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Pumpkin Offerings [ INTRODUCTION ] BY JAKE CLAPP
My fridge already has a six-pack of pumpkin ale sitting in it. While I enjoyed the warmth of summer, as soon as I saw the seasonal offerings hit shelves, my mind immediately went to all of the possibilities this fall will hold. It’s going to be a busy season; you can practically feel it in the air. One of the most noticeable parts of fall is the launch of the new season for many Rochester organizations in the arts community. Almost like a starting pistol, the Clothesline Festival kicks off a 2015-16 season that is packed with theater, arts, dance, music, and film, and as can be seen in this publication, the community is growing at an exciting speed. Many new faces and companies are popping up this year. In City’s annual Fall Guide, our arts critics give their recommendations for the 2015-16 season — their picks for can’t-miss art exhibits, theater productions, dance performances, music concerts, and films. These lists are by no means comprehensive, but rather ARE our critics’ opinions for the events that every arts love in Rochester should mark on their calendar. But there might be a point this fall WHEN you just want to get outside and just watch some things explode. We check out Grossmans Garden & Home’s “Pumpkin Launcher” to learn more about that fall hobby punkin chunkin. And in an article for those who are just as excited for a good seasonal beer, City looked into three local breweries preparing for their own busy seasons. As always, for up-to-date information, and complete listings for what is going on each week, be sure to check out the calendar section of City Newspaper, or visit the events section of our website at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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[ CULTURE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
In the late summer after I graduated from college, I remember my feelings of blissful accomplishment and freedom-at-last dwindling into a slow-burning jealousy as some of my younger friends were picking out courses for the coming semester. Perhaps you’ve felt something similar, but going back to school — or even taking a course here or there — just isn’t in your time or bank budget. The good news is that among the many opportunities for continuing your education are the numerous lecture series offered by area institutions. With specialized series focusing on science, literature, photography, art, politics, and theater, there’s truly something for everyone, for little expense and time commitment. And attending can connect with others who have similar interests. Check out the following select series, and visit our online calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com for more events.
Uncommon Voices
Founded in 1989, Rochester Arts & Lectures is a not-for-profit cultural organization that produces an annual six-part series of lectures by authors and artists. Each has made important contributions to the exchange of ideas in the fields of literature, criticism, art, science, and public affairs. Past speakers have included bestselling novelists, American literary icons, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, historians, scientists, poets, and Nobel Prize-winners. Some familiar names include Isabel Allende, Margaret Atwood, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Jane Smiley, Frank McCourt; Daniel Boorstin, Stephen Jay Gould, Maya Angelou, Morris Dees, Garry Trudeau, and August Wilson. In addition to the annual series, Arts & Lectures has produced special events
19, Daniel Mendelsohn, whose books and essays draw from pop culture, history, and autobiographical experience. All lectures are held on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church (121 North Fitzhugh Street). The series tends to sell out quickly, and advance purchase of the entire series ($155) is recommended. Occasionally, individual lecture tickets are made available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning October 1. Tickets purchase and information: artsandlectures.org.
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including a lecture by Alice Walker at Nazareth College and lectures by Lily Tomlin and Beverly Sills at the Eastman Theatre, as well as several themed mini-series. The 2015-2016 series kicks off October 15, with a lecture by Meg Wolitzer, a celebrated novelist and chronicler of contemporary American life and author of bestselling novel “The Interestings.” The work follows the divergence into adulthood of six teenagers who became close at summer camp the year that Nixon resigned. The remainder of the series: November 5, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and National Book Award winner Timothy Egan, whose writing topics have included survivors of the Great American Dust Bowl and the photography of Edward S. Curtis; December 3, Roxane Gay, author of “Bad Feminist”; March 3, essayist and novelist Leslie Jamison; April 7, Laila Lalami, author of “Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits”; and May
The College at Brockport’s Stage Whispers series stems from an official alliance between Geva Theatre Center and Brockport’s Department of Theatre and Music Studies. The alliance also entails having one of Geva’s staff members teach a course at Brockport each semester and assigning one of Geva’s directing fellows to direct one of the department’s Mainstage productions. In addition, in the Stage Whispers series, under Geva’s aegis theater professionals give public talks at the college about a life in the theater. In turn, the department supplies interns who work in both Geva’s administrative offices and on their stages. The Stage Whispers season opens October 29, with a talk by actor from Geva’s production of “Red,” about abstract expressionist Mark Rothko’s struggle to create a series of grand-scale paintings for New York’s Four Seasons restaurant. “Red” director Skip Greer will also join the talk. The rest of the series: December 3, Geva Theatre’s literary director and resident dramaturg Jenni Werner discussing an upcoming Hornet’s Nest, readings of contemporary plays dealing
with hot-button issues; February 11, an actor from Geva’s production of “An Iliad,” a re-telling of Homer’s epic; and April 14, an Irish actor from “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” which Geva is co-producing with the Theatre Royal (based in Rochester’s Hibernian sister city of Waterford). The talks, which are free and open to the public, are at 10 a.m. in the Tower Fine Arts Center (180 Holley Street, Brockport). Information: brockport.edu/ finearts or 395-2787.
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Honoring the legacy of the late publisher of the Canandaigua Daily Messenger Messenger-Post suburban weeklies, the George M. Ewing Canandaigua Forum is an annual series of three lectures held in the auditorium of Finger Lakes Community College (3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua). Past speakers have included Politico editor-in-chief John Harris, Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Michael Winship, former CEO of the UN World Food Program Catherine Bertini, former Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg, Pulitizer Prizewinning journalist and author David Cay Johnston, and internationally known sculptor Albert Paley. This year’s series opens on September 20 with a program titled “Women’s Rights Worldwide,” commemorating the 20th anniversary of the last UN World Conference on Women. Speakers are Alyse Nelson, president, CEO, and cofounder of Vital Voices, a San Franciscobased organization that mentors emerging women leaders from all over the world, and Chouchou Namegabe, activist, radio journalist, and founding director of South Kivu Women’s Media Association in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Next up: October 18, “The Long March to Camelot: How JFK’s Presidential Campaign Revolutionized American Politics,” marking the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy-Nixon debates. The speaker: Tom Oliphant, former Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the Boston Globe, who is writing a book on Kennedy’s political rise. The season concludes on January 24, with “Capitalism vs Climate” by author Naomi Klein, author of five books including “The Shock Doctrine.” The lectures are at 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. Tickets are $15 per event ($40 for all three), or $40 for each continues on page 6
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in Israel and the West Bank, distributing cameras and asking participants to document families and surroundings; and December 12, series sponsor Tom Tischer, who will share images from his own cruises, and will trace the history of the modern cruise industry. All lectures take place at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre at Eastman House (900 East Avenue). Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for students (unless otherwise noted), and free to museum members. For more information, call 271-3361, or visit eastmanhouse.org.
