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Maggie’s busy week. NEWS, PAGE 4
Breaking down the Gantt primary race. NEWS, PAGE 6
Test anxiety in the RCSD. NEWS, PAGE 5
Who owns public space? ART REVIEW, PAGE 19
COVER STORY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO | PAGE 8 | ILLUSTRATION BY MATT DETURCK
David the Goliath The Democratic primary for the State Assembly’s 137th district is sure to be a referendum on the long career of incumbent David Gantt. Gantt has represented the district for more than three decades. On September 13, voters will decide if they still want or need the influence Gantt’s seniority offers, or whether the district is ripe for a fresh face. Gantt is in a three-way Democratic primary against Rochester school board member Jose Cruz and Monroe County Legislator John Lightfoot. Cruz and Lightfoot are known in Rochester, but election odds typically favor incumbents.
And Gantt has many loyal followers. There’s no questioning his solid record of service: he has brought millions of dollars to Rochester and helped bring many projects to fruition. Though he has many detractors and critics, Gantt is arguably the most powerful politician in the region, and it will take a lot of work and a bit of luck to oust him. Whether you admire, fear, or revile him, there’s no denying that the enigmatic Gantt is a giant and a pioneer.
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We get the violence we want
I agree with Al Kempf that violence in TV shows and movies contributes to the “culture of violence” (“The Roots of Our Violence,” Feedback). But I must disagree with his dismissal of the idea that “nobody forced you to buy a ticket.” Hollywood gives us what we want, and we show what we want by spending our money or turning our TV dial. If movies like “Driving Miss Daisy” earned the most at the box office or offerings like the old Mary Tyler Moore Show were the most highly rated, Hollywood would produce more of them and less of the other. The sad truth is that blood and gore and violence and sex sell. More civilized material doesn’t. Until everyone stops patronizing that stuff nothing will change. V. POSNER, ROCHESTER
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We would like to publicly congratulate Ian Wilson on the success of this year’s Wall Therapy. We know firsthand the amount of work that goes into such an endeavor. It is not an easy task to balance, but he has done it with flying/spraying colors. Letters to the editor in City Newspaper and the Democrat and Chronicle have criticized the mural on St. Paul Street. Having met Ian in person and listened to his vision, we were taken aback. As the founders of Project Scion, we know all too well the chances we take when we enter the realm of public art. There will always be a multitude of opinions, positive and negative. The authors of these letters chose to focus on their own narrow critique without leaving room for alternate views, or even the higher goals of Wall Therapy. People are entitled to their opinion. Ten different people can look at any work of art and have ten different views. We need to remember that endeavors such as Wall Therapy, Project Scion, Habitat for Humanity, and myriad others are comprised of concerned citizens working to make Rochester a better place. While these letter writers have the right to
comment on our endeavors, we need to remind ourselves that they are not making “change” by typing words on an electronic device. You, Ian Wilson, your collaborators, the local businesses, the artists: you’re making change! You are doing something for Rochester! Do not be discouraged by critics, whose words do nothing to inspire the people of this city. Your Wall Therapy is exactly the type of inspiring venture that Rochester needs. We recently completed our first Project Scion, where we converted a large vacant lot at the corner of Jay and Child Streets into a resident-inclusive green space. On the surface, this appears to be a public garden and gathering space, whose design and implementation may (or may not) be appreciated by neighbors and passersby. But like Wall Therapy, Project Scion seeks to revitalize Rochester’s neighborhoods through art. And like Wall Therapy, we have not been without our share of naysayers and critics. But this project’s success has inspired many more opportunities, and we are now in the process of planning another Project Scion for 2013. We do not want to discourage citizens from voicing their opinions, but after doing so, we hope they will ask themselves: Am I personally doing something to help the neighborhoods and citizens of Rochester that are most in need? Can I acknowledge that there are many opinions, especially when it comes to art? Can I see that public art projects have many purposes, such as reclaiming a wall or a vacant lot that was once the habitat of drug dealers, garbage, and crime? As landscape designers, artists, local business owners, patrons of the arts, and like Ian Wilson, people who are putting their talent and money into the betterment of Rochester, we would cherish an opportunity to have a Wall Therapy mural in our next Project Scion. PIETRO FURGIUELE, SHARON COATES, AND BRUCE ZARETSKY
The writers are founders of Project Scion.
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Everyone knows that if a Republican said what Biden did there would be calls for his head on a platter (“Fun and Games in the Presidential Campaign,” News Blog). All of the liberal lamestream media is in the tank for Obama and Biden and for Democrats in general; they are
their party’s cheerleaders, chief apologists, and all-around toadies. BART
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McMickle in politics?
I thoroughly enjoyed your interview with Rev. Dr. Marvin A. McMickle (“Politics, Power, and God”). I was elated when I first read about his announced presidency of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School last winter. After reading the City interview, I only have one question for Rev. McMickle: “Won’t you please consider a run for the 2012 presidential election? Your experience, candor, beliefs, challenges to each of us, and straight-forward wisdom offer the most refreshing and provocative insights on critical issues I’ve come across in a long time.” COLLEEN MCCARTHY-WHITE, FAIRPORT
Prison visitors need bus service
Considering that it would cost less than a nickel a year for each taxpayer, and considering the social benefits, I believe New York State should resume free bus service for prison visitors. Research has concluded that prisoners who receive regular family visits are six times less likely to commit prison violations, and that children who visit incarcerated parents have higher self-esteem and IQ scores and fewer behavioral problems than those who don’t. In New York, 80,000 children have an incarcerated parent in a state prison, usually more than 100 miles away. According to state data, visitors at 60 New York prisons declined more than 13,000 in 2011 compared to 2010, the final year of the bus service. And for low-income families who manage to continue their visitations, financial hardships are undoubtedly created. The state recently started “televisiting” between Albion Correctional Facility and a Brooklyn site. There are plans to launch similar programs at Auburn and Clinton correctional facilities. I hope other prisons will be included in televisiting opportunities, and that Department of Corrections officials will join the Correctional Association of New York in urging a restoration of the bus service (a $1.5 million annual cost). JOEL FREEDMAN, CANANDAIGUA
Freedman has corresponded with prisoners since 1976.
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urban journal | by mary anna towler
Why not ban guns? I’ve found it nearly impossible to avoid thinking about gun control as the stories kept coming over the past few weeks: 12 people killed and 58 wounded in Aurora, Colorado; six killed, three wounded at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; a security guard shot and wounded at a Family Research Council headquarters in Washington DC…. And then Friday morning, a few short blocks from the New York City hotel in which we were staying, a gunman shot and killed a former co-worker and, as he calmly walked away, police shot and killed him and wounded nine bystanders. Friday’s shooting, outside the Empire State Building during a pedestrian-heavy morning rush hour, was simply the most spectacular of that city’s recent shootings. Tucked inside the Times the morning of the shooting was a report that the previous day, a street vendor had shot two other vendors near Yankee Stadium. Yet another case of a personal dispute, some witnesses said. The two victims were reported to be in stable condition with stomach wounds, having survived thanks to the bad marksmanship of the shooter, presumably. Certainly no thanks to the weapon. And near that story, on the same page: a report of the death of a livery-cab passenger shot during a failed robbery attempt a week earlier. “Once again, there’s an awful lot of guns out there,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has been urging stricter gun-control laws, said after Friday’s shooting. An awful lot of guns out there in New York City and around the country, including in Rochester, where shootings can seem like a daily occurrence. Calls for stricter gun control will continue to be flicked away by politicians too timid to go up against the NRA, gun manufacturers, and others. So odds are, Governor Andrew Cuomo won’t get far with the push he says he’ll make next year. Some New York legislators want to tighten the state’s gun-control laws, and Cuomo says it’ll be a priority for him. The reaction from gun manufacturers in New York State? Remington officials in Ilion threaten to move to “a more sympathetic state,” the Times reported on Friday. The loudest voices against gun control, of course, are those of gun owners and the NRA. Their concern: that any form of gun control leads to more control, and then more, and ultimately to a ban on gun ownership of all kinds. So let me go ahead and suggest the unmentionable:
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Are the pleasures of hunting and target practice worth the cost of the repeated carnage on streets, in homes, in offices? Why don’t we ban private ownership of guns? Can we not create jobs in towns like Ilion, New York, without basing them on instruments of death? Oh, but if guns were banned, bad people with bad intentions would have guns and law-abiding citizens wouldn’t. Of course, for a little while. That’s the situation now. But ban guns – shut down the gun shows and the gun shops, shut down the sales of guns to people not involved in police work or the military, and you’ll reduce the availability of guns, to law-abiding and non-law-abiding citizens alike. There are, of course, gun-control opponents who warn that Americans must arm ourselves so we can resist a tyrannical government. But surely, even in this day of Tea Party ascendancy, those people are a small minority. The majority, surely, fall into two groups: people who believe they need guns for protection against intruders and people who want to own guns for pleasure: hunting, target shooting. But if there were no guns, intruders wouldn’t have them. And yes, outlawing guns would mean that you couldn’t hunt with guns. People who find pleasure in perfecting their aim could no longer go to shooting ranges. But are those pleasures worth the cost of the repeated carnage – on streets, in homes, in offices, by mentally stable and mentally ill alike? Isn’t it time to stop pretending that it is? Can’t we have a rational discussion about this? Don’t we owe that much to the victims in Aurora and Manhattan, Oak Creek and Washington and Rochester?
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Kodak selling off film business
Eastman Kodak is selling the businesses that made up 40 percent of its revenue in 2011: the document imaging and personalized imaging units. The company will rely largely on its pre-press business, which makes the plates used for digital and traditional printing presses. The move could help the company emerge from bankruptcy sometime in 2013, company officials say.
Lighthouse Society gifted
The Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society has received the historic US Custom House as a gift from its owners, Tapecon Inc. The twostory Eastlake-style building on the corner of Latta Road and River Street in Charlotte will provide the society with space for books and archives.
Jobless numbers jump
The Rochester region’s jobless rate rose to 8.5 percent in July, according to the Department of Labor. It was 7.8 percent a year ago, when the area’s stronger-than-average economy gained national recognition. While there was an increase in non-
farm and private-sector jobs last month, Rochester was fourth in the state in job growth.
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Absentee rate to climb?
New data may show that the Rochester school district’s problem with attendance and chronic truancy is more serious than previously thought, officials say. The data could show that as many as 50 percent of the district’s students are absent on a typical day, reports the Democrat and Chronicle.
Police committee makes report
A committee reviewing the way complaints against the Rochester Police Department are handled made its final report, recommending a number of changes. If the proposals are adopted by City Council, there would be multiple places to file complaints, complainants would get a community advocate to accompany and guide them through the process, as well as other changes. Some residents are unhappy with the report. They say nothing short of a completely independent agency to review complaints would satisfy their concerns and restore their trust in the RPD.
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Brooks’ busy week Maggie Brooks was in the news a lot last week. On the county executive front, her administration reached a tentative agreement with negotiators from a CSEA unit. The terms will be kept under wraps until union members have reviewed the agreement. Members must also ratify it before it goes into effect. The unit represents approximately 1,900 county employees, including nurses, probation officers, clerical workers, and maintenance staff. They’ve been without a contract since 2008. Union leaders recently began an ad campaign targeting Brooks, which was meant to kick-start
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contract negotiations. A billboard along I-490 reads, “Maggie there is unfinished business in Monroe County,” and directs people to a website, www.unfinished-biz.com. Brooks also stepped into Congressional candidate mode last week to denounce Representative Todd Akin’s comments about abortion. The Missouri Republican made an attention-grabbing — and thoroughly incorrect — remark about rape and pregnancy. That put GOP candidates across the country — Brooks included — under scrutiny for their attitudes about rape and their positions on abortion.
Brooks met with the press to respond to the Akin controversy. “It was a ridiculous statement,” Brooks said about Akin’s remark. “It was a stupid statement.” Brooks sought to distance herself from the extreme end of her party. “I’m a pro-life Republican, but I certainly agree with abortion in the case of incest or if the mother’s life is in danger or certainly rape,” she said. “I mean, that’s not an extreme view, and it’s something I’ve been consistent about.” Brooks is running against Democratic incumbent Louise Slaughter for the 25th Congressional District seat.
Cost of War “Neighborhood groups tend to focus more on events impacting their residents, issues like crime, problem properties, and speeding cars,” says Joan Roby-Davison. But schools are just as important, and closing them impacts residents emotionally, she says.
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The situation at School 16 has many residents in the city’s southwest neighborhoods re-thinking their relationship with the Rochester school district, neighborhood leaders say. Residents are holding a meeting tonight — Wednesday, August 29 — to discuss the situation. The Rochester school board approved closing School 16 for this school year for much-needed repairs — moving School 16 students to Freddie Thomas High School. It’s not certain, however, if School 16’s students will ever come back to the building. Tonight’s meeting will focus on recommending improvements to other schools in the neighborhood as district officials plan for the second phase of the schools modernization program, says DeWain Feller, president of the 19th Ward Community Association. Residents don’t want to be blindsided by a future school closing, Feller says, and they should have a say in which schools are repaired and remain open. What is becoming clear to many residents is that schools are more than buildings, says Joan Roby-Davison, director of Sector 4 Community Development Corporation. The health of a neighborhood is often linked to its schools, she says.
“Neighborhood groups tend to focus more on events impacting their residents, issues like crime, problem properties, and speeding cars,” she says. But schools are just Joan Roby-Davison. as important, RobyDavison says, and closing FILE PHOTO them impacts residents emotionally. But the problem some neighborhoods have is a result of the district’s school choice program, says longtime 19th Ward resident Bill Sullivan. An open enrollment-style program often dissolves parental involvement in some city neighborhood schools, he says, because parents tend to devote their support to their child’s school, he says. The challenge is getting more parents and families comfortable with sending their child to a neighborhood school, Feller says, so they don’t feel compelled to move out. But getting to that point requires greater involvement in education issues at the neighborhood level, he says. Tonight’s meeting is at 6 p.m. in the SW Community Center, 275 Dr. Samuel McCree Way.
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Rochester could join a number of schools around the country that forgo high-stakes standardized testing if the Rochester school board approves a policy proposed by board member Mary Adams. | The resolution will be voted on in September. | High stakes testing was a main feature of the No Child Left Behind law, and it continues to be a main component of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top legislation. Actions under both administrations put a huge emphasis on rigorous testing from elementary grades through high school. | Schools failing to meet state standards have typically faced punitive consequences. Federal and state aid can be withheld from failing schools, and schools that don’t improve have often been closed. | Reformers hail the actions, saying that teachers in the nation’s public schools need to meet higher accountability standards. And they’ve argued that poverty has too often been used as an excuse for low student performance in most large urban school districts. | But opponents of high-stakes testing say there’s little research suggesting that the testing regimens improve student outcomes. Just the opposite is true, they say.
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US servicemen and servicewomen and 1,053 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen have been killed in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 24. Statistics for Afghan civilian casualties are not available. More names online at rochestercitynewspaper.com American casualties from August 8 to 22: -- Capt. Matthew P. Manoukian, 29, Los Altos Hills, Calif. -- Gunnery Sgt. Ryan Jeschke, 31, Herndon, Va. -- Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote, 27, El Dorado, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Scott E. Dickinson, 29, San Diego, Calif. -- Cpl. Richard A. Rivera Jr., 20, Ventura, Calif. -- Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley, 21, Oceanside, N.Y. -- Pfc. Andrew J. Keller, 22, Tigard, Ore. -- Staff Sgt. Eric S. Holman, 39, Evans City, Penn. -- Pfc. Michael R. Demarsico II, North Adams, Mass. -- Spc. James A. Justice, 21, Grover, N.C. -- Staff Sgt. Gregory T. Copes, 36, Lynch Station, Va. -- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Darrel L. Enos, 36, Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hornsby, 37, Melbourne, Fla. iraqbodycount.org, icasualties.org, Department of Defense SOURCES:
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Nobody argues that, as dean of Rochester’s state Assembly delegation, David Gantt is an influential and powerful figure in local politics. But Gantt, like every politician, has critics. In Gantt’s case, those critics wonder if the Assembly member truly represents the community’s interests, or his own. The issue of representation is at the heart of a three-way Democratic primary — set for Thursday, September 13 — pitting the incumbent Gantt against Jose Cruz and John Lightfoot. Cruz, a member of the Rochester school board, and Lightfoot, a county legislator, say the 137th District needs better representation in Albany. “One of the things that I hear constantly is that we need a representative who’s available, we need a representative we can talk to, we need a representative who will understand and hear us when we have issues,” Cruz says. Gantt has represented the district since 1983; he filed the federal redistricting lawsuit that ultimately led to its creation. This year, during redistricting, it was renumbered from the 133rd Assembly District to the 137th. The boundaries, however, remain essentially the same. The district covers a large part of the city, including a crescent-shaped string of neighborhoods that are among the city’s poorest. The 137th is also what’s known as a majority-minority district: 47percent of the population is black, 17 percent is Hispanic, and 32 percent is white. The 137th also includes the Town of Gates, though Gantt’s critics say he’s ignored that part of the district. The Gates
Democratic Committee has backed Lightfoot in the Assembly race, though Gantt prevailed during the county party’s convention and got the nomination. Cruz says that, if elected, he plans to spend more time in Gates and may even open an office there. City had an interview scheduled with Gantt, but he canceled for health reasons. Despite several attempts, the interview was not rescheduled. Gantt’s popularity stems from his dedication
to fighting for the less fortunate in the City of Rochester. When the county’s public defender retired in 2007, a group of community activists, county bar association members, and clergy tried to stop the Legislature’s Republican majority from filling the post with a political appointee. They wanted an independent selection process. When Republicans resisted, the activists began coming to meetings to speak out and protest. Gantt was a regular presence at those meetings — even getting arrested at one point for disorderly conduct. This past Assembly session, Gantt supported legislation to block a tax break for the wealthy, and to impose criminal penalties for mortgage lenders and agents who commit fraud. (The latter bill died in the Senate.) Gantt has a reputation as a tough politician. He works to put allies in positions throughout the party, and when asked to explain a vote or legislative action, he can be gruff and unapologetic.
