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cartoons by creators who have only experienced certain life experiences, you’re going to get these myopic points of view. The answer isn’t to demand certain images be off-limits. The long-term answer is to get more varied points of view represented and published.
Taking offense: the RBJ cartoon
The group thinkers move, once more, to squelch opinions that run counter to their fragile PC sensibilities. Political debate requires two sides, but the left can’t handle opposing views so the Opinions Page becomes an echo chamber. We don’t need more sensitivity training, we need more insensitivity training.
A recent editorial cartoon published in the Rochester Business Journal, mocking transgender people, led to protests and to an apology from RBJ editor Ben Jacobs. In addition, the RBJ decided to stop publishing editorial cartoons, which, Jacobs said, weren’t consistent with the publication’s mission. Our article about the controversy generated a discussion about the purpose of editorial cartoons, including two comments from cartoonists themselves.
Although my views are diametrically opposed to my fellow cartoonist, Rick McKee’s, I stand with those who say the paper should not have apologized for running it. We can either pretend that views we disagree with don’t exist or we can look at them squarely and counter them with better arguments or, in this case, better cartoons that argue for another point of view –or many points of view! Cartoons don’t kill people. Let them start conversation, not stop it. SIGNE WILKINSON
Wilkinson is a Pulitzer Prizewinning editorial cartoonist with the Washington Post Syndicate.
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I agree with my colleague Signe Wilkinson. The fact is the editorial cartooning profession is made up of a majority of white males. If editors continue to run
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Telnaes is an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post.
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“RBJ cartoon brings protests and apology” – and the death of an American art form old as Ben Franklin. Congratulations. MIKE LESTER
Editorial cartoons should annoy, irritate, offend, prod, or upset some viewers who might just need the message. MARY COBLENTZ BOYD
This lunacy has to stop. Dehumanizing and demonizing people because you don’t like some of their political views is antiAmerican. We are all in this together. Play nice. DEE BEAN
Satire is a tool to criticize power using humor. If you’re making fun of those who are already oppressed, that isn’t funny. It’s bullying. JESS MEYER-CROSBY
City’s ‘deer’ ad
I wasn’t particularly concerned when I saw that City had
expanded its revenue stream by inserting advertising supplements into its paper. Times are financially tough for newspapers, especially alternative ones. But what I did find unconscionable and shocking was that your October 24 issue included an ad stating the following: “Fallow deer. 6 remain. You hunt –$1500.” For your paper to make a few dollars running ads for local merchants is one thing. But to offer a blood-sport vendor the use of your paper to promote his barbarism is nothing short of despicable. LARRY BAKER
City publishers’ response: Most of us in the media have a strong commitment to freedom of speech, and that includes commercial speech. That means we publish letters to the editor expressing opinions we disagree with. We interview political candidates we disagree with. We publish advertising for political candidates we don’t agree with. And we publish ads for services and products that we don’t like, as long as they’re legal and aren’t libelous, racist, anti-Semitic, etc. The news media have a privilege that most people don’t: the ability to send out our editorial opinions to a vast number of people. That privilege comes with the responsibility to leave some of our space open to the publication of things we don’t agree with, whether that’s a promotion for a political candidate or products and services.
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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
The next big thing: RBTL by the river It could turn out to be something terrific: a big, multi-use complex a block wide and a block deep along Main Street on the east side of the river downtown. If all goes well, the tired, pink Rochester Riverside Hotel will be torn down. In its place will be a new hotel, apartments or condos, a garage, and two theaters: a 3000-seat venue designed primarily for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League and a smaller one for the Convention Center and local arts and community groups. When you look at the renderings done by LaBella and SWBR, you can imagine the area alive with activity: some people walking along the riverfront or spilling out of the complex onto an outdoor terrace, others heading inside for a performance or streaming across the second-level pedestrian bridge.... And in a glass-fronted tower behind, people are looking out of their apartments toward a band getting ready to perform in Charles Carroll Plaza across the river. That’s the vision for what’s currently being called Riverside Place. It isn’t a done deal, by any means. The cost is estimated at $250 million. There’ll have to be a lot of private financing: equity from the developer and bank loans for the hotel and residential part, and donations for the theater. But there’ll also have to be a lot of government funding, for the garage and the two theaters – the Convention Center’s and RBTL’s. This is no pipedream, though. City officials are excited about the project, and they say, so are state officials they’ve talked to about funding. The project eliminates two points of controversy that have dogged the Warren administration. Originally, the theater was to occupy Parcel 5, a key piece of the former Midtown Plaza site. Since Midtown’s demolition, Parcel 5 has hosted some hugely successful events, and activists have been urging the city to transform it into a permanent, multi-use, public open space. Moving the RBTL theater farther down Main Street also avoids a potentially difficult City Council vote. Parcel 5 is public land, and Mayor Warren wasn’t
Moving RBTL’s theater from Parcel 5 to the riverside solves some problems, opens up new opportunities, and raises questions. assured of the two-thirds vote she would need in order to sell it. The new site is privately owned. The move seems to make sense, but there are questions. How much public funding is needed? How much is justifiable? Does the move affect the revenue projections for RBTL’s theater? Then there’s the future of Parcel 5. Will Warren seek a new developer? Or will she recommend turning it into public space, as the activists have urged? City officials say the Warren administration won’t make a decision until at least after the first of the year. I’m glad so much development is taking place downtown. I’m glad so many people are moving there. But the metropolitan population isn’t growing appreciably. I can’t be the only person wondering how much development is sustainable. Unless developers are lining up to build on Parcel 5, if I were the mayor, I’d put thoughts about development on hold. I’d replace the gravel with grass, plant some trees, stage a few events, let the public stage a few more, and sit back and watch. Which leaves one more piece of unfinished business from the RBTL-Parcel 5 controversy, and it’s a big one: local government’s commitment to the arts. A recent consultant’s study said a new RBTL theater could help all arts organizations. But it also said Rochester needs a funding mechanism to support all of them. More on that in a few weeks.
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Assult charges for RPD officer
Michael Sippel, one of two Rochester police officers accused of injuring Rochester resident Christopher Pate in May, has been charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He’ll be arraigned November 15. Pate says Sippel and Officer Spenser McAvoy stopped and questioned him during a search for a suspect. Although he showed them his identification, showing that he was not the suspect, they beat him, Pate says, causing injuries serious enough that he was treated at Rochester General Hospital. The officers’ actions were recorded on a police body camera, and in late August, both were suspended without pay. And Mayor Lovely Warren and Police Chief Michael Ciminelli asked Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to review the case, which led a grand jury’s decision last week to charge Sippel. McAvoy was not charged. Mayor Lovely Warren said the decision is “the first step” in the judicial process. “We must accept these decisions,” she said, “and allow the criminal justice system to take its course.” City Council President Loretta Scott called the decision “significant” and
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said she was “encouraged that the wheels of justice are beginning to move in the right direction.” But the Reverend Lewis Stewart, a longtime civil-rights activist, said he was “extremely displeased” with the grand jury’s decision to not charge McAvoy and to charge Sippel only with a misdemeanor. “It is an insult to Christopher Pate,” he said, “and also an insult to the community.”
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Dinolfo’s budget has taxes down, revenue up
Asylum denied for Hernandez
Abigail Hernandez, a former Rochester student who allegedly posted a threat on social media, is facing deportation after a federal immigration judge rejected her request for asylum. Hernandez was born in Mexico and isn’t a US citizen, and the judge says she doesn’t meet the criteria for asylum. Hernandez, who remains in custody in the Batavia federal detention center, has 30 days to appeal the judge’s decision. Hernandez allegedly posted a message on the East High School Facebook page saying she was going to the school to shoot people. Hernandez was a special education student with developmental disabilities and needs adult supervision, according to her family.
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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s 2019 budget will knock the county tax rate down by a dime, making it $8.89 per $1,000 assessed value. That’s if the proposal passes, which it probably will, since Dinolfo’s a Republican and the majority of legislators are Republican. The rate has been flat at $8.99 for roughly a decade, Dinolfo said as she presented her $1.2 billion budget proposal last week. The cut in the tax rate comes without any layoffs, new service charges, or gimmicks, she said. It adds money for child care assistance and Child Protective Services staff and includes $5 million money for contract settlements with the county’s unions. It also includes funding for the state’s new Raise the Age juvenile justice initiative. So what gives? How was the county able to budget this stuff and knock down the tax rate? Dinfolo attributes it to staff sharpening their pencils and finding efficiencies; to savings from contract reassessments and
debt refinancing; to a drop healthcare costs; to savings from ending special-purpose, quasi-governmental local development corporations and bringing their functions back inhouse; and to projected increases in sales tax collections. Here’s what she didn’t say. The property tax levy – the total amount raised from property taxes – under the proposal is increasing, from $382.8 million in the 2018 budget to $394.4 million in the new budget. The assessed value of taxable properties in Monroe increased by $1.7 billion, too: it grew to $43.3 billion, up from $41.6 billion. That’s not a criticism or something to hide, that’s a healthy way to let the budget grow, and is generally considered good practice. Next up: The legislature will debate the proposal, and legislature Democrats will start dissecting it. The budget has to be approved by mid-December.
The owner of a beleaguered low-income apartment complex on Thurston Road has agreed not to force out any residents for now. Residents and housing activists have been vocal about poor conditions at 447 Thurston Road and have been pushing for Thurston Road Realty to make major repairs.
HOUSING | BY JEREMY MOULE
Residents of troubled complex get a win Barbara Rivera and her two young children were just hours from losing their apartment at 447 Thurston Road when she and the other tenants in the building got a reprieve, at least in part because the building’s owner, Thurston Road Realty is selling the property. Rivera had complained about the deteriorating apartment over the past year, even going as far as taking the problems to a City Court judge. A few months after she moved in, a piece of the ceiling fell. The building has problems with cockroaches and mice, it’s not secure, it has black mold, and “the heating in the winter sucks,” she says. Representatives from Thurston Road Realty, the company formerly controlled by New York City investor Peter Hungerford, told her that she and her children would have to leave the apartment by October 30; advocates working with the City-Wide Tenant Union say she was being pushed out because of those complaints. But when October 30 arrived, representatives for the landlord notified Ryan Acuff, an activist and organizer working with the tenant union, that for the time being, the company wouldn’t force people out of their apartments.
