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Advice for Bello

I read CITY’s assessment of Adam Bello’s election as county executive with some puzzlement (“He won.

What does Adam Bello do now?” November 13). The tone was one of sub rosa dismissiveness and a cynic’s pessimism. One cannot avoid the dread of what is to come when new to an office. Who could? But he is a smart man with a good cadre of aides, and will do well cleaning up years of mismanagement.

However, I want to offer suggestions for the new county executive that will help cement his promise of governance as “a force for good, a convener of ideas, and a catalyst for unity.”

The suggestion is simple: Be careful of distracting naysayers and combat them effectively through digital media. His office needs to maintain ongoing and aggressive voter expansion efforts to counteract years of voter suppression. He must frequently get out a clear reformist message that has strong achievable elements and bold progressive proposals.

Yet, there must be a punitive aspect to the message.

Scofflaws and tax cheats must be reined in. All who manipulate electoral processes through gerrymandering and biased legislation favoring regressive policies must be held accountable. And last, but no less importantly, attention must be paid to social media’s 2 CITY

potential to spread false and misleading information.

We must make better use of social media and its unifying communicative power as a means of assessing voter sentiments on policy, bolstering voter registration, and fostering the reformist message Bello carries.

We know of the need to reduce emissions. We can do that on a day-to-day basis by using electric vehicles.

G.L. CHARPIED, PITTSFORD

I believe that the Police Accountability Board will be proven to be a mistake because it will cause the Rochester Police Department to be overly cautious in their duty to protect lives and property.

We as a society go through periods of time when there is excessive leniency called for by the public. If history is any guide, the leniency will be followed by the required crackdown at the behest of the citizenry.

Let us turn to the issue of bail reform. This, too, over time will be proven to be a big mistake.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s inmate release report for last Wednesday, 32 people were released on some pretty serious crimes, including violating parole. This is yet another example of “radical chic” and “limousine liberalism” that will compromise public safety in the communities to which these criminals are released.

It will have a very bad impact among hardworking people who strive to support their families and to keep safe from criminal behavior in the first place.

Embrace electric vehicles for our planet and your pocketbook

I want to commend CITY for an excellent article on Fairport’s electric vehicle initiative (“State taps Fairport for direction on electric vehicles,” October 30).

The topic raises a critically important issue for us all.

The wider context of the import of electric vehicle use is the fact that, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the transportation sector accounts for the largest share of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions at roughly 30 percent.

As a driver of electric vehicles, and as someone deeply concerned about the climate emergency and practical solutions, I want to encourage their large scale use.

Here’s why: It saves on gas and shrinks your carbon footprint.

The per-mile cost of operating an electric vehicle is less than half as much as that of a fossil fuel-based car, according to the Department of Energy.

When it comes to reducing emissions, the following data speaks for itself. The typical passenger car emits 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, according to the EPA, and each gallon of gas emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide directly out of the car’s tailpipe, according to the Department of Energy.

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TIM MCGOWAN, ROCHESTER

Police Accountability Board is a mistake

DAVID HENNELLY, ROCHESTER

Two-party system breeds dysfunction I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but there is a good reason why we don’t have viable third (and fourth, etc.) parties in New York and most everywhere else in the country (“Breaking free from the Independence Party,”

November 13). The two major parties are implacably opposed to anything that could actually change the way things are done in Albany.

From gerrymandered districts to unfair ballot rules, the entire system is designed to keep challengers and independents off the ballot.

It was only a few years ago that a candidate’s petition could be rejected because it was submitted in a yellow folder instead of the required “canary,” or because the papers were held together with a staple instead of a paper clip.

Because it has equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats, the state Board of Elections is described as nonpartisan. What that means in practice is that it is guaranteed to deadlock on any important partisan issue. One of the members of the governor’s current commission charged with recommending changes is suggesting that the signature threshold for appearing on the ballot should be raised from 50,000 to 250,000.

We need ranked choice voting. We need sensible campaign finance laws. Until voters demand those changes, we’ll be stuck with a system that’s designed to filter out any principled individual who might want to end our state’s dysfunction, regardless of party.

REGINALD NEALE, FARMINGTON

Say it ain’t so, Cheryl

Dear County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, Your husband was my soccer coach when I was a kid. He taught me life lessons I carry with me today. You were a constant presence, too. You encouraged us to work together and to be good sportsmen. You told us that a loss was just room to improve and to keep on going. You taught us that, even if the

opportunity presented itself, cheap shots were never the answer. You taught us to cherish our integrity.

As I read about the CABLE Act, I wondered if you had forgotten your own words. I’m sure you were hurt or angry about the election results, but you needed to accept defeat and reflect. That’s how loss goes.

Instead, you supported your fellow Republicans pushing the bill. You gave up your integrity by acting out of spite. Maybe you don’t think that’s what has happened.

But that’s what I saw.

This was a yellow card. It doesn’t have to be a red. In your last weeks in office, seek to leave a positive legacy that goes beyond party politics.

Take a knee. It’s time.

IAN SCHEIL, GREECE

Tommy Tutone’s “Jenny” strikes again

Thank you for your recent article on pay phones in the Rochester area (“Chronicling Rochester’s life lines,” October 30). Perhaps a directory could be published in the future! It is getting difficult to find pay phones these days.

Also, I’ve seemed to notice fewer mail drop boxes. Are they disappearing?

The juxtaposition of new and old technology is very prevalent in this city.

Remember the monorail?

I think it drove off into the future!

JENNY, ROCHESTER 867-5309

CITY: We do not typically publish the phone numbers of letter writers or letters from readers who do not include their last name with their submission. But after our editor actually tried to call “Jenny” at the number provided to verify her last name, we so enjoyed his getting punked that we made an exception.

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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK | BY DAVID ANDREATTA

Let’s call it what it was: The Cabal Act of 2019 Every contested election has winners and losers.

We tend to focus on the winners, what with their promises of a brighter tomorrow and all. But it is the losers on whom our democracy hinges.

Think about it. What would happen if the losers didn’t go quietly?

“Graceful concessions by losing candidates constitute a sort of glue that holds the polity together, providing a cohesion that’s lacking in less well-established democracies,” said Shaun Bowler, a political science professor at the University of California Riverside.

Bowler studies democracies and his research suggests they collapse without graceful losers.

Which brings us to Republican Monroe County legislators, who displayed as much grace in the wake of the drubbing their party took on Election Day as an elephant on ice skates.

After watching their majority in the County Legislature shrink to a single seat and a Democrat win a county executive race for the first time in over 30 years, Republicans played hardball and introduced the CABLE Act of 2019.

The “Checks and Balances for Legislative Equality” bill sought to, among other things, weaken the authority of the incoming county executive, Adam Bello, by giving the legislature approval over his entire cabinet.

In that sense, as one astute CITY reader pointed out, the bill was more cabal than CABLE. What happened here, as has happened elsewhere, was a phenomenon Harvard political scientist Daniel Zimblatt detailed in a book he co-authored, “How Democracies Die.” For most of the last century, he noted, Republicans and Democrats regarded each other as legitimate. They operated with the understanding that election results were neither permanent nor intolerable. The losers accepted the outcome and prepared for the next election.

In recent years, though, that thinking has changed, particularly among Republicans.

Zimblatt theorized it was because Republicans tended to enjoy more status within society historically.

When an election threatens that status, Zimblatt found, there’s an impulse among some politicians to reject the results and upend the system that produced the outcome. Losing ceases to be acceptable and instead becomes a catastrophe.

The key to the system running smoothly, Zimblatt argued, is for the losers to not act

on impulse and instead act with forbearance, or self-restraint.

Increasingly, though, Republicans across the country have regarded unfavorable election outcomes as their Waterloo.

The Cabal Act was just one example.

The bill was met with outrage in Monroe County. Democrats and Republicans alike expressed their fury on social media.

Cowed Republican legislators eventually withdrew the bill, but in doing so suggested it would surface again, in one form or another, next year.

Bring it on. From a good-government standpoint, the Cabal Act wasn’t all bad.

It contained a provision to roll back the deadline for the county executive to release the budget for the next fiscal year to October 15 from November 15.

Of course, mid-October had been the deadline for decades until Republican legislators changed it in 2006 to enable the Republican county executive at the time to release her budget, and the potentially controversial elements of it, after Election Day. Another Cabal Act provision required the county executive to respond to written correspondence from the legislature within 30 days. That seems reasonable. Of course, Democratic legislators have complained for years that they never received such a courtesy.

Indeed, there was some good in the Cabal Act. What made the Cabal Act unpalatable, other than it weakening the powers of the county executive, was that Republicans either never played by the rules the bill proposed or had changed them to suit their political needs at the time.

“As soon as politicians start down that road, it also becomes harder for citizens to turn back,” Bowler said. “If politicians aren’t going to play by the rules, then why should we play by the laws that they put in place for the rest of us?”

Some of the Cabal Act provisions were either always good government – period – or always politics. The trouble was, Republican leaders could not say which was which.

David Andreatta is CITY’s editor. He can be reached at dandreatta@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Council passes Rochester 2034

All nine members of City Council voted to adopt the Rochester 2034 comprehensive plan, which was developed by the city to guide its land-use and development decision-making over the next 15 years.

Rochester 2034 replaces the city’s previous comprehensive plan, which was completed in 1999.

It recommends some law and policy changes to meet key goals, incluidng greater emphasis on place-making, improving transportation options for residents, and encouraging a greater variety of housing.

City moving ahead on power program

The City of Rochester will soon be looking for an administrator for a new program that could bring renewable power to households and businesses citywide.

City Council passed legislation authorizing a citywide community choice aggregation program.

Through the program, the city would solicit bids for an electricity supply contract for thousands of households and small businesses. As part of that process, it could line up an entirely renew-

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able or carbon-free supply for those customers, who will still pay their energy bills through Rochester Gas and Electric.

The city will use a request for proposals process to find a program administrator, which will handle public outreach and technical aspects of procurement.

It’ll also help city officials tie \things such as energy efficiency programs and community solar projects into the program, officials have said.

Bello sets up transition team

Monroe County Executive-elect Adam Bello established a transition committee to help guide him as he prepares to take office.

Three chairs will lead the group: Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Duffy, Action for a Better Community President and CEO Jerome Underwood, and Fran Weisberg, whose career as a nonprofit executive included leadership roles at United Way of Greater Rochester, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, and Lifespan. Its five subcommittees cover economic and community development, human services, public safety, infrastructure, and administration.

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The Univeristy of Rochester Medical Center plans to open an orthopedic medicine center at The Marketplace Mall in Henrietta.

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URMC plans orthopedic center at mall There are big expansion plans in the works for The Marketplace Mall, but they don’t include the addition of any big-box store or other retailers.

Instead, the University of Rochester, the town of Henrietta, and Wilmorite have announced plans for a new tenant —UR Medicine’s Orthopedics and Physical Performance Center.

The 330,000-square-foot facility would include a new ambulatory surgery center, which would occupy the vacant Sears building, URMC Board Chair Tom Richards said. Plans also call for a new multi-story tower above the surgery center that would house everything a patient may need for a bone, spine or joint condition.

“The demographics of our region are we’re getting older,” Richards said.

“And orthopedic care is connected substantially to age.”

University of Rochester Medical Center CEO Mark Taubman said the center would be the biggest offsite building project in the university’s history.

“This will be a state-of-the-art facility, offering an unprecedented range of outpatient orthopedic services in one convenient location,” he said.

Henrietta Supervisor Steve Schultz acknowledged that bringing a sustainable retailer into the mall would have helped the town, but he said the tax base for the rest of the mall will

more than make up for what comes off the tax rolls for the medical center.

“As you look at our changing demographics, orthopedic care is going to be a big need in the future, so to have a thousand people, visitors a day while they’re open, that’s going to be a big boost" to the mall and the surrounding area, he said.

The $240 million project still needs approval from the town of Henrietta, the UR Board of Trustees, and the state Department of Health.

Officials say the project would create 200 construction jobs and should be completed by 2023.

Alex Crichton is WXXI’s All Things Considered host and producer.

“You can’t make it where an officer can arrest someone just because they’re annoyed or alarmed.”

Monroe County Legislator and retired Rochester Chief of Police James Sheppard

PUBLIC SAFETY | BY JEREMY MOULE

County first responder harassment law passes In early December, before she leaves office, County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo is expected to sign into law legislation that will make it a crime to annoy, alarm, or threaten first responders, such as police officers, firefighters, and EMT’s.

But Democratic legislators, who opposed the bill and spoke against it on the chamber's floor, continue to push back on the pending law.

Two of the legislators have extensive backgrounds in policing and firefighting.

They warned that the pending law is vague to the point that it could be abused by law enforcement, and that it could set back hard-earned progress in police-community relations. They also said the measure and existing, similar state laws protecting first responders are redundant.

The unsigned law says that a person faces up to a year in jail, up to a $5,000 fine, or both, if “he or she intentionally engages in conduct ... that intends to annoy, alarm or threaten the personal safety of the police officer, peace officer or first responder.”

“You can’t make it where an officer can arrest someone just because they’re annoyed or alarmed,” said Legislator James Sheppard, of Rochester, who retired as city police chief in 2013 after more than 30 years of service.

Sheppard said the law conflicts with a shift in training in many police departments that teaches officers to de-escalate tense situations instead of jumping to a punitive action such as arrest. He also said terms like “annoy” and “alarm” are so subjective that they’re essentially meaningless.

“Even the courts have said it: police have to be more thick-skinned,” Sheppard said.

Legislator Ernest Flagler-Mitchell sees serious problems with the law that will likely affect people in his district. He represents neighborhoods in northeast Rochester, where concentrated poverty persists and where the majority of residents are people of color.

If an officer is having a bad day, gets sufficiently annoyed at someone and arrests them, then there can be lasting consequences for that person, FlaglerMitchell said. They may have to hire a lawyer and when someone is on a tight budget, that cost may cause them to fall behind on bills, he said.