He came under scrutiny several years ago after introducing legislation to allow red-light cameras in Upstate cities. The legislation required municipalities to purchase the cameras through a specific company. The lobbyist for that company was a former Gantt staffer. Lightfoot says that “at his time,” Gantt represented the district well by fighting for civil rights, equal rights, and fairness for his constituents. But over time, Lightfoot says, Gantt became the system. “And if you’re not in his clique, then you’re out,” he says. Before winning election to the school board,
Cruz served 10 years on the County Legislature. Like Albany, the Lej can be a highly partisan environment. But Cruz was respected by both sides of the aisle and known as a collaborator. He was part of a bipartisan caucus that helped stop former County Executive Jack Doyle’s 2003 budget proposal. Doyle wanted cutbacks to health, social services, and arts funding that many legislators and community members found unacceptable. The Legislature ultimately passed a bipartisan budget. Cruz says he’s tried to be a rational presence on the much-maligned school board. He’s backed large initiatives including alternative high schools and a 15-year, $1.2 billion project to remodel aging city school buildings. He also took the lead when the board began discussing a condom distribution policy. The discussions began after the board heard a presentation from the county’s director of public health, which approached condom distribution as an issue of teen reproductive
health — particularly the prevention of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases. The board held public forums and the debate became contentious. Cruz led those meetings and the school board ultimately approved a program based out of the health centers in some high schools. As the head of the policy committee, it was Cruz’s responsibility to take the lead on the condom issue. But he handled himself well and kept a contentious issue from exploding. “My responsibility is to educate myself about the issues, do the homework, and then ultimately the decision rests on me,” he says. On job creation, Cruz says he wants the state to pay more attention to work force development. The state needs to determine which industries are hiring and how it can develop programs to train workers, he says. Lightfoot served on City Council for four years
and began a four-year term on the County Legislature this year. He says his most significant accomplishment on Council was a recommendation implemented by the 911 call center. The result was two additional questions that dispatchers now ask callers: whether anyone present at the scene has been using drugs or alcohol, or has mental-health issues. In the County Legislature, Lightfoot is developing a proposal to require the county to audit the diversity of its work force. He says he believes there is a lack of diversity in management, supervisory, and professional positions and a reverse disparity in clerical and maintenance positions. He says he wants the county to monitor work force diversity and, if those efforts reveal a disparity, to implement a system to address it. Lightfoot says he wants the state to include a mental-health component in its part of the education curriculum, a change he’d pursue if elected to the Assembly. Statistics show that 23 percent of youth ages 9 to 17 have some sort of mental health problem, whether it’s slight depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, or some other condition, he says. Those issues make it harder for students to learn, and could be carried into adulthood, he says. “We want to be there to at least give the students the knowledge and some information so that they can choose to pursue help or make themselves a healthier lifestyle,” Lightfoot says. As for job creation, Lightfoot says the state should be more aggressive in supporting research projects, such as the new battery commercialization center being developed at Eastman Business Park. That research work can turn into manufacturing jobs, he says.
The state should also seek out and encourage foreign direct investment, he says. In particular it should court foreign companies to set up manufacturing operations in the state, he says. “We need to create our laws so we create a smooth transition for them,” Lightfoot says. One of the most significant legislative issues for
Rochester is state aid parity. Rochester receives less state funding per capita than Buffalo or Syracuse, and has for years. Parity should be the top priority of the 137th District’s representative, Cruz says. “It’s an issue we have to continually drive and drive and drive until we make changes that’ll get this area more of the money that it needs,” he says. Lightfoot says the fight should center on talking to individual legislators from across the state to make Rochester’s case. Mayoral control of city schools also has the potential — however unlikely — to resurface. Gantt sponsored the original mayoral control legislation in 2010, which passed the Assembly but never came to a vote in the Senate. Cruz says he doesn’t see the level of interest present several years ago and that he’s “not convinced it’s the way to go.” Lightfoot opposes mayoral control. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is nearing completion of its environmental review of high-volume hydraulic fracturing. Once that’s done, the Assembly will almost certainly be under pressure to influence state fracking policy. Gantt’s position on fracking is unclear. Lightfoot opposes it. Cruz says there are tremendous concerns about fracking’s environmental and community impacts, and legislators will have to develop a thorough understanding of those issues. “I know there’s a midpoint somewhere and I think the Legislature is in a good position to figure out where that midpoint is,” Cruz says. This year, Gantt voted for an Assembly bill to increase the minimum wage. Cruz also supports a minimum wage increase. Lightfoot, however, does not. The state’s economy still hasn’t come back from the recession and an increase in the minimum wage would mean an increase in the cost of some products and services, he says. He says he’s concerned that middle class New Yorkers would suffer because of those price increases. There is one perpetual state issue where the three candidates appear to agree: abortion rights. Lightfoot and Cruz each support a woman’s right to choose and, in 2010, Gantt was endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice New York.
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he Democratic primary for the State Assembly’s 137th district is sure to be a referendum on the long career of incumbent David Gantt. Gantt has represented the district for more than three decades. On September 13, voters will decide if they still want or need the influence Gantt’s seniority offers, or whether the district is ripe for a fresh face. Gantt is in a three-way Democratic primary against Rochester school board member Jose Cruz and Monroe County Legislator John Lightfoot. Cruz and Lightfoot are brand names, or close to it, in Rochester, but election odds typically favor incumbents. Gantt, who agreed to be interviewed for this article, but later cancelled for health reasons, has many loyal followers. There’s no questioning his record of service: he has brought millions of dollars to Rochester and helped many projects come to fruition. But he has many detractors and critics, too; merely mentioning Gantt’s name can draw strong reactions. Some of his critics would not speak on the record for this story. But any politician who has survived as long as Gantt is bound to stir controversy and make a few enemies along the way. Gantt plays to win. The dean of Rochester’s
state Assembly delegation, Gantt is arguably the most powerful politician in the region, and only the most naïve newcomer wouldn’t be a little nervous running against him. Gantt ran unopposed in his last two elections, and it will take a lot of work and a bit of luck to oust him. Gantt’s district includes a portion of the northeast section of the city, downtown, and some of the southwest neighborhoods. Then it stretches westward until it picks up the Town of Gates. The 137th District, formerly the 133rd, includes some of the poorest ZIP codes in the state and is often associated with dire public health statistics. The district is largely black and Latino, but also includes the Town of Gates, a largely white middle-class bedroom community. That Gantt is revered at one end of his district and almost ignored at the other is not surprising. His commitment to Rochester’s poorest communities, where he is a beloved patriarch, seems to define him personally and professionally. He is a pillar of hope in an area of the city where hope is often in short supply.
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To his political allies, Gantt is an oldschool politician: instinctual, generous to his supporters, and as fierce as a lion protecting his den. But to his critics, Gantt is a career politician, known as much for his mercurial temperament as his statesmanship. He’s crafty, and he can be intimidating. He doesn’t take criticism well, and he has no qualms about confronting his opponents. He is infamous for losing his temper with reporters. But whether you admire, fear, or revile him, there’s no denying that the enigmatic Gantt is a giant and a pioneer. He didn’t open the door to politics for African Americans and other minorities in Monroe County — he helped kick it down. Gantt seems to live by his convictions.
Though he could probably afford to live just about anywhere in Monroe County, Gantt hasn’t ventured far from one of Rochester’s most impoverished areas where unemployment, violent crime, and drugdealing are persistent problems. He lives in a two-story house sitting on a one-way street just off East Main Street. His back yard overlooks the Inner Loop and the hum of passing cars and trucks is constant. A blue vinyl house at the end of his street is boarded up and abandoned, and the next street over is pocked by vacant lots. Gantt credits his interest in public service to his mother, Lena Gantt, a well-known community advocate in her own right. City Council President Lovely Warren, a Gantt protégé, says Gantt’s long career is due to one thing: putting the interests of the community before his own. “I think he represents his constituents well,” she says. “He was elected to serve the underserved community. And I believe throughout his political career he served those individuals, and made sure that resources and other things were extended to those places that would not otherwise have been there.” Gantt is chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation, and chairs both the Assembly Subcommittee on Affordable Housing and the Subcommittee on Voter Registration. But he began his political career on the ground floor. He served as a Monroe County legislator for nine years, and initiated the federal redistricting lawsuit that resulted in the creation of the 133rd Assembly District. In 1983, he became the first African American from Monroe County to win a state office.
City Council member Adam McFadden calls Gantt a trailblazer. “We [the city’s minority community] were represented in Albany for the first time,” McFadden says. “A lot of people don’t know that. It wasn’t that long ago, either, that we didn’t have a voice.” Gantt’s representation of the minority community is important in another way, McFadden says. His success created opportunities for minorities interested in politics, including Warren, city school board member Cynthia Elliott, and New York State Regent and former City Council member Wade Norwood, to name a few. “He’s earned a lot of respect from all minority elected officials,” McFadden says. “I would say some debt is owed.” Warren says some projects transformative to Rochester, such as the multimilliondollar Brooks Landing riverfront development — couldn’t have been done without Gantt’s efforts. “There was for a number of years a standstill because of things that were going on with [the state Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation] and state regulators around building on the waterfront,” Warren says. The Genesee River stood as a physical and symbolic barrier between the University of Rochester and its neighboring minority community. Council members McFadden, Dana Miller, and former Democratic County Legislator Calvin Lee stressed to Gantt that the project was important to 19th Ward residents, Warren says. “Had it not been for [Gantt’s] advocacy in Albany, that project would not have ever happened,” she says. Gantt helped the developers navigate the regulatory hurdles and got the project moving forward, Warren says. Gantt also helped get funding for the Frederick Douglass-Susan B. Anthony bridge, a major construction project that transformed the city’s skyline. And he’s secured funding for numerous road improvement and housing projects. And Gantt has been one of the area’s strongest education advocates from early childhood to college. “He’s probably the city’s greatest champion for the Rochester school district,” McFadden says. Gantt helped get $325 million in state funding for the first phase of the massive
remodeling of Rochester’s aging school buildings. The project is expected to cost $1.2 billion over 15 years, making it one of the largest construction projects in Rochester’s history. After years of planning, workers broke ground on an addition for School 50 earlier this summer, officially launching the project. Examples of Gantt’s generosity on a
personal level are not hard to find, either. The Rev. Ray Scott, a longtime activist who has known Gantt for nearly 40 years, says Gantt gets requests for help almost every day. People seek the Assembly member’s assistance on everything from discrimination cases to problems with the DMV to support for new legislation, Scott says. “There are so many things he’s done and people he’s helped out of his own pocket that people will never know about,” Scott says. “He just gave a young woman from the community a scholarship for college. He doesn’t even know her. He’s never even met her.” And when Theresa Bowick wanted to start a simple fitness routine for children
and adults living in the Conkey Avenue neighborhood earlier this summer, she turned to Gantt for help. Bowick came up with the idea of the “Conkey Cruisers,” a group of residents who could meet for regular bike rides to increase physical activity and help with weight loss. Gantt purchased 10 new bikes for the Cruisers, Bowick says. Some of the residents had never owned or even ridden a bike, she says. “We couldn’t do this without Mr. Gantt’s help,” Bowick says. “It may not seem that important to someone who doesn’t live here, but we have the highest rates of hypertension and diabetes in the 14621, 14605, and 14609 neighborhoods. Mr. Gantt immediately understood how serious this is.” But despite Gantt’s accomplishments, his
critics say he is not always the benevolent political leader his supporters portray. He’s been accused of using his influence to reach into the affairs of both city government and the school district. And some critics say his attention is too narrowly focused. “I’m sure David, in his heart, is more interested in what we do for building up neighborhood rec centers than he is maybe about what I’m doing for Midtown,” says Mayor Tom Richards. “But he’s never come to me and said, ‘Stop doing Midtown.’” And Frank Muscato, chair of the Gates Democratic Committee, says that, overall, Gates residents feel neglected by their state Assembly representative. “If you go back in history, he has brought a lot of money to the Town of Gates,” Muscato says. “But he hasn’t been very visible.” Muscato says Gates voters have a sense that Gantt doesn’t take the concerns of his suburban constituents seriously. “I think he has much more interest in the people in the city,” Muscato says. “But as I’ve pointed out to him and Lovely Warren, we have the largest nonwhite student population. LEFT:
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We have a growing population of students who qualify for free and reduced meals. We need his help, too.” Muscato says Gates Democrats met with Jose Cruz and John Lightfoot, and that this is the first time in 30 years many voters are seriously considering alternatives to Gantt. Many are willing to take a chance on voting for someone else even if they risk angering Gantt because they feel they have nothing to lose, Muscato says. “I’ve had people say they won’t put up David’s sign,” Muscato says. “I’m not trying to trash the guy, but we’re just not that significant to him.” Ralph Esposito, retired Republican supervisor for the Town of Gates, says he worked well with Gantt in the 1970’s, but then Gantt got the “Albany disease.” “He forgot about us,” Esposito says. “David, as far as I can remember over 21 years, appeared in Gates maybe twice, maybe a little more. He’s been invited to many town functions, but never comes out here. Criticism of him is certainly warranted in Gates.” Something is wrong when a representative hardly ever sets foot in one part of his district, Esposito says.
But Esposito also says that Gantt was instrumental in the creation of the new Westgate Park, which required state legislation. “David said, ‘If Ralph thinks it’s a good idea, I’ll go along with it,’” Esposito says. “I’ve always said that I don’t know of any Democrat who would have gone along with a Republican then. He took the call.” And Gantt caused a flap in 2008 when he introduced a bill authorizing Upstate use of red-light cameras — after years of opposing them. The legislation “seemed to benefit a client of lobbyist Robert Scott Gaddy, Gantt’s former aide,” wrote Joseph Spector of Gannett News Service in 2008. Some of the worst criticism of Gantt comes from the Rochester school district. Gantt has been a harsh and vocal critic of the city school board, and he supports mayoral control. He revived the contentious issue recently though it bitterly divided the city the first time. “This board has failed,” Gantt said. And he promised to reintroduce legislation to pass mayoral control even though Mayor Richards, unlike his predecessor, now Lt. Governor Bob Duffy, isn’t enthusiastic about the idea. Dragging the mayoral control issue back out seems like a pointless distraction to some observers — something the troubled school district doesn’t need. And heaping all of the blame for the district’s poor performance on the school board and the teachers union seems to ignore other underlying causes, like extreme poverty and troubled neighborhoods, critics say. But the pushback didn’t dissuade Gantt. The board and school officials have tried it their way for years, Gantt said in an interview with City last year. He said he could no longer stand idle and watch more students fall through the cracks, fail to graduate, or graduate from city schools without the skills needed to succeed in college. When asked why he believes mayoral control would improve student performance when the record is mixed on its success in other urban school districts, Gantt said he didn’t know if it would work in Rochester. But the current system hasn’t worked for years, he said, and he is willing to give mayoral control a try. Gantt also called for the elimination of the Maintenance of Effort law, which locks in a minimum yearly payment of $119.2 continues on page 10
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million from the city to the school district. Like other city leaders, Gantt says the MOE stresses the city’s finances without giving the city any say in how the money is used. Still, many of Gantt’s supporters believe he was right to call for mayoral control, though the legislation he promised last year never materialized. Regardless of where people stand on mayoral control, it got the community talking about education, says Council member McFadden. “It made us think about how much we value education in our community,” McFadden says. And he says Gantt deserves credit for trying to keep the issue on the table. The other criticism of Gantt that seems
to resonate with many of his critics has to do with the city’s crescent area. Gantt has represented some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the city for 30 years, and there’s been arguably little improvement. But McFadden says that is a strawman argument. “I think that’s bullshit,” he says. “One person doesn’t control what’s going on in his neighborhood or the crescent. I think that’s laziness when they say stuff like that. As bad as things are, just imagine what things would be like if he hadn’t been there.” If there is a central argument to make in support of Gantt, it hangs on that query: What would Rochester be like without him? And Gantt doesn’t make it an easy question to answer; his disposition sometimes gets in the way. “There are a lot of different opinions about David,” Mayor Richards says. “This you’ve got to say for him: the guy is committed to the city. You may not like his style, you might not like some of the things he does.” But Gantt’s support can make the difference on whether a project or funding gets approved in Albany, he says. “When I want something out of the Assembly, it’s very clear to me that I’ve got to try to get him to go along,” Richards says.
Includes reporting by staff writers Jeremy Moule and Christine Carrie Fien.
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Urban Action This week’s calls to action include the following and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)
Brighton seeks Zoning Board applicants
The Brighton Town Board is looking for residents to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. The board meets monthly and is comprised of seven members each serving a five-year term. Interested Brighton residents should send a resume by Monday, September 17, to Supervisor’s Office, c/o Mary Ann Hussar, Town of Brighton, 2300 Elm-
wood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.
Mentors needed
The Judicial Process Commission needs volunteers to mentor someone who has been involved with the criminal justice system. The next Mentor Training Sessions are from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, September 17, and Tuesday, September 18. Training is at 84 Scio Street. Registration: Valerie White-Whittick, 325-7727.
borhoods in the southwest section of the city will hold a meeting to discuss ways to become more engaged with School 16 and encourage parents to become more active in education-related matters. The meeting is at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 29, at the SW Community Center, 275 Dr. Samuel McCree Way.
Neighborhood meeting on School 16
Residents of the 19th Ward and nearby neigh-
Correcting ourselves
The headline on an August 22 article about a statewide coalition’s satirical awards for recipients of economic development incentives may have incorrectly implied problems with VWR International’s actions. The coalition criticized the company for receiving tax breaks after it reduced jobs in Erie County and added them in Monroe County. The company has not been accused of any violations.
Dining for Foodlink’s continued work providing nutrition and education in Central and Western New York. Advance tickets are $40; visit festivaloffood.org for more information.
Class act
Looking to hone your cooking skills? The Culinary Center at Vella recently released its schedule of fall classes taught by local chefs, with highlights including a seasonal menu from The Cellar Door’s Matt Laurence (October 15, $85), “A Sophisticated Thanksgiving Dinner” led by Chris Januzzi from The Rabbit Room (November 5, $79), and a gluten-free workshop with Brown Hound Bistro owner Trish Aser (November 27, $65). Call 421-9362 or visit vellaculinarycenter.com for all the details.
