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Adjunct profs are gig workers, too I appreciated the column on gig work (“Some gig workers are ‘dependent contractors,’ December 11) but it missed one of the time-honored types of gig work endemic in our Rochester community: Adjunct professors. When I joined the professional staff at Monroe Community College many years ago, I had the impression that adjuncts were people who had “real world” jobs who came in and taught a class or two and shared their experience with the students. I thought about teaching a class myself until I learned the pay. It wasn’t worth my time. Then I started talking to some of the MCC adjuncts. Besides their low pay, they received no benefits and waited on tenterhooks at the start of every semester to find out if their class had enough students to proceed or if a full-time faculty member would “bump” them. Some of them taught nearly the equivalent of a full-time class schedule. Many of 2 CITY
them cobbled together full-time work by teaching at many different local colleges. Rochester’s famed higher education relies on the low pay / no benefits of adjunct professors and the scheduling flexibility that these “gig” workers provide. ANNE PERRY, FAIRPORT
Applause for shopping around Wayne Willis made some good points in his feedback letter (“Wegmans isn’t our only supermarket,” December 11). Like him, I find myself shopping at a handful of stores to get everything on my list. Once upon a time, it was Wegmans for everything. However, over the last couple of years, Wegmans has been phasing out a lot of products and carrying more and more of Wegmans brands. I prefer to have a wider choice. Tops market has really stepped up in that area. Most recently, I was happy to find a favorite low-sodium tamari soy sauce by San-J at Tops, which Wegmans stopped carrying months and months ago. Aldi’s has superior (and inexpensive) salad mixes that don’t contain the beleaguered romaine lettuce. Trader Joe’s has a peach salsa that is to die for. Many staple items can be found for less at both Aldi’s and Walmart. Lori’s is great for bulk and organic foods. It would be nice if there was a central city “food markets” square, where multiple grocers could be found. BARBARA BRAG, ROCHESTER
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A CITY reader’s plea: Give us more news
CITY indicated that it welcomes more feedback, which I’m sure it does (“Is the art of letter writing dead?” Feedback, December 11). But I’d suggest CITY doesn’t have enough news articles for readers to provide feedback. You have plenty of opinion, especially, and forever, about the Rochester public school system. I’m hopeful you will add more news. A page of highlights — openings, closings, Main Street, State Street, changes, updates. That’s my feedback. Less school news, more news news. ROB LEWKOWICZ, ROCHESTER
Picking up the slack
I read with dismay that some weeks the CITY inbox is empty, a fearful sign that the centuries-long art of letter writing is on life support. It was dismaying because I am one of the rare birds who — when opening my print edition of CITY, the Democrat and Chronicle, or The New York Times — scans the letters to the editor. In fact, I dropped my weekday subscription to the D&C because it dropped its weekday Opinion page. Over the years, the local Letter to the Editors pages have been graced with the witty and incise commentary of Byrna Weir, Sam Abrams, Lynda Howland, the late Morris Shapiro, George Cassidy Payne and Michael J. Nighan, just to name a few. It’s a shame not enough newspaper readers are
carrying their mantle. By contrast, The New York Times is flooded with letters. People actually read and respond to online articles slated to be printed the next day. We’re not Manhattan, but let’s pick up the slack. DAVID KRAMER, BRIGHTON
RCSD needs parents’ voices
As parents, grandparents, guardians, and concerned Rochester residents, we believe in our children and feel there is hope for our voices to break through the din of endless crises and setbacks. We are calling for more consistent engagement for what is desperately needed in our community — comprehensive reform that puts the needs of our children and their future opportunities at the forefront. Systems, policies, structures, and the dynamics of power have left our children and our city behind. As Distinguished Educator Dr. Jaime Aquino noted in his 2018 report on the Rochester City School District: “(I)f RCSD’s schools are going to transform into places where all students thrive, the district must undertake a total reset of the way in which the district operates. In addition, all stakeholders must understand the difficulties RCSD faces. To produce better student outcomes, administrators, staff, and parents will have to make tough decisions and implement reforms.” By partnering with parents to respond to the current budget crisis, maybe we can do something new. We need the discipline to avoid bickering and fingerpointing and instead focus
on urban education reform. As parents, we are exhausted by news coverage of crisis after crisis without those in power examining and correcting the real crisis that is leaving almost 87 percent of the district’s 26,000 students below grade level. We will never fully thrive as a region unless we can graduate college- and career-ready men and women across race, income, and geography. We reject the narrative that parents are incapable of working to address these issues or that parents are to blame. This narrative permeates conversations throughout the region, and sends the underlying message that our black and brown children are too poor, too broken, or too traumatized to learn. We know these narratives are false. Let’s galvanize to improve our community, one school at a time. Consider reaching out to your school’s parent group or joining the school-based planning team, attend Board of Education meetings (or watch online), and talk to other parents at your child’s school and encourage them to be involved and vote! Follow Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute on social media for parent empowerment information and to keep in touch with what our parent leaders are doing. The time has come to recognize that there is no quick fix for the problems our children are facing. DEBORAH HANMER, LUVA ALVAREZ AND JESSICA GUSTAFSON
Hanmer, Alvarez, and Gustafson are representatives of the Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute, a local initiative of the National Parent Leadership Institute since 2012.
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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK | BY DAVID ANDREATTA
Let us have lettuce in Webster Some residents in a corner of Webster believe that if a proposed lettuce farm goes in there, they can kiss the town motto, “Where Life is Worth Living,” goodbye. A group calling itself Webster Citizens for Appropriate Land Use (WeCALU) intends to sue the town this week in an effort to reverse a planning board decision allowing a lettuce-growing operation to set up shop on 147 acres of farmland off State Road. The shop would be a modern farm consisting of seven giant greenhouses, each containing its own packaging departments, with roads connecting them. The company behind the farm, CEA Fresh Farms, envisions investing $200 million and employing 375 people. WeCALU claims the planning board ran roughshod over zoning and state environmental laws in approving the farm. As of the other day, 45 people had donated $7,770 through an online fundraiser to finance the group’s lawsuit. “We have nothing against lettuce and nothing against lettuce factories,” the group declared on the website. “We simply want the lettuce factory in an industrial zone, where it belongs, like every other lettuce factory; not in a residential area on actively worked farmland.” In other words, they don’t want to see greenhouses. “I know there are people out there that immediately raise the NIMBY (not in my backyard) flag,” Tim Young, a spokesman for the group, said. “But we aren’t just running around whining and sniveling about this factory being built next to homes and farms.” Yes, they are. As one resident who bought his home nearby 40 years ago told Spectrum News of his view of the farmland, “I was like 24 years old at the time, and it’s been like this ever since and we don’t want to see it go away.” “Look at this place, it’s gorgeous out here,” he said. “It’s one of the last spots in Webster that’s wide open, and they want to put a factory in a residential area.” Few people would look at the land, and the hundreds of mostly vacant acres surrounding it, and think “residential.” The land is a whole lot of nothing, with a handful of homes nearby. The land is technically zoned “large lot residential,” which, according to the town code, means it could be used for a variety of purposes, including schools, churches, fire stations, cell phone towers, and agricultural purposes. Growing lettuce is an agricultural pursuit, whether that lettuce is cultivated in soil or hydroponically in greenhouses. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets said as much in a letter when the planning board sought its advice on the matter.
Tony Casciani, the head of the planning board, called the decision to approve the lettuce farm “difficult.” “It’s understandable that folks are upset,” Casciani said. “It’s been an open space land. But open space doesn’t mean it’s forever open space. It’s open space until somebody wants to buy it and develop it. If it meets the criteria for development, then it’s allowed.” There are two broader issues at play here that concern more people than those in a corner of Webster. First, if humanity is to make meaningful progress on climate change, farms must become radically more efficient. That was the crux of a sweeping study issued last year by the World Resources Institute, an environmental group. The authors concluded that, due to population growth, the world will need to produce 56 percent more calories by 2050 than it did in 2010, preferably on existing agricultural land. Greenhouses allow farmers to do that. Second, the effort to oust the lettuce farm is the second time in three years that Webster residents have galvanized to chase away hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and hundreds of jobs in their town related to greenhouse farming. Recall that residents in 2016 ran a proposed tomato greenhouse operation out of town that would have employed 100 people. That company now farms in Wayne County. Everyone complains about the lack of investment and jobs in greater Rochester. Yet when opportunities like these surface, residents too often shout them down because they threaten to alter a landscape they’ve always known. Residents in Webster say the lettuce farm would be better suited to Xerox property no longer in use. Perhaps. But that’s not an option on the table. Before they bought their homes “Where Life Is Worth Living,” they ought to have heeded another motto of real estate: “Never buy a house for the view unless you own the view.” David Andreatta is CITY’s editor. He can be reached at dandreatta@rochester-citynews.com.
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Rochester poverty czar to step down
Leonard Brock, the executive director of the RochesterMonroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, announced that he will step down in June. Brock has been at the helm of the initiative, known as RMAPI, since shortly after its inception in 2015. A news release announcing his departure praised his work integrating some 300 social service organizations and advocating for policy and legislative changes aimed at lifting people out of poverty. But Brock’s tenure has been dogged by questions about RMAPI’s role and effectiveness. Brock last year walked back an ambitious goal RMAPI had previously set of reducing poverty by 50 percent by 2030. Census data released last year showed the overall poverty rate in Rochester rose slightly to 33.1 percent from 32.8 percent between 2013 and 2017, making Rochester the third poorest city among the top 75 metropolitan areas in the country.
White deer tours to end
Tours of Deer Haven Park, the wildlife preserve at the former Seneca Army Depot that is home to a population of white deer, will end this month. Dennis Money, the
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president of the group that oversees the park and its lead conservationist, said the tours have been losing money and the last one will be December 29. The year-round tours began two years ago. The deer have been a curiosity of passersby and tourists for decades. They are not albino deer. Rather, they are brown deer that carry a recessive gene which causes them to lack pigmentation. The group and the landowner said the deer would continue to have a home on the property, which spans 7,000 acres in Romulus, Seneca County, and was used as a U.S. Army weapons installation until 2000.
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Funke bows out
Undocumented immigrants can get driver’s licenses Undocumented immigrants in New York are able to begin applying for driver’s licenses this week under the state’s socalled Green Light Law. The state Association of County Clerks, however, has urged the state to stop the program, citing safety concerns and a hasty implementation that has left county clerks unprepared to handle what they expect to be an influx of applications. County clerks are tasked with overseeing the program. The Migrant Policy Institute has estimated there are 882,000 undocumented immigrants residing in New York state.
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Republican state Senator Rich Funke on Tuesday became the latest GOP member of the Senate to declare that he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2020. Funke, who’s in his third term representing the 55th District, released a YouTube video announcing his decision. The 55th District covers much of Monroe County’s east side, including part of the city, and extends deep into Ontario County. In his video, Funke said he wanted to decide when it was time to leave office. “I also believe in term limits, so I will end my time in elected office next year on my own terms,” Funke said. Two Democrats have already stepped forward to run for the seat next year: Jen Lunsford, a lawyer from Penfield who unsuccessfully challenged Funke in 2018, and Samra Brouk, a Rochester resident who has worked in nonprofit leadership and fundraising. Democrats have an enrollment advantage in the 55th District, with 79,311 active voters to Republicans’ 55,164. But the party has struggled to take the seat. Democrat Ted
O’Brien won it in 2012 following redistricting, but he lost it to Funke in 2014. Both of the declared Democratic candidates have proven themselves savvy and energetic, and the political shift toward the left in Monroe County and elsewhere around the country suggests Funke would have faced a tough fight campaign against either. Democrats are likely to put lots of money and manpower into winning the seat. Funke, who left a longtime career in television news broadcasting to enter politics, is following in the footsteps of at least eight other Republican senators who have said they won’t seek reelection. Among that group are the two other senators who represent parts of the City of Rochester, Republicans Joe Robach and Michael Ranzenhofer. Funke, Robach, and Ranzenhofer combined represent all of Monroe County except Sweden, Ogden, and Webster. Jeremy Moule is CITY’s news editor. He can be reached at jmoule@rochestercitynews.com.