The news came as a relief to Rivera. “It was so stressful trying to figure out where I was going to put all my belongings,” Rivera said. Rivera and other residents of 447 Thurston Road, as well as activists working with the City-Wide Tenant Union, see last week’s commitment from Thurston Road Realty as a victory. They’ve been calling on the company to stop evicting or displacing residents and to make serious repairs to the building, as well as to another Thurston Road Realtyowned property at 967 Chili Avenue. The City of Rochester also sued the company and Hungerford to force repairs at the complexes. City Court Judge Maija Dixon, who is overseeing the case, has ordered Thurston Road Realty to make repairs and report back on its progress. And Brenden Kyle, the other partner in Thurston Road Realty, has since pushed Hungerford out of the company, according to Acuff. Residents of the Thurston Road complex see additional reason to be hopeful that the property will be repaired. Home Leasing, a family-owned Rochester company with a large portfolio that includes subsidized housing, has a contract to buy the building if certain contingencies are met, says Adam Driscoll,
the company’s development manager. “They’ve been very open, accessible,” Acuff says. “They’ve been very respectful.” Home Leasing also has a contract to buy 967 Chili Avenue from Thurston Road Realty, Driscoll says. Rochester housing activists also say that the Thurston Road The building at 447 Thurston Road has been the focus of protests and Chili Avenue over conditions in its apartments. FILE PHOTO residents’ struggles illustrate the need for sudden rent increases can displace monthlocal and statewide housing reforms. They’re to-month tenants, and that landlords working with a coalition of other activists sometimes retaliate against tenants who from across the state to get Albany to act on complain about the conditions of their those issues. units by evicting them. The coalition is calling for the creating Rochester activists are also trying to get of housing courts in Upstate New York’s traction on the idea of apartment complexes largest cities. The courts would handle that are cooperatively owned by loweviction proceedings but also allow tenants income people. City-Wide Tenant Union to take landlords to court over health- and representatives have also been talking with safety-related issues. Home Leasing about ultimately turning 447 Activists also wants the state to enact Thurston into cooperative housing, Acuff says. rent-stabilization laws for Upstate cities But even if that doesn’t happen, the and add so-called good-cause eviction ownership change would still be an protections for tenants. They argue that improvement for residents, Acuff says.
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PUBLIC SAFETY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
RIT focuses on gun violence Since 2000 there have been nearly 3,000 shootings in Rochester, resulting in about 3,655 shooting victims. And only 20 percent of the shootings resulted in an arrest, according to police records. Rochester’s shooting rate is not dramatically different from other cities, says Irshad Altheimer, director of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives. What is different about Rochester, however, is that its police department has been collecting comprehensive data about each shooting for several years, Altheimer says. And it has led to some important revelations. For instance, about 60 percent of shootings that took place in Rochester from 2010 through 2013 involved retaliation and was linked to a dispute. Given the need to stop gun violence in many US cities, including Rochester, a big question, Altheimer says, is whether it’s possible to determine which gunshot victims are at higher risk of becoming shooters themselves. And, he says, whether it’s possible to stop that person from escalating the violence by retaliating. The Center has developed a research program that will launch in January called Community Engagement to Reduce Victimization, to try to tackle retaliatory violence through what Altheimer calls hospital-based intervention. “We want to focus on trauma-involved care, because we don’t often think about these people, shooting victims, as true victims who are suffering,” says Altheimer. Once their medical condition is stabilized, they often don’t receive any further care, even though they may be experiencing fear, anxiety, anger, and other emotional problems, he says. And Altheimer doesn’t look at the issue only from an academic’s perspective. He was a victim of a shooting, as well. “In 1997, I was coming home from college and I got hit three times,” he says. His best friend was killed in the event, and Altheimer was taken to the Seattle Medical Center. After he recovered, he was simply sent home. “No one ever followed up,” he says. “That was it. No one was concerned about what I thought or what I would do next. And 20 years later, it really hasn’t changed that much. It’s still ‘Gauze them up and send them home.’” 6 CITY
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Altheimer and his team are working with Pathways to Peace, United Christian Leadership Ministries, and Action for a Better Community on the research program. The team will work with about 30 victims who are admitted to Rochester General Hospital for gunshot, stabbing, and blunt-force trauma. RGH’s security will immediately contact Pathways to Peace, and a member of Pathways’ response team will be on site within 20 minutes. They will analyze whether the injury was the result of a dispute and whether the conflict has risen to the point where it poses a high risk for retaliation. The assessment and follow up can take many forms, such as working with the victims, their family members, and their friends to do everything possible to dissuade them from seeking revenge. It could also mean asking the hospital administrators to keep the victim – their patient – in the hospital for a short time until all parties have calmed down. It could even mean moving the victim out of town and into temporary housing until the conflict can be de-escalated. “We are especially concerned about the victims and their families,” says the Reverend Lewis Stewart, leader of United Christian Leadership Ministries, “and we will be concentrating our efforts in helping them through their suffering. This is a time when the family needs to grieve, but they also need hope.” There is a tendency to leave families alone in their grief and allow them to process what has happened, Stewart says. “This is not the time for them to be alone,” Stewart says. “We want to do work similar to the work and the counselling that the Friends and Family of Murdered Children has offered. We’d like to build on this and try to enhance it.” Stewart is especially concerned about young black males, because they are often vulnerable to street violence, and some don’t have a positive male role model in their life, Stewart says. If they become a victim or someone they care about is a victim, they don’t have a support system to help them through it. “We need to be there for them,” Stewart says. “We need to help them understand that, ‘No, this type of thing is not normal, regardless of what community you live in.’” They need to know that
Irshad Altheimer and others in the RIT project hope to learn whether it’s possible to determine which gunshot victims are at higher risk of becoming shooters themselves. FILE PHOTO
retaliation is not going to help anyone, Stewart says. Programs like RIT’s have some serious challenges, though, Altheimer says. In urban communities, as Stewart notes, the victims are often young men of color. And they frequently don’t have a favorable view of police or the justice system, so they may be reluctant to seek help. There are other reasons people hesitate to call or talk to the police when they are a victim of a shooting, Altheimer says. “Some people actually are criminally involved themselves, so how can they turn to police for some form of dispute
resolution for help?” he says. “Others fear that they may be re-victimized or someone in their family will be hurt. And if the status quo is that many shootings don’t result in an arrest, why would you call the police, since there is little consequence?” There is also a strong inclination for everyone involved to pre-judge a young shooting victim. “Often our first thought is this type of violence doesn’t happen to innocent people, so they must have been doing something wrong,” he says. “That’s not where we want to go with this.”
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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
Post-election assessing
Rochester NOW, Indivisible Rochester, and Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York, as well as individual activists, will hold “Now What? A Post-Midterm Election Strategy Session,” on Thursday, November 8. Local activists will meet and work on a common cooperative agenda. They’ll discuss questions such as “What do the election results mean for passing the Reproductive Health Act in the state Senate?” and “What is the future of the #MeToo movement?” The meeting will be held at 8 CITY
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First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road, at 7 p.m.
Energizing Dems in Victor
Victor Democrats are encouraging residents who share their concerns about education, fair property taxes, and safe neighborhoods to come to their next meeting on Thursday, November 8. The group is trying to increase engagement in the political process and will be meeting at the Victor Village Hall, 60 East Main Street, at 7 p.m.
Working for safer streets
Reconnect Rochester’s Street Films series will focus on street safety on Wednesday, November 14. There were over 4,000 vehicle accidents involving
bicyclists or pedestrians in Monroe County from 2010 to 2017, and in 2016 a car struck and killed a child at the Parsells Avenue and Greeley Street intersection. A short film will look at how that event motivated residents in the Beechwood neighborhood to stop speeding drivers and create a safer environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. A collection of other short films will show what residents in communities around the country are doing to reclaim streets that have become cutthrough speedways. The event will be held at The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue, at 6:30 p.m. Suggested donation to Reconnect Rochester: $5 to $25; but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
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The second course of the Dia de los Muertos dinner at Atlas Eats is ceviche with lime scallops atop a bed of chopped avocado, mango, and slices of fresh coconut. Right, the warming poblano chile soup, served in the “spaceship bowls” at Atlas Eats. PHOTOS BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Flavors of the world at Atlas Eats [ REVIEW ] BY RACHEL CRAWFORD
Travel doesn’t have to be a physical experience. Sometimes we travel through books and film, but much of the time we travel through food. Globe-trotting chef Anthony Bourdain’s legacy is inspiring but it isn’t feasible for everyone to eat international dishes abroad. After he died in June of 2018, foodies became nostalgic for, and re-inspired by, his ethos of exploring world cultures through food. This is something we can do right here in Rochester. Owners Diane and Gerry Brinkman opened their third restaurant, Atlas Eats, in 2012, because they wanted to share their passion for global cuisine. The interior of the Irondequoit restaurant and bake shop is adorned with maps, and even the coffee mugs are little glass globes. Atlas is a great place to have a regular date night, because as Chef Gerry says, “It’s like a new restaurant every two weeks.”
This weekend, the Mexican-themed Dia de los Muertos menu brings the holiday-inspired dishes to Rochestarians. Each course has a dash of something uniquely Mexican to it as well as something original. The first course is a tamale filled with turkey achiote, wrapped in banana leaf instead of the traditional corn husk. The achiote, or recado rojo, is a spice paste that the Brinkmans brought back from Mexican markets during their last trip to the Yucatán Peninsula. Served as the second course, the ceviche is a contender for star of the show. The lime scallops are beautifully presented atop a bed of chopped avocado, mango, and slices of fresh coconut. But a pleasantly surprising dish on the menu is the third course: the warming poblano chile soup, served in Atlas’s famous “spaceship bowls.” The heat is less intimidating than it sounds and is comforting on a chilly fall evening. And if you’re lucky, Brenda Robak, the baker who has been with the
Brinkmans since 1990, will come by your table with a variety of breads for dipping. Chef Gerry has been sourcing much of his produce from the Rochester Public Market for more than forty years now, and has built a strong rapport with local businesses like Halal Market & Meats. He comes up with the dinner themes but the overall execution is a joint effort between him and his daughter, Chef de Cuisine Anna Mooney Brinkman. Anna started prepping at previously Brinkmanowned restaurant, the Rochester Club, on Saturdays when she was six years-old. “I would have to stand on milk crates in order to reach the top of the table to cut zucchinis and yellow squash,” she says. I loved it right from that age.” She attended culinary school at Johnson & Wales University, but says she believes much of her talent comes from her father’s guidance in the kitchen. “Holidays inspire us,” Diane Brinkman says. “Every New Year’s Eve we do a New Orleans theme, and the last menu was in celebration of Oktoberfest.”
Holiday feasts are one of the few reasons we’re obliged to travel to see loved ones and sit across from one another, and to fill the open silence with conversation. At the Dia de la Muertos dinner, I brought my inquisitive 12-yearold son, whose curiosity was piqued by the Spanish titles of the courses and the geography of Mexico, and how he can have a conversation with his firstgeneration Mexican friend about his new knowledge of the Day of the Dead. The Dia de los Muertos menu continues through Saturday, November 10, at Atlas Eats (2185 North Clinton Avenue). The next theme will be Autumn in New England. (Be sure to ask about the cocktail specially paired with each new dinner.) Dinner is five courses and is a steal at $49, which includes gratuity. Reservations can be made for 6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 544-1300; atlas-eats.com.
