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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

In the RCSD-city fight, the children are losing We could have been feeling hopeful about the Rochester school district right now. Superintendent Terry Dade has started work, and he seems to be a good fit for Rochester: young enough to have the energy he’ll need, experienced enough – and in urban districts – to tackle the district’s challenges.

And he’s charismatic. That can be a negative trait as easily as it can be a positive one, of course. But if Dade knows how to use his charisma, it could help him attract attention and draw enough public support to establish him quickly as a leader, independent from the other adult forces connected to the school district. The district needs that right now.

And yet just as Dade is getting his bearings, an ugly battle is heating up between City Hall and the district. The community needed this like a hole in the head.

You can blame whichever party you like for starting this mess. You can blame the district for its well-known problems (although it has no control over its largest challenge, the impact of concentrated poverty). Or you can blame the mayor for pushing for a temporary state takeover of the district.

Regardless, nobody’s looking very good right now. Two weeks ago, the mayor sent a letter urging people to vote in the referendum on the takeover. In it, she walked right up to the line between “advocacy” – which the state constitution bars – and “education.” Given its careful wording, the letter probably didn’t cross that line, and it’s the kind of thing politicians do all the time. But that doesn’t mean it was a good idea. It wasn’t.

Odds are, most recipients saw through this tactic, and I’d bet that it turned off more people than it inspired.

And then late last week, the school district filed suit against the city to try to stop the referendum. It’s not surprising that the school board is fighting to stay in existence, but suing City Hall seems like a particularly bad idea. The referendum is non-binding; only the state legislature can remove the school board.

Two of the three Assembly members who represent the city have no intention of voting to remove the board, and historically, the legislature doesn’t go against the wishes of local representatives

An ugly battle is heating up between City Hall and the school district, and nobody’s looking very good in this.” on a strictly local issue.

Unless school board members know something I don’t know, then, they’ve already won this fight. And as the mayor says, by trying to stop the referendum, board members look like they don’t want to know what voters think about a takeover because they’re afraid of the answer. The school board has played right into the mayor’s hands.

Adding to the problem: Terry Dade had literally just left his first meeting with the mayor when the mayor was served notice of the suit. Dade knew about the suit that morning but said nothing, according to the mayor’s office. Presumably he couldn’t have said anything, and shouldn’t have. But the school board has put him in a terrible spot. It’s hard to see how he’ll build up any kind of rapport with anybody in City Hall now.

I don’t think either City Hall or school district leaders won anything by their actions over the past couple of weeks. And the obvious losers are the children. People on both sides may argue that children are the heart of their fight over the referendum, but the tactics of the past couple of weeks were all about adults. Children had absolutely nothing to do with them.

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Dinolfo proposes grease-trap law

County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo is asking the County Legislature to approve a law regulating covers for grease traps.

A 3-year-old child died after falling into a grease trap behind a Rochester Tim Hortons on July 15, and Dinolfo’s proposal is a response to that tragedy.

Currently, there are no state or local regulations for the traps. Dinolfo’s proposed law includes safety requirements for the covers, and it mandates annual inspections of the traps.

The legislature will hold a public hearing on the law on August 13, and is expected to vote on September 10.

Bello wants intergovernmental group revived

Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello, the Democratic candidate for county executive, has proposed restoring a bipartisan organization called the Council of Governments.

The Council, which was created in 2000 by then-County Executive Jack Doyle, was composed of the chief elected officials of the county, all of its towns and villages, the City of Rochester, and area school

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Bello says the council has been “abandoned”

by County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo.

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Climate coalition eyes utilities’ rate case

Cuomo signs cannabis bill

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Monday that further weakens the penalties for marijuana possession in New York State.

The law, passed by the state legislature in June, lowers the severity of charges for possessing less than two ounces of marijuana. It also creates a legal process for people convicted of low-level marijuana possession to have the charges removed from their record.

It does not, however, legalize marijuana, which means people can still be arrested for having it. The new law makes possession of one to two ounces of marijuana a violation; previously the charge was a misdemeanor. And it limits the maximum punishment to a $200 fine. It also lowers the maximum penalty for possessing less than an ounce – already a violation – from $100 to $50.

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Rochester Gas and Electric and NYSEG want state regulators to let them raise their gas and electric rates. They need the additional revenue, they say, to cover things such as infrastructure investments, increases in operational costs, energy efficiency program costs, and the rollout of smart meters.

But the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition sees the rate case as an opportunity for the regulatory commission to encourage what they call “beneficial electrification.” The utilities should spend less on natural gas infrastructure, they say, and more on incentives that allow people to replace natural gas appliances with high-efficiency electric alternatives.

If the commission grants the utilities’ requests, the average RG&E electric bill would increase 3 percent, the average RG&E gas bill by 2.2 percent, the average NYSEG electric bill by 13.6 percent, and the average NYSEG gas bill by 1 percent, says the utilities’ filing.

A statement from the utilities notes that the proposal includes investments

in four energy storage projects, which will help with renewables growth, and in EV chargers.

The activists say their push lines up with the state’s new climate laws, which set targets for clean energy development and carbon emissions cuts. They include an 85 percent reduction in carbon emissions across all economic sectors of the state by 2050.

To address climate change and hit the law’s targets, “we need to change our energy grid, our energy infrastructure,” says Kristen Van Hooreweghe, the coalition’s project manager for the rate case.

The climate coalition is urging the public to attend the Public Service Commission’s August 6 information and comment sessions at Rochester City Hall, 30 Church Street. The first session starts at 1:30 p.m., the second at 6. An ASL interpreter will be present.

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State Supreme Court Justice Scott Odorisi will hear arguments on Thursday in the Rochester school district’s suit against city officials.

The district wants to Odorisi to prevent a November referendum on a state takeover of city schools.

EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

RCSD v. City Hall heads to court this week Will a state takeover of the Rochester City School District be on the ballot in November? Voters could find out within the next few days. State Supreme Court Justice Scott Odorisi will hear arguments on Thursday, and his decision could have long-lasting ramifications.

In June, City Council approved Mayor Lovely Warren’s request for a referendum on a temporary state takeover and removal of the school board. The referendum is non-binding; only the state legislature can remove the elected board.

And last week, the school board filed a civil suit against the city to keep the referendum off the ballot.

Both parties are up against a deadline: No changes can be made to the ballot for the November election after August 5.

If Odorisi sides with Mayor Lovely Warren and the city and the referendum stays on the ballot, it will be a major blow to the school district. Even though the referendum is non-binding, if voters approve it, it could put pressure on lawmakers to approve a state takeover. If Odorisi sides with the district, however, it will be an embarrassing defeat for Warren.

The referendum will be dead.

Either way, there may not be a true winner or loser. There’s a risk that the

public may be tired of the off-and-on disputes between the city and school district, which have dragged on for years.

The suit is the latest in an escalating battle between Mayor Lovely Warren and the Rochester school board over who is to blame for the district’s struggles and who should control the district and its near $1 billion annual budget.

In the suit, the district asks the court to: • Issue an injunction, stopping the city from putting the referendum on the November ballot; • Instruct the city to stop using public funds in relation to the referendum.

In approving the referendum last month, City Council approved changes to the City Charter, removing language referring to the school board and board members’ salaries. Since the city does not have the authority to remove the board itself, the district argues, the referendum is “advisory,” and it’s “unauthorized” and “illegal.”

The district also argues that the city has improperly used public funds to support the referendum. The suit cites a May news release promoting a possible takeover plan, a May video of the mayor “urging residents to contact their senators and Assembly members to support a State takeover,” the

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June Council vote on Warren’s request for a referendum, and Warren’s July letter mailed to 30,000 people, urging them to vote in the referendum.

Warren has repeatedly argued that the referendum is an opportunity to give parents and residents a voice concerning the future of the district, its students,

and its families. Board members, however, argue that parents and residents did voice their views on the matter when they voted in the Democratic school board in June. The referendum, board President Van White says, is asking people to vote to remove their voice from the conversation.

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

New York renters get new protections Rochesterians who rent their homes, like renters throughout the state, now have important new protections, thanks to action last month by the state legislature and the governor.

A group of new laws – described by industry analysts as the toughest of any state in the country – increase legal protections for the state’s 8.2 million renters for the first time in years. They apply to tenants and landlords in municipalities statewide, and cover everything from security deposits to land leases in mobile home parks.

Housing activists from around the state have been pushing for the changes for more than two years. And the changes will have a big impact in Rochester, where about 64 percent of residents are renters, not homeowners.

AMONG THE CHANGES Security deposits

Landlords can now ask for only one month’s rent as a deposit. Gone are the days when apartment owners could ask for as much upfront money as they could get from prospective tenants.

Tenants have the right to ask for a walkthrough inspection before and at the end of occupancy.

Since many tenants need their security deposit returned quickly so they can put that money down on another apartment, landlords must provide an itemized list of any part of the deposit they plan to keep for damages.

And tenants now have 30 days to fix the repairs the landlord cites. Previously, they had only 10 days.

In a related change, application fees now can’t exceed $20.

Housing activists have been pushing for stronger tenants-rights laws for more than two years.

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refrigerator, no hot water – may be subject to as much as $10,000 in fines.

Judges can now stay an eviction for up to one year to give tenants time to find a similar rental in the same neighborhood. Previously, the stay was limited to six months.

Judges also can stay an eviction up to a year if it causes a hardship – if it adversely affects the tenant’s health, for instance, or will require a change in schools for children.

Toughening the retaliatory eviction law was one of the most notable changes the legislature made, housing activists say.

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Rent increases

Landlords now must give tenants advance notice if they plan a rent increase that exceeds 5 percent: 30 days in advance if tenants have lived there for less than one year, 60 days if they’ve lived there for one to two years, and 90 days if they’ve lived there for more than two years. A sudden rent increase, rent-reform activists say, can put tenants at risk of falling behind in their rent.

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Landlords can continue to give one another references on a tenant, but they now are prohibited from sharing tenant information on industry databases, a practice that has resulted in blacklisting some people from the housing market.

Rent stabilization

While the other changes in rent laws impact tenants and landlords statewide, one particular law – an expansion of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 – may not. The law, a controversial rent stabilization measure, governs how

much rent can increase each year in certain apartment buildings.

It’s not clear whether it will apply to Rochester. Previously, the ETPA applied only to New York City, Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, but in June it was expanded to cover all of the cities and towns in the state. It isn’t mandatory, however.

Municipalities can choose to opt in.

In addition, municipalities have to meet specific requirements before they can opt in. First, the law applies only to apartment buildings built before 1974, and they have to contain six or more units.

In Rochester, City Council and the mayor would have to agree to commission a “housing vacancy analysis” that examines those buildings to determine their condition and the current availability of their apartments. The city can opt in to rent stabilization only if the vacancy rate in those buildings is 5 percent or below. At that vacancy level, presumably, market forces could be pushing rents upward.