“We’ll see what happens. That’s been a very challenging district, and people have said for years that when I go it’ll be hard for Republicans, but not impossible. But that’s why we have elections.” - Republican State Senator Joe Robach, who won’t be seeking re-election in 2020
POLITICS | BY GINO FANELLI
Dems look to fill Robach-sized hole in Senate Republican state Senator Joe Robach’s announcement last week that he would not seek re-election to the office he has held for nine terms gave Democrats their best opening in 18 years to take his seat. That Robach was able to retain control of the 56th Senate District for so long was remarkable in that Democrats enjoy a substantial enrollment advantage there. The latest county Board of Elections enrollment figures show registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 72,373 to 44,489. The district covers three western Monroe County towns, stretches into city neighborhoods on both sides of the Genesee River, and ends in Brighton. Robach’s decision followed that of several of his GOP colleagues who, facing a future in the minority after the party lost control of the Senate in 2018, opted to leave the chamber altogether. In an interview last week, Robach said he didn’t know of any Republicans gearing to replace him. “We’ll see what happens,” Robach said. “That’s been a very challenging district, and people have said for years that when I go it’ll be hard for Republicans, but not impossible. But that’s why we have elections.”
Three Democratic candidates have already stepped forward: • Hilda Rosario Escher, the former CEO of the Ibero-American Action League; • Jeremy Cooney, former staff assistant to former House Representative Louise Slaughter and chief of staff for Mayor Lovely Warren; • Sherita Traywick, a professor of criminal justice at RIT and first-term school board member in the Greece Central School District. The three candidates hold similar positions on some issues and emphasize comparable themes, including economic development, stemming the so-called “brain drain” from local universities, fostering new ideas for attracting people to the region, and working to expand opportunities for youth. But each candidate believes that their experience sets them apart. Cooney said he’s learned a lot from working on Democratic campaigns, including those of County Executive-elect Adam Bello and Shani Curry Mitchell, who ran for district attorney. He also said his 2018 campaign to unseat Robach — he lost by lost by 10,594 votes — gives him an edge. “We knocked on 22,000 doors,” Cooney said. “You can’t just dismiss that.
From left; Jeremy Cooney, Hilda Rosario Escher, and Sherita Traywick. PHOTOS BY GINO FANELLI
Those are 22,000 voters where you showed up, face to face, knocked on the door, in the rain or hot sun, and you built a relationship.” Rosario Escher stressed the advocacy experience she gained in her 30 years at Ibero. She said her role heading up the organization gave her a deep understanding of the Rochester community as well as government organizations that the other candidates do not have. Rosario Escher has also served on the board of Empire State Development since 2015. “I’ve been able to build relationships with not only elected officials, but up to the governor’s level,” Rosario Escher said. “I have the expertise, I know all the state agencies like the backs of my hands, I have dealt with them and I’ve worked with them for years.”
Traywick once worked as an aide to former state Senator Rick Dollinger, the Democrat who represented the district that was the precursor to today’s 56th District. But she frames herself as a fresh voice who has already proven her electability by winning a local race. “The fact that I’m already serving, I’m already an elected official,” Traywick said. “I’m going back and forth from Albany and I’m building those relationships we’re going to need to be able to move things through.” The primary will take place on Tuesday, June 23, and candidates have to file petitions to run by Thursday, April 2. Gino Fanelli is a CITY staff writer. He can be reached at gfanelli@rochester-citynews.com.
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TEACHER LAYOFFS | BY JEREMY MOULE
RCSD students to lose role models with cutting of black, Latino teachers Jordan Addison was drawn to teaching because it gave him a chance to be a role model for young people — particularly young people of color. Addison is black, and at School 22, where he teaches fourth grade, so are 39 percent of the students. Another 56 percent are Latino. He does not need to consult the extensive body of research that shows students of color benefit in ways big and small from having teachers who look like them. Addison can see it. The signs are sometimes subtle, but they’re there. Like that one hot day in spring when he had a washcloth hanging out of his back pocket. A few weeks later, the boys in his class had washcloths of their own hanging from their back pockets. “That’s why I take my job very seriously,” Addison said. “They’re looking at me, they’re watching me, and in this case, being a black male educator, it definitely is a major benefit in terms of how you’re reaching these kids and understanding them and realizing that I was once one of those students in one of those chairs.” The future of that dynamic for Addison and many other black teachers now rests in the hands of the Board of Education, which is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to layoff some 218 Rochester City School District employees. Among them are 152 teachers, including, according to the Rochester Teachers Association, 21 black teachers. Teachers, staff, parents, and union officials have mobilized to stop the proposed layoffs and to urge district officials to find alternatives. They argue that cutting teachers mid-year is disruptive, and that any cuts could hurt the quality of education students receive. But the loss of black and Latino teachers
in RCSD classrooms would carry extra weight and undermine efforts in recent years to diversify teacher ranks. Already, the district’s teacher corps is far from representative of the district’s population. While roughly 55 percent of the district’s 26,000 students are black, and 31 percent are Latino, just 13 percent of the district’s 3,500 teachers are black, and 6 CITY
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Jordan Addison is one of 152 Rochester City School District teachers who recently received a layoff notice. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH
only 7.5 percent are Latino, according to data from the Rochester Teachers Association. The district declined to corroborate the demographic breakdown, but the union’s data aligns with figures reported in recent years. The data doesn’t bear out the concern expressed by some stakeholders in the school system that teachers of color are being laid off in disproportionately high numbers. Black teachers make up 13 percent of the teachers who received layoff notices, and Latinos make up 2 percent of the layoff pool, according to the union. But School Board member Judith Davis said the layoffs of any teachers of color undermine the effort of the district
in recent years to boost the number of black and Latino teachers. The layoffs will reverberate in schoolhouses throughout the system. In most Rochester public schools, teachers of color number from the single digits to the teens. While the district isn’t laying off a disproportionate number of teachers of color, even one teacher of color being cut can have a disproportionate effect on a school. That’s not to say that white teachers can’t teach students of color. They do, and many do it well. But study after study has shown that black and Latino students benefit from having teachers who look like them, from performing better on reading and math exams to
being more likely to graduate from high school and enroll in a post-secondary school program. “There’s benefits to having teachers of color in the classroom,” Davis said. Representation is one factor. When black students have a black teacher, Davis said, they see what their future could look like. She pointed to a paper, “The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers,” authored by four researchers at U.S. universities. The researchers found that exposing black students in grades 3 through 5 to just one black teacher “increases the likelihood that persistently low-income students of both sexes aspire to attend a four-year college.” continues on page 10
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A gym for people who feel uncomfortable at “the gym”
Lore McSpadden (left) and Christine Walker (right) are the co-founders and co-owners of Positive Force Movement, which they built with community support after finding that traditional gyms – even those that claimed to be inclusive – were not as welcoming as they hoped. PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE
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ix years ago, Christine Walker had never met a person like her romantic and business partner, Lore McSpadden. Not just in the lovestruck sense, but also in the literal sense. McSpadden is transgender and non-binary, a person whose gender cannot be described simply as “male” or “female.” Walker, 39, said she knew “that trans folks existed,” but her understanding of them was purely theoretical. “I didn’t even have to think about it, because of my privilege,” Walker said. “I was born into a body that matches my gender.” Their path to a romantic and business relationship was anything but straightforward. It was a meandering and confusing route that took six years to complete. In the process, Walker’s brother came out. She questioned her understanding of gender and sexuality. She worked through a family history of addiction. She found and lost respite in gyms and exercise. “I started running. I started running a lot,” she said. “It’s kind of what addicts do. We replace one high with another. You get an endorphin rush, and it’s — it’s a big part of how you stay sober.” But Walker didn’t feel comfortable at the gyms she was using. “I’m a fat queer person,” she said. “And I realized that fat queer people don’t belong at most gyms. We’re not welcome. That space is not for us.” Walker and McSpadden found other flaws with the way gyms are set up in the Rochester area, they said. “They were supposed to be inclusive, but they were not,” Walker said. This spring, they opened Positive Force Movement, an exercise and wellness space near the corner of Blossom and Winton roads that aims to welcome people who feel out of place in traditional gyms. “A lot of trans folks are terrified to even walk in the front door” at most gyms, Walker said. “And I hate to say it, but that’s fair. They’re accosted every day for just existing.” She pointed to a practice of most gyms in which new members are required to select a sex upon arrival, either on their application forms or as they’re invited to tour locker rooms labeled “men” and “women.” “One or the other,” Walker said. “That’s all you get.” That approach, she said, leaves no room for people outside the gender binary, or whose gender doesn’t match their appearance, and fosters an environment that could be unsettling at best, and, at worst, dangerous. Their decision to create a safe space for nonbinary people led them to realize they could broaden the scope of such protections.
Lore McSpadden, one of the founders of Positive Force Movement, stands with a sculpture they made by bending steel with nothing but the strength and leverage of their own body. “I can’t do it again for a few more weeks, though,” McSpadden says. “I had top surgery last month.” PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE
“We can offer this for trans folks, for queer folks, fat folks, black folks, all people of color. People who are deaf, people who are disabled,” Walker said. “We went on and on and figured out how to do it well, because we had to. Because it’s needed.” By all accounts, it’s working. Since they moved into the building, their space has more than doubled. They’ve expanded from one room to three, and they now have dedicated areas for individual movement, group sessions, and restorative practices, like therapy and meditation. McSpadden estimated the facility accommodates between 80 and 100 hours of personal training sessions a week, and that as many as 25 people a week attend at least one class. “It’s all through crowd funding,” Walker said. “We are literally created by our community.”
‘People aren’t going to assume’
Sites like Positive Force Movement have begun to surface across the country only recently.
A gym in Oakland, California, that bills itself as the nation’s first LGBTQ gym was created in 2016. A “Queer Gym” in Boston that popped up last year advertises as a workout space “explicitly for LGBTQ folks.” Members of Positive Force Movement say there’s nothing like it in the Rochester area. “I feel so uncomfortable in certain highly gender-segregated situations and with conventional gender roles” typical of most gyms, Angela Hakkila said in between sips of water after a dance class. Hakkila, whose pronoun is “they,” pointed to a sign on the wall. “Here, written on the wall, it says, ‘We honor and use all folks’ correct pronouns,’” they said. “Just knowing that there’s a space where people aren’t going to assume things about you in terms of how they assess your body and what they expect it means about your personality, is huge. “I’m so grateful to have a space where I can dance and feel that support at the same time.” continues on page 11
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Addison recalled that at the beginning of one school year, many of his students said they wanted to be athletes, entertainers, or social media personalities. But by the middle of the year, many said that they wanted to be teachers. By taking “teachers that look like them away, you’re really taking away the positive influence that they should have,” Addison said. Several studies and policy briefs also found that teachers of color tend to have higher expectations for students of color, that they work with students to help them meet those expectations, and that they are more likely to assign students of color to gifted and talented programs. Addison said he’s had poorly behaved students come into his class and become some of the best behaved students in the school. He attributes the change to what he teaches the children and how they respond to him. “They look at you in a different way,” Addison said. “They don’t look at you as a foreigner, they don’t look at you as someone who’s an outsider. They look to you as someone that they can relate to more.”
