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On the Rochester school board’s decision to close School 41 and reopen it as a new school:
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If Rochester is serious about trying to make this school a success for the students, why don’t they try something that is actually different, such as asking a charter school to take it over? There is no guarantee of success, of course, but charter schools in Rochester, New York City, and many other cities are outperforming traditional public schools, so why not give it a try? I am surprised, or maybe not, that City has not written anything about a study that was issued this week that measured how students progressed over five years in various cities around the country. Chicago did very well, with their students progressing six years in five, although they started out scoring below grade. Rochester scored the worst in the nation, progressing 2.9 years in 5. Opening school 41A is simply not going to do it. LUXEMBOURG
Crossing my fingers that it turns into the military school that was discussed last year. I know Van White reads City and posts comments sometimes, so crossing my fingers he sees this and can add some info to the story. ERIC MALONEY
The board will no doubt select some consulting group that has expertise at turning around schools. They will take every penny available and then some. After three years, they will be gone. No 2 CITY
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emotional commitment, just a short fix. Throw it into the pot of 30 years of failure. If board members were courageous, they would give the school to the people who want to work in it and the parents who will send their kids to it. They would also make sure the school operators have autonomy from the superintendent and her constraining tentacles. Last, they would guarantee that any confining union expectations were loosened. This is all very unlikely. Courage is not embraced by those who are content with the status quo. GOTTA SAY IT
The concept of closing a non-performing school and opening a “new” school on the same premises (presumably with many of the same “educators”) is the rough equivalent of what some illperforming hotels have done to avoid negative reviews on websites like TripAdvisor. I was told by a cab driver in Chicago not too long ago that hotels sometimes escape the legacy of poor consumer reviews by closing and then reopening under a new name, which is a technique for burying the old, negative reviews. It appears that the RCSD is also trying to adopt this deceptive practice. Just another way the district can escape accountability. ANIMULE
More IPA’s?
On our article on K2 Brothers Brewing: What a dumb,
fad-laden country this is. IPA’s have been in existence for hundreds of years, but suddenly they have regained mass popularity because people in this country are a bunch of trend-following sheep. Wonder what the shelf life (pun intended) on this is? Good luck to them though, hopping on the latest train. Let us know when the next cross-fit gym (also overly saturated) opens. LOCAL GUY
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Is real reform coming for police oversight? Is Rochester ready, at long last, to make major changes in the way it handles complaints about police conduct? City officials have a lot of things on their plate, but one of the most important is police oversight. Police officers’ actions and investigations into them are big issues for people of color here, as they are around the country. And thanks to dogged efforts by local activists, City Council has started a process that could result in real, effective change. Rochester has been trying for decades to find the right way to handle complaints about police actions – a way that protects both the community and the police. But the solution has always involved police officers conducting the investigations into complaints. Throughout those decades, activists have continued to demand that civilians be involved in the investigations. Since 1992, a group of trained residents has served on a Civilian Review Board, which reviews investigations into complaints about police. But police do the investigating. And the police chief has the final say, about whether the complaint is justified and what discipline results, if any. Very little of that becomes public. Now, thanks to continued efforts by reform activists – plus an extensive report on Rochester’s oversight system and, unfortunately, a high-profile case involving police officers who injured a teenager named Rickey Bryant – City Hall is taking up the issue again. And there seems to be a good chance that this time, Rochester will do more than tweak things. Earlier this year, City Council commissioned the Center for Governmental Research to review Rochester’s police oversight system and to look at how other cities are handling complaints. Council released the report late last month, and among its findings is that many other cities have found ways to create a real civilian oversight process. Rochester is stuck in the past. Leading the current activist effort is the Rochester Coalition for Police Reform, which has sent city officials a new proposal for civilian oversight, one that calls for major changes. The proposal, sent to City Council last month, is similar to one that the Coalition released last spring. Like the previous one, the proposal calls for an independent Police Accountability Board that would be an autonomous office of city government, reporting to City Council. It would conduct investigations into complaints and determine whether they are valid; impose discipline when complaints are sustained; and review and assess the police department’s “policies,
There seems to be a good chance that this time, Rochester will do more than tweak things as it assesses police oversight.” procedures, patterns, practices, and training” and recommend changes to City Council and the police department. The Coalition’s earlier proposal called for board members to be elected by the public. Under the new proposal, the mayor would appoint one member, City Council would appoint four – one from each quadrant of the city – and a broad alliance of community and faith groups would nominate six more for Council’s approval. Members of the board would be city residents, and the board’s composition would have to reflect the diversity of the city, something that the current Civilian Review Board does not do. City Council is now working on its own proposal. And early next year, it will hold public meetings to get input. The goal: approval of a new policy in April. Whatever form Council’s proposal takes, it absolutely must provide independent, civilian investigation of complaints, and far more transparency than the current system provides. Police officers may object, as they have before. That’s not surprising. Their jobs are not just hard; they can be dangerous. Investigations must be fair, and they must be done by people who understand police procedure. But major, effective reform is in the interest of both the police department and the public. That’s the only way to secure the public’s trust. Reform is long overdue in Rochester. And 2018, the year in which the city observes the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, is a perfect time to move forward. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Rochester Prep packs up
Rochester Preparatory High School is moving its students and staff out of the space it subleases at 690 St. Paul Street and into 1001 Lake Avenue, the former site of Nazareth Academy. The building was formerly a Bausch+Lomb manufacturing site, and in 2009 it was identified as a brownfield because the carcinogenic chemical trichloroethylene was detected in the soil. The 690 St. Paul Street property has undergone remediation and was deemed safe for use, but many Rochester Prep students and parents were not convinced, and asked that the school be relocated.
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The Town of Irondequoit is getting $2.1 million worth of state money to offset some of the costs of building a new community center inside Skyview on the Ridge (formerly Medley Centre, nee Irondequoit Mall). The empty shopping center’s new owner, Angelo Ingrassia, has donated 50,000 square feet of the facility to the town for use as a community center. Town officials put together a Community Advisory Committee for the project and will be seeking public input. Irondequoit Supervisor David Seeley said he hopes to have a plan for the Town Board to consider in the first quarter of 2018.
Morelle objects to plaza plan
Assembly member Joe Morelle is reiterating his concerns about the proposed Whole Foods Plaza in Brighton. In a letter sent to residents in the Clover-Allens Creek neighborhood, Morelle says he doesn’t oppose development at the site, the former home of Mario’s restaurant and Clover Lanes. But he says he shares neighbors’ concerns about the effect on Monroe Avenue traffic.
Activists rallied last week in front of the Cheesecake Factory in Pittsford Plaza, in support of new state labor regulations. PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER
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New rules for on-call workers? Many New Yorkers who work at fastfood restaurants, in retail, in child care, or in other service jobs are “oncall” workers, subject to last-minute changes in their work schedule. They may be asked to report to work with only a few hours’ notice – or may be told that their shift for that day has been canceled or shortened. For those workers, a steady income isn’t guaranteed, and keeping personal appointments and finding child care is difficult. New regulations, proposed by the State Labor Department in November, could mitigate the
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Nine University of Rochester students, professors, and former professors have filed a federal lawsuit against the university stemming from the alleged sexual misconduct of Florian Jaeger, a professor in the brain and cognitive sciences department. An independent investigation concerning allegations that Jaeger engaged in sexual relations and illegal drug use with students is expected to be completed next month. A statement from the UR
says that the lawsuit “was not unexpected.”
impact, at least a bit. If they’re approved, the rules will require employers to give workers at least 14 days’ notice about work schedules. If workers’ shifts are cancelled within 72 hours of the scheduled start, or if they’re called in for an unscheduled shift, they’ll get extra pay. The new regulations “will have a significant impact on low-wage workers,” says Mohini Sharma, an organizer with Metro Justice, since their jobs often pay low wages, and loss of a shift is particularly hard. Activists and workers staged a rally near the Cheesecake Factory
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Canal tree plan meets growing resistance The New York State Canal Corporation has agreed to have a representative meet with elected officials from Pittsford, Perinton, and Fairport to discuss its plan to strip trees from several sections of the Erie Canal banks in those communities. Pittsford Supervisor Bill Smith says the Canal Corp. agreed to the meeting late last week – and just days before a rally against the plan organized by a citizens group, Stop the Clear Cut. The agency will meet with Smith, Perinton Supervisor Mike Barker, and Fairport Mayor Fritz May. The Canal Corp. and its new parent agency, the New York State Power Authority, are removing trees from 56 sites between the Village of Medina in Orleans County and the Village of Fairport. The agencies say the work is necessary to allow for proper inspection of the canal banks and also to ensure the banks’ integrity. The agencies argue that the embankments were designed to be bare and that tree roots can destabilize them. Roots can loosen soil as they grow, and water can seep in through the root channels, they say. The decision to remove the trees wasn’t based on any immediate problem or threat, they say, but rather on dam engineers’ practices
as well as guidance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The canal’s embankments are, in many instances, treated as dams, since they are structures built to hold back water. “The arguments they have advanced, I would characterize them as underwhelming,” Smith says. The critics – and there are a lot of them – see the project as unnecessary and a waste of money, at best. They point to relatively recent Army Corps of Engineers publications that say tree removal may not always be the best solution for ensuring dam embankment stability. The publications say that when roots are left behind to rot, natural processes can loosen soil and create pathways for water to seep in. The officials and residents are also worried about the effects the tree removal may have on views from the canal trail and from homes. If the Canal Corp. strips the embankments bare, it will probably affect property values, Smith says. Some critics are also concerned about losing shady areas along the canal trail, while others are concerned about the loss of bird habitat.
The New York State Canal Corporation plans to remove trees from some areas along the canal. FILE PHOTO
“Just in general, the emphasis on tourism, the attempt to get people to treat the canal as a tourist destination simply has not been considered in this approach that they’ve taken,” says Jill Miller, a Brighton resident who frequently uses the canal trail near Bushell’s Basin. Miller is one of the organizers for the Stop the Clear Cut rally. Miller and other Stop the Clear Cut members also say the plan was poorly communicated to local government leaders and was developed without any public input. Residents and local government officials want the Canal Corp. and the Power Authority to halt
the tree removal project and work with them to see if there might be a less drastic, less destructive solution. Contractors have already cut down trees on some sections of the canal. In Medina, the crews cleared out several swaths, though they’ll be back in the spring to remove the stumps and roots. But the work has seriously changed the views in some parts of the village, says Deputy Mayor Owen Toale. “It is extreme,” he says.