City Council and the mayor would then have to approve legislation to opt in and would have to create a nine-member Rent Guidelines Board, which would establish maximum annual rate increases in those apartments.

Housing activist groups, including those in the Rochester area, are applauding the new laws, especially the expansion of the ETPA. Rochester has a housing crisis for low-income residents, they say. And they’ve already begun pushing City Council members to consider opting in to the ETPA, says Ryan Acuff, a long-time local activist.

Activists met recently with City Council President Loretta Scott and with Council members Mike Patterson, Jackie Ortiz, and LaShay Harris. “The first step is educating people about what this means,” Acuff says.

“Rent stabilization would provide city tenants with a lot more security than they currently have, and the city’s housing would improve because code enforcement would be beefed up. A lot of tenants currently don’t report safety and repair problems, because they fear retaliation.”

Rent stabilization could have an impact on education in city schools, too, Acuff says. Improving stability in the housing market would reduce the number of times families move and children have to change schools because of an eviction or to save on rent. Student mobility is a serious concern, because it can lead to students falling behind academically, school officials say.

Alex Yudelson, Mayor Lovely Warren’s chief of staff, says the administration is still studying the changes to the rent laws and hasn’t decided whether to conduct a housing study. No one knows for sure what the city’s current vacancy rate is for apartment buildings built before 1974, Yudelson says, and whether the city meets the law’s 5 percent requirement.

But a 2007 housing study commissioned by the city said Rochester’s overall vacancy rate had surged from 7 percent in the late 1990’s to 10 percent. (It did not, however, single out older apartment buildings.) Since then, many older, vacant homes in some neighborhoods have been demolished, and there has been little new housing construction for people with low-incomes.

STILL ON ACTIVISTS’ ‘WORK LIST’ While the new laws were a huge victory for tenants, they aren’t perfect, activists say.

The legislature didn’t approve a good-cause eviction bill. Currently, if the tenant doesn’t have a lease, landlords can evict at will even if the tenant has lived in the property for a

Ryan Acuff: “The first step is educating people about what this means.”

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long time and paid rent in a timely manner.

Good-cause eviction protection would require landlords to explain to a judge legitimate reasons for the eviction.

The legislature also didn’t approve relief from rent increases linked to major capital improvements and individual apartment improvements, a practice some landlords and owners use to cover some of the costs of upgrades.

And the activists still have a fight ahead of them to keep the new laws in place. Real estate investors and landlords wasted no time in pushing back. A group of real estate organizations and prominent landlords filed a lawsuit shortly after the new laws were enacted with the aim of destroying the entire rent-regulation system in New York City and beyond.

“They are betting that the tighter laws passed in June will bolster their claims that the rent-stabilization system – which subjects units to government-mandated caps on rent increases – is unconstitutional and amounts to an unlawful taking of property,” according to an article in the New York Times.

Landlords and real estate organizations are more likely to have the resources to wage a legal fight against a tenant. Even though their lobbying effort failed to stop the bills from becoming law, it highlights the power and economic imbalance in New York’s housing market, says activist Ravi Mangla, activist and political education program manager with Citizen Action of New York. That imbalance has long given landlords an advantage when it comes to compliance with rent laws, Mangla says.

“This is the problem of massive imbalance of power,” Mangla says. “Landlords will likely have legal support, and tenants probably won’t. It falls on the tenants to challenge landlords without the same resources to bring them to court.”

And many landlords argue that there’s no need for regulations outside of New York City because there’s no housing crisis in cities like Rochester. That’s absurd, Mangla says.

“Rochester has a huge number of rentburdened people living here,” he says. “That has to do with being a high-poverty city.”

A draft version of the Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan seems to reach a similar conclusion. “Housing affordability is a significant issue in the city,” it says.

“Nearly 60 percent of renter households and nearly 25 percent of homeowner households in the city are ‘cost burdened,’ paying more than 30 percent of their gross income to housing costs.

But the plan goes on to say that housing affordability in Rochester is rooted in low incomes, not high, rising housing costs.

“More than 25 percent of city households have incomes below $15,000 a year,” the plan says.

That could suggest that rent stabilization would not address housing affordability. Acuff and other housing activists don’t agree.

“Housing is at a tipping point,” Acuff says. “Under current minimum wages, rents are rising much faster than incomes. And it’s happening everywhere.”

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NEW LAWS WILL ELIMINATE OR CURB THE USE OF MONEY BAIL IN NEW YORK JUSTICE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Bail by its very nature is inequitable. People who have the cash to post it are able to buy their freedom — even if it’s temporary — while people of limited means have to stay in jail.

Examples of the disparity aren’t hard to find. On July 18, a man was booked into the Monroe County jail on $500 bail or $1,000 bond on a single misdemeanor assault charge.

He was held in the jail until July 24. Some people, charged with relatively minor crimes, are held for more than a week on as little as $250 bail.

Critics of money bail have long argued that it inflicts lasting harm on people and has been especially damaging to people of color, who face disparities across the justice system. You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, and the Fifth Amendment says no person should be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” But the longer people sit in jail without being found guilty of anything, the more at risk they are of losing jobs, housing, and custody of their children.

“Your whole life is disrupted,” says Nicole Triplett, policy counsel for New York Civil Liberties Union, one of many organizations that have pushed for the end of cash bail in New York.

Come the start of 2020, however, things will be much different. This past legislature session, state lawmakers passed major reforms that will end the use of cash bail for many lower-level charges and limit its use for more serious ones. The laws instead favor other options, such as supervised release, that aren’t based on money. If everything works as it’s supposed to, the state will see a substantial decrease in the number of people who spend time in jail before they plead to or are found guilty of a criminal offense.

The Vera Institute of Justice put out a report in July saying that based on conservative estimates, New York can expect at least a 40 percent reduction in the state’s pretrial jail population. In New Jersey, the report says, bail reform decreased the state’s pretrial jail population by 30.4 percent.

The overhaul is a major win for people who are accused of crimes, not all of whom would be convicted.

It’s also a huge victory for the reform groups, civil liberties organizations, defense attorneys, and activists who have spent years pushing for the state to replace cash bail with something fairer and more humane. Among the activists were people who spent time in jail because they couldn’t make bail.

“It’s probably the most comprehensive, bold, and progressive, historic package of bail legislation passed in this country,” says Darren Mack, director of community engagement and advocacy for JustLeadershipUSA. The organization initiated the #FREEnewyork campaign to push for pretrial reforms including elimination of money bail.

“Do I think that this is an improvement over the existing bail statutes? Absolutely,” says Monroe County Public Defender Tim Donaher. “Do I think that we should not be incarcerating people pre-trial that are accused of lower-level offenses? Absolutely. And will this accomplish that? Yes.” continues on page 10

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In a late 2018 report, the New York Civil Liberties Union provided a snapshot of how money bail was affecting New Yorkers. It collected data from eight counties for the years 2010 to 2014 and used it to suss out how many people were held in jail on bail, how long they were held in custody, and how much bail they were held on.

During those five years, more than 1,900 people spent a week or more in Monroe County jail because they could afford their bail of $250 or less, says the report. More than 4,700 people spent over a week in jail because they could afford their bail of $500 or less. In general, the higher a judge sets bail, the less likely people are to post it and gain release before their trials.

Most of the people held on bail in Monroe County Monroe County Public Defender Tim Donaher says had a misdemeanor as new state laws around pretrial release and detention are an improvement over existing bail laws. their most serious charge, PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH says the NYCLU report. A misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail. A smaller The purpose of bail in New York is to ensure that defendants return for future appearances, and that’s number of people were charged with nothing all judges are supposed to consider when they set more serious than a violation. bail. The approach is unique to New York.

Under the new laws, which are complex, “We don’t have preventative detention,” many of those defendants would likely receive Donaher says. “This is not a public safety issue. some sort of pretrial release that’s not based This is a ‘what will ensure a return to court’ issue.” around money.

Under the new law, the charges against Police will be required to issue appearance people will determine how judges proceed with tickets to all defendants charged with arraignments. Judges will no longer be able to violations, as well as those charged with most set bail for any misdemeanors with a couple of misdemeanors (sex offenses and domestic exceptions: sex offenses and a specific domestic violence-related charges are exceptions) and violence charge where a person is accused of the lowest-level felonies. In other words, those violating a stay-away order of protection. defendants won’t be taken into custody and Instead, judges will go through a multi-step held in jail until a judge can arraign them, process to determine the release conditions though if they fail to show up to court when that are appropriate for each defendant. Those they’re supposed to a judge can issue a warrant conditions, none of which will be based on for police to take them into custody. Police can money, could include a simple promise to issue appearance tickets on these charges now, return for the next date — technically known as but advocates have argued that they don’t do it releasing defendants on their own recognizance often enough.

— or some sort of supervised release. Under When defendants are charged with more limited circumstances, a judge will be able to serious crimes, police can still arrest them and order electronic monitoring of defendants, take them into custody prior to arraignment. though some reform advocates see that option as They can also take people into custody if a too intrusive and stigmatizing. charge is based on an incident of domestic “We’re hoping that the least restrictive violence, or if the defendant appears to need conditions will always be preferred,” says immediate medical or mental health care.

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Similarly, the laws say judges should favor releasing defendants charged with nonviolent felonies on conditions that aren’t based on money. Again, there are exceptions where judges can set bail, such as sex offense or witness tampering charges.

The news laws also specify a long list of the most serious charges — “qualifying offenses,” as they’re called — that allow judges to release defendants on stricter conditions, which still aren’t based on money.

If necessary, judges can set bail for these defendants or order them held without bail.

That list includes violent felonies, sex offenses, and charges related to terrorism, labor trafficking, kidnapping, patronizing a prostitute, and domestic violence.

The new law also specifies that in cases where judges set bail, they’re supposed to take into account the defendant’s ability to pay.

Monroe County Undersheriff Korey Brown says some of the bail reforms are good.

“I certainly don’t believe that someone should be in jail just because they’re poor,” Brown says. “If you can pay $250 in bail out of your pocket and someone else can’t, if you do the same crime you should have the same consequences. I’m glad about that part of bail reform. I’m glad that it’ll even the playing field a little more.”

But he also has concerns about some provisions of the new laws, such as the ones requiring law enforcement officers to issue appearance tickets for some charges. He says police could end up in situations where they charge someone with a history of similar behavior, such as stealing from cars, and they’d have to release the person immediately, he says. The person could go right back to what they were doing, such as stealing from cars, he says.

Undersheriff Korey Brown says he's concerned about parts of the new bail laws that require police officers to issue appearance tickets for many low-level offenses.

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“I just think that they really should have done something for repeat, persistent violators,” Brown says. “And they didn’t really look at persistent violators in this.”

He also worries about how the changes could affect victims in domestic violence cases. Though officers can detain defendants in domestic incidents, judges may have to release them in a matter of hours, Brown says. And that may not give victims enough time to get an order of protection, he says.