As for preventing teachers of color from being laid off, district officials may not have much leeway, unless they scrap the layoffs in whole or in part. State laws require the district to make layoffs on a last hired, first fired basis, which protects senior teachers but gives officials less discretion around who can be laid off. Davis said she wants the state to change those laws, they can create a barrier to retaining newer teachers of color. In the Rochester district, some of those teachers were hired to fill openings left when the district offered retirement incentives last year. “We must plug the leak through which the very educators we just hired in order to diversify our staff are being displaced or removed,” Davis said. Addison has been on paternity leave for the past few weeks, but after receiving his layoff notice he planned to tell his 28 students that he might not be coming back. Throughout his leave, he’s stopped in to check in on his students and each time they tell him they miss him. He was dreading the talk. “Luckily, I teach resilience,” Addison said. Jeremy Moule is CITY’s news editor. He can be reached at jmoule@rochester-citynews.com.
Rio Sherry, a trans man who began using masculine pronouns in the last few years, said no one particularly cares about his gender identity or what his body looks like at Positive Force Movement. He said that was an exception in his experience. “I’ve been harassed in bathrooms many times. I’ve been threatened. People have tried to kick me out,” he said. He recalled one incident, elsewhere, in which a man physically barred him from entering the bathroom. “I tried to open the door, and he slammed it on me,” Sherry said. “I got in there, and he was banging on the door.” Sherry has scars on his chest from top surgery, a feature that has left him feeling self-conscious at other gyms. “People sometimes stare — might even say things about me,” he said. “But here, everyone belongs. Nobody’s staring.” Neither the Rochester YMCA, where Sherry said he had worked out in the past, nor two other local gyms contacted for this story answered specific questions about their policies around inclusion and transgender gym members in particular. The YMCA offered a prepared statement from Chief Operating Officer Kevin Fitzpatrick calling inclusion one of its “core values.” “We work every day to create an environment where everyone — regardless of age, race, religion, gender, identity or sexual orientation — feels welcome at all of our facilities,” Fitzpatrick said. Walker said no matter the intent of other fitness facilities, people are left out. “We take the word ‘regardless’ out of there,” she said. “Once you think you’ve arrived — that you’re being inclusive of everyone — you’ve failed somewhere.” At a time when other gyms are facing lawsuits over their policies on inclusion and sexual identification, Walker and McSpadden acknowledged their own shortcomings and blind spots. As their facility has grown, they said, they’ve made efforts to accommodate needs they realized they were missing. “We always talk. We ask people, ‘What are things that are triggers for you? What do we need to watch out for,’” McSpadden said. In an evening restorative yoga class, for instance, instructor Sarah Yannello softly asked participants for their consent to turn on a fan, turn off the lights, and close the door. She murmured reassurances as she urged her students to close their eyes. “Some people are really not comfortable with any of those things,” she said. “We don’t always realize we have trauma in our lives until something triggers it. It’s important to let people know that this is a safe space.” Yannello said triggers can range from the highly specific and acutely traumatizing, to the generalized and diffuse. “Maybe, in their
Angela Hakkila, 37, of Rochester, dances in a Zumba class at Positive Force Movement. Hakkila uses “they” for a personal pronoun. “That’s sort of a new thing. … I’m so grateful to have a space where I can dance and feel supported in that at the same time. It’s huge.” PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE
childhood, a person was shut in a closet accidentally,” she said. “They don’t remember it, but all of a sudden, now, this closed door doesn’t feel safe.”
A heavy burden Addressing trauma is particularly important for the clients Walker and McSpadden serve, because they are susceptible to both physical and psychological harm. A survey of more than 120,000 American adolescents found that roughly 40 percent of those who identified as transgender said they had attempted suicide. Studies have found that health care providers lack knowledge about how best to care for gay and transgender patients and, in some cases, have refused to treat them. “The weight of constantly being told, implicitly and explicitly, that you’re wrong — that your body is wrong, that your mind is wrong, that your understanding of yourself is wrong — that’s huge,” McSpadden said. “That really brings you down.” Even when things go right, staying healthy and fit can be challenging. Take chest binding, for example. The practice of flattening breasts, often using thick, stretchy material, is common among transgender men and other gendernonconforming people.
The long-term effects of chest binding remain poorly understood, and little medical literature exists to inform physicians. But the practice has been known to cause health concerns, including breathing issues and damage to breast tissue, and there is a growing awareness in the trans community of how binding and top surgery affect exercise and fitness. Part of creating a fitness community welcoming to transgender people, Walker said, means acknowledging how their exercise might need to change. The body can’t move the same way in a binding that it can unbound. Motions that were second nature before top surgery might be painful during recovery. McSpadden, who has bent steel bars into sculptures using only their own strength and body as leverage, had the surgery less than a month ago. “What I had known through research, I am now living,” they said. Moving during a recovery, especially from top surgery, is “always about finding the right balance,” McSpadden said. How do we prompt the strengthening or mobilizing effect that we want without aggravating the healing that’s going on?” Accordingly, instructors look for ways to offer fitness classes for people whose motions are restricted.
As Leonte Paul led a relentlessly energetic Zumba class, she hopped and sprang and kicked her legs to the music. So did most of her students. But in the back of the room, Coriander Rainbeaux, whose pronoun is “they,” was dancing in a chair. “I’m getting ready to maybe stand up once in a while,” they said. “I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, and just being able to work at my own pace and increase my own health, it’s been huge.” Rainbeaux said Paul helped them adapt dance movements to make the class approachable for a person who typically participates from a seated position. Paul brushed off any questions of difficulty in accommodating a sundry set of students. “I make it the happy hour, honey. I make it so that it’s your workout,” she said, punching up the volume on the word “your.” “I say, ‘How’s everybody doing? Is it too fast? Is it too slow? What do you want me to do to make it good for you?’” she said. “It’s just who I am.” Paul teaches dance classes at several other spaces around Rochester, but she said the one at Positive Force Movement is special. “This is where, at least for a little while, you are not ostracized,” she said. “You are the hottest person in the room.” Brett Dahlberg is a health reporter at WXXI News, a media partner of CITY. He can be reached at bdahlberg@wxxi.org. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
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For newcomers to the Rochester area, Radio Social is a large bowling alley located on Carlson Road, a reincarnation of the regional staple Clover Lanes. But it’s so much more than just a warehouse of lanes. It has two bars and various other games, including skee ball and pool. Aesthetically, passing through Radio Social’s doors feels like you’ve left the present and entered a land of the future, as depicted in 1950s drawings of what folks thought the future would look like...but thankfully with substantially more cultural diversity. After passing an Edward Wormley-esque zig-zag wood arch that houses the reception
desk, the room opens to a cool white aura only interrupted by mint green and pale pink images of bowling pins, “X” strikes, and bowling balls on the far wall, giving color to the first eight lanes in the building. The environment of this wide-open, pastel cave came from local design firm Staach. To the left is a wall of shiny old radios on shelves over a mid-century modern grey sofa. Farther down, past the shoe and paddle rental desk, is an expansive room with a second bar, 26 more lanes, and skee ball, dartboards, pool, shuffleboard, table tennis, and more. They somehow made the place look as bright as daytime but still dim enough to be a bar for singles. I am not sure what feat of optics they used to accomplish this, but Radio Social has mastered simultaneously being an all-ages venue and a place for grown-ups to mix and mingle. Besides the gaming possibilities at Radio Social, Owners Dan and Noah Morgenstern and their staff have cultivated a cocktail menu that rivals other speakeasy-esque bars, and the food options have always been a big draw. In the rear, there is the shortwave counter-service kitchen for those who want to grab wings or a pizza while hanging out at their reserved lanes.
The front dining area, recently rebranded as Ophira, is the newest incarnation of Radio Social’s in-house restaurant. This is fine dining in a bowling alley. At first, that sounds odd, but having experienced it personally, it completely works. With the section of tables right next to the lanes, the intermittent rolling thunder and clatter of balls striking pins becomes background noise. But I was more focused on the food, anyway. Ophira’s menu is an homage to the Morgensterns’ Mediterranean roots. Head chef Steve Eakins spent time in the owners’ family homeland of Israel to study and experience the taste of traditional Mediterranean cuisine, then recreated those flavors here. The menu boasts everything from hummus to octopus. It was difficult to decide where to start. Fortunately, a custom, smoky whiskey-based cocktail ($8-$11) from lanky, potable-wielding bartender Mike Lake calmed my nerves. Then Eakins made my first culinary decision for me with a Salatin Platter ($19), a seasonally rotating platter of small vegetable and cheese dishes. On my plate were Kalamata olives roasted in blood orange and chili pepper flakes, roasted beets, fresh hummus, amba
(a tangy-savory mango spread), and baba ganoush, all served with laffa bread. Laffa is a blanket of a flat bread, toasted lightly so that it has a smoky, crispy exterior but is soft and warm inside. After devouring this sampler and perusing the menu some more, I decided that I needed the halloumi cheese, which I hadn’t had since I lived in Cyprus. It’s a brined, un-ripened version of goat or sheep cheese, a more solid cheese than its cousin, feta. At Ophira, it is lightly breaded and fried so that it is a bit crispy, and then served with mango jam, green chiles, and amba. Folks who are not big on cheese might like this incarnation, especially with the spicy-sweet toppings on it. Deciding on my main course was a bit difficult. On a previous visit I had the duck wings ($12), which are lightly charred in the charcoal oven and topped with pomegranate molasses and red chili flakes. Never have I had duck as tender as a chicken wing until I had these. Since I already knew how good they are, I ventured out of my comfort zone and tried the roasted octopus ($16). I find it difficult to find really good seafood. Sometimes it’s over-cooked so much that it becomes rubber, but not here. I was presented with a small tower of fire-roasted octopus supported by wedges of sweet potato, all sitting in a bed of shallot jam. The octopus was cooked masterfully, with a crispy exterior giving way to meat as tender as a flounder. I could cut the pieces with just a butter knife, and it nearly melted in my mouth. The shallot jam was a good offset for the savory seafood. Chef Eakins also brought out the Mountain Gnocchi ($12). I am not usually a fan of gnocchi’s soft, gooey texture, but this was on a different level. Ophira’s gnocchi is maakroun, a Lebanese version of the Italian pasta cooked in a toum (garlic sauce) so that it is slightly crispy on top. The result yields savory bites with a little bite back from the chile flakes in the sauce. At the end of the meal, I decided to get a dessert. Lake whipped up an after-dinner cocktail, this time more citrusy, which was a perfect complement to the mango tart ($6). This contains malabi custard (a type of milk pudding) with chunks of mango in a crumble. I’ve rarely had a better finish to such a rich meal. Chris Thompson is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@ rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13
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albums, played a bunch of crash-and-burners, and then just kind of vanished. The band has since contributed several songs to the hit Showtime series “Shameless,” but for guys who rock as relentlessly as The Ginger Faye Bakers, they haven’t performed much lately. With a simple format of three and the rawness it brings, this badass Rochester rock band is back to fill the void it left in the local music scene. I sure hope they’ll stick around for a while. Fuzzrod will also perform.
