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Eastman report doesn’t ring true
Let’s see if I’ve got this right. Rochester’s entrepreneurial spirit at the beginning of the 20th century was destroyed by George Eastman, who supposedly successfully sued employees who tried to leave to form their own enterprises in Rochester (news, March 30). And although he died in 1932, this has had a lasting effect on Rochester and prevented other start-up companies. Furthermore, because of Kodak’s financial success, breakaways from other Rochester industries dwindled. It all strikes me as total nonsense. Is this the same George Eastman who founded the Eastman School of Music, which is a major reason to live in Rochester? Is this the same George Eastman who gave generously to RIT and left his fortune to the University of Rochester, now the city’s largest employer? MIKE SPITULNIK
No to military academy
Rochester school board president Van White seems to have his heart in the right place when forming a committee to advise on the establishment of a military school in RCSD. It appears to be born of a desire to desperately see the young people of our community succeed despite the poverty and racism that surround them. This solution, however, is also born of a national misconception and a local insult. The misconception being that military training techniques are good for young people. If this is the case, it seems that schools 2 CITY
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such as Harley, Pittsford Mendon, and Allendale Columbia, where the wealthiest of our community send their children, would have instituted them by now. I don’t see anything like that in any of these schools. I suggest that the committee vote to think about a military school for Rochester’s children only when all of these schools have one. Recently, I was hired by the RCSD to conduct focus groups with teachers for the Community Task Force on School Climate. These groups were also conducted with students and parents. In looking over the recommendations of all the focus groups and remembering what people said, we should feel insulted by the formation of this committee. Not one recommendation mentioned military training as a solution. In fact, they were far from it; what came through was an understanding that what these children need most are love, caring, and healing from their daily traumas. To see money being spent to investigate one person’s idea versus the thousands of ideas from the people who have their feet on the ground should cause alarm in all of us. Let’s not let our desperation cause us to act on old ideas. The children of RCSD deserve better. KATHLEEN CASTANIA
Failure is Clinton’s true experience
Re: your terrible Clinton endorsement (Urban Journal, April 13). “Her foreign policy knowledge and experience” have been devoted to supporting and broadening the perpetual war in the Mideast. It’s time America refocused its priorities by concentrating on our own defense, health, education, infrastructure, and job generation. How can foreign policy failure count as positive experience? FRANK PAOLO
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OPINION | BY JAKE CLAPP
To make a bold stand, vote Bernie In the April 6 issue of City, Mary Anna Towler reluctantly endorsed Hillary Clinton for New York’s April 19 Democratic presidential primary. The decision was difficult, she said, and if she made her choice solely on positions, the endorsement would go to Bernie Sanders. She cited Clinton’s strengths, record, and current proposals. Towler’s biggest concern is electability in the general election. She believes that Clinton is the candidate with the best chance to defeat the Republican nominee. And that Clinton would, if elected, have the best chance at achieving her goals. I, along with several City writers, disagree with her endorsement. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is the presidential candidate that the Democratic Party and the country need in order to move forward. Sanders is a man of integrity, and progressives don’t have to do mental gymnastics in order to support him. His “strong, commendable positions, not only on health care and public-college affordability, but also on climate change, the Middle East, defense spending, national security, infrastructure investment, and much more,” as Towler wrote last week, are consistent, and not calibrated to win an election. Clinton has the record of a moderate Democrat, at best. Liberals struggle to reconcile her hawkish tendencies, her support for Wall Street and its support of her, and her support for both the federal death penalty and past support for privatized prisons. Clinton is arguably moving left due to pressure from Sanders, but some of those positions are still watered down: raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour isn’t the same as boosting it to $15, nor is preserving the Affordable Care Act the same as transitioning to a single-payer health care system. Clinton’s platform still skews the system in favor of the “haves” at the risk of the “have nots.” The country can’t afford another four years of timid progress. A Sanders candidacy is a real opportunity for the Democratic Party to prove that it will take willful, powerful action to make politics honest, fight income inequality, reform the criminal justice system, and build the middle class. During the general election, the Republican Party would undoubtedly attack Sanders as a “tax-loving extremist, a socialist, a communist in disguise,” Towler writes. But they’ll probably do something similar — or worse — to Clinton. The GOP was merciless
Progressivism is based in the belief that we can always do better. Bernie Sanders is us doing better. toward President Barack Obama when he ran in 2008 and 2012, and Clinton’s platform is even more liberal, albeit slightly. While Republicans will mostly likely try to paint Sanders as a communist, Clinton faces potential attacks based on real or imagined scandals, including Benghazi and the FBI’s investigation of her State Department e-mails. While most of it is bullshit, there’s undeniably a lot of fodder for dirty attack ads. Republicans have been investigating and attacking the Clintons for decades, after all. Fear is a powerful motivator and the prospect of any of the current Republican candidates becoming president is frightening: Cruz — whose claim to fame is leading the effort that shut down the government in 2013 — would be the most conservative candidate in generations; Kasich is only moderate compared to his fellow candidates; and Trump is … Trump. All three are antiabortion climate change deniers who have tax plans that give the biggest cuts to the wealthy. (The Trump and Cruz tax plans would also result in about $9.5 trillion and $8.6 trillion in lost revenue for the US government, respectively.) When did the Democratic Party lose its idealism? To vote based on fear is to simply throw a vote away when faced with the possibility of a true progressive candidate who has already won over so many people seeking a genuine person to lead the country. Progressivism is based in the belief that we can always do better. Bernie Sanders is us doing better. Antoinette Ena Johnson, Jeremy Moule, and Rebecca Rafferty contributed to this column. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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UR adjuncts eyeing union
Some part-time and full-time non-tenured faculty at the University of Rochester are showing interest in forming a union. About 200 adjunct employees could be eligible to be members, with low pay and health care coverage among their main concerns. Adjunct faculty members forming unions has become more common at colleges and universities. They say they have no job security and are expected to do much of the same work as tenured faculty members.
No Mississippi travel
Governor Andrew Cuomo banned state employees from nonessential government-related travel to Mississippi after the governor of that state, Phil Bryant, signed into law legislation that allows discrimination against LGBT people. The new law purportedly protects religious freedom by allowing businesses and religious organizations to refuse services to people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Cuomo issued a similar executive order regarding North Carolina.
RBTL announces new season’s shows The Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s 20162017 season will include
six major productions and three special performances. The season opens with “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime,” which runs from September 27 through October 2.
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Shootings continue to dog Rochester
Like many other places in the country, the City of Rochester is experiencing an uptick in shootings. The Rochester Police Department released its 2015 crime report last week, which showed that the number of shooting victims was up more than 20 percent in 2015 from 2014. Overall, though, then news is good; violent crime is down.
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Workshop aims to stem violence People tend to deal with conflict either by avoiding it or fighting. But neither is productive, says Shannon Richmond, a volunteer with the Alternatives to Violence Project, and both approaches can lead to violence.
Prosecutors recommend jail time for Skelos
Federal prosecutors asked a judge to give former state Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a sentence of 15 years in prison. Father and son were convicted of crimes related to a bribery scheme, and have asked a judge for a sentence of probation and community service. But federal prosecutors say that the duo have shown no remorse. Shortly after his conviction, Dean Skelos filed for and received his nearly $100,000 annual state pension.
Shannon Richmond. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Everyone has the capacity for violence, she says, but they also have the ability to learn techniques that resolve conflict and adversity and build meaningful, healthy relationships with family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. That’s the essence of the three-day workshop running from Friday, April 22, through Sunday, April 24, and hosted by the MK Gandhi Institute at 929 South Plymouth Avenue. The event is free, though donations are welcome. To register, contact: mariehickey@riseuup.net. The Alternatives to Violence Project is an international grassroots organization committed to reducing violence in every aspect of society, including violence against communities, the homeless, families, and in the prison system. The project is run almost entirely by volunteers.
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Violence comes in many different forms, Richmond says, and it’s not just physical. The main concept of the workshops is to learn how to convert a negative situation into a positive one, she says; it’s what workshop facilitators refer to as “transferring power.” The change begins inside each person, she says, and not with others. “AVP starts by working on the internal piece within each of us, which has a ripple effect and extends to the larger society,” Richmond says. “Not only do we have the capacity for nonviolence in the future, but all of us have already done it. Each of us has solved problems through nonviolence, but we’re not always aware of how we did it.”
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It’s all about New York’s primary election on Tuesday, April 19. Typically by the time the Empire State’s primary rolls around, clear front-runners have already staked out their territory. But this presidential contest is anything but typical.
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Prez candidates court Rochester
Supporters await the arrival of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in Rochester last Sunday. PHOTO BY JOHN SCHLIA
You almost can’t go anywhere in Monroe County lately without tripping over a presidential candidate. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were both in Brighton within the last week. Republican John Kasich was in Greece last Saturday, while fellow Republican Donald Trump brought the spectacle to an airport in Chili on Sunday. Republican Ted Cruz is reportedly making a Rochester run later this week, but details were slim as of this writing.
It’s all about New York’s primary election on Tuesday, April 19. Typically by the time the Empire State’s primary rolls around, clear front-runners have already staked out their territory. But this presidential contest is anything but typical. Clinton is looking to close the door on a surging Sanders, who apparently didn’t get the “inevitability” memo. Sanders has won eight of the last nine contests and is having something of a moment — he’s Hollywood’s and the
millennials’ pet candidate. Sanders talks of sweeping change, while Clinton is an incrementalist. Incrementalists don’t stir up crowds or lead revolutions. The Republican nomination gets more convoluted by the second. Trump is ahead in delegates, but Cruz has momentum — although the GOP establishment doesn’t like either of them. And you’ll be forgiven if you forgot that Kasich is still in the race. The Ohio governor with the difficult to pronounce
last name — the only remaining GOP candidate whose surname isn’t an action verb — is the de facto straight man in this otherwise all-clown Republican rodeo. The numbers say that Kasich doesn’t have a prayer of getting the nomination, but with talk of a contested convention and a rumored last-minute wild card candidate picked by the party establishment, almost anything seems possible in this truly bizarre contest. See coverage of the candidates rallies on page 6
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Hillary Clinton at MCC. PHOTO BY JOHN SCHLIA
John Kasich in Greece. PHOTO BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
Clinton courts New York — again
Kasich makes his case
Hillary Clinton sure as hell knows her territory. During a 40-minute speech at Monroe Community College, Clinton repeatedly called back to her eight years as a US senator for New York and her work in Upstate. As always, Clinton is the most prepared person in the room. Clinton lauded the University of Rochester for its medical research on lead poisoning; touted her role in getting funds for RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies; and recalled working with Foodlink and area farmers and vineyards before transitioning smoothly into her stump speech. But she occasionally came back around to the region by mentioning her Senate record, including her work with Representative Louise Slaughter, who introduced Clinton. “It’s important to know what people have done in order to figure out what they will do,” Clinton said. “I believe public service is about service; giving people the opportunity to make the most out of their own lives.” Clinton’s speech was tight and pointed, but really nothing new — which could be a tragedy of campaigning during the digital age, when yesterday’s talking points are already trending on Twitter. Clinton moved through her positions efficiently while laying out how she could get them done. The greatest hits were there: investing in infrastructure, which included an interesting point about making affordable high-speed Internet available nationwide; bringing back manufacturing to the US; transitioning to green energy;
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raising the minimum wage and closing the gender wage gap; defending and improving the Affordable Care Act; overturning Citizens United; and changing the education system through universal pre-k and debt-free tuition. And there was a lot of Republican bashing. It was interesting to note, though, that Clinton mentioned fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders only once during what has turned out to be much more competitive campaign than almost everybody expected. She attacked Sanders for voting against the Brady Bill five times. On guns, Clinton advocates for comprehensive background checks, closing the gun show and online loopholes, and ending immunity for gun manufacturers. From the cheers and hollers — and the shirts, buttons, and signs — it seemed that the crowd came into the event already on Clinton’s side. And a large part of her talk was spent urging people to vote in the April 19 primary. Clinton supporter Lili Vega said that she came away from the event with a more positive view of the candidate. “So many people are saying some nasty things about her,” Vega said. “This helped put her in a more positive light.” Several attendees said that they are confident in their primary vote and just wanted to hear Clinton speak. Emily Schlick, a UR graduate student who is voting for Sanders in the primary, said that she has always liked Clinton, but supports Sanders’ economic policies. BY JAKE CLAPP
John Kasich held a town hall meeting Saturday at the Greece community center. His first stop was the room set aside for the overflow crowd, which ticked off some of the people in the main area, who incorrectly figured they were being made to wait so Kasich could charm local VIP’s. The GOP presidential contender swept into that first room to a roll of applause and cheers, and he enthusiastically joined in. “And they say I should quit,” he said after the noise died down. Kasich opened with a shot at GOP frontrunner Trump. He said it would be “just dead wrong” to ban Muslims from entering the country. “Immigrants matter,” he said. He then segued into his family biography, which seems to have been cosmically crafted to give John Kasich the best possible story to share out on the stump: a coal miner grandfather who died of black lung disease, an impromptu letter to President Richard Nixon which lead to college freshman John Kasich scoring 20 minutes alone in the White House with Nixon. Kasich sounded like a populist in the early parts of his Greece speech. He talked about fighting waste in the military, caring for the mentally ill, and rehabilitating drug addicts. But then he returned to familiar Republican ground to talk about balancing the budget, easing taxes and regulations
on small businesses, and “transferring power” from the federal government to the states when it comes to welfare, education, job training programs, and other areas. Kasich was asked about college debt. He acknowledged that crushing student debt is a problem and said that students should be able to take college-credit courses in high school. He said that any remedial courses a student needs should be taught online or through a national program so that students don’t spend money to learn things they should’ve learned in high school. He said that there’s “nothing wrong” with going to a less expensive community college for two years, and said that universities have to control their costs — something that they’re not doing now. The event took a turn onto Sesame Street when Kasich started telling people how special they are and that there’s nobody quite like them. It’s part of Kasich’s routine that surprises former colleagues, according to media reports, who recall Kasich as a Jekyll and Hyde figure with an explosive temper. Kasich was briefly shouted down near the end of his appearance by a small number of advocates for the disabled. He countered that as Ohio governor, he increased funding for the disabled community. BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
Donald Trump in Chili. PHOTO BY JOHN SCHLIA
Bernie Sanders in Brighton. PHOTO BY JOHN SCHLIA
Trump stumps
Sanders makes populist appeal
