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GUEST COMMENTARY
The following guest commentary is by members of the Education Committee of Citizen Action: Mercedes Phelan, Erin Egloff, John Boutet, Mary Callahan, and Pia Moller. Mary Anna Towler’s Urban Journal returns next week.
A new superintendent for OUR Schools Rochester Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams will retire at the end of January 2019. The Board of Education is charged with finding her replacement, and we do not yet know what the search process will look like. At the November 1 Board of Education special meeting, board President Van White discussed a proposal for a search process that would directly involve community members. Under the proposal, each of the seven board members would appoint two community members to an advisory search committee. This committee would review responses to the call for applicants and make recommendations to the board. The committee would solicit comments and recommendations from the community regarding the qualities desired in the superintendent; prepare a recommendation of the desired attributes and characteristics for consideration by the board; screen all nominations and applications based on the attributes and characteristics identified; and submit to the board the names of three to five candidates – in unranked, alphabetical order – who best embody the preferred attributes and characteristics. Importantly, the community advisory committee would maintain strict confidentiality during all points of this process. The school board discussed the proposal but hasn’t yet adopted it. We urge the board to adopt the proposal immediately and announce the appointees publicly by or on January 1, 2019. The board is diverse in personal and professional background as well as age, race, and ethnicity, and can put together a diverse committee consisting of current RCSD parents, people active in community-based organizations working on education issues in Rochester, and community members who have demonstrated a commitment to public K-12 education. The Rochester school district has seen high turnover in leadership. That’s common for urban districts, but Rochester has seen more turnover than most, with five superintendents in 10 years (including several interim appointments). This turnover is problematic. That’s not because stability in top leadership in itself ensures better educational outcomes, but because it imposes a burden on central staff, teachers, and parents, who are presented
Many parents and community members desperately want an authentic partnership with the Rochester school district.” every couple of years a new vision, a new leadership style, yet another set of approaches, values, and priorities. An incoming superintendent has to spend time studying the district, building relationships, and having conversations with stakeholders before formulating a plan of action. No superintendent can make huge headway on a long-term vision in two or three years. High turnover arguably also hampers a strong working relationship between the superintendent and the Board of Education. Finally, high turnover in leadership undermines confidence in the district among parents and other community members. Many parents and community members desperately want an authentic partnership with the district. Inviting 14 community members into the search process is one way for the board to demonstrate its interest in that partnership. In the district’s 2016 search for a superintendent, community members were invited to give input via an online survey. Fewer than 200 surveys were submitted, and the responses, as board President White noted at the time, didn’t tell the board anything it didn’t already know about what the community wanted. White’s remarks weren’t flippant: a survey that uses predetermined choices can’t produce much new insight. An input survey isn’t a vehicle for community power. But adding 14 community members to the process every step of the way – that’s community power. Let the community take co-ownership of the process. Let it be a real partnership this time. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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On the recent report assessing the problems in the Rochester school district: As someone
who grew up in the sitstill-and-listen 50’s, I still have a chip on my shoulder about reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic, taught to the tune of a hickory stick. In regards to the lengthy report on the Rochester City School District’s failings, most teaching professionals will never read it, and all that paper is destined for a shredder. If it is true that we remember 10 percent of what we read, 55 percent of what we read and picture, and 100 percent of what we read, picture, and feel, how can the RCSD make schools work better? Joy DeGruy said it best in “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome”: Some children respond to external rewards like grades and prizes, but many children don’t. They respond to praise from teachers they trust, and when they feel good about themselves, they will try new things out of loyalty. If top-down academic theories have failed for decades, how about a strategy that places children’s best interests first? They need to know how to live and thrive in a fast-changing society. Their future depends on it. ROSE O’KEEFE
MCC faculty is causing tension On the dispute between the 4 CITY
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faculty and the administration at Monroe Community College: I am enrolled at
MCC part-time. It has been my experience that some professors should not be teaching here. Some are good and some are mediocre. One of the main issues this semester is the conflict with adjuncts and tenured profs over the contract. I found the conflict to be a disruption, because despite the fact that they were not supposed to mention the dispute during our classes, petitions were passed in class, professors wore buttons, and they put up banners and encouraged students to protest. I think it is a negative that the faculty doesn’t have a contract, but they’re using President Anne Kress as a prop for their contract negotiations. NAME WITHHELD
Housing the neediest
On local efforts to provide housing for the poor:
Rochester excels in providing affordable housing – except for the really poor. (The terminology is Extremely Low Income.) One reason is that to determine the standard by which incomes are measured, the Average Median Income, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development gathers data from the entire metro area. The AMI for this metro area is over $70,000. But for the City of Rochester alone, it is less than half that. The Rochester City Council, with very little power or leverage, did recently courageously require that new apartments receiving any kind of city assistance include this class of housing. RICHARD ROSEN
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Input sought on Main Street plan
City officials are getting ready to improve the way another part of Main Street looks and feels, and they’ve scheduled a meeting for December 12 to get public comments: from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 12, at the Riverside Convention Center. Under consideration is the stretch of Main Street from St. Paul Street to State Street. Preliminary plans are to install trees and other plants in the sidewalks on both sides of the street, with seasonal greens and other temporary additions. The sidewalk would have a porous pavement, and there would also be bike lanes, and benches with outlets to charge phones and other devices. Those amenities have already been added to Main Street between Franklin and St. Paul Streets in an earlier phase of the project. There’ll also be a focus on the importance of foot traffic and on the entrances to public venues such as the Convention Center. After getting public comments, the city will have final designs created, and work would probably begin next summer and be finished by the end of next year, says the mayor’s chief
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Advocates want support on child services
The Children’s Agenda is asking its supporters and others concerned about parents’ ability to access early intervention services for their children to speak out at the County Legislature’s annual budget hearing. The hearing on County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s proposed 2019 budget will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the legislature’s chambers, on the fourth floor of the County Office Building, 39 West Main Street. Anyone interested in speaking should call the legislature clerk’s office, (585) 753-1950, to register. The services at issue help children with developmental delays, and the number of providers is dwindling in Monroe County and statewide. The problem, parents and advocacy groups such as The Children’s Agenda say, is that state reimbursement levels to the providers has remained flat for years. Monroe County officials planned to start a waiting list for new referrals to the Early Intervention program, including evaluation requests. The waiting list is supposed to take effect this week.
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Cobbs Hill Village fight continues
The latest design for the proposed Cobbs Hill Village development. PROVIDED ILLUSTRATION
As one lawsuit awaits a decision, a second suit has been filed with the State Supreme Court to stop redevelopment of the Cobbs Hill Village Apartments on Norris Drive next to the popular city park. The latest legal action was taken by a coalition of the apartments’ tenants, neighborhood associations, and activist groups against the City of Rochester, City Council, Mayor Lovely Warren, Plymouth Gardens, Inc., and Rochester Management, the non-profit that owns and operates the apartments. The suit says that Rochester Management has violated deed restrictions by renting to people who weren’t city residents and that it has used revenue from the property for purposes other than mortgage payments and upkeep. The suit also alleges that in its 2009 request that the city extend the company’s ownership of the property, Rochester Management exaggerated he amount of repairs needed at Cobbs Hill Village. At the time, Rochester Management needed the extension to get a new mortgage. The suit argues that little of the money from the mortgage was used to repair the
Cobbs Hill apartments. Another issue deals with whether City Council mistakenly entered into a lease. Earlier this year, Council voted to permit Rochester Management to refinance three of its properties and extend its ownership of Cobbs Hill Village to 2061, says Richard Curtis, the coalition’s attorney. The city will receive a payment of $325,000 when the properties are refinanced. Curtis believes that payment in exchange for the extension could constitute a lease. “It’s going to be up to the court to decide if it was a lease,” he says. That’s an issue, because Council approved the refinancing in 5-to-4 vote, while threequarters of Council’s members have to approve entering into a lease. The latest suit differs from the earlier suit, which argues primarily that the City Planning Commission was wrong in determining that the redevelopment project would have no significant impact on the environment. Critics of the project have challenged that decision largely due to the project’s location adjacent to the park. continues on page 14
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Henrietta town officials are working on zoning law changes that would remove apartment complexes as an allowed use in industrial districts and that would create new multi-use districts in the town. Henrietta’s current zoning doesn’t generally allow for mixed-use development.
