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I tap, it’s basically tapping with your fingers.” MUSIC FEATURE, PAGE 16
School Board picks Vargas. NEWS, PAGE 5
Landmarking black history. NEWS, PAGE 4
That’s entertainment licensing! NEWS, PAGE 6
It’s all about the water. NEWS, PAGE 6
ART FEATURE | BY REBECCA RAFFERTY | PAGE 10 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
Magnum opus: photogs shoot Rochester It’s not often that a city gets the opportunity to take a good, focused look at itself. It’s rarer still when that chance is provided by individuals who excel at providing deep, steady looks at the state of human life. For almost two weeks now, 10 photographers from the New York-based Magnum agency have lived and worked alongside us, documenting daily life and fascinating nuance, and offering opportunities for the public to participate in an archive project called “House of Pictures.” On Saturday, April 28, these photographers will present their fragmented views of our city in a pop-up exhibition of the same name.
The Magnum agency is an international photojournalist collective founded in 1947; it is owned and cooperatively managed by its more than 80 photographer-members. The individuals participating in “House of Pictures” are Americans Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Bruce Gilden, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Larry Towell, and Alex Webb; Italian Paolo Pellegrin; Brit Martin Parr; and Donovan Wylie from Ireland. The project will include a documentary filmed by Taiwanese Magnum member Chien-Chi Chang.
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We need leaders to address climate change
Jeremy Moule gets at the complex ecological relationships in our area that will be disturbed by warming, throwing plants and animals that depend on each other out of sync (“Climate Change”: Upsetting the Balance,” April 18). What I find most disturbing this election year is failure of the media to grill our elected officials on climate change. The kind of actions that will be needed to adapt to and mitigate this warming will not be bottom-up, or small changes that won’t inconvenience anyone. The kind of actions that will be needed to protect the public during heat waves, where our electrical grid will be severely challenged by everyone turning on the AC’s at the same time, will be (as the NYSERDA “ClimAID” reports suggests) expensive and wide-spread, and will require long-term planning. This will take political leadership from leaders who recognize the depth of the problem and aren’t afraid to address climate change despite how politically “toxic” it is. FRANK J. REGAN
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Honor home of Douglass’s wife
“Rochester has a rich vein of African-American history as the one-time home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass” (“Landmark Society to Mine Rochester’s Black History,” April 18). Given Frederick Douglass’s overwhelming dominance of the Rochester African-American heritage scene, I would hope and expect that Mr. Goodman’s landmarks task force will expand its area of concentration outside of the Rochester city limits to include the designation of the home in Honeoye of Helen Pitts Douglass, Douglass’s second wife, as a site integral to his life story. This home, which is usually misidentified as the “Pitts Mansion” on Main Street, is fully deserving of recognition because it is a site strongly linked to the maintenance of Douglass’s legacy as a champion of freedom. It is not only the home of the woman he married in the City
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face of interracial biases and scorn, but is the last remaining link to the woman who, following his death, worked for years against the apathy of Douglass’s children to protect and preserve his home at Cedar Hill in Washington as well as his effects and papers, without which our knowledge of Douglass’s works and writings would be far less comprehensive then they are. Certainly the Pitts home is infinitely more relevant to both the black and white communities than a building in Rochester which Douglass simply owned but, as far as I know, never occupied. For, as Mr. Goodman has correctly stated, preservation must serve the entire community and not just certain segments. EMJAYEN
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Meeting the candidates for superintendent
The tantrum last night made me embarrassed as a parent and is helping to further the stereotype of dysfunctional black parents in the city (“Activists Disrupt Superintendent Search Forum,” April 18). I would not allow that type of bullying behavior from my two nephews, and I didn’t expect to see it from grown adults at an informational meeting. MARCUS JACKSON
Rochestercitynewspaper.com When you listen to both candidates, Andre Spencer is clearly the better choice. When you look at the accomplishments and qualifications, you wonder why Bolgen Vargas is even in the room. While the political infighting goes on, the RCSD youth continue to fail. That failure touches ALL cultures. It takes leadership to motivate the students, to assure that they attend, to involve the parent(s) in their education, to give teachers the opportunity to succeed, to make sure that when students graduate they have received a quality education, education that will allow them to find meaningful employment and or an opportunity to further their education. When you sincerely focus on that mission, there is no room for politics. Select the best candidate, which is clearly Andre Spencer, period. JOSH J. PORTE
Rochestercitynewspaper.com I am not certain that all of the activists’ concerns are valid. But I am not convinced that City Newspaper’s concerns are valid, either. Our community’s extreme apathy is threatening not only our democracy,
but the future of all of our children. Unfortunately, too many people don’t even care anymore. So when I see activists rally loudly for more transparency and more community involvement, I say, “Bravo!” We need a lot more of both. Let’s take our time with this important decision and see if we can get it right for a change. (And City Newspaper: next time you lament about low voter turnout, stop to consider how you may contribute to that through your quite selective appreciation of activism.) LARRY CHAMPOUX
Rochestercitynewspaper.com Bolgen Vargas is a good man and has done a good job to date. However, if it is true that he is controlled by Adam Urbanski and RTA, then we are in trouble. We’ve been in trouble since RTA received a 40 percent pay increase over 25 years ago. That money was supposed to be tied to accountability. Never happened, and RTA has run amuck. RUKOSINI
Rochestercitynewspaper.com I concur with the criticism regarding allowing Mr. Vargas to apply for school superintendent. It should not go unnoticed that his praises have been sung by Adam Urbanski, the teachers’ union chief. It seems pretty obvious that Mr. Vargas would be a shadow superintendent and that the real superintendent would be Mr. Urbanski. The latter’s conflicts with previous superintendents seem to be the result of their standing up to him and not allowing him to run the school system. Mr. Spencer, the other finalist, appears to be well qualified to become superintendent. As a new broom, Mr. Spencer would be able to sweep clean the entrenched interests in the administration and to stand up to Mr. Urbanski. JAMES R. BOEHLER, ROCHESTER
One thing we all can agree on is that what we have doesn’t work. This board can’t even be honest with their process. We need to either go with the parent trigger law or follow Mr. Gantt with mayoral control. I think parent trigger can get parents involved, and mayoral control can get the people involved. If they wanted open transparency, they should not have allowed Dr. Vargas to apply for the permanent position. Mr. Spencer sounded great, and after hearing him and Vargas, Mr. Spencer sounds like the better candidate. MIKE
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Jim Alesi’s stand, tainted This year’s election campaign is going to be a heck of a thing to watch, right down to the local level. In the Rochester region, much of the attention will be on the race between Louise Slaughter and Maggie Brooks for Slaughter’s seat in Congress. But before we get to that election, there could be some Republican primary drama in a state Senate race. Eight-term State Senator Jim Alesi is seeking re-election. Once a popular Republican legislator who secured lots of money for such causes as the Jazz Festival, Alesi has lost the support of some of his party’s leaders, and he’s expected to face a primary this fall. The reason, party leaders say: the bizarre suit Alesi filed after he entered a house he thought was for sale, fell, and broke his leg. Rather than being grateful that the homeowners didn’t go after him for trespassing, he sued them. It was a truly stupid move, and I take Republican leaders at their word that this is why they’re upset with him. Still, this race had the potential to be about something significant. Conservatives are furious with Alesi because he was a crucial “yes” vote on gay marriage. It would have been good to have a showdown over that issue in that district. And it would have been good to have a showdown over that issue in the Monroe County Republican Party, whose leadership has grown more conservative and more parochial. Maybe Alesi will prevail anyway. Maybe enough Republicans are sufficiently grateful for his gay-marriage vote to give him a pass on the suit. It’s questionable, though. And it’s too bad. Alesi’s poor judgment affected more than his own future in Albany. On another election note: For the past few months, much of the national political news has focused on the Republican candidates. With Mitt Romney’s nomination pretty much locked in, there’ll be more scrutiny of Barack Obama’s record. And a good place to start – for Obama supporters and opponents alike – is the March issue of The Atlantic, where James Fallows assesses Obama’s first term. Fallows interviewed White House insiders, politicians, and former politicians, and Obama supporters won’t find a lot of comfort in the early part of the article. Temperamentally, Fallows says, the presidency isn’t a good fit for Obama. His “coolness” is a problem. Another serious handicap: Obama’s lack of experience when he took office.
Conservatives are furious about Alesi’s vote on gay marriage. It would have been good to have a showdown over that issue. That deficit left Obama heavily dependent on the people he chose as advisors. And many of them were old Clinton hands whose experience – especially in the case of the financial crisis – wasn’t relevant. Equally problematic: they were way too close to Wall Street to be tough on the folks who caused the problem. Particularly troubling to me is Fallows’ charge that Obama hasn’t seemed to recognize his staff’s shortcomings. He has stuck by people with whom he feels “comfortable.” That’s a grim assessment. But Fallows also emphasizes Obama’s accomplishments, which, he notes, are numerous, particularly in international affairs. I haven’t liked all of Obama’s foreign policy, but there’s no question that his approach is much better, for the United States and for the world, than his predecessor’s. And it’s much better than Romney’s. To me, Obama’s strengths outweigh his weaknesses, by a good margin. And to me, he’s an easy choice in this year’s election. But he has a tough campaign ahead of him. In order to govern, in order to get anything done, he has had to make compromises. And that has clearly dimmed the luster that excited many Democrats and independents four years ago. Obama has to find a way to reignite that enthusiasm, or he’ll be in trouble in November. He has the rhetorical skills to do that, but voters will now weigh his rhetoric against their disappointment in his results. Maybe, then, we need to remember one lesson from the Fallows article: “Not even FDR was FDR at the start.”
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Affordable housing added to College Town
City Council was expected to approve Tuesday night a $20-million federal loan for the Mt. Hope College Town project. The loan faced opposition from Council President Lovely Warren, who wanted College Town to have affordable housing. The developer agreed to make at least 10 of the 150 planned residential units affordable, and Warren threw her support behind the project.
Lots of Land Trust action
The Genesee Land Trust was awarded two open space preservation grants from the state. The Land Trust will receive $35,000 to help raise funds to preserve the 627-acre Alasa Farms, and $15,000 to fund a nature stewardship program for El Camino Trail and Conkey Corner Park. The Land Trust also received an $180,000 gift toward the Christine Sevilla Wetlands Preserve in Caledonia. Sevilla, a well-known local artist and environmentalist, was killed in 2009 by her husband, Timothy Wells. The gift is from the Sevilla and Wells families.
Red light cameras ca-ching
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City revenue from redlight cameras has greatly exceeded projections. The city has earned $950,000 so far in 2011-2012, but that’s before the city pays Redflex, the company that leases and operates the cameras. And not all of the money has been collected. The city expanded the camera program faster than expected, which may explain the extra revenue. There are currently 41 cameras at nearly 30 intersections.
Dems still face roadblocks
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass once owned this house on Hamilton Street. It is the only surviving Douglass-owned home in Rochester. Might it be included on a list of African-American landmarks in Rochester? PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
Republicans on a Monroe County Legislature committee rejected a proposal that would have given Democrats a better chance at getting some of their ideas through. The proposal would have guaranteed that every legislator has at least one piece of legislation voted on by the full Legislature every two years. As it stands, Democratic proposals almost always die in committee. The proposal was modeled after similar legislation introduced in the State Assembly by Webster Republican Mark Johns.
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Landmark Society to mine Rochester’s black history Two months before he, too, was gunned down, Bobby Kennedy broke the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination to a disbelieving crowd in Indianapolis’s inner city. It was April 4, 1968, and Kennedy’s improvised speech is considered a highlight in the history of American oratory. The corner where Kennedy spoke is marked with an interpretative plaque, and serves as a “generational rite of passage” for Indiana’s African-American community, says Wayne Goodman, executive director of the Landmark Society of Western New York. “They take their children there, and they explain what happened at that site, and it becomes a connecting
thread throughout the community,” Goodman says. Goodman is former director of the eastern regional office for the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. The moral of the story, he says, is that landmarks aren’t always grand East Avenue mansions —although those are obviously significant. Preservation must serve the entire community, Goodman says, and not just certain segments. Goodman is planning to form an African-American landmarks task force this year to identify structures and locations of significance to the black community. That will involve reaching out to neighborhood associations that serve that community, Goodman says.
Rochester has a rich vein of African-American history as the onetime home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Rochester also played a key role in the Underground Railroad. Identifying landmarks creates community pride, Goodman says, and encourages investment. It also helps protect and preserve those sites. “I think it reinforces preservation’s role in stabilizing and improving communities and cities,” he says. “These are potentially structures that are anchors for those neighborhoods and that could help in the revitalization of those neighborhoods.” Goodman says he doesn’t yet know who will be on the task force.
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While Bolgen Vargas has earned many admirers, he has also been the subject of controversy. Some critics question his qualifications, since he has no classroom teaching experience. And Vargas has not managed a budget on the scale of the Rochester school district’s $700-million operation.
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Vargas chosen, but what’s his vision? Bolgen Vargas has won many admirers since becoming interim superintendent of the Rochester school district. But he has also been the subject of controversy. Some critics question his qualifications, since he has no classroom teaching experience. And Vargas has not managed a budget on the scale of the Rochester school district’s $700-million operation. “The board would never have hired him to be the interim superintendent if we didn’t think he was qualified and capable of doing this job,” says school board President Evans, in response. After a lengthy and much-debated search, the school board has decided to make Vargas the permanent superintendent. Evans says he has more than the required four votes. The board plans to vote on Thursday to enter into contract negotiations with Vargas. Vargas was selected to temporarily lead the district about a year ago following the sudden departure of Jean-Claude Brizard. Since then, Vargas has negotiated a new contract with the Rochester Teachers Association, and reached agreement with the union on a new teacher evaluation process. Vargas has also distanced himself from some of the more controversial decisions made by his predecessor. For example, he
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rehired many of the teachers cut as a result of last year’s budget deliberations. The decision almost immediately endeared Vargas to many of the district’s teachers. And many teachers and others opposed most of Brizard’s plans for reforming city schools. In a recent interview, Vargas cited proper allocation of resources and improving student reading proficiency as the school district’s two biggest challenges. If a third-grade child is not reading at grade level, that child has a 74 percent chance of falling behind, he said. Still, it’s been difficult to ascertain Vargas’s vision for the district. He has been emphatic about improving student attendance. And he has pushed the board to open an alternative school, mainly for students in schools that are being phased out, but also for students who are falling behind or may be on the verge of dropping out. The board approved a scaleddown version of Vargas’s plan. But some parents and education activist groups have complained bitterly about the search. Many believe that the fix was in for Vargas all along. The board’s reversal of its original position to not consider the interim for the permanent job has fueled that suspicion. Evans dismisses the critics’ charges. He says the search was rigorous, fair, and open. A committee of parents, teachers,
Bolgen Vargas. PHOTO BY MIKE HANLON
and business and city leaders participated in the search, and the board also hired a professional headhunter. Vargas was one of two finalists. The other was Houston schools administrator Andre Spencer. Vargas, 49, has roots in the Rochester area. Before becoming interim superintendent, he was a counselor with the Greece school district for about 20 years. He served on the Rochester school board from 1996 to 2003. Vargas earned a master’s degree in school counseling from SUNY Brockport, and a doctorate in education and organizational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.
1,943 US servicemen and servicewomen and 1,026 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen have been killed in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war and occupation to April 23. Statistics for Afghan civilian casualties are not available. American casualties from April 11 to April 18: -- Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, 25, Providence, R.I. -- Sgt. Tanner S. Higgins, 23, Yantis, Texas -- Staff Sgt. David P. Nowaczyk, 32, Dyer, Ind. -- Cpl. Aaron M. Faust, 22, Louisville, Ky. -- Capt. Michael C. Braden, 31, Lock Haven, Pa. iraqbodycount.org, icasualties.org, Department of Defense SOURCES:
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ENVIRONMENT | BY JEREMY MOULE
New focus on an old legal doctrine James Olson is something of a hero to many people involved in protecting and preserving the Great Lakes or other water bodies. Olson was the attorney who took Nestle to court to challenge the company’s ability to bottle and sell Michigan ground water. The citizens group that Olson represented was concerned that Nestle was taking too much water out of the ground, harming aquifers and water bodies. The case ultimately led the United States and Canada to develop and approve the Great Lakes Compact, where states and provinces along the lakes must set strict limits on water withdrawals from the Great Lakes basin. Most Great Lakes states are drafting regulations or laws to establish those limits. Olson is one of several environmental figures pushing for states to write what’s known as the “public trust doctrine” into those regulations or laws. The doctrine would prevent companies or other countries from buying land in the Great Lakes basin just to export the water beneath it, Olson says. Olson was the main speaker last week for the Rochester Sierra Club’s annual environmental forum. He talked about the public trust doctrine as it applies to navigable and public waters. He says the doctrine, which is rooted in the Roman Empire and English common law, hinges on a couple of principles: that governments should protect water bodies from harm or impairment, and that the water or rights to it should not be transferred to private parties for private purposes.
“Those are two pretty fundamental principles that, if respected, would preserve at least the essence of the waters of New York and other states — including Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and the St. Lawrence – through this entire coming century,” Olson says. The public trust doctrine is a timely topic for New York. Water is a factor in several statewide issues, such as the potential for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, and efforts to develop a new plan for adjusting Lake Ontario levels. Fracking a deep horizontal well consumes millions of gallons of water. And since the water that comes back out of the wells – not all of it does – is heavily contaminated, it can’t easily be returned to its original watershed. Environmentalists say that frequent largescale withdrawals could deplete some water sources. And fracking critics worry that the process could pollute water supplies. The state is reviewing the environmental implications of high-volume hydrofracking and has issued proposed regulations. While officials finish up that process, there’s a de facto moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing in deep shale formations. The public trust doctrine will also be a factor in the International Joint Commission’s plan governing Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence Seaway water levels. The commission is developing a new plan that will attempt to balance factors including the environment, waterfront property protection, recreational boating, and commercial shipping.
New York’s efforts to protect its public waters, including the Genesee River (pictured), are rooted in the principles of a legal concept known as the public trust doctrine. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
The public trust doctrine can, however, be used to justify some uses of public water bodies. In May 2010, University at Buffalo Law School’s Environment and Development Clinic released a paper addressing the doctrine and offshore wind in the Great Lakes. The paper says that the doctrine is about protecting public resources against “self-serving interests.” In this case, the leasing of land under the water may be of public benefit because of wind power’s environmental, public health, and economic benefits.
In other words, the turbines won’t just make a profit for one company. They’ll also provide cleaner electricity to the public. The paper’s author doesn’t take a firm position on whether offshore wind is consistent with the public trust doctrine. But there are steps that state governments or governmental partnerships can take to ensure projects are in line with the doctrine, the paper says. Developing permits with detailed conditions, and leasing — not selling — the underwater land are some of the recommended approaches.
