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Big, bad ‘Wolf ’

I was astonished by Adam Lubitow’s comments on “The Wolf of Wall Street” (which he was comparing to “The Big Short”): “I never understood complaints that “Wolf ” glorified the world it depicted, accusations that I can’t help feeling say more about the viewer than the film.” (Film review, December

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Not glorified, really?

How about extolled, winked at, used for humor, valorized? You didn’t think that Scorsese’s primary use of DiCaprio’s character was to depict glamor? I thought that was obvious.

And what does it say about me and all the others who think the same?

Stephen Holden in the New York Times also compared the two films, saying that Scorsese’s movie “shamelessly glamorized the gluttonous excesses of Wall Street thieves...” What does it say about us?

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Families must support neighborhood schools

I always enjoy reading your annual article about Rochesterians (The Rochester 10, December 30, 2015). I was happy to see John Boutet and John Laing’s hard work acknowledged; it’s important for all to know what it takes to keep a neighborhood intact, strong, and vibrant.

I introduced myself to them at a coffee with the superintendent session on

a bitter cold night. I could tell that they were regulars and activists. I was happy to hear that they were 19th Ward residents. I started my professional library career at the Arnett Branch in 1987 and subbed there over the years.

Families need to enroll in their neighborhood schools and be active or the schools will close and leave a void in the neighborhood and sit empty. Thanks for the article and thank you to Mr. Boutet and Mr. Laing.

LAURA VIAU

No peace with Clinton as POTUS

Do you want peace in the Middle East? With China?

In the world? If so, you must not vote for Hillary Clinton, the hawk. To do so would be like marrying an abusertype person and expecting a change in behavior after the ceremony.

Mary Anna Towler included the hawk aspect of Hillary in comprehensive coverage of her some time ago, but voters may focus on other issues — or on Bill — and lose sight of the all-important hawk in her personality and political persona.

BYRNA WEIR

Fond memories of Camp Haccamo

A developer wants to use the former Camp Haccamo site in Penfield for a high-end dog hotel (News, November

25, 2015).

It would have been nice to see this property used to create experiential educational experiences for youth, integrated with a casual conference facility that the Haccamo nature setting would have provided.

For prior campers and staff, the Haccamo property will always be special for the growth that took place summer after summer.

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Have we all gone mad?

Guns, anger, and us

“You don’t stop bad guys by taking away our guns. You stop bad guys by using our guns.”

I’d been trying to come up with something that exemplified the breadth and seriousness of our gun problem, and then last week, there it was, in Ted Cruz’s statement. Good guys. Bad guys. Guns. You’d think the entire nation was binge-watching reruns of “Bonanza” and “Gunsmoke.”

When did so many of us – regardless of gender – start feeling this need to prove our manhood – and believe that we prove it with violence? The infatuation with guns and the fear that threats are everywhere – at home, on the street, and abroad – seems to be an epidemic. And coinciding with it is an epidemic of anger.

We’re angry about everything. Angry about immigration. Angry at anything the president does. Angry at anything related to government. Angry if we can’t insult people with ethnic and sexist slurs. Angry that some people say “Happy Holidays.”

Anger has become acceptable. So, sadly, has hatred, of people with a different skin color, different religion, different name.

Compassion, moderation, empathy: All signs of weakness. We mock a president who tears up talking about the slaughter of little children at a Connecticut elementary school.

We have an entire crew of Republican presidential candidates who don’t seem to even need a reason to be angry.

They’re just angry.

And it’s playing well, apparently, at presidential campaign rallies. Candidates lash out, contort their face into one of rage, and the crowd cheers.

This is just lunacy. It’s also dangerous.

And four threads in the American psyche – guns, anger, fear, hatred – are so tightly woven together that we may not be able to get control of our gun violence unless we do something about the other threads.

The National Rifle Association has done a good job selling fear, suspicion, and violence, certainly. So have several conservative media personalities. But in plenty of Americans, there was already abundant suspicion and hostility, waiting to be tapped.

Yes, we all have a right to protect ourselves.

But we vastly exaggerate the threat to our safety. Violence isn’t always the best form of protection. And when it is necessary, even well trained, experienced gun handlers are often unable to shoot quickly enough, accurately enough, to protect people effectively.

But no matter: blend together our anger, our fear and hatred, our need to show strength, and it’s hard for voices of reason to rise above the pro-gun noise.

We may not be able to get control of our gun violence unless we do something about our anger, fear, and hatred.”

There’s little hope that Republican voters will nominate a presidential candidate whose temperament and tone is moderate and reasonable on the gun issue. If a Republican wins the presidency and Republicans keep control of Congress, we can look forward to a troubling period of swagger and belligerence, more angry conservatism on the Supreme Court, and truly dangerous federal policies on guns.

With his action last week, President Obama nudged us slightly forward toward rational gun control. A new president and a new Congress could strengthen that achievement. But that will require an electorate willing to have a rational discussion about guns. So far, Republicans are offering flexed muscles and appeals to our fears and our baser instincts. Their staged rage seems to tap into something almost primal within us.

The Republican candidates’ reaction to the contrary, we can enact rational gun controls without banning guns. In his address from the White House last week, Obama cited Martin Luther King’s words: “we need to feel the ‘fierce urgency of now.’”

“Because,” said Obama, “people are dying.”

People are dying in multiple-victim violence such as Sandy Hook and San Bernardino, and they are dying from suicides, domestic violence, and inner-city youth violence. Reasonable gun control can begin to stem it. But unless we overcome Americans’ blind fear and anger, the carnage will continue.

Maybe we should start by making rage and hatred unacceptable. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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[ NEWS FROM THE WEEK PAST ]

Geva gets new executive director

Christopher Mannelli is the new executive director and co-CEO of Geva Theatre Center. He comes to Geva from Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where he served as managing director for five years. Mannelli will start full time at Geva at the end of February.

Lowengard hospitalized

Daniel Lowengard, interim superintendent of the Rochester City School District, remained hospitalized on Monday after collapsing at a meeting with teachers last week.

His condition has improved, but details about his health have remained private at his request.

Cuomo details priorities

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced more than a dozen proposals or initiatives he plans to push in the current legislative session.

They include a renewed push to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15, a freeze on Thruway tolls through 2020, criminal justice reforms, funding for infrastructure, competitions for airport and high-speed Internet funding, and funding for anti-poverty efforts.

Most of the spending will require the State Legislature’s approval.

News

Dinolfo directs LDC’s to disband

County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has asked the two county-linked local development corporations at the center of a bid-rigging case to dissolve. They are Upstate Telecommunications Corporation and the Monroe Security and Safety Systems. Dinolfo has pledged to dissolve all of the county’s LDC’s.

ECONOMY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Former top judge dies

Calamity in Puerto Rico has families worried here

Former New York Chief Judge Judith Kaye died at her Manhattan home. Kaye was a highly respected judge and attorney and during her time as chief judge, she placed greater emphasis on specialized problem-solving courts, including courts geared toward drug offenders and domestic violence, according to the New York Times.

Kaye served in the position from 1993 to 2008.

Puerto Rico is teetering on the edge of a Greece-style financial calamity. The US territory defaulted on its debt payment earlier this month, failing to pay $174 million on the roughly $72 billion it owes lenders. And Rochester’s large Puerto Rican community is extremely concerned; many have family members living on the island.

Rhinos suffer setbacks

It’s a time of transition for Rochester’s soccer team, the Rhinos. Team owner Rob Clark was reportedly ousted, and the City of Rochester ended its agreement with Clark’s company, Adirondack Sports Club, LLC, to operate Sahlen’s Stadium, where the Rhinos play. The city severed the agreement over an unpaid debt, according to a press release.

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Thousands of people are fleeing Puerto Rico, says Hilda Rosario Escher, president and CEO of the Ibero American Action League, and coming to places such as Rochester where they have family. They often arrive with language barriers that prevent them from finding jobs, she says.

“We have 40 families taking English classes here, 40 families on the waiting list, and every day we get more calls,” she says. “We’re doing everything we can to help.”

Puerto Rico’s economic problems are complex, Escher says. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, the island attracted a lot of medical and pharmaceutical companies, she says, which provided good-paying manufacturing jobs. But as their tax exemptions faded, she says, many of

those companies pulled out.

Unemployment is high on the island, Escher says, and many young people, professionals, and members of the so-called creative class have either left or probably will leave for better opportunities.

“That means that about 70 percent of the people in Puerto Rico are retirees or people who are unable to work,” Escher says. The middle class has shrunk and poverty has increased, causing many families here to send money to relatives there.

“I’m an example of one of those people,” she says. “I have a sister there that I help.”

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EDUCATION |

BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

In Monroe County, approximately 37 percent of the workforce — 127,500 workers — earned less than $15 an hour in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a January 2014 study by the Fiscal Policy Institute.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Cuomo restarts the fight for $15 Governor Andrew Cuomo will set the tone for this year’s legislative session in Albany when he gives his combined State of the State and budget address on Wednesday, January 13. At the top of his list: a true, statewide, cross-industry $15 an hour minimum wage.

Approximately 2.4 million New Yorkers — a quarter of the state workforce — earn less than $15 an hour, including 166,398 workers in the Finger Lakes region, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

In Monroe County, approximately 37 percent of the workforce — 127,500 workers — earned less than $15 an hour in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a January 2014 study by the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Some of the workers are employed in fields well-known for paying minimum or low wages: food service, hospitality, retail, customer service, home health services, and laundry operations.

A 40-hour a week job that pays $15 an hour works out to $31,200 a year before taxes and deductions. New York Department of Labor statistics show that on average, pharmacy technicians, nursing aides and other health care support

workers, bank tellers, and tire installers are under that threshold.

Approximately 380 support staff, including custodial and food service workers, are paid less than $15 an hour in the Rochester City A September 2014 Fight for $15 rally in Rochester. FILE PHOTO School District, says Dan DiClemente, president of BENTE for some fast food workers and for state AFSCME Local 2419. The union employees; both increases will be fully represents 1,200 district support staff phased in by July 2021. members.

As Cuomo announced his 2016 Cuomo tried to push through a push, he also announced that SUNY universal $15 an hour minimum wage system officials have committed to a $15 during the 2015 legislative session, but minimum wage for their workers.

Senate Republicans blocked the proposal.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, as well Whether they’ll go along with Cuomo this as her counterparts in Buffalo and Syracuse, time is unclear. During a hearing on the have also agreed to the $15 minimum for minimum wage last week, some Republican their cities’ workers; the increase will be senators seemed open to an increase, phased in following the same schedule though maybe not as much of an increase that the Cuomo administration set for as Cuomo wants. fast food workers and state employees. In In the absence of Legislative action, Rochester, 116 municipal employees will Cuomo has used his executive authority to see a wage bump, says a press release from boost pay in some industries. He ushered the governor and the mayor. through a $15 an hour minimum wage

RCSD grad rate remains stubborn The graduation rate for the Rochester City School District inched up to 45.5 percent in June 2015 from 43.4 percent the year before, but the data released Monday by the New York State Education Department shows that Rochester still lags behind the other Big Five school districts.

(The graduation rate increases to 50.9 percent when students who graduated in August are included.

That’s essentially the same as the 2014 number for August grads.)

The numbers are clearly frustrating for school officials, since they’ve been stuck in the mid 40’s — when you look at the June numbers — for several years. They say that you can see progress when you look beyond the graduation rates.

For instance, students who graduated in 2010 were required to pass only two Regents exams.

But students have needed since 2014 to pass all five Regents exams to graduate, and they haven’t lost ground. But more important, officials say, is the district’s five-year graduation rate, which increased to 58 percent in 2015, a jump of over 3 percent from a year ago.

What’s most important is that more Rochester students graduate and not whether they graduate in June or August, or whether it takes four years or five, Deputy Superintendent Christiana Otuwa said.

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The City of Rochester’s nuisance points system could be a vital tool to help the Beechwood neighborhood in its prolonged fight against problem mini markets, says Kyle Crandall, president of the Beechwood Neighborhood Coalition. But city officials are not using it the way they could and should be, he says.

Businesses receive nuisance points for violations of the law and the municipal code; the number of points depends on the severity of the violation. Too many points in a set time period means that the business is at risk of being shut down by the city.

Some of the mini markets in city neighborhoods are magnets for trouble, such as drug dealing and food-stamp fraud.

“Unfortunately, in my 17 years living in the neighborhood, I have never seen any of the mini markets in Beechwood close due to the nuisance points system, when we’ve had several that should have,” Crandall says.

“Right now, we see it as a tool that could work, but we see it as a broken system when it’s, for whatever reason, not enforced.”

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said at a meeting of the Beechwood Neighborhood Coalition last week that she’s not aware of any mini markets in Beechwood that currently have enough points to be shut down. A city spokesperson later confirmed that fact.

City attorney Brian Curran, while not speaking directly about the situation

in Beechwood, says that people often misunderstand how the nuisance points system works as well as its intent, which is to reform and abate, not to punish.

The City of Rochester is poised to hire a consultant to review the nuisance points system. This month, City Council will weigh legislation to pay Rochester-based Strategic Community Intervention a maximum of $63,887 to identify best practices to address public nuisances, and to help the city make sure that the nuisance points program is equitable and efficient. The review will also analyze and compare similar processes throughout the state.

The number of points a business gets for

each violation is spelled out in the city code.

A business gets six points for gambling offenses or food-stamp fraud, for example, four points for exceeding occupancy limits, and three points for littering.

