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Facing the root of our racism

On Urban Journal’s “Yet Another Report Says Our Poverty Rate Persists”: I agree, but this column

doesn’t go far enough in laying the blame at the feet of the “we” – the white middle and upper classes for whom systemic racism was designed. This “we” does not want to lose the benefits “we” have gained from white privilege.

It seems that by using the term “we,” Mary Anna Towler assumes that her readers are all white and middle or upper class, that no poor person of color reads City Newspaper. She dismisses black and Latino/a people in poverty who are activists as well as others who organize people to address the discriminatory practices and root causes of poverty.

Otherwise, why say: “We’re perfectly willing to address poverty, to help the poor, in ways that make us feel good, as long as poverty stays in its place.” And: “But we’re not about to let poverty come out where we are. We’re as content to leave poverty in its place as we were when we put it there.”

And: “None of those studies have caused us to change.

And so we have another ACT Rochester report, showing that we’re losing the battle against poverty. And there’s no sign that’s going to change. Because we’d prefer that it didn’t.”

If she is speaking directly to privileged white people, then say so. That would be more effective than lumping poor people of color into the “we,” which is offensive and inaccurate. Why not just name it: call out white people who

continue to benefit from racist practices as the audience for the article, which makes it more challenging and might cause people to really take a look at their own complicity in the high rates of poverty for people of color?

It’s time to start naming systemic racism for what it is, and how white people continue to be directly involved in is continuation. It is not enough to use veiled vague statements laying the blame with “we.”

BARBARA LACKER-WARE

Bus routes and riders’ needs

The proposed RTS Reimagine initiative completely ignores the large block of call centers in Henrietta and the business parks south of Fairport, where many of the new jobs are offered. The tail wags the dog.

Few people use the Henrietta bus, because the 83 route runs only twice a day out to the call center area, so no one bothers to apply for jobs, and RTS terminates the service because of “lack of ridership.” Buses are doubled to routes that already exist. The only ones with a good paying job are the consultants to RTS. DANIEL F. SUDILLO

Housing the poor

On new downtown development and the need for low-income housing: Here we go again! As

soon as a development proposal is made, out come the bleeding hearts questioning how this is going to help the homeless and the poor.

Is this supposed to make people ashamed that they aren’t doing enough to help the less fortunate? What it does is turn people off who are willing to come into the city. It’s really too bad that housing has “been designed for middle- and upper-income people.” Money attracts businesses, business creates jobs, the tax base increases….

How is that supposed to happen with low-income housing and facilities for the homeless? It won’t. Sorry, but that’s the way it is.

An example of how the city chooses to take care of the poor versus people who would like to live in the city (and increase money inflow, etc.) is the lowincome (and hideous) housing in the Mt. Hope area along the river.

This is without a doubt the most prime land in the city.

That area could have seen the development of townhouses and condominiums well into the six-figure range. But no. We had to take care of the poor, because they would be displaced. There are loads of locations in the city where low-income housing could have been built and welcomed and probably at a lower cost.

Funny that the Cadillac Hotel is also a controversial project. I’ve lived in Rochester for 75 years, and for decades that place has been the subject of jokes. Now someone has bought it and will put millions of dollars into it for renovations, and you write that “it’s reasonable to assume they won’t include low-income housing.” What a shame! If they were good citizens, they would rent out $1500-a-month apartments for $5 a night.

For years, city officials have been trying to attract businesses and people away from the suburbs, and now that it is happening they are being lambasted for doing so. It takes a lot to get people back to the city but not much to drive them out. Articles like this don’t help.

Cut it out!

JD DAVIES

Editor’s note: A bit of fact-checking is needed here. The Mt. Hope Avenue apartments to which Davies refers consists of two housing complexes, both of which have drawn both criticism and praise for their colorful, contemporary design.

Developed by Conifer Realty, they replaced a subsidized housing complex named Genesee Gateway.

The renovated apartment tower, the Hamilton, continues to be for low-income tenants. The new, low-rise units contain some lowincome units, but most are market rate, with rental rates ranging from $1100 for a one-bedroom apartment to more than $2200 a month for a three-bedroom unit.

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GUEST COMMENTARY | BY JOHN KLOFAS

A Starbucks grande plan for reducing racism Guest columnist John Klofas is professor of criminal justice at RIT. Mary Anna Towler’s Urban Journal is on break and returns next week.

On May 29, 8,000 company owned Starbucks across the country will close for an afternoon, and about 175,000 baristas will participate in what CEO Kevin Johnson described as racial bias training.

This caffeine-free interlude for many of us is the result of the outcry over arrests of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks on April 12th. The two men, who were waiting for a friend, had bought nothing and wanted to use the restroom. The arrest was captured on a video, which went viral when it was posted. Some of the coffee shop’s staff also noted that such disparities were not uncommon.

“Implicit bias training” is the centerpiece of the company’s plan. Recently, though, Starbucks executive chairman, Howard Schultz, added a change in policy and announced: “We don’t want to become a public bathroom, but we’re going to make the right decision 100 percent of the time and give people the key.”

The main idea behind implicit bias training is that cultural conditioning pushes us toward stereotypes that affect our behavior, even though there is no intention or even awareness of it. In short, we can all lean toward racism even though we may be careful and try to avoid it. The theory and research behind the training are solid but its effectiveness is less clear.

The notion of hidden bias, and the need to recognize it and change it, has been widely embraced in the business world.

Starbucks is about to join companies like Facebook, Google, and Coca Cola in teaching its employees how to protect themselves from their own prejudices.

But while self-analysis may help change employees, it may not help change the company. The change in policy acknowledges that. In fact, the focus on individuals might even have a downside.

It is one thing to search our own souls for hidden bias, but that could mean seeing the world as a compilation of the unconscious biases of others. Accepting as fact that all of our transgressions are unintentional may be comforting.

That might help make the otherwise intolerable seem merely unpleasant. Wildly disparate educational outcomes, unfair housing practices, mass incarceration and other outcomes of historical racism endure.

If our biases are not intentional, tolerance in the face of injustice may seem acceptable.

Civil rights progress has not depended on the good intentions of corporations. It has come by recognizing basic human rights and enforcing sanctions for violations.”

But if navel gazing alone won’t fix things, perhaps corporate policy change will. In this case, however, the big question is who will stand guard between this new golden key and the public bathroom that the company fears? That will be the assistant manager. And, of course, with great power comes great responsibility. Why have a key if you can’t decide who uses it?

Race may not figure into it. That much seems clear. But who will this bulwark against the public bathroom find unworthy: the impoverished, the homeless, transgender people, the undocumented?

What documentation will be required now that it cannot be a receipt? And now that a purchase is unnecessary, will a receipt continue to trump all other statuses?

Progress on civil rights has not depended simply on decrying racism or understanding our implicit biases. It also has not depended on the good intentions of corporations.

Progress has come by recognizing basic human rights and by enforcing sanctions for violations of them. While these battles may rage on even today, enforcing the law has been the course taken in critical areas such as voting rights and housing discrimination.

State governments have declared public urination to be a crime, and at the same time they charter corporations whose profits depend on serving the public. How, then, can the most basic needs of all human beings not achieve official recognition? Maybe real change needs to come in Venti or Trenta size. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Vote delayed on Cobbs Hill Village

City Council had planned to vote this week on Rochester Management’s plan to redevelop its Cobbs Hill Village apartment complex.

But the legislation was held in committee last week after Rochester Management submitted changes to its plan, increasing the number of units with low rental rates.

No new date has been set for a vote, but the legislation could come up at Council’s June 19 meeting.

Meanwhile, a group of neighborhood association leaders, environmentalists, and Cobbs Hill Village tenants filed suit against the city and Rochester Management to try to stop the project.

The suit claims that there were deficiencies in the city’s approval process, which the suit calls “arbitrary.” And it claims that the city should have done an environmental impact study.

The suit also challenges whether City Council had the authority to approve extending Rochester Management’s ownership of the property – which it did in 2009 – when the land was to revert back to the city in 2041.

Rochester Management has made no comment about the suit.

Museum plans forum on restoration work

Restoration of the George Eastman Museum’s historic mansion will soon move into the next phase, but the museum needs financial support. It’s holding a community forum at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 16, in the museum’s Curtis Theatre to discuss the project’s status.

Museum staff will submit an application for funding to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

The preservation initiative began in 2014 with a site-condition survey that identified the need for urgent restoration and repairs of specific areas of the house and garden structures. The cost was estimated at $3.5 million.

The next step is completion of the colonnade restoration, which is expected to begin in the summer of 2019. Other current projects, expected to be completed this year, include repair and restoration of 68 original windows, which were installed between 1903 and 1905; installation of customized preservation-approved storm windows, which will improve energy efficiency, and restoration of 44 sets of window shutters.

Additional information is available at eastman.org.

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Romeo and Richard want Morelle’s seat

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Democrats are likely headed toward a primary for the 136th state Assembly District seat.

The office is up for grabs because Joe Morelle, who currently holds it, is instead running for the House seat left vacant after the death of longtime Representative Louise Slaughter. On Saturday, Monroe County Democratic Committee chair Jamie Romeo announced her candidacy. And Jacalyn Richard, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Organization for Women, announced her candidacy in March.

Richard’s partner, Nelson Lopatin, responded to a message left at Richard’s campaign phone number and confirmed that she plans to run a primary.

Romeo will likely become the party’s nominee when it holds its nominating convention Thursday afternoon. Her announcement drew the support of some top local Democrats: Morelle himself, Assembly member Harry Bronson, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, County Clerk Adam Bello,

Irondequoit Supervisor David Seeley, and Brighton Supervisor Bill Moehle.

An Irondequoit resident, Romeo has spent more than a decade working in local Democratic politics and government. She’s a former staff director for the County Legislature Democrats, was chief of staff for former State Senator Ted O’Brien, and has chaired the Monroe County Democratic Committee since 2015.