Donald Trump has no love for the media, the GOP establishment, Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, President Barack Obama, or the deals that the US government has made with other countries. The mere mention of any of them generates deafening boos from the hyped-up crowds at Trump rallies. A large number of people were turned away at Trump’s Chili appearance Saturday because the event space was at capacity. Trump gave his speech inside an airplane hangar at JetSmart on Scottsville Road. Protesters lined up across the road from JetSmart’s driveway, screaming that Trump is a fascist and a racist. They asked parents with children in tow why they were exposing their children to hate. The Trumpians, in turn, muttered about whether any of the protesters are registered to vote. One man suggested that they get a job taking out garbage, and another yelled “I’ll beat your fucking ass” at the demonstrators. And there were creative insults directed at a protester’s mother. More than once, police had to break up scuffles in the street, which was still open to traffic. (At this point, the expectation of violence at Trump rallies is high, and it’s probably a reasonable assumption that some supporters and protesters go there looking for trouble.) But Trump isn’t looking for people to get along; that much was clear from his speech. You’re either with him or you’re the enemy, and it was clear that many in the crowd feel the same way. That mindset came through as Trump blasted the national Republican Party leadership for its threats of a brokered convention; he’s earned millions of votes and won more states than the other candidates, Trump said, and should win the nomination before the convention. Several times he cast the press as dishonest, and on a couple of occasions he
directed the crowd’s attention — and its scorn — to the camera risers in the back of the room. Mostly, his remarks were standard Trump fare. He’s going to straighten America out and he’s going to do it quickly through some really good deals. Oh, and we’re going to build a wall and Mexico is going to pay for it. The crowd went nuts for that idea. “If I get elected, Rochester is going to boom again,” Trump said. “Our whole country is going to boom again.” Anthony Hurd of Chili supports Trump and came out to hear him deliver his message in person. He said that people need to listen to Trump and stop twisting his words. He said that he really likes Trump’s plan to build a wall on the US’s southern border and to better vet immigrants. “If they don’t pick him, I’m going to write him in anyway,” Hurd said. Trump came prepared for the Rochester crowd and spent much of his time talking about Upstate New York’s manufacturing job losses, which he blamed on things such as NAFTA and China’s currency manipulation. He blasted the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership as a lousy trade deal. And he invoked the recent loss of Sentry Safe, which closed its plant in Pittsford and moved some of its 350 jobs to Mexico. If Sentry wants to make safes in Mexico and sell them in the US, it should have to pay a 35 percent tariff, he said, as should any company that wants to import products and sell them in the US. With that sort of arrangement in place, Trump said, companies such as Sentry wouldn’t move their manufacturing out of the country in the first place. “The American Dream is dead,” Trump said. “But I’m going to make it bigger and better and stronger than ever before.” BY JEREMY MOULE
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to talk about small changes, he wants to talk about a political revolution. He wants a government and an economy that works for everybody, he said at a rally in Rochester this morning, not just the wealthy and large corporations. That message resonates with Christin Babcock, a resident of the 19th Ward. Sanders has a consistent record that’s based on helping others, she said, and he views war as a last resort. Babcock was one of more than 6,400 people who came to the rally at the Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex, right next to Monroe Community College. Sanders took the podium to loud cheers, and thanked the crowd for its support and enthusiasm. “This is the political revolution,” he said, and another round of ground-shaking cheers erupted. He talked about his meeting with Verizon union stewards in Buffalo on Monday. Verizon workers across the East Coast are preparing to go on strike because they are unhappy with the contract terms that the company is offering: it wants to send call center jobs out of the country and cut workers benefits. On top of that, the company doesn’t pay what it should in taxes, Sanders said, and has resisted making inner city broadband investments. Sanders said that he stands with the Verizon workers who refuse to be “beaten down by a greedy corporation who couldn’t care less about them and the people of this country.” Repeatedly, Sanders hit on key points of his campaign — he didn’t say anything new, really — and the crowd roared. He talked about taxing speculative transactions on Wall Street to fund free public
university and college educations, getting money out of the political process, ending foreign trade deals that enrich companies but harm American workers, and banning fracking. The crowd ate it up. One man got so into it he yelled “Burn the banks,” and “Smash the oligarchy.” And when Sanders referred to his rival, former New York Senator Hillary Clinton, as the crowd’s senator, some in the crowd made their opinions clear. “She’s not from here,” yelled one woman, whose voice cut through similar jeers from others. Sanders went after Clinton for being too cozy with Wall Street firms and powerful corporate executives, soliciting boos from his supporters. Sanders, like Republican front-runner Donald Trump, has performed far better than many politicos and talking heads initially expected. And the enthusiasm on display at both candidates’ Rochester rallies shows why. Many Americans do see an economy and government that’s rigged against them, and Trump and Sanders are speaking to that discontent. Whether that gets them on the general election ticket remains to be seen; Clinton has won more delegates than Sanders, and though Trump leads the Republican field in delegates, party leaders may maneuver him out of the nomination at the convention. But as Sanders wound down his remarks, he made a simple ask of the crowd. He encouraged them to volunteer for a few hours leading up to Election Day, which is April 19. But most important, he said, is for his supporters to turn out and to encourage family, friends, and neighbors to vote. “When we stand together, there is nothing we can’t accomplish,” he said. BY JEREMY MOULE rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Sarah Mittiga started learning about climate change about 10 years ago, she says, and felt helpless. Tips such as turning down the thermostat didn’t feel like they went far enough, she says, and her concerns intensified after she had her son, because now she worried about his future, too. “It’s like, ‘OK, I did that, I turned down my thermostat, but there’s still climate change so now what?’” Mittiga says. Eventually, she found out about Citizens’ Climate Lobby, an organization that advocates for a national carbon fee and dividend — essentially a kind of carbon tax — to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She saw a chance to make a meaningful impact by promoting systemic policy changes, she says, so she got involved with the group and is now co-leader of the Rochester chapter. Climate change is a central theme of Earth Day 2016, which is on April 22. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders to New York City for a public signing of the Paris climate agreement. And many Rochester-area Earth Week events are connected to climate change, including the 8 CITY
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Rochester Sierra Club chapter’s forum on sustainable agriculture, Mothers Out Front’s climate march, and the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition’s talk on connecting with conservatives on the issue. The first Earth Day took place in 1970 in a country facing serious air and water pollution. The event was so popular that it helped convince a previously reluctant Congress to pass new antipollution laws. Earth Day 1970 marked a tipping point, and over the next 46 years it helped bring environmental issues into the mainstream. Children now learn about recycling in school, and most adults know better than to dump household wastes and motor oil down storm drains. But some of the gravity of Earth Day has eroded. It can feel like it’s loaded with feel-good events that, while well-intentioned, do little to spark conversations on important issues. You plant a tree or recycle some stuff you wanted to get rid of anyway as a kind of penance for not thinking about the environment on the other 364 days of the year. But Earth Day is not obsolete or irrelevant. It’s different than it was in 1970, but so is the world. Air and water pollution were “big, overt, obvious problems,”
back then, says Fred Stoss, a 19th Ward resident with a long list of environmental research credits. And they were extremely visible, which is part of the reason that the public demanded action. Climate change is serious and urgent, but it’s more subtle. You can’t show someone a picture and say, “This is climate change.” The shifts show up over time as trends: heavier, more intense rain storms; loss of polar ice; longer wildfire seasons in the West; shrinking habitats; creeping sea level rise; and hotter, longer heat waves. “What we’re left with are the subtle problems,” Stoss says, “the things that you can’t see.” Environmentalists do see Earth Day as a tool in the climate change fight. It’s a way to draw attention to the issue, to show people that there is a problem, to help them better understand it, and to get more of them to speak out for climate action. It’s a long game, but so are most struggles. The first Earth Day wasn’t successful just because a lot of people made a big show of it. It was successful because things had gotten so bad and the timing was right. The United States experienced cycles of industrial and economic
growth in the decades leading up to 1970 — a spectacular boom occurred between the end of World War II and the 1960’s. The prosperity, however, came with a cost: severe air and water pollution.
Fred Stoss. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Sarah Mittiga. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Industrial smokestacks spewed vile soot into the air and vehicles belched out their own foul cocktails. Cities choked on the resulting smog. The first municipal curbside recycling programs wouldn’t be a thing for another few years, and garbage piled up in dumps across the country Federal agencies warned that the Great Lakes, the world’s largest freshwater system, were degraded to the point of dying; the slow-moving disaster could be seen in the soupy, suffocating waters of Irondequoit Bay. The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was so polluted that it caught fire. (The city started to clean up the river before the 1969 blaze. After the fire, Cleveland’s mayor asked Congress for stronger federal pollution laws.) These were big, tough, in-your-face problems, and they provided the backdrop for the first Earth Day. US Senator Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat from Wisconsin, came up with the idea as a way to raise public consciousness around the environment, as well as to encourage popular demand for action on pollution issues. And so, on April 22, 1970, thousands of people — largely students — packed a section of Manhattan and held a vibrant demonstration. Colleges across the country also held teach-ins. Stoss, now an associate librarian for biological sciences, environmental sciences, and mathematics at University at Buffalo, was a student at Hartwick College on that first Earth Day. He remembers that the teach-ins there stressed some of the economic, equity, and ethical aspects of environmental damage. Those are still growing and evolving themes in environmental movements.
By the end of 1970, Congress passed sweeping air and water pollution laws and established the Environmental Protection Agency. For the next two decades, Congress, federal agencies, and state governments built on those laws to tackle new threats, such as acid rain and ozone depletion. Cars burn far less gasoline and their emissions are cleaner, though they are still a massive source of greenhouse gases. And the country’s air and waterways are much cleaner than they were in 1970. The Great Lakes have rebounded, as have lakes in the Adirondacks, which had suffered from the effects of acid rain. In both cases, the improvements were aided not just by laws, but by partnerships between federal and state agencies, university researchers, local public health departments, and environmental groups. Present-day Congress, however, particularly the Republican majorities, is failing to act on climate change. And its intransigence could undermine the carbon emissions reduction pact that world leaders negotiated and agreed to late last year in Paris. If the US won’t cut its carbon emissions, other countries might argue that they don’t have to, either. Activists around the US have been trying to build grassroots support for Congressional action on climate change, particularly policies that would slash carbon emissions, if not eliminate fossil fuel dependence entirely. This is where Earth Day 2016 comes into the picture in the Rochester area. The Rochester People’s Climate Coalition has coordinated a “menu” of Earth Week programs, put together by different local groups and touching on various aspects of climate change. (The menu concept was chosen because many of the events touch on food issues.) The events include workshops for new and experienced climate activists, a faith-based discussion, and a screening of the film “Forks Over Knives,” which will be followed by a panel discussion with three local doctors: Ted Barnett, Thomas Campbell, and Kerry Graff. “These are kind of momentary plug-ins to ongoing things,” says RPCC’s Mittiga. “While some of them could be seen as one-offs — attend this film screening — but then there’s a panel or a speaker at the end who’s pointing people to things that they could do in an ongoing way, whether it’s personal changes or getting involved with a movement.” The events are rallying points for people already in the climate movement and a way to engage new people. Since the public and media tend to pay a more attention to green topics on Earth Day, Mittiga says, it’s a good opportunity for exposure. Local activists work on climate issues all year long. Mothers
Out Front members campaign against the Bakken oil trains — alternately referred to as bomb trains for their tendency to go up in flames if they derail — that roll through the Rochester area. And the organization’s chapters across the state are building local support for a wind farm off the shores of Long Island. For the project to proceed, state and New York City officials need to sign a power purchase agreement with the project’s developer, says Neely Kelley, a Rochester resident and New York State lead organizer for Mothers Out Front. Local groups have organized climate marches through downtown Rochester; a November march continues on page 10
Rochester People’s Climate Coalition’s Earth Day menu Saturday, April 16
Rochester Youth Climate Leaders open meeting — Students in grades 6 to 12 meet to discuss action on climate change; 6:30 p.m. at Genesee Community Charter School, 657 East Avenue. Contact: Terry Smith at tsmith@harleyschool.org Sunday, April 17
“Forks Over Knives” screening — Followed by a panel discussion with physicians Ted Barnett, Thomas Campbell, and Kerry Graff; 2 p.m. at Rochester Academy of Medicine auditorium, 1441 East Avenue. Free, but register at KickstartYourHealthRochester.org. Film information at forksoverknives.com Climate Action 101 — Climate activists lead a workshop exploring activism and the climate action opportunities available locally; 5 p.m. at RIT’s Student Alumni Union in the 1829 Room. Contact: Abigail McHugh-Grifa at abigailmchugh@hotmail.com Monday, April 18
Connecting with Conservatives on Climate Change — Citizens’ Climate Lobby leads a workshop on talking to people of varied backgrounds on climate; 7 p.m. at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road. Contact: nyrochester@citizensclimatelobby.org Tuesday, April 19
New York State Policy Sampler — Activists lead a panel discussion and question-and-answer session on New York’s legislative options to combat climate change; 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Church, 2000 Highland Avenue. Contact: Sue Hughes-Smith at suehughessmith@gmail. com Wednesday, April 20
“Dirt! The Movie” screening — The film explores the role of dirt in producing healthy produce and absorbing large amounts of carbon emissions; 7 p.m. at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road. Contact: John Keevert at jkeev@frontiernet.net. Go to dirtthemovie. org for information on the film Thursday, April 21
Earth Eve Climate March Forward — The march starts with a rally and live music, features food trucks and speakers, and will end with live music; 5 p.m. at Washington Square Park, 181 South Clinton Avenue. Contact: Wendy Low at (585) 943-4846 or wendylow@rochester.rr.com Info or to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1013644458705838/ Agriculture and Climate: Unleashing Sustainable Choices — Sierra Club’s annual Earth Day forum focuses on how agriculture contributes to climate change; 6 p.m., First Universalist Church, 150 South Clinton Avenue. Info: sierraclub.org/atlantic/Rochester Friday, April 22
Climate Vigil: Liberating the Earth and Ourselves — The faith-oriented event focus on the climate crisis and its moral dimensions, and will include speakers as well as quiet time; noon at Christ Church, 141 East Avenue. rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Don’t play it safe
Salon, Rolling Stone, and now CITY. All of these liberal journals (with more to come) have the same prescription for dealing with Donald Trump: hold your nose — cut it off if you have to — and nominate Hillary. Yes, their hearts burn for Bernie. Oh, how they’d love to live in his Star Trek paradise! But this is reality, and reality calls for the sober, dishwater pragmatism of Hillary Clinton. Now let’s check the logic. At a moment when the lower and lowermiddle classes are making their contempt for the status quo crystal clear to the point of advancing an unqualified, incoherent, bullying meathead to the front of the line against all expectations or efforts to halt him, the Democratic antidote should be a brittle, unloved, establishment wonk of the likes that Candidate Meathead has easily disposed of a dozen times already? “The country is not yet where Bernie is,” Mary Anna Towler weeps in her endorsement. And so she must choose Hillary, “with regret.” If you recognize that half of the country has already arrived at the point where the preposterous Donald Trump seems like a sound choice, how can they then say that Bernie Sanders goes beyond the pale? When a candidate who threatens to make Mexico pay for a colossal wall along our border is the people’s choice, how can anything that Bernie Sanders proposes ever rise to the level of being uncouth? If Donald Trump successfully chews up and spits out the Republican Party to become its candidate, even after they have thrown the kitchen sink at him, Hillary Clinton, with all her as yet unexploited vulnerabilities will start to look a lot less like a savior and more like Trump’s toothpick. Now is not the year to play it safe. We can choose a Democratic candidate with popular appeal, no scandals, funded by the public and not by the people who smashed the American Dream. Or we can make the liberal choice: Hillary Clinton. JASON YUNGBLUTH
Is it a gender thing?