Once a business receives either 12 points in a six-month period or 18 points in a year, a legal proceeding can get under way to close the business down. The property owner can contest the charges at a hearing, and the commissioner of neighborhood and business development makes the ultimate decision on whether or not the business can keep operating, based on the recommendation of a hearing officer.

“I think it’s an effective tool generally to deal with the most problematic properties,” Curran says. “Whether it really addresses

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the concerns the neighborhoods have about some of the mini marts, I don’t know. It doesn’t seem to address all of the concerns, so it may well be that we need to look at other ways to address those concerns.”

Critics of the process say that points aren’t applied fairly across the city; the points are assigned by each quadrant’s Neighborhood Service Center, and critics say that the centers have different standards. That’s one of the reasons for the pending review, Curran says, to see if that’s true.

The city would also like to expedite the process, he says, by setting a regular date for the hearings.

People have to remember that the purpose of the law is to abate nuisances, he says; it’s not a criminal investigation designed to bring someone down. And some people see certain activities, like youth hanging out in front of a store, and assume that something illegal is going on, Curran says. But to close a business is a fairly drastic action, he says, and you need more than anecdotal evidence.

Many business owners are just as eager as the city to address problems at their stores, he says.

Beechwood is saturated with mini markets,

Crandall says, and that compels some store owners to turn to unsavory practices such as buying food stamps or selling loose cigarettes to make money. Beechwood has 23 mini markets.

“If we had half the mini markets in Beechwood, then that would probably

be able to supply the demand of the neighborhood,” he says. “They’re just trying to do anything they can to make money, which is not healthy for our neighborhood.”

It’s also a drain on police resources, Crandall says. One mini market on Bay Street had between 125 and 150 calls for police service in a single year, he says.

Warren said last week that the saturation question depends on how you define mini markets. If a store sells a lot of grocery items, for example, some people don’t see it as a mini market in the negative sense, she said.

Beechwood has also tried, unsuccessfully, to get the city to stop approving new mini markets in the neighborhood, something that Warren said that the city does not have the power to do.

The city’s strategy had been to limit the number of so-called “high impact” items a mini market can sell. These items include alcohol, tobacco, and lottery tickets. But the city learned, Warren said, that it does not have the authority to impose those limitations.

Beechwood resident Marion HunteRobinson said at last week’s meeting that the city should work with the mini markets to understand their side of the story. The owners don’t want people selling drugs outside their stores, either, she said, by way of example, and residents don’t necessarily want the store closed, leaving another vacant building in Beechwood.

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rothers Noah and Abram Johnson stood on a perch overlooking their small farm last month, radiating such pride that you’d think they ruled a vast, mighty kingdom. It was an unusually warm day that beckoned insects out of their winter hiding spots to circle in lazy formations over the Johnsons’ field.

Noah, 28, and Abe, 26, or the Johnson boys, as they are called by some of their neighboring farmers in this rural part of Wayne County, are the new kids on the block. They started the Johnson Brothers Food Forest, an organic farm of fewer than 10 acres outside of Newark, in 2013.

You won’t find livestock or rows of corn on this farm. The nearest barn is across the road and there isn’t a tractor in site. The brothers call a weather-worn wooden picnic table their boardroom, and unless you know what to look for, you might not realize that you’re standing a few feet from their crop — mushrooms, which they grow in a forest.

The idea of a mushroom farm fascinated the brothers for years, Noah Johnson says.

“We wanted a niche, something of value instead of growing a kind of cheap factory-

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farmed crop,” he says. “We don’t grow truffles, but they are one of the most expensive food items you can eat, and a lot of mushrooms fall into a similar category. Mushrooms have high market value.”

The more they learned about mushrooms, he says, the harder it became to resist focusing all of their energy on them.

“There’s been some research that suggests that mushrooms have some anti-cancer benefits, and we’ve had a number of members of our family and a lot of people we know who have had to deal with that,” Noah Johnson says. “If we can encourage more people to eat mushrooms, maybe that’s a good thing.”

And mushrooms are nature’s recyclers.

They’re great at breaking down broken branches, he says, and rotting wood on the forest floor, converting it into rich compost-like soil.

Though mushrooms are typically found them in the vegetable displays in grocery stores, they’re not vegetables. Mushrooms are fungi and humans have been consuming them in a variety of ways, everything from stews to teas, for thousands of years. Some European and Eastern cultures believed they possessed healing, even mystical properties.

Low in calories and carbs, mushrooms are rich in vitamins C and D, and especially the B’s such as riboflavin, niacin, and pantothenic acid, which support the nervous system. They’re also high in minerals such as selenium and copper.

Noah and Abe grow several varieties of mushrooms, but about 80 percent of their crop is shiitake: primordial-looking gems prized for their rich, smoky flavor.

“We grow mostly shiitakes, but we grow a wide range of them,” Abe Johnson says.

“They are one of the more popular specialty mushrooms. They can stand a light frost. As it gets really cold they just stop growing. They don’t die; they just stop.”

They also grow some oyster, a bone-colored gilled mushroom that is among the most widely eaten in the world, and wine caps, which can grow quite large.

The brothers don’t grow chaga, but they do gather it from their forest. Chaga is sometimes referred to as the diamond of the forest and grows on trees.

“Chaga is actually a wild mushroom that we hunt and find even in winter,” Abe Johnson says.

“It’s hard and charcoal-looking, one that people

Noah and Abe inoculate the logs with a mushroom spawn and it will take about a year or longer before mushrooms can be harvested. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN 8 CITY

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like to use for tea. It’s great, very light with a hint of vanilla.”

The Johnsons are also experimenting with growing a number of lesser-known mushrooms such as turkey tail, chicken of the woods, maitake, and lion’s mane.

“Lion’s mane looks like a puff ball with spaghetti-like strands that hang,” Abe Johnson says. “It’s a tooth fungus.”

They’ve managed to get lion’s mane to the fruiting stage, they say, but not to the point where it can be harvested consistently.

There are several ways that mushrooms are

grown commercially, often in barns, cellars, and covered dugouts. The Johnsons, however, take a more unusual route: they’re farming on logs in forest beds.

Along the higher elevation of their farm is a grove of evergreens, mostly pines. Throughout the small grove, logs are neatly arranged in formations, some resembling teepees while others are stacked in a crisscross pattern. The formations are roughly 3- to 4- feet wide and not much more than 3 feet tall. If you didn’t know what the Johnsons are up to, you might

Shiitake mushrooms when fresh are firm and plump, with caps ranging in size from 1 inch to 3 inches around. The caps are often a rusty brown with a rich, earthy flavor. Though widely used in Asian cooking, shiitakes are extremely versatile. Abe Johnson, who studied cooking, says that his favorite dish is pizza with shiitake mushrooms. think they’re building little shelters for critters of one sort or another.

Farming mushrooms on logs is nothing new; it’s a technique that’s been around for years, but it’s a laborious process that requires time, patience, and a bit of luck. In some ways, the Johnsons say, it’s similar to the stamina that vintners need to arrive at a fine root stock and a good grape.

“We started with trees that needed to be thinned out,” Noah Johnson says. “We used mostly maple because there are a lot them on the property that were overcrowded, and we used a bow saw and hatchet to bring them down.”

Once the trees are down, the brothers wait a month to let the anti-fungal properties wear off.

Then they cut the logs into 3- to 4- foot lengths.

“We then drill holes in them and those holes are filled with a sawdust-and-spawn mixture and after that, wax is put over the top of the holes to keep the bugs out,” Noah Johnson says. “Then we wait a year.”

The spawn in mushroom-speak is a seed culture that will eventually fill the inside of the log with mycelium, a creepy, fuzzy-looking web of thread-like roots, which is the vegetative body of the fungus. In time, the mass will take over the log.

It’s an amazing relationship that’s reminiscent of the sci-fi thriller, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” since the log appears pretty normal on the outside until the tiny mushroom heads or pins begin sprouting through the bark. By then the log is more fungus than cut maple.

Abe Johnson points to some drill holes.

“Here’s where we inoculated and you can see that it’s spreading,” he says, pointing to the emerging pins, which look a bit like small finishing nails. “The mushrooms are really more like the apples on an apple tree. At this point, there is the vegetative part inside the log. The mushrooms are the fruiting section.”

Metal tags are tacked to each log, serving as labels that detail the type of mushroom that the log has been inoculated with and when, Abe Johnson says.

Turkey Tail mushrooms are quite common and take on a brown-to-gray feathery appearance, just like the name suggests. Their caps range in size from a quarter inch to 4 inches around. Though they’re edible, many people prefer them for making tea.

Oyster mushrooms have a smooth cap that can range in size from 1 inch to 4 inches around. They have a creamy white, almost bone-colored flesh, but can also appear in darker shades. Some people say that oysters have an anise aroma when first picked. They tend to be mild tasting and versatile, and are frequently sautéed in garlic and butter or shallots and butter.

Abe and Noah Johnson started the Johnson Brothers Food Forest in 2013. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN

It takes anywhere from a year to a year-anda-half before the logs start producing, sometimes longer depending on the variety of mushroom.

And they’ll continue to produce for anywhere from five to 10 years, he says, depending on growing conditions.

“The fruiting range for shiitake is from 45 degrees to 85 degrees,” Noah Johnson says.

“During the hot wet summer months, the mushrooms grow faster so we harvest twice a day by hand with a small knife.”

An old-growth forest that’s cool with dappled sunlight is the ideal environment, Noah Johnson says, and the natural habitat for many mushrooms.

“The older the wood, the bigger the trees, and the more diversity there is in the trees, these things will allow for different types of fungus to grow,” he says.

The worst thing for mushrooms, he says, is hot, dry wind. And there are pests, too, mainly in the form of slugs. The slimy little gastropods can do a lot of damage quickly.

But the brothers don’t spend much time worrying about pests or trying to control unfavorable growing conditions.

In addition to their organic, no-chemicals

approach to farming, they’re also devotees of permaculture.

The practice was explored in various forms during much of the last century, especially as some parts of the world, such as Australia, dealt with fresh-water scarcity.

Permaculture is both a philosophical and scientific approach to land use that holds respect for the planet above all else. And it relies on observing how natural ecosystems function, understanding their synergy, and then designing sustainable land and water use for that environment, whether it’s a landscape, a building, or a farm.

The Johnsons are certified in designing selfsustaining permaculture growing conditions.

“In permaculture theory there is this thinking that the problem is also the solution,” Noah Johnson says. “Too many slugs can mean that you really have a deficiency in something else.

If we had to, we would probably use animals to do our pest control. Ducks will eat the slugs and spend most of their time patrolling the mushroom yards.”

Nature becomes the instructor in permaculture, Abe Johnson says. Rather than resort to pesticides and chemicals when they

encounter a problem, he says, the brothers step back and observe.

“Those bugs are there for a reason; something is there in excess that they’re taking advantage of,” he says. The bugs can be part of the solution, he says. In one such instance, the brothers discovered that they could use their wine cap mushrooms as bait to protect their more valuable crop, shiitakes, from insects.

And the brothers don’t irrigate their farm, either.

“We want to have control of our watershed,” Noah Johnson says. “It’s a big deal for us.”

The brothers dug a small ditch to catch rainwater in the middle of their mushroom forest. A small berm of earth on the north side of the ditch helps to hold and distribute the water into the ground.

“This goes into our groundwater to fill up our aquafers so we don’t have to irrigate,” Abe Johnson says. “Eventually it drains downward into the fields. Even the logs we bring down will eventually send nutrients into the ground that are spread naturally. It all works together.”

Warding off pests and creating a natural

irrigation system, however, are not the Johnson brothers’ biggest challenges; survival in today’s ag industry can be something of a colossal feat.

When people talk about the Rust Belt, they’re usually referring to closed factories and lost manufacturing jobs; it become the image of economic decline that much of Upstate New York is still trying to shake off.

But there’s another image: rural Upstate with barns leaning, ready to collapse, and rusting farm machinery sitting in fields. During much of the last four decades, many small family farms were either bought by larger farms or the families just left the business. Going into farming today strikes some old-time farmers as foolhardy.

When the Johnson brothers told their parents that they were starting a small farm, mushroom farming no less, they say that their reaction wasn’t exactly like telling them they were joining the circus, but it wasn’t far off, either.

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Gun documentary and discussion at The Little

New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, in cooperation with several area faith organizations, will present “No Control,” a documentary film that explores how Americans are coping with gun violence at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, at The Little Theatre and Café.

The film will be preceded

by a presentation of the photojournalist work of Joe Quint, who has focused on victims of gun violence.

After the film, there will be a panel discussion featuring Quint; Leah Gunn Barrett, NYAGV’s executive director; and Greg Soehner, president and CEO of East House. Barrett, who lost a brother to gun violence, was instrumental in getting the SAFE Act passed. Soehner will discuss the facts and myths surrounding mental health and gun violence.

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paradise similar to Hawaii when they think of Puerto Rico, says activist Ana Casserly, but that’s not the case. The medical system is inferior, she says, and tourism is floundering because of increasing concerns about drug-related violence.

She says that the problems in Puerto Rico that are driving migration north are becoming similar to those seen in Mexico and Central America.

