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. screaming a band’s name at each other in all manner of public 315-3003. 7 p.m. spaces. It’s not just the bone-deep, tribal affection Slayer demands from its audience that makes them so special, though. CLASSICAL Undeniable records like “Hell Awaits,” “Reign in Blood,” and Eastman at Washington “Seasons in the Abyss” are classics through and through that Square. First Universalist Church of Rochester, 150 still manage to sound as urgent and ferocious as the day they Clinton Ave S. 274-1400. 12:15- were released. May they forever reign.
BLUES
12:45 p.m. Hornist Erin Futterer & her quartet.
Slayer plays with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament, and Napalm Death on Friday, August 3, at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, 9993 Alleghany Road. 5 p.m. $11-$96. darienboxorganhistoricalsociety.org/2018/. office.com; slayer.net. Aug. 3. Artists, speakers,
National Convention of the Organ Historical Society. Various, Locations.
performances, and appreciation of revered organs in regional cathedrals & museums. COUNTRY
Sunset Cocktail Series: Claudia Hoyser. The Penthouse, 1 East Ave. 775-2013. 6-9:30 p.m. $5. VOCALS
Drew Diekmann. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m. JAZZ
Ocular Panther. Flour City
Station, 170 East Ave. 10 p.m. POP/ROCK
Hochstein at High Falls: Hypnotic Clambake. Granite
Mills Park, 82 Browns Race. 12-1 p.m. Jumbo Shrimp. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 247-0079. 7 p.m. $5.
Party in the Park: Almost Queen, Big Eyed Phish. MLK
Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Square. 5 p.m.
Patio Party: Imaginary Rock Stars. Casa Larga Vineyards,
2287 Turk Hill Rd. Fairport. casalarga.com. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $10.
Tart, Boy Jr., Candy Isle, Ryan Flynn. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe
Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7/$9.
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JAZZ
‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 9 p.m. $10/$13.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
[ FRI., AUGUST 3 ]
Megan Flechaus. Lovin’ Cup,
ACOUSTIC/FOLK Axton Landing. Milly’s HandleBar Cafe, 3120 Kittering Rd. Macedon. 377-0711. 6-10 p.m.
The Kenny Brothers, Ryan Martin. Abilene Bar & Lounge,
153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $6. Olivia Frances. Boulder Coffee, 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. 8 p.m. Rachel Beverly. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 5-7 p.m. CLASSICAL
National Convention of the Organ Historical Society. Various, Locations. organhistoricalsociety. org/2018/. Artists, speakers, performances, and appreciation of revered organs in regional cathedrals & museums. DJ/ELECTRONIC
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.
300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 7 p.m. The Stan Martinelli Project. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7-10 p.m. TRADITIONAL
The Fire Scottish Band.
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, 5 McLallen St. Trumansburg. (607) 387-5939. 8 p.m. $16/$18.
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John Payton Project. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m. HIP-HOP/RAP
Smokin Buta Hip-Hop Showcase. ButaPub, 315
Gregory St. 563-6241. First Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. $5.
Headbanger Summer Party.
Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 9 p.m. With JPhelpz, Fe’netiks, ZEALOUS, Illusion, Esdee, SLANTZ. $12-$15.
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REGGAE/JAM
Moonlight Stroll Concert Series: Neville Francis & His Riddim Posse. Sonnenberg
Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St. Canandaigua. sonnenberg.org. 8-10 p.m. $5-$10. Sonic Garden. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 10:30 p.m. $10. METAL
Slayer, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament, Napalm Death. Darien Lake PAC,
9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. darienlake.com/concerts. 5 p.m. $22-$99. POP/ROCK
Bands on the Bricks: Donna the Buffalo. Rochester Public
Market, 280 N. Union St. 6-10 p.m. Sam Nitsch. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8-10 p.m. Sticks & Stones. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 247-0079. 8:30 p.m. $5.
WAYO Fundraiser: Borger, Archimedes, Sugargliders American Glove. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 10 p.m. With WAYO 104.3FM DJs. First Friday by The Lobby. $5.
[ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK The Foolz. Milly’s HandleBar Cafe, 3120 Kittering Rd. Macedon. 315-377-0711. 5-8 p.m. Paul Strowe. California Rollin’, 274 N. Goodman St. 271-8990. californiarollin.com. 6:30 p.m. BLUES
Jackson Cavalier. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8-10 p.m. The Nighthawks, McKinley James. Abilene Bar & Lounge,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.
Panloco. Sodus Bay Lighthouse, 7606 N. Ontario St. Sodus Point. (315) 483-4936. 2-4 p.m.
R&B/ SOUL
POP/ROCK
Bob Olson & Lauren Faggiano.
David Byrne. CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive. Canandaigua. cmacevents.com. 7 p.m. $30-$135. Ian & Friends. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. 4-7 p.m.
B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 5-7 p.m.
ROC the Park: ROC the Gospel. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Square. rocthepark. com. 3 p.m. Serena Young, Brandy J,& GHI Music Group. $6. METAL
Aphasia, Destroy/Create, Scenery With Solace, Life Barrier, Into the Harbor.
Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 6 p.m. $10-$12. POP/ROCK
The Fox Sisters. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.
Hidden Garden Concert: Maybird, Cammy Enaharo.