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IMMIGRATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
UR DREAMers plea for help Raul Ramirez is an undergraduate student at the University of Rochester, where he’s majoring in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. He hopes to go on to nursing school and eventually pursue a career in family medicine for the LGBTQ community, he says. But his plans may get derailed. Ramirez applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, and received permission to stay in the US. But the time he’s allowed to stay in the country legally under DACA is going to run out before he graduates from the UR next year. Last September, the Trump administration put the country on notice that DACA – President Obama’s executive order – would end in six months. That leaves roughly 800,000 young people, who were allowed to work and go to school here, at risk of deportation, including Ramirez. “I really don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said in an interview last week. “I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, UR DREAMer students Haydi Torres (left) and Raul Ramirez at a Rochester Committee on Latin America meeting urge Congress to pass DREAMer legislation. and that’s where I am right now.” PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH At an event sponsored by the Rochester Committee on Latin America and UR to predict the Trump administration’s plans. Her father, who is here from did not provide access to a Green Card or DREAMers, an advocacy group he any immigration status,” she said. Education “Now you risk being penalized for coming Honduras, works in construction nearly formed, Ramirez urged attendees to press is one of the requirements under DACA, every day. She recently took a photo forward,” Ramirez said. Congress to pass DREAMer legislation not simply a benefit, as it’s often portrayed. of her father’s hands as part of an art Ramirez estimates that there about that would allow undocumented children And young people must undergo a criminal project about TPS workers. They were 30 students attending the UR who are and their families to remain in the US background check and can be disqualified dry, callused, and outlined with painful undocumented, but there is no exact count. without the constant threat of deportation. even for some misdemeanors, she said. looking cracks. “The UR has been very supportive,” UR DREAMers is calling for a bill that he said. The Development, Relief, and “He pays taxes, but my dad can’t eliminates funding for a border wall, He formed UR DREAMers to be Education for Alien Minors or DREAM apply for welfare,” Torres said. When border security, and interior deportation Act is bipartisan legislation that got tied TPS is granted to a country, it’s often a resource, cultivate allies, and reduce enforcement because it’s overturning the up in Congress and never got signed extended. “But you never know what’s fear and confusion about DACA and lives of so many children and their families. into law, which is why a frustrated going to happen,” Torres said. “My dad is DREAMers, he said. Ramirez traveled across the border with Obama implemented DACA as an very stressed out right now.” his mother from Mexico to Arizona when he executive order. Both the DREAM Act Ramirez’s concerns about the public’s Slights and indignities are routine, was 3 years old. He doesn’t remember coming and Obama’s executive order allowed confusion are valid, Hannah Vickner and they’re often rooted in ignorance to the US, nor does he remember the town people living illegally in the US to obtain Hough, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society and bias, Torres said. Not long ago when that he and his mother left behind. a Social Security number and a driver’s of Rochester, told the ROCLA audience. her mother, who doesn’t speak English, “I don’t remember any of that,” Ramirez license, so they can get a job to help pay A combination of politics and rising antiwas stopped by police while driving, said. “This country has always been home for their education. immigration sentiment has led to a lot Torres interpreted for her. But the officer to me.” of misinformation about the differences immediately became angry. Temporary Protected Status, however, His biggest fear, however, is not whether between DACA, DREAMers, and Temporary is a diplomatic program that applies to “He said, ‘I don’t know anything he can complete his degree program Protected Status, or TPS, she said. countries and is designed to allow people about you,’” Torres said. “‘I don’t know at the UR. He’s afraid that the Trump who are being displaced – usually due to if you stole this car or if you’re carrying “DACA is not a statue or law,” Vickner administration could use the information on war or natural disaster – to come to the drugs.’ He sees that this is a mother with Hough said. It was a “deferred action” his DACA application to deport his parents. US and work, Vickner Hough said. kids in the car.” policy, not a legal status that originated “The biggest concern I have is for my as part of Homeland Security in 2012. And here’s where things can get Torres was still upset the following parents,” he said. “I have the guidance I The rationale: children who were younger confusing and extremely complicated: It’s day and went to speak with her school need to get through this, but I’m worried than 16 when they entered the US didn’t not unusual for undocumented children counselor, who said: “Your mother broke about my parents. The government has all generally come here with the intent to to have a parent in the US under TPS. the law. Can’t she go back to her country of my information.” break the law. They probably had no say in and come back legally?” “I come from a mixed family,” UR Many young people stepped forward the matter. 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School 41, a pre-kindergarten through sixth grade school at 279 West Ridge Road in the Kodak Park neighborhood, will close at the end of this school year, and the district will re-open it as a new school with a different focus. That was the Rochester school board’s decision last week as a result of the school’s persistent failure to improve. New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia notified the district earlier this year that she was designating School 41 as a receivership school. Schools with that designation are typically schools that have been among the persistently lowest performing in the state, and their students’ academic achievement hasn’t improved as much as the state requires. Elia’s decision gave the school board a limited set of options. It could choose an independent entity like a university to assume management of the school, which it has done with East High School. It could close the school and disperse its students to other city schools. Or it could close the school and reopen it as a different school. The board decided that the latter was the most appealing, board President Van White said. School 41 has about 510 students, and a majority are black and Hispanic. In 2016,
just 4 percent of students were proficient in English and 5 percent were proficient in math, according to state test results. In 2017, only 4 percent were proficient in English and 6 percent in math. The school has already added programs to help boost students’ achievement. It is one of the Rochester schools that has extended the length of the school day, for instance, and according to the district’s website, it has a variety of other special programs to help low-performing students. But that hasn’t been enough. As part of the change, district officials will have to develop an entirely different approach to instruction that addresses the needs of students and families. “We can’t just reopen under a different name,” White said. “It has to be an entirely different school.” Elia has to approve whatever the district comes up with, and White says the goal is to have a plan ready to submit to Elia in March 2018 so the new school can open in the fall of 2018. “It’s a very short window,” White said. It’s not clear whether that will mean staff and faculty will have to reapply for their positions similar to what happened when the University of Rochester took over management of East High School, White said.
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Beer’s best friend, part three [ ROUND-UP ] BY DAVE BUDGAR
In this occasional series, CITY has probed the intersection of beer and food at brewpubs in Rochester and its suburbs. This time, we extend the reach to Honeoye Falls and Canandaigua. As with previous visits, because few brewpubs have established or formalized food-beer pairings, we relied on our own instincts, along with occasional helpful advice from knowledgeable servers, to guide our choices. With a few exceptions, this most recent undertaking confirmed that most local brewpubs place more focus on beer, leaving any food offerings to fulfill the fundamental function of sating beer-induced munchies. When the dean of local craft brewers, CB Craft Brewers (300 Village Square Boulevard; 624-4386; cbcraftbrewers.com), opened in Honeoye Falls in 1997, local craft beers were scarcely a gleam in beer drinkers’ eyes. In the 20 years since, myriad local breweries have popped up to provide a panoply of craft brews. CB broadened its scope by opening Pint & Goblet Tavern within the brewpub in 2011.
My girlfriend, Molly, and I visited Pint & Goblet shortly after Thanksgiving, when CB still had its luscious but not sweet ThanksGibbon Sweet Potato Marshmallow Ale on tap. With its marshmallow undertones and finish, this brew accentuated the vegetal toppings of the Loaded Nachos ($10), which use CB’s Caged Alpha Monkey IPA in the melted cheese. The Night Owl Cream Porter is smoky with assertive coffee notes, and tasty on its own, but tended to overpower the nachos. The Wee Heavy Winter Ale — also rich and smoky, with an edgy flavor — harmonized with the Spicy Tavern Mac ($6.50 for a cup; $9.50 for a bowl), a mac-and-cheese dish made with Caged Alpha Monkey and house-made Buffalo sauce. And the MacBubba Scotch Ale, with its full-bodied, earthy, citrusy profile, enhanced my Owl Burger ($11.50), which incorporates the Night Owl Cream Porter to caramelize the onions perched atop the burger, along with crumbled bleu cheese and crisp bacon.
Since 2010, five breweries have opened in Canandaigua, three of them clustered on Lakeshore Drive at the north end of Canandaigua Lake. One of the two with kitchens — Twisted Rail Brewing (169 Lakeshore Drive; 396-0683; twistedrailbrewing.com) — opened in 2013 and moved to its present location in 2016. Twisted Rail operates a second brewpub in Macedon and will soon open a tasting room in Geneva. We visited Twisted Rail’s cozy confines on a recent Saturday night and were impressed with its extensive beer menu. The affable bartenders offered us a new house special: flatbread pizza ($8), Railroad Tie Pretzels ($8), and two pints of beer ($6 each) for $20. Neither the pizza — to which we added pepperoni and (scantly scattered) artichoke hearts (50 cents per topping) — nor the pretzels were notable, but came out of the kitchen quickly and filled the bill as solid complements to our beers. Twisted Rail’s version of Scotch Ale is smoother and mellower than many, but didn’t
Drive; 396-0001; threehuskiesbrewing.com) which opened in 2014, is tucked in the back but integrated into Dobber’s Sports Bar and Grill. My friend John met me there during dinner hour and noted the full parking lot — a good omen for food as a focal point. John started with the Sickle Tail West Coast IPA, a well-balanced, not overly-fruity or hoppy brew that, as he put it: “Does not blow up your tongue like some IPAs.” I began with a Snow Nose Scotch Ale, which was less boozy and more malty than most Scotch ales. Because Dobber’s existed as a bar and grill before Three Huskies took residence, the menu is more wide-ranging than many brewpubs, and includes a homemade soup du jour. On the night we visited, it was a delectable sausage-and-bean soup ($4.99 for a cup; $5.99 for a bowl). Chock full of enough sausage to qualify as a stew, with a tangy tomato base, this hearty dish paired naturally with my ale. We enjoyed our respective brews with two creative chicken wing choices ($5.99 for five; $10.49 for 10; served with French fries): salt and vinegar wings — exactly what they sound like and better than expected — and a yet-unnamed concoction made with a tangy, mustardy, mildly-spicy sauce infused with Three Bitches Black IPA. We each also ordered a Vanilla Cold Brewed Coffee Stout, which surprisingly didn’t overpower the wings, although something hoppier would’ve been a better match. The favored partner for this stout was the Big Mike Burger ($9.99): a garlic sourdough grilled cheese sandwich with a cheeseburger inside. The bread was expertly browned and the burger was cooked to a textbook medium. As more breweries ferment our libational landscape, we envision food playing a more central role and we will be there with fork, spoon, knife, napkin, pint glass, and pen, ready to report back to our readers. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
[ MUSIC FEATURE ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
ALMOST A PERFORMANCE ITSELF, LOCAL CONCERT INTERPRETERS FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY KICK OUT THE SIGNS Just as there’s a vast range of people in the deaf and hard of hearing community, there are just as many ways for those in that community to take in a live musical performance. Feeling the vibrations, enjoying the spectacle, or watching interpreters in the wings as they break into a lyrical display give deaf and hard of hearing concertgoers a more complete experience. According to a 2012 National Technical Institute for the Deaf study, 3.7 percent of Rochester’s population is deaf or hard of hearing — the largest such per capita population in the country. Some Rochester venues have taken steps to incorporate, either automatically or by request, sign language interpreters for music, theater, and other art performances. With live bands constantly coming to the Rochester Institute of Technology, which has about 1,200 deaf and hard of hearing students, the school utilizes a team of sign language interpreters to bridge the gap between musician and deaf and hard of hearing members of the audience. The sign language those interpreters use to communicate a musical performance can be a fascinating display of rapid hand gestures and motions that migrate throughout the whole body, like ballet in free fall. Some of these interpreters invoke extra movements within a given sign to add emphasis in rhythm, tone, and innuendo, incorporating it all into the flow of the music. While the sign interpretation serves a specific purpose, it’s almost like a performance in and of itself. You might have seen a Vox.com video making the social media rounds earlier this year, showing Houstonian Amber Galloway Gallego — who has worked with more than 400 musicians and artists and has become a recognized name for her American Sign Language interpretation — explaining her process. She literally dances out a song, punctuated by appropriate faces. It’s as if her whole body was singing.
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But it isn’t about the interpreter, according to Jennifer Horak, Coordinator of Interpreting Services at RIT/NTID. “It isn’t about them as a performer,” Horak says. “It’s about the performer trying to convey a song in the shared atmosphere to the deaf and hard of hearing world. It’s the artist’s show and it’s the audience’s experience. And it’s my job to give them the same experience or a comparable experience to the one the hearing audience is having.” Many things people attribute to “performance” are natural features of ASL, says Lola Johnston, a RIT/NTID staff interpreter. “Where spoken English utilizes vocal inflection, volume, and in some cases words to capture a concept, ASL relies on facial expression, body movement, and affect to show it,” she says. The big challenge, Horak says, is doing her job without overshadowing the performer’s show. When done correctly, the interpreter doesn’t distract or get in the way. It’s finding the balance. “How much do I take on the character of that person without mocking them or mimicking them and muddying up the lyrics?” Horak says. Every deaf and hard of hearing person has different levels of hearing loss. NTID’s Amy Stornello , who has a cochlear implant and considers herself hard of hearing, can hear the music, but can’t understand what is being sung. “So if I go to a concert,” she says, “it’s going to be someone whose music I’m familiar with, where I’ve memorized the lyrics and can sing along. Many deaf people feel the vibrations, the bass. With any show, it’s great to see the production, too.” Stornello doesn’t find the interpreters distracting, but the delay can throw her off. “Watching a show is never distracting,” she says. “But while watching the artist and interpreter I can lose information because there’s a delay in the interpreting process. I don’t like those gaps.”