Experience, intelligence, affability, steady personality, and a confident debater: Would you agree that this describes Hillary Clinton? And if she were a man, would she not be a shoo-in candidate for president? Are you, Mary Anna Towler, caught in the age-long mistrust women have for each other? ELEANOR SIEGFRIED
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held by the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition to show support for the Paris climate agreement drew more than 400 people. And local activists have joined protests against planned natural gas and propane storage facilities along Seneca Lake. Activists are talking with elected officials at all levels, too. They support town leaders when they advance municipal solar power projects or plans to make their communities more friendly to cyclists; they testify in favor of state policies to boost renewable energy generation; and they try to make climate change an issue in all political races, from Congress on down. The advocacy is paying off in New York.
State officials learned that when they implement climate friendly policies they don’t lose supporters, they gain them. The state’s fracking ban is a strong example. An unprecedented number of New Yorkers — not just climate advocates — spoke out against the controversial natural gas extraction method. Governor Andrew Cuomo has also pushed hard for the expansion of solar power across the state. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined with attorneys general in other states to support the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gases. And he’s working with AG’s in other states, including Massachusetts and California, to probe whether ExxonMobil misled its investors on how climate change, and regulatory efforts aimed at curtailing it, could affect the company’s bottom line. The protests, local initiatives, and state policies create upward pressure for Congress to act on climate change, Kelley says. Activists find that if they start by talking with their neighbors and then their local and state officials, they can affect real change, she says, even if it’s slower than they’d like. It’s hard work, and the trick is sustaining the pressure. Earth Day provides a momentary bump, and local climate activists are already planning marches and events for well into the coming months. “We have to think globally and act locally; as lame and cliché as that might be, it is so true,” Kelley says. A ground of mothers from Pittsford, for example, has far more sway with the Pittsford Town Board than with Cuomo, she says, so that’s the place to begin.
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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. All are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
ACT to release community report card
ACT Rochester will issue its 5th annual report card at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26. The organization uses data analysis to increase the public’s understanding on a wide range of issues such as poverty and graduation rates in order to guide reform. The event will be held at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue. A light breakfast will be held before the program. Registration: www.actrochester.org.
Panel to discuss downtown investment
The Rochester Business Journal will present a panel discussion on downtown Rochester’s real estate revival on Tuesday, April 26. Several of the area’s
prominent real estate and development leaders will talk about the millions of dollars being invested in downtown Rochester and efforts to attract more companies and residents. The event will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street. Tickets: $45 per seat. Registration: www.rbj.net.
Social action group to hold summit
The Social Welfare Action Alliance will hold “Connect, Move, Act: Standing Together for Human Rights,” a two-day regional summit to combat poverty and inequality. On Thursday, April 14, a group of social activists will look at human rights in relationship to Flint’s water crisis and the politics of inequality. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Brockport’s Metro Center Campus, 55 St. Paull Street. Friday, April 15, will consist of a
series of workshops and discussion sessions led by leading and national activists. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh Street. Information and registration: 969-3409 or info@ swaarochester.org.
Library program explores gender identity
The Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will present “Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family,” a book discussion of Amy Ellis Nutt’s story of one twin brother’s journey to becoming a girl. The discussion will be led by Pamela Barres, former executive director of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley. The event will be held at the Rochester Public Library, 115 South Avenue, from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m.
Dining
As Evi Turkish Cuisine sticks out for its family atmosphere and dynamic dishes, like the (left) Special Pide; (middle) the yogurtlu adana; and (right) the lahmacun flatbread. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Family affair [ REVIEW ] BY CHRIS LINDSTROM
Aş Evi Turkish Cuisine 315 EAST RIDGE ROAD TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. 544-0101; FACEBOOK.COM/ASEVIROCHESTER
I like to highlight the fact that although Rochester isn’t a city the size of New York or Chicago, the dining scene has a fantastic selection of cultures to explore. Aş Evi Turkish Cuisine is part of a limited group of Turkish options, but it makes its mark with a family atmosphere and some standout dishes. Speaking of standing out, when my wife and I walked to the counter to grab our menus, the large cone of meat used for the house döner kebab was hard to miss. The döner at Aş Evi is made in house and sliced to order — an effort that pays off with a better texture and more restrained seasoning than you’ll find more often with the commercial Greek gyro. The sandwich featuring döner ($6) is served on a sub roll with lettuce, tomato, and onion, and we used the thickened yogurt and
garlic-tinged white sauce to add creaminess and tang to the otherwise straightforward flavors. The döner is also one of five meats in the mixed grill dish ($18.99), along with adana, köfte, chicken, and a lamb chop. The adana and köfte had nice char flavor and were well seasoned, but the marinated chicken was the star here. Aş Evi makes a range of bread-based products in house, including the bases for the lahmacun and the stuffed bread boat known as pide. During our visit, almost every table ordered three pieces of the lahmacun flatbread ($3.49 for one; $9.99 for three), and after trying it I can see why: It has a crispy base with simple toppings of ground beef, peppers, and onions that makes for a crowd-pleasing appetizer. What was even more impressive, though, was the Special Pide ($14.99), stuffed with a myriad of ingredients, including Turkish versions of sausage and pastrami, the same lahmacun topping base, mushrooms, Kashar cheese, and drizzled egg. The clean, cured beef flavors from the pastrami, the notable cumin from the sucuk (sausage) and the just-barely set mixed egg really stood out.
The combination of broiled adana kebab and solidified yogurt set atop a savory broth-soaked pita made up the yoğurtlu adana ($14.49). The bits of crispy meat and the softened bread made for an interesting combination of textures and an extra-savory flavor profile. I was delighted with the paça (cow head) soup ($4.99). As soon as I dove in, I was transported back to the flavors of one of the favorite dishes of my childhood despite this one originating from halfway around the world. I can’t say you’ll have the same reaction, but this was a nice soup to pass around, especially with an extra kick of salt and lemon. There aren’t a significant number of vegetarian options on the menu, but the cold appetizers and desserts offer some choices. Both the hummus ($3.99) and the patlican (eggplant salad; $4.49) were served with baked pita. But both dishes needed some balance in the seasoning: The hummus was on the salty and dense side, while the eggplant salad needed an acid to let it shine. Still, we liked the light smoke from the eggplant and the dusting of pepper powder that added some kick.
I appreciated the simplicity of the rice pudding ($3.99) served in an individual crock. It was quite thick and had a notable skin on it from baking, and it could have used something to break up the one-note vanilla base. A piece of kadayif ($4.99) — basically a pistachio-laden, modified baklava — was significantly sweet. This version uses shredded phyllo dough as the filler and both cooked pistachios in the honey base and bright green powdered nuts on the top. Our experiences at Aş Evi were family affairs from top to bottom: owner Selami Tulum was cooking at the grill and slicing meat off the döner cone, his daughters were helping with service, and his son stepped up when I needed some translating help. He mentioned to me that this restaurant wasn’t about the money; he cared more about making good Turkish food with his family. That definitely showed. You can read more from Chris Lindstrom or listen to his podcast on his food blog, Foodabouttown. com. Share any dining tips with him on Twitter and Instagram @stromie. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
Upcoming [ ELECTRONIC ] Ill-Esha. Friday, May 13. Water Street Music Hall, 204 North Water Street. 8 p.m. $10-$20. waterstreetmusic.com; ill-esha.com. [ JAZZ ]
Robert Glasper. Friday, June 17. The Lyric Theatre, 900 East Avenue. 6 p.m. robertglasper.com.
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Yanni. Saturday, July 16. CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands
Drive, Canandaigua. 8 p.m. $45-$125. cmacevents.com; yanni.com.
Pears
FRIDAY, APRIL 15 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | $10-$12 | BUGJAR.COM PEARSTHEBAND.BANDCAMP.COM [ PUNK ] Pears’ new album, “Green Star,” is over
quicker than a frat boy’s first time. The songs are short, sweet, and raunchy, and played at break-neck speed. And you thought Zeke was fast. This New Orleans band sounds like a soundtrack to a bar fight: vicious, fast, and fun. Such Gold, Druse, Hideout, and Gunnar Stahl will also perform. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Joe Romano Tribute SUNDAY, APRIL 17 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 7 P.M. | $20-$25 | LOVINCUP.COM [ JAZZ ] Over his long career, the great Rochester saxophonist Joe Romano played with Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Sonny Stitt, Chuck Mangione, and many more. But whenever he was back in town, you could find Romano joining local bands and mentoring local musicians. It’s been eight years since his death, but Romano’s impact on the Upstate scene has not been forgotten. A top-flight group — Pat LaBarbera, saxophone; Joe Magnarelli, trumpet; Mike Melito, drums; Andy Calabrese, piano; and Fred Stone, bass — will pay tribute to Romano at Lovin’ Cup. — BY RON NETSKY
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]
Nick Young & The Less Fortunate and The Ayers Brothers. Abilene Bar
& Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $5. Shawn Mullins. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com. 7 p.m. $20-$25.
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Hawker M. James “Long Playing Lo-Fidelity” Self-released hawkermjames.bandcamp.com
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“Asia in Meditation” SUNDAY, APRIL 17 HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 3 P.M. | $30 | CHAMBERMUSICROCHESTER.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] The Society for Chamber Music's next
program contains unusual pieces by a wide selection of past and present Chinese and Japanese composers, including Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu, and Yoshinao Nakada, The general tone should be meditative, spare, and quiet, although Fritz Kreisler’s violin showpiece, “Tambourin Chinois,” will be thrown in for a campy touch. Society directors Juliana Athayde and Erik Behr have invited guest artists Jun Iwasaki, concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, and pianist-composer Daniel Pesca, along with RPO musicians Rebecca Gilbert, flute, and Lars Kirvan, cello. — BY DAVID RAYMOND
Mo’ Mojo SATURDAY, APRIL 16 HARMONY HOUSE, 58 EAST MAIN STREET, WEBSTER 8 P.M. | $12-$15 | ROCHESTERZYDECO.COM MOMOJOMUSIC.COM [ ZYDECO ] Mo’ Mojo is a “Party-Gras” band of the
highest order. The Ohio-based band rolls together traditional zydeco, swamp blues, R&B, Americana, and a little New Orleans funk for an infectious groove. Mo’ Mojo just released its fourth album, “We All Got the Same,” and it’s an instantly accessible, rockin’ addition to the band’s impressive world-traveling background. There’s a zydeco dance lesson at 7:15 p.m. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Before we dive into this week’s record, allow me to clear up any misconceptions about my fascination with and affection for the mighty lo-fi. Despite what you may have heard, lo-fi is not a lack of quality, but rather it’s an added quality, a veneer. Some shun it and treat it as extraneous noise or a sign of poor production. The noise isn’t the point, but the song is as it wallows in the random sounds that have nothing to do with a polished sound revered and adhered to by the gentry. If this is the side of the street you cruise, then Hawker M. James’s new LP, “Long Playing Lo-Fidelity,” is a big ole slab of heaven. James’s songwriting is brilliant; it’s classic transistorpop reminiscent of David Bowie, Roxy Music, Nikki Sudden, or The Young Fresh Fellows. And the production, recorded on a beat-up, old 4-track, smacks of Speedball Baby. The lo-fi component, beautiful in its own right, illustrates the songs to the listener without running the risk of being distractingly too beautiful (yeah, that’s a problem). James has always toyed with pop, and even a bit of electronica, as exhibited by his previous work as Mikey James and with The Demos — proud papas of a beautiful new CD themselves. The Demos are all over this recording, by the way. There are 14 cohesive cuts on “Long Playing Lo-Fidelity,” and not a clunker to be found in the lot. And when the mix goes into the red, the fidelity has nowhere to hide. You can feel it all over. Cuts like “Human Blood” have pummeling drums with a utilitarian cardboard aesthetic. And the vocal distortion on the a cappella joint “The Elephant Stomp” ain’t noise, Jack. It’s the sound of it winning you over; it’s the sound of you giving in. There’s some lush keyboard work here that would sound just fine in a more conventional recording, but again the lo-fi steps in with its own substance combining into multiple layers. The arrangements are together but not wound too tight. None of it is perfect, and in a lo-fi lover’s head, that is just perfect. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
The Geezers. The Beale, 693
South Ave. 585-226-6473. thebealegrille.com. 7-9 p.m. Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille. com. 10 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
Eastern Standard Trio. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. naz.edu. 6-7:30 p.m. A Little Lunch Music Spring Student Showcase: School of the Arts. Central
Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8140. libraryweb.org. 12:15-1:15 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
The Fried Bananas at Lindy Jam. The Historic German
House Auditorium, 315 Gregory Street. 585-5636241. groovejuiceswing.com. 8:45-11:30 p.m. $10-$12. [ OPEN MIC ]
Spoken Art Open Mic. Lounge 2six9, 269 Central Ave. lounge2six9.com. 8 p.m.midnight. [ POP/ROCK ]
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GO GREEN LED INTERNATIONAL. Rock band Maybird, which is now signed to Danger Mouse's 30th Century Records, grew out of The Josh Netsky Band. Netsky is pictured here from a Maybird show at Flour City Station earlier this month. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE
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[ FEATURE ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
When we first sat down to kibitz with pop giant Maybird in 2014, the band was still vacillating between The Josh Netsky Band, which it was, and Maybird, which it was becoming. The band has since eased into that transition, and has hitched its wagon to some utterly amazing pop music: a gorgeous, psychedelic ebb and flow that is succinct and epic. Onstage, the band — Josh Netsky, guitar and lead vocals; Kurt Johnson, guitar, lap steel, and pedal steel; Overhand Sam Snyder, on guitar and keyboards; drummer Adam Netsky; and James Preston, bass, keyboards — presents its music as a sort of dramatic discussion. It’s a conversation in lieu of the stock rock ‘n’ roll diatribes and window dressings. Josh Netsky’s reedy vocals haunt the room above a plush bed of guitar, where Snyder and Johnson practically re-define dynamics and the music’s limitless quality. Fans dance in a trance induced by the band’s color and bang; Maybird slays them with bursts of energy that takes everyone in the room onwards, outwards, and upwards. With four Josh Netsky Band albums behind him, Netsky wanted to shift and then solidify the band’s direction, starting with the name. “It was the climax the whole thing was building up to,” Netsky says. The music had
become different, and he wanted to start fresh. “I didn’t want to perform as a solo artist anymore or just make records with other people under my name. I wanted to do what we were doing, and it was happening. So we decided to go under a name we thought would represent us in a cool way and market ourselves off of it.” The music got re-tooled as well. “I was making music from all over the place,” Netsky says. “I was doing a lot of acoustic singer-songwriter stuff, electronic music, psychedelic rock — which is kinda what we’re doing now. We do a little bit of everything, but what’s really being showcased is psychedelic rock.” Maybird doesn’t necessarily stand alone, but definitely stands out from a lot of its peers. This band’s sound is unique; it’s unparalleled. Maybird is different, obtuse, and oddly beautiful as it skirts the edge of weird. “I think weird is on the edge of becoming cool,” Netsky says. “Weird is the new cool. I think it’s a national movement. There’s just a lot of music out there that five years ago would have been considered really strange, but now is hugely popular.” The Maybird hotline has cats like musician and producer Danger Mouse calling, keen to work with the young band. Danger Mouse is well known for his work as a member of Gnarls Barkley (with CeeLo Green) and Broken Bells (with James Mercer), and for his production work on albums by The Black Keys, Norah Jones, U2, and Sparklehorse. It was mid-August of last year and Netsky was in the middle of moving to Brooklyn when
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he heard word. “I was busy,” Netsky says. “So I couldn’t get on my computer all day. When I got on late that night, I saw I had all these messages from Danger Mouse’s studio. They left me all these numbers to call.” Netsky didn’t hesitate. He was all over it like a second date. “I’m a big fan of Danger Mouse, so I called right then at, like, two o’clock in the morning.” He was told by an assistant to expect a call in the next few days. “I didn’t know if it was going to be a bad call, like ‘Hey, you stole a sample from something I worked on years ago,’” Netsky says. “I didn’t know what the call was going to be about at all.” As it turns out, Danger Mouse was a huge Maybird fan and wanted to sign them to his new 30th Century Records, an imprint of Columbia Records. This was a more curative inquiry, as Danger Mouse wasn’t offering to produce or remix the band. “He has no hand in the sound,” Netsky says. “The point is he likes it already; he likes it the way it is.” “I think he just wants to enjoy it,” Kurt Johnson adds. During an interview with NPR, Danger Mouse explained: “I’m not trying to shape the way these bands sound on the label at all. I’m looking for things that I like or that I connect with in some way that maybe other people are not, other labels are not really jumping on for whatever reason. Or maybe something that I hear first and think, you know, I could help them and put them with this producer or put them with this person. And sometimes it’s just, if somebody wants to bring me songs and say, ‘What do you think of these?’ I can even just tell them that way. That’s still a way to help them.” Apache Sun, Sam Cohen, Autolux, Nine Pound Shadow, and Waterstrider have also been signed to 30th Century Records. Maybird’s first release on the label, the EP “Turning Into Water,” comes out April 29. Though the band members are busy cranking out new material in its basement studio, their eyes are on the road, to broaden Maybird’s reach to future fans and give an accurate assessment of how good the music really is. “It’s a very sincere gauge,” Johnson says, “if your music is touching those people or not” when the crowd isn’t personally invested in it.