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Tweaks would modernize Henrietta zoning Henrietta is an evolving suburb, though that may not be apparent to the people who live outside of the community. Its commercial corridors – which are often hypocritically mocked by the very people who flock to them – are an ever-changing mix of big-box stores, restaurants, car dealerships and service garages, and office complexes. Marketplace Mall is in flux as its owner transitions it to an outlet mall. And property owners continue to struggle with some vacant properties, both freestanding spaces and plaza storefronts. Demographic shifts favoring multifamily housing are also playing out in Henrietta, which has seen several highprofile – and controversial – apartment complex proposals in recent years. Those residential and retail dynamics are some of the underlying reasons why town officials are looking to make key zoning changes in the town. They’re considering a proposal that would end developers’ ability to build apartment complexes in industrial districts. And they want to create three mixed-use districts where housing, offices, and retail could all exist on the same parcel. The town has developed a draft environmental statement on the proposals, and the Henrietta Town Board
Henrietta Supervisor Steve Schultz PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH
held a public hearing on that document last week. The board has to accept a final environmental statement before it can vote on any zoning changes. Henrietta Supervisor Steve Schultz says it makes no sense to take valuable industrial land and use it for housing. Industrial development tends to place
less stress on infrastructure than residential development, he says. And when governments do have to spend on things such as road improvements or sewers for an industrial site, the taxes from the new development provide a better return on the public investment, he says. “Those are two very different uses and they have very different impacts on their surroundings,” Schultz says. Currently, Henrietta’s zoning doesn’t allow for mixed-use projects, Schultz says. There are areas with a mix of differently zoned parcels where stores, offices, and houses may be adjacent to each other, but there aren’t any laws that allow for multiple uses on one site, he says. That problem isn’t unique to Henrietta. Other communities in Monroe County don’t have mixed-use zoning districts on the books either, says Maria Furgiuele, executive director of the Community Design Center Rochester. For a long time, the standard practice with suburban zoning was to separate certain uses, so that one part of town was residential, another commercial, and so on. But as Henrietta officials discussed where they wanted apartment
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complexes to be built, and what to do with vacant retail, they arrived at mixed-use districts as a potential solution, Schultz says. They want to establish three so-called overlay districts, where a project could be built according to the existing, underlying district, or it could build a mix of uses on a site, he says. The shift should also help preserve green space by giving developers more flexibility to revitalize or redevelop things such as struggling plazas. Henrietta officials are targeting three parts of the town for the mixeduse districts: the area surrounding Southtown Plaza and Marketplace Mall, the East Henrietta Road commercial corridor starting south of I-390, and an area south of RIT bordered roughly by East River Road and Lehigh Station Road. They looked for areas that could use revitalization, but that also had enough road capacity as well as existing water and sewer service. “It’s got to be complimentary, but it really does create some nice, livable areas,” Schultz says.
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Arts support: beyond a big-show theater Representatives of some of Rochester’s arts organizations will be meeting next week to reignite a discussion they’ve been having for years: creating an endowment or some other kind of ongoing arts funding. Elaine Spaull, who chairs City Council’s Arts and Culture Committee, is convening the meeting, which is scheduled for December 14. The big arts story for the past couple of years has been RBTL’s proposal for a new theater, which would require massive amounts of public and private funds. But an equally important, often ignored issue is that the arts in general – large organizations like Geva and small ones like galleries and independent performance groups – need more financial support. State funding for the arts has declined sharply, as has funding from major industries like Kodak. A recent consultant’s report touched on that need briefly and gave examples of what other cities are doing. The report, by the arts and entertainment consultants AMS Planning and Research, was written for city officials, who were considering letting RBTL build a new theater on the former Midtown Plaza site known as Parcel 5. Numerous other arts groups had objected, concerned that the theater might hurt their own audiences and fundraising. Most of the AMS report focused on the impact a new theater was expected to have, but at the end of the report, AMS noted that some cities have used taxes to help fund local arts. St. Louis, for instance, allocates some of its property taxes to the arts each year. Denver and Pittsburgh allocate some of their local sales tax revenue. Spaull says she’s hopeful that the AMS study can be used to generate a renewed discussion about sustainable support for the arts. Local arts groups, she said late last week, “need operating money and coordination.” With the RBTL theater no longer dominating the discussion, “this can be a new day now,” she said. This isn’t a new topic for Rochester. Over decades, arts organizations, arts supporters, and some public officials have urged Rochester to create a “1 percent for the arts” program, requiring developers to set aside 1 percent of the cost of their projects for the arts. Some kind of ongoing, sustainable funding for the arts is “an increasingly dear topic for me,” says Bleu Cease, director of the Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Cease has been watching what other cities are doing to support the arts, and has been visiting Cleveland to look 8 CITY
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at its growing arts community. “Other cities have a strong mechanism” to support the arts, he says. “We don’t. It’s inexcusable.” “I’ve been talking with the city about 1 percent for over 10 years,” he says. And, he says, he’s becoming “increasingly anxious” about the funding need. “There have now been two or three generations of arts administrators” – heads of museums and other organizations – “who have been involved in this conversation,” he says. The discussion “comes and goes,” says Cease,” popping up with a crisis or major challenge such as RBTL’s theater plan, “and then it peters away.” City officials have discussed the 1-percent idea since the AMS report was released, says the city’s chief of staff, Alex Yudelson. But, he said last week, “it’s tough”: If the requirement is attached to public-works projects, it increases the cost of those projects, and the city is already operating on a tight budget. And while other cities have adopted that requirement for private developments, “we’ve put a lot of pressure on developers lately,” Yudelson said, including requiring some projects to set aside a certain number of units for lowincome tenants. “We want to make sure that we’re not just tacking on additional requirements and eventually make projects not feasible,” Yudelson said. “We’ll definitely look at something like a 1 percent for the arts,” he said. But he also suggests that arts organizations might consider sharing services: ticket sales, for instance. Yudelson plans to be at the December 14 meeting that Spaull is convening with the arts organizations. “We need to hear from them,” he said. Communities have a variety of ways to
provide an ongoing funding source besides a 1 percent requirement on development – not only sales and property taxes, as the AMS study noted, but use taxes on such things as rental cars and cigarettes. But the city’s options are limited. New York’s sales tax is a state and county tax; there’s no city sales tax. And if the city were able to assess a tax on cigarettes or rental cars, people would likely simply take that business to the suburbs. In addition, the arts aren’t solely a concern of the city. They’re a metropolitan concern. Many of the people who attend arts events and exhibits live in the suburbs, not the city. And county government, like city government,
Rochester Contemporary Art Center director Bleu Cease: “Other cities have a strong mechanism” to support the arts, he says. “We don’t. It’s inexcusable.” PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER
does contribute to numerous individual arts organizations, including Geva, the Memorial Art Gallery, and the Rochester Philharmonic. An obvious funding source is the county’s hotel-motel tax: charges added to visitors’ room costs. Yudelson says he’s not optimistic about the chances of diverting some of that for the arts, though. Part of that tax already funds two venues owned by the city: the Convention Center and Blue Cross Arena, and it’s a sore point with the city. Hotel-motel tax revenue has grown by $2.3 million since 2005, and city officials have asked the county to increase the allocation to the two city venues. Instead, the funding has stayed flat. Roz Goldman, an arts appraiser and a longtime arts activist, says a 1 percent for the arts assessment is essential. It’s what cities similar to
Rochester have, she said. “And it has to come from developers,” she said, not from publicly funded projects: “from those who are making money from development in the city.” Goldman agrees that arts support should be countywide. But, she said: “We have better chances with the City of Rochester than with the county.” “Hand in hand with that,” she said, “we need what most cities have: an arts commission,” which coordinates efforts related to projects such as public art. “I’m getting very tired,” Goldman said, “because I’ve been talking about this for 25 years.” “It’s embarrassing,” she said, “because we have so many working artists, so many cultural institutions.”
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n a recent trip to see the new MAGIC Center building at Rochester Institute of Technology, we stepped out of a dreary winter day into a high-tech version of the Emerald City in the Land of Oz. “MAGIC” (which stands for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity) is an appropriate name for the new space. It’s an academic center, but also a hub where films, video games, and other digitalmedia dreams are turned into tangible products. And every detail of its design screams innovation, collaboration, and fun — from wide-open modern work spaces filled with funky, brightly colored furniture to the sparkling speckles in the stairwell’s concrete floors.
RIT’s new MAGIC Center building provides state-of-the-art amenities for students, faculty, and outside companies.
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MAGIC is also a university research center and a commercial publishing studio. The center’s limited liability company, MAGIC Spell Studios, has published about 55 pieces of media, video games and films among them. MAGIC has existed for about five years already, but with the opening of the new center, students working in film, animation, game development, and other digital media studies got a serious upgrade in their classroom environment and amenities. Relocating their workspaces from dark basements and classrooms in the center of buildings, the center not only provides top-ofthe-line technological tools for students and staff, but also serves as a showcase for the work being done there, as it’s created. The new 52,000 square-foot facility is outfitted with state-of-the-art tech, private workspaces, and areas for creative collaborations between people from different disciplines. The official grand opening took place in late October, and although the center will gain more amenities over time, it’s fully operational now. The center functions as university-wide research center that encourages students and faculty to break down the silos that separate different disciplines, and then work together to make things. Students can also gain real-world experience from production companies that use the center. “We want to offer resources and facilities to people in different programs here at RIT,” says MAGIC Digital Games Hub Coordinator Rob Mostyn. These programs include Film and Animation and Game Design and Development, but the center’s directors also want people from other disciplines — English majors, for instance — to use the space and work on projects. “Basically,” says Mostyn, “we have the sandbox. We want everyone to come play in it, build cool things.” Creative collisions happen when you put people from different disciplines together in a space with lots of cool toys, says the center’s Jennifer Hinton. assistant director, Jennifer Hinton. continues on page 12 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
The new building offers resources and facilities for the Rochester region that formerly could be found only in Toronto or New York City. The facilities are available to outside companies to use for filming and for post-production sound mixing, for example. “So the fact that we can offer them not only to students and faculty but also to the community is a huge asset,” Mostyn says. “And we hope that it draws people in.” Diverging from the “brick city” look of most of the other buildings on the Henrietta campus, the center’s front façade has tall glass windows that give it a futuristic look and that stress that the center functions as an open showcase of the work going on inside. The front entrance opens into a soaring hall alive with activity. Students converse in lounge areas, and flat screens lining the walls offer information about the center. Across the room, a two-story orange wall bears the words: “WE LEARN BY MAKING THINGS,” underscoring the center’s emphasis on experiential education.