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ON THE RISE AND
shining Emerging Artists 2018
ART FEATURE | BY REBECCA RAFFERTY | PHOTOS BY JACOB WALSH AND RENÉE HEININGER
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o two artistic paths are alike. On living a creative life, “The Hero’s Journey” author Joseph Campbell said: “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path.” But as you’re carving your path, you’d better be carrying a machete, he said, referring to the messy weedwhacking required to create your own trail. Following your creative bliss is hard work, and for most artists this labor is overtime, done between and after hours spent at day jobs where they earn the means to live. Success often emerges from the precarious
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balance of dedicating lonely hours to their craft and finding crucial social connections within a creative scene. Each year, CITY spotlights four young artists who are creating engaging work but are still in the early years of their artistic careers. Our 2018 selections — photographer Will Cornfield, painter G. E. DeGroat, assemblage artist and vintage pinball machine restorer Ashley Ludwig, and experimental film artist Alexandria Mockbee — are each creating their own paths, taking chances and often unexpected opportunities to find their way forward.
PHOTOGRAPHY | willcornfield.com; @willcornfield
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Cornfield I t’s not common for a 24-year-old who is not a celebrity to have tens of thousands of followers on Instagram. Will Cornfield’s current number is more than 32,000 people. They follow him for his dreamy, fashioninspired digital portraits of beautiful youths striking poses in wide open fields or in abandoned industrial settings.
Cornfield’s talent occasionally takes him on the road; he recently returned from shooting at the Lynchstock Music Festival in Virginia, where he was hired by organizers to document the sights. He also takes client-based formal portraits for some companies in Rochester, and works as a bartender at Radio Social. The influence fashion has had on Cornfield’s work is clear: Each of his diverse set of models looks slightly intimidatingly cool and self-possessed, and their stances deliberately showcase their threads. They make moody, direct eye contact with the camera, or they stare into the middle distance, absorbed in some private thought. Occasionally there’s a shot capturing an unguarded moment of effervescent grinning. Like many portrait photographers, Cornfield loves capturing subjects in the “golden hour” right as the summer sun is setting, or taking advantage of the scattered light from an overcast sky. The gloominess makes every hue in the image pop like crazy. He’s a true ace at getting his angles and lighting just so, capturing sun-kissed cheekbones and making use of shadows that partly obscure a subject. And he takes advantage of the fact that we actually have four seasons here, shooting outside throughout the year, in humidity and icy wind alike. Cornfield chooses his subjects based on simply spotting someone who he thinks looks interesting, and he’ll approach strangers to ask if he can photograph them — “sometimes at a café, sometimes when I have a little more courage after a drink at a bar,” he says with a laugh. His supremely chilled-out personality makes him an easy person to talk and work with, and he’s also learned from being on the other side of a camera when he’s modeled for student photographer friends. He has a hand in styling the models and directing them throughout the shoots, and will
go thrifting for clothing with his models, but he’ll occasionally work with a makeup artist or stylist to achieve a specific look. There’s also a cinematic feel to Cornfield’s images, which he says is inspired by single
Cornfield, his cousin, and friends would take photographs using their iPhones while out on rambles in their hometown of Corning. They’d snap and share images of each other and interesting bits of rural nature. Cornfield says his number of Instagram followers began to balloon while he was still in high school, and he was able to connect with photographers all over the country who shared photography knowledge with him. “All because of this app,” he says.
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frames in films that have caught his attention and stuck with him — most recently the 2017 film “A Ghost Story.” “The final goal, the goal through editing, is to make it look like it’s a part of a movie,” he says of his work. Cornfield’s appreciation for photography began early: He took a photography class in grade school, and would frequently capture imagery with disposable cameras and borrow his mom’s Cyber-shot camera. But it was social media that secured his interest in pursuing photography seriously. Instagram had just emerged as a platform for sharing images when he was in high school.
He realized he needed to focus on creating better and better content. Freshman year he saved up money and bought a decent starter digital camera from a friend, but says he still shot mostly with his iPhone while he learned to use the camera. His method of creating work is pretty on-the-fly, even in the cases when he’s spent weeks thinking about and planning out a shoot, mood boards be damned. “My general process is: Waking up in the morning, seeing that it’s a nice day outside, knowing that I want to go shoot, and texting five people to see who’s available,” he says. “A lot of the
time, those are the best shoots.” Cornfield meets up with whoever gets back to him, and puts some thought into finding the right location to match the weather and whatever clothing his model is planning to wear. “It could be just one yellow wall I’ve seen that’s part of a larger building,” he says. “And I just want to shoot the yellow wall, so that’s the location.” This easy-going approach comes from his habit of doing on-the-go photography using his phone. “Shooting with just an iPhone taught me so much,” he says. “You don’t have control over anything. Whatever is there in the moment is what you get. So you have to control your angle, you have to pay attention to the lighting: where it is, how to use it.” Cornfield’s primary camera is a Canon 5D Mark IV, and he carries only two lenses: a 24-70 lens that he uses on jobs, and the one he uses for his art photography is a Sigma 35mm. “It translates to how I used to use my iPhone, because it doesn’t have a zoom on it, so you have to kind of move your feet to get the shot,” he says, adding that he spends a lot of time lying on the ground to capture the right angle. “I’m pretty much on the ground for like half the shoot.” While he does have some lighting equipment, most of his images are shot in natural light. Cornfield says this is another relic from learning photography on his phone, but he also just prefers the look of natural light. Cornfield has the audience, but says he’d like to expand beyond sharing his work on Instagram and his website. He’d like to get into editorial fashion photography, but says he’s waiting for the right project to come along. And he has a project in the works to create physical versions of his images. “I’ve been really picky about it, working on it for a while,” he says. “And I want to just finally get it out there. But in order for me to do that, I just need to love it a lot, so my goal is to start creating work that I love so much that I want to print out.” rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
G.E. A
DeGroat
n array of works in progress and finished paintings and collages cover the walls and tables of G.E. DeGroat’s dining room studio. Images of his two cats — one sweet, one temperamental — have made it into some of his work. Everything is fair game in his art, which includes a metamorphic tangle of thick-lined, maze-like patterns, snippets of language and symbolism, and bits of human forms. “Every painting starts out freeform,” DeGroat says. “I’m just trying to unpack my experience as a sentient being. This is all that I’m taking in.” His current set of in-progress paintings deal heavily with language, symbolism, and iconography. “All of my paintings start out pretty random,” he says, “but I do impart some specific motifs, like deconstructing ASL. There’s a couple of hand signs I’ve been deconstructing in there, like ‘I love you’ and the sign for ‘W.’” DeGroat was hired by Bar Bantam to design and paint the bold-lined patterns and motifs that adorn the walls and menus. His background is in graphic design, which he studied at the Art Institute in New York City before dropping out and working as a freelance designer and model, among other odd jobs. “When I left school and I was freelancing, one of my favorite things to do was to come up with a logo for people. And I’d do pages of drawings that would morph into each other,” he says. “If I’m drawing a face, the face is also a body, ARTWORK BY G.E. DEGROAT and the body might be a bottle, or a cat.” The 28-year-old artist says he’s fascinated with individualism, and with language as the connective force between individuals. “Everyone is their own universe. Even 12 CITY NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2018
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Goose might be his own universe,” he says of the friendlier of his two cats. DeGroat says part of his work is about sitting with and appreciating the bittersweet moments of life and of ourselves. “I’ve dealt with depression and mental illness in my family, and I personally have experienced depression,” he says. “But at the same time, there’s moments of beauty in that depression, and that’s totally the ego talking. It’s like, this is a beautiful moment but I feel like crap; I’m questioning everything around me; I’m questioning my own existence; why am I here and whatnot. “I really like the challenge of taking what you have and then making something from it,” he says, “whether it’s me as a 15-year-old downloading software to make music, or me being depressed and finding beauty in that.” DeGroat says one of his earliest memories is of his mother sitting him and his sister down before bed to sketch them. “I guess that’s what planted the idea of drawing in my head,” he says, adding that he’s been drawing since he could hold a pen. “I decided at a very young age that I wanted to spend most of my time creating for myself.” He was born on Staten Island, but grew up in Newport News, Virginia. “As soon as I graduated from high school I had to get out of there, because I was very close to falling into a street scene,” he says.
After high school he went to live with his father in New York City where he dabbled in hip hop, rapping for about a year before enrolling in school. Reflecting on his time in design school, he says: “I think I had a really good hand back then, but I realized a lot of people have a really good hand.” But DeGroat’s proximity to the New York art scene was influential. He says seeing street artist Shepard Fairey’s work up close at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery was particularly pivotal. “I was a fan as a designer,” he says, “but was stunned by the painterly, tactile quality of the layered stencils.” DeGroat’s love of art history shows in up his work in references to works by old masters, such as Michelangelo, Vermeer, and Rubens. “I literally steal from them,” he says. “I’ve got a ton of art books of ARTWORK BY G.E. DEGROAT my favorites.” And specifically, learning about the Surrealists has been influential, he says: “I’ve got this constant internal dialogue going on, and Surrealism kind of embodies that metaphysical energy or survey. I would say the paintings that I’m getting ready to show are not just surveys of the physical world, but they’re also metaphysical world surveys.” DeGroat says he’s hugely inspired by renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic. “She lives art,” he says. “She’s really unpacking this thing, this human experience
thing, like nobody else is. I paint, I’m not a performance artist, but I feel like it’s all the same thing. Not technically of course, but what she’s doing artistically inspires me the most. Empathy is huge for me, just relating to other humans.” DeGroat is relatively new to Rochester, having moved here from Virginia in the summer of 2017, initially intending to visit friends he’d met in Brooklyn. He works as a support staff member at Cure in the Public Market, which he says is more than a job he’s taken to support creative endeavors. “I dig the background operations of support staff, and after Rochester I’d like to go somewhere else, maybe France,” he says. “I entertain the thought of being a maitre d’ at a restaurant or something like that.” And working in cafe and bar culture is a common way that artists use to get out of their isolating work modes and remain social. “Creating something from nothing is exhausting,” he says. “So you spend a certain amount of time working, and then you need to go out and be social. I have this habit of working for hours and researching during the daylight, then socializing at night. I think the key to everything is momentum.” DeGroat’s exhibit, “Free Association,” opens at The Yards Collaborative Art Space on November 16.
