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Don’t ignore the US’s role in Syria
City recently carried an editorial and letter on the US role in the Syrian refugee crisis (September 15). Both perpetuate the myths that the US is a “humanitarian force for good” that must rescue the victims of “oppressive regimes” like Syria “when things go drastically wrong.” Neither piece asks what went wrong, other than “as with so many crises, this one has deep, deep roots…” A few glimpses at these roots reveal a starkly antihumanitarian picture of the US role in the crisis. According to a new anthology, “The WikiLeaks Files,” US diplomatic cables show that regime change in Syria has been a longstanding goal of US policy, extending from the Bush to Obama administrations. The US promoted the destabilizing Shia-Sunni sectarianism, in support of its regime-change policy, that led directly to the horrific sectarian civil war and the current refugee crisis. WikiLeaks documents show that from 2006 to 2010, the US spent millions to instigate propaganda against the Syrian government and to support opposition forces. President Obama claimed in 2013 that the Assad regime was responsible for killing civilians with chemical weapons, justifying US intervention — a claim that remains unproven. The refugee crisis could have been averted. Former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari, who was involved in negotiations in 2012, reported that Russia proposed a peace process between the Assad government and its opponents that would have included President Bashar al-Assad’s resignation. But the United States rejected the proposal. Syrian refugees are fleeing both their war-torn country and the horrific threat of ISIS. Once
again, the US role has been pivotal. Prize-winning British foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn, author of The Rise of Islamic State, concludes that the ISIS movement arose directly from the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the sectarian war in Syria since 2011. In fact, a declassified 2012 US Defense Intelligence Agency document obtained by Judicial Watch revealed that the US has helped set the stage for the growth of ISIS in order to use it against the Assad government. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long proposed an international coalition to defeat ISIS, but the US has ignored this proposal, in part because it is using its (intentionally overestimated) war against ISIS as an excuse to use air power, including drones, against the Assad regime. Mary Anna Towler’s editorial concludes that “the United States took in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War…We were that kind of nation then.” Yes, we were then a nation responsible for the horrors of Vietnam, and we are now a nation very much responsible for the horrors in Syria. Helping refugees, once again, is the least that the US can do in atonement. DOUG NOBLE
Work together to improve school climate
I was deeply disheartened when I read the article “RTA prez: ‘Where is the outrage?’”(News, September 16). I am the parent representative to the school board’s Policy Committee, a member of the Community Task Force on School Climate since its inception, and a member of the CTF committee that put together the new draft Code of Conduct. I agree with Mr. Urbanski that we need to stop the blame game. In fact, the CTF, with leadership and support from the youth at Teen Empowerment, has been moving past blame toward collaboration and the modeling of the care and respect we want to see in our school communities. Of course, it’s very hard to change the ways in which many of us were raised. We sometimes fall back into our old ideas of right and
wrong, of judgment and blame. The language and tone of this article suggest that’s what happened here. Rather than responding directly to Mr. Urbanski’s comments about the draft Code of Conduct, I would like to bypass the blame. I would like us to speak with honesty and care, listen without judgment, build trust, and work collaboratively to improve school climate. Specifically, I ask that Mr. Urbanski and teachers listen to the CTF about the reasoning behind the recommendations and new draft Code of Conduct and about the participation of teachers, administrators, and RTA representatives in the development of these documents. I also ask the CTF to listen to the concerns of Mr. Urbanski and teachers around safety and supports. Then, I invite all of us to work together to ensure that this new direction will create a climate where all members of the school community are treated with dignity, respect, and care. And that we improve school safety, keep more students engaged in learning, and provide the supports necessary for teachers to teach and engage their students. These are not mutually exclusive goals; restorative justice practices can help ensure that we have all of these. Rather than taking sides and creating divisions, let’s work together to improve the climate in the RCSD before another generation is lost. BARBARA VAN KERKHOVE
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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
An uninvited skeptic and the anti-poverty report Rochester’s poverty crisis didn’t occur overnight, Leonard Brock reminds us, and we won’t end it overnight. So I’m trying to be patient and look at the positive side of the initial efforts of the Rochester-Monroe AntiPoverty Initiative, of which Brock is executive director. Earlier this month, the Initiative released a progress report, and you can certainly find some positives in it. A big one: it doesn’t shy away from citing racism as one of the causes of poverty’s explosion in Rochester – not simply the racism of individual people but the racism that permeates government, institutions, and businesses in ways that people in authority often don’t seem to recognize. A second positive is the report’s emphasis on the trauma that poverty inflicts on the poor, children and adults alike. That trauma is real, and it has to be considered in Rochester’s anti-poverty efforts if they are going to be successful. But then come my concerns. The progress report identifies three areas that will be the Initiative’s first focus. Notably missing from that list: schools, which are a critical key to ending poverty. The progress report says the Initiative’s work is just beginning; education and much more are to be tackled in the future. To be addressed in the first stage are the following: • Improving the current system of social supports that serve the poor; • Establishing a system of adult mentors to help the poor get the knowledge and skills they need to get and keep a living-wage job; • Strengthening early-childhood support – ensuring more affordable, highquality childcare and more training for new parents. Even those initial three are simply goals, and presumably it’ll be a while before we get a list of specific plans to reach those goals. Yet to come: defining the Initiative’s “governance approach,” forming “resource teams” to develop principles for the Initiative’s work, forming “implementation teams” to come up with specific recommendations for action, identifying funding sources, developing a funding model, studying the working poor to learn what kind of jobs they have and what they’re earning…. That work is to be completed by the end of 2015, according to the progress report. For anyone not used to this way of addressing problems – and I’ll put myself at the head of the list – this seems like a whole lot of preparation and committee-
I worry that the final recommendations will avoid dealing with the tough issues that decades of studies say have led to this crisis.” forming to tackle something that has been studied multiple times, in Rochester and throughout the country. But this is how the Initiative’s leaders have chosen to work, and Brock’s right: this crisis didn’t occur overnight and we can’t end it overnight. If all that prep work leads to success, I’ll be among the loudest cheering the results. Meantime, I’ll be an uninvited house skeptic. This crisis is so serious, so deep, and has been building for so many years – and we have tried so many times to address it, and have failed – that we simply can’t fail the poor again. There’s a need for skepticism and for well-intentioned tire-kicking from some of us standing on the outside. So let me start with the scope of the initiative. Maybe over time, that will change, as the resource teams and implementation teams get going. And I’m willing to concede that we can’t do everything at once. But there’s a risk that we’ll spend a lot of time and money to come up with solutions for small pieces of mountain-size problems. I worry especially that the final recommendations will avoid dealing with the tough issues that decades of studies say have led to this crisis. One concern: In this first stage, the
Initiative will focus only on the working poor: poor people 18 or older who worked full time, part time, or seasonally, or were looking for a job during the past year. That effectively rules out the longterm unemployed, a growing number of continues on page 10 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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[ NEWS FROM THE WEEK PAST ]
RPO names interim leader
Ralph Craviso, a consultant specializing in work with nonprofits, will be interim president and chief executive officer of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra beginning October 1. He will replace Charles Owens, who steps down on September 30. A national search to find a permanent replacement for Owens continues.
Boose loses
LaShana Boose lost her bid for a recount in her loss to Molly Clifford in the September 10 Democratic primary for the Northwest District on City Council. Boose raised questions about the accuracy of the totals after Clifford’s margin of victory grew after election night. But Democratic elections commissioner Tom Ferrarese said that the increase is due to the addition of absentee ballots.
Aldi approved for Blossom and Winton
The City of Rochester’s Zoning Board voted 4-1, says a city spokesperson, in favor of putting an Aldi grocery store at the corner of Blossom and Winton roads in the North Winton Village neighborhood. The proposal sharply divided residents of the North Winton and Browncroft neighborhoods.
East off to a wobbly start
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The University of Rochester’s Warner School received a $50,000 grant to study progress on the UR’s reform efforts at East High School. Meanwhile, East continues to have an attendance problem well into the first month of school, according to school officials. Many of the absentees are students who are overage and lack the credits to graduate.
LGBT | BY JEREMY MOULE
Name-change law protects trans people
RGH growing plans
Rochester General Hospital is in the early planning stages of a major expansion. A six-story wing will be added to the southeast side of the hospital for acute medical services. And a smaller addition to the southwest side will expand the surgical center. There are also plans to add medical office space.
State judges now have more discretion over part of the legal process for name changes. And the people who pushed for the change say that it’ll help protect trans people from harassment and violence.
Monroe’s money problems
Monroe County was ranked as the most fiscally stressed municipal government in New York by the State Comptroller’s Office. The office evaluates governments using a handful of financial indicators, including fund balances, operating deficit histories, and debts. County officials responded by blaming state mandates for any financial stress.
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For transgender people, legal namechanges are often part of transitioning. They have to file a petition with the State Supreme Court, and a judge’s approval is typically followed by the publication of a notice in a newspaper. The notice includes people’s original names and their new names, as well as their addresses and birthplaces. Courts have long recognized that the notices can threaten the safety of certain people, in particular, victims of domestic violence. Judges have had the legal authority to waive the notice requirements, but only for people who’ve received threats or suffered bodily harm in the past. But Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill last week that loosens that requirement, giving judges the ability to issue waivers if they determine that publishing a namechange notice would put a person at risk. And the notices do put
transgender people at risk of threats, harassment, and violence, says State Assembly member Harry Bronson, who sponsored the bill. A report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs says that the United States experienced 20 documented anti-LGBT homicides in 2014 — 55 percent were transgender women and 50 percent were transgender women of color. Transgender people are at higher risk of domestic violence, too, says Eòghann Renfroe, Empire State Pride Agenda’s manager of transgender education and advocacy. The notices can put transgender people at risk for job and housing discrimination, too. An employer might come across a notice during a search on a potential employee, Renfroe says, and decide not to hire the person. The new law “is very simple, it’s common sense, and it’s going to help a lot of people,” he says.
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Charter growth continues in Rochester More charter schools are poised to open in the City of Rochester. The Rochester school board held a public hearing recently for Exploration Elementary Charter School for Science and Technology. And the State Education Department is reviewing an application for Rochester Charter School for Applied Technology. Locations for both haven’t been selected yet. Exploration Elementary should open for kindergarten and first grade in 2016, pending final approval from State Ed. The school would eventually grow to a kindergarten through third-grade school with about 475 students. Rochester Charter would open in August 2016 with a lower grade, and eventually serve kindergarten to grade 12. Both Exploration and Rochester Charter would emphasize science, math, and technology, representatives say, but still include music and the arts. Some attempts to open science and technology schools locally and nationally, however, either as charters or traditional public schools, haven’t gone well, partly from a lack of enrollment. “We’re not trying to make little scientists out of them,” says Kevin Williams, a spokesperson for Exploration
Elementary. “We believe that scientific inquiry can to lead to all kinds of things. It opens the mind.” Williams says that cultivating an early interest in science is critical. “People understand that trying to start a school like this later for students without any An expansion is planned for True North Rochester Preparatory Charter School. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN experience in science and technology is hard,” And he doesn’t mince words about the Williams says. “We believe there is a natural failures of the Rochester school district or curiosity in students at a young age.” its board at meeting that standard. If the two STEM-oriented charters are Klein says he hopes that when approved, it would increase the number of parents have plenty of options for highcharter schools in Monroe County from quality charter schools and more parents 14 to 16. Two of the schools are located in and students leave the district, public Greece, but most are in the Rochester City education in Rochester will reach a School District. And Joe Klein, founder tipping point. The district will be forced of E3Rochester, says that there are at least to improve, he says. two more in the pipeline for the city. Rochester schools superintendent (E3 identifies exceptional charter schools Bolgen Vargas has warned on several around the country and tries to emulate occasions that charter and private schools them in the City of Rochester.) are causing a steady enrollment decline in “Our goal is every child in Rochester city schools. deserves a great education,” Klein says.
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The dirty fight for farmland in Latin America Even though much of the world’s food supply still comes from small farmers, those same farmers from Honduras to the Philippines increasingly cannot feed their own families, and they’re fighting for survival. A wave of “land-grabbing” has swept across continents over the last 30 years — a phenomenon cited in a 2014 report by the nonprofit GRAIN. The systematic squeeze on small farmers, the report says, is concentrating land in the hands of fewer and fewer people globally. The result is a breakdown in societies and ever-wider disparities in income, resources, and power. Video journalist Jesse Freeston, in his first feature-length documentary, captured the crisis as it unfolded in Honduras over much of the last decade. “Resistencia: the Fight for the Aguan Valley” is a brutally honest take on how US foreign policy aids and protects the interests of the wealthy, politically connected, and corporate investors — in this case, big agriculture and food production — while the basic needs of the most vulnerable are ignored. Resistencia has been shown in some parts of Central America and at two film festivals in Canada. And Freeston will be in Rochester on Wednesday, October 7, for a 6:30 p.m. showing at the Little Theatre. The film focuses on the plight of Honduran peasant farmers or “campesinos,” many of whom have worked the soil of the Aguan Valley — often described as some of the richest in the world — for generations. But through a mix of colonialism, political upheaval, and conflicting laws, the farmers lost their land rights. 6 CITY
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And when democratically-elected public officials sympathetic to the farmers are literally carted out of the country in the 2009 coup, the farmers take justice into their own hands and battle the country’s richest and most powerful plantation owners to take back their land. While the farmers are able to create sustainable agricultural co-ops by reclaiming small plots of land, Resistencia shows in graphic detail that the Movement of Unified Campesinos in Aguan comes with a terrible price. The region has been plagued by some of the worst violence in the hemisphere. Freeston doesn’t shy away from showing a countryside gripped by terror of the Honduran police and the suffering inflicted on the farmers. Freeston, a Canadian journalist who began working on the film about four years ago, has produced numerous investigative video pieces on economic, political, and social movements in North and Central America. He has also directed documentaries for teleSUR — the world’s largest public Spanish-language broadcaster — and he has co-produced for Al Jazeera’s “Fault Lines.” He says that there have been some print stories in English about the uprising, but little footage shown in English on US television news. “I was the only video journalist at the time that was allowed to go and spend time with the farmers that had taken over the plantations,” he says. “I definitely felt a commitment to them to tell their story.” Freeston says he hopes that Resistencia will make US viewers think about several issues.