Flagler-Mitchell also said that in his district, leaders and police officials have been working to build relationships and trust between residents and officers. But even one arrest under this new law could prove a setback in those efforts.

“That destroys the relationships,”

Flagler-Mitchell said and wondered how many people would be charged “before the higher courts throw this bill out.”

Flagler-Mitchell retired from the Rochester Fire Department in 2017 after 20 years of service. He knew well that there were laws in place to protect County Legislator James Sheppard said a pending coounty law making firefighters if someone it a crime to harass first responders is problematic. FILE PHOTO were to harass them.

Sheppard, too, The law would take effect after Dinolfo said that there are already laws that police signs it and it’s filed with the New York officers can use if someone interferes with Secretary of State. their ability to do their jobs.

On Monday, Democratic County State laws already make it a crime — Legislator Rachel Barnhart wrote in some cases a felony — to threaten or Dinolfo asking her to consider her assault police officers. legacy and to decide against signing the Republican legislators Karla Boyce “deeply flawed bill.” In her letter, she and Kara Halstead proposed the bill in echoed criticisms that the law could be October and it was introduced as a matter abused by officers and “used as a tool of of urgency, so it skipped the typical oppression, particularly in communities committee vetting. The Republican of color.” The law, she wrote, wouldn’t majority pushed the measure through survive legal scrutiny. during the November 12 County Jeremy Moule is CITY’s news editor. He can Legislature meeting. be reached at jmoule@rochester-citynews.com.

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POLITICS | BY DAVID ANDREATTA

CABLE Act took a page from GOP playbooks in other states

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Monroe County Legislature President Joseph Carbone speaks to reporters about the CABLE Act of 2019. PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE

A failed push last week by Monroe County Republican legislators to curtail the power of the incoming Democratic county executive resembled a strategy used by Republicans in statehouses across the country.

In Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan, Republican state lawmakers stung by election losses took swift legislative action to counter the blows their party suffered at the polls.

Last year, after a Democrat unseated Wisconsin’s Republican governor to end eight years of one-party control in state government, Republican lawmakers there pushed through a sweeping set of bills to undermine the new governor before he took office.

One bill stripped him of control of the majority of appointments on an economic development board. Another blocked him from keeping a campaign promise to withdraw the state from a lawsuit 6 CITY

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challenging the Affordable Care Act. A third prevented him from banning guns in the Wisconsin Capitol.

At the same time, Republican state legislators in Michigan passed a bill that gave them more clout to intervene in litigation involving the state after a Democrat won the race for attorney general. They also stripped the newlyelected Democratic secretary of state of her role of overseeing campaign finance.

Last-ditch efforts like these, in which Republican lawmakers who hold the majority in their legislatures try to weaken the powers of Democrats ascending to offices of authority, were pioneered in North Carolina in 2016.

There, after a Democrat was elected governor over the Republican incumbent, Republicans in the General Assembly passed sweeping restrictions on the office’s power.

Among other things, they expanded the state elections board and split

it evenly between Democrats and Republicans so the new governor could not appoint a Democratic majority, slashed the number of employees who served at the governor’s pleasure, and limited the governor’s authority to select members of numerous state boards.

“It’s not new in the sense that it’s about power and maintaining absolute power. But it’s always sort of been distasteful,” said Allison Riggs, a senior attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in North Carolina.

“I think what we’ve seen a lot of, though,” she went on, “particularly at the state level in recent years, is fewer qualms about overstepping the boundaries of legislative power.”

PUBLIC OUTRAGED Republican legislators in Monroe County, who retained a majority by one seat in an election that saw the first

Democrat elected county executive in over 30 years, proposed the so-called CABLE Act of 2019 a week after voters went to the polls.

An acronym for “Checks and Balances for Legislative Equality,” the CABLE Act would have, among other things, amended the county charter to give the legislature the authority to approve all of the county executive’s choices for department heads.

The legislature already had the authority to confirm the heads of many departments, but the legislation expanded the list to every department as well as to deputy county executives, records management officers, and the county lawyer.

The public reacted with fury, as it did in other states where these tactics were employed, accusing the Republicans of trying to undo the election they had just lost.

And the Republican legislators, like their counterparts in the statehouses, defended the hastily introduced legislation as a necessary check on executive power.

“This is not a power grab,” the president of the Monroe County Legislature, Joseph Carbone, told reporters. “This is just one more level of transparency. . . . The people kept us in the majority. We can’t lose our teeth. We have to have some power to govern."

Riggs said such rationale is unconvincing, in part because it leaves open the question of why such checks were not already in place.

“People ask, ‘Why are you doing this now?’ If the answer is because the governor or the executive switched parties, that’s a little suspicious,” Riggs said.

Further infuriating critics in Monroe County was the way the legislation was introduced.

The CABLE Act was added to the agenda of the second-to-last-meeting of the legislative session at the last minute as a so-called “matter of urgency,” meaning it could bypass the typical committee process – and thus skirt additional public debate – and be voted on at the following session. Introducing legislation in this manner is a privilege granted only to the majority.

Unlike their counterparts elsewhere, however, the Republican legislators here relented. On Friday, three days after introducing the bill, Carbone withdrew

the bill in a memo to the legislature’s clerk, citing it as “a distraction from many other important issues.”

In backpedaling, though, Carbone indicated the bill, or some provisions of it, would surface again next year, when the majority could work with the Democratic county executive, Adam Bello.

LEGAL CHALLENGE LIKELY Had the legislation been rammed through and signed by the outgoing Republican county executive, Cheryl Dinolfo, it would have likely faced a legal challenge, as did the bills in other states.

The legislature’s majority leader, Brian Marianetti, acknowledged that the CABLE Act would have been subject to a permissive referendum under state law, meaning the public could have forced a yea-or-nay vote on the bill by collecting enough signatures.

Indeed, courts have ruled that much of the legislation enacted in North Carolina violated the state constitution.

Last month, Wisconsin Supreme Court, the state’s highest court, heard arguments on the laws there. In doing so, the court lifted a temporary injunction on the laws issued by a lower court. A decision has yet to be rendered.

In an earlier, related case, the high court upheld the manner in which the lame-duck laws were hatched. To pass the measures, Wisconsin legislators held “an extraordinary session,” in which they gathered at the Capitol when they were not scheduled to be there.

The Monroe County Legislature isn’t the only Republican-controlled branch of local government to employ tactics used

by Republicans at the state level.

The Republican-dominated board of supervisors in Arizona’s Maricopa County recently changed the way the county hosts elections by adding a second elections director who reports to the board. The original director reported to the county recorder, a newly-elected Democrat.

“If we start normalizing this behavior where state legislatures believe they’re the most important branch of government and all of the other branches are free for their picking, you’re going to see it at other levels,” Riggs said. “It’s an ethos and a culture that tends to start at the state level, but it spreads."

David Andreatta is CITY’s editor. He can be reached at dandreatta@rochestercitynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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URBAN ACTION This week’s call to action includes the following events and activities.

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Council seeks PAB applicants

Rochester City Council has started accepting resumes from people who want to serve on the newly-created Police Accountability Board.

The volunteer board will be made up of nine city residents. City Council appoints four members, as does the the Police Accountability Board Alliance, and the mayor appoints one. Council has to confirm the mayor’s and alliance’s appointees.

The positions are unpaid and will require training.

The board will meet as needed based on caseload.

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rent or former members of the Rochester Police Department. Nor can they be attorneys who have represented any party in a police misconduct lawsuit regarding the Rochester Police Department, the Locust Club police union, or the police chief.

Anyone interested in applying to serve on the Police Accountability Board can send a resume and cover letter — including current address and how long you’ve lived in the city — to PAB.Application@ cityofrochester.gov or to the following address: Office of the City Council 30 Church St., Room 301A Rochester, NY 14614 Council staff will also forward resumes and cover letters to the mayor and the Police Accountability Board Alliance.

Housing voucher wait list to open

The Rochester Housing Authority will open the waiting list for its Housing Voucher Choice Program, better known as Section 8, to new applications from December 9 through December 22.

Applications can only be submitted through the Housing Authority’s website, rochesterhousing.org. If you can’t access the website, you can get assistance from partner agencies by calling (585) 697-6206 or e-mailing waitinglist@ rochesterhousing.org.

Eligible families cannot have incomes that exceed 50 percent of the median income for the Rochester area. The Housing Authority determines whether a family is eligible for Section 8 assistance.

Dining & Nightlife

Clockwise from left: the hilariously titled "chicken lollipops" (they're wings), garlic naan, mango lassi, vegetable biryani with yogurt raitha and sarlan.

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I often make the blanket statement that I like Indian food without much thought.

But India is as large and diverse as the United States. Different regions have different palates, flavors, and culinary styles. If I say I like barbecue, the next question would be whether I like South Carolina, Georgia, or Texas style. If I’m into pizza, am I thinking of traditional, New York, California, or Chicago?

(Truthfully, it’s never Chicago. That is just a bread bowl of tomato soup with cheese.)

A lot of the Indian food offered in Rochester is from the northern regions of

India, which is delicious, but what about South India styles? Enter Hyderabad Biryani House, a new Indian restaurant in Henrietta Plaza, next to Hallmark and Starbucks.

The restaurant is named after the city of Hyderabad, capital of the state of Telangana, a mid-southern region of India, and is also the city that owners Ravi and Bhargari Godavarthi are from.

This is their second restaurant venture; the first Hyderabad Biryani House opened in Buffalo in 2016. Before the Rochester location opened in June, folks living here would travel the hour for the Godavarthis’ food. Some were homesick for the southern style cooking, and some just wanted to try something new.

I visited Hyderabad Biryani house in the early afternoon, just after regular lunch time.

Its sign is easy to spot in the plaza, with its bright red lettering — the standard strip mall font that many restaurants use, usually as required by their lease. But the sign belies the aesthetic of the interior. Though it was daytime, the interior was dark, and I felt like I was out for a night on the town. The

walls are burnt yellow giving way to deep auburn moldings and trim, and the hosting and dining areas are separated by a low wall, which gives the feeling of being allowed into an exclusive club when the host takes you to your seat.

The far wall of the dining area is lined with long booth-style seating, and there are plenty of tables in the middle for lunch and dinner rushes. Sliding pocket doors hid another area of seating for busier times or reservations by large parties. Colorful paintings of peacocks and a woman dancing among vibrantly colored textiles adorned one wall. On another, an LCD television was displaying the music videos that were softly serenading the whole restaurant. Normally, I am not big on televisions in restaurants and bars, but the way it was set in on the one natural wood paneled wall made it look like another painting that happened to have a moving picture.

Hyderabad’s menu is quite vast. I could fill up on just the appetizer choices. I was familiar with some items, such as the samosas (fried pastry dough filled with minced potatoes and peas, $4.99) and pakodas

(paneer bars deep fried in chickpea batter, $8.99), but I had not heard of the bajji or the manchuria. The former are different deep-fried vegetables dipped in chickpea batter; the aloo bajji are potato ($6.99) and mirchi bajji are chili pepper stuffed with chopped tomatoes and onions ($7.99).

The manchuria — which come in gobi (cauliflower, $9.99), baby corn ($10.99), and mixed vegetable ($10.99) — are battered in a spicy sauce and tossed with a house recipe Manchurian sauce.

Looking at all the options, I realized that my mouth was watering, yet I had not even read past the appetizers. On the specifically South Indian menu are dosas, lentil and rice crepes stuffed with specific fillings. There are about a dozen variations (all $8.99), including ghee, onion rava, cheese, and even a chocolate dosa. With exception of the chocolate variety, they all come with sambar and coconut chutney for dipping.

It took me quite a few minutes and consumption of about half of my Masala tea to decide on a main dish. I’d be remiss if I went to a place called “Hyderabad Biryani House” and didn’t try the dish in their name. Biryani is a fragrantly spiced dish of basmati rice and herbs served with raitha yogurt sauce and a chili pepper or peanut gravy. Hyderabad offers eight different options of protein: the perennial favorite chicken (made with chicken leg quarters), vijayawada (boneless chicken), goat, shrimp, fish, egg, vegetable and paneer. I decided to go with the vegetable ($11.99), because I thought that would be “eating light.”

I was wrong. Within minutes, I was presented with a mountain of aromatic rice burying a plate of perfectly spiced and cooked vegetables. This was a hearty meal, but it was hard to put down my fork after the first bite. The vegetable biryani has a smoky-sweet flavor due to the whole anise and cloves cooked in. And the folks at Hyderabad are not shy about spice. I went for medium, and it was hot enough for my brow to conjure a few beads of sweat. I like spice, so this is precisely what I wanted out of my meal. If you are not a fan of spicy foods but like international cuisine, I would suggest starting with the mild.

Chris Thompson is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this review can be directed to becca@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Upcoming

Music

[ HOLIDAY-JUG BAND ]

The Music of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.

Friday, December 6, at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 7, at 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m. Sunday, December 8, at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Lovin’ Cup. 300 Park Point Drive, Suite 101. $5$25. 292-9940. lovincup.com.

Dustbowl Revival

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 CALLAHAN THEATER AT NAZARETH COLLEGE ARTS CENTER, 4245 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. | $20-$40 | NAZ.EDU/ARTS-CENTER [ ROOTS ROCK-SOUL ] It’s hard sometimes to distinguish a note’s origin. The music of California sextet Dustbowl Revival is full of this mysterious phenomenon, especially with the fiddle, which seems to appear out of thin air.

The same goes for the trombone as it snakes its way into actuality before you know it. There’s just enough sweet jazz in the mix too, so it won’t turn your ankle or make your greengrass blue.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

Joe Fiedler’s ‘Big Sackbut’ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 BOP SHOP RECORDS, 1460 MONROE AVENUE 8 P.M. | $10 STUDENTS, $15 AT DOOR BOPSHOP.COM; JOEFIEDLER.COM [ JAZZ ] Trombonist Joe Fiedler has explored his

instrument’s important role in Latin music and on Broadway. He’s also embraced his role as an arranger for “Sesame Street” on his recent album, “Open Sesame.”