Johnston says specific interpretation is up
for … well, interpretation. The message often varies from person to person, she says, and interpreters each have their own approach, their own style, their own understanding of the language — not only in how they approach their work but also in how they process the language and make the decisions regarding the translations they choose. “Not everyone has the same fluency in any given language,” Johnston says. “For example, thinking of those you know who only speak English, some have a much greater knowledge base and range of vocabulary than others. The same range of mastery applies to An animated Jennifer Horak, Coordinator of Interpreting Services at RIT/NTID, in action during a concert. PHOTO PROVIDED one’s second or third language as well. Then, just as people say I had never considered being out on stage until I became an interpreter. And the same thing differently, interpreters provide the message differently, since I’ve been doing this, I love being on stage. But it’s somebody else doing partly based on their understanding of the message and partially from what they the acting and the singing, not me. So oddly enough I got into deafness by envision that message to mean.” way of opera. Go figure.” Horak’s versatility is apparent when perusing the list of the artists she’s Johnston fell in love with the semantics of it all. brought closer to a segment of their audience: Tom Petty, The Grateful Dead, “I’ve always been interested in languages and the challenges of the Ben Harper, The Black Crowes, Train, Coldplay, Styx, Rusted Root, and MC negotiation between them,” she says. “The challenge of perpetual Hammer, to name a few. This all takes energy — physical and mental. learning and the application of all the knowledge one has gained over the “Big shows require a team of interpreters,” Horak says. “The length of the years was also a draw.” shows and the energy you’re putting into it — your arms get tired and your There is a lot to prepare … a lot. Johnston says for every two hours on stage, brain gets tired as you’re listening to it, converting it to another language, it’s 40-plus hours of prep work. “For plays, there’s reading the script; watching putting it out. There’s that performance energy you have. It’s physical, it really is. rehearsals and full productions — live and recorded — discussing text analysis We’ll sub out a different interpreter every 20 minutes.” with my team, director, performers; if possible, meeting native users of ASL to That could mean several interpretations of a single artist. And the interpreter’s gain differing perspectives on how to capture a specific translation. backstory weighs in. “For concerts, listening to the music as much as possible; all of it. You seldom Horak has a bachelor’s degree in theater production design and was working get a set list prior to a show, so the interpreter needs to be ready for any possible in costumes at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, where she song. Spending time with the lyrics to determine what the story of the song came in contact with The really is, then how to capture that in a limited number of signs, matching the National Theatre of the feeling of the music.” Deaf, which performed If she knows she’s going to interpret a band, say Maroon 5, in a month, there. Horak says, “All I’m listening to for that month is Maroon 5. I read the lyrics, “I met the actors,” study the lyrics. Go on some fan sites to see what their fans are saying about Horak says. “I different songs. Look at the history of the artist to see how they relate. Where did always had an this song come from?” interest; I fell in love Neither Horak nor Johnston recommend interpreting a concert off the cuff. with the language. “That’s not the best way,” Horak says. “To me, there’s something really The next summer I was special about music. There’s the flow; there’s the trick of the lyric. There are working with an opera double entendres to lyrics. There are subtle meanings to certain words that company and the woman you need to bring out somehow. Those are the challenges. You’re trying I was working with invited me to capture the musicality and the story and some of the tricks the artist to work as her assistant costume is using; sometimes they’re using onomatopoeia, sometimes they’re using designer at NTID. Being a wardrobe puns, to bring out more than just the story. And we’re looking for ways to mistress, everything I did was backstage and do that with sign language.”
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Upcoming [ REGGAE ]
Music
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. Sunday, December 31. Anthology, 336 East Avenue. 7 p.m. $30-$40. anthologylive.com; livepanda.com. [ EMO ]
Dashboard Confessional. Friday, January 26. Main
Street Armory, 900 East Main Street. 7:30 p.m. $25-$75. mainstreetarmory.com; dashboardconfessional.com. [ POP ]
Seal. Friday, June 22. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre,
60 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $70-$115. rochesterjazz.com; seal.com.
Victor Wooten Trio THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 ANTHOLOGY, 336 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. | $30-$50 | ANTHOLOGYLIVE.COM; VICTORWOOTEN.COM
[ JAZZ ] His electric bass only has four strings, but Victor Wooten squeezes more out of those strings than any other bassist I’ve ever seen. As he picks, pops, strums, and slaps, the bass seems to become an extension of his body. Wooten may be best known for his long history with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, but he’s more than capable of bringing down the house on his own. At Anthology, Wooten will be joined by Bob Franceschini on saxophone, clarinet, and flute, and Dennis Chambers on drums. — BY RON NETSKY
Whole Clique THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 10 P.M. | $5 | BUGJAR.COM; LETSBEFRIENDSPARTY.COM [ HIP-HOP ] DJ Tim Tones and emcee MdotCoop
created the Whole Clique showcase as a sister act to their Let’s Be Friends party — a weekly (sometimes monthly) throwdown that is described as “pushing the boundaries of culture through music and collectivism.” The Whole Clique series is back at it, featuring diverse, independent hip-hop artists in the area. Hometown legend Hassaan Mackey will be putting down some fresh tracks off his newest album, “Daily Bread,” with DJ Fresh Fingaz on the decks. KZA K’ Lee and Lon Givenchy will also be performing. — BY AMANDA FINTAK PHOTO PROVIDED
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[ WED., DECEMBER 13 ]
[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]
Cowboys and Frenchmen “Bluer Than You Think” Outside In Music cowboysandfrenchmen.com
Juniper Winds SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM, 900 EAST AVENUE 3 P.M. | EASTMAN.ORG; ESM.ROCHESTER.EDU [ CLASSICAL ] The Eastman School of Music students
who comprise the quintet Juniper Winds will head offcampus this Sunday to perform at the George Eastman Museum as part of the “Musicale: Performance Plus Series.” Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” is the program’s main draw, but audience members will likely recognize the other composers on the bill. Prominent jazz-classical saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera’s “Aires Tropicales” and “La Nouvelle Orleans” by Lalo Schifrin — best known for writing the original “Mission: Impossible” theme — round out the concert. Free for museum members; included with museum admission ($5-$15). — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Planning for Burial FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 VINEYARD COMMUNITY SPACE, 836 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE 6:30 P.M | $10 | FACEBOOK.COM/VINEYARDCOMMUNITYSPACE; PLANNINGFORBURIAL.BANDCAMP.COM [ DOOMGAZE ] I love it when a band is picturesque in
its meaning or agenda. That is until some guy starts screaming bloody murder in the mic. The chordal intro to some of this Wilkes Barre one-man-outfit, Planning for Burial, are ugly and mean, and they seek to be tamed not played. With the vocal abuse serving as whisperer, it comes off cool. Check out Planning for Burial’s droney, noisey, cold “Below the House,” which came out in March. Playing with Stress, Druse, Coming Down, and Modern Psychics. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
After reviewing hundreds of jazz albums, I’m always looking for something refreshing and new. An album by a band incongruously named Cowboys and Frenchmen seemed promising, and “Bluer Than You Think” did not disappoint. The group’s name was inspired by a short film by David Lynch, “The Cowboy and The Frenchman.” This offbeat take on the Western film genre is an apt metaphor for the group’s beautifully twisted approach to jazz. The disc is overflowing with unpredictable melodic turns, unusual voicings, and unorthodox rhythms. The group’s two leaders, saxophonists Owen Broder and Ethan Helm, and pianist Chris Ziemba all attended the Eastman School of Music. They’re joined by Ethan O’Reilly on bass and drummer Matt Honor. Ryan Truesdell, who won a Grammy Award for his work with the Gil Evans Project, produced the album. Compositions, all but one of which are by group members, range from catchy melodies (like the title tune) to serial patterns (“Beasts”); from runaway horn lines (“Clear Head”) to beautiful ballads (“Lilies Under The Bridge”). The common denominators are originality and innovative improvisation. — BY RON NETSKY
Richard X Bennett “Experiments With Truth” Ropeadope richardxbennett.com
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Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. templebarandgrille.com. 10 p.m. JAZZ
Banjo Juice Jazz Band. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. rochester.funknwaffles.com. 8 p.m. $5. REGGAE/JAM
Happy Hour with Mochester. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. recordarchive.com. 5-8 p.m.
Dallas Greene Trio. B-Side,
— BY RON NETSKY
Rob Linton’s 15th Christmas Eve Celebration DECEMBER 24th LIVE from 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
BLUES
POP/ROCK
If you recognize the title of Richard X Bennett’s CD, “Experiments With Truth,” as part of the title of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, you’re on your way to understanding the record’s unusual propulsive music. Bennett is a jazz pianist who spent many years in Mumbai, immersed in Indian music. Although he acknowledges that piano is not a raga instrument, his music is firmly based on ragas. But these ragas are different, filtered through an American sensibility and influenced by jazz greats like Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. Bennett’s keyboard work is never less than probing, but two saxophonists are also vital to the session. While Lisa Parrott anchors the horns on baritone sax, Matt Parker goes wild on tenor. This instrumentation, when combined with Bennett’s compositions, results in a wonderfully frenetic merger of Eastern and Western strains. The rhythm section of Adam Armstrong on bass and Alex Wyatt on drums rounds out the quintet here and nicely supports Bennett on a simultaneous piano trio release, “What Is Now.” On this second CD, the prolific pianist offers engagingly esoteric, but downright catchy, songs.
Join us for
ACOUSTIC/FOLK Kinloch Nelson. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m. Rochester Folkus. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. 7-9 p.m. $10.
5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 7-10 p.m.
Katie Von Schleicher, Juicy Connotation, The Sugargliders. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $7-$9. Session American. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $10.
[ THU., DECEMBER 14 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Bluegrass Jam. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com. Second Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. The Crawdiddies. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m. continues on page 16
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Music
Holiday Banjo Concert. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. hpl.libcal. com/event/3548993. 7 p.m. Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m. Steve West. Brown Hound Downtown, 500 University Ave. 506-9725. brownhoundbistro. com. 6-8 p.m. BLUES
Linabelle Bluegrass Band.
Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnysirishpub.com. 7 p.m. CLASSICAL
Eastman at Washington Square. ,. esm.rochester.edu/
community. 12:15-12:45 p.m. JAZZ
CJ Ziarniak. Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, 1344 University Ave. 532-7942. joebeanroasters. com. 8-10 p.m. $5. Son of Pitches. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $7. TRADITIONAL
David Tamarin, Flamenco & Classical Guitarist. Via Girasole
Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole. com. 7-10 p.m. If there's any face associated with the Bug Jar, it's Jesus Bobby T. There's a two-night benefit show for Bobby T this weekend. PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER HIP-HOP/RAP
Me and Bobby T Bobby T Benefit FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 FRIDAY: HOT MAYONNAISE, MALARCHUK, ST. PHILLIP’S ESCALATOR, LEUS ZEUS, AND JAN THE ACTRESS SATURDAY: BLURRING, ANTHROPIC, THE GRINDERS, BABAYAGA, AND TUURD BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. EACH NIGHT | $5-$10 (SUGGESTED DONATION) | BUGJAR.COM [ FEATURE] BY FRANK DE BLASE
The Bug Jar’s Bob “Bobby T” Teresa was casually shaving his mug one day back in April when he discovered a lump on the side of his throat. “I said to myself, ‘That doesn’t look too good,”’ Teresa says. His doctor said the same thing. They ran some tests and did a biopsy. It came back positive. “Squamous single cell carcinoma in the tonsil,” he says. “And it had gone into my lymph nodes.” It was serious. Thus began his arduous journey to hell and back. For the next umpteen months, Teresa has endured five weeks of chemo, seven weeks of radiation, and the emotional teeter-totter and brain screw of uncertainty that goes along with a cancer diagnosis. In August, they put in a feeding tube — he had lost more than 20 pounds. The doctors were aggressive, and Teresa has been told this is a form of cancer with a high 16 CITY DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2017
percentage of curability. His doctors exude the same confidence he has. Teresa has an appointment in early January when he hopes they’ll give him the all-clear. Until then, it’s the crossed-fingers stage. And in the meantime, countless friends, bands, and colleagues have rallied and put together four benefit concerts — two in December and two in January — to help offset mounting medical costs. He tears up when he thinks about the amount of love and outpouring support. Yet there is no one more deserving than Bobby T and all that he has done, does, and continues to do via the Bug Jar. Teresa has been an important fixture on the Rochester scene for years. He has been at the Bug Jar in one form or another — customer, DJ, bartender, bouncer, booker, and owner — since 1989. “The philosophy of the Bug Jar is very simple,” he says. “It’s original live music. You can throw in a cover here or there as long as it’s in the vein of rock ‘n’ roll.” Over the years, the Bug Jar has hosted some big names on the rise, when they were still burning up the road in a shitty van to oblivion — Arcade Fire, Alkaline Trio, At The Drive-In, The White Stripes, and recently Ron Gallo. “These were bands we were so lucky to get on their first record here at the Bug Jar before they hit it big,” Teresa says. “You felt like they were playing in your living room.” And if there’s a face to put on the Bug
Cosmic Brownie, Sensi Trails. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. 9 p.m. $5.
Jar and on the scene it helped to create and continues to foster, it’s Bobby T. When the concept of putting together the benefit for him at one of Rochester’s larger venues, like Anthology or Funk ‘N Waffles, in anticipation of a big turnout, Teresa balked. “I was like, ‘Why don’t we do a couple of smaller shows at the Bug Jar — where it should be.’ And it was amazing the response from all the local bands who wanted to support it,” he says. “It was touching, really. We said we can do different genres each night — more importantly let’s get some bands down here that I want to see if you’re gonna drag me down here sick and all.” Teresa has finished with the barrage of treatments. The lump is gone and his taste buds are slowly returning. “I haven’t had a full meal since August,” he says. “Food still tastes like shit. But I’m putting on some weight.” That’s good news, keeping in mind the man’s lanky frame. Teresa has been positive in relentlessly staring this monster down. He credits Barbie T. “She’s been great,” he says with tears twinkling in his eyes. Teresa cracks a gregarious grin and realizes it’s a good thing he was shaving in the first place. “If I had been one of these big bearded guys, I never would have known.” Bands making this righteous scene Friday are Hot Mayonnaise, Malarchuk, St.Phillip’s Escalator, Leus Zeus. Saturday features Blurring, Anthropic, The Grinders, Tuurd, Babayaga.
Let’s Be Friends: Hassaan Mackey, KZA K’Lee, Lon Givenchy. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe
Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. Free.
[ FRI., DECEMBER 15 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Kennedy Jason Happy Hour Show. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge
Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 5-7 p.m. VOCALS
Holiday Voices. Cobblestone Theatre, 1622 State Route 332. Farmington. 398-0220. cobblestoneartscenter.com. 7-8:30 p.m. $15. JAZZ
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. The White Hots. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. R&B/ SOUL
Timeline Band. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 585-292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 9 p.m.
POP/ROCK Download. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.
The Earthtones, Shakin’ Bones. Johnny’s Pub & Grill,
1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnysirishpub.com. 5 p.m.
The Good Trip Band, Angelo Rose. Abilene Bar & Lounge,
153 Liberty Pole Way. 2323230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 5:30 p.m.
Hot Mayonnaise, Malarchuk, St. Philips, Escalator, Leus Zeus. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe
Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. Benefit show for Bobby T. $5-$10. JUMBOshrimp. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585315-3003. fairportbside.com. 8-11 p.m. Lonesome Road. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon. com. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. $5. Willie Nile. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $25-$30.
[ SAT., DECEMBER 16 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
The Crooked North. Abilene
Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9 p.m. $7. The Lonely Ones. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. CLASSICAL
Natus est nobis: A Renaissance Christmas. St.
Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave. 766-3084. musicaspei. org/upcoming-concerts/. 8-9:30 p.m. COUNTRY
Flint Creek. Nashvilles, 4853
W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m. JAZZ
Bob Sneider Jazz Trio. Via
Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole.com. 7-10 p.m. Chris Ott. Prosecco Italian Restaurant, 1550 New York 332. Farmington. 924-8000. 6-9 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
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HOLIDAY | ‘ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE’ Produced by Jenn Cristy and her company, One Pulse Entertainment — which staged the Springsteen tribute, “Born to Run in the USA,” at Downstairs Cabaret earlier this year — “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has its own spin on the season’s music. A live band, led by Cristy, puts its own style to Christmas classics, old carols, and some more recent additions to the holiday songbook. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” is on stage Thursday, December 14, through Sunday, December 17, at Downstairs Cabaret Downtown, 20 Windsor Street. 7 p.m. on Thursday; 8 p.m. on Friday; 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday; and 3 p.m. Sunday. $25-$29. 325-4370; downstairscabaret.com. — BY JAKE CLAPP
POP/ROCK
CLASSICAL
Gunsmoke. Sticky Lips BBQ
Brighton Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert. The Clover
Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 585-292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 9 p.m. Inside Out. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 8-11 p.m. Jukebox Militia. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 3193832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. $5. JUMBO Shrimp. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. margeslakesideinn. com. 5 p.m.
Stone Lows, Miles Down Below, Whirlin’ Jack Dervy. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. rochester. funknwaffles.com. 8 p.m. $5. The Taint. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 5852470079. 8:30-11:30 p.m. $5.
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Blurring, Anthropic, The Grinders, Tuurd, Babayaga. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. Benefit show for Bobby T. $5-$10.
Acoustic Brunch with Logan Miller. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. rochester.funknwaffles.com. noon. $10.
The Dady Brothers, Kinloch Nelson & Friends. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. bernunzio.com. 2 p.m. $12-$15.
Center for Arts and Spirituality, 1101 Clover St. 490-9351. brightonsymphony.org. 3-5 p.m.
Compline, performed by the Schola Cantorum. Christ
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Eileen Ivers: Joyful Christmas.
Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St. Geneva. 315-781-5483. thesmith.org. 8 p.m. $28.50$38.50.
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Christ Episcopal
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Sure, The Plague is a reminder of frontman David Adam Monroe’s former band, the Warped Tour road dogs Third Estate, but it’s still got some muscle of its own under the hood. Monroe has moved into production a bit, citing a list of big names he’s twiddled knobs for and with, like Pink, Lady Gaga, and The Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock. This show will be a release show for The Plague’s new EP, “Hope for the F.U.T.U.R.E.,” which has already got some serious rotation on Spotify — 78,000 plays, man. The Plague plays JBRD’s holiday bash with Ignite Autumn on Saturday, December 16, at the Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 7:30 p.m. $10-$12. themontagemusichall.com; theplagueofficial.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
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CLASSICAL | VIVALDI’S ‘FOUR SEASONS’ The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra this week will provide a great balance of holiday fare and perennial classics. Concertmaster Juliana Athayde headlines the concert as soloist for Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi’s timeless “Four Seasons,” a selection that pairs well with Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 — also known as “Jupiter.” Additional Baroque excerpts from Handel’s beloved oratorio “Messiah” and Arcangelo Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto” make for a holiday program that has broad appeal without being too obvious. Michael Christie returns as guest conductor. The performances mark the last Philharmonic concert until mid-January. For a review of this concert, check out rochestercitynewspaper.com on Friday. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performs Thursday, December 14, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, December 16, 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. $24-$104. 454-2100; rpo.org. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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From left to right: Claire Janezic, Katharine Sanford, and Joey Chacon in “Titus Andronicus,” which continues this week at MuCCC. PHOTO COURTESY ANNETTE DRAGON
Give ‘em a hand “Titus Andronicus” REVIEWED FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER 16 MUCCC, 142 ATLANTIC AVENUE TICKETS START AT $14 (STUDENTS $7) | MUCCC.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
Shakespeare is challenging for most professional theater troupes to pull off; even more so for community performers. This holiday season, however, Screen Plays has ambitiously partnered with DVC (Dream Visualize Create) to bring one of the Bard’s bloodiest tales to life onstage — and they’re doing it with a cast that features both high school and middle school students. DVC was established in 2000 as a drama-video club by Wilson Magnet High School English teacher (and director of this production) Mario Savastano. Nearly 20 years later, the group is still performing in the community, and graduates of Wilson frequently return to perform as alums. As stated in the 20 CITY DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2017
show’s program, Savastano’s mission is to “perform meaningful, socially-conscious theatre and nothing you’ve ever seen on a high school stage.” And if this production is any indication, he’s nailing that goal. “Titus Andronicus” is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and more controversial plays. Scholars for years have questioned whether or not it was penned by Shakespeare (though there are enough stylistic similarities that it likely was), and many believe Shakespeare collaborated with another writer, George Peele, on the completed version. Either way, it is a dark, vengeful production that isn’t often performed due to its graphic content. The plot follows a fictional battle of revenge between Roman general Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths. When the play begins, the presiding Roman emperor has just died and it is announced that the people wish Titus to succeed him. But the general — just returning from war with Tamora and her sons as his prisoners — declines the throne. The emperor’s son, Saturninus, ascends the throne and claims Titus’s daughter, Lavinia, as his bride. However,
she is already betrothed to his brother, Bassianus, and though Titus commands it, the couple refuses to part. In his anger, Saturninus takes Tamora as his bride to spite Titus. A vicious cycle of revenge ensues from then on, setting in motion torture, adultery, rape, and murder. “Titus Andronicus” features more of the gender-blind casting followed by other companies in town this year. Age is also of no consequence here, since the cast appears to range in age from middle school to middle age. Because of the varying skill levels, the 110-minute show does have some hiccups, but Savastano has chosen his cast wisely. In the title role is a marvelous Patrick White, who has appeared in many Shakespeare productions around town, including nearly every play the Shakespeare Players have staged. His grasp of the language and nuance required for such a character navigates the cast through difficult content, and it’s clear that many of the younger actors watch him for guidance. Other notable performances include Marcy Savastano (who played Sebastian in
Blackfriars’ completely female version of “Twelfth Night” in September) as a regal Saturninus who leaves the audience wishing for more of her presence in the show; and Gwen P. Scott (a DVC alum), who portrays an authoritative, seductive Aaron the Moor. As Demetrius — Tamora’s evil, conniving son — Joey Chacon embraces many subtle opportunities for character development. As Lucius, eldest son of Titus, young Miles Harrison shows serious acting chops with real tears and laser-like focus. The set is stark and simple; boxes and moveable wall panels serve as a vague forest, palace, military camp and street. Costumes by Shelly Stam don’t follow rhyme or reason, but the Goths in particular were aesthetically interesting, with stellar makeup by Alexis Vazquez (presumably, DVC does not have a large budget for costumes or set pieces — another reason to support their productions). Sound design by Michael Scipioni incorporates everything from Kanye West tracks to dubbed-over bits of world news (in particular, clips from a certain president). There are also sound effects for some of the more violent elements of the show, like gunshots. On opening night, “Titus Andronicus” was almost at full house, with a more diverse — in age and ethnicity — audience than is seen in most local theaters. While the show may be dense on first blush, DVC and Screen Plays is filling an important hole in community theatre by tackling such a work. An educational partnership like this is to be commended on every level, and especially when Screen Plays is running another show concurrently. “Titus Andronicus” is not a feel-good Christmas show. But for those who are over Tiny Tim and Ralphie and cotton-y snowflakes falling onstage, this might be the right choice. Heck, if “Die Hard” and “Gremlins” are considered Christmas films, then Shakespeare has a shot at the holidays, too. At the very least, it’s worth going to support an impressively persevering theater program.
Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Equal=Grounds, 750 South Ave. Tom Somerville’s Art Exhibit. Through Dec. 22. Opening reception Fri. Dec. 15, 7-10 p.m. 256-2362. artoftrs.net. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Winsome Winter Wishes. Through Jan. 28. Opening reception Wed. Dec. 20, 6-8 p.m. Featuring live music by Chet Catallo. Art by Wendy Menzie, Margaret Miyake, and more. Makers Gallery and Studio, 34 Elton Street. A Little Death. Through Dec. Opening reception Thurs. Dec. 14, 6-10 p.m. Art by Nicholas Gurewitch. 507-3569. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. ‘Tis the Season. Through Jan. 1. Artwork and crafts by Cheryl and Don Olney. 546-8400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org. Art Museum of Rochester, 610 Monroe Ave. “Beast” Through Dec. 31. Paintings by Rochester native Alexander Spacher. Thursday 5 to 11 p.m., Friday through Sunday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. 615-9015. artmuseumofrochester.com. Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. NARTCAN. Artwork by and about people dealing with substance use. 232-6030 x23. axomgallery.com. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. The Lobby Presents. Through Dec. 31. Art by Flour Pail Kids, Black Cat Horror Memes, and Stormy Made. Central Library, Children’s Center, 115 South Ave. 2017 Art of the Book Exhibit. Through Dec. 31. Featuring the art of the book: artists books and altered books. Davis Gallery at Houghton House, 1 King’s Lane. Geneva. Thread Bare. Through Dec. 15. Mixed media by Kate Kretz. Davison Gallery, Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. Angle of Repose. Through Dec. 16. Artwork by Colleen Buzzard. 594-6120. roberts.edu. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St. Brockport. Works by D Scally and J Retallack. Through Jan. 4. 637-5494. differentpathgallery.com. Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. From the Seeds of Cucumber Alley.
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HOLIDAY | HOLIDAY BOTANICAL SHOW A 106-year-old Rochester tradition, the Lamberton Conservatory’s Holiday Botanical Show celebrates the flora associated with the season. The conservatory in Highland Park has again decked its halls in festive trees, wreaths, lights, and more than 1,000 poinsettias — for ‘tis the season to be jolly. Look for the 8-foot-tall poinsettia pyramid in the conservatory, and the 20-foot-tall lighted Christmas tree in the Highland Park Bowl. The 2017 Holiday Botanical Show is on display through Sunday, January 7, at the Lamberton Conservatory, 180 Reservoir Avenue. Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Sundays. $3 adults; $2 ages 6 through 18 and 62 and up; free for kids 5 and younger. 753-7270; www2.monroecounty.gov/parks-conservatory. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Through Dec. 21. Celebrating 40 Years of Photography. A display photographs by volunteers and staff. 2715920. rochesterarts.org.; Good Things.. Come in Small Packages. Through Dec. 21. An exhibit and sale dedicated to small, finely crafted ceramic art. 271-5183. rochesterarts.org. Gallery Q, 100 College Ave. Take the Long Way Home. Through Jan. 25. Work by Nancy Topolski and Allen C. Topolski. Gallery r, 100 College Ave. Patricia Russotti: Marking Matters in Time. Through Jan. 21. Photography and installation by Patricia Russotti. 585-256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu. Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. The Arena Art Group. Through Dec. 30. thegeiselgallery.com.
Bennett, Carl Crumley, Steve Levinson, Gil Maker, and more. imagecityphotographygallery.com. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Dance With the Sugarplum Fairy. Through Dec. 31. Ballet paintings by Marcella Gillenwater. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions.com. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Wendell Castle: Remastered. Through Dec. 31. The first to showcase the digitally crafted works of Wendell Castle. 2768900. mag.rochester.edu. Mercer Gallery at Monroe Communtiy College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Indigenous Environmental Activism in Art. Through Dec. 14. Showcases how Indigenous artists are raising awareness of environmental issues. 2922021. monroecc.edu. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Visions for the Season. Through Jan. 21. Opening reception Thurs. continues on page 22
GO ART! Seymour Place, 201 E Main St. Batavia. Cabel and Zen. Through Feb. 3, 2018. An exhibit of Photography and Illustration by Jim Burns. 343-9313. ghallock@goart. org. goart.org.
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Dec. 14, 5-7 p.m. A display of photography by members of Camera Rochester. 546-8400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org. Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Holiday Exhibit. Through Jan. 13. Holiday themed paintings by Patricia Tribatone, Anthony Dungan, Rosemary Lyons, and more. Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery at St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave. ELEMENTS. Through Jan. 5. Recent works by Jappie King Black, Bill Stephens, and Bill Judkins. Penfield Arts Center, 2131 Five Mile Line Rd. Tree Hugs. Through Dec. 14. Pen and ink artist Kristina Hutch Matthews. 764-3493. penfieldartscenter@gmail. com. penfieldartscenter.com.
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RIT Bevier Gallery, 90 Lomb Memorial Dr., Booth Building 7A. After the Ball. Through Jan. 6. Exhibition focuses on selected costumes from the annual Beaux Arts Ball. Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. Quilts=Art=Quilts. Through Jan. 7. A display of quilts. 315-255-1553. myartcenter.org. The Clover Center for Arts and Spirituality, 1101 Clover St. The work of Carl Chiarenza. Through Jan. 1. Also featuring work by Connie Hindero, Neal McDannel, and Anne Marcello. 473-3200. clovercenteroffice@gmail. com. theclovercenter.com. Ugly Duck Coffee, 89 Charlotte St. Sequin Fix. Through Jan. 1. Art by Lauren Ceike. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Nature’s Beauty. Through Jan. 15. Photography by Joseph Woody.
Call for Participants [ MON., DECEMBER 18 ] Sing with the Rochester Oratorio Society. 6:30-9 p.m Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave 473-2234. rossings.org.
Art Events [ FRI., DECEMBER 15 ] Honeoye Pottery Holiday Open House. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. 301-1807. honeoyepottery.com. Mary’s Song of Praise. 7:309:30 p.m. St. Louis Catholic Church, 64 South Main St. The works of Vivaldi, Pergolesi, and Mozart, as well as arrangements of popular seasonal carols $15. 586-5675. lyricchorale.org. Roc City Writers presents Christmas at StudioRAD. 6 22 CITY DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2017
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HOLIDAY | MAKERS MARKET If you didn’t take our warning last week that there isn’t much time left in getting together gifts for the holiday season, here it is again: Hanukkah started yesterday; Solstice is December 21; Christmas is in less than two weeks; and Kwanzaa begins the next day. If you’re still looking for that last gift for someone on your list, we encourage you to keep it local. This weekend 540WMain will host its Holiday Makers Market, featuring Rochester artists, artisans, and small businesses — part of the vendor list includes Fly Guy Ties; Shades of Color, which makes calendars, mugs, note cards, and other objects celebrating African-American life; and health and wellness website The Gluten Free Chef. 540WMain’s Holiday Makers Market takes place Saturday, December 16, at 540 West Main Street. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free. 420-8439; 540westmain.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP
p.m.-midnight. StudioRAD, 46 Mount Hope Ave A special performance provided by the Roc City Writers Collective 469-8512. lisanudo@studiorad.org. studiorad.org. [ SAT., DECEMBER 16 ] Holiday Bazaar at the Market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m The Yards, 50-52 Public Market Local vendors, music, and refreshments attheyards@gmail.com. theyardsrochester.com.
Comedy [ WED., DECEMBER 13 ] Hypnotist Howie Jones. 7:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $10. carlsoncomedy.com. [ THU., DECEMBER 14 ] Big Jay Oakerson. 7:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 14, 15, 16, 7:30 p.m. Additional 10 p.m. show Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15, 16 $15-$20. carlsoncomedy.com. Steve Brown. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 14, 15, 16, 7:30 p.m.
Additional 10 p.m. show Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15, 16 $15-$25. theitsjustcomedyclub-com. seatengine.com. [ TUE., DECEMBER 19 ] Backdraft II: Laughdraft. 8-11 p.m Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 902-2010. thefirehousesaloon.com. [ WED., DECEMBER 20 ] The Future Feature Show. 8-9:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd Headlined by Malcolm Whitfield. Featuring Andrea Springer, Cameron Tiller, and more $9. 426-6339. [ FRI., DECEMBER 22 ] The Out-of-Towners: A Holiday Comedy Show. 8-10 p.m. Boulder Coffee Cafe and Lounge, 100 Alexander St. All proceeds of the event go to Verona Street Animal Society $5. 454-7140. bouldercoffeeroaster.com/. continues on page 23
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Dance Events [ WED., DECEMBER 13 ] Kizomba Dance Classes. 6:30-7:30 p.m Roc Kizomba Studios (Fedder Building), 1237 E Main Street $15-$50. 738-1782. rochesterkizomba@gmail. com. rockizomba.com. [ MON., DECEMBER 18 ] International Folk Dance Club of Rochester. 7:30-10 p.m. JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Avenue Located in JCC’s Dance Studio. Circle line couple dances from around the world. Beginners welcome $7-$8. 315-926-5652. jccrochester.org.
Theater A Christmas Carol. Through Dec. 24. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through Dec. 24. No shows Monday and select Tuesdays; show times vary $12.50-$84. First Date. Through Dec. 17. JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Avenue Through Dec. 17. Thurs. Dec. 7, 14, 7 p.m. Sat. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Dec. 16, 17, 2 p.m $29. 5854212000. jcccenterstage.org. Little Women, The Musical. Fri., Dec. 15, 8-10 p.m., Sat., Dec. 16, 7-9 p.m., Sun., Dec. 17, 2-4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 20, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Thu., Dec. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 22, 8-10 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 23, 8-10 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St $31.50-$39.50. 454-1260. blackfriars.org. Meet Me in St. Louis. Through Dec. 17. Lyric Theater, 440 East Ave Through Dec. 17. Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15, 16, 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Dec. 17, 2 p.m $15$23.50. the-lyric-theatre. ticketleap.com. Scrooge Macbeth. Fri., Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Dec. 16, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 133 S. Union Street, Spencerport Through Dec. 16. Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15, 16, 7:30 p.m. Additional 2 p.m. show Sat. Dec. 16 $14.
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THEATER | ‘SCROOGE MACBETH’ Exactly what you’re thinking from the title, “Scrooge Macbeth” is a delightfully absurd mashup. In David MacGregor’s stage comedy, four actors must save the show when everyone in the cast gets food poisoning on the opening night of their production of “The Winter’s Tale.” To make matters worse, they also discover their theater group’s finances are dangerously in the red. Still, a show must go on — in a thrown-together, singing and dancing collision of everything Christmas and Shakespeare. Performed by Spencerport community theater organization The Footlight Players, and directed by Dave Kent. “Scrooge Macbeth” continues Friday, December 15, and Saturday, December 16, at the Spencerport Masonic Lodge, 133 South Union Street. 7:30 p.m. on Friday; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. $14 general; $12 students and seniors. David.Kent.Rochester@gmail.com. — BY JAKE CLAPP
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Festivals [ SUN., DECEMBER 17 ] Sunday Artists and Makers Expo. 2-5 p.m. Rochester Makerspace, 850 St. Paul Street A showcase of Rochester’s Maker community. Live music, art, and more (585) 286-0170. rocmakers@gmail.com. rochestermakerspace.org.