Brown is also concerned that the new laws could lead to an increase in missed court dates and, subsequently, a heavier warrant workload for deputies.

“These obviously are all predictions,” Brown says. “We don’t know for sure.”

Donaher and Craig McNair, the executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Pre-Trial Services Corporation, have their own concerns. The state didn’t designate any extra funding for agencies like the PreTrial Service Corporation, which provides supervision for approximately 5,000 defendants on pretrial release.

“The concern is that there could be increased use of intensive supervision or electronic monitoring,” McNair says, “and if that’s true then it just takes more resources or taxes your current resources.”

Pre-Trial Services also provides court date notifications to the defendants it works with, which it does through text messages, emails, phone calls, and the mail. The state’s Office of Court Administration will likely tap Pre-Trial Services to provide notifications to all defendants in Monroe County, McNair says. The agency estimates it’ll handle 130,000 to 150,000 court dates a year, he says.

“Your ultimate goal here is to make sure if people are not in custody that they are returning to court and to make sure that you’re providing public safety,” McNair says. “You don’t want to shortchange any resources for monitoring, supervision, notification.”

Just Leadership USA’s Mack offers a similar perspective. There will be a huge savings from not holding people before their trials, and that money should be reinvested into community services, he says. And that means directing funding

not just to pretrial supervision agencies, but to local, grassroots social services organizations, he says.

The benefits of bail reform will

be significant, though some of the anticipated positive effects haven’t received much attention. And it’s not entirely clear how many people will benefit, since it’s hard to get the data to calculate those numbers.

Some projections say that 90 percent of people charged with crimes will receive some form of pretrial release other than bail. Those numbers are based on state Department of Criminal Justice Services data showing that the most serious criminal charges

in jail, the more risk they have of losing their jobs, their homes, or custody of their children. Statistically, the likelihood that they’ll be convicted goes up, as does the likelihood that they’ll receive a longer sentence.

Many people who can’t afford bail eventually take plea deals just to get out of jail, even if they’re innocent or the case against them isn’t strong. And while people can speed up their release through pleas, they leave with a record that can hurt their ability to get certain jobs or housing.

Donaher, Triplett, Mack, and others say the reforms will disrupt that dynamic. Donaher says defense attorneys will be better able to work with their clients on challenging charges, since it’s easier to meet with people who aren’t in jail.

“Some people would say in some circumstances it’s almost impossible to exercise your rights pretrial,” NYCLU’s Triplett says. “And that’s the right to be able to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. That’s the right to have meaningful opportunity to be heard, to contest a charge, and to confront any charges that are against you.”

Brown and VanDuzee from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office say bail reform will benefit some jail programs as well. Sheriff Todd Baxter has emphasized programs that help people transition back into the community, such as the medicationassisted treatment unit for inmates with opioid addictions, Brown says.

When someone comes in on bail, jail staff don’t know how long they’ll have to work with them, Brown and VanDuzee say. And when someone is held in jail for a few months, that time gets applied to their sentence, which means they may not spend much longer in the jail after the case is resolved.

The staff have better opportunities to work with sentenced inmates “because we know their out date” and can develop a services plan around it, Brown says.

And the hope is that those people will reenter the community, “do well and never come back,” he says.

“Because that’s our goal, right,” Brown says. “When people enter our jail, we never want them to come back.”

DO I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EXISTING BAIL STATUTES? ABSOLUTELY,” SAYS MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER TIM DONAHER. “DO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE INCARCERATING PEOPLE PRETRIAL THAT ARE ACCUSED OF LOWERLEVEL OFFENSES? ABSOLUTELY. AND WILL THIS ACCOMPLISH THAT? YES. account for roughly 10 percent of cases. But Triplett says the figure may not be reliable; she hasn’t used it for that reason.

Monroe County Jail Bureau staff compile daily snapshots of the jail’s population. From what they’ve seen, they expect the daily population to decrease by 10 to 15 people, says Superintendent Matthew VanDuzee.

Bail has played a big role in further criminalizing poor people and trapping them in poverty, says Iman Abid, executive director of NYCLU’s Genesee Valley Chapter. And poverty has been a continuing problem in the Rochester region, particularly for black and brown families, she says.

“I’m hoping that any advocate who decides they want to take a position on eradicating poverty also takes a position on reforming the bail system,” Abid says. “I think those things go hand in hand and they’re incredibly important.”

The longer unconvicted people stay

Iman Abid, director of New York Civil Liberties Union's Genesee Valley chapter, says bail reform goes handin-hand with eradicating poverty. FILE PHOTO

Monroe County Jail Superintendent Matthew VanDuzee says the state bail reform laws will be helpful to some of the programs the Sheriff's Office operates in the jail.

PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH

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URBAN ACTION This week’s call to action includes the following events and activities.

(All are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.)

Remembering Hiroshima

Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace will hold its annual Hiroshima Day Candlelight Vigil on Tuesday, August 6, commemorating the day the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. The attack caused immeasurable damage to the people of Japan and helped to fuel a nuclear arms race. The event will be held in the roundabout at Routes 5 and 20 in Avon at 7:30 p.m.

‘Intent’ and racism

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wellness, and the arts, will present “Intent vs Impact: A Conversation at Arenas,” on Tuesday, August 6.

Calvin Eaton, the founder and executive director of 540WMain, will moderate a conversation about implicit bias, microaggressions, and the difference between intent vs impact when talking and interacting with people of color.

The discussion will be held at Arenas, 260 East Avenue, at 4:30 p.m. Entry is $10. Registration: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/ intent-vs-impact-tickets-63334812128

Learning racism

The Moving Beyond Racism book group will discuss “The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism” by Debra Van Ausdale on Monday, August 5.

In her book, Van Ausdale use case studies from

different childcare centers to discuss how young children are socialized to think about race and racism. She challenges the common perception that children are oblivious to racial differences, and says that children as young as 3 can already have sophisticated ideas about race.

They may identify racial or ethnic markers like skin color, eye shape, or accent – and use them to gain social control by excluding those who are different.

Van Ausdale also shows that much of what children learn about race comes from observing the behavior of adults and not from the deliberate attempts of adults to teach them about equity and non-bias.

Van Ausdale argues that adults shouldn’t dismiss race-based taunting among children as harmless.

The event will be held at Barnes and Noble, Pittsford Plaza, at 7 p.m.

Dining & Nightlife In search of Butter Boy The Wegmans cult has a new golden icon CONSUMABLES | BY CHRIS THOMPSON

I have lived in Rochester for 11 years and have frequented as many Wegmans throughout my time here. For the most part, I can find what I want and need at Wegmans, and if I can survive the Thunderdome-esque parking lots, I can get home to enjoy my purchases. But there is one thing I could never find, though people all over town rave about it incessantly. It’s not the jumbo-sized Pub Mix (which seems to come out about once every new moon, so I am just bad at timing it right to acquire it).

It’s not the vegan sour cream; it just happens that I can only find that at the “P” stores: Penfield and Pittsford. No. The one thing I had not seen, that everyone in Rochester seems to know and love, is Butter Boy. I recently learned about Butter Boy — Wegmans’ new French butter product with a cartoonish mascot — through a Facebook meme group dedicated to the grocery store called “Danny Wegman’s Memes You Feel Good About.” I don’t recall ever joining this group, and my attempts to exit it have failed, so I assume that everyone in Rochester is legally required to be in it — something like jury duty, but for food consumerism.

For the most part, the members of the group post things about how “Daddy Wegman” has provided them with various groceries or how pretty the prepared food section is. In recent months, folks were posting pictures and marveling at artfully stacked flavored seltzer displays made to look like watermelon rinds or cityscapes or just the name of the store branch. Occasionally someone will complain that their Wegmans has run out of a product and then make a denigrating comparison of their store to a competing grocery store they’ve deemed beneath them.

But most recently, the buzz is all about Butter Boy. There’s a picture of a woman hugging the store’s Butter Boy cutout display with the caption, “Daddy is giving us Butter Boy!” More posts include: “Butter Boy is coming!,” “Where, oh where is Butter Boy? (sad face emoji),” “Nobody puts Butter Boy in the corner!,” “Just hanging with me and the Butter Boys” (with a meme of four Butter Boys dressed as Spider-Man villains).

PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

My only response to the buzz was: “What the hell is Butter Boy?” Going to Google yielded a “butter boy” corn butterer, sold in a certain bed and bath chain store, located in the “beyond” section. You pop off the head and slather your corn with the butter that pushes out through his gaping neck hole. Yes, it looks as horrifying as I just described it.

This is not the Butter Boy I was looking for. The meme group was focused on a different, less disturbing Butter Boy. He is what I assume is an anthropomorphic stick of butter, with a bulbous smiley head resembling a Lego Minifigure without the top peg. His shirt and pants are the same

sunny yellow as his face, and his name floats in front of his midsection.

The memes made him a bit more interesting. His head was Photoshopped onto a Genny Kolsch can. People took selfies with the giant character cutout at the store. There were pranks, too: bakery departments would steal him and hold him hostage from the cheese section where he is usually located. My feed was regularly bombarded by the jaundiced chap waving his French flag...wait...is he French? Why isn’t his name le Garçon de Beurre?

I did not understand the hype. It’s butter.

Who cares about its nationality, and why the fuss over a giant boy made of butter (cute as

he is)? There’s even a change.org petition requesting that Wegmans make a Butter Boy action figure. That is a ridiculous idea, though; he would clearly be better as a plush doll.

I decided to try this Butter Boy French butter to see why it garnered so much attention. Unfortunately, it was out of stock everywhere I looked. I scoured three Wegmans stores and could not find the real Butter Boy (the cutout nor the product). Calkins, Pittsford, and Penfield were out. I waited a week and continued my search, adding the East Avenue branch. No Butter Boy. Another week went by, and I had no luck. Was Butter Boy going to be my white (rather yellow) whale?

Before I gave up and sadly sang Lisa Stansfield’s “All Around the World” in the rain, I ventured out again and finally found Butter Boy at East Avenue.

At last, I could find out if all the hype was right and the weeks-long search was worth the trouble. I took a sample of the butter on a roll. It is richer than any butter I have ever eaten. I could barely taste the sea salt advertised on the container; it was mostly butterfat.

Apparently French butter is churned longer so it has 2 percent more butterfat than most American butter, which is required to have 80 percent. That 2 percent makes an exponential difference in the texture and flavor. It might just be worth the $17.99/lb. it costs.

It did not take long to finish the package I bought, and I immediately went to get more, but alas, they were out again. Butter Boy is an elusive one, due to his popularity.

Is it deserved popularity, though? I have to admit. It may be. Je t’aime, Butter Boy. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13

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When Camila Meza moved from her native Chile to New York City a decade ago, she brought with her a wealth of folk tradition and a gorgeous voice. Since then, she has steadily risen in the ranks of jazz vocalists. I first heard her at the Rochester International Jazz Festival a few years ago. Her new album, “Ámbar,” is the finest I’ve heard by a jazz singer this year.