George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 6-8 p.m. $8/$10. Hinkley, Cu-Cu. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m. Mr. Mustard. Penfield Amphitheater, 3100 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. 340-8655. penfield.org. 7 p.m. Murmur, Sour Club. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 8 p.m. $10/$12.
Redheaded Express, Shifting Gears. 585 Rockin Burger Bar,
250 Pixley Road. 247-0079. 7 p.m. $10.
[ MON., AUGUST 6 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Chris Wilson, Scott Regan, Warren Paul, Jerry Falzone. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7-9 p.m.
Songwriters in the Round with Katie Preston. Funk ‘n Waffles,
204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 7 p.m. $5. Stormy Valle. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-7 p.m. JAZZ
Don Menza, Bob Sneider, Mike Melito Danny Vitale. Bop Shop
Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $10/$15. POP/ROCK
The Beach Boys. CMAC,
3355 Marvin Sands Drive. Canandaigua. cmacevents.com. 7:30 p.m. $25-$80.
Plans, The Happy Alright, Ivy’s Panic Room, Project Magnificent. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8-$12.
Zeke, The Emersons, Babayaga, American Terrorist.
[ TUE., AUGUST 7 ]
[ SUN., AUGUST 5 ]
ACOUSTIC/FOLK Ginger Majority. Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Avenue. 428-8380. 12-1 p.m.
Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $15.
ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Acoustic Brunch with Joey Small. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N
153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $15.
Water Street. 448-0354. noon.
COUNTRY
BLUES
Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Lanco. Darien Lake
Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters. Marlin’s, 8527
Handmade Moments, Madeleine McQueen, LeftHanded 2nd Baseman. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $10-$14. BLUES
Jennifer Westwood & The Handsome Devils. B-Side, 5
PAC, 9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. darienlake.com/events. 7 p.m. $39-$99.
Grieg St. Sodus Point. (315) 483-4444. 3 p.m. Hi-energy blues, rock, country, and swing.
DJ/ELECTRONIC Mark Farina. Anthology, 336 East Ave. 9:30 p.m. $16-$20.
CLASSICAL
JAZZ
Classical Guitar Night. Little
Grove Place Jazz Project.
JAZZ
Andy Calabrese & Chet Catallo.
Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m. Cousin Vinny. Salvatore’s Pizzeria & Pub, 1217 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-9420. 8 p.m. 18 CITY AUGUST 1 - 7, 2018
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7-9 p.m. JAZZ
Jazz Jam w/ Jon Seiger & The All Stars. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204
N Water Street. 448-0354. 3-5 p.m.
Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m.
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. 7 p.m. $10. REGGAE/JAM
Dead Night w/ Roc & Rye Band. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. Every other Tuesday, 8-11 p.m.
Art
Arts & Performance Art Exhibits
Three of the seven murals by six artists for this year’s WALL\THERAPY mural festival. From top to bottom: paintings by Vincent Ballentine, Nani Chacon, and Nico Cathcart. TOP TWO PHOTOS BY TED WONG, BOTTOM PHOTO BY JON GARY
All in a week’s work WALL\THERAPY 2018 WALL-THERAPY.COM [ RECAP ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Another WALL\THERAPY mural festival down, another set of Rochester’s walls are freshly adorned with imagery that projects playful, positive messages.
“I very much enjoyed our return to a smaller group of artists,” W\T Lead Curator Erich Lehman says of the scaled down selection (in previous years the number of invited artists was in the dozens). “It allowed for far more intimate interactions between the artists, between the artists and the community, and enabled a more supportive and enhanced experience for everyone involved,” he says, adding that the smaller focus also fostered a much mellower, casual vibe throughout the week, enhancing the experience for everyone involved.
As in past years rainy weather provided a challenge, though the artists and team of volunteers were unflappable and pushed through with their efforts while engaging with the communities they were working within. Queens-based artist Joe Blens created a cheerful letterform piece on the wall of Half and Half (475 Lyell Avenue) that reads “Magnificent Monday.” Blens’ mural is a great, positive start to bringing some WALL\THERAPY to an area of the city that the festival’s organizers hadn’t worked in until now, Lehman says. Rochester-based artist Salut’s first-ever mural, on the same vacant building painted last summer by La Morena (1112 East Main Street), is a whimsical scene in pastels and primaries featuring almost abstract floating figures watering cacti. New York City-based W\T alum Alice Mizrachi’s wall, at Rochester Community TV (21 Gorham Street), features a woman whose flowing tresses become the sea upon which a couple of people float in a boat. The small craft weaves among skyscrapers that Mizrachi painted around the buildings tall, narrow windows. Along the top of the wall painted letters read: “We are all immigrants,” a personal message about her own parents’ immigration to the United States, Lehman says. Over in the Swillburg neighborhood, Albuquerque, New Mexico-based artist Nani Chacon’s mural on Abode (839 S Clinton Avenue) is simultaneously a tribute to the indigenous tribes in the area as well as Frederick Douglass’s legacy in Rochester through the symbolism of The North Star. A larger-than life little girl squats, contemplating a constellation of star-shaped patterns with a swarm of butterflies flowing from her back. New York City-based artist Vince Ballentine’s mural at the Fedder Industrial Building (wall near Dock C, 1237 E Main Street) depicts a man bearing a beam on one shoulder, casting a far-away look over his other shoulder as he himself towers over the Great Pyramids, The Capitol, and Wall Street. The image is meant to be a powerful tribute to black labor, asking us to reflect on black people’s nation-building contributions, whether those contributions were by or against their will, Lehman says. Nico Cathcart, who is based in Richmond, Virginia, created a tribute to female strength and empowerment at Buckpitt on the wall facing the Planned Parenthood parking lot (88 University Avenue). The imagery depicts a woman crowned and surrounded by flora and fauna in a glowing-light-bathed forest with the phases of the moon above her. More images of this year’s W\T murals are online at rochestercitynewspaper.com. More info at wall-therapy.com.