Since it is a territory rather than a state, Puerto Rico can’t use the US bankruptcy laws in the same way as Detroit without help from Congress. And much of Puerto Rico’s debt is

Volunteer slots open in city schools

The Rochester City School District has volunteer opportunities for those who are interested in working in city schools. A volunteer information session will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, at School 58, 200 University Avenue. There will be a panel discussion followed by a question-and-answer period, and light refreshments will be served. RSVP by January 18 to ricky.frazier@rcsdk12. org or call 262-8489.

in the form of municipal bonds. If that debt is wiped clean, a lot of US investors would take a big hit.

Still, Escher and Latino community leaders from around the state and in New York City are urging members of Congress to do something.

And they tell residents in their communities to do the same.

“I tell people every day that the most important thing they can do is register to vote and on Election Day you must get out there and vote,” Escher says. “The strange thing is that 85 percent of the people living in Puerto Rico vote.

But they get here and for some reason, they don’t. Your vote is your power.”

Dining

There has been a lot of turnover at 564 Merchants Road, but now, Merchants Wood Fired Pizza & Bistro is giving it a go. The restaurant's menu features (left) pan roasted mussels; (center) BBQ pork wings; and (right) the funghi wood-fired pizza. PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMBERLIN

Next chapter [ CHOW HOUND ] BY KATIE LIBBY

The space at 564 Merchants Road has seen its fair share of turnover the last few years — Luna Piena Bistro to Merchant’s Pasta House, then Porcini Bar & Bistro. New owners Steve Costanza and Donna DiMarzo — who has been in the business of wood-fired pizzas for 15 years — opened Merchants Wood Fired Pizza & Bistro in November 2015 with the hope of making a fresh start in a recently renovated space.

The first big renovation was expanding the kitchen to make room for the giant wood-fired pizza oven. The oven is used to make the five different pizzas on the menu, like the Potato ($13), which is topped with a broccolini pesto base, thinly sliced russet potatoes, scallions, bacon, cheddar, jack, and mozzarella cheese, and drizzled with chive crème fraiche. The BBQ pork wings ($11) and wood-fired chicken wings ($10) are also made in the oven.

The menu is predominately AmericanItalian — with an assortment of entrees and pasta dishes to choose from, like the bucatini ($15), tossed with shrimp, artichoke, capers, lemon, butter, fresh herbs, and white wine.

The house-made gnocchi ($15) is tossed with shiitake mushrooms and spinach in a fontinella cream sauce and finished with truffle oil.

“We’re trying to offer something for everybody and also feeling out the

neighborhood to see what our customers like,” Costanza says. The restaurant is currently experimenting with more glutenfree, vegetarian, and vegan-friendly recipes to add to the menu. Costanza and DiMarzo chose the location because of the appealing mixture of younger couples moving to the up-and-coming neighborhood and those residents that have been there for years.

The bar was also recently renovated and features beer and wine selections along with a cocktail list with drinks like the classic Side Car and the Corpse Reviver. Though it’s a little soon to think about now, a large front patio will be open once the weather gets warmer. Merchants is currently only open for dinner service but will add lunch service in the coming months.

Merchants Wood Fired Pizza & Bistro is located at 564 Merchants Road. It is open Tuesday through Saturday. Full bar service is 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and food service starts at 4 p.m. 288-0067. For more information visit merchantswoodfiredpizza.com.

Quick bites

The New York Wine and Culinary Center

(800 South Main Street, Canandaigua) will hold a Wine and Food Flavor Pairing course on Sunday, January 17, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will learn about food and wine pairing by trying six different food

flavors paired with six different wine styles.

Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at nywcc.com.

ButaPub (315 Gregory Street) will host its first annual Stoutfest on Tuesday, January 26. Twelve different stouts will be featured and flights will be available.

Chocolate and Vines will also offer chocolate pairings. No tickets are needed for the event. Visit ButaPub on Facebook for more information. Check theoldtoad. com for more information.

The Old Toad will host the first annual Cask Competition on Saturday, February 13, starting at 12 p.m. Local breweries, like Three Heads, Lost Borough, and Swiftwater, will compete to produce the best IPA. Tickets are $25 and include a sample of each of the beers, the chance to win a growler of your choice, $2 off each pint of the winning cask beer and two tickets for a raffle of brewery merchandise.

Craft beer enthusiasts, mark your calendars. The RocCity Brewfest will take place on Saturday, February 20, at the The Dome Center (2695 East Henrietta Road).

There are two sessions to choose from, one from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and the other from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door. Designated driver tickets for $5 are available as well. Visit roccitybrewfest.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Openings

Muller’s Cider House has opened next to

Joe Bean Coffee at 1344 University Avenue.

The bar and restaurant has more than 10 ciders on tap and an assortment of snacks, sandwiches, and salads.

The Original Mac & Cheez have opened a brick and mortar location at 77 East Main Street in Webster.

Harry G’s (678 South Avenue) has opened a new bar area next door to its South Avenue location — the space was formerly occupied by Banzai Sushi. The bar will feature a selection of beer and wine.

And now for the most anticipated opening announcement of 2015-16 … The Playhouse/Swillburger is now open at 820 South Clinton Avenue. The liquor license is currently in process, but the burgers and vintage arcade games are a go.

Closings

Bada Bing (503 South Avenue) has closed

after opening just a few months ago … bada boom.

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Upcoming [ R&B ]

R. Kelly. Sunday, February 14. Blue Cross Arena, 100

Exchange Boulevard. 7 p.m. $60-$128. ticketmaster.com; r-kelly.com. [ ROCK ]

Sunflower Bean. Saturday, March 5. The Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. sunflowerbean.bandcamp.com.

Music

[ JAM ]

Keller Williams. Saturday, April 9. German House,

315 Gregory Street. 8 p.m. $25.50-$30. ticketfly.com; kellerwilliams.net.

The Suitcase Junket

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 ABILENE BAR & LOUNGE, 153 LIBERTY POLE WAY 8 P.M. | $10 | ABILENEBARANDLOUNGE.COM THESUITCASEJUNKET.COM [ ONE MAN BAND ] Now this is the shit I’m talking

about, Jack. The Suitcase Junket is a lo-fi, low-tuned, low-down blast of end-times folk blues. It’s crude; it’s magnificent. With a stage set-up that resembles a junkyard foley stage or Fred Sanford’s living room, The Suitcase Junket — one man band leader Matt Lorenz — incants and intones like a cross between Hound Dog Taylor and a Tuvan throat singer who has swallowed a bird. Take the singer-songwriter idiom, give it a low grade fever and a guitar and this is what you get. Captivating, mesmerizing, and gone … real gone. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

1349 MONDAY, JANUARY 18 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 8 P.M. | $13.49-$17 | BUGJAR.COM; LEGION1349.COM [ METAL ] Oslo’s black metal stalwart 1349 is nothing

if not committed to its craft. Fittingly named after the year the Black Death reached Norway, 1349 has been worshiping at the altar of its Norwegian Black Metal ancestors Mayhem and Darkthrone since the late 1990’s.

The band’s devotion to all things corpse paint, spiked bracelets, frostbitten guitar leads, and gnarled vocals is highly admirable, and its latest record, 2014’s “Massive Cauldron of Chaos,” is a commendable continuation of their tried-and-true sound. — BY ALEX JONES

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 [ ALBUM REVIEWS ]

[ BLUES ]

The Geezers. The Beale, 693

Melia

South Ave. 585-226-6473. thebealegrille.com. 7-9 p.m.

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

10 p.m.

“Skeletal Remains” Self-released meliarocks.com

Handsome Jack FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 MONTY’S KROWN, 875 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | HANDSOMEJACKMUSIC.COM [ ROCK ] Buffalo’s Handsome Jack give lots of

muscle to its 1970’s big rock inspired boogie and soul. It’s essentially a garage band that outgrew the garage as it moved into bigger sounds and grooves. The guitar is boss in this band, driving neck and neck with the rest or the group’s thunderclap and groove. They’ve consistently blown my head off every time I’ve seen them.

Now it’s your turn, pal. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

R&B | Patti LaBelle SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 BLUE CROSS ARENA, 100 EXCHANGE BOULEVARD 7:30 P.M. | $68-$88 | TICKETMASTER.COM PATTILABELLE.COM [ R&B ] The “Godmother of Soul” has been

inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her band, LaBelle, was the first African-American vocal group to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone. And did you see her run on “Dancing with the Stars”? Simply, Patti LaBelle is an icon; a singer with a largerthan-life voice that keeps expanding her career even at 71 years old and after 50 years in the business. — BY JAKE CLAPP

Melia’s new album, “Skeletal Remains,” is a fabulous slab of rock ‘n’ roll beauty and brutality that doesn’t necessarily defy classification, but does make it a little difficult. Melia skates the razor — always has — between metal speed, hard rock gravel and grind, and a dusting of pop sugar. But she does it more concisely during the brief hang time of this new record.

There are adventurous sorties into gentle melody, sung with a certain wonder and innocence that temper the crunch and kerrang of this young lady’s heavier offerings. The sky-busting lead guitar work is deft and deadly, and there is an excellent cross section of styles within the record’s brief confines. The song “VIP” is pure Benatar bash, slash, crash, and burn. And the track “Sleeping Beauty” calls to mind Alice Cooper with its haunting intro. The whole thing just rocks. And though “Skeletal Remains” burns ominous and sexy, alas, it ends too quickly. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

Mike Moreno “Lotus” World Culture Music mikemoreno.com

[ CLASSICAL ]

Duo Vela: Flute and Guitar Music from Around the World.

Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 757-298-0311. https:// thelittle.org. 7-9 p.m. [ KARAOKE ]

Lead Singer Karaoke Challenge. BLU Bar & Grill, 250 Pixley Rd. 585-2470079. blurochester.com.

8-11 p.m. $1. [ POP/ROCK ]

Amanda Ashley. Cottage

Hotel of Mendon, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd. Mendon. 624-1390. cottagehotelmendon.com.

Second Wednesday of every month, 9 p.m. Call for info.

Free Throw, Young and Heartless, Daisyhead, California Cousin, and Eyes Wide Shut. Bug Jar, 219

He may be overshadowed by more famous guitarists like Pat Metheny and Mike Stern, but Mike Moreno has earned a reputation as one of the top up-andcoming guitarists on the scene. In fact, Metheny has called him “a really talented guy,” and Stern has said his playing is “incredibly lyrical.” After one listen to Moreno’s current album, “Lotus,” you’ll hear it for yourself. Moreno is not only a great player, who has enhanced the bands of Stefon Harris, Joshua Redman, Jeremy Pelt and others, he’s also a superb composer.

The nine original tunes on “Lotus” are evocative, dream-like journeys perfectly designed to showcase Moreno’s expressive style on electric and acoustic guitars. As for the sidemen, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Doug Weiss play with propulsive energy, driving every track. Longtime collaborator, pianist Aaron Parks, who is excellent throughout, takes an especially beautiful solo on “The Last Stand.” While that tune is a prime example of Moreno’s up-tempo compositions, he’s also capable of gorgeous ballads like “Can We Stay Forever?” — BY RON NETSKY

Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. $8-$10.

IJY Yeara & Son. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Jedidiah Crook. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee. info. 8-10 p.m.

Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit. 342-6780.

8 p.m. Free.

Roots Night. The Beale, 693 South Ave. 585-271-4650. oldtimehoedown.com. 7:3010:30 p.m. continues on page 15

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Music

Chris Beard has been called The Prince of the Blues. The Rochester-based musician just released his fifth album, "Eye of the Witch." PHOTO PROVIDED

Eye of the prince Chris Beard SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 LOVIN’ CUP, 300 PARK POINT DRIVE 7:30 P.M. | $10 | LOVINCUP.COM CHRISBEARD1.COM [ PROFILE ] BY FRANK DE BLASE

Chris Beard — a k a The Prince of the Blues — was shopping around for labels to release what would be the fifth album for the blues rocker. But execs didn’t get it, didn’t want it, or were simply uninterested. Beard was running into walls and out of options. He was frustrated. This was a good record after all — funky, modern, classic — done by an all-star cast supporting Beard’s barrelhouse vocals and bombastic guitar.

It was Alligator Records big wig Bruce Iglauer who flew out to see Beard perform and gave Beard some advice that led to an epiphany.

“He said, ‘Maybe you need to get with someone that shares your vision 100 percent,”’ Beard says. “And that was me.”

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So Beard went into business with himself and pressed “Eye of the Witch” on his own Destin Record Label. This decision, along with the day-to-day work that goes into running a label, prompted Beard to relinquish some control in the studio. He brought in Carlton Campbell (of the Campbell Brothers) to produce as well as play the drums, and tapped an allstar cast to produce his best disc to date.

Beard doesn’t disagree — it ain’t braggin’ if it’s true.

“I think it is my best,” he says. “I’ve been through a lot and I’ve been out here for a while. The last three CDs, I produced myself — which I don’t think is a bad thing. But what I did this time, is I kinda stood back and let somebody else produce it. I let Carlton Campbell take the reins on this one.”

He did so to certain extent.

“I can be open minded to somebody else,” Beard says. “And I need to be humble. Humble, but at the same time, I do know my abilities so I know what I can do. But I also need to be open to what they want me to try because I could surprise myself.”

Though “Eye of the Witch” is the genre-busting blast of blues that fans have come to expect, Beard feels he has grown vocally. This makes him truly a double threat, though he cops to the guitar first.

“I noticed on this record and the last one I was able to achieve things I couldn’t do before with my voice. I’m a guitar player that sings. I’ve been playing guitar since I was 5 years old.