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FOLK-ROCK | RYAN MONTBLEAU
CLASSICAL | TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SPECIAL | EASTMAN PRESENTS CONCERT SERIES 2016-17
Ryan Montbleau’s soul soothes out heavy on a vine. Artfully crafted lyrics sit soulful and honest, while his fingers dance multiple rhythms at once. This unique songwriter and performer has lit up everywhere from intimate rooms to festival stages around the country, logging a lot of miles over the past decade, and easily moving between his band to holding the stage on his own. Montbleau is currently touring for his forthcoming album “Growling Light,” due out April 21. It’s 10 punchy tracks of funk, soul, folk, and blues sounds. And while you’re listening online, be sure to check out his cover of “Fast Car” with duo, Tall Heights. Ryan Montbleau plays Saturday, April 21, at Flour City Station, 170 East Avenue. 8 p.m. $20. flourcitystation. com; ryanmontbleau.com. — BY TYLER PEARCE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 Tempest. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup. com. 8 p.m. $20.
Yonatan Gat, Danger Troll, Collapsible Animal, and Kind of Kind. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.
bugjar.com/. 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Blind Owl Band. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com. 9 p.m. $10. Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780. 8 p.m. Free. Serge & Friends. The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St. Honeoye Falls. 582-1830. thelowermill. com. 6:30 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Shared Genes Solo. Vino
Bistro and Lounge, 27 West Main St., Webster. 872-9463. SharedGenes.com. 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Acoustic Brew. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 6 p.m. Evan Meulemans. Embark Craft Ciderworks, 6895 Lake Ave. 16 CITY APRIL 13-19, 2016
Williamson. 315-589-4899. embarkcraftciderworks.com/. 7-10 p.m. Fatima. Vino Bistro and Lounge, 27 West Main St., Webster. 8729463. VinoLoungeWebster.com. 8 p.m. Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. 546-3450. rochesterplaza. com. 6 p.m. Free. [ BLUES ]
Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters. Sticky Lips BBQ
Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-4455. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:30 p.m. Dave Riccioni & Friends. The Beale, 693 South Ave. 271-4650. thebealegrille. com. 6-9 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
New Music Concert. Doty Recital Hall SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo. 245-5824. geneseo.edu/music. 7 p.m. Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. eastmantheatre.org. 8 p.m. Conducted by Peter Oundijan and featuring Angela Hewitt on the piano. $25-$85. [ COUNTRY ]
The Whiskey Charmers.
Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $5.
Rochester’s classical music audiences are accustomed to visits from celebrated international guest conductors and soloists. But an entire orchestra stopping by the Eastman Theatre? That’s a decidedly uncommon occurrence. This Friday, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, led by its music director, Peter Oundjian, will perform works by J.S. Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich — two composers RPO fans have not yet heard in the current Philharmonics season. Canadian pianist and Bach specialist Angela Hewitt will join the orchestra for the Baroque composer’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1 and No. 5. Originally written for harpsichord, Hewitt will perform these arresting, elegant pieces on the piano. The concert will close with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, a grand yet unsettling work in which the elegance is tempered with a sense of menace and dread. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Angela Hewitt will perform Friday, April 15, at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $25-$85. 454-2100; eastmantheatre.org; tso.ca. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER [ JAZZ ]
Nancy Kelly. Immanuel Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave. 4422929. immanuelrochester.org. 7 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ] MoChester. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 9:30 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
SATURDAY, APRIL 16 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] The Lonely Ones. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. bernunzio.com. 8 p.m. $7-$10. Reverend Hylton. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 385-8565. bouldercoffee.info. 8-10 p.m. Ryan Montbleau. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com. 8 p.m. $20.
Bradley Brothers Duo. Itacate,
1859 Penfield Rd. Penfield. 586-8454. itacate.net. 7-9 p.m. Greg Townson. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m.
Pears, Such Gold, Druse, Hideout, and Gunnar Stahl. Bug
Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-7140. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10-$12. The Tobey Village House Band. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon. com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $5.
Violet Mary, Blue Falcon, and Upward Groove. Flour
City Bread Company, 52 Public Market. 957-3096. flourcitystation.com. 9 p.m. $5-$7. Wilkes Booth Band. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
[ COUNTRY ]
Sarah Potenza. Abilene
Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $8-$10. State Line. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m. [ VOCALS ]
2016 Lotte Lenya Competition - Daytime Round. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. kwf.org. 11 a.m.3:30 p.m.
2016 Lotte Lenya Competition Evening Concert. Kilbourn Hall,
26 Gibbs St. kwf.org. 8-10 p.m. A Little Night Music. Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. 271-6513. thirdpresbyterian. org. 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Lotte Lenya Competition Final Round. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs
The Eastman School of Music on Tuesday announced the lineup for its 2016-17 Eastman Presents concert series, including performances by soprano Renee Fleming, Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato with Il Pomo D’Oro, and a storytelling event with Garrison Keillor. Eastman Presents will open its third season on Thursday, September 29, with cello rock ensemble Break of Reality, followed by O’Hara on Wednesday, October 26, and Renee Fleming with the Eastman Philharmonia on Saturday, November 12. Joyce DiDonato, a Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano, will perform Monday, December 12. In the New Year, Broadway actor and singer Norm Lewis will perform Friday, January 27. Garrison Keillor, the host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” will tell his own stories on Friday, February 17. The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra will feature pianist Nikolai Lugansky in concert on Tuesday, February 28. And choreographer Savion Glover will close the series on Tuesday, March 21, with his show “STePz.” All shows are scheduled for 8 p.m., and will take place in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. Season subscriptions — which range from $134 to $548 — will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 15, in person at the Eastman Theatre Box Office (433 East Main Street), or by phone at 454-2100. Single tickets will be available beginning Friday, July 15. For more information, check out eastmantheatre.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP St. 274-1100. esm.rochester. edu. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. & 8 p.m.. [ R&B/ SOUL ] 5 Head. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m. [ REGGAE/JAM ] Noble Vibes. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $5. [ POP/ROCK ]
Amanda Ashley. Vino Bistro
and Lounge, 27 West Main St., Webster. 872-9463. VinoLoungeWebster.com. 8 p.m. Jumboshrimp. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 8 p.m. Uptown Groove Duo. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen
Place. Pittsford. 641-0340. winebarinpittsfordny.com. 6-9 p.m. Mo’ Mojo. Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco. com/. $12-$15. Record Store Day. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 5443500. houseofguitars.com. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Ukulele String Fling. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com. 1-3:30 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
Asia In Meditation. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 413-1574. ChamberMusicRochester.org. 2:30 p.m. $30.
Compline, Christ Church Schola Cantorum. Christ
Church, 141 East Ave. 585-4543878. Christchurchrochester. org. 9-9:30 p.m. Donations appreciated. Dr. Bruce Frank. First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 25 Church St. Pittsford. 5865688. pittsfordpres.org. 3 p.m. $10 donation. Geneseo Piano Trio. Doty Recital Hall SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo. 2455824. geneseo.edu. 3 p.m. Nazareth College Choirs. Nazareth College Linehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave.,. 389-2700. naz.edu/music. 3-4:30 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
The Rita Collective. The Bop
Shop, 1460 Monroe Ave. 2713354. bopshop.com. 7:30 p.m. $10.
Tribute to Saxaphonist Joe Romano. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup. com. 7 p.m. $20-$25. [ POP/ROCK ]
Inter Arma, Sulaco, and Stars Malign. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10-$12.
MONDAY, APRIL 18 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Nathan Bell. Towpath CafĂŠ, 6 N. Main St. Box Factory Bldg. Fairport. 377-0410. towpathcafe.com. 7-9:30 p.m. $15 suggested donation.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19 [ CLASSICAL ]
Composer John Musto Residency. Nazareth College,
4245 East Ave. naz.edu/ music. -23. Vocal master class, rehearsals, composer forum, and performance of the opera Bastianello. Performance $20.
Music Made in Rochester: Mona Seghatoleslami and Cary Ratcliff. Irondequoit
Public Library, 1290 Titus Ave. 336-6060. irondequoitlibrary.org. 7-8:30 p.m. Registration required.
Nazareth College Percussion Ensemble. Nazareth College
Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. naz.edu/ music. 7:30-9 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
Mind the Gap. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8.
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Classical is the “Hammerklavier.” I would say that’s scary; way scarier than Bartók. I mean this is just fun. In general, I just think playing concertos is much more fun for me. If it is scary, we’re in it together. How would you compare the character of Bartók No. 1 to Bartók No. 3?
Pianist Yuja Wang will perform with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday and Saturday. The musician will perform a different Bartok concerto each night. PHOTO BY NORBERT KNIAT
Changing interpretations Yuja Wang WITH THE ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 7:30 P.M.; AND SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 8 P.M. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 60 GIBBS STREET $22-$94 | 454-2100; RPO.ORG; YUJAWANG.COM [ INTERVIEW ] BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
CORDANCIA Chamber Orchestra Friday, April 22 at 7 PM
Asbury First United Methodist Church &
Sunday, April 24 at 3 PM Linehan Chapel, Nazareth College
Celebrate spring with us! Rachel Lauber, conductor First-ever Cordancia Concerto Competition winners
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“Incomparable” is not a word to be used carelessly, but it could easily be used to describe the craft of 29-year-old pianist Yuja Wang. Undeniably kinetic, Wang’s performances are unparalleled for their flair, exuberance, and substance. The piano phenom has already accomplished a lot in her young career, having performed rarified gigs at Carnegie Hall and the BBC Proms. Wang has also performed under conductors Gustavo Dudamel, the late Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, and Valery Gergiev, and collaborated with the world’s top orchestras. And still, Wang’s upcoming concerts with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will mark the first time the musician has performed Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 3. Wang’s performances signal the beginning of a project in which she will perform all three Bartók concerti with various orchestras during the 2016-17 concert season. City spoke to Wang over the phone to discuss the two Bartók works, learning
through performance, and the importance of taking risks. An edited transcript of that conversation follows. City: In a PBS interview, while comparing live performance to recording, you said, “Perfection is not the goal.” On one level, that seems counterintuitive for a classical musician. What then, is the goal? Yuja Wang: The “taking the risk” part, because
that matters more. I’m not saying I don’t want to achieve perfection, but the “taking risks” part and being creative matters more for me, either in performance, or in practicing, or in life. If I tried to achieve perfection, I would just go crazy. It’s not like sports, you know; they get higher points if they’re more perfect. It’s not that. It’s always a constant process in the making of music. It’s not a finished product always. And we learn from that process. The time with Rochester is going to be the very first time I’m learning the Bartók. It’s a super-complicated piece for me, and for the conductor, for the orchestra — it’s just really lots of counterpoint between them. We’re just going to have some fun with that, with the rhythms and counterpoint and all that. You’re already established in your career. Is it a scary proposition at all to venture out and do pieces you’ve never performed before, like these Bartók piano concerti?