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ASHLEY
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Ludwig
t’s no secret that most artists have some sort of day gig that sustains them while they pursue their craft, usually afterhours or on weekends. What’s less common is when the 9-to-5 job is itself an art career. On her own time, Rochester native Ashley Ludwig creates mixed media works that she says are inspired by the human experience. But her bread and butter comes from working as a restorer of vintage pinball machines at Pinball Alley in Henrietta.
Getting into that line of work was the result of her savvy approach to staying connected to art through paying gigs. She actively looked for and was open to taking unusual, chance opportunities. In this case, the breadcrumb trail was an ad on Craigslist. “Almost three years ago I was suffering through a quarter-life crisis, which I believe many of us do,” she says. “I graduated from college, had a degree in hand, and was applying to jobs all over the country with no luck.” To keep her portfolio current and to stay engaged with the arts community, she volunteered and joined creative projects (she’s been an active volunteer for WALL\ THERAPY for years) and occasionally found random creative jobs on Craigslist, like sign painting for restaurants. Ludwig stumbled on an ad titled “artist needed to restore pinball machines” and initially laughed, assuming it was a scam “because it sounded too good to be true,” she says. “Several months later, I ended up responding to the ad because I figured I had nothing to lose.” In the beginning, once a week Ludwig
took her artistic skillset to work on a pinball machine called “Road Kings.” Over time she realized she could actually carve a name for herself in this niche field, and took the risk of leaving her secure and steady job to learn how to be a full-time restoration artist working on pinball machines. “The cabinet and playfield are constructed from wood and are either originally stenciled or decaled with the artwork,” she says. “I do a lot of woodworking and prep on surfaces: Repairing surface scratches and dented or broken corners or edges, basically any damage done to the wood by filling and sanding.” After the surfaces are restored comes the painting. Ludwig works to match the original colors and styles, then finishes the job with a few thin layers of a non-yellowing, scratch-resistant clear coat. “I love the restoration work I do, because I can see something that’s damaged and envision what it needs to be,” she says. “Then all I need to do is get it there by any means possible. I tend to use a wide array of paints, tools, or techniques to replicate something. Especially on a piece that was produced anywhere within a 100year time span. It’s funny, though, because
when I do my best work, it looks like I’ve “I find it fascinating that we’re constantly done nothing at all.” soaking up information whether we want to realize it or not,” she says. “We sense our While her day job is all about trying surroundings by touch, smell, or visceral feeling. to perfectly recreate someone else’s work, We see and perceive, always trying to make Ludwig’s studio practice is where her own associations and compare what’s happening in the creative interests and ideas shine. Her mixed media pieces usually involve layers of cut paper moment, based on every single other moment we’ve experienced in our lives. I guess the work arranged inside shadow boxes, with fragile patterns formed by thread strung between pins. that I make touches on that.” A recent wall-mounted work, “I’ll Build The 26-year-old graduated from Rochester a Coffin and Send You My Dead,” is a box Institute of Technology in 2014 with a Fine shaped like an upright casket, with tiers of cut Arts Studio BFA. She says she’s always known maps stacked she wanted to inside on the left. be an artist, and The collage looks would eagerly like you’re viewing transform any crashing waves mundane objects from above, with she could get the undulating her hands on. lines of the “Making and paper set starkly creating was the against a dark only thing that background. Both felt natural to me, that wave-like especially if it was edge and the inner with uncommon right wall of the materials like box are lined with plastic forks or pins, and Ludwig twisty ties,” she has intricately says. laced dark thread And while many Left: Artwork by Ashely Ludwig. Above: Before and after back and forth youngsters are told shots of Ludwig’s restoration work on a pinball machine. over the void. to pursue a career path that’s more practical than art, she had She says she made the work “in an effort to early encouragement to focus on her creativity. physically lay emotions to rest,” and that the cutting and layering of maps is meant to allude “I remember finger-painting in kindergarten listening to our art teacher explain that you to chaos. can have a career as an artist, and it completely “It’s so easy to put up blinders and just run blew my mind,” she says. “I vividly remember through our days,” Ludwig says. “I believe that spinning around and saying that I thought a there’s a lot of people out there that forget just job was something you had to hate and that I how sensitive we are, as a way to fit in to social was going to be an artist.” norms. I want to point out the magic of the mundane and make people stop and think.” Ludwig doesn’t speak of specifics regarding Ludwig says her work is the result of future goals, but says she plans to “keep taking risks and doing cool stuff.” absorbing and piecing together inspiration from various sources, whether it’s the lyrics of a song, “It’s worked out so far,” she says. the phenomenon of catching every green light on See Ludwig’s work in the show, “Into the Out the way to work, or a random documentary she’s Of,” with fellow artist Cecily Culver at The Yards found in the crevasses of the internet. Collaborative Art Space through November 10. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13
ALEXANDRIA A
Mockbee
lexandria Mockbee’s art has recently shifted in a radically new direction, from drawings and paintings to experimenting with abstract paintings on film and light projection installations.
When she participated in the artist’s residency at The Yards collective art space in 2016, she was creating ink and watercolor works on paper that incorporated architectural elements and viscera. Each small work presented a floating world made of bricks and geometric structures with guts and waves of sludgy fluid flowing around and through the forms. She says that work was inspired by her observations of the physical world and inward, emotional responses. The change in her artistic process was sparked when she included a film projection installation as part of a 2017 show she had at Makers Gallery with printmaker Heather Swenson. Shot on Super 8mm film and projected onto the gallery wall, the work is what Mockbee calls a “handmade film loop with optical sound.” As the frames fly through the projector, what is projected on the wall is daubs and streaks of dark paint interrupting an otherwise empty field of bright, warm light. A slightly echoed, gravelly sound drones away during the 25-second light and shadow show. The noise nags for a number of reasons: it almost-but-not-quite matches up with the visuals, and by turns it’s slightly reminiscent of the sound of a heavy piece of metal being dragged across a surface, a sustained rumble of thunder, and a distant roar. There’s no narrative and the work is entirely abstract, but it’s engaging in a teasing way. Our brains want to solve puzzles. As you watch and listen to the looping film, your mind may do
Right: Alexandria Mockbee in the studio. Upper right: Artwork by Mockbee. PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER 14 CITY NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2018
little flips trying to grasp and make sense of the recognizable sights and sounds. The fact that the imagery and sound match up differently each time the film loops frustrates the brain’s efforts, as the brief experience is fresh each time. And viewers will experience it differently, bringing their own interpretations or emotional responses to the table. Mockbee’s new ideas began to coalesce when she decided to return to The School at Brockport and finish her undergraduate degree, and was able to take a 16mm film class at Visual Studies Workshop last semester. In that course, she learned about handmade methods, including painting on film. “That really interested me,” she says, “because I was able to watch the things I was making move.” The 22-year-old is from Greece, New York, and was introduced to the arts early,
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having grown up playing the cello since third grade. She began exploring visual art in middle school, and went to Brockport right out of high school to earn a studio art degree, with a focus on oil painting. After a couple of years, she stopped attending and pursued an independent studio practice. Mockbee currently works as a barista and curates the art shows at Ugly Duck café. “And I’m back in school,” she says. She plans to graduate from Brockport in the spring with an undergraduate degree in Childhood Education. The program itself is interdisciplinary, she says, and includes introductory classes in music, dance, theater, literature, and visual art. “Then you learn how to apply those and integrate that into an educational setting,” she says. It’s not just about teaching dance or music to children, but “how do you use the arts to teach,” she says, adding that exposing young children to the arts helps them with creative problem solving and with expressing themselves. “But also it’s about integrating art
into everyday life. It’s a way of learning, of understanding and seeing the world.” Mockbee says she’s learning professional skills in the program that could lead to a career in teaching or as an arts integration specialist, but the program’s teachings also tie into her own mode of working and experiencing, and inform how she makes art now. “The reason I moved away from a studio practice to where I am now is, I was just making two-dimensional pieces that were too stagnant for me,” she says. “They weren’t communicating what I was feeling, especially because I was working with abstraction, where nothing’s being represented specifically. And I just found that it was not enough.” Her solution has been to move away from stationary visual art to “things that move,” she says, with an emphasis on the abstract “textures” of light and sound waves. “Film is seductive,” she says. Mockbee is currently creating work that blends her own shot footage with handmade techniques. Her process is experimental and intuitive. “I’m more interested in the process and the making than the final thing that happens,” she says. Her aim isn’t to produce art objects so much as it is to learn how to create temporary art experiences that are performative in nature. “I’m interested in expanded cinema, which is, instead of just sitting and watching a film, it’s like: ‘How does it interact with the environment?’” she says. Inspired by some of the dance performances she’s seen from Brockport’s dance department, Mockbee says she’s made plans to collaborate with dancers for some of her developing work. With this addition, her work will delve further into the realm of movement-based, ephemeral performances that can never be repeated exactly the same way.
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RPO’s ‘Hungarian Harmonies’ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 7:30 P.M.; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8 P.M. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 60 GIBBS STREET $24-$106 | RPO.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] Ever since Ahrim Kim became principal cellist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015, she has been a leading light, helping to craft the ensemble’s cohesive sound. This Thursday and Saturday, Kim will seize the spotlight when she performs as soloist in the RPO’s performance of Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A Minor. Led by guest conductor Carlos Kalmar, the energetic program will also include Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1” and Zoltán Kodály’s “Dances of Galanta.” The concert’s charm is enhanced further by Symphony No. 98 by Classical-era master Joseph Haydn. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER PHOTO BY KIKI VASSILAKIS
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As a prolific songwriter, he’s been hailed as the voice of a generation and its counterculture for more than five decades. Songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’” were anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements in the 1960’s and sadly still come off as relevant today. And with 11 Grammys and the Nobel Prize in Literature to his name, Dylan has been acknowledged as a game changer. Live, his voice is a little hit-or-miss, but he always has a great backing band.
Pianist Aaron Parks has spent most of his playing time serving as a sideman for Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lage Lund, and many others. With the major new album “Little Big,” named for a favorite science fiction novel by John Crowley, Parks is back as a leader. The science fiction reference is fitting; much of this music is decidedly futuristic. Along with guitarist Greg Tuohey, a key presence on the album, Parks masterfully employs textures and tones from jazz, rock and beyond. The tunes range from the out-in-the-stratosphere tracks “Professor Strangeweather” and “The Trickster” to down-to-earth songs like “Lilac” and “Doors Open,” which have melodies catchy enough to rival an Elton John tune. With Parks and Tuohey constantly soaring, bassist David “DJ” Ginyard and drummer Tommy Crane ably hold things together. — RON NETSKY
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I usually stick to Rochester bands when reviewing records, but I liked this CD from The 8 Balls Youngstown so much that I simply had to pull on your coat for a minute. The 8 Balls Youngstown formed in the beginning of the 1980’s as a loud-and-fast bar band, like The Real Kids and The Heartbreakers. Flash forward, the Ohio band is older but still giving it a go, with music that’s in-your-face and raunchy. It mirrors a time when punks had no punk to call their own – you know, the dark ages. “That Was Then… This Is Wow!” ain’t nothin’ new for most of us, but it’s exciting for all. Now let’s get them to come to town. 1-2-3-4! — BY FRANK DE BLASE
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Music It’s my first arena show in five and a half years. So the energy of being back in a place that large is something that the fans and I haven’t experienced in quite a few years now. So that’s given us kind of a really wonderful and revitalized performance energy out there. It’s probably the most high-energy show I’ve ever done. The classical crossover feel is something that, at this point, feels fairly inextricable in your performance. But “Bridges” does seem like more of a concerted effort toward pop music. Do you feel that, or is that inaccurate?