[ OPENING ] Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. The Visionary Works of Cathal O’Toole. TuesdaysSaturdays. Opening reception Aug 3, 6-9pm. With an emphasis on his abstract expressionist work. axomgallery.com. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. The Lobby Collection: Pieces, Prints, Found Treasures. Aug. 3-31. First Friday WAYO FM benefit with American Glove, Borger, The Sugargliders, Archimedes: 10pm. $5 donation. bugjar.com. Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. the ecology of relationships. MondaysSaturdays. Reception Aug 3, 6-9pm. Ceramic sculptures by Artists-in-Residence Anina Major & Lane Chapman explore identity & place. 244-1730. Gallery 74, 215 Tremont St, Building 3, 3rd Floor. Ralph Thompson: The Man with the Eye. Fri., Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Thompson’s photography & works of Albert Paley, Athesia Benjamin, Adrienne Hope, & Sandy Bishop. galleryseventyfour.org. Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Dan Scally & Peter J. Sucy: Mind Over Matter. MondaysSaturdays. Opening reception Aug 9, 6-8pm. Interactive 3D lenticular art & found object sculptures. thegeiselgallery.com. INeRT PReSS, 1115 East Main St. Faces of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Thursdays, 10 a.m.3 p.m. and Fri., Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m. 482-0931. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Living Fabric. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Kathleen Kinkopf uses light and shadow to create lifelike textures. 264-1440. Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. James Derek Sapienza & Karrah Teague: An Exhibition of New Paintings. Aug. 3-31. 461-4447. Lush Light Creative Agency, 1255 University Ave, Suite 147. 1255 First Friday. Fri., Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m. Illustrator Brian Deull, with works of Andrea Durfee & a new mural by Sarah Rutherford. 851-8213. Main Street Artists’ Gallery & Studio, 1115 E. Main St. Exploring the Wild Side. Fri., Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m. Works on display by all members of MSA group. 233-5645. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Bruce Nauman: No, No, New Museum. Wednesdays-Sundays. $6-$15. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. Absolutely Abstracted: A Non-linear View on Emotion. Aug. 3-Sep. 7. First Friday reception Aug 3, 6-9pm. Paintings by Qori Moorehaul. 750-3389. continues on page 20 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 19
The Village Gallery, 3119 Main Street. Caledonia. This Is How I Found Myself. FridaysSundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 3545695. caledoniagallery.com.
Call for Artwork [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] 2019 Season. Through Nov. 1. Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main Street, Suite #203, Door #5 210-3161. createart4good. org/call-4-art/. Call 4 Art: Mandala Musings. Through Sep. 30. Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main Street, Suite #203, Door #5 $5. 2103161. createart4good.org/ call-4-art/. Initial Stages & Fine Lines. Through Aug. 15. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St Brockport All age groups & styles are eligible (mediums restricted to pen & ink, graphite, charcoal, and pastel) to exhibit work that features Initial Stages ( preliminary sketches) & Fine Lines (finished work). Deadline August 15 $20. 637-5494. differentpathgallery.com.
Call for Participants [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Genesee Valley Arts Grants. Through Sep. 20. Genesee Valley Council on the Arts, 4 Murray Hill Dr Mt. Morris Applicant must be a nonprofit organization (or an artist working in partnership with a nonprofit), located in Livingston or Monroe County. Program development & grant-writing assistance available. 243-6785. grants. gvartscouncil.org.
Art Events [ FRI., AUGUST 3 ] Anderson Arts Open Studios. 6-9 p.m. Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. andersonartsbuilding.org. First Friday at Gallery Q. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Gallery Q, 100 College Ave . First Friday at the Paula Crawford Gallery. Paula Crawford Gallery, 11 Goodman Street North 749-5329. paulacrawford.com. Hungerford Open Studios. 6-9 p.m. Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St. Enter Door #2. Live Now & Prosper. 5-9 p.m. Cat Clay, 1115 E. Main St., Suite 242 An event of otherworldly art by 18 artists. Cocurated with Joey Paladino 414-5643. catclay.com.
[ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Chalk Walk & ArtsFest. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main Street . Dansville Along Main St. Live music by Steel Alchemy 3354746. dansvilleartworks.com.
Comedy [ THU., AUGUST 2 ] Todd Youngman, Rick Matthews. 7 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd Realtors Charitable Foundation benefit $20. 426-6339. Traveling Cabaret: An Evening of Song, Dance, & Comedy. 7 p.m. Kennelly Park, 1 Fairport Village Landing Bring lawn chairs 223-9091. [ FRI., AUGUST 3 ] 3’s Company. 8 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St $25. blackfriars.org. Greg Fitzsimmons. 7:30 & 10 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $12-$20. 4266339. [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Bill Burr. 8 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $38$48. rbtl.org. Comedy Roast of Grandma ReRe. 6 p.m. Boulder Coffee, 100 Alexander St. A fundraiser for the Sojourner Home $20. 454-7140. grandmarere.com.