Everyone at last Thursday’s meeting agreed that there is lack of awareness in the community about who needs a license. Churches were specifically mentioned. Church officials sometimes think that because they hold their own performances that it’s OK to lease out the space to performance groups and others. But that’s not true. “The church does not have the right to lease to whomever they want,” said Marsha Barry, director of planning and zoning for the city. The city is also trying to be more proactive in making sure that people are aware of all the steps they need to take to legally operate. Barry said she fully supports overhauling the licensing process, but warned that there would be pushback from people in the
neighborhoods. City residents who live in areas with a vibrant nightlife — like the Monroe Avenue area, for example — could see the overhaul as a loosening of restrictions and a threat to their quality of life, she said. “I’m just trying to prepare you that this will not be the easiest thing to get through,” Barry said. Last Thursday’s meeting was an early conversation in a longer process to address entertainment licensing, said City Clerk Dan Karin.
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Rochester plans overhaul of entertainment licensing One man’s campaign to call attention to what he says is the City of Rochester’s inconsistent and unfair system of entertainment licensing has caught the interest of City Hall. Officials from planning and zoning, City Council, and the legal department met on Thursday, April 19, to discuss an overhaul of the way the city issues the licenses. J.R. Teeter, artistic director of Rochester’s Bread & Water Theatre, launched his campaign after being notified months ago that his group would have to pay $475 for an entertainment license to continue performing at New Life Presbyterian Church. Teeter said that Bread & Water has held its shows at New Life for several years and was never told it needed a license. City
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The $475 license fee would put his small group in jeopardy, Teeter said. And many theater groups perform in churches, he said, and the churches depend on the extra income from renting out their space. Bread & Water has not paid the license fee. City officials at Thursday’s meeting discussed a new, tiered licensing system that could be based, for example, on whether or not alcohol is served. Currently the fee is based on square footage, and that doesn’t always make sense, said City Council member Adam McFadden, because profitability varies depending on the type of business. Officials also discussed finding ways to streamline the licensing process.
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This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
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Harry Belafonte’s life story
Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will host a review of entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte’s biography “My Song,” at 12:12 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1. Born in Jamaica, Belafonte’s career took him from a life of poverty to international star. He also developed a close relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The book will be reviewed by the Rev. Marlowe Washington at the Central Library, 115 South Avenue.
Talk on the church, state, and education
Americans United for Separation of Church and State will present “The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children” at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, April City
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26. The talk will examine the Conservative effort to weaken the public education system. The event is at First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South.
Film on Poland massacre
The University of Rochester will show the documentary film “The Officer’s Wife” by Piotr Uzarowicz at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. The film examines the Russian killing of more than 20,000 Polish people during World War II. The film will be shown at the Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. Tickets: $8.
Clean the parks
The Monroe County Department of Parks, Sunnking Electronics Recycling, and Cascades Recovery will host “Pick Up the Parks” on Saturday, April 28. Seven more county parks have been added to the cleanup efforts, and volunteers are needed. For information about the parks, registration, time and locations
call 753-7281 or www. monroecounty.gov/parks. Proper attire is advised.
Clean Sweep needs volunteers
The City of Rochester will launch its spring “Clean Sweep 2012”. Volunteers are needed to clean neighborhoods and public areas. There are four Saturday dates and locations: April 28, at 41 Backus Street in Edgerton Park; May 5, at 131 Elmwood Avenue in Genesee Valley Park; May 12, at Cobbs Hill Park; and May 19, at 500 Norton Street at the Northeast Neighborhood Service Center. All events are from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Registration: www.cityofrochester.gov/cleansweep.
State of the City address
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards will give the 2012 State of the City address at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 30, in the auditorium of the National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square.
Dining hots, chicken wings, and Heavenly Melts’ crunchy, addictive fried pickles ($2). Dyer also plans to offer soft-serve ice cream very soon, and not just because well-trained Rochesterians have walked up to the window of this former Abbott’s Frozen Custard location and tried ordering it. Heavenly Melts is located at 630 W. Ridge Road. Prices range from $2.95 to $8.95. It is open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, call 865-MELT or visit heavenlymelt.com.
Vic & Irv’s new chapter The Totally Cheezy sandwich − gouda, havarti, fontina, and sharp cheddar cheeses, with herb-garlic butter on wheat bread − from Heavenly Melts. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
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It was kind of a mess; I’m not gonna lie. But as we sat outside the new take-out spot Heavenly Melts, my contented little sister quickly came to terms with the momentary chaos attendant to chowing down on The Roc ($7.95), which takes the traditional components of a Plate — think Zweigle’s white hot, waffle fries, mac salad, onions, mustard, and hot sauce — and fuses them between two fat, crisp slices of Texas toast with gooey American cheese. I couldn’t help but try to claim the delicious fallout even though I had my own hands literally full with The Harvest ($5.95), made up of juicy pear and smoky bacon, tangy cheddar and creamy mascarpone, all tucked into buttery grilled honey-apple bread. “I was looking for something that wasn’t done in Rochester,” Heavenly Melts owner Theresa Dyer says of her desire to get involved in the local food scene after establishing the successful smoking lounge Look Ah Hookah,
and she settled upon a classic comfort food: grilled cheese sandwiches. “It’s a simple meal, satisfying but not overly filling. And we can do a lot of fun things with them.” A dish served at holiday gatherings, for example, inspired The Broccoli Pretzel ($5.95), a grilled pretzel roll filled with ground Italian sausage and broccoli crowns sautéed in garlic butter and topped with provolone. Purists, of course, can have their basic grilled cheese ($3.95) — creamy tomato soup optional ($3.50) — or they can amp it up with the Totally Cheezy ($6.95), featuring four varieties of cheese: gouda, havarti, fontina, and sharp white cheddar. The menu is designed to appeal across dietary lines, with selections running the gamut from a hearty ribeye steak and mozzarella ($7.95) to the veggie-centric Popeye ($6.95), filled with fresh spinach, sweet bell peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, gouda, and asiago. Not feeling terribly cheesy? Salads and other sides are available, along with burgers,
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I offer my humble and heartfelt apologies to current Vic & Irv’s owner Kevin Klee for an item in the April 11 Chow Hound that incorrectly reported the closing of the Seabreeze mainstay. Though Vic & Irv’s is in fact in the midst of a pending sale, it is now open for the season under new management. Happily, however, everything else remains the same at this beloved Rochester institution, from the killer onion rings, to the yummy fried bologna sandwiches, to the frosty chocolate malts that just scream summer in Seabreeze. Or, as Klee puts it: “If it ain’t broke, why fix it?” Here’s hoping that Vic & Irv’s, the anchor of Hot Dog Row since 1934, is around for another 80 years. Vic & Irv’s is located at 4880 Culver Road. It opens every day at 11 a.m. For more information, call 544-7680 or visit vicandirvrefreshments.com.
Not eating wheat?
Rosario Pino’s Artisan Foods (349 West
Commercial St, Suite 1620) is promoting its extensive selection of gluten-free items with a tasting event on Thursday, April 26, 5-8 p.m. Gastroenterologist Kevin J. Casey, M.D., is the guest speaker, and attendees will also have an opportunity to talk to product representatives and meet Chef Brian O’Keefe, who will be leading a gluten-free Italian
cooking class in May. Call 267-7405 for further details, or visit rosariopinos.com.
Happy Baisakhi!
Celebrate the ancient Sikh harvest festival of Baisakhi on Sunday, April 29, at Tandoor of India (376 Jefferson Road), where the $12.99 dinner buffet will be accompanied by the University of Rochester Bhangra performing traditional Punjabi dance. Call 427-7080 for reservations or visit tandoorofindia.com.
Openings
Acanthus Café (337 East Ave., 319-5999),
brought to you by the folks who own the Living Room Café, is now open for business. Located in the St. Paul Quarter’s Kirstein Building, the new Roc River Coffee Co. (234 Andrews St., 232-3653) serves weekdays 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Sally and Tom Xomvimane’s Thai Lao Restaurant (309 University Ave., 454-4882), specializing in the foods of Thailand and Laos, recently had its grand opening. In the “When it rains, it pours” department, two spiffy self-serve frozenyogurt bars have popped up in Rochester. First out of the gate on April 13 was Yotality (6 S. Main St., Pittsford, 967-3938), followed a day later by Yolickity (944 Hard Road, Webster, 671-2221).
Closings
After two years in business, the Monroe Diner (2833 Monroe Ave) has shut its doors. Max Market (2949 Monroe Ave.) has closed, but hopefully that white paper covering the windows means that Maxstermind Tony Gullace has something else planned for our stomachs. Chow Hound is a food and restaurant news column. Do you have a tip? Send it to food@rochester-citynews.com.
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International photo collective chronicles Rochester in the shadow of Kodak It’s not often that a city gets the opportunity to take a good, focused look at itself. It’s rarer still when that chance is provided by individuals who excel at providing deep, steady looks at the state of human life. For almost two weeks now, 10 photographers from the New York-based Magnum agency have lived and worked alongside us, documenting daily life and fascinating nuance, and offering opportunities for the public to participate in an archive project called “House of Pictures.” On Saturday, April 28, these photographers will present their fragmented views of our city in a pop-up exhibition of the same name. The Magnum agency is an international photojournalist collective founded in 1947; it is owned and cooperatively managed by its more than 80 photographer-members. The individuals participating in “House of Pictures” are Americans Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Bruce Gilden, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Larry Towell, and Alex Webb; Italian Paolo Pellegrin; Brit Martin Parr; and Donovan Wylie from Ireland. The project will include a documentary filmed by Taiwanese Magnum member Chien-Chi Chang. “House of Pictures” builds on a 2011 project in
which Goldberg, Meiselas, Pellegrin, and Soth traveled with photographer Mikhael Subotzky and writer Ginger Strand through the American Southwest. In continuing this “Postcards from America” series, the photographers will this time focus on Rochester, selected for its significance as the home of Kodak, and because of its current pivotal state of grappling with the uncertain futures of Kodak and other flailing local industrial titans. Rochester was also chosen in part “because we knew there were all these photographic establishments here that could help us,” says Martin Parr. “And it’s a big enough city where there’s enough scope to find things, for everyone to do stuff. So it just fell into place like that. I can’t remember who suggested it, precisely, but I think we all agreed it would make a lot of sense.” From an agency full of photographers with highly disparate interests, 10 set out to create a living document of Rochester in the shadow of Kodak. This focus is not a new one, it has 10 City APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2012
been done; local artists and regional individuals have stood in respectful awe of the giant’s decline, photographed our post-industrial vistas, and sought to pay homage to the hometown of photography. The difference this time is not only the level of prestige commanded by the name Magnum, but also the focused way in which supporting institutions, students, and members of the public are looking at the city through the project. Perhaps studying these outside perspectives will spark a change within us, and the way we think about this place we call home. “The legacy of Kodak is everywhere. It’s hidden,
Irish photographer Donovan Wylie focused on rooftop vistas for his portion of the Magnum “House of Pictures” project in Rochester. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
but if you look for it, you realize that it permeates everything,” says photographer Susan Meiselas as recorded by the project scribe, Magnum’s Gideon Jacobs, on the project’s Tumblr site (you can find the photo blog at postcardsfromamerica.tumblr.com). “All the photographers agreed,” says Jacobs, “the challenge would be how to visualize it.” Discussions continued among the photographers about how to capture the end of an industry, and also the human element of transitioning effectively to an unknown future. A later post states that “the question in the background as Kodak’s Rochester presence tumbled from over 60,000 employees to below 7,500 is, ‘Why didn’t they adapt?’ It’s a tough question with a bunch of multifaceted answers, and it got Martin Parr thinking about other companies and brands that have been reluctant to abandon their bread and butter products. With that in mind, Martin started shooting outside a Blockbuster video store.” “House of Pictures” refers to the George Eastman House, to Rochester as the home of Kodak, and initially was meant to literally refer to an idea for the project’s end point: an abandoned house that would serve as a
pop-up venue to showcase the work from this endeavor. However, that idea was dashed as complications arose ranging from asbestos and parking, and the team settled on a warehouse space near the Public Market for the one-day show on April 28. Visual Studies Workshop has served as the nerve center for the project, as the photographers’ home base and open studio, as well as a place for the public to view photos, printed courtesy of Booksmart Studios. As of April 18, four days after the arrival of nine of the photographers, only prolific shooter Martin Parr had posted his images to the viewing boards — the shots included dancers and various colorful portraits of Rochesterians — but others had shared images on the project’s Tumblr site, where posting traffic continues to increase. As with the earlier “Postcards from America” project, the Magnum photographers decided to rely on locals to assist them in finding spots to shoot. But this time, the unique opportunity to work with Magnum was awarded to about 50 photo students in area institutions including Rochester Institute of Technology, George Eastman House, and VSW, who have been assisting the
photographers in scouting locations and with production of the images. Teams of four to five students were assigned to a photographer. They have found leads, processed and posted images, and will have the opportunity to show their own work in relation to this project in a student gallery at VSW. The core of the show will be made up of the
work of the 10 photographers, each of them looking at Rochester and its inhabitants through his or her own private paradigms. Adding to the diversity of the show is the fact that the artists shoot in different formats. “Alex Webb is bringing his last rolls of Kodachrome,” says Meiselas, “and it’s going to be processed as black and white, which is all it can be at this point.” Acting as mortar to Magnum’s bricks (or vice versa) are the stories gathered from Rochesterians, the experiences of students and the general public of participating in this examination of our area. By way of introducing the photographers and their project to a wider Rochester audience, a panel discussion was held at RIT on Wednesday, April 18, that attracted hundreds of attendees. RIT professor Willie
Osterman, the RIT liaison for this project, introduced the group (with the exception of Alex Webb, who was delayed due to a family illness and was due to arrive and begin work the next day). Osterman also discussed the aim of the project, and some of the things the group had been up to so far. The photographers then took turns describing, with the help of slide shows or videos, their individual projects from the past five years, which helped to contextualize what “House of Pictures” might look like through these individual lenses. Bruce Gilden captivated the audience with intriguingly vague stories surrounding his “Tough Guys” series, shot in Russia. Gilden earned enough respect from his legally complicated subjects to take some striking photos — and live to tell about it. The earnest Jim Goldberg presented some of his photo and mixed-media projects that bring overlooked individuals into the world’s view. Susan Meiselas followed up with a tragic visualization of what are arguably unnecessary high maternal mortality rates in India, and a call to action. In contrast, Martin Parr followed with his mocking snapshots of the world’s uber-rich, revealing not only the expected over-thetop opulence, but a mischievous glance at the absurdities found among them. Paolo Pellegrin brought the audience back to earth with heartbreaking images from Afghanistan, Kosovo, Darfur, and elsewhere, depicting extreme suffering brought about at times by nature , but mostly by man. Alessandra Sanguinetti’s slideshow revealed moments of precious familial discovery, while Alec Soth presented images from his “Broken Manual” and with dry wit described his temporary fixation on running away to a fantastical man-cave/treehouse combo. Larry Towell’s slideshow of his images on the American occupation of Afghanistan was accompanied by his own musical composition, which laments the persistence of war through the ages. Donovan Wylie spoke about his documentation of the demolition of a Northern Ireland prison, which used to house paramilitaries, and the unexpected intrusion of Google Earth on his project. On Thursday, April 19, I trekked around
downtown with Wylie, who walks like the devil is trailing him. Really, the photographer was chasing after the spare — yet ideal — cloud cover on the warm, sunny day, a strange sight for any Rochesterian accustomed to our gray skies. “It’s a really interesting city, architecturally, and that’s what I’m interested in,” Wylie says. “I’m trying to find a way of looking at Rochester as an outsider, and really the best way to do that is looking at it surface-level. So looking at the buildings to me is a way of doing it. What’s interesting is, once you get decent views, you really see the layers of history here. And there’s all these contradictions within the architecture and there’s a lot of strips of time, layers of time, strata of time. It is a great city to photograph.”
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Wylie had a few ideas about what he might shoot before he came to Rochester, “but nothing concrete,” he says. “I realized it’s probably better to come, experience it, and find a strategy when you get here. The idea of doing the rooftops happened very organically. There was a building I saw, an area in Midtown that I wanted to photograph, and the only way to do it was to go to a rooftop. We were very lucky and we got access to a rooftop. And actually the view didn’t work, but many other viewpoints were opened up, and at that point I realized, well, you know, this could be very interesting. One building lead to the next, and before you knew it, we had a potential way of working.” By the fourth day of shooting, Wylie had been focusing on the whole center of the city, and thought he might move out and see the suburbs as well. But he found himself frustrated by several days of bright weather, which isn’t ideal for outdoor photography. So he spent the time choosing potential locations, assisted by his team member, Dan Varenka, a graduate student at VSW. This list included the top of the police station, two car parks, a building on Canal Street, the Times Union building, Clinton Square, a spot on Avenue D, and the Powers building, where the on-duty security guard was less accommodating than other locations Wylie had visited. “I think the work I’m doing gives a foundation and context for the other photographers,” says Wylie, “because they’re working on very specific things from Rochester. But I think I’m laying a landscape down, so their work can be put in the context of a broader place. Because when you look at the work I do, it’s Rochester. That’s what it looks like. So it creates a platform, if you like, for the others.”
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Rochesterians. I accompanied Parr on a trip to RIT, where he spent the day popping in and out of classes and going all over campus, taking in the diverse experiences of the student, faculty, and staff populations. “One of the things we’re doing is creating an archive of contemporary Rochester,” says Parr, whose focus is on taking portraits of people in different environments. Parr had already shot jugglers at RIT, visited Lux, checked out the Antique Bottle Show at the Fair and Expo Center, and snapped the employee of the month at Ward’s Scientific, which supplies all manner of natural specimens to schools. That evening, Parr planned on visiting Midnight Tango to capture more dancing photos. “It’s a good activity,” Parr says. “It’s photogenic, it’s ubiquitous. What more do you want?” Parr also visited the Jello-O Museum in Le Roy. Parr shot and then ate iconic Rochester dish the Garbage Plate, which did not thrill him, and visited House of Guitars, which did. The music store “is the most phenomenal shop I’ve ever seen in America,” Parr says. “I mean, that is an absolute living gem, isn’t it? Out of all the things I’ve seen, that is the most impressive. I think the whole set up is just incredible. No wonder people make pilgrimages to go there.” Still, on this, his first visit to Rochester, Parr’s eye is critical. “It’s a city that once had a glorious past, which is all part of the Kodak decline. So you see a lot of wealthy houses around, a lot of them are still standing of course, a lot of them seem to be a bit weatherworn, right? But everything else is going on here, it’s not like everything has ground to a halt. Places like RIT are huge, very important for the economy of Rochester. But it feels a bit like a backwater, a charming backwater.” Working with Parr has been “incredible,” says Denis Doorly, a sophomore in RIT’s Photojournalism program assigned to work with the photographer. Parr is approaching this project as the creation of an historical document, says Doorly. “I don’t know if everyone is taking that stance, but he’s really interested in trying to scout things that will not be here in a couple years,” he says. Hence photographing at RIT, or the dancers. There is an evidently deliberate, if not uniform, focus on transience in the people and themes Parr is shooting. As the shooting takes place, the photographers
work with their teams of students “to think about what we put where, what we edit down” says New York-based photographer Susan Meiselas. Visual Studies Workshop remains an open studio, the April 21 Public Market appearance was a pop-up studio, and the final April 28 showcase “will bring together any number of bodies of work,” Meiselas says. She has been to Rochester in the past to speak at RIT and Eastman House, “but this is a Rochester I didn’t know, am in the midst of discovering,” she says. 12 City APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2012
TOP PHOTO: Nick Hurlbut, native of Binghamton, drove three hours to get the new Black Keys LP from House of Guitars; the photo was taken on Saturday, April 14. BOTTOM PHOTO: Christopher McGuire, at the corner of Mt.Hope and Averill. PHOTOS BY MARTIN PARR
Meiselas’s interest is in the diversity found within Rochester, the history that has created and exacerbated divisions, and the ways in which those divisions interact. “On one level, it’s still a beautiful city,” she says. “The astounding part of this town is the quality of buildings, and the history in the buildings is just so striking. And in contrast to that, the division of the city.” She points to the impact of the Inner Loop, what it’s done to our communities, and expresses interest in focusing, during her short stay in Rochester, on people who cross between these disparate communities. “People who might move from one community and reach out and try to connect to another,” she says, “where the community mixes.” This is the idea behind holding the pop-up studio as well as pop-up art exhibits in and around the Public Market.
