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Remembering Louise Slaughter
I was saddened to learn of the death of a great public servant, Louise Slaughter. I remember covering Louise when she was in the County Legislature. She was always on top of the issues, respected her political opponents, and used her great charm to provide reporters and constituents with a pithy quote. I was amused at how someone representing Rochester had a remarkable Southern accent, which puzzled those who didn’t know her background but really made her stand out. A good thing, too, because that gave us entree to her intelligence, strength of character, and dedication to her district and the nation. Although I never lived in her district, it was always a kick to watch, via C-Span, Louise speaking on the floor of the House, in committee hearings, and at rallies and other events. She was unique, and gave much to her community and her country. Many condolences to all her friends and family. TOM WILLIAMS
Williams, who now lives in Malta, New York, worked at CITY Newspaper in the 1970’s and later was a reporter for the Rochester Times-Union.
I will remember Louise Slaughter for her commitment to the underdogs, outcasts, disadvantaged, victims, and survivors. When so many of her colleagues were casting votes to get rich, gain power, or hide from their mistakes, Slaughter’s votes were for the immigrants, minorities, children, elderly, ill, and wounded. When others were looking to use their power for themselves, Slaughter used it to take on the banks over corruption or stand up for farmers over subsidies. She was a politician who always cared about the welfare of people first. Slaughter also knew how to say “no” when she needed to. Perhaps her 2 CITY
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most difficult vote in Congress came in October 2002, when she and her peers were called to vote on going to war in Iraq. Under immense political and social pressure, Slaughter was one of the few Democratic leaders who had the prophetic courage to resist the Bush agenda. Her “no” vote required exceptional fortitude. In 2011, she again acted with fortitude when she voted “yes” on removing US armed forces from Afghanistan. Even when she opposed these wars, Slaughter never stopped fighting to make sure that soldiers had the weapons and armor they needed to be effective. She fought tirelessly to make sure that our veterans had the health care they deserved when the fighting was done. And more than any other member of the House, it was Slaughter who hounded the Bush administration to find out how much money was being spent on those invasions.. In the end, her most significant achievement may be the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. This bill radically changed the way government deals with the epidemic of domestic violence. One of the least ideological members of the US House, Slaughter was able to tell the remarkable stories of domestic violence survivors and champion their struggle in a public way. As she had done for countless other groups in her political career, she was able to make the plight of women in domestic-violence situations a public health crisis and national emergency. Due to her tenacious activism, thousands of lives have been saved. Louise Slaughter was a towering figure in American government. She was the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee, a degree earning microbiologist, a defender of the working class, a patriot in every sense of the word, and a representative of the people who will never be replaced. May she rest in peace.
learn that one possible reason for the lax response to the 911 calls is that people cross that bridge on foot all the time. Of course it’s not unusual to see someone walking across that bridge, because the alternative is to go far out of your way. This was entirely predictable. That we could completely rebuild a bridge in the 21st century in the middle of an urban downtown with no accommodation for pedestrians and bikes is a travesty by itself, without the added tragedy of Trevyan’s death. If that bridge had pedestrian accommodation, it would have been designed to make it difficult to jump or fall. If Trevyan was panicked due to the traffic, he still would likely have gotten to the other side of the river or turned around and gone back. Or if he was purposefully trying to harm himself, 911 dispatchers would have sat up and noticed if callers reported someone trying to breach the barriers. We deserve an explanation for this neglect to our infrastructure. If there are rules or laws that prohibited active transit infrastructure in this case, they should be changed. If our civil engineers neglected this functionality, we need to find out why. Did we hand-wave over the New York State Complete Streets law (again)? Our new ROC the Riverway initiative includes lots of new and some repairs of pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. It should minimally include addressing this major shortfall of the Douglass-Anthony Bridge. How many besides Trevyan have already been injured or worse? It is certain that he won’t be the last if we don’t address this negligence.
GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE
On the continuing saga of the Whole Foods’ Plaza plan in Brighton: Nobody
Another failure with Trevyan: infrastructure
For reasons that have always been mysterious to me (and piss me off no end), the Douglass-Anthony Bridge was built with no accommodation for pedestrians or bicycles. In the news about Trevyan Rowe’s death, we
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Rush hour and Whole Foods
has pointed out that peak groceryshopping hours do not coincide with rush-hour congestion times. So this Monroe Avenue bottleneck scare has been just that: a scare. Whole Foods Plaza should be built, and perhaps one of the cheaper spin-off stores should be considered; 365 by Whole Foods Market would be a smarter, albeit less greed-driven,
choice. It would do better. Amazon ownership of Whole Foods is probably something that keeps Wegmans executives up late into the night. Revolutionary changes to how we shop for food might be just around the corner. Hey, we all get that Wegmans has a flagship store to protect, but business is like war, and ultimately, you want to win the war. MICHAEL BRUTON
Parcel 5 debate continues
On Urban Journal’s “Parcel 5 Plan Proceeds; So Will the Criticism”:
Let’s be clear. This proposal will harm other theater groups in Rochester, and the arguments this article presents in opposition to that make no sense. Urban Journal states: “You can argue that the opposite is true: that RBTL can generate more interest in live theater and other live performances. That the local arts groups could capitalize on the presence of high-profile shows like ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Book of Mormon’ and get those audiences to start attending their own events.” You say this as if those shows haven’t already either played or been booked at existing facilities. RBTL says they need the new theater in order to book the biggest shows. They then went out and booked “Hamilton” at the Auditorium Theater – exactly as it is without modification – easily the “biggest” show of the last decade. We. Don’t. Need. A. New. Theater. DAN HOWARD
I’m for the theater (and I know that won’t earn me too many friends here), but what’s up with yet another study that will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars? Didn’t they already have one as well that cost $250k? TIM WHITE
And who wants to live in an apartment over a freaking theatre? And where is the parking (and don’t say Midtown; there are already several buildings sharing that garage). SALLY J. MILLICK
Tbf, it would take A LOT to get the Aud up to an acceptable standard. It’s an AWFUL venue, and the location isn’t ideal either. Touring troupes dread coming to Rochester. DON BROWN
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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
Trevyan Rowe and the city school district The Rochester School District is no stranger to criticism, and many times that criticism is completely unfair. But dear lord: the failures that led up to Trevyan Rowe’s death on March 8 are way, way beyond my comprehension. In any article about the multiple problems in this school district, context is important. It’s no coincidence that the district’s poverty rate and its academic achievement rate are among the worst in the state. Concentrated poverty has an impact, and Rochester excels in concentrated poverty. That is crippling thousands of students and families, and it’s creating problems for teachers and schools that districts in more affluent communities don’t face. But poverty didn’t cause Trevyan’s death. Inaction by multiple adults did. On Monday, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced that they have launched a civil investigation into “the facts and circumstances” surrounding Trevyan’s death. They will also review “the school district’s policies, procedures, and protocols to determine what improvements need to be made.” That’s the only positive bit of news that has come out of this tragedy so far. Trevyan’s death has laid bare – once again – the Rochester school district’s failure in key management responsibilities: oversight and accountability. Over years – through successive superintendents and school board members – multiple reports and audits have criticized the district’s management, in areas ranging from finances and attendance records to special education. The reports have documented the causes of the problems, and they have recommended corrections. And problems persist. Maybe, just maybe, Schneiderman and Elias’s investigation will begin to show why this district can’t get its pardon-my-French shit together. The immediate problems that culminated in Trevyan’s death began when he got off the school bus the morning of March 8. Rather than heading inside School 12 with other students, he walked up South Avenue toward downtown. He didn’t enter the school. Didn’t go to any classes. But three teachers marked him present. Media reports have focused heavily on the fact that Trevyan was a specialeducation student. He was, and it’s
Trevyan’s death has laid bare – once again – the Rochester school district’s failure in key management responsibilities: oversight and accountability. important to note that this may be yet another example of deep, years-old problems in the district’s special-ed program. But this could have happened to any child, in any classroom, in any school. Except – it is impossible to avoid asking this question: If Trevyan had been white, would his absence have been treated more seriously? Some media are reporting now that Trevyan
was a deeply troubled child who had walked away from school before – and who had threatened suicide before. Channel 10 interviewed a woman who said she was a teacher at School 12 and that she herself knew of Trevyan’s previous suicide threats. Channel 10 protected the woman’s identity, and it isn’t clear whether other adults in that building knew about Trevyan’s history. But we do know this: some of them either didn’t notice that he wasn’t in class that day, or they didn’t see the importance of filling out the day’s attendance report correctly. I don’t mean that the adults didn’t care about Trevyan. There may be some rare teacher who doesn’t care about students, but I believe most of them do. Teaching is a service profession. Not many teachers get rich. In addition, the job is hard, tiring, and emotionally draining, and teachers are often subject to abuse from parents and the community that would drive most of us out of the profession quickly. I would bet that Trevyan’s teachers are in a world of pain right now, grieving for him and berating themselves. continues on page 7 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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SEASON ROUNDUP | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
Next season’s attractions at Geva, RBTL Rochester’s two largest theater groups, Geva and the Rochester Broadway Theatre League, unveiled their 201819 season over the last week. Both combine some of live theater’s most popular older favorites with new works. Geva continues its commitment to staging premieres of new works and to multi-cultural works. It starts its season with a production of the smash ‘60s hit “Hair” in its principal theater, the Wilson Stage, September 4-October 7. The other Wilson Stage productions: “Thurgood,” by Lou Bellamy, the story of the Supreme Court’s first African-American justice, October 16-November 18; the world premiere of “Hard Cell,” by Brent Askari, which Geva bills as “a madcap new comedy of errors and mistaken identity,” January 8-February 3; the Tony Award-winner “The Humans,” by Stephen Karam, February 19-March 17; Karen Zacarías’ comedy “Native Gardens,” March 26-April 21; and “Revival: The Resurrection of Son House,” Keith Glover’s celebration of the music of the blues artist who spent part of his life in Rochester, May 1-June 2. The season for Geva’s Fielding Stage: “Fortune,” a romantic comedy by Deborah Zoe Laufer, co-produced by Geva and Ithaca’s Hangar Theatre, October 4-21; “The Magician’s Daughter,” a world premiere by Lila Rose Kaplan, inspired by Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” January 24-February 10; “The Royale,” a drama set in the Jim Crow period, by “Orange Is the New Black” writer Marco Ramirez, April 11-28. Geva’s “special productions and events” next season: the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, September 12-22; the Festival of New Theater, with more than 330 works that are under development, October 29-November 11; “A Christmas Carol,” November 29-December 29; and a return of “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End,” March 12-31. At RBTL, the big news again was “Hamilton.” While
RBTL had previously announced that the hit of the decade would play here, last week the dates were unveiled: April 23-May 12, 2019. Also coming to RBTL’s stage at the Auditorium Theatre: “A Bronx Tale,” opening its national tour here October 1216; the popular Tony winner “Les Miserables,” November 20-24; a new production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” December 11-16; Tony-winner “Chicago,” February 5-10; a new production of “Miss Saigon,” March 5-10; and “Waitress,” created by an all-woman team.
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Last week, students in many Rochester-area schools participated in school walkouts to call attention to mass shootings at schools. This weekend, they’ll participate in the national Walk for Our Lives protest. PHOTO BY KURT INDOVINA
ACTIVISM | BY JEREMY MOULE
Students rally against gun violence Students want to feel safe when they’re in school, which is why so many are loudly telling lawmakers to help reduce gun violence by reforming gun laws. Last week, more than one million students across the country – including many throughout the Rochester region – walked out of their classrooms to send that message. Another round of student-organized demonstrations is happening on March 24. The national March for Our Lives will take place in Washington, D.C., and “sibling marches” are planned that day across the country. The Rochester March for Our Lives starts at 3 p.m.
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at Washington Square Park, 181 South Clinton Avenue; details on it and other area marches are available at marchforourlives.com. The event will have a broader focus than the walkouts, which focused on gun violence in schools, says Grace Myers, a School of the Arts senior; she and Brighton High School senior Dylan Holcomb are the chief organizers of the local march. Students will be some of the speakers and performers, so the impact of gun violence on schools is a likely topic. But some speakers will talk about how gun violence
impacts Rochester neighborhoods, Myers says. Organizers also want to make the march a catalyst for political action around gun-law reform. They’ll have information about reforms as well as resources to help people call or write their elected representatives. Of particular interest are several bills the State Assembly passed that would ban bump stocks, raise the age to purchase rifles from 18 to 21, and make background checks more thorough, Myers says. “We’re just looking to make our communities a safer place,” Myers says.
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The influential and indefatigable Democrat had recently kicked off her reelection campaign, which could have led to her 17th term in the House.