Meza is backed throughout by The Nectar Orchestra, a septet dominated by strings. Meza writes poetically in both English and Spanish, and her compositions, like “Kallfu,” dynamically exploit her voice. Her covers are well-chosen, including Elliott Smith’s heart-wrenching “Waltz #1” and the politically relevant “This Is Not America” by David Bowie, Lyle Mays, and Pat Metheny.

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John Palocy Trio with Ann Mitchell. Little Café, 240 East

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Music –risk teenagers, and crossed paths with a host of famous people. Even at 71 years old, Alice Cooper still means business.

Cooper sounded matter-of-fact during a recent phone conversation, a few minutes before rehearsing with his band for a show in Dubuque, Iowa. He’ll be rolling in to Greater Rochester area on August 7 for a show at CMAC. An edited version of the interview follows.

CITY: When I was a boy, I read your autobiography, “Me, Alice.” It’s probably one of my favorite rock and roll books ever.

Alice Cooper: It’s so funny, because that was

a great work of fiction. When we were doing “Me, Alice,” we were literally drinking and making things up as we went along. “Alice Cooper, Golf Monster” actually is the real story.

Will you be golfing in Rochester?

Very rarely do I get to a city where I don’t play nine holes. So I will be playing somewhere in Rochester. It’s weird that a character like Alice Cooper would be a two handicap.

How did you develop such a great knack for storytelling?

My dad was a wordsmith. He was a pastor.

He couldn’t do a sermon without telling at least three jokes, but they were all appropriate to what the stories were. My dad kept me very sharp. We would challenge each other when I was a kid. He was very sharp and very funny, and I always wanted to be as funny as my dad. So he was sort of my hero when it came to that.

What keeps you going?

Shock rock icon Alice Cooper will bring his nightmare carnival of a show to CMAC on Wednesday, August 7. PHOTO BY EARMUSIC

Prodigal son Alice Cooper

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Alice Cooper’s life has been a strange journey that almost parallels a biblical story. The rock icon grew up in the church, abandoned it, almost died, and came back to embrace Christianity. Along the way, Cooper picked up a serious golf habit, established a nonprofit foundation for at

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I never get tired of it. I’ve never sat there and said, “Maybe I should mellow out.” I think my lifestyle has changed a whole bunch, being married for 43 years with three kids and three grandsons, but that has never watered down Alice Cooper.

Everyone knows about my Christianity, the Solid Rock Foundation — that’s my lifestyle.

When it comes to getting onstage and being Alice Cooper, Alice Cooper is still Alice Cooper. When you come to see the show, it’s like going to the carnival and going on that ride you’re not supposed to go on.

What is something you would never do onstage?

You shouldn’t do anything that would get anybody hurt. If anybody got hurt in my show, it was me. They always cut Alice Cooper’s head off. It was never anybody else

getting skewered up there, unless it was a baby doll or something like that, which is an inanimate object.

What is at the heart of your appeal?

There was a huge change in my lifestyle when I quit drinking and everything like that. If I had kept doing it, I would have been gone in 1978. I could have easily joined the 27 gang, but I didn’t. God had different plans for me.

The fact that the show has always been the very foremost thing in my mind is that we’ve got to be the best touring band out there and we’ve got to put on the best show of anyone.

That has never changed. So when people come to see Alice, we’ve never let them down.

Where is the most unusual place one of your songs has been played?

When the “Trash” album came out, we had never been to Greece, and it was number one there for 26 weeks. You go to Iceland, and you find out your album is number one in Iceland and in places you never thought people even knew who you are. I guess hard rock translates to everybody. Hard rock will never go away, I think there is something primal about guitar rock, the way we play it.

The movie “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” references Native American contributions to rock. You have some Native American ancestry. Do you feel a link to that legacy?

I think there is something extremely tribal about rock. Think of it: it’s all drums. You have an audience that is waiting for you to give them the cue of what to rock to. All rock is based on drum beats, so if you want to take it back to the tribes — the real tribes where we all come from — that’s probably one of the most important things.

I totally believe in sensationalism. You can’t just get up and rock; and you know, bands like The Yardbirds and The Who, they were great at that. But to me, it was “Why not give them a visual show as much as an auditory show?” If you’re going to say, “Welcome to my nightmare,” give them the nightmare. To me it was important to bring the visual to it.

What is the best thing about being Alice Cooper?

I’m starting to think that the longevity of the career is amazing. I’ve got it down so much — being a frontman and a rock singer — that as long as the band is there and I’m healthy, to me it’s the easiest thing in the world.

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OPERA | FINGER LAKES OPERA PRESENTS ‘LA BOHÈME’

Conductor Gerard Floriano recalls that Puccini’s “La Bohème” was the first opera he ever saw. He finds it an ideal introduction to the art form, as well as one “that even opera fans never get tired of,” he says. So Puccini’s romantic masterpiece is an ideal cornerstone for the summer 2019 season of Finger Lakes Opera. This is the seventh season for the opera company, and for Floriano as its artistic director. This “Bohème” offers a Moulin Rouge-inspired setting and an ensemble of young local talent. The leads are headed by two fast-rising singers: tenor Jonathan Burton as Rodolfo and soprano Elaine Alvarez (pictured) as Mimi.

Finger Lakes Opera presents “La Bohème”on Friday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, August 11, 2 p.m. at Canandaigua Academy Theatre, 435 East Street, Canandaigua. $50.

750-3138. fingerlakesopera.org.

— BY DAVID RAYMOND

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Evan Meulemans. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup. com. 6 p.m Apple Country Spirits, 3274 Eddy Rd. Williamson. (315) 589-8733.

First Friday of every month, 7 p.m.

LaMay & Reese. Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m.

Scott Kwiatek. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

AMERICANA

Nobody’s Marigold. Abilene,

153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 5:30 p.m.

BLUES

Lima Crossroads Blues Festival. Village of Lima, Main

Gibbs St. 274-3000. 4 p.m.

Summer@Eastman 2019: French Horn Institute Concert.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m.

Summer@Eastman 2019: Trumpet Institute. Hatch Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m.

Summer@Eastman 2019: Trombone Institute, Solo Concert. Eastman East Wing

415, 433 East Main St. esm. rochester.edu/theatre/. 4 p.m.

COUNTRY

Tanya Tucker. Batavia Downs, 8315 Park Rd. Batavia.

343-3750. 5 p.m. $10 & up.

HIP-HOP/RAP Devan Childs. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520.

8 p.m. $15/$20.

METAL

Vomit Stain, Gutted Alive, Halothane. Skylark Lounge, 40

Benny Beyond: All Good. Ugly Duck Coffee, 89 Charlotte St. uglyduckcoffee.com. 6 p.m.

Album listening party.

Brian Lindsay Band. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b.

Fairport. 8:30 p.m. $5.

Dark Star Orchestera. Frontier Field, 333 Plymouth Ave N. 7 p.m. $15.

Inside Out. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Rd. 247-0079.

8 p.m.

Jack West. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 315-3003.

5-7 p.m.

Korn, Alice in Chains, Underoath, Ho99o9. Darien Lake

PAC, 9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. darienlake.com/events. 6:30 p.m. $30 & up.

Mr. Mustard. Carpenter Park, 22 N Main St. Pittsford. 6:30 p.m.

Rugburn. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020.

7 p.m.

The Stone Lows, Lower Expectations, McClane, Blue Envy. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $8.

Summer Lunch Series: The Fog.

Steve Grills & The Roadmasters. Little Café, 240

South Union St. 270-8106.

9 p.m.

College Town, Celebration Dr. 483-0705. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Teagan & The Tweeds. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5.

NOISE/EXPERIMENTAL CLASSICAL

Lung Cycles. Lumiere Photo,

Touch of FLX: Danny Mills, John Carter. Lincoln Hill Farms,

St. limabluesfest.com. 6-9 p.m.

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

Jorell Williams, baritone & Kevin Nitsch, piano. St.

Michael’s Church, 859 N Clinton Ave. josephavearts.org.

7 p.m.

Skaneateles Festival: Aizuri Quartet. First Presbyterian Church, 97 E Genesee St. Skaneateles. skanfest.org.

8 p.m. $26-$38.

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Summer@Eastman 2019: Adventure Music Camp Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 26

100 College Ave. 7-9 p.m. With The Recollector exhibit.

3792 Rte 247. Canandaigua. lincolnhillfarms.com. 5 p.m. $7.

POP/ROCK

Marvin Sands Dr. Canandaigua. cmacevents.com. 7 p.m. $22 & up.

Trying, Kitchen, Roselove.

Vineyard Community Space, 836 South Clinton Ave. 342-8429.

6:30 p.m. $5-$10 donation.

Bands on the Bricks: Lotus Land, Bonfire. Rochester

Public Market, 280 N. Union St. cityofrochester.gov/ bandsonbricks. 6-10 p.m. Rush & AC/DC tributes.

Train, The Goo Goo Dolls, Allen Stone. CMAC, 3355

Turkey Blaster Omega, Random Accents, Elephant in the Room.

Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m.

SKA

Bim Skala Bim, Personal Blend, The Miggedys. Flour City Station,

170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m. $12/$15.

Moonlight Stroll Concert Series: Neville Francis & The Riddim Posse. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion, 151 Charlotte St. Canandaigua. sonnenberg.org.

7:30 p.m. $5-$10.

VOCALS

Singer’s Party. Harmony House,

58 East Main St. Webster. 7 p.m.

[ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Evan Meulemans. Brindle Haus Brewing Co., 377 S Union St. Spencerport. 488-2034. 7 p.m.

LaMay & Reese. I-Square, 400 Bakers Pk. Irondequoit. 2661068. 2 p.m.

Saint Free & Jody Potenza. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

8 p.m.

BLUES

Lima Crossroads Blues Festival.

Village of Lima, Main St. limabluesfest.com.

11 a.m.-9 p.m.

Steve West. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

7 p.m. $5.

CLASSICAL

Summer@Eastman 2019: Trombone Choir Concert.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 11 a.m.

COUNTRY

[ SUN., AUGUST 4 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Cammy Enaharo. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m.

R&B/ SOUL

BLUES

JAZZ

POP/ROCK

Ladies of the ROC 2. Legacy

Damon Fowler. Dinosaur BBQ,

Gray Quartet Jazz Sessions.

Bad Religion, The Lawrence Arms. Anthology, 336 East Ave.

Drama House, 112 Webster Ave. 471-5335. 5:30 p.m.

Featuring Cinnamon & Yolanda Smilez. $25.

[ MON., AUGUST 5 ]

Highway 31. Nashvilles,

4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 9 p.m.

DJ/ELECTRONIC TVBOO. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047.

8 p.m. $10.

JAZZ

Jon Seiger & The All Stars. Via

Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

Skaneateles Festival: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn.