The 136th Assembly District covers Irondequoit, Brighton, and parts of the City of Rochester. Richard and Romeo sought the support of the town Democratic committees and city legislative district Democratic committees represented by the seat.

Sarah Hart Clark, who serves as deputy state director for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, also appeared before the committees. But as of Monday morning, it wasn’t clear whether she plans to run a campaign for the seat.

Republicans held their nominating convention Monday and didn’t back anyone for the seat.

The terrace and other land adjacent to the Rundel Library are headed for a $7 million restoration project. The work will give the public a view into the old Erie Canal and subway bed: nearly two centuries of Rochester transportation history.

DEVELOPMENT | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Rundel’s renovations highlight the river The Rundel Library’s north terrace sits on top of nearly 200 years of Rochester transportation history. The terrace, which was closed off last summer for safety reasons, was partially built over the Erie Canal, which later became part of the Rochester subway bed.

Now the terrace is undergoing a nearly $7 million restoration that will showcase the city’s past and help improve the area around Broad Street, South Avenue, and Court Street. About two years from now, if the project goes as planned, the terrace will be transformed into a lively community space and an impressive scenic spot, jutting slightly out over the river.

A pair of concrete benches on a declining grade will form a small outdoor theater space, with a view of the river and the Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony Bridge to the south.

The terrace will provide better views of the Erie Canal aqueduct wall and its stone archways: the base of what is now the Broad Street bridge across the Genesee.

And as people walk around the terrace, they’ll be able to look down through portals into the former canal, which later served as part of the Rochester subway tunnel from 1927 to 1956.

Plans for the terrace also call for a large sculpture and a runnel, or channel, in the terrace floor. Water will flow from the sculpture to a portal on the terrace floor and empty into the river. The runnel is designed to meander, like a stream.

The area around the runnel will serve as an educational tool and provide a historical look at the river, the aqueduct, and the subway. For instance, signs will describe the Johnson-Seymour Mill Race, which carried water diverted from the river to mills that operated where the Rundel Library is now. And there’ll be descriptions of the aqueduct, which carried canal boats over the river between 1842 and 1919.

Because the river is directly on the library’s west side, it plays prominently in the project’s design. The new terrace will complement the ROC the Riverway project, Holly Barrett, assistant city engineer, said at a recent presentation. That $50 million project targets development along the Genesee River as it passes through downtown.

The terrace project will also include rebuilding the sidewalk in front of the Rundel building, along South Avenue. The library and its terraces were built in the 1930’s, and both the north terrace and the sidewalk are essentially elevated slabs built

An aerial view shows the library’s north terrace and front sidewalk, which will provide unique views into the city’s past. PROVIDED ARTWORK

over tunnels. While most of the original steel framework supporting the terraces and the sidewalk was encased in concrete, it has deteriorated to a point where the steel is exposed and beginning to collapse.

The first part of the project involves making the area structurally sound, Barrett said. That means removing the terrace and sidewalk slabs and correcting the structural problems below before installing new slabs, she said.

The plans also call for removing a seawall in the tunnel under the terrace,

which will allow light into what is now a darkened area below. The subway bed will then be visible at the street level for pedestrians.

“We want a sidewalk and terrace that becomes a learning piece, where you can look down and see history,” Barrett said.

More information about the plans for the library is available on the city’s website: www.cityofrochester.gov/rundelterrace/.

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Mary Brown, who has been outside her apartment talking with a city inspector, walks back in, visibly exasperated. “I need a cup of coffee,” she says, laughing, as she walks into her kitchen, pulls out a jar of instant coffee, and starts talking to Ryan Acuff, a housing rights activist and CityWide organizer, who was visiting her.

The city inspector herself was getting pissed Mary Brown, a tenant at 447 Thurston Road, and other people who live in buildings owned by Peter Hungerford have loudly spoken out about the conditions of their apartments. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON off at some of the things she found at 447 Thurston, Brown says.

On February 20, the building’s tenants held In March, the city threatened to take five of “Did she look at Tracy’s place?” Acuff asks. a press conference to announce a rent strike, Hungerford’s properties into receivership and “Tracy’s place is tore up from the floor up,” which is still going on. gave Hungerford an April 1 deadline to make Brown answers. repairs. In mid-April, city officials said that the The City of Rochester is now planning to About 20 minutes later, John Lindsey, majority of the outstanding problems had been file suit in City Court against Hungerford.

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The problems at 447consent Thurston Road force Hungerford’s company to fix the safety issues without withholding rent and have been in the news every few weeks since property, and potentially re-direct rent to a risking eviction.”

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The building’s problems, tenants and housing rights activists say, illustrate the need for a local housing court. In early February, Rochester Assembly member Harry Bronson introduced a bill to create a court, and a few weeks later State Senator Joe Robach added a corresponding bill in the state Senate, cosponsored by Senator Rich Funke.

Since February, problems seemed to have grown — or just been uncovered.

They include things like broken windows and locks, a poor heating system, infestation, black water coming from sink and tub drains, and holes in floors and walls. One listed violation states: “Sewage falling from above unit plumbing. Can see tissue and fecal matter.”

Tenants say that a lot of the fixes that have been made recently have been cosmetic or were made to the outside of the building.

“Start working inside the apartments,” Brown says, “and then go into the hallways and outside of the buildings. But take care of the inside first.”

In early April, renters at 967 Chili Avenue, another Hungerford building, went on their own rent strike. At the time, there were 15 outstanding violations; now there are 32.

CITY Newspaper hasn’t been able to reach Hungerford for a comment, but in a statement to Spectrum News earlier this month, Hungerford said: “The City is trying to make some example or villain out of me to push their agenda on creating some sort of Housing Court. The City has completely demonized me, threatened some nonsense lawsuit and receivership, and only because I have fought back and made it crystal clear to them they are not within their legal rights to subject my properties to receivership, are they now approaching me from some new angle via the City Courts.”

The statement also charges that the mayor has never called or met Hungerford; that he’s getting attention because he’s from out of town; that the building on Thurston Road was given a new certificate of occupancy in 2016 and those violations weren’t cited; that tenants are “dumping kitty litter down their drains and giving the press pictures of it, so they can avoid paying rent.”

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The step by the city to file suit against Hungerford is positive, says Ryan Acuff, but that won’t be enough. The tenants should be a party to the case so that they can make their own arguments, Acuff says, and he’d like to see the building put into receivership or turned into a co-op building, similar to some in New York City.

“We want tenants to live in safe, dignified conditions, and for tenants to have more control over their buildings and more control over their neighborhoods,” Acuff says.

Brown says she’s just tired of how long it’s taking to get things fixed.

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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.)

Film links guns, politics, and money

ROC the Possibilities and several activist groups opposed to gun violence will show the documentary film “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA” on Sunday, May 20.

The film focuses on gun companies and the National Rifle Association, legislators’ resistance to anti-gun-violence measures, and the impact of gun violence on the lives of Americans. Stories are told by parents, spouses, and survivors of mass shootings, domestic violence, gang violence, suicides, and accidental shootings.

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and candidates in this year’s elections. Candidates who have confirmed their participation are Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt and state Assembly member Joe Morelle, both of whom are running for the Congressional seat held by the late Louise Slaughter; Andrew Gilchrist, who is running for the state Assembly from the 135th district; and Jennifer Lunsford, who is running for the state Senate’s 55th district seat.

The event will be held at Monroe Community College’s R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, 1000 East Henrietta Road, at 2:30 p.m.

RMAPI will give poverty update The Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative will hold a town hallstyle meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 21. The meeting will provide an update on the RMAPI efforts to reduce poverty

and address some of the systemic problems that have contributed to Rochester’s high concentration of poverty.

There will also be an explanation of “participatory budgeting,” a process that gives community groups a chance to select neighborhood projects that will decrease poverty.

The meeting will be held at Wilson Magnet high School, 501 Genesee Street.

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A spirited venue [ PROFILE ] BY JEFF SPEVAK

Rock and roll and whiskey were Tommy Brunett’s lifestyle. Now they’re his business.

With just a few shopping days remaining before Saturday’s International Whiskey Day, Brunett and his co-conspirators in the Fairport-based Iron Smoke Distillery are preparing for a three-day celebration. The festivities will mark the opening of Iron Smoke Distillery’s World Famous Spirit Factory, Watering Room and Side Show, a 4,000-square-foot tasting room, event space, and stage connected to the distillery space that Iron Smoke has occupied since 2014.

Iron Smoke Whiskey produces Iron Smoke Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Rattlesnake Rosie’s Apple Pie Whiskey. It is one of the businesses making its home in what’s known as the old American Can Factory at 111 Parce Avenue, off of Main Street in Fairport. Some portions of the rambling set of buildings date back to the Civil War, and were used in the manufacture of boots for Union soldiers.

Iron Smoke is riding the tsunami of craft distilleries and breweries that have opened not only in this area, but nationally over the past few years. From a modest start of six employees in 2012, by next month Iron Smoke Distillery will employ 30 people as it slowly expands, one state at a time. According to Brunett, Iron Smoke is currently available in seven states, with two more to be added this month.

“This came out of a backyard, now we’re

getting bootlegged on shelves in London,” Brunett says. The distillery has won 56 awards — some for packaging, even — with the big honor coming from Jim Murray, the author of the popular annual “Whiskey Bible” guide.

“Out of 46,000 whiskeys and bourbons, we came out in the top six percent,” Brunett says.

Friday’s 5 to 8 p.m. grand opening will feature food trucks and a solo performance

by Brunett, who first began playing out in the 1980s with Immaculate Mary, a rock band knew how to market itself: It made national news by handing out condoms at shows and made the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s loudest band.

Throughout the ’90s and into the next decade, Brunett also led a band called Space Trucker, and even did a tour playing guitar with the English rockers Modern English.