PUBLIC SERVICE | BY JEREMY MOULE
Slaughter’s impact on Rochester was deep Whoever fills the late Louise Slaughter’s seat in the House of Representatives won’t replace her. After four decades of public service she’s left behind an unquantifiable legacy that’s impacted many, if not all, Rochesterians. Slaughter, who was 88, died last Friday morning following a fall in her Washington, D.C., residence earlier in the week. She had sustained a concussion. (Calling hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, and 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at Miller funeral home, 3325 South Winton Road. A service celebrating her life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23, at Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre. It’s open to the public.) The influential and indefatigable Democrat had recently kicked off her reelection campaign, which could have led to her 17th term in the House. Republicans already have a candidate for the seat, Dr. Jim Maxwell, and Slaughter’s death leaves Democrats with a massive hole to fill in the crucial 2018 Congressional midterms. Over the years, several names have been batted about as potential successors to Slaughter, but there is no heir apparent. Local Democrats are rightly mourning Slaughter’s death, so there hasn’t been any public discussion of who might running in her place. Governor Andrew Cuomo can call a
special election to fill the vacant seat, and the winner would hold the seat until the beginning of the next year. Cuomo hasn’t set any such election yet, but one possibility is that he’ll set it on the same day as the general election; that some continuity, provided the same candidate wins both elections. Slaughter was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, but her public service and political career dates back even further. She got her first taste of civic activism in her longtime home of Perinton, where she fought to preserve the beech-maple trees in Hart’s Woods from commercial development. She went on to serve in the County Legislature from 1976 to 1979 and in the New York State Assembly from 1982 to 1986. She also served as a regional representative for former governor Mario Cuomo from 1976 to 1978, when he was New York’s secretary of state and from 1979 to 1982 when he was lieutenant governor. During her years in the House, she became wildly popular with Democrats and local voters generally. At election time, her Republican opponents couldn’t come close to beating her; the lone exception was Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, who lost by roughly
1,000 votes in their 2014 matchup. She was a reliable ally for local highered institutions, for whom she helped secure vast amounts of grant and research funds. She was instrumental in getting the Department of Defense to base its AIM Photonics program in Rochester and pushed the Department of Energy to base its cleanenergy manufacturing institute at RIT. She also lobbied for companies in Rochester, such as Harris Corp., when they pursued large federal contracts. Slaughter was a fierce supporter of federal arts funding, reproductive rights, funding to protect and clean up the Great Lakes and local waterways, and environmental protection. A former microbiologist, she pushed hard for federal laws limiting the use of antibiotics in livestock, which she said would help keep certain harmful bacteria from becoming resistant to antibiotics. She co-authored the Violence Against Women Act; her office says the legislation helped reduce cases of domestic violence by 67 percent since 1994. She was also an enthusiastic passenger railroad advocate and that passion may, ultimately, serve as a public monument to her legacy. Slaughter was instrumental in securing the necessary funding for
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Rochester’s new Amtrak station, and over this past weekend, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Governor Cuomo urged Amtrak to rename the terminal the Louise M. Slaughter Intermodal Station. “The simple fact is the new Rochester station would not now exist without Louise Slaughter’s vision and determination,” Schumer and Gillibrand wrote in their letter to Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson. Remarks from local leaders and elected officials have been posted on rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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THEATER/YOUTH | BY JAKE CLAPP
Youth find consequence, conscience in ‘Macbeth’ The three teenage actors on stage are working through Act 5, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” a crucial scene in the tragedy. Lady Macbeth, tormented by guilt and sleepwalking, can’t clean her hands of the deaths of King Duncan and others who have stood in the way of the ambitions of her and her husband. With three adult women standing close behind and whispering lines into their ear, the students — Arikia as Lady Macbeth, Anastasia as the Gentlewoman, and Eva as the Doctor — strive to project their presence on stage. But that’s not the only activity in the small theater at Wilson Foundation Academy. Other adults are helping students go over action and lines for their own scenes, and there’s some talking going on in the back of the room and outside in the hallway. “To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate. Come, come. Give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone,” Lady Macbeth says, exiting the stage, as the Gentlewoman and the Doctor look Teenage actors (from left to right) Anastasia, Arikia, and Eva rehearse Act 5, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at Wilson Foundation Academy. on. The scene ends, and people in the The Shakespeare from the Street program will perform excerpts from the play on Friday, March 23. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH theater applaud. situations range from chronic truancy to rehearsal — were both on a committee for sometimes Shakespeare’s language is tough. Bernard Plansky, the play’s director, wants having already been in juvenile detention. the Rochester Youth Violence Partnership, Standing behind each of the actors on stage to use the commotion in the theater as a Shakespeare from the Streets began in a violence intervention program run by UR during rehearsal is an adult, many of them teaching moment. In the actual performance, 2016 with “Henry V,” and its participants Medical Center. Harris’s own doctor, Bernard caseworkers with Hillside, quietly helping there may be people in the audience not performed excerpts from “Julius Caesar” in Plansky, a physician and an avid Shakespeare with lines. It’s an important lesson, Plansky paying attention, talking, or moving around. 2017. The program leaders want to explore lover, came in to give a presentation about says: Someone always has your back. “You have the freedom to use that,” he students’ stories and confront trauma work he had done staging “Henry V” in Bath Plansky says he didn’t know exactly says, and he tells the actors to direct their through the lens of Shakespeare, says Jen with veterans battling opioid addiction. how “Macbeth” would connect with the focus to the part of the room where the Perry, RIY’s program manager. “Macbeth’s” Perry says she had previously seen the teens’ issues and things that are important distraction is taking place. Then he calls theme of betrayal, especially by people who Shakespeare Behind Bars documentary, to them. But, he says: “The kids came up Arikia, Eva, and Anastasia back to the stage should keep young people safe, has stuck out and what appealed to her “was the theory with it themselves. They said, together, to go through the scene again – but this time this year, she says. of taking on a character who has had a this is a story about choice, consequence, with three rows of boys snapping their fingers “Our kids often are betrayed by systems, traumatic event, and allowing that to and conscience.” and talking. Arikia, Eva, and Anastasia meet Plansky is animated when he speaks, whether it’s the justice system, the social process your own without feeling like you’re the challenge and project their voice out over and decked out in a black robe, he has the welfare system, the school system, or their processing your own.” the theater. somewhat-eccentric but calm manner of family systems,” Perry says. Arikia says she’s been able to express “I love it,” says Arikia, who is 16, about someone who teaches tough theater to first Since the early 2000’s, there’s been an herself through Lady Macbeth. “Lady playing Lady Macbeth. “I feel like myself. time, teenage actors. He speaks a lot about increase in programs connecting Shakespeare Macbeth has a temper,” she says, “and I have I’m a powerful female, so I like being able to the exercises and ideas to push the actors with people in the criminal justice system. a temper, so it’s fun to be able to express that express that.” to open up and speak out, as he did when Shakespeare Behind Bars, which started in without someone yelling, ‘No!’” The students are rehearsing for a March he had boys in the audience snapping and 1995 and is now in facilities in Kentucky and Sixteen-year-old Johnny is portraying 23 performance of excerpts from “Macbeth” talking while Arikia, Eva, and Anastasia Michigan, is perhaps one of the best known; Macbeth, and he says he’s been pushed to tap at the Wilson Foundation Academy’s theater. were on stage. a well-received, eponymous documentary into his own feelings and life experiences to This is the third year for Shakespeare from “When the words, the body, and feeling about the program was released in 2005. The “make the play come to life, make it more real.” the Streets, a project of Reinvesting in Youth, come together,” Plansky says, “those words arts are often used to help people who have Fourteen-year-old Roberto portrays the a program led by the Hillside Family of experienced trauma, and Shakespeare’s use of can move somebody, and move people in the king, who was betrayed by his general. He Agencies. RIY is a collaborative between language, complex stories and characters, and says he has faced real trust issues in his own world. Because: ‘I have something to say.’” Hillside, Education Success Network, Charles wide range of writing has made it easy for The Shakespeare from the Streets life, and he sees it reflected in his character. Settlement House, SWAN, and Community people to see themselves in his works. performance of 10 scenes from “Macbeth” At first, he says, he thought acting would be Place of Greater Rochester working with Shakespeare from the Streets came will take place Friday, March 23, at Wilson boring, “but with more days I came, it got local 11- to 17-year-olds who are at risk of together while Perry and retired Deputy Foundation Academy, 200 Genesee Street. better, easier, knowing it more.” becoming involved in the juvenile justice Police Chief Wayne Harris — who could The performance is at 6:30 p.m. and is free The actors say they like the experience, system or are already involved in it. Their be seen helping out during last week’s and open to the public. but — cue every high schooler in history — 6 CITY
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And it is clear that school district officials – who held a press conference last week to agree that the district had failed Trevyan – are saddened beyond words. The problem isn’t a lack of caring about children. Nor is it “human error.” Most likely, the problem is plain old complacency. Filling out absence reports is paperwork. Every day teachers look at the class, open the absence report in their computer, and indicate whether each child is present or absent. Paperwork. Who cares? Well, now a lot of people do. Which brings us to accountability. The district has been told repeatedly about problems with its attendance system. Each time, officials have said they’ve put corrective measures into effect. A 2008 audit found that the district wasn’t able to monitor class sizes. A 2009 audit found that the teachers were given no deadline for filling out attendance records. They could fill out an entire year’s worth at one time. A few years ago, the district’s computerized attendance system had an automatic default setting: every child was automatically marked “present,” and teachers had to change that to “absent” for children who weren’t there. Now, there is no default setting. Teachers have to enter the status for each child. For a number of years, the district has conducted “attendance blitzes,” sending staff and volunteers out to visit the homes of chronically absent children. That’s an indication of how seriously the district considers children’s attendance in school. And yet three teachers that day indicated that Trevyan was present. We don’t know yet why. What we do know is that the district knew there had been a problem in the past with teachers keeping accurate records. Merely changing a computer program and relying on teachers to use it correctly isn’t good enough. District administrators should have trained teachers on the importance of doing it correctly – and should have made sure that they did it. Absence reports aren’t just paperwork. But absence reports are only one problem.
Trevyan was classified as a special-education student, and particularly damning, in light of his death, are successive reports on problems in the district’s special-education program. The most recent report, produced in April 2017, said the district doesn’t provide consistent special-education services, and frequent reorganization has created confusion and undermined accountability. The office’s accountability system “is insufficient at best,” the report said, “and not present at the school level.” Previous investigations into the district’s management have found things like this: accounts payable weren’t reviewed, some checks were being written before the payment was
authorized, the district didn’t adequately track employee absences or benefits, it wasn’t properly accounting for city children who attend charter schools and so it was paying for some children who weren’t city residents, Medicaid reports weren’t correct, the district didn’t monitor fuel usage for its vehicles, and it didn’t monitor transportation contractors’ bills. Have those problems been corrected? Who knows? There’s not much reason to trust that they have. Making the accountability problem more difficult: the instability caused by frequent turnover among administrators – principals and central office administrators. Administrators are key to ensuring that the district functions properly. They provide the accountability and oversight. And yet School 12 is now on its third principal during this school year alone. And we can think of half a dozen central office administrators who have left in the past two years. Sadly, Trevyan’s death makes it hard to continue to point to the terrible effect that concentrated poverty is having on students. This community absolutely has to recognize the damage that concentrated poverty is doing, and it has to do something about it. Now, it’ll be easy to avoid that tough discussion and just yell at the teachers. And that will get us nowhere, other than making it harder for teachers to do their job. The tragedy has also severely damaged the district’s already tarnished reputation, perhaps irreparably – this at a time when the district is scrambling for funds and losing students to charter schools. There’s plenty of blame to pass around here, and of course it’s being passed. On Sunday, the Democrat and Chronicle called for the resignations of Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams, school board president Van White, and teacher’s union president Adam Urbanski. That might be good symbolism, but it won’t fix the district. Urbanski isn’t responsible for holding the members of his union accountable for doing their job properly. The district administration is. And White isn’t the only board member and Deane-Williams isn’t the only superintendent who has hasn’t been able fix the district’s problems. It’s important to emphasize the mentalhealth aspect of Trevyan’s tragedy. If the reports are accurate, that child needed help that he didn’t get. And that is most certainly not the school district’s job – and shouldn’t be. The community needs to recognize that problem and find a way to deal with it. That doesn’t relieve the district from the responsibility of getting its act together, though. Maybe Schneiderman and Elias will be able to identify not only what happened that led to Trevyan’s death, but why. If so, the next step will be deciding what to do about it. The only alternative I see is to put the entire district in receivership, under the control of the State Education Department.
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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
ROCLA celebrates advocacy
The Rochester Committee on Latin America will hold its 30th annual Gala Dinner and White Dove Awards on Friday, April 6. This year’s International White Dove Award winner is M. Brinton Lykes, co-director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College. Lykes will talk about her documentation of severe human rights violations against Guatemalan women. The Alianza Agricola and the University of Rochester Dreamers will receive the Local White Dove Award for their local activism. The event will be held at Gates Presbyterian Church, 1049 Wegman 8 CITY
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Road, at 5:15 p.m. Ticket prices range from $15 to $100. Reservations: 467-4091 or kathy.goforth@rochester.rr.com.
Cherishing public spaces
The Community Design Center of Rochester will present “Exploring the Spaces In-Between,” a talk by Mark Dawson on Wednesday, March 28. Dawson is the managing principal of Sasaki, where he is the head of landscape architecture. Dawson, who stresses the importance of public spaces, says a community’s sense of ownership ensures their revitalization and preservation. The event will be held at Gleason Works, 1000 University Avenue, at 7 p.m.
Looking closer at poverty
The Social Welfare Action Alliance will hold its annual Reality Tour on Saturday, March 24. Organizers say that poverty is Rochester’s biggest problem, and the tour is designed to help people better understand how poverty is impacting the city and its residents. Participants will board a bus at School Without Walls, 480 Broadway, at 10:45 a.m. and return at about 2:45 p.m. Registration is required and a donation of $20 is suggested, but no one will be turned away. An R.S.V.P. is needed by Thursday, March 22, at www.swaarochester.org/ reality-tours/. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Information: 512-8812.
Dining & Nightlife
Counter-side breakfast at Pat's Coffee Mug. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH
A heaping helping of hospitality Pat’s Coffee Mug 627 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 6 A.M. TO 2 P.M.; SATURDAY, 7 TO 10:30 A.M. 244-2239 [ FEATURE ] BY DAVE BUDGAR
South Clinton Avenue, straddling the border between Rochester’s South Wedge and Swillburg neighborhoods, has evolved into a multiethnic restaurant row, with more than a dozen diverse eateries lining the three-quartermile strip between Alexander and Linden Streets. Among these are three long-standing diners, two of which I’d dined at often, and one — with a time-worn sign hanging over the sidewalk — that I’d only driven past hundreds of times with squinted eyes and a curious sideways glance. There are many venerable diners I look forward to writing about, but was secretly pleased when my editor suggested I check out Pat’s Coffee Mug for City’s next installment exploring local diners that have established themselves as institutions in our community. This was the push I needed
to investigate this joint that had long been a mystery to me. After three visits, I can conclude that Pat’s is not mysterious, and there’s much more to it than meets the eye. From the road, Pat’s appears to be a narrow space tucked behind a storefront. Walking in reveals a greater expanse with a homey sort of shabby chic: A classic counter area adorned with whimsical signage, handwritten notes, a bevy of foreign currency taped to a cooler, a vintage mint-green Hamilton Beach milkshake mixer (alas, no milkshakes in February), and about ten stools, each in front of a winter-themed placemat. Two more rooms contain a mix of differentsized tables and booths, their paneled walls embellished with an eclectic assortment of framed posters of professional athletes, Winnie the Pooh, and the Cincinnati Zoo. It’s the customers, however, that truly make this diner homey. On my first visit, listening to my server, Debbie, address much of the clientele by name, I quickly gleaned that this is a place people show up to regularly. Pat Hall, the eponymous owner, who is Debbie’s mother (whom many regulars also call “Mom”), says that it’s the familiar intimacy that has enabled her to stay in business since 1992.