The singing part of has been there the last 25 years or so, but the guitar has been with me forever.”

In fact, on the song “House of Shame,” he tells his guitar, “You can talk to her better than I can.”

And as attached to the guitar as he finds himself, and in the spirit of adventure, Beard has gone and tried something that isn’t typically in a guitar player’s bag of tricks: The tearjerker tune “Keeps Me Believing” contains no guitar solo at all (you heard me), which according to Beard doesn’t take away from its sex appeal.

“Women love it when they hear it,” he says. “And they say, ‘That’s the song.’”

Despite Beard’s slant on contemporary blues, with or without guitar solos or twitterpated fans, he still acknowledges the tradition. He still acknowledges his roots, particularly on the cut “Older Fool,” whiche he recorded with his dad, Joe Beard.

This song sort of balances out Beard’s new blues with the traditional strain found in the blues of his father. So how far can artists like Beard stretch and manipulate the genre until it’s no longer blues?

“You know I was born in the house of blues,” he says. “I was just born in a different generation. People hear the word “blues” and right away in their mind they go to an old man on a porch with an acoustic guitar and a bottle of wine, like Son House. If you talk to a blues purist that’s what they’ll say. But the blues is so much more to me. It’s my freedom. It’s my fulfillment. It’s better than sex.”

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m. $17-$20.

[ BLUES ]

[ POP/ROCK ]

Kaleidoscope, Beastman, Stress and Being. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Big Blue House. The Little

Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org. 7 p.m.

Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $8-$10.

[ CLASSICAL ]

MONDAY, JANUARY 18

RPO: Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique”. Kodak Hall at

Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 7:30 p.m. $22-$94.

[ JAZZ ]

[ COUNTRY ]

240 East Ave. thelittle.org.

7-9 p.m.

Coulter & Christiano. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 7-9 p.m.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Bob White, David Russell, Dave Shaver, and Marshall Smith.

The Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 585-226-6473. ourcoffeeconnection.org. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. [ BLUES ]

Bill Schmitt and The Bluesmasters. Sticky Lips BBQ

Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com.

9:30-11:30 p.m.

Dave Riccioni & Friends. The Beale, 693 South Ave. 2714650. ogdenny.com. 6-9 p.m.

Hanna Klau, singer/pianist.

Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. hearhanna.com.

8-11 p.m. [ COUNTRY ]

Connie Deming. The Little

Theatre, 240 East Avenue. thelittle.org. 8 p.m. [ VOCALS ]

Impact Theatre. Impact Theatre CA & Cultural Centre, 201 East Main St. (2nd floor). Palmyra.

315-597-3553. impactdrama. com. 7:30-9:15 p.m.

Reservations suggested. [ JAZZ ]

Deborah Branch. Amaya Indian Cuisine, 1900 S. Clinton Ave. 241-3223. amayabarandgrill. com. 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,

1675 Penfield Rd. 381-2144.

FredCostello.com. 7:30-10 p.m.

The Jim Nugent Trio. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University.

585-271-5000. jimnugentjazz. com. 7-10 p.m.

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

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

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

Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers. Little Theatre Café, Smugtown Stompers and Carol Mulligan. Radisson

CLASSICAL | FROM THE TOP

FOLK | RICHIE & ROSIE

Pianist Christopher O’Riley brings his popular NPR program From the Top back to Rochester’s Eastman Theatre on Sunday for what is sure to be a mesmerizing set of performances from prodigiously talented classical musicians ranging in age from 14 to 17. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will join the three featured soloists — pianist and Pittsford native Raymond Feng; clarinetist Alec Manasse; and pianist Esther Yu — in performances of music by Grieg, Mozart, and Elgar, respectively. The program, which will be broadcast on Monday, February 8, will also showcase the orchestral piece “Maelström” by composer Benjamin Wenzelberg, who at age 16 has already written an opera. If you’ve ever been in need of a concert to restore your faith in the future of classical music performance and its continuing legacy, From the Top may just be the panacea.

Ithaca-based banjo player Richie Stearns (of Donna the Buffalo, and The Horseflies) and fiddler Rosie Newton (The Duhks, Red Dog Run) are a spirited duo playing Americana. Country, folk, and bluegrass is wound into their strings. They’ve been makin’ sweet harmonies for 4 years and put out their freshman project, “Tractor Beam,” in 2013. It’s 12 tracks of honest, old-timey front porch healing. This show is hosted by the folk singing society, Golden Link.

From the Top, recorded live, will take place Sunday January 17, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs Street.

3 p.m. $15-$79. rpo.org; fromthetop.org.

— BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER

Richie & Rosie play Saturday, January 16, at Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Avenue. $10$20. goldenlink.org; richieandrosie.com.

— BY TYLER PEARCE [ VOCALS ]

Rochester Women’s Community Chorus: We Are….

The Harley School, 1981 Clover St. 234-4441. therwcc.org.

7:30 p.m. $12. [ JAZZ ]

[ REGGAE/JAM ] 5Head. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $6.

Bottle Train. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 6-9 p.m.

Noble Vibes. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. templebarandgrille.com. 10 p.m.

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[ METAL ]

Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 2925544. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:3011:30 p.m.

Enforcer and Warbringer.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m. $17-$20. [ POP/ROCK ]

Handsome Jack, Collapsible Animal, and Hinkley. Monty’s

Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 2717050. montyskrown.com.

9-11:45 p.m. $4.

Mansfield Avenue Band. Lock 32 Brewing Company, 10 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. (585)506-7738. lock32brew.com/. 7-10 p.m.

Soul Encounter. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 5 p.m.

Stars Malign, Perceptual Distortion, Wyatt Coin, and The Caged Kings. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 9 p.m.

[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Richie & Rosie. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. goldenlink.org. 7:30 p.m. [ BLUES ]

Lia Conti Band and Dan Schmitt. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke

[ CLASSICAL ]

Earth Harp Collective. Nazareth College Arts Center Callahan Theater, 4245 East Ave. 3892170. artcenter.naz.edu. 8 p.m. $20-$50.

Project Ludwig: Amenda Quartet plays Beethoven. Buckland

Park Lodge, 1341 Westfall Rd. 784-5250. amendaquartet.org. 4 p.m. $20.

RPO: Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique”. Kodak Hall at

Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 8 p.m. $22-$94. [ COUNTRY ] Flint Creek. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s,

1675 Penfield Rd. 381-2144.

FredCostello.com. 7:30-10 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.

Teagan & The Tweeds. Johnny’s

Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. johnnyslivemusic. com. 8 p.m.

Televisionaries. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. 270-8106. theskylarklounge.com/. 9 p.m.

Tomoreaux, Alberto Alaska, Pink Elephant, and Rescue Dawn. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

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

[ BLUES ] Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 7:30 p.m. $10.

[ POP/ROCK ]

141 East Ave. 585-454-3878.

Christchurchrochester.org. 9-9:30 p.m. Donations appreciated.

Kevin Nitsch, piano. Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. naz. edu/music. 3-4:30 p.m.

RPO: From the Top Live. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 3 p.m. $15-$79.

Jackson Cavalier and the Fevertones. The Little Theatre,

1349, Full of Hell, and Enthayptung. Bug Jar, 219

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Roses & Revolutions. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 381-4000. woodcliffhotelspa. com. 5:30-8:30 p.m. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ]

DJ Studd Dashiki Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m.

Jantsen and Dirt Monkey.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $10-$40.

Grove Place Jazz Project.

Chris Beard. Lovin’ Cup, 300

House, 58 East Main St. Webster.

727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com.

8 p.m. $12.

Hey Mabel. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. theangrygoatpub.com/.

9:30 p.m.

[ METAL ]

[ JAZZ ]

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17

[ REGGAE/JAM ] Jay Sessions. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5.

Black Rock Zydeco. Harmony

Hotel, 175 Jefferson Rd. 7029-6555. flowercityjazz. org. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $12-$20.

[ CLASSICAL ]

Compline, Christ Church Schola Cantorum. Christ Church,

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 585-3254370. downstairscabaret.com.

7-9 p.m. $10.

Mike Allen. Vino Lounge, 7 W Main St. Webster. 872-9463. akingofsoul.com/. [ POP/ROCK ]

The Suitcase Junket. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 8 p.m. $10.

240 East Avenue. thelittle.org.

Oh Manitou, The Capitals, Leus Zeus, and Mammal is A Mountain. Abilene Bar &

Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 9:30 p.m. $5.

The Taryn Jessen Band. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info.

8-10 p.m.

[ R&B/ SOUL ] Patti LaBelle. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Square. 7585300. bluecrossarena.com. 7:30 p.m. $65-$90. [ METAL ] Nile. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 15

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A few weeks remain to catch Eastman Museum’s retrospective of the life and work of photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn.

Three galleries full of images, as well as objects from Coburn’s personal life, tell the story of a talented and intrepid young artist.

Though Coburn lived a long life (18821966), he produced his staggering amount of work in just the two decades he was actively creating photographs, from 1900 to 1920.

Drawn mainly from the Eastman Museum’s collection, the massive retrospective includes Coburn’s silvery and sepia images of New York’s iconic skylines and bridges; Europe’s storybook vistas; industrial Pittsburgh; the glory of the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and California; and his portraits of cultural icons that spanned two decades. Also on display are his later experiments with vortographs — imagine a camera lens attached to a kaleidoscope — and multiple exposures.

Coburn was a contemporary of greats, including Alfred Stieglitz and Gertrude Käsebier, and brushed elbows with (and photographed) many artists, musicians, and writers from a young age, including Edward Steichen, Max Weber, Igor Stravinsky, H. G. Wells, Auguste Rodin, Henry James, Henri Matisse, Ezra Pound, George Bernard Shaw, Gertrude Stein, Mark Twain, and many others.

This is in part because of his privileged background — he was born to Boston wealth, and was introduced to the world of art photography by his distant relative, Fred Holland Day, who took Coburn on as a protégé.

At the turn of the 20th Century and at the age of 18, Coburn traveled with Day to London to assist him with “The New School of American Photography,” an exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society that included works by both men as well as Käsebier and Clarence H. White. Coburn later joined Stieglitz’s Photo-Secession group of fine art photographers, and earned the praise of the press for his work.

The young artist collected these published accounts in a scrapbook, which is also on view in the galleries, with some of his ornate rings, decorative opium pipes, and tarot cards. These latter objects hail from his later dabblings in mysticism.

Through his short but prolific photography career, Coburn mastered photographic printing processes, and moved from his early, romantic, Pictorialist style — his 1900 “The Dumping Ground” is bare and “New York from its Pinnacles” is included in Eastman Museum’s major barely tangible, and retrospective of the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn, on view through January 24. PHOTO PROVIDED his 1904 “Sailboats” looks like a dream — to a focus on urban the photograph “brought both sitter and scenes, and later to much more avant photographer a degree of notoriety.” garde, experimental imagery.

During his trips to the American West In his cityscape works, he exploited the in 1911 and 1912, Coburn captured great soaring heights of city skylines in order to sweeps of the unmarred marvels to be reveal a new perspective to the people below. found there. Images of dizzying canyons “Fifth Avenue from the St. Regis,” Coburn’s and heavy clouds rolling overhead are first bird’s-eye view image, is as atmospheric tinted the characteristic reddish-brown as his earlier work, with chains of gas lights of the environment, achieved through glowing like a string of jewels, and spiny Coburn’s mastery of gum bichromate over platinum printing process. Here, Gothic architecture seeming to shift in and the wall text tells us that immersion in out of a shroud of steam and mist. the “sublime power of nature humbled Other scenes are grittier and just as and overwhelmed him, encouraging his romantic, always expressing perfectly propensity toward mysticism.” balanced views of structures and industry, It’s little wonder that Coburn retired and capturing puffs of thick smoke at the to the countryside and began to focus on most picturesque second. the more spiritual side of his life — this His portraits, which were produced for transition from London took place in Metropolitan Magazine and for private the midst of World War I, when living sitters, are expressive and often theatrical. in a city center came with the threat of “Auguste Rodin,” created in 1906, is an frequent bombings. imposing image of the sculptor, with a From 1916-1917, Coburn’s experidramatic diagonal formed mostly by the ments with Vortographs, using a device he subject’s flowing beard, and dominated by co-created with Ezra Pound, yielded crysRodin’s squinting leer. talline, abstractly fractured images which The striking “Le Penseur (George Bernard sometimes also featured portraits. In other Shaw) pictures Coburn’s nude subject, late-career images created within this posed in an intense reverie in lighting that genre, but without the device, Coburn’s effectively imitates the smooth, marble excellent, geometry-dominated studies of muscles of classical sculpture. Shaw was modern architecture mirror the styles of “famously proud of his body, conditioned by Furturist and Cubist paintings. a vegetarian diet,” explains the wall text, and

ART | “THE MAGIC OF LIGHT 2016”

Let Image City Photography Gallery’s popular annual juried show, “The Magic of Light,” carry you through our region’s darker, more dismal months. Featuring 98 photographers exhibiting more than 160 photographs, the show includes portraits of people and places in gloriously lit grayscale, moments of playful interaction between architectural form and its shadows, and light dancing upon undulating water and throughout the shifting skies. You can check out this showcase of talent and technique at the 722 University Avenue space through January 24.

Artists-in-Residence David Perlman and Jim Patton also have work up in Image City’s East Gallery. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 271-2540, or visit imagecityphotographygallery.com (where you can also preview a selection of images from the show).