He now heads The Tommy Brunett Band, which has released one album and would probably have another one out if it weren’t for the hold whiskey has taken on Brunett.

The whiskey weekend also includes Saturday’s noon to 10 p.m. World Whiskey Celebration, with food trucks, live radio broadcasts, and a special limited release of Master Distiller Drew Westcott’s Single Barrel Bourbon Select. And on Sunday is the “Four Horsemen Resurrection,” a 1 to 5 p.m. festival of bourbon, meat, and music. It’s led by Brunett, Kevin McCann of McCann’s Local Meats, and Josh Miles of The Revelry, with guest Horseman Zack Mikida of Bitter Honey.

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The Tommy Brunett Band and Pia Mata will play, and the $10 donation will benefit the Rochester Police Foundation and Friends of the Roc City Skatepark.

Iron Smoke is obsessively local. “We’re taking the high road and the hard road,” Brunett says. It only uses ingredients harvested from within a 50-mile radius of the Finger Lakes, with the grains smoked on site. “Just a hint of smoke, a whisper,” Brunett says. And the Watering Room will feature only New York spirits distilled from New York ingredients, as well as local beer.

Sustainability is also a key consideration.

The stripped mash used in the distilling is returned to the farms to be used as livestock feed. Barrels made of American white oak have been used by local breweries such as Genesee and Three Heads to create whiskey barrel-tempered brews.

The Watering Room and Side Show will be open 4 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; noon to 10 p.m. Saturdays; and noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.

“We want the music to be special events,” Brunett says. “We’ll ask artists to play something different than they usually do, so it’s not just another venue. It’s about artist freedom. We create the space, we give them artistic license to do whatever they want.”

An extended version of this article is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com. Jeff Spevak is a Rochester-based writer. His website is at jeffspevak.com.

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PIXEL PERFECT Artist W. Michelle Harris’s socially charged work

[ PROFILE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

W.

Michelle Harris is a digitalmedia artist who is tackling social and political issues by using racist historic imagery, selfportraiture, and audience interaction.

She frequently collaborates with the Rochester repertory dance company BIODANCE, complementing the choreography with breathtaking media installations. And she’s an associate professor in RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media — a black woman thriving in a field that is still dominated by white men.

Much of Harris’s current work focuses on issues facing the black community, using the most contemporary of artistic expression to comment on problems black people and women have faced for centuries.

Her 19-minute film “Flawless Ladies” is a love letter to black women, shining a spotlight on their contributions to human advancement and culture. The kaleidoscopic wonder features digitally manipulated pictures of famous, obscure, and anonymous black women scientists, artists, musicians, writers, activists, and athletes. And she pairs them with inspiring songs that often contain social messages, works by Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People, Nina Simone, Rosetta Tharpe, Sharon Jones, and others.

Harris’s “Can’t/Breathe Mirror” is an interactive photographic mosaic work that she created as a memorial to black people who have been killed by the police. Projected on a wall, the piece is a

grid of nearly 200 pictures of black men and women, elders and children.

In front of the wall is an altar holding candles and a camera pointed out toward viewers, capturing their forms and “mirroring” them onto the grid of faces.

The result is a rolling darkness that moves over the portraits as the viewers move. It’s a daunting experience to watch your own shadow fall over the sea of smiling faces.

(Harris’s goal was to find images of the victims smiling, where they were alive and happy, but it wasn’t always easy.)

Her practice, she says, has been to update the work when more people are killed, but she hasn’t done that since August of 2017, so there are people who haven’t yet been represented in the piece.

She began working on it in July of 2014, when Eric Garner was killed. (The title comes from Garner’s dying plea to the officer who had him in a chokehold).

The set of people begins with Fred Hampton, who was shot by police in 1969 while he was sleeping next to his pregnant fiancée.

When Harris showed the work at a conference in Rochester, an attendee walked by the installation, stopped and came back, looked at Harris, and said, “I know him,” gesturing to the picture of Prince Jones Jr., who, she explained, was a fellow student when she attended Howard University. He was shot in 2000 after police followed him for 16 miles, allegedly believing that the car he was

A still from Harris's short film, "Flawless Ladies," which celebrates black women's contributions to many fields. PHOTO PROVIDED

driving was linked to a stolen weapon.

The work doesn’t include every black person killed by police, and the selection isn’t a scientific process, Harris says. “If you look for records of people who were unarmed, that gives you one number.

And if you look for records where they didn’t have a gun, they had something else. Then you have the kid from St. Louis who had the butter knife; he’s in here; he wasn’t really armed. And people just defending themselves in their home, I included them, too.”

One of Harris’s particularly compelling works is “Mammy’s Revenge,” a photographic mosaic using thousands of little images of stereotypes of black women, from old advertising ephemera that portrayed Jezebel and Mammy figures to the 2008 cover of The New Yorker that depicts Michelle Obama as a terrorist. When you step back from the image, the individual images coalesce into a powerful portrait of a smiling, confident Harris. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11

To create these works, Harris uses a Mac Book Pro and software that replaces pixels with images. The result is not unlike looking at a Chuck Close portrait, except that the tiny squares aren’t abstract color swirls, but politically charged images.

Harris didn’t originally set out to be an

artist, or to be teaching college courses in 2D animation, interaction design, and programming. But art, tech, games, and teaching are in her roots. Both of her folks were math majors at Virginia State University and were active members of the National Technical Association while Harris was growing up, and her father organized tech enrichment outings for black high school students, including Harris and her sister. At home the family had an Apple 2 computer, played “Helicopter Rescue,” and learned some BASIC programming languages, she says.

Her mother became a teacher and was handy with sewing, crocheting, and macramé, and her father specialized in using computers to support aviation science. He went on to manage supercomputers for NASA, and lobbied Congress to fund supercomputers at NASA and partner universities.

Harris says her “high school logic” went as follows: “I like computers. I am good at subjects that are core for engineers, and I knew engineers thanks to NTA. Carnegie Melon University is Number 1 in computer engineering. I don’t know if I could continually come up with enough ideas to be an architect.”

She earned an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from Carnegie Melon. There she discovered humancomputer interaction as a field, where the focus was “programming computers to help people do things well,” she says.

But she realized that “making chips go fast, with a roomful of white guys who loved making chips go fast” was not her scene. “I was like: ‘I don’t care about making the thing go faster. I care about the interaction between the people and whatever they’re using the software for.’”

After a brief but unfinished stint in graduate school, she landed a job doing interactive design at Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

“While I was there, the internet happened,” she says. “Interactive CD’s happened. Things like that. So I got to do beginnings of things like that as they were developing. And eventually, I was there long enough, you were at the level where you get promoted and manage people. I

didn’t want to manage people. And also at that point I was not really captivated by the projects I was working on. I ended up taking an art class before work. And getting into a band and community theater and doing stuff after work.”

She sang with a blues, funk, and rock band called Six-legged Frog, an allusion to the nearby Hanford nuclear waste site. “There are actual VHS tapes around somewhere,” she says, laughing.

Harris’s parents thought that her artistic curve in her 20’s was “cute, then risky,” she says, after she left her solid PNNL job and sold her house to move to New York City, but they helped her every step of the way.

“I didn’t want to manage software projects, I wanted to keep designing and building software that incorporated new media,” she says. “Where design and tech were together. Where the new media development was the center of the business, not the support function, unlike my father’s path.”

She moved to New York City, “where the stuff I was interested in was the focus at particular companies,” she says. “Web agencies were just starting to happen then.” She worked as an information architect, applied to graduate school at New York University, and received a full ride. Six months after graduating with a degree from the school’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, which mixed art and tech, her mother alerted her to an email from a recruiter at RIT, and she moved to Rochester in 2003 to take the job.

Though Harris says she’s seen more women in the tech fields than before, there are still few black people.

“In the early 90’s, I interviewed in a place with a lot of older white guys in white short-sleeved oxford shirts,” she says. “At PNNL/Battelle, I was recruited by women and worked with mixed-gender groups, even in management — though overwhelmingly white.”

RIT’s faculty demographics are better than PNNL’s, she says, but she takes note of the demographics of her students — and reminds them to notice it, too — and of the companies hiring them. “Usually there are more puppies in their staff photos than black people,” she says. “Usually even the white women are mostly in HR or other support functions.”

Harris’s newest collaboration with BIODANCE, titled “Loom,” will premiere at the company’s 12th anniversary celebration May 17 to 19 at Geva Theatre Center’s Fielding Stage. Information: biodance.org.

"Mammy's Revenge" (above left, and detail below) is a photo mosaic that features a self-portrait of Harris made of racist caricatures. PHOTO PROVIDED 12 CITY MAY 16 -22, 2018

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Music

Bobby Millitello Quartet. Sunday, May 27. Lovin’

Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. 7 p.m. $10. lovincup.com; bobbymillitello.com. [ ROCK ]

Ben Vaughn Quartet. Friday, June 1. Abilene Bar

and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 9:30 p.m. $5. abilenebarandlounge.com; benvaughn.com. [ COUNTRY ]

Old Dominion. Saturday, October 6. Main Street Armory,

900 East Main Street. 7:30 p.m. $39.50-$137.80. mainstreetarmory.com; olddominionband.com.

Sumo Cyco

TUESDAY, MAY 22 MONTAGE MUSIC HALL, 50 CHESTNUT STREET 5:30 P.M. | $25-$28 | THEMONTAGEMUSICHALL.COM; SUMOCYCO.COM [ METAL ] With throaty vocals mixed with Beyoncé

choreography mixed with Avenged Sevenfold’s structured drive, Sumo Cyco flat out rocks. Since 2011, this Hamilton, Ontario, quartet has delivered the bruises. It’s relentless nu-metal, but it’s punk, too. You’re going to wanna catch Sumo Cyco’s set opening for Butcher Babies, another female-fronted blast from the now. Nonpoint and Cane Hill also perform. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

‘Wunderhorn’ FRIDAY, MAY 18 HOCHSTEIN, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 7:30 P.M. | $35 | CHAMBERMUSICROCHESTER.ORG [ CLASSICAL ]As Mahlerians know, a Wunderhorn is a Magic Horn, and that charmed instrument, as performed

by RPO Principal Wunderhorn W. Peter Kurau, takes center stage at the final Society for Chamber Music concert of the season. No Mahler is included, but you will hear trios including the horn by two German Romantic-era composers whose paths crossed frequently: Carl Reinecke, whose trio includes oboe and piano; and Johannes Brahms, whose trio for horn, violin, and piano is a gem among his chamber works. “Music for Pat” (2002) by Allen Shawn will also be performed. The program also includes an end-of-season tradition for the SCMR: a performance by the talented high-school students in the Hochstein Student Players.