Anyela’s Vineyards, 2433 W Lake Rd,. Skaneateles. (315) 6853797. skanfest.org/. 7:30 p.m. $32/$48/Free ages 12 & under.

POP/ROCK

Fistful of Rage. Flour City

Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745.

9 p.m. $8/$10.

Free Agent. Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 9 p.m.

HarborLights, Periodic Table of Elephants, Walrus Junction, Fortunato. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8.

Hey Mabel. Bar Louie, 98 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 797-1054. 8 p.m.

Touch of FLX: Big Logic & The Truth Serum, Be’La Roman German, Mike Brown, Casey Bloom, White Woods. Lincoln Hill Farms, 3792 Rte 247.

Canandaigua. lincolnhillfarms. com. noon. $7.

AMERICANA

Aaron Lipp & Bobbie Henrie.

Lincoln Hill Farms, 3792 Rte 247. Canandaigua. lincolnhillfarms.com. 2 p.m. $7.

BLUES

ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Lakeshore at the Little: Chris Wilson, Warren Paul, Jerry Falzone, Brian Ayres. Little

Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

Blues in the Beer Garden. NY Beer Project, 300 High St. Victor.

888-6927. 3-6 p.m.

Lima Crossroads Blues Festival.

Village of Lima, Main St. limabluesfest.com. 12-5 p.m.

Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $10/$12.

CLASSICAL

POP/ROCK

Classical Guitar Night. Little

Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

Going for Baroque. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. 1 & 3 p.m. Included w/museum admission.

JAZZ

Cool Club & The Lipker Sisters.

Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. 4 p.m.

Panloco. Sodus Bay Lighthouse, 7606 N. Ontario St. Sodus Point.

2 p.m.

POP/ROCK

Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Dorothy, Diamante, Three Days Grace. Darien Lake PAC,

9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. darienlake.com/events.

5:30 p.m. $30 & up.

METAL

Darsombra, Ruckzuck, The Highest Leviathan. Bug Jar, 219

99 Court St. 325-7090. 7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Gateways Music Festival: Robert Watt. Hatch Hall, 26

Gibbs St. 274-3000. 3 p.m. Talk & panel discussion.

Gateways Music Festival: Stewart Goodyear, piano. Hatch

Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 8 p.m. Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. esm. rochester.edu. 12:10 p.m.

Lunchtime concerts by Eastman organists.

The Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. 7:30-10 p.m. $5.

Grove Place Jazz Project.

Rochester Music Hall of Fame, 25 Gibbs St. rochestermusic. org. 7 p.m. $10.

Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Penfield

Amphitheater, 3100 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. penfield.org.

6:30 p.m.

Stick Men. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

6 p.m. $25/$30.

484-1964. 8 p.m. $30.

Edge Petal Burn, Jan the Actress, Nod, Russel the Leaf.

Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m.

Goodfires, Cougar Sweat, Elephant in the Room, Ethan Berma. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

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

Sarah McLachlan & RPO. CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Dr. Canandaigua. cmacevents.com.

8 p.m. $36 & up.

Ditch Lily, Fanclub Singles, roselove, The Well Dressed.

Vineyard Community Space, 836 South Clinton Ave. 3428429. 7 p.m. $10 donation.

[ TUE., AUGUST 6 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Mary Monroe & Nate Coffey.

Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8150. 12-1 p.m.

AMERICANA

Annie In the Water, Deltaphonic. Photo City Improv,

543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047.

7 p.m.

Bluegrass Tuesdays. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 8 p.m.

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Art

Tanya Marcuse’s “Woven 27,” one of the immense inkjet prints in her solo show currently on view at Eastman Museum’s Project Gallery. PHOTO COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JULIE SAUL GALLERY

Gravity and the garden “Tanya Marcuse: Woven” CONTINUES THROUGH JANUARY 5 GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM, 900 EAST AVENUE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M.; SUNDAY, 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. $5-$15 | 327-4800; EASTMAN.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

If you’ve never read Annie Dillard’s magnificent 1982 essay, “Total Eclipse,” I recommend adding it to your reading list.

More than a reflection on her experience of being in a solar eclipse’s zone of totality two years prior, the piece is her meditation on the perspective-altering event. It’s a wonderfully organized presentation of the crash of associations the eclipse provoked in 20 CITY JULY 31 - AUGUST 6, 2019

her, about the terrifying mechanics of the cosmos, terrestrial concerns, existentialism, and consciousness. It’s a piece I return to again and again when life seems either too big or too small.

The essay again sprang to mind on the recent 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I visited the George Eastman Museum to check out the current installation of photos and objects in the History of Photography Gallery, which is all about the intersecting histories of photography and space exploration. While there, I also decided to pop in to the opposite Project Gallery to view “Tanya Marcuse: “Woven.”

On the face of it, the two shows couldn’t be more different. The images in the moon landing exhibit track humanity’s everlasting longing for the heavens. It presents more than a century of scientific and artistic attempts to document the mysterious order of the cosmos.

In “Woven,” Marcuse’s immense photographs

of layered flora and fauna — which have been compared to tapestries in appearance — are utterly absorbing wonders, concerned with all that is underfoot and entropic.

The exhibits represent order and chaos, and all of life as we know it is suspended between the two, ultimately helpless.

It’s worth spending some time in each space, learning and letting your mind bask in beauty. In the History of Photography exhibit, you’ll find early artistic renderings and photographic captures of the moon: reflections on human culture that are as much about shared wonder as they are about scientific inquiry and dispelling the superstition that has surrounded cosmic activities.

To me, some of the more fascinating elements include a 1926 mezzotint and engraving by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, who worked in theatrical design before he invented the Daguerreotype in 1936. His

theater work shows: the print depicts a scene of bright moonlight spilling through nighttime cloud cover into abandoned ruins, looking exactly like a stage set.

French photographer Eugène Atget’s 1912 “L’Éclipse” turns the camera on people observing a space phenomenon: he’s captured a crowd clustered together on a Parisian street as they witness the eclipse that happened two days after the Titanic sank, curatorial notes state.

Edward Steichen, a personal favorite, was unparalleled in creating photographic dreamscapes that could be mistaken for paintings, and he beat the Impressionists at their own aesthetic game. Included here is his watery and ethereal 1903 photogravure “Moonlight: The Pond,” in which a faint lunar glow peeks through a stand of trees, all reflected on the still water.

Other points of fascination are a 1904 map of the stars — a grid with dark dots that is a sort of distant relative to the Hubble telescope’s

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later imaging — and an actual 1967 Lunar Orbiter photographic subsystem. Eastman Kodak Company developed the apparatus to photograph both sides of the moon and help determine the best bets for landing locations.

In a way, the exhibits are macro and micro mirrors of one another. When we stare into the depth of space, we are seeing a tapestry of creation, endurance, and destruction happening all at once, side-by-side and layered.

Standing before Marcuse’s wide, peripheryswallowing images is like hovering above a zoomed-in view of the overlapping, unending life-and-death cycles of Earth; there’s a similar level of overwhelmed detachment as when you try to take in the scope of the universe.

Made between 2015 and 2019, this set of Marcuse’s photographs remind me of reading those “I Spy” books as a child, if the list of objects to check off included everything you’d find at the bottom of the garden. Layers of minutiae appear and disappear: petals, pods, honeycomb, snaking sprigs and branches, snake skin, actual snakes, fruits in various states of ripeness and rot, scattered seeds, fern fronds, moss, mold, twisted husks of lord knows what. Scraps of someone’s fur, feathers, a jaw, a rib cage, bright berries, and nuts withered in their shells.

There’s even a wall-mounted index for “Woven No 27,” which is an even earthier version of these wide shots of seeming wilderness. Ironically, life-giving water speeds decay: a bubbling stream wets and darkens soil filled with fruiting strands of spider silk-like mycelium. I spy salamanders, caterpillars, a soaked spider web heavy with water droplets.

Heavier allusions to death follow. In “Woven No 17,” the bony hooks of antlers erupt everywhere, as if sprouting from the forest floor. Brand new myths take vague form in my mind to explain what I’m seeing here.

The illusion of just stumbling upon these natural tableaus is nearly complete, but a nagging sense of artifice remains. Like a tapestry, the threads are too perfectly placed; a subtle pattern and balance can be detected where there should be none. This is most obvious in “Woven No 11,” which is overrun by the wraith-like ballerina forms of milkweed seeds; pale, dried vines that flash like lightning over the rich-dark earth; and scattered pink buds glowing like distant stars.

Though Marcuse names Eden as a meditation for this work, human history is filled with various garden and grove stories, in which humanity grapples with life, sustenance, danger, and death: the Roman myth of Vertumnus and Pomona; the tangled power struggle of life and death, season and shift between Demeter and Hades, with Persephone caught in the middle.

And like that tale, Marcuse’s images reveal different seasons in the grove. If we were denied a haven, we created one; and today many people prefer a manicured garden to a ramble in the lush, uncurated wild, where unseen things bite and sting, where there is no path.

Both of the exhibits have accompanying audio elements. The curators of the History of Photography exhibit have created two playlists of music to supplement the experience. “Moon Moods (1800-1969)” ranges from classical to rock, of course including Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” as well as Henry Mancini and Audrey Hepburn’s “Moon River.” The second playlist, “Moon Fever (1969-now)” includes moon and space themed songs by The Police, Cocteau Twins, and David Bowie, as well as NASA space recordings. And like many past exhibits in the Project Gallery, Marcuse’s show is supplemented by audio recordings of her discussing certain pieces in the project, which are accessible via “cell phone tour” in the gallery or at eastman.oncell.com.

[ OPENING ] Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library, 115 South Ave. Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts & Activism. Aug. 1-Oct. 25. Reception Sep 16, 4-6pm.

428-8350.

Arts Center of Yates County, 127 Main St. Penn Yan. Art in the Finger Lakes. Reception Aug 2, 5-8pm. Through Aug 31. (315) 536-8226.

Barnes & Noble, 3349 Monroe Ave. Rochester Area Color Pencil Club Show. Aug. 3-30.

Opening & awards Aug 3 4-6pm. 586-6020.

Create Art 4 Good, 1115 E. Main St., Suite #203, Door #5.

Integrated Voices: A Female Perspective. Reception Aug 2, 5-9pm. Through Aug 24.

210-3161.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Portfolio Showcase 2019. Reception Aug 9, 5-8:30pm. Through Sep 1.

271-2540.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Marcella Gillenwater: Passing Miles. Aug. 1-31. 264-1440.

Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. The Recollector: A Decade of Collage by Jeff Suszczynski.

Reception Aug 2, 6-9pm.

Through Aug 31.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Rochester Americana: The Watercolors of Karal Ann Marling. Through Oct 27. 276-8900.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt Hope Ave. Beauty in Bloom.

Aug. 5-Sep. 15. Reception Aug 9, 2-3pm. 546-8400.

Whitman Works Co., 1826 Penfield Rd. Penfield. Curator’s Choice: A Collection of the Area’s Finest Artworks.