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Then and Now. Through Feb. 12. A retrospective of paintings by Betty Jane Evans.

271-9070. rochesterunitarian. org.

Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. The Nature of Things.

Through Feb. 20. Opening reception Sun. Jan. 24, 3-5:30 p.m. Photos by Chris Cove, Tom Kredo, Gil Maker, and Betsy Phillips. thegallery96.com.

[ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Memories in Paint. Through Feb. 14. Oils, acrylics, and watercolors by Dick Kane. 585.546.8400.

EpiscopalSeniorLife.org.

Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery, 3165 East Ave. Frozen View of Mirror Lake. Through March 31. Watercolor paintings

by Tracie Doerner. 385-0298. friendlyseniorliving.org.

Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. 2015/2016 Member Showcase.

Through Jan. 25. Juried exhibition of a variety of current work by 19 Arts & Cultural Council artist members. 3255010. artsrochester.org.

Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, 713 Monroe Ave. Farm to Table: The Migrant and Seasonal Worker. Through Jan. 30. Work from photography class, Social Reportage: Migrant Workers, taught by Arleen Thaler.

271-5920. rochesterarts.org.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Magic of Light. Through Jan. 24. 98 photographers in a juried show. 749-7010. imagecityphotographygallery. com.

Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Ave. Irondequoit Art Club Show. Through Jan. 29. Various media including acrylic, oil, and watercolor for view and for sale. irondequoitartclub.org.

Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. Luvon Sheppard Works. Through Jan. 26. 2715920. cityofrochester.gov.

Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. Attack of the Killer Dudes.

Through Feb. 29. Funky and freaky works by members of “Dudes Night Out.”. 232-9030. lux666.com.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Rick Hock: Codices. Rick Hock: Codices, three codices of images from books, posters, how-to manuals, and the like, through Jan. 21.

276-8900. mag.rochester.edu.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Watercolor Connection. Through Jan. 24. Watercolors and acrylics

by Hiroko Jusko and Sherry Davis. 585.546.8400.

EpiscopalSeniorLife.org.

NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Unfolding the Soul of Black Deaf Expressions.

Through Feb. 27. More than 100 works of art from more than 30 Black Deaf artists. rit. edu/ntid/dyerarts/.

Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. New Works Show. Through Jan. 31.

Featuring 24 artists. 730-7034.

Rochesterbrainery.com.

University Gallery, James R. Booth Hall, RIT, Lomb Memorial Dr. Milton Glaser: Posters from the Vignelli Center for Design Studies Archive. Through Feb. 26.

Graphic design work. 4752866. jleugs@rit.edu. finweb. rit.edu/gallery.

Art Events [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

5-6:30 p.m. Bridge Art Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd 275-3571. urmc. rochester.edu/psychiatry/ outreach/omhp. [ FRI., JANUARY 15 ] A Watercolor Retrospective

by Betty Jane Evans. 5-8 p.m. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd 585-787-0065. devans3@rochester.rr.com.

Works with Wax. 5-7 p.m.

Geisel Gallery, Bausch & Lomb Place, One Bausch & Lomb Place Work by Kathryn Bevier thegeiselgallery.com.

Comedy [ THU., JANUARY 14 ] Kurt Metzger. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster Thurs. Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Jan. 15, 7:30 & 10 p.m., Sat. Jan. 15, 7:30 & 10 p.m $12-$15. 671-9080. thecomedyclub.us.

Dance Events [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] The Holy Crow Jazz Band at Lindy Jam. 8:45-11 p.m. The German House Theater, 315 Gregory St. $10-$12. 442-6880. groovejuiceswing.com.

THEATER | “THE AMEN CORNER”

The next installment of Project Baldwin will stage James Baldwin’s three-act play “The Amen Corner.” The 1954 play focuses on the role of the church in the African-American family through the story of a Harlem pastor who is confronted by her estranged husband, and the repercussions it has for not only her family, but also for her flock. The play will be performed by the North Star Players and directed by David Shakes (pictured). Project Baldwin began in 2014 as a way for a group of theater artists to explore the works and legacy of James Baldwin. A discussion with a “community scholar” will be held following each performance, and the cast will hold a talk back after the 1 p.m. presentation on January 24.

The North Star Players will perform “The Amen Corner” on Tuesday, January 19, through Sunday, January 24, at MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. 7:30 p.m. each night, except for 1 p.m. on Sunday, January 24. Tuesday and Wednesday performances are $5; $10-$15 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and suggested $5 donation on Sunday. muccc.org.

— BY JAKE CLAPP

Festivals [ SAT., JANUARY 16 ] Wine & Chocolate Festival. 3-9 p.m. Dome Fair & Expo, 2695 E. Henrietta Rd . Henrietta $10$25. 315-471-9597. carrie@ galaxyeventscompany.com. rochesterwineandchocolate.com/. [ SUN., JANUARY 17 ] Winterfest. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mendon Ponds Park, Douglas

Road . Mendon 753-7275. mendonpondswinterfest,org.

Film [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] Sympathy, Said The Shark.

7-10 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. Varies. 585-2580400. https://thelittle.org. continues on page 18

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1200 Edgewood Ave. 585-4612000 x239. jccrochester.org.

Kids Events [ SAT., JANUARY 16 ] Snoozers and Sleepers Scavenger Hunt. 10-11 a.m.

Washington Grove, Reservoir Rd., Cobbs Hill 585-271-4796. friendsofwashingtongrove@ gmail.com.

Lectures RECREATION | WINTERFEST AT MENDON PONDS

Earn your Rochesterian stripes: Defy the urge to hole up for the winter and enjoy some all-weather recreation. There has to be more to the next several months than trudging from home to work, and work to home. Balmy or bitter, snow or not, rain or (fingers crossed) shine, the 21st annual Winterfest at Mendon Ponds Park (95 Douglas Road, Honeoye Falls) will take place on Sunday, January 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

While the festival is geared toward families, there’s something interesting for everyone. The event includes clowns and face painting, an appearance by the Wegmans ZooMobile, horse and wagon rides, crafts and demonstrations by outdoor retailers and clubs, and snowshoe and sled dog races.

Admission and most events are free, and many demonstrations and displays will take place inside heated lodges. Refreshments will be available for purchase at the Nature Center, Stewart Lodge, and East Lodge. Most venues are handicapped accessible.

To access the festival, enter the park from either Route 65 (Clover Street) or Pittsford-Mendon Center Road. For more information, call the Monroe County Park’s information line at 753-7275. A detailed program of the festivities is available at mendonpondswinterfest.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Film

University Ave. 244-8476. alternativemusic.com/film.

[ THU., JANUARY 14 ] Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Screening. 6:30 p.m.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500

[ SUN., JANUARY 17 ] Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent. 5-6 p.m. JCC Rochester,

[ WED., JANUARY 13 ] Swedish Lapland and Ruben Lundsrom. 7:30-8:45 p.m.

Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue 585-9871717. adk-gvc.org. [ THU., JANUARY 14 ] Building Futures. 7:30 p.m.

Morgan-Manning House, 151 Main St., Brockport Presented

by Adam Jablonski 637-3645. morganmanninghouse.org/. [ SUN., JANUARY 17 ] Sunday Forum: Dying Well: How Baby Boomers May Change the World Again. 9:4510:45 a.m. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street 585-325-4000. downtownpresbyterian.org.

Literary Events [ TUE., JANUARY 19 ] The Great Tonsil Massacre.

7 p.m. Fairport Library, 1 Village Landing 223-9091. fairportlibrary.org.

Meetings [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] Bernie Sanders Rally. 6-7:30 p.m.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 17 Fitzhugh St. 305-5017. [ SAT., JANUARY 16 ] Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Conference. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wilson Foundation Academy,

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Rochester Beekeepers. 1-3 p.m. Hansen Nature Center, 1525 Calkins Rd. Free, donations accepted. 820-6619. rochesterbeekeepers.com/.

Recreation Saturday Snowshoeing. 1-3 p.m Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave Excluding Dec. 26 & Jan. 16 $3-$5, includes snowshoe rental and hot chocolate. 336-3035. westirondequoit.org/HelmerNC.

Special Events [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] 8th Annual Greater Rochester Career Conference and Job Fair. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monroe Community College, 1000 East Henrietta Road 585-2583500. rochesterworks.org/ careerconference.aspx. [ THU., JANUARY 14 ] Birding Van Tour: Montezuma’s Winter Raptors. 2:30-5 p.m.

Montezuma Audubon Center, 2295 State Route 89 . Savannah $8- $13.50. 315-365-3580. montezuma@audubon.org. audubon.org. [ FRI., JANUARY 15 ] Dr Martin Luther King Jr Celebration. 5 p.m. First Community Interfaith Institute, Inc., 219 Hamilton St. 461-0379. fciirochester.org/. [ SAT., JANUARY 16 ] Rochester Gluten Free Meet & Mingle Blackout Dinner.

6-8 p.m. The Seedfolk Store, 540 W. Main St. Registration Required 585-732-0002. asktheglutenfreechef@ gmail.comeventbrite.com/e/ rochester-gluten-free-meetmingle-blackout-dinnertickets-19873268481.

Sri Lanka Organic Farm Fundraiser. 7 p.m. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave $100. 794-3894.

THEATER | “THE DEVIL, THE WITCH, AND THE BLACKSMITH”

The Kingfisher Theater is one of the newer companies in town, and artistic director Kevin Dedes is wasting no time establishing a reputation for producing new works. Dedes teamed up with local performer Amy Canfield (who also directs the newest show) to write a world premiere production, “The Devil, the Witch, and the Blacksmith,” based on the short tale “Christmas Eve,” which is part of Nikolai Gogol’s collection “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka.” The Ukrainian holiday story is filled with magic, farce, stage fights, and comedic situations, but doesn’t get too scary for children.

“The Devil, the Witch, and the Blacksmith” plays 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 14, and Friday, January 22; 2 p.m. Saturday, January 16, and Saturday, January 23; 1 p.m. Sunday, January 17, and Sunday, January 24, at South Wedge Mission, 125 Caroline Street. Tickets are $13 for seniors and students, $15 general admission. Purchase online at artful.ly/thekingfishertheater or by calling 454-9371. — BY LEAH STACY [ SUN., JANUARY 17 ] Hochstein Musical Mystery Tour.

2-4 p.m. Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. $3- $10. 585-454-4596. hochstein.org.

Theater The Amen Corner. Jan. 19-23.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Jan. 19-23, 7:30 p.m. Discussions and reflections with cast Jan. 24, 1 p.m. A play by James Baldwin muccc.org.

Anybody For Murder. Jan. 15-24. Masonic Lodge, 133 S. Union Street, Spencerport Through Jan. 24. Fri. and Sat. Jan. 15 & 16 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. Jan. 22 & 23, 7:30 p.m. and Sun. Jan. 24, 2 p.m. A thrilling comedy full of twists and turns and a very unexpected ending. The Footlight Players $12-$14.

225-6163.

The Devil, the Witch, and the Blacksmith. Through Jan. 24.

South Wedge Mission (Lutheran

Mary Poppins. FridaysSundays Hale Auditorium, Roberts Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr Through Jan 24. Fri. Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m., Sun. Jan. 17, 2 p.m., Fri. Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., Sun. Jan. 24, 2 p.m $17-$23. rwcctheatre@ gmail.com. https://theatermgr. roberts.edu/.

Riding the Midnight Express.

Jan. 14-24, 7-8:30 p.m.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St Through Jan. 24. Thursdays 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Billy Hayes recounts the true story of his time in Turkish prisons and his brazen, harrowing escape

Church of Peace), 125 Caroline St. Through Jan. 24. Thurs. Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 16, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Sun. Jan. 17, 1 p.m., Fri. Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Jan. 23, 2 p.m., and Sun. Jan. 24, 1 p.m. A tale of magic and farce in a sleepy Ukrainian village on Christmas Eve $15. 585-4549371. thekingfishertheater.org.

Ivy + Bean: The Musical. Jan. 16-24. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Through Jan. 24. Sat. Jan. 16 & 23, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m., and Sun. Jan. 17 & 24, 2 p.m $15-$16. 461-200 x 269. TykesTheatre.org.

Open House: Magic in the Making. Mon., Jan. 18, 4-7 p.m. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd 232-4382. gevatheatre.org.

$26-29. 585-325-4370. downstairscabaret.com.

Sneeze. Jan. 15-16. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Fri. Jan. 15, 8 p.m. and Sat. Jan. 16, 4 & 8 p.m. A comedy by Katie Ganem $10-$15. muccc.org.

Tea With Mrs. Jeffrey. Sat., Jan. 16, 1-2:30 p.m. Central Library of Rochester, Rundel Auditorium, 115 South Ave 585-428-8370. libraryweb. org/eventsIndividual. aspx?id=502743.

The Wizard of Oz. Jan. 19-24.

Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. Through Jan. 24.

Tues.-Thurs. Jan. 19-21, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Sat. Jan. 23, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun. 1 & 6:30 p.m $36.50-$66.50. 800745-3000. ticketmaster.com.

Workshops [ WED., JANUARY 13 ] A Firm and Encouraging Parent. 6-8 p.m. Mental Health Association, 320 N. Goodman St. 325-3145 x131. mharochester.org. [ THU., JANUARY 14 ] Beer Styles, A Tour & Tasting.