— BY DAVID RAYMOND

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[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]

[ WED., MAY 16 ]

Jon Lewis Band

BLUES

“Get Wild Somewhere” Self-released whoisjonlewis.com

Diana Chittester FRIDAY, MAY 18 B-SIDE, 5 LIFTBRIDGE LANE, FAIRPORT 8 P.M. | FREE | FAIRPORTBSIDE.COM; DIANACHITTESTER.COM [ SINGER-SONGWRITER ] Cleveland guitarist Diana Chittester is a capably casual vocalist, copping to bursts of energy when lyrically deemed appropriate. The real drama, however, is in her aggressive slap, pluck, and twang approach to the acoustic guitar. Just when you were getting comfortable, she lets fly with the strings and chords. Her new album, “Paradox,” is out now.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

‘Beethoven Lives Upstairs’ SUNDAY, MAY 20 HOCHSTEIN, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 2 P.M. | $14 CHILDREN; $19 ADULTS | 454-2100; RPO.ORG [ CLASSICAL/KIDS ] “Beethoven Lives Upstairs” takes a familiar situation — a family is short of money and takes in a boarder — and gives it a musical twist: the new boarder happens to be a great composer, with a bad temper and worse hair. Herr Beethoven is a noisy, irascible tenant, but he eventually proves to be, as one character says, a man with a great heart.

In this Sunday’s Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s presentation of “Beethoven Lives Upstairs,” you and your kids can learn about the great composer’s life, and hear favorites like “Für Elise” and bits of the Fifth and Ninth Symphony, played by the RPO under Michael Butterman. — BY DAVID RAYMOND

Big Martha. Abilene Bar

With a throwback talkbox-soaked cascade and crush, the Jon Lewis Band hits the sky running with its brand new CD, “Get Wild Somewhere.” It’s a cool, cool album that beautifully shows off Lewis’s teetertotter dynamics as a songwriter and as a performer.

The band gets wild, to be sure, but it successfully keeps the rubber side down.

Lewis covers all the bases guitar-wise, with his laconic phrasing and voice set on perpetual lullaby, which simply adds to the rock ‘n’ roll push-and-pull. The hints of psychedelia woven jaggedly throughout, adds tension, a dash of danger and a touch of sex appeal.

In this era of singles, EPs, and digital downloads, there is thankfully plenty to love on all 10 tracks. Go ahead now. Get wild and pick up a copy. Or you could dig it live when the Jon Lewis Band plays the album front to back on Friday, May 18, at Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Avenue. 7 p.m. $5. threeheadsbrewing.com.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

CLASSICAL

Live from Hochstein: A Springtime Cello-bration.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 4544596. hochstein.org. 12:1012:50 p.m.

JAZZ

Margaret Explosion. Little

Candy Isle

Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7-9 p.m.

“Channel Surfing” Self-released candyisle.bandcamp.com

TRADITIONAL

Annie Wells. Record

I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard Sleater-Kinney sing a madrigal, but I know what it might sound like: the Rochester acoustic duo Candy Isle. Topic-wise, “Channel Surfing” is a concept record about, well, channel surfing and the joy of landing on your favorite shows. It’s fairly light-hearted stuff here. The Harmonies are pretty but not all that fancy; they’re more to the point. But could they stand to be more flowery? I don’t think so.

The duo, Kat Bakranis and Lydia Dake, write and sing with an infectious, childlike irony that adds to the frivolity already in place.

Instrumentally, it’s unplugged. But it isn’t your typical folkie on a stool, strumming the guitar, extolling the virtues of a vegan diet. This is rock ‘n’ roll and would certainly hold up to being electrified, if the duo felt the urge. Sparks are already flying around its edges. It’s a fun record.

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& Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. Allman Brothers Band tribute. $10.

John Akers & Erik Welsh.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 325-7090. dinosaurbarbque.com. 9 p.m.

Upward Groove. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille. com. 10 p.m.

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Fresh Cut: Penfield native Sam Nitsch’s new single, “Little Girl,” is an innocent love-ballad that recalls classic soft rock. Check it out online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

Nitsch and his backing band, The Feedback, will play a record release party at Lovin’ Cup on May 17.

Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 5-8 p.m.

R&B/ SOUL

West End Blend. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 8 p.m.

AMERICANA

Jungle Steve & The Gypsophelias, Ruckus Juice Jug Stompers, The Strangers. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 4480354. 8 p.m. $5.

POP/ROCK

Big Blue House. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. fairportbside. com. 7-10 p.m.

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[ THU., MAY 17 ]

Hurricanes. Politics. Is it our imagination, or is the world growing more intense?

“It sure feels like it,” Wood says. “It’s hard to tell how much of it is because of technology, and how we get our news awareness now. It certainly feels more intense. And it feels like we need more tools to deal with it so we’re not freaking out.”

The Wood Brothers — (left to right) Oliver Wood, Chris Wood, and Jano Rix — play the Lilac Festival on Friday, May 18. PHOTO BY ALYSSE GAFKJEN

Storm warning The Wood Brothers PART OF THE LILAC FESTIVAL FRIDAY, MAY 18 SAHLEN’S CENTER STAGE, HIGHLAND PARK 7 P.M. | FREE | ROCHESTEREVENTS.COM; THEWOODBROS.COM [ FEATURE ] BY JEFF SPEVAK

It was the final day of the 2015 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, a real soaker. Perhaps the crowd was seeking shelter from the storm, or maybe these folks had heard the distant rumblings about this band playing the Harro East Ballroom, making its first Rochester appearance.

Whatever the reason, the place was packed, with more lined up at the door, waiting to get in. It was the same story for the second show later in the evening.

“Yeah, it’s always a pleasant surprise to go into a place and people come out,” Oliver Wood says. “You always want to connect with people. The more connection, the better it feels. And when you go to an out-of-the-way place, you never know who’s going to show up. Rochester — that was a pleasant surprise.”

The Wood Brothers went out of its way again the following year, packing the streets while headlining one of the two outdoor stages on the final night of the Jazz Festival. It was magic that the band will attempt to replicate Friday at the Lilac Festival. A night of rock, jazz, blues, soul, folk, gospel, and clattering tuna fish cans. Authentic American music.

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Authentic is a fine word for The Wood Brothers. They come about it naturally.

People compare them to The Band, and that’s a good starting point. Oliver Wood’s voice has a Levon Helm quality to it, a plaintive howl, and the songs fit that rural landscape. As does the groove laid down

by Chris Wood on his upright bass and percussionist Jano Rix. A groove of real character, especially when Rix sets aside the drum kit in favor of his shuitar, an acoustic guitar modified with the trash-heap precision percussion of empty tuna cans.

And the songs are superb. Wood agrees that the new album, “One Drop of Truth,” does reflect the times. But it’s less “resist” than it is “acknowledge.”

“I don’t think there’s an active ‘resist’ message,” Wood says. “Even if it’s just subconsciously, any artist absorbs what’s going on around you.”

Natural disasters: That’s what was going on during the writing and recording of “One Drop of Truth.” On the album’s opening track, “River Takes the Town,” Wood says, “there’s obviously a flood, a hurricane might be involved.

Hurricane, water, tears. Things that are very powerful metaphors.”

A very wet collection of metaphors, reinforced by the image on the album cover of a woman sinking into a watery void, leaving a trail of air bubbles. The writing of “River Takes the Town” was inspired by a news story of flooding in Louisiana. And the song was recorded a day after Hurricane Harvey wrecked Houston.

Geographically speaking, this music comes from Colorado, where the Wood boys grew up. Oliver is four years older, a particularly wide gulf in high school, and they went their separate ways. Oliver went off to college, but dropped out. He landed a gig playing guitar with bluesman Tinsley Ellis, and then fronted the Atlanta blues-rock and R&B band King Johnson, which put out six albums and toured the country for 12 years.

Chris took the other path. He was the serious brother, studying jazz bass at the New England Conservatory of Music, then forming the avant-garde jazz and funk outfit Medeski Martin & Wood in the early 1990’s. It was an accident of scheduling — King Johnson opening for Medeski Martin & Wood — that led to Chris arranging some music for Oliver’s songs. They found an immediate musical kinship, almost like brothers. They released a Wood Brothers debut album in 2006, “Ways Not to Lose.”

Now the brotherhood, and Rix, have settled in Nashville. Where the 52-yearold Oliver Wood’s sons — ages 16 and 9 — have helped him tackle a particularly knotty adult behavioral issue. “Something I’ve been trying to learn forever, something I remind myself every day,” he says, “live in the moment, instead of getting stressed out about something. I learned that from watching my kids. Kids are pretty good at that.”

Out of the moments come stories and images for “Strange as it Seems.” It’s the tale of a guy who puts on a suit and splashes on the cologne every night, but instead of going out, he goes to bed.

“What if you could meet and fall in love with someone in your dreams?” Wood says.