“We were looking for what would be the place where the possibility of bringing together the disparity of what we’re recording and capturing in these couple of weeks, and bring together the largest community that could experience that together. So finding the right space was key. At one time we had the hope that we would find Magnum photog Meiselas was interested in discovering Rochester’s diliterally a house, and verse communities and the “bridge people” who connect them. This shot kind of create installation captures a baptism party for Kayliani Torres. PHOTO BY susan meiselas within a house that we variety of places: the Ibero-American Action would leave behind, League, senior-citizens centers, the Early and that started to become complicated Childhood Center, House of Mercy, and a for a number of reasons we couldn’t have wide range of churches,” she says. “This really anticipated…much more than we ever seems to be the city of endless churches.” imagined,” she says. Meiselas started her exploration in Rochester “I’m not coming with a plan,” says Meiselas, but a desire “to understand the with the Underground Railroad, and with city and how it knits together, and where Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony the fractures are, and back to this notion of and their relationship, she says. Her team’s first bridge people. Who are the bridge people?” assignment was to research locations along Through this project Meiselas and the other the Underground Railroad where evidence Magnum photographers are offering up aspects of history could still be found. “We spent a of Rochester that many of us who live here don’t couple of days with some wonderful surprises, know, pointing out what strangers we are to the like finding a basement where there really is a fullness of our own city. “We’re all looking 12 tunnel,” she says. “That was completely mind hours a day, and that’s a privileged space to be blowing for the RIT search team.” in,” Meiselas says, with the awareness that few “Some of the photographers work more have that sort of time to simply look around with a set up,” says Meiselas. “I work more and take in all of it. Some of what Magnum is with capturing moments. Sometimes that’s just along the side of the road, and it calls out capturing “is just daily life going on,” she says, “but then there is what you don’t see, what you to you, and other times, you’re negotiating don’t have access to, what you’re afraid to enter. to enter different kinds of institutions, And I would hope we reveal in some way, or social services, various kinds of smaller bring forth a focus” to those aspects, she says. communities. So I’ve worked in a huge
SEE “HOUSE OF PICTURES” A pop-up exhibition will be held Saturday, April 28, at Rohrbach Warehouse (97 Railroad St.) 10 a.m.-11 p.m. People whose portraits were taken at the Public Market on Saturday, April 21, may come by the Warehouse to pick up a free copy of their photos. A public lecture by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb will take place Thursday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in the Webb Auditorium at Rochester Institute of Technology. On Saturday, April 28, all 10 photographers will be present at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) for a panel discussion and book-signing event. The event is included in museum admission; for info, call 271-3361 or visit eastmanhouse.org. Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St., vsw.org) is hosting a special ARTBOOK @ VSW bookstore with publications by Magnum photographers. Check it out Wednesday-Friday, April 25-27, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29, noon-5 p.m., or by appointment. In addition, a show by participating student photographers will be shown at VSW; details have yet to be finalized. A limited-edition archives box. As a sponsor of the project, the George Eastman House will acquire one of two museum sets, each containing about 1000 prints by the participating photographers taken during the course of the project. If you’d like to participate in the project, Magnum photographers invite you to post your own photos of Rochester in the “Postcards” Flickr group at flickr.com/groups/postcardsfromamerica and tag them “Rochester.” More information on this project is available at magnumphotos.com and through various social-media outlets, including facebook.com/MagnumPhotos, postcardsfromamerica.tumblr. com, and @MagnumLFA on Twitter. rochestercitynewspaper.com City 13
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Larkin Poe Sunday, April 29 Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way 7 p.m. | $7-$10 | abilenebarandlounge.com [ Folk ] This Sunday, celebrate springtime in Rochester
with Larkin Poe, a self-proclaimed “band for all seasons.” Trading in their previous outfit as The Lovell Sisters, Rebecca and Megan Lovell reassembled in 2011 as Larkin Poe to record four EP’s, each one an homage to a different season. Whether paying tribute to summer days spent by the sea, the nostalgic nature of autumn, or other changes in the weather, the sisters’ soulful voices and smooth, airy sound remain constant throughout the entire collection. Their latest release, “Thick as Thieves,” builds on Larkin Poe’s homegrown recipe: touch-of-country vocals and evocative storytelling, served over strings.
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tendency to break out in slam poetry, and given that he performs something he dubs “folktronica,” it’s probably no surprise. Cu Cu does your standard mix of indie and folk rock, but don’t be surprised if he doesn’t bust out a keyboard as well. Zombietop produces a version of ambient electronic music. All in all it sounds like it would be a good spot to chill and get your dessert on. — BY SUZAN PERO
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and Michael Bivins began singing together in the Roxbury section of Boston in 1978. They eventually added friend Ralph Tresvant, and after taking second place at a community talent show in 1980, rounded out their line-up with the young Ronnie DeVoe. Their choreographer, and DeVoe’s uncle, Brooke Payne gave the group its famous moniker, declaring the boys were the “new edition” of the Jackson 5. As they matured, so did their sound, and their musical progression laid the groundwork for the fusion of hip-hop and R&B affectionately known as “New Jack Swing.” The group is releasing it eighth album, “One Love,” as part of P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Family. — BY DAVID YOCKEL, JR.
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Slop ’n’ sleaze [ review ] by frank de blase
Of all the Celtic rock bands I’ve seen over the years, Tempest is the most balanced. Bands like Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys mix in plenty of Irish bravado and licks, but their sound is often dominated by the guitar and frequently accelerated time signatures. Tempest offers loud guitar, and even its traditional instruments — fiddle and mandolin — are amplified. But the San Francisco-based quintet (three of the musicians were in kilts) resists the chaos in order to leave room for its melodies, its lyrics, and its folklore. There was still plenty of nontraditional exploration at the band’s Lovin’ Cup show Wednesday, April 18. The mandolin was a double-neck affair, and there was plenty of electric guitar snaking around the upper register with the purple fiddle as the band swirled and raged. Saturday was Record Store Day — a mixture of all the holidays, really. It was like Xmas for its gift-giving potential, Valentine’s Day because we all love music, and Easter because what was once considered a dead medium has risen again. I stopped by the Record Archive to witness the in-store
chaos of the Tombstone Hands. I’ve always dug this band’s heavy-on-the-Link Wray instrumental slop ’n’ sleaze, but I have to tell you, the band has gotten tight. It’s still savage and biting, but the band has added a conciseness to the looseness, and an excess to re-address the masses. And I don’t know about you, but is “Rumble” the perfect instrumental or what? Slipped out of the Archive and down to the new Bop Shop to dig the ultra-cool café swing and Gypsy jazz of the Djangoners. The band preened and swung with an unparalleled elegance and charm. This is excellent music for sipping something brown from tiny cups and pitching woo. Way up there on the hipster meter, Jack. Saturday night after enduring the “Jersey Boys” falsetto marathon, I made it to Abilene to witness people dancing their heads off to The Public Market Band. While the band bopped hot and mean, people were literally rolling around on the floor. I half expected them to start speaking in tongues. Everyone was jumping for Joy — apparently she wouldn’t come down from the chandelier.
[ Acoustic/Folk ] Acoustic Open Jam hosted by The Druids. Rabbit Room Restaurant, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls, NY. thelowermill. com. 7:30 p.m. Free. Reggae Lounge w/DJ Ras Courtney, DJ FreakA-Nature. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8 p.m. Free. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tommy Gravino. Rio Tomatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua. 394-9380. 6:30 p.m. Free. Salsa w/ Shelia dancing during the performance. [ Blues ] Ezra & The Storm. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com, 3257090. 9 p.m. Free. Open Blues Jam w/The King Bees. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com, 271-4650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. [ Classical ] Allyn Van Dusen, mezzosoprano. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. hochstein. org. 12:10 p.m. Free. Johnny Matt Band. Ontario Beach Park, 4800 Lake Ave. 865-3320. 6 p.m. Call for info. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Keyyo. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. tcrileysparkpoint.com, 2729777. Call for info. Guest DJs. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 542-8336. Midnight. Free. Y Not Wednesday w/DJ ET. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 10 p.m. Call for info. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Fever. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. continues on page 16
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The Vassar Brothers uses traditional instrumentation in nontraditional ways. The group features amateur musicians, but is developing a large local following. PHOTO PROVIDED
All in the family The Vassar Brothers Friday, May 11 Lovin Cup, 300 Park Point Drive 9 p.m. | $3-$5 | lovincup.com [ PROFILE ] BY WILLIE CLARK
They might not all be related by blood, but the merry members of Rochester-based bluegrassrock outfit the Vassar Brothers have formed quite the musical family. For this article I sat down with six members of the seven-personstrong Vassar Brothers. They laughed, poked fun at each other, and passed stories left and right in the close-knit manner of siblings. But it’s the music they create as a group that stands out and builds the picture of who the Vassar Brothers are, and gives a look at just how much of an extended family these musicians have become. It’s ironic that, for a group this unified and easy to place, its sound is so hard to pin down. The Vassar Brothers mix together fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, electric guitar, washboard, bass, and drums into a melodic frenzy of musical tastes, heightened by the members’ wide range of walks of life and musical interests. By day the band members are students, teachers, accountants, doctors, and graphic and interior designers. But by night they’re burgeoning local music stars. At the simplest, the music of the Vassar Brothers is a mix of bluegrass and rock, or “polyethnic funkgrass” as the band would put it. But the varied family dynamic makes its way into the equally multifaceted world of the band’s musical sound. Blending country, folk, reggae, jam-band, and world music, The Vassar Brothers is following in a vein of folk traditionalism when it comes to instrumentation, but mixing in groove sensibilities and rock sounds of drums, guitar, 16 City APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2012
and bass to get people on their feet — and keep them there. The band takes its name from Vassar Street, the
location of the house where the group eventually met. The current line-up includes vocalistguitarist JD Pryor, Bob Bell on mandolin and banjo, lead guitarist Peter Buttrill, bassist Phil Ortolani, violinist Kristan Vasan, drummer Brian Loughner, and washboard and harmonica player (and tap dancer) Cristina Buttrill. “Overall we were friends that all had interested in music of different genres, and came together for a couple days and decided it was positive and we wanted to do it,” Loughner says. And like any good family, the young band already has its share of good, and less-thengood-but-memorable, stories together. The Vassar Brothers played its first show at Park Avenue Summer Arts Festival two years ago. The group had started playing together at a friend’s going-away party at that fateful house on Vassar Street, and then ended up taking a short set at the festival. However, the group ended up playing for 45 minutes before being broken up by the police, who came asking for a playing permit, which the group didn’t have. (All the while the band was in the middle of playing, ironically, “The Harder They Come” by Jimmy Cliff, which contains the lyrics, “Well the officers are trying to keep me down, Trying to drive me underground.”) That potentially rough start hasn’t driven the band underground, however. And the group continued to grow, expanding its large band family to friends, some of whom were new to their instruments. “I grew up dancing, tap dancing, so I had never really played a washboard, or knew that it could be played,” says Cristina Buttrill. “So I said, Yeah, I’ll play washboard. I tap, it’s basically tapping with your fingers.”
“We’ve just been kind of adding, as we’ve gone, people to the band that have already been part of our lives. It’s been fun,” Ortolani says. But the fun doesn’t, and shouldn’t, stop
with the band. This family celebration is all inclusive, and the band’s live show is a testament to its celebration mentality. “[We’re ]trying to get people together, that’s kind of what we base our music on. Is this going to make people dance and enjoy a night out?” Pryor says. The band recently recorded an EP at Bluebrick Studios in Avon, with plans in the works for a full-length album. The group isn’t full time, but still gets together at least once a week to practice, challenging itself to add more covers and originals to its rotating set list. And even though the music isn’t their day job, and the band doesn’t see that changing anytime soon, the members say they enjoy getting to spend time with each other and having fun, while helping each other continue to grow as musicians. “It’s such a fine line between us wanting to be better musicians and just having fun. I would love to be in my 50s and still doing this...it’s just fun playing bars around town,” Loughner says. But, if the Vassar Brothers one day make enough money to cover all seven of their individual rents, the band concedes that it might look at touring a little more often. “We just want to keep growing, and the minute that it isn’t doing that and we’re not passionate about that, we all have things. This is just a hobby for us, but we keep it in such regard — to practice together at least once a week, you got to have that passion,” Pryor says. “And that’s one thing that we have in common. And we’re all friends, so it makes it so much easier.”
[ Jazz ] El Rojo Jazz. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. Call for info. Free. Iced Chill. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 6 p.m. Free. Joe Galusha Trio. Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Bar, 1550 Route 332, Farmington. proseccoitalianrestaurant.com, 924-8000. 6 p.m. Call for info. KGB Jazz. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 7:30 p.m. Free. Margaret Explosion. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/The King Bees. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Abandon Kansas w/Backstage Royalty, So Far So Good. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com, 454-2966. 9 p.m. $7-$9. Reverend Horton Heat w/Tommy Brunett, Krypton 88. German House Theatre, 315 Gregory St. upallnightpresents.com. 8 p.m. $22.50-$25.
Thursday, April 26 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Pat Kane. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 348-9091. 7 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Chris Beard Band. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. $8 adv, $10 doors. Nate Coffee & the New Brew. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com, 271-4650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. [ Classical ] Eastman at Washington Square Noontime Concerts. First Universalist Church, Court St. & S.Clinton Ave. 275-1400, esm.rochester.edu/community/ calendars/lunchtime. 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Dorian. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. tcrileysparkpoint.com, 272-9777. Call for info. DJ Noname. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. DJ Sal DeSantis. Center Cafe, 150 Frank DiMino Way. iaccrochester.org, 594-8882. 7 p.m. Call for info. Downtown with the Underground ft. Reaper Boyz, DJ Sigma, Parallax, K.E.S., Inf! Da Beast, NytemAre, and P.A. & M.O.E. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8:30 p.m. $7-$10.
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Thursday Night Shakedown. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966, bugjar.com. 11 p.m. Free. Tiki Thursdays: Shotgun Music DJ. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. 924-3660. 7:30 p.m. Free. Tilt-a-Whirl Drag Show. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $3. [ Jazz ] Anthony Gianovola on Spanish Guitar. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 6 p.m. Free. Bob Henley. Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Bar, 1550 Route 332, Farmington. proseccoitalianrestaurant.com, 924-8000. 6 p.m. Call for info. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. Call for info. Free. Jazz/Wine Happy Hour w/The Swooners. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Nazareth College Jazz Ensemble. Nazareth CollegeWilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700, go.naz.edu/ music-events. 7:30 p.m. Free. The Bowties. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle. org. 7:30 p.m. Free. The John Palocy Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. Todd East & Friends. Pane Vino, 175 N Water St. panevinoristorante.com, 2326090. Call for info. [ Pop/Rock ] Be Glad & Dunn. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 7 p.m. Free. Haewa. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. blueroomrochester.com, 7305985. 8 p.m. Call for info. Jeff Elliott. Irondequoit Ale House, 2250 Hudson Ave. 544-5120. 5 p.m. Free. Jim Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 266-1440. 7 p.m. Free. John Payton Project. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com. 9 p.m. Free. Patrone, Mancuso & Sampagnaro. The Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. 271-6650. 9 p.m. Call for info. Professional Victims w/Little Spoon, Kurt Andrew. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 454-2966. 8:30 p.m. $6-$8.
Friday, April 27 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Hot Day at the Zoo. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St. 232-7550. 11 p.m. Call for info. Kevin McCarthy. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. tcrileysparkpoint. com, 272-9777. 6 p.m. Call for info.