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More consumers recognize that paying lower prices on everything from coffee to bananas is too often the result of some form of worker exploitation, Freeston says. For instance, the farmers in the Aguan Valley toil in the heat and humidity for pay that is so low that they can’t provide for their families. “There are large groups of people who are very interested and concerned with how we produce and distribute food in the 21st century,” he says. “I think those people gravitate toward the message of farmers being able to control the land they work on and allowing them to be the ones who get to justify the best use for the land instead of it exclusively being in the hands of the big corporate plantation model.” The film also has an anti-imperialism message, Freeston says. The political right in Honduras still subscribes to a “trickle down” economic model to justify support of wealthy landowners and foreign investment by big food corporations, he says. “There are many ways to work the land of the Aguan Valley.” Freeston says. “I don’t buy the idea that only foreign capital can create jobs.” Freeston says it’s time for the US to stop dictating the terms of governance in places such as Honduras. “I think there are a lot of people [in the US and Canada] who are extremely concerned about our foreign policies,” he says. That’s because some of those policies have led to dubious outcomes. For instance, the film references a WikiLeaks cable revealing that officials in Washington knew for years that one of the plantation owners was letting his fields be used as a landing strip for drug smugglers.
In one of the most powerful scenes in the film, Freeston talks to Blanca Espinoza, who is the first woman in the Aguan Valley to lead a land-reclamation effort. Espinoza has nine children and says that it isn’t possible to support her family without being able to farm a small plot of land. Honduran police made the farmers strip naked and then destroyed the co-op’s crop of corn and beans. A defiant Espinoza says in the film, “I’m fighting so my kids never call me a coward who didn’t even leave them a place to live.” Clinging to her, however, is her oldest daughter who tearfully says she fears her mother will soon be taken away and killed. “I think if you held a public referendum in Canada or the United States on whether they were on the side of Blanca or the plantation owners, I think it’s pretty clear that support would go to Blanca,” Freeston says. Possibly the biggest concern the film raises is the impact that economic disparity and violence — Honduras has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world — has on migration. There’s a direct connection between the conditions in countries such as Honduras, Freeston says, and children ending up on the southern US border. Espinoza’s daughter shown in the film, ironically, was one of those children. After the girl disappeared for days, Freeston says, her mother began to presume the worst. But the girl was captured and returned by US officials, he says. “It’s really sad to see these kids sitting around waiting for the right moment when they are going to make this perilous trip to the US,” Freeston says. “It’s one of the saddest things I’ve seen.”
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TECHNOLOGY | BY JEREMY MOULE
Rochester is undeniably excited about photonics, even if much of the community doesn’t know what it is. But there’s good reason for the buzz, since Rochester will be the heart of a national initiative to build an integrated photonics industry from the ground up. The Department of Defense is keen on integrated photonics, which basically weds ultrahigh-tech optical systems with high-tech electronics. It’s putting approximately $115 million into the initiative, known as the American Institute for Manufacturing Photonics. The DOD solicited proposals from across the country, and a contingent led by SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, University of Rochester, and Rochester Institute of Technology submitted the winning application. The pitch included an additional $250-million investment from New York State; a $250-million investment from the photonics industry, research universities, and other states; and 8 CITY
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Rochester is freaking out for photonics. But what is it? Here's what we know so far. a headquarters in Rochester — a region with a long, pioneering history in photonics’ twin field of optics. Officials now know where the headquarters will be located, despite an early, embarrassing quarrel between some Rochester leaders and SUNY Polytechnic officials. Legacy Tower, the former home of Bausch + Lomb’s headquarters, will house the institute’s business offices, and the Sibley Building will house companies, incubator space, and a workforce development center. “This has been decided, now we can really move ahead,” Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle said the day the locations were announced. The institute’s lead partners have also decided that 30,000 to 50,000 square feet of unused space in a building at Eastman Business Park will house the primary manufacturing and prototyping facility. That’s a crucial decision, not only because viable photonics manufacturing is the end game, but because government, academic, and business
leaders are fired up over the prospect of new jobs in a cutting-edge industry. Photonics is exciting and inspiring, but it’s also incredibly technical. Specialized scientific and engineering expertise will be needed to get the technology into production; Rochester has both. But AIM Photonics is still a massive, complicated, nationwide undertaking. While it’s generated a tremendous amount of interest and enthusiasm across the region, it’s also generated a lot of questions, even among the people tasked with running the institute. The following is a sort of FAQ on the photonics center, with much of the information culled from conversations with two governing board members: Rob Clark, University of Rochester’s senior vice president for research; Michael Liehr, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s vice president of research; as well as Alan Willner, chair of the National Photonics Initiative industry consortium.
Fiber optic networks are a common example of photonics at work: powerful lights and extremely thin glass cables are used to transmit massive amounts data at very high speeds, often over long distances. A lot of very smart people have been developing ways to miniaturize optical systems and to integrate optical components into small chips. Clark draws a parallel between the work happening in photonics and the advancements in electronics and semiconductors. Electronic components used to be big and bulky, but now people are able to carry powerful computers — smartphones — in their pockets. “Integrated circuits and the semiconductor industry — you know, computer chips — were a huge leap in electronics and technology,” Clark says. “And I would say that integrated photonics is another huge
leap in technology that will connect to electronics, but also can replace some of the things that we actually do with electronics now.” Ultimately, photonics technology could lead to faster and more efficient computer data centers, improve medical imaging devices, provide for more robust communications systems, and even lead to new displays. Photonics has potential for industrial processes, too. University of Rochester professor and optical physicist Chunlei Guo has found a way to use lasers to make metals and other materials highly waterrepellent or water-absorbent — he’s researching the technology at the school’s laser lab. The US Army is interested in the technology for defense purposes and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority sees potential for it to improve the efficiency of air conditioners.
First and foremost, AIM Photonics is a Department of Defense program. The DOD sees promise in the technologies, especially for use in infrared imaging, radar, sensors, and something officials refer to as “electronic warfare,” which means radar jamming and similar technologies. Many of the institute’s innovations will end up in battle gear, including drones. Integrated photonics technologies are in the works, Clark says, but the capacity to build the systems doesn’t exist in the United States. The technology can be produced offshore to some degree, but that’s a problem for the DOD. “The Department of Defense certainly isn’t going to rely on a nation outside of the US as a supplier for
a critical component like this,” Clark says. “It’s a core capability we need to have.” So in a nutshell, AIM Photonics is tasked with building a domestic integrated photonics manufacturing industry from scratch. It needs to develop industry standards and procedures, as well as equipment to manufacture emerging technologies on a commercial scale. The technologies will ultimately have an impact beyond the military, since defense innovations often trickle down to the consumer market. Much of what’s inside a smartphone, a personal computer, or even a simple radio started as military tech. And the DOD wants to see improvements in the technologies’ performance,
size, and cost, which is what will make the systems appealing for consumer products. Liehr and Clark point to driverless vehicles as one potential area for defense-consumer crossover. Autonomous vehicles use optical systems to keep from crashing into things, and advances in photonics technologies could make the systems smaller, more powerful, and more efficient. Those improved systems could be equally useful for crash-avoidance systems on consumer and military vehicles, as well as for imaging systems on military vehicles. The same technologies could even power video game gesture-recognition systems, Liehr says.
WHY IS ROCHESTER A GOOD FIT FOR THIS INSTITUTE AND INDUSTRY?
We’ve all heard this story before. Rochester is the birthplace of three major optics pioneers: Kodak, Xerox, and Bausch + Lomb, and as a result, the region has trained generations of scientists, engineers, and manufacturing workers. The workers from the Big Three, who were once the region’s top employers, know how to develop optics-related technologies, how to prototype them, and how to ultimately manufacture them. “Rochester’s DNA is optics,” Willner says. But when the companies started shrinking, many of their employees struck out on their own.
Rochester has approximately 80 small- to mediumsized companies that work in optics, whether in design and mechanical work or building lenses and displays, Clark says. They’re used to collaborating to advance their industries and technologies. And most of the top companies that need optics components or design work come here for it, he says, including Apple and Google. The region has an equally long history of teaching and training people to work in the industry: University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, for example, each have longstanding
optics programs. And Monroe Community College is continuing efforts to ramp up its advanced manufacturing training programs. But Rochester’s history isn’t the only factor. The DOD was impressed by the national consortium that got behind and is woven into the New York application. The consortium included 55 companies, 20 big-name universities and research labs, 16 nonprofit industry and science groups, and 20 states.
WHAT WILL BE THE ECONOMIC AND JOB BENEFITS OF AIM PHOTONICS?
The photonics institute is backed by more than $600 million in federal, state, and private sector funding, but not all of that money will come to Rochester and New York. The Rochester region should expect to see investments between $120 million and “a couple of hundred million” from that pot, some of which will come from the state’s $250 million commitment, Clark says. The funding will be used to set up and run the Rochester operations. Additional private investment is likely, however, since many of the companies that’ll be involved with
the effort will want to be near the Rochester hub. If they aren’t here already, Clark says, they may relocate or at least open a Rochester office. When the institute was announced, some elected leaders said that it’d bring thousands of jobs to the Rochester area. But the truth is nobody really knows how many jobs the institute will create. The region could potentially see between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs over the next five to seven years, Liehr says. The positions will include clean room workers, workstation operators, information technology staff, security officers, and safety
personnel, he says. And approximately 60 percent of the jobs will require only a two-year degree. “I think it’ll be a range of jobs as this evolves,” Clark says. “I can’t predict them. Ultimately, it’ll depend on what parts of the manufacturing chain and industry decides (sic) to locate here in Rochester.”
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AIM PHOTONICS?
WHAT IS PHOTONICS?
Photonics means slightly different things to different people, so it’s best to start in the broadest terms. Generally speaking, photonics refers to the development of technologies based around the application, manipulation, and use of light. It’s basically the same thing as optics, which focuses on the transmission of visible light, such as lasers, and invisible ultraviolet and infrared light. Some scientists and researchers differentiate between the two, often viewing photonics as more of an application-oriented field. “Frankly, there’s almost no system that you can think of today that doesn’t use optics and photonics in some way,” Willner says. “You may not realize it from the outside. It’s transformed the military systems right and left, it’s transformed communications, it’s transformed social networking of course, biomedicine… sensors.”
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whom are African-American males who have served time in prison. Another concern: The report says the Initiative’s goal is to “enable sustainable and progressive employment.” Possible recommendations, the report says, include job training and support and providing mentors for new hires. But there’s no mention of pressing for a minimum-wage increase – a timely issue right now, as Governor Cuomo pushes his proposal for a $15 minimum. Job training is definitely important. So is mentoring – helping people develop the “soft skills” (showing up for work on time, for instance) that some poor people lack because they’re so disconnected from the workforce. But that doesn’t address the changes in the US job market that have made post-secondary education essential for many jobs. Many low-skill positions don’t pay a living wage. In his keynote address at a forum on Rochester’s poverty crisis in January, Georgetown law professor and poverty expert Peter Edelman drove that point home. “There are not enough jobs,” he said, “and there are not enough good jobs.” Wages for half the jobs in the US have been “basically stuck for 40 years,” Edelman said. “This is a structural problem in our economy,” Edelman said. “We need to call it what it is and act.” Yes, indeed. And who better to lead that action locally than the leaders and the hundreds of participants in the Anti-Poverty Initiative? As the progress report says, the Initiative “represents an unprecedented collaboration among public, private, and non-profit leaders.” If we want to ensure that poor people have a chance to lift themselves out of poverty, local business, political, and community leaders could join together and announce their support for a higher minimum wage. I’m not seeing any sign that the Initiative hopes to provide leadership in that area, though. Another concern: The progress report
mentions Rochester’s concentration of poverty several times. But I worry that the thrust of the Initiative’s work will be trying to lessen the impact of concentrated poverty – dealing with the symptoms – not trying to lessen the concentration itself. We’ll try to fix poverty in place. Decades of studies say that living in a high-poverty neighborhood has severe, negative effects, on residents’ health, their children’s education, their chances for employment. The concentrated poverty itself is destructive. And there is extensive evidence that when poor people are able to move to non-poor neighborhoods, their lives often improve. 10 CITY SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 6, 2015
An appendix to the progress report lists specific recommendations from the Initiative’s eight initial work groups. And some of those recommendations cite the limited housing choices outside of high-poverty neighborhoods. There is mention of the need for more affordable housing and a call for a “countywide affordable housing policy.” But the recommendations in that appendix are not necessarily what the Initiative is going to recommend in the end. And the progress report itself includes this: “A common theme expressed by people impacted by poverty is the desire to continue residing in their current neighborhoods” if those neighborhoods have the services and support their residents need. Certainly some poor people don’t want to move out of the city – or out of the neighborhood they’re living in now. They just want their neighborhood to be better and safer than it is. And supporters of affordable suburban housing opportunities aren’t advocating that people be forced to move. But some poor people do want to move, and current zoning laws and other restrictions have led to extremely limited low-income housing anywhere except in the city. If the Initiative fails to focus on countywide affordable housing, it will be shutting off an opportunity that more affluent Rochesterians have. Yes, people might be happy living in concentratedpoverty neighborhoods if they weren’t plagued by crime, if services were plentiful and available, if the children in inner-city schools were achieving at the same level as those in Pittsford. But this community’s concentration of poverty is at the root of the problems in those neighborhoods. Concentrated poverty is one of the causes of the problems. And good intentions and all the time and task forces in the universe won’t change that. I think I understand what the Initiative is trying to do by limiting its scope: select a few areas to address, set a few goals that seem achievable, reach those goals successfully, and then address more. Don’t over-reach, and don’t over-promise. But nine months into what was billed as a bold effort to eliminate poverty in Rochester – an “unprecedented countywide effort” – the Initiative feels heavy on process, systems, and collaboration and light on fundamental change. I’d be less skeptical if the progress report included a pledge to tackle the hard stuff, if it reflected an understanding of the necessity of challenging fears and vested interests, if it reflected a willingness to challenge the policies – in government and in the private sector – that got us where we are now. Too much is at stake, poverty is destroying too many people’s lives, to do only what seems palatable to the non-poor.