Reception Aug 2, 6-9pm.

Through Aug 24. 747-9999.

Woodland Studio @ the Peases, 5707 Gulick Rd. Honeoye.

Jeannette Klute Photography Exhibit. Fri., Aug. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 12-5 p.m. 301-0657. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Tatyana Bletsko: The World Around Us. Through Aug. 4. 546-8400.

Arts Council for Wyoming County, 31 S. Main St. Athesia Benjamin: Solid Before.

Different Now. Through Aug 24. artswyco.org.

Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 NY 332. Paper Art. Through Aug. 11. 398-0220.

Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main St. Dansville. Summer Exhibit. Through Aug 24. 3354746.; Don Sylor Retrospective: Images of the Coast. Through Aug 31. 335-4746.

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First Friday Feature. 6-9 p.m William Norton: Capturing Magical Moments. Sylvan Starlight Creations, 50 State St., Bldg C . Pittsford 209-0990.

Karrah Teague: Wrong Planet.

6-10 p.m. The Yards, 50-52 Public Market attheyards.com.

Open Studios. First Friday of every month, 5-9 p.m. The Hungerford, 1115 E Main St. Enter Door 2 facebook.com/ thehungerford.

Print Fair. 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Phillips Fine Art & Frame Gallery, 1115 E Main St, Door 9 232-8120.

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PHOTO CREDIT SARAH LANDIS

FILM | “WALLY GOT WASTED” SCREENING AND Q&A

LITERATURE | LAUREN ACAMPORA READING

The Cinema Theater will host a one night only showing of indie stoner comedy “Wally Got Wasted” on Saturday night.

A madcap comedy in the “one crazy night” genre, “Wally Got Wasted” follows three friends who inadvertently kill a bad guy while out for a raucous night on the town. After somehow managing to screw up disposing of the body, the friends are forced to pretend he’s alive as they’re chased through the streets of Los Angeles by the corrupt cops who are hot on their trail.

Described by its makers as “The Hangover” meets “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the film will be followed up by a Q&A with writer and producer (and Rochester native) Seth Hymes.

Writers & Books will host a reading and book signing for author Lauren Acampora’s debut novel “The Paper Wasp” (published this year by Grove Atlantic), which has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, and received praise from Oprah Magazine and TIME Magazine, which calls it “hypnotic and sensual.” The novel focuses on the challenges faced by two women amid their complicated friendship in contemporary Hollywood. Writers & Books last brought Acampora to town in 2015, when it featured her award-winning collection of short stories titled “The Wonder Garden.” Copies of “The Paper Wasp” will be on hand for purchase.

Saturday, August 3, 7 p.m. at the Cinema Theater, 957 South Clinton Avenue South. $7. 271-1785; cinemarochester.com, wallygotwasted.com.

— BY ADAM LUBITOW

Saturday, August 3, 7 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue. Admission is $3 for members and $6 for the general public. 473-2590; wab.org.

— BY RACHEL CRAWFORD

Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. Camera Phone Colloquy. Through Aug 17.

244-1730.

Fuego Coffee Roasters, 1 Woodbury Blvd. Jason Dorofy: Everything But the Kitchen Sink.

Through July 31. 270-9214.

Gallery Q, 100 College Ave. Gargoyle: The Sacred and the Profane. Through Aug. 29.

244-8640.

Ganondagan State Historic Site, 7000 County Road 41.

Hodinöhsö:ni’ Women: From the Time of Creation. $3-$8. ganondagan.org.

Geisel Gallery, 2nd Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Barbara Mink: High Finish. Through Aug. 24. thegeiselgallery.com.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Tanya Marcuse: Woven. Through Jan 5; The Art of Warner Bros Cartoons.

Through Oct 6.; Peter Bo Rappmund: Tectonics. Through Jul 6. $5-$15 eastman.org.

GO ART!, 201 E Main St. Batavia. Alex Segovia: Psychedilia. Through Sep 7. goart.org.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Luann Pero: A Garden Tapestry.

Reception Aug 2, 5-9pm.

Through Aug 4. 271-2540.

INeRT PReSS, 1115 East Main St. Six Wives. First Fridays 5-9 p.m. and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 482-0931.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Sam Paonessa: Heart of the Horseshoe. Through July 31.

264-1440.

Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. Dunstan Paintings.

Through Aug 5. 271-5920.

Little Café, 240 East Ave. Sharon Dwyer Buzard: Then & Now. Through Aug. 23. 258-0400.

Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Beyond Ornamental: An Exhibition of Fine Jewelry. Through Aug 16.

(315) 462-0210.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Peter Fischli & David Weiss: The Way Things Go. Through Aug 18; 66th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Through Sept 15.

276-8900.

Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls. Working with Wax: Some Like it Hot. Through Aug 3. 624-7740.

MuCCC Gallery, 142 Atlantic Ave. Tania Day Magallon. Through Aug. 31. muccc.org/artgallery.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt Hope Ave. America’s Best Idea: Our National Parks. Through Aug. 4. 546-8400.

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Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 North Main St., Canandaigua. Tell a Story Exhibit & Sale. Through Sep 26. ocarts.org.

Phillips Fine Art & Frame Gallery, 1115 E Main St, Door 9. The Art of the Print. Through Aug 27.

232-8120.

Rare Books & Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, UR River Campus. Victoria: A Ruling Image. Through Oct. 5.

275-4461.

RIT City Art Space, 280 East Main St. Process & Purpose.

Reception Aug 2, 6-9pm.

Through Aug 23. cityartspace. rit.edu.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. Heather Swenson: Observation Towers.

Through Nov 3. 461-2222.

Tennie Burton Museum, 1850 Rochester St. Lima. One Hundred Years of Hats Made & Worn in Lima. Through September 29. 624-1050.

University Gallery, James E. Booth Hall, RIT, 166 Lomb Memorial Dr. Renewable Futures: The Cultivation & Propagation of Creativity Rooted in the 1960s. Through Aug 10.

475-2866.

Wayne County Council for the Arts, 108 W. Miller St. Newark.

Anything Goes!. Reception Aug 10, 4-6pm. Through Aug 31. wayne-arts.com.

William Harris Gallery, 3rd Floor Gannett Hall, RIT. RIT Photo Honors Show. Through Aug 30.

475- 2716.

Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Trina Bartimer Bruno: Beneath The Tapestry. Through Aug 5.

Call for Artists [ WED., JULY 31 ] Art of the Book. Through.

Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8150.

Ontario Pathways. Through Sep. 6. Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs $10. (315) 462-0210.

Art Events [ FRI., AUGUST 2 ] Anderson Arts Open Studios.

First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. andersonartsbuilding.org.

Black AF Fridays. First Friday of every month, 6-10 p.m. The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org.

Community Arts Connection Opening. 5-7 p.m. Abundance Cooperative Market, 571 South Ave. First Friday. First Friday of every month. Paula Crawford Gallery, 11 N Goodman St. 749-5329.

[ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Behind The Scenes. First Saturday of every month, 11 a.m Rose Hill Mansion, 3373 NY 96A . Geneva $8/$10.

(315) 789-3848.

Chalk Walk & ArtsFest. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dansville ArtWorks Gallery, 178 Main St . Dansville 335-4746. [ TUE., AUGUST 6 ] Taste of Rose Hill. 2 p.m Rose Hill Mansion, 3373 NY 96A . Geneva $10/$12. (315) 789-3848.

Comedy [ FRI., AUGUST 2 ] Bobby Collins. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $20/$25. 426-6339.

Brian Enck & Friends. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $10. 426-6339. [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Stavros Halkiasp. 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $20. 426-6339. [ TUE., AUGUST 6 ] Global Warming: Is for Real. 7 p.m. Swan Dive, 289 Alexander St. $8. 413-3306.

Theater Annie Get Your Gun. Fri., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 2 p.m.

Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St . Geneva Geneva Theatre Guild Youth Theatre $5-$10. genevatheatreguild.org.

On Tidy Endings (Harvey Fierstein) & Commencing (Jane Shepard). Fri., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m.

Black Sheep Theatre, 274 N Goodman St., 3rd floor, Studio D313 $16/$20. 861-4816.

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Jersey Lily. Wed., July 31, 2 p.m., Thu., Aug. 1, 2 & 8 p.m., Fri., Aug. 2, 8 p.m., Sat., Aug. 3, 8 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 2 p.m. Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Main St $14-$35. bvtnaples.org.

The Taming. Thu., Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 2 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Aspie Works muccc.org.

Twelfth Night (or What You Will). Fri., Aug. 2, 7 p.m. East Rochester High School, 200 Woodbine Ave $5/$10.

Theater Audition [ WED., JULY 31 ] It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. 7-9 p.m. The Avyarium, 274 N Goodman St, # 242 avyarium.com.

Activism [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] 50 Years After Stonewall: Study War No More!?. 2 p.m. Wood Library, 134 North Main St Canandaigua Verdis Robinson, presenter.

Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262. [ MON., AUGUST 5 ] Choosing Native Trees & Shrubs.

6:30 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 7845310. ColorBrightonGreen.org.

Festivals 27th Annual Glorious Garlic Festival. Sat., Aug. 3, 11 a.m.5 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Fox Run Vineyards, 670 State Rt. 14 . Penn Yan foxrunvineyards.com.

Monroe County Fair. Fri., Aug. 2, 12-9 p.m., Sat., Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monroe Country Fairgrounds, 6565 E River Rd Rush mcfair.com.

Park Avenue Summer Arts Festival. Sat., Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Park Ave, Alexander to Culver .

Polish Arts Festival. Fri., Aug. 2, 5-10 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 3, 4-10 p.m. St. Stanislaus Church, 1124 Hudson Ave 467-7427.

Sterling Renaissance Festival.

Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m Sterling, 15385 Farden Rd sterlingfestival.com.

Kids Events [ WED., JULY 31 ] Storybook Summer: Skippyjon Jones. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. Story readings 1pm & 2pm $16.

263-2700.

Wildlife Rockstars. 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. rmsc.org. [ THU., AUGUST 1 ] Exploration Stations! 11 a.m.-3 p.m Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave 428-8150. [ FRI., AUGUST 2 ] Herpetology: Reptiles & Amphibians. 1 p.m. Sterling Nature Center, 15380 Jenzvold Rd (315) 947-6143.

Nature Storytime. 10-11:30 a.m Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 3395 US Route 20 East (315) 568-5987.

Once On This Island Jr. 7 p.m.

Kodak Center Studio Theatre, 200 W Ridge Rd. $12.

ART BY JEFF SUSZCZYNSKI

PHOTO BY ANDREA DASZKIEWICZ

ART | ‘THE RECOLLECTOR’

THEATER | ‘THE TAMING’

Visual artist and musician Jeff Suszczynski has been creating hand-cut and -assembled photomontages and collages for 10 years. Sourcing his materials from flea-market magazines, he uses remixed imagery from the past to explore ever-relevant issues of identity, isolation, and the search for meaning. His work is featured this month in a solo exhibition, “The Recollector: A Decade of Collage by Jeff Suszczynski,” on view at Lumiere Photo. The show opens on Friday, August 2, 6 to 9 p.m., with a reception featuring musical guest Lung Cycles.