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RPO: “Spurs and Spirit” takes place Friday-Saturday, April 27-28, 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. $15-$77. 454-2100, RPO.org. — BY PALOMA CAPANNA Kevin Reynolds & Ken Snyder w/Rayce Malone. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 3489091. 5 p.m. Free. Mansfield Avenue Band. The Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. 271-6650. 9 p.m. Call for info. Nick LeDuc, Kris Anauo, Kevin Murray. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. blueroomrochester.com, 7305985. 8 p.m. Call for info. Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. rochesterplaza.com. 6 p.m. Free. The Evil City String Band w/Kaijah. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 5:30 p.m. $5-$7. Woody. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport, NY. 637-2260. 6 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Billy Joe & the Blues Gypsies w/Dave Riccioni. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 2661440. 6-9 p.m. Free. Gap Mangione New Blues Band. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 7:30 p.m. Free. Luca Foresta. Beale Street CafeWebster, 1930 Empire Blvd, Webster. bealestreetcafe.com, 216-1070. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Steve Grills & The Roadmasters. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. 924-3232. 8 p.m. Call for info. Third Degree. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com, 2714650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. [ Classical ] A Choral Journey through the Church Year. St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 25 Westminster Rd. 271-2240. 8 p.m. Free. RPO: James Westwater: Spurs and Spirit. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo. org. 8 p.m. $15-$77. Two Saints Spring Music Festival: Eastman Cello Choir. St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Church, 17 South Fitzhugh St. 546-7730. 12:15 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Chill Out Fridays! Happy Hour. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com, 292-9940. 5:30 p.m. Free. DJ Bac Spin. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 8 p.m. Call for info. DJ Cakeslayer. TC HooligansGreece, Greece Ridge Ctr. tchooligans.com, 225-7180. 4 p.m. Call for info. DJ Cedric. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. DJ Mosart212. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. 6 p.m. Free. DJs Jon Herbert, DJ Ease. One, 1 Ryan Alley. 546-1010. 10:30 p.m. $5 after 11 p.m. Fresh Meat Fridays w/Samantha Vega, DJ Mighty Mic. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $4-$12. Lube After Dark. Quaker Steak and Lube, 2205 Buffalo Rd. 697.9464. 9:30 p.m. Free. Reggaeton w/DJ Carlos. La Copa Ultra Lounge, 235 W Ridge Rd. 254-1050. 10 p.m. Free. Shotgun Music D.J. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. 924-3660. Call for info. Free. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Future and Friends. Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. rochestermainstreetarmory. com. 8 p.m. $33-$55. continues on page 18
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Friday, April 27 Lava w/Aye Brooks. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com, 3255600. 10:30. $10-$12. [ Jazz ] Cool Club Jazz Quartet. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 7 p.m. Free. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. Call for info. Free. Friday Jazz at Immanuel: Miche Fambro. Immanuel Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave. 4737664. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Johnny Matt Band w/Jon Seiger. Wegmans-Eastway, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster. 671-8290. 5:30 p.m. Free. Ryan T Carey. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 427-8030. 7-9 p.m. Free. Shades of Gray. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6:30 p.m. Free. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St Williamson, NY 5894512. PultneyvilleGrill.com, 589-4512. 7 p.m. Free. The Gerry Nasca, John Montgomery, Dave Arenius Trio w/Mike DiMartino. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera.com, 546-3945. 8 p.m. $5, dinner required in dining room before 9 p.m. The Westview Project. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Ball Breakers. Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. 3524505. Call for info. Brothers from Other Mothers w/ Teagan & Some Tweeds. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 224-0990. 9 p.m. Free. CoMoTioN. Nashvilles, 4853 West Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. 8 p.m. Call for info. Compromise. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W. 6211480. 9 p.m. $5-$7. DeadRoc Upstate Metal Showcase w/ Hatemachine. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza. themontagemusichall.com, 232-1520. 8 p.m. $5. Divided by Zero. TC HooligansGreece, Greece Ridge Ctr. tchooligans.com, 225-7180. Call for info. Download. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave. nolasweb.com, 6633375. 10 p.m. Call for info. Happy Hour: Rumblin & The Moose Knuckles. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 4542966. 6 p.m. Free. 21+. Hi-Risers. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque. com. 10 p.m. Free. 18 City APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2012
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While the success of hit singles like “Nothing on You” and “Airplanes” makes B.o.B.’s upcoming performance at RIT’s Gordon Field House one of the most coveted tickets in town, the strength of more recent mixtapes “No Genre” and “EPIC” prove that being present for a B.o.B. concert is truly worth the price of admission. With his upcoming sophomore album, B.o.B. looks to answer critics by combining the hooks that made him famous with the angsty stanzas and creative rhymes that established him as one of the industry’s best songwriters. If the latest single, “Where Are You (B.o.B. vs. Bobby Ray)”, is any indication Bobby Simmons Jr. is meeting critics head on, resulting in the most original B.o.B. album yet. B.o.B performs Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m. at Gordon Field House, Rochester Institute of Technology. $36. RIT.edu/fa/fieldhouse. — BY JARED BENNETT Lisa Lee Band. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St, Sodus Point. captainjacksgoodtimetavern. com, 315-483-9570. 9 p.m. Call for info. Mansfield Avenue. The Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. mhalterm2@mac.com. 8:30 p.m. Free. Mouthful. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com, 3255600. 6:30 p.m. $10-$12. Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Party w/Wild Horses. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com, 292-9940. 9 p.m. $5 GA, $3 student. Sam Deleo. Perlo’s Italian Grill, 202 N Washington St, East Rochester. 248-5060. 6:30. Free. Springer. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River Street. pelicansnestrestaurant.com, 663-5910. Call for info. That Party Band. Anchor Bar Marketplace. anchorsportsbar. com, 272-9333. Call for info. The Rice Cakes w/Abandoned Buildings Club, Buckets, and White Woods. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 4542966. 9 p.m. Call for info. Thunderosa. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m. $3-$5. Violet Mary. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:30 p.m. $3. [ R&B ] Soul at the Cup. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. 9 p.m. Call for tix.
Saturday, April 28 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Ache. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St. tapas177.com, 2622090. 11 p.m. Free.
Bob Grocki. Flaherty’s Webster, 1200 Bay Rd. flahertys.com, 671-0816. Call for info. Ebb Tide. Flaherty’s Honeoye Falls, 60 W Main St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. flahertys.com, 497-7010. Call for info. Even Steven. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 3489091. 8 p.m. Free. Jumbo Shrimp. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 8 p.m. Free. Kinloch Nelson w/Ken Bonfield. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St. tangocafedance. com. 8 p.m. $12. Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main St., Pittsford. 5864650, pittsfordpub.net. 9 p.m.midnight. Free. Tom Gravino. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 355-8206. 7 p.m. Free. Trevor Leach. Boulder Coffee Co. - Park Ave, 739 Park Ave. bouldercoffeeco.com. 8 p.m. Free. Unplugged Dinner Music Series. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940, lovincup. com. 6 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Deep Blue. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com, 2714650. 7:30 p.m. Free. Fatboy Blues Band. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. sixpockets.net, 266-1440. 3 p.m. Call for info. Joe Beard. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque. com. 10 p.m. Free. The Fakers. Beale Street CafeWebster, 1930 Empire Blvd, Webster. bealestreetcafe.com, 216-1070. 7:30 p.m. Call for info.
[ Classical ] Amadeus Chorale. Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, 597 East Ave. 494-1795. 7 p.m. $10. Finger Lakes Chorale. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St. Canandaigua. 396-0027. 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. RPO: James Westwater: Spurs and Spirit. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo. org. 8 p.m. $15-$77. [ Country ] Crossroad. Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. 3524505. Call for info. Double Cross. Anchor Bar Marketplace. anchorsportsbar. com, 272-9333. Call for info. Flint Creek. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m. $3. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] B.o.B. Rochester Institute of Technology-Gordon Field House, 149 Lomb Memorial Dr. rittickets.com. 8 p.m. $36. MC Beyond. Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave. 271-1050. 6 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Amanda Ashley. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle. org. 8:30 p.m. Free. East End Jazz Boys. Havana Moe’s, 125 East Ave. 3251030. 9 p.m. Free. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. Call for info. Free. Jazz at Jazzy’s. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster. 216-1290. 8:30-11 p.m. Free. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Jon Greeno Jazz Trio. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 7 p.m. Free. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Glengarry Inn at Eagle Vale, 4400 Nine Mile Point Road, Rt 250 Fairport NY. EagleVale. com, 598-3820. 6:30 p.m. Free. The Westview Project. The Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. 271-6650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Tinted Image. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 7:30 p.m. Free. Willy O’Riley & Mark Bader. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Drum Joy: Drumming Circle. Christ Church Unity, 55 Prince St. 615-8296, tonermanny@frontiernet.net. 1-3 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Black Ice. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. 924-3660. Call for info. Free. Black Top Daddies. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m. $3-$5.
Brass Taxi. Shooters Sports Bar & Grill, 1226 Fairport Rd. shootersny.com, 924-9914. Call for info. DopApod. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza. themontagemusichall.com, 232-1520. 9 p.m. Call for info. Falling Forward w/Tonight We Feed. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com, 3255600. 6:30 p.m. $10-$12. Full Throttle. McKenzie’s Irish Pub, W. Henrietta Rd. mckenziesirishpub.com. 9 p.m. Free. Gonculator CD Release Party. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com, 2929940. 9 p.m. $5 GA, $3 student. Key of V. Boulder Coffee Co. - Alexander St. , 100 Alexander St. bouldercoffeeco.com. 8 p.m. Free. Me & The Boyz. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River Street. pelicansnestrestaurant.com, 663-5910. Call for info. MoChester. Firehouse Saloon, 814 Clinton Ave S. 244-6307. 10 p.m. Call for info. No Boundaries. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. houseofguitars.com. 6 p.m. Free. Orient Express Band. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. 924-3232. 8 p.m. Call for info. Renegade. Hamlin Station Bar & Grill, 52 Railroad Ave., Hamlin. hamlinstation.net, 964-2010. 8:30 p.m. Call for info. Seth Faergolzia Album Release Show w/Bogs Visionary Orchestra, Bethesda, Garden Fresh, and The Worm Quartet. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 454-2966. 9 p.m. $6-$8. Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main Street, Pittsford. pittsfordpub.net, 586.4650. 9 p.m. Call for info. Stick Men. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com, 3255600. 8 p.m. $16. The Surge. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St, Sodus Point. captainjacksgoodtimetavern. com, 315-483-9570. 9 p.m. Free.
Sunday, April 29 [ Acoustic/Folk ] AcoustiCollider w/Papi Chulo. Roam Cafe, 260 Park Ave. 360-4165. 8:30 p.m. Free. Celtic Music. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m. Free. John Dady. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 348-9091. 7 p.m. Free. Larkin Poe w/The Shadowboxers. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 7 p.m. $7-$10. Traditional Irish Music Session. Johnny’s Irish
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Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 5 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] The Meta Accord. bealestreetcafe.com, 2714650. 7 p.m. Call for info. [ Classical ] 2012 Spring Concert by Taiwanese Choral Society of Rochester. St Mary’s Church, 15 St Mary’s Pl. tcsr.roc@gmail. com, 256-1802. 3 p.m. $6. Community Organ Concert. Christ the Good Shepherd Church, 1000 North Winton Rd. 482-2018. 4 p.m. Free; donation invited. Finger Lakes Chorale. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St. Canandaigua. 396-0027. 3 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Genesee Symphony Orchestra: Musical Salute. Elba Central School Auditorium. geneseesymphony.com. 4 p.m. $5-$12. Going for Baroque Organ Recital. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. 1 & 3 p.m. Free w/admission. Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic 20th Anniversary Concert. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. hochstein.org. 4 p.m. Free; free will offering accepted. Rochester Guitar Duo. First Baptist Church, 124 Main St., Brockport. 637-4502. 3 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Romanza for Flute and Guitar: Solos and Duos from Spain, France, and North and South America. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. chambermusicrochester.org. 7:30 p.m. $30. The Links Scholarship Concert. Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 3 p.m. Free. Winds and Strings for Spring. St Andrew’s Church, 923 Portland Ave. 266-7030. 2:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted.
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[ R&B ] Carlton Wilcox Live presents: Music, Love & Life. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup. com, 292-9940. 6:30 p.m. $7 GA, $5 student. New Edition. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. bluecrossarena.com. 7 p.m. $70-$92.
Monday, April 30 [ Classical ] World Music Series - Gamelan Lila Muni. Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 8 p.m. $15. [ Jazz ] Bob DiBaudo Duo. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 5:30 p.m. Free. Mark Bader. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 5:30 p.m. Free. Musician Showcase. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 7:30 p.m. Free. Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. 2714650, bealestreetcafe.com. 7 p.m. Free. Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com, 2714650. 7 p.m. Call for info. Watkin and the Rapiers. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings w/Pep Torres. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8 p.m. $7-$10. Pierced Arrows w/Velvet Elvis, The Missing Links. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 4542966. 9 p.m. $8-$10.
Tuesday, May 1 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Acoustic Alchemy Review. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 7:30 p.m. Free. Reggae Night. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 527-8720. Call for info. The Branch Davidians Album Release w/Gin & Bonnets, Baby Shark, and Trevor Leach. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com, 454-2966. 9 p.m. $5-$7. [ Classical ] Penfield Rotary Big Band Swing Dance. Penfield Community Center Gym. 340-8655. 7:30 p.m. $1. [ Jazz ] Ballroom Dance Series w/live music. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester. gov/ballroomdanceseries. 7:30 p.m. $3. See website for full line up. 20 City APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2012
Alternative | Passion Pit
Plenty of bands have pitched a tent in the indie campground, but few have managed sleepovers and achieved BFF status as quickly as Boston’s Passion Pit. Formed in 2007, this love child of lead singer Michael Angelakos evolved from a Valentine’s Day present for an ex-girlfriend into a quintet and has emerged as a stud. Passion Pit plays electropop the way you like it, with an abundance of dance-inducing hooks, cutesy sing-a-long melodies, and a nuanced beat that’s so complex and lush, it will leave you exhausted and satisfied. The group hit a climax with its 2009 CD “Manners,” and Passion Pit’s highly anticipated next album is scheduled to drop in June, making this show a pre-record-release party of sorts. Passion Pit performs Tuesday, May 1, 8 p.m. at the Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St., Geneva. $32. thesmith.org. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR Beau. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 8 p.m. Free. Mark Bader. Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Bar, 1550 Route 332, Farmington. proseccoitalianrestaurant.com, 924-8000. 6 p.m. Call for info. Shared Genes. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Tinted Image. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 5:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Pop/Rock - Don Christiano. .With a Little Help From My FriendsThe Beatles Unplugged. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 2323230. 8 p.m. $2.
Wednesday, May 2 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Reggae Lounge w/DJ Ras Courtney, DJ FreakA-Nature. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8 p.m. Free. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com, 3814000. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tommy Gravino. Rio Tomatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua. 3949380. 6:30 p.m. Free. Salsa w/Shelia dancing during the performance. [ Classical ] Andy Stobie Finger Lakes Jazz Band. Ontario Beach Park, 4800 Lake Ave. 865-3320. 6 p.m. Call for info. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Keyyo. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. tcrileysparkpoint.com, 272-9777. Call for info.
Guest DJs. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 542-8336. Midnight. Free. Y Not Wednesday w/DJ ET. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 10 p.m. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Jim Lane w/Cousin Vinny. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com, 385-8565. 6 p.m. Free. Marco Amadio. Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Bar, 1550 Route 332, Farmington. proseccoitalianrestaurant.com, 924-8000. 6 p.m. Call for info. Michael Vidala. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/The King Bees. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] A Wilhelm Scream w/After the Fall, Gunnar Stahl. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 4542966. 8:30 p.m. $10-$12. Aqueous w/Haewa. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. haewamusic@gmail.com. 8:30 p.m. $5-$7. Bobbie Henrie & the Goners. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque. com, 325-7090. 9 p.m. Free.
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Who are the misbegotten? “A Moon for the Misbegotten” By the Irish Players of Rochester Through April 28 MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. $5-$15 | 234-7840, rochestercommunityplayers.org [ REVIEW ] BY MICHAEL LASSER
In “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” just who are the misbegotten? In Eugene O’Neill’s last completed play, neither Josie Hogan nor Jim Tyrone is born out of wedlock, yet both inherit something accursed; some failure of genetics or upbringing puts them at odds with the rest of the world. Josie’s father, Phil, is a tenant farmer who works a barren patch of land, drinks to excess, and spills blarney helter-skelter as he connives to have his way; Josie has a reputation for promiscuity, flaunts as much
bravado as her father, and fears her own vulnerability; and Jim, an alcoholic, selfhating cynic, is the scion of the ruined Tyrone family from O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” (The Tyrones are based on O’Neill’s own family, and James is modeled on his older brother, Jamie.) “A Moon for the Misbegotten” is great and flawed, compelling and tedious, a treacherous undertaking for any group of actors. It is irritatingly repetitive, strangely comic, elegiac, and inescapably moving when it is done right. But in the hands of unskilled actors, it is easy to trivialize. Its main characters arm themselves in alcohol and comic bluster as they plumb haunted memories before finding a few moments of redemption and peace — and yet nothing changes. A word like “bittersweet” comes closest to expressing what the play leaves in the heart, yet that barely touches what occurs. So it is admirable for a community theater — Rochester Community Players’ Irish Players, currently performing at MuCCC — to try to take hold of this demanding play. Therein lies what’s impressive in the production, and also what fails. Set in 1923, the play
Stephanie Roosa and Gregory Ludek in “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” PHOTO BY KEN DAUER
is built from a series of set pieces, usually involving two of the three main characters. Phil and Josie’s talk is all threat and bluster, beneath which a layer of affection somehow survives; yet they have no future but loneliness and poverty. Who will marry this outspoken woman whose own father calls her a “slut”? She has fallen in love with their landlord, the emotionally crippled Jim Tyrone, who also loves her but flays himself with guilt for his mother’s death. Adding to the
personal confrontations are the possibility that Jim will sell the farm to a wealthy neighbor, along with Phil’s destructive scheme to get his daughter married. In the third of the play’s four acts, Josie and Jim, both crushed by unendurable loneliness, stumble clumsily into a way to speak openly to one another. Jim can finally release his grief and he and Josie can admit their love for one another. The encounter comforts and reassures them, but Jim knows he is no fit husband, and Josie accepts her life as Phil’s daughter, who will live out her years on the farm. There may be an inner calm that was missing before, but blighted dreams linger like moonlight. In a play that consists of more than three hours of talk, the cast’s challenge is to keep it moving without forcing it or rushing. That finally happened in acts three and four, though at first the emoting and expansive gesturing in MuCCC’s small space was both large and tentative at the same time, as if noise and size would be sufficient. John R. Jaeger (Phil) is a burly man, who initially moved as if he didn’t have enough room onstage, while Gregory Ludek (Jim) failed to define the character of Jim; we came to know him from what others said about him. It is hard to understand what attracted Josie to him. Director Jean Gordon Ryon also had the cast play the first act for laughs, rather than letting them rise from character and situation. All this threatened to reduce the conflicts to mere melodrama before the cast found its footing. By the time Stephanie Roosa as Josie, Jaeger, and Ludek reached the more varied emotionalism of acts three and four, they were in synch with one another and the play. It took a while but it was worth the wait. Production values at MuCCC are usually minimal. Set designers Kathy and Ken Dauer set up the front porch of a suitably run-down cottage, and scattered rocks and a clothes line in the yard, while Peter Scribner’s lighting varied from the light of day to the essential moonlight at night. Alynn Steiner’s costumes didn’t feel like anything from the 1920’s, but then nothing in the play did. O’Neill’s Connecticut is a place as close as yesterday or tomorrow, from which there are no escapes without scars.