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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.
Creating a sustainable economy
The Front Porch Republic will hold a conference on “Sustainable Localism” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 3. The conference includes a panel discussion focusing on the work of social critic Christopher Lasch and horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey. Cost: $50; students, $20; and includes lunch. The event will be held at SUNY Geneseo, MacVittie College Union ballroom. Information: mtmitchell@phc.edu.
by Dr. Gerald Gacioch, chief of cardiology at Rochester General, and it will cover the pope’s call for action on climate change. The event will be held at St. Boniface, 330 Gregory Street.
Recycling day in Penfield
The Town of Penfield will hold a fall recycling day for Penfield residents from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 10. Recyclables can include paper documents, metals, brush, and appliances, but no electronics will be accepted. Bring items to the Penfield Highway Department, 1607 Jackson Road. Proof of residency is required. Information: 340-8710.
Understanding poverty-mental Church and climate change talk health link St. Boniface Church will host the “Pope Francis Encyclical Top 10” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 1. The talk will be given
The Mental Health Association and Mt. Olivet Baptist Church will present “Altering the Journey of our Families: Trauma, Pov-
erty and Mental Health,” from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, October 1. The workshop will examine the link between poverty and mental health, and how reducing poverty cannot be achieved without addressing family exposure to trauma. The event will be held at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street. Registration: 3253145, ext. 100.
Dining
It might be easy to miss Tsingtao House while driving down West Henrietta Road, but the restaurant is a real hidden gem of Rochester. The business serves traditional Sichuan-style Chinese dishes like (left) cumin lamb, (middled) spicy chicken, and (right) pork buns that are balanced with cilantro and spices. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Sichuan hidden in plain sight Tsingtao House 2831 WEST HENRIETTA ROAD MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 11 A.M. TO 9 P.M. 272-8008; NO WEBSITE [ REVIEW ] BY CHRIS LINDSTROM
Similar to how food in the South has a different character from the food that comes out of New England or the Pacific Northwest, Chinese cuisine has so much more diversity to offer than is normally seen in the Americanized Chinese takeout joint slinging endless containers of General Tso’s chicken and lo mein. In Rochester there are few options that diverge from that heavily fried and sweetened fare, and that has been a source of disappointment for me. About a month ago, one of my barista friends told me about a place he had recently visited called Tsingtao House, which is bucking the trend in a serious way. Tsingtao is tucked away on the side of a building that looks more like a convenience store to the passing traffic on West Henrietta Road. With large red lettering spelling out “TSINGTAO” on the side of the building, there is no other signage indicating that it is a restaurant. Additional confusion comes from the fact that Tsingtao shares a name with
one of the more recognizable Chinese beer companies. With all that being said, I feel quite comfortable describing this as a “hidden gem.” The menu at Tsingtao House is solidly based in the Sichuan (or Szechuan or Szechwan depending on your spelling preferences) style of cuisine which is most widely noted for a taste sensation described as má là. This combination of spicy peppers and a mouth tingling effect from Sichuan peppercorns is relatively unique to this style of cooking and one that I quite enjoy. A trio of dishes that I sampled exemplified this flavor profile, and each was unique. The most approachable of the three was the simply named spicy chicken ($14) which is an amped up version of popcorn chicken. This version involves dry fried chicken chunks coated with a dynamic group of seasonings that include fresh and dried peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, salt, garlic, ginger, and soy. Each bite brought a touch of má là and an addictive salty, savory crunch. The intense red chili sauce in the mapo tofu ($9) looks intimidating, but has milder spice than you would expect based on the appearance. The lightly thickened sauce features the citrusy brightness of the Sichuan peppercorns balancing the chili base. This is a dish where the heat catches up with you instead of kicking you in the face. My favorite of the three dishes was the
sliced ox tongue and maw ($9). It brought the most heat, and was served cold, which was a fascinating contrast. The thin slices of tongue and lightly funky tripe are coated in a sauce and paste that not only pops with má là but also uses black vinegar and chili oil leading to an explosive combination. This dish is best eaten with a bit of rice to spread the flavors out, but if you love offal cuts this is definitely the dish for you. You can also find kidney, hearts, and chicken feet on the menu if you wish to continue down the offal path. Don’t be scared away from visiting Tsingtao if you don’t like some heat; there are plenty of dishes that edge away from the wild and more toward the mild. A pile of snow peas served with slices of cured pork was a respite from the heat of my dishes and still brought plenty of savory flavor. The sauce was thin, packed with garlic, and was consistently meaty despite a relatively small amount of pork. And a soup with wide flour noodles and pieces of lamb ($8) was simple yet satisfying. The cumin lamb ($18) and double cooked pork ($14) were two meat dishes that hit opposite sides of the seasoning spectrum. The lamb pieces were solidly coated with lightly crushed cumin seeds and a base of the dried peppers and Sichuan peppercorns. This dish did have a touch of heat, but wasn’t overpowering. The texture contrasts — popping
pieces of cumin seed and the occasional crispy edges from wok searing on the extra tender lamb — were my favorite part of the dish. The double cooked pork dish was a mountain of sliced pork belly braised and then stir fried in a light black bean sauce. This was the most lightly seasoned of the main courses and a nice option to pass around as an accent. And there is a selection of steamed and fried dumplings to choose from along with buns that are denser than the normal steamed versions. The dumplings were exquisitely juicy and the meat fillings for the buns were balanced with cilantro and bright spices. I’m going to make it a point to try all of the versions on the menu during my future visits. Tsingtao House doesn’t try to cater to the tastes of well-known Americanized Chinese dishes, and it shines because of that. Based on observations from a few visits, this has already become a go-to spot for the collegeaged Chinese crowd, and it should be one for anyone who loves Asian food. 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 [ HIP-HOP ] Chief Keef. Saturday, October 31. Main Street Armory, 900 East Main Street. 8 p.m. $35-$45. mainstreetarmory.com; chiefkeef.com.
Music
[ POP ]
Marianas Trench. Saturday, November 21. Water Street
Music Hall, 204 North Water Street. 8 p.m. $25-$125. waterstreetmusic.com; marianastrench.net. [ PUNK ]
Perfect Pussy. Wednesday, December 9. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. 9 p.m. $8-$12. bugjar.com; prrfectpussy. bandcamp.com.
Mac Miller
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 WATER STREET MUSIC HALL, 204 NORTH WATER STREET 7:30 P.M. | $35 | WATERSTREETMUSIC.COM MACMILLERSWEBSITE.COM [ HIP-HOP ] Mac Miller has matured a lot since he started to catch fire in Pittsburgh in 2010. The rapper — who is now 23 years old — just released “GO:OD AM,” his third studio album, an offbeat, stoner album that manages to be fun, creative, and slightly sophisticated. Somewhat of an oddball — the guy has his own MTV reality show — and light-hearted, Mac Miller consistently works with artists like Tyler, the Creator, and Flying Lotus, and his new album features Ab-Soul and Lil B. — BY JAKE CLAPP
The Charlie Hunter Trio THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 8 P.M. | $10-$15 | LOVINCUP.COM; CHARLIEHUNTER.COM [ JAZZ ] To quote one of my favorite critics about Charlie Hunter’s performance at the Jazz Fest a few years ago: “He’s good. Hell, he’s great — but entirely too technical for me. I mean, would hitting one wrong note really kill you?” Hunter hits a lot of notes as his guitars are customized with seven and even eight strings which the master evokes bass, lead, and rhythm passages simultaneously. And you oughta — rather gotta — hear him play through a Leslie. A guitar monster. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 [ BLUES ]
Anthony Gomes. Dinosaur BarB-Que, 99 Court St. 325-7090. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. Laney Jones the The Spirit. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $5. Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille.com. 10 p.m.
[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]
Muler “Unlikely Soldiers” Carbon Records mulerband.com
Norma Jean THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 CALIFORNIA BREW HAUS, 402 WEST RIDGE ROAD 6 P.M. | $20 | TICKETFLY.COM; NORMAJEANNOISE.COM [ ROCK ] Norma Jean is heavy, ripping rock ‘n’ roll,
with throat-stripping vocals that squall over distortion. It’s brutal, bombastic and heavy. The five-piece from Atlanta, was originally known as Luti-Kriss (with a few different members) but changed its name due to confusion with the rapper Ludacris of the same city. Maybe the only thing Norma Jean has in common with Ludacris is their affinity for effrontery.
— BY TYLER PEARCE
RPO Live from Hochstein WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 HOCHSTEIN PERFORMANCE HALL, 50 NORTH PLYMOUTH AVENUE 12:10 P.M. | FREE | HOCHSTEIN.ORG; RPO.ORG [ CLASSICAL ] The Hochstein School of Music’s free,
live “brown-bag” concerts on Wednesdays have been a staple of Rochester music, and lunchtimes, for decades. The 2015-16 schedule begins next with a presentation by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Music director Ward Stare will be conducting Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony, the “Scottish.” If Stare and the orchestra continue to produce the plush sound they did on their opening night, this performance of the lushest of Mendelssohn’s symphonies should be a treat. The concert will be broadcast live on WXXI-FM, introduced by Mona Seghatoleslami. — BY DAVID RAYMOND
I’ve had enough cassette tapes come across my desk lately that it ceases to be odd anymore. But of all the bands to embrace this retro coolness, Muler beats them all out with a pink cassette of its latest project, “Unlikely Soldiers.” Despite the effete packaging this disc — er, cassette is powerful and yielding like a shadow boxer in free fall. Muler has been flying the indie flag since the 1980’s. This is classic indie rock like mom — or bands like Guided By Voices — used to make. Recorded at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, “Unlikely Soldiers” exhibits melodic maturity that doesn’t push or try, it just is what it is: a unique stab at alt-rock from a mindset that made the style a renegade sound in the first place. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
[ COUNTRY ]
Food Truck Rodeo: Donnibrooke. Rochester
Public Market, 280 N. Union St. cityofrochester.gov/ foodtruckrodeo. 5-9 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Big Band Dance Series: Andy Stobie Greater Finger Lakes. Ontario Beach Park,
4799 Lake Ave. 865-3320. ontariobeachentertainment. org. 6 p.m. Opener: Al Bruno trio. $2.
John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument
[ KARAOKE ]
Kamikaze Karaoke. Photo City
“Flip-Flop” See Tao Recordings johnyao.com
Improv & Comedy Club, 543 Atlantic Ave. 585-482-9778. photocityimprov.com. 5-11 p.m.
The drawing on the cover of John Yao’s new album depicts arms, hands, faces, trombones, saxophones, drums, a piano, and more all fused together into an abstract musical mash-up. It’s a fitting visual for what Yao calls his 17-Piece Instrument. The band’s new album reveals just how appropriate that title is. Yao’s compositions are wildly complex, and his arrangements are imbued with the freedom of a far smaller ensemble, verging on the avant-garde. But his band plays them so tightly, you’d think it was one multi-headed hydra. Yao is a trombonist who has worked with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the AfroLatin Jazz Orchestra, Paquito D’Rivera, and more. He’s gotten to know the best players in New York and they’re part of his “instrument.” Sprinkled throughout the album are masterful solos by Jesse Stacken on piano; Jon Irabagon, Rich Perry, John O’Gallagher and others on sax; Andy Gravish, David Smith, and others on trumpet; and Yao, Louis Bonilla, and others on trombone. When they play together, hold on tight for one of the wildest rides ever to shake up the big band genre. — BY RON NETSKY
[ POP/ROCK ]
Mad Conductor, Slut Week, and Ivy’s Panic Room. Bug Jar,
219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8-$10. Sons of Synergy. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 [ CLASSICAL ]
Inertia | Movement | Pulse with OSSIA New Music.
