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SEASONAL SELECTIONS [ INTRODUCTION ] BY JAKE CLAPP
There are the obvious reasons to love fall: changing leaves, Oktoberfest beers and seasonal coffee flavors, Halloween and all of its festivities. But for us, the crisp air signals the beginning to the Rochester artistic seasons. While we want to celebrate all of the great things about fall in Western New York, City’s annual Fall Guide has taken on an unofficial purpose over the years. We use the special issue as a way to highlight many of the upcoming programs being produced by Rochester arts organizations, from art exhibits and classical music concerts to theater and dance performances. Beginning on page 4, you’ll find our critics’ picks for stand-out concerts, productions, films, and gallery showings of the 2016-17 season. But of course there is always way more going on than we can highlight in one issue, so we hope you’ll take our suggestions and then build upon them. Like following a thread, Rochester’s rich arts community — encompassing every genre and style — is always worth unraveling to see what speaks to you. Still, the fall can’t be all about watching others perform. If you’re looking for a little physical activity this season, check out page 28 for a look into a foam dart league — think “capture the flag” with Nerf guns — that’s catching on in Rochester. And if you’re wanting to take a fall foliage drive into the Finger Lakes, turn to page 32 for our roundup of prime food and drink locations along Keuka and Seneca lakes. And as always, for up-to-date information, and complete listings for what is going on each week, be sure to check out City Newspaper on stands each Wednesday, or visit us online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED, HUE
A preview of the 2016-17 art exhibits
[ ART PREVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
As far as I’m concerned, this is the most magical time of year. When I poke our region’s galleries each summer to request their lineup of shows, I get to see the future as enthusiastic emails begin to hit my inbox. And I get to share it with you. This coming season, there’s lots to look forward to — retrospectives, new bodies of work from esteemed makers, exhibits that reframe found materials, and dips into pure aesthetic pleasure. Taking a variety in media and style into consideration, here’s a short preview of some of the most exciting shows that Rochester’s museums and galleries will present from this autumn through fall 2017. Some exhibition details will become more defined as show time draws near, and other info may change, so check back with the galleries as the openings approach. 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. From October 7 through November 13, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue) will host “Vanish,” featuring the work of five contemporary artists. The subject matter confronts viewers with the ideas of actual and metaphoric absence, against the context of this quickly changing world of ours. Participating artists Yvonne Buchanan and Dorene Quinn of Syracuse, and Brandon 4 CITY
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Ballengee, Peter Edlund, and Aaron Miller of New York City tackle not only what we have already lost, but what we stand to lose as well. An opening reception will take place on October 7. Rochester Contemporary is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., and Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Admission is $2, and free to members. For more information, call 461-2222, or visit rochestercontemporary. org. Nan Miller Gallery (3000 Monroe Avenue) will host a solo exhibit of works by Albert Paley from October 26 through November 19, which will include a collection of sculptures and new furniture designs. Paley will be in attendance for the opening evening reception on Wednesday, October 26. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 292-1430 or visit nanmillergallery.com. From November 4 through November 20, Gallery r (100 College Avenue) will present “Hunter/Gatherer,” an exhibition of selections from the collection of artist, writer, educator, and patron of the arts Gerald Mead. For more than 20 years, Mead has built up an extensive collection of work by both regional and internationally acclaimed artists. The show will feature a mix of prominent names, including Cindy Sherman, Hollis Frampton, Robert Mangold, Nathan Lyons, Beth Krull, Wendell Castle, Julian Montague, John Pfahl, Joan Linder, and Richard Hirsch. Gallery r’s hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5
p.m. For more information, call 256-3312, or visit galleryr.rit.edu.