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Watkins & the Rapiers THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 THE LITTLE THEATRE, THEATER 1, 240 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. | $20 | THELITTLE.ORG; RAPIERS.ORG [ HOLIDAY ACOUSTIC ] Watkins & the Rapiers’ annual “Holiday Storybook” is a study in wiseass Christmas cheer. Formed in 1997, the band will play a fresh new batch of Christmas tunes, which fly in the face of our country’s annoying obsession with silent nights, mangers, and red-nosed anything. The songs are about such topics as unionizing elves and organizing a strike at the North Pole, dancing with uncooperative Christmas lights, and grappling with Christmas card etiquette. These cats play with a heart of swing, acoustically and gently plugged in. Come and deck the halls with them; gay apparel is optional. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
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Andy Calabrese and Chet Catallo SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 VIA GIRASOLE WINE BAR, 3 SCHOEN PLACE, PITTSFORD 7 P.M. TO 10 P.M. | FREE WITH ONE DRINK MINIMUM WINEBARINPITTSFORDNY.COM [ JAZZ ] It wasn’t exactly hard bop, but a lot of jazz fans couldn’t
help turning up the volume when Spyro Gyra’s “Shaker Song” or “Morning Dance” came on the radio in the 1980s. Guitarist Chet Catallo was an original member of the group and a writer of some of its tunes. Since then, Catallo has branched out beyond fusion, incorporating elements of blues, jazz, R&B and Latin music into his repertoire. At Via Girasole, he’ll be in a duo with keyboardist Andy Calabrese, who has enhanced the music of Aretha Franklin, Russell Thompkins Jr., and Felix Cavaliere, among others. Reservations are strongly suggested. — BY RON NETSKY
RPO’s ‘Gala Holiday Pops’ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, AT 8 P.M. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, AT 2 AND 8 P.M. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, AT 2 P.M. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 60 GIBBS STREET $30-$121 | RPO.ORG [ HOLIDAY ] For the 2019 edition of the Rochester
Philharmonic Orchestra’s Holiday Pops concert, masterminded by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, the musical mix is comfortably familiar: a little pop, a little classical, and a lot of favorite Christmas carols (a few of them arranged by Tyzik). Joining the orchestra and the Festival High School Chorale this year is another Rochester tradition — singer-guitarist Don Potter — performing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and other standards.
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If you like “Mystery Science Theatre 3000,” you’ll dig this. “Engine Core Phenomenal” is some wacky shit, both visually and audio-wise. And thankfully, it’s a lotta fun. The brilliance behind Rochester’s sci-fi rock band Treasure Plate is that both halves need each other to make any sense. You can’t just listen, and you can’t just stare, although you may not be able to help it. The music is electrified, hard-driving, and emulsified with a sort of “Lost in Space” scenario going on. It’s a mix of graphic novel coolness and MAD magazine panache. It’s as if they allowed art supplies in detention.
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Looking back at Karl LaPorta’s 2012 album, “The Gift,” his piano-playing leads velvety and valiant, providing a pleasant shag in which listeners can wiggle their toes. The album is concise in its various platforms and plateaus, with shining highlights throughout. In particular: Dig the tasteful guitar that shows up on “New Arrival,” and the Beatlesesque strings that emerge quietly on “First Snowfall.” There’s also the organ on the title track, Paul Gaspar’s tight and bright trumpet on “Memory Reflections,” and Jimmy Richmond’s “midnight in New York” saxophone — which weaves its way onto the lone cover in the batch, Bobby Hebb’s 1966 hit “Sunny.” “The Gift” is progressive in spots, smooth in others, and aces all around.
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Ka-ching For the swingin’ side of things, I caught Big Bad Voodoo Daddy playing its holiday show at Kodak Center on the Ridge Sunday night. Though small in number, the audience ate up all the big bad voodoo the band could throw at it. Since Brian Setzer’s tinnitus grounded his Christmas tour this year, the kids still needed a yuletide fix. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was the perfect substitution for the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and I actually prefer smaller big bands. Setzer is good — too good — and tends to overplay in spots. It’s jaw-dropping for sure (cue the “ka-ching” cash register sound effect here), but a little exhausting to behold. Smaller bands like BBVD leave air between the notes, leaving the listener with a more dynamic high. At Sunday’s show, they didn’t overplay the “Christ is born” schmaltz, nor did they plug jingle bells into every arrangement, nor did they toy with the “coming down the old chimney” double entendre. And I’ve never said this before, but I hate the word “swaddling.” It was a night of secular swing as well. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy played their hits, “Go Daddy-O,” et al. Anyway, there was plenty to love, stylistically: some New Orleans second line, some low-down swing a la Cab, and an overall attack of brass that was world-class, as was Kodak Center’s sound and general layout. Overall, a dazzling show to behold. I look forward to more shows here in the future. And to all a good night. Frank De Blase is CITY’s music writer. He can be reached at frank@rochester-citynews.com.
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I am not a religious person and I’m highly allergic to earworms. So, around this time of year, with Christmas music everywhere, I’m the guy at the supermarket with my fingers in my ears. I just can’t bear to hear Paul McCartney sing “Wonderful Christmas Time” ever again. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like holiday music. It’s just that most of what I like was recorded so long ago, I would need a time machine to shop in peace. The newest song on the following playlist of holiday music is three decades old. The oldest goes back six centuries. But from hard bop jazz to Renaissance music, the tunes here evoke enough wonder to keep me in the holiday spirit.
John Coltrane: “My Favorite Things” The great saxophonist’s 1960 recording of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s song from “The Sound of Music” is 14 minutes of pure joy. The minimal modal chord pattern is evidence of Coltrane’s emerging interest in the music of India, making the tune gorgeously crosscultural. Coltrane is playing a soprano sax given to him by Miles Davis, whose band he had just left. McCoy Tyner is a great contributor here, taking a long, lyrical piano solo while bassist Steve Davis and drummer Elvin Jones keep things swinging along. Coltrane takes a song emblematic of mainstream, American-apple-pie music and transforms it into a subversive modal masterpiece.
Cannonball Adderley: “Fiddler on the Roof” (album) Where can you find great Jewish music to celebrate Hanukkah? The surprising answer: an album by the Cannonball Adderley Sextet. In 1964, one of the greatest jazz bands of all time created an album of songs from the hit Broadway musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” With Adderley on alto saxophone, his brother Nat Adderley on cornet and trumpet, Charles Lloyd on tenor sax and flute, pianist Joe Zawinul, and a rhythm section of bassist Sam Jones and Louis Hayes on drums, the band could not have been better. Tunes like “To Life,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” and the title tune, which includes “Tradition,” (all by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) are perfect vehicles for improvisation. My favorite tune, “Chavalah,” seems to have been channeled through Ravel’s “Bolero.”
Donny Hathaway: “This Christmas” Donny Hathaway, one of the greatest soul singers of the 20th century, died at the age of 33 of an apparent suicide. But before he left us, he wrote (with Nadine McKinnor) and sang the best holiday pop song I’ve ever heard. In 1970, Hathaway not only recorded “This Christmas,” he wrote and arranged the great off-kilter horn lines that punctuate every chorus. If “This Christmas” comes on the radio just as I’m pulling into my driveway, I’ll stay in the car until it’s over. No matter how many times I hear it, I want to hear it again.
Judy Collins: “The Blizzard”
Eartha Kitt:”Santa Baby”
By the time Judy Collins released her 1990 album “Fires of Eden,” she was no longer merely covering the best songs by others; she was writing her own great songs. One of her finest, “The Blizzard,” is about being overtaken by a snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains, forcing her to stop, reflect on her life, trust strangers, and ultimately overcome adversity. All the while, her piano playing builds and swirls, perfectly evoking the raging storm. Collins’s voice soars as she tells a story in a way that few artists can in song.
This song has been recorded many times by pop stars of every succeeding generation, but Eartha Kitt’s original 1953 version of Joan Javits and Philip Springer’s “Santa Baby” remains unsurpassed. A seductive appeal to the holidays’ conspicuous consumption, the lyrics build in absurdity, verse after verse, with the kind of skillful internal rhymes that no one bothers with anymore. Kitt’s voice and attitude are simply perfect.
ay playlist Don Byron: “Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and “Siberian Sleighride” In 1996, clarinetist Don Byron recorded “Bug Music,” an album exploring the tunes of Raymond Scott, John Kirby, and Duke Ellington. The disc took me right back to my childhood because much of the music was featured in Looney Tunes cartoons. The album includes two evocative holiday tunes: “Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” — Kirby’s take on part of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” — and Raymond Scott’s wonderfully frenetic “Siberian Sleighride.”
Ellen Hargis and Paul O’Dette: “The Christmas Album” (album) Talk about transcending time! On this album, soaring soprano Ellen Hargis is accompanied by Eastman School of Music professor Paul O’Dette on lute and theorbo. The repertoire is a collection of medieval and Renaissance Christmas pieces from England, France, Italy, and Germany. Aside from an occasional hallelujah, I have no idea what she’s singing about on many of the songs. But her voice is beautiful, the melodies are strange and haunting, and the lute and theorbo provide the ethereal counterpoint of another place and time.
Mahalia Jackson: “O Holy Night” My favorite Christmas carol began as a poem by Placide Cappeau, written in celebration of a church organ renovation in the French town of Roquemaure in 1843. Adolphe Adam composed the music later that year, and John Sullivan Dwight wrote the English lyrics in 1855. I do believe in transcendent music, and the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson’s 1968 performance of “O Holy Night” is nothing short of incredible.
Ron Netsky is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to dkushner@rochester-citynews.com.
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Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 6-8 p.m. Rita Harris Proctor. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 2441224. 8 p.m. Sheryl Crow tribute. $5. Steve Bartolotta All Star. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b. Fairport. 7:30 p.m. SEASONAL
Mitzie Collins & Roxanne Ziegler: Making the Season Magical. Henrietta Public
Library, 625 Calkins Rd. 3597092. hpl.org. 7 p.m.
Watkins & The Rapiers: Holiday Storybook. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8 p.m. $20.
[ FRI., DECEMBER 20 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Arnold & Lowe. Fairport Brewing Co., 99 S Main St. Fairport. 678-6728. 7 p.m. Bob Fischl. Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m. Evan Meulemans. Sager Beer Works, 46 Sager Dr Suite E. 245-3006. 7:30 p.m. Head to the Roots. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 5-7 p.m. Jackson Cavalier. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m. BLUES
Owen Eichensehr, Pat Harrington. Fanatics, 7281 W
Main St. Lima. 624-2080. 7 p.m.
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Siena plays with The Painted Birds on Friday, December 20, at 9 p.m. at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. $5. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com; sienaofficial.com. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
COUNTRY
Bryan Price & Joey Allen.
Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 6 p.m.
Zac Brown Tribute Band Holiday Party. Nashvilles, 4853
W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 9:30 p.m.
METAL
Into the Harbor, Shepherd of Rot, Beast, White Tides, Perspectives, Death Won’t Hold, Plagues of Endeavor. California
Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. 6:30 p.m. $10/$5 w toy donation. POP/ROCK
JAZZ
Alex Goettel Trio. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.
The Cool Club & The Lipker Sisters. Three Heads Brewing,
186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. 7:30 p.m. The Swooners. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 10 p.m. JAM BAND Mud Creek. Fairport Brewing Co., 1044 University Ave. 4812237. 8:30 p.m. Windowpane. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m.
5 Second Rule. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5:30-7 p.m. Adrianna As Advertised. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 6 p.m. ConArtist. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Rd. 247-0079. 8 p.m. $5. Dave Riccioni & Friends. M’s 4300 Bar & Grill, 4300 Culver Road. 467-2750. Third Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. The Dirty Pennies, House Majority. Lux Lounge, 666 South
Ave. lux666.com. 9 p.m. $5.