Viral Night Live. 7:30 & 10:15 p.m. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave $15. 451-0047. [ SUN., AUGUST 5 ] Comedy Cocoon. 6:30 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.
Theater Artist Professional Development Festival. Through Aug. 5. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Workshops, classes, & showcases for performing artists in the Rochester community $5-$25. The Drowsy Chaperone. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, 2 p.m Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Main St $26-$34. bvtnaples.org. King Lear. Aug. 3-4, 7 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 5, 2 p.m. East Rochester High School, 200 Woodbine Ave $5/$10. (716) 444-4509. Open Mic @ Roasted Right. Thu., Aug. 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., Aug. 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1872 Café, 431 W. Main St. $15/$20. 748-7727. 1872cafe.com. Richard III. Mon., Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph’s Park, 108 Franklin St. Shake on the Lake from Perry, NY. Bring lawn chairs or blankets $5-$10.
Theater Audition [ SUN., AUGUST 5 ] The Rocky Horror Show. 5 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St By appointment only info@blackfriars.org. blackfriars.org.
ART BY RALPH THOMPSON
ART | ‘THE MAN WITH THE EYE’
“The Man With the Eye” is the first major exhibition of photographer, painter, and gallery owner Ralph Thompson’s work since he opened Gallery Seventy Four on Tremont Street. The title of the exhibition comes from a nickname Thompson was given by renowned artist Albert Paley, who will also have a few pieces in the show. This exhibition is primarily a potpourri of Thompson’s photographic work along with other featured artists, including Athesia Benjamin, Adrienne Hope, and Sandy Bishop. All artwork exhibited is for sale. An artists’ reception will take place Sunday, August 5, and will feature a performance by FuturPointe Dance. “The Man With the Eye” is on view August 3 through August 26, at Gallery Seventy Four, 215 Tremont Street (door 3, floor 3). Open Saturdays and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and Friday, August 3, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, August 5, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public. 6232099; galleryseventyfour.org. — BY AMANDA LYNN
Community Activism [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/ Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262. Friends of the Poor Walk/Run. 10 a.m. Basil Marella Park, 955 English Rd Registration at 9am. Benefits Our Lady of Angels & St. Francis Cabrini 865-6162. [ MON., AUGUST 6 ] Unpacking. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Glen Edith Coffee Roasters, 44 Elton St Racial justice book discussion series. This week: “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism,” by Robin D’Angelo 420-8439.
Festivals [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Hair of the Dog. 5:30-8 p.m. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Square. A dogfriendly festival with food trucks, vendors, & exhibits $15 - $25. 698-0310. [ FRI., AUGUST 3 ] Lima Crossroads Blues Festival. Through Sunday, Aug 5. Village of Lima, East Main St. Live blues, vendors, kids events supporting Camp Good Days & Special Times limabluesfest.com. 20 CITY AUGUST 1 - 7, 2018
Monroe County Fair. Fri & Sat, 12-9 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rush Riverside Refuge, 6565 East River Rd Rush $5. mcfair. com. [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Park Ave Summer Festival. Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., & Fir, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Park Avenue. Artists, exhibits, & live music. Sterling Renaissance Festival. Sat & Sun, 10 a.m.-7 p.m Warwick, 15385 Farden Rd . Sterling $18.95-$29.95. sterlingfestival.com.
Film Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. Cross of Iron. Wed., Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; The Captain. Thu., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; The Party. Fri., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. Sat., Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m. and Tue., Aug. 7, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. Washington Square Park, S. Clinton Avenue at Washington Square. Movies With a Downtown View: Sing Street. Fri., Aug. 3. Lawn opens 7pm; film at dusk. rocwashingtonsquare.org/ mwadv.
Frederick Douglass [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Frederick Douglass’s Rochester: Mapping His Tracks in Our City. Through Aug. 31. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 4288150. Frederick Douglass’s World. Through Aug. 31. University of Rochester, River Campus rochester.edu. [ SUN., AUGUST 5 ] Frederick Douglass, Rochester Quakers, & Social Reforms in 19th Century. 2-4 p.m. Rochester Friends Meeting House, 84 Scio Street 3257260.
Kids Events [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Sci-Fi Summer. Through Aug. 31. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square $15. museumofplay.org. Science + You. Through Aug. 5. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. rmsc.org. [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Wilder Weekend. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford 538-6822. gcv.org.
[ SUN., AUGUST 5 ] Back to School Fall Activities Fair. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Eastview Mall, 7979 Pittsford-Victor Rd. kidsoutandabout.com.