6:30-8 p.m. Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. $10. 585-7307034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ SAT., JANUARY 16 ] Introduction to Gem and Mineral Identification. 10 a.m.noon. Studio 34 Creative Arts Center, 34 Elton Street in the Neighborhood of the Arts $50,

registration required 585-7375858. info@studio34artists. com. studio34artists.com.

Wet-Plate Collodion Photography. 2-4 p.m.

Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. $30. 585-730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com.

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Top 15 movies of 2015 [ ANALYSIS ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

2015 has been over for almost two weeks now, and the big Oscar contenders have just about finished trickling into Rochester theaters. We’re still waiting on a few last-minute stragglers (“Anomalisa” opens next week and “45 Years” is due in February), but there’s more than enough to begin taking stock of the year that was.

A couple of trends immediately come into focus: 2015 feels like the year “sequel” finally stopped being a dirty word, with at least two ranking among the best films of the year, while “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” and “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens” delivered exciting, satisfying entries to existing franchises. It was a year that also brought us a ton of great movies centered around women, though it remained a frustrating rarity to find a film that was actually directed by one.

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extremely transitory; any of the following films could easily be reordered or swapped out for any of the runners-up. In fact, it’s very likely the films will have already rearranged themselves in my mind the second this list goes to press.

What were your favorite films of 2015? Let us know in the comment section of this article at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

1. “Mad Max: Fury Road”: Watching George

Miller’s apocalyptic death race felt like huffing pure, undiluted cinema. Here was a film so beautifully bonkers it seems that it couldn’t possibly have sprung from the same studio system that brought us generic blockbusters like “Terminator: Genisys” and “Jurassic World.” It shall ride eternal, shiny and chrome.

2. “The Duke of Burgundy”: The lurid sounding plot description likely kept some people away, which is a shame because Peter Strickland’s sensual and darkly comedic drama — about the dominant-submissive relationship between two women — has a lot to say about the dynamics of any long-term relationship. Plus, it offers an infinitely more honest depiction of BDSM than anything found in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

3. “Tangerine”:

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Hugh Keays-Byrne portrayed the fearsome Immortan Joe in “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

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Following a day in the lives of two transgender sex

workers (wonderfully played by Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) as they stomp their way down the streets of Los Angeles, “Tangerine” is as fresh, funny, and vital as anything I saw this year.

4. “The Look of Silence”: The heart-stopping companion film to Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Act of Killing” continues his exploration into the lingering effects of Indonesia’s anti-communist genocide — this time through the eyes of an optician still haunted by his brother’s death.

5. “Spotlight”: Tom McCarthy’s love letter to the power of journalism made honest-to-god research (in a library) into tense, fascinating drama. This was the year’s best ensemble performance.

6. “Room”: The “Room” is the movie that (hopefully) makes Brie Larson the star she’s so long deserved to be. Director Lenny Abrahamson takes a horrifying subject — the forced imprisonment of a young woman and her 5-year-old son — and turns it into a heartfelt and hopeful story about the triumph of the human spirit.

7. “Inside Out”: Directors Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen crafted charming mainstream family entertainment from a deceptively complex story about the importance of both joy and sadness in all of our lives.

8. “Creed”: “Fruitvale Station” director Ryan Coogler effortlessly made the transition to bigbudget filmmaking with this crowd-pleasing sports drama that resurrected and reinvented the “Rocky” franchise. Michael B. Jordan delivers the best male lead performance of the year (you heard me, Leo).

9. “Ex Machina”: The directorial debut of writer Alex Garland explores the dangers of when man’s arrogance and artificial intelligence meet. Also Oscar Isaac dancing.

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10. “Magic Mike XXL”: It’s no surprise that a

film all about pleasure made for a joyous viewing experience. That it also managed to be inclusive, empowering, and subversive at the same time? Just whipped cream on the sundae.

11. “Carol”: Todd Haynes found aching beauty in this film about the love between two women living in a society that barely allows them the words to express it.

12. “It Follows”: Delightfully unnerving and intriguingly open-ended, David Robert Mitchell’s sexually-transmitted ghost story burrowed under my skin more than any other horror film this year.

Also my pick for the year’s best score.

13. “Slow West”: Like “The Revenant,” this western pits men against a harsh, unforgiving world that wants nothing more than to see them dead. But director John Maclean injects his tale with 10 times more emotion, heart, and soul.

14. “Phoenix”: Christian Petzold’s unforgettable post-WWII riff on “Vertigo” was mesmerizing, with a phenomenal lead performance from Nina Hoss and what is hands-down the best ending of the year.

15. “Finders Keepers”: Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel’s deeply humane documentary follows what could easily have been an exploitative tabloid story — the custody battle over an amputated leg — and used it to dig deeper into the lives of the real, flawed people behind it.

At last Sunday’s Golden Globe ceremony, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s miserablist, macho survival tale, “The Revenant,” took home awards for Best Picture, drama; Director; and Actor, drama.

While it remains to be seen whether that will translate to Oscar gold (Academy Award nominations are announced Thursday), the Globes generally have a spotty record for predicting which way the Oscar winds will blow — and these prizes seemed more a way to make up for not rewarding the director for “Birdman” last year. It’s a dumb reason to award a film, made more so because while “The Revenant” is gorgeous to look at, it’s absolutely miserable to watch.

“The Revenant” is inspired “in part” by the real-life story of fur trader Hugh Glass (a disheveled Leonardo DiCaprio), who survived being mauled by a bear and left for dead by the men he was hired to guide through the wilderness. After the attack, expedition leader Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson, having a hell of a year) decides that his men will split

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up. Most will forge ahead to Fort Kiowa, but John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy, quite good in the latest in his series of marblemouthed heavies) and a young man named Bridger (Will Poulter, giving one of the film’s strongest performances) will stay behind with the gravely wounded Glass and his half-Native American son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck). Concluding that being slowed down is too big of a risk, Fitzgerald instead murders Hawk and essentially buries Glass alive, leaving the now rather ticked-off man alone to crawl out of his grave and make his way 200 miles across the stark wilderness on his quest for vengeance.

There’s much to admire in “The Revenant”: it’s astonishing to look at, with some stunning sequences captured by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.

Things start off strong with a startling raid on the expedition’s camp by a tribe of Arikara, who we later learn were searching for the chief’s kidnapped daughter (the only roles for women in this tale are as a ghost or a rape victim).

And the bear attack is terrifyingly intense.

Filmed entirely in natural light, there’s a primordial beauty to the film’s landscape that’s incredibly striking. But while the scenes that take place in it are impeccably staged, they feel just that: staged. At one point in the film, a character exhales and the camera lens fogs up. It’s a simple, but extremely strange moment since it seems entirely at odds with the gritty realism that Iñárritu is ostensibly after. It reminds us that what we’re watching is only a film, and Iñárritu is right there behind the lens.

Over the past few months, the media has been filled with stories about how difficult this film was to make and the hardships its cast and crew had to suffer through for the sake of art. But art shouldn’t be an endurance test. There’s no questioning DiCaprio’s commitment; no doubt he worked hard to get into the mindset of such a

physical character, but we never burrow any deeper into Glass’ character than his capabilities as a survivor. He’s not helped by the fact that Glass personifies the well-worn cliché of the spiritual white man gifted with the abilities of the indigenous people who raised him.

At a certain point, the amount of misfortunes inflicted on our hero tip into the comical; by the time he’s being swept over a waterfall like the grimmest of Looney Toons characters, I had to laugh. Birth.Movies.Death. critic Devin Faraci described the film as “a prestige episode of Jackass,” and that’s pretty spot on. When the climax comes around, with two characters rolling around in the snow, grunting, stabbing, and biting off bits of each other, it all feels a little silly — made all the more so by the fact that in real life, that confrontation never even happened.

The film makes occasional grasps at profundity, dabbling at becoming a meditation on the morality of revenge.

During the opening attack, there’s a shot — beginning with a man getting killed, then following the native who kills him, then the man who kills the native, and so on — which has more meaning behind it than the following two-and-ahalf hours combined.

Iñárritu’s previous film, “Birdman,” took home Best Picture at last year’s Oscars. At the time I couldn’t help sensing that the film thought it was much cleverer than it actually was, and “The Revenant” provides no evidence to make me feel I misjudged it. I respect the technical craft and skill that went into creating this world, but the experience was empty, dissipating the second I left the theater. Maybe it’s because Justin Kurzel’s lovely “Macbeth” adaptation is still fresh in my mind, but as the credits rolled, what immediately popped into my head was the mad king’s lament at being trapped in a tale “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

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[ OPENING ] 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (R): Michael Bay tackling the Benghazi story, which means one thing: get ready for BAY-GHAZI! Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE CHINATOWN MYSTERY (1928): This newly restored silent serial provides mystery, suspense, intrigue, and melodrama. Dryden (Tue, Jan 19, 8 p.m.)

IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (2015): Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman explores the culture, politics and daily life of the NYC district of Jackson Heights, which lays claim to being the most diverse neighborhood in the world.

Dryden (Sun, Jan 17, 2 p.m.)

THE MAJOR (2013): Driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth, a police officer runs down a young boy. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime.

Dryden (Fri, Jan 15, 8 p.m.)

NORM OF THE NORTH (PG): Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm winds up in New York City, where he becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.

Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown PALE RIDER (1985): Clint Eastwood stars as a mysterious preacher, who protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land. Dryden (Thu, Jan 14, 8 p.m.)

PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006): In 1944 Spain, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. From director Guillermo del Toro. Little (Fri, Jan 15, 10 p.m.)

RIDE ALONG 2 (PG-13): As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soonto-be brother-in-law to bring down a drug dealer who’s been supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster RUNNING OUT OF TIME (1999): A hostage negotiator finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72-hour game by a cancer-suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong’s organized crime syndicates.

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WHERE A GOOD MAN GOES (1999): Fresh from a prison term, a former crime boss resides in a hotel in Macau, where he befriends its owner and her young son. Dryden (Wed, Jan 13, 8 p.m.) [ CONTINUING ] ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP (G): Alvin, Simon and Theodore decide to drive to NYC to stop Dave from proposing to his new girlfriend.

Why? Because they’re

assholes. Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE BIG SHORT (R):The true story of the men who predicted the housing market meltdown, and made millions off it.

Starring Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Brad Pitt. Culver, Henrietta, Pittsford, Webster BROOKLYN (PG-13): Saoirse Ronan stars as a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to America in the 1950s, and finds herself torn between her new life and the one she left behind. Culver, Little, Pittsford CAROL (R): In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk falls for an older, married woman.

Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Kyle Chandler. Culver, Greece, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown CONCUSSION (PG-13): Will Smith stars as an accomplished pathologist who uncovers the dangerous truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions. With Albert Brooks, Alec Baldwin, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Culver, Eastview, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster CREED (PG-13): The son of champion fighter Apollo Creed enlists Rocky Balboa to train him in this “Rocky” series spin-off. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Phylicia Rashad, and Tessa Thompson. Culver, Tinseltown DADDY’S HOME (PG-13): A mild-mannered executive strives to become the best step dad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling father arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids. Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE DANISH GIRL (R): This love story is inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener, one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, and Ben Whishaw.

Little, Pittsford THE FOREST (PG-13): A young woman searches for her twin sister, who mysteriously disappeared in a Japanese forest, only to find herself surrounded by paranormal forces. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE GOOD DINOSAUR (PG): Pixar’s newest is an epic journey into a world where dinosaurs never went extinct, following an apatosaurus named Arlo who makes an unlikely human friend.

Tinseltown GOOSEBUMPS (PG): A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set loose on their small town.

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THE HATEFUL EIGHT (R): A group of corrupt bounty hunters, criminals, and lawmen seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception in the latest from Quentin Tarantino.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (PG): Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in this sequel to the popular animated film.

Movies 10 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 (PG13): In the epic conclusion to the popular series, the war of Panem escalates to the as Katniss must bring together an army against President Snow.

Eastview, Henrietta,Tinseltown THE INTERN (PG-13): A 70-year-old widower becomes a senior intern at an online fashion website. Starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Movies 10 JOY (PG-13): Jennifer Lawrence stars in this true story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE MARTIAN (PG-13): Matt Damon is an astronaut left behind on Mars when the rest of his crew mistakenly believe he’s died after a NASA mission goes wrong. Adapted from the novel by Andy Weir. Movies 10 THE PEANUTS MOVIE (G): Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang comes to the big screen in an all-new animated feature.

Movies 10 THE REVENANT (R): In the 1820s, a frontiersman sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Domhnall Gleeson. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Little, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford SISTERS (R): Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play two sisters who decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster SPOTLIGHT (R): The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese. Starring Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Mark Ruffalo.

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FOREST of DREAMS David Stern, an organic farmer who has been in the business for more than 40 years, knows the Johnsons. He says that he doesn’t like to discourage people from going into farming, but that he’s honest with them, anyway.

“I don’t recommend going into agriculture,” he says. “A lot of farms go out of business every day and no one even blinks an eye.”

When people come to him for advice, as they often do, he says that he has three questions for them: “How old are you? What is your debt? And who’s coming along behind you?” he says.

Stern, who’s in his 60’s, says that youth and physical fitness are important. If you injure yourself, he says, your farm business is in trouble.

And farming often means taking on a lot of debt, he says, and some people don’t have the stomach for that.

“You have to learn how to incorporate disaster,” Stern says. “Some of the crops here have started to bud (because of the warm December). We may never even get a single blueberry in the summer because of it, but we have to go on nurturing those bushes.”