Openings
In addition to a deep wine list, Veritas Wine Bar serves light fare, including French macarons from Pittsford Dairy (pictured). PHOTOS BY MATT DETURCK
Through the grapevine [ CHOW HOUND ] BY DAYNA PAPALEO
You know, wine might be the original form of conscious eating. With a label full of details about things like vintage and varietals, few packaged products throughout history have been so transparent with regard to their origins. Sometimes, though, it seems like a lot of information, and that’s even before you get into the nuances of taste. Wine can be daunting, especially when someone starts holding forth on tannins or acidity, and all you’re able to detect is a whisper of fermented grapes. So if your enjoyment of wine has ever been hindered by the intimidation factor, just remember this: “It’s food. You like it or you don’t.” That refreshing clarity comes courtesy of Paul Powers, who, along with his wife, Amy, co-owns the new Veritas Wine Bar at Alexander Park. The Powers gleaned their wine knowledge through stints at Park Avenue’s Wine Sense and as sales reps for a distributor, and they’ve parlayed their passion for the grape into a charming spot for both hardcore oenophiles and aspiring aficionados. “We want to get other people excited about wine,” says Amy, whose extensive and nicely priced wine list, offered by both the glass and the bottle, also provides curious quaffers with options for a half-glass, the
perfect way to design your own custom tasting flight. Wines from all over the world share menu space with a selection of different beers and a few nonalcoholic offerings, as well as snacky stuff like a rotating cheeseand-charcuterie board featuring Baker Street bread and booze-infused nuts from Gifted Foods. The Powers are making sure your brain stays nourished as well; besides wineeducation classes (the debut, “International Varietals in Italy,” is scheduled for September 25), Veritas is the exclusive Rochester venue for Nerd Nite, a monthly lecture series that brings together interesting talkers and interested listeners. The first Nerd Nite will take place Wednesday, September 12; admission is $5 per person, and among the guest speakers is Chris Hartman from The Good Food Collective. Call Veritas for tickets, and maybe throw your hat in the ring if there’s a subject on which you’re particularly geeked out. Veritas Wine Bar at Alexander Park is located at 217 Alexander St. It is open TuesdaySaturday 4-11 p.m. Single drink prices range from $1.50 to $14; full bottle prices range from $15 to $160. For more information, including class registration and daily specials, call 2622336 or visit veritaswinebar.com.
Food for thought
As part of the upcoming festival Greentopia | Film, Good Luck will host the kickoff, known as “Short Courses,” on Tuesday, September 11. The event begins at 7 p.m. with cocktails and a tour of Good Luck’s lush garden, the progress of which Greentopia has been recording all summer for a short documentary to premiere that evening. Once settled in back at the restaurant, attendees will watch a quartet of food-centric shorts, each followed by a course that ties in to the film that preceded it. Chef Dan Martello selected the films that most inspired him — the four shorts to make the cut involve oysters, cured meats, Southern barbecue, and a longtime pizza maker in Queens — and designed their attendant courses. Tickets are $75 and seating is limited, so visit greentopiafestival.com/film to learn how to get in on this potentially delicious action.
Linked in
More than 100 local restaurants, wineries, breweries, specialty-food purveyors, and farms are scheduled to participate in this year’s Festival of Food, happening Monday, September 10, 6-9 p.m. at the Rochester Public Market. Our regional food bank’s annual tasting event is also a fundraiser, with proceeds earmarked
The Dairy Queen chain recently made its first foray into Rochester, with a DQ Grill & Chill opening at 1100 Jefferson Road and reportedly breaking the U.S. franchise record for best opening day. A second Greece location is being planned. The old Social/Shea’s spot at 303 East Ave. is now home to Wall Street Bar & Grill, serving both lunch and dinner and open every day until 2 a.m. Its gimmick is this: the electronically posted drink prices fluctuate like stock, with heavily ordered drinks going up, while others plummet. Visit wallstreetrochester. com for more insider information. Seafood lovers, keep a watchful eye out for Chowder UP, the latest addition to our fair city’s growing fleet of food trucks. This mobile kitchen offers up maritime treats like lobster rolls, fish tacos, and New England clam chowder. You can find ‘em on Facebook. Dolce Cupcakery, a bakery specializing in, you know, cupcakes, debuted its second location earlier this month at 693 Park Ave. Pop over to dolcecupcake.com for a listing of flavors, and try not to drool on your keyboard.
Closings
The upscale Italian restaurant Henry B’s has shut its doors; fall 2012 will see 140 East Ave. home to the East End Bistro & Dessert Bar (Henry B’s gift cards will be honored there) as well as a downtown outpost of Moe’s Southwest Grill. Park & Oxford Café & Delicatessen is sadly no more. Signs on the door to the belowground space at 283 Oxford St. hint at an interesting new eatery, so stay tuned... Chow Hound is a food and restaurant news column. Do you have a tip? Send it to food@ rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com City 11
Upcoming [ Gospel ] Fringe Fest: Gospel Sunday Sunday, September 23. Gibbs Street. 3-5:30 p.m. Free. rochesterfringe.com. [ DJ/Electronic ] Sleigh Bells, araabMUZIK Wednesday, October 3. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 8 p.m. $20-$23. 325-5600, waterstreetmusic.com. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Wiz Khalifa Wednesday, October 17. Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Square. 7:30 p.m. $32.50-$42.50. 758-5300, bluecrossarena.com.
Music
Ontario Barn Festival
Saturday, September 1 Ontario Barn Vineyards, 513 Whitney Road, Ontario 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | $12 | ontariobarnvineyards.com [ Americana ] Five bands that broadly fall under the
Americana genre anchor this event. There’s jug band Ruckus Juice Jug Stompers, roots performers Waitin’ On A Train, and country & western swing two-steppers Skiffle Minstrels. For my money, I’d check out old-time country & bluegrass singer-guitarist Norman Hasman, and world-beat-influenced group Hypnotic Clambake (pictured), which has been described as a Bar Mitzvah on acid. In between tunes, you can pick apples, chow on barbeque, or enjoy wine sampling at the vineyard’s renovated tasting room. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR
Synthetica, Sonam Thursday, August 30 Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 7.30 p.m. | Free | 258-0400, thelittle.org [ Ambient Electronic/World ] When you hear Eric
Taylor (stage name Synthetica) is bringing flutes to an electronic gig, you’re like, “What? How does that work?” Well, all those background noises that would usually be done with the computer are done by the flute (Sonam) and voices, which work really well with the computergenerated sounds, and leaves the computer to the ambient depth it does so well. The music still manages to have a good dance beat, which is also provided by the artist as opposed to the computer, and gives it a nice variation. — SUZAN PERO
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Amanda Ashley performed at Johnny’s on Saturday, August 25. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE
Pat Metheny Unity Band Saturday, September 1 German House, 315 Gregory St. 7 P.M. | $50-$85 | 442-6880, upallnightpresents.com [ JAZZ ] Pat Metheny and the jazz guitar have been
practically synonymous for close to 40 years. He began his illustrious career with a teaching assistantship at the Berklee College of Music in the early 70’s. There he worked with fusion-jazz pioneer and legendary educator Gary Burton. Metheny made his recording debut in 1974 and the following year joined Burton’s band, which was to be Metheny’s first in a long list of collaborations with countless jazz greats. His style includes elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, folk, new age, post-bop, world fusion, and Latin jazz. Metheny’s work has been highly influential and critically revered. He has won 19 Grammy Awards and sold thousands of records. — BY DAVID YOCKEL, JR.
Lovin’ Cup 4-Year Anniversary saturday, september 1 Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point 6 p.m. | Free | lovincup.com [ VARIOUS ] Sure, Rochester’s got the musicians, and
the fans, but without the clubs who take a chance on live music, we’d all be stuck at home watching “Law & Order” re-runs. Lovin’ Cup is run by music fans and presents a vibe where the music predominates. For this big four-year anniversary party, The Swooners will get things started, followed by a Lovin’ Cup Idol reunion, and closed out by Moho Collective. Here’s to four more! — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Eat to the beat [ review ] by frank de blase
Part of The Public Market Band’s allure is its duct-taped assembly, its ragtag nonchalance, its Rube Goldberg framework. Bands practice this for years, trying to make their performances all gunfighter cool and dangerous. TPMB is one of the few bands that doesn’t try, and yet it achieves that hipster cool like a swingin’ Frigidaire. Add a little vaudeville menace and insanity to the fire and you’ve got the rocking show I saw last Wednesday at The Little Theatre Café. This is a band that put itself together before announcing to its members, “Hey suckers, you’re in a band now.” From the honk of the harp to the beat of the box to its slacker appeal, this is an exceptional, organically grown example of classic American music. If Dorothy Lamour played rock ’n’ roll she’d look like Amanda Ashley. Ashley and her new band (bass and drums) played Johnny’s Irish Pub on Saturday night to a gaggle of stage-door johnnies who lined up or pictures and autographs between sets. Not only is Ashley a looker, but she’s a cooker on both the keys and the guitar. And her voice is aces: a beautifully rich alto that shines through
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it all. Unfortunately on Saturday the mix wasn’t great, and the band seemed to follow Ashley with a bit of trepidation on a set of mostly covers. Ashley’s originals are sexy, well-written vignettes that I would much rather hear than hits by the Jackson Five. Check her out, you’ll see what I mean. When Marshall James still roamed the earth, he and his band helped keep this poor musician alive. They’d play every Sunday at Milestones, where you could get a plate of BBQ for a dollar. Well, James has been gone a while, and I’ve actually got a few dollars to spend on BBQ now…which is what I did Saturday with The Nightstalkers on stage at the Dinosaur. These boys were on fire, shuffling, swinging, vamping, riffing, and bopping as the dance floor remained at a steady boil. Chet Catallo jumped on board and played his head off, loud and mean and standing up without assistance. He’s back on his feet rockin’ for everyone who was out of their seat. Me? I was diggin’ it all, cutting some rug, and eating to the beat.
[ Acoustic/Folk ] Acoustic Open Jam hosted by The Druids. The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St. 5821830. 7:30 p.m. Free. Jim Lane. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 3858565. 7:30 p.m. Free Jumbo Shrimp. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. 6 p.m. 21+. Free. Paul Strowe. Schooner’s Riverside Pub, 70 Pattonwood Dr. 342-3030. 7 p.m. Call for info. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. 5:30 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Bealle Street Band. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 9 p.m. Free. Open Blues Jam w/The King Bees. The Beale New Orleans Grille and BarSouth Ave., 693 South Ave. 271-4650. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Adam. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. Call for info. DJ Keyyo. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. 272-9777. Call for info. Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Midnight. Free. Y Not Wednesday w/DJ ET. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St. Paul St. 232-5650. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Lindsey Holland. Tala Vera, 155 State St. 546-3845. 8 p.m. $5. The Swooners. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. The Westview Project. Pier 45, 1000 N. River St. 8654500. Call for info. [ Karaoke ] Italian American Karaoke. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way. 5948882. 7:30 p.m. Free. continues on page 15
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Saxophonist David Liebman has been playing with top jazz names like Miles Davis and Elvin Jones for more than four decades. PHOTO BY MAREK LAZARSKI
Starting at the top David Liebman w/Phil Haynes’ No Fast Food and Drew Gress Thursday, September 6 Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive 8 p.m. | $18-$20 | lovincup.com [ PROFILE ] BY RON NETSKY
Saxophonist David Liebman will never forget January 13, 1973. That was the night he played for the first time with Miles Davis at New York’s Fillmore East. Then he took a taxi across town to join Elvin Jones’ for his second set at the Village Vanguard. Liebman was 26. “It was the heaviest night of my musical life as far as style,” says Liebman. “Going from Miles playing this funky-oriented stuff, to Elvin playing straight-ahead jazz.” Of course, playing with both men was pinch-yourself territory for Liebman. “I watched Elvin so much with Coltrane, and there I was, standing where Coltrane stood,” says Liebman. “With Miles it was the history of jazz, and there was no question that you now could have a serious career because you had reached the top of the food chain.” Growing up in Brooklyn, Liebman had started classical piano lessons at 10 and later 14 City august 29 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
shifted to reeds. But his musical awakening happened at 16. “It was definitely seeing Coltrane,” says Liebman, who plays next Thursday at Lovin’ Cup. “February 1962, at Birdland — it was cataclysmic. All I knew was that guy couldn’t be playing the same instrument that I played at home, and whatever this is, I’ll be back.” He saw Coltrane many times, listened
to his records and transcribed his solos, all in an effort to absorb his style. “The whole community of sax players followed the leader, just like they had with Charlie Parker,” says Liebman. “Coltrane was the major influence so we did the best we could to understand his language.” In the meantime, Liebman got a degree in history from New York University, studying by day and playing at night. After graduating he became a substitute teacher. He was able to quit when he joined the jazz-rock group Ten Wheel Drive in the late 1960’s. Along with Blood Sweat & Tears and Chicago, the group was part of the fusion movement. But Liebman kept playing the more experimental music that was thriving in New York. “In those days there were no schools, just contemporaries playing together, living in lofts where you could
play all night, just playing and hoping someday you’d get a chance to play with one of the masters.” That chance came when a bass player told Jones about Liebman. Without rehearsing, he stepped on stage with Jones’ band and passed the audition. It wasn’t long before he caught the attention of Davis. “The jazz scene was much smaller in those days, so everyone knew each other,” says Liebman. “Steve Grossman, my playing buddy, was with Miles. Lenny White, Chick Corea, Dave Holland — we all lived in the same building. There was a community involved in the music, so I knew Miles and I got to play on the session for ‘On The Corner.’ Six months later he came to the Vanguard when I was working with Elvin. He basically took me.” Jones and Miles were both attracted by the same thing: the young player’s style, which was reminiscent of Coltrane’s. “At 22 you have no idea what you’re doing. You just try to sound like who you want to sound like and hope some day that you’ll become an individualist. We all knew that.” Liebman eventually found his musical self.
“Somewhere in the early 1980’s when I went to soprano [sax], I could see who I was.”
What did he take away from the two legends? “The main thing was the seriousness of the music,” says Liebman. “This was not just a way to get girls or a social hang, it was serious business when you got on the bandstand. The lifestyle was a different subject. Once you hit the downbeat, those guys were dead serious.” There was one complication in Liebman’s dream-like career. The early 1970’s was a turbulent time racially, and some musicians and audience members were not happy to see a white, Jewish sax player with top black jazz players. “They’d ask, why is he there? In Elvin’s band there were three white guys and he got pressure for that. He didn’t give a shit,” says Liebman. “In Miles’ band I was the only white guy, and I was standing in front of the Black Panther flag on all the equipment. When you played in a place like Detroit or Chicago…let’s put it this way, when the gig was over, I got to the hotel quickly.” As for Jones and Miles, “they knew it and acknowledged it but they were way beyond it. Miles told my girlfriend at the time, ‘They don’t like Dave because he’s white. I don’t know even what color he is. He has no color.’” Since the 1970’s, Liebman has recorded more than 100 albums as a leader and hundreds more as a sideman. He’s played in front of tens of thousands of people with some of the top musicians in jazz, and with groups like Lookout Farm and Quest. But he still loves small club gigs, like the Bop Shop show at Lovin’ Cup. “I like to support somebody like [drummer] Phil [Haynes] and I enjoy playing with him,” says Liebman. “Playing that kind of music — it’s free jazz — for 30 people, is really what the music’s about. You’ve got to make a living, but the truth is that’s where jazz is heard best, in a small setting where people are close to you.” Of course, after four decades, Liebman has seen changes in the jazz world. “The internet’s taken away any semblance of a record business, which means people have no way getting people to know them,” says Liebman. “Economics have dictated that the jazz club is an anachronism economically. It’s almost impossible to keep a club going and have real music. And that’s the work place where we used to work out the music. “On the other hand, education has grown in the last 30 years,” says Liebman, who founded the International Association of Schools of Jazz in 1989. “So it’s wonderful to see people from all over the world loving this music.”
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath. Schooner’s Riverside Pub, 70 Pattonwood Dr. 342-3030. 7 p.m. Call for info. Driftwood w/Clinton’s Ditch. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 8 p.m. $8-$10. Jim Lane. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 385-8565. 7:30 p.m. Free Trinidad & Tabago Steel Drum Band. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 663-5910. 7 p.m. Call for info. [ Blues ] Dan Schmitt. The Beale New Orleans Grille and Bar-South Ave., 693 South Ave. 2714650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Natalie B Band. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 9 p.m. Free.
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Tilt-a-Whirl Drag Show. Tilt Nightclub & Ultralounge, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440. 11:15 pm & 12:30 am. $3. [ Jazz ] John Bolger. Pane Vino Ristorante, 175 N. Water St. 232-6090. 8:30 p.m. Free. John Palocy Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Jon Greeno Jazz Trio. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 385-8565. 6 p.m. Free. The Swooners. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Rocones Italian Restaurant, 232 Lyell Ave. 458-3090. 6 p.m. Free. The White Hots. The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St. (315) 589-4512. Call for info. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke at Center Cafe. Center Cafe, 150 Frank Dimino Way. 594-8882. 7 p.m. Free. Karaoke at Willow Inn. Willow Inn, 428 Manitou Rd. 3923489. 8 p.m. Free. Karaoke at Pineapple Jack’s. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. 247-5225. 9 p.m. Call for info continues on page 16
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Crossmolina. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St. 348-9091. 8 p.m. Free. True Blue. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 8 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Billy Joe & The Blues Gypsies. Six Pockets, 716 E. Ridge Rd. 266-1440. 6 p.m. Free. Cold Sweat. The Beale New Orleans Grille and Bar-South
INDIE | The Can’t Tells
It seems that in today’s ever-expansive musical climate, any band that employs guitars and defies any obvious genre categorization is usually placed in the “Indie” section at your local record store. This Brooklyn-based trio’s catalog would probably be found there. The Can’t Tells approach to music is simple, as the band’s website succinctly declares: “We are a band...We are loud.” This may be true, but beneath the vociferous volume levels, there is generally a well-crafted, albeit concise, take on modern alternative rock. The band’s newest single, “Lying To Myself,” from the upcoming album “No Television,” comes in at just over two minutes, but packs a legitimate punch. The Can’t Tells perform Thursday, August 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. $6-$8. 454-2966, bugjar.com. — BY DAVID YOCKEL, JR. Ave., 693 South Ave. 2714650. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Double Take. The BealeWebster, 1930 Empire Blvd. 216-1070. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. The King Bees. Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. 271-6650. 8 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Bang Fridays. ONE Nightclub and Lounge, 1 Ryan Alley. 546-1010. Call for info. Beople Electronica Night: Beople Electronica w/ Ghostfeeder, Silent Auction. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. 21+. $5-$7. Chill Out Fridays Happy Hour. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. 5:30 p.m. Free. DJ Bac Spin. Venu RestoLounge, 151 St. Paul St. 2325650. 8 p.m. Call for info. DJ Blake. 140 Alex Bar & Grill, 140 Alexander St. 2561000. 10 p.m. Call for info. DJ Cedric. Vertex Nightclub, 169 North Chestnut St. 2325498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. Fresh Meat Fridays w/ Samantha Vega, DJ Mighty Mic. Tilt Nightclub & Ultralounge, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $4-$12. Labor Day Pajamas & Lingerie Party. Heat Nightclub, 336 East Ave. 899-0620. Call for info. Lube After Dark. Quaker Steak & 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. [ Jazz ] Alistair Duncan. Chakara Bistro & Bar, 7328 Pittsford Palmyra Rd. 223-8101. 6 p.m. Free. Captain Marvel. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 385-8565. 8 p.m. Free. Champagne & The Swoon Daddies. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. Gap Mangione Solo Piano. Pier 45, 1000 N. River St. 865-4500. Call for info. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St. (315) 5894512. 7 p.m. Free. Tinted Image. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke at Pineapple Jack’s. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. 247-5225. 9 p.m. Free. Karaoke at Nashvilles. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. 9:30 p.m. Free. Karaoke by Dan & Sherri. Barnard Restaurant & Party House, 360 Maiden Ln. 6631250. 8 p.m. Free. Karaoke w/DJ Delight. Anchor Sports Bar & Grill, 270 Miracle Mile Dr. 272-9333. 8 p.m.