Recreation [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Wine Tasting Cruise. 6:30-8 p.m. Sam Patch Packet Boat, 12 Schoen Place . Pittsford Departing from 12 Schoen Place, Pittsford NY 14534. Tickets may be purchased in advance $28. 662-5748. sampatch.org. [ FRI., AUGUST 3 ] PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Herpetology: Reptiles & Amphibians. 1 p.m. Sterling Nature Center, 15380 Jenzvold LECTURE | ‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Rd (315) 947-6143. ROCHESTER QUAKERS, SOCIAL REFORMS’ [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Frederick Douglass’s legacy and how it impacted so many parts Gossamer Wood Open House. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Gossamer of Rochester continues to be explored this year. “Frederick Wood Healing & Retreat Center, 2235 County Road 28, Douglass, Rochester Quakers, and Social Reforms in 19th Century” will take a look at how the Quakers in the Rochester area Canandaigua . Fundraiser to open grounds for public use. influenced Douglass’s decisions and contributed to the ideas esRain date Aug 5 $10. 394poused in his rhetoric. The Quakers, also known as the Friends, 9114. Weekend Wild Walks. 11 a.m.- are known for being an open community that embraces diversity. 12:30 p.m Cumming Nature At the event, Judy Wellman, historian and board member of the Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. 3741816 Meetinghouse, will give an overview of the Douglass and 6160. rmsc.org. [ MON., AUGUST 6 ] Butterfly, Wildflower, & Bird Walk. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Montezuma Audubon Center, 2295 State Rt. 89. Savannah Carpool from Bushnell’s basin Park & Ride. Bring lunch, water, & folding chair (315) 365-3580. rochesterbutterflyclub.org.
Quaker connection in Rochester; Justin Murphy, D&C reporter and a Quaker, will talk about Douglass’s efforts for equality in education in Rochester; and David Shakes, actor and director, will deliver excerpts from Douglass’s speeches. The event will also be in honor of Dr. David Anderson, who is a member of the national Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission.
“Frederick Douglass, Rochester Quakers, and Social Reforms in 19th Century” will take place Sunday, August 5, at the RochMeetings ester Friends Meeting, 84 Scio Street. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 325-7260; rfm.co.clerk@gmail.com. [ MON., AUGUST 6 ] Marketing Monday. First Monday — BY AMANDA LYNN of every month, 6-7:30 p.m Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main Street, Suite #203, Door #5 A gathering of local entrepreneurs to discuss ideas. $5. 210-3161.
Special Events [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Cruise Night: Rock-it-Science. 5-9 p.m. VB Brewery, 160 School St . Victor All proceeds going to Camp Good Days & Special Times 902-8166. [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] African Drumming. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Youth: 9:30-10:30am; Adults: 10:45am-12:15pm. Behind the Scenes at Rose Hill Mansion. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m Rose Hill Mansion, 3373 New York 96A, Geneva $6-$10. 315-7893848. genevahistoricalsociety. com. Telescope Viewing. Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue Views of the night sky offered from dark to 10pm. Weather permitting; call after 7:30pm to confirm evening’s viewing 697-1945.
Ujamaa Marketplace. First Saturday of every month, 1-5 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave.
Culture Lectures [ TUE., AUGUST 7 ] Exhibit Tours for Adults: Deep Sea Vents, Life at the Extreme. 2 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Register by Aug 6 $3 with museum admission. 6971942. rmsc.org.
Literary Events [ SAT., AUGUST 4 ] Poetry & Pie Night. 7 p.m. St. Joseph’s Park, 108 Franklin St. Presented by The Spirit Room. Poetry Reading: William Heyen, Craig Cotter. 7-9 p.m. Before Your Quiet Eyes, 439 Monroe Ave. 563-7851.
[ MON., AUGUST 6 ] Moving Beyond Racism Book Group. 7-8:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 3349 Monroe Ave. Kent Nerburn’s “Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder” 334-5971.
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Museum Exhibit [ WED., AUGUST 1 ] Take It Down! Organizing Against Racism. Ongoing. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. This exhibit shows how pickaninny art perpetuates racism by denying the humanity of black children. Presented in partnership with the City of Rochester 271-4320. rmsc.org.