“Meet the girl of your dreams, literally.” Yet that might not be it, the song is deliberately vague. The point is more about entering into a situation that normally has a mind of its own — a river, a dream — and “having some control over it.”

It’s surrealism that he likens to a film by Tim Burton or David Lynch. “Images where there’s no obvious reason for them to be there,” Wood says. “So you create your own meaning.

I’m a big fan of that.”

Jeff Spevak is a Rochester-based writer. You can visit his web site at jeffspevak.com.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m.

The PhatKats. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road.

247-0079. 5 p.m.

BLUES

Chris Smither. The Penthouse

at One East Avenue, One East Avenue. 585.752.2575. penthouseroc.com. 8 p.m. $25/$30.

Grove Street Band. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 3257090. dinosaurbarbque.com.

9 p.m.

Shemekia Copeland, Dirty Bourbon Blues Band. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street.

448-0354. 8 p.m. $20/$25.

CLASSICAL

Eastman at Washington Square. First Universalist

Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S. 546-2826. esm. rochester.edu/community.

12:15-12:45 p.m. Hornist Erin Futterer and her quartet.

Third Thursday Concert: Baroque Brass. Memorial Art

Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu.

7:30-8:30 p.m. Performance by Ben David Aronson and special guests.

Third Thursday Concerts.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. Every third Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Made possible by Rippey Endowed Trust. Included w/museum admission.

JAZZ

Amanda Ashley. Via Girasole

Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place.

Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole. com. 7 p.m.

The Djangoners. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7-9 p.m.

Duck Baker. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. bopshop.com. 8 p.m. $20.

TRADITIONAL

Cuisle Mo Chroi. Irondequoit

Public Library, 1290 Titus Ave. 336-6062. 7-8 p.m.

METAL

Green Jellÿ. Montage Music

Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 2321520. themontagemusichall. com. 7 p.m. $15-$17.

POP/ROCK

Between You & Me: Pop, Rock & Roll For Your Soul.

Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place.

7 p.m. Jenn Cristy, former backing artist & multiinstrumentalist for John Mellencamp. $30-$33.

The Borg Party. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 9:30 p.m.

Church Girls, The Up Up Ups, Total Yuppies, Dave DiPrimo Band. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Ave. 9 p.m. $7/$9.

Sam Nitsch, Aaron Rizzo.

Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 8 p.m. $10.

[ FRI., MAY 18 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Charlie Ellis. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place. Pittsford.

641-0340. viagirasole.com. 7 p.m.

Meredith Rounsley. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. fairportbside.com.

5-7 p.m.

BLUES

Hanna & The Blue Hearts.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 325-7090. dinosaurbarbque.com. 10 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Society for Chamber Music in Rochester: Wunderhorn!.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. hochstein.org. 7:30 p.m. Music of Allen Shawn, Reinecke, and Brahms with soloist W. Peter Kurau, horn. $35.

COUNTRY

Justin & Laura Williams.

Farmer’s Creekside Tavern & Inn, 1 Main St. Le Roy. 7686007. 7 p.m.

JAZZ

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. charleybrownspenfield.com.

Kire Najdovski Band. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 2929940. lovincup.com. 8:30 p.m. $5.

Trio East. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8-10 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Elements & Seasons. GVOC,

PO Box 177. Fairport. 2339006. gvoc.org. 7 p.m. Director Dr. Christopher Petit, leads GVOC through Vivaldi’s classic “Four Seasons” positioned alongside other choral works by living and classical composers. $12/$15.

HIP-HOP/RAP

FRBDN, Damian Simons x Michael Rich, REPS, Destroy // Create, Lync Lone x Manque$o x MikeMooder(M2) x Eustace PM, Lil Geechy, GBZ. California Brew Haus, 402

W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. 6 p.m. $10/$15.

AMERICANA

Woody Dodge. Abilene

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JAZZ | CABO FRIO Cabo Frio emerged from the Rochester scene in the early 1980’s to become one of the leading groups in the smooth jazz and fusion genre. When the group hits the stage at Anthology, with original founding member Curtis Kendrick and vocalist Becca Feder, it will pay tribute to two of the greatest acts of the late-20th century, R&B superstars Earth, Wind & Fire and the great soul singer Anita Baker.

Cabo Frio will play a tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire and Anita Baker on Saturday, May 19, at Anthology, 336 East Avenue. 6 p.m. $25-$40. exodustojazz.com.

— BY RON NETSKY

METAL Destroy. California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. 6 p.m. $10-$15.

Overload, Mista Bones.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $7-$8.

POP/ROCK

The Beaumonts, Anonymous Willpower. Rosen Krown,

875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050.

8 p.m. $5.

Between You & Me: Pop, Rock & Roll For Your Soul.

Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place.

8 p.m. Jenn Cristy, former backing artist & multiinstrumentalist for John Mellencamp. $30-$33.

Cousin Earth, Cypher, Old World Warblers. Funk ‘n

Waffles, 204 N Water Street.

448-0354. 9 p.m. $10.

Diana Chittester. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 3153003. fairportbside.com. 8-11 p.m.

Duration. Lulu Taqueria + Bar, 6 N Main St. Fairport. 585377-0410. luluroc.com. 7-10 p.m.

The Good Trip Band. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 6 p.m.

HeartStruck. Sticky Lips Pit BBQ City Music Hall, 625 Culver Rd. 8:45 p.m. $5.

That Party Band. 585 Rockin

Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road.

247-0079. 8:30 p.m. $5.

These Guys. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.

[ SAT., MAY 19 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK

A Girl Named Genny, The Crooked North, Zack Rabbet Futt. Flour City Station, 170

East Ave. 9 p.m. CD release party. $7/$10.

Red, Fred, & Weems. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8-10 p.m.

Swearingen & Kelli. Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Main St. 374-6318. bvtnaples.org.

7 p.m. Singing the music of Simon & Garfunkel. $10-$25.

BLUES

Joe Beard. Dinosaur Bar-BQue, 99 Court St. 325-7090. dinosaurbarbque.com. 10 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Brighton Symphony Orchestra Rococo Project: Four Sonatas for Harp. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 490-9351. 2-3 p.m. Featuring Paul Knoke performing works

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Madeleine McQueen, West End China Shop, Revelators, Candy Isle. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. $7.

Something Else. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 10 p.m. $5.

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Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition Winner’s Recital.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m.

Musica Spei. First United Methodist Church of Perry, 35 Covington Street. Perry. 585-2373517. artswyco.org. 6:30 p.m.

VOCALS

Chorus of the Genesee Annual Show: “Diagnosis: Audio Delusions. Penfield High

School, 25 High School Dr. Penfield. chorusofthegenesee. org. 7 p.m. With The Core & UR Yellowjackets. $12-$18.

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Paradigm Shift. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place.

Pittsford. 641-0340. viagirasole.com. 7 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP

Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Gorilla Voltage.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com.

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REGGAE/JAM

Funktional Flow, Cold Lazarus.

Funk ‘n Waffles, 204 N Water Street. 448-0354. 8 p.m. $7.

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The Jasons, The Handsome Scoundrels, Governess, Grease Creepers, Hard Ass. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. $10.

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BLACK METAL | PILLORIAN While a hyper-introverted genre like blackened folk metal rarely, if ever, gives rise to controversial public figures, John Haughm has consistently proven to be an exception to the rule. As if being the front-man and creative genesis behind Agalloch, one of this century’s most beloved and critically acclaimed metal bands, wasn’t enough, Haughm’s highly controversial decision to break that band up and start from scratch in 2016 was the subject of endless message board hand-wringing. Now, he’s back with Pillorian, and its latest record, 2017’s “Obsidian Arc,” comes across as a more streamlined Agalloch — less concerned with pantheistic atmospherics and focused instead on the fierce, blackened roar that made fans fall in love with Haughm’s work so many years ago.

Pillorian will play with Obsidian Tongue, Mavradoxa, and Ancalagon on Friday, May 18, at Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Avenue. 9 p.m. $17. facebook.com/photocityimprovcomedyclub; pillorian.bandcamp.com.

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Between You & Me: Pop, Rock & Roll For Your Soul.

Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place.

3 p.m. Jenn Cristy, former

backing artist & multiinstrumentalist for John Mellencamp. $30-$33.

Eternity. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup. com. 7:30 p.m. $6.

Joe Goodkin @ Boulder Coffee Company. Boulder Coffee,

100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffeeroaster.com/. 7 p.m.

JUMBOshrimp. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 3153003. fairportbside.com. 8-11 p.m.

Mike Pappert. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 3153003. fairportbside.com. 5-7 p.m.

Mutter. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m. $5.

The Roll the Dice Band. Sticky Lips Pit BBQ City Music Hall, 625 Culver Rd. 8:45 p.m. $2.

The Stories Behind the Songs.

Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. 8 p.m. With Jenn Cristy, touring with “Between You & Me.”. $25.

Teegan & the Tweeds. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Road. 247-0079. 8:30 p.m. $5.

[ SUN., MAY 20 ] CLASSICAL

Ad Hoc Music: Chalkboard Concert. Little Theatre Café,

240 East Ave. 258-0400. 6-8 p.m.

Classical Kids: Beethoven Lives Upstairs. Hochstein

Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. hochstein.org. 2 p.m. $14-$19.

Rochester Chapter American Recorder Society Spring Concert. First Baptist Church

of Rochester, 175 Allens Creek Rd. 574-1354. fbcrochester. net. 3 p.m.

VOCALS

Greece Choral Society: Music From Broadway &

Other Popular Songs. St.

Charles Borromeo Church, 3003 Dewey Ave. 234-5636. stcharlesgreece.org. 3:30 p.m.

With ROC City Ringers.

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Stylust Beats, Esseks. Photo

City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 7 p.m. $15/$20.

JAZZ

Greece Concert Band: Stage & Screen. Bethany Presbyterian

Church, 3000 Dewey Ave. 2345636. bethanyrochester.org. 3 p.m. $5.