William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” has been reimagined many times in contemporary culture, from the 1948 Broadway Musical (and 1953 film adaptation) “Kiss Me Kate” to the 1999 film “10 Things I Hate About You” (which deftly addressed the story’s problematic misogyny). Taking looser inspiration from the Bard’s story is award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson’s political satire, “The Taming,” which will be performed at the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) this week. Local theater company Aspie Works brought the play to Rochester as a staged reading in 2017, and this time will present it as a full production. “The Taming” follows three women: a Miss America pageant finalist with a mind to rewrite the Constitution, a right-wing senator’s conservative aide, and a liberal blogger bent on protecting the endangered panda shrew.

Friday, August 2, through Saturday, August 31. Lumiere Photo, 100 College Avenue. Regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free.

461-4447; lumierephoto.com.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

[ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Family Dance Party. 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Winton Branch Library, 611 N Winton Rd. 428-8204.

Finger Lakes Opera: Jack & The Beanstalk. 10:30 a.m.

Canandaigua Academy Theatre, 435 East St Canandaigua $8 & up. 396-3800.

A Novel Weekend: Lewis Carroll.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford gcv.org.

Sleeping Beauty: Pint Sized. 11 a.m. Lyric Theatre, 440 East Ave Cabaret Stage $4. [ SUN., AUGUST 4 ] Salamander Shenanigans. 10 a.m.

Genesee Country Nature Center, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $5 suggested. 538-6822.

Sunday Wandering Naturalist.

10 a.m. Sterling Nature Center, 15380 Jenzvold Rd (315) 947-6143. [ MON., AUGUST 5 ] Defiant Monkey Improv: Take Me to Your Reader! 10:30 a.m.

Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave 428-8150.

Storybook Summer: Fly Guy. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. Story readings 1pm & 2pm $16. 263-2700.

WOWEE: Cute & Cuddly Critters.

11 a.m. Victor Free Library, 15 West Main St. Registration required 924-2637.

Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, August 4, 2 p.m. The MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. muccc.org.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Recreation [ THU., AUGUST 1 ] Thursday Night History & Nature Walk. 6 p.m. Washington Grove, Cobbs Hill Park Meet at kiosk atop hill behind pine grove cityofrochester.gov/fcfg. [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Telescope Viewing.

Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Ave Dusk-10pm. Call after 7:30 pm to confirm open hours 697-1945. rmsc.org.

Weekend Wild Walks. 11 a.m Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. rmsc.org. [ SUN., AUGUST 4 ] Railroad Day. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. NY Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd $6-$8. 533-1113.

Special Events [ WED., JULY 31 ] Food Truck Rodeo. 5-9 p.m. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. Live music: Significant Other. cityofrochester.gov/ foodtruckrodeo.

[ THU., AUGUST 1 ] Midtown EATS. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Midtown Commons, 275 E. Main St. MidtownEatsROC.com. [ FRI., AUGUST 2 ] Salute to Seniors. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Ontario Beach Park, 4799 Lake Ave Live music by Gates Swinger Big Band & Mambo Kings. [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Ujamaa Marketplace. First Saturday of every month, 1-5 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. 563-2145.

Culture Lectures [ THU., AUGUST 1 ] Twilight Guided Walking Tour.

7 p.m Mount Hope Cemetery, 791 Mt Hope Ave. $10. fomh.org. [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Walking Tour: Crypts, Vaults & Temples. 11 a.m. Mount Hope Cemetery, 791 Mt Hope Ave. $10. fomh.org.

[ SUN., AUGUST 4 ] Guided Walking Tour. 2 p.m Mount Hope Cemetery, 791 Mt Hope Ave. $10. fomh.org.

Literary Events [ THU., AUGUST 1 ] Retelling a Scandinavian Folktale: East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 7:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave Didrik Söderström, The Hnossa Project wab.org. [ SAT., AUGUST 3 ] Veterans Writing Group. 9 a.m.noon. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave wab.org. [ MON., AUGUST 5 ] Moving Beyond Racism Book Discussion. 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 3349 Monroe Ave. 5866020.

Writing: The Threshing Floor.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave LGBTQ+ wab.org. [ TUE., AUGUST 6 ] New Ground Poetry Night. 7:30 p.m. Equal=Grounds, 750 South Ave. facebook.com/ newgroundpoetry. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 23

Film listings in calendar section Extra reviews online.

Film

Awkwafina and Shuzhen Zhou in “The Farewell.” PHOTO COURTESY A24

Loss in translation “The Farewell” (PG), DIRECTED BY LULU WANG OPENS FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

The bittersweet drama “The Farewell” begins with a title card informing us that what we’re about to see is “based on a true lie.” Telling the story of one family’s decision to keep their matriarch’s terminal cancer diagnosis a secret from her, the film was inspired by writer-

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director Lulu Wang’s actual family experience, a tale Wang first recounted for a 2016 episode of “This American Life.”

Wang’s stand-in for this lightly fictionalized recounting is Billi (Awkwafina), a 30-something struggling writer living in Manhattan. Billi’s parents Jian (Diana Lin) and Haiyan (Tzi Ma) moved from China when she was a young girl, though she maintains a close relationship with her beloved grandmother (Shuzhen Zhou) — whom she calls Nai Nai — back in China.

When Nai Nai is diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and given as little as three months

to live, Billi is conflicted about the family’s decision to keep Nai Nai in the dark about her prognosis. Rather than break the news to her, the family decides to travel to her home in Changchun to stage a fake wedding between Billi’s cousin (Chen Han) and his new Japanese girlfriend (Aoi Mizuhara) as a pretext for the whole extended family to gather and say their goodbyes to Nai Nai. It seems this is a not uncommon practice in China, a way of allowing the sick family member to live out the remainder of their days in relative peace, while the rest of the

family bears the emotional burden. Being raised toward a Westernized way of thinking, Billi struggles with her family’s actions. The cross-cultural moral dilemma at the heart of the film is rooted in her anxieties at being a first generation Chinese-American and the uneasy the intersection between family, culture, and identity.

The immigrant experience often means having an identity split between two distant locations, ones that could equally be considered home. The film dramatizes Billi’s internal, EastWest conflict as she feels the push and pull of living between two cultures and juggling the occasionally mismatched value systems of each.

Mostly known for her comedic work thus far in her screen career, Awkwafina is wonderful in her first true leading role, delivering a much more somber performance than we’ve seen from her. As the family pushes Billi to hide her grief and put on a happy face, we see how the decision weighs on her. She’s told repeatedly that having grown up in America, she just doesn’t understand.

The actress finds a touching honesty and vulnerability in her character, even as Billi fights to keep her emotions bottled inside. She finds ways to express Billi’s frustration and anger at the situation, and the difficulty of saying goodbye to someone who doesn’t know that it’s goodbye.

Wang has a way with character, layering the film with small details that tell us so much, even during moments when her characters struggle to say anything at all. The filmmaker is never particularly interested in using her film to state conclusively whether the family’s decision to keep Nai Nai’s illness from her is right or wrong, but she does seek to make it clear why they choose to do so.

An extended version of this review is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of Pilato Law, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 06/17/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC at 30 W. Broad St, Rochester, NY 14614.

Purpose: Practice of law.

Notice of formation of Aaron Forrest CPA PLLC. Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) June 6, 2019. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at P.O. Box 92322, Rochester NY 14692.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CONTRACTING MADE SIMPLE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) July 12, 2019. Office location: Orleans County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 5 GEDDES STREET, APT B, HOLLEY, NY 14470.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ECO-TECH DEVELOPMENT LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/16/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1900 EMPIRE BLVD., # 102, WEBSTER, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

Main Street Cafe And Eatery LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/28/19.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 7783 Martin Rd Lima, NY 14485 General Purpose

Notice of Formation of ECO-TECH MARINE LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/16/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1900 EMPIRE BLVD., # 102, WEBSTER, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Merlo Enterprises LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/22/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office of Anthony Dinitto, LLC, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626-2805. General Purpose.

Notice of Formation of Elevate Your Edge, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 07/26/19 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 101 Stoneycreek Dr, Rochester, NY 14616.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 145 Brooklawn Drive, Rochester, NY 14618 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Voelkel Statistical Services LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/14/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6740 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd. #741, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

formed in Texas (TX) on 03/09/18. Princ. office of LLC: 250 Mill St., Ste. 140, Rochester, NY 14614.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2708 Flint Ct., Keller, TX 76248. TX addr. of LLC: 3131 McKinney Ave., Ste. 600, Dallas, TX 75204. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 1019 Brazos St., Rm. B-13, Austin, TX 78701.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Renobuilt Group LLC Art of Org filed with Sec. of State on NY (SSNY) 7-01-19. County: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shal mail process to the LLC at 1320 Buffalo Rd, Ste 218, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of R&M Gallo Auto LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 2069 Drake Road, Brockport, NY 14420.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of CRFS HOLDINGS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/19/19. Office location: Orleans County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/06/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Eastman, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/16/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Notice of Qualification of ECC RIDGE ROAD, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/12/19. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Indiana (IN) on 06/06/19. Princ. office of LLC: 2443 W. Ridge Rd., Rochester, NY 14626.

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

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. IN addr. of LLC: 725 E. 65th St., Ste. 300, Indianapolis, IN 46220. Cert. of Form. filed with Connie Lawson, Office of the IN Secy. of State, 302 W. Washington St., Rm. E018, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Purpose: Retail space

Roosevelt Highway Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/22/2019. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 913 Roosevelt Hwy., Hilton, NY 14468.

General Purpose.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sherry Z. Schwartz, Ph.D., Psychologist, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/5/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Sherry Z. Schwartz, Ph. D., 57 Whitestone Lane, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: practice the profession of psychology.

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Notice of Formation of Siteworks Construction & Excavating, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 06/27/19 Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 580 Shore Dr, W Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of Iconic IT LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/4/19. 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: 1675 S State St, Ste B, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St, Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

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Notice of Formation of SkyNet Sciences, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/13/19. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent

Notice of Qualification of KEY RESCUE LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/03/19. Office location: Monroe County. LLC

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[ NOTICE ] RG 126 WAKEFIELD STREET, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/13/2019.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 126 Wakefield St., Rochester, NY 14621, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] SOLE DYNAMICS PHYSICAL THERAPY PLLC (PLLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/20/2019. PLLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o the PLLC, 235 Fairport Road, East Rochester, NY 14445.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Belhseine Enterprises, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/25/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 745 Titus Avenue, Annex Building, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Locredo LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 06/25/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 45

Crestview Dr, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC] J & J Fiber Communications, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 07/8/2019 with an effective date of formation of 07/8/2019. Its principal place of business is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 189 Elmcroft Road, Rochester, NY 14609.