But Fiedler has also released a half-dozen jazz albums, and among his ensembles in that genre, Big Sackbut is the most unique. The group’s name is a humorous reference to the Renaissance-era precursor to the trombone. Joining Fiedler are three top brass players: Ryan Keberle and Marshall Gilkes on trombones, and Jose Davila on tuba. At the Bop Shop, they’ll be playing originals along with compositions by Charles Mingus, Phil Wilson, and Roswell Rudd.

— BY RON NETSKY

PHOTO BY SHERVIN LAINEZ

Concert Listings, Music Reviews, Interviews & more. visit us at rochestercitynewspaper.com

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[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]

[ WED., NOVEMBER 20 ]

The Stedwells

BLUES

‘Hideout’ Self-released thestedwells.bandcamp.com

Alyssa Trahan THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 B-SIDE, 5 LIFTBRIDGE LANE, FAIRPORT 7 P.M. | NO COVER | FAIRPORTBSIDE.COM; ALYSSATRAHAN.COM [ COUNTRY ] She likes dogs and she has a thing for boys who drive trucks. But the country clichés abruptly stop there. When you hear Alyssa Trahan sing in that lovely country alto of hers.

Trahan is gambling on the long dollar, and since 2016 she’s split her time between Rochester and Music City, USA. She can play over a dozen different instruments without batting an eye, but it’s her voice that’ll get you in your pop-country heart. I’m hooked.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

John 5 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 THE MONTAGE MUSIC HALL, 50 CHESTNUT STREET 7:30 P.M. | $5 FOR UNDER 21, $20 GENERAL | AGES 16+ SHOW MONTAGEMUSICHALL.COM; JOHN-5.COM [ HARD ROCK-METAL ] Fast ain’t the word, chum. Guitarist John

5 plugs in and rides the lightning for Rob Zombie, just like he’s done for David Lee Roth and shock rocker Marilyn Manson.

John 5 is integral to Zombie’s sound, and has been with him since 2006. And though there’s no rest for the wicked, it’s impressive to find that this dexterous guitar-slinger has, in his spare time, released nine solo albums. John 5 plays a kind of classically infused metal that is more roadrunner arpeggio than textbook metal’s “chugga-chugga-squeal.” When he taps or two-hands a passage, you can’t see his fingers. There are very little metal histrionics, though he is big on rock’s onstage theatrics, in all their androgynous splendor and techno-horror appeal. It’s the stuff that dreams and nightmares are made of.

I’m not sure if it was the intention of The Stedwells to relinquish control of the music on their new EP “Hideout.” It’s not like they’re fighting with the music, it’s just that they’ve just got a tiger by the tail. The performance on this record is tight and lean as hell. The Stedwells are at the top of their game.

It’s maximum star-struck, action-packed rock ‘n’ roll. The Stedwells play it out as if it was powerpop, but it’s got too much bravado to give credit to the sugar. No, that would be too easy. The trio has clearly tapped into something classic and timeless, and rendered it unto the hungry masses. They sound like The Strokes. Five cuts and not one clunker on this platter. Be on the lookout for the impending Stedwell Mania. It’s inevitable.

The Stedwells play their EP release show, along with The Demos and The Dirty Pennies, on Friday, November 22, 9 p.m. at Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. $7. Ages 18+. 454-2966. bugjar.com; thestedwells.com.

—BY FRANK DE BLASE

Diluted ‘Unsubscribe’ Self-released dilutedband.com

Originally formed in 2014 while vocalist Pat Mulligan and lead guitarist Zach Coffey were attending SUNY Fredonia, local hardcore band Diluted is now a full-fledged quintet. Diluted’s third official EP, “Unsubscribe,” features its new drummer Tyler Creller, and the music seems to palpitate with the same animalistic rage that the band exhibits on stage. “Cardi B Hall” goes full throttle from start to finish, as Mulligan’s wellarticulated lyrics shift from harsh to sung vocals with wild attitude. “Elon Muscimol” unleashes a thunderous rampage. Diluted’s new EP leaves the listener both energized and pissed off at the same time.

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN

Reverend Kingfish: House Party of the Damned. The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Horn Choir. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

Live from Hochstein: Leach Peters Duo. Hochstein

Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. hochstein.org.

12:10-12:50 p.m.

Symphonic Band & Brass Ensemble. Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 7:30 p.m.

JAZZ

El Rojo. 80W, 7 Lawrence St.

730-4046. 7 p.m.

Margaret Explosion. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 2580400. 7 p.m.

Ott & Davis Jazz Duo. Prosecco, 1550 NY 332.

Farmington. 924-8000.

5:30 p.m.

POP/ROCK

The Barren Gods. Abilene,

153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 8 p.m. $10.

Big Logic. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 9 p.m.

Paul Strowe. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 7 p.m.

River Lynch & The Spiritmakers. Record

Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m.

Siena, Birkby. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m. continues on page 13

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

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Music THE

D ODE BR W LASE ITH FRANK W

Watch this space For over a year now, I’ve been writing “The F Word” for CITY Newspaper exclusively on the web. Through this scratched screed, I’ve expounded wisdom, swapped recipes, observed the absurd, and called bullshit.

But that’s all gonna change slightly as we introduce “The F Word” in CITY’s print issue every week. But don’t panic: The column will still run world-wide on the web as well. This is all very exciting for me, even though there may be a little bit of “This oughta shut him up” going on.

I never thought I’d see the day when the higher ups would green-light anything called “The F Word.” I didn’t even think there would be a place in editorial cyberspace where I could riff on various topics, from music to whatever else was clamoring to get out of my skull — from the insane to the profane. I wanna start the conversation. I wanna chew the fat until it falls off the bone.

“The F Word” will continue in my version of the English language — a mixture of Beat jive, carny Z-speak and pig Latin — telling my version of the truth as it hangs from the monkey bars. I don’t blab the drab gab. I chatter the hep patter.

There should be some oonerspisms in there as well. Tune in every week and in no time you’ll be doing it, too.

Frank De Blase is CITY’s music writer. He can be reached at frank@rochester-citynews.com.

For an extended version of this week’s “F-Word,” including Frank’s review of the Roy Orbison/ Buddy Holly hologram concert at the Auditorium Theatre, go to rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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Cast members of “The Point!”: (clockwise from left) Ian Egling, Ben Morey, Katie Morey-Preston, Mikaela Davis, Ryan Yarmel, Kat Schwarz, Alison Coté, and Alex Coté. PHOTO BY MIKE TURZANSKI

Diving in ‘The Point!’

TO BENEFIT THE SUBMARINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC RUNS APPROX. ONE HOUR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, AT 7 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, AT 2 P.M. CINEMA THEATRE, 957 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE $7 CHILDREN, $10 ADULTS THESUBMARINESCHOOL.COM [ FEATURE ] BY LEAH STACY

It’s 8 p.m. on a snowy Wednesday night in November, and a crew of musicians are gathered in the cozy third-floor attic of Ben Morey and Katie Morey-Preston’s home, which doubles as a recording studio and rehearsal space.

The group is gathered to rehearse for a rather unconventional event: a live

performance of Harry Nilsson’s “The Point!,” which will take place at the Cinema Theater on South Clinton Avenue on November 23 and 24. The all-ages event is a fundraiser for The Submarine School of Music, a community music school the married couple hopes to launch in fall 2020.

“We’re trying to offer a place where children and adults of all sorts of backgrounds can have the chance to learn music,” Katie Morey-Preston says. “There are so many different ways to not only excel at music but also to fall in love with it, and we want our school to be based on nurturing each student’s specific interests and passions.”

Currently, the Moreys work as freelance music instructors with several schools, a guitar shop, and daycares. Like most creatives, they wear other hats, too — Morey-Preston is an occasional contributor to CITY Newspaper. But they love teaching music most.

“Our dream is that The Submarine School will be a place where two communities we love in Rochester — the community of local artists and musicians, and the community of young musicians and music-loving families — can come together and make the wonderful Rochester music culture even stronger,” Morey-Preston says.

This presentation of “The Point!” includes a group of friends and collaborators of the Moreys, all of whom know each other through the music scene in Rochester. In addition to Ben and Katie, there’s another married couple, Alex (drummer for The Mikaela Davis band) and Alison Coté (also a prolific graphic designer in town), Mikaela Davis (yes, that Mikaela Davis), Kat Schwarz (known for her local kombucha, Katboocha), Ian Egling (owner of Kitty Box Press), and Ryan Yarmel (who has played with bands ranging from Hotel Cadillac to Funscape).

“Whether it’s playing on each other’s albums or playing shows together at places like the Bug Jar or Small World Books, or any of the other cool venues in town, we’ve all just spent a lot of time together being creative,” Ben Morey says.

“When we were putting this cast together, we thought of the people who would fit really well and get caught up in the spirit of it.”

“The Point!” is Harry Nilsson’s sixth studio album and debuted in 1970. It’s a story of a young boy named Oblio who is born into the village of Point — where everyone has a pointy head — with a round head, and he must always wear a pointy hat to hide his difference.

Eventually, Oblio and his dog, Arrow, are banished from Point, and they journey to the Pointless Forest, where they meet all sorts of characters and learn they “don’t need to have a point to have a point.”

In 1971, animator Fred Wolf produced a well-known TV version on ABC, and many GenXers and millennials are familiar with both that cartoon and the lead single, “Me and My Arrow,” which climbed to 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.

That’s Morey’s personal favorite number in the show, but he thinks the whole story is one that’s applicable for adults and children alike.

“It has a great message about inclusivity and seeing the good in people that might not show,” he says. “The music is also so special, and it’s an often overlooked album — especially for the time period and what a tremendous artist Harry Nilsson was.”

The animated version will be silently projected on screen at the Cinema Theater, and the musicians will perform the songs and narrative throughout, each one taking on specific characters. They’ve even curated a set and costumes to complement the film, including a blue stuffed “Arrow” that Morey-Preston sewed by hand, and pointy felted hats in a rainbow of colors for each cast member. At the end of each show, they’re planning a special Harry Nilsson sing-along.

“People can just expect a really fun time,” Morey-Preston says. “It’s gonna be lighthearted and we’re gonna be singing great songs. Can’t go wrong.”

This fundraiser is the second in a series of four fundraisers planned between now and spring 2020. In October, part of the same group of the Moreys’ musician friends wrote an original score for “Nosferatu,” which they performed in costume at the Cinema Theater on October 30.

“We’re doing fundraising so that we can offer sliding-scale tuition and scholarships to people who might not otherwise have access,” Morey-Preston says, “and to help local musicians make a living through passing down their knowledge and passion to the next generation of Rochester musicians.”

Leah Stacy is a freelance theater writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@rochester-citynews.com

[ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] BLUES

Jimbo Mathus & Incinerator. Abilene, 153

Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

8 p.m. $10/$15.

Blonde Over Blue. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 9 p.m.

Elephino. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5.

Maddy Walsh & The Blind Spots. Flour City Station,

CLASSICAL

170 East Ave. 413-5745.

8:30 p.m.

Brockport CollegeCommunity Orchestra.

[ FRI., NOVEMBER 22 ]

Seymour College Union Ballroom The College at Brockport, Residence Dr. Brockport. 395-2691.

7:30 p.m. $5.

Eastman at Washington Square. First Universalist

Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S. esm. rochester.edu/lunchtime.

12:15-12:45 p.m. Lynn McGrath: Pulling at the Strings.

Eastman Saxophone Project. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

Johann Sebastian Bach as Student & Teacher.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900.

7:30 p.m.

Knightmusik Chamber.

Doty Recital Hall, 1 College Circle. Geneseo. 245-5824.

7:30 p.m.

RPO: Symphonie fantastique. Kodak Hall at

Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 7:30 p.m. JoAnn Falletta, conductor. Pre-concert chat 1 hour before showtime. $30-$115.

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Composers’ Concerts.

Hatch Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m.

COUNTRY

Alyssa Trahan. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 7 p.m.

JAZZ

The Djangoners. Little Café,

240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

Mike Kaupa. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

JAM BAND

Cypher, Space Junk is Forever. Photo City Improv,

543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047.

8 p.m. $10.

POP/ROCK

20 SomeThing, BrighterDays, Early Retirement, Lower Expectations. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.

9 p.m. $8.

Riverside Soul. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

NOISE/EXPERIMENTAL

Heretofore, Nod, With the Cows. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050.

9 p.m. $5.

POP/ROCK

7th Heaven. Nashvilles,

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Amy Rigby. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $15.

Scott Guest. Sager Beer Works, 46 Sager Dr Suite E. 245-3006. 7:30 p.m.

4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 9 p.m. $5.

Anytime Groove Band.

Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m. $5.

Banned from the Tavern.

Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 8 p.m.

AMERICANA

BB Dang, The Sandra Naro Band. Firehouse Saloon,

Kubick’s Rubes. Abilene,

BLUES

814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. 9 p.m.

Begging Angels. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 10 p.m.

The Byways, Kitestring.

B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.

Jackson Cavalier, The Wily Tycoons. Temple Bar &

Dangerbyrd, The Blue County Bad Boys. Lux

153 Liberty Pole Way. 2323230. 5:30 p.m.

Laura Thurston. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5-7 p.m.

Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m.

Miller & The Other Sinners.

Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b.

Fairport. 8 p.m. $7.

CLASSICAL

Eastman Chorale. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m.

HochStrings. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. hochstein.org. 5:45 p.m.

COUNTRY

Hankerin’ Harry Allen.

Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m.

DJ/ELECTRONIC DJ Dan. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047.

9 p.m. $15.

JAZZ

Concerts on Park: Charlie Lindner Trio. Immanuel

Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave. 473-7664. 7 p.m. $5/$10.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley

Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. 7:30 p.m.

The Jane Mutiny. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

8 p.m.

Joe Locke. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org.

8 p.m. $40/$90.

The Old Souls Band.

Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 5:30 p.m.