“We’ve made a lot of friends here” she says. “Regular customers are like one big family and we treat them like that.” Debbie adds, “People just feel at home here; it’s very comfortable.” Most days it’s just Pat in the kitchen and Debbie behind the counter and at the tables, both of them busting it for their guests. I would argue that simple, solid, straightforward food, prepared with care and offered at fair prices also contributes to Pat’s success and longevity. Pat’s offers such things as homemade soups, their popular goulash (on Wednesdays), and meatloaf (Thursdays — “It sells out quickly,” Pat warned me), fresh haddock (Fridays), and “world famous” home-baked cookies. Nnothing on the breakfast or lunch menu exceeds $7.95 (note that Pat’s accepts only cash for payment). I started my first meal with a bowl of chicken-barley soup, a rib-sticking potage that was piping hot with oodles of barley, chunks of chicken and potato, and a few peas and carrots. It was a bit on the bland side, but nothing that a judicious use of salt and pepper couldn’t help. I followed with a delectably messy Mugsy Burger (the provenance of the name is a bit nebulous):
lettuce, tomato, onion, bacon, cheese, Rochester-style meat hot sauce (more pungent and less sweet than many) on top of a hefty burger, enveloped by a fresh sesame seed roll. An ample serving of crinkle-cut fries complemented the dish, golden with crispy exteriors and tender innards. And Debbie didn’t flinch when I asked for brown gravy on the side. This was consistent with the affable way she interacted with everyone. My whole tab (prior to tip) came to $10.21. Breakfast at Pat’s Coffee Mug is about as pretense-less as meals get. It is what it is, and it starts with bottomless mug of hot, potent coffee, thanks to Debbie’s punctual pouring. I ordered two eggs over-easy, rye toast, home fries, and bacon. I like my home fries crispy and crusty, and I usually specify this, but neglected to request that this time. I received them softer than I like, but again, Debbie courteously accommodated me without the slightest hint of an eye-roll or sigh — something we’ve experienced in lesser establishments. The home fries came back hot and crisp, and accompanied my runny eggs and crisp-but-not-brittle bacon exquisitely, especially once adorned with Frank’s RedHot. My girlfriend Molly had French toast for her meal, and declared it “French toast in its purest form — simple, straight-up, browned, just as I requested.” Our total for breakfast for two was $11.71. My final research-based meal (but definitely not my final meal at Pat’s) was another lunch. This time I sat at the counter to enjoy the camaraderie, including that of a colorful character named Bill, who sat at the end of the counter each time I ate there, and who told me (among other things) that he’d been coming to Pat’s regularly since 1993. I enjoyed a bowl of pleasantly briny New England-style clam chowder that was neither too thick nor too gelatinous — a potential pitfall with this soup. I followed that with a Turkey Deluxe sandwich: a mountainous stack of freshly-roasted turkey breast on a hard roll (Pat called out from the kitchen to ask if I wanted my roll grilled — I did) with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. It was sloppy to eat, thanks to the abundant turkey, but far be it from me to complain about that kind of deliciousness. This lunch came to $7.02. Pat’s Coffee Mug thrives as it epitomizes what many people seek in a local diner: conviviality, familiarity, and home-cooked food that gratifies without burning holes in your stomach or your wallet. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Upcoming [ FOLK ROCK ]
Music
Martin Sexton. Friday, April 13. Funk ‘N Waffles, 204 North Water Street. 7 p.m. $45. funknwaffles.com; martinsexton.com. [ METAL ]
Butcher Babies. Tuesday, May 22. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 5:30 p.m. $24-$28. themontagemusichall.com; butcherbabiesofficial.com. [ ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ] The Blasters. Tuesday, August 21. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 8:30 p.m. $25-$30. abilenebarandlounge.com; theblasters.com.
Too Many Zooz Saturday, March 24 Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street 7 p.m. | $15-$20 | themontagemusichall.com; toomanyzooz.bandcamp.com [ BRASS HOUSE ] Brass house: It’s like electronics-less
EDM made by a brass trio with inhuman tongue dexterity. Too Many Zooz — bari-sax player Leo Pellegrino, trumpeter Matt Doe, and drummer David “King of Sludge” Parks — started in 2014 as a way for the trio to have fun and make a little extra cash busking in the New York City subway, but within two years, and helped by viral cell phone videos of the group playing, the band was backing Beyoncé at the 2016 CMAs. Too Many Zooz now has a handful of EPs and a full-length album, 2016’s “Subway Gawdz,” behind it and is defining its own EDM meets funk meets jazz meets subway dance party genre. FLOTUS will also perform. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra
Tuesday, March 27 Good Luck, 55 Anderson Avenue 7 p.m. | $30 | honestfolkpresents.com; martyoreilly.com [ FOLK ] Santa Cruz singer-songwriter Marty O’Reilly
plays it dirty, gritty, and raw. As his band lays out its lopsided, sepia-toned waltz, he sings each line as if it’s his last. The emotion is genuine. Initially O’Reilly paints a dark picture as if he were dwelling in a Nick Cave, before vacillating into astute, poetic stuff. When he picks up the resonator, the haunting begins. Dark and beautiful and beguiling. — BY FRANK DE BLASE PHOTO PROVIDED
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JAZZ CRUISES ANNOUNCED FOR 2018! TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 2ND online at www.jazz901.org
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with The Bill Tiberio Trio - August 13 ● Smugtown Stompers on June 11 ● Jimmie Highsmith Jr. on July 9 ● The Blues Cruise returns with Hanna and The Blue Hearts on September 10! For more info & tickets: jazz901.org or 585-966-2660
[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]
Seth Faergolzia “Loop Paintings” Self-released faergolzia.com
‘Tchaikovsky 5’
Thursday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street $24-$104 | 454-2100; rpo.org [ CLASSICAL ] The RPO this week will premiere the
first of two new works the orchestra will tackle this spring. Music Director Ward Stare will lead the RPO in composer Allen Shawn’s Oboe Concerto, featuring RPO Principal Oboe Erik Behr as soloist. Shawns’s style can be enigmatic and moody, but his music is beautifully evocative, even in more dissonant moments. The world premiere would be momentous enough, but it also happens to be sandwiched in between Haydn’s Symphony No. 22, nicknamed “The Philosopher,” and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Look for a CITY review of this concert on Friday, online at rochestercitynewspaper.com. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Luke Cornwell Trio
Sunday, March 25 Anthology, 336 East Avenue 12 p.m. | $10 | anthologylive.com; lukecornwell. bandcamp.com [ FOLK PUNK ] The Luke Cornwell Trio formed in January
when longtime friends and bandmates Luke Cornwell and Noah Boss decided to round out their sound by adding bassist Corinne Cummings. The trio combines a punk sound with freak folk lyrics, creating a flurry of light-hearted distortion. While Cornwell can be found walloping on his acoustic guitar and howling into the microphone, Boss is often seen playing a medley of percussive instruments as Cummings shreds through fast-moving bass lines. The trio will perform on day of United Artistry Live, an American Villain event. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN
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Seth Faergolzia is a creative chameleon. The songwriter’s expressive versatility spans multiple projects, including the freak folk chamber band 23 Psaegz, the idiosyncratic art rock quartet Multibird, and experiments with vocal looping and digital sound manipulation. It’s that last venture, documented in his latest album, “Loop Paintings,” that finds Faergolzia at his most experimental and bizarre — which is saying something for an artist whose résumé includes a rock opera called “Fun Wearing Underwear.” The 11-track album is an edited, live recording compilation of Faergolzia’s meticulously crafted soundscapes, performed while simultaneously creating colorful, abstract paintings. While certain moments capture the spontaneity and creative flexibility of the live performances, most of “Loop Paintings” feels deliberate and purposeful. The music itself plays like a stream-of-consciousness hallucination in a cavernous, abandoned cathedral. The album is best experienced in one, uninterrupted sitting. Silliness and eclecticism abound, with tracks like “Oh, Carrots!” and “Architect? Sure.” accentuating the weirdness. Faergolzia will play a solo show with Swamp Trotter and Passive Aggressives Anonymous on Saturday, March 24, at ButaPub. 10 p.m. $5. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream
“Live From The Metropolitan” Self-released facebook.com/claudebenningtonsfeverdream
“Live From The Metropolitan” is an intriguing calling card, a fitting first impression for those previously unfamiliar with the quintet Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream. The group creates a charming hybrid of hiphop and jazz that’s never forced and always smooth. Essentially it’s a piano trio fronted by two emcees, Gary Lamaar and Moses Rockwell. Both rappers project effortless cool, and their verbal interplay is all the more compelling on a live album that consistently demonstrates the greatest asset of Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream: chemistry. Drummer Matthew Bent, bassist Ryder Eaton, and keyboard player Phil Lewalle provide an energetic yet cerebral accompaniment that mirrors Lamaar and Rockwell’s irrepressible flow. The album’s music shifts seamlessly between meandering and incisive, complementing the clever, dizzying wordplay. Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream will play an album release show Thursday, March 22, 5 p.m., at Record Archive. Bushido Garvey will also perform. The album, along with a video of the Metropolitan concert, will be available Thursday at cbfd.bandcamp.com. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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Jazz Festival announces full 2018 lineup [ NEWS ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona on Tuesday announced the lineup for this year’s festival, the XRIJF’s 17th edition, and to music fans, the most wonderful time of the year. The festival runs June 22 through June 30 in downtown Rochester. Having already announced this year’s Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre headliners the press shindig focused on the artists performing at the Club Pass venues and the free outdoor stages. There will be one new Club Pass venue, the 1,100-capacity Temple Building Theater. And in addition to the free stages on Jazz Street (Gibbs Street), East & Chestnut, and the RG&E Fusion stage, there will be a new outdoor free stage: Manhattan Square Park for the final Friday. Club Pass options have already been announced. There will be four buying options: non-transferable three-day ($184) and nine-day ($204) passes, and transferable threeday ($194) and nine-day ($244) passes. The XRIJF site is rochesterjazz. com, and head to rochestercitynewspaper. com for the full lineup.
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Music me to be included in that particular legacy of her on-the-spot compositions — musical portraits of people as she called them. How did you get started in jazz?
I was introduced to jazz by a band director in high school who recruited me for the band because he knew I played classical piano. That’s when I first heard jazz and started to fall in love with it. I went to the University of Toronto for a couple of years and even there I was in the classical performance program. It wasn’t till the mid-1980’s I decided I would come to New York. I was able to go because I’d been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts grant. I had the full intention of returning to Canada, but toward the end of the first year I started to work. I realized that I loved being there and could feel that I was being challenged and improving and meeting so many young players of like mind. It was a big turn-on and I didn’t want to leave. And then, of course, I never left. I was lucky in a way because I came at a time when there were still legends around, like Joe Henderson and J.J. Johnson, who were open to playing with younger people such as myself. Pianist Renee Rosnes will be joined by Bill Charlap, and several other pianists, for a centennial celebration of Marian McPartland at the Eastman Theatre. McPartland, a jazz piano great, had close ties to the Eastman School of Music. PHOTO BY CLAY PATRICK MCBRIDE
Top pianists honor a jazz pioneer “Marian McPartland Centennial Celebration” RENEE ROSNES & BILL CHARLAP WITH THE MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO FRIDAY, MARCH 23 KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 60 GIBBS STREET 8 P.M. | $26-$71 | 274-3000; EASTMANTHEATRE.ORG [ INTERVIEW ] BY RON NETSKY
The Kodak Hall stage will be occupied by seven excellent pianists Friday night: Monty Alexander, Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap, Harold Danko, Bill Dobbins, Tony Caramia, and Gary Versace. But another great pianist, who is no longer with us, will be on everyone’s mind. Marian McPartland (who lived from 1918 to 2013) had musical connections stretching over the decades, from Duke Ellington through Bill Evans to Elvis Costello, and had a special relationship with the Eastman School of Music. She will be remembered in “Eastman Presents: Marian McPartland Centennial Celebration.” In 1971 the late arranger Rayburn Wright invited McPartland to Eastman for an “Arranger’s Holiday” concert, the first of her many appearances at the school. Her ties with the institution were still going strong in the early-2000’s when McPartland introduced 12 CITY MARCH 21 - 27, 2018
emerging piano greats like Jason Moran and Eldar at Kilbourn Hall concerts in the “Marian McPartland/Eastman Jazz Series.” And she was among the headliners at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in 2004. McPartland not only donated some of her archives to the school, she also gave Eastman her personal piano, which will be played in Friday night’s concert. Accompanying some of the performers will be bassist Jeff Campbell and drummer Rich Thompson, Eastman faculty members who played with McPartland. Former Democrat & Chronicle film and jazz writer Jack Garner will emcee the event. Born in England, McPartland studied classical music but fell in love with jazz listening to the BBC. She crossed the Atlantic in the mid-1940’s, playing in her then-husband Jimmy McPartland’s band. When she stepped out to lead her own trio in 1951, she was greeted by prominent jazz critic Leonard Feather’s pronouncement: “Oh, she’ll never make it: she’s English, white and a woman.” McPartland not only enjoyed an extraordinary career performing; she became a leading jazz ambassador with her National Public Radio show, “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” which featured just about every notable jazz pianist and many more instrumentalists since its debut in 1978. McPartland stepped down as host in 2011, but the show continues to this day.
CITY recently spoke to Renee Rosnes, one of Friday evening’s performers, about McPartland’s legacy and her own career in jazz. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. CITY: What did Marian McPartland mean to you? Renee Rosnes: She loomed large for me.
She was one of my heroes and I loved her. Just the idea of a woman coming from the time period that she came from, being able to succeed and do what she did, not only in terms of performing but what she did with her radio show. Just the type of woman she was, how she was so thoroughly Marian, meant a lot to me. It was inspiring to look up to her and feel like wow, she hung in there and knew and played with the best of them. She was a brilliant traditional player but I always loved how adventurous she was. On “Piano Jazz” she would often improvise a free jazz duet with her guests.
Yes. The very first time I was on her show, when I was in my 20’s, toward the end of the show she asked me if she could do a little musical portrait of me. Of course I’d heard her do that numerous times in the past and I was flattered. She went about playing this very spritely, happy piece. I remember sitting there being amused. I thought it was wonderful, a great moment for
You played in the bands of those legends and also Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, and James Moody. How did that affect you?