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Welcome to the jungle “Eighth Grade” (R), DIRECTED BY BO BURNHAM OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
Movies about adolescence tend to depict their worlds through the distancing prism of exaggeration, nostalgia, fantasy, or uptight moralizing. Being a teenager sucks for the vast majority of us, so it makes sense that
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audiences prefer entertainment that shows us how we’d like to remember the experience more than how it actually was. As a result, there aren’t many movies that get it honestly and truly right. “Eighth Grade” is one of the special ones. It doesn’t provide a rosy-eyed view of youth culture — at times it’s as anxietyinducing as the most suspenseful thriller. It’s sometimes hilarious, but also wise, warm, and endlessly empathetic. The film follows a shy 13-year-old named Kayla Day (the phenomenal Elsie Fisher),
through the last week of eighth grade as she begins preparing for the big, terrifying world of high school. Kayla isn’t part of the popular crowd; she’s not part of any crowd really. She’s hopelessly self-conscious and perpetually tongue-tied around her classmates, who are mostly content to ignore her completely. But she desperately wants to be seen as cool and earn the friendship of the popular girls in her grade or the attention of her crush object, Aiden (Luke Prael). At school Kayla seems a hopeless case, but at home it’s a different story entirely. There,
she records self-help videos for her YouTube channel, cheerfully dispensing life advice on subjects such as “gaining confidence” and “being yourself.” As we observe her awkward interactions with her peers, it seems the guidance she’s providing is more for herself than anyone else (a fact that her nonexistent viewership seems to confirm). After all, advice can be hard to take, even when it’s coming from your own head. The directorial debut of 27-year-old musician and comedian Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade” understands that middle school is a nightmare for most everyone, though we all miraculously fumbled through it. Burnham got his start making his own videos on YouTube in the site’s early days, and he has a keen understanding of the ways people interact with the internet. He’s intrigued by the role of social media and the way its existence can heighten and distort teenage insecurities. At the same time, he doesn’t fall into the trap of demonizing the internet completely. There are certainly good things about the web, including helping a young girl figure out who she truly is. Burnham doesn’t see Kayla’s falsely idealized online persona as negative, but aspirational: it’s about trying on the version of herself that she one day hopes to be. A sweet, compassionate, and clear-eyed depiction of adolescence, “Eighth Grade” has inexplicably been rated R for its language and a hint of sex talk. But parents shouldn’t avoid letting their kids see it. While it might make for some awkward conversation afterward (but really, what conversation with a teen isn’t at least slightly uncomfortable?), I can’t help thinking young people are the audience who might just benefit from it the most. An extended review is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] 4249 RIDGE ROAD WEST LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/26/2018. 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 c/o the LLC, 4477 Ridge Road West, Rochester, NY 14626. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ACHIEVE WEALTH PARTNERS LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/30/2018. 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 95 Allens Creek Road, Building 1, Suite 201, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
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Dibble Development LLC filed SSNY 5/10/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 33 Williston Rd Rochester, NY 14616 General Purpose
MATTHEW JOHN LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/11/2018. 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 548 Deer Haven Drive, Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of SALE OASIS LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 06/21/18 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 1967 WEHRLE DR., SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Mej Rochester LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/20/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose
Notice of Formation of 157 SAWGRASS DRIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/18. Office location: Monroe County. 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 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity
[ NOTICE ] Donsky Business Development & Marketing LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 02-27-2018. 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 6 Fairfield Dr., Fairport, NY 14450. The purpose of the Company is marketing.
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Aguirre Language Services, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/21/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Carlos E. Aguirre, 286 Pine Hill Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purpose.
FISHBOWL SPIRITS LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/15/12 SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporate Creations Network Inc. 15 North Mill St Nyack, NY 10960. De address of LLC: 251 Little Falls DR Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] ALAN PAUL REAL ESTATE LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/19/2018. 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 Attn: Member, 2100 South Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Aycan Data Management, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/9/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Frank Burkhardt: 693 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14607 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Bold Letter Marketing LLC filed SSNY 6/26/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 26 Rosewood Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] DATA FRAME, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/5/2018. 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 2 Wood Spring Hill,
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[ NOTICE ] Forrest Motorsports, LLC filed SSNY 3/30/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 176 Dove Tree Ln Rochester, NY 14626 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Higuey LLC filed SSNY 4/18/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 33 Beaumont Rd Rochester, NY 14616 RA: Nyscorporation. Com 1971 Western Ave #1121 Albany, NY 12203 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Law Office of David Tennant PLLC (“PLLC”) has been formed as a professional service limited liability company by filing Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on July 6, 2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 3349 Monroe Avenue, Suite
[ NOTICE ] NADARRA LIGHTING COMPANY LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/6/2018. 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 c/o the LLC, 73 State Street, Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14614. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of ABLETON TRANSPORT, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/18. 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, 97 Talamora Trail, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bostley Enterprises, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 05/29/18 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 120 Spencer Road, Hilton, New York, 14468. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kitty Whiskers Pet Sitting LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/20/2018; 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 108 Round Rock Circle, Rochester, New York 14626. Purpose: Any lawful
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 2A TRUCKING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with New York Department of state on 6/5/18. Its office is located in Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 95 Fort Hill Terrace # 6 Rochester NY 14620. Purpose: Any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 557 Mill LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/12/18. 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 Tom J. Thomas, 858 Manitou Road, Hilton, NY 14468. Purchase: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: POSITIVE FORCE MOVEMENT, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY): 06/25/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to Knauf Shaw, LLP, c/o M. Colligan, 1400 Crossroads Bldg, 2 State St, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ace Bookkeeping & Collections LLC. Arts.