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Hip-hop artist Sean Forbes lost his hearing when he was 1. The musician will perform at RIT on Friday, October 9. PHOTO PROVIDED
Feeling the beat Sean Forbes FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 RIT’S PANARA THEATRE, 52 LOMB MEMORIAL DRIVE 7:30 P.M. | $10 | NTID.RIT.EDU/THEATRE DEAFANDLOUD.COM [ INTERVIEW ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
Sean Forbes is a rapper. A good one, too. But that, in and of itself, isn’t all that extraordinary. That is until you consider the fact that this young artist can’t hear what he’s doing. Sean Forbes is deaf. It’s a perplexing dichotomy that precedes him: a deaf rapper. What is admirable about Forbes is his tenacity in the face of living and performing in silence. Forbes’s album, “Perfect Imperfection,” is a video collection done in sign language while set to his music. He’s an inspiring artist who loves what he does. He’s an inspiring artist who loves being deaf. Forbes got online to field a few questions. An edited copy of that conversation follows. City: What’s new in Sean Forbes’s world? Sean Forbes: My wife and I just became
parents in June to a beautiful little girl. Besides becoming a dad, I just finished recording my sophomore album, and my nonprofit organization D-PAN, The Deaf Professional
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Arts Network, just finished another amazing American Sign Language music video that is going to be released very soon. D-PAN is also doing some new stuff outside of music that we’re going to debut in the beginning of 2016. Why did you choose hip-hop?
I like to think that hip-hop chose me. I grew up on rock and country, but when I felt hip-hop for the first time it resonated with me. I love drums, and I love lyrics so the two are really the forefront of hip-hop; add in a few spices and you’ve got me. What do you write about lyrically?
I want to use my music to share a message of overcoming adversity and doing what you want to do. I hate songs about rims, girls, and money; those things don’t resonate with me. When I was working on my first album there were a few songs that were just purely positive motivation, then I have a song like “Def Deaf Girls.” Yes it’s about girls, but if you really read the lyrics it’s about liking strong women, especially ones that are deaf. A lot of artists today aren’t necessarily role models, it’s not something that “sells.” But I never wanted to follow the trend and I continue that on my next album. Have you been deaf since birth?
I have been deaf for as long as I can remember. I lost my hearing at one.
How do you hear or feel music?
I feel music. I feel it both physically and emotionally … I like to think that I’m programmed with it. It’s just a part of my DNA. Are people who see you for the first time surprised you’re deaf?
I get that question a lot: “You’re deaf and you do music?” To me, deafness is an identity. If I wasn’t deaf I wouldn’t have gone to RIT/NTID; I wouldn’t have met all the people that I’ve met; I wouldn’t have travelled the world inspiring thousands of people to chase their dreams just like I did … I love being deaf. What’s something you can do musically that a hearing performer can’t?
This might sound strange, but when I’m performing, I know the songs, I know where I’m going with the signing and rapping, so it’s almost like a muscle reflex that is natural. I sometimes watch people’s conversations while I’m performing, and they’ll be asking themselves, “Is he married? I wonder how deaf he is.” Then when the song is done, I point them out and answer their questions. I love to shock people and let them know that I am tuned in. Are there other hearing impaired artists who have inspired you?
Chuck Baird is an inspiration. When I came onto the “Deaf Scene” I often felt like a misfit because people were like “Who is this guy? Where did he come from? He’s doing music for the deaf?” It was Chuck, a famous deaf painter who passed away a few years ago, that came up to me and started talking about jazz musicians and how they weren’t accepted, and making a comparison without making a comparison. He made me feel welcome. I have one of his artworks on the wall right outside my studio, so I see it every time before I go to work on a new song.
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What inspires you the most?
Young kids that think they don’t have a future, then I hang out with them and tell them my story, ask them what they want to do, and I ask them, “What’s stopping you,” and they never have an answer. I always encourage them. Giving up is the easiest thing to do, but working hard for what you want is the most rewarding. What’s next?
I like to fly by the seat of my pants. I like to think I’ve done pretty well for myself taking that approach. It’s not ethical and it wouldn’t work for everyone, but things have happened for me organically and I’m going to continue that. So I’ll ask you: what’s next? rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 15
[ JAZZ ]
Deborah Branch. Amaya Indian Cuisine, 1900 S. Clinton Ave. 241-3223. amayabarandgrill. com. 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The Joe Santora Trio, Curtis Kendrick, and Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. (585) 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill.com. Free. [ POP/ROCK ]
Harmonica Lewinsky, Danger Troll, and the Temptators. Bug
CLASSICAL | UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
Though the ukulele is often dismissed to the ranks of the kazoo, the slide whistle, and the jaw harp, this abbreviated little four-string instrument has groups like the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain to save it from obscurity. Formed in 1985, the seven-piece ensemble is full of fleet-fingered lightning and nimble dexterity culminating with virtually every member playing together on one instrument. It’s really a lot of fun. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain performs Wednesday, September 30, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street. 8 p.m. $15-$65. eastmantheatre.org; ukuleleorchestra.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 Ossia. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8 p.m.
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AUTUMN BOMB! The Lobby at Bug Jar | 219 Monroe Avenue 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM Awaken the Totum @ Cat Clay Cat Clay | Studio #242, Hungerford Bldg. Bradley Butler at Nu Movement Nu Movement | 716 University Avenue Brenda Cretney, Denise Rizzo and Wendy Matthews Rochester Art Club 1115 E. Main Street, Studio #437-439 Clairvoyance: The Physique of Phantoms Dyer Arts Center at Roc City Signers Studio 11 N. Goodman Street David Kotok Photography w/ Live Music Greenhouse Cafe | 2271 E. Main St Haunted Hungerford - two terrifying nights! The Hungerford | 1115 East Main St. (at N. Goodman) 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Menagerie – new works by Robin Cass AXOM Gallery Exhibition Space 176 Anderson Ave. Suite #303
Mystery Night & Wide Open Mic Writers & Books | 740 University Ave. Open Studios RoCo Upstairs | 137 East Ave. Upstairs Open Studios Artist Next Door | 250 N. Goodman St. Printed Matter at Rochester Contemporary Art Center Rochester Contemporary Art Center | 137 East Ave. RIT Alumni Spotlight Gallery r | 100 College Ave Rochester Destinations Image City Photography Gallery | 722 University Ave. Stone Houses of Jefferson County Richard Margolis Art + Architectural Photography 4th Floor #9 250 North Goodman Street The Littles by Sue Latta Visual Studies Workshop Gallery | 31 Prince St. Wrap Yourself In Art Lynne Feldman Studio 250 North Goodman St. Studio 33
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Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-7311. rpo.org. 7:30 p.m. $22-$94.
Charlie Hunter Trio, Bobby Previte, and Curtis Fowlkes.
Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 8 p.m. $15-$20.
454-7140. bouldercoffee.info. 8-10 p.m. Herb Heins and Friends. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 5:308:30 p.m.
The Roc-City Ramblers and Folk Faces. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park
Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup. com. 9 p.m. $3-$5. The Ruddy Well Band. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 2 p.m.
[ R&B/ SOUL ]
Uptown Groove. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-9940. stickylipsbbq.com. 6-8 p.m. [ METAL ]
Fit For An Autopsy, Old Wounds, From the Skies, The Man Cries Panic, and Beneath Hell’s Sky. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 6 p.m. $12-$14. [ POP/ROCK ]
Cavalcade and Wisdom Kids.
Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966. bugjar.com. 8:30 p.m. $6-$8. Norma Jean. California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. facebook.com/ thecaliforniabrewhaus.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]
The Amy Hazard Band. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St.
[ BLUES ]
Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters. Sticky Lips BBQ
Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:30 p.m. Dave Riccioni & Friends. The Beale, 693 South Ave. 2714650. thebeale.com. 5:308:30 p.m. HearHanna.com. 6:30-9:30 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
Brockport Symphony Orchestra: A Tribute to Rochester Composers. St.
Luke’s Brockport, 14 State St. Brockport. 585-4028126. brockportsymphony. org. 7:30-9 p.m. Free, donations accepted.
Fall into Music with Charlie Lindner. Hochstein
Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 244-5044. hochstein.org. 8 p.m. With Matt Ramerman and Kyle Vock. $10. Musica Nova. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester. edu. 8 p.m.
Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. Art Opening: The Lobby x The Good Food Collective’s #RochesterCropCircle recipients Adam Maida, Range Fua, & Jane Lichorowic and others. $8. Sirens and Sailors. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic. com. 6:30 p.m. $15-$20.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Bat McGrath. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 5 & 8:30 p.m. $20-$25. [ CLASSICAL ]
RPO: Sibelius and Britten. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-7311. rpo.org. 8 p.m. $22-$94. [ VOCALS ]
Image City Sound Show: Headed for the Future. Norman Howard School, 275 Pinnacle Road. 234-7464. imagecitysound.com. 2-3:30 & 7-8:30 p.m. $8-$15, under 4 Free. [ JAZZ ]
Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley
Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 381-2144. FredCostello.com. 7:30-10 p.m.
The Infrared Radiation Orchestra. The Beale,
693 South Ave. 271-4650. thebealegrille.com. 9:30 p.m. [ HIP-HOP/RAP]
Fall Fest: Dej Loaf, Kevin Gates, and DJ Drama. Main Street
Armory, 900 E. Main St. 2323221. mainstreetarmory.com. 7:30 p.m. $25-$75.
[ POP/ROCK ] Joe Percy. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m. Judge Gazzo. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 5443500. houseofguitars.com. 4 p.m.
Million Miles from Broadway. House of Guitars,
645 Titus Ave. 544-3500. houseofguitars.com. 3 p.m.
The Sun Parade, Embers, and Rustle and Bromley. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 [ BLUES ]
Rory Block. The Bop Shop, 1460 Monroe Ave. 7370137. bopshop.com. 8:3010 p.m. $20. [ CLASSICAL ]
First Muse: P채rt and Purcell.
First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. 271-9070. FirstMuse.org. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-$10. [ JAZZ ]
The Dave Detweiler Group.
Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 3892700. naz.edu. 3-4:30 p.m. Free. [ METAL ]
Metal Madness: DJ Night: Metal Louis. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.
454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]
Watkins and the Rapiers. The
Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org. 7 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
ChameleonsVox. Montage Music
Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 244-8476. alternativemusic.com/. 8 p.m. $20-$25.
Insane Clown Posse, P.O.D., Stitches, Young Wicked, and Dope D.O.D. Water Street Music
Hall, 204 N. Water St. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com. 7 p.m. $27-$32. Miracles of Modern Science. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. flourcitystation.com.
Sonny Vincent, Zin Vetro, and Flipshit. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe
Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9:15 p.m. $15-$17.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 [ JAZZ ]
Mike Allen. Vino Lounge, 7 W Main St. Webster. 872-9463. akingofsoul.com/. [ HIP-HOP/RAP ]
Mac Miller, Domo, and Gold Link. Water Street Music Hall,
204 N. Water St. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com. 7:30 p.m. $35-$40. [ POP/ROCK ]
Rustic Radio. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $6-$8.
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“Efflorescence Mirabile” is part of “Menagerie,” new works by Robin Cass now on view at AXOM Gallery. PHOTO PROVIDED
Studies of Life “Menagerie” by Robin Cass
THROUGH OCTOBER 31 AXOM GALLERY, 176 ANDERSON AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 232-6030; AXOMGALLERY.COM [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Axom Gallery’s current show, “Menagerie,” featuring flame-worked glass and metal by Robin Cass, explores concepts of capturing life through a fictitious version of the natural wonderland that surrounds us. The body of work is based on the tradition of the Wunderkammern, or cabinet of wonders — old-timey collections of rare natural specimens shown off for bragging rights among wealthy European hobbyists — and of the human need to categorize life. In her stunning sculptural work, Cass takes on not just the identity of a natural wonder hunter, but of the creator of life that might be. 18 CITY SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6, 2015
“We have an innate need to investigate the world; to observe, record, collect, and present our discoveries for others to appreciate,” Cass says in her provided statement. “The parameters of what is acceptable in terms of collecting, categorizing, and display are constantly shifting depending on cultural context.” The lobby of the space shows off a dozen intaglio vitreographs: prints of a variety of organic pods that resemble illustrations pulled from the pages of a naturalist’s notebooks or old life science texts. In the gallery proper, realistic specimens seemingly plucked from humid jungle floors or the driest of deserts are suspended from the ceiling within industrial cages. Others are trapped within wall-mounted domes with fixtures that look like what can be described as nautical bell jars. The key element in each is the light flowing into the storage devices, and passing through the translucent glass that make up the fronds and tubes of the plants. But are these “plants” vegetable, or animal? A strange sentience seems present in each, particularly the ones that include clusters of bubbly, eye-like structures. Cass titles her
Art Exhibits
fictional creations with names stolen from Latin and mixed with descriptor terms used to describe the components she creates. The defining features are highlighted in these names: “Stigmate paddlepod” is a series of stalks ending in wide, flat vegetation; “Ocular bulbupods with protrusi” has screw-shaped stalks searching for light, and eye-like clear, silvery domes that seem to interpret their surroundings while they act as water reservoirs. The detail-oriented Cass didn’t just blow glass and be finished with it — each specimen is found in a bed of colored, jewel-like, pebbled soil. Jewel-like is a good way to describe all of the work; each piece has a light-suspending sense of luminous preciousness. Even the simple structures seem alive. “Papiculate tri-stigmata,” with its few pale elements like the eyestalks of snails, seem to wend toward the light slowly under the viewer’s steady eye. “Ironically, the qualities that animate living organisms are highlighted by captivity and containment,” Cass says. “The rigid materials associated with collection and display devices enhance contrasting biological tissue.” Just like in the case of wonder cabinets, the stranger the specimen, the more valued it is. “The most prized specimens in any collection are those that diverge from the norm or defy classification,” she says. The works are familiar in their features, yet alien in this particular arrangement of them. The knobby globs of glass that make groups of oculi, the thin stems, and coin-shaped clusters of light-collecting foliage are all elements that might have a place in our world. Here, they are the mad imaginings of a fascinated dreamer. But the world is wide, and we don’t understand the half of it. This is particularly true when it comes to the tiniest parts of life, and those found in the most exotic, hardest to reach arenas of nature. Yet what may seem like an unlikely arrangements of parts — such as the real-life Condylura cristata, a mole with a star-shaped, fleshy appendage on its nose, native to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States — are rendered alien to us because our different realms, by and large, do not come into contact. And we can no longer ignore that the human impact on this planet is the cause of mass-decimation of the most fragile parts of it. So there is another side to the concept of collecting. As with zoos and other “collections” of natural wonders, there is a depressing irony in the fact that so many creatures are kept in collections in the interest of their protection. Cass’s lifelike creations are injected with that same sense of wonder we derive from encountering the strangeness of life’s diversity, while they are a foreboding reminder to safeguard creatures out there in this world, before they only exist within cages and under glass.
[ OPENING ] Art Museum of Rochester, 610 Monroe Ave. Works by Dan Regna. Through Oct. 31. A variety of 40 pieces. facebook.com/ ArtMuseumOfRochester. Cat Clay, 1115 E. Main St., Suite 242. Awaken the Totum. Fri. Oct. 2. New jewelry collection by the Knotty Owl. 414-5643. catclay.com. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Spotlighting Distinctiveness. Through Nov. 30. Paintings by Valerie Berner; photography by Jerry Kaye; and sculptural furniture by Scott Grove. 3255010. ArtsRochester.org. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. Change How You See, See How You Change. Through Oct. 18. eastmanhouse.org.; Positive Exposure. Through Oct. 18. Photographic works of people with intellectual disabilities by Rick Guidotti. eastmanhouse.org. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. 10th Anniversary Exhibit. Through Nov. 1. The work of current Gallery Partners, former Gallery Partners, Artists-in-Residence and invited guests. 271-2540. imagecityphotography.com. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Mingus. Through Oct. 31. Contemporary original works by Janet Richardson. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions.com/. Rochester Picture Frame, 2094 Main St. East. An Exhibition of Paintings, Printers, Drawings, and Sculpture. Through Oct. 30. Artist reception Fri. Oct. 2, 5 p.m. Work by Robert Ernest Marx. 749-9110. roberternestmarx.com. [ CONTINUING ] Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Menagerie. Through Oct. 31. New work by Robin Cass. 232-6030 x23. axomgallery.com/. Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 1 College Dr. Beaded Birds and Beasts: Selected Iroquois Beadwork. Through Oct. 7. Pincushions, purses, urns, whisk broom holders, and needle cases made between 1880 and 1930. 245-5516. genesee.edu. Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. The Erie Canal. Through Oct. 17. Over 50 photos of the Erie Canal by 22 local photographers. 233-5015. thegallery96.com. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Rochester Destinations. Though Oct. 4. Reception Oct. 2, 5-9 p.m. Photography series of regional Rochester by Sheridan Vincent. imagecityphotography.com. Legacy at Willow Pond, 40 Willow Pond Way. 11th Annual Autumn Show and Sale. Through Oct. 23. Free art demonstrations Tues. Oct. 6, 13, & 20, 1-2 p.m. Penfield Art Association featuring more than 100 paintings in a variety of media by 41 area artists. 586-5815. penfieldartassociation.com. Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. New Work by Mike Turzanski, Peter Lazarski, and the Hunckle Buckle Boys. Through Oct. 25. 2329030. lux666.com. Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Celtic Impressions: Seen and Unseen Ireland. Through Oct. 31. Printmaking, encaustics, and mixed media pieces by Elizabeth Durand, Constance Mauro, continues on page 20 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 19
ART | “HERE LIES” 1975 SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY
1975 Gallery may be taking a leave of absence, but not before going out with a creepy bang. Celebrating its seven year anniversary, 1975 Gallery, currently located at 89 Charlotte Street, will be moving locations and taking time to refocus. However, during the month of October, the “Here Lies” exhibit will be taking over the gallery and celebrating the Halloween spirit. Featured works will be included by Joe Guy Allard, Magnus Apollo, Stephanie Bancroft, Mr. Prvrt, Steven Vogel, Scot Lefavor, and many more. Search the hashtag #herelies1975 and you can get some peeks of what to expect for the next month. The exhibit runs from October 3 until the 31. The opening reception is October 3, from 6 until 10 p.m. and will also feature Halloween-themed snacks as well as a mobile espresso bar by Ugly Duck Coffee. For more information visit 1975ish.com. — BY OLIVIA LOPEZ
HALLOWEEN | CASTLE OF HORRORS
A gruesome zombie outbreak has hit Rochester and the only safe zone is inside the Main Street Armory. The CDC has set up a clear area where patrons will be screened, tested for the infection, and administered a shot to prevent further infection. But now you’re stuck in the Armory, a building notorious for its hauntings and horrors. The Castle of Horrors returns this year on Thursday, October 1, for another season of ghouls, ghosts, and gore. About 50,000 square feet of the Armory (900 East Main Street) is transformed into themed rooms and corridors for a heart-stopping haunted house. The Castle of Horrors is open 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays, and 7 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Open through Friday, October 30. $20. castleofhorrors.com. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Art Exhibits and G.A. Sheller. 315-4620210. mstreetarts@gmail.com. mainstreetartsgallery.com. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Arts for the People. Arts for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA Murals, Oct 18-Jan 3. 2768900. mag.rochester.edu. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls. Fine Art Prints. Through Nov. 7. Handpulled editioned prints and mono 20 CITY SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6, 2015
prints of Marcia Mundrick’s safari trip to Serengeti, Tanzania. millerartcenter.com. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. The Four Seasons in Watercolor. Through Oct. 31. Watercolors by Martha Kutas. 546-8439 x 3102. episcopalseniorlife.org. Nan Miller Gallery, 3000 Monroe Ave #200. Abstract Views. Through Oct. 3. Local and national abstract artists. 292-1430. nan. NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Jennifer Van Atta
Hayes Scholarship Fundraiser and Photo Exhibit. Through Oct. 30. Unique photos from students and faculty that have traveled abroad in their studies. rit.edu/ ntid/dyerarts/. Ock Hee’s Gallery, 2 Lehigh St. Quiet Resonance. Through Oct. 3. Porcelain by Christina Brinkman and photos by PJ Pennewell. 6244730. ockheesgallery.com. Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Freedom and Form. Through Oct. 3. New work by Phyllis Bryce Ely and Todd Chalk. 2715885. oxfordgallery.com. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. Brooklyn Bridge. Through Nov. 15. Artists talk Fri. Oct. 2 & Nov. 6, 6-10 p.m. Print Fair Fri. Oct. 2 , 6-10 p.m. Five New York-based emerging artists. 461-2222. info@rochestercontemporary.org. rochestercontemporary.org. Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. Water Effect. Through Oct. 18. Work by 57 international artists inspired by water. (315) 255-1553. mtraudt@schweinfurthartcenter. org. schweinfurtharcenter.org. The Shoe Factory Art Coop, 250 N. Goodman St. Ongoing Exhibits. 732-0036. shoefactoryarts.com. University Gallery, James R. Booth Hall, RIT, Lomb Memorial Dr. Bhutan-inspired Mixed Media Art. Through Nov. 20. Large-scale paintings, prints and installations by Benigna Chilla. 475-2404. jleugs@rit.edu. benignachilla.com. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Sue Latta in the Project Space. Through Oct. 24. Artist talk Wed. Sept. 30, 6 p.m. Layered images and objects. 442-8676. vsw.org.; Aesthetic Technologies: Works by Philip Mallory Jones. 442-8676. vsw.org.; The Curious Reality of Images. Through Dec. 19. Photos by Rick McKee Hock. 442-8676. vsw.org. Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr. Life Lessons. Through Oct. 30. Mixed-media work by Liz Brownell. 785-1369. flcc.edu.
Art Events [ FRI., OCTOBER 2 ] Suburban Woman’s Urban Experience II. 6-9 p.m. Create Art 4 Good Studios, 1115 E. Main St., door 5, suite 201. Through Oct. 29. The Art of Susan CarmenDuffy 585-210-3161. Susan@createart4good.org. createart4good. org/current-exhibit/. Flour City/ Flower City. 6-9 p.m. Studio #215 Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. Studio opening Fri. Oct. 6-9 p.m. and Sat. Oct. 6-9 p.m. Wooden multiples from two graphic elements, printed posters, and vinyl graphs, flower icon and mill stone pieces by Bill Klingensmith mydarndest.com. Printed Matter - Print Club of Rochester’s Annual Print Fair. 6-10 p.m. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. $2 / free for members. 585-461-2222. info@rochestercontemporary.org. rochestercontemporary.org/exhibitions.php. Cecily Culver | New Sense. Oct. 2 & 6 p.m. Gallery R, 100 College Ave. 256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu. [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Artist at Work. 12-2 p.m. Rochester Central Library Arts Division, 115 South Ave Artist Richmond Futch Jr 428-8140. libraryweb.org.
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[ THU., OCTOBER 1 ] Josh Blue. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster $15-$25. 671-9080. thecomedyclub.us.
[ THU., OCTOBER 1 ] Live Argentine Tango Music. 9:30-11 p.m Tango Cafe, 35 South Washington St With Uptown Groove Trio $5. 2714930. tangocafedance.com.
[ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] 36th Fall Festival & Agricultural Fair. Oct. 3-4. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $12-$20. 2948218. gvc.org.
[ FRI., OCTOBER 2 ] Fall Latin Dance Pop-Up Series | Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. 6-8 p.m. Cobbs Hill Park, 100 Norris Drive 749-6006. rhythm-society.org. Thodos Dance Chicago. 8 p.m. Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave $35-$50. 389-2170. artscenter.naz.edu/.
[ SUN., OCTOBER 4 ] Rochester Yoga Festival. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave $119, Registration required. rochesteryogafestival.com/.
[ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Dave Chappelle. 7 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $58. 222-5000. livenation.com/. [ TUE., OCTOBER 6 ] Rochester Long Form League. 6-10 p.m. Photo City Improv & Comedy Club, 543 Atlantic Ave $5. 585-482-9778. photocityimprov.com.
Film [ WED., SEPTEMBER 30 ] Film Screening: The Brain with David Eagleman. 7 p.m. The
Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue Free. wxxi.org. [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Dividing Road Maps by Time Zones: Ten Years of Moving Pictures, 1999-2009. 8 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. $5 suggested donation. 442-8676. vsw.org. Latino Film Festival 2015. Oct. 3. St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave prfestival.com/. [ MON., OCTOBER 5 ] Witness Palestine Film Series: Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine. 6:45 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue thelittle.org.
Kids Events [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] ZooClass: Dazzling Ducks. 10:1511 a.m. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St $11 -$17. 336-7213. senecaparkzoo.org.
Lectures [ THU., OCTOBER 1 ] Faith Matters: Will There Be Water? Our Lakes and the Enviroment. 1 p.m. Chapel Oaks, St. Ann’s Community, 1550 Portland Ave 697-6606. stannscommunity.com. A History of Halloween. 7:30-9 p.m. St John’s Lutheran Church, 800 East Ridge Rd $1. 585-3367269. ggw.org/~ihsociety.
Science On Edge: Discovery of the God Particle, A Brief History. 6:30 p.m. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. Presented by Carl Hagen $7$15. 697-1942. rmsc.org. The Shang and Their World. 7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd Presented by Dr. Roderick Campbell Free. 271-9070. archaeological.org/ events/19701. Trauma, Poverty and Mental Health. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams St. 325-3145. mharochester.org. [ SUN., OCTOBER 4 ] Eleanor Smeal. 2-3:30 p.m. Susan B. Anthony Museum & continues on page 22
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Rochester Crozer Divinity School, 1100 S. Goodman St Presented by Rita N. Brock 340-9643. crcds.edu/fall-lecture-series/. African American Legacy Lecture: Challenging Disabilities: Theories, Themes and Trials. 7-8:30 p.m. Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, 1100 S. Goodman St 340-9643. crcds.edu/fall-lectureseries/. Bringing Susan B. Anthony into Modern Day. 12-1:30 & 2-3:30 p.m. Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, 17 Madison St Presented by Dr. Catherine Cerulli $15-25. 279-7490 x 10. susanbanthonyhouse.org.