For more than three decades, the Richard C. Shultz Science on the Edge lecture series at the Rochester Museum and Science Center has provided insight about current research in a range of scientific topics for members of the general public. Talks are at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the museum’s Bausch Auditorium (657 East Avenue). The series: October 1, “Discovery of the God Particle: A Brief History,” Dr. Carl Hagen, one of the scientists who developed theories of the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson particle; October 15, “Green Infrastructure: Solutions to Stormwater Pollution,” Caroline Kilmer, a stormwater consultant; October 29, “Playing an Instrument Changes Your Brain,” Milly Jaynes, PhD candidate at the UR Medical Center; November 5, “Completion of a Dream: The Seneca Art & Culture Center,” Peter Jemison, manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site. Lauren Acampora. SUBMITTED PHOTO And: December 3, “Is Climate Change Real or Is It Just a Myth?” with Chiara Debut Novel Series Borelli, UR research fellow in oceanography After a successful inaugural season, Writers and paleoclimatology; December 10, & Books will continue its Debut Novel “Are We Wired to Think or Just Thinking Series this fall, celebrating new novelists with of Wires?” with John O’Donnell, UR a sequence of forums, seminars, and classes Medical Center PhD candidate; and surrounding two author visits. Last season’s December 17, “Physics of Photovoltaics: authors included Mira Jacob, author of “The From the Beginning to Next Generation Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing”; Boris Nanotechnologies,” Dr. Stephen Polly, of Fishman, “A Replacement Life”; and Karen RIT’s NanoPower Research Labs. Thompson Walker, “The Age of Miracles.” Seating is limited, so pre-registration The 2015-2016 series selections is highly encouraged. Tickets are $15 authors are Lauren Acampora, author of per lecture ($13 for RMSC members, “The Wonder Garden,” a collection of $8 for students, and $7 for RMSC linked stories set in a suburban town; members/students). To register, call and Carola Dibbell, author of “The 697-1942. Only Ones,” about a post-pandemic world, in which a young woman exploits Wish You Were Here her immunity by selling and renting The George Eastman House offers a herself, until the scheme goes awry. varied lineup of travel photography Acampora’s events: a publishing forum, lectures focusing on nature, people, 7:30 p.m. November 19; public reading and culture throughout the world. Last and book signing, 7:30 p.m. November season’s speakers, for instance, included 20; and a master class, 10 a.m. November NASA Astronaut Donald Pettit, who has 21. Dibbell will visit Rochester May arguably traveled farther than any other 18 through 21; those events have not photographer on the series’ roster. yet been announced. Also in the series: This season’s series: September 10, a seminar by Karen vanMeenen, the “Lands End,” with photographer-sculptor coordinator of W&B’s “If All of Rochester John Chiara, who creates one-of-a-kind, Read the Same Book,” 7 p.m. October 19. hand-built cameras, the largest of which Some events have fees associated is a 50” x 80” field camera transported with them, and require registration. on a flatbed trailer; November 12, “This Information: Karen@wab.org and wab. is Where I Live,” with Wendy Ewald, org/debut-novel-series. who spent the past 2 1/2 years traveling
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With the first tastes of autumn in the air comes the energy of a fresh arts season. Here are a dozen or so not-to-be-missed shows to distract you from the dead-weather doldrums. Some exhibition details may change, so check back with the galleries as time moves forward. Admission is free unless otherwise specified. This is only a sampling of what’s to come. Look for more scheduled shows on individual galleries’ sites, and check City Newspaper every Wednesday, or keep up with our searchable online calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com. Through September 26, Detroit-based illustrator Mark Penxa will show new paintings and assemblages in “You Won’t Believe What Happens Next…,” at 1975 Gallery (89 Charlotte Street). Taking its name from tempting, vacuous “clickbait” headlines, the artist makes fascinated, disturbed, and frustrated commentary on early Internet imagery and misinformation. Penxa is currently the resident artist for Stereo Skateboards, and this is his second exhibition in Rochester; his work was featured alongside Don Pendleton’s in 1975 Gallery’s “The Worst is Yet to Come,” held
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Santiago. Gallery hours are Wednesday and Thursday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit geneseo.edu/galleries/ lederer_gallery. From September 25 through October 31, Axom Gallery & Exhibition Space (176 Anderson Avenue, Suite C) will present “Menagerie,” new sculpture by glass master Robin Cass. The artist’s current work in hot-sculpted glass and metal include curiosities in various states of development and preservation, and explore themes of discovery, perception, and wonder. A reception will be held Friday, September 25, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Axom’s hours are Wednesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. Admission is free. Learn more by calling 232-6030 x22 or visiting axomgallery.com. From the early days of photography, image makers were required to bring their equipment to the subject matter. But the release of the Xerox 6500 color copier in 1973 changed everything and led to the rise of self-published zines and other art forms. Celebrating this history, “The Immovable Camera,” curated by Robert Hirsch, Tom Carpenter, Kitty Hubbard, and Ray Brewer, opens Tuesday, October 27, at Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery at SUNY Brockport (180 Holley Street, Brockport). A reception takes place that day, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., and the show continues through December 11. 8 CITY
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Later in the season, check out “Ann Ropp: Works on Paper,” featuring colorful, gestural abstractions the artist describes as “a continuing investigation into the sex of color.” The show runs January 26 through February 23, with a reception taking place January 26, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 395-2805 or visit brockport.edu/finearts. Through October 31, Main Street Arts (20 West Main Street, Clifton Springs) will present “Celtic Impressions by Three: Seen and Unseen Ireland,” featuring work by g.a. Sheller, Constance Mauro, and Elizabeth Durand. Each created paintings, continues on page 10
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"Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair" will be hosted at the Memorial Art Gallery from January 31 through April 24. SUBMITTED PHOTO
printmaking, and encaustic to reflect on their experiences travelling together through the Emerald Isle. A reception and artist talk will be held Saturday, September 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 315-462-0210, or visit mainstreetartsgallery.com. Through November 15, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue) will host “Brooklyn Bridge,” featuring five New York-based emerging artists exhibiting together for the first time. Participating artists include Shoshana Dentz, Richard Garrison, Liz Jaff, Derek Lerner, and Norm Paris. Rochester Contemporary is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $2, and free to members. For more information, call 461-2222, or visit rochestercontemporary.org. From November 1 through November 30, International Art Acquisitions (3300 Monroe Avenue) will host “America on the Lake,” featuring the oil paintings of lush and tranquil scenery by Marcia Gillenwater. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call 264-1440 or visit internationalartacquisitions.com. From October 9 through October 11, The Genesee Center for the Arts & Education (713 Monroe Avenue) will host a “Flower City 10 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