Lounge, 666 South Ave. lux666.com. 9 p.m. $5.

Driven. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. Gates.

247-5225. 9:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Gaines. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

9:30 p.m. $10/$15.

Lotus, Wax Futures.

Anthology, 336 East Ave. 484-1964. 8 p.m. $30.

Robin Axel. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-7 p.m.

The Stedwells, The Demos, The Dirty Pennies. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $7/$10.

Todd Bradley. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 7 p.m.

[ SAT., NOVEMBER 23 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK

The Brothers Blue, Jungle Steve, Sarah Eide, The Travis Prinzi Band, Mike Brown. Abilene, 153 Liberty

Pole Way. 232-3230. 8 p.m.

Friendsgiving: A Benefit for the Homeless. $10/$5 w donation of new socks, undies, or toiletries.

Frans Bohman & Friends.

Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford.

641-0340. 7 p.m.

Mary Monroe & Nate Coffey. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge

Lane. Fairport. 315-3003.

5-7 p.m. continues on page 16

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Joe Locke at The Little

Jazz vibraphonist Joe Locke returns home for a high-profile November 22 show at The Little Theatre, where he recorded his first album. PHOTO BY JOSEPH BOGGESS [COMMENTARY] BY JEFF SPEVAK

Music is a time machine. Thirty-six years.

“It’s hard for me to get my head around that,” Joe Locke says.

It’s been almost four decades since the birth of “In Front of the Silver Screen,” if you’re lucky enough to find a vinyl copy of it, the only form in which it officially exists.

It’s the hard-to-find debut album by what was to become one of the world’s preeminent 14 CITY NOVEMBER 20 - 26, 2019

jazz vibraphonists. The liner notes insist the album was recorded on June 1 and 2, 1983, although Locke thinks it might have been two sets in one night. But he concedes his memory of the event might be a little off. He was only 22 at the time, and maybe a little caught up in the moment.

More than 30 albums and dozens of collaborations later, Locke returns to, as he calls it, “the scene of the crime.” The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. Friday’s 8 p.m.

show is a part of the Art Deco theater’s 90th anniversary celebration. “In Front of the Silver Screen” was recorded there, in the newly renovated, original theater, which has since expanded to five silver screens.

A crime scene? Not at all.

“I hope that any listeners who are at the concert that night,” Locke says, “who know the first album, hopefully will hear the journey from that one night in 1983 to November 22.”

And yes, when this gig was confirmed, he pulled out his copy and took it for a spin. “It really brought back beautiful memories,” he says. “Happily, it stands up. It stands the test of time.”

Locke was born in California and raised in Rochester, studying music by day and hitting the local jazz clubs at night. Then we lost him to the rest of the jazz world. He’s played with Chick Corea, The Beastie Boys, and all stops in between.

“In Front of the Silver Screen” was literally recorded in front of The Little’s silver screen. Former Little Theatre owner Bill Coppard was “our angel in the project,” Locke says. The Joe Locke – Phil Markowitz Quartet also included Markowitz, a pianist who had been one of Locke’s teachers at the Hochstein School of Music. Bassist Eddie Gomez had already established himself playing with the likes of Bill Evans.

Drummer Keith Copeland, who passed away in 2015, had played with Stevie Wonder and taught at the Eastman School of Music.

“In Front of the Silver Screen” is six songs. Locke and Markowitz each wrote two of them. The album also includes two covers from opposite sides of the music spectrum: a nearly 11-minute version of the 1949 standard “My Foolish Heart” and Stevie Wonder’s “You and I.” He will play none of those at Friday’s show. “Only because that music was documented, and I really want to share with the audience where I am today,” Locke says.

“And to make the contrast, by comparison, of what a journey it’s been.”

That journey has taken him back to where he was in 1983. Friday’s show features the same configuration, with keyboardist Jim Ridl, bassist Lorin Cohen, and drummer Samvel Sarkisyan. It’s the band that plays on Locke’s most recent release, “Subtle Disguise.”

Locke played a handful of tracks from “Subtle Disguise” at the 2018 Rochester International Jazz Festival. The album contains mostly instrumentals, but features

two surprising tracks with lyrics: Blind Willie Johnson’s “Motherless Child” and Bob Dylan’s guilt-rage over the death of a boxer in the ring, “Who Killed Davey Moore.” Raul Midon sings both of them.

“The idea of a collaboration actually had its genesis at the Rochester jazz festival,” Locke says. This was a few years earlier, in 2015, when he was performing his “Love Is a Pendulum” album in its entirety. It was inspired by a poem by Barbara Sfraga, and during the performances Locke would read a verse of the poem between each song. Midon was playing down the street at the Lyric Theatre, and came to one of Locke’s shows. The two had dinner together at Max of Eastman Place, and Midon suggested they work together. Out of that came not only the “Subtle Disguise” collaborations, but Locke recently added some good vibes to Midon’s upcoming album.

“I’m really inspired by words, whether its lyrics or it’s a poem or a novel, or hearing a turn of phrase that tweaks my creativity,” Locke says. Growing up as the son of two teachers in a book-filled house on Park Avenue pushed him there as well. “You can’t escape your own ghost,” he says.

So there’s some degree of literacy, and a lot of pyrotechnics. Locke puts everything into the vibes. Leaping, bounding behind the instrument, arms waving, his face a mix of ecstasy and focus. It’s as though the vibe’s notes are shooting through his body. Two mallets in each hand, he flails away with mad abandon, hitting cascades of sweet spots.

“It’s kind of aerobics,” he says. “I could do an exercise video, a vibe exercise video.”

“It’s not intentional. Some people have commented, ‘Oh, you’re really a great showman.’ That’s not my objective. The vibes is a very physical instrument, and I think I play it in a particularly physical way.

And it’s a lot of ground to cover, to get from one end of the instrument to the other.

And when you’re playing with a real highenergy band, it becomes sort of a gymnastic thing. And also, when I’m playing, it’s a joyful experience to make music with great musicians, and I think that joy just kind of exudes, because I’m just so happy to be making music with my fellow musicians.”

Tickets are available at thelittle.org.

General admission is $40. The $90 VIP ticket includes a pre-show gathering with Joe Locke, and a vinyl copy of “In Front of the Silver Screen.”

Jeff Spevak is WXXI’s arts & life editor and reporter. He can be reached at jspevak@wxxi.org.

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Society for Chamber Music in Rochester: Hungarian Masters.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. chambermusicrochester.org.

3:30 p.m. $35.

St Andrew’s Chamber Orchestra & Veneto Mandolins: Journey of a Soul, 1840-1860. Irondequoit

United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave. 266-7030. 3 p.m. $15 donation.

PHOTO BY DAVID ADAM BELOFF

PHOTO BY BEN WONG

CLASSICAL | RPO WITH JOANN FALLETTA

ELECTRONIC-JAM BAND | LOTUS

JoAnn Falletta, the lauded music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, makes a welcome visit east this week to lead the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert begins with a brief but delightful Overture by Germaine Taillefaire (1892-1983), the female member of the composer coterie Les Six. The late Christopher Rouse’s Flute Concerto comes next, probably the most substantial flute concerto in the repertoire and a dramatic showcase for the RPO’s principal flutist, Rebecca Gilbert. The second half of the concert brings Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique.” It’s one of the most familiar works in the repertoire, but we can trust Falletta and the RPO to make it new and exciting again.

Known for its striking light show and improvised setlists, Denver-based electro-jam quintet Lotus has been making waves for two decades now. Its newest release, “Frames per Second,” is both a 19-song album and a studio documentary showcasing the band’s raw performance style up close. There’s no need for vocals when it comes to Lotus — the music says it all with sweeping synths, warbling guitar, and keyboard shrills. Like a millennial version of Steely Dan, but purely instrumental and more electronic, Lotus hints at elements of rock, jazz, funk, and psychedelia in its multicolored jams.

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta will perform Thursday, November 21, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 23, 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. Pre-concert talk one hour before each concert. $30-$115. 454-2100. rpo.org; joannfalletta.com.

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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL Faculty Recital. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700.

3 p.m. Jeremy Stoner, tuba; Steven Zugelder, trombone; Kristen Shiner McGuire, percussion.

JAZZ

BLUES

Albert Cummings. The Riviera, 4 Center St., Geneseo. 4810036. 7 p.m. $25.

East End Drifters. Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990.

8 p.m.

Rich Taromino. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima. 624-2080.

7 p.m.

JAZZ

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30 p.m.

Last Train to Zinkov. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m.

JAM BAND

Dead Night: Delilah Jones.

CLASSICAL

Genesee Valley Orchestra & Chorus: Construct. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. gvoc.org.

7:30 p.m. $8-$18.

RPO: Symphonie fantastique.

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. JoAnn Falletta, conductor. Pre-concert chat 1 hour before showtime. $30-$115.

COUNTRY

Divided by Zero. Nashvilles,

4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 9 p.m. $5.

Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m. $5/$10.

Gratefully Yours. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 10 p.m. $10.

METAL

Fit For An Autopsy, Lorna Shore, The Last Ten Seconds of Life. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520.

7 p.m. $5.

POP/ROCK

The Cadillac Three, Kendell Marvel. Anthology, 336 East Ave. 484-1964. 8 p.m. $20.

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Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 3892170. 8 p.m. $20-$40.

The Fakers. Sager Beer Works, 46 Sager Dr Suite E. 245-3006.

7:30 p.m.

King Buffalo, Anamon, Natural Habitat. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10.

Kissin’ Whiskey, The ReHabaneros, Cig Inside.

Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832.

9:30 p.m.

The Moho Collective. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5.

Paxtor, The Yellow Kite. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. 2708106. 8 p.m.

Rebecca Bruno. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125.

10 p.m.

Rock-It-Science. Argyle Grill, 4344 Nine Mile Point Rd. 734-5447. 8 p.m.

Seattle Sons. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 10 p.m.

The Taint. Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m.

Vinyl. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.

ZYDECO

Greg Townson. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m.

John 5 &The Aristocrats, Jarod James Nichols, Reverend Jack.

AMERICANA 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

BLUES

Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St. 3 p.m.

7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 7 p.m. $30.

Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 3 p.m. w/ museum admission: $5-$15.

BLUES

Band of Friends. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 7 p.m. $30.

CLASSICAL

JAZZ

​Eastman-Rochester Choir: ​ Messiah Sing!. Lutheran

Laura Lentz, flute & Haejeun Jeun, piano. George Eastman

Bluegrass Tuesdays. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 8 p.m.

Gray Quartet Jazz Sessions.

PV Nunes Band. Little Café,

Auditorium, 1 College Circle.

Geneseo. 245-5516. 3 p.m. $5/$10.

Going for Baroque. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. 276-8900.

1 & 3 p.m. W/museum admission: $6-$15.

AMERICANA

POP/ROCK

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Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, Geneseo Festival Singers. Wadsworth

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Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. 12:10 p.m. Lunchtime concerts by Eastman organists.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK StormyValle. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 6-8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Celtic Music Night. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 6 p.m.

Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $10/$15.

Sunday Gumbo: Steve Shay.

The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. Fourth Sunday of every month, 6 p.m.

Dennis Stroughmatt & Creole Stomp. Harmony House, 58

East Main St. Webster. 8 p.m.

7:15 Zydeco dance lessons. $10-$18.

TRADITIONAL

Percussion Ensemble. Kilbourn

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520.

7:30 p.m. $20.

Dustbowl Revival. Callahan

Metal Monday. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 9 p.m.

Joe Fiedler’s Big Sackbut.

[ MON., NOVEMBER 25 ] Zoe Lewis. Golden Link Folk Singing Society, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. 857-9265. goldenlink.org. 7:30 p.m. $10-$22.

METAL

Band of Friends. Fanatics,

CLASSICAL

Clarinet Choir. Hatch Hall,

26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

9 p.m.

Trombone Choir. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

JAZZ

Nazareth College Jazz Combos. Nazareth College

Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700.

7:30 p.m.

The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. 7:30 p.m. $5.

METAL

Mutilatred, Sanguisugabogg, Undeath, Waldhexen. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.

9 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Alyssa Rodriguez, nyckelharpa. Abilene, 153

Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

7:30 p.m. Alyssa Rodriguez, nyckelharpa. $5.

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When a certain writer for the super reputable periodical The New York Post recently called Rochester “grim and depressing,” many locals bristled. Hey, we might have something like 80 percent cloud cover most days of the year, but that is our gloom to make fun of, not the business of any outsiders. And this was in an article she wrote that poked fun at New Yorkers’ excitement over the new Brooklyn Wegmans, no less.

Others embraced her sneer with humor: The Rochester Red Wings quickly arranged and announced a “Maureen Callahan night” for next August (when, surely, there will be some sunshine) in honor of the now-viral writer and her commentary, and tickets are already getting scooped up.

So in that spirit, we’re embracing our “grim and depressing” city during the darkest and gloomiest holiday months with what we think is a realistic amount of glee, seasoned with plenty of snark.

In this year’s Holiday Guide, Emily Morry looks back at a few seasonal traditions in local history. How did Rochesterians of yesteryear cope with the toll that the dismal weather doldrums take on a person? Turn to page 22 to find out, and consider reviving one or two of them.

If you’re like me, your shoulders sit right up under your ears any time you have to go into a store after Halloween and anticipate they’ll be playing the cringiest of holiday tunes. It really feels like a relentless attack sometimes. On page 26, Declan Ryan unpacks which songs he thinks are actually good seasonal music.

Heading to a Friendsgiving or other holiday gathering, but not sure what to bring? J. Nevadomski has created a couple of hearty, easy-to-make recipes — one savory, one sweet — that are sure to please, starting on page 28.

And on page 30, Adam Lubitow has cooked up a fresh batch of holiday movies for every taste, including new features coming out in theaters, some seasonal stuff that’s streaming, and classics being screened at local indie art houses.

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Historic winter holiday traditions in Rochester [ HISTORY ] BY EMILY MORRY

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ochester has no shortage of festive winter traditions.