I would never think anything is scary. Like you said, I’m branching out. No — you know what my recital program is this year: it
Well, No. 1 is his very early work. [The conductor, Willem] Mengelberg was going to premiere with him, but they didn’t have enough rehearsal time. They couldn’t put it together. So they delayed the [American] premiere [until] two years later. It was like 1928 or something. Whereas the third concerto was pretty much the final work of Bartók. It’s 1945, and he wrote it to his last wife; it’s like a gift to his last wife. It’s very lyrical, and much more simplified, probably because he moved to America and he was getting older. The first one is very percussive, and also it can be very Hungarian. Was it your decision to play both concertos, one on each night? Or was that something that Ward Stare decided?
That was my request, just because I’m taking all three concerti as a project … I play lots of Prokofiev; I play lots of Rachmaninoff; and I feel good about them just because I play them a lot. So I want to learn them at the same time, so they kind of go into my system at the same time. It sounds like the way you learn a piece is through the performance of it.
Oh yeah, completely; totally. I guess it’s equivalent to, like, you can read a book, or you can recite it and play it out in a theater, so then you really know the book, rather than just reading it. Do you mean the difference between reading it to yourself and reciting it aloud?
And with an audience, yeah. You just know the piece a little more, and you think about it more because you’re like, “What do I want to do with this interpretation?” You’ve talked about relearning a piece, so the implication is that your interpretation of a given piece might change down the line. Do you get the sense, further into your career, that your performance of these Bartók concerti will be different?
That’s very self-evident; yes, of course. I’m going to grow. Everything I play, not just the Bartók, everything I played before sounds different now. And later, it will sound different. It’s a living thing.
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A Bungalow to Call Home 25 Gold Street This location on the edge of the Highland Park neighborhood offers everything! It’s convenient to the University of Rochester, Strong Hospital, and the popular shopping and dining spots in College Town. An easy walk to Highland Park and Genesee Valley Park, the area is also steps away from historic Mt. Hope Cemetery. You’ll find 25 Gold Street within a narrow grid of quiet streets between Mt. Hope Avenue and South Avenue. Built in 1920, the Craftsman style bungalow has three bedrooms within its 1,503 square feet. When you walk onto the fullwidth front porch you’ll imagine summer hours spent dining outdoors, reading, and peoplewatching from this relaxing haven. Through the front door there’s a foyer with a stairwell to the second floor, a hall to the kitchen, and the living and dining rooms to the right. In the living room you notice the Craftsman style elements that make this house style so welcoming: narrow plank oak floors, a cozy wood-burning fireplace with painted brick mantel, and a pair of stained glass windows. Both the living and dining rooms feature bay windows. Your plants will thrive on the dining room window seat. The bright kitchen has the original tin ceiling plus a new floor and recent cabinets. At the back of the kitchen there’s a separate space that could become a handy first-floor laundry. A rear door opens to a landing that would be perfect for a barbeque grill in summer.
The unfinished basement has hook-ups for a washer and dryer. Upstairs, the main bedroom is big enough for a desk or sitting area in addition to a bed. There’s even a walk-in closet. The other two bedrooms have good closet space and one offers access to a sleeping porch. The second floor hall has a built-in linen closet and the bathroom. The partially finished attic is clean and well-lit, with plenty of possibilities beyond storage. Outside, the surprisingly deep backyard is partially fenced with space for a garden. The paved driveway goes nearly to the rear of the lot with room for multiple cars. Original cedar shingle siding is still in place. Now a rental, 25 Gold Street is ready for an owner occupant who appreciates its location and wants to add the cosmetic updates needed to make this house a home. Priced at $119,900, the house is eligible for up to $9000 in closing cost incentives for University of Rochester faculty and staff. To visit 25 Gold Street, contact Matt Drouin at ROC Real Capital at 585-298-1101. by Sandra Swanson Sandra is a Landmark Society volunteer and Secretary of the Browncroft Neighborhood Association.
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“Lulu’s Hair” is part of Kathy Calderwood’s solo show of paintings, “The Ordinary and the Divine,” currently at Rochester Contemporary. PHOTO PROVIDED
Adding magic to the mundane “The Ordinary and the Divine” BY KATHY CALDERWOOD THROUGH MAY 13 ROCHESTER CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, 137 EAST AVENUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 1 P.M. TO 5 P.M. $2; FREE FOR MEMBERS | 461-2222; ROCHESTERCONTEMPORARY.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
As we move through life, we learn many of the same lessons everyone else has to learn, but the way those lessons reach us, and why they stick, varies widely from person to person. One of my personal favorite lessons is the power and freedom that comes through individual interpretation, which struck me during Kathy Calderwood’s painting courses at Nazareth College. Calderwood’s own work, which is currently on view at Rochester Contemporary, casts human behavior in an amusing light and enshrines commonplace objects. “Kathy plumbs the emotional depths, painting through sadness and life’s twists and turns,” says Rochester Contemporary Executive 20 CITY APRIL 13-19, 2016
Director, Bleu Cease. “Her hyper-realistic and archetypal paintings weave together fantasy and her own life story with a healthy dose of her quirky sense of humor.” I looked forward to Calderwood’s classes like a sort of therapy retreat, where I could press pause and work through tricky experiences with my own private language of imagery. These lessons proved crucial during some years of personal upheaval, but also because until this point, my encounters with art instruction dealt entirely with technique, not concept. Calderwood urged students to explore their experiences and relationships in symbolic terms, borrowing from Carl Jung’s ideas on the collective unconscious and archetypes. Rather than painting a blatant portrait of a person, we’d explore their aspects through what models they might fit, though we found things are hardly ever cut-and-dry. “Unpacking some of Kathy’s paintings, you discover opposing aspects of a character or an archetype,” Cease says. “It’s as though her figures defy being too neatly represented, even by her.” For example, in the section labeled, “Hall of Suitors and Paramours,” Calderwood’s vision of “The Perfect Husband” has an ax in his head, and is being knocked off his pedestal. A basket floating nearby appears to hold “all of the eggs.”
Her work strikes a balance between hyperrealism and cartoonish neosurrealism, and a bit of personal mysticism is injected into each and every picture. “Monkey” is a portrait of Calderwood’s first suitor, with a forlorn gaze under a sky filled with fireworks. “He picked me out at a carnival to be his girlfriend,” she says. “I tried to steal him from the circus tent and keep him locked in my bedroom.” “The Narcissist” is a flaming marshmallow, being scorched by its own adoration, set into a gilded hand-mirror frame. Many of Calderwood’s paintings have custom frames that add a certain something to the work, whether an ornate oval enclosing the peanut-headed Queen Elizabeth in “England If You Ask Me,” or the glitter bomb that frames an assortment of objects in “Big Red Oval.” “Festoon for the Know it All” was inspired by a conversation between Calderwood and her daughter, as well as the artist’s fascination with the garlands adorning European architecture. In her festoon paintings, Calderwood includes chains of imagery that alludes not only to the subject, but the subject’s “loves and immediate families,” she says. Cease says he is especially fond of Calderwood’s “Sacramental Objects” paintings, such as “Packet of Nothing.” This little work is a lifelike portrait of a condiment packet, free of any label and translucent except for reflected light and little bubbles in a fluid that Calderwood says might have been vinegar. She’s a collector of all manner of objects that have captured her attention. This is showcased, tragically, in two shadowboxes of burned shelves and melted knickknacks, destroyed in her studio fire two years ago. The “Sacramental Objects” paintings are “simply bits and pieces of this world that might give one an epiphany,” Calderwood says. “I painted them because I want people to take a second look.” They serve to explore the thrills of wonder derived from unexpected or unlikely encounters. Calderwood lists finding a bent farthing in England, or mining for a Herkimer diamond and witnessing the first light to pass through it in 500 million years, as examples. The series includes all manner of lovingly painted objects: a single, fragile Iris petal immortalized in its full blush; the dreamy landscape of belly fur of Calderwood’s cat, Pickle; a ring of golden hair; and a wee painting of a single pearl so utterly perfect that you’ll believe could reach out and pluck it from the picture. Each of the objects are painted with painstaking precision, yet Calderwood has given them some other unnamable quality as well. Her focus not only perfectly replicates the light passing through the strange translucent rubber of a familiar toy in “Wonder Ball,” the object also becomes otherworldly.
Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. Form and Color. Through May 14. Opening reception Fri. April 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Photos by Steve Copeland, Jim Montanus, and Richard Wersinger. thegallery96.com. Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Paintings of the Known and Memorable. Through May 28. Watercolor scenes of Buffalo and Rochester by Stephen Sidare. 271-9070. rochesterunitarian.org. [ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Regional Impressions. Through May 8. Etchings and mono prints with a focus on Rochester city and park images, and the finger lakes region by Elizabeth King Durand. 770-1960. episcopalseniorlife.org. Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Rose Colored Glasses. Through April 16. Mixed media collage and paintings by South Carolina artist Isaac Payne. 2326030 x23. axomgallery.com. Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 1 College Dr. Carving Through Borders and Art/Artist/ Immigrant. Through April 30. Woodcuts by 14 activists and social justice workers. 245-5516. geneseo.edu. Create Art 4 Good Studios, 1115 E. Main St., door 5, suite 201. Explorations. Through April 28. Opening reception April 1, 6-9 p.m. 210-3161. Susan@createart4good.org. createart4good. org/current-exhibit/. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Landscapes. Through May 30. Artist reception and talk, Tues. May 3, 5-8 p.m. Oil paintings by Carolyn Marshall, watercolor paintings by Anne Marcello, and steel sculpture by Christine Knoblaugh. 325-5010. artsrochester.org. Gallery Q, 100 College Ave. Steve Randell. Through April 30. Classic Greek Architecture in black, white, and blue. gayalliance.org. Gallery R, 100 College Ave. Attractive Nuisance. Through April 17. School of Art Senior Fine Arts Studio Exhibition. 256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu. Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, University of Rochester, River Campus. Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Through April 24. blogs.rochester.edu/hartnett. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Through The Student Lens. Through April 17. Work from high school students, community darkroom, Susan Kaye and others. imagecityphotographygallery.com. Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Ave. Irondequoit Art Walk. Through April 30. Various media including acrylic, oil and watercolor for view and for sale. 3381184. irondequoitartclub.org/. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. Art vs. Music. Through April 29. Artists/musicians Paul Dodd, Charles Jaffe, Peter Monacelli, Steve Piper and Scott Regan. thelittle.org. Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. Cicely Cottingham: Everything is Sky. Through April 30. Landscape inspired paintings. 245-5516. genesee.edu. Lower Link Gallery, Central Library, 115 South Ave. Workings
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The annual ArtAwake festival will be held on Saturday April 16, from 2 p.m. to midnight at The Metropolitan (former Chase Tower, 195 East Main Street). This year’s event features more than 120 pieces of art from 80 regional artists, including college students and professional artists. Musical entertainment from a variety of genres will be provided throughout the day, and food from Pittsford Dairy, The King and I, Juan and Mario’s Empanadas, Red Fern, and Aladdin’s will be available for purchase. A cash bar will be open from 5 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $8 for UR students ($10 at the door), $9 for UR faculty and staff and other college students ($11 door), $10 for the general public ($12 door), and free to children under age 12. Tickets are available at the Common Market in Wilson Commons at the University of Rochester, the Memorial Art Gallery, and at the door. Parking is available at the South Avenue Garage located at 39 Stone Street. A full schedule and list of bands are available at www.artawake.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
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Ever wonder how the realistic yet fictional languages in your favorite films and shows are created? Linguist and author David Peterson, who is best known for creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” will explain on Wednesday, April 13, at the University of Rochester. Peterson’s lecture, “New Media Linguistics: Developing Languages for Game of Thrones,” will be held in the Hawkins-Carlson Room in Rush Rhees Library at 6 p.m. Peterson has developed languages for a number of films and television series, including for Syfy Channel’s “Defiance” as well as the language used by the Dark Elves in the movie, “Thor: The Dark World.” His talk will provide insight into the process of languages creation, and explore the cultural, historical, and linguistic aspects that are taken into account when inventing a new language. The lecture is free and open to the public, and free parking is available in the Library Lot. For more information, call 275-4461, or visit sas.rochester.edu. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY with Wax. Through April 20. Work with encaustic or cold wax by local artists. 200-9002. libraryweb.org. Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. Rochestarot. Work by Jay Lincoln. 232-9030. lux666.com.
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Radisson Hotel 120 E. Main Street, Rochester, NY $60 per person Reserve your seat today. Reserve your seats for the luncheon and workshop online at www.cdsadr.org or contact Dorethea Jackson-Smith at 585-546-5110 x101 or djackson@cdsadr.org
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This year marks the 35th anniversary of Borinquen Dance Theatre, which provides holistic dance programs for youth, many from economically challenged families. Artistic Director Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez, an original member of Garth Fagan’s Bottom of the Bucket dance company, founded BDT in 1981 and began teaching dance classes at Hochstein School of Music and Dance in 1984. Since then, BDT has garnered many local and national awards and made dance training accessible to hundreds of students. The company will celebrate its anniversary on Saturday with “Evolution,” which portrays the journey of BDT over the last 35 years.
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Richard Jenks. 271-5885. oxfordgallery.com. Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Rd. Fairport. Spring Art Show. Through April 23. Artwork from the open art studio. 2235050. perinton.org. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, River Campus. Carl Chiarenza: Photographs. The work of Carl Chiarenza, professor emeritus and artist in residence in the Department of Art and Art History. 275-4461. library. rochester.edu/node/36294. Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. Querencia: The Annual Student Art Exhibition. Through May 1. 395-5253. brockport.edu/ finearts.
Art Events [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Drawing & Painting Class. 12-4 p.m Beth Brown Art & Design Studio, 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212 732-0036. bethbrownartist@gmail.com. bethbrownartist.com/ArtClasses.html. [ TUE., APRIL 19 ] Brian O’Neill. April 19, 6 p.m. Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center, 175 Anderson Ave $5 donation. 758-1410. nyfigurestudyguild.com.
Comedy [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv. April 16, 8-10 p.m. Bread & Water Theatre, 172 West Main St $10. 683-1654. nabcomedy.com. Cue The Lights. April 16, 8-10 p.m. New Life Presbyterian Church, 243 Rosedale St $10$15. (585) 473-1240. politeink. com/#!upcoming-shows/cb3i.