"Celtic Impressions by Three" will be at Main Street Arts Gallery through October 31. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pottery Invitational,” featuring the work of 20 premier ceramic artists from across the nation. The weekend-long event will include a special artist reception on Friday, October 9, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., pottery exhibitions, and workshops and talks by the visiting artists. Tickets for the reception are $25, and other events range from $25 to $60. To reserve your spot or learn more, visit rochesterarts. org. From November 7 through January 30, the center will present “Social Reportage: Migrant Workers,” a group photography show led by photojournalist Arlene Thaler. An opening reception will be held Saturday, November 7, 2 to 5 p.m. Community Darkroom hours are Monday, 9 a.m. to
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9:30 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 244 -1730 or visit rochesterarts.org. From October 31 through February 14, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (900 East Avenue) will host “Brian Ulrich: The Centurion.” An exploration of the visual landscape of America’s consumption economy, Ulrich’s work showcases sites and people associated with extreme wealth, and examines the allure and artifice of material abundance. George Eastman House is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5-$14, and free to members and children ages 12 and younger. For more information, call 271-3361, or visit eastmanhouse.org. Through early November, check out “Nature in Motion,” featuring the explosively colorful paintings of Susan Jenkins at RMSC’s Cumming Nature Center (6472 Gulick Road, Naples). Jenkins’ style ranges from abstract to realism, is imbued with gorgeous light and mimics the kinetic qualities of the matter that makes up everything. CNC closes down for the season on November 9 and reopens in January. Hours are Wednesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 374-6160 or visit rmsc.org/CummingNatureCenter. Gallery r (100 College Avenue) and Bevier Gallery (73 Lomb Memorial Drive)
will simultaneously present “Flux: Keith Howard & His Legacy,” a celebration of the late artist and RIT professor. Bevier will present a variety of Howard’s work as well as an invitational portfolio of works by his students and colleagues opening on November 20, while Gallery r will feature a selection of black and white prints from Howard’s studio, running December 4 through January 10. Bevier is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Gallery r’s hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 256-3312, or visit galleryr.rit.edu or cias.rit. edu/bevier-gallery. If you’re craving a little fantastical transportation this winter, check out “Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair,” hosted by Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Avenue) from January 31 through April 24. The exhibit will feature styles by Christian Dior, Yves St. Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Pierre Cardin, Patrick Kelly, Christian Lacroix, Alexander McQueen, and more world-class designers who created couture clothing especially for Ebony Fashion Fair. Black is and always has been beautiful. MAG’s hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is $7-$14 except Thursday nights, when it is half-price. Children under the age of five, members, and University of Rochester students get in for free. For more information, call 2768900 or visit mag.rochester.edu.
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Gates Hall, home of The Gatesinger Company, sits at the intersection of Lake Road and Route 21 in Pultneyville. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
The Grand Lady of Pultneyville
[ THEATER ] BY DAVID RAYMOND
Pultneyville, a small community about 25 miles east of Rochester on the edge of Lake Ontario, has seen a lot of history. And, perhaps appropriately for a place that is a hamlet, a lot of that history is theatrical history. Any visitor to Pultneyville soon notices that the hamlet has a focal point, at the intersection of Lake Road and Route 21 (Hamilton Street). It’s a small but handsome and well-kept white frame building with a stone foundation, the typical nerve center of a 19th-century American community. Walk up the front steps and through two sets of big wooden double doors, you enter a large, plain room with a high ceiling, wooden floors, tall windows, a balcony – and a stage that has seen almost 150 years of play productions on its boards. Gates Hall was built in 1825 as a nondenominational church, which it remained for about four decades. The site started its use as a theater in 1867, which, the town claims, makes it the oldest continuously continues on page 14 12 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
Gates Hall was built in 1825, and its stage has seen almost 150 years of productions. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
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active community theater in America. The tradition started with the Pultneyville Players, who presented dramas and comedies in the building called “the grand lady” for nearly a hundred years. Jump ahead almost a century to the summer of 1961 and the creation of the Pultneyville Civic Light Opera Company by Jean Cooper, a graduate of the Ithaca College School of Drama, and her brother-in-law David Cooper, a Sodus English teacher. The Coopers announced a summer production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore” as part of Pultneyville’s Sesquicentennial. Despite predictions that no one would want to watch a show in an un-airconditioned hall in midsummer, let alone perform in one, “Pinafore” was a hit. Summer G&S became a Pultneyville tradition during the town’s annual Homecoming celebrations in mid-July. The shows are produced on a shoestring budget but performed with gusto. The casts include experienced returning local actors of all ages, high school and college students who live in Wayne County or the general area, and G&S fans from Rochester who brave the heat to perform their favorites. (The hall, which seats about 80 people, is comfortably air conditioned now, but wasn’t until quite recently.) The presentations are still informal, still focused on fun, and still pack the house. There’s equally enthusiastic participation in the more recently formed groups that perform at Gates Hall. In the 1970’s, the Gatesinger Company, Ltd. was created
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to produce Broadway musicals, from old favorites like “Irene” and “Oklahoma!” to newer, edgier shows like “Ordinary Days” (a musical about life in New York immediately after the World Trade Center attacks) and, coming next spring, “Company.” The Gatesingers have won numerous TANYS (Theater Association of New York State) awards for their performances and productions. In 1984, a YouTHeatre group was formed. Currently including kids in six area schools, as well as homeschoolers, YouTHeatre puts on annual shows like “Into the Woods” and “The Pajama Game”, and just started rehearsing this November’s production, “Footloose.”