Driven To Tears, Anonymous Willpower. Lovin’ Cup, 300
Park Point Dr. lovincup.com. 8 p.m. $5. Gunsmoke. Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m. continues on page 22
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Music
Singer-guitarist Don Potter thinks the best formula for performing Christmas music is “familiar song, new arrangement.”. PHOTO BY AARON WINTERS
Don Potter plugs into Christmas with the RPO [ COMMENTARY ] BY JEFF SPEVAK
How do you celebrate the holiday season without it coming off like a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie? Don Potter can’t tell you. He finds himself caught in that happy little chestnutroasting vortex every year. His daughter grew up long ago, and the grandkids are “spread out all over the country, so to find them around is slim to none,” he says. In their place, Potter and his wife Christine celebrate in the community around them, among the hills of North Carolina. 22 CITY DECEMBER 18 - 24, 2019
“There’s a barn down the road,” he says. “We all kind of hang out there, put up Christmas trees, and play music, and shout and play. So, whatever the right words are...” He pauses a half-beat, and finds the words: “It’s like a movie, you know what I mean? Do people really do that? And the truth is, yes, they actually do. I used to look at it like, ‘Are we really doing this? Is this a movie or are we really nuts?’” “And it’s done very spontaneously,” he says. Spontaneously. Nuts. Not words often connected with a tradition-bound holiday such as Christmas. Or an institution such as the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Potter returns to Rochester this weekend for four shows – one Friday, two Saturday, one more on Sunday — with Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik and the RPO. Also elbowing the cellos for room on the Kodak Hall stage at Eastman Theatre will be the 200-member Festival High School Chorale. What this one lacks in improvisation will succeed in careful curation and presentation. This, despite Potter’s history of rock and roll in Rochester. Following rehearsal the day before the first show at last year’s Gala Holiday Pops concert, Potter received a call from Bat McGrath. In the mid-’60s, the two had played in a rock band, The Showstoppers, which had been signed by Columbia Records’ legendary producer and talent scout, John Hammond. With their coffeehouse, Hylie Morris’ Alley, as well as playing as a duo, Potter and McGrath went on to be at the center of a Rochester music scene that gave us the Mangione brothers, drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Tony Levin, and many others. But you know all of that, and were reminded of it again, during the past month. That phone call Potter received a year ago, after the final Gala Holiday Pops rehearsal, was McGrath delivering the news that he had terminal cancer. He died on October 1, and a tribute was held at a packed Lovin’ Cup Bistro & Brews just three weeks ago. The years since the two men were making music together have seen Potter move toward producing other performers, such as The Judds, and promoting a musicfilled Christian lifestyle. He works both worlds. In fact, he’ll return to Rochester in May for a show at the Lyric Theatre which will feature one night that will be “a connection again with people I know and haven’t seen in years,” he says. And then he’ll do a show the next night for “the church people.” But this time of year, Potter is plugged into Christmas. Hence the return invite from Tyzik to sing with the RPO Pops. And with that comes an awareness that people’s expectations of Christmas songs come from years of wandering through shopping malls in a daze. “I said, ‘Ah, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do in this thing,’” Potter says. “I know that some of the greatest singers in the world have sung the songs I’m about to sing, so I don’t know if I’m blessing this or if I’m, you know, insulting some of these amazing...” He pauses to consider
the Christmas classics. “Who does ‘White Christmas’ better than, let’s see, Bing Crosby? Or after you hear Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole or any number of people singing absolutely gorgeous Christmas songs? What do you do with it?” When you’re messing with people’s cherished traditions — “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” — there’s a fine line to be walked. “I just feel like it’s a beautiful sentiment, it isn’t too sappy, if you know what I mean,” he says. “It’s not too syrupy, and yet it really is sincere.” He likes “O Holy Night,” but after hearing it from voices such as Wynonna’s, “I’m not that big, huge singer type, so I didn’t want to abuse such a beautiful song,” he says. Potter’s being modest, as anyone who’s ever heard him sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” will attest. He suggests “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” might be more manageable, and because he likes “that Mel Tormé thing, he’s so cool.” And he’s tried his hand at writing a few himself. “Who is This Babe?” and “It’s the Messiah” were both recorded by The Judds; Kenny Rogers recorded “It’s the Messiah” as well. But the best approach might be “familiar song, new arrangement.” “Being in the music business, I’ve made a lot of Christmas records with different artists that, when you get a certain amount of fame, you make a Christmas record, it’s sort of natural,” Potter says. “And somewhere in doing that, I came up with a bunch of arrangements, over the years, of standards, that stuff we knew.” “Most arrangers and conductors — as Jeff is — they’ve done so much of it, they’re pretty much out of ideas. When I showed up with just slightly different versions, he was really happy: ‘Oh, this is great, this is new.’ So we, thankfully, got away with it.” But sometimes, no amount of pearls can dress up a pig. “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Potter says. “You know only so many ways you can hear that, that you can stand it.” For an extended version of “Across the Universe,” visit rochestercitynewspaper.com. Jeff Spevak is WXXI’s arts & life editor and reporter. He can be reached at jspevak@wxxi.org.
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Keep From Sight, Cabin In The Woods, Make It Stop, Checks & Exes, Lower Expectations.
Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 7 p.m. $10. Mr Mustard. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b. Fairport. 9 p.m. Rescue 11. Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 5:30 p.m. Siena, The Painted Birds. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $5. Taran. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. Gates. 2475225. 9 p.m.
Televisionaries, Anamon, The Low Spirits. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. R&B/ SOUL
Cinnamon Jones & Eternal Soul. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m. SEASONAL
Don’t Stop Believin’ Family Christmas. Main Street Armory,
900 E. Main St. 232-3221. 7 p.m. Gala Holiday Pops. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. $30-$121.
VARIOUS
COUNTRY
ECMS Alumni. 7:30 p.m. Hatch
Flint Creek. Nashvilles, 4853 W
Hall, 26 Gibbs St 274-3000.
[ SAT., DECEMBER 21 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Brian Ayers. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 5-7 p.m. Frank Madonia. Fairport Brewing Co., 99 S Main St. Fairport. 678-6728. 6 p.m. Griffith & Martino. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima. 624-2080. 7 p.m. James Van Duesen. Sager Beer Works, 46 Sager Dr Suite E. 245-3006. 7:30 p.m.
Lisa/Liza, The Spookfish, Dream Wave, MD Woods. Small World
Books, 425 North St. 8 p.m. 6pm potluck; bring dish to pass. $7-10 suggested. Mahar Family Hour. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5. Rebecca Bruno. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 10 p.m. BLUES
Blues Open Jam. Bill Gray’s, 4870
Culver Rd. 266-7820. 6-9 p.m.
Steve Grills & The Roadmasters. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. 270-8106. 9 p.m. $5.
Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 9 p.m. DJ/ELECTRONIC
Army of Bass. Firehouse Saloon,
814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. 10 p.m. JAZZ
Andy Calabrese & Chet Catallo.
Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. 7:30 p.m. Gregory Street Vagabonds. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m. JAM BAND
Live at the Fillmore: Allman Brothers Tribute. Anthology, 336
East Ave. 484-1964. 8 p.m. $20.
Dead Letter Office, Disintegration. Flour City Station,
170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8:30 p.m. R.E.M & The Cure tributes. $8/$12. Hall Pass. Buntsy’s Neighborhood Food & Drink, 2235 Empire Blvd. Webster. 347-6749. 9 p.m. The Klick. Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m. Steve Bartolotta. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. 7 p.m. The Taint. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 10 p.m. Tryst, BB Dang. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. Gates. 247-5225. 9 p.m. $5.
Antipode, Access Indigo, The Sideways, Noah Fense Live, Cosmic Brownie. Photo City
Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 8 p.m. $7/$10. Crobot, ‘68. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 7 p.m. Seeking non-perishable dog food for Lollypop Farm. $17.
[ MON., DECEMBER 23 ]
CLASSICAL Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. Going for Baroque. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. 1 & 3 p.m. W/ museum admission: $6-$15.
AMERICANA
Syndicate Radio Live Podcast. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 5 p.m. $10.
The Duo+. The Daily Refresher,
SEASONAL
POP/ROCK
Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 2 & 8 p.m. $30-$121.
Lewington & Downie. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima. 624-2080. 5 p.m. $15.
TRADITIONAL
SEASONAL
John Dady & An Glór Óg, Brian Clancy & Joe Appleby. Abilene,
153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 7:30 p.m. $8.
TRADITIONAL
Celtic Music Night. Temple Bar
[ TUE., DECEMBER 24 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
JAZZ
5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.
R&B/ SOUL
Mitty & The Followers. B-Side,
Watkins & the Rapiers. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.
& Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 6 p.m.
DJ/ELECTRONIC
293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m. Sunday Gumbo: Steve Shay. The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. Fourth Sunday of every month, 6 p.m.
Gala Holiday Pops. Kodak Hall at
POP/ROCK
[ SUN., DECEMBER 22 ]
Gala Holiday Pops. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 2 p.m. $30-$121.
Tim & Joe’s Acoustic Christmas. Fairport Brewing Co., 99 S Main St. Fairport. 678-6728. 1-4 p.m. AMERICANA
Bluegrass Tuesdays. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 8 p.m. CLASSICAL
Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church,
141 East Ave. 454-3878. 12:10 p.m. Lunchtime concerts by Eastman organists. JAZZ
Gray Quartet Jazz Sessions. The
Spirit Room, 139 State St. 3977595. 7:30 p.m. $5.
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Theater
The cast of Blackfriars Theatre’s production of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” with Stefan Cohen (as Black Stache) in the center. PHOTO BY GOAT FACTORY MEDIA / RON HEERKENS JR.
Made of star stuff REVIEWED FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER 31 BLACKFRIARS THEATRE, 795 EAST MAIN STREET TICKETS START AT $28.50 | 454-1260; BLACKFRIARS.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
When “Peter Pan” opened on London stages in December 1904, an awfully great adventure began for the world and the story of a boy who would never grow up. Children, from that day forward, would dream of fairies and flying off to Neverland to fight pirates. Countless books, plays, movies and other pieces of pop culture would be inspired by the crowing Pan and his band of Lost Boys. One such adaptation is “Peter and the Starcatcher,” which runs through December 31 at Blackfriars Theatre. The play was first a 2004 novel by journalist Dave Barry and novelist Ridley Pearson, and adapted for the stage by writer and actor Rick Elice. “Peter 24 CITY DECEMBER 18 - 24, 2019
and the Starcatcher” first premiered in 2009, and opened on Broadway in 2012, winning nine Tony Awards, including Best Play. The plot is an origin story of sorts, a prequel to “Peter Pan.” It follows Molly Aster, a precocious young girl who is traveling with her father, Lord Aster, a captain in service to Queen Victoria (God save her). Their ship, the HMS Neverland, is transporting a trunk filled with precious cargo to a remote island when they’re ambushed by pirates. Three orphans locked away onboard — Boy, Ted, and Prentiss — join forces with Molly to defend the Neverland from a pirate takeover. For the sake of spoilers, suffice it to say that Peter Pan enthusiasts will enjoy the many hat tips to the classic story throughout the inventive, zany two-and-a-half hour show (which includes an intermission). It’s also a very family-friendly script, as long as the whole family can tolerate a few eye roll-inducing puns. Even better — there is a strong theme about independent young girls embedded in the story.