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THEATER | “AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL ONE ACTS”
One of Rochester’s long-standing community theater groups, Everyone’s Theatre Company, presents its annual evening of original one-act plays. Local playwrights Donald Anderson and Justin Reilly — founder of the Rochester-based group Aspie Works — penned this year’s six offerings. Plays include “Finger Lakes” by Anderson and “Bottle Karma,” “So Much for Blissful Negotiations,” “Waiting for the Next Train,” “The Citizens Game,” and “Haddie and Percy” by Reilly. Five local artists will direct, and a host of actors will appear in the shows. “An Evening of Original One Acts” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, through Saturday, April 16; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of The Reformation, 111 North Chestnut Street. Advance tickets are $10 for students and seniors, $15 general admission; or $15 students and seniors, $20 general admission at the door. For more information, check everyonestheatre.com or call 727-1373. — BY LEAH STACY
Art Exhibits 1960’s to the 21st century, through April 24. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Tell Me a Story. Through April 17. Contemporary Folk Art by Cheryl 22 CITY APRIL 13-19, 2016
and Don Olney. 546.8400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org. Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. Void. Through May 7. Images by Eran P. Hanlon. 7042889. numvmnt.com/. Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Natura Naturans. Through April 16. The work of Rochester area artists Helen Santelli and
[ FRI., APRIL 15 ] Chamber Ballet Brockport: Varied Contemporary Program. April 15, 7:30 p.m. Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St., Brockport $5 donation. brockport.edu/finearts.
Festivals [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Edible Books Festival. April 16, 2 p.m. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8150. EdibleBooks.ffrpl.org.
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Film 150 South Ave. 546-2826. rochesterclimateaction.org/. Rochester International Film Festival. Through April 16. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave 27 short films including animations, documentaries and narratives will be screened Donations accepted. 2714090. rochesterfilmfestival.org. [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Experimental Films from the 50s and 60s. April 16, 8-10 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. $5 suggested donation. 4428676. vsw.org. Fly Fishing Film Tour. April 16, 5:30-9 p.m. The Little
Theatre, 240 East Avenue $15- $20. sethgreentu.org. Rochester International Film Festival. Through April 16. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave 27 short films including animations, documentaries and narratives will be screened Donations accepted. 271-4090. rochesterfilmfestival.org. [ MON., APRIL 18 ] Rediscovering Frederick Douglass. April 18, 6:30-8 p.m. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave 271-4090. cityofrochester.gov/ Frederickdouglass. [ TUE., APRIL 19 ] Bidder 70. April 19, 7 p.m. First Universalist Church,
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Holiday ShirLaLa. Sun., April 17, 2:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 363 Penfield Road . Penfield 2418633. JewishRochester.org.
Kids Events [ THU., APRIL 14 ] Go Fly A Kite. April 14, 4-6 p.m. Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave $8. 3363035. [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] STEM Exploration. April 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. WXXI, 280 State St. 258-0200. wxxi.org/.
Lectures [ WED., APRIL 13 ] Leigh-Anne Francis. April 13, 6:30-8 p.m. The Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley, 875 E Main St. Suite 500 244-8640. gayalliance.org. A Musical Canoe Tour: EeyouIstchee. April 13, 7:30-9 p.m. Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue 987-1717. adk-gvc.org. Reshaping Rochester: Public Connections: How a River Acts as a Community Connector. April 13, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Gleason Works Auditorium, 1000 University Ave. $45, Rsvp 271-0520. cdcrochester.org/ reshapingrochester.html.
[ THU., APRIL 14 ] The 40th Parallel and Other Explorations. April 14, 7:30 p.m. St. John Fisher College, Basil Hall, Room 135, 3690 East Ave. Presented by Bruce Myren 3857374. The Birth and Death of the Asylum: Blessing or Curse?. April 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave 2711313. raom.org. Collecting Opportunities on Baffin Island. April 14, 8 p.m. Radisson Hotel, 175 Jefferson Rd. Presented by Brad Wilson rasny.org. Stage Whispers: A Moon for the Misbegotten. April 14, 10 a.m. Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY
Brockport, 180 Holley St. 3952787. brockport.edu/finearts. [ FRI., APRIL 15 ] Grassroots Democracy in Poland. April 15, 7:30-9 p.m. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, River Campus 275-9898. rochester.edu/ College/PSC/CPCES/events. html. [ MON., APRIL 18 ] The Native Americans in Upstate NY. April 18, 7-8:30 p.m. Town of Gates Town Hall Annex, 1605 Buffalo Road . Gates Presented by Gary Newman 2812069. famuscato@aol. comgateshistory.org.
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Literary Events [ FRI., APRIL 15 ] Bill Zavatasky. April 15-16. Writers and Books, 740 University Ave Reading, performance, and to lead a master class 473-6140. wab.org.
Meetings [ THU., APRIL 14 ] Human Rights DENIED! Flint’s Water Crisis as a Microcosm of the Nation’s Politics of Inequality. April 14, 6-8 p.m. S.U.N.Y Brockport Metro Center, 55 St. Paul St gayalliance.org. [ FRI., APRIL 15 ] Connect. Move. Act! Standing Together for Human Rights..
April 15, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street $15-$20 donation. 969-3409. swaarochester.org. [ MON., APRIL 18 ] Introduction to Flower City Cohousing Community. April 18, 7-8:30 p.m. Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave Registration appreciated 585-315-2406 or 585-3134717. rochestercohousing.com.
Museum Exhibit [ WED., APRIL 13 ] When Rochester Was Royal: Professional Basketball in Rochester 1945-1957. Through April 22. Wallace Library, 1 Lomb
Memorial Dr. Through April 22. It includes the team’s history through numerous photographs of players over the years. royalsexhibit.wordpress.com.
Recreation [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Rochester Bicycling Club. Check our online calendar for this week’s ride schedule or visit. Rochesterbicyclingclub.org. Spring Tours. April 16, 11 a.m. Mount Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue $7. 461-3494. fomh.org. [ SUN., APRIL 17 ] Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tours. 2-4 p.m Durand Eastman Park, Zoo Rd.
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Special Events [ WED., APRIL 13 ] Late Night Paint Night and Continental Drifft. April 13, 8 p.m. Butapub, 315 Gregory St. 585-563-6241. butapub.com. [ FRI., APRIL 15 ] Discovering Deaf Worlds’ 6th Annual Benefit. April 15, 6-9 p.m. Harro East Ballroom, 155 N. Chestnut St. $50. East House Color and Lights Water Infusion Party. April 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Penthouse, 1 East Ave. $40, reservations. 585-238-4800. easthouse.org.
Spring Garage Sale. April 15, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Summerville Presbyterian Church, 4845 Saint Paul Blvd 342-4242. office@summervillechurch.org. SummervilleChurch.org. [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] 18th Annual Antiques Show & Sale. April 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $7. 294-8218. gcv. org. Beyond the Bump. April 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. DoubleTree Rochester, 1111 Jefferson Road $25. 244-2040. beyond-thebump.com. Flapjack Community Fundraiser. April 16, 8-10 a.m. First Baptist Church of Penfield, 1862
Penfield Rd . Penfield $3-$4. 586-2876. fbpenfield.org. I-Square’s Celebrity Tap Takeover with Seneca Park Zoo Society. April 16, 7-11 p.m. The Reserve Wine Bar, 400 Bakers Park, Irondequoit 295-7388. hduffin@ senecazoo.org. i-square.us/. Luau for Lustgarten Benefit Dinner. April 16, 5-11 p.m. St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave $45, rsvp by April 8. 225-3088. lustgarten.org. Open Door Mission Annual Golf Classic. April 16, 11 a.m. Midvale Country Club, 2387 Baird Rd. $225. 586-7100. tournevents.com/. Record Store Day. April 16, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Record Archive, 33 continues on page 28
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Special Events 1/3 Rockwood St. recordarchive. com April 16, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. The Bop Shop, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. bopshop.com. Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. April 16, 5-7 p.m. Barnard Restaurant & Party House, 360 Maiden Ln. $10. 225-7221. greecehistoricalsociety.net. That’s Entertainment. April 16. Diplomat Party House, 1956 Lyell Ave $35, reservations required 546-3903. deafrotary.com. THEATER | “MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN”
The University of Rochester is putting a contemporary spin on the 1939 Bertolt Brecht-penned play “Mother Courage and Her Children” as part of its International Theatre Program. “Mother Courage” is both a dark comedy and a poignant political drama about a matriarch and wily profiteer who struggles to keep herself and her family alive during wartime. Under the direction of the talented Nigel Maister, this new production features Bridget Haile in the title role and an original score by Music Director Matt Marks. An Eastman alumnus, Marks’s predilection for pop music and the horror genre have helped to make him a prominent “wild child” on the New York City contemporary classical scene. If you enjoy modern theater, new music, or are simply interested in something completely different, you’ll find this play to be a special production you’re unlikely to see elsewhere. “Mother Courage and Her Children” continues its run Wednesday, April 13, through Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m.; and Wednesday, April 20, through Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. Todd Theater on University of Rochester’s River Campus. $10-$18. 275-4088; rochester.edu/theatre. — BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER
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[ SUN., APRIL 17 ] Angels of Mercy 9th Annual Pasta Dinner. April 17, 1-5 p.m. St. Kateri Parish Center, 445 Kings Highway South $5-$10, Children under 3 free. 730-4556. angelsofmercyny@aol.com. angelsofmercyny.org. Annual Cork and Canvas Fundraiser. April 17, 1-4 p.m. Harro East Ballroom, 155 N. Chestnut St. $25-$50. 9918250. zionchurchavon.org. Baby Safe Sleep Rocks 2016. April 17, 3-7 p.m. Penfield Country Club, 1784 Jackson Rd. Penfield $10-$30. 461-0110. babysafesleep.org. Bottle, Table Top Antique, Paper & Postcard Show & Sale. April 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Roberts Wesleyan College Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Dr. $4 (17 & under free). 226-6345. boxoffice@ roberts.edu. gvbca.org. Kickstart Your Health Rochester Launch Party. April 17, 2-5 p.m. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave 310-4769. bit. ly/1MGtwRw.
[ TUE., APRIL 19 ] An Evening with Frederick Douglass - in Fairport. April 19, 7 p.m. Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St Historian Dr. David Anderson will portray the renowned orator and statesman perintonhistoricalsociety.org. Spring Book Sale. April 19, 5-8:30 p.m. Webster Library, 980 Ridge Rd 872-7075. websterlibrary.org.
Theater The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. April 15-17. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. Fri. and Sat. April 15 & 16, 8 p.m. and Sun. April 17, 2 p.m rit.edu/sg/players/. All’s Well that Ends Well. Through April 23. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Through April 23. Thurs.-Sat. April 14-16, 7:30 p.m., Sun. April 17. 2 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. April 2123, 7:30 p.m $9-$19. 315-6122. muccc.org. An American Comedy. April 1523. Brockport United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 92 Main St., Brockport Through April 23. Fri. and Sat. April 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 7:30 p.m. The Bum Players annual dessert-theater comedy $7-$9. 637-4240. Charlotte’s Web. April 15-24. RAPA, Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. Through April 24. Fri. April 15 & 22, 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. April 16-17 & 23-24, 2 p.m. Fern, a young girl, befriends Wilbur, the runt pig and Wilbur discovers a hard lesson about his life on the farm $10-$20. 2540073. KodakCenter.org. Dancing Lessons. April 15-May 1. Geva Theatre Center, 75
Woodbury Blvd Though May 1. Opening Fri. April 15, 7 p.m., Performances Sat. April 16, 2:30 p.m., Sun. April 17, 3 p.m., Tues.Fri. April 19-22, 7 p.m. Two lonely souls embark on a relationship filled with surprising discoveries $35. 232-4382. gevatheatre.org. Grease. April 15-17. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave Through April 17. Fri. and Sat. April 15 & 16, 8 p.m. and Sun. April 17, 2 p.m $19-$20. 389-2170. boxoffice.naz.edu. Matilda the Musical. Through April 17. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. Tues.-Thurs. April 12-14, 7:30 p.m., Fri. April 15, 8 p.m., Sat. April 16, 2 & 8 p.m., and Sun. April 17, 1 & 6:30 p.m 800745-3000. rbtl.org. A Moon For The Misbegotten. Through April 24. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through April 24. Tues.-Thurs. April 12-14, 7:30 p.m., Fri. April 15, 8 p.m., Sat. April 16, 4 & 8:30 p.m., and Sun, April 17, 2 p.m., Tues. April 19, 2 p.m., Wed. April 20, 2 & 7:30 p.m., 232-4382. gevatheatre.org. More Than A Rib. Through April 16. Black Sheep Theatre, 274 N. Goodman St., The Village Gate Square, Suite D313 Through April 16. Fri. and Sat. April 15 & 16, 7:30 p.m. An evening of one acts showcasing the beauty, absurdity, and universal stories that women share $16-$20. 8614816. blacksheeptheatre.org. Suitehearts. Through April 17. Golden Ponds, 500 Long Pond Rd Through April 17. Fri. and Sat. April 15 & 17, 6:30 p.m., and Sun. April 17, 12:30 p.m. Dinner theater 225-2419. goldenpondspartyhouse.com.
Workshops [ WED., APRIL 13 ] Digital Astronomy for Everyone. April 13, 2 p.m. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. $7. 697-1942. rmsc.org. Invasive Species Workshop. April 13, 6:30-6:45 p.m. Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue 987-1717. adk-gvc. org. [ THU., APRIL 14 ] Acrylic Painting. April 14, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. $30. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ SAT., APRIL 16 ] Racial Justice Workshop. April 16, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. School Without Walls, 480 Broadway $10 for lunch, registration required 469-8249. metrojustice.org/. [ SUN., APRIL 17 ] Window To The Past-Past Life Exploration Through Hypnosis. April 17, 1:30-5:30 p.m. A New Leaf Center, 94 North Ave (Rt 250) . Webster $45. 748-9012. anewleafcenter.com.
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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
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The long and the short of it The Rochester International Film Festival THURSDAY, APRIL 14, THROUGH SATURDAY, APRIL 16 DRYDEN THEATRE AT THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM, 900 EAST AVENUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT 8 P.M.; 4 P.M. AND 8 P.M. ON SATURDAY ROCHESTERFILMFEST.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
The Rochester International Film Festival, now in its 58th year, continues its mission to deliver the best in short films from around the globe. The festival — which has become widely known by its nickname “Movies on a Shoestring,” after the 8mm film stock that was used by most filmmakers in the early days of the festival — will host four programs
over three days. This year’s edition screens 27 films from nine countries, including four works with Rochester connections. Admission is free (though donations will be taken). For more information on the festival and to view the complete schedule, check rochesterfilmfest.org.
Thursday, April 14, 8 p.m.