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Inspired by the Newsboy Strike of 1899, the Tony - award winning production, “Newsies” visits Rochester and shares the story of Jack Kelly. A newsboy, and leader of other teenaged newsies, Kelly hopes for a better life in New York City at the time of the turn of the century. Directed by Jeff Calhoun, “Newsies” was originally intended for a Broadway run of 101 performances, but extended its run due to popular demand. “Newsies” has set and broken seven Nederlander Theatre House records and was the highest-grossing show from the 2011-12 Broadway season. The show features Dan DeLuca as Jack Kelly, Steve Blanchard as Joseph Pulitzer, and Stephanie Styles as Katherine. The production will run from October 6 through October 11 at the Auditorium Theatre. Tuesday through Thursday, the shows are at 7:30 p.m., Friday, at 8 p.m., Saturday, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office online at rbtl.org or call 800-745-3000. The theater is located at 885 East Main Street. — BY OLIVIA LOPEZ
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Meetings [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Voice Your Vision: Rochester. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Franklin High School, 950 Norton St. 341-2203. ccsi. org/VoiceYourVision.aspx.
Recreation [ THU., OCTOBER 1 ] Ontario County Fall Foliage Trail. Oct. 1-31. Ontario County Historical Society Museum, 55 North Main St., Canandaigua $20 donation. 394-4975. ochs. org. Twilight Tours. Mount Hope Cemetery, North Gate, 791 Mt. Hope Ave. $5. 461-3494. fomh. org. [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] 5th Annual Photo Finish 5K. Oct. 3. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. $25-$35. 530-3367. photofinish5k.eastmanhouse.org/. Rochester Bocce Open. Oct. 3. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way $200 per team. 831-0448. iaccrochester.org. Rochester NF Walk. 8:30 a.m. Perinton Park, 99 O’Connor Rd. nfwalk.org/rochester.
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[ TUE., OCTOBER 6 ] Christian Faith and LGBT Experience Lecture. 7-8 p.m. Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave 585340-9643. crcds.edu/falllecture-series/.
THEATER | “SIGNS OF TROUBLE”
Shel Silverstein is well known for his every-family-has-a-copy children’s book, “The Giving Tree,” but the man had an incredible career as a poet, cartoonist, singer-songwriter — he wrote Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” — and a playwright. Starting this Friday, SuperEgo Studios will present 10 of Silverstein’s more adult one-act plays in “Signs of Trouble: A Collection of Adult Only Comedies by Shel Seilverstein” at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Avenue). Directed by Zach Stasz and produced by Elliott Pruitt, “Signs of Trouble” will feature a cast of seven actors rotating through the one-acts that “got it all, from down on their luck sign salesmen, to dogs masquerading as hustbands.” “Signs of Trouble” will run Friday, October 2, through Sunday, October 4, and again on Thursday, October 8, through Sunday, October 11, at MuCCC. 8 p.m. on Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays; 1 p.m. on Sundays. $15-$20. muccc.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Lectures House, 17 Madison St Free, Registration required 279-7490. rochesternow.org. Sunday Forum: Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline 4. 9:45-
10:45 a.m. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street 585-325-4000. downtownpresbyterian.org. [ MON., OCTOBER 5 ] Veterans, Moral Injury, and Soul Repair. 9 a.m.-noon. Colgate
[ SUN., OCTOBER 4 ] Moving Day: Walk for Parkinson’s. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd 234-5355. MovingDayRochester.org.
Special Events [ WED., SEPTEMBER 30 ] Fall Garden Mixer: Celebrate NYS Cider. 6-8 p.m. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 South Main St $10. 394-7070. nywcc. com/events/. [ THU., OCTOBER 1 ] Next to New Sale. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Blessed Sacrament, 53 Oxford St 271-7240. Supper in the Sukkah. 6-8 p.m. Hillel Community Day School, 191 Fairfield Dr. $7$18, registration encouraged hillelschool.org/. [ FRI., OCTOBER 2 ] 2nd Annual Antiques Appraisal Day. 1-4 p.m. Cloverwood, 1 Sinclair Drive . Pittsford $10 per item. 248-1100. Cider Week FLX. Oct. 2-11. Finger Lakes Region, Finger
Lakes 585-210-4179. ciderweekFLX.com. New York State Ballet’s Haunted Soiree. 8-11:45 p.m. Green Lantern Inn, One East Church St Fairport $50. 1-800-838-3006. newyorkstateballet.org. Play Ball Gala. 6:30-10:30 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square $150. 263-2700. museumofplay.org. South Sudan Village Care Foundation’s 3rd Annual Fundraiser. 5-9:30 p.m. Rochester Club Ballroom, 120 East Ave. $65. 723-0227. SouthSudanVillageCare.org. [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Fall Festival Featuring the Agricultural Fair. Oct. 3-4, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $12-$20. 2948218. gcv.org. Mount Albion Cemetery Ghost Walk. 5-9:30 p.m. Mount Albion Cemetery, 14925 Route 31 East. $5. 589-2087. albionk12.org. Rochester Regional Health Gala. 7-11 p.m. Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St $200. 922-4800. RRHevents.org. Walk A Mile In My Shoes. 10 a.m.-noon. Ontario Beach Park, 4799 Lake Ave $10., children under 12 free. 232-5200x230. classy.org/rochester/events/ walk-mile-my-shoes-2015/ e50069.
[ SUN., OCTOBER 4 ] Annual Gandhi Birthday Celebration. 1-4 p.m. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, 929 S. Plymouth Ave. 463-3266. malik.gandhiinstitute@gmail. com. gandhiinstitute.org. Car & Motorcycle Cruise. 12-4 p.m. Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St . Canandaigua $6$12. 394-4922. sonnenberg.org. Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tours. 2-4 p.m Durand Park, Zoo Rd. lot 261-1665. bob.bea@ gmail.com. Expo for Baby Boomers and Beyond. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. mvphealthcare.com.
Sports [ SAT., OCTOBER 3 ] Rochester Jr. Challenge. Oct. 3-4. Ravenwood Golf Club, 929 Lynaugh Rd $189-$234. 904379-2697. hjgt.org/.
Theater I Need a Father. Fri., Oct. 2, 7 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $39.50. 800-745-3000. ticketmaster.com. Marc Salem’s Mind Over Rochester. Oct. 1-4, 7-8:30 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place Through Oct. 4. Thurs. Oct. 1, 7 p.m., Fri. Oct. 2, 8 p.m., Sat. Oct. 3, 8 p.m., and Sun. Oct. 4, 6 p.m. Mind reading
and more $25. 585-325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. Traveling Cabaret: An Evening of Song, Dance, and Comedy. Sun., Oct. 4, 2 p.m. Town of Gates Town Hall Annex, 1605 Buffalo Road . Gates 247-6100. famuscato@aol.com.
Workshops [ WED., SEPTEMBER 30 ] Developing the Monroe County Crash Map. 12-1 p.m. Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Ave. Free, or $5 donation for lunch 428-8350. gis-sig@gis-sig.org. tinyurl.com/ SeptProgram2015. [ TUE., OCTOBER 6 ] Establishing a Legacy: Ask the
Experts. 7-8:30 p.m. Wood Library, 134 North Main St Canandaigua 394-1381. woodlibrary.org. Internet Business Meeting. 5 p.m. Books Etc., 78 W. Main St Macedon 474-4116. booksetcofmacedonny.com. Learn To Juggle. 7-8:30 p.m. Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. $15. 7307034. rochesterbrainery.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
Working girl “The Intern”
as “charming” and “pleasant.” Meyers’s latest, “The Intern,” is a gentle fable of gender and generational politics, and is, well, perfectly charming in its low-key sort of way. Anne Hathaway plays young go-getter Jules Ostin, the founder of Brooklyn-based online clothing retailer About the Fit. The website’s massive success has come faster than anyone expected, and now she’s getting pressure from her investors to bring on an experienced CEO to oversee the business. An overworked, struggling-to-have-itall type, Jules has so much on her plate she even forgets that she’s approved the creation of a senior internship program until the day it’s set to begin. Enter Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro), a 70-year-old widower who returns to the workforce not out of necessity (which would have been more realistic) but out of boredom. He misses the hustle and bustle of a job, along with the sense of purpose it provides. An old school man’s man, he arrives at the office in suit and tie, and he shows the hip, tech-savvy whippersnappers how it’s done. His competence, affability, and loyalty quickly make him
(PG-13), DIRECTED BY NANCY MEYERS NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
As a director, Nancy Meyers’s style is almost aggressively plain and unobtrusive, yet there’s no mistaking her films for anyone else’s. Known for her attention to detail when it comes to dressing her sets, she makes movies that sometimes feel more like tasteful home decor catalogs than motion pictures, and typically revolve around low-conflict plots about the trials and tribulations of being an affluent, white Baby Boomer. They’re the type of films you find yourself describing
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com
Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com
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Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in “The Intern.” PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS PICTURES.
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indispensable around the office and to Jules as he’s assigned to be her assistant, eventually adding personal driver and mentor to his list of duties. He even has time to start up a romance with the office’s house masseuse (Rene Russo, quite good but without much to do. She’s also a decade younger than De Niro, but in Hollywood years, I suppose that’s close enough). Even in kindly grandfather mode, De Niro is much too sharp to play the clueless old man, so we’re thankfully spared any bumbling geriatric humor. If anything, the script veers too much the other way; Ben often seems too good to be true. But then, Meyers’s films are always at least 50 percent fantasy, so I suppose that’s in keeping with things. De Niro has fun joking around with his young male office-mates (played by Adam DeVine, Zack Pearlman, and Jason Orley; all likeable and seemingly thrilled to be sharing the screen with a legend like De Niro), while he and Hathaway share an appealing chemistry that makes their eventual friendship easy to buy. Here I’ll put your fears to rest and assure you that their relationship remains an entirely platonic one. Meyers has her own, somewhat old-fashioned worldview and injects it into her films even when it doesn’t suit her story. You can often hear her opinions coming out of her characters mouths. When Jules expresses dismay over the decline of the type of masculinity represented by pinnacles of manhood like Harrison Ford and Jack Nicholson, it feels exactly like something a woman in her mid-60’s might say.
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Everything takes place in and around the plush houses and office settings Meyers’s character inhabit. Impeccably decorated interiors are what Meyers films have become known for, and Kristi Zea’s immaculate production design doesn’t disappoint. The film’s light, breezy vibe is in keeping with the luxurious tone set by the decor, and the script tackles incidents as they come along. There’s a mid-movie comedic heist sequence that feels as though it was beamed in from a different — much zanier — film, but I didn’t mind; it breaks up the constant speechifying the characters tend to engage in as the film goes on. There’s also a subplot involving Jules’s marital issues with her stay-at-home-dad husband (Anders Holm), that’s completely unnecessary but deserves credit for being handled in a way that’s refreshingly adult. By the end, every plotline gets wrapped up neatly, as they must in films of this type. On some level, the advice Ben dispenses to Jules can be taken as mansplaining, though it doesn’t come across as condescending and the film never suggests that Jules should feel badly for spending so much time with her work, even when it limits her time acting as wife and mother. That alone seems somewhat progressive, far removed from the messages we typically see espoused by workplace-centered romantic comedies. Still, it’s frustrating that Meyers feels that a successful, independent woman like Jules — who singlehandedly built her own company — would even need those sort of pep talks in the first place.
While portraying tormented chess prodigy Bobby Fischer, Tobey Maguire delivers a solid performance in Edward Zwick’s effective, if conventional biopic, “Pawn Sacrifice.” Choosing to focus mostly on Fischer’s 1972 showdown against Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky (a terrific Liev Schreiber), Zwick and screenwriter Steven Knight paint Fischer’s early life in broad strokes. We get a CliffsNotes version of Fischer’s childhood living with his mother (Robin Weigert), whose ties to the Communist party landed their family on an FBI watch list. Though their relationship is a complicated one, his mother recognizes Bobby’s talent for chess and finds a teacher, Carmine Nigro (Conrad Pla), to nurture his gifts. Under his tutelage, Bobby rises through the world of competitive chess. At a time when tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are
Liev Schreiber and Tobey Maguire in “Pawn Sacrifice.” PHOTO COURTESY BLEECKER STREET MEDIA
at an all-time high, Fischer became an unlikely hero for Americans looking to confirm their country’s superiority during its war of perceptions. Competing against the seemingly unbeatable Russians, Bobby comes across as a poor, plucky kid from Brooklyn taking on the whole Soviet empire. Everything builds up to the World Chess Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Fischer’s series of matches against the stoic Spassky. Along the way Bobby receives support from his handlers, including his lawyer and manager, Paul Marshall (Michael Stuhlbarg), and his coach, Bill Lombardy (Peter Sarsgaard, reliably great). Together, the two men are tasked with keeping him focused and on course. A former chess champ turned priest, Lombardy seems to have led an interesting enough life to be the subject of his own film. It’s this section, in which Fischer struggles to overcome his mental state (and occasionally uses it to his advantage) that the film is at its taut, nail-biting best. It’d be easy for any actor playing Fischer to focus on the more eccentric details. Fischer suffered from undiagnosed mental illness and at the height of his popularity, he grew increasingly delusional, demonstrating paranoid behavior and psychosis. He grows fixated on anti-communist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories (the latter especially ironic considering the fact that Fischer was himself Jewish). Knight never attempts to explain the source of this behavior, though there is an interesting discussion between Marshall and Lombardy that tiptoes into a discussion about whether the obsessive nature of chess attracts those with mental illness, or causes it. It all seems like a license to overact, but for the most part Maguire underplays it, making us wonder what’s going on in his head, a choice that’s particularly effective during the tense chess matches late in the film. Fischer is a compelling figure and his story is a fascinating one, though Zwick often seems determined to smother it
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draws attention to the human rights issues raised by the Middle East conflict between Israel and Palestine; the series explores stories of the people directly affected by the violence and turmoil. In “Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine” director Connie Field chronicles an American gospel group’s 2011 trip to the West Bank in order to perform an original theater production about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. alongside actors from the Palestinian National Theater. The hope of both parties is to encourage Palestinian audiences to see the parallels between King’s fight for civil rights and their own experiences, hopefully leading citizens to take up nonviolent civil disobedience. Field’s cameras capture the gradual process of these very different groups coming together, and their collaboration is the most compelling sections of the film. After the first full performance, there’s a tiff between the play’s American writer and Palestinian director over changes made to the play’s ending, and cast and crew sit down to debate the alterations. This leads to a fascinating discussion about how our culture leads us to absorb certain material differently. Through these interactions, we learn the true consequences of living in a culture that knows nothing but upheaval. There’s sadness and heartbreak, but “Al Helm” is ultimately hopeful, capturing the power of art to connect, educate, inspire, and even foster change.