(The stage version is more family-oriented than the 1980’s movie.) There’s also a group of “goodwill ambassadors” called The Entertainers, a younger version called The Junior Entertainers, and the revived Pultneyville Players, who present non-musical productions. Gates Hall is a New York State Historical Site, and the Pultneyville Historical Society (which holds the deed to the building) sees that renovations and refurbishments, such as air conditioning and a modern lighting board, co-exist with the historic integrity of “the grand lady.” The building is filled with theater mementos, from old hand-painted
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signs advertising G&S operettas to the signatures left by decades of cast members in the lighting coop above the stage. The Gates Hall theater groups boast loyal casts, production people, musicians, and audiences. Many of them performed at Gates Hall as a child or young adult, and returned, sometimes with their children. Karen Nail and Nan Hanna-Paquin
are co-directors of the Gatesingers’ YouTHeatre production, “Footloose.” Both were involved (as director and choreographer) in last summer’s “Iolanthe,” the latest in a long string of summer G&S credits for each of them. Nail is also honorary chair of the Gatesingers’ board of directors, and Hanna-Paquin chairs the Artistic Review Committee. Hanna-Paquin’s acquaintance with Gates Hall goes back to that first “HMS Pinafore,” directed by her mother and her uncle. She remembers that for the set, “we found two life preservers and stuck them up with tape. Voilà – ‘HMS Pinafore’!” After taking part in numerous summer shows, she returned to Pultneyville in the early ’90s to direct and choreograph and has since, she says, “done all of G&S six times through, I think.” Karen Nail first performed in Gates Hall as a shy junior high school student in 1977, and was immediately hooked: “It was as if I immediately found lifelong friends I had never met.” Since then she has performed and directed in many shows; “Footloose” is her first YouTHeatre production. She still finds the atmosphere welcoming, adding, “We had 40 kids audition, from age 12 to 12th grade, an
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amazing turnout – and we are amazed at the level of talent.” YouTHeatre gives a chance to high school students who, as Hanna-Paquin says, “may not be chosen for their own school shows, but can learn outside school in a real theater setting.” For example, “Footloose” kids will not only sing and dance, but they’ll also be learning theater crafts from experienced actors and production people. Says Hanna-Paquin: “We tell them, ‘If you’re serious and disciplined about music and theater, we’re pleased to have you.’” “There are very few opportunities for live theater or other cultural activities in Wayne County,” says Nan Hanna-Paquin. “Here we have an affordable venue, a teaching tool for young performers, and a place where more experienced performers can ply their craft.” “We work with really great people of all ages, who can’t do enough to help make a show a success,” says Nail. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 15
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RAPA has quite a few productions in the First Niagara Fringe Festival this year — “La Cage Aux Folles,” an adaptation of “The Birdcage,” is another one to catch — but Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” stands out because the new script has never been performed in this region before now. Clocking in at just 60 minutes, “James and the Giant Peach” has family-friendly appeal — and of course, the promise of a largerthan-life peach onstage. “Cabaret”
(Pittsford Musicals at Pittsford Sutherland High School Auditorium; October 10 through October 17)
On the heels of its admirable staging of “Next to Normal,” Pittsford Musicals is mounting a production that will leave cheeks blushing and hearts pumping to toe-tapping 1920’s tunes. With “Cabaret,” the risqué show set in a German nightclub nearly 100 years ago, Pittsford Musicals wants to convince you it’s no good sitting in your room, so “come to the cabaret, old chum.” For more information, visit pittsfordmusicals.org. “The Duchess of Malfi”
(WallByrd Theater Company at MuCCC; October 15 through October 24)
One of the newest companies on the Rochester scene is WallByrd, whose mission is to create “immersive theatrics.” The company, 16 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
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headed by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate Virginia Monte, explores social themes such as race, class, gender, and culture through the lens of classical plays. The first production, “The Duchess of Malfi,” will place a macabre script from the 1623 in the setting of the American Civil War. For more information, visit wallbyrd.com. “Annapurna”
(Blackfriars Theatre; October 23 through November 8)
One of the first plays in Artistic Director Danny Hoskins’s first season lineup is a work that’s never been performed in the state outside New York City (it was staged there with Nick Offerman of “Parks and Recreation” and his wife Megan Mullally of “Will and Grace” in the starring roles). Local adjunct theatre professor and “Unleashed” improv member Patricia Lewis
Browne directs this love and loss story set in the mountains of Colorado. For more information, visit bftix.org. “Confessions of a Nightingale”
(Bread and Water Theatre; November 6 through November 22)
Bread and Water takes on one of the greatest dramatists of all time with this dramatization of playwright Tennessee Williams’s life. Through audience interaction, as though it were told to a reporter, the story is told in Williams’s own style. This production is also part of the Rainbow Theater Festival. breadandwatertheatre.org “The Lion”
(Geva Theatre Center; November 11 through November 22)
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it managed to nab the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance; the 2015 “Offie” (Off-West End) Award for Best New Musical; and the 2015 Theatre World Award. Those are big accolades for a show that consists of a man telling his life story through 75 minutes of guitar and vocals (it’s worth noting that Geva’s former directorat-large Sean Daniels is the director of this show). “The Lion” writer and performer Benjamin Scheuer will tour only six cities this fall, and Rochester is the third stop. For more information, visit gevatheatre.org. “Coney Island Christmas”
(JCC CenterStage; December 5 through December 20)
Due to artistic director Ralph Meranto’s commitment to new works, CenterStage is a delightful place to find a non-traditional holiday offering each year. This time, it’s “Coney Island Christmas,” which will have its East Coast Premiere during this run. (Later in the season, the Tony Award-nominated “Other Desert Cities” will also have its area premiere at the JCC.) Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies crafts a story about a young girl who is cast as Jesus in her school play — and the merry making ensues from there. For more information, visit jcccenterstage.com. “PUSH Physical Theatre’s Jekyll & Hyde”
(Blackfriars Theatre; January 29 through February 14)
Through a new partnership program with Blackfriars, PUSH Physical Theatre will create and perform an adaptation of the
classic “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Blackfriars’ Danny Hoskins, who also worked with PUSH on “Dracula” (which ran for a sold-out three weeks at Geva in 2009) and “Arc of Ages” (produced at JCC CenterStage in 2013), wrote the script. For more information, visit bftix.org.