With Artistic Director Danny Hoskins at the helm, the Blackfriars cast is, in a word, marvelous. “Peter and the Starcatcher” isn’t a traditional musical, but it is a play with music (original score by Wayne Barker) and lots of physical movement. The amount of timing and coordination between blocking, lighting, and sound is imperative for this show’s success, and the cast functions as a synchronized unit, creating a comedic choreography that’s incredibly powerful and emotive when needed. The 12-person cast features many familiar faces from around the city’s stages, with spoton casting for each role. The leading lady — quite literally, as she’s the only female in the show — is local high schooler Marcella Cincotta, who shines in the role of spunky Molly Aster. It seems Cincotta is typecast, she’s so natural to the part, and she effortlessly steals the spotlight from a host of much older male co-stars throughout the show. As her father, Lord Aster, Mark Brummitt is the quintessential British gentleman, from posture
to (his actual) accent. He makes the most of his lesser stage time with precisely timed reactions and perhaps the most expressive face on stage. Joseph Buck (Prentiss), Harry Franklin (Boy), and Ben Liebrand (Ted) play the haphazard, energetic orphans, and Franklin delivers a stirring portrayal of Peter Pan as Boy. As Black Stache, Stefan Cohen is a swashbuckling pirate who swings between swaggering and sniffling with his fragile ego, the ideal counterpart to Jeff Siuda’s sniveling Smee. Together, the pair elicited many a warranted laugh from the audience. Rounding out the cast is Danny Kincaid Kunz as the unassuming Grempkin, Hector Manuel as the unexpected lover Alf, Jason Rugg as the doting Mrs. Bumbrake (and an equally good turn as Teacher), Scott Shriner as the man-of-few-words Captain Scott, and Rick Staropoli as the ruffian pirate Slank. Each member of the cast brings such strong stage presence and talent to the production that it’s impossible to see a weak character on stage at any time — a truly impressive feat. The set design is particularly important in “Peter and the Starcatcher,” as it’s a show dependent on a multi-level, multi-dimensional set and the “star stuff” places some expectations for special effects. Eric Williamson and props master John Engel have worked their usual expertise to create a ship onstage, and plenty of tricks along the way provide a bit of magic. There’s even a place for pianist Amanda Meldrum-Stevenson (also the music director) and drummer Greg Gascon to be onstage as they play the sound effects and score throughout the show. Janice Ferger’s imaginative-yet-period costume design rounds out the aesthetic of the set. While it’s not specifically a holiday show, “Peter and the Starcatcher” offers just the kind of feeling people seek around this time of year: innocent, child-like wonder mingled with the belief that faith, hope, love, and a little bit of pixie dust — err, star stuff — makes anything possible. If you believe, clap your hands, and grab tickets before it sells out. Leah Stacy is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@ rochester-citynews.com.
Theater Audition [ WED., DECEMBER 18 ] Frozen Jr. 6 p.m. A Magical Journey Thru Stages, 875 E Main St Grades 2-5 mjtstages.com.
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IMAGE COURTESY NEW LINE CINEMA
FILM | ‘GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN’
ART | ‘WORKING WITH WAX 2019’
Screening this week in The Baobab’s Friday Film series is “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” the 1984 PBS-produced made-for-TV movie based on James Baldwin’s 1953 semi-autobiographical novel. Set in the 1930s, the story examines both the positive and oppressive impact of the church on the lives of African Americans. It follows the journey of a family from the rural South to Harlem, and centers on John Grimes, a young boy who yearns for the approval of his religious fanatic stepfather, Gabriel Grimes. But it wouldn’t be a Baldwin story without complex look into the inner lives of people, and the story also dives into the backstories of John’s mother and Gabriel (in the film, played by Ving Rhames in his youth). Baldwin’s book was ranked among the top 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by both Modern Library and Time Magazine.
Rochester has its fair share of art collectives, clubs and groups. Some are general gatherings based on the particular suburb where the members live, and others are more specifically geared toward an interest in one medium. Take, for example, the Rochester-based Working with Wax group, which currently an exhibit of new work by group members up at The Little Theatre Café. Led by founder and encaustic painting expert Kathryn Bevier, the group includes more than 30 artists working in a range of styles, who choose to work with beeswax as a primary medium, creating two- and three-dimensional works. In addition to individual works, the show also includes 3-D pieces created in collaboration by members of the group.
Friday, December 20, 7 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Avenue. $5-$7 suggested donation. 563-2145; baobabcultural.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. Ja’Tovia Gary: Giverny I (NÉGRESSE IMPÉRIALE). Dec. 20-April 5.
The Yards, 50-52 Public Market. Members Showcase. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Reception Dec 20, 6-9pm. Through Dec 29. attheyards.com. [ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Sheridan Vincent: Round & About Rochester. Through Jan. 19, 2020. 546-8400.
Through January 3, 2020. The Little Theatre Café, 240 East Avenue. Café hours are Monday through Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m., and Sunday, 5 to 9 p.m. Free admission. 258-0400; thelittle.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
540WMain, 540 W Main St. Taurus Savant: Candid Canvis. Through Dec. 29. 420-8439. Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library, 115 South Ave. Art of the Book. MondaysSaturdays. Through Feb 1. 428-8350. Art Center of Rochester, 563 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. Chloe Smith & Kaitlin Roney: Nothing Ethereal About Her. Through Jan. 17, 2020. 435-4677.
Arts Center of Yates County, 127 Main St. Penn Yan. Celebration. Mondays-Saturdays. (315) 536-8226. ArtSpace36, 36 Main St. Canandaigua. Student Portfolio Show. Thursdays-Saturdays. Through Jan 17. flcc.edu/ artspace36. AsIs Gallery, Sage Art Center, 835 Wilson Blvd. The Backyard: Senior Works in Progress. Through Jan. 19, 2020.
Central Library, Local History & Genealogy Division, 115 South Ave. Everyday People: The Dinkle Family & Rochester’s African American Past. Through Dec 30. 428-8370. Chocolate & Vines, 757 University Ave. Gale Karpel & Evelyne Albanese: Photography & Paintings. Through Dec. 30. 340-6362. Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 NY 332. Works by David Cowles. 398-0220. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main St. Dansville. Winter Exhibit. 335-4746. Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-1730. MudBooks. Through Dec. 20.; Good Things..come in small packages. Through Dec. 21. Frank Argento Studio, 510 Park Ave. Dance: A Mixed Media Exhibit. 512-4904. Fuego Coffee Roasters, 1 Woodbury Blvd. Will Cornfield: Imperfect Perfections. Through Dec. 31. 270-9214. Gallery at Kodak Center, 200 W Ridge Rd. The Power to Move Us: Celebrating Railfans, Rail Photographers, & Our Own Kodak Park Railroad History. Through Jan 31. 254-0181. Gallery Q, 100 College Ave. HIV: Does it Really Matter?. Mondays-Fridays. 244-8640. Ganondagan State Historic Site, 7000 County Rd 41. Hodinöhsö:ni’ Women: From the Time of Creation. $3-$8. ganondagan.org. Geisel Gallery, 2nd Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Victoria Savka: Not Your Average Menagerie. MondaysFridays. Through Dec 30. thegeiselgallery.com. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. Lena Herzog: Last Whispers. Through Jan 1; Tanya Marcuse: Woven. Through Jan 5.; Anderson & Low: Voyages and Discoveries; Relocating to America: A History of Photography through the Immigrant Lens. Through Apr 19.; Peter Bo Rappmund: Tectonics. Through Jul 6.; Penelope Umbrico: Everyone’s Photos Any License. $5-$15 eastman.org
Go Art!, 201 E Main St. Batavia. goart.org. Members Challenge: Absence. Through Mar 7. GO Art: Salih Gallery, 24 E Bank St. Albion. 4X4 Exhibit. Through Dec 21. 343-9313. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Holiday Show 2019. Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Dec 22. 271-2540. INeRT PReSS, 1115 East Main St. Far East. Thursdays. Through Dec 26. 482-0931. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. David Kerstetter: Red Dahlia. Through Dec. 31. 264-1440. Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Ave. Irondequoit Art Walk. Through December. irondequoitartclub.org. Little Café, 240 East Ave. Working with Wax 2019. Through Jan. 3, 2020. 258-0400. Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Small Show: The Large Show of Small Works. Through Dec 29. 461-4447. Main Street Arts, 20 W Main St. Clifton Springs. Small Works 2019. (315) 462-0210. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. De’VIA: The Manifesto Comes of Age. Through Feb 16. Tours Thursdays 6-7pm. $6-$15.; Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau. Through Jan 19. $6-$15. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls. Annual Members Exhibition. Through Jan 31. 624-7740. More Fire Glass Studio, 36 Field St. Amanda Parry Oglesbee: Beings. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Through Dec 23. 242-0450. MuCCC Gallery, 142 Atlantic Ave. Valerie Berner: Making the Scenes. Through Dec. 29. muccc.org/artgallery. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt Hope Ave. Mary Ann SawyerWade: This & That, Here & There. Through Jan. 19, 2020. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S Main St. Canandaigua. Holidays at the Gallery. Through Dec. 31. Through Dec 31. 394-0030. continues on page 26
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Rare Books & Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, UR River Campus. Victoria: A Ruling Image | Arthur Sullivan & the Royal Family: An Exhibition. Through Dec 20. 275-4461. RIT City Art Space, 280 East Main St. R. Roger Remington: Formation. Through Jan 25. Gallery talk Jan 24, 6pm. cityartspace.rit.edu. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 29th Annual Members Exhibition | Earthen. Through Jan 12. 461-2222. Studio 402, 250 N Goodman St. The Art of Giving. Through Dec. 27. Through Dec 27. 269-9823. University Gallery, Booth Hall, RIT, 166 Lomb Memorial Dr. William Keyser: Painting & Sculpture. Through Dec 20. 475-2866. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. vsw.org. Courtney Asztalos: Encore; The Velvet Noose. Through Dec. 22. Whitman Works Co, 1826 Penfield Rd. Penfield. Magic & Mayhem. 747-9999. William Harris Gallery, 3rd Floor Gannett Hall, RIT. MFA Photography & Related Media Work Share. 475- 2716. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Katherine Weston: Before There Was Yonder. Reception Jan 10, 5-7pm. Through Jan 13. 271-9070. Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr. Print Club of Rochester: 88th Annual Exhibition. Through Jan. 17, 2020. 785-1369.
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[ THU., DECEMBER 19 ] DeTOUR: The Boy Who Lived. 6 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 2768900 $12. [ SAT., DECEMBER 21 ] Tiny Trunk Show. 11 a.m.-5 p.m Sylvan Starlight Creations, 50 State St., Bldg C . Pittsford 209-0960.
Comedy [ WED., DECEMBER 18 ] Anthony Rodia. 7 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $25. 426-6339. [ THU., DECEMBER 19 ] April Macie. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $12-$17. 426-6339. Have Yourself a Draggy Little Christmas. 9:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $20. 426-6339. Talent’s Comedy Takeover: John Henton, Mario Torres, Yolanda Smilez. 7:30 p.m. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave $30/$35. 451-0047.
FAMILY | ‘BREAKFAST (FOR DINNER) WITH SANTA UNDER THE STARS’
Most breakfast-with-Santa events (understandably) take place in the morning, but the Rochester Museum & Science Center has planned an evening event that includes educational activities and treats. Two seatings take place this Friday night only, at 5:30 and 7 p.m., featuring a buffet of favorite breakfast foods served under the night sky (projected on the dome at the Strasenburg Planetarium). Meetings with Santa for the first dinner take place between 5 and 5:45 p.m., and between 5:45 and 6:30 p.m. for the second dinner. And visitors at either dinner can take part in activities before or after dinner (or both), offered between 5 and 8:30 p.m. The Animals of the Arctic Workshop includes information on how animals adapt to the environment in Santa’s stomping grounds, as well as crafts to take home; the Snow Science Workshop involves experimenting with a snow-like polymer and making your own snow slime, and the RMSC Players will present several performances of “Eddie the Elk” throughout the evening. Tickets to the event include a meet-and-greet with Santa, the breakfast, workshops, the play, and a hot chocolate bar. Friday, December 20, 5:30 & 7 p.m. RMSC’s Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue. $25 per person, registration is encouraged. 697-1942; rmsc.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
[ FRI., DECEMBER 20 ] Kristen Becker: Out of the Claus-et. 8 p.m. Focus Theater, 390 South Ave, Suite C. $12. 666-2647. Mike Cannon. 8 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15. 426-6339. [ SAT., DECEMBER 21 ] Nuts & Bolts Improv. 8 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $10. 426-6339.
Theater A Christmas Carol. Wed., Dec. 18, & Thu., Dec. 19, 7pm, Fri., Dec. 20, 7:30 pm, Sat., Dec. 21, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 22, 12 & 5 p.m. Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $12.50-$82. gevatheatre.org. The Duck Variations. Fri., Dec. 20, 8 p.m., Sat., Dec. 21, 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 22, 2 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $10. muccc.org.