Karaoke w/Summer Bob. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N. Main St. 388-0136. 10 p.m. Free Karaoke w/Summer Bob. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N. Main St. 388-0136. 10 p.m. Free. [ Reggae/Jam ] Mosaic Foundation w/Axis Armada. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 8 p.m. $8-$10. [ Pop/Rock ] Download w/Stealin. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave. 6633375. 6 p.m. Free. The Extremists w/Lucia & Levi. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St. 315-483-9570. 1 p.m. Call for info. Fat City Band. Schooner’s Riverside Pub, 70 Pattonwood Dr. 342-3030. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Mochester. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St. 10 p.m. Free before 11, $5 after. The Results w/Right Turn Racer, Christoper Noyes. Tala Vera, 155 State St. 5463845. 8 p.m. $5. Stiletto, Springer. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 6635910. 10 p.m. Call for info. Upstate w/SpaceJunk. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 8 p.m. $5-$7. Violet Mary. Dinosaur BarB-Que, 99 Court St. 10 p.m. Free.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Gerard Weber. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St. 348-9091. 8 p.m. Free. Jim Lane. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 3858565. 7 p.m. Free. The Soul of the Hang w/Matt Venutti. Open Sky Yoga, 5 Arnold Park. 244-0782. 7 p.m. $20. The Vassar Brothers. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $5-$7. [ Blues ] Deborah Magone. Firehouse Saloon, 814 South Clinton. 319-3832. 9 p.m. 21+. $4. Gap Mangione New Blues Bland. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. 7:30 p.m. Free. Grupo Pagan. Dinosaur BarB-Que, 99 Court St. 10 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Big Reg. Venu RestoLounge, 151 St. Paul St. 2325650. 10 p.m. Call for info. DJ Darkwave. Vertex Nightclub, 169 North Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. DJ Matt. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. Call for info. Call for info
DJ Trancesend. Decibel Lounge., 45 Euclid St. 7544645. 10 p.m. $5. Erotic Synergy (Upstairs). ONE Nightclub and Lounge, 1 Ryan Alley. 546-1010. Call for info. La Selva. Tilt Nightclub & Ultralounge, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440. 10 p.m. Call for info. Sexy Ultra Lounge Saturdays. ONE Nightclub and Lounge, 1 Ryan Alley. 546-1010. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Art St Halarie Solo Piano. Pier 45, 1000 N. River St. 865-4500. Call for info. Evolution Trio. Brighton Restaurant, 1881 East Ave. 271-6650. 8 p.m. Free. Pat Metheny Unity Band w/ Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez, and Ben Williams. The German House Theater, 315 Gregory St. 442-6880. 8 p.m. $75. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd. 2161290. 6:30 p.m. Free. Todd East. Hamlin Station Bar & Grill, 52 Railroad Ave. 9642010. 8:30 p.m. Call for info. The Westview Project. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. The White Hots. The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St. (315) 589-4512. Call for info [ Karaoke ] Karaoke at Pineapple Jack’s. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. 247-5225. 9 p.m. Call for info Karaoke at 140 Alex. 140 Alex Bar & Grill, 140 Alexander St. 256-1000. 10:30 p.m. Free. Karaoke At The Lube. Quaker Steak & Lube, 2205 Buffalo Rd. 697-9464. 9:30 p.m. Free. Karaoke w/Summer Bob. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N. Main St. 388-0136. 10 p.m. Free. Kick-Ass Karaoke. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m. Free. [ Reggae/Jam ] Lovin’ Cup 4 Year Anniversary Party w/Moho Collective, The Swooners, Old School. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 2929940. 6 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Bobby T’s Big Bad Birthday Bash w/Chilllum, The Love Tunnels. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. 21+. Call for info. Clearly From Negligence. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 8 p.m. Free. Divided by Zero w/Extremists Duo. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St. 315483-9570. 1 p.m. Call for info. Keaton. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd. West. 6211480. Call for info.
AMERICANA | Adela & Jude
It seems today that a never-ending supply of bands mimic Americana traditions to give their sound soul; it’s the musical equivalent of an Instagram filter. For Adela & Jude, however, Americana is their soul. When their powerful voices combine on songs like the steady ballad “Sinner Girl,” the Boston-based duo captures the gravitas of the tent-revival preachers they channel. Even as both take on several instruments at once, Adela & Jude perform with chemistry and a knack for the visual, with Adela on hand organ and occasional floor tom and Jude stomping on ground percussion while strumming away at various artifacts of the stringed Americana variety. Adela & Jude perform Thursday, August 30, 9:30 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. Free. abilenebarandlounge.com. — JARED BENNETT Me & the Boyz. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 6635910. 10 p.m. Call for info. Mike & Sergi. Bayside Pub, 279 Lake Rd. 323-1224. 3 p.m. Call for info. Polluted Moon. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St. 10 p.m. Free before 11, $5 after. This Life. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 2321520. 8 p.m. $8-$10.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Brian Clancy. Temple Bar and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. 7 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Artisan Jazz Trio. Towpath Cafe, 6 N. Main St. 3770410. 2 p.m. Free. Bill Slater Solo Piano. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. Call for info. Free. El Rojo Jazz. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 3858565. 5 p.m. Free. Joe Santora and Curtis Kendrick. The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St. (315) 589-4512. Call for info. [ Pop/Rock ] 1st Sunday Hardcore Showcase: Live Fast, Die Fast w/ The Curl & Drag, J.O.B. Squad, and Night Terror. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. Call for info.
The Fresh Beat Band. CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive. 758-5300. 4 p.m. $39.50. Me & the Boyz w/Funky Blu Roots. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St. 315-483-9570. 1 p.m. Call for info. Pronko & Diamond. Bayside Pub, 279 Lake Rd. 3231224. 4 p.m. Call for info. Skycoasters. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 663-5910. 5 p.m. Call for info.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Friends Unplugged. Captain Jack’s Goodtime Tavern, 8505 Greig St. 315-4839570. 3 p.m. Call for info. Jim Lane. Schooner’s Riverside Pub, 70 Pattonwood Dr. 342-3030. 2 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Manic Mondays DJs. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 11 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Mark Bader. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 662-5555. 5:30 p.m. Free. The Westview Project. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. 5:30 p.m. Free. continues on page 18 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 17
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 [ Karaoke ] Karaoke w/Walt O’Brien. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St. 288-3930. 9 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Love of Everything w/Light Feelings,Archimedes. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8:30 p.m. 21+. $6-$8. Octane. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River St. 663-5910. 5 p.m. Call for info. Shots and Hots Labor Day Party w/Eggman’s Traveling Carnival. Marge’s Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 3231020. 4 p.m. 21+. Free.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Baby Gramps. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 7 p.m. Call for info. Don Christiano: The Beatles Unplugged. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Country ] The B-Stars. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 10 p.m. $5-$8. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Kathy. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Beau. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 385-8565. 8 p.m. Free. Penfield Rotary Big Band Swing Dance. Penfield
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Hobo troubadour Baby Gramps is like one of those Japanese soldiers that came out of the jungles of the Philippines, years after V-J Day, completely unaware that the war was over. That’s not to say Baby Gramps is in the dark. The cat cops from a solid knowledge box, a copasetic compendium of tantalizing adventure as told through American music on a well-traveled dobro. It ain’t quite blues, and though it’s richly storied, I wouldn’t call it folk, either. Classifying the enigmatic and illusive character that is Baby Gramps is equally beguiling. If you read Jack Black’s (not the actor) “You Can’t Win,” written in the 1920’s, you’d be introduced to characters like Foot-And-A-Half George, The Sanctimonious Kid, and Salt Pork Mary. I have a feeling Baby Gramps was in there too, basking in the subversive glow. The man you see on stage is ageless behind his white beard, but if he played all the way back in the 1920’s, that would make him — gulp — a ghost. Baby Gramps performs Tuesday, September 4, 7 p.m. at Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Free. babygramps.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE Community Center Gym, 1985 Baird Rd. 340-8655. 7:30 p.m. $1.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Jim Lane. Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. 3858565. 7:30 p.m. Free. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 248-4825. 5:30 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Buford Duo. Dinosaur BarB-Que, 99 Court St. 9 p.m. Free.
[ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Adam. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 334-3030. Call for info. DJ Dorian. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. 272-9777. Call for info. DJ Keyyo. TC Riley’s, 200 Park Point Dr. 272-9777. Call for info. Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Midnight. Free Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Midnight. Free. Y Not Wednesday w/DJ ET. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St. Paul St. 232-5650. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Cornet Shorty’s Open Jazz Jam. Tala Vera, 155 State St. 546-3845. 8 p.m. $5. Johnny Matt Band. Ontario Beach Park, 4799 Lake Ave. 865-3320. 6 p.m. Call for info. Tinted Image. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Italian American Karaoke. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way. 594-8882. 7:30 p.m. Free. Karaoke at Pineapple Jack’s. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. 247-5225. 9 p.m. Call for info. Karaoke at Mayfield’s Pub. Mayfield’s Pub, 669 N Winton Rd. 288-7199. 9 p.m. Free. Karaoke at Sanibel Cottage. Sanibel Cottage, 1517 Empire Blvd. 671-9340. 6 p.m. Free. Karaoke at California Brew Haus. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd. West. 6211480. 9 p.m. Free. Karaoke w/Mark. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St. 2883930. 9 p.m. Free.
[ Open Mic ] Open Acoustic Mic Night w/Mandy. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N. Main St. 388-0136. 9 p.m. Free. Open Mic w/Steve West. Muddy Waters Coffee HouseGeneseo, 53 Main St. 2439111. 7 p.m. Free. [ Reggae/Jam ] Medicine Wednesdays w/ Thunder Body. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $6-$10. [ Pop/Rock ] Here for Now w/Regret the Hour. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. $6-$8.
Art protest question” in a serious manner, he says, and those who tackle the issue of the use and transformation of space with absurdity and humor. The former group includes activist group Occupy Rochester, Rochester photographer Jim Day, Salt Lake City dance-theater group InFluxdance, and Albany-based painter James Paulsen, while the latter includes Syracuse artist Matthew Keeney and Rochester performance and musical duo The Bloody Noes. The aim of the Indymedia video is
“Main and Allen,” one of James Paulsen’s works in “Whose Space? Our Space!” now on view at Rochester Contemporary. PHOTO PROVIDED
Out of place “State of the City: Whose Space? Our Space!” Through September 23 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org Wednesday-Sunday 1-5 p.m., Friday until 10 p.m. | $1 [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Immediately following its annual fundraising, crowd-pleasing “6x6” exhibition, Rochester Contemporary has deftly shifted gears to present the annual “State of the City” show, during which the art space transforms into a forum for discussing the status of Upstate New York cities as they move toward an uncertain future. Last year, the exhibit explored urban planning and the impact
of the Inner Loop on Rochester (and how similar roadways impacted other cities), as well as the disputed future of the roadway. This year, the show focuses on how artists and activists are redefining public space. While the title “Whose Space? Our Space!” is a nod to familiar protest chants, the show is not specifically about protest. The Occupy movement was a kick-off point for the show, which deals with “the way that our cities are sort of grappling with new definitions and challenges to what is public and what is private,” says Rochester Contemporary Director Bleu Cease. The exhibit includes an installation of a camping tent used by activist group Occupy Rochester and a documentary video on the movement created by Indymedia. Cease sees this show as divided into two categories: the first including artists who deal with “the surveillance/security/
to “bring in a little sampling of how Occupy, in its local iteration, changed our notion of what public space is,” says Cease, who worked with Indymedia to pull video together footage of the most relevant and often tense moments during Occupy Rochester’s months-long residency in Washington Square Park. These clips include arrests of those who remained after the park closed at 11 p.m., and the temporary resolution: that one-third of the park would be set aside for occupiers to camp out. “There’s this sort of give-and-take and push-and-pull and redefinition of what that park was, and now maybe we think of it differently after Occupy,” say Cease. “We certainly never will think of a tent in an urban setting in the same way.” The end of the video shows a once-again vacant park, the trampled grass growing and re-greening. This is the first gallery exhibition for Jim Day, who has been active in journalistic and commercial photography, as well as in pursuing his own projects. His part in this show includes several 3D inkjet prints of some of Rochester’s “iconic, historic, and confused public spaces,” per the provided statement. 3D glasses are provided so that viewers can translate the murky messes into the cleverly shot images. In choosing specific angles and perspectives, Day maximizes the impact of making viewers feel they are truly standing in these dusky, abandoned downtown scenes. The photos each lend a fragile beauty to a nighttime Rochester scene, including Washington Square Park, the lonely Amtrak platform at the train station, and the defunct subway entrance on Court Street near Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. The latter image is one of the most striking: the scene is divided between the pitchy tunnel below and the glare of the city above by a broken slab
of concrete, through which twisty re-bar bits poke out directly at the viewer. During an artistic residency in Buffalo,
James Paulsen created “Transformation of the Public Sphere,” a series of detailed, realist portraits of police cameras, reacting to the sudden appearance of 56 wireless surveillance cameras on street corners in our neighboring city. The police cams bear the city seal and the name of the mayor, and have the ominous look of a sentient, futuristic robot. Each image is titled with the name of the intersection it monitors and gives the context of setting either in the background, where the artist has zoomed out from the camera boxes, or in the bubbly, distorted reflection of the spherical camera casing. Ironically, most of the scenes are devoid of people, except in the case of cars caught in transit. InFluxdance’s installation includes small photos of the performers in action, a chart that explains their ideas about dance as a medium for social change, and two videos positioned on side-by-side screens. The left video shows black-andwhite footage and stills of various historic protests, in which students gathered, picket lines formed, chants echoed, vigils took place, and officers dragged activists off-scene. On the right is a documentary of the troupe’s piece “Justice for Some,” which explores how the terms “activist” and “movement” are related to physically becoming part of social change. The world we live in is increasingly image-based, explains the speaker in the video, but our activism in social media is actually passive, “disembodied protest.” “Justice for Some” seeks to “drop” different concepts “into the body,” such as same-sex marriage or human trafficking, observe emotional biases through physical movement (which the group calls “body intellect”), bring concerns to the surface, deconstruct the issues, and then “create honest movement,” seeking to present different sides of the issues. The visuals include bodies moving alone or in groups, in unison or erratically, providing a vision of a more compassionate than combative protest. Noise-music duo The Bloody Noes is
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plays, and the Dude Symposium, which brought together contemporary dude theorists last year. “They just have this whole other world they live in, for their construction and their performance,” says Cease. The way the duo engages to transform public space “is through their own action, rather than some of the other people in the exhibition who are documenting other people’s transformation, or lamenting perhaps other types of transformations of public space.” The Bloody Noes’ contribution to this show is a contraption entitled “MbSnUt (Mobile Sanctification Unit),” made of carts, wire, flags, constructed pets, and many other bits and pieces. Eerie music drifts out from a backpack set up behind the installation. I won’t begin to try to explain the piece, because the Noes’ work is about storytelling. The physical work is intriguing, but not actually relevant until the clever, imaginative duo contextualizes it in a performance piece. See The Bloody Noes activate the sculpture on September 21 at 6 p.m., in the street in front of Rochester Contemporary. Matthew Keeney’s lighthearted work is also about how his physical presence alters public spaces. One wall of the gallery holds 20 images of the artist in a white cover-all suit, nonchalantly yet conspicuously standing between poles, behind trees, crouching beneath sculptures, or just laying down below a shelf of produce. Though the suit ensures that he never blends in to these environments, he would be pretty easy to ignore if you passed him crouching on a staircase — but using one of the payphones he’s smushed himself between is another story. The images cause the viewer to ponder how many times Keeney freaked people out by merely standing there, innocuously out of place, or if he was asked to leave by store owners or authorities. See Rochester Contemporary Dance Collective perform as part of “Whose Space? Our Space!” at Rochester Contemporary during the Fringe Festival on September 22. For more information, visit rochestercontemporary.org.