And as a farmer ages, he says, you need younger family members who can take over the business.

“But a lot of kids are not willing to do it because it’s too hard,” Stern says.

But there are some signs, however faint, that

prospects for farmers may be changing. After a 70-year decline in the number of small farms, the Washington Post reported recently that the number of farms in the US increased by 4 percent between 2002 and 2007, mostly due to small farmers. And it appears as though the trend is holding.

“We’ve seen a definite increase in the number of organic certifications,” says Nancy Apolito, interim director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association. “We’re at the highest level of membership in years.”

Noah and Abe Johnson say that they know what they’ve gotten themselves into; they’ve been around farming all of their lives.

“Our grandfathers on both sides were farmers growing potatoes and apples,” Noah Johnson says. “And we’ve worked on all different kinds of farms.”

They’ve continued to work other jobs to support themselves while starting the farm, though they say they’ll transition to working full time on the farm in the spring.

And they’ve used mushrooms as a kind of springboard to expand.

“Mushrooms are making the money we need for our fruit trees, nut trees, vegetables, and herbs,” Abe Johnson says. “The safety in permaculture is diversity. If one thing kind of fails or is slower, then you have other things that will make up for it.”

They’ve also kept their expenses to a minimum. For instance, instead of attempting to purchase their own land, they sublease land

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from Peacework Farm, an organic farm which is based on a community-supported agricultural model. The Johnsons also sell their mushrooms through Peacework. Their prices vary, but they get about $5 per quart for their shiitakes.

Peacework leases its farmland from the Genesee Land Trust, whose mission is to preserve and protect natural lands and waterways. The organization oversees roughly 4,800 acres in Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, and Ontario counties. Generally, CSA’s are membership farms. The advantages for CSA customers are easy access to farm-fresh organic items, variety and diversity, and knowing the local source of the food and how it’s grown.

The Johnsons have a similar relationship with Upstate Collective. The main advantages to these kinds of relationships for farmers are more time for farming rather than distributing the produce, and they can sell more produce to targeted audiences.

Noah Johnson says that their business plan is not wedded to expanding their farm so much in acreage as it is to continue creating niche crops. This will also keep their costs down, he says, while building revenue.

Elizabeth Henderson, co-founder of Peacework Farm, says that the Johnson brothers are on the right track. Henderson would know.

She wrote the book “Sharing the Harvest,” which many consider to be the gold standard in community-supported organic farming.

“I think they’re definitely part of a really healthy trend,” she says. “In this era of climate change, this is the kind of agriculture we need.”

If we want to keep the planet from further warming, Henderson says, we need to grow organic produce and buy it. Large amounts of fossil fuels are needed to create chemical fertilizers.

“We need to bring thousands of Johnson brothers into small organic farming,” she says.

Henderson and others say that farming is a lifestyle choice that has become more attractive to some young people. She tells new farmers that if they can learn to live with less money and material things, that it can be strangely liberating.

The Johnsons agree; it’s the lifestyle that motivates them, they say.

“We are trying to create the kind of farm where the work we’re doing is work we enjoy doing and not torturing us,” Abe Johnson says.

“We don’t take days off, but that’s farming.

Sometimes I’m out here in the dark. But nothing thrills me more than when someone says our mushrooms are the best-tasting mushrooms they’ve ever eaten.”

He says that the key is not letting what other people think of farming limit their imagination. And they allow themselves to make mistakes.

“We dug a pond once that wouldn’t hold water,” Abe Johnson says. “We still hope one day it will work. It does fill up, but then it doesn’t hold. But the frogs like it.”

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When you stand on the sidewalk and admire the handsome 1894 Shingle style home at 63 Brunswick Street you might first notice the unique fieldstone and brick foundation that extends around the grand porch, into the columns and up to the second story. Then you look up and are struck by the stunning leaded glass windows in the gable peak.

Those beautiful windows, as well as ones on the north and south exposures, are all in the attic! That single detail encapsulates why this home is so special. Architect Otis Dryer designed this home for himself and the fact that no one would experience the drama of these windows from the inside didn’t matter. The visual impact from the street was enough! The possibility does present itself, however, of finishing this full attic as a master suite like no other.

With that being said, this house is in perfect condition for new owners to move in without expending an ounce of renovation energy.

It seems every detail has been taken care of. The laundry room was moved from the basement into the convenient mud room.

The second floor bathroom at the rear of the home was small so the vintage tub and pedestal sink were relocated to a foyer entrance leading out to the second floor enclosed porch (now heated). This has created one of the most unusual and dramatic bathrooms I’ve ever seen, with beautiful stained glass windows that allow a great deal of light into the spacious room. And the bathroom in the

back now has a modern, sleek shower and sink. The fifth bedroom has been converted into a luxurious walk-in closet. Again, the look is clean and sleek and complements the home’s character.

However, it is the original details that really make this home a showstopper. When you walk in the front door your jaw will drop at the original wooden staircase. With ornately carved oak and birdseye maple, it is quite spectacular. The carving on the newel posts is truly exquisite. Original unpainted woodwork is abundant throughout the main floor. The wood burning fireplace with builtin bookshelves (and a matching set of builtins on the opposite wall) makes the large living room even more warm and inviting.

There is stained glass, inlaid tiger oak floors and pocket door.

Outside is a private deck, three car garage and a fully fenced backyard of beautiful pavers. All this on a quiet street in the popular Park Avenue neighborhood. The price has been reduced to $324,500 and you can contact Michael Mummery with Nothnagle at 585-389-4031. This is a showcase property that won’t last long on the market once everyone knows that most of the doorknobs are solid wood! Who could pass that up?

by Larry Francer Larry is the Associate Director of Preservation at The Landmark Society.

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consider opening their homes to foster children. Call 334-9096 or visit www.MonroeFosterCare.org.

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Training provided! Go to our website theisaiahhouse.org for an application or call the House at 232-5221.

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Required: High School or equivalent diploma, LPN license from an accredited program and a minimum of 1 year of experience. New York State Driver's License required. Candidates must meet agency driving and insurance standards. Prior experience with children/youth preferred.

Registered Nurse 1 RN 1- Part-Time Nurse for our Crestwood Campus.

24 Hours, Friday 3pm-11:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 11pm-7:30am. (Reference # 7749) RN 1 -Two Part-Time Weekend Nurses for our Monroe Campus.

-Part-Time- 16 Hours, Saturday and Sunday 7am-3pm (Reference # 7271) -Part-Time - 8 Hours, Sunday 11pm-7:30am (Reference # 7270) The Registered Nurse is responsible for the evaluation and delivery of quality health care services and works in collaboration with a dynamic clinical team to promote physical and emotional wellness for children and youth in our program.

Required: Associate’s Degree from an accredited Registered Nursing program required (Bachelor’s preferred). NYS RN license. Applicants must have valid NYS driver’s license and must meet agency driving and insurance standards.

Hillside Family of Agencies offers flexible schedules, excellent salary and benefits packages including medical, 403(b) with employer matching contributions, generous PTO, 9 holidays, and more! Please send all resumes to jobs@hillside.com including reference number for the position you are applying for.

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Notice of Formation of ROBINSON LANDSCAPE DESIGNS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/12/2015.

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 251 BLACKWELL LANE, HENRIETTA, NY 14467.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CLEMENT INVESTORS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/15.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 71 N. Country Club Dr., Rochester, NY 14618.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]

Food Service Worker (FSW) and Environmental Services Worker (ESW) Food Service Worker (FSW) Part-Time,with benefits. Monday through Friday from 8:30am-2:00pm at our Atlantic Avenue location. (Reference # 7573) The FSW is responsible for assisting assigned sites within Hillside Family of Agencies, under the general supervision of the Kitchen Supervisor. The FSW ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels are adhered to regarding preparation, quality and cost control. This position is responsible for the overall sanitation within the kitchen, in concert with the other member of the team and is responsible for assisting in preparing all foods using standardized recipes. This position interacts with youth and staff in a friendly, professional manner, follows job flow, attends meetings as requested, completes special cleaning assignments and assembles orders to be transported out of the kitchen. Driving is required for deliveries to various sites.

Required: NYS driver’s license- candidates must meet Agency driving and insurance standards.

Prefer 1-3 years of experience working in kitchens.

Environmental Services Worker (ESW) Full-Time, with benefits. Wednesday through Sunday from 7:00am-3:00pm at our Monroe Avenue location (on a bus route). (Reference # 7709) The ESW performs all duties under the general supervision of the Environmental Services Supervisor and is responsible for the cleanliness and sanitation of the complete facility. The ESW completes assigned work daily which includes general cleaning, floor care, carpet care, windows, dusting and trash removal. Prefer candidates with 1-3 years of experience in Environmental Services.

Hilllside Family of Agencies offers flexible schedules, excellent salary and benefits packages including medical and 403(b) with employer matching contributions, generous PTO, 9 holidays, and more!

Please send your resume and our Employment Application Part A to jobs@hillside.com including the reference number for the position you are applying for.

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449 FERNWOOD AVENUE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/07/15. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 137-42 76th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11367.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] 75 Lapham LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/8/15.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to c/o Mark Hudson Management PO Box 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General purpose [ NOTICE ] 9 Wisteria, LLC, Art of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/8/2016. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2 Wisteria Lane, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: Any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Amanda Regan Mental Health Counseling PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/16/15. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Amanda Regan, 722 Weiland Rd., #200, Rochester, NY 14626.

Purpose: Mental Health Counselor. [ NOTICE ] AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to modify

an existing wireless telecommunications facility located at 50 Chestnut Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY. Modifications include the removal and replacement of three existing antennas with six new antennas mounted at a centerline height of 170-feet above ground level on the 182-feet 5-inch building. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to: Project 6115006781-AMG c/o EBI Consulting, 21 B Street, Burlington, MA 01803, or (585) 8153290. [ NOTICE ] Augie199, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/11/15. 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, 199 Dorking Rd., Rochester, NY 14610. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Branch 1 & 2 LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on December 18, 2015.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 425 Stone Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Custom Comfort Performance 3D Printing, LLC filed Articles of Organization with NYS on December 11th, 2015.

Its principal office is in Monroe County, New York.

The principal business location is 732 Pittsford Victor Rd Pittsford, NY 14534. The Secretary of State has been designated as its agent and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it is c/o Custom Comfort Performance 3D Printing, LLC 732 Pittsford Victor Rd Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] G. DOMINGUE #1 WELL, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/31/2015. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 51 Lac Kine Dr., Rochester, NY 14618, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Ingahart, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Mort Segelin, Manager, 2564 Oakview Dr., Rochester, NY 14617.

General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Inkfu, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/12/15. 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, 10 Gordon Heights Rd., Rochester, NY 14610.

General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Maybird LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/30/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Josh Netsky, 24 Westwood Dr., E. Rochester, NY 14445.

General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending, for a beer, wine and liquor license has been applied for by D3M LLC dba The Blossom Road Pub,194-198 North Winton Road, Rochester NY 14610, County of Monroe, for a tavern under the alcohol beverage law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Crystal 328, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/17/2015 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 2299 Brighton Henrietta TL, #2, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC N PAWS LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/24/15 to be formed on 01/01/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 26478, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 1775 Buffalo Rd., LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/16/2015.

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, 325 Mt Read Blvd., Rochester NY 14611. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 300 Bremen Street LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/15/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 620 Park Ave., #175, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 619 Jefferson Land Holding, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/16/15. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2740 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 677 West Ferry Realty Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/15.

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, Attn: Jordan C. Alaimo, Esq., 350 Linden Oaks, Ste. 310, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 7-11 Ashland Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/15. 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, Attn: Jordan C. Alaimo, Esq., 350 Linden Oaks, Ste. 310, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 748 MARINER CIRCLE LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 12/28/2015.

Office in Monroe County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 748 MARINER CIRCLE LLC, 748 MARINER CIRCLE, WEBSTER, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 800lb Lemur Publishing

Legal Ads LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/18/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 9 Sandy Hill, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Name of LLC: ROBERT MORGAN LIMIT III LLC. Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NYS Dept. of State: March 16, 2009. Office of the LLC: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served. NY Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 184-B Seasons Trail, Webster, New York 14580.

Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Amherst Realty Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/9/15. 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, Attn: Jordan C. Alaimo, Esq., 350 Linden Oaks, Ste. 310, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of B. Jones Marketing, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/15/15. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 32 Harlem St, #1, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Baird Real Estate, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/6/2015.

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: Donald J. Russ, Jr., 30 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 2600, Chicago, IL 60606.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BOXWOOD BARN LLC. Arts. of Org. were filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 11/13/2015. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail

copy of process to the LLC at 66 S. Main St, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Buffalo Real Estate Holdings LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/9/15.

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, Attn: Jordan C. Alaimo, Esq., 350 Linden Oaks, Ste. 310, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Charlotte-Rochester GP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/13/15. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 33 Silver St., Suite 200, Portland, ME 04101. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Christa Hyatt LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/18/15.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DJL GROUP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/15. 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 ] Notice of Formation of EASTCOAST TAVERN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/10/15. 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 Mike Tascione, 469 Heathland Circle, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of foundphotographs llc Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/04/15. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1589 Clover St., Rochester, NY 14610.

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

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Gambino Agency LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/8/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2820 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Grove Underhill Properties, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/16/15. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 56 Clintwood Ct., Rochester, NY 14620.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IHOUSE GROUP LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/10/2015.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 19E Brook Hill Ln, Rochester, 14625. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J&B DIGITAL ADVERTISING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/27/15.