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] A.B Brothers Transport LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/28/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 722 Lawrence Rd Hilton, NY 14468 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose [NOTICE OF FORMATION] Carzoom.com LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 7/11/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 941 Ridge Road, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE OF FORMATION] CDL Home Solutions, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 6/21/19. Its office is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 2117 Buffalo Rd., #143, Rochester, NY 14624. The purpose of the Company is real estate investing company (buy and sell properties).

[NOTICE OF FORMATION] Miles 2home Medical Transportation LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/18/19.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 62 Gillette St Rochester, NY 14619 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose [NOTICE OF FORMATION] R. P. Fedder Industrial, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 6/18/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

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Legal Ads against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 865 Garnsey Road, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency d/b/a Imagine Monroe Powered By COMIDA (the “Agency”) on the 13th day of August, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., local time, in the Main Meeting Room at the Henrietta Town Hall, 475 Calkins Road, Henrietta, New York 14467, in connection with the following matter: 45 BECKER ROAD, LLC, a New York limited liability company or an entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a portion of an approximately 12.57-acre parcel of vacant land located at 45 Becker Road in the Town of Henrietta, New York (the “Land”); (B) the construction thereon of an approximately 40,000 square-foot building (the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”), to be subleased to Orolia USA, Inc. (the “Tenant”) to accommodate sales, finance, engineering (R&D) and operations in connection with its business as the world’s leading Resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing platform critical for governments, military, aerospace and defense markets. The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and a partial mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/ Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the

Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: July 31, 2019 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY D/B/A IMAGINE MONROE POWERED BY COMIDA By: Jeffrey R. Adair, Executive Director [NOTICE] Articles of Organization with respect to St. Patricks Bar and Grill, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company, were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 20, 2019.

The County in New York State where its office is located is Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of St. Patricks Bar and Grill, LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against St. Patricks Bar and Grill, LLC served upon it is 14 Silco Hill, Pittsford, New York 14534. There are no exceptions adopted by the Company, or set forth in its Operating Agreement, to the limited liability of members pursuant to Section 609(a) of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York. St. Patricks Bar and Grill, LLC is formed for the purpose of operating a bar and grill and for all other lawful activities that may be conducted by the Company.

[NOTICE] Golden Coast Ventures LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 7/12/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 366 Rock Beach Road, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] HEARTS MIND BODY & SOUL LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/16/19.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC, 300 Hylan Drive, Suite 6, #149, Rochester, NY 14623. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of 17 Baker Street, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/2019. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 863 Trimmer Rd, Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com [NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Affordable Electric LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/28/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 504 Brooks Ave.,Rochester, NY 14619 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of Apex Realty Solutions, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/26/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 22 Santa Dr, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful act.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of CANDA GROUP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/2019.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 11 Wind Mill Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful act.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of E. A. M. Services LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 06/20/2019 . Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 918 S. Goodman St. Rochester, NY 14620 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[Notice] Notice of Formation of GRAHAM MARQUIS NEW YORK LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/01/19.

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, 1555 Lyell Ave., Ste. 168, Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Hill and Valley Creative LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/25/2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1915 South Ave, Rochester, NY, 14620. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Jason G. Lee LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/2/19. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Jason Lee, 1317 Cherry Laurel Circle, Webster,

NY 14580, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of LAW OFFICES OF JOHN ROBERT WEST, ESQ. PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/11/19.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of PLLC: One Bryden Park, Ste. 100, Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, One Bryden Park, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: Law [NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Mint Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/19. 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, 1153 Woodsboro Farms, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Nation Production Enterprises LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/26/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 78 Park Square Hilton NY 14468.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of PUTH ENTERPRISES LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 7/18/2019.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 45 Windelin Drive, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of RELEASE BODYWORK BOUTIQUE & SPA LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/1/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 4 commercial st Rocheater, Ny 14614 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of S&W RETIREMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/8/19. 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, 762 Brooks Avenue, Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Simply 2 Cleann LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/15/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 425 e ridge rd suit 67030, Rochester NY 14621 . Purpose: any lawful [NOTICE] Notice of Formation of ST. ANTHONY’S ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/09/19.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC, 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of ST. ANTHONY’S ASSOCIATES MM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/09/19. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Home Leasing, LLC, 180 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[NOTICE] Notice of formation of SUNY Steve, LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 6/18/19. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 1262 Bay Shore Blvd., Irondequoit, NY 14609. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of The Tranquility Room LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 04/09/2019.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 484 Sherborne Rd, Webster, NY 14580 Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of Wellness Simplified LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/19/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the LLC, 4 Turret Court, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] Notice of Formation of WOODCRAFT CUSTOM CARPENTRY LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 5/14/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 33 Breckenridge dr. Rochester N.Y. 14626.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 1037 Jay St. Rochester NY 14611 on Thursday, 08/8/19, 9:00 am. 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, Dale Smith Unit # 138 owes $288.00, Renaldo Napier Unit # 221 owes $308.00, Frankie Lee Unit # 226 owes $228.00, Saintelien Edner Unit# 305 owes $228.00, Carl Mais Unit# 352 owes $215.00, Susan Longan Unit# 402 owes $228.00.

[NOTICE] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 600 W Broad St. Rochester NY 14608 on Thursday, 08/8/19, 9:00 am. 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, Theresa White Unit # 4 owes $228.00, Devail Bryant Unit # 55 owes $228.00, Kelli Smith Unit # 25 owes $328.00.

[NOTICE] Red Iron Nation LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/28/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Erik Sorensen 140 Bent Oak Trail Fairport, NY 14450 General Purpose [NOTICE] Small World Market, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on May 20, 2019.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to 145 Culver Road, Suite 100, Rochester, NY 14620.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO: E2018007865 D/O/F: 10/1/2018 MORTGAGE PROPERTY: Premises Address: 155 Normandy Avenue Rochester, NY 14619 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, -againstUnknown heirs at law of TIMOTHY RANKINS A/K/A TIMOTHY L. RANKINS A/K/A TIMOTHY RANKIN his next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest,

and generally all persons having or claiming, under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained; TONDALEA RANKINS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY RANKINS; ANNANESIA RANKINS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY RANKINS; RODERICK RANKINS AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY RANKINS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; “JOHN DOES” and “JANE DOES”, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Monroe County, entered July 2, 2019 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office.

THE OBJECT OF THE ACTION is to foreclose a mortgage dated June 15, 2007 recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of MONROE on June 20, 2007 in Book: 21260, Page: 0609.

Covering premises k/a 155 Normandy Avenue, Rochester, NY 14619 a/k/a Section 120.650, Block 1, Lot 28. 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. The following notice is intended only for the defendants who are owners of the premises sought to be foreclosed or who are liable upon the debt for which the mortgage stands as security. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE AWARE: that debt collectors, in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., are prohibited from engaging in abusive, deceptive, an unfair debt collection efforts, including, but not limited to: the use or threat of violence; the use of obscene or profane language; and repeated phone calls made with the intent to annoy, abuse, or harass. If a creditor or debt collector receives a money judgment against you in court, state and federal laws may prevent the following types of income from being taken to pay the debt: Supplemental security income, (SSI); Social security; Public assistance (welfare); Spousal support, maintenance (alimony) or child support; Unemployment benefits; Disability benefits; Workers’ compensation benefits; Public or private pensions; Veterans’ benefits; Federal student loans, federal student grants, and federal work study funds; and Ninety percent of your wages or salary earned in the last sixty days. TO THE DEFENDANTS, except THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY RANKINS: The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action TO THE DEFENDANTS: THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY RANKINS: If you have obtained an order of discharge from the Bankruptcy court, which includes this debt, and you have not reaffirmed your liability for this debt, this law firm is not alleging that you have any personal liability for this debt and does not seek a money judgment against you. Even if a discharge has been obtained, this lawsuit to foreclose the mortgage will continue and we will seek a judgment authorizing the sale of the mortgaged premises. Dated: July 3, 2019 Sandy J. Stolar, Esq. THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 165 Eileen Way, Suite 101 Syosset, New York 11791 516-921-3838 #97309

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Civil War Artists Anderson Alley Artists 250 N. Goodman St. 6:00-9:00pm

Rochester Greenovation Opening Nox Cocktail Lounge 302 N. Goodman St. 6:00-9:00pm

First Friday with Constance Mauro Constance Mauro Studio 1115 E. Main St., #236 6:00-9:00pm

The ART of TRS POP ROC 337 East Ave. 7:00-9:00pm

Somewhere In Between: A Collaboration of Dance, Music and Poetry Gallery Q 100 College Ave., #100 7:00-9:00pm

Process & Purpose RIT City Art Space 280 E. Main St., 1st Floor 6:00-9:00pm

A Garden Tapestry: Photographs by Luann Pero Image City Photography Gallery 722 University Ave. 5:00-9:00pm

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First Friday

The Recollector: A Decade of Collage

by Jeff Suszczynski Lumiere Photo 100 College Ave. 6:00-9:00pm

First Friday Art Walk Roslyn Rose Studio 250 E. Main St., #101 5:00-8:00pm Capturing Magical Moments

by William Norton Sylvan Starlight Creations 50 State St., Bldg C 6:00-9:00pm

Jason Yungbluth and Winston Tanner Exhibition The Gallery at Creative Framing and Editions Printing 510 State St. 6:00-9:00pm Christine Norris at Main Street Artists and Create Art 4 Good The Hungerford 1115 E. Main St. 5:00-9:00pm Curator's Choice: A Collection of the Area's Finest Artworks Whitman Works Company 1826 Penfield Rd. 6:00-9:00pm "Renewable Futures” AXOM Gallery 176 Anderson Ave 6:00-9:00pm

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Not-a-festival It’s a party!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11TH 10AM - 7PM A celebration of what makes NOTA – The Neighborhood of the Arts – so unique!

Plan on having a full day of fun with 7 hubs featuring

music ART food drinks demos shopping kids’ areas

10am7pm 10am2pm

Restaurant Specials, live music & art

Music, food truck, & beer

10am3pm

Artist hub, live music & food

10am7pm

AND MORE!

Drink specials, shopping & after party

Brought to you by:

AXOM HOME, COMEDY AT THE CARLSON, GET CAKED, IMAGE CITY PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY, THE GATE HOUSE, LENTO, M/BODY ROCHESTER, MYTHIC TREASURES, THE RBTL, AND STERN PROPERTIES/THE VILLAGE GATE

Live performances, yoga, pop up art classes & food

3pm6pm

12pm6pm

1255 UNIVERSITY

10am2pm

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS CENTER

Rock wall, cycle demos, volleyball, kids’ area & food

Laneway & Living Roots area

Tastings, demos, shopping & live music

FOLLOW US ON OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: “NOT(A) Festival - It’s a Party” & at NOTABA.ORG

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