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Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] “Telling Their Stories: The Lingering Legacy of Hurricane Katrina” Thu Aug 30. Tower Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. 4-6 p.m. 395ARTS, brockport.edu. Closing reception and artist talk for “Tropical Photographs of El Yunque National Rainforest” by Bruno Chalifour Fri Aug 31. Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. 7 p.m. 461-4447, lumierephoto.com. Ed Repard’s Art Opening Fri Aug 31. Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. 5 p.m. 232-9030, lux666.com. Oil Paintings by Carol Douglas Sat Sep 1. Gallery Salon & Spa, 780 University Ave. 6-10 p.m. 271-8340, galleryhair.com. [ CONTINUING ] 2 Chic Boutique 151 Park Ave. Continuing: “Follow Me to the Garden,” works by Lori Farr. 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. Art and Vintage on Main 101 Main St., East Rochester. Continuing: “101 | 101,” work by A. C. Tucker. For information: artandvintageonmain.com. A.R.T.S. Gallery at Aviv Café 321 East Ave. Through Sep 4: “Bonding Time” by Watercolorist Sherry Davis. Fri 6-11 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.-1 p.m. 729-9916. Artisans’ Loft 4135 Mill St, Pultneyville. Ongoing: “Dream Sails...and More” by David Chamberlain; “Waterscapes” by Lee Hanford; “Trees and More” by Rocky Greco. Fri 1-3 & 6-8, Sat 1-4 p.m. & 6-8 p.m., Sun 1-4 p.m. 315-589-5000. Axom Gallery 176 Anderson Ave. 2nd floor. Aug 31-Sep 29: “Eve’s Garden: The Lost Creation” by Keith Howard. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 12-5 p.m. 232.6030 x23, axomgallery.com. Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave. Continuing: Harlem Girls Quilting Circle. Thu-Fri 5:30-9 p.m., Sat 2-4 p.m. 563-2145, thebaobab.org. Black Radish Studio Village Gate, D Entrance, 274 N. Goodman St. Through Aug 31: “Nineteen forty-seven,” a Pakistani art show and cultural event. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 12-6 p.m. blackradishstudio.com. Bridge Art Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd. Through Oct 19: “The Road Less Traveled.” Call for hours. 275-3571, omhpromotion@gmail.com Bug Jar 219 Monroe Ave. Through Oct 3: THE LOBBY Presents: “Rough Truth: Caricatures by Alison Cowles.” Mon-Sun 8 p.m.- 2 a.m. 4542966, bugjar.com, lobbydigital. com Chapel Oaks at Saint Ann’s Community 1550 Portland Ave. Through Aug 31: Irondequoit Art Club Show. 10 a.m.-4
p.m. daily. 697-6600, irondequoitartclub.org. Coach Street Clay 39 Coach Street, Canandaigua. Through Sep 15: “Darwinian Encounters: An Exhibition of Work by Lynne Hobaica.” Call for hours. 474-3103, coachstreetclay.com. Community Darkroom Gallery 713 Monroe Ave. Through Aug 31: “We Are Ten,” A Black and White Photo Exhibition by Wilson Commencement Academy Photo Club. Mon 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Tue-Thu 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Fri 12-5 p.m.; Sat 10 COMEDY | Craig Robinson a.m.-5:30 p.m. 271-5920, You may know him as Darryl Philbin, the warehouse geneseearts.org. manager at Dunder Mifflin. But Craig Robinson’s Cumming Nature Center Hurst Gallery 6475 Gulick Rd., comedic talents don’t stop there. Best known for his Naples. Through Sep 2: roles in the hit series “The Office” and in movies like “Dragonflies & Damselflies” “Pineapple Express” and “Hot Tub Time Machine,” photo exhibit. Wed-Fri 9 Robinson will perform stand-up this week at the a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sat-Sun 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $3 requested University of Rochester. donation, $10 for families. 374-6160, rmsc.org. Catch Robinson’s set on Saturday, September 1, Friendly Home’s Memorial at 9:30 p.m. at the Strong Auditorium on the River Gallery 3165 East Ave. Through Aug 31: “Something Campus. Tickets cost $7-$15 and are available at For All Seasons” by the Common Market in Wilson Commons and online Pamela LoCicero. Daily 10 at urochestertickets.com. For more information, call a.m.-5 p.m. 381-1600, 275-5911. — BY ANNE RITZ friendlyhome.org. Gallery @ Equal=Grounds High Falls Fine Art Gallery 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 319-5279, 750 South Ave. Through Aug 60 Browns Race. Sep 1-Oct joebeanroasters.com. 31: “Bloomed: New Work 30: 5th Annual Rochester Link Gallery at City Hall 30 by Beth Bloom.” Tue-Fri Art Supply Invitational Art Church St. Through Sep 7 a.m.-Midnight, Sat-Sun Show. | Through Sep 2: 10: “Jazz: The Spirit of the 10 a.m.-Midnight. gallery@ “Neil Montanus: A Career Moment: Photographs by Jim equalgrounds.com. Retrospective.” Wed-Fri 11 Allen.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery Salon & Spa 780 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat Noon271-5920, cityofrochester.gov. University Ave. Opens Sep 5:30 p.m.; Sun 1-5 p.m. Lux Lounge 666 South Ave. 1: Oil Paintings by Carol 325-2030, centerathighfalls. Opens Aug 31: Works by Ed Douglas. Tue-Thu 11 a.m.-8 org. Repard. Mon-Thu 5 p.m.-2 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat Image City Photography a.m.; Fri 4:30-2 a.m.; Sat9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 271-8340, Gallery 722 University Sun 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 232-9030, galleryhair.com. Ave. Sep 5-30: “Adriatic lux666.com. Genesee Co-op Federal Impressions and Places Memorial Art Gallery 500 Credit Union 395 Gregory St. of Faith.” | Through Sep University Ave. Through Through Sep 30: The Work 2: “Portfiolio Show.” WedOct 28: “In Company with of Alan Stewart. Mon-Wed 10 Sat 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun Angels: Seven Rediscovered a.m.-5 p.m.; Thu-Fri 10 a.m.- noon-4 p.m. 482-1976, Tiffany Windows.” Wed-Sun 6 p.m. 461-2230, genesee. imagecityphotographygallery. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu until coop. com. 9 p.m., $5-$12. Thu night George Eastman House 900 International Art Acquisitions reduced price: $6 from East Ave. Through Sep 30: 3300 Monroe Ave. Sep 1-30: 5-9 p.m. 276-8900, mag. “Lost Birds: Sculptures by Original Bauhaus style Still rochester.edu. Todd McGrain.” | Through Life paintings by Peruvian Mill Art Center & Gallery, Oct 21: “Ideas in Things.” artist Roberto Salas. | 61 N Main St, Honeoye | Through Sep 16: “See: Through Aug 31: Graphic Falls. Through Oct 13: Untold Stories.” | Ongoing: Works by British artist Henry “Industrial Blues” Landscape “Cameras from the Moore. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-9 Photography by Gunther Technology Collection,” and p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Cartwright. Mon-Fri & Sat “The Remarkable George Sun Noon-5 p.m. 264-1440, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.Eastman.” | Tue-Sat 10 a.m.internationalartacquisitions. 8 p.m. Free. 624-7740, 5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.-8 p.m., com. millartcenter.com. Sun 1-5 p.m. $4-$12. 271I-Square Visions 693 Titus My Sister’s Gallery The 3361, eastmanhouse.org Ave., Irondequoit. Through Episcopal Church Home, Gilded Square Picture Sep 6: “Sights & Sounds,” by 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Through Framing & Gallery 714 Jed Curran, Paul Dodd, Peter Oct 7: “…of life and light,” University Ave. Continuing: Monacelli, Steve Piper, and watercolor paintings and “Framed” artwork by Keith Scott Regan. Mon-Thu 10 sketchbook drawings by Uhrich & Michelle Michael. a.m.-2 p.m. 943-1941. Kristin Malone. Daily 10 Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat Joe Bean Coffee Roasters a.m.-8 p.m. 546-8439. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 461-2808, 1344 University Ave., Suite Nan Miller Gallery 3450 gildedsquare.com. 110. Through Aug 31: Winton Place. Continuing: Grass Roots Gallery “Distilling the Flipside,” Art “Gallery Favorites.” Mon-Sat Hungerford Building, Suite by Heather McKay using 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 292-1430, [POSTERS, LOGOS & MORE! ONLINE! 157, 1115 E. Main St. alternative processes. Monnanmillergallery.com. Continuing: “Celebrating Wed 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Nazareth College Arts Center Local Art.” Visit site for Thu 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Gallery 4245 East Ave. hours. thegrassrootsgallery. Fri 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m., com. continues on page 22 Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun
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Through Sep 19: Annual Faculty Show. Tue-Thu & Sun 12-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 12-8 p.m. 389-2700 Nazareth College Colacino Gallery 4245 East Ave. Through Sep 22: “Selected Works, Models & Verses,” a Jim Quinn exhibition. WedSun 12-5 p.m. 389-5073, naz.edu. Orange Glory Café 240 East Ave. Continuing: “Genesee Fever” Paintings by Rachel Dow. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 232-7340. Outside the Box Art Gallery Suite 104, The Box Factory, 6 N. Main St., Fairport. Through Aug 31: Steve Oosterling. Call for details. 377-0132 Owl House 75 Marshall St. Continuing: “New Works of Art by the Illustrious Carla Bartow.” Tue-Sun 11 a.m.-4 p.m. & 5-10:30 p.m. 3602920, owlhouserochester. com. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery 71 S Main St, Canandaigua. Through Sep 15: “The Back Forty,” Retrospective of work by Pat Rini Rohrer Mon-Tue 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-8 pm.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 12:30-4 p.m. 3940030, prrgallery.com. Record Archive 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Through Aug 31: “Meddle Up Your Glass Presents: Breaking Glass Part I.” Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m. alayna@ recordarchive.com. RIT Bevier Gallery 90 Lomb Memorial Drive. Booth Building, 7A. Also in NTID Dyer Arts Center. Through Oct 2: Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century.” Hours vary by gallery, check: rit.edu/wild. Rochester Contemporary Arts Center 137 East Ave. Through Sep 23: “Whose Space? Our Space!”/ Evinn Neadow. Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m., Fri 1-10 p.m. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org. $1. Rochester Regional Community Design Center Hungerford Complex/E. Main Business Park. Door 3B. Continuing: “Corn Hill: What’s Next?” Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 271-0520, rrcdc.com. Sacred Heart Cathedral 296 Flower City Park. Through Sep 3: Exhibit honoring Bishop Matthew Clark. 6 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. cathedralcommunity.org. Sage Art Center UR River Campus. Through Aug 31: Photo exhibit by Thomas Evans, curated by Jessica Holmes. Mon-Thu 9 a.m.11p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat-Sun 2-6 p.m. 273-5995,
FESTIVAL | International Spanish Festival
If you get your produce at the Rochester Public Market, it’s likely that you pause your shopping long enough to visit Juan & Maria’s Empanada Stop for a delicious fix. If you’ve never heard of the cheeseor meat-filled crispy pastry pocket, it’s time to ask somebody, or better yet, get your hands on one (or three). The Contreras couple will hold the 4th Annual Juan & Maria’s International Spanish Festival at the Rochester Public Market (280 N. Union St.) on Sunday, September 2. The theme this year is “Latinos, Differently the Same.” Let traditional international Spanish music transport you through 20 Spanish-speaking countries (plus Brazil) from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dance, enjoy community, and don’t forget the treats! Admission is free. For questions, call visit empanadastop.com. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY rochester.edu/college/AAH/ facilities/sage The Shoe Factory Art Co-op 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212. Though Aug 29: “Crow Show.” First Fri 6-9 p.m., Second Sat 12-4 p.m., Wed 12-5 p.m. studio212@ shoefactoryarts.com, shoefactoryarts.com. Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Through Aug 31: “Tropical Photographs of El Yunque National Rainforest” by Bruno Chalifour. MonFri 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 461-4447, lumierephoto.com. Starry Nites Café 696 University Ave. Through Nov 24: “Clouds in My Coffee.” Mon-Thu 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri 7:30 a.m.-midnight, Sat 8 a.m.-midnight, Sun 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 271-2630, starrynitescafe.com, shoefactoryarts.com. Stella Art Gallery & Studio 350 West Commercial St., East Rochester. Through Aug 31: “Feminine Mystique: The Female Figure in Acrylic, Oil, and Watercolor by Stephen Harkola.” Thu 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.9 p.m., Sat noon-9 p.m. stellaartgalleryandstudio. com. The Sunflower Bake Shop 750 Elmgrove Rd. Through Aug 31: Rochester Artisans Exhibit & Sale: “Sunflowers!” Tue-Fri 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 831-1629.
Tower Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Brockport 180 Holley St. Through Oct 12: “Telling Their Stories: The Lingering Legacy of Hurricane Katrina.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 395ARTS, brockport.edu. Wayne County Council for the Arts 108 W. Miller St., Newark. Continuing: “Art and Floral Tea Tables.” Thu-Sat 12-3 p.m., and by appt. 315331-4593, info@wayne-arts. com, waynearts.wordpress. com. Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Through Oct 1: “Branching Out,” work by Rochester Area Fiber Artists. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:30-8 p.m. 271-9070, rochesterunitarian.org Wyoming County Gallery 31 S Main St, Perry. Continuing: “Home,” work by Jay Brooks. Wed 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thu-Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 237-3517, artswyco.org. [ CALL FOR ARTWORK ] Call for Art: I Want My Mona Lisa: Tribute to a Renaissance Icon. Deadline Sep 22. Call for artwork relating to show’s title for September 7-26 exhibit. Next theme: “Tone it Down a Notch: Minimal Art.” Deadline October 20. More information and more calls for art at shoefactoryarts. com. Call for Art: “Landmarks of Wayne County.” Must be
delivered to Wayne County Council for the Arts October 5 or 6. Adult & Youth categories; photos must be taken within Wayne Country between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012. Information: 315-331-4593, waynearts.wordpress.com. Call for Art: “Mother Nature’s Closet.” Deadline Aug 31. Exhibit and fashion show of natural or recycled clothing and accessories to open September 7. Next call for haunted themed artwork, due September 29 for October 5 show. More information at stellaartgalleryandstudio. com. Call for Art: Nature-themed art show. Deadline August 31. All mailed entries must be post-marked by September 1. Show and sale to take place at Perinton Community Center on November 10. For information, visit artatthearmory.com/perinton. Call for Art Proposals for New Roz Steiner Art Gallery at Genesee Community College. Individuals and groups working in all media are welcome to submit proposals. Submit bio, resume, digital JPEG samples to GCC Art Department Office, Art Gallery Committee, Genesee Community College, One College Road, Batavia, NY 14020. The new gallery will be ready for exhibitions beginning in early 2011. For more info, email hsjones@ genesee.edu. Call for Emerging Film- and Videomakers. Ongoing. Submit films and videos to the monthly New York Filmmakers Quarterly screening series at the Little Theatre. Films of maximum 30 minutes must have been produced in New York State in the last two years. For more information, email emergingfilmmakers@yahoo. com. Call for Entries: Painted Artwork for Traffic Control Boxes. Deadline September 3. For information, visit baviz.com/artwalkextension/ index.html Call for Quilts. Deadline September 1. Donate quilts to 6th Annual Quilt Auction, fundraiser for Women Helping Girls, a program of the Greater Rochester Area Branch of the American Association of University Women. For information, call Patricia Thompson at 6712589 or Melanie Blank at 872-0059. Call for Submissions: Art-RocNY Showcase 2013. Early submissions by September 29, final submissions due November 10. For info and entries, email info@ jgkgalleries.com. Central Library Offers Exhibit Opportunities for Artists at Lower Link Gallery. Space
currently available free of charge. Applications available at libraryweb. org; call 428-8051 for more information. Donate Artwork to Evening at Auction to benefit Boys and Girls Club in Geneva. To be held September 21. Contact margaret.bernay@hws.edu or kvaughn@hws.edu for more information. Sonnenberg Photo Contest. Deadline October 1. Photos must be taken at Sonneberg Gardens and not have been published elsewhere. For information, visit sonnenberg.org.
Comedy [ Thursday, August 30Friday, August 31 ] Chet Wild’s Comedy Showcase. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd. 6719080. thecomedyclub.us. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 7:30 & 10 p.m. [ Tuesday, August 28 ] Laugh Riot Underground: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St. laughriotcomedy.com. 9-11 p.m. [ Saturday, September 1 ] Polite Company: Manners Manor. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 244-0960, muccc.org. 8 p.m. $10-$12. Stand-up Comedy with Craig Robinson. University of Rochester Strong Auditorium, River Campus . 275-5911. urochestertickets. com. 9 p.m.
Festivals [ Through Monday, September 3 ] The New York State Fair. 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. Visit web for more info. nysfair.org. Gates open at 8 a.m., buildings are open 10 a.m.-10 p.m., midway is open until midnight. [ Thursday, August 31Sunday, September 2 ] Summer of Riesling Weekend. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd. 223-4210. casalarga.com. 12-5 p.m. Guests can take part in a Riesling tasting, purchase a glass of Riesling and receive the 2012 Summer of Riesling Riedel glass at the Casa Larga Wine Shop. Each weekend a different Casa Larga Riesling will be available by the glass in the wine shop to enjoy on the patio. [ Saturday, September 1-Sunday, September 2 ] Captain Redbeard’s Feast. Honeoye Lake. 367-8417. aredbeardpirate@yahoo.
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SPECIAL EVENT | The Black Party
Summer — wasn’t that fun? Believe it or not, dear readers, we are hurtling toward autumn. The trees will start changing soon. Those shorts will magically transform into corduroy pants. The sunscreen in your car will be replaced by a shovel and an ice scraper. Gird your loins, because the cold months are a-comin’. So this weekend let’s all bid adieu to summer in style with The Black Party. It’s a worldwide tradition at this point, with clubs amping up their DJs, packing the dance floors, and expecting all patrons to wear appropriate mourning garb (meaning, you should dress all in black — your most stylish black, that is). Locally there are at least two Black Party gatherings this weekend, both on Sunday, September 2 (don’t worry — Monday is Labor Day, so you can party like it’s Saturday night). Tilt Nightclub & Ultralounge (444 Central Ave.) will host its version 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Formerly local DJ Jon Herbert returns from NYC for this show, and you can expect drag performances and drink specials. Cover is $5 for 21 and over, $15 for 18-21. Limited-edition VIP passes run $20-$30 and include guaranteed seating, line-jumping privileges, and other perks. Meanwhile, 140 Alex (140 Alexander St.) will host its Black Party 9 p.m. to close. There will be tunes by DJ Henry and performances by drag divas Mercedes Sulay and Vanity Faire. The whole affair is hosted by Rochester’s “Queen of Mean,” Poison Waters (who is really pretty funny). Check Facebook for details for both events, and if any other area venues are hosting a Black Party, post them to this article at rochestercitynewspaper.com. — BY ERIC REZSNYAK com. captainrebeards.com. Sat noon-dusk, Sun 9 a.m.dusk. Seafood, pirate vittles, arts, crafts, games, and entertainment. [ Sunday, September 2 ] 4th Annual Juan and Maria’s International Spanish Festival. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. juanandmarias.com. 10 a.m.6 p.m.