I have never classified myself as a classical crossover artist, for a couple of reasons. One, because I did not start in classical music. I’m not crossing over from opera. My voice and my music have always been very naturally, for better or for worse, kind of in the middle. I’ve always felt like my voice has always been its own thing – a weird lane that, whether I’ve wanted to change it or not, has been too pop for opera, and has always been too traditionalsounding for Top 40.
Josh Groban calls his current tour, coming to Rochester on Tuesday, November 13, “the most high-energy show I’ve ever done.” PHOTO BY BRIAN BOWEN SMITH
Finding his voice Josh Groban WITH IDINA MENZEL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 BLUE CROSS ARENA, ONE WAR MEMORIAL SQUARE 7:30 P.M. | $50-$352 BLUECROSSARENA.COM; JOSHGROBAN.COM [ INTERVIEW ] BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Josh Groban has been a household name in music for 15 years. Ever since his 2003 album “Closer” was released and the smash hit “You Raise Me Up” entered the pop-culture consciousness, his polished, charismatic vocals and charming adult contemporary sound have been all but unavoidable. You may not know much about his music, but you’ve definitely heard that voice. Over the years, however, Groban has steadily proven himself to be about more than just pop-classical balladry, with a 18 CITY NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2018
discography that skillfully blends covers, original songs, and foreign language tracks – as well as an entertainment career that has expanded to include theater, TV sitcom appearances, and now, a starring role as detective Tony “TJ” Caruso Jr. on the Netflix series “The Good Cop.” On Tuesday, November 13, Groban will visit Rochester as part of his current arena tour, supporting his latest album, “Bridges.” In a recent phone interview, Groban talked about his vocal sound and delivery, the new album, and how he broke free from a constricting public image. Here’s an edited version of that discussion. CITY: Have there been notable changes in your vocal sound or your approach to vocal production over the years? Josh Groban: When I was younger, I had
this voice, but I had no experience behind it. I was singing these very kind of heady, very emotional songs about breakups and
love and loss, and all these things, and I was just kind of a kid. I was just plucked out of high school and freshman year of college, and was kind of approximating what those things might have been like. I was reaching a lot of people very emotionally, but in my own life had not really gone through those things yet. So I think the benefit to getting a little older and having that experience is that you interpret it, you put color on your voice more mentally and emotionally as you spend more time singing. So it’s good. I think at 37, I’ve got the right combination of life experience and vocal experience to do a show like the one I’m about to do, which is very, very challenging. How so?
Well, the songs on “Bridges” were very, very challenging, vocally, to sing. They really, I think, pushed every limit of my range. When I write, for whatever reason, I tend to write really challenging stuff for myself.
Do you ever feel constricted by the public image or the accompanying aesthetics of that image?
I feel like when I first started, I definitely did. Because, you know, all people got to see of you was… if you sang a song that was sad, for instance, and that song became very famous, people just thought of you as sad. Or if you sing a song that’s inspirational, people just think of you as the guy who sings that. When I first started out, there wasn’t social media. I wasn’t acting at all. I wasn’t doing comedy. So I would say, yes, for the first five years or so of my career, I felt very constricted. Since then I’ve gotten so many opportunities to do some many different kinds of things, from TV to comedy to hosting to all different kinds of duets. An extended version of this interview can be found at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
JAZZ
The Rita Collective, Melissa Gardiner. Bop Shop Records,
1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $10/$15. POP/ROCK
Blue October, Kitten. Anthology,
336 East Ave. 8 p.m. $28-$33.
Krypton 88. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge
Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m.
Taking Meds, Teenage Halloween, Carpool, Mover Shaker, Roselove. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. $7/$10.
[ FRI., NOVEMBER 9 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
PHOTO BY HARVEY TILLIS
JAZZ | JOE POLICASTRO TRIO
Gary Rose. Via Girasole, 3
No one bridges the worlds of pop and jazz better than the Joe Policastro Trio. According to Policastro, the band plays music for listeners who are “jazz-curious.” Its repertoire couldn’t be 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. more eclectic: Prince’s “1999”; Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon”; 315-3003. 8 p.m. “America,” from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”; the theme music from “Twin Peaks”; and more. The tunes are AMERICANA totally recognizable, but they are also revealed to be prime Hayley Jane & The Primates. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water St. vehicles for improvisation. The musicians – Policastro on 448-0354. 10 p.m. $10/$15. bass; guitarist Dave Miller, and Mikel Patrick Avery on drums – stretch the classic jazz trio into shapes you’ve never imagined. Schoen Pl. 641-0340. 7 p.m.
James Hearne, Jacob Walsh, Dan Drago, Dave Drago. B-Side,
BLUES
Griffith & Martino. Fanatics Pub
Joe Policastro Trio plays Monday, November 12, 8 p.m. at
& Pizza, 7281 W Main St. Lima. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Avenue, $10-15. 271-3354. 624-2080. 8 p.m. bopshop.com; thejptrio.com. Steve West. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Ln. Fairport. 315-3003. 5-7 p.m. — BY RON NETSKY CLASSICAL
Rochester Early Music Festival: Welcome to All the Pleasures.
Calvary St Andrew’s, 68 Ashland St. firstinversion.org. 7:30 p.m. $10/$20. COUNTRY
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles. Abilene, 153 Liberty
Pole Way. 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $12/$15. DJ/ELECTRONIC
Figure, Megalodon. Photo City
Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 8 p.m. $18. JAZZ
Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, 26
Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m. Benny Carter Retrospective. Escape Terrain. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com. 8:30 p.m. $5. HIP-HOP/RAP
Pine Needle Soul: Mac Miller Tribute. Flour City Station, 170
East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. $5. POP/ROCK
Kind of Kind, The Joke’s on Us, Dogmath, False Pockets. Bug
Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7.
[ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] AMERICANA
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams. The Riviera, 4 Center
St., Geneseo. geneseoriviera. com. 7 p.m. $25/$29. CLASSICAL
Ayman Jarjour, Ken Luk, Erik Gibelyou, Bernardo Marcondes. Third Presbyterian
Church, 4 Meigs St. 764-5008. 3 p.m. .
Bernstein at 100: A Celebration. Nazareth College
Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 3892170. 7:30-9 p.m.
Rochester Early Music Festival: Baroque Music of the Americas. Calvary St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian Parish, 68 Ashland St. musicaspei.org. 7:30 p.m. i.
Tune In // In Tune: A Night of Music & More. Christ Church,
141 East Ave. 454-3878. 4:30 p.m. JAZZ
The Klick. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5. Quintopus. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $5/$10.
METAL
Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Harm’s Way. Anthology, 336 East
Ave. 7 p.m. $25-$28. POP/ROCK
Goose, Haewa, The Clock Reads. Flour City Station, 170
East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. R&B/ SOUL
Cinnamon Jones & Eternal Soul. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.
Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.
Shine. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park
Point Dr. lovincup.com. 9 p.m. $10. REGGAE/JAM
Ya’MaMa, Dylan Savage.
Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. 9 p.m.
[ SUN., NOVEMBER 11 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Maria Gillard Trio with Kinloch Nelson. Little Theatre Café, 240
East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m. CLASSICAL
Dreams of Old Vienna.
Irondequoit United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave. 266-7030. 3 p.m. $10-$14.
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J.S Bach Cantata Series. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St. 274-3000. 3 p.m.
Rochester Early Music Festival: Welcome to All the Pleasures.
Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. firstinversion. org. 4:30 p.m. $10/$20.
Rochester Early Music Festival: Music from England to Italy.
Calvary St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Parish, 68 Ashland St. musicaspei.org. 3 p.m. St. Lawrence String Quartet. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 3 p.m. $27-$33. DJ/ELECTRONIC
MC Lars, I Fight Dragons, Worm Quartet. Miller Lanes, 126 West
Main St. Honeoye Falls. 624-2990. 7 p.m. $18/$23. POP/ROCK
Keith Kenny, Buffalo Sex Change, I Am The Polish Army, Summer Like The Season. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 7 p.m. VOCALS
Mark Daniels. Lyric Theatre, 440
East Ave. 4 p.m. $30-$50.
Skylark, a capella quartet. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 3 p.m. With museum admission: $5-$15.
[ MON., NOVEMBER 12 ] AMERICANA
May Erlewine, August West.
Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 8 p.m. $5. JAZZ
Nazareth College Jazz Combos. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. 7:30 p.m. Ted Perry Ibeji Quartet. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m. POP/ROCK
Kurt Travis, Brent Walsh, Makari, Tokyo Monsters. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $13/$15.
Waterparks, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, Super Whatevr, Nick Gray. Anthology, 336 East Ave. 6 p.m. $17-$20.
[ TUE., NOVEMBER 13 ] CLASSICAL
Leila Josefowicz. Kilbourn Hall,
26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m. $29-$34. Tuesday Pipes. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 274-3000. 12-12:30 p.m.