On the lower floor of the center is a 180-seat theater, which has 4K laser projection (all of the
digital displays in the building are 4K, which is a high-resolution version of a system that projects changing laser beams to produce moving images) and Dolby ATMOS surround-sound system. There are 58 speakers, which provide intense sound, Hinton says. “Like, feel-it-inyour-feet amazing.” Every space in the center is designed to be multi-purpose, multi-functional, Hinton says. “So while we expect that the School of Film and Animation will be the primary users of this space, to show their screenings, we will use it
in other ways as well.” These other uses include screenings by commercial productions. A small demo lounge is intended to be a more informal conference room space “where companies we’re working with might pitch ideas to us,” Hinton says, “or where students might be pitching their ideas to folks.” There are also two 40-seat, theater-like classrooms, one for color correction and another for audio mixing. These workspaces “are intended to be post-production facilities as well as well as teaching and research spaces,” Hinton says. They’ll be used primarily by students and faculty, she says, “but will also be available as a post-production house for folks who are perhaps utilizing the soundstage.” Just past the theaters is a glass-walled server room, which you hear before you see. Tall rows of machines that serve computers throughout the building provide a steady buzz as a constellation of lights flickers. Toward the rear of the building is a 7,000 square-foot sound stage: “This is the big room,” Mostyn says of the cavernous area. It has an operable lighting grid, storage, a control room, and a loading dock not visible from the front of the building. And areas of the space are equipped for use with green screen and motion capture technology. Down the hall there’s a green room, shower and makeup rooms, and two offices that can be used by producers and directors. “Seven thousand square feet is an important number,” Hinton says, adding that it’s the designated size for production companies to qualify for the New York State tax credit. (Companies need to have one day of their production shot on a 7,000 squarefoot soundstage. They don’t even need to use the whole square footage, Hinton says.) The space is intended for use by students but
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also by outside production companies, Hinton says. Two commercials have already been shot there, both by Rochester-based company Optic Sky Productions, which was founded by RIT alum Aaron Gordon, a graduate of RIT’s Student Incubator Initiative. (The initiative is an intensive program designed to help students who want to start a business or commercialize their creations). “They’re helping us to sort of road test the space right now and figure out: How do we rent this out, what do we need to do to make this a viable solution for folks?” Hinton says. And for Gordon, it’s a great solution, she says, “because if he was not shooting here, he’d be going to New York City.” “If we have other productions here as well, they can perhaps utilize our student crew — students who are trained in this discipline and are looking for professional experience,” Hinton says.
Upstairs, there’s an immediate contrast between the hush of the lower studios and
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the buoyant, social buzz of productivity of the Innovation Suite. The central, wide-open student co-working space is surrounded by glass-walled offices for MAGIC staff and academic faculty, so the students have access to mentoring support. The space is full of computer stations with industry-standard software, cheerful colors, and funky-shaped furniture, and there’s animated chatter as students and staff work together. It feels more like your coolest friend’s loft apartment than a classroom or an office. “We have tons of glass, because we want to be nosy,” Mostyn says. “We want to walk by people and be like: ‘What are you doing? What’s that? Let’s work on something.’ Or just know what’s going on. Often we say a lot of the cool things are happening in basements
or in the center of buildings on campus, but we want to show it off.” Sounds from a ukulele float through the open door of one office, and many of the staff’s shelves are lined with as many toys as books. “This is the heart of the building,” Hinton says. “It’s where students work on projects that they brought to us. They went through pitching their ideas, their business plans, and were vetted by our team, and we selected three to be in residence with us this fall, really giving them the opportunity to flesh out what it is they want to make.” The work that’s being done in the Innovation Suite varies, depending on the current digital media projects being produced. Students working there benefit from the school’s student “co-up” program. It functions like a co-op, but the students are paid to work on their media projects, some of which end up published through MAGIC Spell Studios. One of the current co-up projects is by a student-formed company called Aesthetician Labs, which has created a game called “Crazy Platez.” A mobile game about delivering plates of Rochester’s most notorious cuisine through downtown Rochester, it’s the company’s love letter to Rochester. The game earned the team first place in the student developer category in the 2018 New York State Game Dev Challenge, and it’ll be released December 5 on iOS and Android. Aesthetician Labs is also developing an arcade cabinet game for it, which will be housed at the MAGIC Center. This space isn’t exactly a classroom; it’s an area set aside for students and faculty to work independently, together on collaborative projects, or for those working on different projects to bounce ideas off one another. “They’re all working together and making each other better,” Hinton says. “And they’re making the projects that each of them are working on better. To be able to have a film
In the upper level of the MAGIC Center, students collaborate with RIT faculty and MAGIC staff in the Innovation Suite.
student take a look at a game student’s trailer, and say, ‘Let me show you how we can make this a little better,’ you can really leverage the strengths of each of those disciplines.” Another group of students working in the space is creating a web video series.” Since they began work on the project, the students realized that their initial idea wasn’t viable. Learning from that, they’re now on their third iteration of the project, and Hinton says she thinks they’ve hit their stride. “I think their story is all about failing fast and failing often, and learning from those mistakes and getting up and trying again,” she says. And the students benefited from the coup safety net that the school provides. They receive academic credit as well as funding, which helped give them the time and space to troubleshoot their way to success. MAGIC Center’s upper level also has multimedia labs, and a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) lab. (Augmented reality is technology that incorporates elements of the real world with elements of virtual reality). One of the four rooms dedicated to stop-motion animation projects is the current workspace of Allison Zelle, a graduate student in the School of Film and Animation. Tables in the dark-walled space hold her in-progress thesis project, which includes a couple of miniature houses separated by a copse of trees, with a cloud-filled sky as a backdrop. There’s such attention to detail that from several feet away, it seems like you’ve got a bird’s eye view on a genuine little world.
Zelle has possession of the space for the full semester. Formerly, the school only offered one room that students could sign out for a week or two at a time. The VR and AR lab gets heavy use from students, and also from groups such as Frameless Labs, a consortium of faculty researchers from several different RIT colleges. Frameless Labs uses VR and AR for a wide variety of projects. Its “Farewell to Dawn” is an augmented reality theatrical dance performance — with real performers in different physical spaces interacting on a virtual stage — co-created by RIT and the Nazareth College Department of Theatre and Dance. The group also uses the technology to create games such as “Ego and the Dream Work,” an interactive virtual reality game. In the real world, people with jobs producing digital media work collaboratively with people across different disciplines. “It’s really only within universities that disciplines exist within silos,” says Hinton. “We’re trying to create an environment for our students to have practical experience that will resemble, mirror the experience they’ll have creating digital media post-college.”