Some are long-standing, like the annual lighting of the Liberty Pole, which each year becomes a Christmas tree-shaped beacon in the center of downtown on dark, cold nights. And some are newer, like the Roc Holiday Village, which brings holiday cheer to Manhattan Square each weekend in December. But other annual traditions that Rochesterians used to eagerly await have long since been forgotten. Here’s a look at three winter traditions from our past.

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Thanksgiving Day Parade, but years before that mainstay march was televised, the Flower City hosted its own festive procession.

Inspired by department stores like Macy’s in New York City and Gimbels of Philadelphia, Sibley, Lindsay & Curr launched an annual parade in 1936 to promote its popular Toyland section. Held the

Saturday before Thanksgiving, the event marked what was then the official opening of the Christmas shopping season.

The night before parade day, a barrage of rubber balloons camped out in Cobbs Hill Park, where they were inflated with a vacuum cleaner.

The following morning, the towering windbags embarked on a two-mile journey from East and Culver all the way to the corner of Main Street and South Avenue.

Floating icons such as Snow White, Humpty Dumpty, and Krazy Kat dazzled wide-eyed spectators along the route, as did the series of marching bands, clowns, and other characters that paved the way for the event’s headliner, Santa Claus.

Though wildly popular — the event drew anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 people annually — the Sibley’s parade made its last run in November 1941. Three weeks later, Pearl Harbor was attacked and the country’s rubber resources were redirected toward the war effort. A few years after the armistice, the Macy’s Day Parade began its national telecast, and parade viewing became an indoor activity for many local residents.

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The City of Rochester attempted to resurrect Sibley’s’ tradition in the late 1980s, but neither the balloons nor the attendance of the new holiday parade reached the heights of its predecessor. Declining public interest led to its demise in 1992.

While Christmas and the myriad related events leading up to it often seem to

dominate the festive season, for much of the 19th century, the biggest winter holiday in Rochester was New Year’s Day. And some of the traditions that we now associate with Christmas used to be observed on January 1.

The occasion was marked by gift exchanges between friends and among employers and employees. Notable gift presentations were often covered in the local newspapers. The holiday was viewed as an opportunity for charitable giving as well, with social organizations like the YMCA and the People’s Rescue Mission offering hearty meals and entertainment, and members of fraternal clubs bringing gifts to children in orphanages and the State Industrial School.

It was also common to host “open houses” for friends near and far. A reporter for the Rochester Daily Advertiser noted in 1852, “These friendly social greetings are calculated to keep alive the warmer and kindlier affections and sentiments of the heart, and to wear away the asperities which not unfrequently [sic] exist among neighbors.”

That year, Mayor Nicholas Paine and his wife opened their doors to almost 2,000 visitors, who feasted upon a bountiful spread over the course of the day.

In the well-to-do neighborhoods of the Third Ward (now Corn Hill) and East Avenue, these calling hours were especially important in homes with eligible young women. Gentlemen suitors made the rounds from house to house on New Year’s Day, making pleasantries with potential mates and partaking in food and drink, sometimes to excess.

Such imbibing was not limited to the gilded estates of Rochester’s elite. The liberal consumption of libations that we now associate with New Year’s Eve was then commonplace the following day, in part because saloons were usually among the few establishments open for business. In 1871, one local reporter complained, “there were more intoxicated people in the streets yesterday [New Year’s Day] than ever before.”

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Corn Hill historian Jim DeVinney (far right) and castmates presenting last year’s “Memories of a New Year’s Day” tour. Photographer: Ira Srole.

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via the “Memories of a New Year’s Day” tour led

by Corn Hill historian Jim DeVinney. The free event begins at Ralph Avery Park at 2 p.m. on December 29.

The festive warmth that New Year’s Day brought about was often swiftly followed by a

steep drop in temperatures. Many Rochesterians then, as now, turned to sport activities as a way to cope with the prolonged meteorological misery that marked the second half of winter.

Ice-skating in particular became a favorite local pastime in the late 19th century as outdoor rinks popped up in neighborhoods across the city. One of the most popular rinks was located at the current site of the Broad Street bridge.

Before the Erie Canal was rerouted from downtown, the aqueduct that lies beneath the current bridge carried the canal over the Genesee River. Seeking to make use of the commercial waterway during its downtime, a series of local entrepreneurs beginning in the 1880s flooded and froze the canal bed into a rink each winter.

Equipped with electric lights (then still something of a novelty), a rental shop, and warming fires, the Aqueduct Skating Rink welcomed visitors from morning to midnight for 10 cents a ticket.

In the early 1900s, when the entry fee was deemed cost-prohibitive to some, a grass-roots group called the Children’s Playground League negotiated reduced rates and free admission for kids who couldn’t otherwise afford the full fare. Thereafter, the rink’s clientele represented a veritable cross-section of the city.

Though the Aqueduct Skating Rink closed for business when Broad Street replaced the downtown section of the Erie Canal in the 1920s, outdoor skating is one historic winter tradition that has continued in Rochester to this day. Patrons of the rink at Martin Luther King Jr. Park now skate just a few blocks from where Rochester residents used to glide on the ice a hundred years ago.

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[ ROUNDUP ] BY DECLAN RYAN

I do not like Christmas music.

Never have. For several Yuletides now, I’ve been running a highly scientific poll to determine the most widely-detested holiday songs. The winner each year is something called “Christmas Shoes,” which I thankfully have not yet been subjected to.

My plan is to never break this streak.

A close runner-up is Sir Paul’s “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime.” I have a recurring nightmare where that song is stuck on my car stereo and there is no choice but to drive the whole thing off a cliff.

Beyond showing that I’m awfully well-adjusted, this lifelong distaste for the sound of jingling bells and children’s choirs makes me the perfect arbiter for what good holiday songs actually sound like. If you’re similarly disinclined to hear the same tired music year after year, read on.

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Marvin Gaye “I Want to Come Home for Christmas”

Ramones “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)”

The year is 1972. Marvin Gaye is on top of the world, and his masterpiece “What’s Going On” has already gone double platinum. The follow-up release, “Let’s Get it On,” is about to cause an entire generation of babies to get made.

What did he do in the middle? Of course he wrote this beautiful holiday song about a prisoner of war who wants to come home to see his family but can’t. The release was cancelled and the track stayed on the shelf until 1990, when it emerged as a posthumous reminder that we truly didn’t deserve Marvin Gaye.

The Ramones were struggling for relevance by the time 1989’s “Brain Drain” came out. In retrospect it looks like a bright spot at the end of their career, as both this tune and “Pet Sematary” hold up to seasonal listening. I can’t say much more than that — it’s a Ramones song. Play it loud and enjoy.

Tom Waits “Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis”

The Residents “Santa Dog” for Gamelan Orchestra (2000 version)

This track is a Christmas song in the same way that Die Hard is a Christmas movie; the holiday is just a MacGuffin for the real story. Penned just before Waits got his life together, it’s a bleak first-person character sketch set in the Retro-Americana underworld he was haunting at the time. It’s also the only Christmas song I can think of that starts with the line, “Charlie, I’m pregnant,” so there’s that.

“Santa Dog” was a really weird track when it came out in 1972. The Residents went on to rerecord it in a different style every few years for the next four decades. My personal favorite is this eerie gamelan version. It’s alternately intricate and sparse, and the musicianship is more impressive for having been performed while wearing giant eyeball-shaped masks.

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “Please Come Home for Christmas / Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects”

I don’t think this is actually a Christmas song. But The Music Tapes (a project of Elephant 6 collective and Neutral Milk Hotel member Julian Koster) used to hit Rochester on their annual holiday house show tours. When my housemates at The Shark Tank hosted them about a decade back, I recall a surfeit of sweaters, many strings of lights, and the band inexplicably lighting a small fire on my neighbor’s lawn during the show.

A year before her untimely death in 2016, Sharon Jones recorded a whole album of holiday music.

It’s so good that I couldn’t choose just one track.

“Please Come Home for Christmas” is the best version of the song yet recorded, with gorgeous retro production backing Jones’ vocals. “Ain’t No Chimneys” is an uptempo original, and the contrast between the two songs shows off the DapKings’ range as masters of their craft.

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Leonard Cohen “Leaving Green Sleeves”

John Coltrane “My Favorite Things”

“Greensleeves” was written sometime around 1580 as a mildly bawdy ballad. At the time, green clothing — I’m not making this up — was associated with grass stains from fornication al fresco. Some buzzkill changed the lyrics from a lovelorn lament for a pulchritudinous partner to a song about Baby Jesus in 1865, and it was stuck that way until Leonard Cohen fixed it in 1974.

Holiday playlists are the reason that this track is the first place a lot of people hear ‘Trane, which basically makes it a gateway drug for weird jazz. One minute you’re asking Siri what’s playing on the cafe stereo while you wait for your macchiato. The next thing you know you’re using words like “woodshed” unironically and trying to transcribe Ornette Coleman solos by ear. Sorry folks, I don’t make the rules.

Play this for the fam and ruin your little cousins’ lives by making them want to go to music school.

Bob Dylan “Here Comes Santa Claus”

Black Sabbath “N.I.B.”

Bob Dylan’s 2009 release “Christmas in the Heart” is a powerful album in that it has the remarkable capacity to clear out a room. I subjected myself to the entirety of this record three times last year because I couldn’t believe it was real. I can sadly confirm here that it does, indeed, exist. Dylan plays the standards without a hint of irony, and it gives a whole new meaning to roasting chestnuts. Put it on the stereo after a holiday party to get the last few guests off your couch.

Some people would object to the absence of Venom, King Diamond, or Christopher Lee’s metal Christmas tunes on this playlist. We have a word for these people: posers. I don’t want to sound like some sort of be-mulleted, Camaro-driving, retro purist here, but we only ever needed one metal song about Christmas, and we got it out of the way in 1970 on the first metal album ever recorded. While totally secular in content, “N.I.B.” was purportedly an acronym for Nativity in Black, and Nativity means Christmas. I rest my case.

Majorettes “It’s Gonna Be a Punk Rock Christmas”

Run the Jewels “A Christmas F*cking Miracle”

London-based garage punk quartet Majorettes breathed new life into this 1977 single by The Ravers, which had been largely forgotten at the time. Majorettes have since broken up, but this is an example of that rarest of musical accomplishments — a sugary pop-punk Christmas track that doesn’t make me wish I were having some sort of painful oral surgery instead. It was recorded for a Cleopatra Records compilation called “Riot Grrl Christmas,” which is worth a spin.

This track breaks my hard and fast “no sleigh bells” rule. If you’ve been under a rock for the last few years, Run the Jewels is an iconoclastic hip-hop duo known for big noisy beats and verses that blend anti-authoritarian politics with skewering humor. “Miracle” is the closer from the band’s eponymous debut album, and its uncharacteristically sincere lyrics are offset by the over-the-top kitsch of the music video.

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Easy, hearty dishes to bring to seasonal gatherings [ RECIPES ] BY J. NEVADOMSKI

AMERICAN GOULASH (SORT OF); 4-6 SERVINGS

I have been fine-tuning this 20-minute marvel for almost a year, and in that time I have found that the word “goulash” means vastly different things throughout Europe and North America. A woman from Sweden I once talked to railed against what we here in the states call goulash, how it never remotely resembled the hearty, more stew-like Hungarian version she was accustomed to back home.

I started down this recipe road remembering my mother’s goulash from childhood. There were elements I remember liking about her version as a kid, and others that I didn’t. Mostly I remember picking through it like a surgeon every time it appeared on the dinner table, mostly to avoid the red kidney beans in her recipe that to this day I do not like.

My version is simple and can be expanded upon by adding things like bacon (my mother’s trick), Hungarian wax peppers, or smoked Hungarian sausage to the overall dish. Or, obviously, omitting the meat to make it vegetarian. This is one of my favorite after work-meals to prepare in the fall because it is so simple, takes only about 20 min start to finish and provides leftovers for days.

YOU WILL NEED:

1 lb. ground beef (80/20 Angus is best) 2 yellow onions (medium diced) 2-3 green bell peppers (large diced) 2-3 cloves garlic (German hard-neck is best, sliced thin) 2-3 Tbsps. Fresh Parsley (fine chopped) 1 lb. dry semolina pasta (“shellbows” are best) 1 large can (28 oz.) peeled tomatoes (Cento San Marzano is best) 1 can (15 oz.) beans, drained and rinsed (I prefer Cannellini or other white beans, red kidney beans are also an option) 2 Tbsps. Hungarian paprika (more to taste) 2 Tbsps. garlic salt (more to taste) Salt and black pepper to taste Cumin to taste (just a dash) 1 cup pasta water 4 Tbsps. olive oil *This recipe requires two large pots, one for the pasta and a second heavy pot with a lid for the goulash (ideally a Dutch oven).

Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil and par-cook the pasta for roughly 6 minutes, reserve one cup of the water the pasta has cooked in, drain and shock with cold water, set aside.

Place the Dutch oven or other heavybottomed pot on medium-high heat, add the olive oil to the bottom of the pan and once the oil begins to lightly smoke add in the chopped garlic and onion with a pinch of salt. Sauté for 3-5 minutes until the onion begins to color lightly then add in the ground beef. Cook on medium high until the beef has crumbled and colored (5-10 minutes), stirring frequently.

Add in the bell pepper, beans, paprika, garlic salt, parsley, and cumin, and stir to combine, then add in the can of tomatoes and cup of pasta water. Break apart any chunks of tomato and stir to combine until the mixture comes to a simmer then add in the reserved par-cooked pasta. Stir until simmering, cover and let cook for 5-10 min until the pasta has absorbed the liquid and become fully cooked (taking care not to over-cook).

Remove the Dutch oven from heat, add in salt and pepper to taste, stir and cover, let rest 5 min before serving.

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hristmas and moviewatching go together like eggnog and bourbon. But just as everyone’s holiday traditions are different, one’s personal tastes in holiday movies also tends to vary wildly.