Kids Events [ Wednesday, August 29 ] Countdown to Kindergarten. Seymour Library, 161 East Ave. 637-1050. 2 p.m. For kids starting Kindergarten
this year. Celebrate with specially selected stories and a craft. Meet a few of the Brockport Kindergarten teachers, get your first library card, and free school supplies. Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies: “Happy Feet Two.” Central Library, Children’s Center, 115 South Ave. 4288150. libraryweb.org. 2:30 p.m.
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Nature Hike: Downtown Heritage Trail. Meet in front of Susan B. Anthony House on King Street. cityofrochester.gov/fclg. 6 p.m. [ Saturday, September 1 ] Genesee Valley Hiking Club: Letchworth Park. Meet at I-390 exit 11 park & ride lot. 223-2512. gvhchike.org. 9 a.m. Strenuous 12.3 mile hike.
SPECIAL EVENT | Labor Day Parade & Film
Hooray for a Monday off…but don’t take worker’s rights for granted. This Labor Day, celebrate and commemorate the hard work of previous generations of workers, and learn about what struggles yet remain. The annual Labor Day Parade will take place Monday, September 3, beginning at 11 a.m., and will travel down East Avenue to Main Street, and then to Plymouth Avenue. For more information, call 4286690 or visit cityofrochester.gov. At 6:30 p.m. that evening, head over to the Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St.) for a worker-justice Labor Day movie night and meet & greet. From 6:45 to 7:15 p.m., meet the Worker Justice Group. At 7:15 p.m., take in a screening of “Finally Got the News,” a documentary about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit auto factories. The film traces their efforts to build an independent black-labor organization. The screening will be followed by open discussion until 9 p.m. For more information, call 678-6870, or visit thesquirrel.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY
Kids Events [ Saturday, September 1-Sunday, September 2 ] Literature Live: Papa Bear. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square. 263-2700. museumofplay. org. Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun 1-4 p.m. [ Monday, September 3 ] Astronaut Mission: The Future. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880. rmsc.org. 1 p.m. $6-$7. [ Wed., September 5 ] Time for Tots. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd. Ages 1-5 with a caregiver. 247-6446. 10:15-11:15 a.m.
Lectures [ Wednesday, August 29 ] The Bridge: A Forum on Poverty. Artisan Church, 1235 South Clinton Ave. 3225489. aviseman@gmail.com. 6:30 p.m. [ Wed., September 5 ] Man or Monster? Prophet or Madman? Reconsidering General William Tecumseh Sherman. Genesee Community College, Conable
Technology Building, 1 College Rd. 343-0055 x6616. dsutherland@ genesee.edu. civilwaratgcc. wordpress.com. 7 p.m.
Literary Events [ Thursday, August 30 ] Classics Book Group: “Cold Comfort Farm: by Stella Gibbons. Barnes & Noble, Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 227-4020. bn.com. 7 p.m.
Museum Exhibits [ Through Thursday, September 13 ] Quilts & Samplers. The Rochester Historical Society, Rundel Memorial Building, 2nd floor, 115 South Ave. 428-8470, rochesterhistory. org. Tue-Wed 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Thu 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $3-$5, free to members.
Recreation [ Thursday, August 30 ] Crepuscular Walk: Once Upon a Nearly Blue Moon over the River. Letchworth State Park, 1 Letchworth State Park. Bring a flashlight. 493-3625. 6 p.m. $8 parking fee.
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[ Saturday, September 1-Sunday, September 2 ] Morning Flights on the Intrepid. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd. 294-8218. gcv.org. 7-10 a.m. [ Sunday, September 2 ] Genesee Valley Hiking Club: Victor Trail. Meet at Eastview Mall near Macy’s. 3771812. gvhchike.org. 1 p.m. Moderate 3-4 mile hike. [ Monday, September 3 ] Genesee Valley Hiking Club: Seneca Park/Charlote Beach. Meet at Seneca Park Zoo lot. 475-0923. gvhchike.org. 10:30 a.m. Moderate 10 mile hike.
Special Events [ Daily Through November 21 ] Vineyard Public Tours. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd. 223-4210 x2. casalarga.com. 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. $5-$7. [ Wednesday, August 29 ] Rochester Business Networking Event. Bonadio and Company, Large Conference Room in Lower Level, 171 Sullys Trail, Pittsford. rochester-tipclubaugust2012.eventbrite.com. 7:30-9 a.m. Rochester Winos Wine & Food Pairing. Benedettos, 289 Alexander St. rochesterwinos. com. 6:30 p.m. $30-$35, register. VA Benefit Seminar & Luncheon. Legacy at the Fairways, 681 High St. 9247043. 11 a.m. World War II and Korean War Veterans, learn if you qualify for a special pension that may pay part of your rent at Legacy. Attend the Seminar and Complimentary Luncheon. [ Thursday, September 30 ] Canandaigua Area Chamber of Commerce Anniversary Gala. Inn on the Lake, 770 South Main St. 394-4400 x203. canandaiguachamber.com. 6-8 p.m. $30, $55 for two, register. La Dolce Nights with Grand Canyon Rescue Episode. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd. 585-223-4210 x2.
casalarga.com. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $15. Project 5 Film Screenings. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 258-0444. thelittle.org. 7-11 p.m. 7 p.m. Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv Screening: Roadhouse. 9:30 p.m. Beyond the Black Rainbow. Screening: Ken Burns’ Civil War: A Very Bloody Affair. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 7845300. brightonlibrary.org. 2 p.m. South Wedge Farmers Market. 100 Alexander St. at S. Clinton. swfarmersmarket. org. 4-7 p.m. [ Thursday, August 30Saturday, September 1 ] Open Houses at Kanack School of Music. The Kanack School of Music, 2077-2079 South Clinton Ave. 2446910. kanackschool@gmail. com, kanackschoolofmusic. com, Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon . [ Friday, August 31 ] Screening: The Making of Gone with the Wind. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5300. brightonlibrary.org. 2 p.m. [ Saturday, September 1 ] 2010 Tierce Dry Riesling Release Party. Anthony Road Vineyards, 1020 Anthony Rd., Penn Yan. tierce. eventbrite.com. 7 p.m. $25, register. Dave Matthews Laser. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880. rmsc.org. 9:30 p.m. $6-$7. Seneca Heritage Day. Overacker Schoolhouse, corner of Rte 364 and North Vine Valley Rd. Bring lawn chair. 554-3006. middlesexny.org. 12:30-4 p.m. [ Sunday, September 2 ] Black Party. 140 Alex Bar & Grill, 140 Alexander St. 256-1000. 140alex.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. [ Monday, September 3 ] Garage Sale. The Kanack School of Music, 2077-2079 South Clinton Ave. 244-6910. kanackschoolofmusic.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. To Benefit Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Students traveling to Carnegie Hall. Refreshments for sale and live music. Labor Day Parade. Parade travels down East Ave. to Main and on to Plymouth. cityofrochester.gov. 11 a.m. Worker Justice Labor Day Movie Night/Meet & Greet. Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St. thesquirrel.org. 6:30-9 p.m. [ Tuesday, September 4 ] Knitting Connection. Wood Library, 134 North Main St.
SPECIAL EVENT | New York State Fair
Though it’s an annual event, the New York State Fair is unique every time. If you didn’t make it to as many outdoor events as you hoped this summer, at trip to the fair can truly make up for all of it in just a day. This year the State Fair runs through Monday, September 3, and will highlight “Pride of New York,” featuring local produce, meats, dairy products, and array of other agricultural products. There is truly something for everyone, from exotic farm animals, to educational exhibits, to crazy food and drink stands, to rides and games. It’s also home to an impressive array of concerts, from the free Chevy Court Series (this year including Victoria Justice, Mike Posner, Theory of a Deadman, and The Band Perry) and the ticketed Grandstand shows. This year’s Grandstand line-up includes Jason Aldean (August 31). There are an abundance of activities throughout the fair days. The Adventure Zone is home to the Walker Brothers Circus, and features Eudora Farms Petting Zoo, the Mike Steidley BMX Stunt Show, Bixby’s Rainforest Experience, and some family thrill rides. Agriculture Extravaganza features a plethora of animals, including cows, sheep, and horses, as well as produce farmers from across the state who will educate fairgoers. The fairgrounds are located at 581 State Fair Blvd. near Syracuse, and the gates are open 8 a.m.midnight (except for Labor Day, when they close at 9 p.m.). Tickets cost $10. For more information and a full list of the many attractions and events, visit NYSfair.org or call 800-475-FAIR. — BY ANNE RITZ 394-1381. woodlibrary.org. 7-9 p.m. [ Wed., September 5 ] Board Gamers. Wood Library, 134 North Main St. 3941381. woodlibrary.org. 6-9 p.m. Legacy Birthday Luncheon. Legacy at the Fairways, 681 High St. 924-7043. 11:30 a.m.
Sports [ Thursday, August 30Friday, August 31 ] Rochester Red Wings vs. Buffalo Bisons. Frontier Field, 1 Morrie Silver Way . redwingsbaseball.com. 7:05 p.m. $7-$12.
[ Saturday, September 1 ] Dirtcar Racing. Canandaigua Motorsports Park, 2820 County Rd. 10. 3940961. canandaiguamotorsportspark.com. 7 p.m. [ Monday, September 3 ] Rochester Red Wings vs. Syracuse Chiefs. Frontier Field, 1 Morrie Silver Way redwingsbaseball.com. 1:05 p.m. $7-$12.
Theater “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Fri Aug 31. ShakeCo Radio Theatre. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 7:30 p.m. A pay what you will benefit. 244-0960, muccc.org. “Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika.” Thu Aug 30Sep 2. Continues through
THEATER | ShakeCo Radio Theater
Before cable and before television, there was a time when people turned to the radio to hear their favorite stories and tales. This weekend, you can go back to that simpler time. ShakeCo Radio Theater will present Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” on Friday, August 31, at 7:30 p.m. at MuCCC (142 Atlantic Ave.). ShakeCo Radio Theater recreates a mood and style that once dominated radio broadcasts. Shows range from dramatic readings to more elaborate audio dramas. “Alice’s Adventures” be presented in its entirety as a multi-voice, unabridged dramatic reading of the original text. ShakeCo Radio Theater shows are pay-what-you-will productions, and all proceeds will benefit the MuCCC. For more information visit muccc.org. — BY ANNE RITZ
August 9. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Thu 7 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. Tickets start at $25. 232-4382, gevatheatre.org. “The Calamari Sisters’ Big Fat Italian Wedding.” Continues through September 2. RAPA East End Theatre, 727 E Main St. Thu 7 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $39-$45. 420-8338, thecalamarisisters.com. “Cabaret.” Wed Aug 29-Sep 5. Continues through Sep 8. Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, 6877 East Lake Rd., Auburn. Wed Aug 29 2 & 7:30 p.m., Thu 7:30, Fri 2 & 8 p.m., Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Tue-Wed Sep 5 2 & 7:30 p.m. Call for tickets. 315-255-1785, merry-go-round.com. “GetAway Cabaret.” Wed Aug 29-Sep 2. Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Main St., Naples. Wed Aug 29 2 p.m., Thu 2 & 8 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$25. 374-6318, bvtnaples.org. “Marc Salem: Mind Over Rochester.” Fri Aug 31-Sep 2. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. Fri 8 p.m., Sat 5 & 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $25. 3254370, downstairscabaret. com. Rochester Fringe Play Reading of “Mauritius.” Wed Aug 29. Blackfriars Theatre,
795 E. Main St. 3 p.m. Free, donations accepted. 5202940,rocfringprs@gmail.com.
Auditions [ Wednesday, August 29 ] “What’s the Capitol of Boliva?” Working Class Theatre Company. Webster Public Library, 980 Ridge Rd. 6-8:15 p.m. Needed: 4 men (20s-70s) and 2 women (20s-50). 643-0836. workingclasstheatre.net. [ Thursday, August 30 ] “The Lone Star Love Potion.” Green Community Center, 3 Vince Tofany Blvd. 7 p.m. Casting calls for 3 males (age 40-60), 3 females (age 4060), and 1 female (age 2030). 594-0573. [ Friday, August 31Saturday, September 1 ] “Franklin.” Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 Rte. 332, Farmington. Fri 6 p.m. Sat 10 a.m. Adult actors bring head shot and be prepared with a monologue. 398-0220, cobblestonartscenter.com. [ Tuesday, September 4-Wednesday, September 5] “Dearly Departed.” The Penfield Players. Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd. 7 p.m. 315-524-
2368, penfieldplayers.org. Roles available for 8 women and 6 men ages 20-70. “Sound of Music.” Pittsford Musicals. Pittsford Mendon High School, 472 Mendon Rd., Pittsford. Children 6:30 p.m., adults (18+) 8 p.m. pittsfordmusicals.com. [ Wednesday, August 5Thursday, August 6 ] “The Odd Couple.” Geneva Theatre Guild. Fellowship hall, Presbyterian Church, 24 Park Place, Geneva. 6:308:30 p.m. gtglive.org.
Workshops [ Wednesday, August 29 ] The “Bad Dancer” Class. Flower City Ballet Studio, 2nd floor, suite 250, Post Office, 250 Cumberland St. onedanceco@gmail.com. 89:45 p.m. $8 cash only. Family Development Combined Class: “It’s Great to Be Me” and “I’m Not Everybody.” Mental Health Association, 320 N Goodman St. 3253145 x 131. 6-8 p.m. For parents of preteens and teens. Refreshments. Door prizes. Int/Adv Contemporary Modern. Flower City Ballet Studio, 2nd floor, suite 250, Post Office, 250 Cumberland St. onedanceco@gmail.com. 9-
10:45 a.m. $8 cash only. [ Thursday, August 30 ] Beg/Int Contemporary Modern. Flower City Ballet Studio, 2nd floor, suite 250, Post Office, 250 Cumberland St. onedanceco@gmail.com. 910:45 a.m. $8 cash only. [ Friday, August 31 ] Int/Adv Contemporary Modern. Flower City Ballet Studio, 2nd floor, suite 250, Post Office, 250 Cumberland St. onedanceco@gmail.com. 910:45 a.m. $8 cash only. [ Tuesday, September 4 ] Beg/Int Contemporary Modern. Flower City Ballet Studio, 2nd floor, suite 250, Post Office, 250 Cumberland St. onedanceco@gmail.com. 910:45 a.m. $8 cash only. Bits & Bytes: Microsoft Word. Wood Library, 134 North Main St. 394-1381. woodlibrary.org. 4-5:30 p.m. Filipino Night. Books Etc., 78 W. Main St. 474-4116. books_etc@yahoo.com. 6:30 p.m. Participants will meet to practice speaking any of the Filipino Languages.
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Canandaigua Theatres 396-0110 Wal-Mart Plaza, Canandaigua THE AVENGERS: 7:15; also Sat-Mon 1; BOURNE LEGACY: 7; BRAVE: 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; THE CAMPAIGN: 9:25; DARK KNIGHT: 7:15; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: Sat-Mon 1, 3; THE EXPENDABLES: 7:15, 9:20; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also Sat-Mon 1, 3:05; HIT AND RUN: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also Sat-Mon 1:10, 3:10; HOPE SPRINGS: 7, 9; also Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; LAWLESS: 7, 9:15; also FriMon 4; also Sat-Mon 1; THE ODD LIFE: 7, 9; also Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; PARANORMAN: FriMon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; THE POSSESSION: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also Sat-Mon 1:10, 3:10; PREMIUM RUSH: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also SatMon 1:10, 3:10; SPARKLE: 4.
A new kind of biker flick [ REVIEW ] by George Grella
“Premium Rush” (PG-13), directed by David Koepp Now playing
The movie begins with a scary collision between a bicycle and an automobile, which sends the cyclist flying through the air in extremely slow motion, flipping over a few times and landing hard his back. After that moment, with the time officially (and regularly) noted on the screen, the action moves backward, so that the rest of “Premium Rush” covers almost all of the moments that led up to that oddly premature climax.
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David Koepp, the director of “Premium Rush,” takes a relatively simple sequence of action and complicates it with an array of devices and coincidental collisions, in all senses of the word, between a number of people in Manhattan in a few short hours. Orchestrating the movement back and forth in time, he gradually collects a cast of characters around the protagonist, revealing a whole constellation of motives that take some time to emerge clearly from a general sense of confusion. That protagonist, Wilee (Joseph GordonLevitt), who provides some minimal narration and exposition, is the cyclist whose accident opens the film. A law-school dropout who prefers the speed and energy of his job to a dull white-collar life seated behind a desk in a gray suit, he informs us that he is the best and fastest bike messenger in New York City, and the rest of the film proves him right. On a bike stripped of brakes and gears, he zooms madly through the crowded Manhattan streets (and sometimes sidewalks), jumping
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barriers, riding down stairways, narrowly missing pedestrians, weaving through rush-hour traffic, racing the wrong way on one-way streets, leaving a trail of accidents and angry motorists in his wake; the film even slows down to show how he chooses alternate routes to avoid certain disaster. Wilee accepts a special commission from his boss, the premium-rush job of the picture’s title. He must speed up to Columbia University, where he previously attended law school, and take a mysterious envelope from Nima (Jamie Chung), whom he knows from his time there, and deliver it to an address way downtown in Chinatown. That simple assignment provides the basis for a frantic series of events that ultimately involves the desperate mother of a child in China, the Chinese mafia, the Russian mafia, a persistent bicycle cop who chases Wilee for causing an accident, and most of all, a psychotic detective hell bent on taking the envelope from Wilee for his own complicated reasons. Throughout its length the movie constantly backtracks to show a previous event, often from a different perspective, clarifying by degrees the meanings of particular actions and the personalities of various people. Wilee’s major antagonist, Detective Bobby Monday (Michael Shannon), pursues him relentlessly, driving his car as crazily as his quarry rides his bike, somehow negotiating the New York traffic by sheer will, screaming insanely all the while and
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threatening him with a physical pain that he finally manages to inflict. Since most of the picture consists of one chase after another, the plot depends almost entirely on excessive speed and the concomitant element of danger, a generally exhilarating combination. A race through Central Park between Wilee and one of his colleagues even provides a sense of beauty in the midst of the breakneck pace and heightened emotion. In addition to that location, the director vividly and convincingly captures the familiar landmarks, the recognizable buildings, the crowded streets, the choking traffic, and the whole atmosphere of Manhattan on a warm summer afternoon; in almost every scene and sequence both the foreground and background look entirely real, presumably a testament to the magic of modern cinema. Although Joseph Gordon-Levitt occupies the starring role, he hardly possesses the stature or the presence of a leading man; his offhand manner and consistent underplaying, however, contrast sharply with Michael Shannon’s overthe-top rage. The real star of the film is New York City itself, which shines in the bright summer sunlight throughout. The other stars are the stuntmen who perform some amazing tricks on their unlikely vehicles (don’t try those tricks at home, kids). In a decidedly limited and sparsely populated genre, “Premium Rush” is the best bicycle film since “Breaking Away.”