One of the MAGIC Center’s responsibilities is to grow the programs
in the School of Film and Animation and Game Design and Development, two of RIT’s most popular programs. “We’ve been turning away qualified students because we just simply didn’t have
the resources or the space to support them,” Hinton says. With the addition of the MAGIC Center facilities, RIT expects to increase its enrollment by 200 students. Beyond producing media projects, the center is interested in encouraging entrepreneurship, working with students who want to develop a business around their projects. The center also provides work space for organizations and companies unrelated to the school. These collaborative partner suites give MAGIC the opportunity to partner with outside companies interested in doing business in Rochester or having a satellite office here, says Hinton. The spaces are rented to companies for free, but they’re intended to be symbiotic opportunities for the companies, the university, and the students. Forbes Media is in residence in one of the two collaborative partner suites. The Rochester satellite of the New York Citybased company has been partnering with MAGIC since 2016, when RIT graduate Joseph Pietruch moved back to Rochester from New York City and was working remotely for Forbes out of his apartment. He reached out to MAGIC, and a collaboration was struck. In the summer of 2017, MAGIC began hosting a remote development team of Forbes employees and RIT co-op students. That’s led to students contributing to the development and
testing of a new web platform called “Bertie” that Forbes is rolling out for its writers to use in creating articles for its website, Hinton says. Forbes has since hired 11 RIT students. MAGIC is in talks with potential tenants for the second collaborative partner suite. Unlike the glass-walled transparency of the first suite, the second space is meant for people who can’t do their work out in the open due to nondisclosure agreements, Hinton says. As the center’s directors grow the Film and Animation and Game Design and Development programs, they anticipate hiring additional faculty. All of this costs money. Half of the center’s funding up to this point came from Empire State Development grants and half from private donors Dell, Cisco, and the Wegman Family Foundation. RIT is currently conducting a $1 billion capital campaign, which will include funding for the center’s continued evolution. “I think if we say we’re ‘done’ we’re not doing what we should be,” Hinton says. Mostyn says he believes there’ll will be more and more collaborative projects between people from different disciplines and interests. “With distribution becoming easier and more accessible, I also believe we’re seeing more digital media focused on niche interests, underrepresented populations, and unexplored games,” he says. “This is where innovation happens,” Mostyn says. The obvious “hot and hyped” trends in digital media, he says, are virtual reality and augmented reality. But other interesting trends are the growing indie developer community and doing client work. “Making a game with a small team — or solo — is easier than it’s ever been,” he says, “but that doesn’t mean the money is always there.” Like many other kinds of artists, small teams and studios are taking on commissioned work as a way to fund their own projects. Mostyn also says he thinks we’ll see video games “sneaking their way into our daily lives more often” — not necessarily as games to play, but as learning tools. And in the near future, he says, the general public will regard games as an art form. Games are gaining on media “that ‘everyone needs to see’ — like movies or music — and that will eventually break down the stigma that ‘playing games’ currently has,” he says. Go online for more photos and to take a video tour of the MAGIC building. Rochestercitynewspaper.com rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13
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The redevelopment of the Cobbs Hill Village apartments has been met with fierce resistance from the beginning. Rochester Management’s plans call for demolishing the existing six one-story buildings, which have 60 apartment units, and replacing them with 104 units in six two- and three-story buildings. The property is deeded for low-income senior housing. Rochester Management has promised to keep rental rates at the current level for all existing tenants who move into the new units, and 20 of the new units will always be dedicated to very low-rent apartments. Those 20 units will be new and larger, but that’s fewer units than the current 60 units that have very low rents. Although the project’s many critics include neighborhood groups, neighbors, and tenants, it’s also had strong support from some major local non-profit groups that serve low-income Rochesterians, including Action for a Better Community, Ibero-American Action League, and Flower City Habitat. The project’s critics have maintained that the new construction is unnecessary and that Rochester Management could affordably rehab the existing apartments. Rochester Management President Peggy Hill has expressed frustration at the delays, saying that the firm has held numerous public meetings and that it has made changes to the design for the project as a result of critics’ concerns. The redesigns and delays have cost the company about $1 million, she says. In a recent written statement, Hill said Rochester Management had planned to begin construction on the new buildings after receiving approval from the city last July, but litigation has held things up. “We are disappointed by the continued delays but remain fully committed to moving this important affordable senior housing project forward,” she said. City officials declined to comment on the issue because of the ongoing litigation. Whether continued litigation will eventually derail the project is unclear, but one thing is certain: the opposition to it isn’t going away anytime soon. The project’s opponents continue to argue that the new apartments will reduce the amount of low-income senior housing in the city. But it’s the project’s proximity to the park that has remained a major obstacle. What it boils down to is that the existing structures on Norris Drive are unobtrusive, says coalition attorney Curtis. “You’re not going to be able to see Cobbs Hill anymore,” he says. “The overall belief is this monstrosity doesn’t belong next to the most popular and probably most-used park in the city of Rochester.”
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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.)
Disinvesting in Rochester
The 540WestMain Communiversity and Visual Studies Workshop will present “How to Kill a City: Demolition and Divestment in Rochester,” on Saturday, December 8. The film-centered workshop draws on films from the Visual Studies collection that look at the causes and effects of gentrification and the factors that caused divestment in Rochester’s inner-city neighborhoods. The workshop will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at 31 Prince Street. Suggested donation: $5.
Driving electric
The Greece Baptist Church will host a presentation by the Rochester Electric Vehicle Accelerator on Sunday, December 9. ROC EV will discuss the benefits of driving electric vehicles and how the vehicles are charged and operate. The event will be held at Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. To test drive an electric vehicle, go to www.rochesterevs. com/register or call Brandon Arva, 225-6160.
Growing and selling organics
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York will hold its winter conference, “Climate of Change,” from Friday, January 18, through Sunday, January 20. The conference offers numerous workshops for organic farming enthusi-
asts and professionals that cover the soil and growing, business development and management, and marketing of organic products. The workshops include “Developing an Organic Pick-Your-Own Blueberry Operation,” “The Mushroom Entrepreneur,” and “Community Food Forests: a New Approach to Urban Farming.” The conference will be held at the Saratoga Hilton and City Center in Saratoga Springs. Registration for the full conference: $265.50 for members; $295 for non-members. Students are eligible for a 20 percent discount with current ID. Registration closes on January 11; register by December 14 to receive a $10 discount. For registration and detailed information on the conference: www.nofany. org/winterconference or (315) 988-4000.
Dining & Nightlife
PSST. Can’t decide on where to eat?
Check with our dining writers for vetted grub. manager Sam DiPerna. “We get phone calls from as far as Georgia or Florida from people asking us to ship them anise cut-outs each year.”
Holiday treats for dietary needs:
None.
Custom holiday orders: Cookie trays, custom cakes, cannoli, and Yule log cakes. And you can also order cold-cut or sub platters for your holiday parties, from the deli side of the business. Ordering deadlines and guidelines: Last day to place holiday orders is Saturday, December 22. Then it’s firstcome, first-serve with pre-made goodies, but there’s always plenty for everyone, DiPerna says.
SCRATCH BAKESHOP 41 Russell Street. 360-4844; scratchbakeshoproc.com Holiday-specific offerings: “For the holidays we’re offering our usual menu plus a larger variety of iced shortbread cookies,” says Scratch Bakeshop coowner Kate Cassels. Shapes include snowflakes, snowmen, Stars of David, and winter hats and mittens. These come as both traditional cookies ($2.50 each) and in vegan and gluten-free options ($3 each), and are available in the pastry case daily and for custom order. “We also make holiday cutout cookie place cards, which are a fun addition to your holiday dinner,” Cassels says.
Holiday treats for dietary needs:
Vegan and allergen-free options are available. Custom holiday orders: Scratch accepts custom orders for all types of desserts, including cookies, cakes, and pies (at least one week’s notice is required on all custom orders).
Cookies from Leo’s Bakery and Deli. FILE PHOTO
Yule be back
[ HOLIDAY ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
LEO’S BAKERY AND DELI
What are Rochester bakeries doing that’s special for the holidays? We asked the four winners of our 2018 Best of Rochester reader’s poll that question, and last week we spotlighted the seasonal treats offered by two of them. Here’s the second of our two-part series, focusing on runners-up Leo’s Bakery and Deli and Scratch Bakeshop. Read on to learn about their offerings, customer favorites, and how to order on time.
101 Despatch Drive, East Rochester. 2491000; leoselite.com Holiday-specific offerings: Butter cookies ($10.95 per pound), fruitcake, fruit stollen, and anise-flavored Christmas cut-out cookies. The shop also sells cookies, candies, and breads, oils, and other goods imported from Italy. Most popular holiday items: The anise cut-out cookies. “That’s the bakery’s recipe from the olden days,” says Leo’s general
Ordering deadlines and guidelines:
The shop will be closed on Wednesday, December 26. Special events: Scratch will host local pop-up shops every weekend throughout the month of December featuring small businesses, including Chara Dow Rustic Works and The House of Roushey. Visit Scratch Bakeshop on social media for details.
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Music
[ BROADWAY ]
Leslie Odom Jr. With Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Friday, January 18. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. 26 Gibbs St. $50-$130. 8 p.m. 454-2100. rpo.org; leslieodomjr.com. [ SINGER-SONGWRITER ]
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt Wednesday, February 27. Kodak Center. 200 W Ridge Rd. $42-$71.50. 7:30 p.m. 800-7453000. ticketmaster.com; lylelovett.com; johnhiatt.com.
Catl
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | AGES 21 AND OVER | $8 | BUGJAR.COM; CATLTHEBAND.COM [ BLUES ROCK ] Guitarist Jamie Fleming and drummer Sarah Kirkpatrick of Toronto band Catl are touring in support of their fifth studio album, “Bide My Time Until I Die.” Catl sounds like a mix between The White Stripes and The Black Keys, infused with layers of country and punk. Kirkpatrick howls over her drums with a bad-girl attitude as Fleming wails on his slide guitar, each taking turns singing a southern-style story on lead vocals. Catl and local band Forevers perform a dual album release show together with special guests Rut and Nylon Otters this Saturday at the Bug Jar. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN
‘Two Tanks Tonight’ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 7 P.M. | $5 | LOVINCUP.COM; UGANDANWATERPROJECT.COM/TWOTANKS [ ROCK ] This Friday, Rochester rock band Violet Mary presents the fourth annual “Two Tanks Tonight,” a musicfilled fundraising event to benefit the Ugandan Water Project. All proceeds from the cover charge goes directly toward the establishment of two rainwater collection systems, in order to provide, clean, sustainable drinking water for schoolchildren in Uganda. Hosted at Lovin’ Cup, the event will feature sets from Violet Mary, The Dirty Bourbon Blues Band , Genesee Junction., and the debut performance of local Americana band Austin Hollow.
PHOTO BY ALYSSA FAORO
— BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]
[ WED., DECEMBER 5 ]
Hinkley
ACOUSTIC/FOLK Her Dad’s Banjo. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 6:30 p.m.