The I-Won’t-Be-Home-ForChristmas Club. Fri., Dec. 20 & Sat., Dec. 21: 8 p.m. Sun., Dec. 22, 3 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place $30. 325-4370. The Lion King. Thu., Dec. 19, 1 & 7:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 20, 8 p.m., Sat., Dec. 21, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun., Dec. 22, 1 & 6:30 p.m., Mon., Dec. 23, 7:30 p.m. and Tue., Dec. 24, 1 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $33 & up. rbtl.org. Midwinter Renaissance Faire. Mon, Dec. 23, & Tue, Dec. 24, 7 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave $10/$15. muccc.org. Raging Skillet. Sats, 8pm, Suns, 2pm & Thus, 7 p.m JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $20-$33. 461-2000. Wrapping Around the Christmas Tree: The Musical. Fri., Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 21, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 22, 2 p.m. Lyric Theatre, 440 East Ave $15-$35.
Kids Events [ WED., DECEMBER 18 ] Animal Encounters. noon. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. $21. 263-2700. Book & Beast. 11-11:30 a.m Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St Free with paid Zoo admission. 336-7200. Wildlife Action Crew: Polar Bears & Climate Change. 6-8 p.m Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St $45/$50. 336-7200. Wildlife Rockstars. 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. rmsc.org. [ SAT., DECEMBER 21 ] Classic Toys School Break. Dec. 21-Jan. 5. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. Closed Dec 25 $16. 263-2700.
Holiday Christmas at RCCM. Wed., Dec. 18, 6 p.m., Thu., Dec. 19, 6 p.m., Fri., Dec. 20, 6 p.m., Sat., Dec. 21, 6 p.m., Sun., Dec. 22, 6 p.m. and Mon., Dec. 23, 6 p.m. Rochester Christian Church Ministries, 3177 Lyell Rd. rccm.org.
Gifted, II. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays, 3-7 p.m Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main St, Suite #203, Door #5 210-3161. Hawaiian Christmas Party. Fri., Dec. 20, 6 p.m. Roc Brewing Co., 56 S Union St 794-9798. Holiday Botanical Show. Through Jan. 5, 2020. Lamberton Conservatory, 180 Reservoir Rd. $2/$3. 753-7270. Holiday Open House. Sat., Dec. 21, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $6-$10. gcv.org. Holidays at the Market. Thu., Dec. 19, 5-9 p.m. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. 428-6907. Kwanzaa Celebration. Sat., Dec. 21, 1-4 p.m. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Sq. Roc Holiday Village. Through Dec. 29. MLK Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Sq. Closed Christmas Day. Santa & Reindeer Train Excursion. Sat., Dec. 21, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 22, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. $36-$51. 798-6106.
Skate with Santa. Sat., Dec. 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex, 2700 Brighton-Henrietta Townline Rd $5-$12 plus skate rental. 424-4625. Sunday Forum: A Mindful Christmas Season II. Sun., Dec. 22, 9:50-10:50 a.m. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. 325-4000.
Recreation [ SAT., DECEMBER 21 ] Saturday Snowshoeing. 1-3 p.m Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave $3/$5, $15/family. 336-3035. Winter Solstice Open House. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. rmsc.org.
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Film
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie in “Bombshell.” PHOTO COURTESY LIONSGATE
Bombed out “Bombshell” (R), DIRECTED BY JAY ROACH OPENS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
A slickly-produced account of the women whose sexual harassment accusations eventually brought down Fox News chief Roger Ailes, “Bombshell” offers a too-often surface level look at a (sadly) perpetually-timely subject. Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman star as Fox anchors Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson, the two most high-profile figures at the center of the scandal that shook up the network (albeit briefly) in the second half of 2016. Kelly is the closest to a main character we get, and the film follows her as she heads into her role as moderator of the August 2015 Republican debate. It’s there that Kelly challenged then-candidate Donald Trump on
his sexism, inadvertently kicking off a feud with Trump that had Kelly unexpectedly incurring the wrath of the network’s viewers. While Kelly is the film’s central figure, it’s “Fox & Friends” star Carlson who’s the first to level allegations against Ailes (played by John Lithgow, assisted by some impressively jowl-y prosthetics). After Carlson ends up fired from the network, she sues Ailes for sexual harassment, eventually opening the floodgates for more women to come forward. The film’s third major character is Kayla (Margot Robbie), a newly-hired associate producer, and self-described “influencer in the Jesus space,” with aspirations of becoming onair talent. Kayla is a composite character, and while Carlson’s harassment took place years prior, Kayla’s storyline is representative of the women Ailes is currently preying upon. It’s heartbreaking to see the humiliation and disillusionment Kayla faces as she experiences harassment at the hands of Ailes
in exchange for promises of professional advancement. Robbie gives the film’s strongest performance — possibly because it’s not beholden to existing persons — but the writing of her character never feels consistent. Early on, she falls into bed with another producer (Kate McKinnon), a closeted lesbian and secret Hillary supporter. Kayla’s bisexuality is ham-fistedly handled; we get no insight, for example, into how that aspect of herself interacts with the place she’s chosen to be employed. The screenplay by Charles Randolph (“The Big Short”) does a good job dramatizing the pervading culture of sexism at Fox: the constant stream of dehumanizing compliments and microaggressions the women who work there face on a daily basis. But the film never makes any connection between the network’s internal culture and its role in propping up the societal structures that make it possible. Structures that actively dehumanize women and people of color in particular.
McKinnon’s character delivers the clearest distillation of the network’s ethos during an introductory walk-and-talk through the newsroom. The aim, she explains, is always to find stories that will scare your grandma and rile up your grandpa; ones that will “frighten and titillate” viewers to just the right degree. “Bombshell” works hard to completely absolve its characters of their own complicity in the creation of the toxic product churned out by Fox. Which isn’t to say their politics should have a bearing on any sympathy we feel for the sexual harassment they experienced, but it does flatten the complexity of who we know these women to be. At its heart, the film is about a very specific brand of white, conservative feminism, and the refusal to acknowledge that feels like a glaring omission. Nor does the film tell us anything we don’t already know about the toxic environment at Fox News — a network that’s far beyond parody or satire at this point. Early on, the filmmakers seem to be trying for a lightly satirical tone, but it’s eventually abandoned in favor of somber earnestness. And the storytelling can be amusingly blatant, as when Kelly debates speaking out while sitting in traffic, and we get a zoom in on a blinking “stay in lane” road sign. There’s an interesting story here, and it’s complicated by the women’s decision to look the other way when it benefits them. Predators like Ailes can’t hold onto power without the help of women as well, and it’s frustrating that Randolph’s script sidesteps any opportunity to hold its characters accountable for their role in upholding the status quo. In bending over backward to position its protagonists as feminist heroes, the film ends up feeling strangely timid and superficial. There’s a certain value in Roach’s attempt to find the humanity in women whose public personas large swaths of the country have come to despise. But it needed a sharper script and a bit more curiosity into what makes these women tick to really do their story justice. Adam Lubitow is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@ rochester-citynews.com.
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MEGHAN L. FOX, PSY.D., P.L.L.C. filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on June 5, 2019. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1580 Elmwood Ave, Suite D, Rochester, NY 14620. The purpose of the Company is psychological services.
[ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of formation of a limited liability company (LLC). Name: PAK Leader Tools, LLC. Article of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 10, 2019 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 1685 Edgemere Dr., Rochester NY 14612. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Family Nails Salon LLC. Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/02/19. Office Location: Monroe County. Street Address of principal business location: c/o The Limited Liability Company, 500 South Union Street, Spencerport, NY 14559. SSNY shall mail copy of process: c/o The Limited Liability Company, 500 South Union Street, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Gilletek LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/5/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 707 Mendon Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Honest Properties LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/9/15. 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 249 Cherry Creek Ln., Rochester, NY 14626. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Ingerson Stone Homestead, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/9/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Tina M. Schuth, 4317 Canal Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Matilda Ventures LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/5/19. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 1 Woodbury Blvd, Rochester, NY 14604. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] MSZ PROPERTIES LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/5/19. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC, 919 Culver Road, Attn: Michael S. Zwas, Rochester, NY 14609. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of R&M Properties of NY LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/21/2019; Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7617 Fourth Section Road, Brockport, New York 14420. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Automative Solutions LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o 76 Thistlewood Ln, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brand 52 LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/23/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 135 Brannon Lane Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Broadstone Employee Sub, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/12/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CALLAHAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, LLC . Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/16/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to 27 Vick Park B #2, Rochester, NY, 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of DEVTRINSIC SOLUTIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 774 Washington St, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Digital Infrastructure, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 1/25/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 780 Ridge Rd, Ste. 4, Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of DwG Rocket LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4445 Clover St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ezekiel Properties LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/20/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 99 Orchard Street Webster, NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hafner Bee Yard, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 0802/19 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 82 Lake Shore Drive, Hilton, NY 14468 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of JDR Distributing LLC (the “LLC”). The LLC was formerly known as Digital Creative Distributing, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 1/28/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 780 Ridge Rd, Ste. 4, Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY
LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KeySpoke Software LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/14/2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 620 Park Ave #328 Rochester NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of KMB Investors, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/25/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, P.O. Box 12551, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LADS Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/3/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the LLC, 486 Spring Water Lane, New Canaan, CT 06840-6009. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LAKE AFFECT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 179 Cobbs Hill Dr, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Dewey Capital Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 15, 2019. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Lyndhurst Capital Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 20, 2019. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited
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Legal Ads Liability Company (LLC). Name: Nolte Road Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 19, 2019. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose.
Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o 12 Silent Meadows Dr, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of formation of RBG PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/15/2006. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Michael Radigan, 14 Concord Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of Mark M Hills Remodeling, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 1/25/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 780 Ridge Rd, Ste. 4, Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MHB Property Solutions Residences, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) September 26, 2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 40 Amann Rd, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MK Consulting & Training, LLC filed Article of Organization with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/2019. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Christine Merle, 170 Orchard Park Blvd, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Any lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Monroe Assistance Fund LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/20/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, Attn: Paul Adams, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Narvaez Transportation, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/1/2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6887 Forth Section, Brockport, New York 14420. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Otis Creek Estate LLC Arts. of
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of REC 298, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/6/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1858 Jackson Rd, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Redstart Solutions LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/04/2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of River’s Edge Party House, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/1/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 92 Colin St, Rochester, NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RR Street Grill, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 12/9/2019. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 109 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ServerTech LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/11/2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 67 Branchwood Lane, Rochester
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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 NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SITO’S SWEETS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 12/9/2019. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 30 Rosemont Circle, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SRS2 of New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1169 Howard Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SRS3 of New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1169 Howard Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Top Shelf Capital, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/01/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 300 Hylan Drive, Ste 6-130, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TOP SHELF HOCKEY TRAINING, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) November 8, 2019. Office location: Monroe County. 10 Falcon Trail, Pittsford, N.Y. 14534/ SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Office location. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Wind Song Cottage, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 9/27/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to P. O. Box #444, Brockport, NY 14420. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Wolf
Development, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the NY Dept. of State on October 3, 2019. Office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 1643 Shallow Creek Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC 2111 Hudson Ave Irondequoit NY 14617 to satisfy a lien for rental on December 17th 2019 at approx. 12:30 PM at [www. storagetreasures.com] [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of DENALI ROI, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Arkansas (AR) on 04/24/17. Princ. office of LLC: 3308 Bernice Ave., Russellville, AR 72802. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Cert. of Form. filed with AR Secy. of State, Attn: Corporations, 500 Woodland Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Purpose: Transportation and applications of residue. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GCP REIT IV MLO, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/30/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/30/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. Of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of JB Electric and Solar LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 9/5/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the FL address of LLC: 96 Willard St, Ste 205, Cocoa, FL 32922. Arts. of Org. filed with FL Secy of State, 500 South Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ROC EZ AUTO LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/15/2019. LLC’s office is in
Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to 5018 Ridge Road West, Spencerport, NY 14559. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 4992 W Ridge Rd. Spencerport NY 1459. The purpose of the Company is Automotive repair.