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Brandon Ballengee's "RIP Sea Mink," which will be part of the Rochester Contemporary show "Vanish" in October. PHOTO COURTESY ARTIST
My first encounter with the mindbending work of Dutch artist M.C. Escher was probably that scene in the 1986 movie, “Labyrinth,” in which our heroine Sarah and David Bowie as the Goblin King have a gravity-defying final faceoff. Jim Henson Studios’ blatant interpretation of Escher’s
every angle of the set. From November 13 to January 29, 2017, Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Avenue) will host “M.C. Escher: Reality and Illusion.” Drawn from the world’s second-largest private collection of Escher’s work, the exhibition includes 120 woodcuts, continues on page 6
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lithographs, mezzotints, and drawings from his five-decade career. The show features early figure drawings, lesser-known book illustrations, detailed Italian landscapes, the iconic tessellations, and examples of his signature fantastical architecture. Get ready for reality to be turned upside down and inside out. 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 $5-$14 except Thursday nights, when it’s half-price. Children under the age of 5, members, and University of Rochester students get in for free. For more information, call 276-8900 or visit mag.rochester.edu. Back in March of 2011, the University of Rochester’s Hartnett Gallery hosted “The Modern Day Diana,” an exhibition of photographs by Margaret LeJeune that explored the inner lives of contemporary female hunters. LeJeune returns to Rochester in 2017 with “Growing Light,” a new body of work that will be on view from March 2 through March 30, at Monroe Community College’s Mercer Gallery (1000 East Henrietta Road). This exhibition features images that explore the power of bioluminescent organisms. A reception will be held Thursday, March 2, 5-7 p.m., following a lecture held from 1 to 2 p.m. Mercer Gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 292-2021, or email kfarrell@monroecc.edu. Take your fine art with a spoonful of spirited irreverence, and check out “The Great Spirograph Challenge,” held at
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery (350 New Campus Drive, Brockport) from March 7 through April 2, 2017. The show’s organizers have challenged 14 artists of national and international renown to integrate the Spirograph toy into their normal creative procedure. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, March 7, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tower’s hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 395-2805 or visit brockport.edu/academics/ fine_arts. Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford Street) has a smart pairing of the work of Doug continues on page 8
Margaret LeJeune's "Growing Light" will be on display at Mercer Gallery in spring 2017. PHOTO PROVIDED
Autumn IN THE FINGER LAKES
A PEEK AT
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OFFERINGS [ MUSEUMS PREVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Our city’s museums keep children and adults alike fascinated year round with educational exhibits that focus on history, science, innovation, and recreation. Here’s a couple of fun upcoming features from RMSC and The Strong, built from their own archives. Look for more scheduled exhibits and events in our searchable online calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com.
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(657 East Avenue) will open “Elements of the Extreme,” an exhibit focusing on the most powerful forces on the planet. In tenuous balance, the “classical elements” of earth, water, air, and fire create the life-supporting environment on Earth. But each in its extreme form is also capable of utter destruction. RMSC visitors will discover how diverse life on earth has adapted to survive amid these elemental properties, and how the elements have driven some of humanity’s greatest technological and artistic achievements. Hands-on exhibits help visitors explore rare natural science, history, and ethnology objects pulled from the museum’s collection. RMSC is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $13, $12 for seniors and college students, $11 for ages 3-18, and free to members and kids age 2 and under. Learn more by calling 271-4320 or visiting rmsc.org. On December 10, The Strong (1 Manhattan Square) will present a new permanent exhibit, “America at Play,” which features the history of 300 years of play in America. Highlights include rare artifacts and national treasures from The Strong’s world-renowned collections, such as the first handmade Monopoly set by Charles Darrow. Rotating displays with such themes as Dungeons and Dragons, Japanese video games, and miniature rooms will be presented alongside hands-on games and videos of oral histories of play memories. The museum is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is $14, and free to members and kids under age 2. For more information, call 263-2700 or visit museumofplay.org.
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Whitfield and Amy McLaren planned for March 11 through April 15, 2017. Clayville, New York-based artist Whitfield’s oil paintings typically feature sketched-out forms of reveling, full-figured bodies with sharply rendered details, and Rochester-based acrylic painter McLaren’s loose, colorful work frequently depicts humorous narratives of motherhood. Oxford Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., and by appointment. Admission is free. For more information, call 271-5885 or visit oxfordgallery.com. Playing off the idea that some artists continuously reinvent the wheel, Main Street Arts (20 West Main Street, Clifton Springs) will present “Re-Emerging Artists: John Greene and Robert Marx” from April 8 through May 12, 2017, With a career of six decades behind him, Marx has become known for his emotionally nuanced figurative work, where bodies and faces take on distortions in his efforts to explore what it means to be human in an inhuman age. Whether conceptual or abstract, Greene’s paintings focus on the materiality of the medium, with an emphasis on texture, surface, and depth. They depict imagined spaces inspired by the concepts of crossroads, portals, time, and memory. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 8, from 4 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. From June 10 through September 10, 2017, the George Eastman Museum (900 East Avenue) will host “The Photographs of Eugene Richards: A Retrospective.” The internationally renowned work of Richards is socially oriented, with a steadfast emphasis on the ongoing struggles associated with poverty and war. His oeuvre contains a poetically stark look at the unglamorous, underexamined sides of lived experience. The 8 CITY
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George Eastman Museum 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. Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince Street) and ImageOut will co-present “We Are Family,” focusing on the spectrum of relationships that make a home. The exhibit, which runs September 1 through October 28, 2017, will be presented in tandem with “Found Families,” which features contemporary artists working with found family photographs, the concept of the “new” family album, and home movie footage. VSW is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 442-8676 or visit vsw.org.
The Genesee Center will host its second Flower City Pottery Invitational in October. PHOTO PROVIDED
And here’s a bonus event! After a successful first-time endeavor last fall, Genesee Center for the Arts & Education (713 Monroe Avenue) will present its second Flower City Pottery Invitational, from Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2016, with additional workshops being offered on Thursday, October 13. Pulled together by esteemed ceramicists Richard Aerni and Matt Metz, the weekend is filled with exhibitions and sales, workshops, and demonstrations. Admission to the public exhibition on Saturday and Sunday is free, and workshops cost $25-$35 to attend. Check out the full details online at rochesterarts.org/specialevents/pottery-invitational-2016.