The beautifully photographed documentary “The Path of Grey Owl” examines the legacy of Grey Owl, a pioneer in Canada’s conservation movement during the early 20th century. Director Goh Iromoto injects his film with the environmentalist’s deeply held appreciation for “wild country” and its inhabitants, whether they be human or animal. Left home alone while a massive storm system rages outside, two young brothers get into an argument that leads to catastrophic consequences in Samuel Flueckiger’s disquieting drama, “Nightlight.”
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In Mariana Conde’s offbeat “C.T.R.L.,” a potential love connection between a young man and woman takes an unexpected turn. Inspired by actual events, “If These Walls Could Talk” is a locally-produced short from director Matthew Spaull that shines a spotlight on the Rochester-based Center For Youth. With a catchy hip-hop soundtrack, the film acts as tribute to a group of young men who prove that it takes courage to accept help when it’s needed.
Friday, April 15, 8 p.m.
A woman involved in a quarrel over the claim to her sick father’s silver mine receives some assistance from a surprising source in Joey Grossfield’s gritty western, “Lightning in the Hand.” “The Nike Chariot Earring” tells the remarkable true-life story of Florence Wolsky, who recovered the titular priceless artifact after it was stolen from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1963. Most Rochesterians should be able to relate to the charming piece “Long John,” from RIT SOFA alum Joe Bellavia. The short proposes a singular secret weapon for when those harsh winters get you down. Time heals all wounds as a woman wishes to take her estranged mother to the place “Where Leaves Fall” in Alicia Albares Martínez’s metaphysical drama exploring the incomprehensible nature of death and dying.
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Mela, where millions journey in order to find faith, devotion, and purpose in their lives. “Isa and the Frog Prince” is the gentle tale of a young girl who, inspired by a favorite bedtime story, takes her pet frog on a fateful trip through the woods in order to prove the power of magic to her bullying classmates Told through dance and music, Mitsuyo Miyazaki’s stirring “Where We Begin” observes a sick woman as she reflects back on her memories of the forbidden love that ruled her life. An embittered widow left caring for her senile mother-in-law receives a visit from a woman with whom she shares a tragic connection in Paolo Monico’s darkly comedic “The Mother.”
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With a wonderful lead performance from actress Roslyn Gentle, Swati Srivastava’s heartbreaking “Remember When” examines the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s on a once happy marriage. “59 Days of Independence With the Children of Galloya” documents the Wide Open Walls art project, which was conceptualized by Heather Layton and Brian Bailey, a pair of artists from Rochester. The artists work with the children of Gambia to create 59 handmade kites in honor of the 59 countries that gained independence from Great Britain. In Yu Shibuya’s unique fable, “The Apology” a young boy makes a shocking discovery about his beloved father. Afterward, their inability to reconcile has lasting effects that carry on the future of the family.
[ OPENING ] BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT (PG-13): As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster CRIMINAL (R): In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical terrorist plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in the hopes that he’ll complete the operative’s mission. Starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster EARLY SUMMER (1951):In this drama from esteemed director Yasujirô Ozu, a family chooses a marriage match for their 28-yearold daughter Noriko, but she has plans of her own. Dryden (Tue, Apr 19, 8 p.m.) EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (R): A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood in Richard Linklater’s “spiritual sequel” to “Dazed and Confused.” Tinseltown GOLDFINGER (1964): No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die! Dryden (Mon, Apr 18, 1:30 p.m.) THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG): Disney’s lavish live-action retelling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of an orphan boy raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, IMAX, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster LABYRINTH (1986): A selfish 16year old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King. Little (Fri, Apr 15, 9 p.m.) REMEMBER (R): With a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a handwritten letter guiding his way, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family. Starring
Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau. Little, Pittsford ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: The world’s oldest continuously run short film festival. Thu, Apr 14 - Sat, Apr 16. Dryden THUNDERBALL (1965): When a criminal organization demands a 100 million pound ransom in exchange for the two nuclear bombs they’ve obtained, the secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world. Dryden (Wed, Apr 13, 8 p.m.) THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999): A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents. Starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, and Josh Hartnett. Little (Tue, Apr 19, 6:30 p.m.) WAKE (SUBIC) (2015): This documentary essay explores the circumstances behind the toxic contamination around former US military bases in the Philippines. Dryden (Sun, Apr 13, 8 p.m.) [ CONTINUING ] 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (PG-13): Waking up from a car accident, a young woman finds herself in the basement of a man who says he’s saved her life from a chemical attack that has left the outside uninhabitable. Starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher Jr. Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Webster BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (PG-13): Gotham City’s Dark Knight takes on Metropolis’s alien savior, while a new threat quickly arises that puts mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE BOSS (R): Melissa McCarthy stars as a titan of industry who after being sent to prison for insider trading, emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s sweetheart. With Kristen Bell, Kathy Bates, and Peter Dinklage. Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown BOY & THE WORLD (PG): A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Academy Awards. Little DADDY’S HOME (PG-13): A mild-mannered executive strives to become the best step dad
to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids. Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Movies 10 DEADPOOL (R): A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool. Starring Ryan Reynolds. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown DEMOLITION (R): In the latest from Jean-Marc Vallée (“Wild,” “Dallas Buyers Club”), Jake Gyllenhaal stars as an emotionally desperate investment banker who finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago. Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (PG-13): In the third installment of the “Divergent” series, heroic Tris and Four find themselves fugitives on the run from the malevolent leaders of their futuristic society. Canandaigua, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta EYE IN THE SKY (R): A global drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya escalates from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone. Starring Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, and Aaron Paul. Henrietta, Little, Pittsford GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 (PG): When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her response lands her in deep trouble. Starring Melissa Joan Hart and Jesse Metcalfe. Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster GODS OF EGYPT (PG-13): A mortal hero joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt. Starring Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush, and Chadwick Boseman. Movies 10 HARDCORE HENRY (R): A newly resurrected cyborg must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers and his army of mercenaries. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS (R): A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker. Starring Sally Field
and Max Greenfield. Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown INGRID BERGMAN IN HER OWN WORDS (NR): A look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of the young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema. Little LONDON HAS FALLEN (R): In London for the Prime Minister’s funeral, a Secret Service agent discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Robert Forster. Culver, Eastview, Tinseltown, Webster MARGUERITE (R): A wealthy woman with a passion for opera, but little musical talent becomes a star. Little MEET THE BLACKS (R): A family move to Beverly Hills to relax, only to find out the purge is about to happen in this irreverent comedy. Culver, Greece, Tinseltown THE MERMAID (R): A business tycoon finds his sea reclamation project threatened when he crosses paths with a mermaid sent to avenge her people. Little MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (PG): A young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. Starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (PG-13): This sequel to the popular romantic comedy follows the continuing adventures of the close-knit Portokalos family. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE YOUNG MESSIAH (PG-13): The story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Movies 10 ZOOTOPIA (PG): In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con-artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy. With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Octavia Spencer, and J.K. Simmons. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster
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Or call 585-697-1948 CARING FOR CAREGIVERS Lifespan is looking for volunteers to offer respite to caregivers whose loved ones have been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. For details call Eve at 244-8400 ISAIAH HOUSE A a 2 bed home for the dying in Rochester needs volunteer caregivers! Training provided! Go to our website theisaiahhouse.org for an application or call the House at 232-5221. LIFESPAN’S OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM is looking for volunteers to advocate for individuals living in long-term care settings. Please contact, call 585.287.6378 or e-mail dfrink@lifespan-roch.org for more information MEALS ON WHEELS needs your help delivering meals to homebound residents in YOUR community. • Delivering takes about an hour • Routes go out mid-day, Monday - Friday Call 787-8326 or www.vnsnet.com.
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Strong Staffing, at The University of Rochester, is currently looking for experienced individuals to fill temporary positions in: • Clerical & Secretarial support (Medical & Administrative) • Environmental Services and Food Service • Painters (with commercial experience) • Patient Care Technicians
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Cayuga Centers in Auburn, NY is seeking to add to our Juvenile Justice Treatment Program: DIRECTOR OF DAILY LIVING *Relocation Bonus Offered*
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• Bachelor degree preferred; or associate degree in related field with five years of experience working in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Program • Experience in the delivery of residential treatment to at-risk youth and families. • Assist the Vice President of Out of Home Care with management of the Residential Campus. • Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of procedures and protocols. • Direct supervision of program Unit Managers
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Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of children or adults with developmental disabilities? “Become One”. Join our team of enthusiastic, caring staff today! If you have a desire to have an impact in the lives of those with intellectual disabilities, possess excellent people skills, and work directly to help them gain and maintain independence in their lives, then Lifetime Assistance Inc. is the employer for you! We emphasize strengths, not limitations!
Come to our Open-Interviews for further discussion When: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • 1p to 7p Where: Veteran Memorial Park Roberts Cabin (Locates behind Henrietta town hall) 595 Calkins Road, Rochester NY 14623 Positions include: Direct Support Professionals for Residential and Day program, Drivers, Assistant Residence Managers, & RNs
To expedite the interviewing process, please complete an online application the day prior to arrival and call ahead and let us know you are attending. Please check our website as times may change.
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SEALED BIDS FOR MULTIPLE FIRE & RESCUE TRUCKS AND 2002 AMBULANCE The Village of Macedon is accepting bids for the following items, A. 2002 Spartan/Toyne Engine 80-Command and Pumper (as is w/o air packs), low mileage minimum bid of $150,000. B. 1995 Spartan/Boardman Engine 19-Pumper (as is w/o air packs), low mileage, minimum bid of $25,000. C. 1996 Ford Rescue Van, Tactical Rescue, low mileage, minimum bid of $6,000. D. 1991 GM Attack Truck (without skid mount pump), low mileage, minimum bid of $6,000. E. Skid Mount Pump-350 GPM hale 200 gallons water, 25 A, A-FFF Foam minimum bid of $3,500. F. 2002 Osage Ford Ambulance, 5.6 L engine, minimum bid of $4,000. Site inspection of these items can be arranged through the Village office by calling 315-986-3976, Trustee Kelly will be available for showings. Sealed bids must be received at the Village Hall located at No. 81 Main Street, Macedon, New York 14502 by 3:30pm on April 22, 2016. The envelope shall clearly state “sealed bid for fire equipment” on the envelope. Bids on items of which multiple items are available must state the bid amount per item. The Village reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Sealed bids will be open at a subsequent Village board meeting. Dated: April 1, 2016 By order of the Village of Macedon Village Board of Trustees William Brock, Clerk/ Treasurer
[ NOTICE ] BHM Creative Services and Consulting, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/14/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 44 Foxshire Ln. Rochester, NY 14606 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] CI Partners, LLC authority filed SSNY 3/2/16 Office: Monroe Co LLC formed GA 8/21/07 exists 2000 Business Cntr Dr #255 Savannah GA 31405. SSNY design agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served & mail to same address. Cert filed GA SOS 2 Martin Luther King Jr Dr Atlanta GA 30334 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] CM LEARNING GROUP, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/03/16. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2060. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 333, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] COHEN PROPERTIES NY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/16/15. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] DECKMAN DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Filed w/SSNY on 7/24/14. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave. #202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Reg. Agent: United States
Corporation Agents, Inc. @ same address. Purpose: all lawful.
Penfield, NY 14526. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
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Discount Trends, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/29/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Kevin Dunne 1542 W Bloomfield Rd Honeyoye Falls, NY 14472 General Purpose
Name of LLC: Cold Brook Plaza, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY): 5/26/05. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 762 Brooks Ave., Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful act.
[ NOTICE ] Eddie’s Home Repairs L.L.C. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/19/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 181 Klein St Rochester, NY 14621 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] ERIE STATION STORAGE, LLC: Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization for ERIE STATION STORAGE, LLC (“LLC”) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 26, 2016. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, at c/o The Limited Liability Company, 46 Prince Street, Rochester, New York 14607. Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Espocinema, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/18/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, Attn: Kristina Nomeika, 100 Woodsmeadow Ln., Rochester, NY 14623. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Gitsis property solutions LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 10/8/15. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 8 Walnut Hill Dr Penfield NY 14526 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Joani Hardy, Professional Organizer, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on April 7, 2016. LLC’s office is in Monroe County. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 69 Henderson Drive,
[ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Ferraro Insurance Agency, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 3/25/16. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 1100 Long Pond Rd., Ste. 200, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: SEWDADDY UPHOLSTERY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 4/4/16. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Rebecca Kalkounis, 647 Sequoia Dr., Webster, NY 14580, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Nizan Kent LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/2/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to c/o Mark Hudson Management POB 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DIMARCO REALTY SERVICES LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Jul. 25, 2013. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 1950 Brighton Henrietta Townline Road, Rochester, NY 14623. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Florence Palmer LCSW, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3-11-2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent
Legal Ads of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 919 South Winton Rd. Ste 201 Rochester, NY 14618 Purpose: Licensed Clinical Social Work. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 164 NORTHLAND, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/26/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Ronald Hillengas, 119 Fieldwood Drive, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 200 First Street Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 200 First Street Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 230 Western Avenue Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/4/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 246 Genesee Street Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 2595 BRIGHTON HEN TLR LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Mar 2, 2016. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 1950 BRIGHTON HENRIETTA TLR ROCHESTER, NY 14623. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 345 Jefferson Road LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/10/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 187 Norwood Dr., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 458 Center Street Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/4/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 4743 Onondaga Boulevard Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 6227 Thompson Road Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 6360 East Taft Road Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/4/16.
To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 848 Minot Avenue Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/4/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of AVANT COMPRESSION SERVICES LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/08/16. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 21 Wallingford Rise Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful purpose Thank You, [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BODYMIND FLOAT CENTER SYRACUSE LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/01/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 378 ROCKINGHAM ST, ROCHESTER, NY 14620 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bonadio Building I LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 171 Sully’s Trail, Ste. 201, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Clinton Avenue Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534.
Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Clover Jack Farms LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 03/07/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3860 Atlantic Ave, Fairport NY 14450 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DHD Mezzanine Fund Manager, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 120 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Element Real Estate LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/4/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Tarek Daher, 150 N. Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Fiamma Downtown, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/9/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4 Elton St., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Forza Wealth Advisory Services, LLC. Forza Wealth Advisory Services, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 3/11/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 301 Smith Street, Rochester, NY 14608. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Freedom Properties and Solutions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of
State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 12 Caywood Lane, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GAS Norwood, LLC. GAS Norwood, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 3/17/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of General Wholistic Enterprise, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/24/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 135 Sully’s Trail, Suite 3, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GS 1520 Monroe, LLC. GS 1520 Monroe, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 1/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GS FLP GP, LLC. GS FLP GP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 1/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GS North 277 GP, LLC. GS North 277 GP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the
NY Dept. of State on 1/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity.