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“Matilda the Musical”
(Rochester Broadway Theatre League; April 12 through April 17)
It’s refreshing to see a choice for the youngsters (that isn’t “Annie”) coming through the tour circuit. “Matilda the Musical” is based on the children’s book by Roald Dahl, and it has garnered rave reviews around the world since it opened in London’s West End in 2011. It won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and seven 2012 Olivier Awards — as one would expect from a show that centers around an energetic 5-year-old girl who loves to read. For more information, visit rbtl.org. “The May Queen”
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Geva closes out its 2015-16 season with a lighthearted play that’s written and directed by two women (sadly, still a rarity in the stage world). SUNY Geneseo graduate Molly Smith Metzler penned the comedy about a high school May Queen who returns to her hometown after many years, and Amanda Charlton directs. For more information, visit gevatheatre.org.
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From Jekyll and Hyde to social justice The 2015-16 dance season is all about diversity [ DANCE ] BY CASEY CARLSEN
There will be no lack of variety or drama in the 2015-16 season’s dance offerings. Choices include top contemporary dance companies such as Nai-Ni Chen Dance (which features Asiatic-influenced contemporary) and our own BIODANCE. Then there is the annual treat of seeing Garth Fagan Dance premiere new works by both Fagan and Norwood Pennewell. We also have two story-based dance productions to look forward to: “A Light in the Dark,” by Thodos Dance Chicago and “Jekyll & Hyde” by local dancetheatre company PUSH Physical Theatre. Nazareth College Arts Center can always be counted on for a few standout dance shows during the scholastic year. During the 201516 season, visiting companies Thodos Dance Chicago and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company are both worth catching.
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Thodos Dance Chicago, a 22-member contemporary dance troupe, performs one show at Nazareth in October. The company is known for its expressive story ballets and athletic performing. At Nazareth, Thodos Dance will showcase its latest story ballet “A Light in the Dark” based on the lives of Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. The ballet focuses on the initial stages of their relationship, when Sullivan was still trying to communicate with a child who was in a state of almost feral wildness. Company founder and choreographer Melissa Thodos and Broadway legend Ann Reinking perform the title roles. Video clips of the piece are enticing: both performers are convincing in their roles while performing gorgeous and entertaining dance. The company will also show other pieces from their repertory. Thodos Dance Chicago will perform on Friday, October 2, at 8 p.m., with a pre-
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performance film and lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will offer of a visually stunning, large scale performance which will include works stemming from ancient Asiatic culture, and highly abstract modern pieces. Nai-Ni Chen, the company’s choreographer, was an early member of Cloud Gate Theater in Taiwan. She came to the United States to establish her voice in contemporary dance and has now led her company for 26 years. She is known for her graceful blend of American modern dance with Chinese classical arts. One performance only: Saturday, November 14, at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-performance lecture at 7 p.m. Then, of course, there is the annual Garth Fagan Dance home season to look forward to. This internationally acclaimed company celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, so
expect premieres by both Fagan and Norwood Pennewell as well as popular revivals from their repertoire. Fagan choreographed “Dancing for/With Geoffrey” for Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City this summer, and reviewers praised the company’s performance. Chances are we’ll get to see it here in Rochester come December. Performances run December 2 through December 6 at Nazareth College Arts Center. Tickets for all three Arts Center shows are available online at artscenter.naz.edu or by calling the box office at 389-2170. As far as local groups go, I am particularly excited about “Jekyll & Hyde,” a new storybased performance by PUSH Physical Theatre, the dance theater troupe led by husband and wife partners Darren and Heather Stevenson. The company excels at conveying the emotional depths of characters through their masterful use of mime and movement. I was
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floored by the dramatic intensity of PUSH’s “Dracula” several years ago and expect nothing less from their retelling of the iconic tale of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The show will run at Blackfriars Theatre on January 29 through February 14. Call 454-1260 or go to bftix.org for tickets. BIODANCE, led by Missy Pfohl Smith, will continue its BIO/DANCE & Social Justice Series this fall and will be free to audiences at a variety of community locations. The series, which examines people’s indifference to societal injustices, incorporates the works of choreographers from around the country, including a piece of Smith’s own creation. BIODANCE will take the series to the Spurrier Dance Studio at the University of Rochester on Saturday, October 10, at 4 p.m. Also at the University of Rochester will be Anne Harris Wilcox’s popular “When
the Souls Rise,” a spooky celebration of the
spirit world which she has presented annually in Rochester for years. The production incorporates dance, theater, and music and will be performed by students in the Program of Dance and Movement and the International Theatre Program. Performances will take place Friday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, November 7, at 4 p.m. If you want to see FuturPointe Dance Company this fall, you’ll have to catch it at Rochester Fashion Week in October; that’s the only performance the group has on its calendar right now. However, Artistic Director Guy Thorne will be starring in a one-man play produced by his partner on-and-off the stage, N’Jelle Gage. The “adults only” performance will be at Gallery 74 on November 12 through November 21.