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SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS
Conceived as a documentary about the making of what became Wilco’s most popular album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this film became a classic David and Goliath story wherein artistic integrity triumphs over crass commercial interests. Award-winning photographer and first-time director Sam Jones captured a critical time in the evolution of the band. A rockumentary or a drama, this movie appeals to die-hard Wilco fans and the uninitiated alike. (Sam Jones, US 2002, 92 min., 35mm) Before the film, John Link will perform acoustic renditions of Wilco’s songs in the Dryden lobby, and after, we’ll move the party to Skylark (40 S. Union St.), where Link will perform with a full band. Part of the series Museum Treasures.
Acclaimed German director F.W. Murnau’s (Nosferatu, The Last Laugh) first Hollywood film elicited extraordinary praise from the critics. Lighting, camera angles and movement, acting style, judicious use of sound effects and music—all are smoothly integrated to tell the simple story of a man torn between his sweet country wife and a “vamp” from the city. The culmination of the silent cinema and a harbinger of things to come, Sunrise won three Oscars, including one for its Unique and Artistic Quality of Production. (F.W. Murnau, US 1927, 97 min., 35mm) Part of the series Silent Tuesdays and The Legacy of James Card.
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with blunt, by-the-numbers filmmaking. Attempting to convey Fischer’s erratic mindset, he resorts to shaky, handheld camera moves and often relies on montages of 16mm faux newsreel footage and obvious musical cues to function as transitions between the film’s sections. Still, the film’s depiction of an unusual time in history when the attentions of the entire world could be focused on the outcome of a chess match is never less than gripping.
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Photonics: What, Why and How?
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Rob Clark, University of Rochester's senior vice president for research. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
What will be expected of Rochester, and how soon will the community have to deliver?
Rochester’s DNA is optics.”
The Department of Defense will fund the institute for five years, and then it expects the M I CHAEL LI E H R , initiative to be self-sustaining. SUNY POLYT E C H N I C I N S T I T U T E The government is investing in the effort because it believes “that between the universities, the corporate partners, and the commitments say that the lack of such open-access facilities of the states that are engaged, that when the in the US has hindered the development of government investment goes away, that this will integrated photonics technologies. Designs continue to survive as a vibrant manufacturing could be sent offshore for fabrication, but institute that enables this technology for DOD there’s a risk that other countries will build as well as other industry,” Clark says. on American innovations. That’s about as specific as the answer gets, Some new equipment will have to be with one interesting exception. The Rochester installed in the Eastman Business Park space. region and the state are also expected to put But the building already has fully-equipped considerable resources into ensuring a capable, clean rooms, which are critical for assembling well-trained workforce for the integrated photonics technologies. photonics industry. “You’re building an infrastructure that no Assembly Majority Leader Morelle says that one company would make a single investment somehow, the region’s schools are going to have in building, but many companies can use to to work photonics into their teaching. Liehr leverage for the future of integrated photonics,” says that the public-private partnership around Clark said during a press conference after the the institute will have to invest in education and Eastman Business Park site was announced. workforce development. The institute’s Legacy Tower business “Rochester will be called upon to maintain office and technology accelerator will be set its highly skilled workforce, as well as the up first, and it should open within a few pipeline of k-12 and college students interested months. The Sibley Building will house a in integrated photonics,” Liehr says in an e-mail. photonics-specific workforce development center and will also be used for incubator What facilities need to be built in the region? space and offices for companies. And what already exists? The choice of the Sibley Building for This is another “it depends” answer. To some incubator and office space makes a great deal degree, the facilities, just like the jobs, will be of sense. High Tech Rochester, a not-fordetermined by the companies that decide to do profit affiliated with UR that assists start-ups, work in Rochester. is opening a business accelerator there. And “In terms of what form and what kinds of the state has already designated space in the facilities will have to be located where and what building for its START-UP NY incentive industries will stand up in different places, or program. Under START-UP NY, eligible what will be needed, I think it’s a fairly fluid companies and their employees don’t have to thing right now,” Willner says. pay state taxes for 10 years. But the central piece of the institute “We’re not going to tell people they must will be the prototyping and manufacturing perform manufacturing here,” says University space at Eastman Business Park, which will of Rochester President Joel Seligman. “We’re open to researchers regardless of company or going to make it irresistible for those interested research institution affiliation. Researchers in pursuing manufacturing not to be here.” 26 CITY SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6, 2015
Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] AL HELM: MARTIN LUTHER KING IN PALESTINE (2013): In this documentary, a gospel choir travels to Palestinian to perform a play on Martin Luther King, Jr. which tours the West Bank, preaching nonviolence. Little (Mon, Oct 5, 6:45 p.m.) GREETINGS (1968): This early, episodic feature from director Brian De Palma satirizes free-love, the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, and amateur film-making. Dryden (Wed, Sep 30, 8 p.m.) I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART (2002): This documentary originally set out to capture American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” but unexpected complications led to a much more interesting film. Dryden (Sat, Oct 3, 8 p.m.) THE MARTIAN (PG-13): Matt Damon is an astronaut left behind on Mars when the rest of his crew mistakenly believe he’s died after a NASA mission goes wrong. Adapted from the novel by Andy Weir. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955): Ah, little lad, you’re staring at my fingers. Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? Dryden (Sun, Oct 4, 2 p.m.; Mon, Oct 5, 1:30 p.m.) RE-ANIMATOR (1985): A dedicated medical student and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the reanimation of dead tissue in this cult classic horror-comedy. Little (Fri, Oct 2, 10 p.m.) SICARIO (R): Emily Blunt stars as a young female FBI agent who joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, but the job ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit. With Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (R): A womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship that helps reform their wild ways, while a mutual attraction sets in. Starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne, and Amanda Peet. Culver STONEWALL (R): Telling the story of the dawn of the modern gay rights movement, this film comes from the director of “Independence Day” and “White House Down.” Little SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927): This silent masterpiece from director F. W. Murnau tells the story of a man torn between his sweet country wide and a “vamp” from the city. Dryden (Tue, Oct 6, 8 p.m.) THE TROTSKY (2009): A high school student believes he is the reincarnation of Soviet thinker Leon Trotsky. Starring Jay Baruchel. Dryden (Fri, Oct, 2, 8 p.m.)
[ CONTINUING ] AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (PG-13): You honestly need a synopsis? Admit it, you’ve already bought your ticket. Movies 10 BLACK MASS (R): Johnny Depp stars as Whitey Bulger, the most infamous mobster in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. With Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, and Peter Sarsgaard. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster EVEREST (PG-13): In this fact-based adventure story, a climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snowstorm. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, and Keira Knightley. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, IMAX, Tinseltown THE GIFT (R): A married couple find their lives threatened when an old acquaintance of the husband’s turns up, bringing with him a terrible secret from the past. Starring Jason Bateman, and Joel Edgerton. Movies 10 GRANDMA (R): Lily Tomlin stars as a self-described misanthrope who has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter shows up needing help. Little, Pittsford THE GREEN INFERNO (R): In the latest horror from Eli Roth, a group of student activists travel to the Amazon to save the rainforest and discover that they are not alone. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown HITMAN: AGENT 47 (R): Based on the popular video games series, this action-thriller follows an assassin who teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. Movies 10 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (PG): Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in this sequel to the popular animated film. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown INSIDE OUT (PG): Pixar’s latest takes audiences on a journey inside the head of an 11-year-old girl, seen through the eyes of the personified emotions that rule her inner being: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. With the voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, and Bill Hader. Henrietta THE INTERN (PG-13): A 70-yearold widower becomes a senior intern at an online fashion website. Starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown JURASSIC WORLD (PG-13): Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and um, screaming. But this time Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are there. Cinema , Tinseltown
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (R): The influential action franchise returns with more explosions, car crashes, and sweet postapocalyptic S&M fashion. Movies 10 MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (PG-13): The survivors of the Maze now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles, in this adaptation of the popular YA book series. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster PAPER TOWNS (PG-13): A teenager and his friends embark upon a road trip to find the missing girl next door. Movies 10 PAWN SACRIFICE (PG-13): Tobey Maguire plays American chess champion Bobby Fischer as he prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky. Eastview, Little, Pittsford THE PERFECT GUY (PG-13): After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true. Starring Sanaa Lathan and Morris Chestnut. Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown SAN ANDREAS (PG-13): It’s The Rock vs. the fault line in this mega-budget disaster flick set in the aftermath of a massive earthquake. Movies 10 STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (R): This biopic chronicles the formation of gangsta rap group N.W.A. in the late 1980s, following the group as they achieve massive success, court nationwide controversy, and permanently alter the musical landscape. Culver, Henrietta, Webster TED 2 (R): Ted and his new wife want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, he must prove he’s a person in a court of law. With Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, and Morgan Freeman. Movies 10 THE VISIT (PG-13): M. Night Shyamalan attempts a comeback with this horrorcomedy about two children whose extended visit with their grandparents goes terribly wrong. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Henrietta, Tinseltown A WALK IN THE WOODS (R): After spending two decades in England, writer Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., and decides the best way to reconnect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends. Starring Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, and Emma Thompson. Canandaigua, Eastview, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster WAR ROOM (PG): The faithbased movie explores the transformational role prayer plays in the lives of a couple whose marriage has hit a rough patch. Canandaiugua, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster
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TWO FLY PROPERTIES LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/3/2015. 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 23 Mandalay Ridge, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 3333 BHTLRD, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on August 17, 2015. 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 PO Box 22700, Rochester, NY 14692. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 431 Grand Avenue LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/9/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO box 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General purpose [ NOTICE ] 62 Roxborough LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/9/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO box 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General purpose [ NOTICE ]
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AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to modify an existing wireless telecommunications facility on a building at 1001 Lake Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY. The modified facility will consist of the removal and replacement of 6 antennas (2 per sector) with updated LTE antennas at a centerline height of 78 feet above ground level. Associated equipment will be located within the existing ground-level equipment shelter. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the modified facility may have on any historic property may
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Hudson 252, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/1/15. 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: Lindsay Taliento, Mgr., 252 S. Plymouth Ave., Rochester, NY 14608. General purpose.
Notice of Formation of BIG TEN RACING LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Sep 25, 2015. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 498 Manitou Beach Road, Hilton, NY 14468. 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 of formation of 550 LAKE SHORE DRIVE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/2015. 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. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of Formation of ASNAT BARON, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/13/13. 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 237 Andrews St, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activities.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A&M PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 9/08/2015. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to A&M PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LLC, C/O ANDREW LIBERI, 1484 LONG POND ROAD, ROCHESTER, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Justice Property Services, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/20/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to 66 Middlesex Rd Rochester NY 14610 General purpose [ NOTICE ] McNiffe Consulting, LLC filed Articles of Org. with NY Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/20/2015. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail any process to 11 Ambergate Rise, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form of Divine Essence LLC. The Art. of Org. were filed Sc’y State (SSNY) 9/8/15. Office location Monroe County. SSNY designated as the agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail a copy of 337 Steko Avenue, Rochester, NY 14615. Purpose of LLC: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ]
Dee Holdings LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/13/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General purpose
NOTICE OF FORMATION - Madiya, LLC, dba Infolab. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/10/2014. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to 34 Wyndale Rd, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: Any lawful business.