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BUILDING NEW BOARDS Sampling Rochester’s diverse theater offerings [ THEATER PREVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY
The upcoming year in local theater is a diverse one, with several plays featuring strong political themes (just in time for a dramatic presidential election); a handful of refreshed classics; scripts written by women; and several award-winning shows now on tour (a welcome option for those who can’t make it to Broadway). Here’s a sampling of the season: The national tour of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” – winner of the Tony Award for Best New Play in 2015 – will open in Rochester at the Auditorium Theatre, brought here by the Rochester Broadway Theatre League. The story of a 15-year-old math whiz who is accused of a crime and launches his own investigation, it’s based on the 2003 best-selling book by British mystery writer Mark Haddon and was adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens. (The title may seem familiar to Sherlock Holmes fans; it’s a phrase used by Sherlock himself in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1892 story “Silver Blaze.”) The show runs September 27 through October 2. Visit rbtl.org for tickets. Local playwright and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Lori Marra will debut “Den Mother” at MuCCC October 6 through 9. The plot centers on Betty Parsons, an art enthusiast who was dubbed the den mother of abstract expressionism and who held some of the first shows for Rothko and Pollock. Marra, who is currently an artist-in-residence at MuCCC, won the 2010 Geva Regional Playwrights Competition for her play “Mystic Castle,” which is based on serial killer Arthur Shawcross. Maria Scipione, a drama teacher at the Harley School, directs the show. Visit muccc.org for tickets. “Church & State,” a new play by Emmy nominee Jason Odell Williams (“Handle With Care”) will launch JCC CenterStage’s 2016-17 10 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
season. The comedy, developed in conjunction with JCC CenterStage and the National New Plays Network, deals with religion, guns, and social media – and how those topics influence political elections. Ralph Meranto directs this Rochester world premiere, which runs October 22 through November 6. Visit jccrochester.org for tickets. Many of the traditional holiday shows
will return across the region, but Blackfriars Theatre is doing something new this year with “The Flight Before Christmas,” an original comedy written by Jeff Andrews, Abby DeVuyst, and Kerry Young. When a group of eclectic passengers is stranded, they must join forces to survive the holiday. Local audiences will recognize the women from their sold-out Fringe performances of “Bushwhacked” and
their work with Unleashed Improv; Andrews is a regional comedian as well. Stephanie Roosa directs the show, which runs December 16 through 31 (special performance on New Year’s Eve). Visit blackfriars.org for tickets. As part of the Fielding Stage Studio Series, Geva Theatre Center will present “The Lake Effect” by Pulitzer Prize nominee Rajiv Joseph continues on page 12
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" will launch its national tour at the Auditorium Theatre on September 27. PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS
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February 2 through 19. Based in Joseph’s hometown of Cleveland, the play centers on estranged siblings who reunite in their family’s restaurant during a snowstorm. There they must figure out how to reconcile the future of the business – along with their past. Visit gevatheatre.org for tickets. A revamped version of “The Sound of Music,” the classic story of a young governess who wins the von Trapp family’s love with music, aired live on TV in December 2013, with pop singer Carrie Underwood in the role of Maria. Now that version, complete with all the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, is on tour and is coming to the Auditorium Theatre February 28 through March 5. Tony Awardwinner Jack O’Brien directs. Visit rbtl.org for tickets. Playwright Annie Baker’s “The Flick,” about an independent movie theater, was awarded both the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2013 Obie Award. The dialogue-heavy, intimate play about three underpaid movie theater ushers in Worcester, Massachusetts, runs March 4 through 19 at JCC CenterStage. Visit jccrochester.org for tickets.
Geva’s spring production “Other Than Honorable” tackles the heavy subject of
military sexual assault through the eyes of a female lawyer and former Army officer whose husband is deployed to an unknown location. The show was written by awardwinning playwright and screenwriter Jamie Pachino (NBC’s “Chicago PD”) and will be directed by Kimberly Senior, who recently received an Alan Schneider Director Award (in honor of the director who introduced Samuel Beckett to US audiences). The show runs April 25 through May 21. Visit gevatheatre.org for tickets. “Death of a Salesman” will close out the 2016-17 Blackfriars Theatre season. Arthur Miller’s tale of tragic hero Willy Loman and the pursuit of the American Dream is a standout example of 20thcentury American theater. It premiered on Broadway in 1949 and won both that year’s Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and has continued to win awards in revivals. The show runs May 5 through 21. Visit blackfriars.org for tickets.