[ OPENING ] Irondequoit Art Club 54th Annual Spring Show Thu Apr 26. Pauline Evans Public Library, 45 Cooper Rd., Irondequoit. 7-8:30 p.m. 787-4086, Irondequoitartclub.org Pinhold Camera Art: Professional Photographers’ Point of View Thu Apr 26. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. 6 p.m. Free. 624-7740, millartcenter.com. Featuring John Neel, Andrew Davidhazy, Craig Barber, and Rick Shannon. “The Final Four: MFA Thesis Exhibition” Fri Apr 27. RIT Bevier Gallery, 90 Lomb Memorial Drive. Booth Building, 7A. 5-7 p.m. 475-2646. Henrietta Art Club’s Annual Spring Art Show Fri Apr 27. Henrietta Town Hall, 475 Calkins Rd. 7-9 p.m. 243-9333. MFA Theses: “Echo,” a video by Sarah Weeden, “Souvenir” by Philippe Gouvernet, and thesis exhibition by Dan Varenka. Fri Apr 27. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. 6-9 p.m. 4428676, vsw.org. Recent Artwork by Frank Argento Fri Apr 27. CIAS Dean’s Gallery, Frank E. Gannett Hall, Bldg 7A-1060, Rochester Institute of Technology. 4-7 p.m. rit.edu. Arete Gallery Grand Opening Sat Apr 28. Arete Gallery, 663 N. Winton Rd. 6-9 p.m. 286-9086, aretegallery.com. Featuring our talented local artists. “House of Pictures” Magnum popup show Sat Apr 28. Rohrbach Warehouse, 97 Railroad St. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. vsw.org, postcardsfromamerica.tumblr.com. “The BIG Spring Show 1.2.3.” Sat Apr 28. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S Main St, Canandaigua. 6-8 p.m. 394-0030, prrgallery.com. The Work of Cheryl and Don Olney Sat Apr 28. Genesee Coop Federal Credit Union, 395 Gregory St. 6-8 p.m. 461-2230, genesee.coop. Oriental Carpets from 1600 to the Present Tue May 1. Arts & Cultural Council Gallery, 277 N Goodman St. 5-9 p.m. 473-4000, artsrochester.org. [ CONTINUING ] 2 Chic Boutique 151 Park Ave. Through Apr 30: “Little Gardens,” fabric collages by Susie Cohen. Wed-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-6111, 2chicboutique.com. Arts & Cultural Council Gallery 277 N Goodman St. May 1-24: Oriental Carpets from 1600 to the Present. | Through Apr 26: “Brian O’Neill: The Bridge Between Two Worlds.” MonFri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 473-4000, artsrochester.org. Black Radish Gallery Village Gate, D Entrance, 274 N. Goodman St. Through Apr 30: “4 Views / 8 Eyes,” work by Zanne Brunner, Jeffrey Young, Courtney Gruttadauria, and Peter Macon. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 12-5 p.m. arenaartgroup.com Bridge Gallery Brodie Fine Arts, SUNY Geneseo. Through May 1: “Irish Contemporary Art on Paper.” Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-11 p.m. 2455814, Geneseo.edu. continues on page 22 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 21
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“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....” The National Museum of Play at the Strong (1 Manhattan Square) will be focusing on sci-fi fans with its In Another Galaxy Weekend. Dress up as your favorite sci-fi character, load up your young padawans, and pilot your landspeeder downtown on Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29, to check out the stellar happenings. Starting at 11a.m. on Saturday, costume enthusiasts from the 501st Legion (Vader’s First) and Rebel Legion will march through the museum in full Star Wars regalia. On Saturday only, come out to see UB students of the Exploration and Development of Science show off high-altitude weather balloons. Other events taking place on both days include robot builds from the FIRST Robotics Team from Fairport High School; science-fiction artifacts and collections; playable Tron, Asteroids, and other science-fiction arcade games; and temporary tattoos from the Tatoonine Tattoo Shop.
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LECTURE | 1950’s Rochester Jazz
With the 2012 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival roughly two months away, we’re longing for balmy summer nights filled with living music and cold drinks. But how many are aware that Rochester had a thriving jazz-club scene which attracted greats in the 1950’s? On Thursday, April 26, the Rochester Historical Society will present a discussion and slide presentation on mid-century jazz in Rochester. “Tom Hampson Remembers Rochester’s 1950s Jazz Scene” will be presented by Hampson, host of “Jazz from the Cellar,” on WXXI-AM-1370, at RHS in the Rundel Memorial Library (second floor, 115 South Ave.). The talk takes place at 7 p.m. and will feature photographs of jazz artists performing in Rochester, including Dave Brubeck, Billie Holiday, and Nat King Cole, from the Paul Hoeffler Collection, at University of Rochester Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The event will be hosted by Derrick Lucas, music director at WGMC Jazz 90.1. The suggested donation is $5 per person. For more information, call 428-8470 or visit rochesterhistory.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Bug Jar 219 Monroe Ave. Through May 31: THE LOBBY Presents: Lea Rizzo. Mon-Sun 8 p.m.- 2 a.m. 454-2966, bugjar. com, lobbydigital.com Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College 2301 Westside Drive. Through May 5: 2012 Juried Senior Art Show. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 1-4 p.m. 5946442, roberts.edu/davisongallery. Gallery Salon & Spa 780 University Ave. Through Apr 30: “Fractured Fairy Tales” and “American Road Trip” featuring Beth Bailey. Tue-Thu 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 271-8340, galleryhair.com. Gallery r 100 College Ave. Through Apr 27: “School of Art Senior Illustration Exhibition.” Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m. galleryr.org. Greece Historical Museum 595 Long Pond Rd. Apr 29: Art Show by the Art Club of the Greece Community & Senior Center. Sun 1:30-4 p.m. 225-3771, greecehistoricalsociety.net. Hartnett Gallery University of Rochester, Wilson Commons. Apr 26-May 13: “Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition.” Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 275-4188, blogs. rochester.edu/Hartnett. High Falls Fine Art Gallery 60 Browns Race. Through Apr 27: “A Photographer’s Path 15” and Thaw: “ROC Art,” paintings by Jim Mott. Wed-Fri 11 a.m.5:30 p.m.; Sat Noon-5:30 p.m.; Sun 1-5 p.m. 325-2030, centerathighfalls.org. I-Square Visions 693 Titus Ave., Irondequoit. Through Apr 26: East Meets West Art Show: Eastridge and Irondequoit High Schools’ art students and art teachers. MonFri 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 943-1941. Joe Bean Coffee Roasters 1344 University Ave., Suite 110. Through Apr 30: “Urban Cultura: Green Culture & Cultivation.” Mon-Wed 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Thu 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 3195279, joebeanroasters.com. Legacy at the Fairways 681 High Street, Victor. Through Apr 28: Rochester Area Colored Pencil Club. Call for viewing hours. 924-7043 MCC Mercer Gallery 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Apr 27: “Mail Art.” Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 2922021, monroecc.edu/go/mercer/ Orange Glory Café 240 East Ave. Continuing: “Cloudage” by Gerry Szymanski. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 232-7340. Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St. Apr 27-May 4: MFA Theses: “Echo,” a video by Sarah Weeden, “Souvenir” by Philippe Gouvernet, and thesis exhibition by Dan Varenka. Hours: Apr 27 6-9 p.m., Apr 28-29 6-9 p.m., May 4 6-9 p.m. | Through Apr 29: ARTBOOK@VSW. Special hours: Apr 25-27 5-8 p.m., Apr 28-19 12-5 p.m. 442-8676, vsw.org.
Art Events [ Thursday, April 26 ] An Intimate Gallery Reception with Distinguished Artists Jamey
Leverett and Brian O’Neill. Arts & Cultural Council Gallery, 277 N Goodman St. 473-4000 x206, justin_croteau@artsrochester.org. 6-8 p.m. $100, RSVP. [ Thursday, April 26Friday, April 27 ] Clifton Springs Hospital Auxiliary Spring Bazaar. Clifton Springs Hospital, 2 Coulter Rd., Clifton Springs. 315-462-0142. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. [ Friday, April 27Sunday, April 29 ] Springtime In Canandaigua Arts and Crafts Market. Greater Canandaigua Civic Center, 250 North Bloomfield Rd. springtimeincanandaigua.com. Fri 1-7 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5 admission, kids 12 and under free.
edu/finearts. Thu-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $8-$15. [ Saturday, April 28 ] World Dance Extravaganza, A Night of Middle Eastern Dance. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 7:30 p.m. $18-$20. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Baisakhi Night. Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Rd. 427-7080, tandoorofindia.com. Bhangra dance 6-9 p.m., royal buffet 59:30 p.m. $12.99.
Kids Events [ Saturday, April 28 ] Superheroes of 4-H. Cornell Cooperative Extension-Rochester,
249 Highland Ave. 461-1000 x235, bcb72@cornell.edu. 1-4 p.m. $2, Free to 4-H members. [ Saturday, April 28Sunday, April 29 ] Adventure Weekends: Explore with Sid the Science Kid. Various locations. 697-1942, rmsc.org. Sat 9 a.m.-noon at WXXI studios (280 State St.), Sun noon-4 p.m. at RMSC (657 East Ave.). $8$10, children 3 and under free. In Another Galaxy Weekend. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. 263-2700, museumofplay.org. Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun 1-4 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Bebop to Bach Concert Series.
The Harley School, 1981 Clover St. 442-1770 x3049, tsmith@ harleyschool.org. 2 p.m. $5 per child, $10 per family, register.
Lectures [ Wednesday, April 25 ] “Diggin In” An American Archaeologists Discovers the Real Iran. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 244-0960, muccc.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. With Dr. Linda K Jacobs. Science on the Edge: “The Re-convergence of Music and Science” with Mark F. Bocko and David Headlam. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 7:30 p.m. $7-$15 single tickets.
[ Wednesday, April 25Friday, April 27 ] Kevin Bales: “Human Rights and Social Justice: The State of the World.” SUNY Geneseo. 2455516, geneseo.edu. Wed 7:30 p.m. lecture, Thu 4 p.m. panel discussion & screening of “Not My Life,” a film about slavery in our time, Fri noon-2 p.m. discussion. Free.
Ageism. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1411 East Ave. 2711313, raom.org. 7 p.m. Free. With Dr. March Lacks, MD, Professor of Medicine at Cornell University. Tom Hampson Remembers Rochester’s 1950s Jazz Scene. Rochester Historical Society Museum and Archive, Rundel Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8470, rochesterhistory.org. 7 p.m. $5.
[ Thursday, April 26 ] “The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children” with Author Katherine Stewart. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. 586-5036, mlaties@ rochester.rr.com. 7:15 p.m. Free. Geriatrics and Jerry Seinfeld: Clinical and Ethical Issues on
[ Friday, April 27 ] ACT Rochester Delivers Our Race-Ethnicity Community Disparities. Central Library, 115 South Ave. ACTRochester.org. Noon-1 p.m. Free. Building from Strength: Upstate New York’s New Manufacturing continues on page 24
[ Saturday, April 28 ] Mayday Underground Crafts + Art Spring Show. Village Gate, 274 N Goodman St. maydayunderground. wordpress.com. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Slow Art Day. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu. 1 p.m. Included with museum admission: $5-12, register. [ Saturday, April 28Sunday, April 29 ] Folk Art Guild Spring Festival of Crafts. The Harley School, 1981 Clover St. 554-3539, folkartguild. org. Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $2 weekend admission.
Comedy [ Wednesday, April 25Saturday, April 28 ] Canary in a Coal Mine: A Sketch Show. The Space Theater, Hungerford Building, 1115 East Main St., Door 2, Floor 2. 2694673, thespacerochester.com. Wed 8 p.m., Thu-Sat 7 p.m. Call for details. [ Thursday, April 26Saturday, April 28 ] Godfrey/Dario Josef. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd, Webster, NY 14580. 671-9080, thecomedyclub.us. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 p.m. $9-$12. [ Friday, April 27 ] 3 Guys Walk Into A Bar Presents: Brace For Jimpact. Boulder Coffee Co.: Alexander St., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140, 3guyswalkintoabar@gmail.com. 8-10 p.m. $5. [ Friday, April 27Saturday, April 28 ] Village Idiots: Director’s Cut/Last Idiot Standing. Village Idiots Pillar Theater, Village Gate 1st floor, 274 North Goodman St., #D106. 797-9086, vip@improvVIP.com, improvVIP.com. Director’s Cut 7:30 p.m., Last Idiot 9:30 p.m. $5
Dance Events [ Thursday, April 26Sunday, April 29 ] Sankofa African Dance and Drum Ensemble. Hartwell Dance Theatre, Kenyon St., College at Brockport. 395-2787, brockport. rochestercitynewspaper.com City 23
[ Monday, April 30 ] Civic Engagement Speaker Series: “National Health Care: An Overview of Recent Debates.” Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000, jccrochester.org. 7 p.m. $5. RIT Faculty Speakers Film Series: David Sluberski on “Get Low.” Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 258-0400, thelittle.org. 6:50 p.m. screening, followed by discussion. $5.
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS | Race & Ethnicity
Humanity’s unending naval gazing has brought us great and terrible things. In the terrible stack, you have the cultural construct of race, which has been and is used to justify inhuman actions of one group toward another, and has destroyed our communities from their onset. In the good news pile, modern efforts with genetic science have led us to a truth: that the motherland of the entire human species is Africa. National Stand Against Racism day is held annually by the YWCA in efforts to eliminate racism by raising awareness. Here are some timely lectures and workshops to help you sort it out with professionals and your community. On Friday, April 27, noon-1 p.m., the Rochester Public Library will host ACT Rochester’s Program Director, Ann Johnson, who will speak on our race-ethnicity community disparities. The talk will be held in Kate Gleason Auditorium at Central Library (115 South Ave.), and is free of charge. For more information, call 428-8350. To learn more about disparities among race groups, visit actrochester.org. A free workshop entitled “A Conversation on Race: A Process of Discovery” will be held Tuesday, May 1, 6-8 p.m. at Arnett Branch Library (310 Arnett Blvd.), and Thursday, May 3, 6-8 p.m. at Penfield Public Library (1985 Baird Road). The workshop is free, but space is limited. For more information, and to register, contact Linda Rock at 4288350, or email linda.rock@libraryweb.org.
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On Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m., population geneticist Spencer Wells will speak at the MCC Theater at Monroe Community College (1000 E. Henrietta Road). The National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and director of the Genographic Project from National Geographic and IBM, will give a talk entitled “The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey,” in which he will elaborate upon the Genographic Project and his efforts to close the gaps in knowledge of human migration by studying humankind’s DNA. Tickets to this event are free but must be reserved in advance at the box office or online at monroecctickets.com. For more info, call 292-2534. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Lectures Renaissance. Rochester Institute of Technology, Center for Student Innovation, Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-4966, RITSummit@gillibrand. senate.gov. 10 a.m. Free. [ Saturday, April 28 ] 4th Annual Scholars’ Day Presents Author and Geneticist Spencer Wells. Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd., Brighton. 292-2534, monroecctickets.com. 9:30 a.m. $7, register. Magnum Panel Discussion & Book Signing. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 2713361, eastmanhouse.org. 2 p.m. Included with museum admission: $5-$12.
Rochester Women’s Empowerment Conference 2012 with Tanya Young Williams. Radisson Hotel, 120 E. Main St. 270-2214, ladymirawashington@gmail. com. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., keynote at. $65, register. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Deaf Survivors’ Stories of the Shoah (Holocaust). Congregation Beth Hamedresh, Beth Israel, 1369 East Ave. 244-2060. 2 p.m. Free. Historic Brighton hosts “Making History: Sandra Frankel.” Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 442-5313, aaw2130@gmail.com. 2:30 p.m. Free.
[ Tuesday, May 1 ] “Vegan Nutrition: What Does the Science Say?” with Jack Norris, R.D. Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 234-8750, rochesterveg.org. 7 p.m. Free.
Literary Events [ Wednesday, April 25 ] Book Reading: The Art of Fact Award: Augusten Burroughs. Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. 395-2451, brockport.edu/wforum. 7 p.m. Free. Brown Bag Book Discussion: “How to Read the Air” by Dinaw Mengestu. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8350, libraryweb. org. 12-1 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, April 26 ] 10th Annual Campus Authors Reading. FLCC Honors House, 4340 Lakeshore Dr., Canandaigua. 785-1367. 7 p.m. Free. Poetry Reading: Poem in Your Pocket Day. I-Square Visions 693 Titus Ave., Irondequoit. 9431941, isquarevisions@gmail. com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Friday, April 27 ] Poetry Reading: Bart White & George Steele. Greenwood Books, 123 East Ave. 325-2050. 7-9 p.m. Free. Refreshments. [ Friday, April 27-Sunday, April 29 ] Book Sale: Spring Book Sale. Pittsford Community Library, 24 State St, Pittsford. pittsfordlibraryfriends.com. Fri 5-8:30 p.m. members only (join at the door), Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. half price, 5-6 p.m. $3 bag sale. Cost of books. [ Saturday, April 28 ] Poetry Reading: Poetry, Potluck, & Pinot. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. 473-2590, wab. org. 3-7 p.m. Bring a dish or a bottle of pinot to share. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Poetry Reading: 9th Annual Poetry Month Celebration. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com. 12:30 p.m. Free. Poetry Reading: Poetry Extravaganza. Sterling Nature Center, Off 104 East, Sterling. 315-947-6143, snc@co.cayuga. ny.us. 3-5 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, May 1Saturday, May 5 ] Book Sale: Webster Library Spring Book Sale. Webster Public Library, 980 Ridge Rd, Webster. 872-7075. Wed-Thu 10 a.m.8:30 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
(buy one book get one free AND all day bag sale), Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (all day bag sale). Free admission, $.50-$1 for books. Members only preview sale will be held Tuesday May 1 from 5-8:30 p.m. New members are welcome to join at the door.
Recreation [ Wednesday, April 25 ] Birding Trip: Highland Park. Meet in front of the Conservatory. Janet 787-0507, Chita 4823588, rochesterbirding.com. 8 a.m. Free. [ Saturday, April 28 ] Beginner Birder Trip: Durand Eastman Park and Island Cottage Woods Area. Meet in lakeside parking lot off Lakeshore Blvd (lot C). Kimberly 503-2534, Cathy 322-2621, rochesterbirding.com. 7:30 a.m. Free. Birding Trip: Cobbs Hill Park. Cobbs Hill Park, meet on grassy area on top of the hill. Janet 787-0507, Norma 6719639, rochesterbirding.com. 7:30 a.m. Free. GVHC Hike. Powder Mills Park, Park Rd., lot next to Rand Lodge. Chris C. 247-9237, gvhchikes.org. 1 p.m. Free. Moderate/hilly 4 mile hike. Return of the Bluebirds. Thousand Acre Swamp Sanctuary, 1581 Jackson Rd, Penfield. 773-8911. 8 a.m. Free. Bring binoculars to enhance sightings. The Catalyst Games. CrossFit BoomTown, 1106 East Ridge Rd.,
Suite F. catalystgames.eventbrite. com. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $40, register. [ Saturday, April 28Sunday, April 29 ] Flower City Challenge. Various locations, times. flowercitychallenge.com. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Birding Trip: Braddock Bay Hawk Lookout & Cranberry Trail. Braddock Bay park, E. Manitou Rd. Kimberly 503-2534, rochesterbirding.com. 9:30 a.m. Free. GVHC Hike. Center Park, 1100 Ayrault Rd., Fairport. David K 223-2512, gvhchikes.org. 10 a.m. Free. [ Tuesday, May 1 ] Birding Trip: Cobbs Hill Park. Cobbs Hill Park. Pat 671-9639, Tom & Jeanne 473-9229, rochesterbirding.com. Call for details. Free.