Some prefer sweet and sentimental films, while others opt for a more biting look at a season that can equally be identified with consumerism and loneliness.

So whether you’re inclined more toward the gentle spirit of “Miracle on 34th Street” or the carnage of “Die Hard,” and whether you want to watch those movies from the comfort of your own home, or would rather embrace the communal joy of watching in a theater full of strangers, CITY’s back this year with a few more unconventional recommendations and local screenings to help make your holiday viewing festive in any way you choose.

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Currently available on Netflix, “Klaus” is the streaming service’s first original animated feature. Directed by Sergio Pablos, the film tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a postal academy student (Jason Schwartzman) stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, and Klaus (J.K. Simmons), a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys. While the plot likely won’t break the Christmas movie mold, the film’s most notable for its distinctive (and increasingly rare to see) hand-drawn animation that looks absolutely gorgeous. It’s just a shame most of us won’t get to enjoy it on the big screen.

The rest of these recommended films are all available for home viewing through digital rental, various streaming services or, if you feel like bundling up to leave the house, through the Monroe County library system.

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Charles Laughton’s “The Night of the Hunter” (1955) is a nightmarish fable starring

Robert Mitchum as a stone-cold psychopath posing as a preacher (famously tattooed with the words “Love” and “Hate” across his knuckles) who marries women, only to murder them for their money. With dreamlike imagery and an unhinged performance from Mitchum, the film builds to a memorably terrifying, Christmas-set climax.

The Yuletide holidays have birthed their share of cinematic stinkers, but occasionally they’re baffling enough to merit a recommendation. Case in point is “Santa Claus: The Movie.” This 1985 would-be blockbuster is a big ol’ mess; it’s the Santa origin story that no one needed, with hilariously blatant product placement, gaudy production design, and more elf-based puns than anyone should have to suffer through.

It’s basically the film equivalent of coal in your stocking, but with the right mix of strong nog and snarky viewing companions, watching it can still be a merry old time.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Doug Liman’s crime-caper “Go” (1999) is one of my favorite alternative holiday movies — a thrilling, high-energy triptych of connected storylines centered around a drug deal and a (seriously fun-looking) Christmas-themed rave.

If you want to see some holiday-themed

movies on the big screen, there’s no shortage of options, both new and old.

Two holiday classics are getting brand new versions released in theaters this December.

Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”) adapts the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel “Little Women” (out December 25) with an all-star cast. As a bonus, the Little Theatre will be screening a 35mm film print. And if Christmas horror is more your speed, we’re also getting a new take on the slasher classic “Black Christmas,” (out December 13) about a group of sorority girls who are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break.

Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a classic for a reason, and this year you’ll have several chances to catch it on the big screen.

The Cinema Theater will screen the holiday favorite on Saturday, December 7 at 4:15 p.m. as part of the South Wedge neighborhood’s annual “It’s a Wonderful Life in the South Wedge” celebration.

Meanwhile, the Eastman Museum’s Dryden Theatre will also be showing the film on Thursday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 15, at 2 p.m.

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Grimes and Jimmy Hawkins (who play Zuzu and Tommy Bailey, respectively) starting at 6 p.m., followed by a special introduction before the film.

And the Dryden Theatre is also ready to fill your stocking with not one, but two holiday-themed film series on their schedule.

First, there’s Holidays at the Dryden, with some Christmas movie staples, including “The Apartment,” “An Affair to Remember,” and “Going My Way,” starring Bing Crosby as the new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran. The highest-grossing picture of 1944, that film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture.

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No Christmas is complete without watching some adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” and the Dryden has your chance to see a rare 35mm showing of 1951’s “Scrooge,” featuring a great performance from Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, on Friday, December 20, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 22, at 2 p.m.

Adrenaline junkies can also check out the Dryden’s “A Very Shane Black Christmas” series, screening three action films (buddy-action flick “Lethal Weapon,” neo-noir “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” and the underrated action-comedy “The Nice Guys”) from writer-director Shane Black, whose works frequently use the holidays as festive counterpoint to their mayhem.

Last but not least, the Little will screen two more Christmas favorites: the comedy “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 14, along with “Gremlins” at 9:30 p.m. also on Saturday, Dec. 14. Both are part of The Little’s Saturday Night Rewind, a monthly 35mm film series presented by the Little Theatre and Rochester-based horror t-shirt company Fright-Rags.

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How do you make that distinction?

Well, I guess mainly, when I started doing this only six or seven years ago, I’m a theater actor who was mistakenly invited to perform my stand-up at colleges. And I said, “You know, I’d love to do that. I’d love to talk to 2,000 young people, but I don’t feel incredibly confident in my joke-writing skills. But I’m pretty sure I can make you laugh. And so, to save us any confusion, I’ll call myself a humorist, so you understand that I may go for a few sentences here and there without inserting a joke.” And everyone seems to get along pretty well with that arrangement.

Your humor manages to be both wry and optimistic. What keeps you from becoming cynical about the world we live in?

“We’re a bunch of real dipshits, and let’s laugh at that,” actor-comedian Nick Offerman says. “But while we’re laughing, let’s also recognize that we’re not done getting better, and we never will be.” PHOTO BY MATT WINKELMEYER

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Nick Offerman is a polymath. Though the term typically evokes images of some untouchable legend from the Renaissance, or a public figure relegated to the halls of academia, it also applies to the blue-collar Illinois farmboy-turned-Hollywood actor.

While Offerman is inarguably best known for his portrayal of the meat-loving, libertarian-leaning government official Ron Swanson in NBC’s hit sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” his film and TV career has been far from one-note. He’s played burger restauranteur Dick McDonald in the 2016 film “The Founder,” and has had extended 40 CITY NOVEMBER 20 - 26, 2019

stints on the series “Fargo” and “Childrens Hospital.” He’s also provided the voice of Metal Beard in the LEGO movies, and he cohosts the craft competition show “Making It” with his “Parks and Rec” co-star Amy Poehler.

Offerman continues to be a prominent pop culture figure in the public eye, in part through performing comedy shows like the Netflix special “American Ham,” his “Full Bush” tour from 2016 and 2017 and his new live show, “All Rise.” CITY caught up with Offerman over the phone last month to discuss what Rochester audiences can expect from his November 24 performances of “All Rise” at Kodak Center, his approach to humor in the current political climate, and why he’s not a stand-up comedian. An edited transcript follows.

CITY: It’s now over five years since “Parks and Recreation” last aired. Does it remain challenging to get out from the cultural shadow that Ron Swanson has cast in

the public eye? Does it still feel like the mythology of that character has as much cultural sway as it has had in the past?

Nick Offerman: Contending with that

phenomenon is, I would say, 97 percent positive. There are worse problems that I think I could have in my life than dealing with a very popular and beloved TV character. The world seems to be allowing me to essay other acting roles. And that was my biggest fear: Sometimes if you have a very popular comedy character, then the world doesn’t want to see you do anything else. And so the fact that I’ve been able to keep working as an actor, really as much as I want to, I take as a wonderful gift.

If I were to complain about something, I think everybody around me would slap me full across the face. The only thing my life lacks is any naptime. I have all these wonderful opportunities to entertain people and make things, whether it’s as an actor, as a writer, as a comedian, as a woodworker. I’m nothing but grateful for the mythology of Ron Swanson.

Yeah, that definitely seems to be the trope these days. I can’t really credit anything in particular other than simply a natural optimism that I suppose was afforded me by my family. I grew up in an agricultural family in Illinois. My two uncles are still farming the same farm my mom grew up on. I think on the farm, you’re either optimistic or you commit suicide. Farming can be so bleak, and for the American small farmer it’s only getting worse and worse these days, suffering under industrial agriculture. And so, it’s that idea that you can see your year’s profits wiped out with one storm or one plague of locusts, and you have to either say, “Welp, I guess it’s time to make a joke or eat the children, so let’s try and laugh our way through this hardship.”

How does “All Rise” differentiate itself from the special “American Ham” or your show “Full Bush”? What can audiences familiar with that work expect from this show?

I think, in a nutshell, my previous two specials, “American Ham” and Full Bush,” were written before the last presidential election. And so, this is my first comedy writing since our nation has been plunged into these three years of incredible rancor and violent bipartisanship.

And so, when I sat down to write this show, in previous efforts I said, “What are some notions I have that I think will make people laugh?”

And this time around, I’m saying, “Ok, I feel like it’s incumbent upon me to be medicinal in some way.”

And so I wrote this show with the expressed purpose of trying to make fun of all of us, because if you take a small step back from the American population, it’s easy to

see we’re one big group of people doing this to ourselves. Everybody is incredibly angry and full of ire, and if you just step across either ocean and look back at us, it’s easy to say, “Uh, hey you guys live in a place where you get to vote and pick what happens.

So maybe look in the mirror, if you’re looking for someone to blame.” The show is presented with that sensibility, and it seems to be going over like gangbusters.

Will there be a significant musical component to “All Rise,” as in your past shows?

The show is in seven pieces. It’s like seven essays, and when I get done talking, then I play a song that sort of encapsulates that subject matter. So it’s seven speeches and seven songs.

I recently heard a comedian describe comedy as more of an iconoclastic tool for throwing a wrench into systems of power, taking people down a peg. But what you’re prescribing here is more a call to unity.

Maybe it’s a bit of both?

There was a quote recently that got a lot of play, from the director of the “Joker” movie, Todd Phillips, where he said, “You can’t do comedy in this modern, woke age.” And he took a lot of heat for that, because those of us who are in fact doing comedy in this woke age simply say, “Maybe it’s harder to do comedy where you’re punching down at people.” And he famously made the “Hangover” movie, which has a ton of punching down.

I think it’s like any art form. If I was a painter, I could paint misogynist subject matter, I could objectify women, I could be racist. It all depends on what you wanna do with your art. So, if I’m trying to make people laugh, I can try and do that in a cheap, insecure way by making fun of people that traditionally suffer prejudice — minorities and different gender groups, and so forth. Or you can try to make people laugh by saying, “We’re all really stupid. Aren’t we a funny bunch of mammals?” And if anything, I make fun of white guys in my show because those are the people that have been in charge of this system.

They made the rules for this country. And rule number one was “No girls.” And rule number two was “Don’t steal my black people. Those are my property.”

So it’s easy to say, “Look, we’re doing our best. We’re a bunch of pooping, reproducing mammals, who at the same time have cognizance and empathy and crave brightly colored athletic shoes. And so we’re combining

those complicated notions to try and exist in the world in a way that’s fair to everyone.

And we obviously have a very long way to go, but we’ve also come a very long way from where we started.

And I guess that’s one of the places where I derive my optimism from, is just looking back across my life. If you had told me that gay marriage would become a totally normal thing, if you had told me that you can now buy medical marijuana in Oklahoma City, I would have happily eaten my hat when I was in high school at that news.

That’s my way of thinking about it.

When I first set out to write some stand-up, I literally had a very narrow knowledge of contemporary stand-up. The few comedians I was familiar with were like Rodney Dangerfield or Andrew Dice Clay or Eddie Murphy — people who I knew from my youth. And I thought, ok, well I guess the first thing that I do is make fun of my wife.

That’s what stand-ups do. And I said, “Well, hang on. I don’t wanna make fun of my wife.

I love my wife and respect my wife. And so, let me see if I can get some laughs with the subject matter being that I love my wife. And sure enough, I can.

What’s interesting to me is that your comedy is wholesome in a way, while still being irreverent. Is that just part of the Midwest mystique that you bring to it, you think, or is it a conscious thing on your part to leave the audience feeling a certain way like that?

I’m tickled pink to hear you say that, because that’s absolutely my aim. And I’m always rather astonished when people find anything that I do in my shows offensive. I mean I understand, on paper, why you would find it offensive. But my heart is very much in the right place, and I think that’s the answer to your question.

I mean for all of my material to be uplifting, one way or another. And any of it that has the sensibility of “Hey, everybody: Here are ways in which I think we can elevate ourselves, here are ways in which I think we can continue to evolve ourselves as a society.”

And when I say those things and when I write those things, I’m first and foremost writing them to myself in the mirror. And I think the answer to your question lies in that as well, that I’m not holding myself above my audience, but instead saying, “We’re a bunch of real dipshits, and let’s laugh at that.

But while we’re laughing, let’s also recognize that we’re not done getting better, and we

never will be.” If you put a bunch of human beings together, and tell them to get along and everybody to share what’s in their lunch bag, you’re gonna have problems, as long as human beings are around. I’m just trying to do my small part in helping nudge us towards equity for all people.

Encouraging self-reliance and ingenuity seems to be a recurring theme in your comedy performances and books. What concerns you most about the direction society is going in, particularly as it relates to our dependence on technology?

That’s a huge concern in our lives, and it’s a pretty massive topic to get into, but I’ll try to nutshell it. I grew up in a very selfsufficient family. Everybody started on a farm of some sort, and my whole family went on to become farmers, schoolteachers, nurses, paramedics, librarians — all salt-ofthe-earth public servants. And my brother became a brewer of craft beer, so he’s the king of the family.

But with that set of values and work ethic that I then carried forward into the urban centers where I need to reside — either to have a theater audience or to work in TV and film — I’ve been astonished at the general population’s inability to discern a standard-head screwdriver from a Phillips head screwdriver, or the idea that everything is disposable. So if you get a flat tire on your car, you have to throw your car away and get a new one. All of this sort of softness and luxury plays into the hands of the corporate mentality, the industrial-military complex that would love nothing more than everyone to exist like phone-clicking sheep — people who just dutifully consume everything, as the corporations tell us to.

Because when you do that, you give up your agency and you no longer think about where all of your materials are coming from — whether it’s the food you’re eating or the clothes you’re wearing or who’s making your cars — all of our products and services.

Once you say, “Oh, I just press a button on my phone and it shows up at my door,” that allows these companies to do things like run sweatshops in Asian countries or in Central America. It allows grocery stores to fly in your blueberries from Chile, and all these things that aren’t in accord with the way nature is running the planet.