Film [ FRI., DECEMBER 15 ] Move. 7 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue Documentary about the 2015 mass shooting at Rochester’s Boys and Girls Club $9. thelittle.org.
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Food Not Bombs Sort/ Cook/Serve Food. 3-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 585-232-3262. [ SAT., DECEMBER 23 ]
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Food Not Bombs Sort/ Cook/Serve Food. 3-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of
Holiday Voices with Santa. 10-11:30 a.m. Cobblestone Theatre, 1622 State Route
Book and Beast. 11-11:30 a.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St 336-7213. senecaparkzoo.org. [ SAT., DECEMBER 16 ]
332 . Farmington Includes breakfast snacks and a craft $5. 398-0220. sarah. cobblestonearts@gmail.com. cobblestoneartscenter.com. Polar Express Train Rides. 11:15 a.m.-6 p.m Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. An one-hour train ride. Featuring songs, actors, cookies, hot chocolate, and more $35-$50. 798-6106. medinarailroad.com.
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Former addict Paul Cooley finds peace in the moment. His mixed media work, “The Day We’re In,” is part of the “NARTCAN” group exhibit at AXOM Gallery. IMAGE PROVIDED
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Sorrow and angry grief smacked my brain when I saw the work in the addictionthemed group show currently up at AXOM Gallery. This past summer, when I was moving the last of my belongings into the house I currently live in, I paused setting things up to gather around a backyard fire with my new housemates. The sun had long since set, and more people were showing up to be together while we mourned our friend Max, who had overdosed and died a few weeks prior. “Sorry your move-in party is a memorial,” one housemate told me with a sad snort. We passed mugs of tea around, sharing 34 CITY DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2017
stories about our dead activist friend, who was hungry to help others, who would have given anyone his shirt or shoes and was planning to travel to Syria to support the grassroots defense against ISIS. The unspoken truth was that carrying so much care for the world was probably what sank him. I’ve known three young people whose addiction has killed them in the last five years, and I’ve recently become aware of several other friends who use or did in the past. Nearly everyone I’ve talked with about the issue has lost someone or fears they’re going to. At a second memorial held later in the summer, some of Max’s friends organized an opportunity for anyone who wanted to become certified to administer Naloxone to get the training. “NARTCAN,” at AXOM, was put together by Justin Chaize, a registered nurse and a grad student at the UR School of Nursing’s Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. He’s specialized in mental health and addictions for 10 years, a result of genuine empathy.
“I have struggled with periods of anxiety, depression, and addiction in my life,” he says. “There is a need for this type of work. I noticed a lot of people in recovery practice and appreciate the arts.” Chaize began planning the exhibit more than a year ago, and put out an open call for art through the New York Foundation for the Arts website. He received submissions of work from artists based in New York City, Toronto, the Boston and Cape Cod area, Chicago, and Rochester. “NARTCAN” is a collection of therapeutic responses to addiction by addicted artists as well as contemplative work made to commemorate those who got lost in their dips into oblivion. The responses that Chaize received run an incomplete gamut of addiction issues; most of the images and stories are of white people who are afflicted or affected. Justin Sterling’s oil-on-glass “Self Portrait” shows the artist grimacing immediately after taking a pull from a cigarette. Other works focus on the general impact of addition rather than a specific substance, but both the show title and many specific works point directly to the opioid epidemic.
Raymond Waters’ “Transformation” is made of colorful 35mm film from “Trainspotting,” “Traffic,” and “Requiem for a Dream” arranged into stained glasslike florets on back-lit Plexiglas. On the back wall, two starkly different black and white pictures of heroin addicts are placed side-by-side: Claire Martin’s “Tony,” who Martin photographed in his cramped hovel as he bent his lean, Iggy Pop-like, ravaged frame over a forkful of pie; and Antonio Barbagallo’s more formal, gentler portrait of Rochester’s own Philip Seymour Hoffman. “Those images are so opposite,” says artist and AXOM co-owner Rick Muto. “We have a beloved actor, very talented man, that’s what we remember, except we know he died of an overdose. Inside, strip away the veneer, they’re the same person, they’re a person struggling with addiction. Hoffman was lucky enough to be in recovery for 20 years, but still, it got him.” Muto says that one of the reasons he agreed to host the show was the series of photographs and story of Josh — a young man who died of a fentanyl OD — submitted by his mother, Susan Carr. The gutting first sentence of her essay reads: “Josh began using heroin at 15 his bio dad gave him the drugs.” The exhibit aims to humanize the abstract concept of drug addiction, Muto says. “Here’s a condition that we know exists intellectually, we know it exists statistically, but do we really know it exists from a humanistic point of view? Or what it’s like, unless we’ve had a friend or relative who’s been afflicted with this?” A percentage of the proceeds from the show will be donated to the construction of The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo. Save a life: Trillium Health offers FREE ongoing opioid overdose prevention trainings to the public: info at trilliumhealth.org. Extra! See more images from this exhibit online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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Come see the gorgeous gals, the bodacious broads, the squealers and peelers in Sirens & Stilettos Cabaret as they celebrate Santa’s birthday in their new strip tease-o-rama “A Little Christmas,” when they won’t be donning their gay apparel but rather taking it off. And they’re classing it up a bit by putting this show on at the Little Theatre. Have they gone legit? Hell yes, it’s gonna be sin-o-matic! Sirens & Stilettos Cabaret Presents; A Little Christmas on Saturday, December 16, at 9 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. $15. facebook.com/SirensStilettosCabaret. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Hope Hall School’s Annual Woodworking Holiday Sale. Fri., Dec. 15, 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat., Dec. 16, 9 a.m.10 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 17, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. The Mall at Greece Ridge, 271 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 426-5824. hopehall.org. Perinton Concert Band Holiday Concert. Fri., Dec. 15, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Minerva DeLand Auditorium, 140 Hulburt Rd. 490-4751. perintonconcertband.org.
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Part of the Dryden Theatre’s “A Taste of Terayama” series, the film will be screened — in Japanese with subtitles — on Wednesday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. The series concludes with “Fairwell to the Ark” on December 27. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue. $8; $6 for members; $4 for students with ID. 327-4800; eastman.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
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The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!. Through Jan. 2, 2018. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. Through Jan. 2. Collection of intriguing objects and astonishing artifacts from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!. rmsc.org. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secrets of the Sewer. Through Jan. 1, 2018. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Through Jan. 1 410-6365. museumofplay.org. Timepiece Tales. Through Dec. 23. Perinton Historical Society & Fairport Museum, 18 Perrin St Fairport Features clocks of various types and sizes from the collection of The Reverend Garth Brokaw 223-3989. info@ perintonhistoricalsociety.org. PerintonHistoricalSociety.org.
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No less than the third film this year to focus on the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, “Darkest Hour” is the straightforward historical drama counterpoint to Christopher Nolan’s action-oriented “Dunkirk” and the crowd-pleasing melodrama of Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest.” “Darkest Hour” comes from director Joe Wright (who previously dramatized the evacuation in a show-stopping, five-minute, single take sequence for his film, “Atonement”),
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and it especially makes an excellent companion piece to Nolan’s telling. Filling in the other side of Operation Dynamo — which recruited a civilian fleet to evacuate Allied troops from the French coast after they’d been surrounded by German forces — the film gives us the perspective of its mastermind, Winston Churchill, played here by Gary Oldman. Beginning on May 1940, when Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup) as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the film chronicles Churchill’s first month in power. In this relatively short but critical period, Churchill is forced to quickly prove his mettle as a world leader: facing a devastating war, his country needs to be mobilized in the long battle to defeat the Nazi scourge. Germany’s invasion seems imminent, and with Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax imploring him to enter peace negotiations with Hitler, Churchill faces immense pressure from all sides. Wright visualizes this by repeatedly isolating Oldman within boxes in the frame, surrounded on all sides by darkness. Throughout, he
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finds moments to showcase the type of gliding camerawork and flashy visual flourishes the filmmaker has become known for. As with all of Wright’s films, “Darkest Hour” is made with impeccable technical precision and skill. The shadowy, often nearly black-andwhite cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel gives the film an elegant polish. The score by Dario Marianelli consistently finds the right tone, alternating between quiet melancholy and dramatic bombast. Anthony McCarten’s screenplay is intelligently written, misstepping only during one silly (and entirely invented) scene in which Churchill rides the Underground to poll the everyday British folk he encounters on whether to engage in peace talks with Hitler. Naturally, they implore him to fight on. But the movie belongs to Oldman, who manages an impressive disappearing act, buried under layers of prosthetics (the distinctive jowls were created by makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, whose work is undeniably impressive). Astonishing physical transformation aside, the actor captures Churchill’s blustery demeanor, as well as his shrewd intelligence and wit. Churchill had the instincts of a skilled performer, capable of swaying a crowd with the power of his oratorical skill and fiery rhetoric. Oldman delivers those stirring speeches with aplomb, and as the film progresses it becomes an exploration of the way that words themselves can be weaponized in the fight against tyranny. Though “Darkest Hour” is Oldman’s show, a few supporting players do their best to make
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an impression, some with more success than others. Lily James serves as the audience conduit into this world of backroom politics, playing Churchill’s timid new typist, Elizabeth Layton. James gives a fine performance, but her character doesn’t serve much purpose beyond the purely functional. Ben Mendelsohn is also quite good as King George VI, who makes no attempt to hide his wariness of Churchill during their required meetings together. Strongest among the lot is Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill’s wife, Clementine. In too many of these sort of Great Man biopics, the wife role feels superfluous, but even with little screen time, Scott Thomas brings life to her character. Though she long ago made peace with coming in second to her husband’s political career, Clementine is every bit his equal. The scenes of them together, as she provides a sounding board for Churchill to plan his next move, are among the film’s best. Part of the challenge on historical dramas like “Darkest Hour” is finding a way to make events that are already preordained feel dramatic and urgent, but Wright and McCarten never quite accomplish that here. Of all the movies to feature in this year’s awards conversation, “Darkest Hour” feels the most conventional. Not to imply that those discussions are the be-all and end-all of determining a film’s quality, but this feels like a movie designed to win awards, albeit a very good version of that type of movie. Powered by Gary Oldman’s excellent performance, “Darkest Hour” is sturdy, stylish and sporadically rousing filmmaking — it’s just not terribly exciting.
The recently released Netflix series “Mindhunter” follows a team of FBI agents in the 1970’s as they embark on the early stages of criminal profiling, traveling the country to interview serial killers about their past history in an attempt to see what makes them tick. “My Friend Dahmer” goes a step further, dramatizing the teen years of Jeffrey Dahmer, just before he took a turn for the homicidal. As played by Ross Lynch, Dahmer is an isolated loner with a hangdog expression, stoop-shouldered posture, and shuffling gait. He’s lonely, struggling with his sexuality, and an unhappy home life due to his neglectful, constantly bickering parents (Anne Heche and Dallas Roberts). He finds happiness collecting roadkill, which he takes back to a little shack in the woods to perform experiments on because he’s fascinated by what’s inside. “My Friend Dahmer” is based on the graphic novel memoir by Derf Backderf (played in the film by Alex Wolff), who
Ross Lynch in “My Friend Dahmer.” PHOTO COURTESY FILMRISE
briefly formed a friendship with the soon-to-be-infamous killer during their senior year of high school. Derf and his buddies adopt Dahmer as their “mascot,” getting him to perform various pranks for their amusement. Eager for any kind of acceptance, he does what the boys ask, until they start to understand that he’s more damaged than they could have imagined. It would have been easy to turn this material into pure exploitation, but director Marc Meyers aims for something possibly even more unsettling. He delivers an empathetic character study, asking his audience to understand and find the humanity in a man most people would call a monster.