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TheChocolateCo And Bake Shop LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/20/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 1330 Drake Rd., Brockport, NY 14420. General Purpose.
Gryska Agencies, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 11/20/19 effective 1/1/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 1567 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Tokin Management, LLC. Authority filed SSNY on 11/25/2019 Monroe CO LLC formed Wyoming 10/18/2019 exists 30 N Gould St STE N. Sheridan, WY 82801 . SSNY design agent for process Et shall mail a copy of process to: 763 Linden Ave, Suite 2, Rochester, NY 14625 General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Wraithmarked Creative, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/14/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 21 Goodway Dr Rochester, NY 14623 General Purpose
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of 1384 Bellagio LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/3/2019. Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ]
Wyers Point, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 10/25/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Attn: Tricia L. Vantucci, 5 Ampor Beach, Hilton, NY 14468. General Purpose.
Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Holdings, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/5/2019. Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whomprocess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity
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D&T Rents Dansville LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 11/18/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to P.O. Box 92280, Rochester, NY 14692. Purpose: any lawful activity.
West General Contractors, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 1/13/10. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 37 Richmond St., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] EASTSIDE MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY, LLC filed Articles of Incorporation as a professional service LLC, with the New York Department of State on 11/05/19. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to The LLC, 625 Panorama Trail, Rochester, NY 14625. The purpose of the LLC is to provide Marriage & Family Therapy. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] FEENEYS AUTO LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 10/08/2019. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated
[ Notice of Formation of FRUMUSA PERFORMANCE LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on July 1, 2019. LLC location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 498 Manitou Beach Rd., Hilton, NY. 14468; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is 950 Reynolds Associates LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on November 1, 2019. Office location
is Monroe County, New York. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 16 East Main Street, 950 Reynolds Arcade Building, Rochester, New York 14614. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is Echem Tech LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/21/19. 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 3 Fletcher Road Pittsford NY 14534. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] 33-39 Ellicott St, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 12/10/2019 with an effective date of formation of 12/10/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 695 Howard Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 206 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] EZ Dumpster, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 11/5/2019 with an effective date of formation of 11/5/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 100 Owens Road, Brockport, NY 14420. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Goaltender Development LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 11/12/2019 with an effective date of formation of 11/12/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 32 Wilelen Road, Rochester, NY 14624. 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 ] WBGL, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 12/9/2019 with an effective date of formation of 12/9/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 1755 Gloria Drive, Fairport, NY 14450. 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 PIERSALL CONSULTING LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 12/09/2019. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PIERSALL CONSULTING LLC, C/O JEFFREY S. PIERSALL, 720 ADMIRALTY WAY, WEBSTER, NY 145803910. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Intent to Acquire Property ] Under Article 5, Section 233.aa of the New York State Education Law, the Rochester Historical Society hereby asserts its intent to acquire title to the following property: Flags: Red Cross flag 8’x11’; US flag 45 stars 18961908 5’x8’; US flag 43 stars 6’x12’ 1890-1891; US flag 48 stars 8’x12’; US flag 38 star 18771890 18’x32’; nations of Europe circa 1914 32”x24” quantity 32; Spanish flag 8’x12’. Clothing: Dress, silk circa 1840; woman’s jacket circa 1860; wedding dress, satin, circa 1865; Dress, silk circa 1865; dress, silk, circa 1870; dress, silk circa 1880; dress, velvet circa 1880; woman’s skirt velvet circa 1880; Woman’s skirt & bodice circa 1890 (6); woman’s skirt and bodice, velvet, circa 1890; woman’s dress, silk circa 1900 (3); Dress, cotton circa 1900 (5); Riding habit, wool circa 1900; dress, cotton circa 1910 (4); woman’s coat, silk 1910 (3); Bodice, velvet circa 1910; dress, silk circa 1910; skirt, cotton circa 1910; woman’s jacket, silk circa 1910 (2); smock, cotton circa 1970; Project Hope uniform circa 1970; cape, wool circa 1920; dress, satin circa 1920 (2); dress, silk circa 1920; dress, cotton circa 1960; overskirt, cotton circa 1900; dressing gown, cotton circa 1900 (2); petticoat, cotton circa 1900; slip, cotton circa 1900 (2); wedding dress, silk & satin circa 1910; child’s apron, cotton circa 1940;
Legal Ads child’s slip circa 1880; child’s dress, wool circa 1840 (2); woman’s coat, wool circa 1890; woman’s jacket, cotton circa 1900; woman’s bodice, silk circa 1890; woman’s uniform circa 1940; child’s coat, wool circa 1940; child’s coat, cotton circa 1950; child’s dress, cotton circa 1900; man’s tux trousers, wool circa 1940 (2); man’s vest, silk & velvet circa 1900 (2); man’s jacket, satin circa 1913; man’s tux with tails, wool circa 1920; man’s tux with tails, wool circa 1960; man’s coat, wool circa 1960; winter overcoat, wool circa 1890; man’s tux with tails, wool circa 1900; man’s trousers, wool circa 1900; man’s formal jacket, wool circa 1960; dress, cotton circa 1960; bodice, wool circa 1916; cape, satin & lace circa 1890; Jacket, wool circa 1860; lace jacket, cotton circa 1900 (2); cape, silk circa 1890 (4); jacket, velvet circa 1890; evening coat, velvet circa 1930 (2); bodice, silk circa 1902; bodice, silk circa 1910; 2 piece waist, satin circa 1870 (2); 2 piece waist, velvet circa 1890; bodice & skirt, wool & velvet circa 1860; wedding dress, satin & lace circa 1940; 2 piece dress, satin circa 1880 (2); military pants, black; Army jacket and pants WWI, uniform, black; sailor suit, blue; British air raid jacket WWII; Objects: cradle circa 1860 L36” H 27.5” W 21”; Carpet bag 14”x20” circa 1860; Wooden bandbox circa 1826, blue with windmill design 19”l 15”w 12”h; hall tree, black iron H 73.5” w 26” d12”; Wicker child’s rocker H24” H24” w14.5”; hobby horse H25” w8” l27”; Rocking chair, black wood H32” L28” W17”; wooden baby carriage L39” W14” H26”; wooden animal carrier L32” W21” H28”; Pedestal table H15”, Dia 21”; library ladder chair H37” W18” D16”; round pedestal table, walnut, H27” D21”; Round pedestal table H25” dia.19”; Metal tub L32” W26” H28”; Desk, pine marked Lewis Platt Smith 1843-1872 L27” W23” H34”; Blanket chest, pine L36” W17” H34”; Table top mirror with drawers L19” W7.7” H20”; 2 bed warmers wood and brass L43” Dia.12”; Smith & Bros. typewriter L14” W14” H13”; Carved end table, oak initial ABD L18” w16” H32”; Stereoscope Alex Becker’s patent #890 L14” 1” H20”; Child’s piano L20” W10” H10”; Gorham flatware chest initialed JMS L25” W18” H9”; melodeon L20” W11.5” H6.5”; Tabernacle mirror L33” W20”Mechanical drawing set with invoice London 1839 L17” W9” H5.5”; Pitcher and bowl set, ceramic green stripe L15” w8” H 15” & L17” w12” H8”; Compote, ceramic white, pierced L16” W10” H13”; Lamp shade, colored glass H8” Dia 16”; Cut glass vase H.20” Dia9”; black marble clock L9.5” W5.5” H9.5”; Wood black columned clock L9.5” W5” H18”; Picture viewer L6.5” W5” H5.5”; Urn, black
and white H8.5” dia5.5”; Small child’s chair slit wood seat 23”H 14”W 11”D; Sewing machine, Wheeler & Wilson makers L16” W12” H13.5”; Ear trumpet L 13”, H4”; marble dog figurine L8” H5”; Mortar and pestle H8.5” Dia5.5”; wooden hay fork H66”; Reed and wood horn L95”; quiver and 10 arrows L27” W8”; wicker rug beater L28”; iron peel L36”; iron fire place hooks L28”; Wooden candle mold L19” W15” D6.5”; waffle iron L37”; Fireplace tongs and poker, silver color L30”; Top of pilaster L27.5” W8.5” H9”; Glass vase with silver feet and handles stamped Tiffany L12” W5” H9”; Wooden doll cradle L18” W16” H14”; wicker picnic basket set L12” W11” H7.5”; Clear glass vase with etchings L6.25” W4.5” H8”; Coffee urn silver plate patented 1866 H19” dia. 8”; McCoy aqua vase H9”; White Wedgewood cover tureen L14” W9” H8”; Hotel desk bell H5”; Images: Stereo views 7”x3.5” various subjects quantity 92; Daguerreotypes various sizes, anon men and women 69; ambrotype various sizes, anon men and women 30; Tin types various sizes anon men and women quantity 66; Chromolithograph anon children quantity 2; Photographs, US- general, unidentified people and places 1729; photographs, foreign unidentified places 102; cabinet cards unidentified people and places 204; carte de visite unidentified people 224; US post cards 271; cabinet cards of the 1889 Universele Exposition 1889; Foreign post cards 149; holiday post cards 65; Reines Cathedral post cards 60; If you claim and can demonstrate ownership to this property, you must contact the society in writing to make arrangements to collect the property; send correspondence to William Keeler/Librarian Archivist, Rochester Historical Society, 121 Lincoln Ave., Rochester, NY 14611. If you fail to do so within one hundred eighty (180) days, the museum will commence proceedings to acquire title to the property. If you wish to commence legal proceedings to claim the property, you should consult an attorney. [ NOTICE] JLT OPERATIONS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/3/2019. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 140 Floral Dr., Rochester, NY 14617, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2019009160ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Betty J. Newman, Deceased, any persons who are heirs or distributees of Betty J. Newman, Deceased, and all persons who are widows,
Fun 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; Elizabeth A. Newman; Catherine D. Newman, a/k/a Catherine Chandler; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; United States of America; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe”, Defendants. Location of property to be foreclosed: 1043 Ogden Parma Town Line Road, Town of Ogden, 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: September 23, 2019 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 October 19, 2004 in Liber 19235 of Mortgages, page 398 in the amount of $25,000.00; and mortgage recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 20, 2009 in Liber 22139 of Mortgages, page 100 in the amount of $25,000.00;
and Consolidation Extension and Modification Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 20, 2009 in Liber 22139 of Mortgages, page 108. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, The plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action except for Betty J. Newman. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. J. Scott Odorisi a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated November 15, 2019 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises are described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Ogden, County of Monroe and State of New York, as distinguished as being the northwest corner of Lot 3 in said Town and more particularly bounded and described as follows: Commencing in the center line of Ogden Parma Town Line Road at the northeast corner of the premises heretofore conveyed by Mary G. Clement, et al, to Carlton E. Schleede by deed dated November 30th, 1949 and recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 2583 of Deeds, at Page 281; thence southerly along the easterly line of the said Schleede premises to Salmon Creek; thence in a northeasterly direction along the bank of said Creek until it intersects the north line of said Lot 3 at the center of the aforesaid highway at the bridge; thence west along the center of said highway to the place of beginning. Excepting therefrom premises conveyed by Deed recorded in Liber 9525 of Deeds, Page 369. Property Address: 1043 Ogden Parma Town Line Road, Spencerport, NY 14559 Tax Account Number: 085.02-1-23v [ NOTICE ]
MGD Ventures, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/5/19. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 64 Commercial St., Suite 401, Rochester, NY 14614. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
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