"The Sound of Music" will be on stage at the Auditorium Theatre in February 2017 PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY 12 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
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ON POINTE Top picks for the 2016-17 dance and movement season
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Not many cities Rochester’s size have worldclass dance companies in residence — but Rochesterians have hometown access to Garth Fagan, BIODANCE, Rochester City Ballet, and FuturPointe Dance, to name a few. Local academic calendars, annual showcases, and the Fringe Festival give audiences yearlong opportunities to catch dance performances. This year’s picks feature many group collaborations and multidisciplinary elements. Rochester City Ballet begins the season with the New York premiere of international choreographer Danny Rosseel’s “Slightly Sinful,” which won awards throughout Europe. The show, which runs September 9 through 11 in the Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, marks the debut of new artistic director David Palmer. RCB will also perform Palmer’s “Mist,” a mythical, gothic piece set to the music of “Violin Concerto” by Philip Glass, on the same program. From February 4 through 5, Rochester City Ballet will present “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss, a show designed to bring ballet to the young audience members. Includes narration and sign-language interpretation. An autograph party with the cast will take place after the show. Tickets: boxoffice.naz.edu. Ailey II, a company that highlights talented young dancers, returns to Nazareth College Arts Center after a 15-season hiatus to perform one show in the Callahan Theater on October 30. Ailey II began as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble 40 years ago, and continues to provide performance, training,
Dance company Ailey II will perform at Nazareth College in October. PHOTO BY PIERRE WACHHOLDER
and community programs. There will be a post-show talkback. Tickets: boxoffice.naz.edu. The innovative PUSH Physical Theatre team is collaborating with Pulitzer Prize nominee Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Eastman School professor; chair of composition Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez; Eastman School’s Eastman BroadBand; soprano Tony Arnold; and Mexican-based puppeteering troupe La Coperacha to produce “No Se Culpe A Nadie (Don’t Blame Anyone).” The multidisciplinary work premiere at Kodak Halls this November (dates TBA). Tickets: pushtheatre.org.
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DANSCORE, the SUNY Brockportbased company that performs faculty, student, and guest choreography, returns to Hochstein School of Music and Dance for the annual showcase on November 19. Founded in 1985 as a collective of faculty choreographers, DANSCORE continues to provide classes, lectures, and performances for audiences across New York State. Tickets, call 454-4596 or brockport.edu. In addition to performances at the Rochester Fringe Festival and Smith Opera House in Geneva, Garth Fagan Dance will hold its home season at Nazareth College Arts Center November 30 through December 4. It will feature revivals from the troupe as well as premieres from Bessie Award-winners Garth Fagan and Norwood Pennewell. Tickets: boxoffice.naz.edu. The drama and romance of South Asia comes to Nazareth College Arts Center with The Bollywood Musical Revue, a mixture of film, dance, and music set against a colorful, ornate backdrop with 2,000 lush costumes and a cinematic journey through India. Mumbai-based actors and dancers perform on February 12, with a pre-show talkback in Peace Theater. Tickets: boxoffice.naz.edu. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 15
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With the fall comes the beginning to the robust seasons of Rochester’s many (and there are truly many) classical music performance groups. While the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music are the big staples of the city’s scene, keep an eye out for chamber music organizations, churches, and contemporary groups filling each weekend with music. There is a lot to take in this season — from celebrations of long-dead composers to explorations of modern American compositions. To give you a tease of what’s to come, here are seven concerts to write on your calendar. (Do you have a concert that you’re looking forward to? Leave us a comment below this article online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.) Celebrated in her own day and rediscovered in our own, the prolific 17thcentury Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664) beat Vivaldi, Geminiani, et al. at their own game with her cantatas and other vocal-instrumental chamber music. For its 2016-2017 series opener, Pegasus Early Music pays tribute to this remarkable woman (and to her teacher Francesco Cavalli), with a roster including remarkable women Laura Heimes (soprano) and Deborah Fox (lute). Pegasus Early Music will present “Barbara’s Venice” on Sunday, September 25, at United Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh Street. 4 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 3:15 p.m.) $10-$75. 7033990; pegasusearlymusic.org.