All of my experiences with the masters have had huge impacts on me. They’ve all contributed to my musical growth and to the way I present my own music. One thing I’ve learned from all of them, especially Wayne Shorter and Bobby Hutcherson, is keep reaching for it, the idea of just trusting in yourself, trusting in your bandmates. Be courageous enough to be exploratory and also vulnerable enough to let the music be very intimate. Sometimes I feel like you don’t hear a lot of intimacy in today’s music. I have such great memories of playing a ballad with Bobby Hutcherson and feeling like it was so personal. He allowed himself to take time and just let it grow and really go for it. Both Wayne and Bobby had a child-like feeling about them. They’d get excited like it’s new every time you pick up the instrument. It’s new every time you play the song. To have the courage to be yourself as much as possible — that kind of philosophy has pervaded the way I think about playing jazz. The last time you were on Marian’s “Piano Jazz” show, you were joined by your husband, Bill Charlap, another top pianist who will be playing Friday night. Do you have two pianos at home?
Yes, we have two Steinway grand pianos at our house. We’ll be playing together for the whole show in Rochester. We have a nice chemistry between us, musically speaking. We have a great time. We just have fun.
[ WED., MARCH 21 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK
Singer-Songwriter Showcase.
B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 7 p.m. Hosted by Jon Lewis. Featuring Dallas Greene, Susanna Rose, and Alex Northrup. BLUES
Dirty Pennies, River Lynch & The Spiritmakers, North by North. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N
Water Street. 585-448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 8 p.m. $10. Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille.com. 10 p.m. CLASSICAL
Faculty Artist Series: Steve Doane, Barry Snyder.
Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. EastmanTheatre.org. 8-10 p.m. $10. Live from Hochstein. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. hochstein.org. 12:10-12:50 p.m. “Superb String Soloists from Eastman.”. Music in our Schools. David F. Gantt Community Center, 700 North St. 428-7149. rocmusic. org. 6-8 p.m. COUNTRY
Our Own Worst Enemy.
Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 7:30 p.m. $5. JAZZ
Margaret Explosion. Little
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 2580400. thelittle.org/cafe. 7-9 p.m. Miche Fambro. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m. POP/ROCK
Future Generations, Forevers, Jungle Steve & The Gypsophelias, DJ Taisetsukami. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10/$12.
[ THU., MARCH 22 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Drey & Phriends. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole. com. 7 p.m. Epic Frail, Ben Haravitch. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. bernunzio.com. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6 p.m. $5. Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m. Old Timey Jam. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. bernunzio.com. Every third Thursday, 6:30 p.m. CLASSICAL
Eastman at Washington Square.
,. esm.rochester.edu/community. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Hornist Erin Futterer and her quartet.
Tchaikovsky 5, Haydn 22, Shawn Concerto World Premiere. Kodak Hall at
Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 7:30 p.m. Allen Shawn Oboe Concerto
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INDIE POP | FUTURE GENERATIONS
Future Generations is feel-good music at its best. With lyrics about living life to its fullest, love, and the fun of being young, the band’s electronic textures add a hint of youthful nostalgia, all complemented by anthemic choruses and catchy melodies. Future Generations began as a quartet in New York City, and developed into an indie pop quintet in November 2015. After the success of its 2016 self-titled debut album in 2016, the band has been touring the country, becoming known for its high-energy shows and dynamic electronic production. Future Generations offers transcendence into an indie pop stratosphere that keeps the listener dancing from start to finish. Future Generations performs with Forevers, Jungle Steve & The Gypsophelias, and DJ Taisetsukami on Wednesday, March 21, at the Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. $12. 9 p.m. bugjar.com; futuregenerationsmusic.com. — BY KATIE HALLIGAN World Premiere: Erik Behr, oboe. Conducted by Ward Stare. $24$104. DJ/ELECTRONIC
EOTO, Strange Machines, Stereo Nest, SKYwalker BASS. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 8 p.m. $10/$20. JAZZ
Eastman Chamber Jazz Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, 26
Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m. Mark Kellogg. Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, 1344 University Ave. 532-7942. joebeanroasters.com. 8 p.m. $5. HIP-HOP/RAP
Claude Bennington’s Fever Dream. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m. REGGAE/JAM
Big Blue House. Little Theatre
Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org/cafe. 7-9 p.m. METAL
Incantation. Montage Music
Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 6 p.m. $13/$15. POP/ROCK
Let’s Be Friends Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $5/$10.
The Lustre Kings. Abilene
Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $6. The Flood, Alan Murphy. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 7 p.m.
[ FRI., MARCH 23 ] BLUES
Red, Fred, and Weems. Little
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. The Fog. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 6410340. viagirasole.com. 7 p.m. CLASSICAL
Composers’s Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm. rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m.
Sound and Image Concert.
Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 6-7:30 p.m. With guest artists Claudia Rohrmoser, Brigitta Muntendorf, and Ensemble Garage. Presented by EARS.
SUNY Geneseo Wind Ensemble. Wadsworth
Auditorium at SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle. Geneseo. 2455824. 8 p.m. “New York State of Mind” features music and poetry from New York artists. T. Wilmot Brass Plays the Pops. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. naz.edu. 7:30-9 p.m. Program of light classical and popular music. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13
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JAZZ
Chet Catallo & the Cats. TP’s
Irish Pub, 916 Panorama Trail. 385-4160. 9:30 p.m.
Chiggin, Mother Funkin’ Planets, Everyday Hologram. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 585-448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 8 p.m. $5/$7.
Marian McPartland Centennial Celebration. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. EastmanTheatre.org. 8-10 p.m. A celebration the 100th anniversary of Marian McPartland’s birthday. $26$71.
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. The Mambo Kings. Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. 395-2787. my.brockport.edu. 7:30 p.m. $9-$17. AMERICANA Folkfaces. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9 p.m. $6. METAL
Brown Angel, Sulaco, Deadrider, Buried Beneath Concrete. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8/$10. POP/ROCK
The Fallen, Mista Bones, Diggler’s Bridge.
Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $5. Greg Townson. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 6 p.m.
Hot Mayonnaise, Roger Kuhn.
Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. 232-9030. lux666.com. 9 p.m. $5. Inside Out. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585-315-3003. fairportbside.com. 8 p.m. One on One. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m. $5. Sam Nitsch. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 585315-3003. fairportbside.com. 5 p.m. Something Else. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com. 10 p.m. $5.
The Tombstone Hands, EyeSpy. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 270-5869. 9 p.m. $5.
[ SAT., MARCH 24 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Banjo Therapy. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio. com. Fourth Saturday of every month, 9:30-11 a.m. RUNA. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. 8579265. goldenlink.org. 7:30 p.m. Presented by Golden Link Folk Singing Society. $10-$25. 14 CITY MARCH 21 - 27, 2018
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GOSPEL | BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
The Blind Boys of Alabama are an institution and a tradition that they themselves break from in order to give the music room to breathe. The six-time Grammy Award winners take spirituals and gospel standards and give them a secular twist — or the other way around with songs by artists like Tom Waits or the brilliant mash-up of “Amazing Grace” with “House of the Rising Sun.” The Blind Boys of Alabama first began singing together after meeting as children in 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, in Talladega, Alabama. The group still sports two original founding members, Jimmy Carter and Clarence Fountain. Get sanctified. The Blind Boys of Alabama open for Marc Cohn on Thursday, March 22, at The Vine at Del Lago Resort, 1133 State Route 414. 8 p.m. $23-$55. dellagoresort.com; blindboys.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE CLASSICAL
Amadeus Chorale & Brockport Symphony Orchestra. Twelve Corners
Presbyterian Church, 1200 S. Winton Rd. 402-8126. brockportsymphony.org. 7-9 p.m. $10.
Faculty Artist Series: Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn
Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm. rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m. $10.
Faculty Artist Series: Edoardo Bellotti, harpsichord. Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 8-10 p.m. $10. Paul Katz Cello Master Class. Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 4107278. rochestercellosociety. wordpress.com/. 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Tchaikovsky 5, Haydn 22, Shawn Concerto World Premiere. Kodak Hall at
Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 8 p.m. Allen Shawn Oboe Concerto World Premiere: Erik Behr, oboe. Conducted by Ward Stare. $24-$104. VOCALS
Two Boys Kissing. Hochstein
School of Music & Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. thergmc.org. 7:30 p.m. The performance will be interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing. $8-$25. DJ/ELECTRONIC
Signal > Noise: v.4.1: Loren, Pat Bosman, Alex Morrison. Photo City Improv & Comedy Club, 543 Atlantic Ave. residentadvisor.net. 10 p.m. $10-$20.
Stomping Grounds: An Open Deck Experience. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. An open night to DJ & mix, driven by BPMs. JAZZ
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,
1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com. The White Hots. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 8-10 p.m. REGGAE/JAM
Majestics, The Freedom Trio. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N
Water Street. 585-448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 9 p.m. $10. Powerful Pills. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9 p.m. $10. AMERICANA
String Thing VI. Johnny’s Pub
& Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnysirishpub.com. 4-12:30 a.m. The Crooked North, String Theory, Ruckus Juice Jug Stompers, Elephino, North Star String Band, Kubick’s Rubes, Her Dad’s Banjo, Jungle Steve, and Old World Warblers, with raffles to benefit the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Uncle Ben’s Remedy. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m.
CONGRATULATIONS!
METAL
Omnislash. Firehouse Saloon,
814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m. With Shadowborn, Divinex, & Anabasis. $5.
YOU (AND A FRIEND) ARE GOING TO SEE “WHEN WE WERE YOUNG & UNAFRAID”
POP/ROCK
AT BLACKFRIARS THEATER
Annie Rhodes. Via Girasole
Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole. com. 7 p.m.
Lisa Schwartz Vanessa Allison Donald Barthel
Brass Transit: The Musical Legacy of Chicago. Nazareth
College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2170. naz.edu/artscenter. 8 p.m. $35-$50. Mr. Mustard. Shooters, 1226 Fairport Rd. Fairport. 385-9777. 8 p.m. $5. Sam Nitsch. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.org. 8 p.m. $5. Tigerman WOAH, Arthur Buezo. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com. 9 p.m. Too Many Zooz, FLOTUS. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m.
Total Yuppies, Ben Morey, Katie Preston, Jeff Suszczynski. Small World
Books, 425 North St. 2326970. 8 p.m. Fundraiser for Rochester Democratic Socialists of America. $5.
[ SUN., MARCH 25 ] CLASSICAL
Bach in the Subways. Little
Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org. 6-9 p.m. Works of Bach performed by Eastman School of Music students. A celebration of his 332nd birthday. No cover.
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JAZZ | LOREN STILLMAN QUARTET WITH GARY VERSACE
Brooklyn-based saxophonist Loren Stillman is one of the finest young hard-bop players on the scene today. He’s enhanced the bands of Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Carla Bley, John Abercrombie, and others, and is now making a name for himself as a leader. When he brings his quartet to the Bop Shop, he’ll be featuring the newest jazz star in town, Gary Versace on organ. Versace, who recently joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music, has played with John Scofield, Al Foster, Maria Schneider, and many more. The all-star quartet will be rounded out by Nate Radley on guitar and drummer Jared Schonig.
Church, 141 East Ave. 4543878. christchurchrochester. org. 9-9:30 p.m.
ACOUSTIC/FOLK
BLUES
Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m.
St. esm.rochester.edu. 3-5 p.m.
Songwriters in the Round with Katie Preston. Funk ‘n Waffles,
& Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $5.
SUNY Geneseo Symphony Orchestra. Wadsworth
Auditorium at SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle. Geneseo. 2455824. 3 p.m. Dr. Leah McGray, director. Featuring 2018 Concerto Competition Winners cellist Eric Wang cello and violinist Evelyn Welch. Words with Organ Friends. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. 271-9070. rochesterunitarian.org. 3-4:30 p.m. Ying Quartet. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. eastmantheatre.org. 3 p.m. VOCALS
After the War: What Happened When the Doughboys Came Home. Lyric Theater, 440 East
Ave. 223-9006. gvoc.org. 4 p.m. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, hosted by Michael Lasser of WXXI. $25. JAZZ
Jon Seiger & The All Stars.
Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. funknwaffles. com. 3 p.m.
Nazareth College “Loose Change” Jazz Combos.
Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 3892700. naz.edu. 3-4:30 p.m. Directed by Brad Batz.
Head to rochestercitynewspaper.com for our music series debuting new tracks by local musicians and bands
— BY RON NETSKY
[ TUE., MARCH 27 ]
Eastman-Ranlet Series: Ying Quartet. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs
Fresh Cuts
The Loren Stillman Quartet with Gary Versace plays Tuesday, March 27, at Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Avenue. 8 p.m. $10 general donation; $5 students. 271-3354; bopshop.com; lorenstillman.com.
[ MON., MARCH 26 ]
Compline, performed by the Schola Cantorum. Christ
Keli Cahill Violet Hess E W Greason
Happy Hour with Stormy Valle. Record Archive, 33 1/3
204 N Water Street. 448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 7 p.m. $5. Watkins & The Rapiers. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org/music. 7-9 p.m.
Joe Beard, Gian Carlo Cervone. Abilene Bar
BLUES
CLASSICAL Horn Choir. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m. Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. esm.rochester.edu. 12-12:30 p.m. Lunchtime concerts by Eastman organists.
33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m.
JAZZ
Stormy Valle. Record Archive,
Grove Place Jazz Project.
Faculty Artist Series: Mikhail Kopelman, violin. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m. $10.
Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. 7 p.m. Featuring a different set of Eastman School of Music Students and other area jazz artisans every Tues. $10.
OPEN MIC
OPEN MIC
CLASSICAL
Open Mic with Cody InghamFlowers. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. funknwaffles.com. 9 p.m.
Snap Ya Fingers. Record
Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 5-8 p.m. AMERICANA
Marty O’Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra. Good Luck,
50 Anderson Ave. 340-6161. restaurantgoodluck.com. 7 p.m. Presented by Honest Folk. $30. POP/ROCK
Dangerbyrd, Scholar, DJ Donnie Watkins. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $5.