“Mudbound” (R), DIRECTED BY DEE REES NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX
Director Dee Rees makes the jump from small, independent movies with the deeply moving “Mudbound,” a sprawling epic set in the rural South that follows the intertwining fates of two families — one black and the other white — before, during, and immediately following World War II. Henry and Laura McAllan (Jason Clarke and Carey Mulligan) leave a comfortable life in Memphis to head to the Mississippi Delta, but the move doesn’t work out as planned when Henry is swindled out of his deposit on a home and forced to move the family into a cramped farmhouse instead. Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan and Mary J. Blige), along with their four children, are the sharecroppers who work the land now owned by the McAllans. As the title suggests, the McAllans and the Jacksons are bound to the land, but also each other as a result. Despite their mutual dependence, society finds a way to remind the two families at every opportunity that they are anything but equal.
Most compelling of all is the friendship that forms between Henry’s brother, Jamie (Garrett Hedlund) and the Jackson’s eldest son, Ronsel (an excellent Jason Mitchell). Both come home from the war changed men, and struggle to readapt to a place that’s remained very much the same. Their comradery doesn’t sit well with the town — particularly Henry’s racist crank of a father (Jonathan Banks) — and Ronsel quickly develops a simmering anger at the country he fought for, but still refuses to treat him like a citizen. Working with a broad canvas and a fantastic ensemble of actors, Rees finds both tragedy and heartfelt beauty in a story that offers just as much insight into America’s past as it does its present. It’s one of the year’s best films.
“Jane” DIRECTED BY BRETT MORGEN NOW PLAYING AT PITTSFORD CINEMA
Recounting the life of renowned field researcher and primatologist Jane Goodall, the absorbing new documentary, “Jane,” is built from more than 100 hours of recently rediscovered 16-millimeter footage shot in the 1960’s by National Geographic photographer (and Jane’s eventual husband) Hugo van Lawick. Despite having no training or scientific degree, Goodall headed off to Gombe at the age of 26 to live with and observe the chimpanzees. We see firsthand the long, arduous process Goodall undertook to gain the animals’ trust, allowing her to collect reams of groundbreaking data on the animals’ behavior. Voiceover from a present-day interview with Goodall allows her to offer some perspective on her work, and it’s an endlessly fascinating story. Director Brett Morgen (“The Kid Stays in the Picture”) for the most part is content to let the gorgeous footage do the talking, which is a wise decision: it’s simply astonishing.
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A Traditional Home in an Inviting Neighborhood 38 Amsterdam Road In the 1920s Rochester was experiencing significant economic and population growth. New residential neighborhoods were being built outward to the city boundaries. The residence at 38 Amsterdam Rd. is a beautiful example of the American Foursquare house that was very popular at that time, particularly with young families who now had the economic means to own their own home. It was large enough to accommodate a growing family but not so large as to make routine upkeep cumbersome or costly. This three bedroom home has many features to recommend it, whether to a family or to someone looking to downsize. There is a wide porch across the front that just invites you to envision sitting out on a warm evening, relaxing and greeting your neighbors. If you are in the mood for more solitude you can open the French doors at the back of the dining room and step onto the deck overlooking the private backyard. As you sit sipping your favorite drink you can enjoy the beauty and fragrance of wisteria covering the pergola than spans the deck. Flowering shrubs and a wooden privacy fence encircle the backyard. The yard is low maintenance in that it features a pathway of pavers bordered with crushed stone.
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Inside you can enjoy features that bespeak that earlier era of building with Rochester hardware oak floors throughout the living area, recently refinished gumwood trim throughout, and leaded glass windows. The kitchen has Pergo floor with a light finish,
as does the side entry and hall. There is plenty of work space and room to maneuver in the kitchen, which has all the modern appliances. Stainless steel tiles behind the stove make for easy cleaning. A walk through closet on the first floor leads from the front entry area to the back hall so you can easily access outerwear from either front or side entries. It also could be converted to a powder room. The second floor has three bedrooms, each with its own closet. The bathroom features a sunny traditional tile treatment. A full stairway leads to the unfinished attic. You can store all those extra items or could readily convert it to more living space. The basement can be accessed directly from the side entrance or the hallway from the kitchen and is high and dry. Here again is space that will readily accommodate your storage needs or be put to some more creative use. This charmer is only steps from public transportation, small shops, a playground/rec center and School 28. It is in the desirable North Winton Village neighborhood. With its efficiently designed 1,152 square feet of living space, it is attractively priced at $114,500. Contact RE/ MAX agent, Kevin Herrick, at 585-748-0007 for more information. by Jim Nicholson Jim is a Landmark Society volunteer.
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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com Department of State of NY on 10/19/2017. Jurisdiction: CA, and the date of its formation is 6/1/1991. Office location in NYS: Monroe. The Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of such process is: c/o Andrew Tickle, 793 S. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14620 The address in its jurisdiction if required or the office address: 793 S. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14620. A copy of the Arts. of Org. may be obtained from CA Secretary of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. The list of names and addresses of all general partners is available from the Secretary of State. The purpose of the LP is any lawful act [ NOTICE ] J. Madeline’s Quilt Shoppe LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/27/2017. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Attn: Manager, 73 Parkmere Rd., Rochester, NY 14617. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] KAD Specialty Foods LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/18/2017. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 17 Lianne Dr., Rochester, NY 14626. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Kr Partners, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/27/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 90 State St #700-40 Albany, NY 12207 RA: S I Mahalakshmi Cheruvu 146 Greystone Ln #5 Rochester, NY 14618 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Maayan LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/6/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 550 Latona Rd #D419 Rochester, NY 14626 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Medy LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/6/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 550 Latona Rd #D419 Rochester, NY 14626 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Normandy River Estates, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/8/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 1120 Sw Shorebrook
Dr Normandy Park, WA 98166 RA: Aveon Realty Management, Inc. 32 Hampton Oval New Rochelle, NY 10805 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of GT4 PROPERTIES, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/16. 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 c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13TH AVE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of YELLOW BULL, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 195 Pearson Ln, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GDK Consulting LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/11/2017. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 315 Westminster Road Rochester, New York 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 151 Saratoga, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/27/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 845-491 SOUTH & GOOD HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/3/2017. 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, 375 Averill Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Aerial Imageworx, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 09/26/2017. Office
location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10 Briar Patch Rd, Rochester, NY 14618 . Purpose: Photography. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AUTOMATED BOOKS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Bernadette S. Davis, 5B Myrtlewood Drive, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Autumn Winds LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/08/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 116 Janes Road, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brighton Consulting Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/30/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brighton Property Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/30/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CRAZY MO GUITAR LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 11/14/2017. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 80 Guinevere Dr., Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DAJ V, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/15/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: David A. Julian, 1358 E. Ridge Road, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DO Enterprises of NY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 59 North Main St., Hoyeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FLATIRON FARM, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/24/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 508 RUSHHENRIETTA TL RD, W. HENRIETTA, NY 14586 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
101, East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kedimar LLC, Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/2017. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Northwest Registered Agent, LLC, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, New York 12207 [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LATTA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/2017. 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: 2474 Latta Rd., Rochester NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ]
the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 689 Regina Dr., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Ogden Heavy Equipment, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/2017. 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, c/o 4 Turner Dr., Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of River Fox, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/19/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 54 Valley View Dr., Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of GRAY CABIN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/2017. 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, 1111 Ogden Parma Townline Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act
Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Spring Street Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 21, 2017. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 30278, Rochester NY 14603 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
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Notice of Formation of JG AG & TURF, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/25/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 508 RUSHHENRIETTA TL RD, W. HENRIETTA, NY 14586 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of formation of MDM MAC Properties Farmington LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/2017. 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, 1000 Sanford Rd. N, Churchville, NY 14428. Purpose: any lawful act
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Notice of Formation of NAPWEST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/2/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 186 Vineyard Drive, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of formation of SLAY BEAUTY BAR, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/6/2016. 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: The LLC, 346 East Ridge Rd., Rochester, NY 14621. Purpose: any lawful act
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JPC Property Group LLC. Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/13/2017. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 51 Belltower Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KATCom, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/24/17. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 320 Washington St N, Suite
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of NBREW ENTERPRISES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/17/2017. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to ELISSA L JOHNSON 32 WEBBER CIRCLE ROCHESTER, NY 14626 . Purpose: any lawful activities. Notice of Formation of Rochester Kettle Corn LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/25/2017. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 36 Cranbrooke Dr Rochester NY 14622 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of STONEWOOD PARK, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/14/2017. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
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State of NY (SSNY) on 11/29/17. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/21/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Freight brokerage services and any other lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Rochester Property Services LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/12/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 228 Miramar Rd Rochester, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] ROXANNE A. LOWENGUTH, DDS, MS, PLLC (PLLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/12/17. PLLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to PLLC at 2401 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Steven Braun, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/9/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 3 Red Plank Way Rochester, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Value Management Solutions, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on October 12, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 145 Culver Rd., Suite 100, Rochester NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Vibebin LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 10/3/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 379 Broadway #2A Brooklyn, NY 11211 General Purpose [ NOTICE } Notice of formation of Klein and Coh LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/09/17. 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: Alyssa
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 Cohen, 110 Covington Rd, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful act [ Notice of Formation ] 17 Lockwood LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 11/8/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 417 Sundance Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of Borderland Advisors LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on November 3rd, 2017. Office location: Ontario County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is C/O the LLC, 66 Cobble Creek Rd. Victor, NY 14564. Term: perpetual. Purpose: any lawful act or activity for which LLC’s may be organized under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is CP 671 Park Ave LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/3/17. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 135 Corporate Woods Ste 300 Rochester NY 14623. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is NP 671 Park Ave LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/7/17. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 135 Corporate Woods STE 300 Rochester NY 14623. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] 49 Bay Street, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 11/3/2017, with an effective date of
formation of 11/3/2017. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 49 Bay St., Rochester, NY 14605. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law.
filed with the New York Secretary of State on 11/8/2017. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such procesds to 2833 Ridge Road West, #26461, Rochester, NY 14626.The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law.