If you think of chamber music primarily as quiet and meditative, First Muse’s opening concert of the season may change that. This tribute to music for brass and percussion features works by André Jolivet, David Lang, and others, performed by some of the RPO’s best players in each department. It may blow you away – or you’ll at least find it striking. First Muse will perform “re: Percussion and Brass” on Sunday, October 9, at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. firstmusic.org. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s most exciting endeavor this year is conductor Ward Stare’s three-concert celebration of
American orchestral music, both classic (Ives, Copland) and brand-new (Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto and John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony). In addition to the fall festival, you can hear an American work on almost every RPO subscription concert this season – a timely nod to Rochester’s important place in American musical history. The RPO will present an American Music Festival across three weekends: October 23, October 27 and 29, and November 3 and 5. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. Check rpo.org for times and ticket prices. continues on page 18
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group’s nine members have studied vocal styles from around the world; the group’s biography lists “Tuvan throat singing, yodeling, belting, Inuit throat singing, Korean P’ansori, Georgian singing, Sardinian cantu a tenore, Hindustani music, and Persian classical singing” — and the resulting performances are masterful and stunning. Roomful of Teeth won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in 2009, and ensemble member Caroline Shaw won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition “Partita for 8 Voices.” Roomful of Teeth performs February 27, 2017, in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $17-$32. 274-3000; eastmantheatre.org; roomfulofteeth.org. March 26, 2017 is, more or less, Johann Sebastian Bach’s 332nd birthday. The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester
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nia and Renee Fleming. PHOTO PROVIDED “Letters from Georgia” is based on letters from artist Georgia O’Keefe to her husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and to Anita Pollitzer, who played an instrumental role in the push for the 19th Amendment (adding a little more heft to the fact that the work will be premiered in Rochester). The program also includes Ravel’s “Rapsodie Espagnole” and Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony. Renee Fleming with The Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra will perform Saturday, November 12, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $25-$115. 274-3000; eastmantheatre.org. Words will fail when trying to describe the beauty of Roomful of Teeth’s music. The
will be celebrating with a potpourri program of Bach arrangements plain and fancy by Beethoven, Gounod, and Rachmaninoff among others. There’s also some very agreeable pseudo-Bach featured, in the form of that 1970’s crossover bestseller and FM radio staple, Claude Bolling’s “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano.” “Back to the Future” will be performed Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 North Plymouth Avenue. 4 p.m. $35. 413-1574; chambermusicrochester.org. The music of Mahler hasn’t been prominent on RPO programs for quite a few years. It will be exciting to see our new music director trying his hand at one of the composer’s most imposing, colorful, and popular works – and also one of his most Mahlerian in its many moods, from funeral march to delicate Adagietto to raucous finale. Given the RPO’s current robust musical health in all sections, this should be a highlight of the year. The RPO will perform Mahler’s Fifth Symphony on Thursday, April 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. $23-$99. 454-2100; rpo.org.
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Diamond, Swedish heavies Ghost are on a quick rise to the top of the death, doom, and just plain old heavy metal echelon. The theatrics don’t crowd this group’s penchant for clever melody swirling in the chaos. Ghost plays at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 16, at the Main Street Armory, 900 East Main Street. Tickets: $29.75, rochestermainstreetarmory.com. It’ll be a double dose of raunchy rock ‘n’ roll when Flat Duo Jets founder Dex Romweber hooks up with J.D. Wilkes of Legendary Shack Shakers fame. You think the whole lo-fi, two-man approach to retro rock started with The White Stripes or the Black Keys? Wrong. It was Romweber. Watch and be amazed as the man shreds his little Silvertone and sangs like the Kang. Dex Romweber and J.D. Wilkes play at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, September 16, at Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. Call for info: 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. Seeing Barrence Whitfield and the Savages live is thrilling and dangerous, like
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Ure tours both as a solo artist and with a band, performing originals as well as selections from the Ultravox catalogue. He plays at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 7, Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. $20-$25, themontagemusichall.com. Steely Dan’s music is witty and wry. If you know where the duo got its name, you’d know what I mean. The band formed in the early 70’s as a sort of
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antithesis to rock. Members Walter Becker and Donald Fagan first pitched their sound in the Brill building, coming to the attention of Jay and the Americans and low-budget film work. The duo’s 1972 “Can’t Buy a Thrill” solidified Steely Dan as a classic rock staple. Steely Dan plays at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 8, at the Auditorium Theatre, 875 East Main Street. Call for tix, 222-5000, or go to rbtl.org. Once you get past the iron curtain shuck and jive, Igor and the Red Elvises will rock your world. Mixing everything from surf to polka and traditional Russian folk into its party-gone-out-of-bounds cocktail, the band goes way beyond your textbook kegger soundtrack. The band calls it Siberian surf rock or rokenrol. Igor & the Red Elvises play at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 13, at Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. Call 232-3220 for tix or go to abilenebarandlounge.com. Shonen Knife is what you get when you mix girl group charm with punk rock abrasion. Formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981, this all-girl three-piece outfit has earned cult status worldwide. Shonen Knife, The Undead, and Fox 45 play at 8 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, at the Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. $12-$15. Like some kind of a mad scientist, Quintron lords over a complex keyboard
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and gizmo apparatus, retrofitted into the front end of a car. His wife, Miss Pussycat, sings and plays maracas. You really have to see this. Quintron and Miss Pussycat play at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, at the Bug Jar. $10-$12, bugjar.com. Metallica and Megadeth are just two of the many bands that acknowledge Diamond Head’s overwhelming influence on their sound and music in the metal world. Formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England, Diamond Head never found huge success, despite its popularity and unique take on what was yet to be called metal. Diamond Head plays at 8 p.m. on Monday, November 21, at the Bug Jar,
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219 Monroe Avenue, call 454-2966 for tix, or go to bugjar.com. Keith Sweat, soul singer and the cat who invented new jack swing, began his career in 1975 in the band Jamilah, but left in 1984 to pursue success solo. Since then, Sweat has racked up the hits and accolades including Favorite R&B/ Soul Male Artist at the 1997 American Music Awards. In 2013, he received the Soul Train Lifetime Achievement Award. Keith Sweat performs on Saturday, November 26, Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Square, call 758-5300 for tix, or go to bluecrossarena.com.