Special Events [ Wednesday, April 25 ] “How to Start a Revolution” Documentary and Discussion. Rochester Friends Meeting House, 84 Scio St. psa.rfm@ gmail.com. 7:30 p.m. Free. Emergency Preparedness Prep Talk with Susan Micciche. Irondequoit Public Library-Helen McGraw Branch, 2180 E Ridge Rd. 3366060, mcgrawbr@libraryweb.org. 7 p.m. Free, register. Rainbow SAGE on the road. Henrietta Public Library, 455
Calkins Rd. kellyc@gayalliance. org. 1-2 p.m. Free. Rochester Winos Wine and Food Pairing. Castaways, 244 Lake Rd, Webster. 288-2277, rochesterwinos.com. 6:30 p.m., tasting 7-9:30 p.m. $25-$30, register. [ Thursday, April 26 ] Annual Fundraiser for Community Place. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 224-2601, kallencaballero@communityplace.org. 6 p.m. $100, register. Rochester radio personality Dee Alexander will emcee the event, which includes live jazz, as well as delicious food, a silent auction and reverse raffle. Community Conversations: Dialogues about Geneva History, The Italian Community. Sons of Italy Lodge, 31 Prospect Ave., Geneva. 315-789-5151, genevahistoricalsociety.com. 7 p.m. Free. Frederick Douglass Toastmasters Club. 152 Baden St. 235-6460. 7 p.m. Free. Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday. Poet’s Garden, Highland Park, 180 Reservoir Ave. 546-7029, landmarksociety.org. 7 p.m. Free. Global Day of Prayer for Creation Care and the Poor. Edgewood Free Methodist Church, 250 Edgewood Ave. eventsatcos@aol.com. 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Gluten Free Tasting. Rosario Pino’s Artisan Foods, 349 W. Commercial St., East Rochester, Piano Works Mall. 267-7405, rosariopinos.com. 5-8 p.m. Free.
Israel Independence Day. Temple Beth El, 139 S Winton Rd. 461-0490, sstam@ jewishrochester.org. 7 p.m. Free. Rochester Women’s Network Spring Fundraiser: Monte Carlo Night. Harro East Ballroom, 155 Chestnut St. Sandy Richardson rwn@rwn.org. 5:30-9:30 p.m. $50-$60. [ Thursday, April 26Saturday, April 28 ] Rummage Sale. Atonement Lutheran Church, 1900 Westfall Rd., Brighton. 442-1018, atonementrochester.org. Thu 5-8 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-noon. Free admission. [ Friday, April 27 ] 2012 Euchre Tournament. Cobblestone Creek Country Club, 100 Cobblecreek Rd., Victor. 7421476, victorchamber.com. 6-9 p.m. $50 per team, register. 2012 Greater Rochester Arbor Day Celebration. Moore Road near Elmwood Ave., Genesee Valley Park. 461-1000, mycce. org/monroe. 11 a.m. Free. Cayuga Lake Wine Trail’s 20th Annual Wine & Herb Festival. 800684-5217, cayugawinetrail.com. Fri 1-5 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $35, $50 couple, $5 more at door. Wine Tasting and Silent Auction to benefit Wild Wings Raptor Sanctuary. Shadow Lake Golf Course, 1850 Five Mile Rd., Penfield. 334-7790, wildwingsinc. org. 5-8 p.m. $20.
[ Saturday, April 28 ] 4 Annunal Brewery Collectables Trade Show. Local 13 Plumbers & Steamfitters Union Hall, 1850 Mt. Read Blvd. 202-0647. jr66ss@rochester.rr.com. 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. Free. Arbor Day Celebration. Country Way Garden Center, 2755 Penfield Rd. 377-9810. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Call for details. Autism Awareness Walk. Eastview Mall, 7979 Pittsford-Victor Rd, Victor. acoron@happinesshouse. org. 7:30 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. walk. Fundraiser. Celebration of Women. Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Rd., Pittsford. 402-7212, stepbysteprochester.org. 1-4 p.m. Call for details. Conscious Evolution Conference. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St, Canandaigua. 6126629 or 208-2501. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $65, register. Making CON-TACT Paranormal Conference. Old Haunted Mill, 67 Warehouse St. kgalucki@ gmail.com. Email for details. $40 presale /$50 at door. Penfield Clean Up Day & Electronics Recycling/Secure Documents Destruction. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 3408655, penfield.org, ewaste.com, recoverycascades.com. 9 a.m.noon, recycling 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Penfield Highway Garage, (1607 Jackson Rd.). Free, register.
Rochester BRAWL Fundraiser for Rape Crisis Service. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St. brawlnewyork.wordpress.com, girlsrockrochester.tumblr.com. Doors 7 p.m. $2 suggested donation. Screening: “The Officer’s Wife.” Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 275-9898, bozenna. sobolewska@rochester.edu. 3 p.m., followed by a questionand-answer session with director Piotr Uzarowicz. $8. World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2012. Brighton High School, 1150 Winton Rd. South. Brian 461-0130, rtccc.com. 10 a.m.noon. Free. Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Public Market, 280 N Union St. veganbakesale01@gmail.com. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Donation based. [ Sunday, April 29 ] Healthy Alternatives presents Wellness Day. Healthy Alternatives 458 Stone Rd., Greece. 7876954, antioxidant1.com. 10 a.m.6 p.m. Free. Irish American Cultural Institute Film Feis: “Widow’s Peak.” McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St., East Rochester. 348-9091, mcgrawsirishpub.com. 4 p.m. $8. Soup with brown bread and scones will be served. Occupy Your Health CommunityOrganized Health Fair and Spring Swap Meet. Rochester Greenovation, 1199 E. Main St. continues on page 26
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RECREATION | Flower City Challenge
This weekend’s Flower City Challenge is an opportunity to redeem yourself after our mild, gluttonous winter. On Saturday, April 28, starting at 7:30 a.m., the Genesee Valley Park (131 Elmwood Ave.) will host the first two events of the challenge, the SMP River Challenge Duathlon and the SMP River Challenge Paddle Triathlon. The first event starts with a 5K run to get your heart pumping, then continues with a 20-mile biking course that will lead the brave souls past RIT and back past the airport, returning to the park to finish with another 5k run. The triathlon follows the same first two legs of the first challenge, but after the bike ride participants jump in a canoe or kayak and paddle three miles up the Genesee River. Day two of the challenge takes place Sunday, April 29, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Rochester Blue Cross Arena (1 War Memorial Square), the starting point for the Wegmans Family 5K and Unity Health Systems Rochester Flower City Half Marathon. The first event is a 3.1-mile run past city landmarks such as the Susan B. Anthony House, Frontier Field, and Kodak Tower. The halfmarathon will take runners down urban streets, through public parks, and inside charming neighborhoods, as the 13.1-mile run heads into Highland Park and Mount Hope Cemetery, then loops around the University of Rochester. For more information about the events, visit flowercitychallenge. com. If running isn’t your thing, but you still want to be a part of the challenge, contact ellen@fleetfeetrochester.com to volunteer. — BY ALEX STEINGRABER
Special Events occupyyourhealth.tumblr.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Series on Social Justice Ministry and Racial Reconciliation. Community of the Savior, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, 120 French Rd. eventsatcos@aol. com. 9-10 a.m. Free. Vertex’s 3rd Gothic Garage Sale, Swap Meet, and Bazaar. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. vertexggs@hotmail.com. 5-10 p.m. Free admission. Wellness and Diversity at the Sonnenberg Gardens. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St, Canandaigua. 612-6629. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $30, register. ”Lost on Safari” Social Mixer for Young Adults with Autism/ Aspergers. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St Paul Blvd. 690-6795, arcmonroe.org. 1:30-3:30 p.m. $15. Ages 15-21. [ Tuesday, May 1 ] Ganondagan State Historic Site Opening Day. Ganondagan State Historical Site, 1488 State Rte 444, Victor. 7421690, ganondagan.org. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 26 City april 25 - may 1, 2012
Theater “Adding Machine: A Musical.” Wed Apr 25-Apr 29. Continues through April 29. Todd Theater, University of Rochester River Campus. Wed Apr 25-Fri 8 p.m., Sun 6 p.m. $10-$15. 275-4088, rochester.edu/theatre. “Dear Delinquent.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 28. The BUM Players. Brockport United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 92 Main St., Brockport. 7:30 p.m. $5-$7; $15 one-household family. 637-4240 or 261-7381. “Eye of the Coconut.” Thu Apr 26-Apr 28. SUNY Geneseo. Thu-Fri 7 p.m., Sat 2 p.m. $8. 245-5833, bbo.geneseo.edu. “Franny the Queen of Provincetown.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 28. Continues through May 6. Bread & Water Theatre, 243 Rosedale St. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $6-$12. 271-5523, breadandwatertheatre.org. “Grey Gardens: The Musical.” Sat Apr 28-Apr 29. Continues through May 19. Blackfriar’s Theatre, 795 E Main St. Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $17-$27. 4541260, bftix.com. “Hairspray.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 29. Continues through May 5. School of the Arts (SOTA), 45 Prince St. Fri 7 p.m., Sat 2 & 7 p.m., Sun
5 p.m. $7-$9. 242-7682 x1551, sotarochester.org. “Jersey Boys.” Continues through Apr 29. Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St. Wed-Sun 7:30 p.m. $29.50-$74.50. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com, info@rbtl.org. “Leaving Iowa.” Apr 26-Apr 29. Continues through May 13. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. Thu 7 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $26-$36. 325-4370, downstairscabaret.com. “The Marriage of Figaro.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 28. Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. 7:30 p.m. $5-$12. 594-6008, roberts.edu/clc, mercuryoperarochester.org. “A Moon for the Misbegotten.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 28. Rochester Community Players. 8 p.m. $5-$15. 244-0960, muccc.org, rochestercommunityplayers.org. “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters” Fri Apr 27. ArtSmart. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva. 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. $5. 315-7815483, thesmith.org. Regional Writers Showcase. Mon Apr 30. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. 6 p.m. Free, register. 232-4382, gevatheatre. org. “Circles” by Andrew Passafiume “Dream Tim” by Grisell Buides “And Now for an Important Message” by Karl Obine “Moon Over Gomorrah” by Byron Wilmot. “The Rocky Horror Show.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 29. Continues through May 5. Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage, 180 Holley St., College at Brockport. Fri-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. (sign language interpreted). $8-$15. 395-2787, brockport.edu/finearts. “Spring Awakening.” Fri Apr 27-Apr 29. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$12. 3892170, artscenter.naz.edu. “Superior Donuts.” Continues through Apr 29. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Wed Apr 25 7:30 p.m., Thu 7:30 p.m. (Sign Interpreted), Fri 8 p.m., Sat 4 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. (Sunday Salon) & 7 p.m. (closing performance). Tickets start at $25.232-4382, gevatheatre.org. “Two Jews Walk into A War.” Fri Apr 27-May 2. Continues through May 20. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m., Tue-Wed May 2 7 p.m. Tickets start at $35. 232-4382, gevatheatre.org. “You Say Tomato, I Say Shutup.” Apr 26-Apr 28. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. Thu 7 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 5 & 8:30 p.m.$29-$36. 3254370, downstairscabaret.com.
Theater Auditions [ Wednesday, April 25Thursday, April 26 ] “The Musical of Musicals, The Musical.” YOHP. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. Call to reserve audition time for Tue or Thu (no Wed). Free, RSVP. 3408664, penfield.org.
[ Saturday, April 28Sunday, April 29 ] “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” Stuart Steiner Theatre, Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd., Batavia. Sat 6:30 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. Free. 716-390-7615, facebook.com/wnyarts. [ Monday, April 30 ] Staged reading performance of “Noisemaker Blues” by J. Holtham. Visit workingclasstheatre.net for audition info. 7:30 p.m. Free. 643-0836, workingclasstheatre. net. Working Class Theatre Company will be holding auditions for 6 female and 4 male actors (age 20-30’s).
Workshops [ Wednesday, April 25 ] Green Living Series: “Safer Household Products.” Greater Rochester Association of Realtors, 800 West Metro Park. 475-2512, greenhomes@rit.edu. 6-8 p.m. Free, register. Herbarium Workshop. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 334-0977, epixley@rochester.rr.com. 1-4 p.m. Free, register. Preparing a Portfolio: A Great Way to Improve Your Photography. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. bchalifour@ rochester.rr.com. 7-9:30 p.m. $40, register. Instructor: Bruno Chalifour. Seeds of Change Vegan Classes. Unity Diabetes Center, 2655 Ridgeway Ave., Suite 220. 3684560, unityhealth.org. 6-8 p.m. $120 for 4 weeks, register. [ Saturday, April 28 ] Herb garden Class Series. Healthy Alternatives 458 Stone Rd., Greece. 787-6954. 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Call for details, register. Perennial Gardening. Cornell Cooperative ExtensionRochester, 249 Highland Ave. 461-1000 x225, mycce.org/ monroe. 9-11 a.m. $10, register. Rochester Roots: Growing Together Urban Agriculture Workshop Series. Clara Barton School #2, 190 Reynolds St. 232-1463, rochesterroots.org. 1-4 p.m. $10-$15, register. Soil Testing and Soil Preparation. Thyme for Herbs with Ruth Schutt. Wayside Garden Center, 124 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd, Macedon. 223-1222 x100, trish@waysidegardencenter.com. 2 p.m. Free, register. “Attracting Birds to the Landscape” presented by ornithologist Dr. Christopher White. Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St, Canandaigua. 3944922, sonnenberg.org. 10 a.m.2 p.m. $18-$20, register.
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Brockport Strand 637-3310 89 Main St, Brockport THE AVENGERS: Thur May 3 Midnight; CABIN IN THE WOODS: 9:10; THE LUCKY ONE: 7, 9; also Sat-Sun 1, 3, 5; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 7, 8:45; also Sat-Sun 1, 3, 5; THE THREE STOOGES: 7:10; also Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:10, 5:10.
Canandaigua Theatres 396-0110 Wal-Mart Plaza, Canandaigua 21 JUMP STREET: 7:15, 9:20; AMERICAN REUNION: 7:10, 9:25; THE AVENGERS: Thur May 3 Midnight; also in 3D; CABIN IN THE WOODS: 7:15, 9:15; also Fri-Sun 5:15, Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:15; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: 7, 9:20; also Fri-Sun 4, Sat-Sun 1:15; THE HUNGER GAMES: 7, 9:30; also Fri-Sun 4, Sat-Sun 1; THE LORAX: Fri-Sun 5; also Sat-Sun 1, 3, THE LUCKY ONE: 7,9; also Fri-Sun 5, Sat-Sun 1,3; MIRROR MIRROR: Fri-Sun 5, Sat-Sun 1, 3; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 7, 8:45; also FriSun 5, Sat-Sun 1, 3; THE RAVEN: 7, 9; also Fri-Sun 5, Sat-Sun 1,3; THE THREE STOOGES: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Sun 5:10; Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:10; TITANIC 3D: 7:15; also SatSun 1:30.
Cinema Theater 271-1785 957 S. Clinton St. THE ARTIST: Sat-Sun 4:45; JOHN CARTER: 7; THE LORAX: 7.
Culver Ridge 16 544-1140 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 21 JUMP STREET: 2:25, 7:50; AMERICAN REUNION: 11:50 a.m., 5:05, 10:30; THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: 12:05, 2:35, 4:55 7:40, 10; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: 1, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05; THE HUNGER GAMES: 12:10,1 2:40, 1:10, 3:15, 3:45, 4:15, 6:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:25, 9:55, 10:25; continues on page 30
Fathers and sons, glittering prizes [ REVIEW ] by George Grella
“Footnote,” considering the constant tensions in the Middle East, defies expectations. It disregards “Footnote” any international considerations, never mentions any of its hostile neighbors, the West Bank, (PG), directed by Joseph Cedar Palestine, etc., but concentrates its narrow focus Now playing at little & pittsford on a small, domestic, essentially minor matter The actor-director Maximilian Schell once stated that hardly seems a promising subject for cinema, that only a nation of more than 50 million people a squabble over recondite scholarship and its could establish a genuine motion-picture industry. dubious consequences and rewards. That assertion may explain why we see so few The movie opens with a ceremony honoring Israeli films, even in those estimable theaters that a distinguished Talmudic scholar, Professor offer a cordial welcome to works from other lands. Uriel Shkolnik (Lior Ashkenazi), who in a prolix The last one I recall, the troubling and innovative speech mentions his debt to all his teachers, “Waltz With Bashir,” opened here as far back as especially his father, Eliezer (Shlomo Bar-Aba), 2009, perhaps confirming Schell’s theory. a philologist who accomplished groundbreaking Much like the recent Iranian film “A work in the same field. Because someone Separation,” the latest product from Israel, else’s discoveries overshadowed his, Eliezer’s examination of a particular text of the Old Testament unfortunately failed to win him the recognition he deserved; the failure leaves him embittered, resentful, and jealous of his son’s success. The director devotes a good deal of the movie’s time Lior Ashkenazi and Shlomo Bar Aba (left to right) in “Footnote.” PHOTO COURTESY SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
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to juxtaposing the domestic situations of father and son. A failure as a teacher as well as a scholar, Eliezer follows a daily routine, visiting the library, ostensibly conducting research, but apparently, as Uriel accidentally discovers, spending time with another woman. He views the world with implacable disdain, barely conversing with anyone, including his wife, who never speaks to him and sleeps in a separate bedroom. Despite his own accomplishments, Uriel feels both guilty and resentful about his father’s attitude, and of course shocked at seeing him with another woman. Although unlike his parents, he and his wife converse, she tells him that he wouldn’t have the courage to have an affair, and his son, Josh, a complete slacker with no ambitions or plans, regards him with contempt. The familial and professional relationship reaches its climax in another award, the prestigious Israel Prize, intended for Uriel but mistakenly announced to Eliezer and the nation that it will be given to the father. When the committee in charge of the prize informs Uriel of the error, he meets with them to plead his father’s case, knowing it will break his heart and his spirit to once again be denied an honor. The scene, which mixes passionate argument, mild violence, and faint touches of the Marx brothers, defines the essence of the film — scholarly stuffiness, bureaucratic pettiness, the recalcitrance of an academic enemy (nothing matches the fury of a philologist out for revenge), and genuine filial concern.
Love and war [ REVIEW ] BY DAYNA PAPALEO
“The Lucky One” (PG-13), directed by Scott Hicks Now playing
“The Raid: Redemption” (R), written and directed by Gareth Evans Now playing
The emotional and scholarly complications reach something of a crescendo when Eliezer expresses his scorn for other academics in a newspaper interview, outraging Uriel; when Eliezer himself discovers the mistake that awards him the prize, he faces a situation that in effect summarizes all the events and feelings in the film. The director wisely omits any real solution to that dilemma for him or anyone else in his family, allowing the audience to absorb the complex ironies of its ending. “Footnote” often proceeds through silences, especially in the work of the man who plays Eliezer, Shlomo Bar-Aba, hardly a familiar name or face in this country. Rarely speaking, showing only the slightest hints of emotion, he accomplishes a wonderfully sustained piece of underacting. He conveys the sum of his suffering in the set of his lips, the narrowing of his eyes, the few sad gestures of his failure, a performance remarkable for its restraint. Although the determinedly undramatic nature of its subject deserves admiration, sometimes the film’s repetitiveness and narrowness of focus robs the picture of some intensity and impact. The subtitles, for those of us who lack fluency in Hebrew, move too quickly against some often unreadable backgrounds, which naturally obscures meaning. Finally, let’s face it, the realities of scholarly research and its concomitant rivalries, disappointments, and failures hardly make for great cinema.