of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/2018. 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 Carl Thomas Enterprise LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 04/24/18 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 2134 Clifford Ave, Rochester, New York 14609 Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cristo Law Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The PLLC, Two State Street, Ste. 1000, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: practice the profession of law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Dwenzel Photography, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) July 16 2018. 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 467 Burritt Road, Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of FLORIDA SWEEPERS SALES & SERVICE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/2017. 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, 16 Passaic Ave., Unit 9, Fairfield, NJ 07004. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GIBBONS WATKINS GLEN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/06/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 134 Burrows Hills Dr., Rochester, NY 14625. 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 Graceland Associates of NY LLC ART.of org.filed secretary of state(SSNY) on 5/22/2018 office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 336 Scio St, Rochester NY, 14605. Purpose: Any Lawful Activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HARVEST WALK PROPERTIES, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/15/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 25 Harvest Walk, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HR Sibley LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/18. 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 Keuka Gardens Associates LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/18. 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 Home Leasing, LLC, 180 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Keuka Gardens Associates MM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/18. 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 Home Leasing, LLC, 180 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: HANFLAND CONTRACTING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with
Sec. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on April 23, 2018. Office location: Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Michael A. Hanfland, 41 Pebble View Drive, Rochester, New York 14612. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: MILTON MEADOWS LANSING LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on June 18, 2018. NY office location is Monroe County. 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 LLC at 460 White Spruce Blvd Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LMGC Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/11/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 28 Fitzpatrick Trail, West Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MindFit Mental Health, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) July 12, 2018. 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 349 West Commercial Street, East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities for which a Limited Liability Company may be formed. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Mosley Rd Enterprises, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) May 25th, 2018. 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 97 Mosley Road Rochester, NY 14616 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Pines GP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/9/18. Office location: Monroe County. 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, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PRENTICE IMAGING CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC. The name of the Limited Liability Company is Prentice Imaging Consulting Services, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 7/6/2018. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 28 Parkview Manor Circle, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sacred Goddess Box, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 4/09/2018. 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 600 Garson Avenue, Rochester, New York 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SKINNY’S CORNER, LLCArts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/06/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 223 Deerhurst Ln., Webster, NY 14580. 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 Suntru Holdings LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/18/2018. 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 160 Despatch Dr., East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of THE BUNGALOW 10 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/25/18.
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Notice of Qualification of FLINT GROUP PACKAGING INKS NORTH AMERICA LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/18. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 04/26/18. Princ. office of LLC: 14909 N. Beck Rd., Plymouth, MI 48170. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. TX addr. of LLC: 211 E. 7th St., Ste. 620, Austin, TX 78701. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, P.O. Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
S & B Rentals And Property LLC filed SSNY 5/21/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 1034 Remsen Ave Brooklyn, NY 11236 General Purpose
Notice of Formation of XPRESS MED TRANSPORTATION, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3-192018. 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 681 Post Ave Rochester NY 14619 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 1037 Jay St. Rochester NY 14611 on Thursday, August 23rd at 1:00 pm . The following customers’ accounts have become delinquent so their item (s) will be auctioned off to settle past due rents. NOTE: Owner reserves the right to bid at auction, reject any and all bids, and cancel or adjourn the sale. Name of tenant: Darius Horton Unit 103 owes $213. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Chroma Credit Restoration, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/22/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in DE on 7/11/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of FINANCIAL INSURANCE CONSULTANTS, LLC, fictitious name: FIC AGENCY, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/30/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 709 Florida St. Ste. 3, Mandeville, LA. 70448. LLC formed in LA on 12/21/93. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Financial Insurance Consultants, LLC, 709 Florida St. Ste. 3, Mandeville, LA. 70448, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. John A. Gavel, Jr., 709 Florida St. Ste. 3, Mandeville, LA. 70448.. Cert. of Form. filed with LA Sec. of State, 8585 Archives Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70809.
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of SEQUEL YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/18. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/01/17. Princ. office of LLC: 1131 Eagletree Ln., Huntsville, AL 35801. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Holding company. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Worldwide Electric Corporation LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/6/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 3540 Winton Place, Rochester, NY 14623. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] ROC CITY ELITE HOCKEY LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 5/1/2018. 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 c/o the LLC, 846 Houston Road, Webster, NY 14580.
[ NOTICE ] Staci Pfeffer Interiors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/04/2018. 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, 29 Southern Pkwy Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] SURROGATE’S COURT – MONROE COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent. To: Erica Forman, if living, but if dead, her distributees, legal representatives, assigns and all persons who by purchase, inheritance or otherwise have or claim to have an interest in the estate of Dorothy V. Forman, deceased, derived through Erica Forman, whose address is unknown. A petition having been duly filed by Andrew J. Forman, who is domiciled at 114 Mill Run Drive, Rochester, NY 14626. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Room 533 Hall of Justice, Monroe County, at Rochester, New York, on August 30, 2018 at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of DOROTHY V. FORMAN, lately domiciled at 150 Towngate Road, Rochester, NY 14626, admitting to probate a Will dated July 6, 2006, a copy of which is attached as the Will of the deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Andrew J. Forman. Dated, Attested and Sealed July 17, 2018 by Hon. John M. Owens, Surrogate, Mark L Annunziata, Chief Clerk. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Martin W. O’Toole, Esq. Attorneys at Law 1600 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, New York 14604-2711. 585-232-6500. Note: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. [ NOTICE ]