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FALL FEATURES [ FILM PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
A few stellar family films aside, this was a largely disappointing summer at the movies, filled with one ho-hum blockbuster release after another. So this fall movie season has a lot of ground to make up. For better or worse, autumn is traditionally the time when studios release their tastiest Oscar bait, chumming the water in the hopes of attracting that all-important award-season glory. But that means the next few months will be bringing us most of the year’s “best” films, so there’s plenty for moviegoers to look forward to. I’ve attempted to sort through some of the most promising titles. (Just a note: Michael Keaton’s “The Founder,” made it into my summer movie preview, but was later shifted to a more Oscar-friendly December slot, though it might not make its way to Rochester theaters until January.) As always, remember that movie release dates are subject to change, so be sure to check local listings before you go gallivanting off to the theater.
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“Blair Witch”: Until two months ago, this was just an unassuming little horror flick called “The Woods,” from director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett (behind excellent genre films “You’re Next” and “The Guest”). But a screening at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con revealed the film to be a stealth sequel to influential 1999 found-footage horror flick, “The Blair Witch Project.” I love Wingard and Barrett’s work, and the original “Blair Witch” remains one of my favorite horror films, so yeah, I’m there. (9/16) “Snowden”: Polarizing director Oliver Stone tackles the even more divisive story of Edward Snowden. Based on trailers, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has done a disconcertingly good job capturing the NSA whistleblower’s voice and mannerisms, but it remains to be seen whether the film will feel redundant in the wake of Laura Poitras’ great Oscarwinning doc “Citizenfour.” (9/16)
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“The Magnificent Seven”: Antoine Fuqua’s remake of the classic John Sturges western (which was in turn an American remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”) about a band of outlaws hired to protect a town against a gang of malicious bandits. The cast is killer: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, and Byung-hun Lee (“I Saw the Devil”). But I’m just hoping for some good ol’ fashioned, gunslingin’ fun. (9/23) “American Honey”: Winner of the Jury
Prize at Cannes, this road-trip drama from director Andrea Arnold (“Fish Tank”) tells the story of a group of teenagers who form a makeshift family as they travel across the country, selling magazines, partying, and getting into some criminal mischief. (9/30)
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“Camerperson”: Coming to Rochester for a single screening as part of the Little’s One Take documentary series, cinematographer Kirsten Johnson uses footage she’s shot for other filmmaker’s documentaries (including “Citizenfour,” “Fahrenheit 9/11,” and “The Invisible War”) to craft a unique, first-person memoir that chronicles her life and career. (10/4)
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here’s another tangled thriller about the search for a missing woman, based on a buzzy best-selling novel. Emily Blunt stars as a divorcée who forms an obsession with the seemingly happy couple who live a few houses near the home she once shared with her ex-husband. But when the wife mysteriously disappears, she finds herself a prime suspect. And hey, I loved “Gone Girl.” (10/7)
from his moody sci-fi fable “Midnight Special,” released this past spring. Oscar buzz has swirled around the performances of Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton, who star as Mildred and Richard Loving, the mixed-race couple whose 1958 arrest for the crime of interracial marriage led to the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States. (11/4)
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“The Handmaiden”: Based on the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters (with the story transplanted from Victorian-era Britain to 1930’s Korea), a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a wealthy Japanese heiress, though she’s secretly in league with a con man plotting to steal the heiress’s fortune. Director Chan-Wook Park (“Oldboy”) is no stranger to brutal tales of revenge, and by all accounts the latest — nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes — is his most twisted one yet. (10/14)
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tasked with determining whether a fleet of alien spacecrafts that have landed on Earth mean us harm. Co-starring Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, and Michael Stuhlbarg, director Denis Villeneuve’s alien invasion tale looks to strike a more cerebral tone than the average sci-fi blockbuster. (11/11)
of-age story spans a young AfricanAmerican man’s life – from childhood through adulthood – picking up during three different periods as he navigates the temptations of violence and drugs in Miami’s inner city while coming to terms with his complicated relationship with his best friend. (10/21)
directs this big-budget adaptation of Ben Fountain’s novel about the inner turmoil of an Iraq War hero being honored during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl. In a first, Lee shot his film at 120 frames per second, a technique that supposedly offers the clearest — and ostensibly the most authentic — picture ever delivered by a film. For comparison, Peter Jackson shot “The Hobbit” at 48fps, to mixed reaction from audiences. (11/11)