It appeared as though the projector bulb had blown with maybe 10 minutes to go in my screening of “The Lucky One,” and once the projectionist stopped the audio, the theater immediately filled with the squishy sounds of tearful, annoyed women. Now, either my fellow audience members had by some miracle become emotionally invested in what was easily the funniest non-comedy of this young year, or, like me, they were noisily lamenting the two hours wasted on yet another manipulative, ham-fisted adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance. I’m sure we all knew how it would end, but I believe I was the only one who took advantage of the technical difficulties to make a beeline for the exit. Perhaps you’ve been assaulted by a Sparks film before; 2004’s “The Notebook” arguably set the 21st century standard for romantic weepers, and since then
Taylor Schilling and Zac Efron in “The Lucky One.” PHOTO COURTESY WARNER
cinematic storytellers have been hoping to catch lightning in a bottle one more time. But director Scott Hicks has failed miserably with “The Lucky One,” which stars the super-cute and mega-boring Zac Efron as Marine Corps Sergeant Logan Thibault, an Iraqi War vet who returns home to Colorado clutching a talisman that he found during one of his three tours of duty. It’s a photograph of a blonde mystery woman, and the opening credits have barely finished before Logan has stalked — er, I mean pinpointed her Louisiana location and hit the road with his awesome dog to express his gratitude. Yet what should have been a 15-minute movie, tops, gets stretched to feature length when the photo’s subject, Beth (the generic Taylor Schilling), continues to interrupt Logan’s mealy-mouthed explanation for his sudden presence at her kennel. Naturally, Logan begins working there, and of course Beth is a beautiful but damaged single mother with an adorable moppet of a son, a controlling and abusive ex (Jay R. Ferguson in a thankless role), and a sassy, omniscient grandma (Blythe Danner, so above this). Cue the proverbial dance, where Beth fights her attraction to the sensitive and handy Logan, while the undiscussed photo hangs like a sword of Damocles over their blossoming relationship. Our job is to wonder how Beth will react when she finds out, except it really isn’t that big of a deal, now is it? That’s Nicholas Sparks for you, though, throwing nonsensical obstacles between lovers and hoping that we, the audience, will get caught up in their yearning. Unfortunately, the couple at the heart of “The Lucky One” has no palpable chemistry, with Efron a blank slate and Schilling (over)acting for two. And I’m not sure what happened to Hicks, the Australian filmmaker who garnered attention with his Oscar-nominated work
on 1996’s “Shine” and then failed to keep his artistic momentum going. But “The Lucky One” is definitely easy on the eyes, with gorgeous, painterly images by ace Canadian cinematographer Alar Kivilo. As for the ending, I read up on it, and it’s vintage Sparks: utterly predictable yet laughably preposterous. I almost wish I had stuck it out. Almost. Fans of Asian action films tend to forgive
them their trespasses, which usually include a coherent narrative being forsaken in favor of flashy, bone-crunching violence. And that, in a nutshell, sums up “The Raid: Redemption,” a wildly entertaining martialarts flick that should put Welsh writerdirector Gareth Evans on the Hollywood fast track. Except for a brief prologue that introduces us to (and humanizes) our hero, the entirety of “The Raid: Redemption” takes place in a grimy 15-story apartment building in Jakarta. A SWAT team is poised to take down the crime lord on the top floor, but with state-of-the-art surveillance and 14 floors of minions, Tama (scenestealer Ray Sahetapy) is ready for them. The magnetic Iko Uwais stars as Rama, the rookie cop with the level head, and it slowly becomes clear in “The Raid: Redemption” that Rama is pretty much on his own, battling his way from floor to floor to save his fellow cops and take down the ruthless Tama. Along with Yayan Ruhian, who plays Tama’s scrappy yet weirdly honorable lieutenant Mad Dog, Uwais choreographed the jaw-dropping fight interludes that are rooted in pencak silat, the martial arts indigenous to Indonesia. And the scenes are extended and seamless; Evans is confident enough in the quality of his action sequences to refrain from chopping them up. We don’t get to see too much straightforward, nonironic action anymore, which makes all this earnestness rather exhilarating.
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE Thursday, April 26, 8 p.m.
Carole Lombard’s final role proved to be one of her finest: as the grand dame of a Polish acting troupe who becomes embroiled in a love triangle involving her ham husband (a riotous Jack Benny) and a handsome anti-Nazi aviator (Robert Stack), she displays all the wit and sexiness that defined her career. Decried as tasteless upon release for daring to find humor in war, subterfuge, and the Nazi threat, Lubitsch’s blackly comic film is also one of his funniest and most complex. (Ernst Lubitsch, US 1942, 99 min., 16 mm.)
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Movies for movie lovers, 6 nights a week. Carole Lombard
Set in an ultra-violent future where the only thing more frightening than the roving youth gangs is the therapy used to “cure” them, Stanley Kubrick’s startling adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s novel has lost none of its power to outrage and disturb. Malcolm McDowell stars as Alex, the Beethoven-loving leader of a band of “droogs” whose crime spree comes to an abrupt end when he’s sent to a cutting-edge “rehabilitation” clinic. (Stanley Kubrick, UK 1971, 137 min.)
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THE LORAX: 3, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40; also in 3D 12:45; THE LUCKY ONE: 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35; also open captioned 11:55 a.m.; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 2:45, 5, 9:30; also in 3D 12:30, 7:15; THE RAVEN: 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 8, 10:35; SAFE: 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; THINK LIKE A MAN: 12:50, 1:20, 4, 4:40, 6:55, 7:25, 9:45, 10:15; THE THREE STOOGES: 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:35, 9:50; TITANIC (3D): 12, 4:05, 8:05; WRATH OF THE TITANS: 3:05, 7:55; also in 3D 12:35, 5:30, 10:20;
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Eastview 13 425-0420 Eastview Mall, Victor THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05; CHIMPANZEE: 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7;25, 9:35; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: Closed caption 12:50, 4, 7:05, 10:10; THE HUNGER GAMES: 12:25, 3:45, 4:15 6:50, 7:20, 9:55, 10:25; LOCKOUT: 10:15; THE LORAX: 12:30, 7:40; THE LUCKY ONE: 12:20, 2:45, 5:25 7:55, 10:30; MIRROR MIRROR: 2:40, 5:10, 9:50;PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 12:40, 3, 5:30, 7:45; Also in 3D 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 6:55, 9:30; THE RAVEN: 12, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 10:20; SAFE: Closed caption, 12:45, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35; THINK LIKE A MAN: 1:05, 4:30, 7:15, 10; THE THREE STOOGES: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40; TITANIC 3D: 12:05.
Geneseo Theatres 243-2691 Geneseo Square Mall AMERICAN REUNION: 7:10, 9:25; also Sat-Sun 1:30, 4; The AVENGERS: Thur May 3 Midnight; also in 3D; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: 7, 9:20; also Sat-Sun 1:15, 4; THE HUNGER GAMES: 7, 9:20; also Sat-Sun 1, 4; THE LUCKY ONE: 7, 9, also Sat-Sun 1, 3, 5; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 7, 8:45; also Sat-Sun 1, 3, 5; THE THREE STOOGES: 7:10, 9:10; also at-Sun 1:10, 3:10, 5:10.
Greece Ridge 12 225-5810 176 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 21 JUMP STREET: 1:15, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05; AMERICAN REUNION: 4:20, 7, 9:45; THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20; CHIMPANZEE: Closed captioned, 12:35, 2:35, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGMENT: 1, 4:10, 7:10, 10; THE HUNGER GAMES: 12:55, 4, 7:05, 10:10; LOCKOUT: 1:10; THE LUCKY ONE: Closed captioned, 12:25, 3, 5:25, 8, 10:25; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: Closed caption, 30 City april 25 - may 1, 2012
12:40, 5:10, 9:50; also in 3D 2:55, 7:40; THE RAVEN: 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30; SAFE: Closed captioned, 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55; THINK LIKE A MAN: Closed captioned, 1:20, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15; THE THREE STOOGES: 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40.
Henrietta 18 424-3090 525 Marketplace Dr. 21 JUMP STREET: 1:45, 4:25, 7, 10:05, 12 a.m.; AMERICAN REUNION: 1:55, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50; THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15; CHIMPANZEE: 12:50, 3, 5:05, 7:05, 9:15; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGMENT: 1, 2, 4, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 11:20; THE HUNGER GAMES: 12:10, 3:15, 4:15, 6:20, 7:20, 9:25, 10:25; LOCKOUT: 5, 10:40; THE LUCKY ONE: 12:05, 4:55, 10; also open captioned 2:30, 7:25; MIRROR MIRROR: 1:05 p.m.; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 1:10, 3:25, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30; also in 3D 12:15, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30; THE RAVEN: 12, 1:30, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10, 11:35; SAFE: 12:25 2:50, 5:20, 8, 10:35, 11:40;THINK LIKE A MAN: 12:40, 1:40, 3:40, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20, 11:55; THE THREE STOOGES: 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9;55; TITANIC 3D: 12:20, 4:20, 8:20; WRATH OF THE TITANS: 2:40 p.m.
The Little 258-0400 240 East Ave. BULLY: 6:30, 8:50; also Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:20; FOOTNOTE: 6:40 (no Tue), 9:20; also Sat-Sun 11:50; Sun 4; GET LOW: Mon 6:50; HAPPY FEET: Sat 10 a.m.; JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME: 7:10 (except Mon) 9:30; also Sat-Sun 12:30, Sun 3:50; JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI: 6:50, 9; also Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:40; NYFQ: Sat 2;THE KID WITH A BIKE: 7, 9:10; also at-Sun 12:20, 3:30.
Movies 10 292-5840 2613 W. Henrietta Rd. ACT OF VALOR: 2:30, 5:15, 8:15; also Sat-Mon 11:50 a.m.; ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED: 2:20, 7:05; CHRONICLE: 2, 4:25, 7, 9:15; also Sat-Mon 11:25 a.m.; DHAMMU (FICUS) 35mm: 2:40, 5:50; HUGO 3D: 2:30, 5:20, 8:10; also SatMon 11:40 a.m.; JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:45; also 3D 5:10, Sat-Mon 11:20; PROJET X: 7:35, 10:05; also Sat-Mon 12:05, 2:45, 5:05; SAFE HOUSE: 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; also Sat-Mon 11:30 a.m.; STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 (3D): 2:05, 8; A THOUSAND WORDS: 2:05, 4:55, 7;15, 9:30; also Sat-Mon 11:45 a.m.; THIS MEANS WAR: 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50; also Sat-Mon 11:55 a.m.; THE VOW: 11:15 a.m., 4:40, 10.
Pittsford Cinema 383-1310 3349 Monroe Ave. 21 JUMP STREET: 9:35; THE AVENGERS (3D): Thur 5/3 Midnight; BULLY: 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40; Fri-Sun 12:20;
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Tinseltown USA / IMAX 247-2180 2291 Buffalo Rd. 21 JUMP STREET: 2:15, 7:20; AMERICAN REUNION: 1:30, 4:15 6:55, 9:35; THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45; CHIMPANZEE: 12:40, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:25; THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGAMENT: 1, 4, 7, 10; THE HUNGER GAMES: 12, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50; also in IMAX 5:30, 8:45;THE LOCKOUT: 9:30; THE LORAX: 12:25, 4:50; also in 3D 2:40, 7:10;THE LUCKY ONE: 11:45 a.m., 12:55, 2:20, 3:35, 4:55, 6;15, 7:35, 8:55, 10:15; MIRROR MIRROR: 11:45 a.m., 4:50, 10; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 12:10, 4:45; also 3D 2:25, 7, 9:20; THE RAVEN: 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15; SAFE: 12:20, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; THINK LIKE A MAN: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40; THE THREE STOOGES: 12:15, 2:30, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55; TITANIC (3D): 1:15; also in 3D 4:35, 8:40; also in 2D 12:30; WRATH OF THE TITANS: 12:05, 5:15; also in 3D 2:35, 7:40, 10:05.
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Webster 12 888-262-4386 2190 Empire Blvd. AMERICAN REUNION: 2:45, 8:15; CABIN IN THE WOODS: 1:15, 3:45, 5:55; 8:30; also Sat 10:50 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:40; CHIMPANZEE: 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7; also Sat-Sun 10 a.m.; Fri-Sat 9:15; FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT: 2:10, 5, 7:50, also Sat-Sun 11:10 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:45; THE HUNGER GAMES: 1, 4:05, 7:20; also Sat-Sun 10:10 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:20; THE LUCKY ONE: 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, also Sat-Sun 11 a.m.; Fri-Sat 9:30; MIRROR MIRROR: 12, 5:45; also Fri-Sat 10:45; PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS: 12:30; also in 3D 3, 5:15, 7:30, also Sat-Sun 10:20 a.m.; Fri-Sat 9:45; THE RAVEN: 2, 4:40, 7:40; also Sat-Sun 11:30 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:10; SAFE: 12:45, 3:15, 5:30, 8; also Sat-Sun 10:30 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10:30; THINK LIKE A MAN: 1:30, 4:15, 7:25, also Sat 10:40 a.m.; Fri-Sat 10; THE THREE STOOGES: 2:20, 4:30, 7:10; also Sat-Sun 11:45 a.m.; Fri-Sat 9:15; TITANIC 3D: 3:30, 7:15; also SatSun 11:20 a.m.
Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971): It’s Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s novel about a dystopian, futuristic England where Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his droogs go on a brutal crime spree. Dryden (Sat, Apr 28, 8 p.m.) THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (R): Jason Segel reteams with “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” director Nicholas Stoller for a romantic comedy that charts the ups and downs in the relationship of an engaged couple. Co-starring Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, and “Animal Kingdom” Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (PG): The first feature documentary by David Gelb is a portrait of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, a perfection-seeking Tokyo sushi chef with an acclaimed restaurant, three Michelin stars, and complicated relationships with his adult sons. Little THE KID WITH A BIKE (PG-13): From award-winning Belgian auteurs Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne comes this naturalistic drama about a sad pre-teen boy who is abandoned by his father and taken in by a hairdresser. Starring Cécile de France and Jérémie Renier. Little ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (2011): The latest from Turkish
filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan is an ensemble drama about a group of men escorting a murder suspect through rural Anatolia in search of a corpse. Dryden (Fri, Apr 27, 8 p.m., and Sun, Apr 29, 2 p.m.) ONIBABA (1964): Some forerunning J-horror from Kaneto Shindo, in which a woman and her daughter-in-law murder and rob passing samurai in war-torn feudal Japan. Dryden (Wed, Apr 25, 8 p.m.) THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG): Aardman Animation, the folks behind “Wallace and Gromit,” returns with this tale about The Pirate Captain and his efforts to win Pirate of the Year over rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz. Featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, Jeremy Piven, and Salma Hayek. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Henrietta Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster THE RAVEN (R): John Cusack stars as Edgar Allan Poe in this thriller by director James McTeigue (“V For Vendetta”) that finds the author teaming up with a young detective (Luke Evans) to investigate eerily familiar killings in 1840’s Baltimore. With Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Eastview, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Pittsford, Webster, SAFE (R): The latest from director Boaz Yakin (“Remember the Titans”) is a crime-drama starring Jason Statham as an ex-cage fighter protecting a brilliant young girl whose memory holds information wanted by the
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Russian mob, the Chinese mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Culver, Eastview, Webster TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942): Carole Lombard’s final performance was in this Ernst Lubitsch dark comedy about an acting troupe in occupied Warsaw that becomes caught up in a Polish soldier’s efforts to track down a German spy. With Jack Benny and Robert Stack. Dryden (Thu, Apr 26, 8 p.m.) WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE (1987): Iranian writer-director Abbas Kiarostami explores the basic notions of duty and loyalty with this story of an eight-year-old boy who must return a notebook or risk his classmate’s expulsion from school. Dryden (Tue, May 1, 8 p.m.) [ CONTINUING ] 21 JUMP STREET (R): Jonah Hill co-wrote the script for this tacky-looking 80’s redo, in which he and Channing Tatum go undercover at a high school to bust a drug ring. Johnny Depp cameos, and Ice Cube yells. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown AMERICAN REUNION (R): Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, and Seann William Scott lead the cast in this raunchy gathering of “American Pie” alumni, in which we learn that the Class of 1999’s dreams and plans may not have worked out. Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster BULLY (PG-13): This acclaimed documentary personalizes an
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important and heartbreaking social issue by spending time with five families whose lives have been deeply impacted by what is essentially the cruel abuse of a child by another child. Little, Pittsford THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (R): Joss Whedon co-wrote the script for the directing debut of “Cloverfield” writer Drew Goddard, a genre-tweaking horror flick in which a group of 20somethings on vacation learn that there is much more to their remote spot than mere evil. With Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster CHIMPANZEE (G): Tim Allen narrates this documentary about a 3-year-old chimp who finds himself alone in the African forests until he is adopted by a fully grown male chimpanzee. Greece, Eastview, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG): Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, and Danny DeVito provide a few of the voices for this 3D take on the classic environmental parable about the residents of Thneedville and their dealings with the grumpy but charming guardian of the land. Canandaigua, Cinema, , Culver, Eastview, Tinseltown, Vintage THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13): Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen in this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ wildly popular YA novel set in a dystopian future
where teens must fight to the death on live TV. Co-starring Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (R): Jason Segel plays the title character in the latest from Jay and Mark Duplass (“Cyrus”) about a 30-year-old slacker who encounters his destiny when he finally leaves mom Susan Sarandon’s basement to go buy wood glue. With Ed Helms. Little LOCKOUT (PG-13): From the mind of Luc Besson comes this action flick starring Guy Pearce as a wrongly convicted man (obviously) who is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter (of course) from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates (naturally). With Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare. Eastview, Greece, Henrietta Tinseltown MIRROR MIRROR (PG): Tarsem Singh follows up “Immortals” with his retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale about an Evil Queen (Julia Roberts) whose ranking as the fairest of them all is threatened by a feisty orphan called Snow White (Lily Collins). Canandaigua, Eastview, Henrietta Tinseltown, Webster SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (PG-13): Lasse Hallström’s follows up 2010’s “Dear John” with another feel-good literary adaptation, this one starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt as
hirelings of a sheik hoping to bring fly-fishing to the desert. Pittsford THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13): This ensemble comedy from director Tim Story (“Fantastic Four”) follows four buddies who turn the tables on their women when they learn that the ladies are devotees of a popular self-help book. With Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, and Gabrielle Union. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13): This comedy (let’s hope!) stars Eddie Murphy as a fast-talking literary agent forced to budget his words when a magical Bodhi tree makes him think before he speaks. Co-starring Kerry Washington and Cliff Curtis. Movies 10 THE THREE STOOGES (PG): The latest from the Farrelly brothers resurrects the sadistically dunderheaded trio for a story that finds Larry, Curly, and Moe stumbling into a murder plot... and a reality TV show. Starring Sean Hayes, Jane Lynch, and Larry David. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta Tinseltown, Vintage, Webster WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13): Sam Worthington reprises his role as Perseus in the sequel, in which he must brave the underworld and lots of special effects to rescue Zeus. With Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike, and Ralph Fiennes as Hades. Culver, Henrietta, Tinseltown
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[ CITATION ] File No.2011-319 SURROGATE’S COURTONTARIO COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: ‘’To the Unknowns (whose names and whereabouts are unknown), and Katherine Gladstone Esq..as Guardian Ad Litem on behalf of the Unknowns, hereby intending to designate the aunts and uncles of or their distributees, legal representatives, assigns, and all persons who by purchase, inheritance, or otherwise have or claim to have in the estate of Frances L. Knobel, deceased, if living, and if any of them to be dead, to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are Unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence. A petition having been duly filed by John W. Williams, who is domiciled at 8844 Sandy Bottom Road, Honeoye, New York 14471, USA. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE, before the Surrogate’s Court, Ontario at the Ontario County Courthouse, 27 North Main Street, Canandaigua, New York, on May 8, 2012 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Frances L. Knobel lately domiciled at 5420 Middle Road, Honeoye, New York 14471, admitting to probate a Will dated August 4, 2010, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Frances L. Knobel, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to John W. Wlliams. Dated: March 23, 2012 HON. FREDERICK G. REED, Surrogate, Elizabeth T. Simpson, Chief Clerk, Wayne I. Ohl, Esq. P.O. Box 788, Honeoye, New York 14471 (585) 229-2501 Fax: (585) 2294723 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.
may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: JLapp Construction 1658 Vroom Rd Spencerport NY 14559. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date.
[ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: JLapp Construction LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/07/2012 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it
[ LEGAL NOTICE VG ORLANDO LLC ] Notice of Organization:VG Orlando LLC was filed with SSNY on March 14, 2012. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon it: c/o Nixon Peabody, LLP, 1300
[ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Humbert & Swiech LLC filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/29/11. Office located in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 180 Merrick Street, Rochester, NY, 14615. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE GENESEE CHANNEL MAINTENANCE COMPANY LLC ] Notice of Organization: Genesee Channel Maintenance Company LLC was filed with SSNY on March 29, 2012. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon it: 361 Boxart Street, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE VG ENTERPRISES MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC ] Notice of Organization: VG Enterprises Management Group LLC was filed with SSNY on March 14, 2012. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon it: c/o Nixon Peabody, LLP, 1300 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE VG HAMPTONS LLC ] Notice of Organization: VG Hamptons LLCVG Hamptons LLC was filed with SSNY on March 14, 2012. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon it: c/o Nixon Peabody, LLP, 1300 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.
Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE VG TILLER LLC ] Notice of Organization:VG Tiller LLC was filed with SSNY on March 14, 2012. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon it: c/o Nixon Peabody, LLP, 1300 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE WATCH POINT TRUST COMPANY, LLC ] Notice of Qualification: Watch Point Trust Company, LLC filed an Application for Authority with SSNY on February 24, 2012. Office: Monroe County. Formed in ME on 8/31/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon him: 1300 Clinton Square, Rochester, NY 14604. ME address of LLC: c/o James I. Cohen, P.O. Box 586, Portland, ME 04112-0586. Articles of Organization filed with ME Sec. Of State, 101 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0101. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CADRE CURBING, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] CADRE CURBING, LLC, a NYS LLC. Formation filed with SSNY March 7, 2012. Its principal office is in Monroe County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as its agent and the address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it is: The LLC, 838 Shoemaker Drive Webster NY 14580. Purpose: Any lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] BURY MY HEART WITH TONAWANDA, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/24/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Kristina Nomeika, Mgr., 100 Woodsmeadow Ln., Rochester, NY 14623. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] BASISTY PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 2/24/12. 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, 58 Valley View Dr., Brockport, NY 14420. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Bass Grey LLC filed Arts. of Org.with the Sec.of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11.Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Compass Lode LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sec .of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ECDS PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/30/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Hochan Son, 1305 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY 14624. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] First Lichen LLC filed Arts.of Org.with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11.Office location: Monroe County.SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Georgena Terry & Ass., LLC, filed Articles of Organization with the NY Department of State on 3/12/2012. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 3 Center Ct Ln, Penfield NY 14526. The purpose of the Company is bicycle design. [ NOTICE ] High Site LLC filed Arts .of Org. with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M.
Legal Ads Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] International Facilitators, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 3/21/2012. 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 145 Culver Rd., Ste. 100. Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] LADUE PRECISION LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/12/12. 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, 859 Ladue Rd., Brockport, NY 14420. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] LAST ONE STANDING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/21/2011. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Kenneth Chung PO Box 295 Alpine, NJ 07620. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION KELINA’S CAFE, LLC, filed Arts. of Org. with SSNY on 3/02/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as its agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Mary Wade LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on March 29, 2012. 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 23A Cullen’s Run, Pittsford, NY 14534. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] MITRA WEST ACQUISITIONS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC. Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of (SSNY) 3/16/12. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process tp 2976 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY 14624, which is also the
principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Lighting IQ, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/30/12. Office loc.: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 271 Marsh Rd., Ste. 2, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Sail Services LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/31/12. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of DOLIN ASSOCIATES LLC, Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/12. Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to LLC at 11 Partridge Hl, Honeoye Falls, NY, 14472. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of NOVO ENTERPRISES, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/9/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC. 125 Florendin Drive, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of SEVARED RECORDS, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/12/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC. 350 Windsor Rd, Rochester, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license (number pending) for beer, wine, and liquor has been applied for by the undersigned*to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 2160 Penfield Road, Suite 2, Penfield, NY 14526 in the County of Monroe. *Monte Alban of Penfield Inc. DBA Monte Alban Mexican Grill
[ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license has been applied for by Jim Cady Enterprises LLC. dba Brewski’s Food & Drink, 5019 West Ridge Rd, Spencerport , NY 14559, County of Monroe, Town of Parma, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license has been applied for by MKUHLS Inc. dba Wallstreet, 330 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, County of Monroe, City of Rochester, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license has been applied for by Steel River BBQ Bar & Grill Inc. dba Steel River BBQ Bar & Grill , 421 River St, Rochester, NY 14612, County of Monroe, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for beer & wine license has been applied for by D’MANGU, LTD. Dba D’MANGU, 1475 East Henrietta Rd. Ste. A Rochester, NY 14623, County of Monroe, Town of Henrietta, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of BALAJI OF ROCHESTER, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/12. Office location: 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, 2041 Penfield Rd, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ANDCON, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/19/2012. 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, 1495 Fieldcrest Drive, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of BLAINE RESEARCH LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 2/22/2012. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Blaine Research, LLC, 48 Laconia
Pkwy, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of BUCKTON HOLDINGS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/12/2012. 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: 1820 Taboret Trail, Ontario, NY 14519. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cascade Printing, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/27/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 41 Chestnut St., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ces A. Liquors LLC. Articles of Organization filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/7/12. 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 Madeline Torres 219 Red Hickory Drive, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of CONTINENTAL EQUITY INCOME LLC (“LLC”) Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS”) on 12/14/2011, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Monroe County. NYSOS designated as agent for LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSOS shall mail copy of process served to: 2604 Elmwood Avenue, Suite 352, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GALLO AND GLEASON ORTHODONTICS, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/5/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 246 South Avenue, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: practice the profession of dentistry. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of HatZ, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/12/2012. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon
(LLC). Name: Agor Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on March 15, 2012. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 109 Guy Grace Lane, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 144 Exchange Blvd., Suite 102, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HOLY ROSARY APARTMENTS, L.P. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/14/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LP: 1136 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. Latest date on which the LP may dissolve is 12/31/2072. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LP at the addr. of its princ. office. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LUCKY’S ROD SHOP, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/2006. 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, 4373 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14612.. Purpose: any lawful act.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HOPEWELL HOSPITALITY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/27/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1170 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kingsley Maintenance & Management LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/3/12. 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 684 Hinchey Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lynch Plumbing, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/26/12. 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 CSC, 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lynn Covert Holdings, LLC amended to Lynn Perry Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/12/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MOEAIR, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/09/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2020 S. Clinton Ave., 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 ] Notice of formation of MSE SOLUTIONS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/12. 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, 1730 Penfield Road #79, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of POWER TRAIN SPORTS ROCHESTER LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/2011. 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, 1026 Sunset Trail, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RAY RAY’S BAR & GRILL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/16/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2260 Clifford Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Real Good Pizza, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/13/12. 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 545 Titus Ave., Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Rising Places LLC, a limited liability company. Arts. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 2/16/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC, 150 Benton Street Rochester NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROCKWOOD SENIOR HOUSING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/09/12. 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, 505 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sansone Development, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/17/12. 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 212 Willowen Dr., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. Latest date 2/16/2042. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sibley Redevelopment GP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/28/2012. Office
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NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY The persons whose names and last known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the above named company to be entitled to abandoned property in amounts of fifty dollars or more: SHIRLEY E BOWEN
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A report of unclaimed property has been made to Thomas P. DiNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York, pursuant to Section 701 and/or Section 1316 of the Abandoned Property Law. A list of the names of the persons appearing from the records of the said insurance company to be entitled thereto is on file and open to the public inspection at the principal office of the corporation located at Mutual of Omaha Plaza, Omaha NE 68175 where such abandoned property is payable. Such abandoned property will be paid on or before August 31st next to persons establishing to our satisfaction their right to receive the same. On or before the succeeding September 10th, such unclaimed funds still remaining unclaimed will be paid to Thomas P. DiNapoli, the Comptroller of the State of New York. Upon such payment this company shall no longer be liable for the property.
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Legal Ads > page 37 location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Samuel Ross, WinnCompanies, 6 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA 02109, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sibley Redevelopment Limited Partnership. Cert. filed with NY Dept. of State on 3/5/2012. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Samuel Ross, WinnCompanies, 6 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA 02109, principal business address. Name/address of general partner available from Sec. of State. Term: until 12/31/2060. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Spruce Risk Purchasing Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/14/11. Office location: Monroe
County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: University of Rochester, Office of the General Counsel, Attn: Spencer L. Studwell, Esq., 263 Wallis Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Stetzer Consulting LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/4/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. Office of LLC: 458 Whiting Rd Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC’s princ. office. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of STONE DESIGN MASONRY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/09/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1458 Shoecraft Rd., Penfield, NY 14526. 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: Stone design, masonry. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of STRONG ISLAND ASSOCIATES LLC (“LLC”) Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS”) on 10/9/2003, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Monroe County. NYSOS designated as agent for LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSOS shall mail copy of process served to: 3280 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of VJV HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/20/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 570 Shipbuilder’s Creek Rd., Webster, NY 14580. 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.
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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of VOCALNET, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/8/12. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/13/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2875 Michelle Dr., Ste. 100, Irvine, CA 92606. Principal office address: 3727 Buchanan St., 4th Fl., San Francisco, CA 94123. Address to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] OF FORMATION of CARRIAGEHOUSE ENTERPRISES, LLC (“LLC”) Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS”) on 12/19/2011, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Monroe County. NYSOS designated as agent for LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSOS shall mail copy of process served to: 203 Meigs Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] OPTICOOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 3/14/12. 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, 45 Hendrix Rd., W. Henrietta, NY 14586. General Purposes.
[ NOTICE ] West Bellwether LLC filed Arts.of Org.with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/17/11.Office location: Monroe County.SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Fair Sail LLC filed Arts. of Org.with the Sec.of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11.Office location: Monroe County.SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BTGRC, LLC ] BTGRC, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 3/16/12. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE ] Twelfth Spire LLC filed Arts .of Org. with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11 .Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CANALSIDE PROPERTIES OF NEW YORK, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Canalside Properties of New York, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 12/18/2006. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to PO Box 11, Fairport, NY 14450. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law.
[ NOTICE ] Two Wrights LLC filed Arts .of Org .with the Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/11.Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Christian M. Nadler, Esq., 585 Packetts Landing, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose of LLC is to engage in any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) is DAM PARCEL, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on April 12, 2012. Office location is Monroe County, New York. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The
SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to theLLC at 7 Buttermilk Hill Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Kate Hare Events, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on March 5, 2012. Its principal place of business is located at 77 West Church Street, Fairport, 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 77 West Church Street, Fairport, New York 14450. 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 PIXEL SYNERGY & FORENSICS LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 04/05/2012. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PIXEL SYNERGY & FORENSICS LLC, C/O ROBERT V. REISCH, 93 NETTLECREEK RD., FAIRPORT, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2010-11620 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff vs. Daniel W. Taylor, New York State Commissioner of Taxation, ESL Federal Credit Union, HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A..; “Niva” Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 14, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on May 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe, State of New York, being a part of Great Lot Fourteen (14) bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of Long Pond Road at a distance of one thousand
five hundred forty-two and thirty-four hundredths feet (1,542.34) southerly from the center line of English Road; thence (1) easterly at an angle, in the southeast quadrant of eighty-nine degrees, fiftyfour minutes ten seconds (89º 54’ 10”) a distance of four hundred sixteen and sixty hundredths feet (416.60) to a point; thence (2) southerly at an angle in the southwest quadrant of ninety degrees five minutes and fifty seconds (90º 05’ 50”) a distance of ninety feet (90.00) to a point; thence (3) westerly at an angle in the northwest quadrant of eighty-nine degrees fifty-four minutes ten seconds (89º 54’ 10” a distance of four hundred sixteen and sixty hundredths feet (416.60) to a point; thence (4) northerly at an angle in the northeast quadrant of ninety degrees five minutes and fifty seconds (90º 05’ 50”) along the center line of Long Pond Road, a distance of ninety feet (90) to the point of beginning. Said premises is also known as Lot 1 of the Wolpert Subdivision as the same is shown on a map filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 252 of Maps, Page 98; Tax Account No. 059.03-2-50.2; Property Address: 942 Long Pond Road, Town of Greece, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $57,936.60 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: April 2012 Leonard Rosner, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2010-13233 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, Timothy S. Noonan; Prime Acceptance Corp.; New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; ESL Federal Credit Union; Kathleen RyanDickey; United States of America, Internal Revenue Service; Ford Motor Credit Company LLC; Kathy Jurkowski,
Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated June 24, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on May 16, 2012 at 9:30 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Henrietta, County of Monroe and State of New York, known and described as Lot No. 434 of the Mapledale Subdivision, Section IX , according to a map made by Sear, Brown and Associates, Engineers, recorded in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 177 of Maps, at pages 23 and 24. Tax Account No. 175.10-139 Property Address: 40 Maple Valley Crescent, Town of Henrietta, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $116,445.76 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: April 2012 Seema Ali Rizzo, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011-10023 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Christian R. Mascadri; Eva Kozlowski-Mascadri; Unifund CCR Partners; Midland Funding LLC d/b/a Midland Funding of Delaware LLC; Eric Mascadri; Mark Mascadri, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 16, 2012 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on May 2, 2012 at 10:30
Legal Ads A.M., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold known as 1891 Baird Road, Town of Penfield, Monroe County, New York 14526; Tax Acct. No. 124.01-2.41; Deed (L6746 P141) property size: 100.88 x 224.75. Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $102,803.74 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: March 2012 Richard T. Bell, Jr., Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011-6443 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Michael W. Johnston; Lori A. Johnston, a/k/a Lori A. Gould, f/k/a Lori A. Pagano; Monroe County Department of Human Services, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 2, 2012 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on May 2, 2012 at 10:00 A.M., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Parma, County of Monroe and State of New York, being part of Lot 34 in the Gore of said Town and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of Webster Road, 440 feet northerly, measured along said center line of the southwest corner of premises conveyed to Donald N. Gotts and wife by deed recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 2244 of Deeds at page 359, and hereinafter referred to as “Gotts premises”, which point of beginning is also the northwest corner of premises conveyed by
Donald N. Gotts and wife to R. Donald Hilfiker and wife by deed recorded in said Clerk’s Office in Liber 2265 of Deeds at page 110; thence (1) easterly and at right angles to said center line, 393.90 feet to a point in the east line of said “Gotts premises”, which point is also the northeast corner of said premises so conveyed to R. Donald Hilfiker and wife; thence (2) northerly along the said east line of said “Gotts premises”, and making an included angle of 88º 32’ 40” with course (1) a distance of 440.17; thence (3) westerly and parallel to course (1), a distance of 382.71 feet to a point in the said center line of Webster Road; thence (4) southerly and along the center line of Webster Road and at right angles to course (3) a distance of 440 feet to the place of beginning. Excepting from said parcel above described a parcel of land on the northerly side thereof fronting 100 feet on Webster Road and being 100.03 feet on the rear as conveyed to Agnes F. Gell by deed dated October 24, 1967 and recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on said date in Liber 3856 of Deeds at page 160. The parcel conveyed is referred to as Parcel RA-1 on a map dated October 9, 1967 prepared by Schultz and Ackerman, resubdividing “Parcel A” as shown on a map filed in Liber 2687 of Deeds at page 421 in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office; being the southerly 340 feet part of premises described in a deed recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on June 30, 1966 in Liber 3745 of Deeds at page 299. Tax Acct. No. 072.02-3-20; Property Address: 64 Webster Road, Town of Parma, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $159,216.65 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: March 2012 Martin P. McCarthy, II, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main
Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011-7561 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff vs. Doreen M. Burnside, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 26, 2012 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Monroe County Clerk’s Office, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on May 10, 2012 at 10:00 A.M., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Ogden, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 3648 Brockport-Spencerport Road, Spencerport, New York 14559, Tax Account No. 085.04-17.1, described in Deed recorded in Liber 10645, page 378; 387.54 ft. x 174.80 ft. Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $106,705.05 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: April 2012 Anthony John LaDuca, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. 20111219 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT MONROE COUNTY AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.K. M. GEORGE; LAND TRUST NUMBER 1191298 U/ D/T DATED DECEMBER 21, 1998, D.T. EARLY, TRUSTEE; KIM MARIE COCO, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH J. COCO A/K/A JOSEPH COCO; THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING
AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 31, 1996 SERIES 1996-B; DISCOVER BANK; METRO PORTFOLIOS INC.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; COUNTY OF MONROE AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises. Dated: March 12, 2012 The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Thomas M. Van Strydonck, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated April 12, 2012, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose certain tax liens (the “Tax Lien”) covering the property known as 119 Lydia Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as Tax Account No. 047.62-1-49.003 (the “Premises”). The relief sought is the sale of the Premises at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $7,743.67, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorney’s fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Premises.Anthony J. Iacchetta PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000
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