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[ CLASSICAL MUSIC ] BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
If the 2015-16 concert season in Rochester is about one thing, it’s audience engagement. And as a result, local concertgoers will have ample opportunity to experience music and guest performers it rarely hears. What is most encouraging about this approach to classical music programming is that it’s coming largely from the two most prominent institutions in the city: the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music. These organizations are distinctly positioned to set the tone of future conversations – away from status quo programming that caters exclusively to familiar demographics and toward innovative concert selections that engage new audiences while injecting 22 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
new compositions alongside standard repertoire. Classical music and opera will only endure insofar as presenters actively select programming that engages younger generations. When it comes to reaching out to music fans beyond the scope of typical classical music fare, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is at the forefront this year. After kicking off the Ward Stare era in style on September 17 and 19 with a program that includes Paul Dukas’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” – two iconic works that aren’t performed often enough – the RPO will be looking to embrace a broader audience in a big way when it presents “Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy” on October 29. Building off of the success of its “Video Games Live” concert last November, the
RPO will focus solely on the music of the game franchise’s composer Nobuo Uematsu in a presentation that will also include exclusive HD video content produced by Final Fantasy developers Square Enix. The RPO furthers its journey into populist territory on December 12 when the orchestra looks past Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker” to present a more contemporary holiday tradition. Many of us already watch the 1990’s classic movie “Home Alone” every Christmas, so why not enjoy it on the “big screen” while the RPO plays the score live to accompany the film? The orchestra’s second half of the season features top-flight guest artists both new and familiar. On January 14 and 16, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Music Director Fabien Gabel returns for the third year in row, this time to conduct Johannes Brahms’s “Double Concerto” featuring violinist Karen Gomyo and cellist Julie Albers. April 14 and 16 marks the highlyanticipated RPO debut of acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang, in what is sure to be an electrifying performance of Béla Bartók’s “Piano Concerto No. 1,” led by Ward Stare.
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For concerts in a more intimate chamber music setting, your options range from the medieval to the modern. Pegasus Early Music will start its 11th season
on September 27 at Downtown United Presbyterian Church with “French Café,” a program of love songs and troubadour tunes sung by countertenor José Lemos and performed on period instruments such as the vielle and rebec, medieval and Renaissance-era fiddles, respectively. continues on page 24 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 23
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The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester will present its own francocentric concert on November 20 at Hochstein Performance Hall in a veritable “who’s who” of French composers –Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, and more – as interpreted by multiple RPO principal musicians. On the other end of the spectrum, on December 4 at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music’s studentrun ensemble Ossia will perform works written exclusively by living composers: Jo Kondo of Japan; Anna Thorvaldsdottir from Iceland; Hans Abrahamson of Denmark; and Mexicanborn, Rochester-based Carlos SanchezGutierrez. With two world premieres on the program and four additional works you will probably never hear anywhere else in Rochester, this concert is the epitome of contemporary classical cool. In what for me is the highlight of
the entire season, the ever-consistent
Eastman Opera Theatre will present the
seldom-performed Philip Glass chamber opera “Hydrogen Jukebox” from November 5 through 8 at Kilbourn Hall. With a libretto culled from existing works by singular Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, “Hydrogen Jukebox” addresses a wide range of sociopolitical issues in 24 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
America spanning the ’50s through the ’80s – from war and the environment to drugs and the sexual revolution – as voiced by a cheerleader, priest, policewoman, businessman, waitress, and mechanic. While a common criticism of Glass’s iconic minimalism is that its repetition is tedious, there is more than enough variety in the instrumentation of this 1990 opera. Fifty percent mystical solemnity à la the composer’s “Glassworks” from 1982 and fifty percent ecstatic exoticism in the vein of Harry Partch’s “Delusion of the Fury,” “Hydrogen Jukebox” represents the convergence of two of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, and as such, should not be missed. When the Metropolitan Opera Rising Stars Concert Series comes to Eastman on March 22, the focus in Kilbourn Hall will not be on the work of a singular operatic composer, but instead on a coterie of singers tasked with interpreting opera’s classic works. In lieu of making a road trip down to Lincoln Center in New York City, this will be your best opportunity to hear some of the most promising young voices to fill the hall at the Metropolitan Opera. And then there are the intriguing oddities of the 2015-16 concert season
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– music that won’t fit nicely into predetermined genre categories, marketing campaigns be damned. On October 20, the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble arrives at Kilbourn Hall, bringing big band music with avant-garde flair. Composerdrummer John Hollenbeck’s music is idiosyncratic and intellectually challenging, but not without also being supremely enjoyable. Since Hollenbeck is an Eastman alumnus, this concert is sure to be a highly personal one as well. Eastman Wind Ensemble’s February 26 concert at the Eastman Theatre will be similarly genre-bending, with the incomparable Béla Fleck on the banjo as soloist. Though the official program has yet to be released, expect to hear at least one original Fleck composition in what should be inspiring evening of master musician-meets-classical music’s next generation. If the above-mentioned concerts are any indication, the 2015-16 season signals a turning point for programming in Rochester. The central question facing local classical music organizations moving forward is this: “What kind of audience do we want to attract?” rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 25
Flickers of the fall [ FILM ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
It was a long time coming, but summer is over. I’m sad to see it go, but I can’t help but be excited for fall: changing leaves, crisp air, pumpkin-flavored everything, and some the very best movies the year has to offer. For cinematic omnivores like me – who enjoy a little bit of everything – there’s much to look forward to in the coming months. So much, in fact, that I honestly had a hard time narrowing this list down; I could easily have cobbled together an entire second list from the films I had to leave off this one. Release dates can be fickle, so be sure to double check current listings before running off to your local movie theater. “Black Mass”: Notorious Boston mob
boss-FBI informant Whitey Bulger gets the star-studded, Oscar-friendly screen treatment in director Scott Cooper’s gritty crime drama. Supported by the likes of Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, and Corey Stoll, Johnny Depp looks like he’ll be stepping up his acting game instead of relying on makeup and a fancy hat to build a character (though those things are definitely still present). Who knew the creepiest thing Depp could ever do was put on a pair of blue contacts? (9/18)