And here we are: Suddenly everybody’s waking up to the price. The waiter has arrived with the check, and we say, “Holy

shit, we’ve been charged for all of this stuff.”

We’ve blindly said, “Hey, this is great: Let’s leave the air conditioner cranked up while we go on vacation.” And then eventually we say, “Oh, we’ve been charged for this. The planet is in deep trouble.”

I grew up with the good fortune of knowing these things inherently, because I grew up in a low-income family that knew how to have a good time and knew how to create a satisfying life out of doing work that we respect, and out of the community of our family and our neighborhood.

Which of your endeavors in entertainment has been the greatest synthesis of Nick Offerman the performer and Nick Offerman the person?

That would have to be either these touring shows, in which I get to flap my gums for an hour and a half and basically tell people what I think about stuff. I really love the delivery system of playing songs on the acoustic guitar. I love writing songs, and they seem to be really effective. People really respond generously to my songs.

But then at the same time, my books spring to mind. My shows, when I write them out, are 12 or 13 pages of text. And you know, my books are 250, 300 pages.

Those are two examples. One involves seeing me, it’s me speaking my actual mind onstage.

But the other is me getting to dump a much more substantial amount of my ideas onto the written page.

So those are the two things. I always just wanted to be a dependable theater actor; that was my goal. And all of these other wonderful opportunities have come my way. It keeps me minding my manners.

Every time I get to write another book or go on another tour, I understand it’s another opportunity to become even more of a raging asshole than I already am. And so the alarm goes off, and I say, “Ok, you’re being reminded. Don’t become some sort of butthole with a yacht who’s just trying to commit tax fraud and get away with accumulating wealth.”

So I’m grateful for the opportunities to say, “Hey everybody, including you, Nick, who’s writing this: Let’s keep trying to strive for a world that’s decent to everybody.”

An extended version of this interview is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com. Daniel J. Kushner is CITY’s music editor and can be reached at dkushner@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 41

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This weekend, the Eastman Museum will partner with the University of Rochester, the Eastman School of Music, and Hamilton College to present “Filmi Worlds: A Festival of Indian Cinema,” a weekend of film screenings, panels, and presentations anchored by four 35mm screenings from the Eastman Museum’s extensive collection. The titles being screened include “English Vinglish” on Thursday, “Kannathil Muthamittal” and “Ghajini” on Friday, and “Mughal-E-Azam” on Sunday.

Thursday, November 21, through Sunday, November 24.

Dryden Theatre at Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue. All panel discussions are included in film admission. Tickets are $7-$10. 327-4800; eastman.org/dryden.

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[ OPENING ] Art Center of Rochester, 563 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. Chloe Smith & Kaitlin Roney: Nothing Ethereal About Her. Nov. 22Jan. 17. Reception Nov 22, 6-9pm. 435-4677.

ArtSpace36, 36 Main St. Canandaigua. Student Portfolio Show. Thursdays-Saturdays.

Reception Nov 21, 5-7pm.

Through Jan 17. flcc.edu/ artspace36.

AsIs Gallery, Sage Art Center, 835 Wilson Blvd. Senior Seminar. Nov. 21-Dec. 11.

273-2267.

GO Art: Salih Gallery, 24 E Bank St Albion. 4X4 Exhibit. Through Dec 21. 343-9313.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Holiday Show 2019. Reception Nov 29, 5-8:30pm. Through Dec 22.

271-2540.

Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls. Annual Members Exhibition. Reception Nov 22, 5:30-7pm. Through Jan 31. 624-7740.

Tower Fine Arts Center, 180 Holley St. Brockport. BFA Thesis Art Exhibition. MondaysFridays, Sundays. 395-2805.

The Yards, 50-52 Public Market.

Zoey Perse: Origins. Fri., Nov. 22, 6 p.m. & Sat., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. attheyards.com.

Art Events

Dance Events

[ WED., NOVEMBER 20 ] Dance: A Mixed Media Exhibit.

Frank Argento Studio, 510 Park Ave 512-4904.

[ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Geneseo Dance Ensemble: Defying Limits. 7:30 p.m. Alice Austin Theatre, 1 College Circle Geneseo $10. 245-5824.

[ SAT., NOVEMBER 23 ] 25 Years of Lake Affect Magazine: Covers Art Show.

5:30-8 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. $5 suggested. thelittle.org.

Maker Faire. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St $12/$40 family pass. rochester. makerfaire.com/.

Comedy [ WED., NOVEMBER 20 ] Giving Thanks for Drag. 8 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $20/$30.

426-6339. [ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Vicki A Barbolak. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15-$25.

426-6339. [ FRI., NOVEMBER 22 ] Big Wigs: Holiday Hams. 7 p.m.

Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 NY 332 $15-$25. 398-0220.

The Inner Loop Roast Battle.

8 p.m. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave $5.

244-1224.

[ FRI., NOVEMBER 22 ] BREATHE: A Modern Dance Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Stuart Steiner Theatre, GCC, 1 College Rd . Batavia $3-$8. 345-6814.

Confluence: Fall Faculty & Student Dance Concert. 8 p.m.

Spurrier Hall Dance Studio, UR, River Campus $5.

273-5150.

New Dancers Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall, Kenyon St Brockport $5. 395-2787.

Theater 20th Annual One Act New Play Festival. Fri., Nov. 22, 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 2 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 2 p.m. Todd Theatre, UR, River Campus 275-4959.

A Charlie Brown Christmas. Fri., Nov. 22, 1 & 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 12 & 5 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 1 p.m. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave $7.

389-2170.

Come From Away. Wed., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., Thu., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 22, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $38-$95. rbtl.org.

The Comedy of Errors.

Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Rochester Community Players $15-$18. muccc.org.

The Game’s Afoot. Fri., Nov. 22, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 2 p.m. Ingle Auditorium at RIT, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. $10. 475-4121.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Fri., Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m. Gates Hall, 4107 Lake Rd Gatesinger Company $12/$14. gateshall.com.

It’s A Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play. Tue., Nov. 26, 8 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Screen Plays $15/$20. muccc. org.

National Theatre Live: Fleabag.

Sun., Nov. 24, noon and Tue., Nov. 26, 6 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. $15/$20. thelittle.org.

Queen. Wed., Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Thu., Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 22, 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 3 p.m. Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $31 & up. gevatheatre.org.

The Scavenger’s Daughter.

Fridays, 7 p.m., Saturdays, 7 p.m. and Sundays, 4 p.m The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. $20. avenuetheatre.org.

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Activism [ WED., NOVEMBER 20 ] Latina Equal Pay Day Rally.

11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Workers United Hall, 750 East Ave. 340-7078. [ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Pardeep Kaleka & Arno Michaelis: Why Do We Hate?

7 p.m. Lyric Theatre, 440 East Ave $10. 461-0490.

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COMEDY | SHANE MAUSS ‘STAND UP SCIENCE LIVE’

THEATER | ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’

At its core, science is the process of taking thousands of hours of tedium and distilling them into the absolute coolest stuff to talk about. Shane Mauss lets audiences skip all the calibration, data gathering, paperwork, and lab-rat husbandry to get right into the juicy parts. This Wisconsinite comic is known for his podcast “Here We Are,” as well as hilarious material that draws heavily on neuroscience and emerging research on psychedelics. His “Stand Up Science Live” show brings real life scientists onto the stage to give pithy, TED-esque talks on their fields of interest. The evening culminates with a Q&A panel.

The works of William Shakespeare are rife with gender-bending. “Twelfth Night” — a tale of shipwreck and shifting identities — will be performed starting this week at Brockport. After a disaster at sea, twin siblings Sebastian and Viola arrive on the isle of Illyria separately, and seize the opportunity to reinvent themselves. New York City-based trans Egyptian-American director Sharifa Elkady helms this production, presented by the Department of Theatre and Music Studies.

Sunday, November 24. 7 p.m. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Avenue. 16+. $18. photocityimprov.com.

— BY DECLAN RYAN

Friday-Saturday, November 22-23, and Thursday-Saturday, December 5-7, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 24, 2 p.m. (ASL interpreted). Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage Theatre, 180 Holley Street, Brockport. $9-$17. fineartstix.brockport.edu.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

[ WED., NOVEMBER 20 ] Animal Encounters. noon.

Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. $21.

263-2700.

Book & Beast. 11-11:30 a.m Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St Free with paid Zoo admission. 336-7200.

Wildlife Action Crew: Polar Bears & Climate Change. 6-8 p.m No workshop Nov. 27.

Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St $45/$50. 336-7200.

Wildlife Rockstars. 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. rmsc.org. [ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Read With a Furry Friend. 6-7 p.m. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd. 247-6446.

[ FRI., NOVEMBER 22 ] #BruceGang Takeover. 6:30 p.m. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. w/ museum admission: $16.

263-2700.

KinderZoo: Rambunctious Rats.

10:30 a.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St 336-7213. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 23 ] Doctor Who Day. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5310.

Magic Tree House: Showtime with Shakespeare. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $18/$20.

461-2000. [ MON., NOVEMBER 25 ] Storytime Club. 10:30 & 11:30 a.m Giving Thanks. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. w/ museum admission: $16. 263-2700.

Holiday Alternative Gift Market. Sun., Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Rd .

Festival of Trees. Through Dec. 1. Granger Homestead, 295 North Main St. 394-1472.

Gifted, II. Sat., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main St, Suite #203, Door #5 210-3161. continues on page 44

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ART BY MARILYN ANDERSON

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American video and performance artist Kalup Linzy’s ongoing video series, “Conversations wit de Churen,” nods to “Def Comedy Jam,” Tyler Perry’s “Medea,” the early films of John Waters and Andy Warhol, and a satirical look at the absurd melodrama of such daytime soaps as “All My Children” and “As the World Turns.” His recent episode in the series, “Conversations wit de Churen V: As da Art World Might Turn” stars Linzy’s alter-ego, Katonya, who learns how to navigate the art world. The work is on view as a single-channel video projection at The Memorial Art Gallery through December 1.

This week The MAG will host Kalup Linzy for an illustrated talk about his artistic process, inspiration, and related works, accompanied by artist, organizer, filmmaker, and founder of Rochester Black Pride, Gatekeeper Adrian.

Marilyn Anderson’s retrospective show, “Past and Present: Art about Guatemala, Drawings, Paintings, Relief Prints and Photos,” currently hanging in the Mercer Gallery at MCC’s Brighton Campus, is the celebration of a life’s work in preserving cultural heritage. The Maya people of Guatemala are Anderson’s main focus throughout, but the works on display intersect with the US labor movement, the global fight for women’s rights, and the preservation of folk craft traditions in the era of free trade.

Across numerous media including photography, paintings, and prints, Anderson shares her decades of reverence for craftsmanship and the lives of those who push against the prevailing winds of the modern economy to pursue it. A must-see for fans of Wendell Berry or the Roycroft movement.

Thursday, November 21. Meet-and-greet (free) at 6 p.m. in the pavilion; illustrated talk at 7 p.m. in the auditorium ($10). Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue. Admission includes museum admission ($5 surcharge for the Alphonse Mucha exhibition). 276-8900; mag.rochester.edu.

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On view through December 12. Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College, 1000 East Henrietta Road, building #12.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. 292-2021; monroecc.edu; proartemaya.org.

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Holiday Bazaar. Fri., Nov. 22, 5-9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. $5/$7. rmsc.org.

A Magical Cirque Christmas.

Tue., Nov. 26, 7 p.m. Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. $37.50 & up. kodakcenter.com.

Sweet Creations Gingerbread Display. Through Dec. 16.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org w/ museum admission: $6-$15.

Tabletop Tree Display & Silent Auction. Tuesdays-Sundays George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org Through Dec 17 w/ museum admission: $6-$15.

Wreath Display & Silent Auction. Tuesdays-Sundays George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org Through Dec 1 w/ museum admission: $6-$15.

Culture Lectures [ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Dr Bruno Chalifour: Les Rencontres d’Arles. 7:30 p.m.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Photographic Historical Society meeting.

History Happy Hour: A Brief History of Beer & Bars in Geneva. 4:30 p.m. Lake Drum Brewing, 16 E Castle St .

Geneva (315) 789-5151.

History Happy Hour: The Myth of Thanksgiving. 6:30 p.m.

Nox, 302 N Goodman St $20.

318-2713.

How do We Overcome this Troubled Past? Understanding New York Histories through Indigenous Art. 12:40 p.m.

FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr Room 2775. Gwendolyn Saul, NYS Museum.

[ SAT., NOVEMBER 23 ] Nancy Uffindell: Erie Canal Connections in Mount Hope Cemetery. noon. Irondequoit Library, 1290 Titus Ave 336-6062. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 24 ] Find It In the Finger Lakes. 2:30 p.m. Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. 340-8720.

Sunday Forum: The Spiritual Journeys of Raina & Wasa Bouphavong. 9:50 a.m.

Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. 325-4000.

Literary Events [ THU., NOVEMBER 21 ] Just Poets Presents. Third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. Nox, 302 N Goodman St 318-2713.

Pardeep Singh Kaleka & Arno Michaelis: The Gift of Our Wounds. noon. Central Library, Kusler-Cox Auditorium, 115 South Ave 428-8380. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 23 ] Jay Wexler: Our Non-Christian Nation. 7 p.m. Nox, 302 N Goodman St 318-2713. [ TUE., NOVEMBER 26 ] Genesee Reading Series: Reenah Golden & Sally Bittner Bonn. 7:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave wab.org.

The Threshing Floor: LGBTQ+ Writing Group. Last Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave Hosted by Reilly Hirst & Gracen Lynch wab.org.

Film

Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” PHOTO COURTESY SONY PICTURES

Feeling neighborly “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (PG), DIRECTED BY MARIELLE HELLER OPENS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 [ FILM PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

Rather than making a traditional biopic chronicling the life of Fred Rogers, director Marielle Heller (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) crafts a film that seeks to embody the lessons he taught us. Sweet-natured without being sappy, it’s a touch stranger and more idiosyncratic than you’d expect, and it’s all the better for it.