For as long as they’ve been making movies, they’ve been making movies in which a crabby older person finds purpose and redemption by caring for a younger person in serious need of guidance. Titles as varied as Walter Salles’ Oscar-nominated “Central Station” and Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” immediately spring to mind, as does Luc Besson’s “The Professional,” along with any movie made in the last decade and starring Clint Eastwood. You can add to that list Avie Luthra’s thoughtful culture-clash drama “Lucky,” which, despite potentially exploitive plot-point hardships like racism and AIDS, refrains from succumbing to the overt manipulation that can often befall its genre. Expanded from Luthra’s 2005 short of the same name, “Lucky” tells the story of a 10-year-old boy called Lucky (Sihle
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Dlamini) who seems to be anything but. We meet the young man just as his late mother’s body arrives in their poor South African village for burial, after which the angry and sad Lucky lights out for the big city in search of an uncle who has been charged with Lucky’s education. When things with his greedy relative don’t turn out so well, Lucky latches onto Padma (Jayashree Basavaraj), an irritable Indian neighbor who really seems to miss the injustice of apartheid. At first unconcerned, Padma hits upon a way to make government money off of the orphaned Lucky as he keeps her apartment tidy, though you can sense that Padma may be subconsciously trying to fill an inner void of her own. “Lucky” ventures off into road-trip territory with the help of a kindly bilingual cabbie, who enables the pair to communicate and ferries them around as they search for the man who may be Lucky’s dad. Revealing details about all the parties involved emerge to shed light on misgivings and motivations, with Luthra’s minimalist script striking a deft balance between truth and sentimentality. “Lucky” is very deliberately paced, its origins as a short film often evident in scenes that drag on perhaps a little longer than necessary. And with the exception of James Ngcob as the cartoonishly awful Uncle Jabulani, the performances are stellar. The restrained Dlamini sheds silent, brave tears like a champ, and the beautifully feisty Basavaraj makes Padma’s gradual evolution quite convincing, not once stooping to unearned emotion. “Lucky” is perhaps the highest-profile film yet from executive producer/former Monroe County Legislator/Smugtown Beacon co-founder Christopher J. Wilmot. Next up: the Elijah WoodKristen Wiig comedy “Revenge For Jolly!” Catch the “Lucky” premiere at Pittsford Cinemas Friday, September 7, with a redcarpet event at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 7:10 p.m. screening.
The end of a relationship isn’t always the
burning wreckage that Hollywood likes to portray. Sure, that scenario lends itself to crucial narrative conflict and vicariously entertaining spite, but more often than not, when a romantic love dies, the entrenched bond remains. Navigating that conundrum is at the heart of Lee Toland Krieger’s surprisingly touching comedy “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” in which a divorcing couple, played with affectionate chemistry by Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg, must come to terms with the fact that they actually need to split up in order to get on with their lives. An opening montage shorthands their life together, so that when we finally meet Celeste and Jesse, we’re a little shocked to learn they’re actually kaput. The problem appears to mostly be on Celeste’s end, as the go-getting trends forecaster grew weary with jobless graphic artist Jesse’s lack of ambition. A bit of a control freak, Celeste seems to relish the still-smitten Jesse’s obvious dependence on her, should the time ever come when she wants to reconcile. But the universe has a predictably unpredictable way of undermining that kind of complacency, and when Jesse winds up being the first to move on, Celeste is devastated. Samberg delivers a really good performance that calls for actual emoting rather than his usual insufferable mugging, but this is truly Jones’ show. She co-wrote the knowing script with Will McCormack (he plays the wise, weed-dealing Skillz), and she’s not afraid to depict Celeste sloshing around in hilariously drunken, sweatpantsed, trash-diving self-pity upon realizing that taking someone for granted is never a good idea. Jones could have done better by Emma Roberts’ pop tart and Elijah Wood’s gay friend (no one mentions their sexual preference in every sentence), but she makes Celeste’s honest journey through the stages of loss both funny and heartbreaking.
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Thursday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m. Long before we met the Fockers, this crazed marriage comedy starred one of movies’ most inspired comedy teams — Alan Arkin, as a buttoned-down dentist whose daughter is about to marry, and the late, great Peter Falk, Arkin’s daughter’s soon-to-be father-in-law, who may or may not work for the CIA. (Arthur Hiller, US 1979, 103 min.)
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DARK KNIGHT: 1:20, 4:50, 8:20; THE EXPENDABLES: 2, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10; HIT AND RUN: 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25; HOPE SPRINGS: 7:40, 10:05; LAWLESS: 1:40, 4:20, 7, 10:20; MADAGASCAR 3: 2:20, 5:05; THE ODD LIFE: 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9:20; THE OOGIELOVES: 2:10, 4:55, 7:10; PARANORMAN: 3D 9:45; 2D 2:15, 5, 7:25; THE POSSESSION: 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10; PREMIUM RUSH: 1:45, 4:25, 6:50, 9:25; SPARKLE: 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40; TOTAL RECALL: 9:35.
Dryden Theatre 271-3361 9 East Ave *NOTE: Film times for Wed 8/29-Wed 9/5* THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN: Wed 8/29 8; THE IN-LAWS: Thur 8/30 8; E.T.: Fri 8/31 8, Sun 9/2 2; FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Sat 9/1 8, Sun 9/2 5; A TALE OF TWO CITIES: Tue 9/4 8; FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: Wed 9/5 8.
Eastview 13 425-0420 Eastview Mall, Victor 2016 OBAMA’S AMERICA: 1:35, 4:25, 7:25, 9:45; THE AVENGERS: 6:30, 9:40; BOURNE LEGACY: 1, 4, 7, 10; BRAVE: 1:05, 4:05; THE CAMPAIGN: 1:55, 4:40, 7:50, 10:30; DARK KNIGHT: 8; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: 2; THE EXPENDABLES 2: 1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35; HIT AND RUN: 1:25, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25; HOPE SPRINGS: 4:20, 7:10, 10:05; LAWLESS: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10; THE ODD LIFE: 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50; THE OOGIELOVES: 1:10, 3:30, 5:40; PARANORMAN: 3D 9:55; 2D 1:40, 4:35, 7:30; THE POSSESSION: 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:20; PREMIUM RUSH: 1:50, 4:55, 7:55, 10:15.
Geneseo Theatres 243-2691 Geneseo Square Mall THE AVENGERS: 7:15; BRAVE: Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; THE CAMPAIGN: 9; THE EXPENDABLES 2: 7:15, 9:20; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also SatMon 1, 3:05; HIT AND RUN: 7:10, 9:10; HOPE SPRINGS: 7, 9; also Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-
Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER (R): Rashida Jones co-wrote the script for this romantic comedy in which she plays a half of a divorcing couple who are having a difficult time letting go. With Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, and Emma Roberts. Culver, Henrietta, Pittsford THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (1935): Josef von Sternberg directs from a screenplay by Lost Generation novelist John dos Passos about a femme fatale (Marlene Dietrich) who bewitches the 28 City august 29 - september 4, 2012
Sun 1, 3; THE ODD LIFE: 7; also Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; PARANORMAN: Fri-Mon 5; also Sat-Mon 1, 3; THE POSSESSION: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Mon 5:10; also Sat-Mon 1:10, 3:10.
Greece Ridge 12 225-5810 176 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 2016 OBAMA’S AMERICA: 12:35, 2:50, 5, 7:35, 9:55; THE AVENGERS: 6:40, 9:50; BOURNE LEGACY: 4:20, 9:45; BRAVE: 1:05, 4:10; THE CAMPAIGN: 12:40, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15; DARK KNIGHT: 7:55; THE EXPENDABLES 2: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; HIT AND RUN: 1:45, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05; HOPE SPRINGS: 1:25, 7:20; LAWLESS: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10; THE ODD LIFE: 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35; THE OOGIELOVES: 12:45, 3, 5:05; PARANORMAN: 12:55, 3:10, 5:25; THE POSSESSION: 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; PREMIUM RUSH: 1:35, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40; SPARKLE: 7:15, 10.
Henrietta 18 424-3090 525 Marketplace Dr. 2016 OBAMA’S AMERICA: 12, 2:10, 4:25, 6:55, 9:20; THE APPARATION: 1:25, 3:40, 5:50, 8, 10:15, 11:45; THE AVENGERS: 3D 3:30, 9:50; 2D 12:20, 6:40; BOURNE LEGACY: 12:35, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10, 11:25; BRAVE: 3D 4, 9:15; 2D 1:30, 6:30; THE CAMPAIGN: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05, 12 a.m.; CELESTE & JESSE: 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30; DARK KNIGHT: 12:40, 4:15, 8:05; EK THA TIGER: 6:50, 9:55; THE EXPENDABLES 2: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20, 11:40; HIT AND RUN: 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:35, 11:35; HOPE SPRINGS: 1:40, 6:35, 9:25; LAWLESS: 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 10; MADAGASCAR 3 : 4:10; THE ODD LIFE: 1:50, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35; THE OOGIELOVES: 12:15, 2:25, 4:40; PARANORMAN: 3D 5:05, 9:45; 2D 12:25, 2:45, 7:25; THE POSSESSION: 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:40, 11:50; PREMIUM RUSH: 12:30, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:25, 11:55; SPARKLE: 1:20, 4:30, 7:30; TED: 10:30, 11:30; TOTAL RECALL: 6:30, 9:35. boys during Carnival in turnof-the-century Spain. Dryden (Wed, Aug 29, 8 p.m.) E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982): Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s box-office smash about a quiet young boy (Henry Thomas) who befriends an alien who has been stranded on Earth. Dryden (Fri, Aug 31, 8 p.m., and Sun, Sep 2, 2 p.m.) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963): The Cold War heats up as Sean Connery’s MI6 agent James Bond helps a beautiful Soviet consulate clerk defect while he hunts for a decoding machine and tries not to get assassinated by SPECTRE.
Pittsford Cinema 383-1310 3349 Monroe Ave. THE BOURNE LEGACY: 2, 4:55, 7:50; THE CAMPAIGN: 1:25, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40; also FriSun 9:45; CELESTE & JESSE FOREVER: 2:50, 5, 7:10; also Fri-Mon 12:40; also Fri-Sun 9:20; FAREWELL MY QUEEN: 3:30, 8; HOPE SPRINGS: 2:20, 4:40, 7; also Fri-Mon 12; also Fri-Sun 9:20; LAWLESS: 2:15, 4:50, 7:25; also Fri-Sun 10; MOONRISE KINGDOM: 1:20, 5:50; THE ODD LIFE: 2:35, 5, 7:30; also Fri-Mon 12:10; also Fri-Sun 9:55; PARANORMAN: 3D 4:30; also Fri-Sun 8:50; 2D 2:10, 6:40; also Fri-Mon 12; RESTLESS HEART: 1:30, 4:10, 6:50; also Fri-Sun 9:30.
Tinseltown USA / IMAX 247-2180 2291 Buffalo Rd. 2016 OBAMA’S AMERICA: 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35; THE APPARITION: 12:20, 2:50, 5:05, 7:30, 9:45; THE AVENGERS: 3D 3:15, 9:40; 2D 12, 6:30; BOURNE LEGACY: 11:45 a.m., 2:55, 6:10, 9:25; THE CAMPAIGN: 11:55 a.m., 2:05, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30; DARK KNIGHT: 8:20; THE EXPENDABLES: 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:15; HIT AND RUN: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; HOPE SPRINGS: 1, 6:45; LAWLESS: 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:35, 10:10; THE ODD LIFE: 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55; THE OOGIELOVES: 11:40 a.m., 1:50, 4, 6:10; PARANORMAN: 3D 2:25, 4:45, 7:05; 2D 12:05, 9:40; PREMIUM RUSH: 12:25, 3, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10; SPARKLE: 4, 9:30.
Vintage Drive In 226-9290 1520 W Henrietta Rd. All shows Fri-Mon. SCREEN 1: THE POSSESSION: 8:30; THE EXPENDABLES 2: 10; SCREEN 2: PARANORMAN: 8:30; DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: 10:05; SCREEN 3: HIT AND RUN: 8:30; THE CAMPAIGN: 10:10; SCREEN 4: BRAVE: 8:30; THE AVENGERS: 10:10.
Dryden (Sat, Sep 1, 8 p.m., and Sun, Sep 2, 5 p.m.) THE IN-LAWS (1979): The daughter of a mild-mannered dentist (Alan Arkin) and the son of a suspicious businessman (the late, great Peter Falk) are engaged to be married in this classic comedy about covert government ops, an insane Central American dictator, and $10 million in cash. Dryden (Thu, Aug 30, 8 p.m.) KILLER JOE (NC-17): William Friedkin’s first film in six years is a violent black comedy about a young man (Emile Hirsch, “Into the Wild”) who hires a hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to kill his mother for the insurance
money. With Thomas Haden Church, Juno Temple, and Gina Gershon. Little LAWLESS (R): The third collaboration between “The Proposition” director John Hillcoat and sometime-screenwriter Nick Cave features Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, and Guy Pearce in the fact-based tale of three bootlegging brothers in Prohibition-era Virginia who run afoul of greedy lawmen. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE POSSESSION (PG-13): This supernatural thriller stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick as the parents to a young girl who buys an antique box at a garage sale, unaware that the collectible houses an ancient evil spirit. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Vintage A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1917): Silent Tuesdays at the Dryden return with this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel of French Revolution sacrifice during the best of times and the worst of times. Dryden (Tue, Sep 4, 8 p.m.) [ CONTINUING ] 2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA (PG): Just in time for the election is this one-sided documentary by conservative author Dinesh D’Souza that wonders exactly how awful things will be in four years if President Obama is still living in the White House. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown THE APPARITION (PG-13): Ashley Greene (“Twilight”) and Sebastian Stan (“Captain America”) star in this thriller about a young couple who learn that they are being haunted by an entity accidentally conjured through a university parapsychology experiment. Henrietta, Tinseltown THE AVENGERS (PG-13): Writerdirector Joss Whedon marshals Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the rest of Nick Fury’s Avenger Initiative to save the planet from Loki and his minions. With Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, and everyone else. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13): “Michael Clayton” director Tony Gilroy (he’s written all the 21st century “Bourne” installments) directs Jeremy Renner as he steps into the leading role of this successful franchise to play CIA operative Aaron Cross, helping a new cast of characters clean up Jason Bourne’s mess. With Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, and Albert Finney. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown BRAVE (PG): Finally, a Pixar heroine: Kelly Macdonald (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”) voices Merida, a willful Scottish princess who must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse brought about by her reckless defiance. With Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, and, of course, John Ratzenberger. Brockport, continues on page 30
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Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Vintage THE CAMPAIGN (R): Will Ferrell headlines the latest from “Austin Powers” director Jay Roach as a fourterm North Carolina congressman whose fall from grace leaves him vulnerable to opposition by a naive challenger (Zach Galifianakis). Featuring Brian Cox, John Lithgow, and Dan Aykroyd. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG13): The what? Never heard of it. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (PG): The third film in the franchise combines the third and fourth books in the series for a look at the hilarity and lesson-learning that ensues when Greg’s plans for the summer go awry. Canandaigua, Eastview,Vintage THE EXPENDABLES 2 (R): Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. ‘Nuff said. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage FAREWELL, MY QUEEN (R): Diane Kruger plays Marie Antoinette in Benoît Jacquot’s historical fiction about the relationship between the doomed queen and her reader (Léa Seydoux) during the tumult of July 1789. Pittsford HIT AND RUN (PG-13): Dax Shepard wrote, co-directed, and stars
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in this comedy about a former getaway driver, now in witness protection, whose past is after him. With Kristen Bell, Tom Arnold, and Bradley Cooper. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage HOPE SPRINGS (PG-13): Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones star in this romantic comedydrama as a long-married couple who attend an intense counseling retreat to work on their relationship. With Steve Carell, Jean Smart, and Elisabeth Shue. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG): The latest installment of this popular animated franchise follows mammoth Manny, saber-toothed Diego, and sloth Sid on another adventure that probably never happened. Featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary. Cinema MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (PG): The gang finds itself in Monte Carlo on its way back to NYC, where the animals join up with a traveling circus making the rounds of Europe’s capital cities. Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Chris Rock. Culver, Henrietta MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13): Wes Anderson’s first live-action film since 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited” is also his first period piece, romantic 60’s-era whimsy in which two young teens run off together, prompting a town-wide search party. With Bill
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possession of an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop (Michael Shannon). Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown TO ROME WITH LOVE (R): Writerdirector Woody Allen continues his globetrotting ways, this time touching down in The Eternal City for another comedy about the intertwined romantic adventures of various Caucasians. With Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, and Allen himself. Cinema SPARKLE (PG-13): Whitney Houston’s final film role is as the matriarch in this 1960’s-set drama about three sisters who form a girl group and become Motown sensations, only to have fame drive a wedge into the once-close-knit family. Starring Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, and Cee-Lo Green. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown TED (R): This profane comedy from “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane envisions what happens when one of those moviemaking clichés — the talking stuffed animal — grows up along with the boy who wished him into existence. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, and McFarlane himself as the voice of Ted. Henrietta TOTAL RECALL (PG-13): Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, and Kate Beckinsale star in Len Wiseman’s loose adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story about a frustrated factory worker whose harmless virtual escapism leads to a revelation that makes him a hunted man. Culver, Henrietta
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Bucolic Bungalow in Brighton 668 Penfield Road During the early twentieth century, as the city of Rochester experienced an unprecedented growth in population, many people began to look toward capturing some aspect of the space and beauty of the countryside with the services and convenience of the dense city. This initial suburban expansion resulted in several “streetcar” neighborhoods such as Browncroft, Home Acres, Struckmar, and the like.
and relax. The living room serves as the heart of the home with direct access to almost every room in the house. To the left is the hallway, providing access to the two first floor bedrooms with large windows and closet space and a spectacular period bath complete with basket weave and subway tile and porcelain shower hardware. An additional closet and linen chest can be found in the hallway.