“The Walk”: There’s already been one great
film made about the true story of French street performer Philippe Petit’s daring 1974 walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center (that’d be 2008’s Oscar-winning doc, “Man on Wire”), 26 CITY FALL GUIDE 2015
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but with a heavily emphasized IMAX 3D release, director Robert Zemeckis is clearing going for spectacle above all else. (9/30)
tendencies. I’m a huge fan of Hardy, and this movie has gives me not one, but two Tom Hardys. I’m there. (10/2)
“The Martian”: Matt Damon is an astronaut left behind on Mars when the rest of his crew mistakenly believe he’s died after a NASA mission goes wrong. Ridley Scott directs, and Drew Goddard (“Cabin in the Woods”) adapts from the popular novel by Andy Weir. And check out the rest of the cast: Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Donald Glover. Yeah, this is gonna be big. (10/2)
“Steve Jobs”: Two years ago, the biopic “Jobs” gave us Ashton Kutcher as Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and the less said about the results, the better. Now director Danny Boyle’s and writer Aaron Sorkin (adapting Walter Isaacson’s book) attempt to right that film’s wrongs, with Michael Fassbender starring as the polarizing tech guru. (10/9)
“Legend”: Tom Hardy pulls double duty
as real-life identical twin-gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, who ruled over 1960’s London with their flashy style and sociopathic
“Crimson Peak”: From visionary director
Guillermo del Toro comes this oldfashioned gothic horror story, starring Mia Wasikowska as a young writer who’s whisked off her feet and into a spooky old mansion after she falls for and marries a handsome and mysterious aristocrat (Tom Hiddleston). Jessica Chastain has a juicy
role as the husband’s calculating sister, and the lavish-looking visuals promise a film as drop-dead gorgeous as it is scary. (10/16) “Bridge of Spies”: Tom Hanks stars in a Cold War thriller written by the Coen brothers and directed by Steven Spielberg. Do I really need to say anything more? (10/16) “The Peanuts Movie”: Translating Charles
Schultz’s beloved comic strip characters into slick 3D computer animation is enough to make one say “good grief!” but it seems as though the filmmakers have gone to great lengths to keep the strip’s heartfelt tone intact. Even the animation style appears to preserve as much of the original strip’s handdrawn charm as possible. I’m skeptical, but curious. (11/6)
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“Room”: A young woman (the fantastic
Brie Larson) puts on a brave face for the young son she’s raising, as they live as captives in a windowless 10-by-10 shed. Based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue (who also wrote the screenplay), hopefully this will be the film that makes Larson a star. (11/6)
“Brooklyn”: Saoirse Ronan plays a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to America in the 1950’s and finds herself torn between her new life and the one she left behind. Director John Crowley and writer Nick Hornby adapt from the novel by Colm Tóibín, and the buzz suggests Oscars may be in the film’s future. (11/9) “Carol”: Rooney Mara already took home
the Best Actress award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her role as department-store clerk who enters into a clandestine romance with an older, married woman (Cate Blanchett) in director Todd Haynes’ lush melodrama. Reviews out of France were rapturous, with many suggesting that both actresses will be frontrunners come award season. (11/20)
“Spotlight”: Dramatizing the Boston
Globe’s Pulitzer-winning 2002 exposé on child abuse in the Catholic Church, this muckraking drama stars Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, and Billy Crudup. Hopefully, director Tom McCarthy (“Win Win,”
“The Station Agent”) is back on track after his disastrous collaboration with Adam Sandler in “The Cobbler.” (11/20) “The Night Before”: Jonathan Levine directs this holiday-themed comedy about three best pals (Joseph GordonLevitt, Seth Rogen, and Anthony Mackie) plan a last hurrah when they realize their encroaching adult responsibilities (namely Rogen’s impending baby and Mackie’s pro football career) mean that their annual tradition of spending Christmas together may be coming to an end. Since it’s based on Levine’s cancer-comedy “50/50,” he’ll be able to deliver hilarity as well as heart. (11/25) “Creed”: A new chapter in the Rocky franchise is opened with this spin-off centering around Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), son of the legendary Apollo Creed. Hoping to follow in his father’s footsteps, the pugilist enlists Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) to whip him into shape. Jordan has been poised to break out for years (clearly “Fantastic Four” didn’t cut it), and reteaming with his “Fruitvale Station” director Ryan Coogler could be the recipe for something special. (11/25) “Krampus”: For those who don’t know,
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at Cannes, this Hungarian holocaust drama follows a concentration camp prisoner who’s forced to work clearing corpses from the gas chambers, and one day finds a body he believes to be his son. Though it doesn’t exactly sound like light viewing, by all accounts newcomer director László Nemes has made a stunning debut. (12/18)
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González Iñárritu follows up his “Birdman” Oscar wins with this epic adventure based on Michael Punke’s book about a real-life fur trapper who was mauled by a bear, then robbed and left for dead by his partners. Leonardo Dicaprio portrays the hunter as he fights his way back across the wilderness seeking vengeance. The film had an exceedingly troubled-plagued shoot, but dare I say, the results look like they may have been worth it. (12/25)
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despicable gunslingers, bounty hunters, and outlaws all take shelter from a
blizzard and learn that someone in their midst isn’t entirely who they say they are. Working with an ensemble that includes Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, and Bruce Dern, Quentin Tarantino is back in “Django Unchained” mode for more brutal western action. Adding to the majesty of it all, select markets will get a release of the movie on glorious 70mm film. (12/25) “Love”: Argentinian director Gaspar Noé isn’t one for subtlety; his films “Enter the Void” and “Irreversible” were notoriously graphic. Now he brings audiences his idea of a love story, following the sexual misadventures of a young couple and featuring scenes of hardcore sex. Did I mention the entire thing is in 3D? Yeah, this should be interesting. (11/16) “Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens”: I have no idea what this is.
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For a moment, it’s just a blip in the sky — an orange sphere that’s very much out of place. In this exercise, only one thing is consistent: Things will not end well for the pumpkin. Fall has long been the season of the gourd. Pumpkins are the stars of spice lattes, pie, and farmers grow them so large that they’re no longer measured in pounds, but in tons. But the simplest pleasure when it comes to the pumpkin is — cue Billy Corgan — smashing it to smithereens. “Who wouldn’t want to launch a pumpkin into the air and watch it smash into a million pieces?” says Rachel Banko, an office manager at Grossmans Garden & Home in Penfield.
Grossmans is no rookie to the pumpkin chunking (or punkin chunkin, if you want to rhyme) game, the business has been hosting these events since 2001. The store’s owners at the time saw the chunkin fun on the Discovery Channel one day and figured it’d be a fun thing to bring to Rochester, Banko says. There’s certain child-like joy to punkin chunkin. The sport basically enlarges Bart Simpson’s famous slingshot to a size that towers above the people shooting it. And it’s not pebbles that are fired by the contraption, it’s pumpkins that are launched at wooden targets, and sometimes even cars, says Grossmans co-owner Erika Stone (she and her husband, Jon, have owned the store since February).