THAESLER CONSULTING LLC, a Connecticut LLC organized 10/04/17, filed application for authority with NY Dept of State on 06/12/18. NY office loc’n: 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, 16 Spring Side Ln, Penfield, NY 14526. CT office: 30 Old Kings Highway South, 1st Flr Ste 202, Darien, CT 06820. Copy of certificate of organization filed with CT Sec of State Denise W. Merrill, 30 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Utility Partners, LLC Authority filed SSNY 6/29/18 Office: Monroe Co LLC formed GA 9/8/06 exists 289 S Culver St Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 7220 S Cimarron Rd #100 Las Vegas, NV 89113. Filed GA SOS 313 W. Tower 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA 30334 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Williams Brother’s Properties LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 4/30/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to: 497 Melville St. Rochester, NY 14609 RA: US Corp Agent 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of Independent Advisor Group LLC: Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on June 14, 2018. 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 1507 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice is hereby given that Atterson-Shaw, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on July 20, 2018. The principal office is located in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company is: 251 Lux Street, Rochester, NY 14621. 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 OF FORMATION ] 232 Ventures LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 417 Sundance Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] 6005 Enterprise Drive LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 675 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] DiPasquale Brothers Co. LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to Harris Beach PLLC, Attn: Chris DiPasquale, 99 Garnsey Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Glamping Experience, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 7/2/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 350 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] JACBREW LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 7/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 14 Quincy Ct., Wayne, NJ 07470. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] JP Perkins LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”)
on 6/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 49 Knollwood Drive, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Little Angel Medical Transportation LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 7/11/18. 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 7 Shadbush Way W. Henrietta, NY 14586. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Nuch Family Ventures, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 5/31/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 417 Sundance Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Rella Restaurant, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/28/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 46 Greylock Ridge, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] RHA Inspection Services LLC filed Arts. of Org. with Sec. of State on July 17, 2018. Office Loc: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 160 Aspen Look Drive, Rochester, NY 14467. The purpose of the company is any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] ROC Supply LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 7/16/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 780 Ridge Road, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any
lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Rotork Pittsburgh LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 675 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] RSMM LLC. filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 03/14/2018 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 173 Country Manor Way Apt 5 Webster NY 14580. The purpose of the Company is Ecommerce online business. [ Notice of Formation of BUCK FEVER SYNTHETICS LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on July 24, 2018. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Drive, Ste 200, Rochester, NY 14625. 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 KIKI’S KREATIONS LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on July 2, 2018. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 1840 Baird Road, Penfield, NY 14526. 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 LEATHERTRAMP WINE COMPANY, LLC ] Leathertramp Wine Company, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State on June 25, 2018. (1) Its principal office is in Monroe County, New York. (2) The Secretary of State has been designated as its agent upon whom process against it may be served and its post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of
Legal Ads any process against it served upon him or her is c/o Jeffrey Brown, 50 Charlotte Street, Rochester, New York 14607. (3) The character or purpose of its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is Out of the Box Training LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 6/14/18. 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 143 Rangers Court, Rochester, NY 14612. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Notice is hereby given that Cooper’s NeuDiggs, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on July 20, 2018. The principal office is located in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company is: 251 Lux Street, Rochester, NY 14621. 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 OF FORMATION OF TRIPOINT ADVISORS, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 6/25/2018 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 35 CIRLCE COURT, ROCHESTER, NY 14617. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2018000784 CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, v. The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-
in- interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through GEORGE N. JACKSON, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widowers of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin- interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through PHOEBE E. JACKSON A/K/A PHOEBE E. MADISON, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widows of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; MARK G. JACKSON; ANGELA JACKSON; RASHAD JACKSON A/K/A RASHAD WILSON; KAYLA JACKSON A/K/A KAYLA WILSON; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY; NEW YORK STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER; NY FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, INDIVIDUALLY AND DOING BUSINESS IN NEW YORK AS MIDLAND FUNDING OF DELAWARE LLC; RELIANT COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; RAB PERFORMANCE RECOVERIES, L.L.C.; NEW YORK STATE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD; CACH, LLC; ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC; GREECE JUSTICE COURT; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL1, LLC; COUNTY OF MONROE AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day
Fun of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or 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 complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: June 5, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated July 10, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 190 Peck Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 106.59-3-59.001 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $13,327.06, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index #: 13577/2016 Filed: 6/11/2018 Franklin American Mortgage Company Plaintiff,against Patricia A. Rapp, David Billitier if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, United States of AmericaInternal Revenue
Service, Defendants. Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $138,580.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of MONROE on June 30, 2014, in Book 25713, Page 417, covering premises known as 321 Mason Road, Fairport, NY 14450. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. 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 June 1, 2018 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 9693100 Our File No.: 01082716-F00
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Inexplicable San Diego photographer Mike Sakasegawa prides himself on seeing the beauty in mundane objects, The Washington Post reports. But something about his latest subject took social media by storm. On July 11, as Sakasegawa returned home from his morning run, he noticed a round, yellow object rolling down the street. “I thought it was a tennis ball or something,” he said, but in fact it was a lemon. So he did what any self-respecting photographer
would do: He captured video of the fruit as it continued its journey to the bottom of the hill, then posted his 1.5-minute documentary to Twitter. Within 24 hours the video racked up more than 2.5 million views. “I post stuff that’s similar to this all the time,” Sakasegawa said. “Most of the time, it floats on by.” By the next day, the lemon video had gained more than 100,000 likes, was retweeted tens of thousands of times, and a literary agent had contacted Sakasegawa, wondering if he’d like to make the lemon into a children’s book. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 27
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Exploring the ‘wild side’ Main Street Artists Gallery & Studio 1115 E. Main St., Studio 452-458 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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First Friday at Steadfast. Sage Cruz Steadfast 200 East Avenue 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM First Friday at The Gallery The Gallery 321 East Avenue 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Open Door Mission presents Stories of Hope The Yards Gallery Space 50 Public Market Way 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Strange Hidden Shadows Gallery Q 100 College Ave. 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM The Visionary Works of Cathal O’Toole AXOM Gallery Exhibition Space 176 Anderson Ave., Suite #303 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM