January 28 - February 03, 2015 - CITY Newspaper

Mrs. Kasha Davis is now the third Rochester queen to compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

INTERVIEW, PAGE 10

Cuomo and teachers: it’s war.

Study supports bike share.

Mothers against climate change.

The world in glorious Technicolor.

EDUCATION, PAGE 4

TRANSPORTATION, PAGE 5

ENVIRONMENT, PAGE 6

ART, PAGE 18

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Media must help change mindset

For much too long our community has needed a paradigm shift that fundamentally changes the way we see ourselves and what our responsibilities are to the community.

City and suburban residents travel to Webster, Pittsford, Greece, and Henrietta to shop, and then enjoy the city for its cultural events, terrific museums and art galleries, and whatever festival we are hosting that week. The little dots on the map that the government uses to separate Brighton from Rochester, suburbs from city, no longer apply.

We are not separate communities. It’s just that large bureaucracies are often the last institutions to acknowledge and adapt to the change. Therefore, it is imperative that media institutions lead that shift that helps us see our community in a new light.

When reporting child poverty statistics or Regents scores, I ask that you report the aggregate for the entire county, not to ameliorate the impact of the reprehensible numbers in the city, but to get all members of the county to start holding themselves accountable.

Reporting it as Rochester’s problem, even though that’s how the government reports it, lets every other suburb off. As a community, we need to go from, “Oh, isn’t that terrible what’s happening in the city? Glad it’s not my problem,” to “Hey, look at these numbers in OUR community. This is unacceptable. What are we going to do about it?”

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Please don’t dismiss this request as misguided idealism. There is great power in the words we choose. The right words can influence the people in our community who know the truth and are poised for action. But what they need first is a catalyst.

Your leadership in this community can help spark us to use the right words that lead to a new vision of ourselves and the problems of child poverty, segregation, and racism.

DANIEL DELEHANTY

A vote for Dinolfo, if…

Cheryl Dinolfo will make a great county executive if she stands by her promise of eliminating local development corporations and if she starts talking in a very serious manner concerning COMIDA tax breaks and their impact on the area.

CRAIG ROBERT MOFFITT

Applause for climate plan

The City of Rochester is putting together a Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions citywide.

This is pretty awesome, with how the city is formulating more concrete plans toward a more livable city. I’ve already transitioned to the world of electric bicycles and electric motorcycles, and have my gasoline automobile parked.

I love being able to walk and bike around instead of being stuck in an anger-inducing automobile. My friends aren’t fond of using cars to live out their lives, either.

Also, as a college teacher, I very clearly perceive this as being the sort of thing that Rochester SHOULD be doing to stay viable as an attractive place to live for our emerging generation.

BRIAN MILBURN

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Shelly Silver’s sweet gig The charges in the federal criminal complaint against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are just shocking. There is “probable cause,” the complaint says, to believe that through bribes, kickbacks, fraud, extortion, and conspiracy, Silver “used the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer.”

Silver is innocent until proved guilty. But even if he did what the criminal complaint lays out, almost as shocking is this: In the end, a court may find that a good bit of what Silver did was legal. And it seems like it may be hard to prove that he’s guilty of some of the other charges.

Silver, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was arrested last week, and US Attorney Preet Bharara held a dramatic press conference to announce the five-count criminal complaint and lay out its details.

Ominously, he said there’ll be more news – presumably fingering more politicians – where that came from.

Among other things, the criminal complaint says that: • Silver steered two real estate developers who had “significant business before the State of New York” to a law firm specializing in real estate law. He did no legal work for the developers but got a portion of the legal fees – “bribes and kickbacks” that were “masked as legitimate income” – and didn’t disclose that income on financial disclosure reports.

• He persuaded a doctor specializing in research and treatment of mesothelioma to refer his patients to a personal-injury law firm for possible suits related to asbestos exposure. Silver got payments from the firm even though he did no work for any of the clients. And Silver secured state grants for the doctor for his research center.

Some news reports have highlighted the fact that Silver got a cut of clients’ legal fees, even though he did no work on the cases. But paying lawyers for referring clients is common practice among law firms, and it’s not at all unusual for firms to hire lawyers with high public profiles to get those referrals.

And while it may be easy to prove that he failed to report some of his income, that’s not as serious as bribes and conspiracy. Linking his actions as a state legislator to payments from the doctor and, indirectly, from developers may be a challenge. And politicians have become expert in keeping those links blurred.

Most of us humble New Yorkers may think stuff like this is unethical, but this is how work gets done in the State of New York.

For the past several years, New York’s state government has been rocked by one scandal after another. Governor Cuomo added to the problem, big time, last year when he shut

Most of us may think stuff like this is unethical, but this is how work gets done in the State of New York.” down the Moreland Commission, which he had established to investigate corruption in state government. Now we have the news that – ah, yes – the US Attorney’s office believes Silver helped bring about that shutdown to protect himself.

Here’s what the complaint says about that: “When, in or about 2013, the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption (the “Moreland Commission”) began to investigate outside income earned by Sheldon Silver, the defendant, and other State legislators, Silver took legal action and other steps to prevent the disclosure of such information to the Moreland Commission.”

True to form, the governor leapt up on top of this latest Albany-cesspool news and began spinning it into gold. The federal criminal complaint, he said, proves that he was right to shut down the Moreland Commission. “If anything,” he told the Daily News, “it vindicates what happened.”

It just makes me sick.

There’s been a lot of focus lately on the growing disparity of wealth in this country, and the great chasm between the hyper-hyper wealthy and everybody else.

Taking root beside that, and abetted by it, is another chasm: between the hyper-powerful and everybody else.

Regardless of the outcome, Shelly Silver’s story is a perfect example. And I see little reason to hope for change.

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Silver’s future up in the air

State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested and faces five federal corruption charges, and by early this week, other Assembly Democrats were urging him to resign his leadership post. The chamber’s Democratic conference held a lengthy session Monday to discuss Silver, and planned to meet again Tuesday to discuss replacing him.

Candidates come forward

Two more candidates entered what is sure to be a lively local election year.

Former Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard, a Democrat, is running for Monroe County Legislature, and County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo, a Republican, is running for county executive. Sheppard is running for the 23rd District seat, which is currently held by Democrat Paul Haney. Both Haney and County Executive Maggie Brooks are termed out.

Cuomo releases his budget

Governor Andrew Cuomo released his 201516 budget, which he combined with his State of the State address.

The budget contains his 2015 Opportunity Agenda proposals, including

infrastructure investments, small-business tax cuts, a property tax credit program, a student loan forgiveness program, and a Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force. The budget would increase by 1.7 percent over the current year’s, Cuomo said, with some of his biggest proposals funded through $5.4 billion in bank settlements the state is due.

EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Glazer plane is found

Cuomo and teachers: the war breaks out

The plane carrying Rochester developer Larry Glazer and his wife, Jane, was recovered in the ocean north of Jamaica.

The aircraft crashed after running out of fuel, and there were no survivors.

Glazer and his wife were reportedly unresponsive prior to the crash.

Regs tightened on City Hall’s social media

New social media policies and guidelines were announced following what Rochester officials say were unauthorized posts on Mayor Lovely Warren’s Facebook page.

Social media access will be strictly limited to employees designated by the city’s communications director, James Smith. A press release from Smith said that there’s no way to determine who made the posts on Warren’s page.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo: the current teacher evaluations are “bologna.” FILE PHOTO

Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined a set of education reforms in his State of the State address last week that should remove any doubt that he sees teachers and their unions as the root cause of the state’s education problems. And that he’s ready to go to war to fix them.

“Our education system needs dramatic reform and it has for years,” Cuomo said.

Branding the current teacher evaluations “bologna,” he said that he wants new evaluations that are based 50 percent on standardized tests and 50 percent on independent observations. Teachers who receive “ineffective” scores for two years in a row could be fired, he said.

Critics say that the current system makes it nearly impossible to fire poorly performing teachers in a reasonable amount of time.

“Who are we kidding?” Cuomo said. “We need real, accurate, fair teacher evaluations.”

Cuomo said that he wants to lengthen the probationary period

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before teachers can receive tenure from three years to five years. And he wants to reward highly effective teachers with a $20,000 annual bonus.

Cuomo also wants to give mayors in the cities with the state’s largest school districts more control over their schools, citing what he said is New York City’s success under mayoral control.

And he said that the state needs to have a faster response mechanism for failing schools.

Cuomo is not the first person to call for raising standards for teachers.

And many public school critics, including some administrators, support making it easier to fire incompetent teachers.

But some education officials say that making the evaluation system more test-driven and changing the eligibility requirements for tenure will not have a significant impact on student performance.

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Chilled water would be carried to businesses in the industrial area between Phillips and County Line roads in Webster to boost the efficiency of cold storage facilities or air conditioning. It could also be used for cooling systems in some production processes.

INFRASTRUCTURE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Webster eyes water project In the late 1990’s, local officials and Xerox leaders explored the possibility of pumping cold water from Lake Ontario to Xerox’s Webster facility to use in place of the company’s air conditioning and manufacturing cooling systems.

The system could have reduced the company’s energy use, officials say, and saved money. The complex and experimental project was ultimately shelved, however.

But the Webster Community Coalition says it’s time to take another look at the idea, known as a chilled water district energy system. Since the project stalled, similar systems have been built at Cornell University and in Toronto, proving and improving what had been new technology, says Matt Chatfield, the coalition’s economic development specialist.

And the Monroe County Water Authority has built a new water treatment plant in Webster, which Chatfield says would be an important part of the system.

The coalition has received an $87,000 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to study the idea. The MCWA is providing engineering assistance, Chatfield says,

and the Webster Chamber of Commerce will provide additional funding.

The groups say that a chilled water district would support Webster’s existing industry and attract new business to the town.

The project would have a few components. Chilled water would be carried to businesses in the industrial area between Phillips and County Line roads to boost the efficiency of cold storage facilities or air conditioning. It could also be used for cooling systems in some production processes.

But the system would start with an intake pipe that extends a few miles into Lake Ontario, where the water is more than 250 feet deep and about 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

The water would be pulled in to an energy exchange facility to cool the water that will be used by the town’s industries.

The water from the lake would never touch the cooling water.

Afterward, the lake water would be treated at the MCWA’s Webster plant and used as drinking water.

The study will examine the costs of building the system, potential demand, funding and operations issues, required permits, ownership models, the cost for businesses to hook into the system, and the payback that businesses can expect.

Matt Chatfield. PHOTO PROVIDED

What happens after the study depends on its findings, as well as the availability of funding. But with more businesses focused on sustainability and more government assistance available for energy projects, Chatfield says that he’s optimistic.

“The time is right to investigate this,” he says. “If it doesn’t end up working out, we at least did our due diligence to understand that we couldn’t make it financially viable.

But if there’s an opportunity for it to be viable, I think now is it.”

TRANSPORTATION | BY JEREMY MOULE

Bike share closer?

A study has found that a bikesharing program could work in the Rochester area.

The Genesee Transportation Council initiated the study and will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, to discuss its findings. The meeting will be held in the Kate Gleason Auditorium at Rochester Public Library, 115 South Avenue.

The study recommends a 1,000-bike system for Rochester, with potential satellites in Brockport, Brighton, East Rochester, Fairport, Greece, Pittsford, and the City of Canandaigua, as well as one on the RIT campus, says the project’s website, rocbikeshare.org.

The study recommends a four-phase approach for Rochester, starting downtown and extending outward. But if satellite communities have interest and funding, they could launch programs parallel with the city efforts, the study says.

The study looked at three scenarios for owning and operating the system. Under the first model, a regional agency would own the system while a private company operates it.

Under the second, the City of Rochester would own the system but a nonprofit would manage and operate it. And under the third, a nonprofit would own and operate the program.

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ACTIVISM | BY JEREMY MOULE

Moms mobilize against climate change Andrea Wolff of Chili says that she loves nature and being in the woods.

And as a mother of two boys, she says that she feels a sense of urgency about the environment.

Wolff says that she knows something needs to be done about climate change, but that she’s struggled to figure out what she can do and how to find time to do it. That’s why she said she joined nine other mothers in Patricia Sunwoo’s Highland Park neighborhood home Saturday afternoon.

“I came here to be more inspired to do something,” Wolff told the other women.

The house party was organized by Mothers Out Front, a fledgling group that organizes mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers into a movement for climate action. And it uses a bottom-up approach, with the house parties serving as the starting point.

The organization, which started in Massachusetts, is expanding into New York. It has five house parties scheduled for the Rochester area through early March, and a couple of parties set up in Tompkins County and the Adirondacks.

“The house party is where we reach people,” says Neely Kelley, a city resident, mother of two, and Mothers Out Front’s lead New York organizer.

House party guests start by talking a bit about themselves and the concerns that brought them there. Then they get a brief overview of the science behind climate change and the effects.

They also have opportunities to ask questions; Mothers Out Front organizers are clear that the parties are meant to provide a space free from ridicule or judgment.

Understanding the complexities of climate change and its effects can be a daunting task, organizers say.

Abigail McHugh-Grifa, a member of the local Mothers Out Front organizing team who helped lead Saturday’s gathering, recalled one of her first climate activism meetings.

People tossed out acronyms that she said she didn’t recognize. She looked up the acronyms later instead of asking at the meeting, she said, and she regretted not speaking up.

One guest asked how humans contribute to climate change. The women answered by talking about the burning of fossil fuels.

By the end of the two-and-a-half hour meeting, the women had identified some climate-related issues that concern them: extreme weather, the Seneca Lake gas storage project, smog, asthma triggers, and the contamination of drinking water.

They also said that they want to promote renewable energy and green jobs.

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And they filled out sheets listing the next steps they’re willing to take, including whether they’d be willing to host a house party, as well as any talents or skills they have that could help the group.

Mothers Out Front will use the information to develop plans for a statewide campaign urging elected officials to act on climate change.

“The idea is that we don’t come in as an organization, or I don’t come in as a staffer and say ‘Here’s what we need to do; mothers, do it!’” says Kelley, a Mothers Out Front organizer. “We engage mothers and then work with those mothers to figure out what campaign makes the most sense.”

Mothers Out Front got its start in the Boston area in late 2012.

A handful of mothers began holding house parties to talk about climate change, and they found that many of the women who attended wanted to know how they could make a difference, according to the group’s website.

Kelley was one of those mothers. She attended an early house party, though she says that she was skeptical of the approach — she expected it to be a bunch of moms just sitting around and talking.

But she says that she quickly saw that the approach gave mothers the opportunity to engage with each other and that the group provided a way to work together toward a common goal. She became deeply involved with the group.

When Kelley’s husband got a job in Rochester, the family moved here, and she brought Mothers Out Front with her. An organizing team began to coalesce in the first half of 2014, around the time that Kelley and some other local mothers started organizing an oil train protest along the CSX tracks in Fairport.

The group now has a solid five-member organizing team for the Rochester area and it’s building other teams, including teams centered on strategy and events planning.

Parents’ voices aren’t often heard in the

climate debate, which is one of the reasons

Neely Kelley (bottom left) and Abigail McHugh-Grifa (bottom right) led a Mothers Out Front house party Saturday. The gathering brought together a handful of mothers and grandmothers, who talked about climate change and what they could do to urge state elected officials to act on it (top).

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why Mothers Out Front is geared toward mothers, grandmothers, and caregivers.

“The reason why moms are important, I think, is because whatever your political background, as a mom you worry about your children’s future,” says Sue Hughes-Smith, a Brighton mother of five and one of Mothers Out Front’s organizing team members.

Motherhood cuts across every social and economic line, Kelley says, so if you get a bunch of mothers together in a room, they’ll at least have that one thing in common. From there, they can learn about climate change from each other, she says, and exchange ideas about how to get elected leaders to act.

And then there’s the simple notion that people listen to moms — their voices carry weight. Other groups have shown that mothers working together can make an impact on society and laws.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, for example, which was organized by a group of mothers whose children died in alcoholrelated crashes, has been a major force in getting tougher DWI laws passed.

And in Argentina, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo marched across from the presidential palace weekly to protest abuses by ruling military junta. The women were mothers of political dissidents who “disappeared” — likely kidnapped and presumably killed by the regime.

Their efforts drew international attention to the Dirty War, leading the US and several European countries to put pressure on the regime.

“Mothers really do have a unique moral authority,” Kelley says.

More information on Mothers Out Front: www.mothersoutfront.org or neely@mothersoutfront.org.

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system based so heavily on testing data when the public is already concerned about the overuse of testing, says Willa Powell, a member of the Rochester school board and the representative of the “big five” district school boards on the New York School Boards Association.

“The governor is basically a racehorse with blinders on,” Powell says. “He refuses to see what doesn’t fit his agenda.”

After Cuomo’s speech, New York State United Teachers President Karen Magee said that the governor’s reforms are an attack on union members’ collective bargaining rights. Cuomo wants to add 100 charter schools, which typically do not have unions, to the state’s public school system.

But most studies show that on average, charters’ test scores are not much better than the scores at traditional public schools. And sufficient data on their graduation rates isn’t available yet.

Critics ask how the governor, who says that he’s concerned about wasting tax dollars on public school bureaucracy, knows that he’s not just creating another bureaucracy.

Cuomo said that he would provide an additional $1 billion to the state’s $23 billion education budget if all of his reforms are enacted — a tactic used by US Education Secretary Arne Duncan for the federal Race to the Top program; play ball or you don’t get the money.

Holding education funding hostage to his own version of reforms amounts to an attack on schools and teachers, says Tom Gillett, regional staff director for New York State United Teachers — one of the state’s teachers unions.

“That is not the legislative process that most people think we have in New York,” Gillett says.

But perhaps most concerning, critics say, is that Cuomo’s reforms don’t begin to address the inequity of the state’s highly segregated public schools.

A New York Times editorial recently described insufficient funding for highneeds schools as the state’s most serious and systemic education problem.

“The truth is we have two systems: one for the rich and one for the poor,” Cuomo said in last week’s speech.

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As seen on the menu of Nox: (left) "It's a Trap" is made of seasoned fries topped with melted cheese and sausage; (middle) "His Name Was Robert Paulson," is an applewood-smoked bacon-wrapped meatloaf; and (right) a Bukowski cocktail uses whiskey, chartreuse, Fernet Branca, and Tobacco syrup. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN

Nerding out [ CHOW HOUND ] BY KATIE LIBBY

Approaching Nox Craft Cocktails & Comfort Food in Village Gate, you may think you need a password to enter. The impressive, dungeonesque doorway has eye-level panels that can be opened from the inside to snoop on who is outside. When my friend and I stepped inside on our visit, she immediately gasped, “Oh my goodness, Sherlock Holmes.”

The place does indeed resemble the televised version of the detective’s apartment interior.

I began to sense a theme: Nox is a selfproclaimed “nerd pub.”

Nox was opened at the beginning of the year by James and Corinne Black, Aaron and Kelly Metras, and Tom Sharpe.

(Aaron and Kelly Metras are the owners of Salena’s and James Black worked there for 10 years.) “We have a bunch of degrees between all of us and we’re all enthusiastic about learning.” Names from literature, film, and television make up the food and cocktail menus. In fact, the name “Nox” is the Latin word for “night” but is also the wand-extinguishing charm from Harry

Potter. At the end of your meal, your check is delivered in a hollowed-out book.

For the menu, Black wanted something more than typical pub fare – “basically anything that’s not a chicken wing.” Chefs Brett Blocknik and Dave Yellow are in the kitchen creating comfort cuisine like the Noble House of Black Mac & Cheese ($9), elbow noodles swimming in a mixture of Asiago and Oaxaca cheese, topped with Cheez-Its, bread crumbs and bacon bits. The Snack of Vlad Dracul ($7) is a Hungarian wax pepper stuffed with Feta, Parmesan, and cream cheese and sausage, served on a slice of sourdough bread from Baker Street bakery. Nero’s Second Breakfast ($6) combines seedless red grapes that have been fire-roasted with olive oil and rosemary with mild Brie and local creamed raw honey, served with sliced baguette.

Black is fascinated by the history of alcohol, and the cocktail menu at Nox is innovative and extensive. His favorite drink on the menu is the Bukowski, a mixture of Riverboat Rye Whiskey, Yellow Chartreuse, Frenet Branca, and a whole-leaf tobacco syrup (Cook creates all his own syrups).

Nerd alert: there are Easter eggs on the Nox website that unlock secret menus.

Nox Craft Cocktails & Comfort Food is located at 302 North Goodman Street in Village Gate, and is open Thursday through Monday, 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.

471-8803. Visit their website at noxcocktail.com.

Quick bites

The Old Toad (277 Alexander Street) will host

a Bourbon Barrel Aged Beer Tap Takeover on Saturday, January 31. Sample trays will be available and the draft lineup will be released closer to the event date. Check out their Facebook page for more details.

Ever dream of opening your own craft distillery? Black Button Distilling will offer a three-day distilling course, “The Craft Distilling Experience,” February 6 through February 8. The course will be led by the distillery’s president and head distiller, Jason Barrett, and is meant for people who already have a basic understanding of spirits and is “recommended for spirits lovers and entrepreneurs seriously considering opening a craft distillery.”

Enrollment in the course will cost you $950, and breakfast and lunch is provided.

More details: blackbuttondistilling.com.

Openings

Swiftwater Brewing has opened at 378 Mt. Hope Avenue. The farm brewerybrewpub is open Wednesday through Sunday. More details can be found on their Facebook page.

Blue Toad Hard Cider has opened at 120 Mushroom Boulevard, Suite 105. Their tasting room is open Thursday through Sunday.

Closings

Infantino’s Market Restaurant (2133 East Henrietta Road) and Blue Cactus Mexican Grille (5 Liftbridge Lane, Fairport).

La Tea Da (258 Alexander Street) has suffered a debilitating fire and will be closed until further notice. The owner hopes to reopen.

Chow Hound is a food and restaurant news column. Do you have a tip? Send it to food@ rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Mrs. Kasha Davis will soon compete on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the third Rochester queen to do so.

PHOTO BY TAMMY SWALES

[ INTERVIEW ] BY JAKE CLAPP

10 CITY JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The life of an international housewife celebrity must be tough, what with all of the cooking, YouTube videos, cleaning, Tina Turner impersonations, and martinis. But Mrs. Kasha Davis makes it look easy. Usually wearing a smile as big as her pearls, the Rochester drag queen has performed locally for 12 years, and has developed a persona that calls back to the best — and often most cringe-worthy — aspects of your favorite lush aunt. Constantly reminding audiences that “there’s always time for a cocktail,” Kasha’s classic camp, snappy wit, and 1960’s housewife style has made her a favorite here.

Now, after seven hard tries, Kasha has a shot at charming national audiences on the seventh season of Logo TV’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” premiering this spring. She will be the third Rochester queen to compete on the reality TV show: Pandora Boxx came in fifth during the show’s second season — and has appeared on several “Drag Race” spin-offs since — and Darienne Lake placed fourth in Season 6.

“Drag Race,” produced and hosted by RuPaul Charles, has become something of a pop phenomenon, with each season increasingly more popular. The fifth season, in 2013, premiered to more than 1 million viewers. An official start date to the 2015 series hasn’t even been announced, and the contestants are already being talked about like celebrities. Since the announcement

of the Season 7 contestants in December, Kasha’s Facebook fan page has grown from around 600 followers to more than 4,100.

Her Instagram followers were around 350 the day of the announcement, hit 1,800 by the next morning, and now sits at 5,100.

Under Kasha’s makeup and big brown hair is Ed Popil, who regularly acts in theater and appears on social media out of drag.

And if you look through Mrs. Kasha Davis’s online store, you’ll find posters and T-shirts of both faces side by side. The design was created by Popil’s husband, Steven Levins (the real-life Mr. Davis).

In a recent interview with City, Kasha talked about the elusive start date to “Drag Race” Season 7, why Mrs. Kasha Davis and Aggy Dune make a great team, and what’s in the Rochester water. An edited transcript of the conversation follows.

City: You’ve auditioned for “Drag Race” seven years in a row.

Kasha Davis: All seven seasons. I wonder

if I am a glutton for punishment or just persistent. I will say, though, that it’s very well known that I auditioned for all seven seasons. There’s no secret there, and I’m proud of that. Listen, I’m going to be 44 years old in March and one of the biggest things I want to get out there for people of all ages is to never give up, no matter what it is.

There were points throughout that seven-year process where I was like, “This is not going to happen. Face the reality. Do something different.” And every time it would roll around and I would tell myself, “You know that you really want this. It’s a dream of yours to go to Hollywood and film something.

Do it.” And I’m proud of the fact that I did.

What do think clicked this time? Did you wear them down?

Honestly, if I look back at the audition tapes, I cringe. I think every actor, if you’re really into your craft, you look at yourself and you take that criticism. And sometimes our worst criticism is from ourselves. I look back at some of those videos and I was trying so hard to give the producers what I thought they wanted.

This particular time, I could see the difference in the video where I’m like, “That’s just me.”

Throughout this whole audition process, every time I felt like I was trying too hard, or I was trying to give somebody something else, I stopped. I just relaxed and said, “OK. This is me. This is what you get.”

Logo is tossing around the date for starting “Drag Race,” teasing fans, and not committing to anything yet.

The official statement is spring 2015. Spring is a lot of things to different people. In TV land, I think the spring season is going to happen sooner rather than later. And what I’m learning from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — it being the biggest show on Logo — they manipulate their programing to make sure they premiere the show in the right timing so that another network doesn’t pick up something and put it at the same time.

That’s the information we were given. There’s strategy here, and I guess they want people to be grumbling, because they are grumbling!

You’ve poked fun at that a bit yourself, with your Instagram video declaring “Coming spring 2025!” Is this frustrating for the contestants?

It’s extremely frustrating. A lot of things are done already, but some things are not done, so we’re in limbo. I have a full-time job and I’m waiting to see what’s going to happen.

How do I tell people that I might not be here for a premiere party? The tentative plan is to have premiere parties in Vegas, New York City, and L.A., so “Drag Race” is going to say come on out. “Ok! When?” I’m sure they’ll give us ample notice, but it is nerve-racking.

I talked to Pandora Boxx, and she’s like, “The days of planning are over. It’s spontaneity.

You get a gig, and you take it.” It’s exciting.

Underneath the makeup and wigs is Ed Popil, who routinely appears on social media and on stage out of drag. PHOTOS BY JOHN SCHLIA

Speaking of Pandora Boxx, what is in the Rochester water?

Exactly! You know what, it’s a great question.

I’ve had the privilege of meeting a lot of different performers, and every one of them is talented in their own way. It’s true, everybody has their different angle. What Rochester has is unique, in terms of our community, not just the drag community, but theater and all the different aspects of the arts. It’s open, but it’s sort of a secret. You stumble upon it. You realize more and more the different companies and different groups. We have so much where we can go out and get exposure.

Years ago, there was Muther’s. There was a drag mother there. Her name was Naomi Kane, and she owned Muther’s bar, and we would all — Aggy [Dune], Pandora, Darienne [Lake], myself, Samantha Vega — all of us in the community would go in there.

Naomi Kane was a tough mother. She would get you on stage and sort of try something and be like, “Was that really what you wanted to do?” And she would say, “Come on, baby, you’ve got to try harder!” She’s the one who named me Mrs. Kasha Davis: she’s like, “You’re married; you have Mister Davis.”

I’m really proud of the fact that I don’t know any other missus drag queens; it’s my shtick.

The bottom line is that our community helps one another. The drag community can be vicious, and anybody that goes on the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” website and all the other sites: the comments out there can be cruel. But I think that’s part of the fun. It’s like going to karaoke. We all go to karaoke, and we all go, “Hmm, that person can’t sing.”

A true singer hates to do karaoke, because they know they’re going to be ripped apart.

In drag, you get tips, but you also get ripped apart. The criticism is there. But backstage, the group here — Aggy, Darienne, Ambrosia [Salad] — we’ve all helped each other.

You’ve been doing this for more than 10 years?

Almost 12.

How would you describe the scene today, compared to even a few years ago?

Every year, there are a couple of new performers, and in the drag world, you get a drag mother so many of us who are getting a little older help some of the younger kids out. They

appear a lot now on Facebook and they do a lot more videos, versus going out to the clubs, so a lot of people are doing drag that way.

But what’s happened with us: Aggy and I have our gig, The Big Wigs, we’ve kind of taken drag out of the bar scene. I like to say out of the bar scene and into the mainstream.

We do shows at the JCC. We do shows at Golden Ponds. It’s a different show; it’s an actual show versus just a number.

You’ve really embraced YouTube. I know your series has more than 70 episodes now.

My husband really is the one who does all the brain work in terms of the editing and the filming, but it is another way to get out there. If you don’t have a show every week, at least you can put a video or a photo out.

I don’t have any control on how they edit me on TV, but I have control right now to push out videos and give a little taste of who I am. However they decide to edit me, if I’m Big Bitch, then at least they get to see the other side of me. continues on page 16 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11

Upcoming [ BLUEGRASS ] Blind Owl Band. Friday, February 20. The Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 9 p.m. $10-$20. themontagemusichall.com; theblindowlband.com.

Music

[ ROCK ]

Katrina Leskanich. Thursday, March 26. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. lovincup.com; katrinasweb.com. [ HIP-HOP ]

Wiz Khalifa. Thursday, June 18. Darien Lake, 9993

Alleghany Road, Darien Center. $27-$69.75. ticketmaster. com; wizkhalifa.com.

Salon Series at Asbury First

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ASBURY FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1050 EAST AVENUE 2 P.M. | $30-$35 | ASBURYFIRST.ORG/EVENTS [ CLASSICAL ] This Sunday, Asbury First United Methodist

Church’s Salon Series will offer something different for those looking to get away from the Super Bowl madness. Pianist Rebecca Penneys, violinist Mikhail Kopelman, and cellist Stefan Reuss, a trio of musicians from the Eastman School of Music faculty, will offer a program of two Romantic-era trios: the Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66. This program is a change from Asbury First’s originally announced February 1 program of French chamber music, which will be performed on March 22 instead. — BY JAKE CLAPP

Eric Cloutier SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 45 EUCLID, 45 EUCLID STREET 10 P.M. | $10-$20 | 45EUCLID.COM SOUNDCLOUD.COM/CLOUTIER [ ELECTRONIC ] Deep and atmospheric, the trance is

magnetic. Berlin-based DJ Eric Cloutier has been carefully crafting techno sets and spinning them around the world since 1996. Raised in Detroit, Cloutier keeps a steady flow between the U.S. and Europe via the international nightclub circuit. Cloutier will be the first to participate in Signal > Noise, a new event series in Rochester committed to the “headier shades of house and techno.” — BY TYLER PEARCE

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Rob & Gary Acoustic.

Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 381-4000. woodcliffhotelspa.com.

5:30-8:30 p.m. [ BLUES ]

Deborah Magone. Sticky Lips

Alex G

BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 6 p.m.

Selwyn Birchwood. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $15-$20.

Upward Groove. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille.com.

10 p.m.

[ ALBUM REVIEW ]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 8:45 P.M. | $10-$14 | BUGJAR.COM SANDY.BANDCAMP.COM

The Televisionaries

[ ALT-ROCK ] Alex G has put out a handful of EP’s

Let me tell you about a typical day for me at City Newspaper. With a veritable avalanche of local releases coming in daily, I spend a decent amount of my day spinning submissions for review while downloading celebrity selfies and nip-slips. But I had to take The Televisionaries’ bright new record home with me because it was just that: a record, 12-inches of ominous black vinyl, grooved for her pleasure — and City ain’t got a turntable. So I got to give this review while dancing around in my underpants (I can’t do that at the office anymore). Anyhow... this record is fantastic, full of rapid-fire reverb-soaked pick attack and back-beat thunder. There is an overall abandon and apparent aversion to slower time signatures that you’ll surely dig. The band swings wild and reckless. It’s as if the wheels could come off at any minute. There are a few sung numbers and helpful liner notes to walk you through what’s going on in the trio’s head. It’s an all-thriller, no-filler, killer-diller fo’ sho’. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

and five full-lengths since 2010. The band’s most recent project, “DSU” (2014), is lo-fi and emo, and as curious as it is captivating. These guys noodle a few genres. Guitars jangle dissonant while vocals float delicate, and keys add clear contrast to distorted strums and searching melodies.

Next month they head to Europe for a string of shows before continuing their US tour. Also on the bill is Teen Suicide, Skirts, Alleys and Drive Me Home, Please.

— BY TYLER PEARCE

The Untouchables THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 CALIFORNIA BREW HAUS, 402 WEST RIDGE ROAD 7 P.M. | $10-$12 | TICKETFLY.COM; TECSHOWS.COM [ SKA ] Formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, The Untouchables breezed in on the wings of ska’s second wave and L.A.’s mod revival. Poor distribution and the confusion that they were a band by the same name in the UK, kept the band underground. But the band’s driving rock-steady shows with bands that were the who’s who in L.A. at the time (The B-52s, Bow Wow Wow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, and X) earned them legions of fans. And appearances in movies like “Party Animal” and “Repo Man” added to The Untouchables’s cult appeal.

Stay Fresh, In Crowd, RetroHeir, Black Magic, Krisus, and Bvelz will also play. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

“The Televisionaries” Reel Time Records Facebook.com/thetelevisionaries

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[ JAZZ ]

Anthony Giannovola.

Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 6:309:30 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ]

Kim and Reggie Harris.

Nazareth College Linehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave.,. 3892881. naz.edu. 7 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]

Alex G, Teen Suicide, Alleys, Skirts, and Drive Me Home, Please. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $10-$14.

Moondance Band. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30-9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780.

8 p.m. Free.

Old Timey Jam. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com.

6:30-8 p.m. continues on page 14

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 Sunny Paul. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com.

6 p.m.

Trahan’s train to Nashville

[ BLUES ]

Big Blue House. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ] Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. christchurchrochester.org/.

9 p.m.

Alyssa Trahan CD RELEASE SHOW SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 4-7 P.M. | FREE | LOVINCUP.COM ALYSSATRAHAN.COM

[ JAZZ ]

Bossa Nova Jazz Thursdays ft.

The Charles Mitchell Group.

Espada Brazilian Steak, 274 N. Goodman St. Village Gate.

473-0050. espadasteak.com.

6 p.m. Free.

[ INTERVIEW ] BY FRANK DE BLASE

Alyssa Trahan sings as sweet and pretty as she looks. But despite the tow-headed pulchritude and innocence, Trahan swings it hard and is gunning for the majors.

And she’s qualified, Jack. Already known in this region for her rockin’ country, and ready to prove that the talent matches the determination, the 19-year-old musician is hopping a train south to Beulah Land, Music Row, Nashville.

Trahan is a thoughtful songwriter with insight beyond her years, and she’s releasing her new five-song EP of her original material this month. Though she peppers her sets with pop (covers by artists like Miranda Lambert and Leonard Cohen as well as her won sugary compositions), she always comes back to the country. She stopped by City offices to explain why. An edited transcript follows.

Jazz Weekends! ft. The David Detweiler Trio. Next Door Bar

Alyssa Trahan will soon release her EP, "Wild & Crazy," and has plans to move to Nashville later this year. PHOTO BY JEFF GEREW

City: Let’s pretend we’ve never talked.

Who are you? What are you?

Alyssa Trahan: I’m a country singer-

songwriter originally from East Rochester. I’ll be moving to Nashville later this year. I write all my own music, and I produce a lot of it, too. I play about 12 different instruments. I’m going to FLCC for audio recording.

And you’re releasing a new EP?

Yes, “Wild & Crazy” comes out in a couple of days.

Being a multi-instrumentalist, what do you write with?

I usually write with guitar, sometimes piano.

If boys weren’t so crummy, would you still have something to write about?

Yeah, I think so. I don’t write about love all the time, but it’s just so easy.

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knows that feeling. I write about my life. I see things changing around me. I see something happening with a family member or a friend – I like to write about real-life experiences.

What do you have in common with your audience?

I think we have a lot in common. People say, “I see where you’re coming from with that song,” or “That song describes my life perfectly.” I love when that happens.

How do you get inspired to write a song?

This doesn’t happen all the time, but what usually happens is, I’ll get a melody or a hook or something stuck in my head that pops in there at the most inconvenient times – the middle of the night, in the middle of class, when I don’t have an instrument near me.

Have you ever demo’d an idea by singing it into your cell phone?

Sometimes. It depends where I am. If I have to, I’ll write it in my head. I’ve written whole songs on road trips in the back of the car without a guitar. It takes me half an hour to an hour to write a song. I just let the words come out and sing what I feel like, and hopefully it sounds good.

So you said you’re considering a move to Nashville.

Yes, later this year. I’m excited, scared, and anxious.

You seem to be doing fine here. Is this change of address necessary?

Yes. I’ve wanted to go to Nashville since I was a little girl. I took a trip there a few years ago and just fell in love with the city and everything about it. Every time I’ve gone there since, I feel it welcome me, just pulling me there. I just feel I have to be there.

There are a lot of musicians with a guitar and a dream down there in Tennessee.

Are you afraid of being swallowed up?

No, not really. I know there are a lot of musicians down there, but I’m not in this to win a competition or get rich or get famous. You hear a million “no’s” before you hear one “yes.” When I hear a “no,” I hear it as a “not yet.” I just want to make a living off my music. You can do it here. There are just so many more opportunities and connections in Nashville. In Rochester, to be a country singer doesn’t make a lot of sense to people, because Rochester isn’t considered a center for country music.

But your sound isn’t purist country.

There are pop elements, among other things, in there.

I do a lot of stuff that isn’t country. I like every genre of music. Sometimes I’ll post pop covers. But I always come back to country. It’s about love, it’s about life, it’s about four chords and the truth.

& Grill, 3220 Monroe Ave. 2494575. wegmansnextdoor.com.

Thursday: 5 p.m., Friday: 8 p.m/. Free.

John Palocy Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. East Rochester. 662-5555. bistro135. net. 6-9 p.m.

Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero. Fiamma, 1308 Buffalo

Rd. 270-4683. fiammarochester. com/. 6-9 p.m. A brand new weekly jazz night at Fiamma Pizza e Vino, with music by Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero.

The Joe Santora Trio, Curtis Kendrick, and Emily Kirchoff.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. (585) 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill.com. Free.

Ryan Carey. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com.

The Swooners. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 3814000. woodcliffhotelspa.com.

5:30-8:30 p.m. [ REGGAE/JAM ]

The Untouchables. California

Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 671-9080. songkick.com. 7 p.m. $10-$12. [ POP/ROCK ]

Goodbye Ronnie and Whiskey Reverb. Flour City Station, 170

East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m.

herMajesty, The Heroic Enthusiasts, and Sea Planes.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966. bugjar.com. 8:30 p.m. $6-$8.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Kari Todesco. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 4547140. bouldercoffee.info. 8:309:30 p.m.

Pan de Oro. Havana Cabana, 289 Alexander St. 232-1333. havanacabanaroc.com. 10 p.m.

Call for info.

CLASSICAL | EMERSON STRING QUARTET

BLUES | SELWYN BIRCHWOOD

JAZZ | LAURA DUBIN TRIO

The Emerson String Quartet will present an afternoon recital in Kilbourn Hall featuring music from the early 17th-century to the masterworks of the 20th-century. The Emerson String Quartet has an unparalleled list of achievements across three decades: more than 30 acclaimed recordings, 9 Grammys, 3 Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and collaborations with many of the great artists of our time. In 2013, cellist Paul Watkins joined the ensemble, which also includes violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, and violist Lawrence Dutton. (The quartet was founded in1976 in New York City.) The afternoon program will begin with Purcell’s Chacony and Two Fantasies. The Berg Lyric Suite, composed in 1926, is worlds apart, with challenging sonorities and terseness. The program ends with Beethoven’s great Op.132 string quartet.

So many artists today enthusiastically skate the line between blues and soul. Sometimes this enthusiasm steamrolls the music. That’s not the case with the sunshine state guitar slinger Selwyn Birchwood. His music is soulful but has bite and it has sting. It boogies large and in charge. I’ve seen this cat wow ’em when there was only 10 people in the room, and again with 500 in the audience.

Birchwood’s laid back approach is a trap, I tell ya. Under an afro cloud, this tall drink of water’s casual smile and affable personae lures you in until it’s too late and the walls are festooned with your brains. The blues is alright … especially with a little danger thrown in.

Laura Dubin is proud to play in the tradition of a long line of great jazz pianists. That’s why tributes to Horace Silver and Oscar Peterson (“Silver Lining” and “Ode to O.P.”) are two of the highlights of her debut album. The native Rochesterian, who has played at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has a new CD in the works, exploring the Great American Songbook. You can bet she’ll play some of those tunes when she brings her trio, with Sam Weber on bass and Antonio H. Guerrero on drums, to Bistro 135.

The Emerson String Quartet will perform on Sunday, February 1, at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School, 28 Gibbs Street. 3 p.m. $17-$27. 454-2100; esm.rochester.edu.

— BY GARY A. BALDWIN [ BLUES ]

Dave Riccioni & Friends.

The Beale, 1930 Empire Blvd. Webster. 216-1070. thebealegrille.com. 6-9 p.m.

Deborah Magone. Shooters, 1226 Fairport Rd. Fairport. 3859777. deborahmagone.com/.

6-8 p.m.

Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com. 8-11 p.m. $10-$15.

Eric and the Bluesbirds.

Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:3011:30 p.m.

Ruckus Juice Jug Stompers.

Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 5 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]

Wilmot Brass Quintet. Nazareth

College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. .naz. edu/music. 7:30-9 p.m. [ COUNTRY ] BallBreaker. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.

Don Newcomb Band.

Canandaigua Moose Lodge, 305 Ontario St. Canandaigua. 3947180. 7:30-10:30 p.m.

Neon Rooster and Runaway Dorothy. Abilene Bar & Lounge,

153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9 p.m. $5. [ JAZZ ]

Brian Lindsay Band & Anonymous Willpower. Lovin’

Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 2929940. lovincup.com. 9 p.m. $3-$5.

The Charlie Mitchell Group.

Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com.

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Gian Carlo Cervone Trio. Club Clarissas, 293 Clarissa St. 2323430. gcc.cervone.net/music.

Every other Friday, 6-8 p.m.

Jazz Weekends! ft. The David Detweiler Trio. Next Door Bar

& Grill, 3220 Monroe Ave. 2494575. wegmansnextdoor.com.

Thursday: 5 p.m., Friday: 8 p.m/. Free.

Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero. Wegman’s Amore

Restaurant, 1750 East Ave. 452-880. wegmansamore.com.

6-8 p.m.

Matthew Sieber Ford Trio. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St. Paul St. 262-2090. tapas177.com. 4:30 p.m. Free.

The Joe Santora Trio, Curtis Kendrick, and Emily Kirchoff.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. (585) 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill.com. Free.

Selwyn Birchwood plays Wednesday, January 28, at Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 8 p.m. $15-$20. abilenebarandlounge.com; selwynbirchwood.com.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE The Westview Project. The

Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org. [ HIP-HOP/RAP ]

Slap Weh Fridays ft. Blazin Fiyah. Eclipse Bar & Lounge,

372 Thurston Rd. 235-9409. Call for info. [ REGGAE/JAM ]

Mosaic Foundation, Chris “Hollywood” English & The English Project, and The Greener Grass Band. Flour City

Station, 170 East Ave. facebook. com/events/mosiacfoundation. 9 p.m. $5. [ METAL ] Misled. California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. songkick.com. 7 p.m. $5-$10. [ POP/ROCK ]

Caged. V-Pub at the Villager,

245 South Main St. 3942890. facebook.com/ cagedNY. 9 p.m.

Gang of Thieves. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon. com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5.

Junkyard Fieldtrip. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnyslivemusic. com. 9 p.m.

Made Violent, Howlo, The Flashing Astonishers, Muler.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7.

Mansfield Avenue Duo. Towpath

Café, 6 N. Main St. Box Factory Bldg. Fairport. 377-0410. mansfieldave.com. 7-10 p.m.

Mike Pappert. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 7:30 p.m.

Laura Dubin performs Friday, January 31, at Bistro 135, 135 West Commercial Street, East Rochester. 6 p.m. 6625555, bistro135.net; lauradubin.com. — BY RON NETSKY Dr. 506-7991. facebook.com/ events/915134118511893/.

4-7 p.m. Live performance, giveaways, raffles, Q&A. Flint Creek. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31

[ DJ/ELECTRONIC ] Signal > Noise v10. 45 Euclid, 45 Euclid St. 2225683. facebook.com/ events/734371559992360/.

10 p.m.-3 a.m. DJ Eric Cloutier. $10-$20.

[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

[ JAZZ ]

Coexistance, Meg Williams Band, and This Life. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 9 p.m. $3-$5.

Sofrito. Havana Cabana, 289 Alexander St. 232-1333. havanacabanaroc.com. 10 p.m.

Call for info.

Zaria. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info. 8-10 p.m. [ BLUES ]

Steve Grills & The Roadmasters.

Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com.

9:30 p.m.

[ CLASSICAL ] Marco Amadio. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 7:30 p.m.

The Charlie Mitchell Group. The

Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org.

Cousin Vinny. Corner Sports Bar, 122 Main St. East Rochester.

248-2040. 8-11:45 p.m.

Laura Dubin Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. East Rochester. 662-5555. bistro135. net. 6-10 p.m.

Late Night Jazz Jam Session.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill.com. 11 p.m.2:30 a.m.

The Joe Santora Trio, Curtis Kendrick, and Emily Kirchoff.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. (585) 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill.com. Free.

The Westview Project.

Wegman’s Amore Restaurant, 1750 East Ave. 452-8780. 6:308:30 p.m.

themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $5-$8. [ POP/ROCK ]

Continental Drifft, Embers, and Wixly & Crump. Bug Jar, 219

Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $6.

Driftwood. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m. $12-$16.

Inner Planets and Planets Assassin. Firehouse Saloon,

814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5.

Mansfield Avenue Duo. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. mansfieldave.com.

8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Pink Elephant, Bml, and Babayaga. Monty’s Krown,

875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. songkick.com. 7 p.m.

Springer and Me & The Boys. Water Street Music

Hall, 204 N. Water St. 3255600. waterstreetmusic.com.

9 p.m. Free.

Tempest. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 2925544. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m.-midnight.

True Blue. Cottage Hotel of Mendon, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd. Mendon. 624-1390. facebook.com/truebluerochester.

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[ METAL ] [ COUNTRY ]

Alyssa Trahan EP Release Party.

Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point

Unborn Society Reunion.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520.

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I’ve seen you perform; I don’t know how they could edit you into being Big Bitch.

You know, there are long days. And it’s an exhausting experience. It’s the most amazing experience I’ve had in performing to date, but I’ve learned a lot. And I’ve learned how far I can be pushed.

freaking word. I brought every friend from work, and it was like, “Wow, I could do this on my own.” Everything is on my own: the costuming — I don’t have to rely on anybody.

No one has to rely on me. I was able to fulfill that need without interrupting work.

Sounds like that first performance was great.

How did you get started?

I went to school for theater. Ever since I could remember, I wanted to do theater. I wanted to be a star, I wanted to go to Broadway, all of this stuff. Then the reality set in later in life, so I decided to do it on the side — if I didn’t do it on the side, I felt like I was dying. The reality, is if you have a passion in our life and you don’t do it, you do sort of crumble.

I had been a fan of drag, just going out to see it, but it never even entered my mind to do it, because I don’t physically have the body to be a lady. Steve and I went to Provincetown for vacation, and we saw Miss Richfield 1981.

Now Miss Richfield 1981, her shtick is that she won a beauty contest in 1981 — and she’s hideous, and she sings terrible, and she’s like “HELLO!” I was like, “Oh my God, she’s hysterical.” Everybody here is beautiful, all the queens are beautiful, so I never put it in my head that I could be beautiful. I saw this campy, ridiculous, no boobs, tight dress, dress is up too high, doing handstands, just ridiculous humor improvisation, and I was so inspired. We saw the show like three times.

On the nine-hour drive back, I said, “Well, what if I did drag?” Steve said, “I can’t see you physically doing that.” “Yeah, but she looks nothing like a woman, and she has us cracking up.” Then we started saying, “What would be your name?” First pet and first street. I called Muther’s and I said, “Hey, I want to do a show. Can I get in?”

I rehearsed non-stop. I had two songs: “Lime Jell-O Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise,” and “I Enjoy Being a Girl.” I went to the Goodwill and I bought a maternity outfit — because I didn’t know what I was buying. I bought this big mother-of-thebride blue dress and I had big brown hair and barely any make-up and I knew every

It was great! I thought it was the best thing ever. I look back at the pictures, I’m like, “Jesus, didn’t you have any make-up?” I had red lipstick, eyelashes, long gloves, really hairy arms. Horrible! But everyone goes through the early stages. You look back through your photos and you’re like “phew.” My favorite thing Aggy ever said to me when I first met her at Muther’s was, “You know honey, you don’t have to be afraid to try and look pretty.”

We perform very well together. I liken her to Lucy and I’m Ethel. In any classic comic duo, you have the straight man and the goofball.

What is that makes y’all work so well with one another?

We had an instant connection. Aggy had been looking for a way to go a little bit more mainstream. Aggy does get booked a lot as Cher, and impersonations at parties and things like that. She was like, “I know I can do more.”

We just know each other at this point — where the joke is landing, when to pick up on the other line — and there’s that connection. We’ve had the best of times and the worst of times, and we’ve worked it out, because we know there’s a connection we have on stage that we can’t explain. We get on stage, and we get it. We could be sick, we could be fighting backstage, and then get on stage and “bing!”

If we needed to get a show together tonight, we could put it together and go. We could go into a pre-school and entertain. We don’t have to go for the crotch for a joke.

Still, the adults in the room might get some tongue-in-cheek humor that the kids won’t.

How do you feel your own performance has changed in 12 years?

Well, I’m less afraid to try and look pretty.

[She laughs] I don’t consider myself pretty, I

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consider myself diva-like. Kasha is modeled after my mom and my grandmothers. My grandmother was a whistler in Vaudeville — she performed at Radio City and she showed me all of these newspaper articles and the things she did. And her headshots, and it was like, “I want to be her.” I have Italian and Ukrainian backgrounds, so just these strong characters that I just loved, so I thought I could take a mix of them.

My cooking is horrible, but if you’re drinking while you’re cooking, then everything tastes terrific. I have to remember: Be Mrs. Kasha Davis; be the housewife. Every housewife out there may want something more. What’s funny about that? They may be home and lip-syncing into the vacuum hose, or they’re dancing around and, “You know after the kids grow up, I’m going to go get this.” That was the way my mom was, and I just kind of thought it was so funny — and you know, they may be a little tipsy.

You’ve been described as old-school camp, but I’m curious as to what you would say about your style.

I think old-school. There is a new form of camp — but I totally agree: camp, character, comedy. Trixie Mattel, one of the other contestants, is the new camp, which is really over the top, sort on the lines of Ambrosia Salad, but Trixie really takes it to the next level.

But my style could be considered classic.

I am very comfortable learning a new song, but I have to be careful, because a lot of times, it just doesn’t work. It’s like, if it’s funny that a 40-year-old mom or older is trying to be hip by singing a song, then it works. But if I’m trying to be Ariana Grande, the audience is like, “You’re Kasha Davis,

what are you doing?” I’ve kind of made that, as they call it, the brand.

What do you look for in a song that you would want to perform?

If I can feel the song; it’s just the energy level of the song. I’m a major fan of Tina Turner.

If it’s got that dance rhythm to it, where I can just get out there and explode on the stage, I like that. Ballads are not my shtick, necessarily, unless it’s funny I have a one-woman show that I’ve been working on for several years, and we have a lot of singing in that. I swear at this point there’s got to be 14 or 15 songs, and they’re all tied into the housewife. So there are songs like “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d Have Baked a Cake,” and old-school songs like that which I love to bring to the audience, because they just haven’t heard them.

Your husband plays a massive role in a lot of the things you do. Tell us more about him.

He’s my dream come true in so many different ways. When I moved here, I couldn’t imagine meeting somebody. I came from this small town called Scranton, Pennsylvania, but they’re backward, and there was no such thing as a gay relationship. So when I eventually met Steve, he had daughters and I got to be a step-parent, and that was amazing. We really support each other through the different endeavors in life, he’s always been there.

There’s no Mrs. Kasha Davis without Mr. Davis. We played down the whole Mr. Davis at first. We wanted him to never be seen, and just be that Mr. Davis that always grumbles. But he is so important in terms of all the social media, and the website, and continues on page 24

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 [ CLASSICAL ]

Asbury First Salon Series.

Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave. 271-1050 x 103. asburyfirst.org. 2 p.m. $30-$35.

Candlelight Concert. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 4543878. christchurchrochester. org/. 8:30-9 p.m.

Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. christchurchrochester.org.

9:30 p.m.

Nazareth College Keyboard Faculty. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue.

389-2700. naz.edu/music.

3-4:30 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]

What Moon Things, Guntrouble, Big Fred, and Cantelope. Bug

Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $8-$10.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 [ JAZZ ]

Deborah Branch. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St.

East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 6:309:30 p.m. [ METAL ]

The Funeral Portrait and Vanity Strikes. Montage Music

Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 2321520. themontagemusichall. com. 7 p.m. $8-$10.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Roses & Revolutions. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr.

381-4000. woodcliffhotelspa. com. 5:30-8:30 p.m. [ BLUES ]

Bluesday Tuesday Blues Jam. P.I.’s Lounge, 495 West Ave. 8 p.m. Call for info. [ CLASSICAL ]

The St. Olaf Choir. Hale Auditorium, Roberts Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. 594-6008. stolaf.edu/stolafchoir. 7:30-9:30 p.m. 75 mixed voices. $20-$28.

[ JAZZ ]

Deborah Branch . Lemoncello,

Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10-$12.

137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 6:309:30 p.m. [ OPEN MIC ]

Stand Up & Sing Out: Open Mic Competition. Lovin’ Cup,

300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 8-10:30 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]

Empire! Empire!, Warren Franklinn & The Founding Fathers, Keeler, and Lighters. Bug Jar, 219

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Art Eastman House has set up a supplemental website at eastmanhouse.org/technicolor100, which is organized to include decade-bydecade historical highlights, a careful look at the technology behind the art, the history of the company, and Technicolor’s national and international presence and impact.

The 100th anniversary of Technicolor Motion Picture Company is being celebrated with a fascinating exhibit, currently on view at Eastman House.

Pictured: Steffi Duna in La Cucaracha (1934), an example of Technicolor’s two-color process. PHOTO PROVIDED

It had to be hue “In Glorious Technicolor” and “Aura Satz: Eyelids Leaking Light” THROUGH APRIL 26 GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE, 900 EAST AVE. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 10 A.M.-5 P.M. AND SUNDAY, 11 A.M.-5 P.M. 271-3361 | EASTMANHOUSE.ORG/TECHNICOLOR100 [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

The ubiquitous phrase “In Technicolor” was present throughout my youth on title cards at the beginning of favorite films, from the transporting “Wizard of Oz” to Disney’s animated hit, “Dumbo.” A fascinating new exhibit at Eastman House explores the history, technology, and artistry of Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation at its hundredth anniversary. The exhibit has undoubted local significance as film and Kodak fade into history, though large parts of the show will appeal most to those interested in the more technical aspects of filmmaking.

Technicolor was the first commercially successful color motion-picture process, and until about the 1980’s, it was used widely for motion pictures shot in color. It may not be at the forefront of our minds when we are engrossed in viewing great art, but there has always been a deep-rooted covenant between 18 CITY JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3, 2015

artists and scientists. “In Glorious Technicolor” explores this connection between innovation and art, telling the story of how color technology affected the film industry.

Before entering the gallery space, visitors are confronted by a striking installation of two thousand glass bottles containing powdered synthetic dye samples, lined up brightly on narrow shelves. Wall texts state that the samples were collected from a number of international chemical and dye companies by Technicolor’s research scientists throughout a 45-year period, and some were used in the company’s sophisticated dye transfer process.

Inside the dim first gallery, four large screens are suspended from the ceiling, immersing viewers in looping, projected clips of Technicolor films from different genres — from musicals to, amazingly, some color film-noir flicks. This section showcases the range in subject matter and complementary tones, from oversaturated to subdued hues, that Technicolor provided.

In the second gallery, the exhibit is superbly

organized and easy to navigate, with a careful balance between thorough information and the objects, photographs, and equipment displayed in order to illustrate this very technical subject.

Technicolor, which had its origin as a tiny team of Boston-based research engineers in 1915, was by no means the first company to attempt to apply color to film. Curator and Eastman House Research and Information Specialist James Layton, who co-authored

the just-published book, “The Dawn of Technicolor” with David Pierce, says that a variety of companies explored tinting, toning, and hand-painting films.

“Technicolor always wanted a full-color process, but the technology just wasn’t there at the time,” he says. “So they set that as their end goal and had to work to get there in stages.”

A brief section explores rival companies’ efforts before turning over to focus on the detailed story of Technicolor’s successes and failings, expansions, and adaptations to technological advances by competitors, including Eastmancolor.

Particularly fascinating is the exploration of the use of prisms within the beautifully crafted, iconic cameras to split light and record color onto one, two, and then three reels of black and white film simultaneously spinning side by side.

The show also tells the stories of people who staked large parts of their careers on the success of color film — and who in turn aided its success — from red-headed starlets, to designers of vibrant costumes, to Academy Award-winning, star cameramen based in America and England.

Also on display are the work diaries of Technicolor’s founders; stations with tablets offering additional technical and historical information; rigorous color tests of costumes, sets, and makeup; and examples of how the Technicolor films were marketed, including beautifully composed behind-the-scenes photographs.

For those who want to delve even deeper into the history of Technicolor at their leisure,

Tucked in the darkened gallery on the far side of the Technicolor exhibit are two recent video works by British artist Aura Satz, whose work incorporates film, sound, performance, and sculpture.

One of them, “Doorway for Natalie Kalmus,” is a high-definition digital video Satz made in homage to the former wife of one of Technicolor’s founders. Kalmus was a color design consultant for Technicolor who helped clients perfect the use of their product. Kalmus created color scores for various films according to her theories of the use of color to lead or manipulate emotion.

The short film is series of abstracted views of a Bell and Howell lamphouse used in color grading. Through the combination of close-up photography of industrial textures — scratches, dust, mechanical minutiae — and an eerie soundtrack, the interior of the apparatus is transformed into echoing corridors saturated in constantly flipping combinations of colorful light.

The music, composed by Satz and Steven Severin, is punctuated by clicking that marks each shift in light from sizzling crimsons to moody violets, bitter mustards, and every conceivable combination of the hues. It’s easy to feel swallowed up by the wall-sized projection, entirely in the moment with each color cue’s signal to the subconscious.

The second film, “Chromatic Aberration” — which is having its North American premiere here — was created in 2014 and features close-ups of eyes from early experiments in color printing.

Satz used film from the Eastman House collection to explore the aesthetics of “color fringing,” a type of distortion in which the camera lens fails to focus all colors to the same convergence point. Like the former video, this work is slightly unsettling in its industrialnoise soundtrack (this time composed by the British sound artist and composer Scanner) and abstraction of the familiar. What is vaguely recognizable as eyes becomes haunting; the slow-motion opening and closing detectable amid miniature prism rainbows cast on mottled skin tones.

Through April, Eastman House’s Dryden Theatre will present “In Glorious Technicolor: a 35-film Celebration,” a companion to the exhibit. For more information on this and other related events, visit eastmanhouse.org.

ART | 150 ANCESTORS

FESTIVAL | HOC LOVES ROC

COMEDY | TOM GREEN

The City of Rochester has announced a schedule of events in celebration of Black Heritage Black Heritage Month. As 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History month, this year’s theme is “A Century of Black History, Life and Culture.”