‘Purblind’ Self-released hinkleysounds.com
Odetta Hartman TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 THE ARBOR LOFT, 17 PITKIN STREET 6 P.M. | $30 | HONESTFOLKPRESENTS.COM; ODETTAHARTMAN.COM [ FUTURE FOLK ] Never before have traditional folk and
electronic music come together as they do in Odetta Hartman’s music. Hartman has a flexible voice that can stretch from low, jazzy tones to bright and angelic sighs. With a spectral mix ranging from acoustic banjos to electronic synth textures underneath, the music blends future folk with psychedelia, blues, country, pop, and more. She is celebrating the release of her second, full-length studio album “Old Rockhounds Never Die.” Hartman will perform along with The Ballroom Thieves.
— BY KATIE HALLIGAN
RPO’s ‘Brandenburg Concerto No. 4’ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 PERFORMANCE HALL AT HOCHSTEIN, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 2 P.M. | $24-$38 | RPO.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] J.S. Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos are among
the best-known pieces in classical music. The fourth in the series makes a welcome appearance on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert this Sunday afternoon. Handling the Bachian filigree in this lighter-than-air work are RPO flutists Rebecca Gilbert and Alison Fierst, with concertmaster Juliana Athayde. Guest conductor Christopher James Lees also leads other Baroque delights by Jeremiah Clarke, William Boyce, and Handel. The concert concludes with the quasi-Baroque style of String Symphony in B Minor, written by Felix Mendelssohn.
Hinkley’s latest, full-length offering, “Purblind,” is an enigmatic album that evokes the homespun warmth of folk and Americana without belonging to either genre. What we get instead are sophisticated rock songs featuring simple, charming vocal melodies and full, harmonic textures in the guitars and keyboards. The music delightfully indulges in reverbsoaked psychedelia. The subtle shoegaze of Veeder and John Depuy’s guitars suddenly explodes into anthemic hooks that would be as at home in rock arenas as they are here in the intimate setting of co-producer Dave Drago’s 1809 Studios. The double tracking effect in the lead vocals, on songs such as “Popular Attitudes About Magic & Sexuality,” lend haunting immediacy to Hinkley’s rich sound.
AMERICANA
Gordon Munning, Road to Joy, Jackson Cavalier. B-Side, 5
Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m. JAZZ
The Rita Collective. Little
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m. POP/ROCK
Busking For Change. Temple
Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m. Supports California Community Wildlife Relief Fund.
— BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
[ THU., DECEMBER 6 ]
Walrus Junction
ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Jon Lewis, Seán Barna, Bethany Rhiannon, Scott Regan.. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge
‘Somnium’ Self-released facebook.com/WalrusJunction
Walrus Junction makes the kind of well-crafted, melodic rock that might be easy to discredit as pop pleansantries, but the subtle intelligence of the songs makes them hard to forget. With clear structures and accessible, toe-tapping grooves, the band ostensibly dares you not to dance to this five-cut EP. That said, it’s the lead vocals of Ignatius Marino and Tanner Kartes that elevate the music with a charisma that’s downright seductive. In his upper range, Marino’s tenor voice is incisive but smooth on “Blood on the Streets,” while Kartes’ soulful croon sells the jazz-tinged balladry of “Ghost Town.” — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Both “Purblind” and “Somnium” are available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, and Apple Music.
— BY DAVID RAYMOND
Ln. Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m. Tom Waits Birthday Tribute. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b. Fairport. 388-7584. 7:30 p.m. $5-$25. BLUES
Joe Beard, David Michael Miller. Abilene, 153 Liberty
Pole Way. 232-3230. 8 p.m. $5. JAZZ
Jazz Ensemble & Lab Band.
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Music
Co-Artistic Directors Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr of Society for Chamber Music in Rochester continue their compelling programming with “Mozart in France” on Sunday, December 16. PHOTO PROVIDED
A French feast Society for Chamber Music in Rochester SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 PERFORMANCE HALL AT HOCHSTEIN, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 4 P.M. | PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 3:30 P.M. $35 | STUDENTS FREE WITH SCHOOL ID | CHAMBERMUSICROCHESTER.ORG [ FEATURE ] BY DAVID RAYMOND
The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester is known for putting together captivating programs. For next weekend’s concert, which takes place on Sunday, December 16 at the Hochstein Performance Hall, SCMR does it again, with a program called “Mozart in France.” Devised by Artistic Directors Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr, who are also the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s Concertmaster and Principal Oboe, respectively, it brings together what they describe as “four vastly different works.” But as Behr explains, these four works hang together very engagingly. 18 CITY DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2018
“We like to start with a specific piece that captures our interest,” Behr says, “and then try to find other works that feature combinations based on the instrumentation of the capstone work and, hopefully, that also have some programming link to that work.” The Mozart work on this program is his Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Viola, K. 498, nicknamed “Kegelstatt.” Its link with France is tenuous. Mozart did indeed spend most of 1778 in Paris, but unlike most Parisian visitors, he had a miserable time. He wrote this work in Vienna much later, but the manuscript is housed in France, in the collection of the Bibilothèque National. Whatever its provenance, this is a delightful, mellow trio for three of Mozart’s favorite instruments. “Kegelstatt” more or less means “bowling alley” – referring to a favorite pastime of Mozart’s when he wasn’t writing masterpieces. The rest of the program is firmly, but unconventionally, French. Athayde and Behr have chosen works by three French composers from the 19th century, early-20th century, and 21st century: Camille Saint-Saëns, Lili Boulanger, and Guillaume Connesson. Only the first of the trio could be considered a household name.
The long-lived Saint-Saëns was born in 1835, when Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Berlioz were up-and-coming composers. The Frenchman died in the age of Stravinsky, Debussy, and Schoenberg – and Saint-Saëns hated them all. By the time he wrote his Oboe Sonata in 1920, this prodigiously gifted and imaginative composer was almost as much of a fossil as the ones he depicted in his “Carnival of the Animals.” Be that as it may, Erik Behr, who will perform the sonata on this concert, finds Saint-Saëns “a fascinating character.” “His peculiar interests come through in his music in intriguing ways,” Behr says. “Listen for the Renaissance harmonies he injects into the oboe sonata. It was rare for a composer of his time to have studied and incorporated music from this period.” Lili Boulanger, who died in 1918 aged only 24, was for many years known mainly as the sister of the renowned musical pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, teacher of such American composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, David Diamond, and Philip Glass. But Lili wrote strikingly dramatic music, particularly large-scale choral works. Among her earliest pieces are ”Nocturne” and “Cortège,” paired as a single work for violin and piano. More salon-like than her larger works, it is nonetheless the work of an important talent. Boulanger’s appearance on this program underlines SCMR’s mission to represent female composers, “but in a thoughtful way that makes their works feel organic and not forced,” Behr explains. “This concert seemed to be a great place for one of Lili Boulanger’s works.” Guillaume Connesson, born in 1970 and considered one of France’s leading contemporary composers, is represented by a Sextet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Double Bass and Piano, written in 1998. Listeners who either think that French music stopped with Ravel or avoid contemporary music on principle will have a pleasant surprise in store. Connesson’s 15-minute work offers catchy tunes, crisp and colorful instrumental writing, and infectious rhythmic verve – musical qualities that many consider “French.” One of Connesson’s illustrious French predecessors, Francis Poulenc, wrote a popular sextet for winds and piano in the 1930’s, and Connesson’s sextet does suggest a felicitous, hypothetical collaboration between Poulenc and American Minimalist Steve Reich. Behr recalls that he and Athayde were introduced to Connesson’s music by RPO guest conductor Fabien Gabel. “The sextet is a work Juliana and I loved at first hearing and we desperately wanted to program it, so we based the rest of this concert around it,” Behr says. “Connesson marries together so many enjoyable current trends in music with unique instrumentation. We think the audience will be just as thrilled with this piece as we are.”
POP/ROCK
Justin Roeland & Nightswimmers, Oats Holy Roller, Nathan Kay. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8/$10.
[ FRI., DECEMBER 7 ] CLASSICAL Madrigalia: The Clover Center, 1101 Clover St. 230-2894. 7:30 p.m. $5/$18. TRADITIONAL
Holiday Prism Concert. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. 7 p.m. Lyric Choral: Carols with a Twist. Faith Lutheran Church,
2576 Browncrot Blvd. 3813970. 7:30 p.m. $13/$15.
[ SAT., DECEMBER 8 ] BLUES
Bill Kirchen’s Honky Tonk Holiday. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park
Pt Dr. lovincup.com. 8 p.m. $25/$30. POP/ROCK
Cottage Street, My Vegan Uncle, Curtipus. ButaPub, 315 Gregory St. 563-6241. 10 p.m. $5. Emmet Otter Space Wrangler. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 9 p.m. WORLD
Buffalo Afrobeat Orchestra, The Sideways. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 9 p.m. $8/$10.
[ SUN., DECEMBER 9 ] CLASSICAL Madrigalia: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 14 State St. Brockport. 230-2894. 4 p.m. $5/$18. Schola Cantorum Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. 9-9:30 p.m. JAZZ
Polish Film Music. Taylor
Recital Hall, Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 275-9898. 7 p.m. Tri Continental Trio. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. 8 p.m. $10/$15. POP/ROCK
Never Event. The Daily
Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m. The Tombstone Hands. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 2 p.m. .