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Tom Ford’s second feature since 2009’s “A Single Man,” Amy Adams plays the ex-wife of a novelist who suspects that his latest murderous literary work is actually doubling as a threat. The rest of the cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Michael Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and with Ford at the helm, you know that at the very least the movie’s going to look gorgeous. (12/9)
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the unexpected death of his brother, a man (Casey Affleck) returns home to care for his nephew in Kenneth Lonergan’s widely acclaimed examination of grief and loss. Since its rapturously received Sundance premiere, Oscar talk has already started swirling around both Affleck and Michelle WIlliams, for her portrayal of Affleck’s estranged ex-wife. (11/18)
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“La La Land”: My most eagerly anticipated film of the year is director Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to his phenomenal jazz thriller, “Whiplash.” Hopefully less anxiety-inducing than that film, this swooning romance features Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress who fall in love against the backdrop of modern-day Los Angeles. (12/16)
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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”: The
first spin-off story of the “Star Wars” film franchise follows a team assigned to steal plans for the Death Star. With “The Force” Awakens,” J.J. Abrams got this new batch of Star Wars films off to a great start, and hopefully “Godzilla” director Gareth Edwards can keep that momentum going. (12/16)
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“Passengers”: A luxury spacecraft making a 120-year trek to a far-off interstellar colony suffers a malfunction to its sleep chamber, causing two of its 5,000 passengers to be woken up 90 years early. Powered by the charisma supernova that is Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Morten Tyldum (“The Imitation Game”), this sci-fi love story from comes piled high with expectations. (12/21) “Fences”: Denzel Washington directs
Viola Davis, as they each reprise their Tony-winning roles from the acclaimed 2010 stage production of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a working-class family struggling against the heightened racial climate of 1950’s Pittsburgh. (12/25)
“Toni Erdmann”: The general consensus
for the title of most well-reviewed film at this year’s Cannes, this German film focuses on the complicated relationship between a prankster father and his adult daughter. (12/25)
“Silence”: Martin Scorsese directs this story set in the 17th century, where two Jesuit priests face persecution after traveling to Japan, where they attempt to spread the teachings of Christianity. There’s been some debate over whether the film will be finished in time for a 2016 release, but with a living legend like Scorsese and a cast that includes Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, and Adam Driver, as long as it makes the deadline, it seems a safe bet that Oscar will take note. (TBD)
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Guenther says that the two sports are not so different in that they’re both fun and provide exercise and an adrenaline kick. Foam darts don’t hurt as much as paint balls, though, and they don’t go as far or fly as fast, he says. On a Friday night, Ngo and Guenther take to the field inside Rochester Sports Garden for their first game: Capture the Flag. About 20 people – mostly young adults – position themselves among inflatable bunkers as the whistle sounds. Within milliseconds, bright neon darts begin flying in every direction as players duck and dodge their way through.
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The Rochester Foam Dart League has attracted dozens of players in the relatively short time it’s been around. The league started in February 2015 as the brainchild of Justin Dangler. “A couple friends and I rented out some space at some of the rec centers locally and just started trying different games,” he says. RFDL now has 15 to 20 games in its repertoire, including familiar favorites like Capture the Flag to relatively newer ideas such as Humans vs. Zombies (the game that seemed to take over college campuses in the early 2000’s). On game night (there are five opportunities weekly; see below for more info), anywhere from 20 to 30 people will show up – their prized dart guns in hand. It costs $10 per session, and every sixth session is free. RFDL provides gear and darts, as well as safety goggles. 28 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
“Most people bring their own gear, though,” Dangler says. “A lot of the guys like to modify the stuff they own and try to make it better for certain games.” The only restriction is that darts can’t go faster than 120 feet per second.
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“This one will shoot up to 100 feet per second,” player Michael Ngo says. He’s got a dart gun strapped across his chest, a pouch for more
ammo on his waist, and a brightly-colored gun in hand. Ngo joined the group within the past few months and comes nearly every week, he says. “It’s nostalgic for me,” Ngo says. RFDL does the organizing, which makes it easy to just show up and enjoy, he says. “As a kid, you’d just have a couple neighborhood kids and you’d have to figure things out on your own,” he says. “This takes it to the next level.” Ngo reconnected with his old high school friend, Michael Guenther, through RFDL. The two hadn’t seen each other since graduation. Guenther’s started playing about a year ago after finding the league on social media. “I was looking for something to play in the winter because I play paintball in the summer and stumbled onto this,” he says.