Hochstein School of Music & Dance will present a new 10-day music and dance festival, HOC Loves ROC, on Friday, January 30, through Sunday, February 8. The program will highlight performances — ranging from classical, to jazz, to rock — involving hundreds of Hochstein students and faculty members, and will feature a world premiere as well as many free concerts. Performances will take place at the school (50 North Plymouth Avenue) and throughout the Rochester community.

Tom Green has changed mediums several times over the course of his career, but one thing has not changed: he continues to hook his audiences with his audacious brand of humor. Some will remember Green from his bizarre and envelope-pushing self-titled MTV show, or from his foray into film with the likes of “Freddie Got Fingered” and “Stealing Harvard” — still, others may know him from his brief appearance on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice” in 2009. In 2010, Green returned to stand-up comedy, and has since been performing nationally and internationally.

In various interviews, Green has described his comedy as primarily entertainment, but with an undertone of social commentary, aimed at getting his audience to think about current issues by poking fun and joking about them.

As part of this month-long program, City Hall Link Gallery (30 Church Street) will host “150 Ancestors,” a celebration of 150 African-Americans who have contributed to the Greater Rochester area, hosted by David Haygood, Jr., and featuring youth and adult artists. A reception will be held Thursday, January 29, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

A second reception, “An Evening of Art & Jazz,” will take place the following Thursday, February 5, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The exhibit will remain on display February 2 through March 23. For more information, call 428-9857 or email blackheritage@cityofrochester.gov. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Jan. 28-March 1. Naturescapes.

Opening Reception Fri. Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m. Photography by Peter Blackwood 546-8400.

EpiscopalSeniorLife.org.

Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Time of Day. Jan. 31- March 14. Opening reception Sat. Jan. 31, 6-10 p.m. Contemporary quilts

by Pat Pauly. 232-6030. axomgallery.com.

Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, I College Dr. The Upright Object: The Assemblage Sculpture of Ronald Gonzalez. Through March. 12 Opening reception Fri. Jan. 30, 5-7 p.m. 2455813. geneseo.edu.

Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. An Evening of Art & Jazz. Through March 23. Opening reception Thurs. Feb. 5, 5:30-7 p.m. Black History Month art by community artists.

428-9857. blackheritage@ cityofrochester.gov.

MuCCC Gallery Space, 142 Atlantic Ave. Illustrations BC. Feb 2 - 27. Opening reception Mon. Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. Old school illustrations by Dick Roberts. muccc.org.

Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St. Paul St. The Art of the Group in the Loop. Through Feb. 28. Opening reception Feb. 3, 6-8 p.m. Recent paintings and drawings by members of Group in the Loop. Wine tasting, $10. 262-2090. tapas177.com. [ CONTINUING ] Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 34th

Annual Show of Medieval Works. Through Jan. 31. The paintings display techniques practiced by artists during the Middle Ages. brightonlibrary. org.

Canandaigua National Bank, 210 Alexander St. Works by Venessa Sheldon. Through March 31. Animal and insect paintings. 340-7473. vanessasheldon.com/.

Central Library, 115 South Ave. The Art of Birds in Wood.

Through March 4. Sculptures of birds by Al Jordan. 4287300. libraryweb.org.

Gallery 96, 604 PittsfordVictor Road. Close to Home. Through Feb. 15.

Photography by Matthias Boettrich and George Wallace. 233-5015.

Gallery R, 100 College Ave. Clairvoyance. Through Feb. 6. Wood and metal sculpture

by Ryan Lamfers. 256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu.

Geisel Gallery, Bausch & Lomb Place, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Tools and Lights.

Through Jan. 30. Photos of early industrial age tools and antique automobile tail lights by John W. Retallack. thegeiselgallery.com.

Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, University of Rochester, River Campus.

Love Stories. Through Feb. 8. A collection of animation machines, photographs and optical devices, presenting a rarefied image of nature

by Nichola Kinch. blogs. rochester.edu/hartnett.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. The American Southwest.

Through Feb 22. Opening reception Fri. Feb. 6, 5-9

The schedule kicks off with a “Jazzy Lunchtime” with the Dick DeLaney Trio and vocalist Maria Battista-Hancock (Friday, January 30, 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. at City Hall Atrium, 30 Church Street; free) and a FuturPointe Dance open rehearsal (Friday, January 30, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hochstein; free). On Saturday, a Hochstein Little Singers open rehearsal (9 to 10 a.m. at Hochstein; free) will be followed by a Hochstein Youth Singers open rehearsal (10:15 to 11 a.m. at Hochstein; free), and the Hochstein Youth Wind Symphony in concert (7:30 p.m., at Hochstein; free).

Other highlights include the Hochstein Adult Guitar Ensemble (Tuesday, February 3, 7:45 to 8:45 p.m., at Hart’s Local Grocers, 10 Winthrop Street; free); Expressive Arts’ romantic sing-a-long concert in honor of Valentine’s Day (Wednesday, February 4, 3 p.m., at The Gables at Brighton, 2001 Clinton Avenue South; free); and the world premiere of a music and dance performance, “Stone Soup: A Tale Retold” (Saturday, February 7, 6:30 p.m., at Hochstein; free).

The majority of performances will be offered for free.

For a full schedule of events and more information, visit hochstein.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY p.m. Gallery hours: Tues.

-Sat. 12-6 p.m., Sun. 12-5 p.m. Four photographers images of the American Southwest. 271-2540. imagecityphotographygallery. com.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Movement in Blue, Dancing for the Holiday. Through Feb. 28, Movement, color and energy dance together in “Arabesque.”

Recent work by Marcella Gillenwater;. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions. com/.

Library of Music and Art, Rush Rhees Library, 500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd. (en)Gendered Juried Art. Through Feb 27.

Student works. rochester.edu/ college/wst.

Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs.

Solid Gold. Through Feb. 28. Works by nine artists using gold leaf, lustre, or paint. 315-462-0210. mstreetarts@gmail.com. mainstreetartsgallery.com.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. The 42-Letter Name, Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby.

Infinite Places: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby, through March 29. The 42-Letter Name, Prints derived from traditional South Asian religious art, through April 12. 276-8900. mag.rochester. edu.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Art From the Start. Through Feb. 22.

Colorful moving pieces by Cheryl and Don Olney. 5468400. EpiscopalSeniorLife. org.

Nazareth College Colacino Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Humanity: Themes and Impressions. Through Feb. 28. Prints by Kelly Clancy, Dale Klein, and Paolo. naz. edu/art.

NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Lessons in Laughter: The Life and Times of Bernard Bragg. Through April 10. Jean Pietrowski and

Tom Green performs Friday, January 30, and Saturday, January 31, at the Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Boulevard, Webster. 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. $25-$30. thecomedyclub.us; tomgreen.com. — BY JONATHAN MEAD Allison Thompson curated a memento-filled exhibition for deaf performer, playwright and director Bernard Bragg. rit.edu.

Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Tonal Meditations. Through Feb. 21. Paintings by Sharon Gordon and Karl Heerdt. 2715885. oxfordgallery.com.

Pullman Memorial Universalist Church, 10 E. Park St., Albion.

Antique Victorian Devotional Prints of the Saints. Through Feb. 14. From the collection of Orleans County Historian C.W. “Bill” Lattin. Viewing hours Weds. 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Suns. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

752-4581. pmuc.albion@ gmail.com.

Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. The Vinyl Countdown: A Dudes’ Night Out Production. An art collective of talented dude artists from in and around the Rochester area. From 2D to 3D, from pencils sketches to oil paintings. recordarchive. com.

Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. Latency. Through Jan. 31.

Images by Jihwan Park. 7759660. jihwanpark.com.

Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. Both Ends of the Rainbow and Three Lakes Sampler. Jan. 25March 15. Senior reception Thurs. Feb. 5, 2-4 p.m.

Over 1,000 pieces of art by local students and seniors.

315-255-1553. mtraudt@ schweinfurthartcenter.org. schweinfurtharcenter.org.

Spectrum Gallery, 100 College Ave. Arabat Spit

/ Healing Muds. Through Jan. 31. Photos by Sergiy Lebedynskyy. 415-7828. spectrumgalleryroc.com.

Steadfast Tattoo, 635 Monroe Ave. Mr. Prvrt. New work by Wall Therapy Artist Mr. Prvrt.

319-4901. tattoosteadfast. com.

Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. The Next: A Studio Glass Movement Continuum.

Through Feb 22. Glass art curated by Eunsuh Choi. 3952805. brockport.edu/finearts.

Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Inside Burma Photographs of an Enduring People. Through Feb. 16.

Photos of life and people of present day Myanmar (Burma) by Chris Kogut. 2719070. rochesterunitarian.org.

Call for Artwork [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Call for High School Art: “Life Is”. Jan. 30. Bridge Art Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd 2753571. omgpromotion@gmail. com. [ MON., FEBRUARY 2 ] ArtAwake. Feb. 2. art@ artawake.org.

Art Events [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] Watercolors by Brenda Cretney. Through March 4.

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Art Events

Michelle Mary Schaefer and Isaiah Tyler as Sarah and James in the Out of Pocket production of “Children of a Lesser God.” PHOTO BY KEN DAUER

In silence or in sound “Children of a Lesser God” FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, THROUGH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 MUCCC, 142 ATLANTIC AVENUE 7:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY; 2 P.M. ON SUNDAY ASL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES FEBRUARY 1 AND 5. $10-$15 | MUCCC.ORG; OUTOFPOCKETPRODUCTIONS.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY DAVID RAYMOND

When Mark Medoff ’s “Children of a Lesser God” was produced on Broadway in the early 1980’s it won a Tony Award for Best Play, and was made into a movie soon afterward. It was also a pioneering work of theater, presenting current issues in the deaf community and the nascent movement for deaf rights and awareness.

More than 30 years after its initial production, Out of Pocket Productions’ upcoming presentation of “Children of a Lesser God” reveals that some of those issues are still current, and that the play’s emotions and plea for compassion still ring true. “Children of a Lesser God” will be performed at MuCCC Friday, January 30, through Sunday, 20 CITY JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3, 2015

February 1, and Thursday, February 5, through Saturday, February 7.

The play centers on a young couple: James, who has joined the faculty of a school for the deaf as a teacher of lipreading; and Sarah, a dropout from the school who has been totally deaf since birth. She is estranged from the world of the hearing, but refuses to compromise by learning to lip-read. They fall in love, but their relationship founders on the rocks of Sarah’s uncompromising attitude and James’s paternalistic attitude towards her. The play, however, holds out the hope that the two will eventually understand one another and bridge the worlds of sound and silence.

The lead actors in “Children of a Lesser God,” Michelle Mary Schaefer and Isaiah Tyler, played the roles of Sarah and James in a 2013 Fringe Festival production. That was a 90-minute, condensed version of the play; Out of Pocket Productions is presenting the full script, and Tyler says they are enjoying “a lot more opportunity to develop our characters’ relationships.”

Tyler calls the play a “time capsule,” but adds that “a lot of cultural patterns are cyclical and maintain relevance today. Back then it was a struggle against oralism, which was intended to supplant ASL as the

primary method of communication in the deaf community. While schools that promote these ideals still exist, the struggle to maintain identity is broader today, encompassing issues like cochlear plants for children and assimilating deaf children into public schools with hearing children.”

“I think that the deaf versus hearing element in the play strikes a chord with any minority groups,” Tyler says. “Aside from the themes of oppression and paternalism, it delves into the characters, to examine the choices they make.”

When the company decided to do the play, they invited Cece McFarland, Ph.D., to direct. McFarland directed last spring’s Out of Pocket presentation “Well.”

“I’m very interested in plays with an emotional impact and a social message,” McFarland says. “And ‘Children of a Lesser God’ definitely fits that description.”

McFarland says she appreciates the play’s simplicity and theatricality: “James doesn’t tell his story in a strictly realistic way; he is remembering events from his life with Sarah. There are just a couple of different playing areas, and the scene changes are mostly effected by lighting. There’s a simplicity to the script that offers a lot of leeway to a director and actors.”

The script is a particular challenge to the actor playing James, who not only speaks his own lines but also “translates” Sarah’s signing into spoken English. This clarifies the action for the audience, but also illustrates an important theme of the play. “He can’t resist speaking for her,” McFarland says. “Which is symptomatic of the larger issue in their relationship: James not giving Sarah enough agency to live her own life.”

When she was choosing the cast, McFarland says she made a point of casting deaf actors, and hard-of-hearing actors who could sign. The show also has an assistant stage manager whose job is to interpret McFarland’s directorial notes to the actors.

She notes that the signing actors have an added challenge in giving the proper readings to lines that are not spoken.

“For example, Sarah’s a pretty sarcastic woman a lot of the time,” McFarland says. “How do you reflect that without spoken inflections? The actor has to do it with facial expression and body language instead of words and tone of voice.”

Ave. Through March 4 4287300. libraryweb.org.

Wall+Paper Conversations.

6-8 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Conversation with artists Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Peter Christiansen, and Joshua Dubler. 442-8676. vsw.org.

Comedy [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] An All Female Comedy Showcase. 8 p.m. Joke Factory Comedy Club, 911 Brooks Avenue Feat. Char B., Debrah Cox, Shannon Dawn, Juicy Lacarla, and Sheena-Bovanizer. $8. 3286000. rocjokefactory.com. [ THU., JANUARY 29 ] Joe Bruno. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster $9. 671-9080. thecomedyclub.us. [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Gallagher. Jan. 30-31, 9 p.m. Joke Factory Comedy Club, 911 Brooks Avenue $20-$35. 328-6000. rocjokefactory.com.

Tom Green. 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster $25-$30. 6719080. thecomedyclub.us.

Willie Brown and Woody. 7-9 p.m. The German House Theater, 315 Gregory St. Willie Brown and Woody, a ‘clean comedy’ comedianventriloquist, with Nikita B $25. 1-800-838-3006. upallnightpresents.com. [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] Improv Comedy Battles. 9:3011 p.m. Village Idiots Improv Comedy, 172 W. Main St. $6.

797-9086. VIP@improvVIP. com. improvVIP.com.

Q & A with Bill Hader. Jan. 31. University of Rochester Strong Auditorium, River Campus $10-$20. 2755911. urochestertickets.com. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 3 ] Backdraft II: Laughdraft. 7:3011 p.m. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. Comedy open mic showcase 9022010. woodybattaglia@gmail. com. firehousesaloon.com.

Dance Events [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] Roll Bounce. 7-11 p.m. Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. Skate Party, several DJs, Hosted by Scrap and Young Macho $25-$35. 232-3221. mainstreetarmory.com. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 3 ] Rotary Big Band Swing Dance. 7:30 p.m. Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd Penfield $1. 3408655.

Film [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] Hairspray. 6:30 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue $7. thelittle.org.

National Gallery. 7:30 p.m.