PHOTO BY CHRIS MORTENSON
ROOTS ROCK | DONNA THE BUFFALO
Donna The Buffalo is an Americana-folk band that has bridged generational gaps across the country with its timeless originals since 1989. Hailing from Upstate New York, Donna The Buffalo blends roots music with hints of country, blues, and rock. After five, long years since its previous release, the band is finally touring behind its eighth studio album, “Dance in the Street.” Guitarist Jeb Puryear and fiddler Tara Nevins take turns singing lead vocals in a his-and-hers format, accompanied by bassist Kyle Spark, drummer Mark Raudabaugh, and keyboardist David McCracken. Puryear and Nevins sing poetic, ever-flowing lyrics focused on societal issues while the music is ironically bright and cheery. Donna The Buffalo will perform along with Aaron Lipp & The Slacktones on Saturday, December 8, 8:30 p.m. at Anthology, 336 East Avenue. $22.50 -$25. Ages 18 and over. 484-1964. anthologylive.com; donnathebuffalo.com. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN TRADITIONAL
Holiday Bells: 45th Anniversary Carillon Concert. Eastman
Quadrangle, 500 Wilson Blvd. 3-4 p.m.
POP/ROCK
The Front Bottoms, Manchester Orchestra. Main Street Armory,
900 E. Main St. 232-3221. 6:30 p.m. $32.
The Mount Hope World Singers & Maria Gillard. Twelve Corners Presbyterian, 1200 S Winton Rd. 442-0766. 7:30 p.m. VOCALS
Concentus. St. Paul’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 28 Lincoln St. Pittsford. 5860580. 3 p.m. $10/$15.
Repertory Singers & Women’s Chorus.. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs
St. 274-3000. 3 p.m.
[ MON., DECEMBER 10 ] CLASSICAL
Collegium Musicum. Kilbourn
Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 7:30 p.m. METAL
Like Moths To Flames Oceans Ate Alaska, Phinehas, Novelists. Montage Music Hall,
50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 5:30 p.m. $15/$17.
[ TUE., DECEMBER 11 ] JAZZ
Grove Place Jazz Project.
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. 7 p.m. $10. POP/ROCK
Siena Facciolo. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 7:30 p.m. $5.
The Standby, The Joke’s on Us, Gallon of Milk, Roselove. Bug
Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $7/$9. TRADITIONAL
Rayce & Alyssa, Irish Duo. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m. Striking Strings Hammered Dulcimer Ensemble. Fairport
Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St. 223-3989. 7 p.m. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 19
FIRST
FRIDAY
First Friday Citywide Gallery Night
December 7 • 6-9pm FirstFridayRochester.org
#FirstFridayROC Imaging Power and Flux Gallery Q 100 College Ave.
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From left to right: Mrs. Kasha Davis, Kevin Plinzke, and Aggy Dune in “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” PHOTO BY STEVEN LEVINSON
Not a drag “The Legend of Georgia McBride” REVIEWED SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 JCC CENTERSTAGE, 1200 EDGEWOOD AVENUE TICKETS START AT $20 | JCCROCHESTER.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
Theatrical productions aren’t generally written about Florida. The Sunshine State, with its gators and gulf coast, doesn’t set the stage for a production in quite the same way a cosmopolitan city or the Midwest does. But for Matthew Lopez’s 2015 play “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” a small town Florida setting somehow works perfectly. The plot focuses on Casey, a 20-something Elvis impersonator who’s been playing The King for a nearly-empty bar on weekends. When he finds out his wife is pregnant and his act is being replaced by a drag queen duo, Casey decides to stay on as a bartender so he’s 24 CITY DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2018
not out of work. Instead, he finds himself thrown into the act when one of the queens can’t perform, and Georgia McBride is born. Rochester drag favorites Aggy Dune (Thomas Smalley) and Mrs. Kasha Davis (Ed Popil) play the dynamic drag duo, with Smalley in the role of Casey’s drag mentorof-sorts Tracy Mills (Bobby), and Popil as the pill-popping, unreliable Anorexia Nervosa (Rexy). Audiences can expect the same tongue-in-cheek drag jokes and innuendos here as they’d see in a “Big Wigs” show, only Lopez scripts these. Smalley embodies a warm, empathetic Mills, who steals many a scene with not only personality but also lip-syncing numbers (Aggy Dune as Tracy Mills as Liza Minelli, in particular, is a show stopper). Popil, a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum who just came off a sold-out run as Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter in Blackfriars Theatre’s “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has a smaller role as the unreliable Rexy, but still demonstrates a diva-level takeover of each scene. Kevin Plinzke, a SUNY Brockport theatre grad who was last seen in David Andreatta’s “Fielder’s Choice” at Rochester Fringe this fall,
portrays drag trainee Casey. Plinzke is not a singer, so lip-syncing is an excellent fit. But he’s more convincing as doting husband to Jo (recent Nazareth College alum Abby Prem, who keeps up with this older cast impeccably) than he is as a successful drag queen. Still, he’s charming as the bumbling Southern boy, and that’s enough to pull off the role. Rounding out the cast are Nazareth College professor and local performer Matt Ames as simpleton landlord and friend Jason; and D. Scott Adams (last seen at CenterStage in “The Flick”), who plays the down-on-hisluck, conniving club owner Eddie. David Runzo, who last directed “Buyer & Cellar” at CenterStage, guides the cast in what is, overall, a lighthearted two hours (including a 15-minute intermission). But it’s not all tropes and laughs. Lopez works in important themes of partnership (both showbiz and marriage), discrimination, perseverance, and career passion throughout, making “The Legend of Georgia McBride” a production that’s both a fun night out and worthy fodder for conversation afterward. Read the extended version of this review at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
[ OPENING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Memory Scapes: Recent Visual Responses. Dec. 10-Jan. 6, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Reception Dec 14, 6-8pm. Contemporary paintings & sculptures by Judith Stewart Gohringer & Zanne Brunner. 546-8400. Colleen Buzzard Studio, 250 N Goodman St, #401 Anderson Arts. disjecta membra: Prints & Books by Scott McCarney. Fridays, Saturdays. Reception Dec 7, 6-9pm. Through Jan 12. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Thomas R Somerville. Mondays-Fridays, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Reception Dec 7, 6-9pm. Through Jan 14. 704-5047. Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Small Show: Refreshed. Dec. 7-31. Reception Dec 7, 6-9pm. 461-4447. RIT City Art Space, 280 East Main St. Emergence: Willie Osterman | Leonard Urso. Thursdays-Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Reception Dec 7, 6-9pm. cityartspace.rit.edu. Rochester Art Club, 1115 E. Main St. #437. Small Works Show. Fri., Dec. 7, 5-9 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 8, 12-4 p.m. 233-5645. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 28th Annual Members Exhibition. Dec. 7-Jan. 13, 6-9 p.m. $2/ free members. 461-2222. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Bridging the Gap: Seneca Art Across Generations. Dec. 7-March 31. With museum admission. rmsc.org. Studio 402, 250 N Goodman St, #402. The ART of Giving. Dec. 7-28. Reception Dec 7, 6-9pm.
Art Events [ WED., DECEMBER 5 ] Gifted: A Curated Holiday Boutique. 10 a.m.-9 p.m Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main St., Suite #203, Door #5. 210-3161. [ FRI., DECEMBER 7 ] Anderson Arts Open Studios. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. andersonartsbuilding.org. Annual Holiday Sale. 4-8 p.m. More Fire Glass Studio, 36 Field St. 242-0450. Black AF Fridays. First Friday of every month, 6-10 p.m. The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org. Curator’s Gallery Talk. 1 p.m. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Assoc. curator Jamie Allen on David Levinthal’s “War, Myth, Desire” With museum admission: $5-$15. eastman.org.
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[ SAT., DECEMBER 8 ] 41st Annual Holiday Open Studio & Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Richard Aerni Studio, The Hungerford, 1115 E. Main St. #106 429-0211. Holiday Bazaar. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Yards, 50-52 Public Market 362-1977. attheyards.com. Holiday Studio & Seconds Sale. 12-4 p.m Rochester Folk Art Guild, 1445 Upper Hill Rd rfag.org. Holiday Village Mini Makers Market. 2-8 p.m. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Sq. rocholidayvillage.com.
Second Saturdays. Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Hungerford, 1115 E Main St. 469-8217 Second Saturday of every month, 3-6 p.m. Cornerstone Gallery, 8732 Main St., Honeoye. A variety of open venues in Honeoye Falls baierpottery.com. [ SUN., DECEMBER 9 ] Monet & London: A Changing Environment. 2-3 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Grace Seiberling, UR Art & Art History Dept 276-8900.
Comedy [ WED., DECEMBER 5 ] The Trailer Park Boys. 7:30 p.m. Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. $31.50-$61.50. kodakcenter.com. [ THU., DECEMBER 6 ] Bobby Slayton. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15-$20. 426-6339. [ SAT., DECEMBER 8 ] Harold & Friends. 8 p.m Focus Theater, 390 South Ave, Suite C. Long form improv $5. 666-2647.
Singing Notes & Slinging Jokes. 7 p.m. Focus Theater, 390 South Ave, Suite C. $15/$20. 666-2647. snsjtheroc.bpt.me.