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Theater
Kevin Sean Sweeney as George, Sarah Kingsley as Honey, and Kiefer Santiago Schenk as Nick in Wallbyrd’s production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” PHOTOS BY WALLBYRD THEATRE COMPANY
All truth being relative “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” REVIEWED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 THE AVYARIUM, 274 NORTH GOODMAN STREET, SUITE D242 TICKETS START AT $27 | WALLBYRD.COM [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
When “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened on Broadway in 1962, it both captivated and polarized audiences. Edward Albee’s (then) contemporary play about a frustrated middle-aged couple was cutting edge: the plot had sexual tension, alcohol, and cursing, all live on stage. Though it was vetoed for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962, “Woolf ” won the Tony Award for best play in 1963, and the script was adapted for a film 22 CITY NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2018
starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton just a few years later. MAD Magazine, in a satirical 1967 cartoon spread about the film, perhaps best summed it up: “Who in heck is Virginia Woolf?” Spoiler: it’s not a character in the plot, but a play on the Disney song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”, that swaps in the name of author Virginia Woolf. The reason for the title is quite simple: Albee was inspired at a New York bar where he saw the phrase scrawled in soap on a bathroom mirror. Wallbyrd Theatre Co., led by Virginia Monte, departs from its usual Shakespeareanthemed offerings with this classic play (and will do so again in May 2019 with “The 39 Steps”). The turn to mid-20th century works is a refreshing one, coinciding with the company’s move to The Avyarium, a new black box-style space tucked away on the second floor of the Village Gate. The plot of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is a confusing one, but it begins simply enough. After they leave a faculty
characters, but the nuance of each actor grows as the play progresses, and these younger ensemble members prove an impressive match for their middle-aged counterparts. Infidelity, profanity, alcoholism, marital discord: Everything hidden from the bridge and rotary clubs of the day is dragged out and strung from the rafters. The plot toes the line between a chess match and a championship bout, every disclosure and conversational misstep turning to another player’s advantage minutes (or, in this case, hours) later. The audience is seated flanking the stage, and the square, Mid-century living room set (also designed by Virginia Monte) grows more like a boxing ring with each passing act. As is typical of Monte’s shows, much conscientious effort has gone into the design of the production, from the worn, period-style living room of George and Martha’s home to the deliciously “Mad Men”-esque costumes by Linda Monte. There’s also a good deal of fight choreography, by Alec Barbour and Cassie Buscemi, fluidly worked into the production. By the end of the three-hour production (including two 10-minute intermissions), the audience looks as worn out as the characters, emotionally and physically exhausted from the suspense and toll of the play’s content. And what of the plot twist at the end? As Sweeney’s character George says amidst gulps of would-be Scotch: “That’s for me to know and you to find out.”
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party, Martha informs her professor husband, George, that she’s invited the newest faculty member and his young wife over for a nightcap. The greatest challenge within the next three hours is for the director and actors, who must make sense of this dense and at times heavy-handed play, but it’s clear Monte and the four-person ensemble have spent countless hours crafting the show. In the role of history professor George, Kevin Sweeney leads the cast, rarely leaving the stage at all. He leverages a hoarse stage voice to great effect, swelling to a full-on bray at several points. It’s the voice of a character lugging a lifetime of baggage. As his desperate, older wife (and daughter of the college’s president) Martha, Dawn Sargent masterfully executes a character who’s both heartbreaking and exasperating to watch. Rounding out the cast are Kiefer Schenk (Nick) and Sarah Kingsley (Honey), who play the newest all-star faculty member and his naive, waifish wife. At first blush, Schenk and Kingsley seem to portray two-dimensional
Bart Shatto: Broadway & Beyond. Thu., Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 10, 4 & 8 p.m. & Sun., Nov. 11, 3 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St $26-$29. 325-4370. Epic Proportions. Fri., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. & Sun., Nov. 11, 2 p.m. RIT Ingle Auditorium, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. $10. rit.edu. Hourglass Play Reading Series: Skeleton Crew. Sat., Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St 454-1260 Sun., Nov. 11, 2 p.m. The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org. Iolanthe (or: The Peer and the Peri). Fri., Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 10, 8 p.m. & Sun., Nov. 11, 2 p.m. Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner St Off-Monroe Players 232-5570. Over the River and Through the Woods. Fri, Sat, 8 pm Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd Penfield $12-$15. penfieldplayers.org. Pittsford Musicals: 50 Years of Song & Dance. Sat., Nov. 10, 7:30pm. Lyric Theatre, 440 East Ave $20/$25. The Rocky Horror Show. Weds Nov 7, 7:30pm; Thurs Nov 8, 7:30pm; Fri, Nov. 9, 9 pm; Sat Nov 10, 8pm; Sun Nov 11, 2pm, 7pm. Blackfriars, 795 E. Main St $31.50-$39.50. 454-1260. The Simon & Garfunkel Story. Fri, Nov. 9, 7:30pm. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E Main St. $32-$53. rbtl.org. Thurgood. Tues-Thurs 7:30pm; Fri 8 pm; Sun 2pm; Sat, 4 & 8:30 pm & Wed Nov. 7 2pm. Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Through Nov 18 $25-$54. gevatheatre.org.
Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 1 College Dr. Larry Winston Collins: They That Matter. WednesdaysSaturdays. Reception Nov 7, 5-7pm. Through Dec 8. geneseo.edu/galleries. Books Etc., 78 W Main St. Macedon. People, Ships, & Trees. Nov. 9-Jan. 31. Reception Nov 9, 6-9pm. Paintings by Larry DeKock, Mike Kraus, & Larry Wood. 474-4116. Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Pirjo Berg: Blue Wind, Recent Paintings on Nostalgia. Nov. 8-Dec. 13. Reception Nov 8, 5-7pm; Artist talk Nov 9, noon. 292-2021. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt Hope Ave. Flora & Fauna. Nov. 12-Jan. 6, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Reception Nov, 14 5-7pm. Photography by Michelle Turner. 546-8400. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua. Holidays at the Gallery. Nov. 10-Jan. 5. Reception Nov 10, 5-7pm. 394-0030. The Gallery at Creativ Framing & Editions Printing, 510 State Street. Alter Egos. Nov. 9-Dec. 3. Reception Dec 3, 5-8pm. Photography by Betsy Phillips & Laura Knech. 545-1723.
Art Events [ FRI., NOVEMBER 9 ] Curator’s Gallery Talk. 1 p.m. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Museum admission: $5-$15. eastman.org. Local Comics Pop-Up Happy Hour. 5-7 p.m. Ugly Duck Coffee, 89 Charlotte St. uglyduckcoffee.com. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Artist Collaborative Launch Party. 4-6 p.m. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. $2. 461-2222. Second Saturdays. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Hungerford, 1115 E. Main St. 469-8217;, 3-6 p.m. Cornerstone Gallery, 8732 Main St., Honeoye. A variety of open venues in Honeoye Falls baierpottery.com. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 11 ] Helen Santelli & Virginia Cassetta: Grounded. Nov. 11Jan. 4. Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. 704-2889.
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LITERATURE | CORNELIUS EADY
Rochester native and award winning poet and musician Cornelius Eady is now based in Southampton, New York, where he teaches poetry in the MFA program at Stony Brook University. He has produced eight volumes of poetry, won the 1985 Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and has been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. He’s also the cofounder of Cave Canem, a nonprofit that cultivates the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. Eady returns to town this week as the featured author in the Brockport Writers Forum “Writer’s Voice” event, at which he’ll give a reading of his work and play songs in a trio with guitarist Charlie Rauh and bassist Bernie Heveron. The Writer’s Voice featuring Cornelius Eady will take place on Wednesday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Rochester Educational Opportunity Center, 161 Chestnut Street. Free. 3952503; brockport.edu. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
[ FRI., NOVEMBER 9 ] The Roast of Ronnie Radke. 7 p.m. The German House Theater, 315 Gregory St. $20/$22. 442-6880. Sky Sands. 8 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $10. 426-6339. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Harold & Friends. 8 p.m Focus Theater, 390 South Ave, Suite C. Long form improv $5. 666-2647. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 11 ] Comedy Cocoon. 6:30 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.
Dance Events
[ TUE., NOVEMBER 13 ] Name that Artist. 6 p.m. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. $3/$5. 461-2222.
[ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] SUNY Geneseo String Band Square Dance. 7-10 p.m. MacVitte College Union Ballroom, 10 MacVittie Circle. $1/$3. 245-5824.
Comedy
Theater Audition
[ THU., NOVEMBER 8 ] Brad Williams. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $12-$20. 426-6339.
[ THU., NOVEMBER 8 ] Disney’s The Little Mermaid. 6-8 p.m. A Magical Journey Through Stages, 875 E. Main St Grades 6-9, by appt only mjtstages.com.
Community Activism [ WED., NOVEMBER 7 ] Culture of Love: Cultivating a Positive & Transormational Organizational Culture. 5:307:30 p.m. FIGHT Village Community Center, 186 Ward Street Dr. Luvelle Brown, presenter. [ THU., NOVEMBER 8 ] 80 Years After Kristallnacht: Remember & Be the Light. 7 p.m. Jewish Community Federation, 441 East Ave . Unpacking White Fragility. 6:30 p.m. 540 W Main St RSVP $10. 540westmain.org. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/ Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262. [ MON., NOVEMBER 12 ] Drawdown Solutions. 6:30-9 p.m. Metro Justice, 1115 E Main St 397-3540. Monroe County Anti-Poverty Initiative (RMAPI). 7-8:30 p.m. Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Rd Fairport Speaker Catherine Thomas 223-0770. continues on page 24 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 23
Film
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THEATER | ‘BRAVURA’
You might be familiar with Rochester’s Hochstein School of Music & Dance, but what do you know about its namesake? Born in 1892 to Jewish immigrants, David Hochstein grew up on Joseph Avenue and graduated from East High School. Considered a violin prodigy, Emily Sibley Watson and George Eastman were patrons to his education. And in his young adulthood he made his Carnegie Hall debut with a Stradivarius violin provided by Eastman. But Hochstein cut his brilliant career short when the US entered “The Great War” in 1917, when he enlisted to serve. He was killed a year later. Marking the 100th anniversary of Hochstein’s death, Rochester playwright Stuart Loeb and local director Donald B. Bartalo will this week present “BRAVURA: The Life and Death of David Hochstein,” a fictionalized retelling of the courageous life and legacy of this historic Rochesterian. “Bravura” will be performed at the MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue, from November 8 to November 18. Show times are Thursday, November 8 through Saturday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, November 14, through Saturday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sundays, November 11 and 18, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 advance and $20 at the door. 450-9933; bravuratheplay.com. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY.
Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. “Jazz: The Adventure & Masterpiece by Midnight” Fri., Nov. 9, 7 p.m. $5. 563-2145. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. “Rock Vs. Cancer” Sat., Nov. 10, 5 & 6 p.m. bugjar.com. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd. “Cinema Twain” Sun., Nov. 11, 8 p.m. Live presentation by Val Kilmer. $30-$100. 426-6339. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. “The Seventh Seal” (1957). Wed., Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. $5$10.; “Play Misty for Me” (1971). Thu., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; “House of Stronzo” (2018). Fri., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976). Sat., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10.; “Midnight Lovers” (1926). Tue., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. “Pressing On: The Letterpress Film” Wed., Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m. $5-$15; Polish Film Festival Part II: “Communion” Wed., Nov. 7, 6:45 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II:”Cold War” Wed., Nov. 7, 8:15 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “303 Squadron, A True Story” Thu., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “The Butler” Fri., Nov. 9, 7 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “Breaking the Limits” Sat., Nov. 10, 3 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “Clergy” Sat., Nov. 10, 7 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “Silent Night” Sun., Nov. 11, 3 p.m. $7/$10; Polish Film Festival Part II: “Spoor” Sun., Nov. 11, 7 p.m. $7/$10; “The Limits of My World” Mon., Nov. 12, 6 p.m. 258-0253. thelittle.org.
Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. “The Good Mind” Sat., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. rmsc.org. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. HA-HA: Stand-Up Comedy & Films from the VSW Collection. Thu., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. $5. vsw.org.
Frederick Douglass [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] AKWAABA: A Time in the Life of Frederick Douglass, Shields Green & a Woman Called Moses. 1 p.m. Central Library, 115 South Ave 428-7300.
Kids Events [ THU., NOVEMBER 8 ] Peppa Pig Live!. 6 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $25.50-$59.50. rbtl.org. [ FRI., NOVEMBER 9 ] Almost Overnights: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. 6:30-10 p.m. RMSC, 657 East Ave. $5-$20. rmsc.org. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $16/$18. 461-2000. Haudenosaunee Day. 11 a.m.3 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. $13-$15. rmsc.org. [ MON., NOVEMBER 12 ] Day Off ZooCamp. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St Ages 5-9 $40/$50. 336-7213.
Holiday Christkindlmarkt. Sat., Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 North Chestnut St. 454-3367.
Christmas in the Country. Fri., Nov. 9, 4-9pm. & Sat., Nov. 10, 10am.-4pm & 10am-5pm. ROC Dome Arena, 2695 E Henrietta Rd $6-$8. (910) 799-9424. Sweet Creations Gingerbread Display & Silent Auction. TuesSun, George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Through Dec 12. Wreath Display & Silent Auction. Tues-Sun George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Through Nov 25.
Recreation [ SUN., NOVEMBER 11 ] Trolley Rides. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd Departs each 1/2-hr, 11am,-3pm $6-$8.
Special Events [ WED., NOVEMBER 7 ] Eat Up Rochester. 5-7 p.m Downtown, Rochester eatuproc.com. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Brainery Bazaar. 11am-4pm. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. Leonard Bernstein Centennial. 9:45 a.m.-5 p.m. Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave. go.naz. edu/bernstein. [ SUN., NOVEMBER 11 ] Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration. 12-7 p.m. Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 N Main St., Canandaigua 394-4975.
Workshops [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] 2018 LGBTQ+ & Allies Caregiver Conference. 10 am.-1 pm. Out Alliance, 100 College Ave. Registration req. 287-6369.
[ TUE., NOVEMBER 13 ] ACES & Assets: Supporting All Children with Relationships & Community. 9 a.m.-noon. Nazareth College Shults Center, 4245 East Ave. 315-3412.
Culture Lectures [ THU., NOVEMBER 8 ] Native American Heritage Month: Dawnena Muth. 7 p.m. NTID Student Development Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr Room 1300/1310 ntid.rit.edu. Stage Whispers: Conversations with Theatre Professionals. 10 am. Tower Fine Arts, 180 Holley St Brockport 395-2787. [ FRI., NOVEMBER 9 ] Quakers, Indigenous Peoples, & the Land. 7:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Downtown, 70 State St. farmingtonmeetinghouse.org. [ TUE., NOVEMBER 13 ] Devin Lander: Why History is Essential. 7 p.m. Greece Public Library, 2 Vince Tofany Blvd. Suggested $3. 225-7221.
Literary Events [ WED., NOVEMBER 7 ] Literary Travelogue: Journeys to the Graves of Writers in Upstate New York. 7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave $3/$6. wab.org. [ SAT., NOVEMBER 10 ] Words on the Verge: Patti Lavell. 5 p.m. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St Brockport 637-5494. [ TUE., NOVEMBER 13 ] Genesee Reading Series: Martin Naparsteck & Sara Kersting. 7:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave $3/$6. wab.org.
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Film
Rami Malek in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” PHOTO COURTESY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
Another one bites the dust “Bohemian Rhapsody” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY BRYAN SINGER NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
Telling the behind-the-scenes story of groundbreaking rock band Queen, the long in the works “Bohemian Rhapsody” focuses on the life of lead singer Freddie Mercury starting when he first joined the band through his 1991 death from AIDS-related complications at age 45. The film boasts a wonderful lead performance from Rami Malek as Freddie, but its clichéd narrative and sloppy, safe storytelling let down the larger-than-life figure at its center. The film arrives in theaters after a troubled production, with director Bryan Singer being fired late into its shooting, leading filmmaker Dexter Fletcher to be brought in to finish things up. Due to Directors Guild rules,
Singer maintains sole directing credit for the film, but the final product feels a bit of a mess, lacking a singular vision behind the camera. Written by Anthony McCarten (“The Theory of Everything”, “Darkest Hour”), the script adheres to the type of contrived formula that should have been a thing of the past after “Walk Hard,” the brilliant 2007 send-up of music biopics (and a film that should be required viewing for any screenwriter seeking to take on the genre). Born in Zanzibar as Farrokh “Freddie” Bulsara, the singer’s family traveled to England when he was a teen. By the time we meet him, he’s working odd jobs and dreaming of rock stardom. He gets his shot after introducing himself to college pub band Smile, led by lead guitarist Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and drummer Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy). Freddie meets the pair minutes after their lead singer has quit, and before you know it he’s their new frontman. With the addition of bassist
John Deacon (Joseph Mazzello) to their ranks, they’re suddenly touring the world as Queen. The same night he first meets May and Taylor, Mercury also makes the acquaintance of Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton). They begin a relationship that would last throughout the years. Freddie called her the love of his life, and though they weren’t always together romantically, she was a supportive presence in his life all the way to the end. McCarten’s script is cagey in its treatment of Freddie’s sexuality. We see charged glances between Freddie and several anonymous men, but the film plays these scenes coyly, with the screen immediately fading to black. The story gets a cartoonish villain in the form of band manager Paul Prenter (Allen Leech). Constantly shot skulking around the edges of the frame, Prenter drives a wedge between the singer and his bandmates, introducing Freddie to a world of partying, drugs, and orgies (all off-screen, of course).
There’s no attempt to explain why the free and open lifestyle Prenter presented might have such appeal for Freddie. When we do see Freddie embracing his sexuality (cue the montage of leather clubs), it seems to exist only to contrast the happy, heteronormative lifestyle of his bandmates, and the narrative devotes little time to his longtime (and final) partner, Jim Hutton (Aaron McCusker). An authorized biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was made in cooperation with the surviving members of Queen, who maintained a fair amount of control over the story that was told. Reportedly, they refused to sign off on an R-rated version of the film, which explains the cursory treatment of the more unsavory details. But even with their participation, the script never devotes enough time to get a real sense of any of them as people. In the end, the film is surprisingly dull, which takes some work for a story about as vibrant an individual as Freddie Mercury. Some of the problem lies in the fact that for all of Freddie’s attention-grabbing on stage theatrics, off stage he remained elusive. And the filmmakers seem at a loss trying to fill in those blanks or to glean any insight into such a private and closely-guarded individual. “Bohemian Rhapsody” does have some things going for it though, first and foremost being Malek’s magnetic presence as Mercury. It’s a performance that veers into coming across as an impression, but even when lip syncing the vocals, Malek channels Mercury’s ferocious energy and struts with the best of them. Then of course there’s the fantastic music, with Queen’s bottomless (fat-bottomed?) catalog of great songs to cycle through. Unquestionably, the highlight of the film is the thrilling extended recreation of the band’s 1985 set at the Live Aid benefit concert that closes the film. And honestly, if you can convince your local theater to sell you a ticket to the last 20 minutes of the movie, that’s probably the best way to watch it. The treatment of Freddie Mercury’s sexuality is disappointing, since it not only informed who he was and the music he made, but it was an inspiration to so many people. Brushing so much of his queerness aside does a huge disservice to both the man and his fans, and it’s hard not to wish for a film that took as many chances as the legendary talent it’s paying tribute to.
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Alinea Solutions LLC (“LLC”) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on October 16, 2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 69 Country Club Drive, Rochester, New York 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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Flower City Hemp Co. LLC (“LLC”) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on October 16, 2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 69 Country Club Drive, Rochester, New York 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NIOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IRVING COMMUNITY MM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Cardio Property Resuscitation LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/17/18. Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 1387 Fairport Rd #560 Fairport, NY 14450 General Purpose
Geevee Properties LLC Filed 10/24/18 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 45 Steel Street, Rochester, NY 14606 Purpose: all lawful
[ NOTICE ] CompreSure Medical, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/20/18. 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 260 E. Main St. Ste. 6325, Rochester, NY 14604. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
1507 Monroe LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on September 18, 2018. Its office is in Monroe County. The Secretary of State is designated to receive process service with a copy mailed to: 1507 Monroe LLC, 1507 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14618. The purpose of the company is real estate investment and property management.
Creative Cars LLC Filed 4/20/17 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Panzarella & Coia, 2024 W Henrietta RD, Building 6D, Rochester, NY 14523 Purpose: all lawful
[ NOTICE ] Advise Us, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 09/12/18. 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 LLC’s principal business location at 45 Peaceful Trail, Rochester, NY 14609. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
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BRUCKMAN PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/01/18 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Steven Bruckman 30 Brian Dr Rochester, NY 14624. Any lawful activity.
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30 West Beach Dr LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/18/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office Of Anthony Dinitto, 2250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626.General Purpose.
[ NOTICE ] Frank’s Contractors Solutions, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 09/12/2018. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 39 Rosecroft Dr., Rochester, New York 14616. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity.