Smith Opera House, 82

EXHIBIT | “TO TRAVEL IS TO LIVE”

FILM | BLACK HISTORY MONTH FILM SERIES

SPECIAL EVENT | FIRST PERSON SINGULAR

Literature is non-tactile. Other than turning pages, it is an almost purely cognitive exercise. Kinetic learners may be pleased to hear of an opportunity to approach literature in a hands-on way. University of Rochester is hosting an ongoing exhibit with author and English professor Joanna Scott featuring many of the letters, diaries, and pictures that moved her to write her most recent novel: “DePotter’s Grand Tour.” Scott’s book is a fictionalized foray into the life of her great-great grandfather, especially of his obsession with artifact collection and dreams of museum prestige. It is therefore supremely fitting that his personal artifacts be displayed, with related excerpts from Grand Tour. The fictional Armand DePotter would be jealous of his real life inspiration for achieving what he never could: an exhibit in his honor.

In honor of Black History Month, The Little Theatre will host a series of powerful, thought-provoking films and discussions, held each Sunday throughout the month of February. The series kicks off on February 1 with the acclaimed music documentary “Finding Fela,” about the life of Nigerian singer and activist Fela Kuti.

Through stories we tell and the stories we hear, our lives are built and meaning is discovered. Both personal and community narrative will be explored at First Person Singular, a new storytelling event series coming to Rochester. In five minute slices, attendees will have opportunities to share a story from their experiences, ranging anywhere from the amusing to the profound. Each of the monthly events has a prompt to help you begin your narrative, so this month’s tellers will begin their personal tales with “I used to be (like) ___.”

In addition to the general volunteers, each month has a featured storyteller, who will take more time to give their personal snapshot. This month’s event features BJ Scanlon, a sketch performer and comedian. Light refreshments provided, but feel free to BYOB.

“To Travel is to Live” will be displayed at Rush Rhees Library, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation (Room 225) at the University of Rochester until May 3. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Free. library.rochester.edu; us.macmillan.com/ depottersgrandtour. — BY JONATHAN MEAD Seneca St . Geneva 315-7815483. thesmith.org. [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Mas Fever: Inside Trinidad Carnival. 7 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Dialogue following film facilitated by Alfred St. John. thebaobab. org.

Mondo Movies: Alice. 10 p.m.

The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue $5. thelittle.org. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] The Vanishing America. 1 p.m. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd The sights and sounds of the twilight of steam railroading Included w/museum admission of $4-$5. 533-1113. nymtmuseum.org.

Kids Events [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] Frozen Party. Jan. 31. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St $5, registration required 637-2260. liftbridgebooks. com.

Open House: Irondequoit Cooperative Nursery School.

10 a.m.-noon. Irondequoit Cooperative Nursery School, 121 Scholfield Rd. Irondequoit residency not required 775-8146. senecaumc.org.

Holiday All Things Valentines. Wed., Jan. 28, 5:30 p.m. The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St Honeoye Falls Wine tasting, Let’s Make a Deal, open mic, and romantic gift ideas 5821830. thelowermill.com.

Make Valentine’s Day Cards.

Wed., Jan. 28, 7 p.m.

Irondequoit Library, Helen McGraw Branch, 2180 E. Ridge Rd $5, registration required 336-6060. libraryweb.org.

Lectures [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] Reshaping Rochester.

7-9 p.m. Gleason Works Auditorium, 1000 University Ave. Speaker Victor Dover 271-0520. CDCRochester.org. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] Four Chaplains Ecumenical Service. 2-3 p.m. Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 1957 Five Mile Line Rd. 3554565. incarnationoffice@ frontier.com. [ MON., FEBRUARY 2 ] Schoolhouse to Jailhouse.

Feb. 2. Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd Keynote speaker: Judith Browne- Dianis 733-4034. monroecc.edu. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 3 ] Indian Cooking: Crispy Vegetable Samosa. 6:30-8:30

The next week, the documentary “Elementary Genocide” examines the racial bias that links our country’s public schools and penal system. A Skype Q&A with director Rahiem Shabazz, along with several Rochester City School officials, will follow that screening. Also on February 8 is the narrative drama “Half of a Yellow Sun,” (pictured) starring Thandie Newton, Oscar-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, and future “Star Wars: Episode VII” star John Boyega. On February 15, the sports documentary “The Forgotten Four” follows the careers of four professional athletes credited with breaking professional football’s color barrier. The film’s producer, Wes Smith, will be available for a Skype Q&A after the film.

Finally, on February 22, “Through a Lens Darkly” examines the role photography has played in the African-American culture, and the ways it’s been used as a tool for social change throughout the years.

Tickets to each film in the Black History Month Film Series will be $5. Visit thelittle.org for more details.

— BY ADAM LUBITOW p.m. Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. $20. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com.

Literary Events [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] Women Who Love to Read: “The Story of a Beautiful Girl”. 7 p.m. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St 637-2260. liftbridgebooks.com. [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] Saturday Author Salon: Rick Lekel. 2-4 p.m. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St 6372260. liftbridgebooks.com. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] Poetry as Philosophy. 4 p.m.

Books Etc., 78 W. Main St Macedon 474-4116. booksetcofmacedonny.com. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 3 ] New Ground Poetry Night.

First Tuesday of every month, 7:30 p.m. Equal=Grounds, 750 South Ave. The lineup is first come, first on stage. Each poet has five minutes (or three poems, whichever comes first.).

242-7840. facebook.com/ newgroundpoetry.

Museum Exhibit [ TUE., FEBRUARY 3 ] To Travel Is To Live. Feb. 3-28. Dept of Rare books and Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester River Campus Feb 3-28. Opening reception Tues. Feb 3, 5 p.m. Novelist Joanna Scott will offer reflections and take questions 275-4461. rochester.edu.

Recreation [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] DIY Craft: New Years Jars. 6-7 p.m. Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport Free, registration required 6371050. seymourlibraryweb.org. [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Anonymous Otaku-Anime Club.

3:30-5 p.m. Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport Grades 6-12. 637-1050. seymourlibraryweb.org. [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] Family Game Day. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Central Library, Children’s Center, 115 South Ave. 428-8304. libraryweb.org.

First Person Singular will take place Friday, January 30, 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., at The Brainery, 274 North Goodman Street, B134 (inside Village Gate). Free. facebook. com/firstpersonsingular14607; rochesterbrainery.com.

— BY JONATHAN MEAD Genesee Valley Hiking Club.

Check our online calendar for this week’s hike schedule or visit gvhchikes.org.

PlayDate Rochester. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. BLU Bar & Grill, 250 Pixley Rd. Nostalgic games for adults $10-$15. 7502980. playdaterochester. com/.

Shape Up Rochester Community Workout. 10:3011:30 a.m South Ave Recreation Center, 999 South Avenue 284-4666.

Shapeup.r.life@gmail.com. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] 2015 Y-Tri. 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Carlson MetroCenter YMCA, 444 E Main St. $40-$50.

325-2880. rochesterymca. org/y-tri.

MS Cycle for a Cure. 10:30 a.m. Gold’s Gym Webster, 855 Publishers Pkwy .

Webster (585) 347-0047. brendakj@goldswebster.com. mshope.donorpages.com/ UpstateNYCycle2015/.

Special Events [ WED., JANUARY 28 ] Rochester Business Networking Event. 7:30-9 a.m. Bonadio and Company, 171 Sullys Trail 224-0270. tipclub.com/. [ THU., JANUARY 29 ] 150 Ancestors Reception.

5:30-7 p.m. City Hall, 30 Church St. 4289857. blackheritage@ cityofrochester.gov. cityofrochester.gov.

Roc City Poker Tournament.

8 p.m. Bathtub Billy’s, 630 W. Ridge Rd. 200-2268. bathtubbillys.com. [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Canandaigua Chamber’s 105th Annual Dinner & Membership Meeting. 6 p.m.

Finger Lakes Community College, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr $50, reservations required. 394-4400 x 203. canandaiguachamber.com/.

First Person Singular: A free night of true storytelling.

7-10 p.m. Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. Bring or share a personal story 902-2010. facebook.com/ firstpersonsingular14607. [ SAT., JANUARY 31 ] 3rd Annual Black Heritage Conference.. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Rochester Educational Opportunity Center (REOC), 161 Chestnut St. Theme: Black Male Achievement; Keynote Presenter: David Miller $10. 4289857. blackheritage@ cityofrochester.gov.

January Mixer: Meet and Greet. 6-8 p.m. Ox and Stone, 282 Alexander street . rochester ny Free for BYP Members; $5 for NonMembers. 585-287-6933. oxandstone@gmail.com. https://facebook.com/events/794207447318032/?ref_ dashboard_filter=upcoming&sid_reminder=5738161455182643200. continues on page 24

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Movie Theaters Searchable, up-to-the-minute movie times for all area theaters can be found at rochestercitynewspaper.com, and on City’s mobile website.

Film

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

Sweets for the bitter “Cake”

(R), DIRECTED BY DANIEL BARNZ NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA

Jennifer Aniston’s surprisingly long and crowded career, which really began with the successful television show “Friends,” includes a variety of roles in some occasionally unusual movies.

Although she has mostly starred in chick flicks and romantic comedies (probably a result of typecasting created by the TV series), she has also played a few unusual parts, notably the vicious, glamorous seducer in “Derailed” and the

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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frustrated young wife smothered by drab reality in the crummy little town of “The Good Girl.” In her latest picture, she takes on a role that differs quite drastically from her previous work, inspiring a loud buzz among the swarms of entertainment reporters and film reviewers.

In the new movie, the unfortunately titled “Cake” (the baked item takes on symbolic meanings late in the story), she plays Claire Bennett, a woman suffering an enormous burden of physical and emotional pain, the cause of which gradually emerges as the film progresses. “Cake” opens gradually, with the barely heard voices of women talking as the initial credits roll, then shows the women seated in a circle, not a book club or a sewing circle, but that familiar gathering of our time, a support group, led

by Annette (Felicity Huffman), an oleaginous therapist spouting the usual psychobabble.

Their discussion involves the suicide of one of their members, Nina (Anna Kendrick), an event that naturally devastates them all. Claire, however, recounts the bizarre circumstances

Jennifer Aniston in “Cake.” PHOTO COURTESY CINELOU RELEASING

of Nina’s death and the long, strange journey of her body to Acapulco and back to the United States, concluding, “Way to go, Nina!” Not surprisingly, Annette calls Claire later and expels her from the group for her hostility and negativity.

Having driven her husband away and assisted only by her kind housekeeper Silvana (Adriana Barraza). Claire blunders through the movie, drinking, popping pills like Rush Limbaugh, and sleeping with her gardener. Throughout her progress the causes of her condition slowly reveal themselves — her scarred face, her stumbling walk, the pain in her legs all result from an automobile accident; worse, she lost her young son in the same accident. She dwells in a state of drugged passivity, interrupted by nightmares and hallucinations.

Those hallucinations, in which the dead Nina appears and converses with her about her condition and the methods she uses to deal with it, provide the only real insight into the interior of Claire’s mind. Nina berates her for sleeping with Nina’s husband Roy (Sam Worthington), himself consumed by the same anger that burns in Claire.

Nina also constantly invites Claire to commit suicide and end all the pain, a possibility that Claire keeps approaching but never quite accepts.

Apparently having gained weight for the part, Jennifer Aniston looks almost aggressively plain. She covers her newly dumpy body in plain, nondescript outfits, wears no makeup, keeps

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Tough choices “A Most Violent Year” (R), DIRECTED BY J.C. CHANDOR OPENS FRIDAY

“Force Majeure” (R), DIRECTED BY RUBEN ÖSTLUND OPENS FRIDAY AT THE LITTLE [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

her hair stringy and unkempt, and maintains an impassive, virtually affectless demeanor in almost every scene, except for a single violent moment that in effect explains everything about her.

Her choice of the role of a badly damaged person without any attempt at softening the character or enhancing her appearance is the sort of thing that wows the usual crowd of corrupt incompetents who hand out the innumerable cinema awards. No wonder the lap dogs of the entertainment media express surprise and disappointment that she was not included in the Oscar nominations. Playing a deliberately unattractive and disabled person usually guarantees praise from the various voters’ warm little hearts.

Appearing in almost every scene, she certainly performs competently, but her part remains so insistently on one level of emotion and reaction that even her pain grows tiresome.

As for the movie itself, it also suffers from the virtually monotone level of emotion and action, so that it often looks as if the director were simply filming the same people, the same events, the same outcomes, over and over again, with minute and generally predictable variations. Although most film critics confront a really extraordinary range of subjects, themes, and circumstances — and I have probably seen them all — on a personal level, I must confess that I have great difficulties dealing with movies that revolve around the death of a child, which prejudices me to some degree against “Cake.”

Still early in his career, director J.C. Chandor has cemented his status as a filmmaker to watch. So far he’s already made three excellent — and wildly different — films: From his debut with the financial thriller “Margin Call” (which nabbed him an Oscar nomination for writing), to the nearly dialogue-free survival drama, “All is Lost,” Chandor has demonstrated a chameleonic versatility that allows him to adapt to seemingly any type of material. His latest film, “A Most Violent Year,” is a thoughtful, low-key morality play centered around the desperate measures it takes to get ahead in a corrupt world.

Set in New York City during the winter of 1981, the film follows ambitious businessman Abel Morales (a restrained Oscar Isaac, channeling early Pacino), the owner and operator of a successful heating oil company, who’s looking to take his operation to the next level. A man of strict moral codes, he fights to keep his business

legitimate despite operating in a world that constantly threatens to make that impossible; Abel’s truck drivers are being hijacked and their cargo stolen. The perpetrators are unknown, though his competitors remain curiously silent. His mob princess wife, Anna (Jessica Chastain, in a livewire performance), is threatening to get her family involved.

Gifted with a shrewd business sense, she’s willing to make the sort of ruthless decisions Abel can’t or won’t. Meanwhile, a D.A., played by David Oyelowo (giving another great performance after his magnificent work in “Selma”) is conducting an industrywide investigation meant to clean up the corruption and illegal dealings that run rampant. Slowly, he narrows his focus onto Abel and his company.

The film is deliberately paced, and I’ve heard complaints that this makes for less than thrilling viewing; it held me in its grip all the way through. It’s admittedly a slow burn, but the bursts of action — including a chase sequence and a tense home invasion — are beautifully staged.

It also features typically gorgeous work from cinematographer Bradford Young, who photographs the period detail in lovely, richly shadowed compositions.

“A Most Violent Year” should have been an Oscar contender, but sadly was completely overlooked when nominations were announced. The film takes clear inspiration from the works of Sidney Lumet — concentrating on gritty tales of warped ambition — even if Chandor’s script is occasionally too blatant in spelling out its themes. Though he’s a good man at heart, Abel finds himself wading into murky moral waters to keep his business afloat. It’s a quietly powerful reminder that it’s the small compromises that end up costing your soul.

Our preconceived notions of gender

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in “A Most Violent Year.” PHOTO COURTESY A24

roles are given a harsh bit of scrutiny in Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund’s bracing, darkly satirical “Force Majeure.”

Focusing on a family on holiday at a ski resort in the French Alps, the films deftly

morphs into an uncomfortably funny portrait of a marriage in crisis.

At first glance, Tomas (Johannes Kuhnke), his wife Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli), and their two children, Harry (Vincent Wettergren) and Vera (Clara Wettergren) are a picture-perfect family.

Tomas has been consumed with work, and the idea is to spend some quality time together. But the vacation takes a turn on the second day, after a single incident threatens to tear it all apart.