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Investigative journalist Ida B. Wells. PHOTO BY MARY GARRITY COURTESY CREATIVE COMMONS
The women’s work
and then to New York City, where Murray joined him. They were married in September, and within ten years had five children: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass. While Douglass built his career, Murray-Douglass managed their household wherever they lived and supported him financially by working as a laundress and making shoes. She was an activist in her own right, taking part in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, a short-lived organization that established national women’s conventions, organized a multi-state petition campaign, sponsored successful fundraisers, and sued Southerners who brought slaves to Boston. When the Douglass family relocated to Rochester, she established an Underground Railroad headquarters in their home and provided shelter and meals for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. Despite her role in his life and their 44-year-long marriage, Murray-Douglass was barely mentioned in Douglass’s three autobiographies. His lengthy travels as a lecturer and activist, and the higher social circles he moved within, may have contributed to a sense of estrangement between the two; it’s thought that because she never learned to read and write fluently, she felt she didn’t fit in. Murray-Douglass died of a stroke in 1882 at the family home in Washington, DC, where she was buried at Graceland Cemetery. When that cemetery closed she was moved to Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester two days before Douglass died in 1895. He was buried next to her. In “Anna Murray Douglass, My Mother As I Recall Her,” the Douglass’s daughter Rosetta Douglass Sprague wrote that her father’s story was “made possible by the unswerving loyalty of Anna Murray.” Ida B. Wells, fellow abolitionist
[ PROFILES ] BY VANESSA CHEEKS AND REBECCA RAFFERTY
We’ve all heard that old adage: Behind every great man there’s a great woman. In some cases, it’s many women bolstering the great man, whether they are mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, colleagues, or friends — and throughout history few of them have been properly credited for their roles. This is certainly the case with the women who aided the endeavors of abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass. A woman taught him to read, a woman helped him escape slavery, women managed his household while he worked, women collaborated with him in the antislavery and women’s movements, and women inspired him with their own accomplishments. Here 18 CITY MARCH 21 - 27, 2018
we take a look at some of the individuals who played important roles in his life. This is part of the year-long partnership between Open Mic Rochester and CITY Newspaper. Anna Murray-Douglass, Douglass’s first wife
Anna Murray was born in 1813 in Denton, Maryland, the youngest of eight children and the only sibling born free. As a teen she worked as a laundress and housekeeper in Baltimore, and became uncommonly wealthy and independent at a young age. Her freedom and success inspired Douglass — whom she met at the docks where he worked while she was taking in laundry — and she helped him escape in 1838 by giving him sailor’s clothing and a portion of her savings. He boarded a train to Philadelphia
Ida B. Wells was born July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to enslaved parents just six months prior to the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. She attended Shaw University (then called Rust College) but was expelled after a confrontation with the school’s president. Around this time she lost both parents and one sibling in a yellow fever outbreak. Best known for her anti-lynching activism, Wells was also a pioneer of black investigative journalism. Using data collected through her extensive research, she was able to paint a picture of the plight of the African American with undeniable numbers and facts. In her early 30s, she published her first book: “A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings In the United States.” Wells
also fought segregation, organized boycotts of white-owned businesses, and pushed for black Americans to move to more progressive parts of the nation. Frederick Douglass praised Wells’s work in an 1892 letter: “Brave Woman! You have done your people and mine a service which can neither be weighed nor measured.” Wells fought not only with her words but with action, once biting a man who attempted to remove her from a train after she refused to sit in the Black car. She also purchased a pistol after the lynching of three friends. “I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap,” she wrote in her unfinished autobiography, “Crusade for Justice.” Wells died in Chicago at age 68 on March 25, 1931. Helen Pitts Douglass, Douglass’s second wife
Helen Pitts was born in 1838 in Honeoye, New York. After graduating in 1859 from the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College), she taught at the Hampton Institute in Virginia before moving to Washington, DC. Her family home was located next door to Cedar Hill, the home of Frederick Douglas, and she soon began supporting his work as a clerk in his office. Pitts was hired by Douglas directly to work with him at the office of the Recorder of Deeds. An experienced abolitionist and co-editor of feminist newspaper The Alpha, she used her expertise to assist Douglas as he authored his autobiography, “Life and times of Frederick Douglass.” Pitts and Douglass married in January of 1884 to much resistance from her white family. Although her family were well-known abolitionists, they disapproved of her marriage because of Douglass’s mixed lineage. Eventually, she was disowned by her own relatives. Douglass’s children — specifically his daughter Rosetta — also disapproved of their union, believing his relationship with a white woman disrespected their deceased mother’s legacy and his own. After Douglass’s death in 1895, Pitts spent her final years campaigning to preserve their Cedar Hill property as a memorial to her late husband. At her request and with her hard work, in 1900 Congress chartered the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, which was organized to honor Douglass while preserving the legacy of the anti-slavery movement in the United States. Pitts died in 1903 in Washington, DC, and was buried next to Douglass at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester. An extended version of this story is online at rocdouglass.com.
Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. Elusives: The Natural World We Seldom See. Artist reception Sat., Mar. 24, 10am-2pm. An exhibit by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators — Finger Lakes Chapter. 374-6160. rmsc.org. Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. The Vision in Me: Studio 678 Youth Photography. Through May 7. Awards ceremony, book release, & artist reception: Fri., March 23, 6:30pm. 244-1730. rochesterarts.org. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 50 Years of Poster Art. Opening reception Mar. 23, 6-9pm. A celebration of the art & history of the Corn Hill Arts Festival, 1969-present. 461-2222. rochestercontemporary.org. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, River Campus. Mud, Sand, Cloth, and Memory: Ricardo Wiesse’s Peru. library.rochester.edu. [ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Reveal II. Through Apr. 1. A display of ceramic sculptures and mixed media by Richard Harvey and Nancy Valle. 546-8400. episcopalseniorlife.org. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. The Lobby Presents: Billy T. Lyons farewell art exhibition. Through Apr. 3. Art based on memories from growing up poor and in drug-abused households in Rochester. 454-2966. bugjar.com. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St. Brockport. Hat Matters. Through Mar. 31. Investigates relationships between headdress and women’s experiences through multiple artistic media. 6375494. differentpathgallery.com. Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. Local Camera Clubs. Through Apr. 7. Photography from six local camera clubs. thegallery96.com. Gallery r, 100 College Ave. Controlled Trauma: Ten Years of Surgical Photography. Through Mar. 25. 256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu. Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Dale Klein: Pull Through. Through Mar. 29. thegeiselgallery.com. GO ART! Seymour Place, 201 E Main St. Batavia. The Kite Boy. Through Apr. 7. Acrylic exhibit by Alex Segovia. 343-9313. ghallock@goart.org. goart.org. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Still Life Expressions. Through March 31. Original still lifes by contemporary Canadian artist Sam Paonessa. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions.com. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Creative Artwork & Photography. 546-8400. episcopalseniorlife.org. NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Beyond Form: Non-Objective Art. Through April 21. Artist reception Fri., Mar 30, 5-7pm. rit.edu/ntid/dyerarts.
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EXHIBIT | ‘FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S ROCHESTER: MAPPING HIS TRACKS IN OUR CITY’ As part of the year-long 200 Years of Douglass celebrations, the Rochester Public Library’s Local History and Genealogy Division has put together a mini exhibit, “Frederick Douglass’s Rochester: Mapping His Tracks in Our City.” The display spotlights such notable spaces as the Talman Building, where he founded his Abolitionist paper the North Star, and Corinthian Hall, where he gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?” And visitors can take away a provided exhibit pamphlet that delineates a self-guided tour of Freddy D’s stomping grounds. Through August 31 at Central Library’s Rundel Memorial Building, 115 South Avenue, floor 2. Free. Library hours are Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 428-8370; roccitylibrary.org/location/central. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
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LITERATURE | M.J. IUPPA READING Rochester poet and teacher M.J. Iuppa has had — and continues to have — a long, poignant career: She has four full-length poetry collections and five chapbooks published; she is a lecturer in creative writing and the director of the Visual and Performing Arts Minor Program at St. John Fisher; and she’s earned numerous accolades for her work in education over the last two decades. But Iuppa’s work has mainly stayed humble, intimate, and focused on small aspects of life. There’s a consistent connection to nature — Iuppa and her husband happen to live on a farm in Hamlin — and the poet seems to be hooked by personal stories. Iuppa will give a reading from her two latest poetry collections, “This Thirst” and “Small Worlds Floating,” on Thursday, March 22, at St. John Fisher College. 7:30 p.m. in the Golisano Gateway Midlevel, 3690 East Avenue. Free. sjfc.edu; mjiuppa.com. — BY JAKE CLAPP rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 19
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We are seeking individuals for research designed to learn more about how to age well. If you are 60 years or older and willing to be considered for future studies, call the study team at: (585) 276-6204 or email HARP@urmc.rochester.edu
The Gallery @ Art & Music Library, Rush Rhees, 755 Library Road. Wreckage: Timothy Pauszek. 275-4476. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Alyssa Dewitt: The Walkers. 442-8676. vsw. org.; Vision of the Voice by Joel Dow. Through March 31. Immersive environments of sound, video, collage, painting. 442-8676. vsw.org. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Expanding Dimensions: Large Works by The Arena Art Group. Through April 9. Opening reception Fri., Mar 9, 6-8pm. 271-9070. djscally55@gmail.com.
[ WED., MARCH 21 ] Genesee Valley Fare & Ware Festival. March 21-30. Genesee Valley Council on the Arts is accepting applications for NY crafters, fine artists, and food & craft beverage makers to participate in the festival, June 16 & 17 gvartscouncil.org/gvfw. New Deal Writing Competition. March 21-April 2. The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts seeks short stories based on the painting “Old North Church,” by Thomas Cole gvartscouncil.org/new-dealwriting-competition.
Each year The Brockport Writers Forum reading series invites major contemporary writers to read their work and discuss their craft. The series this week bring Tehran, Iranborn poet Kaveh Akbar to town. Akbar’s work is a dreamy, poignant blend of sensory experience and existential grappling. He is the author of the recent collection, “Calling a Wolf a Wolf,” and the chapbook “Portrait of the Alcoholic,” and currently teaches in the MFA program at Purdue University in Indiana. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New York Times, Tin House, and elsewhere, and he is the editor of divedapper.com, which is a collection of interviews with contemporary poets. Follow him on twitter (@KavehAkbar) for a continuous stream of great poetry that’s caught his eye.
[ FRI., MARCH 23 ] THATCamp. March 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. College students, faculty, & staff are invited to consider how digital media affect the public’s experience of galleries, museums, libraries, & archives. Sponsored by RIT, UR and the MAG $25. 475-6217. Rochester2018.thatcamp.org. mag.rochester.edu.
[ THU., MARCH 22 ] Glassblowing Demo & Open House. March 22, 4-7 p.m. More Fire Glass Studio, 36 Field Street 242-0450. morefireglass.com. [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] The Garden: Poetry & Music Showcase. March 24, 6-8 p.m. 540WMain, 540 W. Main Street Celebrating Women’s History Month with Rochester’s Rebel Flower Bomb & Ariana Highsmith. Advance tickets only $20. 420-8439. United Artistry Live #2. March 24, 4 p.m. Anthology, 336 East Ave 2nd annual celebration of art in upstate NY, featuring live music, burlesque sideshow acts, & local vendors $10. info@ americanvillainapparel.com.
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[ MON., MARCH 26 ] Sing with the Rochester Oratorio Society. 6:30-9 p.m Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave 4732234. rossings.org.
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[ WED., MARCH 21 ] Pluta Cancer Center Comedy Night. March 21, 7 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd All proceeds go to Pluta $20. 426-6339. carlsoncomedy.com.
Akbar will read from his new work Wednesday, March 21, at the New York Room in Cooper Hall, College at Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive. 7 p.m. Free. The current Writers Forum season continues with Aja Monet, author of “My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter,” on April 4; and concludes on April 25 with 2018 Art of Fact Award for Excellence in Literary Nonfiction winner Phillip Lopate (special time and place; details at brockport.edu). 395-2503. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
[THU., MARCH 22 ] April Macie. March 22, 7:30 p.m. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd Through March 24 $9-$15. 426-6339. carlsoncomedy.com. [ FRI., MARCH 23 ] Comedy Night to Benefit Generation Two. March 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Jefferson Avenue School, 303 Jefferson Ave. Admission includes coffee and dessert $15. 388-0925. G2rochester.org. Marc “Skippy” Price, Mike Bova. March 23, 9 p.m. East End Tavern, 37 Charlotte St Marc “Skippy” Price from TV’s “Family Ties” on his “Awkward Adult Years Tour.”. $15. 2623988. eastendtavern.com/ comedyshow/. [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Canary in a Coal Mine, Hardwood, Thank You Kiss. March 24, 10 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St Blackfriars Comedy Series, featuring improv, musical, & sketch comedy $8/$10. 4541260. blackfriars.org. [ SUN., MARCH 25 ] Comedy Coccoon. March 25, 7 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Weekly open mic with music
plus pop-up vendor Little Shop of Hoarders. bugjar.com. [ TUE., MARCH 27 ] Backdraft II: Laughdraft. 8-11 p.m Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 902-2010. thefirehousesaloon.com.
Theater Buyer & Cellar. ThursdaysSundays JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Thu., Mar 22, 7pm; Sat., Mar. 24, 8pm; Sun., Mar. 25, 2pm 4612000 |. jccrochester.org. Grease the Musical. Fri., March 23, 7-8:30 p.m., Sat., March 24, 7-8:30 p.m. and Sun., March 25, 2-3:30 p.m. Cobblestone Theatre, 1622 State Route 332 . Farmington $15-$18. 398-0220. cobblestoneartscenter.com. Heartland. Through April 1. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Wed. & Thu., Mar 21 & 22, 28 & 29: 7pm; Fri., Mar. 23 & 30: 7pm; Sat., Mar. 24 & 31: 2:30 & 7:30; Sun., Mar. 25, & Apr 1: 3pm. $30-$35. 232-4382. gevatheatre.org. When We Were Young & Unafraid. Fri., March 23, 8 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St Through April 8.
[ WED., MARCH 21 ] Kick Butts Day Point-of-Sale & Tobacco 21 Forum. March 21, 4-6 p.m. Thomas P. Ryan Community Center, 530 Webster Ave. Presented by the Smoking & Health Action Coalition in partnership with the American Lung Association and Tobacco Use Prevention & Control of NY 666-1399. alexandra.popovici@lung.org. [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/ Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 585-232-3262. March For Our Lives Rochester. March 24, 3-5 p.m. Washington Square Park, S. Clinton Avenue at Washington Square katecochran. rochester@yahoo.com. Rochester Gentrification Conference. March 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 540WMain, 540 W. Main Street Moderated by 540WMain Executive Director Calvin Eaton 420-8439. info540westmain@gmail.com. 540westmain.org. Urban Violence 3: Naming the Solutions. March 24, 1-3 p.m. OACF Ministries, 461 Webster Avenue Presented by the Reentry & Community Development Center. Hosted by Corey Tanksley, featuring speaker Miquel Powell 9670640. rcdc-17.eventbrite.com.