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may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Steven Bruckman 30 Brian Dr Rochester, NY 14624. Any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] digm, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/28/18. 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 228 Dorchester Rd, Rochester, NY 14610. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Fitzgerald Mediation PLLC (PLLC) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secy. Of State (SS) on September 17, 2018. PLLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to 919 South Winton Rd, Ste 315, Rochester, NY 14618. PLLC’s purpose: law. [ NOTICE ] FLOWER CITY EQUIPMENT RENTALS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/04/18 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process
[ NOTICE ] JC CRUZ RUIZ DISTRIBUTION LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/04/18 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corporate Creations Network Inc. 15 North Mill ST Nyack, NY 10960. Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] KNOW LIMITS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC filed Articles of Organization on 08/13/18. 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 64 ERNESTINE ST Rochester, NY 14619. The purpose of the company is any and all lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Moxie Lax, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on August 27, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 9 Little Spring Run, Fairport, New York 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Provvidenza & Associates, CPA’s, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to: 305 Franlee Lane Victor, NY 14564. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1440 Jackson Road LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/18/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 Lake Road, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 32 Marway Circle LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/18. 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, 32 Marway Circle, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 34 Franklin Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/19/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 2470 East Avenue, Apt. 704, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 7255 EAST LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/28/2018. 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, 973 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 81 ORANGE ST LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/17/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at CORPORATE FILINGS OF NEW YORK, 90 STATE ST, STE 700, OFFICE 40, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of a limited liability company (LLC). Name: The Little People’s Lounge, LLC. Article of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 10, 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 the LLC, 381 Birr Street, Rochester NY 14613. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Legal Ads > page 28 [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of a limited liability company. Name: KindofKindBand LLC (the Company). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/22/2018. NY office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process to: KindofKind Band, LLC, 481 Meigs Street, Apt 3, Rochester NY 14580. Purpose: Any and all lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of A. Austin Properties, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/26/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2433 Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities.
against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Beverly Real Estate, 202 Harding Rd., Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 293 Dickinson Rd., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of formation of CARAMEL BAKERY AND BAR LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/18. 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 the LLC, 647 Park Ave Rochester, NY, 14607. Purpose: Any lawful purpose
Notice of formation of Havana Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 89 Robin St, Rochester NY 14613 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CLT Ventures LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/23/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 54 Hunters Run, Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of ALL MAC CONSULTANT GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/17/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 943 BAY ROAD WEBSTER, NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of COUNTRY MANOR DNB LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/09/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Geller Associates, Inc., 101 Eisenhower Pkwy., Roseland, NJ 07068. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AUTO CLINIC 2 LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 115 W RIDGE RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Balanced Life Health Coaching, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Department of State on October 19, 2018. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 1 Grove St. – Suite 117, Pittsford NY 14534. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity.
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of COUNTRY MANOR RIVER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Geller Associates, Inc., 101 Eisenhower Pkwy., Roseland, NJ 07068. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]
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Notice of Formation of Great American Shops, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on August 14, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 14 Eaglesfield Way, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of BEVERLY ENTERPRISES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/28/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process
Notice of formation of GREENWOOD ELECTRIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Hipocampo Children’s Books, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 9/7/18. 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 130 N. Winton Rd., Rochester, NY 14610. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of HomeWorks 585, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/2018. 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, 16501 SE 57th Pl., Bellevue, WA 98006. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IRVING COMMUNITY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J. Merlin Golf, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/19/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joseph Merlin, 155 Golf Avenue, Pittsford, NY 14534, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Jeffrey Barton Properties, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/3/2018. 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: c/o The LLC, 500 Granger Cir., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JWake Photography LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/15/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at LEGALINC CORP SERVICES INC., 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE, SUITE 1 #086, BUFFALO, NY 14221. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kalis Fight Club LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on October 5th 2018 . Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 85 Meigs St 1D, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KIL BROTHERS MANAGEMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/4/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 3547 34TH STREET 3G. ASTORIA, NY 11106. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LáLew Public Relations, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on October 15, 2018. Office location: 43 Dunbar Street, Rochester, NY 14619. 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 43 Dunbar Street, Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 2075 Dewey LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 3219 Chili LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 23, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Barren Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Carpenter Alley LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 12, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: GP Holdings 1 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grove Place Capital LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610
Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grove Place Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grove Place Management LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grove Place Properties LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 26, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: GRIFFITH BROADWAY LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on October 2, 2018. NY office location is Monroe County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to LLC at 285 Clover Hills Drive Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LYELL MANITOU, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/8/2018. 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, 4625 Lyell Rd., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful act
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Maker Data Systems, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/19/2018. 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: c/o The LLC, 45 Exchange Blvd., Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of McDermott Care II, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/17/18. 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, 50 Prince St., Ste. 317, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of MENTAL ARCHERY TARGETS PLUS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2018. 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, 461 Lawrence Rd., Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of New York Faux Cakes LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/4/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 14 Muirfield Court, Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Optimize Motivation, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 171 Hillary Drive, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Pahamni Ridge, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/2018. 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: c/o The LLC, 723 Pittsford Mendon Center Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Polska Chata LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 09/13/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 32 Vinedale Ave, Rochester NY 14622 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of PPCL LLC, filed Art of Org with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/12/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 78 Grandview Drive Fairport, NY 14450. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RE12, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/2018. 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, 27 Parkwood Ln., Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC CITY CORALS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/04/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 725 Ramona St., Rochester, NY 14615. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mr. Willie Bell at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ROC City Property Solutions, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/2018. 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, 42 Carrie Marie Ln., Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester RRC Enterprises LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 08/23/2018. Office location: 19 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC at 19 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of SAGAMORE HILL ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/10/18. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 431 Thomas Ave., Rochester, NY 14617. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of formation of STAPPENBECK HOME SERVICES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/2018. 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, 685 S. Sanford Rd., Churchville, NY 14428. Purpose: any lawful act.
R.B. Land Company, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/21/2014. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Steven J. Philippone, 1175-B Ridge Rd., Webster, NY 14580. General Purpose.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SchFront LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Skyer Enterprises, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/17/2018. Office location: Orleans 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 4667 S Holley Rd, Holley, NY 14470. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SMALL WORLD FOOD COLLECTIVE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Smallwood Communications, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 09/05/18 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 48 Wake Robin Terrace, W. Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sonrise Enterprises, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/19/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 41 Barchan Dune Rise, Victor, NY 14564. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of STAT PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/6/2015. 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, 75 Whistlers Cove Ln., Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SUN SQUARED PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/17/2018. 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: c/o The LLC, 11 Stonebridge Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Three Points Dojo, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/19/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at Three Points Dojo, 300 Hylan Dr., STE 6, #231, Rochester, NY, 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of YW8, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/9/2018. 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, 152 W. Commercial St., East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Please take notice that Joseph Rinere, as Receiver of Premium Development Corporation, will file his Final Account and Distribution in New York State Supreme Court, Monroe County and the matter will be presented to the Hon. Matthew A Rosenbaum, JSC on December 20, 2018 at 10:00 am at the Hall of Justice, Rochester, NY
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[ NOTICE ] Sip N Run Cafe LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/18/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Anthony Dinitto, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626.General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Sweet Pea Plant-Based, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/11/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 72 E Jefferson Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] THE A & K TEAM LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/5/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 312 Adeline Rd., Rochester, NY 14616, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Traders Capital, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/5/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Offices Of Ricardo J. Mauro, P.C., 335 Bleecker St., PO Box 336, Utica, NY 13503 General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by AMBER ODHNER, storage unit #5. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by MILTON
SAMBOLIN, storage unit #6. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by JUANITA DARRELL, storage unit #39. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by SUBHASH KULKARIM, storage unit #1. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by TERRANCE HUNTER, storage unit #43. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by DEBORAH STREETER, storage unit #50. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ NOTICE ] Under §182 of the New York State Lien Law, 55 Railroad Street Associates, LLC will set a public auction for all the personal property stored by GREGORIO CAETANO, storage unit
#63. The auction will be held online at www. storagetreasures.com. The auction is scheduled to occur 10am on Friday, November 16th, 2018. Owner reserves right to bid at auction, reject any/ all bids, cancel or adjourn sale. [ Notice of Formation ] ReddRoc, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 10/4/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 3 Fitzmot Glen, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 7784 BASNETT, LLC ] Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 10/04/2018 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation of JOHNSON HILL LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on May 21, 2018. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Drive, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Pen Properties, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 09/27/2018 with an effective date of formation of 09/27/2018. 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 5 Corral Drive, Penfield, NY 14526. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SPIRIT AND ABUNDANCE, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Spirit and Abundance, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 9/25/2018. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to William R. Alexander, Esq., Forsyth, Howe, O’Dwyer, Kalb & Murphy, P.C., One South Clinton Avenue, Suite 1000, Rochester, NY 14604. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF WILLIGHT, LLC ] WilLight, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 9/25/18. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ PUBLIC NOTICE ] AT&T proposes to modify an existing facility (new tip heights 127’ and 132’) on the building at 1331 South Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY (20181997). Interested parties may contact Scott Horn (856-809-1202) (1012 Industrial Dr., West Berlin, NJ 08091) with comments regarding potential effects on historic properties. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2017002190 CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through ADVILDER L. HODGE A/K/A ANDVILDER L. HODGE A/K/A ADVILDER LINDA GAIL HODGE, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; JEREMY SCAIFE, if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said JEREMY SCAIFE, by purchase,
inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; MONIQUE HODGE; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC; COUNTY OF MONROE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ALBERT HODGE, JR. AND “JOHN DOE #2” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: August 6, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated October 9, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 144-146 Lozier Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 120.483-46 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $19,753.23, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000
[ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2018001529 CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. THE HEIRS-AT-LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, SUCCESSORS-ININTEREST AND GENERALLY ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING UNDER, BY OR THROUGH LINDA L. FOX, BY PURCHASE, INHERITANCE, LIEN OR OTHERWISE OF ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE PREMISES DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, AND ALL CREDITORS THEREOF, AND THE RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, OR WIDOWERS OF HERS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF; LISA M. CAMACHO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA L. FOX, DECEASED; DAVID FOX; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BENEFICIAL NEW YORK INC., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BENEFICIAL FINANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; ROCHESTER CITY COURT; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; COUNTY OF MONROE; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: August 30 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
Legal Ads The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated October 9, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 179 Cameron Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 105.58-1-47 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $6,946.09, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. E2017000131 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through KATHLEEN VANMEENEN A/K/A KATHLEEN A. VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JOSEPHINE VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors,
creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through JAMES VANMEENEN, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through PAULA JOY BRAMWELL, DECEASED, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; MARY JOAN KUTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PURPORTED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN VANMEENEN A/K/A KATHLEEN A. VAN MEENEN, DECEASED; SHARON VANMEENEN; KAREN VANMEENEN; MICHAEL VANMEENEN; KIRSTEN VANMEENEN; BONNIE BRAMWELL; DEBRA NELSON; WELLS FARGO BANK, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2004, FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1; NEW CENTURY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. A/A/O CHASE MANHATTAN BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC; COUNTY OF MONROE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the aboveentitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than
Fun by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: September 12, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated October 23, 2018, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 314 St. Casimir Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 091.56-1-67 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $11,472.36, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. E2018002110 The addresses of the real properties are: 85 BRAYER STREET, ROCHESTER, NY 14606 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial, situs of the real property EB 2EMINY, LLC Plaintiff, -against‑ DEVIN BARFIELD, if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who may claim and devisees, distributees, legal representatives, successors and interest of the said defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, THOMAS A. ANDREASSI, CHRISTINE A. ANDREASSI, MONROE COUNTY OFFICE OF PROBATIONCOMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, THE CITY COURT
OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF MONROE, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1 A/K/A TOWER CAPITAL, PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT), “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #20” the last twenty names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded herein. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. STAGG, TERENZI, CONFUSIONE & WABNIK, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 812-4500 The object of this action is to foreclose tax liens covering: 85 Brayer Street, Rochester, NY 14606 JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $6,285.45 plus interest
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