Looking for his own piece of the suburban experience, Dwight Shaw, an automobile salesman, bought the lot at the corner of Penfield Road and Commodore Parkway in 1930, and soon after built the unique bungalow that now sits amid Japanese influenced gardens and mature trees.
Also off from the living room is an enclosed porch with great views of the back and side yards. The formal dining room is dressed to impress with inlaid floors and picture frame molding. The large kitchen is equally impressive with pristine original cabinetry, classic Craftsman casement windows, and tasteful tongue and groove wainscoting. Off the kitchen is the large one-car attached garage, a sizable closet that could be used for first floor laundry, and stairs leading to the large basement and second floor bedroom.
Walking up the winding path through the meticulous gardens you immediately begin to notice the many unique details that signal the hand of an architect. A menagerie of original double hung and casement windows, rafter tails under the eaves, an exterior porch and the oversized chimney clearly state the home’s Craftsman style roots. However, a front porch supported by classical columns throws in a splash of whimsy. In typical bungalow fashion, upon passing through a cozy tiled vestibule with ample closet space, one enters directly into the large light-filled living room. Gleaming oak floors with mahogany inlay, substantial crown and baseboard molding, wide tiled hearth, and an Art Deco ceiling fixture invite you to sit down
This striking 1,600 square foot bungalow priced at $139,900 with its beautiful gardens and proximity to the glacial landscape of Ellison Park, still provides the natural oasis near the city that Dwight Shaw sought to create eighty years ago. For more information contact RE/MAX realtor Mark Mackey at (585) 218-6816. by Christopher Brandt Christopher is a Landmark Society volunteer and Master of Architecture student at the University of Virginia.
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Jam Section 2 TROMBONE PLAYERS NEEDED to play with one of Rochester’s Finest Big Bands. Must read. (Great Charts). Able to rehearse every other Wednesday 585-442-7480 BASS PLAYER I don’t want to hang around in bars. I just want to play some twangy old rock’n’roll, ska, or New Wave. Who’s up for it? Craig at mooskamovers@aol.com CALLING ALL MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES the Rochester Music Coalition wants you! Please register on our website. For further info: www.rochestermusiccoalition.org info@rochestermusiccoalition.org 585-235-8412 DRUMMER WITH JAZZ skills applied to R&B and funk, originals & covers. Evenings open, transportation. Working Western New York Contact Bobby 585-328-4121 sitting heavyonsd@yahoo.com GUITAR & KEYBOARDS, performing R&B, funk, covers & originals, vocals a plus. Be ready to learn & work. Preparing for studio Gigs. Contact Bobby 585-328-4121 MEET OTHER MUSICIANS any instrument, male singer- jam together- coffee house, private gigs, I play keys Call Martin 585-2666337
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Legal Ads [ CARMA ENTERPRISES I, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Carma Enterprises I, LLC . Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 7/12/2012. 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 1130 Peck Rd., Hilton, NY 14468. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law. [ LEGAL NOTICE THE STEAM POLICE, LLC ] Notice of Organization: The Steam Police, LLC was filed with SSNY on August 17, 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: 1028 Castle Bridge Crossing, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE HIGHLAND PLANNING LLC ] Notice of Organization: HIGHLAND PLANNING LLC was filed with SSNY on 08/09/12. 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 her: 17 Mulberry Street Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 5018 Ridge Road LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on August 9, 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 4477 Ridge Road West, Rochester, NY 14626. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.
be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 3 Claret Dr., Fairport, NY 14450. General Purposes.
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EMPIRE CUSTOM FABRICATION LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/31/12. 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, 243 Reed Rd., Scottsville, NY 14546. General Purposes.
ARCADIAN SOLUTIONS LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on July 23, 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 537 French Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Articles of Organization with respect to 700 Basket Road, LLC a New York Limited Liability Company, were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on August 8, 2012. The County in New York State where its office is located is Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of 700 Basket Road, LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against 700 Basket Road, LLC served upon him or her is5 Harvest Walk, Webster, NY 14580. There are no exceptions adopted by the Company, or set forth in its Operating Agreement, to the limited liability of members pursuant to Section 609(a) of the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of New York. 700 Basket Road, LLC is formed for the purpose of managing, leasing, and operating apartment projects, office buildings, retail and wholesale commercial spaces and other real estate. [ NOTICE ] BRISTOL BEVERAGE COMPANY LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/25/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may
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[ NOTICE ] Flying Baby Pictures, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on August 21, 2012 with an effective date of formation of August 21, 2012. Its principal place of business is located at 18 Fernstone Lane, Penfield, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 18 Fernstone Lane, Penfield, New York 14526. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE ] JDP LANDS, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/18/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Dean Brightly, 555 Redman Rd., Hamlin, NY 14464. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Juice For Skin, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State (NYSOS) on 5/16/2012, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Monroe County. NYSOS designated as agent upon whom process against it may
be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to The LLC, 3349 Monroe Ave. #233, Rochester, NY 14618. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful activity.
may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC. 731 Sugarcreek Tr. Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ]
[ NOTICE ] KEVIN WETMORE, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/27/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The PLLC, 254 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: Law [ NOTICE ] Lily Lu Organix LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/13/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 14 Spyglass Hill, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: The BCE Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 7/5/12. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 263 North Ave., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not. Of Form. of Freemantle Insurance Agency, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 6/8/12. County: Monroe. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 642 Kreag Rd, Ste 207, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of North Island Media, LLC Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/1/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it
Not. of Form. of Red Setter Enterprises, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/9/12. Office location Monroe County. Secy. Of State (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal business address of the LLC: 192 Rhinecliff Drive, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Six Three Four Nouvelle LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y Of State of NY (SSNY) 7/09/12. 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: The LLC, PO Box 363, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Tikari Properties LLC. Art of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/12. Off. LocMonroe Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail process to the LLC, PO Box 26593, Roch.,N.Y. 14626. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ 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 Angus House & Lounge LLC dba Angus House & Lounge, 2126 5 Mile Line Road, Penfield NY 14526, County of Monroe, for a restaurant and bar. [ 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 Meda Ethiopian Restaurant Inc dba Meda Ethiopian Restaurant , 302304 University Ave., Rochester NY 14605, County of Monroe, for a bar / restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that license, number 3148981, has applied for a class change :to a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license for Rochester Wood Fired Inc dba Napa Wood Fired Pizzeria, 573 S, Clinton Ave, Rochester NY 14620, County of Monroe, for a restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1558 WHEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2479 Browncroft Blvd., Rochester, NY 14625. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Avon Self Storage Assoc., LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 3755 WEST HENRIETTA ROAD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/14/12. Office location: Monroe County. Principal business address: 3755 West Henrietta Road, Rochester, New York 14623. Secy. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secy. of State shall mail process to: 3755 West Henrietta Road, Rochester, New York 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 482 JOSEPH CIRCLE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/9/2012. 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, 482 Joseph
Circle, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Charles Point Sodus LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on July 17, 2012. Office location County of Monroe, SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 5500 West Ridge Road, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CPDevelopment, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/18/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 250 Ramo Drive, Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DHD VENTURES CAPITAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/12. 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 EREGISTRATIONSERVICES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/9/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 235 Park Ave, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FINGER LAKES FIELD HOCKEY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State
on 8/7/12. Office location: Monroe County. Principal business address: 60 Park Circle Drive, Fairport, New York 14450. Secy. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secy. of State shall mail process to: 60 Park Circle Drive, Fairport, New York 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HMD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 57 Rensselaer Dr., Rochester, NY 14618. 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 122072543. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of IH HOLDING 2, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/16/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 180 Charlotte St., Rochester, NY 14607. 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 Lifestyle Builders, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 06/25/12. Office location Monroe County. the SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at 21 Crossbow Dr. Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME:
Legal Ads 2517 EAST 63rd ST. LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/14/12. The latest date of dissolution is 12/31/2062. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joseph Nacmias, 5 Goldman Road, Monroe, New York 10950. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Local Vinacular LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/25/12. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 785 Whittier Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lu Hang Realty, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/12. 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 MATRIX INSIGHTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/24/12. 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, 4715 Clover St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MORGAN POND STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 07/23/12. 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 ONE STOP BREW SHOP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/5/2012. 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: c/o William S. Ruby, Esq., 70 Linden Oaks, Suite 300, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ]
Construction, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 6/18/12. 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 195 West Hill Estates, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Thai Time Cuisine, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/12. 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 of Formation of PIZZA STOP GREECE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/15/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of WELLINGTON WAY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 150 Willow Ridge Trail, Rochester, NY 14626. 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: To own real estate.
Notice of Formation of RALEIGH STREET RENTAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/02/12. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2 Robin Dr., Rochester, NY 14618. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o US Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Revolution
Notice of Formation of Timberlane SM, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/26/12. 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 349 W. Commercial St., Ste. 3100, East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Wind9 Properties LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/2012. 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, 1617 Heard Drive, Maple Glen, PA 19002. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of the formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) named Ultimate Auto Spot LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on June 28, 2012. Office location is Monroe County, New York. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 1820 Lexington Ave, Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] SEYREK SEALERS, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 5/16/12. 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, 750 Lee Rd., Rochester, NY 14606. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Takis & Ath LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 8/6/2012. 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 42 E. Main St., Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] The Sign Maker LLC located in Monroe County, Filed Arts. of Org. on 07/02/12 for the purpose of making signs. NY Sec’y of State has been designated as agent for the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 194 Colonial Rd., Rochester, NY 14609
[ NOTICE ] TRI CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/27/12. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 26248, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 10230 South Street Rd., Leroy, NY 14482. [ NOTICE ] Universal Property Solutions, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 8/10/2012. 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 518 Plank Rd., Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] VAN-GO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/9/12. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 212 Valley Rd., Rochester, NY 14618, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] WG HOMES LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 7/18/12. 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 200 Weymouth Drive, Rochester, NY 14625. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Fairport Asset Management REO, LLC filed Application for Authority with the New York Department of State on July 2, 2012. Its office is located in Monroe
County. 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 230 CrossKeys Office Park, Fairport, New York 14450. The purpose of the Company is any lawful business.
to 18 Dolman Dr., Rochester, NY 14624. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law.
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Notice of formation of Pro-Prospecting LLC. Art. of Org. filed by Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/2/12. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail process to: PO Box 321, North Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
Name: ONE SIMON 4 TO GO LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/02/2012. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O ONE SIMON 4 TO GO LLC, 111 Parce Avenue, Suite 2, Fairport, New York 14450. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 250 PIXLEY ROAD LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is 250 PIXLEY ROAD LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 8/1/2012. 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 18 Dolman Dr., Rochester, NY 14624. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BLU BAR & GRILL LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is BLU Bar & Grill LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 8/3/2012. 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
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[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] HR Logic & Solutions, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on August 1, 2012. Its principal place of business is located at 60 Saginaw Drive, Suite 100, Rochester, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 60 Saginaw Drive, Suite 100, Rochester, New York 14623. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE LABADI GROUP, LLC ] The name of the limited liability company (“LLC”) is THE LABADI GROUP, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on August 3, 2012. The office of the LLC is to be in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is: Forsythe,
Howe, O’Dwyer, Kalb & Murphy, P.C., One Chase Square, Suite 1900, Rochester, NY 14604, Attn: William R. Alexander, Esq. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law.
[ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 201111927 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, Sandra Jean Bettis; Terrence J. Amann; Discover Bank Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated July 23, 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 September 5, 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 Chili, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 3646 Chili Avenue, Rochester, NY 14624, Tax Account No. 145.183-34, described in Deed recorded in Liber 8084 of Deeds, page 426; lot size 107 x 175. 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: $111,405.91 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED:
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Legal Ads > page 37 August 2012 Joseph G. Fritsch, Jr., Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ READING ELECTRIC RENEWABLES, LLC ] Notice of filing of Application for Authority of limited liability company (LLC). Name of foreign LLC is Reading Electric Renewables, LLC. The Application for Authority was filed with the Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/27/12. Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania. Formed: 9/17/09. County: Monroe. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: James D. Kurtz, 4700 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605.
The address of the office required to be maintained in Pennsylvania is its registered agent: James D. Kurtz, 4700 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605. The name and address of the authorized officer in Pennsylvania where the Articles of Organization are filed is: Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of State, Corporation Bureau, 401 North Street, Room 206, PO Box 8722, Harrisburg, PA 17105. Purpose: any and all lawful activities. [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. 201111666 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT MONROE COUNTY AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. MICHELE HOFER; CHARLES COSTA; O’HEANEY ASSOCIATES; The
heirs-at-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin- interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through FRANK J. MERKEL, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; FIA CARD SERVICES, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (USA); 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:
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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 tax parcel. Dated: July 17, 2012 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Richard A. Dollinger, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated August 10, 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 158 Carter Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as Tax Account No. 106.26-254 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $3,567.11, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorney’s fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. Anthony J. Iacchetta PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000
Fun [ news of the weird ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD NOTE: Once again, have a look at some recent weird news that sounds a lot like old weird news (our “Recurring Themes”), plus updates on some all-time-favorite weirdos. — Periodically, News of the Weird reports on foreigners’ cuisines that most Americans find “undelectable.” A June Wall Street Journal story featured a hardy, fun-loving group of New Yorkers (the “Innard Circle”) who dine monthly at out-of-the-way ethnic restaurants in order to sample such dishes as camel’s eyeball (“way different from a goat’s eyeball,” said one member) and “crispy colorectal,” and had recently learned, from a non-English-speaking waitress, that they had just consumed bull’s diaphragm. Another member admitted “an element of showing off” to the exercise, and acknowledged that not all rookie members return for a second meal. The one body part that no one seems to recall having tried yet: uterus. — The way it usually happens is Mom and Dad start a road trip with their children, but after a rest stop, they fail to notice that one of the kids is not on board, and they may be well down the road before they turn around. However, in June, the family member left behind at a Memphis, Tenn., rest stop was Dad, and for 100 miles, no one grasped that he was missing. The family was traveling in a van, and everyone presumed Dad was in the back. He was still at the gas station, calling his own phone (which was in the back of the van). Dad finally reached Mom in the van by posting to Facebook. — In June, inmate Michelle Richards, 33, was about to begin her sentence at the Albany County (N.Y.) jail when guards discovered a hypodermic needle and seven packets of heroin inside her vagina. (She had been arrested for possessing a needle and heroin in her bra.) Richards’ arrest came about a week after inmate Andrea Amanatides was caught at the very same
jailhouse using the same hiding place to sneak in heroin and 256 prescription pills (reported in News of the Weird eight weeks ago). (Amanatides’ stash was discovered when the baggie holding it became dislodged and broke open on the floor.) — Stores and transportation carriers are, after all these years, still unsure about which “assistance animals” they must allow without violating the federal Americans With Disabilities Act. Under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest draft guidelines for airlines, released in February, miniature horses and pot-bellied pigs are allowed on board under certain conditions, but not ferrets, rodents, spiders, snakes or other reptiles. Apparently there is a North American Potbellied Pig Association, whose vice president pointed out to CNSNews. com that swine can be trained to open and close doors and to use a litter box. — Another Fortuitous Injury: Fortunately, 9-year-old Jacob Holdaway got hit in the head so hard during a game of kickball in Fairland, Ind., in July that he started vomiting and having severe headaches. Because his parents took him to a hospital for that head smack, doctors found a golfball-sized tumor that might not have been discovered until after it had become dangerously large. Doctors were able to remove most of it and suspect it was benign. — Another Absent-Minded Musician: The most recent musician to carry a rare, expensive instrument on public transportation but then forget to take it with him was the person who in July left a borrowed Stradivarius violin on a train when he got off in Bern, Switzerland. Initially, the musician panicked, but the violin was eventually turned in by a good Samaritan. (The last News of the Weird report of such a Stradivarius was the one accidentally left in a New York City taxicab in 2008. That instrument, reported as worth $4 million, was also returned.)
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take your time. You still need to explore your needs and desires before you can pick a partner to share your dreams, hopes and wishes with. Build solid friendships, and one of the connections you make will light a spark in you that will grab your attention. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be afraid to meet someone through a dating service, blind date or at an industry or work event. Showing compassion and understanding by volunteering your help to a cause you believe in will lead to meeting someone you’ll enjoy
getting to know better. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will have to be careful not to send mixed messages to someone who doesn’t interest you intimately. Make it very clear what your intentions are so you avoid a misunderstanding that has the potential to cause problems for you at work or in your community. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Actively pursue someone who interests you, and you will find out where you stand. A passionate encounter will develop with someone willing to experiment emotionally and physically. Don’t hide your feelings or your
intentions. Love and romance are in the stars. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be attracted to partners who are already involved with someone else. Don’t let temptation lead you down a sorrowful path. A chance meeting with someone from your past will remind you why you shouldn’t settle for less than what you want out of a relationship. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): An interesting partnership will develop with someone you meet through work. You will have mixed feeling at first due to your different backgrounds . Take the time to bypass
your differences and look at what you have in common. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll click with someone you meet at an event, or you’ll reconnect with an old flame at a reunion. It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, someone will perk your interest and entice you to find out what you can offer one another. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll be attracted to someone who isn’t afraid to be different. Love is highlighted, and a soul connection can be made. Follow your heart and your intuition, and you will not be disappointed by
the person who shares your goals. Prepare to make a commitment. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An old friend or partner will pop back into your life. Reconnecting can be fun, but don’t lose sight of why you lost touch in the first place. Let your past experience be your guide when choosing a partner in the future. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your instincts will lead you in the right direction when it comes to love. Getting involved with someone who understands your needs and your routine will put you at ease and contribute to helping you maintain the lifestyle you’ve
become accustomed to living. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Whoever makes you feel right at home and is willing to let you do your own thing will win your heart. Romance is highlighted. Enjoying the company of someone as innovative and imaginative as you are will make you happy. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take part in activities and events that allow you to use your creativity and someone will grab your attention and prompt you to make an unusual request that only someone who can match you every step of the way would participate in. You’ve met your match.
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