Film [ THU., MARCH 22 ] Cranberries: Live in South America. March 22, 6:45 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. alternativemusic.com. Ensemble Garage: Exploring Sonic Imagery. March 22, 6:30-9 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. $5. 442-8676. taranelson@vsw. org. vsw.org/screenings. [ FRI., MARCH 23 ] 72%: A Baby Mama Crisis. March 23, 7 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. (2014) 57 mins 5632145. baobabcultural.org. [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Film Screening: Talent Has Hunger. March 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St. Discussion with cellist Paul Katz will follow 410-7278. [ MON., MARCH 26 ] Indie Lens Pop-Up: Dolores. March 26, 7 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue 2580278. thelittle.org/films/dolores.
Frederick Douglass [ WED., MARCH 21 ] Frederick Douglass’s World. Through Aug. 31. University of Rochester, River Campus rochester.edu.
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Kids Events [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] 40th Annual Maple Sugaring and Pancake Breakfast. March 24, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. $8$11. 374-6160. rmsc.org. Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast. March 24, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $9, plus museum admission. 538-6822. gcv.org. Nano Days. March 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. Part of a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering Free with museum admission. 271-4320. rmsc.org. Superheroes Weekend: Meet Marvel’s Official Spider Man. March 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square $15. 410-6365. museumofplay.org. [ SUN., MARCH 25 ] 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. March 25, 2 p.m. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave 3251238. info@RCTVMedia.org. Paint with the Easter Bunny. March 25, 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. & 12-1:30 p.m. Jade Pottery & DIY studio, 2761 E.Henrietta rd . Henrietta $14-$18. 8131836. sara@jadepottery.com. jadepottery.com. Superheroes Weekend: Meet Captain America. March 25, 12-4:30 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square $15. 4106365. museumofplay.org.
Recreation [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Maker’s Lab Drop-In. 5-7 p.m Irondequoit Public Library, 1290 Titus Ave 336-6060. irondequoitlibrary.org.
Special Events [ WED., MARCH 21 ] Shop for Girls Rock!. March 21, 5-7 p.m. Alex & Ani, 145 Culver Road Armory. A Charmed by Charity event for Girls Rock! Rochester 730-8124. [ THU., MARCH 22 ] 12th Annual A Purse for Change. March 22, 6:30 p.m. Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. A designer purse auction to benefit the Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley $65. 2420940. tbk.org. Image & Sound Festival. March 22, 9 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, 26 Gibbs St Inaugural festival of image, sound, & experimentation, presented by Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), in partnership with Benson Forum for Creativity, Visual Studies Workshop, & UCIS (University Committee for Interdisciplinary Studies), University of Rochester 2741000. concerts@esm.rochester. edu. esm.rochester.edu/ears/. [ FRI., MARCH 23 ] Orchid Show & Sale. Through March 25. Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center,
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LECTURE: ANTHONY MASCIOLI RAINBOW DIALOGUES This week’s Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues: “A Bridge From the Past to the Present” is the first program to feature special LGBTQ collections that have been permanently transferred to the Rochester Public Library from the Out Alliance. Provided info states that the series seeks to demonstrate the relevance of LGBTQ history and archival documents in today’s world. The event is presented by the Out Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library, the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library, and ImageOut. Drawing from documents, newspapers, videos, and ephemera, the series of six dialogues will address the topics of faith communities, marriage equality, the HIV/ AIDS crisis, visibility, the experiences of trans people, and liberation movements. An Archive Information Fair from noon to 2 p.m. will be set up at the Central Library. A ticketed evening celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. will be held at the Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Avenue) and will include performances by Thomas Warfield and Sarah Kilbourne, recognitions, and a buffet dinner ($50). Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archivist at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, will speak at both events. The Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues: “A Bridge From the Past to the Present” will take place on Saturday, March 24 in the Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Avenue. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free. Register at rainbowdialogues.com. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
657 East Ave Presented by the Genesee Region Orchid Society $7. geneseeorchid.org. SW ROC Taste of the Islands. March 23, 7-9 p.m. Brue Coffee Co., 960 Genesee St. $15/$20. 748-2222. dandemarle@ rochester.twcbc.com. [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Adoption Event. 12pm. Pet Adoption Network, 4261 Culver Rd. (585) 338-9175. petadoptionnetwork.org. Canandaigua Polar Plunge. March 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Kershaw Park, Lakeshore Drive . Canandaigua 5867400. PolarPlungeNY.org/ Canandaigua. The Masquerade Ball with the Boilermaker Jazz Band. March 24, 7 p.m. The Historic German House Auditorium, 315 Gregory St. $16/$20. 3108286. groovejuiceswing.com. Sci Fi Trivia with Flower City Comic Con. March 24, 7:30
p.m. Nox: Craft Cocktails & Comfort Food, 302 Goodman St N deanna@fc3roc.org. Telescope Viewing. Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue Views of the night sky offered from dark to 10p.m. Weather permitting; call after 7:30pm to confirm evening’s viewing 697-1945. rmsc.org/ strasenburghplanetarium. Wellness Day. March 24, 2-4 p.m. ROC & Soul Fitness, 43 E. Main Street . Webster Healthy treats, food samples, prizes, and guest speakers 228-5284. rocandsoulfitness.com.
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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
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Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
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Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
In our time “The Leisure Seeker” (R), DIRECTED BY PAOLO VIRZÌ OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 23 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren star in the alternately touching and enervating comic drama “The Leisure Seeker,” about Ella and John Spencer, who’ve been married for 50 years when they decide to set out on one final road trip in their beloved 1975 Winnebago, the name of which lends the film its title. With nary a word to let anyone know where they’re going, the couple leave their Massachusetts home behind and head south. A
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retired professor of literature, John is prone to waxing on about his love for Ernest Hemingway, and the couple’s ultimate destination is the author’s home down in Key West. John’s suffering from dementia, and the disease has given him a tendency to slip in and out of the past; one night he wakes up bewildered, not recognizing the gray-haired woman lying next to him as the woman he married so many decades ago. Meanwhile, Ella has been refusing treatment for her cancer and only sporadically remembers to take her medication. Seeing a chance for escape, they speed off down the east coast, taking the opportunity for one last adventure before they lose themselves completely. The script adds some additional urgency to the story by cutting back to the couple’s grown son (Christian McKay) as he grows increasingly frantic that his parents have struck out on the road by themselves. He worries they can’t handle a strenuous journey on their own, though his sister (Janel Moloney) is slightly more sanguine about the situation. On their travels, the couple bicker, reconnect, and encounter a crosssection of the
Sutherland and Mirren in “The Leisure Seeker.” PHOTO COURTESY SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
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country’s population, from helpful motorcyclists and patient diner waitresses, to a pair of hooligans who make the mistake of attempting to rob the couple. All the while they insist on chattering away about the details of their lives, much to the discomfort and occasional bemusement of the people they meet. Their nights are spent sitting in front of slideshows Ella projects on a sheet strung across whatever RV campsite they’re currently spending the night in, while she quizzes him on the details of their family and history together. Sporting a thick Southern accent and a wig, Mirren is as winning as ever. She captures Ella’s growing frustration over the swiftness with which John’s awareness comes and goes, as the burden falls to her to do the remembering for the both of them. Not to mention the way John can instantly recall the name of a pretty student from more than 20 years ago, but can’t identify his own children. But we can also sense the love Ella still clearly holds for her husband, even as the man she knows appears to be present less and less. Sutherland’s performance allows us to see both the charming man Ella fell in love with, as well as the lost man who’s just as confused and frustrated as she is. Ella may hold her share of anger at the disease that’s stolen her husband from her, but as he says during a rare moment of clarity, “whoever stole him from you stole him from me too.” The two veteran actors are wonderful together, easily conjuring up a sense of the couple’s shared history together. They’re especially sweet during a late scene dancing to Thelma Houston’s “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (a choice that’s little on the nose, but effective nonetheless).
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But it’s not difficult to see where this is all headed, and even performers as skilled as these two can’t alleviate the sense that we’ve seen this story before. Based on a novel by Michael Zadoorian, the script to “The Leisure Seeker” is credited to no less than four writers (Stephen Amidon, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, and Virzì), and perhaps as a result of so many hands in the pot, the film never quite nails the tone it’s aiming for. Too many scenes veer toward sensationalism, and while the script seeks to be a clear-eyed exploration of aging, it can’t resist sprinkling in a few too many lazy jokes about incontinence and farting. Italian director Paolo Virzì’s outsider’s perspective does occasionally add an intriguing angle to the material. The original novel was published in 2009, but Virzì shifts the action to August of 2016, seemingly just so he can open the film with a Donald Trump campaign speech, then later include a scene in which the couple stumble into a MAGA rally. The filmmaker seems to want the story to be a look back on the things that have slipped away, both personal and across the nation. There’s also a scene late in the film that displays an unanticipated sexual frankness, a welcome departure from the expected. But the film works almost in spite of itself, and somewhere along the way “The Leisure Seeker” finds enough moments that resonate — about the things we choose to face and those we choose not to, about facing the end on one’s own terms, and the security that comes from the knowledge that we’ve selected just the right person to sit in the copilot’s seat.
A brand-new Rochester event seeks to bring together audiences with an appreciation for experimental film, music, and avantgarde art in a two-day celebration of image and sound. Presented by Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), the inaugural Image/Sound Festival kicks off this Thursday, and its organizers are excited to give attendees a chance to enjoy works wildly different from anything they’d traditionally see performed at the Eastman School of Music. The Image/Sound Festival will present a lineup of US premiere concerts, workshops, and talkbacks on Thursday, March 22, before culminating with a concert by internationally-acclaimed artist collective Ensemble Garage on Friday, March 23. A full schedule can be found at esm.rochester.edu/ears. All events are free and open to the public. EARS is the Eastman School’s platform for research, experimentation, and the realization of new music and
Ensemble Garage will perform as part of the Eastman School’s inaugural Image/Sound Festival. PHOTO BY MANFRED DAAMS
sound art. It’s a mission that this new festival continues as it provides a showcase for work from international artists who delight in playing with the foundational elements of the music and film mediums. “We live in the age of image, and the increasing visual paradigms in our culture raise many questions. In putting together the festival program, we’ve involved a collection of artists who are actively questioning the relationship between image and sound, and finding some intriguing answers,” says EARS Director Oliver Schneller. These artists are using musical ideas or musical composition qualities to create exclusively image-based pieces. This “visual music” combines elements of music, film, and, performance art in ways meant to highlight the varied interactions between the visual and auditory senses. The festival first begins with a symposium, featuring presentations by artists and scholars who will explain and demonstrate different ideas and approaches to this relationship, ranging from the collaborations between Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann, to contemporary VJing. Thursday’s schedule includes a screening in Hatch Recital Hall of works by eminent Austrian videographer Claudia Rohrmoser, who specializes in audio-visual constellations using animation. Following that presentation will be a concert by Eastman’s own Empire Film Music Ensemble, an Eastman student group that has been dedicated to the performance of classic film music. Their performance here sees the group branching out into multimedia work that will place an emphasis on sound, light, and color, through works by Philip Glass as well as new compositions by Ensemble members and contributing artists Claire Caverly and Jose Escobar. The three presented pieces seek to “push the boundaries of what we think traditional composition or traditional performance can be,” Escobar says.
The anchor of the festival will be German composer and performer Brigitta Muntendorf, who will be performing with her very own collective, the Ensemble Garage. This ensemble specializes in works that involve complex visual components — video art, live-video, performance, and theater, Schneller says. “And the group commissions and performs works by contemporary composers from all over the world.” Following the Empire Film Music Ensemble concert, Ensemble Garage will be holding a live masterclass at the Visual Studies Workshop, which will bring visual artists and composers together to share and discuss their work. Appearing before their Friday concert, the ensemble will provide a platform for young artists to exchange ideas and experiences while allowing participants to gain access to the composers in a way that audiences rarely get in the more formal concert setting. As with the rest of the festival’s events, the workshop is free though pre-registration is required. Though the idea behind visual music can seem like heady stuff, Eastman students Caverly and Escobar are quick to emphasize that the medium remains entirely accessible, since it isn’t after any specific interpretation. Visual music performances delve into the arena known as Psychoacoustics (the modern scientific study of sound perception and its physiological effects), and as such, are open to whatever emotion it stirs within the audience. The medium only requires that viewers pay attention to their physical reaction to the sounds and images they’re experiencing, which means there’s truly no wrong way to enjoy it. “Visual music can be an overwhelming experience,” Caverly says. “But that sense of being overwhelmed with feeling can be beautiful when you allow yourself to just watch, absorb, and let yourself kind of fall into it. I think that when it’s done really well, it’s a totally amazing experience — like nothing else.”
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Workshops [ WED., MARCH 21 ] Adult Astronomy. March 21, 2 p.m. Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue “Connections: Art, Music, Astronomy” $5-$7. 697-1945. rmsc.org.
Is It Too Late to Save Our Planet?. March 21, 7 p.m. Church of the Assumption, 20 East Ave, Fairport Book discussion and workshop based on “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming,” by Paul Hawken (325) 521-9959. Technology Help with Teen Tech Tutors. 4-6 p.m Irondequoit Public Library, 1290 Titus Ave 336-6060. irondequoitlibrary.org.