While the family sits having lunch, the resort sets off a routine controlled avalanche, but something appears to go wrong. The deluge of snow looks about to crash into the patio restaurant where the family sits helplessly. The crowd’s alarm turns to panic, and Ebba shields their children. Tomas’ response is to grab his phone and flee, abandoning his wife and children to fend for themselves.

Of course, it turns out the avalanche was a false alarm, and when the dust clears Tomas is left to sheepishly return to the table. The couple try to move on from the incident, but the damage has been done: Ebba can’t help but see her husband in a new, less than flattering light. As they’re joined at the resort by Tomas’ friend Mats (Kristofer Hivju, “Game of Thrones”) and his much-younger girlfriend, the crisis has rippling effects, inspiring a bit of disharmony in that couple’s relationship as well. Östlund’s direction suggests Michael Haneke, but with far more sympathy for his characters. He asks us to consider whether a split-second, instinctual reaction is a fair barometer to judge a person’s true feelings. As Tomas sees his role as protector usurped, his fragile sense of masculinity is threatened. We all would love to believe that we’d behave selflessly in a time of crisis, but until that moment comes, how can you know for sure? Raising questions about gender roles, responsibility and fatherhood the awkwardly hilarious “Force Majeure” is bound to leave its audience having some uncomfortable date night conversations.

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THEATRE/KIDS | “TARZAN THE MUSICAL”

The cartoon version of Tarzan has been swinging through young imaginations for over a decade. Dealing with issues of belonging and identity, Disney’s “Tarzan” has remained popular for its messages of cross-cultural acceptance and its award-winning soundtrack

by Phil Collins. Now, Stages’ youth theatre program brings Tarzan onstage for a performance that is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Directed by Matt Mayne and James Schmitt, and acted by Rochester youth from 6th to 9th Grade, “Tarzan” is not to be missed by kids and families who love the movie.

Tarzan will be performed Friday, January 30, through Sunday, February 1, and again February 6 through February 8. Auditorium Center, Third Floor, 875 East Main Street. 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. on Sundays. $10$13. mjtstages.com. — BY JONATHAN MEAD

Special Events Miss Flower City 2015.

7-9:30 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $15, children 8 and under free. 533-1077.

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Winterfest. 12-4 p.m.

Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Ave irondequoit.org.

Sports [ FRI., JANUARY 30 ] Harlem Globetrotters. 7 p.m. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Square $18. 800-745-3000. harlemglobetrotters.com/. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] MS Cycle for a Cure – A Ride for Research. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Gold’s Gym Webster, 855 Publishers Pkwy . Webster $25. 212476-0483. brendakj@ goldswebster.com. mshope.donorpages.com/ UpstateNYCycle2015/.

Theater Aria Da Capo. Through Jan. 31. Writers and Books, 740 University Ave Through Jan 31. Thurs. Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Fri. Jan. 30, 8 p.m., and Sat. Jan. 31, 2 & 8 p.m.

A madcap morality play with screwball comedy and contemporary satire $15.

473-2590. wab.org.

Children of a Lesser God. Jan. 30-Feb. 7. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Through Feb. 7. Fri. and Sat. Jan. 30 & 31, 7:30 p.m. Sun. Feb. 1, 2 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. Feb. 5-7, 7:30 p.m. A young speech therapist is to teach

lip-reading and meets a deaf girl that helps him bridge the divide $10-$15. muccc. org.

Grins, Tunes, And Hookworm’s Rooms. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m St. Catherine of Siena Church, 26 Mendon Ionia Rd Mendon Skits and music $10. 624-9333. play@ saintcathonline.com. saintcathonline.com.

Little Shop of Horrors.

Through Feb. 14. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through Feb. 15. Tues. Jan. Feb 3, 10, 7:30 p.m., Wed. Jan. 28, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. and Feb 11 , 2 & 7:30 p.m., Thur. Jan. 22, Feb. 5, 12, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Jan. 29, Feb. 5, 12, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 4 & 8:30 p.m. and Sun. Feb. 1, 8, 2 &7 p.m. and Feb. 15, 2 p.m $25. 232-4382. gevatheatre. org.

Tarzan. Jan. 30-Feb. 8. A Magical Journey Through Stages, Auditorium Center, 875 E. Main St Through Feb. 8. Fri. and Sat. Jan. 30 & 31, Feb. 6 & 7, 7:30 p.m., Sun. Feb 1 & 8, 2 p.m. A musical $10-$13. 935-7173. mjtstages.com.

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506-6505. lotsoffood.org. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 1 ] Ecological By Design: Honing and Deepening Our Design Processes. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

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You Make a Difference.

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status quo, maintain their performances and not travel, but the offers are starting to come in and that’s exciting. all of our video and stuff on YouTube. He’s teaching me a lot of these things, but we’re a partnership through and through.

As an actor and just the pressure of coming up with ideas and the pressure of the shows, and stuff, sometimes I don’t know how some of the other contestants are happening — unless they have a team.

I’m fortunate enough to be working with Dresden [Engle Public Relations], different photographers like Tammy Swales, people just wanting to jump in and assist like Ralph Meranto at the JCC; there are so many people in Rochester that have helped.

Looking at the posters you sell in your shop, there’s a dual face: one is Kasha and one is of you out of drag. I was wondering what that relationship is for you.

The T-shirt design was done by my husband, and the message is that on the show, on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” 50 percent of the time you’re a boy and 50 percent of the time you’re in drag. So I thought it would be really cool to split the difference and have that image that way. You really are both, and I’m comfortable performing as either. I happen to be an actor who happens to do drag. I stumbled upon drag 12 years ago, but in general I’m just as comfortable being on stage as either one.

With it already being season 7 of “Drag Race,” it seems like the show has really helped push drag out into the mainstream.

Oh my gosh, it’s a dream come true for us.

Much of what we do is nightclub work or vacation town performing; niche kind of performing. Now it’s more mainstream, it’s more acceptable, or people are more interested. And Darienne just came back from Australia. There’s international interest.

And it’s so fun to watch. When my name got announced, one night we went from 2,000 friends on Facebook to the next morning we had 5,000. Instagram just continues every day.

I told Steve the other day, it’s like my little slot machine. I’ll post a picture, and I’ll see how many more likes I can get. And all they’ve done so far is announce who’s on. When I look to some of the former contestants who’ve been on, they’ve taken this opportunity and brought it to another level, and that’s my goal. I mentioned my play, and I have a single coming out.

What’s the single?

It’s called “Cocktail.” You can take this opportunity in any direction you want.

Some individuals have chosen to keep it the

What was it like meeting the other contestants? Was there any intimidation, or were people friendly?

I’m not sure how much I can talk about, but I’ll just say it’s a mixture. I didn’t know anybody; I’d heard of a few. It was intimidating. The whole experience at first had me kind of wanting to run for the door.

I just had to breathe for a second, because it was overwhelming; there was so much coming at you. But then I settled in, learned to calm down a little bit. There were a lot of strong personalities all the time, non-stop.

For readers who have never seen the show: what is it about this season that should make them jump in?

There’s definitely some twist and turns with this particular season, and they’ve taken some risks in terms of going a little bit off the norm. For repeat viewers, that’s doing something fresh, and I think for anyone who hasn’t watched it — my dad, I’d have him watch it, because it’s just ridiculous.

What I find interesting about “Drag Race” is that the challenges can be absolutely ridiculous, but there’s so much passion and so much heart. They get to a lot of really soft, sore spots. You can see past the drag, and see past the dress, and see past all of the impersonations, and if any of that makes you feel uncomfortable, you really do get a lot of interesting and sometimes heartbreaking stories. Everyone has a story to tell, and I think then if there’s an insecurity about watching drag, you find yourself rooting for this person because you have a heart.

You posted a photo on Instagram with Aggy and the hashtag “Season 8.” Do you have some inside knowledge?

Here’s the secret: First off you have to think that it’s going to happen. I want that for her more than anyone else. She is probably the most talented queen I’ve ever met.

The next season could have a fourth from Rochester?

Absolutely. Aggy’s been in the process of the audition as well, and as we both have learned, sometimes, like with any show, you might not be the right choice for this particular season.

Aggy has a ton to offer, and what we’re doing is kind of like campaigning for her. Start saying it and getting everyone thinking it so that people really start to push and root for Aggy.

Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] ALICE (1988): The classic story of “Alice in Wonderland” gets a surrealist makeover. Little (Fri, Jan 30, 10 p.m.)

BLACK OR WHITE (PG-13): A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise. Starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, and Anthony Mackie. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE FISHER KING (1991): Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail in this twisted tale from Terry Gilliam. Starring Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams.

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FORCE MAJEURE (R): While vacationing in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out. Little GOLDEN BOY (1939): Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He’s successful as a fighter, but when gangsters try to buy him off, he begins to have second thoughts.

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GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997): In his breakout role, Matt Damon stars as a janitor at MIT who has a gift for mathematics, but needs

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THE LOFT (R): Five friends who share a loft for their extramarital affairs begin to question one another after the body of an unknown woman is found in the property. Starring James Marsden, Karl Urban, Wentworth Miller, and Matthias Schoenaerts. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (R): In New York City 1981, an ambitious businessman fights to protect his company and family during the most dangerous year in the city’s history. Starring Oscar Isaacs, Jessica Chastain, and David Oyelowo. Culver, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE PHANTOM FOE (1920): This classic silent film serial follows the exploits of sinister criminal mastermind. Chapters 6-10.

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PROJECT ALMANAC (PG-13): A group of teens stumble across secret plans to build a time machine, but things start to get out of control. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE YEARLING (1946): A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer in this classic tearjerker adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

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[ CONTINUING ] AMERICAN SNIPER (R): Clint Eastwood the true story of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in American history. Starring Bradley Cooper. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE BABADOOK (R): A widowed mother and her troubled young son are haunted by a malevolent being out of a children’s storybook. Little BIRDMAN (R): This dark comedy from director Alejandro González Iñárritu follows the mental unraveling of a washed up A-list actor, famous for playing the titular superhero, as he prepares to mount a comeback by directing a Broadway play. Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, and Zach Galifianakis. Culver, Eastview, Henrietta, Pittsford THE BOY NEXT DOOR (R): Jennifer Lopez stars as a woman who falls for a much younger man, though their steamy affair takes an obsessive, dangerous turn.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown CAKE (R): While grappling with her own personal tragedy, a woman becomes obsessed with the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. Starring Jennifer Aniston. Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown FOXCATCHER (R): Based on the true story of Olympic Wrestling Champions Mark

and Dave Schultz and their tragic relationship with paranoid schizophrenic John du Pont.

Starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo.

Culver, Pittsford GONE GIRL (R): David Fincher directs this thriller based on the wildly popular novel about the mysterious disappearance of Amy Dunne and the media circus that springs up when her husband becomes the prime suspect.

Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tyler Perry. Movies 10 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (PG-13): The epic third (and final) installment of the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.

Culver, Eastview, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 (PG-13): The first part of the final chapter of the “Hunger Games” series sees Katniss Everdeen journey to the mysterious District 13 and join their war against the capitol.

Henrietta THE IMITATION GAME (PG13): The true Story of English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, who helped crack the Enigma code during World War II. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown INTO THE WOODS (PG): A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree in this

adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s beloved musical. Starring Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, and Chris Pine. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster MORTDECAI (R): An art dealer searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold in this heist comedy.

Starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ewan McGregor.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (PG): When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry embarks on an epic quest to save the magic before it’s gone forever.

Starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, and Ben Kingsley. Eastview, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster PADDINGTON (PG): The beloved marmalade-loving bear gets the big screen treatment in this charming family-friendly adventure. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown SELMA (PG-13): This film focuses on Martin Luther King’s efforts to organize a crucial moments in civil rights history, the protests in Selma, Alabama. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster STRANGE MAGIC (PG): This animated fairy tale inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” follows the culture clash between

a community of goblins, fairies and imps. With the voices of Alan Cumming, Maya Rudolph, Alfred Molina, and Kristin Chenoweth.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown TAKEN 3 (R): Liam Neeson has gone and gotten his wife murdered, and now he must clear his name. Also, maybe somebody gets taken? Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG13): This acclaimed biopic offers a look at the relationship between famed physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane, as he faces the devastating effect of ALS. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Pittsford UNBROKEN (PG-13): Directed

by Angelina Jolie, this drama chronicles the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II. Canandaigua, Culver THE WEDDING RINGER (R): A shy, socially awkward young groom needs to impress his in-laws, so he turns to a best-man-forhire to help him out. Starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster WILD (R): Reese Witherspoon stars in the inspirational story of a woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail. Little, Pittsford

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The Maplewood neighborhood in northwest Rochester is uniquely positioned—with dramatic views across the River gorge to Seneca Park and its own Olmsted-designed park and street on the west side of the gorge, it is surrounded by a designed and a natural landscape that makes it one of the city’s most majestic and desirable neighborhoods. Seneca Parkway in particular, a mile-long grassy mall leading into Maplewood Park at the precipice, is the showpiece.

with deep moldings, paneled doors, glass doorknobs, and oak floors.

Stylish homes still skirt Seneca Parkway, whose stately trees, sidewalks and streetlights constitute a park unto itself, chronicling American architecture from Victorian-era grand dames to Classical and Tudor Revivals.

Past the front hall, the dining room beckons, with bay window, and a columned archway framing an alcove. Here a wall of windows calls for a big desk to inspire a letter or pen a poem. These windows and those in the adjoining kitchen train the eye out to the garden. The kitchen is well laid out, with newer appliances, cabinets, and floor. Another room with half-bath near the stairs suggests an office, den, or bedroom.

205 Seneca Parkway is a gracious 1920 American Foursquare with classical elements.

A welcoming front porch faces the street, yet the house is oriented sideways, with a gabled entrance at the driveway. The red brick foundation and front steps are meticulous.

Above, the gable features a barrel-vaulted ceiling, sunburst fan, columns with trellises, and leaded sidelights at the door. A stone ornament projects from the vaulted gable overhead: an impish woodland creature with a human face, known in art history as the Green Man. He is an ancient symbol of vitality and renewal.

Perhaps the Green Man guided stewards of this house. The backyard is a landscaped sanctuary, with koi pond, benches, fencing and wisteriawrapped garden arch. A two-car garage and terraced hill complete the enclosure.

Inside, the floorplan is open and unmuddled— ceilings nearly nine feet high, natural woodwork

The center entrance opens to a generous hall, closet, and stairway. Toward the street, the living room offers a leaded glass door with sidelights as private entry to the front porch.

The wood-burning fireplace features white four-inch-square tiles. Windows and built-in bookcases flank the fireplace.

Upstairs, a large landing presents linen storage, full bath, and three bedrooms with closets featuring windows for light and air, plus a sleeping porch overlooking the garden. The master bath surprises with a wisteria stained glass window. The attic is fully finished. The basement is dry; a gas-fired boiler services baseboard radiators.

This 2,670 square foot home packs plenty of grace into its .16 acre. It is offered at $149,900

by Nick Glamack, 585-721-3577 or Nick. glamack@realtor.com.

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Legal Ads [ ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Naukam Associates, LLC ] Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: Naukam Associates, LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Monroe County. THIRD: The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served.