“Go red team!” shouts a young boy from the sidelines. A birthday party (RFDL sponsors those and corporate events as well), just wrapped up and the adults have an audience tonight. Guenther sprints back from the other team’s side to reload. As he does, a young boy presses his face against the glass. Guenther gives him a thumbs-up and the boy squeals in delight. Soon after, Ngo appears – carrying the other team’s flag. The whistle blows and the players immediately go into “cleanup” mode. The turf is littered with neon yellow and orange foam darts. For many of the adult players, coming to games is nostalgic. Guenther says that playing with foam darts reminds him of playing the same way when he was a child. “Me and my brother used to tear around the house shooting at each other,” he says. His parents weren’t the biggest fans, but the activity did get the boys exercise, he says. Ngo says that, for him, playing in the league is better than going to the gym. Fitness is part of Dangler’s goal with the league. “It gets people out of the house,” he says. “We live in such a technology-driven continues to page 30
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society now that this gives you the ability to play video games for an hour but in real life and you’re getting a pretty good workout at the same time.” Within each hour-long session, members play anywhere from two to five different games, with league leaders explaining the rules and safety protocols. They then act as referees. Members sign a safety waiver, but Dangler says that it’s largely a precaution. “It’s basically to cover any slips, trips, and falls,” he says. “We don’t have a lot of injuries since we’re shooting foam darts. That’s one of the benefits of this sport over something like paintball – there’s a lower risk of someone getting hurt.” In addition to the league’s five weekly game nights, RFDL also works with the Webster School District on the district’s fitness program and teaches a related class at RIT. By next year, Dangler hopes to expand that portion of RFDL to local rec centers, “so they can sign up for soccer or they can sign up for baseball” or they can sign up for the league, he says. “It’s a great way for younger kids to make friends,” Dangler says. “And for the adults, they’re always exchanging emails and Facebook messages and whatnot.” That’s the case at the Friday “adult” game. Players chat as they help pick up darts between games. But once the whistle blows, they suddenly morph back into big kids – sprinting in every direction. There are a few brief moments of calm as players reload, but soon it’s right back to the action — with darts flying in every direction. Dangler says that he doesn’t know of any other groups like RFDL locally, or even on the East Coast. There was a short lived national Dart Tag tournament that ran from 2009 to 2013, but now, most related tournaments appear to take place in other countries, particularly England and Canada. Still, Dangler is optimistic that the concept can catch on here. The league has grown from a handful of regular players to hundreds in just the past year and a half, he says. 30 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
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A trip to the Finger Lakes is a must when the weather turns cooler — leaf peeping for days, and if you can stop yourself from buying all of the wine that you try, you can do it on the cheap. CITY took a trip to wine (and beer) country and found places that are definitely worth the trip; Keuka and Seneca lakes are just a little over an hour’s drive from Rochester. FLX Wienery (5090 State Route 14, Dundee) opened in May 2014 and is a muststop on the Finger Lakes Wine Trail. The restaurant’s general manager greets those new in line and explains how the menu works: there are burgers, wieners, sausage, and you can load ‘em up with as many toppings as you want. Or choose from the Weiner or Burger-Art menus. The Kraut ($5.95 for a single, $11.50 for a pair) tops the sausage-wiener of your choice with brown mustard, sauerkraut, herbs, and fried onions. Spicy onion rings, fried cheese curds, fries, and thick cut chips round out the sides menu, and feel free to doctor them up. Not for the faint of heart, the Fries Royale ($8.95) is topped with foie gras, pecorino, 32 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
truffle mayo, and herbs. Wine by the bottle and beer are available to buy, as are glasses of house red and white. The house white we tried was a pinot grigio that wasn’t too sweet. (607-243-7100, flxwienery.com)
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Keuka Spring Vineyards (243 Route 54, East Lake Road, Penn Yann) may have won the 2016 Winery of the Year at the New York Wine & Food Classic, but there isn’t an ounce of pretension in its tasting room, which overlooks Keuka Lake. Our wine spirit guides were husbandand-wife retirees who have worked at Keuka Spring for over 10 years. Tasting and sharing wine all day while overlooking the lake and watching the leaves change? These people are
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Vineyard, an award-winning white. (315536-3147, keukaspringwinery.com) I haven’t experienced anything quite like The Olney Place (823 East Lake Road, Penn Yann). This Keuka Lake establishment is part continues to page 34
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sandwich ($8), which has turkey, provolone, lettuce, grape jelly(!), mayo, and hot sauce on toasted wheat bread. Wash it down with any of the craft beers or ciders on draft in the tap room. Confession time: I did not try 34 CITY FALL GUIDE 2016
the sandwich, but if you have, I want to hear about it in the comments. The Olney Place is open seasonally, so make sure to call or check the website before making the trip. (315-536-5454, theolneyplace.com) I had visions of mason jars filled with craft cocktails during the drive to Climbing Bines Hop Farm and Craft Ale Company (511 Hansen Point, Penn Yann). Rows upon rows of hop bines, a giant wooden event-pavilion strung with lights, a red barn — it’s like porn for wedding planners. Climbing Bines started making its own beer in 2013 and has over 30 beers on its roster; a tasting will only set you back a few bucks. We tried the Tart Cherry, brewed with juice from Red Jacket Orchards, and the Brown Ale. You can grab a pint and head off to play a game on the farm’s disc golf course, or just sit and enjoy the view. (607-745-0221, climbingbineshopfarm.com)
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