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At Grossmans, the pumpkins are flung with an impressive red trebuchet. This destroyer of pumpkins — known simply as the “Pumpkin Launcher” — stands in front of a field that stretches 200-feet. The field is off to the side of the main store and the farms that adorn the Grossmans’ property. The “Launcher” uses a counter weight to hurl the gourd toward its destiny. On chunkin day — which is usually in October — things begin when the customer attempts to pick the perfect pumpkin to destroy. “There are targets throughout the field and you have to consider the size, weight, and I presume, even the shape of the pumpkin, in trying to have it land in just the right place,” Stone says. Grossmans employees load the pumpkin, and the customer launches the gourd by pushing “GO” on a remote control from a safe distance away. After the button is pressed, there’s no turning back. Again, things don’t end well for the pumpkin as it explodes against the targets in a manner that inspires plenty of fist pumps. While the “Pumpkin Launcher” doesn’t compare to
the incredible scope of some contests around the world — the record distance is well over 4,000-feet — it does involve skill, along with smarts. “It was interesting to see the math involved in hitting the target,” Vinnie Nenno, a Grossmans employee, says of past year’s events. When the “Pumpkin Launcher” is doing its thing, the crowd attracted to the event is diverse, Banko says. While it’s sometimes known as an event aimed toward children, it’s something that brings a smile to most people’s faces. “Kids love it, and the event does attract many families,” Banko says. “Don’t let the adults fool you. They love it too.”
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Seasonal sips Local breweries are preparing for fall. Here’s what to watch out for. [ DRINKS ] BY KATIE LIBBY
When that time of year approaches where the leaves start to turn and there is a slight crispness in the air, there is one thing we can all look forward to, and it’s not the pumpkin spice latte. I’m talking about fall seasonal beer season, and it’s almost upon us. Will there be Oktoberfests? Yes. Will there be pumpkin? Yes; yes, there will. City talked with a few local breweries to find out what we can look forward to in the coming months in terms of seasonal beers. Lost Borough Brewing Co. (543 Atlantic Avenue) has only been open since November 2014 but the crew has already brewed 32 different beers. Built with the help of a Kickstarter fundraising campaign, the brewery has been carving a niche for itself in the local brewery scene. The brewery releases a new beer biweekly,
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if not weekly, and has just been certified to have its most popular beers available in local restaurants and bars. The entire process of opening the brewery was a lesson in DIY. “We actually did the entire build out and everything in here ourselves to save money,” says Dave Finger, co-founder and VP of design and marketing. “The furniture is reclaimed barn wood and we made the bar.” Lost Borough’s head brewer, Dan Western, will be concocting three fall seasonal beers, all available in September or October. The Oktoberfest is a hearty ale made with seasonal hops. The smoked pumpkin beer is made by smoking and pureeing pumpkin which
gives the beer a more subtle pumpkin flavor and a hint of smokiness, as opposed to other pumpkin beers that can taste like eating a slice of pumpkin pie. The harvest ale is made with wet hops right off the vine (hops are typically dried and made into pellets and then added). In addition to its seasonal beers, Lost Borough will also soon add a sour raspberry beer and a black IPA to its lineup. Most of its beers clock in at around the 7 percent ABV mark. ROC Brewing’s owner, Chris Spinelli, has
barely had a minute to stop and think about new beers to add to the brewery’s already popular offerings. ROC (56 South Union
Street) recently upgraded from a one-barrel to a seven-barrel system that increases its output from 200 barrels a year to 1500. Manning the upgraded system is new head brewer, Nick Mesrobian. You would think with all that extra product they are producing they would be stocked to the ceiling with beer. Not the case. “That cooler is empty,” Spinelli says, pointing across the room. “Our distributor is taking half of every new beer we make the day it comes out.” Not a bad problem to have; ROC Brewing now has its beer in more than 50 restaurants and bars in Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo.
Still, ROC will be putting out a few new selections come fall. A pumpkin ale is planned, although not until the end of September so ROC can have it ready for its annual Halloween festivities. “We do a big event right around Halloween every year — we bus people out to a haunted hayride at Verhulst and a throw a big Halloween party,” Spinelli says. The pumpkin ale will obviously have that pumpkin flavor, but not too much spice, Spinelli says, “We don’t want it to taste like pumpkin pie, you want it to be something you can drink and enjoy.” continues on page 34
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Atypical for the season, ROC will be brewing a barleywine-style ale called Opie’s Revenge. After brewing, the barleywine will age in three different flavored barrels: one flavored with Maker’s Mark, one with apple brandy, and another in an ice wine barrel that Montezuma Winery makes its brandy in. Referring to the upgraded facility and increased distribution, Spinelli says, “It’s been unreal — but really at the end of the day, I wanted to do this because it’s fun.”
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Swiftwater Brewing (378 Mt. Hope Avenue) has only been open for six months but business has been booming. “The reception has been really positive,” says coowner Andy Cook. Cook, along with his brewing partner, Patrick Meehan, started homebrewing in 2001. They bought the space on Mt Hope two years ago and spent 15 months doing the build out, along with a friend of Cook’s from college. The decision to open a brewpub versus a facility to solely brew beer came down to customer interaction. “I really liked the idea of being close to our customers and really getting to know them,” Cook says. Swiftwater has brewed more than 50 beers since opening, but have tested out a variety of recipes for each beer. “We’ll always have an IPA; we’ll always have something that is kind of dark. Our selection will be darker in the winter than it is in the summer. We always have a pale ale, a German lager, a sour beer, and something Belgian,” Cook says. When it comes to seasonal beers, Swiftwater will have an Oktoberfest due to be released in early September as well as a Fresh Hop IPA, made with hops that have been picked that day. Recently, Swiftwater has started serving food with a menu featuring items like a burger made with beef from a farm owned by Cook’s parents, as well as sausage made with Swiftwater’s IPA and prepared by McCann’s Local Meats. As for what to look for from other local breweries, CB Craft Brewers recently released its Harvest Jack Pumpkin Ale, described by owner Mike Alcorn as “pumpkin pie in a bottle.” The brewery recently celebrated its 18th anniversary and launched the Krysztoff Baltic Porter, a malty, heavy-roasted, full-bodied porter. Three Heads Brewery will be releasing its Cobbs Hill Black Lager, an “easy drinkin’, lightly roasted beer with a snap from German hops,” according to co-owner Dan Nothnagle. Also look for the release of its Buffalo Soul Jah Imperial Red Ale and the Bromigo Smoked Maple Amber.
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