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898 Ridge Road LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 7/17/2003, with an effective date of formation of 7/17/2003. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 8 Skytop Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Joseph R. Properties L.L.C. has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 10/11/2017, with an effective date of formation of 10/11/2017. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 100 Timarron Trail, Rochester, NY 14612. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF TAG ALLIANCE, LLC ] Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 11/3/2017 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 91 CLARDALE DRIVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14616. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE GARDENS AT FIELDSTONE 1-38.11 LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is The Gardens at Fieldstone 1-38.11 LLC. Articles of Organization were
Wilbos, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 11/1/17. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 3 Fitzmot Glen, Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3 Fitzmot Glen, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -against- JAMES F. STEWART, JR., LINDA J. STEWART, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated October 12, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Monroe County Hall of Justice, 99 Exchange Blvd, Lower Level Atrium, Rochester, NY on January 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. premises situate in the Town of Irondequoit, County of Monroe and State of New York, known and described as Lot No. 19 of Irondequoit Village, Section 1, Ellinwood Drive, as shown on a map thereof filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 144 of Maps, Page 5. Said Lot No. 19 is situate at the Northwest corner of Ellinwood Drive and Sandcastle Drive and is of the dimensions as shown on said map. Section 77.17 Block 2 and Lot 27. Said premises known as 95 SANDCASTLE DRIVE, ROCHESTER, NY Approximate amount of lien $238,746.24 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 11134/2013. LARA R. BADAIN, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates
LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 9026.70 [ NOTICE TO BIDDERS ] Notice to Bidders: Economy Paving Co, Inc will be preparing quotations for the following NYS DOT project: D263543, Route 31F Bridge Replacement over Thomas Creek, Town of Perinton, Monroe County that bids on 12/14/17. We encourage certified DBE firms to send quotes for services and/or supplies. Plans are available through the NYS DOT website at WWW.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/ opportunities/constnotices. or call our office at 607-756-2819. Please fax quotes to 607-7564742. We are an equal opportunity employer. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2017000218 TOWER DBW II TRUST 20122, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1, Plaintiff, v. The heirs-atlaw, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin- interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through LAWRENCE C. BUTTACH, 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; EDWARD T. LINDSAY II; ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY; CITY OF ROCHESTER; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; TERESA R. APSEY, AS PRESUMPTIVE HEIR-AT-LAW OF LAWRENCE C. BUTTACH and “JOHN DOE #2” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the
State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: November 15, 2017 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Daniel J. Doyle, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated November 6, 2017, 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 113 Frey Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 060.44-1-8 (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 $5,996.76, 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 Tower DBW II Trust 2012-2, successor by merger to Tower DBW II Trust 2013-1 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. 2017-6612 ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. David E. Carson, Deceased, and any persons who are heirs or distributees of David E. Carson, Deceased, and all persons who are widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be deceased, and their husbands, wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; ESL Federal Credit Union; B&L Wholesale Supply Inc.; North Star Capital Acquisition LLC; United States of America; People of the State of New York; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe”,
Defendants. Location of property to be foreclosed: 152 Daley Boulevard, Town of Irondequoit, Monroe County, New York TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer 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 mortgaged premises. NOTICE: YOU MAY BE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the Answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the Answer with the Court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your property. Speak to an attorney or go to the Court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: June 26, 2017 MATTHEW RYEN, ESQ. Lacy Katzen, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff Office and Post Office Address The Granite Building 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 3245767 [ SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. 2017-5857 ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Lillian D. Snell, Deceased, and any persons who are heirs or distributees of Lillian D. Snell, Deceased, and all persons who are widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors,
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> page 49 heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be deceased, and their husbands, wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; United States of America; People of the State of New York; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe”, Defendants. Location of property to be foreclosed: 211 LaVerne Drive, Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30 days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer 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 mortgaged premises. NOTICE: YOU MAY BE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the Answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the Answer with the Court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your property. Speak to an attorney or go to the Court where your case is pending
for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: June 5, 2017 MATTHEW RYEN, ESQ. Lacy Katzen, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff Office and Post Office Address The Granite Building 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585 324-5767 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION: The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on November 17, 2008 in Liber 22083 of Mortgages, page 221 in the amount of $85,500.00. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, The plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action except for Lillian D. Snell. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Daniel J. Doyle, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated October 24, 2017 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, in Lot #12 of the Second Division of Lots, Township 2, Short Range, being designated as Lot #54 on a map of Dewey Meadows Section 3 which map is filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 100 of Maps, Page 71. Said Lot #54 is situated on the east
side of LaVerne Drive, is 70 feet front and rear and 111.97 feet deep, all as shown on said map. Tax Acct. No.: 060.49-1-13 Property Address: 211 LaVerne Drive, Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] Index No. 2017005701 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF MONROE JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF DOREEN EWELL A/K/A DOREEN F. EWELL, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; LYNDA EWELL-LANSBERRY; KELLY ELLSMORE; JILL ST. JOHN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 91 POMONA DRIVE, GREECE NY 14616 A/K/A ROCHESTER NY 14616 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any
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manner other than by personal delivery 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. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include the Heirs at Large of Doreen Ewell a/k/a Doreen F. Ewell, as said individual is deceased, and Lynda Ewell-Lansberry, Kelly Ellsmore, and Jill St. John, as possible heirs to the Estate of Doreen Ewell a/k/a Doreen F. Ewell, deceased. That this action is also being amended to include United States of America and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance as necessary parties to this action. MONROE County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: August 7, 2017 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 060.80 Block: 3 Lot: 2 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of MONROE, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT,
the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. DANIEL J. DOYLE, Justice of the SUPREME Court of the State of New York, dated September 6, 2017 and filed along with the supporting papers in the MONROE County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, being part of subdivision of lots, numbered two and three on Town Lot No. 57, said laid down and described on a map of “Pomona Gardens” made by Bryan and Corkhill, Surveyors, in August, 1924, and filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office on August 21, 1924 in Liber 60 of Maps, page 6, and particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 125, as the same is laid down on said map of Pomona Gardens and situate on the south side of Pomona Drive. Mortgaged Premises: 91 Pomona Drive, Greece NY 14616 a/k/a Rochester NY 14616 Tax Map/Parcel ID No.: Section: 060.80 Block: 3 Lot: 2 of the TOWN of GREECE, NY 14616 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2017000484 TOWER DBW V TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT N. RUSCHER; WILLIAM J. RUSCHER A/K/A WILLIAM J. RUSCHER, JR., if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirs- at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said WILLIAM J. RUSCHER A/K/A WILLIAM J. RUSCHER, JR., 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; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE and “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the 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 amended complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: December 6, 2017 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Daniel J. Doyle, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated November 27, 2017, 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 226 Hilltop Road, Town of Greece, New York and identified as tax account no.: 060.34-124 (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 $7,135.81, 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 TOWER DBW V TRUST 2015-1 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No.2017-3196 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, -against-ANDREW YOUNG AS HEIR AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF LEO YOUNG A/K/A LEO H. YOUNG, BRIDGET HARRIGAN AS HEIR AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF LEO
YOUNG A/K/A LEO H. YOUNG, KELLEY MILLER AS HEIR AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF LEO YOUNG A/K/A LEO H. YOUNG, MONROE COUNTY DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF LEO YOUNG A/K/A LEO H. YOUNG , WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS, INC., CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA AND SACOR FINANCIAL, INC. AS ASSIGNEE OF NATIONAL CREDIT ACCEPTANCE, INC., and “John Doe” and/ or “Jane Doe” # 1-10 inclusive, the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants. Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. To the abovenamed defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) or within (60) days after service of this summons if it is the United States of America; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. To: KELLEY MILLER AS HEIR AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF LEO YOUNG A/K/A LEO H. YOUNG The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Daniel J. Doyle, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Monroe County, dated the 18 day of October, 2017 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Monroe, State of New York. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you
and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT This is an action to foreclose a mortgage lien on the premises described herein. The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $54,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Monroe County on March 20, 1998 in Book 13687, Page 143, which mortgage was assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment of mortgage dated November 19, 2012, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Monroe County on December 3, 2012 in Liber 1718, Page 682, which mortgage was further assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association by assignment of mortgage dated February 20, 2014, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Monroe County on February 27, 2014 in Book 1750, Page 580, which mortgage was modified by a Loan Modification Agreement dated August 14, 2003, to modify said mortgage to an amount of $55,912.51 (said Loan Modification Agreement is not in a recordable form and the taxes will be duly paid under 258(a) of New York State’s Tax Law), covering premises known as 203 ELECTRIC AVENUE, ROCHESTER, COUNTY OF MONROE, STATE OF NEW YORK 14613 (SECTION 090.580, BLOCK 1, LOT 2). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. Premises situate lying and being in the City of Rochester, designated on a map the McKee Place as Lot 272 which map is filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 9 of Maps at page 37. Said lot 272 fronts 40 feet on the south side of Electric Avenue, and is the same in width through and 119.5 feet deep. Dated: Roslyn Heights, New York DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP Rosemarie A. Klie, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road Roslyn Heights, NY 11374 (516) 277-6900
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People Different From Us Chengdu, China, street barber Xiong Gaowu offers a most unusual service at his roadside location in Sichuan province. For $12, Xiong will scrap the inside of his customers’ eyelids using a straight razor, according to Reuters. Xiong suggests being “gentle, very, very gentle” when performing eyelid shaving, or “blade wash eyes,” as the technique is known in Mandarin. A Chengdu ophthalmologist, Qu Chao, says shaving may unblock moisturizing sebaceous glands along the rim of the eyelid, leading to a more comfortable and refreshed feeling. “If he can properly sterilize the tools that he uses, I can see there is still a space for this technique to survive,” Qu added.
Uncontained Excitement Traffic slowed to a crawl on I-95 in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Nov. 21 as President Trump’s motorcade arrived for the Thanksgiving holiday. Author and sportswriter Jeff Pearlman was among the delayed drivers, but things turned weird when “these people (kept) getting out of the car dancing,” he posted in a Twitter video. WPTV reported that Pearlman recorded the people two cars in front of him emerging from their car and twerking on the highway, then jumping and dancing around enthusiastically before getting back in the vehicle.
Compulsion A 35-year-old Indian man employed a unique method for dealing with his depression: swallowing metal. Maksud Khan was rushed to surgery at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India, after developing severe abdominal pains, according to Metro News. An
endoscopy showed that Khan had “coins, nails and nut-bolts in his stomach,” said Dr. Priyank Sharma, who led the surgical team. In late November, surgeons removed 263 coins, 100 nails and other metal items, including razor blades and dog chains, from Khan’s stomach. His family had no idea he had been ingesting metal, and Khan promised doctors he would never eat metal again.
Unclear on the Concept In Iowa, autumn is breeding season for deer, when the animals can get a little wacky and try to cross roadways. It’s also the time of year when the Iowa Department of Transportation begins fielding questions from drivers asking why deer crossing signs aren’t erected at safer spots for deer to cross. “This sign isn’t intended to tell deer where to cross,” the Iowa DOT helpfully posted on its Facebook page on Oct. 24, according to the Des Moines Register. “It’s for drivers to be alert that deer have been in this area in the past.” State Farm Insurance reports that Iowa drivers have the fourth-highest likelihood in the U.S. of hitting a deer. Coincidence? Rocky, an enterprising 7-month-old border collie in Devon, England, took the command “bring the sheep home” a little too literally in early November when he herded nine sheep into his owner’s kitchen. “I was in the kitchen and heard a noise,” Rocky’s owner, Rosalyn Edwards, told the BBC. “I turned around and the sheep were just standing there. It was funny at the time, but then there was quite a lot of wee, poo and mud everywhere.” The sheep stood around for a few minutes, then allowed themselves to be shown out the front door.
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your enthusiasm and willingness to try new things will lead to encounters with people just as dynamic as you. Whether you sign up for a course, take a short trip or go on a chat site, you will attract someone you will want to get to know better. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Being secretive regarding the way you feel about someone will put you in a stagnant position when it comes to love and romance. Express your intentions and find out where you stand so that you can start a new relationship or move on to someone more suitable.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Living in the moment can be exciting and fun, but it can also be hurtful to someone looking for stability. Don’t profess true love if it’s just for a fleeting instant. If you care about someone but don’t want to settle down, set him or her free. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do something you enjoy, attend a reunion or call old friends, and you will meet someone special, and one thing will lead to another. Love is within reach if you share your emotions and are open to taking part in events that require mingling and sharing stories.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let confusion cause you to lose out on love. Getting involved with someone who has let you down and treated you badly when you are already getting close and comfy with someone who is meant for you will lead to disaster. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Explore your options when it comes to affairs of the heart. Don’t feel the need to be what someone else wants when you should be looking for a partner who loves you for who you are. Having similar life goals with someone will encourage a long-lasting relationship.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your ability to take care of responsibilities and live up to your promises will attract someone who also loves you for your appealing personality and looks. Don’t waste time on a past partner who wants to take but not give back. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be torn between the past and the present when it comes to love. Making comparisons will lead to dissatisfaction. Make your choice based on compatibility, not chemistry. It’s always good to feel an attraction, but if that’s all you’ve got it’s probably not going to be enough.
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