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 ] Notice of formation of J&S Realty Holdings, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on November 16, 2015.

Office in Monroe County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall

mail process to the LLC, PO BOX 54 Yorba Linda CA 92885. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Jreige Realty, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Secty of State of NY (SSNY) on March 7, 2008. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO BOX 54 Yorba Linda CA 92885. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose [ NOTICE ]

of NY (SSNY) on 12/11/15.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 200 Park Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PLYMOUTH TERRACE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/01/15.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1001 LEXINGTON AVENUE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY Dewey Ave Gardens LLC has filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on October 22, 2015. Its office is located in Monroe County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to the LLC, at 11 Sturbridge Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. Its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act.

Notice of Formation of Rochester Uniforms LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/10/2015.

Office location: Monroe County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7014 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of New Life Trucking LLC. Art. of Org. filed sec’y of state (SSNY) 12/21/15.

Office: Monroe County designation as process agent. Addr: 53 Atwood Dr. Rochester NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of SUMKET DEVELOPMENT LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 09/08/14.

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 1001 Lexington Avenue Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Oak Hill Business Services LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/01/2015. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to16 Oak Hill Terrace, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of PANORAMA LANDING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/2015.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1890 S. Winton Rd., Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PERRIBLE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SUNNKING SHREDDING SYSTEMS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/2015.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 4 Owens Rd., Brockport NY 14420.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tandem Running, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 8, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Tandem Running, 31 High Point Dr. Spencerport, NY . Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TD ANDERSON HAULERS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) 12/11/2015. Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 175 Eagan Blvd Rochester NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Transformative Energy, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/5/16. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 31 W. Main St., LeRoy, NY 14482.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of TRIME, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 12/16/2015.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2024 W. Henrietta Rd., Ste. 3D, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of VICTOR PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/04/15. Office in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7450 Pittsford Palmyra Rd Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of WHAT BOX? EVENTS, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 1/7/2016. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2024 W. Henrietta Rd., Ste. 3D, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Yvonne S Whitmore Children LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/8/15. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 11 Bosworth Field, Mendon,

NY 14506. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Alden GP-Rochester Highlands, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/15. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/17/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205.

DE address of LLC: 1675 South State St., Ste. B, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of HORSEHEADS NCP, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/16/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12206. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Drive, Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904.

Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of USL Rochester I, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/3/15.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 3 E. Stowe Rd., Suite 100, Marlton, NJ 08053. LLC formed in DE on 11/13/15.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o The Corporation Trust Co., 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of VetCor of Brockport LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/2/15. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 350 Lincoln Place, Ste. 111, Hingham, MA 02043. LLC formed in DE on 11/18/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall

mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] One Woman Shop, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/27/15. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, 4101 Lake Boone Trl., Ste. 300, Raleigh, NC 27607.

General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Randi Barrell Mental Health Counseling, PLLC Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/28/15.

Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 722 Weiland Road, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: Mental Health Counseling [ NOTICE ] RCH ENTERPRISES OF ROCHESTER LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/24/2015. 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 1474 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ROCBERRY MARKETING LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on December 15, 2015.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 43 Wenham Ln, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Sunvestment Energy Group NY 60, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (“SOS”) on January 5, 2016. LLC office is in Monroe County.

SOS was designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail copy of any process served to 125 Tech Park Drive, Rochester, NY 14623. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful act or activity.

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VERCAT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/20/15. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2045.

Office: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 30 N. Union Street, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of RCM Hyatt LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/18/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Tech Logistics Group, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/15/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Jeffrey L. Tewksbury, 178 Lyell Ave., Spencerport, NY 14559. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] TMBRS DODGE LLC App. for Auth. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/31/2015. LLC was organized in UT on 7/30/2015. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to 7500 Jonquil Ct., Wilmington, NC 28409. Required office at 50 W. Canyon Crest Rd., Alpine, UT 84004. Cert. of Org. filed with Utah, Director of Div. of Corps., and Commercial Code, 160 East 300 South , 2nd Fl, Salt Lake City, UT 84114.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Upstate New York Real Estate Information Services LLC (“LLC”) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 23, 2015.

Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Upstate New York Real Estate Information Services LLC, 3445 Winton Place, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Waiwai New York, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/12/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Corporate Direct, Inc., 2248 Meridian Blvd., Ste. H, Minden, NV 89423.

General purpose. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of ATLAS AUTO LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/9/15. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1841 LYELL AVE., ROCH. NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of Infinidata, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/12/2015.

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 P.O. Box 403 East Rochester, NY 14445.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE } Notice of Qualification of Global Patent Solutions, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 12/30/15. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in AZ on 5/25/05.

NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. AZ and principal business address: 1375 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite 330, Scottsdale, AZ 85257.

Cert. of Form. filed with Executive Director, AZ Corporation Commission, 130 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007.

Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of 3930 St Paul LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on August 12, 2015. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 22 Glenville Drive, Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activity

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[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Pluta Realty LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 22, 2015 with an effective date of formation of December 22, 2015. Its principal place of business is located at 2990 East Avenue, 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 2990 East Avenue, Rochester, New York 14610. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PLLC ] Capuano Medical PLLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on December 18, 2015. Its principal place of business is located at 2640 Ridgeway Ave., 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 2640 Ridgeway Ave., Rochester, New York 14626. The purpose of the PLLC is to practice the profession of medicine. [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. 10029/14 , Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial, situs of the real property.

CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff against MITCHELL HILL, 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 defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, CAROLYN WHITT, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE J. HILL A/K/A WILLIE JEAN HILL A/K/A WILLA GENE A/K/A WILLA H. HILL A/K/A WILLIE J. JEAN A/K/A WILLA JEAN HILL A/K/A WILLIA JEAN HILL, WILLIE MARIE HILL, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE J. HILL A/K/A WILLIE JEAN HILL A/K/A WILLA GENE A/K/A WILLA H. HILL A/K/A WILLIE J. JEAN A/K/A WILLA

JEAN HILL A/K/A WILLIA JEAN HILL, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT), COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE – CIVIL ENFORCEMENT, CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, RAB PERFORMANCE RECOVERIES LLC, CAPITAL ONE BANK, SHERYL L. CUNNINGHAM, COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE – CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SECTION, JACK HILL A/K/A JACK HILL, JR., CYNTHIA HILL, SANDRA COLE, MICHELLE HILL, KATRINA HILL, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, COUNTY OF MONROE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ASHLEY TRAVIS, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after 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. 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) 812-4500The object of this action is to foreclose tax liens covering: 43 Ravenwood Avenue Rochester, New

York JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $3,559.68 plus interest [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] INDEX NO.: 2015/005232. Date Filed: 9/30/2015.

MORTGAGED PREMISES: 17 Klueh Street f/k/a 17 Klueh Park, Rochester, New York 14611. SBL #: 120.33-1-12. Plaintiff designates MONROE County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF MONROE HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- MAZIE WHITE, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, in any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL. 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 attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE

ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $21,502.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of MONROE on September 25, 2008, in BOOK NUMBER 22022 PAGE NUMBER 417, covering premises known as 17 Klueh Street f/k/a 17 Klueh Park, Rochester, New York 14611, - SBL #: 120.331-12. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises.

TO the Defendant MAZIE WHITE, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Richard A. Dollinger, J.S.C of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated September 14, 2015. Dated: New Rochelle, NY September 24, 2015 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. Sonia J. Baez, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL

LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home.

There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. [ WOODS HOLE VENTURES LLC ] Notice of filing of Application for Authority of limited liability company (LLC). Name of foreign LLC is WOODS HOLE VENTURES LLC. The Application for Authority was filed with the Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/23/2015.

Jurisdiction: Delaware.

Formed: 12/9/2015.

County: Monroe. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 43 Wenham Ln, Pittsford, NY 14534. The address of the office required to be maintained in Delaware is its registered agent: Corp1, 28 Old Rudnick La., Dover DE 19901.

The name and address of the authorized officer in Delaware where the Articles of Organization are filed is: Secretary of State, State of Delaware, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any and all lawful activities.

Fun [ NEWS OF THE WEIRD ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

Recent Recurring Themes

— Paul Stenstrom of Tarpon Springs, Florida, is among the most recent Americans to have discovered the brightest side of federal bankruptcy law, having lived in his mortgaged home basically free of charge from 2002 until 2013 by using the law to stave off foreclosure. Even though none of his 15 petitions was ever approved, he followed each one immediately with another petition, and it was not until 2013 that one judge finally declared Stenstrom a “serially abusive filer,” barring further petitions for two years — at which point his bank was able to conclude the foreclosure. Upon expiration of the two-year period in September 2015, Stenstrom quickly filed another bankruptcy petition — to keep from being evicted from the townhouse on whose rent he is four months behind.

— Bright Ideas: In October, once again, police (this time in Liyang in eastern China) arrested a man whom they accused of stealing women’s underwear, prolifically, with a device likened to a fishing rod, enabling him to reach into windows and extract goodies.

The suspect, 32, admitted to a three-year scheme, and in his van police found 285 bras and 185 panties.

— In December, Carlos Aguilera, 27, became the most recent brain-surgery patient to assist doctors by remaining conscious during the 12-hour operation — and playing his saxophone to help assure surgeons that their removal of a tumor was not affecting his speech, hearing or movement. The operation, at Spain’s Malaga Regional Hospital, was supposedly Europe’s first, but News of the Weird has reported two in the United States, including on a guitar- strumming man in 2013 at UCLA Medical Center.

— Least Competent Criminals: (1) Nurse’s aide Candace McCray, 36, is the most recent theft suspect to have worn some of

the purloined jewelry when meeting police detectives investigating the theft. An assisted-living resident in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, had described her missing gems, and McCray was questioned as someone with access to the woman’s room. (2) Joshua Jording, 26, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, became the most recent burglary suspect caught on surveillance video during the crime wearing a shirt with his name on it (which was later found in Jording’s home, along with a stash from the Dec. 2 burglary).

— More Core Failings of Carjackers: (1) Albert Luna, 19, was arrested in Coachella, California, in December and charged with swiping the keys while a Federal Express driver was unloading a package. The driver reported that Luna later walked away when he could not figure out how to drive the truck. (Bonus: The arrest report noted that during the entire episode, Luna was naked.)

(2) Kyle Blair, 25, was arrested in Surrey, British Columbia, in November when he approached a car at an intersection and attempted to pull the driver out. For one thing, the two men in the car were later described as “big, burly” guys, but more important, they were plainclothes police officers on a stakeout.

— Syrian refugees (mostly, Muslims) may pose a humanitarian and political crisis for Germany, but the Virginia Care company of Recklinghausen, Germany, said they are good for its business: sales of fake hymens, for women to convince Muslim grooms to believe they were wedding-night virgins. The non-chaste Virginia Care buyer inserts a packet of two membranes (about $54) that will burst by penetrative sex, releasing blood coloring. (The “blood” is available either in “original” dark brownish red, which parents are said to expect, or “advanced” brighter red, thought to be more satisfying to husbands.)

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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): A serious attitude with regard to a personal relationship will make you want to make a commitment or at least have some sort of plans in the works regarding where you live and who you are living with. Love is highlighted, along with a marriage proposal.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to love or resurrecting an old lover you cannot get out of your head, the planets are favoring you. Email or put in a phone call, and find out if the sparks are mutual and just as strong and passionate as they used to be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Question your motives. If you

are with someone because you don’t want to be alone, rethink your situation. Being with someone who doesn’t offer what you need and want is like living alone. Make a personal change that will give you the freedom to explore new love interests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take charge of your love life. Don’t be shy. Speak up and share your feelings and plans for the future. Your bold, unique way of presenting your vision and intentions will capture the heart of someone who wants to and is willing to walk down the aisle with you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t jump into a relationship without

testing the waters. Get to know the person you are attracted to.

Looks and physical attraction alone are not enough to make a lifelong commitment. Enjoy the courtship, and find out if the person you are enamored with shares your likes and dislikes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your emotions will be skyrocketing, making it difficult for you to know how you really feel. Don’t let anyone persuade you to move too quickly or to make a promise that you might not want to honor. Focus on building a strong friendship before you decide to become intimate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Confusion will mount if some-

one is abrupt or demanding.

Your free-spirited, peaceful demeanor will attract someone who wants to control your every move. Keep your distance and protect your freedom from someone who wants to micromanage your life. Ask a friend for advice regarding your most recent suitor.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Attracting a partner who can offer you the level of excitement and intensity you require will be dependent on your willingness to let down your barrier and offer a glimpse of who you really are. Present your vulnerable side, and someone equally as unique will pursue you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your changing attitude will make it difficult for you to pick the right partner. Go out and have fun. Just because you feel the need to settle down doesn’t mean you should. Your motives have to be right before you make a commitment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The person who shares your financial and philosophic values will attract you. Being able to share history and culture will make a difference to the outcome of any connection you make. Stick to tradition, and you will not be disappointed when it comes to love and marriage.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be attracted to someone who has a reputation for being a player. Don’t let that bother you. Your ability to keep up and outsmart anyone who wants to spar with you will be more than enough to hold his or her attention. Get ready for an exciting romantic rendezvous.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The fickle side of your personality will emerge if you encounter someone who wants to rule your world. Take a step back, and make it clear that you don’t want to be a chameleon. Look for someone who wants a relationship based on equality, not ownership.

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