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E.M. Globe Holdings, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/1/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to Gallagher Property Management 1504 Scottsville Rd #102 Rochester NY 14623 General purpose
NOTICE OF FORMATION – Evolve Development LLC. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/22/2015. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to PO Box 20502, Rochester, NY 14602. Purpose: Any lawful business
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 26 CLEARVIEW AVE NY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/9/2015. 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, 2250 W. Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 375 WEDGE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/31/2015. 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 14610. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 400 West Ridge Road LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/19/15. 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 360 Jay Scutti Blvd., Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AMARE PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/26/15. 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 Andrea Leone, 2250 West Ridge Road, Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ASTI REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/2/2015. 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, L.L.C., 2250 West Ridge Rd., STE. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Berto Group,LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/1/2015. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may
Legal Ads be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2117 Buffalo RD #265, Rochester,NY 14624, Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bestinc, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/18/2015 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 95 Allens Creek Rd, Blg 2, Ste 216, Rochester, NY14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CarbUSA, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/17/15. 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 C/O United States Corporation Agents Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cerebra I, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 06/15/15. 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 41 Long Pond Rd, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CLAYTON’S DELIVERY,LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) August 19, 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 6 Francine Dr Rochester NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Coffey-Oakridge Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy
Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]
upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1255 Sagebrook Way, Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of DON’S DRYER VENT CLEANING SERVICE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/24/2015. 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, 74 Cragg Rd., Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of formation of FULL GALLOP COMMUNICATIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/13/2015. 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, 43 Cook Rd., Hamlin, NY 14464. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of K & L Katering, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/2015. 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, 39 Tulane Pkwy., Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of Formation of GMR Piano Works LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Aug 20, 2015. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Dr., Ste. 200, Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Khuri Enterprises III LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/9/15. 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 607 N. Hillcrest Rd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of LA Morgan LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/27/15. 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 7 Austin Park, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of Griffin’s Hots Emporium LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 5/28/15. 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 44 Norran Dr., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of JOHN MULLER PROPERTY RENTALS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/28/2015. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
Notice of Formation of JTHOMAS LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) September 24, 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 69 Landau Dr Rochester NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LATTA DEVELOPMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/20/15. 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 Suite 400, 36 W. Main St., Rochester, NY
14614. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LeadGate LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) Aug. 24, 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 the LLC 100 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name MCB SCIENTIFIC LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on August 24, 2015. Office location: Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC,483 Sunhill Lane, Webster, New York14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name UAV Imaging Services LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on August 3, 2015. Office location: Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 696 Mendon Ionia Road, Honeoye Falls, New York 14472. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Purpose: The purpose of the Company is concert and public event coordination and any lawful activities.
14559. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]
Notice of Formation of Math To Math, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/21/15. 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 PO Box 933, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of Perspectives Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’t of State (SSNY) 08/05/15. 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 721 Ridge Road, Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities under section 203 of LLC Act.
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Notice of formation of Maxwell Motorbikes LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/8/2015 . 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: Maxwell Motorbikes LLC 2200 Walworth-Penfield Road Walworth NY 14568. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
Notice of Formation of PF Piano Works LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Aug. 20, 2015. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ. Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Dr., Ste. 200, Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of MC-USL Ventures I LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/13/15. 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 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of Rochester Area Community Foundation Family LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/7/15. 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 500 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of Love Li Fashions LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 09/15/2015. 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 2149 East Ave Apt A Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Notice of Formation of Morgan Lemans Realty LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/15/15. 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 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of MarcosLopez Promotions LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 06/09/2015. 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 683 Ridgeway Ave, Rochester, NY 14615.
Notice of Formation of North Union Street LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 09/10/2015. 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 2800 Spencerport Rd Ste 5A Spencerport NY
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester MAX Rentals LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) July 29th 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 1900 Empire Boulevard #222, Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RUCKHOUSE ATHLETICS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/15. 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, 1290 University Avenue, Ste. C, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activity.
mail copy of process to 470 Sandystone Circle Webster, NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of Formation of Stilla Dance, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/26/15. 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, 30 Main Street, Scottsville, NY 14546. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Tracey Family Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/1/15. 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 20 Hytec Circle, Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SVC Monroe LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/15. 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 Case Real Estate Capital, LLC, 336 West Passaic St., 4th Fl., Rochelle Park, NJ 07662. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of UPSTATE COLOCATION LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/14/15. 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, 202 Brittany Ln Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose
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Notice of Formation of SVC Rochester LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/15. 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 Case Real Estate Capital, LLC, 336 West Passaic St., 4th Fl., Rochelle Park, NJ 07662. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Vector One Properties L.P. A Certificate of Limited Partnership was filed with the New York Department of State (NYDOS) on September 14, 2015. Office location: Monroe County. NYDOS has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the NYDOS shall mail a copy of any process against the LP served upon it is 2255 Lyell Ave, Ste 201, Rochester, NY 14606. The principal business address of the LP is 2255 Lyell Ave, Ste 201, Rochester, NY 14606. Dissolution date: December 31, 2065. Purpose: any lawful activity. The name and business address of the general partner is available from the NYDOS.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TEAZE SPECIALTY SAUCES LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/18/15. 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 550 Kreag Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Top ROC Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/06/2015. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of BROCKPORT NCP, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/16/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall
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Legal Ads > page 33 mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Drive, Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Grey Spyder, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/17/15. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in DE on 6/4/15. 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 address 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 HLF TS Chili LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/21/15. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 83 South St., Morristown, NJ 07960. LLC formed in DE on 8/18/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent
of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc. (NRAI), 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: c/o NRAI, 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Open Energy Group Project Sapling LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/30/15. 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, 25 Broadway, 9th Fl., NY, NY 10004. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] ORR2505 LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/20/15 Office: Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO box 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General purpose [ NOTICE ] RDB Associates, LLC has filed a certificate of conversion to a limited liability company with the New York Secretary of State on September 11, 2015 with an effective date of
formation of September 11, 2015. Its principal place of business is located at 59-B Monroe Ave., 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 59-B Monroe Ave., Pittsford, New York 14534. 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 ] Rochester Autowerks, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/10/15. 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, 513 Broad W. Street, Rochester, NY 14608. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] RPT / IPT Neuruppin LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on August 26, 2015 with an effective date of formation of August 26, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 485 Thornell Road, Pittsford, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom
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process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 485 Thornell Road, Pittsford, New York 14534. 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 ] Sacheli Trucking, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 5/27/15 Office Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to Teresa M Sacheli 880 Honeoye Falls Five PT Rd Honeoye Falls NY 14472 General purpose [ NOTICE ] Shagal LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/13/15 Office Monroe Co SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail copy to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General purpose [ NOTICE ] SIXNUCH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/25/2015. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 124 Hartwick Rd., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 807A Ridge Rd., Webster, NY 14580. [ NOTICE ] SS Process Equipment LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/23/2015. 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 53 Assembly Drive, Suite 393, Mendon, NY 14506. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] THE CICERO LAW FIRM LLP (LLP) filed its Certificate of Registration of Registered Limited Liability Partnership with New York Secy. of State (“SS”) on 8/27/2015. LLP’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail copy of any process to
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LLP, 290 Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14625. LLP’s purpose: practice of law. [ NOTICE ] ZSR LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/23/15. 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, 522 Lake Ave., Rochester, NY 14613. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] 1971 27’ Coronado, NY0605DG, Dave Liberatore, auction 10/9/15 1pm. @ Voyager Boat Sales. [ NOTICE ] 25’ Houseboat, NY3922GC, Ryan Mitchel, auction 10/9/15 1pm. @ Voyager Boat Sales. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Notice is hereby given that Kenber Properties, LLC, a limited Liability Company, filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on August 18, 2015. The principle office is located in the County of Monroe, State of New York, and the Secretary of State was designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company is: PO Box 1411, Plainfield, Illinois 60586. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful activity for which a company may be organized under §203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2015-5598 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Rochester and Monroe County Employees Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Estate of Daniel G. Zajonczkoski, Lisa I. Zajonczkoski, as Administrator; Town of Greece; People of the State of New York; United States of America, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 8, 2015, entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Monroe County Office Building located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester,
New York, County of Monroe on October 14, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 738 Latta Road, Rochester, NY 14612; Tax Account No. 046.16-2-1.21 lot size 80 x 150. Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $122,944.07 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: September 2015 Gary Bitetti, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE ] SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF MONROE BANK OF AMERICA N.A., Plaintiff – against – RONALD C. BUDGEN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on June 12, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front vestibule, Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York on the 28th Day of October, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. All that tract or parcel of land, situate on the Town of Chili, County of Monroe and State of New York. Premises known as 1 Rochelle Drive, Churchville, (Town of Chili) NY 14428. (Section: 157.02, Block: 3, Lot: 35). Approximate amount of lien $199,719.99 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and
terms of sale. Index No. I-2010-004073. Kristine M. Demo- Vazquez, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 146141990 Tel. 585/7608218 Dated: July 22, 2015 [ SUMMONS ] Index No. I2015002889 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE OMEGA ROCHESTER FUNDING INC. Plaintiff vs. Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Helen T. Kennison, if living, and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Ronald C. Francione, if living, and if any be dead, any and all persons who are spouses, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; DAVIDSON FINK LLP; WEBSTER TOWN COURT; and JOHN DOE Defendants This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff’s attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of
service, 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. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Richard A. Dollinger, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 8th day of September, 2015 at Rochester, New York. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Perinton, Monroe County, New York, known as being Lot #96 of the Highland Knolls Subdivision, Section #1, as the same is shown on a map thereof filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 177 of Maps, pages 55 thru 58. Said Lot #96 fronts on the southerly side of Aldwick Rise and is of the dimensions as shown on said map. Subject to all easements and restriction of record. These premises are also known as 6 Aldwick Rise, Fairport, New York 14450. Dated: September 9, 2015 John K. McAndrew, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 700 Crossroads Building 2 State Street Rochester, New York 14614
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One of the remaining 116 Guantanamo Bay prisoners (a man suspected of having been close to Osama bin Laden) has a dating profile on Match.com captioned “detained but ready to mingle,” the man’s lawyer Carlos Warner told Al Jazeera America in September. Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani has relentlessly proclaimed his innocence, and Warner released a series of charming letters from his client intended to humanize him. Al-Afghani commented on Lebron James, Caitlyn Jenner, the Ashley Madison website and, for some reason, South Dakota, but with the recent publicity, Match.com appears to have suspended the account.
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Officials in Carroll County, Maryland, finally released a woman in August after she had been detained for 67 days — just for declining to give her name to a traffic patrolman (who had stopped her for a broken taillight). In her idiosyncratic understanding of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, to “not be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against (herself)” means keeping her identity hidden from police. Eventually, sheriff’s deputies captured her fingerprints, and since they matched no outstanding warrants, she was released.
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— Adam Partridge Auctioneers in Liverpool announced in September that
the equivalent of $10,000 would be the starting bid on a two-pound mass of whale vomit (hardened into a chunk by aging in ocean waters) picked up by a beachcomber in Wales. BBC News reported that a six-pound hunk once sold for the equivalent of $150,000; when aged into “ambergris,” the putrid waste product turns waxy and sweetsmelling and proves valuable to “highend perfume houses.” — An international property rental service recently found a seven-bedroom castle on 200 acres in Ringuette, France, for the equivalent of $2,925 a month — which San Francisco’s KNTV immediately contrasted with the listing of a 401-square-foot apartment in the city’s Lower Haight district, offered at $3,000 per month. Another French castle (six bedrooms, a pool, three-acre garden, “several lawns”) rents for the equivalent of $4,940 — about what a three-bedroom on Collins Street in San Francisco goes for. — Marie Holmes tearfully disclosed in March how the $88 million Powerball lump sum she had won would allow her to finish college and help her four kids (one with cerebral palsy). Right away, though, her boyfriend, Lamar “Hot Sauce” McDow, was charged with drug trafficking and needed $3 million bail, which she took care of. Then, in August, in Brunswick County, North Carolina, “Hot Sauce” was arrested again, for selling heroin, and reporters surmised that Holmes must have been the one who posted that $6 million bail. (Holmes addressed her critics on Facebook: “What Y’all need to be worried about is Y’all money ....”)
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll face plenty of temptation. Avoid getting involved with anyone who may still be attached to someone else. You are best not to get involved with anyone you work with. Don’t be surprised if you quickly lose interest in someone who pursues you with persistence. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll attract plenty of attention and suitors, but not all will be right for you. Your ability to choose someone who fits into your lifestyle is questionable this week, with emotions overruling common sense and chemistry taking over. Think before you make a poor choice.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will capture someone’s interest with your versatility and ability to share information and knowledge about so many different topics. Express your goals and don’t be shy about what you do and do not like, and you will weed out anyone who isn’t strong enough to stand by your side. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let’s get physical. If you meet someone you are attracted to, don’t hold back or be shy. Put your best foot forward, and be open about your intentions. You may get mixed reactions from various people you approach, but the one who is smitten with
your plans will be a keeper. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your willingness to go above and beyond in order to please someone will leave you in a vulnerable position. Strive for equality, not possession, when it comes to love and a lifelong commitment. You need a partner, not someone looking for a free ride. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Communication, travel, socializing or even joining a dating service will all lead to love and romance. Take an active part in finding love, and you will. You can’t sit at home and expect someone to come looking for you. Get out and participate in life, and love will find you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You might have trouble making up your mind when it comes to love. Your options will be plentiful, but your motives may be torn between the person you are physically attracted to and the one who has more to offer. Make your choice wisely, or you will have regrets. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Temper your pushy or possessive approach to love. Don’t let your emotions take over, causing a ruckus, if someone doesn’t show you the same amount of affection in return. Slow down and give the person you are attracted to a chance to fall in love with you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Bragging will get you into trouble. Don’t tell someone you are something you are not. You can’t buy love or make unrealistic promises and expect someone of substance to stick around. If you are fun to be with and sincere about the way you feel, that should be sufficient. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Problems will arise if you talk too much. Show someone how you feel if you want to get your point across. Do something that will map out your future plans by presenting the object of your affection with something special that says, “I love you.”
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep your emotions hidden, and focus more on the moment and having fun with someone you deem special. The mental interaction and playful spontaneity you offer will be all that’s required to lasso the heart and devotion you are looking for in return. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep a clear head when it comes to picking a partner. Don’t entertain getting involved with someone who possesses a conflict of interest or who might jeopardize your position. Keep business and personal life separate, and you’ll avoid getting involved in a no-win situation.
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