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due April 1 for May 5 event tedxrochester.org/attend. [ THU., MARCH 22 ] African World History: Early African Civilization. March 22, 7 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Dr. Kiah Nyame, facilitator 563-2145. baobabcultural.org. Science on the Edge: James Weinpress, Seneca Park Zoo. March 22, 7:30 p.m. Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. $14/$15. 6971942. rmsc.org. [ MON., MARCH 26 ] Opera Guild of Rochester Lecture Series. 7-9 p.m Brighton Memorial Library,
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Museum Exhibit [ SAT., MARCH 24 ] Hodinöhsö:ni’ Women: From the Time of Creation. March 24, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Seneca Art & Culture Center, 7000 County Road 41 Ganondagan’s new exhibit tells the missing story of Hodinöhsö:ni’ women in U.S. history, their role in equality for all women & continued
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Garage and Yard Sales RUMMAGE SALE Huge selection! Housewares, clothes, furniture, books, etc. Friday March 16 and Saturday March 17 10 AM to 5 PM Church of Epiphany 3285 Buffalo Rd, Gates
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Jam Section BRIAN S. MARVIN Lead vocalist, looking for an audition to join band, cover tunes, originals and has experience with bands 585-259-3717 CALLING ALL MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES the Rochester Music Coalition wants you! Please register on our website. For further info: www.rochestermusiccoalition.org info@rochestermusiccoalition.org 585-235-8412 EXPERIENCED DRUMMER Looking to join band playing clubs, festivals & parties. Call Bob, leave message 585-705-3142
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Easter Worship Services Please Join Us For Holy Week And Easter Sunday Liturgies PALM SUNDAY – MARCH 24 & 25
• Saturday – St. Mary’s 4:00pm & St. Boniface 5:00pm • Sunday – St. Boniface 9:00am, Blessed Sacrament 10:00am, St. Mary’s 10:30am & Blessed Sacrament 12:15pm
HOLY THURSDAY – MARCH 29
• Blessed Sacrament 7:00pm (Mass of the Lord’s Supper) Adoration until 10:30pm
GOOD FRIDAY – MARCH 30
• St. Mary’s 12:10pm (Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion) • St. Boniface 3:00pm (Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion) • Blessed Sacrament 6:30pm Stations of the Cross
HOLY SATURDAY – MARCH 31 • St. Mary’s 7:30pm (Easter Vigil)
EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 1 • St. Boniface 9:00am • Blessed Sacrament 10:00am • St. Mary’s 10:30am • Blessed Sacrament 12:15pm
Blessed Sacrament • 534 Oxford St. (at Monroe) • 271-7240 St Boniface • 330 Gregory St. (near South Ave) • 271-7240 St Mary’s • 15 St Mary’s Place (near GEVA) • 271-7240
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Irondequoit United Church of Christ Palm Sunday March 25
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31 Ravenwood Avenue It’s 1915. As war rages in Europe, the Boston Red Sox’s starting pitcher, an affable southpaw, hits his first major league homerun. His name is Babe Ruth. In San Francisco, a phone rings and Dr. Thomas Watson receives the very first transcontinental call. In Rochester, Kodak’s 16-story headquarters on State Street is open for business—and a few blocks away, in the city’s 19th Ward, William and Alice Morrison move into their brand-new, 1,500 square foot home on Ravenwood Avenue. With its gleaming hardwood floors, beautiful wood trim, and detailed windows, William and Alice Morrison must have been proud of their new home. Though not indulgent, classic architectural stylings like pocket doors and a coffered ceiling in the dining room embody an attention to detail that is often missing in modern homes. Alongside those classic elements, the current owner has updated the home with a bright new kitchen that features white cabinets, a fresh tile floor, and adjacent pantry space. At the top of the carefully refinished staircase that leads to the second floor, sit three bedrooms, each with closet space and ample windows that allow sunlight to filter in. One bedroom boasts a small sleeping porch and all three have easy access to a bathroom featuring a full bath/shower and enough square footage for a new owner to update. The third-floor attic is spacious and partially refinished, with the potential to house an additional bedroom or a home office.
The backyard of 31 Ravenwood is fencedin on three sides and provides access to a freestanding one-car garage. The home comes with kitchen appliances and a washer/dryer in the basement, which offers additional storage space and a functional full bath that could be updated. William and Alice Morrison lived in their home at 31 Ravenwood Avenue for nearly 30 years. It seems they lived quietly, and unlike Babe Ruth, Alexander Graham Bell, or George Eastman, William and Alice weren’t celebrities or tycoons. In fact, William was a machine operator who worked at the Non-Smut Carbon Manufacturing Company, making typewriter parts on Tremont Street in Corn Hill. William and Alice Morrison’s names will probably never be mentioned in history books—but their house, the home they built on Ravenwood Avenue, in a quiet neighborhood in Rochester’s 19th Ward, still stands as a testimony to William and Alice’s pride, hard work, and good taste. To learn more about 31 Ravenwood Avenue, currently listed at $114,900, please contact Danny Sirianni of Sirianni Realty at 585-302-4745. by Lisa Feinstein Lisa is Vice President for Institutional Advancement at The Strong and an avid fan of historic architecture and neighborhoods.
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Employment AIRLINE CAREERS START Here –Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866296-7094 INSTALLERS NEEDED American Carpet and Home Depot looking for experienced installers. We offer competitive Pay rate scale. Must own your own van and proper tools. Contact Rodney 716-583-1468 UP TO $800/WEEKLY TAKE CARE OF FAMILY MEMBERS Incl. Disabled Children (Monroe County) Our agency offers a Medicaid funded program CDPAP (Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Program). You can get compensated for taking care of your relatives (parents, grandparents, parents’ in law, etc.), friends, neighbors or a disable child who receive Medicaid and need help. Accompany your relatives to medical appointments, prepare food for them, help them to get dressed and receive the following compensation from our agency: - $12/hr + OVERTIME $18/hr; - PAID VACATION and SICK DAYS. Make this job part-time or full-time based on your loved ones’ healthcare needs! No PCA/HHA certificate is required! Please call for more information: 347-577-9092; 347-577-9093 Please call from 8:30AM - 5PM.
Volunteers BECOME A DOCENT at the Rochester Museum & Science Center Must be an enthusiastic communicator, Like working with children. Learn more at http://www. rmsc.org/Support/Volunteer Or call 585-697-1948 CARING FOR CAREGIVERS Lifespan is looking for volunteers to offer respite to caregivers whose loved ones have been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. For details call Eve at 244-8400 Contact Urban League Of Rochester today to become a mentor to the youth in our community! Email Charisma Dupree at cdupree@ulr.org to get started. MEALS ON WHEELS needs YOU to deliver meals to YOUR neighbors in need. Available weekdays between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM? Visit our website at www.vnsnet.com or call 274-4385 to get started! OPERA GUILD OF Rochester needs a volunteer to assist with newsletter publication, and event helpers for the annual recital and opera presentations. For details see home page at operaguildofrochester.com.
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SENECA PARK ZOO Society seeking volunteers and docents for ongoing involvement or special events. Roles available for all interests. Contact Volunteers@senecazoo.org to learn more.
FRESH, FUNKY, R&B/ neo-soul/jazz-rock project, looking for bassist. Song list includes Whinehouse, Badu, Daft punk etc. Practice in Irondequoit Mondays @ 6. 2ndstreetsymphony@gmail.com
ST. JOHN’S HOME s looking for volunteers to transport residents on Tuesday mornings to and from Catholic Mass within our home. Please call volunteer office at 7601293 for more information.
GROOVY, JAZZY, FUNKY new group in search of a Keyboard player. Playing Winehouse, Badu, daft punk. Practice in Irondequoit Mondays @ 6. 2ndstreetsymphony@gmail.com
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AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN) THE UPSTATE NY Engineers Training Fund/District 832 will be recruiting two (2) apprentice heavy equipment operators. To be accepted for this training opportunity, applicants must: 1. Reside in one of the counties of Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne or Yates County, eastern part of Genesee County, including City of Batavia 2. Have obtained a high school diploma or GED 3. Be at least 18 years of age 4. Have a valid NYS driver’s license and reliable transportation 5. Able to pass a substance test Application packets will be limited to twenty-five (25). Applications will be available starting Monday, April 2, 2018, from 9:00 am – 11:30 am and from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm for 10 business days or until 25 applications have been submitted, whichever comes first. Application packets may be obtained only by applicant in person at the from IUOE Local 158, District 832’s office located at 3174 Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623. For further information, telephone 585-2729890. Successful applicants must be willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions and have a positive attitude. They must be willing to work closely with others and take constructive criticism and learn from it. An outstanding work ethic is a must. In exchange for this dedication to their training they will be rewarded with, upon successful completion of their apprenticeship, the opportunity to work in a well paying job and have the ability to enjoy a good standard of living. This is an equal opportunity. The Upstate NY Engineers Training and Apprenticeship Fund does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, creed, race, color, marital status, disability, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, or any other Fund administered program.
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Legal Ads [ LEGAL NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Wilson Digital, LLC. LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NYS DOS on November 28, 2017. Office location: Monroe County. The Sec. of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process shall be 7014 13th Ave, Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose of LLC: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 1706 East Ave, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/6/18. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 2604 Elmwood Ave., #113, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 2561 LAC DE VILLE MGMT., LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/25/17 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the Registered Agent: Corporate Creations Network Inc 15 North Mill ST Nyack, NY 10960. Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] 3327 Brighton-Henrietta LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on August 28, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 162 Buttonwood Dr., Hilton, NY 14468. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
process to the LLC, 326 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] BOT LINKS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 02/07/18 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 100 Boxart ST Ste. 234 Rochester, NY 14612. Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Bpg Associates, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/4/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 1121 N. Winton Rd Rochester, NY 14609 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Deejaz Management LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/7/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Legalcorp Solutions, LLC 11 Broadway #615 New York, NY 10004 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] DUNNS SMALL ENGINE REPAIR LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/18/2018. Office loc: Orleans County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: James E Dunn, 3178 Oak Orchard Rd, Albion, NY 14411. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] EMC Compliance LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/29/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 6 Erie Crescent, Fairport, NY 14450. General Purpose.
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570 LEXINGTON AVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/31/18. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 570 Lexington Avenue, Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose: Any lawful purpose
Ezzy Holdings LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/6/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]
Box 884, Pittsford, NY 14534, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Jenny Sanzo Fashionista LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/26/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 20 Wedmore Rd Fairport, NY 14450 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Lionheart Development LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/1/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Lionheart Development LLC 19 Trotters Field Run Pittsford, NY 14534 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] LOWDEN POINT CAPITAL LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/14/2018. LLC’s office is in Monroe County. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SS shall mail a copy of such process to 73 State Street, 3rd Floor, Rochester, NY 14614. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Maya Lighting, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on May 16, 2017. Office is located in Monroe County and its principal business location is 400 Andrews Street Suite 360, Rochester NY 14604. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 400 Andrews Street Suite 360, Rochester NY 14604. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Mitchell J. Lurye, Lcswr. LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/7/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Mitchell J. Lurye 274 Goodman St North #B283 Rochester, NY 14607 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]
Blazin Lazin Studios, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/21/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 3545 Roosevelt Hwy Hamlin, NY 14464 General Purpose
GIBBS ENTERPRISES LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 3/5/2018. 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 803 West Avenue, Box C1, Rochester, NY 14611. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
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BLUE ANVIL NATIONAL CONTRACTORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/01/18. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
IT’S OK. IT’S A CRUISE, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/13/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 607 Palmyra Rd., PO
Much Like Wolves, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/9/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 195 Dunrovin Ln Rochester, NY 14618 General Purpose
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Mollimoo, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/31/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Viktoriya Napora 1439 Plank Rd Webster, NY 14580 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]
[ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of MCB Holdings, LLC. Art. of Org. filed by Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/8/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to 316 Valley Road, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, Serial Number pending for beer, liquor, wine, and cider has been applied for by the undersigned* to sell beer, liquor, wine, and cider at retail in a bar/tavern under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 375 Averill Ave., Rochester, NY 14620 in Monroe County for on premises consumption.*Rochester Beer Park LLC [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a NYS Liquor License, 3160185 pending for beer, liquor, wine, and cider has been applied for by the Mueller Restaurant Group to sell beer, liquor, wine, and cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 180 South Clinton Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. 14604 in Monroe County for on premises consumption. Mueller Restaurant Group DBA The Native. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Brahm Properties LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/13/2018; Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 135 Windmill Trail, Rochester, New York 14624. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 102 State Street, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 2/2/18. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 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 1459 CULVER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Thomas Nary, 1459 Culver Rd. Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Manage real estate.
Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 28 Lawrence Street Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/20/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 268 Milburn Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 348 HAYWARD LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/01/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Thomas Nary,1459 Culver Rd. Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Manage real estate. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: EAST HOUSE CANAL STREET LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) of New York on 01/23/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to: East House Canal Street LLC, 259 Monroe Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Principal Business location is: 259 Monroe Avenue, Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14607. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Acorn Café, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/09/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 85 High Tech Drive, Rush NY 14543. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BAILEY’S SEPTIC SERVICE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/21/18. Office location: Orleans County. Princ. office of LLC: 1443 Oak Orchard Rd., Waterport, NY 14571. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 232 W. Park St., Albion, NY 14411. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BAMF Management II LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/31/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to 22 Ryder Cup Circle Pittsford, NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BAMF Management III LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/2/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 22 Ryder Cup Circle Pittsford, NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Castleman Road LLC Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) February 21, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 859 Rolins Run, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Charisma Yoga Bar, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) February 7, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 114 N Main St, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Chordia Consulting, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/6/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 245 Georgian Court Road, Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]
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Notice of formation of DMD NISSAN WEST, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/1/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Panorama Trail S., Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of Formation of iKON Amusement & Travel LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/13/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 295 Chili Scottsville Rd, Churchville, NY 14428 . Purpose: any lawful activities
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: CMS Transport of Western NY, LLC; Date of filing: 1/19/18; Office of the LLC: Monroe Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 60 Endicar Drive, Rochester, New York 14622; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of iKON Ice Cream LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/15/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of EMS Tactical Group LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/07/2018 . Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 21 Elm Street, Webster NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Fundere Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 30, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 12 Trotters Field Run, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ]
Notice of Formation of COO for Hire, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/20/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 26692, Rochester NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of HAVENS LAW PLLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) February 7, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 760 Chili Avenue Extension, Churchville, NY 14428. Purpose: Practice the profession of law.