Inspired by journalist Tom Junod’s 1998 Esquire profile on Fred Rogers, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is about the real-life friendship that resulted from their

meetings, a relationship that altered the writer’s life in ways both big and small.

We meet jaded, professionally ruthless magazine writer Lloyd Vogel (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys). When his editor at Esquire assigns him a short profile about Mister Rogers for an issue all about heroes, Lloyd reacts cynically. He’s dismissive of what he can’t help feeling is a puff piece, far beneath the abilities he’s honed over years of hardhitting investigative work.

Lloyd approaches the interview with skepticism, looking for cracks in Rogers’ endlessly patient and kind demeanor, making no attempt to hide a hope that he’ll discover demons lurking beneath the Mister Rogers persona, that it is indeed a persona, and Fred Rogers the man isn’t so saintly as he’s made out to be. No one can be that good.

We also see Lloyd dealing with an anger he’s been holding onto most of his life, directed mostly at his estranged father (Chris Cooper) who’s now making efforts to reconnect and be a part of Lloyd’s life again, shortly after the birth of his own son. As he continues to meet and talk with Fred, he finds himself disarmed, and he slowly and gradually lets his guard down.

Rhys is quite good, playing Vogel as both hardened and deeply vulnerable. But while Lloyd is the film’s protagonist, Fred Rogers is the film’s heart. An impersonation is clearly not what Heller was after in casting a huge movie star like Tom Hanks in the role.

It’s perhaps not surprising that Hanks is up to the task of portraying the icon. Hanks radiates goodness, and we know he can convey warmth and decency like few other actors on screen.

He delivers an understated performance that doesn’t attempt an impersonation, but succeeds in capturing the essence of Fred Rogers. His mannerisms are characterized by a certain stillness, and he speaks with a deliberate, slightly stilted delivery as though carefully considering every word he says before it leaves his lips. His kind, searching eyes convey deep reservoirs of empathy.

Sure, the plot is a rather conventional story about a man dealing with a fraught relationship with his father. But the script, by writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, is often moving as it becomes a story about letting go of anger, about facing this difficult world with kindness and compassion.

Heller works in delightfully surreal flourishes: a moment that breaks the fourth wall, establishing shots using miniatures in the “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” style, or dropping Rhys into a fantasy version of the show.

As Lloyd learns not to hide from his feelings, it’s hard not to see the film acknowledging how many of the problems we’re facing stem from people (and men in particular) not being able to deal with their emotions. Many see Fred Rogers as a hero.

He’s also just a man, as complicated and multifaceted as any of us. And that’s exactly what made him so inspiring.

Mister Rogers never pretended that there wasn’t any bad in the world, but he told us what really mattered was how we respond to it. It’s not always easy to be kind; it’s hard to forgive.

But even at a time when basic decency seems to be a foreign concept, compassion is still possible.

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is a story about the real work it takes to manage one’s emotions, and be considerate of others.

Mister Rogers was able to make us see the world differently. That for everything wrong with the world and the people in it, we can’t all be so bad. He remains a beacon of hope and optimism in our current grim reality, and in its own way Heller’s film becomes that too. It’s the most truly feel-good movie I’ve seen this year.

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APEX HEALTH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/11/2019. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 541 Lake Ave., Rochester, NY 14613.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Articles of Organization with respect to McEwen Mechanical, LLC, a New York Limited Liability

Company, were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on October 17, 2019. The County in New York State where its office is located is Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of McEwen Mechanical, LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against McEwen Mechanical, LLC served upon it is 115 Basket Road, Webster, New York 14580. There are no exceptions adopted by the Company, or set forth in its Operating Agreement, to the limited liability of members pursuant to Section 609(a) of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York.

McEwen Mechanical, LLC is formed for the purpose of providing plumbing and electrical work. [ NOTICE ] Bp Agency LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/17/19.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 37 James Moore Circle Hilton, NY 14468 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] CAHA Properties, LLC Filed 10/9/19 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 110 Crimson Woods Court, Rochester, NY 14626 Purpose: all lawful [ NOTICE ] DEK St. Paul’s Holding LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/12/19.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1200 Jefferson Rd., Suite 210, Rochester, NY 14623. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] EDGEMERE FAMILY PROPERTIES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/17/2019. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 3298 Edgemere Dr., Rochester, NY 14612, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Grand K, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/4/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent

upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Gerald Guisto, 33 4th Ave., Fairport, NY 14450.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] HERE & THERE REPAIR COMPANY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/7/2019.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2605 Smith Dr., Unit 3, Endicott, NY 13780-2313, which is also the principal business location.

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SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office of Anthony A. Dinitto, LLC, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] JMBL Development LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/2/2018. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 403 French Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Just Rite, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/4/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Gerald Guisto, 33 4th Ave., Fairport, NY 14450.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Marcellus DSO, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/26/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Ross W. Pedersen, 21 Brunson Way, Penfield, NY 14526.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Mariani Tools, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/27/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 512 Fishell Rd Rush, NY 14543 General Purpose

(SS) on 11/5/19. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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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 P.O. Box 750, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AA Greece LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 10628, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Rush-Henrietta Central Schools Join the New York State Workforce As a Direct Support Professional!

Salary range: $32,325 to $44,311 Finger Lakes DDSO will be continuously administering the Civil Service Exam for Direct Support Professionals throughout Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Seneca, Yates, Wyoming, Steuben, Schuyler, and Chemung Counties.

Minimum Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED equivalent, you must have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State at the time of the appointment and continuously thereafter.

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SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS NEEDED Rush-Henrietta is seeking reliable, energetic individuals for substitute positions at our elementary and secondary schools.

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SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 10628, Rochester, NY 14610.

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SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 10628, Rochester, NY 14610.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 302 Pinebrook Drive, Rochester, NY 14616.

Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Automative Solutions LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/2019. 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, c/o 76 Thistlewood Ln, Spencerport, NY 14559.

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SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604.

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Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office

of LLC: 174 Webster Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to JulieRay Crist-Romano at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Flight Level Aviation LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Connor Brokaw, 1400 East Avenue, Apt 305, Rochester, NY 14610.

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Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the LLC, 7 Goldfinch Dr, West Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Fuggedaboutit 518 LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/24/2019. 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 69 Seneca Ave, Rochester, New York 14621.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 70 Stablegate Drive, Webster, NY 14580.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: Concord River Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 7, 2019. 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: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of Hurwitz & Daniel PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/16/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 919 Winton Road South, Ste 314, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: practice the profession of law.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: Dewey Capital Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 15, 2019. 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: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Jennifer Granger, LMT, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/07/19 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 12 Gary Hill Drive, Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: River Pines Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 7, 2019. 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: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of John L. Lynch Family Office, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/9/19.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1225 Majestic Way, Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: Bridle Road Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 7, 2019. 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: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: RL Homes Unlimited LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2019. 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: 1 E. Main St., 8th Floor Suite 804, Rochester NY 14614 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LOST DRAFT PROCESSING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/26/19.

Office location: Orleans County. Princ. office of LLC: 3008 Crandall Rd.,

Albion, NY 14411. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Tyler J. Allport at the princ. office of the LLC. As amended by Cert. of Amendment filed with SSNY on 10/15/19, name changed to LOSS DRAFT PROCESSING, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MHB Property Solutions Residences, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) September 26, 2019. 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 40 Amann Rd, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MK Consulting & Training, LLC filed Article of Organization with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/2019. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Christine Merle, 170 Orchard Park Blvd, Rochester, NY 14609.

Purpose: Any lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Narvaez Transportation, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/1/2019. 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 6887 Forth Section, Brockport, New York 14420. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PML Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) October 22, 2019. 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 123 Hale Haven Drive, Hilton, NY 14468.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of REC 298, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/6/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated

as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1858 Jackson Rd, Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC FIT Collective LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 09/26/19. 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 281 Elwood Drive, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SLS Select Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/16/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 9621 Hallett Lane, Hammondsport, NY 14840. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Speedy Pomegranate Studios, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/11/2019.

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 1661 Shallow Creek Trl Webster, NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SRS2 of New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1169 Howard Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SRS3 of New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1169 Howard Road, Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SUN RAINE LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10-18-19 Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 200 WESTVIEW COMMONS BLVD #B Rochester NY 14624 Purpose any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Top Shelf Capital, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/01/19.

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 300 Hylan Drive, Ste 6-130, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Valerie Goodberlet Travel LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) September 11, 2019. 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 74 Grandview Dr Fairport NY 14450 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Wind Song Cottage, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 9/27/19.

The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to P. O. Box #444, Brockport, NY 14420. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation Onda Capital LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/18/19.

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 P.O. Box 750, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Intent to Acquire Title to Property Under Article 5, Section 233.aa of the New York

State Education Law, The George Eastman Museum hereby asserts its intent to acquire title to the following property: 1 videotape, 42 reels, 31 cans, 16 boxes, and 20 audio tapes related to production of the film Blue Heaven; 8 reels related to the film The Belfast Reel 18 reels and 9 audio tapes related to production of the film A Celtic Trilogy 8 cans and 29 audio tapes related to the film La Dolce Fiesta 9 reels and 13 audio tapes related to the film Papa Perez 16 boxes and 1 videotape related to the film Moving Towards the Light 11 cans and 1 videotape related to the film Dawns Early Light If you claim and can demonstrate ownership to this property, you must contact the museum in writing to make arrangements to collect the property; send correspondence to Sarah Evans, Chief Registrar, George Eastman Museum, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 (or sevans@ eastman.org). If you fail to do so within one hundred eighty (180) days, the museum will commence proceedings to acquire title to the property. If you wish to commence legal proceedings to claim the property, you should consult an attorney. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GCP REIT IV MLO, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/30/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/30/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. Of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of JB Electric and Solar LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 9/5/13.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the FL address of LLC: 96 Willard St, Ste 205,

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Arts. of Org. filed with FL Secy of State, 500 South Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 323990250. Purpose: any lawful activity.

filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of LONG POND GARDENS APARTMENTS OWNER KOFP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/09/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Park, East & Meigs Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/09/19. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of North Ponds Apartments (Phase II) Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/24/19. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/23/19. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of PARK AVENUE PORTFOLIO TIC HOLDER LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/19. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/16/19. 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.

[ NOTICE ] Renee Reads LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 6/17/2019. 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 Renee Reads LLC, P.O Box 535, Henrietta, NY 14467. The purpose of the Company is Wellness Consulting, Events Planning and Property Investing. [ NOTICE ] Renovation Consulting, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/27/17.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 2604 Elmwood Ave., #113, Rochester, NY 14618.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ROC EZ AUTO LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/15/2019.

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 5018 Ridge Road West, Spencerport, NY 14559.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com [ NOTICE ] THE ASTRAL STUDIO, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/7/19. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 913 Westside Dr., Rochester, NY 14624, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ Notice of Formation ] Belhseine Ridge Road, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/24/19.

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 745 Titus Avenue, Annex Building, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] EcarsUSA Service, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/24/19. 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 745 Titus Avenue, Annex Building, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] Harvest Farm Market, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/4/19. 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 745 Titus Avenue, Annex Building, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] KatieCreative, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/11/19. 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 503 Brixton Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] NAME: TC ROC Holdings, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2019.

Principal office: Monroe County, New York. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to One S Clinton Ave., Suite C200, Rochester, NY 14607, Attn: Member. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. [ Notice of Formation ] Name: DESIGN FOR CONTRACTING AND TRADING LLC. Arts.

Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/26/2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O DESIGN FOR CONTRACTING AND TRADING LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of HOOKEDUP CHARTERS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/24/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 29 White Hill Drive, Rochester, NY 14625.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Holdings, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/2019.

Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GREENVESTMENTS, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY l 0/16/2019 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 131 TRYON PARK, ROCHESTER, NY 14609. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is 950 Reynolds Associates LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on November 1, 2019. Office location is Monroe County, New York. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 16 East Main Street, 950 Reynolds Arcade Building, Rochester, New York 14614. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] EZ Dumpster, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 11/5/2019 with an effective date of formation of 11/5/2019.

Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served.

A copy of any process shall be mailed to 100 Owens Road, Brockport, NY 14420. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ Notice of Formation] Hodge Property Management, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/23/2019. Office location: Orleans County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 2414 Center Road, Kendall, NY 14476.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE OF FORMATION] Notice of Formation of Lakeside Herons LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/3/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process served to Lakeside Herons LLC, 874 Lake Rd., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[Notice of Formation] SKYWARD AUTO LLC filed Articles of Organization with NYS on October 9,2019.

(1). LLC’s office is in Monroe County, New York. (2). The Sec’y of State (SSNY) has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

(SSNY) shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 117 Bryan Street, Rochester New York 14613. (3). Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of 88 Immobiliare LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/2019.

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, 383 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Day and Night Curtains LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1032 Pondbrook Point, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 3552 Southwestern Blvd, Orchard Park, NY 14127. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Gateway Landing on the Canal Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of 933 The U Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Giuseppe Flocco Flooring LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/11/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 159 Dean Road, Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Brighton Colony Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of WHA SEVEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/8/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 3552 Southwestern Blvd, Orchard Park, NY 14127. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of Ethan Pointe Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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.

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[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of WHAG PROPERTIES II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/8/19.

Office location: Monroe

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[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Greenwood Cove Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Knollwood Manor Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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.

Legal Ads filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Newcastle Apartments Owner KofP LLC . Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Perinton Manor Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Riverton Knolls Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401

Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Villa Capri Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Webster Green I Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Webster Green II Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Fun [NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Westminster Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Qualification of Westview Commons Apartments Owner KofP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/03/19. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. 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 DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ PUBLIC NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell at Online Public Auction pursuant to New York State Lien Law, Article 8, Section 182, per order of River Campus Storage, 169 Flanders St, Rochester, NY at www.bid13.com.

The personal property described as household goods heretofore stored with the undersigned

by Breanna Walden, Unit #114, beginning on Nov 22. All sales are subject to prior claim, postponement and/or cancellation.

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