Moscow Ballet’s Great Nutcracker Ballet. 7-10 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $31-$71. rbtl.org.
[ SUN., DECEMBER 9 ] Comedy Cocoon. 6:30 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com.
[ FRI., DECEMBER 7 ] Cirque Musica Holiday: Wonderland. 7:30 p.m. Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. $45+. kodakcenter.com. Fear: What are you afraid of? 7:30 p.m. Stuart Steiner Theatre, GCC, 1 College Rd . Batavia $3-$8. 345-6814. Once Upon A December. 7 p.m. Rochester Dance Theatre, 250 Cumberland St, Suite 250 $8/$10. rdtny.org. continues on page 28
Dance Events [ THU., DECEMBER 6 ] Bodies in Motion. 7:30 p.m. Alice Austin Theatre, 1 College Circle . Geneseo $10. 245-5824.
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[ SAT., DECEMBER 8 ] Naughty & Nice Christmas Extravaganza. 9 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. Sirens & Stilettos Cabaret $25. thelittle.org.
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We all know the tradition of receiving gifts from Santa Claus if you’ve been nice. But if you’ve been naughty? Avoid a visit from the half-goat, half-demon Krampus by visiting the Hungerford and getting back on the Nice List. More than 15 studios are participating in the two-day event, which includes photo ops with Krampus & Kringle, festive food, free raffles, and a wide variety of event-exclusive art for sale. The event will also serve as a collection spot for donation to the Pirate Toy Fund, so bring along a new, unwrapped toy to spread additional holiday cheer.
Friends of Ganondagan will this week present the annual Native American Winter Arts & Music Festival, featuring goods made by local artisans, hourly raffles, storytelling, food tastings, and traditional Iroquois Social Dancing by the Allegany River Indian Dancers (pictured). Food samples will include Iroquois White Corn, which is part of a larger project to return the heirloom Haudenosaunee staple to Native Americans and the community at large.
“Krampus Does Hungerford” will take place on Friday, December 7, from 5 to 9 p.m.; and Saturday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hungerford Building, 1115 East Main Street. This event is free to attend and family-friendly. facebook.com/fungerford. — BY AMANDA LYNN
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The Native American Winter Arts & Music Festival will happen at the Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan, 7000 County Road 41 in Victor, on Saturday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 742-1690; ganondagan.org/WinterArtsFestival. — BY AMANDA LYNN
Another Holiday Trilogy. Thu., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 8, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Black Sheep Theatre, 274 N Goodman St., 3rd floor, Studio D313 One-act plays by Justin Rielly $16/$20. At Swim, Two Boys. Fri., Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 9, 1 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave For ages 14+ $5-$15. dvctheatre.com. A Charlie Brown Christmas. Fri., Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Sat., Dec. 8, 2 & 7 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 9, 2 p.m. Cobblestone Theatre, 1622 State Rte 332. Farmington $15/$18. 398-0220. A Christmas Carol. Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Sundays, 12 & 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Saturdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 12 & 4:30 p.m Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $18-$60. gevatheatre.org. Elf Jr: The Musical. Fridays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 2 & 7 p.m School of the Arts, 45 Prince St 242-7682.
Fiddler On The Roof. Tue., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $38$88. rbtl.org. The Legend of Georgia McBride. Thu., Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Sat., Dec. 8, 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 9, 2 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $20-$33. 461-2000. Marie and the Nutcracker Prince. Sun., Dec. 9, 6 & 8 p.m. Rose Hill Mansion, 3373 NY 96A . Geneva Reception 7-7:45pm. $20. (315) 789-5151. Prelude to a Kiss. ThursdaysSaturdays, 7:30 p.m Tower Fine Arts Center, 180 Holley St Brockport $9-$17. 395-2787. Preview Reading: The Undeniable Sound of Right Now. Thu., Dec. 6, 7 p.m. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 454-1260. Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. and Wed., Dec. 5, 7 p.m Todd Theatre, UR, River Campus $8-$15. 275-4959.
Community Activism [ WED., DECEMBER 5 ] Parents Take Charge: Hold Them Accountable. 5-7 p.m. 540WMain, 540 W Main St 540westmain.org.
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Film Cinema Theater, 957 S. Clinton Ave. “Doctor From India” Sun., Dec. 9, 1:30 p.m. $12. 256-1841. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. “Here at the Water’s Edge” (1961), “An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy” (1964). Wed., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.; “Naughty Marietta” (1935). Thu., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. $5$10. eastman.org.; “American Sniper” (2014). Fri., Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman. org.; “White Christmas” (1954). Sat., Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.; The Golf Specialist” (1930), “The Night Ride” (1930). Tue., Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org. Hoyt Auditorium, UR, 500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd. “Annihilation” Fri., Dec. 7, 7, 9:30 & 11:30 p.m. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. “Ghostbusters” in Concert. Wed., Dec. 5, 7 p.m. $24-$58. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. Bolshoi Ballet: “La Sylphide” Sun., Dec. 9, noon. $18-$20. thelittle.org.; “Science Fair” Tue., Dec. 11, 7 p.m. $4-$9. thelittle.org. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Community Curator: 540 W Main. Sat., Dec. 8, 2 p.m. “How to Kill a City: Demolition & Divestment in Rochester.” vsw.org.
Kids Events [ FRI., DECEMBER 7 ] North Pole Express Train Rides. Arcade & Attica Railroad, 278 Main St Arcade Reservations required $25/$28. aarailroad.com. [ SAT., DECEMBER 8 ] Breakfast with Santa. 8 a.m.12:30 p.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St $5-$19.50. 295-7388. Darci Lynne & Friends. 7 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $38-$49.75. rbtl.org. DeSTEMber Saturdays. 11 a.m.-3 p.m Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. With museum admission rmsc.org. Edgerton Model Railroad Holiday Open House. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St 428-6769. 30 CITY DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2018
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The internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance is presenting its 2018 Home Season in time for the holidays. Presented in six performances this week, the program will will feature two Rochester premiers: Garth Fagan’s “The North Star,” a celebration of the life of 19th century abolitionist, orator, author, and Rochester icon Frederick Douglass on the bicentennial of his birth; and “Distant Kin,” an impressionist work choreographed by Bessie Award-winner and Garth Fagan Dance Rehearsal Director Norwood Pennewell. The Garth Fagan Dance Home Season will take place Wednesday, December 5, through Sunday, December 9 at Callahan Theatre, Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Avenue. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets range from $40 to $55 ($15 for students). 389-2170; www2.naz.edu/events/3051/; garthfagandance.org — BY AMANDA LYNN
Frosty & Friends. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square museumofplay.org. Kids Create. 1-3 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. Polar Express Train Rides. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. $35$50. 948-0505. Roc Holiday Village Breakfast with Santa. 9-11:30 a.m MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Sq. $35/adult (includes 2 children up to 10 years old); $8 each additional child; $12 children 10 to 15 years old 943-0796. Snow STEM. 11 a.m. Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Avenue 428-8150. [ SUN., DECEMBER 9 ] Holly Trolly Rides. NY Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd Departs every 1/2hr, 11:30am-3:30pm With museum admission. [ MON., DECEMBER 10 ] Storytime Club. 10:30-11:30 a.m The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Wonderful Winter With museum admission: $15 museumofplay.org.
Holiday Festival of Lights. Fri., Dec. 7, 5-8 p.m. Main Street. Clifton Springs cliftonspringschamber.com. Gates Historical Society Holly Days. Saturdays, Sundays, 1-3 p.m Gates Historical Society, 634 Hinchey Rd. $5. 464-9740. Genesee Keg Tree Lighting. Fri., Dec. 7, 6-9 p.m. Genesee Brew House, 25 Cataract St. 263-2900. Hanukkah Celebration. Sun., Dec. 9, 4-6 p.m. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Sq. Hanukkah Happenings. Through Dec. 9. Temple Beth El, 139 S Winton Rd 4731770. tberochester.org. Holiday Botanical Show. Through Jan. 6, 2019. Lamberton Conservatory, 180 Reservoir Rd. $2/$3. highlandparkconservancy.org. Holiday Home Tour. Sat., Dec. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion, 151 Charlotte St . Canandaigua $25/$30. sonnenberg.org. Holiday Homecoming. Thu., Dec. 6, 5 p.m. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. continues on page 34
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Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh in “At Eternity’s Gate.” PHOTO COURTESY CBS FILMS
The artist’s way “At Eternity’s Gate” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY JULIAN SCHNABEL OPENS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
There’s no shortage of biopics about artistic geniuses. In fact, the famed artist at the center of “At Eternity’s Gate,” Vincent van Gogh, served as the subject of another filmic tribute (the striking animated feature “Loving Vincent”)
just last year. But director Julian Schnabel (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) creates something special with his impressionistic, meditative portrait of the mercurial painter. As a man, van Gogh (played here by the great Willem Dafoe) has always remained something of a mystery, and Schnabel keeps that mystery intact, never seeking to explain the painter’s genius, simply wishing to imagine that talent at work. Schnabel focuses on the painter’s fraught later years, during a prolific period spent in the small town of Arles, France. We gradually get a
sense of him through episodic snapshots of his tender relationship with his beloved brother Theo (Rupert Friend), who offers as much financial and emotional support as he can. We also see his friendship with contemporary Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), as the two engage in philosophical dialogues about their diverging techniques and the nature of art. Van Gogh’s unconventional and innovative use of color and form allowed him to create landscapes and portraits like no one else. In the process he confounded both the public and the artistic establishment at the time.