State of NY (SSNY) on 5/11/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 150 Willow Ridge Trail, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of MBC Real Property Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/24/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of formation of Hinkel Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State on January 8, 2016. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 135 Montclair Drive, Rochester, New York 14617. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of INDEPENDENCE PROPERTIES AND SOLUTIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 12 Caywood Lane, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Leeh3.Mojean, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 4/8/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 325 Pond View Hts, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Marcello Property Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MOR COMMUNITIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o George R. Rice, Jr., 648 Gallup Road, Spencerport, NY 14459. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Brighton Colony LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford., NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Brighton Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/31/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080
Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan TH Portfolio LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/17/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MS FLP GP, LLC. MS FLP GP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 1/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MS North 277 GP, LLC. MS North 277 GP, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 1/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PantAxios LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/04/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany,
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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com (SSNY) on 3/18/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 100 Alexander St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ZIMMERMANN HOLDINGS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/23/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3 PINE TREE TRAIL, RUSH, NY 14543 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
Legal Ads > page 37 NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of PITTSFORD CAFE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/2/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Law Office of Anthony A. DiNitto LLC, 2250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of POWER EQUIPMENT REPAIR, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/24/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: Joseph P. Gizzi, 3861 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Preservation Property Classics, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/17/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 170 Seneca Pkwy., Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RD & Associates Consulting LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 3/14/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 11 Portofino Circle, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RED ROCK CONSULTING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/4/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 19 Fairpoint Dr., Fairport NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Skill Hoarder LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/21/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 463 Parsells Ave, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tourroc LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 28th, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 45 Alliance Ave. Rochester,
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NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Turtle Rock Property Group, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) Sept 10, 2015. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 537 Turtle Rock Lane, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Westland Landscape Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/24/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Matthew Walker, 125 Westland Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of WICKED RENTS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/29/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 7 Landmark Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of WILCO PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY
Notice of Qual. of 125 EMS Hotel LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/25/16. Office loc: Monroe County. LLC org. in DE 12/17/15. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. DE office addr.: CTC, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Arcadia Nail Salon LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/19/16. Office loc: Monroe County. LLC org. in NV 11/4/15. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 181 Lydell Ave., Rochester, NY 14608. NV office addr.: 401 Ryland St., Reno, NV 89502. Art. of Org. on file: SSNV, 202 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of Hairzoo USA, LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/24/16. Office loc: Monroe County. LLC org. in DE 2/18/16. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 1673 Empire Blvd., Webster, NY 14580. DE office addr.: CTC, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Aloi Material Handling and Automation, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 4/6/16.
Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 660 West Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623. LLC formed in DE on 3/3/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Big Tymers Holdings LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/06/15. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/30/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 12847 Rochester NY 14612. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958-9776. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Gardena Holdings, LLC, fictitious name: GH - 1, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/26/16. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in California (CA) on 01/01/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C2K, 720 14th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Address to be maintained in CA: 113 Dominican Dr., San Rafael, CA 94901. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of JNB Gaming, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/02/16. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Iowa (IA) on 06/20/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Wilmorite, Inc., 1265 Scottsville Rd. Rochester, NY 14624. IA addr. of LLC: 29271 Centerville Rd., LaMotte, IA 52054. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of IA, First Fl., Lucas Building, 321 E. 12th St. Des Moines, IA 50319. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Qualification of The Great Escape Room New York LLC. Authority filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/2015. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in FL on 07/29/2015. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to addr. of LLC: 1150 University Ave. Bldg 5, Ste 12A Rochester, NY 14607. Cert. of Form. Filed with Dept. of State, Div. of Corp. Clifton Bldg. 2661 Executive Center Cir. Tallahassee, Fl. 32301. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
RESTICKITY LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on March 11, 2016. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 144 Fairport Village Landing, Suite 320, Fairport NY 14450. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of TPG Rochester I Hotel Manager, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/3/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 1140 Reservoir Ave., Cranston, RI 02920. LLC formed in DE on 2/19/16. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] PORTLAND REALTY, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/24/16. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 72-14 136th Street, Flushing, NY 11367. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Premium Intel, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/19/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 40 Framingham Ln Pittsford NY 14534 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] PS PREFERRED PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/7/2016. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 211 Tumbleweed Dr., Pittsford, NY 14534, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
[ NOTICE ] SHAKER MILL MANAGEMENT, LLC. Filed 2/12/16 Office: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2024 W. Henrietta Rd #2a, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: all lawful. [ NOTICE ] Street Skills LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/16/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 86 Chiswick Dr Churchville, NY 14428 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Swanson Masonry, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/29/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Thomas P. Swanson, 40 Countryside Dr., Hamlin, NY 14464. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JUNIOR IV MANAGEMENT LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/17/2012. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1 E. Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Chelsea Bridge Invest LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 02/09/2016. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 6445 Citation #F Clarkston MI 48346. The purpose of the Company is Real Estate Investment.
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] CONNEXX, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 2/17/2016. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to PO BOX 64537_Rochester, NY 14624. The purpose of the Company is Resource and Development. [ NOTICE of FORMATION of ROSEMOUNTAIN BOOKS, LLC ] Art. of Organization filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02-10/16. Office of location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent if LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Celia Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Bellwood Farms, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on March 21, 2016 with an effective date of formation of March 21, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 2334 Browncroft Blvd. Rochester, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 2334 Browncroft Blvd. Rochester, New York 14625. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PLLC ] Branch Acupuncture, PLLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on March 25, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 2 Thornell Drive, Pittsford, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 2 Thornell Drive, Pittsford, New York 14534. The purpose of the PLLC is to practice the profession of acupuncture.
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Legal Ads > page 45 [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THIRTYSEVEN CENTENNIAL ST., LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Thirty-Seven Centennial St., LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on02/24/2016. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to71 Clark St., Spencerport, NY 14459. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff AGAINST Eric A. Miller, Stella M. Miller, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 1-82016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at 39 W. Main Street, Rochester, NY, County of Monroe on 4-25-2016 at 1:30PM, premises known as 70 Dierdre Drive, Rochester a/k/a Irondequoit, NY 14617. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Irondequoit, County of Monroe and State of New York, SECTION: 076.19, BLOCK: 2, LOT:
52 Approximate amount of judgment $165,886.35 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index#: 7990/2014. Timothy Ingersoll, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01071784-F00 [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. 2015-12541 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE American Tax Funding, LLC, Plaintiff, v.The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through CHRIS A. PARHAM A/K/A CRIS PARHAM, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; DOROTHY L PARHAM A/K/A DOROTHYE L. PARHAM; SHEMEKA C. PARHAM; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; TAMBE OIL COMPANY, INC.; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com BOARD OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; COUNTY OF MONROE; TOWER DBW II TRUST 2012-2, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC and “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100” Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: March 6, 201TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated April 1, 2016, and filed with supporting papers in the
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Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 484 Cottage Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as Tax Account No. 120.82-2-31 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $11,412.17, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorney for Plaintiff American Tax Funding, LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 238-2000 aiacchetta@ phillipslytle.com [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. 2015-4731 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE TOWER DBW II TRUST 20122, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE YANKANICH; MELANIE D. YANKANICH; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through VELMA DEMING, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective husbands, or widowers of hers, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to plaintiff; MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES; CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION; The heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through WILLIAM DEMING, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses
are unknown to plaintiff; JOE YANKANICH; MARY PRYOR; KATHY HUDSON; JOANNA MONTANARO; PATTY AMMON; ANDY YANKANICH; CHRISTINE DRUMM; WILLIAM DEMING, JR.; CHARLES DEMING and “JOHN DOE #11” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100” Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: February 12, 2016 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Francis A. Affronti, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated March 10, 2016, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the property known as 106 Coldwater Road, Town of Gates, New York and identified as Tax Account No. 118.19-1-96 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $9,445.01, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorney for Plaintiff Tower DBW II Trust 2012-2, successor by merger to Tower DBW II Trust 2013-1 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 238-2000 aiacchetta@phillipslytle. com
[SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] Index No.: 2015-13818 Date of Filing: March 9, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Monroe HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff, -against MICHAEL BEAUFORD AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON; JAMIE JOHNSON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON; SHANNON JOHNSON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON; TRAVIS JOHNSON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON; JARRI MELTON AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON WHO WAS BORN IN 1944 AND DIED ON MAY 6, 2014, A RESIDENT OF MONROE COUNTY, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS 85 NICHOLS STREET, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14609, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF ;ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC; CITIBANK, N.A.; CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION ; ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC APO GE MONEY BANK; NATIONAL LOAN RECOVERIES LLC; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; WESTGATE NURSING HOME, INC.; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ and ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Elma A. Bellini of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on February 26,
2016, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Monroe, State of New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by DEBRA A. JOHNSON to SIBLEY CORPORATION bearing date August 28, 1986 and recorded in Book 7632 of Mortgages at Page 301 in the County of Monroe on August 29, 1986. MORTGAGE NUMBER: CD17029. The mortgaged premises was subsequently transferred to DELLA JOHNSON AKA DELLA R. JOHNSON by Warranty Deed with Assumption dated March 2, 1995 and recorded on March 2, 1995 in Book 0853 at Page 0105 in the county of Monroe. Thereafter said mortgage was assigned to HSBC BANK USA, N.A. by assignment of mortgage bearing date November 19, 2012 and recorded under Book 1717 of Mortgages at Page 540 in the County of Monroe on November 21, 2012. Said premises being known as and by 85 NICHOLS STREET, ROCHESTER, NY 14609. Date: February 16, 2016 Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Batavia Office 26 Harvester Avenue Batavia, NY 14020 585.815.0288 Help For Homeowners In Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state. ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.
Fun [ NEWS OF THE WEIRD ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD
The Power of Precedent
Department of Veterans Affairs employee Elizabeth Rivera, 39, was fired after her arrest (followed by a February guilty plea) for armed robbery, but when she was sentenced only to probation, an arbitrator ordered the VA to rehire her — and give her back pay she “earned” while sitting in jail awaiting trial. (She had been the driver for a man arrested for a street robbery in San Juan, Puerto Rico.) Rivera’s union had demanded the reinstatement without salary penalty — for “fairness” — because the same Puerto Rico VA office had earlier hired a convicted sex offender, and the office’s hospital director, recently charged with DUI and drug possession, avoided VA discipline because of technicalities about the traffic stop.
Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle
Turmoil in Selma, Alabama, March 1965: The historic “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge ultimately became a turning point in the battle for voting rights. Turmoil in Selma, Alabama, March 2016: The town is riven by demands for stricter enforcement of the ordinance requiring horses on the street to be wearing diapers — a campaign led by Ward 8’s Councilman Michael Johnson (an African-American): “I’m tired of it because there’s other things I could be doing than dealing with horses.”
Compelling Explanations — Urges: (1) Ms. Ashton Barton, 33,
charged with shoplifting a vibrating sex toy from a CVS pharmacy in Largo, Florida, in February, tried for police sympathy by explaining that she was in a troubled
marriage. “My husband doesn’t want to touch me anymore,” and “I would rather do this than be unfaithful.” (2) Neighbors of a loudly frisky couple in a Stockholm, Sweden, apartment building were so frustrated by the noise that they reached out to the country’s health minister, Gabriel Wikstrom — who took the side of the randy couple (according to a translation by Stockholm’s The Local): “Sounds nice for them, I think. Good for their wellbeing and thus public health as well.” — Nice Tries: (1) Benjamin Grafius, 39, charged with several instances of indecent exposure to Amish people near New Holland, Pennsylvania, told police that he targeted them because he knew they would not use phones to call police (March). (2) Valerie Godbout, 33, visiting Orlando from Montreal and charged with drug possession after alerting police with erratic driving, told the officer that she was on the wrong side of the road because that’s the way traffic works in Canada. (It’s not.) (March). (3) Emily Davis, 21, caught by police displaying her recently deceased grandmother’s handicap-parking badge, explained that she was merely “using it in her honor.” (Portsmouth, England, February).
Breakthroughs in Science — German researchers, publishing in
March, revealed that female burying beetles uniquely discourage their mates from pestering them for sex after birth — thus explaining how the male of this species is observed actually helping with child care. The females apparently release a chemical “anti-aphrodisiac” to the father’s antennae. Said the lead researcher (a woman), “They are a very modern family.” Said another biology professor (also female), “Burying beetles are supercool.”
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Feeling regret or trying to replace someone from your past will hold you back when it comes to love and romance. Begin again by starting fresh and being receptive to whomever captures your attention. Look forward with optimism, not trying to replace someone who has left. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keeping secrets from someone who is trying to get to know you better will cause problems. Open conversations and figuring out what you have in common as well as the direction you are each heading will lead to a better understanding of what type of future you can build together.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone will tempt you with a beautiful vision of a perfect life. Before you jump in wholeheartedly with expectations of grandeur, check out your motives and the truth behind the offer being made. It’s likely one or both of you will end up being disappointed. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Participate in life, and you will find true love. Engage in pastimes that will introduce you to people from different backgrounds or who offer an unusual way of life. Together you will come up with a blend of both your worlds to form a lifestyle you can call your own.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Short trips, participating in events or making changes in your daily routine or activities will open up romantic opportunities when you least expect to fall in love. Someone you meet will share your humor and finish your sentences. Enjoy life, and you will find love. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your heart is in the right place, and by helping others, you will raise your profile and be deemed a good catch by someone looking for love. Be open about who you are and what you want, and someone special will realize how well you fit together.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Someone will show renewed interest. A change of heart will lead to a new beginning with an old flame. Don’t make the same mistakes you have in the past. A shared and equal relationship is the only way to move forward. Put the past behind you, and begin again. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You will have chemistry with someone opposite to you in every way. In order to get past your differences, you will need to have an understanding that equality will be necessary for your relationship to work as well as the ability not to try to convert or change each other.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll have plenty of action when it comes to love, romance and enjoying life, but you will also be subject to meeting people who are prone to having bad habits, being indulgent or not being completely honest with you. Protect your heart and your possessions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can have fun without going overboard. Enjoy the people who stimulate you mentally or share the same humor or beliefs, and you will have something in common that will help build a solid relationship. Avoid anyone who shows signs of being indecisive, inconsistent or unpredictable.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be attracted to someone much older or younger. Reconnecting with someone you had a crush on many years ago will spark renewed interest and challenge you to make some unexpected changes to where or how you live in order to pursue a future together. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be prone to picking partners who are aggressive, possessive and controlling. Back away from anyone who is in hot pursuit, giving you a little room to breathe. It may be appealing at first to be with someone overly attentive, but eventually it will get on your nerves.
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