Jazz Jam w/ Jon Seiger & The All Stars. Funk ‘n Waffles, 204

N Water Street. 448-0354. funknwaffles.org. 3-5 p.m.

METAL

Defeated Sanity, Behold .. the Arctopus, Sastruga, Inhumatus, Bone Mask. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. $16/$18.

POP/ROCK

Between You & Me: Pop, Rock & Roll For Your Soul.

Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place.

3 p.m. Jenn Cristy, former backing artist & multiinstrumentalist for John Mellencamp. $30-$33.

Rochester Contemporary School of Music: I’m in the Band. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park

Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup. com. 4-6 p.m.

[ MON., MAY 21 ] BLUES

Stormy Valle. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 2441210. 5-8 p.m.

JAZZ

The Jazz Happens Band.

Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport, 175 Jefferson Rd. 585-458-3040. flowercityjazz. org. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Dixieland presented by Flower City Jazz Society. $12.

Kodak Band. Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Rd. 225-6160. 7 p.m. Nonperishable food items welcome for the Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf.

Rita Collective. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7-9 p.m.

[ TUE., MAY 22 ] CLASSICAL 3x88. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7-9 p.m.

Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. esm.rochester.edu. 12-12:30 p.m. Lunchtime concerts by Eastman organists.

JAZZ

Grove Place Jazz Project.

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.

METAL

Nonpoint, Butcher Babies, Cane Hill, Sumo Cyco.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com.

5:30 p.m. $25-$28.

POP/ROCK

Fotocrime, Coming Down, Ribbons. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Ave. 8 p.m. $10.

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Check out the full calendar, including ongoing art exhibits, online at rochestercitynewspaper.com

Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] DL Home + Garden, 283 Central Avenue. Bob Kolbrener: Photographer of the American West.

Firehouse Gallery at Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. Imprinted: New work by Kelly Justice. New slipcast porcelain vessels & wall pieces. 2715183. rochesterarts.org.

Luna Gallery, 250 N Goodman Street. Ruoxue (Astra) Zhang: Alienation. Senior thesis exhibit.

RIT Bevier Gallery, 90 Lomb Memorial Dr., Booth Building 7A. MST Exibition.

Art Events [ WED., MAY 16 ] Softly Spoken: The Art of Karen Frutiger. Through June 30. The Gallery at Creativ Framing and Editions Printing, 510 State Street Through June 30 545-1723. creativframingeditionsprinting@ gmail.com.

Rochester’s contemporary repertory dance company, BIODANCE, this week celebrates its 12th anniversary with four collaborative concerts at Geva. PHOTO BY JIM BUSH

The art of humanity BIODANCE — 12th Anniversary THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 17 TO 19, AT 7 P.M.; SATURDAY, MAY 19, AT 2 P.M. GEVA THEATRE CENTER FIELDING STAGE, 75 WOODBURY BOULEVARD $19-$21 | 232-4382; GEVATHEATRE.ORG, BIODANCE.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY MARY WALRATH

BIODANCE Artistic Director Missy Pfohl Smith describes the company’s upcoming 12th anniversary event as a celebration of life, of collaboration with different artists, and of the audience. The contemporary repertory dance company this week will mark a dozen years with four concerts at Geva Theatre Center’s Fielding Stage, featuring a world premiere, two Rochester premieres, and revival works from their repertoire.

Known for their use of multi-disciplinary art and expressive performance style, BIODANCE, which translates to “life dance,” is described by Smith as “art that has an overwhelming sense of humanity.”

Through the years BIODANCE has presented performances with themes of 20 CITY MAY 16 - 22, 2018

social, political, and environmental issues; and conducted workshops, performed benefit concerts, and offered interactive lecturedemonstrations and classes at various venues in town. These performers don’t shy away from expressing life through art — social justice is a frequent theme, and pieces in the upcoming concerts tell stories about technology, nature, and the 1940s ban on dancing in cabarets.

“A lot of our dances are a reflection of what’s going on in life,” Smith says. “It’s coming out of our relationships, concerns, things we voice together. It’s a way to express life and concerns, but also prompt thought.”

Current company members Jeanne Schickler Compisi, Sarah Dearstyne, Sarah Johnson, Natalia Lisina, Nanako Horikawa Mandrino, Alaina Olivieri, Julie Schlafer Rossette, Jean Michael Rubingu, Missy Pfohl Smith, and Courtney World all come from different backgrounds, from professor to world-renowned choreographer, and they each work to bring those experiences together into one exciting and raw body of work. Plans for the 12th anniversary celebration showcase this diversity and acknowledge the community that supported them through grants, donations, and the support of local organizations.

“Each of the pieces is different and there’s something for everyone,” Smith says. “We’re celebrating not only our progress, but the way

the community has contributed to us. It’s also a celebration of our audience.”

The 12th anniversary was chosen for the big celebration because prior anniversaries simply did not leave organizers enough time to put everything together. The concerts will include a number of dance and visual art collaborations.

Heidi Latsky, renowned choreographer and founder of Heidi Latsky Dance (a mixed-ability company that works to empower people with disabilities in New York City) will revisit “Solo Countersolo,” in which Smith as the soloist and an ensemble will create a weaving, moving landscape of bodies set to composer Chris Brierley’s lively score.

Digital media artist W. Michelle Harris, who has worked with Smith on past performances “Anomaly” and “Labyrinth” for the Rochester Fringe Festival, will premiere a new collaborative piece, “Loom,” which features motion-capture technology and live music by composer and Eastman School of Music graduate Garret Reynolds.

Also commissioned for a Rochester premier is “That’s All Folks,” a memoryand community-themed work by Mainebased emerging choreographers Flannery Black-Ingersoll and Johanna Hayes. Smith discovered the piece while at a New England dance conference and says it “had the entire audience, and myself, in tears.”

[ THU., MAY 17 ] Game of Thrones & the MAGsocial DeTOUR. May 17, 6-7 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. $10. 2768900. mag.rochester.edu. [ FRI., MAY 18 ] Lunchtime Talks: The . after

by Lytton Smith. May 18, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. 442-8676. [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Folk Art Guild Open Studios & Gallery Preview. 11 a.m.-5 p.m Rochester Folk Art Guild, 1445 Upper Hill Rd 554-3539. rfag.org.

Call for Artwork [ WED., MAY 16 ] Corn Hill Arts Festival Emerging Artists Expo. Through June 1.

Seeking young artists ages 1525 to exhibit creations at the Corn Hill Arts Festival, July 14 & 15. cornhillartsfestival.com/ emergingartists/.

Rundel Terrace Public Art Installation. Through May 25.

Central Library of Rochester, Rundel Auditorium, 115 South Ave Applications due by 2pm on May 25 to Brie Harrison, Library Finance Officer: brie. harrison@libraryweb.org 4287300. cityofrochester.gov.

Call for Participants [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Public Vote: Replacing the Dentzel Carousel Panel. May 19, 1-3 p.m. Central Church of Christ, 101 S. Plymouth Avenue The community is invited to vote among finalists chosen from artist submissions rmsc. org/carousel.

Comedy [ WED., MAY 16 ] J.T. Habersaat’s Altercation Punk Comedy Tour. May 16, 9 p.m. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. $8/$10. [ THU., MAY 17 ] Jamie Kennedy. May 1719. Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15-$20.

Thursday: 7:30 pm; Friday and Saturday: 7:30 & 10 p.m. [ FRI., MAY 18 ] Dan Viola. May 18, 8 p.m.

Comedy at the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd In the Rickles Room $10/$12.

Student Improv Show. May 18, 8-9:30 p.m. Focus Theater, 390 South Avenue, Suite C 585-666.2647. [ SAT., MAY 19 ] An Evening With The Applicators. May 19, 8 p.m.

Focus Theater, 390 South Avenue, Suite C Long Form improv $5. 585-666.2647. [ SUN., MAY 20 ] Comedy Cocoon. 6:30 p.m.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. [ MON., MAY 21 ] Drag Queen Bingo. May 21, 6 p.m. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. [ TUE., MAY 22 ] Comedy Olympics. Every third Tuesday, 5-8 p.m Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

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Mind • Body • Spirit PHOTO BY TONY VALLE

THEATER | ‘NO STRUGGLE, NO PROGRESS’ Sonnenberg Gardens will join the yearlong celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass with “No Struggle, No Progress,” a multimedia performance production, on Sunday, May 20. The event — which is included with a discounted park admission that day — will feature visual images, dance, music, and the words of Frederick Douglass and fellow freedom fighters in the nineteenth century Victorian mansion. It is directed by David A. Shakes, with dancer Thomas Warfield.

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“No Struggle, No Progress” will be performed at 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 20, at Sonnenberg Gardens, 151 Charlotte Street, Canandaigua. Tickets are $7 after 1 p.m. and include admission to the park. Purchase onsite. 394-4922; sonnenberg.org.

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Dance Events [ FRI., MAY 18 ] Stravinsky/Bowie. May 18, 8 p.m. Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave Rochester City Ballet $37-$47. 461-5850.

Theater Avenue Q. Thu., May 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., May 18, 8-10 p.m., Sat., May 19, 8-10 p.m. and Sun., May 20, 2-4 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St Through May 27 $31.50-$39.50. 454-1260. blackfriars.org.

The Bridges of Madison County, The Musical. Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m. and Sat., May 19, 2 p.m JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Avenue Through May 20. Live open-captioned performances on May 13, 2pm; May 17, 7pm; & May 19, 2pm $20-$29.

421-2000. jcccenterstage.org.

Hamlet. Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m. and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m Lyric Theatre, 440 East Ave Presented by Screen Plays $15-$20.

Heathers, School Edition.

Fridays, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., May 19, 7:30 p.m A Magical Journey Through Stages, Auditorium Center, 875 E. Main St $16. 935-7173. mjtstages.com.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Thu., May 17, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 18, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., May 19, 7:30 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave An Out of Pocket production $13-$20.