In one of the film’s best scenes, he talks with a priest (Mads Mikkelsen) sent to gauge the artist’s sanity during his time in an asylum, telling him that “maybe God made me a painter for people who weren’t born yet.” Dafoe’s stellar performance is good enough to let us overlook the fact that the actor is nearly three decades older than van Gogh was at the end of his life in 1890, when he died of a gunshot wound at age 37. He plays the artist as a man whose need to create is as necessary as the air he breathes. He’s also desperately lonely, but as much as he desires to draw the world close, he can’t help pushing it away with his sometimes volatile behavior. Cinematographer Benoît Delhomme’s constantly moving handheld camerawork alternates extreme close-ups with richly textured landscapes. As the film goes on, Schnabel and Delhomme bring in other methods to represent the painter’s deteriorating mental state. There’s overlapping and repeated voiceovers; sometimes the bottom half of the frame is blurred, as though we’re watching the film through bifocals with the wrong prescription. The technique is meant to disorient, but can sometimes feel like an emotional barrier, keeping us at a remove. Luckily Dafoe’s performance acts as counterpoint to those moments, always drawing us further in. At its best, Schnabel’s film immerses us in the artist’s occasionally scattered perspective. It succeeds at doing what I wish more biopics were able to accomplish, giving us a glimpse into the process of a true artist at work. We’re given the chance to stand beside van Gogh in a golden field in the French countryside, searching for the perfect light, and it’s thrilling to observe the artist putting brush to canvas. A most unusual portrait, “At Eternity’s Gate” is an evocative look into the troubled but brilliant mind of a man who saw the world as no one else did, capturing the beauty and wonder in the eternal possibilities of the creative process.
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Legal Ads with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/18/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. LLC’s principal business location is 1700 Hudson Ave., Rochester, NY 14617. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. Jaime Cain is LLC’s registered agent upon whom process against it may be served at 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] East Coast Growth, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/29/18. 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 18 Churchview Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Fornuto Ventures LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/4/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 50 Neuchatel Ln., Fairport, NY 14450. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] 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 ] Hudson Ridge Properties, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/18/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. LLC’s principal business location is 1700 Hudson Ave., Rochester, NY 14617. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. Jaime Cain is LLC’s registered agent upon whom process against it may be served
at 145 Culver Rd. Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] JCDC Marketing, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/16/18. 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 64 Brookdale Park, Rochester, NY 14609. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] MICHAEL SANTARIELLO & ASSOCIATES PLLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/26/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 200 Canal View Blvd., Rochester, NY 14623, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: To practice Law. [ NOTICE ] Mindful Healing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/27/18. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 3200 Brighton Henrietta TL Rd, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ 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 ] NOLAN ENTERPRISES OF NY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/14/2018. Office in Orleans Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY
To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com shall mail process to 13510 Roosevelt Hwy., Waterport, NY 14571, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of AIDA MARKETING, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 153 Willowbend Dr, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation Mi Viejo San Juan Restaurant LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State( SSNY) on 11/07/2018. Office loc: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Irain R Torres (reg. agent),1143 Joseph Ave., Rochester, 14621. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Meshin Movement, LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/23/2018; 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 41 Old North Hill, Rochester, New York 14617. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester Mold Remediation LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/27/2018; 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 PO Box 304, Spencerport, New York 14559. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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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 of Formation of ACO Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/18. 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 1608 Spencerport Road, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/2018. 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, 11 Cindy Ln., Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful act. [ 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 4Life Transportation, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/07/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 54 Aston Villa, North Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AccuLang Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on November 5, 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 48 Betwood Lane, Rochester, NY 14612 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ahrens/Bianchi LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/18. 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 Jane Ahrens, 2800 Dewey Avenue, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ASC STYLIADIS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/8/2018. 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 PO BOX 16628, ROCHESTER NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Astro Property Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/06/2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as Agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1, #86, Buffalo, NY 14221. 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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bella Vista Party House LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/13/18. 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 4768 Lake Ave, Rochester NY 14612 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CCC SOULSTICE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/2018. 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, 430 Walker Lake Ontario Rd., Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful act. [ 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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of
CYBER CASTLE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/2018. 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, 1 Wyebrook Cir., Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DANAIT 168 MILTON, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State on 11/27/2018. 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. P.O. Box 10334, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DJENZO, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph M. Shur - c/o Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP, 28 E. Main St., Ste. 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of EGHighline, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/23/2018. 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, 1890 S. Winton Rd., Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FlooringPlus, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/17/06. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 106 Chimney Sweep Ln., Rochester, NY 14612. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Forever Loving Medical Transportation, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 05/29/2018. 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 P.O. Box 19434 Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FossFoss77 LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/6/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 32 Hampton Ln., Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Grant Your Wish Auto LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/1/2018. 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 14034 Rt 31 West Ave Albion, NY 14411 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] 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 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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Havana Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August
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Legal Ads 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 Horizon Research Insights LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on Sep. 25, 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 33 Candlewood Dr, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ 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 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 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.
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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: GP Holdings 2 LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 16, 2018. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of Meaham, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/18. 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.
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Notice of Formation of Med Trans NY LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/3/2018. 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 17 Anthony St Rochester, NY 14619 Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grove Place Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 6, 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: Rich Group Enterprises LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 15, 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: 6558 4th Section Rd., Ste 220, Brockport NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ 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.
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[ 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 OG PROPERTIES NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/13/2016. 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: Shaina Gravino, 110 Henrietta St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act [ 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 REVERIEMAN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/10/2018. 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: 5818 W. Wautoma Beach Road, Hilton, NY, 14468. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROCHESTER GLOBAL GROUP, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State on 10/24/2018. 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.11 Pamela Lane, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities [ 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 SenJen Elite, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/5/18. 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, 556 Melwood Drive, Greece, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SMQ WELLNESS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/19/2018. 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: 2170 West Ridge Road, Rochester, New York, 14626. Purpose: any lawful act. [ 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 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 Tom’s Stay and Play Webster LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1021 Silvercrest Dr., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Trax Networks, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/14/2018. 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 PO Box 10204, Rochester, NY 14610 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Williamsville Driphouse, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/2018. 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, 3684 Clover St., Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Yasser Siddiqui & Co LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/2018. 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, 4662 S. Color Up Ct., Unit 102, Las Vegas, NV 89122. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 1037 Jay St. Rochester NY 14611 on Thursday, 12-20-2018 at 12:00 pm. The following customers’ accounts have become delinquent so their item (s) will be auctioned off to settle past due rents. NOTE: Owner reserves the right to bid at auction, reject any and all bids, and cancel or adjourn the sale. Name of tenant: Shawn Derouen #131 owes $228, Michael Mccraacken #235 owes $328, Sergio Ramos #502 owes $780, Abelardo Miranda Jr #503 owes $830
Michael Burton #508 owes $730 [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 600 W Broad St. Rochester NY 14608 on Thursday, 12/20/2018 at 12:00 pm. The following customers’ accounts have become delinquent so their item (s) will be auctioned off to settle past due rents. NOTE: Owner reserves the right to bid at auction, reject any and all bids, George Boyd #5 owes $127, Phildon Statham #63 owes $183.00, Torona Jones #68 owes $368.00, Raenisha Jones #19 owes $368.00, Mitchell Howard #54 owes $184.00 [ NOTICE ] 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 ] 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 ] 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.
Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] Think Next Level LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/5/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to princ address 411 S Washington St East Rochester, NY 14445 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General 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 ] Von Blair Spirits LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/29/18. Office Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of the LLC, 271 Woodbine Ave, Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose, any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] JDSEB, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 11/7/18. 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 250 Mill Street, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] RSMM L.L.C.. filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 03/14/2018 Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 173 Country Manor Way Apt 5 Webster NY 14580. The purpose of the Company is Ecommerce online business.
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 2018PP, LLC ] 2018PP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 11/6/18. 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. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] SUNRISE LAKE HOUSE, LLC has been formed as a limited liability company (LLC) by filing Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on October 26, 2018. Office located in Monroe County, NY. NYSS designated as agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to: 77 Kreag Road, Fairport, NY 14450. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful business acts or activities permitted for LLCs under the NY Limited Liability Company Act. The limited liability company is to be managed by one or more members. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is SML PAVING & MAINTENANCE, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/03/18. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 111 Fishell Road, Rush, NY 14543. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business.
Fun [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. E2018001181 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 ERNEST STEWART, 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; DEMINA STEWART A/K/A DEMINA G. STEWART, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST STEWART, DECEASED; LATONYA C. STEWART; LATASHA STEWART; ERNEST STEWART,JR.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; ROCHESTER APARTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC; CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; COUNTY OF MONROE; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL 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: September 16, 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 30, 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 269 Seward Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 121.69-1-9 (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 $6,062.77, 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
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