The address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: 31 W. Main St., LeRoy, NY 14482. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Articles of Organization of iCodeKids, LLC, filed with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 15, 2014, with an existence date beginning January 1, 2015. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC, 74 Main Street, POB 31, Akron, NY 140010031. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any business permitted by law. [ NOTICE ] ALETHEIA ADVISORS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/21/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Legalinc Corporate Services Inc., 90 State St., Ste. 700, Box 80, Albany, NY 12207. General Purposes. { NOTICE ] ALTITUDE RNY, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/29/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Scott A. Sandroff, 111 S. Pfingsten Rd., Ste. 114, Deerfield, IL 60015. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Articles of Organization with respect to Free Play Pictures, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company, were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on December 26,, 2014. The County in New York State where its office is located is Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of Free Play Pictures, LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall

mail a copy of any process against Free Play Pictures, LLC served upon him or her is 45 Exchange Blvd., Suite 710, Rochester, New York 14614. There are no exceptions adopted by the Company, or set forth in its Operating Agreement, to the limited liability of members pursuant to Section 609(a) of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York. Free Play Pictures, LLC is formed for the purpose of production, distribution and sale of motion pictures and intellectual property relating to motion pictures and for all other pursuits, activities and enterprises that are lawful and in compliance with the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York. [ NOTICE ] EC Ventures, LLC Authority filed SSNY 11/18/14.

Office: Monroe Co. LLC formed NV 9/26/14, exists, located 508 White Spruce Blvd. Rochester, NY 14623.

SSNY design. agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and shall mail copy to same address. Cert of Regis. Filed NV SOS 204 N. Carson St. #1 Carson City, NV 89701.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] FOR OUR BOYS, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/4/14. 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, 90 N. Lincoln Rd., E. Rochester, NY 14445. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] JP STRATEGIC CONSULTING, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/14/13. 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, 613 Brookstone Bend, Webster, NY 14580. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Long Short LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 12/10/14. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to Corp Filings of New York 90 State St. #700 #40 Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Gesture Data LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/12/15. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to:

Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Quasar Corral LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/12/15. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act.

address is 290 Seward Street, Rochester, NY 14608; the place of my birth is Rochester, New York; my present name is Diamond Christopher Gerod.

it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 29 Putney Place, Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of Sunshine Music Studio LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/14/2014. 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 90 Canal Street, Suite 111, Rochester 14608. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of 216 Thorncliffe Drive & 176 Brower Road / Del Rio LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/17/2014. 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 1407 Viking Cir, Webster NY 14580 . Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a beer & wine license has been applied for by Flavors of Asia 1 Inc dba Flavors of Asia, 831 Clinton Ave. S., Rochester NY, 14620, County of Monroe, for a restaurant.

Notice of Formation of Beach 101 LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/31/2014. 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 131 Flower Dale Drive, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full beer & wine license has been applied for by Loi T NGUYEN dba The Wok, 912 Genesee St . Suite 50, Rochester, NY 14611, County of Monroe, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license has been applied for by Vive Bistro and Bakery INC dba Vive Bistro and Bakery,130 East Ave., Rochester NY, 14604, County of Monroe, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that an alcohol beverage license, pending has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer, Wine and Liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at 284 Exchange Street– Rochester NY 14608 for on premises consumption Beaglef Incorporated – DBA, West Edge Restaurant and Lounge. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an order by the Supreme Court, Monroe County, on the 12th day of January, 2015, bearing Index #2014-13704 a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, grants me the right, effective on the 12th day of January, 2015, to assume the name of Diamond Christopher Gerod Phelps. My present

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Dio Designs LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/19/14. 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 2 Birchstone Hill Road, Rush, New York 14543. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Fetzner Plaza LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) October 6, 2014.

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 114 Boyd Drive, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Newrisen, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/12/15. Office location: 95 Allens Creek Rd, Blg2, Ste216, Rochester, NY 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, Blg2, Ste216, Rochester, NY. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SHARONQ, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) November 18, 2014. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against

[ NOTICE ]

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 103 Mason Rd & 695 Norton St Up/Down LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/16/2014.

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 1407 Viking Cir, Webster NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1316-1318 Culver Rd LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y

of State (SSNY) 1/12/2015.

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 92 Tryon Pk Roch. NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1555 Creek Street, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/3/2014.

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 710, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 3925 Dewey Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/15. 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, 2171 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of formation of 92 LEONARD NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/2014. 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, P.C., 2250 West Ridge Rd., STE. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Clarisoft Technologies, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/26/14. 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, Attn: Bogdan Bucura, CEO, 640 Kreag Road, Ste. 301, Pittsford, NY 14535, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Clearfield Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed

with NY Dept. of State on 12/19/14. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 28 Thomas Grove, Pittsford, NY 14534, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Eleven Lakes Restaurant Group LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/5/15.

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 The LLC, 1080 Pittsford-Victor Road, Ste. 201, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Glidedowan, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/16/14. 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 2117 Buffalo

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FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS BY THE CITY OF ROCHESTER STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO TITLE 4 OF PART E OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.

LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXES AS OF JULY 1, 2014 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 14, 2015, the Corporation Counsel of the City of Rochester filed in the office of the Monroe County Clerk a list of parcels of property on which the City of Rochester holds a lien for taxes, assessments, fees or other charges which is at least one year old and which the City of Rochester intends to foreclose by an action in rem pursuant to Title 4 of Part E of Article IX of the Charter of the City of Rochester.

A copy of that list was published on January 14, 2015.

A copy of the foreclosure list has been filed in the office of the City Treasurer and will remain open for public inspection up to and including August 24, 2015, which is the redemption deadline date.

Any person may on or before that date redeem any parcel on the foreclosure list by paying to the City Treasurer the amount of all delinquent taxes, assessments, fees and other charges stated on the foreclosure list, plus the $175.00 charge referred to above, plus accrued interest and late payment charges.

The foreclosure list contains as to each such parcel: 1. The tax account number and address; 2. The name of the last known owner; 3. The amount of each tax lien, except for a $175.00 charge which has been added to each tax lien pursuant to Section 9-123(A)(3)of the City Charter but which is not reflected on the printed list.

Any person having any interest in any parcel on the foreclosure list may, at any time up to the redemption deadline date, serve a verified notice of interest or an answer upon the Corporation Counsel setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his interest or any defense or objection to the foreclosure. The notice of interest or answer must also be filed in the office of the Monroe County Clerk. Where a valid notice of interest is All persons having an interest in the real property described in served, the parcel will be held for a foreclosure auction the foreclosure list are hereby notified that the filing of the list pursuant to Section 9-143 of the City Charter. constitutes the commencement by the City of Rochester of an action in the Supreme Court, Monroe County, to foreclose the Any person who fails to redeem or to serve a notice of interest or tax liens therein described by an action in rem and that the list an answer by the redemption deadline date shall be barred constitutes a notice of pendency of action and a complaint by thereafter from asserting his interest in the pending foreclosure action, and judgment in foreclosure may be granted without regard the City of Rochester against each parcel of land therein for, and in extinguishment of, the interest of any such person. described to enforce the satisfaction of such tax liens. This action is brought against the real property only. No personal judgment will be entered in this action for the delinquent taxes, assessments, fees or other charges.

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Notice of Formation of Irondequoit Rentals LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) December 15, 2014. 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 451 Heathland Cir. Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hibbs Services LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) Dec. 12, 2014.

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 642 Washington St., Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Indian Trails Apartments MM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/3/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Inspired Esthetics, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/7/2015.

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 PO Box 180, Pittsford, New York 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kevmo Village Path, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/8/14.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 55 Brentwood Lane Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7885 Hidden Oaks, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: practice the profession of medicine.

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Notice of formation of LIBRARY SUPPLY SOLUTIONS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/2/2015. 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: The LLC, 942 Meigs St., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act

Notice of Formation of Makeway LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/02/2015. 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 72 Cascade Dr. Rochester, NY 14614. General Purposes.

[ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of KINDNESS_ROCKS , LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State. of New York (SSNY) on 1/5/15.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to Kindness_Rocks, LLC, 98 North Avenue, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of LLC. Boomtown Events, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/2015. Office location: Monroe County.

Principal business location: 2117 Buffalo Road, Suite 109, Rochester, NY 14624.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to c/o Jeffrey B. Andrus, Esq., Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, One Park Place, 300 South State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202-2078. Purpose: any business permitted under law.

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Notice of Formation of Kleckner Consulting Services, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/9/2014. Office

Notice of Formation of MADONNA, M.D., OBGYN, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/9/14.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Mark & Ryan Creations LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/13. 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 United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Matamanoa LLC. Art.of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/19/14. 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 Via Visca, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MORTAL ARROW LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/14/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

(SSNY) on 12/10/14. 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 ] Notice of Formation of Prime Lewisberry LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/15/15. 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 ] Notice of Formation of Puff Palace LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) October 23, 2014.

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 579 Stone Road, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RDI NYC LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/18/2014.

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 W. Ridge Rd., Suite 300, Rochester, NY 14626.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Shutts Productions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/02/2015.

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 881 Meigs St, Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of PBJ MOB LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/9/14. 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 of Formation of Stoplight Properties LLC. Articles of Org. filed Sec’y of State on 09/25/2014. Office location Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 96 Empire Boulevard Rochester NY. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of PI Bar, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY

Notice of Formation of TWO FOR SEVEN RESTAURANT GROUP,

LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/06/15.

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, 16 N. Main St., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: Formed for the parent company to restaurants for financial organization reasons.

against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/17/14.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 488 Chambers St., Spencerport, NY 14559. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of Formation of Upstate Renewable Diesel LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/18/10.

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 251 Farmington Rd., Rochester, NY 14609. Reg. Agt. at such addr. upon whom proc. may be served is John Vavalo. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Qualification of Neighborhood Practice Solutions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/12/14. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in DE on 12/10/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, 665 Main St., Suite 300, Buffalo, NY 14203.

DE address of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

T.F.M. RENTALS, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/14/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Thomas F. Mayer, 8359 Ridge Rd. W., Brockport, NY 14420.

General Purposes.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Village Path Townhomes, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/8/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford-Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Webster Rentals LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) December 15, 2014. 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 451 Heathland Cir. Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of XATON LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/07/15.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 18 Esternay Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Tyle at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of CSFB 2006-C2 - 1300 Old Country Road LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/13/15.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 5221 N. O’Connor Blvd., Ste. 600, Irving, TX 75039. LLC formed in DE on 1/9/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process

[ NOTICE ] Notice to Bidders: Economy Paving Co, Inc will be preparing quotations for the NYS DOT project D262836, bridge replacement on Route 19 over Sandy Creek, Town of Hamlin, Monroe County that bids 2/5/15. We encourage certified D/M/WBE firms to send quotes for services and/or supplies. Plans are available through the NYS DOT website at WWW. dot.ny.gov/doing-business/ opportunities/constnotices. or call our office at 607-756-2819. Please fax quotes to 607-7564742 or email to jjump@ economypaving.com . We are an equal opportunity employer. [ NOTICE ] Pet Star Grooming LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 08/19/14.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 2398 Monroe Ave. Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] POLEBRIDGE CONTRACTING, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/6/15. 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, P.O. Box 23361, Rochester, NY 14692. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Singletrack Mountain Bike Academy LLC (LLC) filed

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[ NOTICE ] TAB LAND HOLDINGS, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on January 2, 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 5144 Route 364, Rushville, NY 14544. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Tadsworld LLC, a domestic LLC filed with SSNY on 12/19/14, office location Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to , 66 Beckwith Terr, Rochester, N.Y., 14610. Purpose: Any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ACKERMANS DELIVERY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/25/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] ENNOVEA, LLC. filed an Application for Authority with the New York Department of State on January 12, 2015. Its office is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to Charles F. Hertlein, Jr at 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. The purpose of the Company is the design and manufacturing for medical and drug delivery devices.

Legal Ads [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Move Tour LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on October 15, 2014, Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of The Company upon whom process against it may be serve and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1010 Genesee Park Blvd., Rochester, NY 14619. The purpose of the Company is any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] SAIGON PHO & TRAVEL, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 12/10/2014. Its office is located in MONROE County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1384 LYELL AVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14606. The purpose of the Company is ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITIES. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BENNETT HEIGHTS CAPITAL, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Bennett Heights Capital, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 9/8/2006. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County.

The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to P.O. Box 25454, Rochester, NY 14625. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Blue Lake Partners, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 19, 2014 with an effective date of formation of January 1, 2015. Its principal place of business is located at 459 Trailwood Court, Webster, 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 Richard K. Honeyman, 459 Trailwood Court, Webster, New York 14580. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Kingdom Now, LLC has filed articles of organization

with the New York Secretary of State on December 16, 2014 with an effective date of formation of December 16, 2014. Its principal place of business is located at 267 Norman Road, Rochester, New York in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to Jonathan Welton, 267 Norman Road, Rochester, New York 14623. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Tartan Holdings, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on January 21, 2015 with an effective date of formation of January 21, 2015. Its principal place of business is located at 98 Hillrise Drive, Penfield, 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 Benjamin L. Burton, 98 Hillrise Drive, Penfield, New York 14526. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE FIRST NIAGARA BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstSusan Rayam, et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated 10/23/2014 and entered thereafter. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York on February 4, 2015 at 09:15AM, premises known as 230 Gatewood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14624. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Gates, County of Monroe and State of New York, SBL#: 119.10-2-45. Approximate amount of judgment is $93,568.81 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# I2014003959. Mary Elizabeth Feindt, Esq., Referee Schiller & Knapp, LLP 950 New Loudon Road Latham, NY 12110 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1120881 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 01/28/2015 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2014-3306 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff,

vs. Wanda Chealey, n/k/a Andrea Juan Allen; Charles Chealey, Jr.; People of the State of New York, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated December 18, 2014, entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe on February 4, 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 City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 95 Rand Street, Rochester, NY 14615; Tax Account No. 090.33-1-42 described in Deed recorded in Liber 9134 of Deeds, page 277 lot size .09 acres. 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: $52,223.13 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest.

DATED: December 31, 2014 Donald White, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO.8084/14 The address of the real property is 124 Arbutus Street, Rochester, New York Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial, situs of the real property. AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, against MITCHELL HARRIS, if living and if he be dead, any and all persons who may claim and devisees, distributees, legal representatives, successors and interest of the said defendant, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, COUNTY OF MONROE, TOWER CAPITAL A/K/A TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS

FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA JOHN DOE #1 through JOHN DOE #20 the last twenty names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiffs attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or thirty (30) days after service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded herein.

To the aboved named defendants. The forgoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant of an order by the Hon: Francis A. Affronti dated the 18th day of December 2014. Premises situate lying and being in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York, known and designated as Section 107.21 Block 1 and 50 on the Monroe County Tax Assessment Map. 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 tax lien holder 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 the tax lien holder will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. STAGG, TERENZI, CONFUSIONE & WABNIK, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300 Garden City, New York 11530 (516) 812-4500 The object of this action is to foreclose tax liens covering: 124 Arbutus Street, Rochester, New York JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $6,747.80 plus interest.

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