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ART | ‘ERIC BELLMANN: JUST THIS’ Rochester native Eric Bellmann’s first solo show in 20 years is currently on view at the Out Alliance’s Gallery Q. “Just This: Watercolors, Drawings, etc, 40 years, 40+ works” features Bellmann’s rarely-exhibited male nudes, ranging from elegantly-rendered casual poses and expert gestural sketches, to hyper-real portraits of expressive, tattooed arms.

“Just This” continues through Thursday, May 24, at Gallery Q, 100 College Avenue. Monday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free. 244-8640; gayalliance.org.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

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Rhinoceros. Fri., May 18, 7:30 p.m., Sat., May 19, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., May 20, 2 p.m. Bread & Water Theatre, 172 West Main St $8-$14. 538-9684. breadandwatertheatre.org.

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Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Fridays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 & 7 p.m., Sat., May 19, 4 & 8:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through June 3 $25-$59.

Thespis, or, The Gods Grown Old. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner St Presented by Off-Monroe Players.

Water by the Spoonful. Sat., May 19, 2 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St The Hourglass Play-Reading Series hourglassplays.org.

Theater Audition [ WED., MAY 16 ] “Open Mic@Roasted Right”.

May 16, 6-7:30 p.m. Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman St. Seeking vocalists & musicians of all backgrounds for July production 748-7727. djedramaat@gmail.com. [ SUN., MAY 20 ] A Chorus Line. May 20, 6-8 p.m. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St BT Summer Intensive production, for

rising high school juniors through newly (or almost) graduated college seniors. By appointment only 454-1260. info@blackfriars.org. [ MON., MAY 21 ] The Pirates of Penzance. May 21, 6:30 p.m. Geneseo Central School McCarthy Auditorium, 4050 Avon Road . Geneseo For Geneseo Community Players show, July 19-22. Leads & featured roles: please audition with a Gilbert & Sullivan piece; accompanist provided.

Ensemble auditions: no prepared piece necessary; you will be checked for vocal range 991-8239.

Festivals [ WED., MAY 16 ] 120th Rochester Lilac Festival.

Through May 20, 10:30 a.m.8:30 p.m. Highland Park, 171 Reservoir Ave. Exhibits, local foods, craft beverages -- and lilacs. Concert headliners: Starship (May 16); Uprooted (May 17); The Wood Brothers (May 18); Mingo Fishtrap (May 19); Driftwood & Big Eyed Phish (May 20) rochesterevents.com/ lilac-festival. [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Ease On Down 2018. May 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurston Brooks Merchants Association, 216 Thurston Road Sidewalk sales, music, food, kids activities, tag sales along

Thurston Road, Arnett Blvd and Brooks Ave 232-9010. ccsatiables@yahoo.com.

Tree Peony Festival of Flowers. May 19-20, 9 a.m.4 p.m. Linwood Gardens, 1912 York Rd. $10/$15. linwoodgardens1912@gmail. com. linwoodgardens.org.

Kids Events [ THU., MAY 17 ] Science Exploration Night. May 17, 7-9 p.m. St. John Fisher College, Wilson Athletic Center, 3690 East Ave 385-8000. jacapellupo@gmail.com. [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Discover Neverland Weekend.

May 19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The

Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square With museum admission. 2632700. museumofplay.org.

Tail Waggin’ Tutors. May 19, 11 a.m.-noon. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 115 South Avenue 428-8451. libraryweb.org. [ SUN., MAY 20 ] KinderZoo: Bright Birds. May 20, 10:15-11 a.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St For children age 18 months to 3 years old $5/$7. 336-7213.

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Sports [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Rochester Twilight Criterium.

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Literary Events [ FRI., MAY 18 ] Tim Wendel: Cancer Crossings.

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Food & beer tastings, silent auction. Fundraiser for ACM Laboratories $20-$25. gateslibrary.org. [ SAT., MAY 19 ] Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival. May 19, 8:30 a.m.5 p.m. Nazareth College Shults Center, 4245 East Ave. teenbookfest.org. [ MON., MAY 21 ] Home is Burning: A Memoir.

May 21, 6-7 p.m. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave Book discussion 2711313. raom.org.

Melissa McCarthy in “Life of the Party.” PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS

Party pooper “Life of the Party” (PG-13), DIRECTED BY BEN FALCONE NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

“Life of the Party” finds Melissa McCarthy playing Deanna Miles, a frumpy, fortysomething housewife-turned-divorcée who gets a new lease on life when she decides to re-enroll in college alongside her daughter.

Unfortunately it’s also the latest on a long list of McCarthy comedies that fail to capitalize on the star’s considerable talents.

What makes the film all the more frustrating is that — like “Tammy” and “The Boss” before it — McCarthy herself co-wrote the script, along with her husband Ben Falcone (who also directs). I admire the actress’s desire to take control of how she’s presented on screen, I just wish her track record was better.

Her projects with Falcone feel oddly timid as showcases for McCarthy’s brash sense of humor, and lack the bite of her work with director Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids,” “The Heat,” “Spy,” and “Ghostbusters”), which has given the actress some of her best roles.

The formulaic “Life of the Party” aspires to simultaneously be a raucous college comedy but also a sweet story about a middle-aged

woman learning to get her groove back.

Neither thread is entirely satisfying, but what works does so because of McCarthy’s immensely likeable presence.

It’s hard not to root for her, particularly given the film’s setup. Deanna’s dramatic life change comes minutes after she and her husband of 23 years, Dan (Matt Walsh), drop their daughter Maddie (Molly Gordon) off for her senior year at college. With Maddie barely out of the rearview mirror, Dan announces he’s in love with another woman and demands a divorce. Oh, and he’s selling their home since it’s entirely in his name.

Having dropped out of college after she became pregnant, Deanna is suddenly without a husband, a home, or a career. With few options, she soon decides that the way to pick herself up is returning to school to finish her archeology degree. The only slight hitch is that her former university just happens to be the same one her daughter is currently attending.

To the film’s credit, it wastes little time with Maddie being angry with her mother for cramping her style. There’s a bit of that, of course, but after her friends are instantly won over by Deanna’s infectious enthusiasm, she quickly moves on to being a supportive daughter.

With that out of the way the stage is set for cross-generational bonding, and the film’s most heartfelt message is about what women

can accomplish when they stick together.

Admittedly, its admirable messages about the bonds of sisterhood are undercut slightly by the script shoehorning in a pair of bullying mean girls and making Dan’s new partner a cartoonish snob. But for the most part, the film aims for a tone of gentle niceness.

McCarthy is never less than committed, and she’s entirely believable as a woman enjoying her newfound freedom while learning to reconcile it with her alreadyformed identity as a loving mother.

I also appreciated that when Deanna hooks up with hunky frat boy Jack (Luke Benward) who becomes infatuated with her, the film doesn’t treat his attraction to her as a joke. Though I couldn’t help wondering how that plotline would play if the characters’ genders were reversed.

There’s an appealing sweetness to the film’s brand of wish-fulfilment comedy, and McCarthy is always a joy to watch.

But as good as she is, we’re not seeing the actress really stretch herself, and her efforts are undercut by some shapeless direction and rambling tone. With little comedic momentum to sustain it, “Life of the Party” poops out early and never manages to rally back.

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LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] ACD Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/20/2018.

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SSNY shall mail process to 1803 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Irondequoit Holdings LLC: LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NYS DOS on January 3, 2018.

The DOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The office of the LLC and address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process shall be 49 Parkmere Rd Rochester, NY 14617 Monroe County.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any business permitted under law. [ NOTICE ] Living colour beauty LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/18/18. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 3244 Lyell Rd Rochester NY 14606 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Ma Maison Du Lac LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/4/18. 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 333 Andrews St, Rochester, NY 14604.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Matthews Enterprising LLC filed SSNY 4/25/18.

Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Matthew Kaskins 364 Timothy Ln #11 Ontario NY 14519 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that an alcohol beverage license, pending, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor, Beer & Wine retail in a Catering Establishment under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at: 1 EAST AVE ROCHESTER, NY 14604- On Premises Consumption Liquor License for KEY HOSPITALITY LLC / dba THE PENTHOUSE AT ONE EAST AVENUE [ NOTICE ]

GRAND OAKS GLN, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 4/12/2018. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Notice of Formation of Auberon Group, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/23/18. Office

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 23 Bending Creek Rd., Apt. 2, Rochester NY 14624 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Gallup LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/18/2018 . Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 644 Gallup Rd, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 2320 LYELL AVE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/18.

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, 48 Running Brook Ln., Rochester, NY 14626.

Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 61-C Monroe Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/30/18. 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, 6685 Camden Hill Drive, Victor, NY 14564. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 674 Ridge Road, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 674 Ridge Road, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 9 East Street, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/8/18. Office location: Monroe County.

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SSNY shall mail process served to 9 East Street, LLC, 220 Culver Rd. Apt. 1, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Amitas Properties of Wellsville, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/22/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 4 Epping Wood Trl, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AVO Resource Solutions LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/10/18. 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 165 N. Water Street., Rochester, NY 14604 Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BRASS BELL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/05/18. Office location: Monroe County.

Princ. office of LLC: 1018 Bay Rd., Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHIMAERA PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 05/07/2018.

Office in Monroe County.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to CHIMAERA PROPERTIES LLC, C/O THOMAS S. GRAFF, 31 TYNEDALE WAY, NORTH CHILI, NY 14514.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Confident Couriers Company, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/23/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 140 Lozier st Rochester NY 14611. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CUTTING EDGE EXPERTS, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/12/18. 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 780 N. CLINTON AVE ROCHESTER NY 14605 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Dei-Dei’s Love Baskets & Things LLC Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 4/12/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1 East Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3660 Monroe Avenue, #54, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GAXIL LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/12/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

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Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GREEN ZEBRA CATERING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/08/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hayward Rentals, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/28/18. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: James G. Davis, 50 Ramsey Park, Rochester, NY 14610.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hempsol, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/21/18. 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 12 East Jefferson Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hippity Hip, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/2017. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be

served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 131 Gregory Street, Rochester NY 14620 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Increase Sales Digital, LLC Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) March 13, 2018. Office location. Monroe County.

SNNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 850 St. Paul St, Suite 30, Rochester, NY 14605.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KOVAC’S Transport, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/18.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 273 Ford Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL PARK LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/10/2018.

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 121 LINCOLN AVE; ROCHESTER, NY 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lou Blu Properties LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/23/2018.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 17 Washington Ave Pittsford NY 14534 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of McWingo Property, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02-16-18.

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 Harrington Ent., llc, 4078 Flakes Mill Rd, Decatur, GA. 30034 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS BY THE CITY OF ROCHESTER STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO TITLE 4 OF PART E OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 25, 2018, the Corporation Counsel of the City of Rochester filed in the office of the Monroe County Clerk a list of parcels of property on which the City of Rochester holds a lien for taxes, assessments, fees or other charges which is at least one year old and which the City of Rochester intends to foreclose by an action in rem pursuant to Title 4 of Part E of Article IX of the Charter of the City of Rochester. A copy of that list was published on April 25, 2018.

The foreclosure list contains as to each such parcel: 1. The tax account number and address; 2. The name of the last known owner; 3. The amount of each tax lien, except for a $250.00 charge which has been added to each tax lien pursuant to Section 9-123(A)(3)of the City Charter but which is not reflected on the printed list.

All persons having an interest in the real property described in the foreclosure list are hereby notified that the filing of the list constitutes the commencement by the City of Rochester of an action in the Supreme Court, Monroe County, to foreclose the tax liens therein described by an action in rem and that the list constitutes a notice of pendency of action and a complaint by the City of Rochester against each parcel of land therein described to enforce the satisfaction of such tax liens. This action is brought against the real property only. No personal judgment will be entered in this action for the delinquent taxes, assessments, fees or other charges.

A copy of the foreclosure list has been filed in the office of the City Treasurer and will remain open for public inspection up to and including October 11, 2018, which is the redemption deadline date.

Any person may on or before that date redeem any parcel on the foreclosure list by paying to the City Treasurer the amount of all delinquent taxes, assessments, fees and other charges stated on the foreclosure list, plus the $250.00 charge referred to above, plus accrued interest and late payment charges.

Any person having any interest in any parcel on the foreclosure list may, at any time up to the redemption deadline date, serve a verified notice of interest or an answer upon the Corporation Counsel setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his interest or any defense or objection to the foreclosure. The notice of interest or answer must also be filed in the office of the Monroe County Clerk. Where a valid notice of interest is served, the parcel will be held for a foreclosure auction pursuant to Section 9-143 of the City Charter.

Any person who fails to redeem or to serve a notice of interest or an answer by the redemption deadline date shall be barred thereafter from asserting his interest in the pending foreclosure action, and judgment in foreclosure may be granted without regard for, and in extinguishment of, the interest of any such person.

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Notice of Formation of MMJC CAPITAL, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/18.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 15 Loch Loyal Ct., Penfield, NY 14526.

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 Formation of The Alliance Ballroom at the Linc, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/9/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Ontario Homes Sales, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/26/2018. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 160 Despatch Dr., East Rochester, NY 14445.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of WATER CHEMISTRY CONSULTANTS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/21/2018.

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, 292 Coolidge Rd., Rochester, NY 14622. Purpose: any lawful act

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Notice of Formation of Patriot Industries LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/27/2016. 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 451 Baker Rd. Churchville, NY 14428. Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 600 W Broad St. Rochester NY 14608 on Thursday, June 7th at 12:00 pm . The following customers’ accounts have become delinquent so their item (s) will be auctioned off to settle past due rents. NOTE: Owner reserves the right to bid at auction, reject any and all bids, and cancel or adjourn the sale. Name of tenant: , Anthony Lawson Unit 58 Owes $460.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rhythm A Hope LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) April 19, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 87 Woodgreen Drive Pittsford NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities including socializing for encouraging charity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester Consulting Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/18. 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. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Southern Tier Sealcoating LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on March 28, 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 183 Woodstock Road, Rochester, New York 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of AVALON ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/18. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/17/14. Princ. office of LLC: 3405 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Ste. 200, Tampa, FL 33607. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Avalon is a technologyenabled laboratory benefit management (“LBM”) company.

Avalon’s LBM services include utilization review, claims payment, claims editing and network management services.

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 (DE) on 3/16/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205.

DE address of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] REMOTE CLIENT SERVICES, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on March 6, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 155 Benson Rd., Victor, N.Y. 14564.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Shipping Resources Group LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 3/19/18. 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 25 Sunleaf Dr., Penfield, NY 14526.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] T&T Lawn and Landscaping, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/30/2018. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Tina Schuth, 4317 Canal Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559.

General Purpose. [ NOTICE } Clarington Property LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/30/18. 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 262 Willowen Drive, Rochester, NY 14609.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of K.W. BRODEN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/27/18.

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, 1346A Pittsford Mendon Road, Mendon, NY 14506. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Qualification of Hamlin Solar 1, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/18. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware

10th Fairway LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/26/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

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against it may be served and shall forward service of process to 590 Allens Creek Road, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] 114 South Union Street LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 5/3/18. 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 Craig Jensen, 54 South Union Street, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] CPW Property Holdings LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 4/30/18. 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 37 Richmond Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Fox Meadow Properties LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/19/18 Office location: / Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail process to Fox Meadow Properties LLC, 2104 County Line Road, Holley, NY 14470. General Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: DT CULVER HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/10/2018. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O DT CULVER HOLDINGS LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: HARRISON STREET BONEYARD LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2018.

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 HARRISON STREET BONEYARD LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose [ Notice of Formation ] Name: TWBC HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of

State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/2018. 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 TWBC HOLDINGS LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ Notice of Formation ]

on 04/30/2018. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to William Alexander, Esq., One South Clinton Ave., Suite 1000, Rochester, NY 14604. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law.

Name: WAYNE CONSULTANCY LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/30/2018. 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 WAYNE CONSULTANCY LLC, One East Main Street, 10th Floor, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose

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Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Webster LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on March 27, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity

Feathers Tribe Entertainment, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York State Secretary of State on 04/10/2018 with an effective date of formation of 04/10/2018.

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 44 Laurelcrest Drive, Spencerport, NY 14559.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Tech Buyers Group LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 5/9/18. 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 1157 Fairport Road, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Urgent Care Now Medical PLLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Dept of State on 9/08/11. 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 60 Barrett Dr, Suite A, Webster, NY 14580. The purpose of the Company is medical services. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CAVALCADE EVENTS, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Cavalcade Events, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State

Notice of Formation of Buntsy’s Neighborhood Food & Drink LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on April 18, 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 LLC at 8 Pierce Street, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: Any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Jay’s Dry Bulk, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 4/11/18 with an effective date of formation of 4/11/18.

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 1869 Turk Hill Rd., Fairport, NY 14450.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Notice is hereby given that Rock Beach Aquatics, LLC a Limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on April 13, 2018. The principal office is

located in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company is: 80 Rock Beach Road, Rochester, NY 14617. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under §203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. [ Notice of Formation of VICTOR EAST AUTO GROUP LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on April 16, 2018. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ.

Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Drive, Ste 200, Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ PUBLICATION NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Double Four Development LLC, its Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 25, 2018; the County within New York in which its office is to be located is Monroe; the Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served; the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail the process is 154 Cobblestone Court Drive, #171, Victor, New York 14564; the purpose of its business is to conduct any lawful business under law [ Supplemental Summons ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Monroe County Public Administrator as Administrator C.T.A. for the Estate of Wesley R. Baumbarger, Sr., a/k/a Wesley Baumbarger a/k/a Wesley Ray Baumbarger, Sr. a/k/a Wesley Raymond Baumbarger, Mark Raymond Baumbarger as Specific Devisee in the Last Will and Testament of Wesley R. Baumbarger a/k/a Wesley R. Baumbarger, Sr., if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienor, heirs, devisees, distributees, or successors in interest of such of the above as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residences are unknown to Plaintiff, United States of America-Internal

Revenue Service, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants.

Index #: 1991/2014 Filed: 5/1/2018 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America.

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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $43,537.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Monroe County Clerk on October 15, 2008, in Book 22047 page 32, covering premises known as 63 Electric Avenue, Rochester, NY 14613.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Bay Shore, New York April 25, 2018 FRENKEL, LAMBERT, WEISS, WEISMAN & GORDON, LLP BY: Linda P. Manfredi Attorneys for Plaintiff 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, New York 11706 (631) 969-3100 Our File No.: 01-068965F00

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In October 1981, Stephen Michael Paris escaped from the Jess Dunn Correctional Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he had been serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession and distribution. Using the name Stephen Chavez, Paris managed to evade authorities until April 12, when investigators tracked him down, thanks to his mother’s obituary, at an office in Houston where he was working. Now 58 years old, Paris was mentioned in his mother’s tribute, using his alias, the Associated Press reported, and after confirming his identity with fingerprints, the U.S. Marshals Service returned him to custody.

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Jaywalkers, beware: The city of Daye, in Hubei province China, has installed water sprayers and an electronic screen at a crosswalk to stop people from crossing on a red light. Five pylons were placed along the road April 16, China Daily reported, three of which identify offenders using sensors and then spray them with water vapor.

Other pylons “photograph people crossing against red lights,” explained Wan Xinqiang of the Daye public security bureau, and “a large electronic screen at the intersection will instantly display their photos. ... If the equipment works well, we will utilize it throughout the city.” rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 31

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