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Notice of Formation of Dancing Crowns LLC Art. of Org. filed Secy’s of State (SSNY) 01/24/2018. Office location Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 500 Winchester St., Rochester NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful activities
Notice of formation of HIGH TOP HOMES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/27/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 17 Longbow Circle, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of In the Balance Health Coaching, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/22/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 116 Holley Brook Drive, Penfield, New York 14526. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kray Consulting LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/6/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 31 Princeton Ln Fairport, NY 14450 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Live, Work, Life Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/23/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.
as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Premier Seafood, LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.
been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 375 Averill Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act
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Notice of formation of ROSCO RENOVATIONS LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 2/14/2018. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 61 Wilmer St., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of Marqee Finds LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Hidden Wood Drive, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Monroe Air, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, Attn: Paul Adams, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Monroe and Wayne Construction, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/20/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Steven Meyer, 60 Browns Race, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Monroe Income Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/8/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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Notice of formation of MACABEE REPUBLIC LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/5/2017. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Charles Switzer, 464 State St., Rochester, NY 14608. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of Formation of NeighborHOOD Scholar LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/29/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 362 Whispering Pines Circle Rochester, NY 14612 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of Market Seafood LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated
Notice of formation of PHOENIX MILL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/16/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RTECH CONSULTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/20/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 34 Tannon Drive North, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SPRING VALLEY GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/27/2018. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2117 Buffalo Rd., #183, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Brick Lab, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/5/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 44 Quail Lane, Rochester NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Yards Collective LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) November 20th, 2017 . Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 50-52Public Market Way Rochester, NY 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tux Cat Entertainment LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02-09-2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 500 Winchester St. Rochester, NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of West Ridge Development LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) February 8th 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 75 Barrett Dr, Unit 177, Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of TEPCOGLASS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/14/18. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Texas (TX) on 12/29/17. Princ. office of LLC: 11210 Ables Ln., Dallas, TX 75229. 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 TX Secy. of State, James E. Rudder Bldg., 1019 Brazo, Austin, TX 78701. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] OWLU LLC. Filed 1/12/18. Office: ORLEANS Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 662 Bauder Park Dr, Alden, NY 14004. Purpose: General. [ NOTICE ] Quincy 9193 LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/6/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose
to 76 Anderson Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Sarratori Holding LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on August 28, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 162 Buttonwood Dr., Hilton, NY 14468. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Sisu Counseling and Consulting LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 11/1/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 411 Parsons Acres Ontario, NY 14519 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Spr Enterprises LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/23/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 968 North Rd Scottsville, NY 14546 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/6/18. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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RED RIVER VALLEY PROPERTIES LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/2/2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail process to RED RIVER VALLEY PROPERTIES LLC, 160 Olivia Drive, Rochester, NY 14626 General Purpose.
Ua2us Transport, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 10/30/17. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 180 Sedgley Park West Henrietta, NY 14586 General Purpose
[ NOTICE ] Revolution Studio & Wellness Bar, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/8/2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 9 Bryden Pk., Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Rochester Lead Automotive, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on December 26, 2017. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process
[ NOTICE ] VR Playground LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/21/2017. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Russell Tartaglia, 362 Shore Acres Dr., Rochester, NY 14612. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Wetmore Rentals LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/12/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 155 Edgerton St., Rochester, NY 14607. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Whiskey River Properties, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/6/2018. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom
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of Rochester, County of Monroe for on premises consumption. County of Monroe Genesee Valley Golf Course Lawrence A. Staub, Jr. – Director of Parks
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Wigberto Perez LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/4/2017. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Wigberto Perez, 137 Clay Rd., Rochester, NY 14623. General Purpose.
1980 East Avenue LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/6/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 11 Pierceon Court, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of RUSH PRESERVE LLC Cert. of Conversion filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/02/18, converting PINNACLE PARTNERSHIP to RUSH PRESERVE LLC. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2729 Pinnacle Rd., Rush, NY 14543. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF APPLICATION ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer, wine and cider, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and cider at retail in a public golf club under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1200 Kings Highway North, City of Rochester, County of Monroe for on premises consumption. County of Monroe Durand Eastman Golf Course Lawrence A. Staub, Jr. – Director of Parks [ NOTICE OF APPLICATION ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for beer, wine and cider, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine and cider at retail in a public golf club under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1000 East River Road, City
[ Notice of Formation ] D&T Rents Auburn LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/9/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to P.O. Box 92280, Rochester, NY 14692. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: 2088 FIVE MILE LINE PROPERTY, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/21/2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O 2088 FIVE MILE LINE PROPERTY, LLC, 2088 Five Mile Line Road, Penfield, New York 14526. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: JADE GAFF, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/26/2018. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O
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 Midship Circle, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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New York State Paralegal SVS LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on March 19, 2018. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 93 Chesterfield Drive, Rochester, NY 14612. The purpose of the company is any lawful activity.
The name of the LLC is ROC The Mic Productions, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 2/16/18. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 299 Avalon Dr Rochester NY 14618. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business.
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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on February 21, 2018. Office location: c/o Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 North Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY 14604, Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, c/o Reformation Lutheran Church, 111 North Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity.
JADE GAFF, LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose
Notice of Formation of Casa Luna Supply, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/8/17. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 151 Basket Rd, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] SMG Buena Vista Group LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/28/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to c/o Shawn M. Griffin, 99 Garnsey Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation } The Woolbright Group, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/14/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 667
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The name of the LLC is Shewman Athletic Performance LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 2/27/18. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 2 Birchstone Hill Rd Rush NY 14543. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is WallByrd LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 1/31/18. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 10 Cedarwood Cir Pittsford NY 14534. The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Girlboss Developments LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 02/13/2018 with an effective date of formation of 02/13/2018. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 218 MacIntosh Dr., Rochester, NY 14626. 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 PUBLIC AUCTION ] On March 27th, 2018 Rochester Self Storage, 14 Railroad St, Rochester, NY 14609 ((585) 325-5000) will hold a public auction. The auction will take place online at www. selfstorageauction.com. Bidding will start March 20th, 2018 and end on March 27th, 2018 at 1:00pm. Items will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. The following units contain household items, boxes, furniture and/ or personal goods, and other items. B1061 Smith, Dana: C3056 Dent, Kerrisha: B2016 Smith, Ernestine: C2062 Crawford, La Rosa: W084A3 Smith, Marcus: W021A2 Warren, Saundi: C2080 Wade, Myra: B1051 Parker, Embrey: C3038 Coleman, Raquel:W304A3 Lewis, Tiffany: B1082 Thompson, Kevin: C2065 Terry, Howard: W192B3 Glasgow, Damon: B2004 Karlar, Yardey: C1114 Moody, Shakiah: W066A3 Barker, Tiffany: C1111 Robinson, Dianne: B2020 Angell, William: A1035 Martinez, Laurie [ PUBLIC NOTICE ] Katyasi LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11.25.2016. Office: Monroe. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 919 North Market Street, Suite 425; Wilmington, DE 19899. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] INDEX NO. 002021/17E SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the situs of the real property. EB 1EMINY, LLC Plaintiff, -against- DAVID SMITH, DANIELLE HANSEN, PALISADES COLLECTION, L.L.C. A/A/O PROVIDIAN NATIONAL BANK,
RAB PERFORMANCE RECOVERIES, LLC A/A/O METRIS BANK, PALISADES ACQUISITION XVI, L.L.C. A/A/O SEARS, PALISADES COLLECTION, L.L.C. A/A/O AT&T, COUNTY OF MONROE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK C/O MONROE COUNTY CLERK, STATE OF NEW YORK CIVIL RECOVERIES BUREAU, LR CREDIT 4, LLC A/A/O FIRST USA, AFFINITY ORCHARD PLACE, L.P., ASHA MOHAMED, ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, EMILY SAWDY, CACH, LLC, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, CITIBANK, N.A., EXCELLUS HEALTH PLAN, INC. D/B/A EXCELLUS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT), PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON BEHALF OF MONROE COUNTY OFFICE OF PROBATIONCOMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE-CIVIL ENFORCEMENT, MARINER FINANCE,LLC, AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, U.S. BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1 A/K/A TOWER CAPITAL, PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #20,” the last twenty names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING
YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your · property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the 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: Garden City, New York, January 18, 2018. STAGG, TERENZI, CONFUSIONE & WABNIK, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff By: Ronald P. Labeck 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 812-4500The object of this action is to foreclose tax liens covering: 33 Bowman Street, Rochester, New York. JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $13,576.67 plus interest. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York, being Lot 14 as shown upon a map of C.M. Thoms’ Subdivision of parts of Lots 2,3,4 and 5 of the middle part of the H V B Schanck Farm, formerly in the Town of Brighton, now in the City of Rochester, and filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Uber 11 of Maps, page 92. Said Lot 14 fronts on the west side of Bowman Street and is 40 feet wide front and rear, 121.98 feet in depth on the north line and 122.18 feet in depth on the south line. Premises commonly known as: 33 Bowman Street, Rochester, New York and also by Section: 107 .78, Block: 2 and Lot: 75 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS IN TAX LIEN FORECLOSURE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF MONROE – US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC, Plaintiff, EDWARD M. O’CONNOR A/K/A EDWARD M. OCONNOR A/K/A EDWARD MARTIN OCONNOR A/K/A EDWARD M. OCONNER, if living and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiffs, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or
generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely, the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, descendents, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, successors in interest and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, descendents, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, successors in interest, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiffs, HUDSON AND KEYSE LLC ASSIGNEE OF BENEFICIAL COMPANY LLC, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendants. Index No. 6665/16. To the above named Defendants –YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty days after service is completed if the summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the county in which the property a lien upon which is being foreclosed is situated. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. J. Scott Odorisi, J.S.C., dated February 21, 2018. The object of this action is to foreclose a Tax Lien covering the premises located at Section 120.80, Block 1, Lot 59 on the Tax Map of MONROE County and also known as 16 Penhurst Street, Rochester, New York. Dated: March 9, 2018 WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF, LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC, By: Michael J. Zacharias, Esq. 156 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019 (212) 237-1113
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A co-ed dormitory at Hunter College in New York City has become the site of a dispute between the college and 32-year-old Lisa S. Palmer, who won’t vacate her dorm room despite having discontinued her classes in 2016. Palmer, who works for an architecture firm, has “racked up a staggering $94,000 in unpaid residence hall charges,” a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court noted. The New York Post reported on Feb. 28 that in June 2016 and fall 2017, she received eviction notices, but she won’t budge. Palmer admitted that dorm life is “really lonely. I feel very isolated.” Palmer was moved into a wing of the dorm that’s occupied only by a middle-aged nurse, whom the college is also trying to evict. In fact, Hunter is working on removing nine nurses, who were given rooms in the building when it was owned by Bellevue Hospital.
Only in Texas
Ana Lisa Garza, a Starr County district judge in south Texas, is running for a state House seat in District 31. Garza has received almost $90,000 in contributions to her campaign, but more than $50,000 of that has been in a most unusual currency: deer semen. Deer breeder Fred Gonzalez, treasurer of the Texas Deer Association, said breeders often donate semen “straws” instead of money: “Semen is a very common way for us to donate. One collection on a buck could lead to 60 straws sometimes. If you have a desirable animal, it’s a way to bring value without breaking the bank.” A campaign finance report valued each straw donated at $1,000. Gonzalez told the Dallas Morning News that the semen donated for Garza’s campaign went into a tank sold in one lot, the proceeds of which will go to the campaign.
Awesome!
Name recognition won’t be a problem for the Libertarian Party challenger for eastern Arkansas’ 1st Congressional District seat: Elvis D. Presley. The Associated Press reported that the King impersonator from Star City, Arkansas, who legally changed his name to match the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s (although the “real” Elvis’ middle initial was A), filed campaign paperwork on Feb. 26. Presley works as an auto refinish technician at Camp’s Custom Paint in Star City, but his political ambitions aren’t new: He’s also run for governor, land commissioner and state legislature.
Least Competent Criminals
Caught red-handed: Leahman G.R. Potter, 48, neglected to conceal the evidence after he stole a pot of meatballs from a neighbor’s garage in Hazle Township in Pennsylvania. The meatball owner returned home Feb. 26 to find Potter outside his garage, covered in red sauce, and his meatball pot missing, according to United Press International. When Pennsylvania State Police arrived shortly afterward, they found the pot in the street and Potter at his home, where he was charged with burglary, trespass and theft. KTAR News in Phoenix reported that Peoria Police Department officers were called to a gas station Feb. 23 in response to a shoplifting. When they arrived, suspects Marwan Al Ebadi, 28, and Salma Hourieh, 29, set off on foot before hopping over a fence -- directly into a secured parking lot of the Peoria Police Department. Hourieh tried to hide beneath a bench outside the station, while Al Ebadi jumped back over the fence and was stopped in the street. Both were arrested and charged with shoplifting. “You should never run from the police,” said police spokesman Brandon Sheffert, “and if you do, do not run into a secure parking lot of a police station.”
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll attract partners who tend to be overbearing or try to run your life for you. At the first sign of anyone trying to take over or meddle in your financial, medical or professional affairs, know enough to say no and to back away. You deserve better. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stop to smell the roses, to enjoy what life has to offer, and you’ll recognize someone close by has been waiting for you to notice him or her. Don’t dismiss the signs; follow through and find out if you have deeper feelings for one another.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be playing with fire if you lead someone on. The type of partner who shows interest will not be your normal play date, but this time it will be someone who means business and is expecting the same from you. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll have an opportunity to meet someone special, but your inability to recognize the signs may leave you at a loss if someone makes a move. Be willing to let someone take the lead and see where it goes. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Adventure and excitement will grab your attention. The partner who can offer you a challenge as well as temptation when it comes to mind, body and soul will encourage you to move on to a commitment quickly and without doubt. Enjoy the moment and embrace the future. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may be serious about settling down, but before you start making plans, consider if the person you have chosen to be your life partner is on the same page as you. A change of heart may surface if you move too quickly. Ask for feedback before you start making arrangements.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Love and romance will be a balancing act, leaving you at odds when it comes to knowing where you stand and what to expect. Look for the signs and you’ll discover you are in a situation that has the potential to go either way. Ask where you stand. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your desire for someone unique will lead you to places you wouldn’t normally go to find love. Once you spot what you are looking for, there will be no turning back. Get ready to live, learn and love in a way you have never done in the past.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll have trouble making up your mind but no problem attracting partners. A challenge is always a turn-on for you. When you are faced with someone who pulls out the best in you, makes you laugh and gives you a run for your money, say yes. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It will be one step forward and three steps back when it comes to love. Expect friends and family to interfere and to make it difficult for you to pick and choose the right partner. Listen to the advice offered, but don’t dismiss what your heart tells you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A past lover will want to reconnect. Before you jump for joy, consider carefully what happened the last time you let this person into your life. Was it just poor timing or something more that turned sour between you? Don’t give in to sweet talk or empty promises. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Being happy with who you are and what you’ve accomplished will make it easier to be the one to choose a lover instead of letting a lover choose you. It’s important to strive for equality instead of becoming a mirror image of the person you are with.
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