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Wrong messages sent

This is regarding the women who was tackled and arrested while city police were going after open-air drug dealers, after she was told to stay away (News, September 28).

This is also directed to the so-called community leaders upset about it.

There were two messages sent here. The first is to young people: that you do not have to follow laws or listen to police.

The second is to the police. This message is to stay out of their neighborhood and leave their drug dealers alone.

CHRIS JONES

Readers had a lot to say about Gallina’s proposal for a 14-story tower and a park at Midtown’s Parcel 5 downtown(News, September 28).

Every new building in the city means one less existing building is likely to be rehabbed. Also, by the pictures and the article, the mixed-use description does not seem to include nice, low-income housing or anything to alleviate poverty.

TOM JANOWSKI

It is truly sad to see so many people trying to find reasons to oppose this project. The only reason there is a park is because ignorant people went to one show downtown on a gravel lot and had a good time.

So now, rather than building more on the site and creating more jobs, earning profit for the 2 CITY

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developer and tax money for the city, the developer made a concession to those dolts screaming for more green space, even though MLK Jr. Park is literally a few blocks away. And guess what? It’s beautiful! And you’re STILL complaining!

Yes, there are problems in this city. But creating a plan that drastically enhances our downtown AND creates jobs can do nothing but help the situation.

With all the conservativethinking people in this city, I’m surprised developers want to build anything here.

It’s pathetic, and people need to step back and realize how incredible it is that someone wants to invest tens of millions of dollars into our downtown.

Stop getting in the way of progress! This is a plan for everyone and we should all be proud that our city has come this far.

BENJAMIN GOLDEN

Well, it would be nice to put something there that would either create 1,000’s of jobs, not just a few, or something that everyone could afford and enjoy (like the old Midtown mall).

It sounds like only the first floor will hire any retail and food-service employees.

The offices will probably be existing businesses without the need for new employees.

The park may generate a few employees. Maintenance and cleaning help may generate a few jobs. Hmmmmm.....I guess it is all about the money and tax revenue.

GINNY MO

Instead of green space or a facility for everyone to enjoy, it’s nothing more than a proposed home and playground for the wealthiest of the wealthy.

JIM ZACCARIA

Why on earth does Rochester need another condo building?

PAIGE ROWAN JANIS

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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

Trump’s assault ‘banter’: democracy’s latest hit While Donald Trump was pulling the presidential campaign further into the slime this past weekend, our oldest grandson was debating public policy in a competition that drew teams from around the country.

Our grandson, a junior in a large public school, is a devoted debater. At debate camp this past summer, he spent seven weeks studying and arguing the year’s competition topic: Whether the US should increase its trade and diplomatic efforts with China.

At the moment, public-policy debating dominates this teenager’s extracurricular life – as it does for his debate-team partner and for many of the other high school debaters who participate in these competitions. They spend their weekends focusing on public policy.

On vacation with our grandson in August, I asked him what he was thinking about for a career. His answer: politics, maybe.

Politics.

Later, on a drive through the rolling hills of northern Michigan, past farms and orchards, his face erupted into a big smile. The view made him “feel patriotic,” he said. “It makes me think: ‘This is America.’”

I tried to keep that memory in my mind Sunday night as I watched the ugliness of today’s national politics spew out on the stage at Washington University. This, too – to the horror of many of us – is America.

Nobody should have needed the weekend’s shocking developments to recognize the danger of putting Donald Trump in the White House. He has demonstrated enough ignorance, prejudice, and emotional instability to prove that he’s a threat to national security and a whole lot more. And it says a lot about the Republican Party’s leaders that they didn’t disown him long ago.

But Trump’s comments about women, in a taped discussion with NBC’s Billy Bush, add a frightening new layer of concern.

We have moved way, way beyond Trump calling women “pigs” and insulting them for their looks. Now we’ve heard him brag about his sexual-assault prowess.

Here’s how the US Department of Justice defines sexual assault: “any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities [such] as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape.”

Any type of sexual contact or behavior without the explicit consent of the recipient.

That most certainly includes grabbing women in the way Trump described.

We’ve moved way beyond Trump calling women ‘pigs’ and ridiculing their looks. Now we’ve heard him brag about his sexualassault prowess.”

“When you’re a star,” he said, “they let you do it. You can do anything.”

Nearly as shocking as Trump’s comments: the casual way he made them – and the knowing, admiring way that Billy Bush joined in on the banter.

Also nearly as shocking has been the defense from Trump and some of his supporters about his behavior: that it was just locker-room talk.

Bragging about easy success at committing a crime is just harmless guy talk? Sorry. To many women, the image of unwanted kissing and fondling is chilling. Intimidating. And all too familiar.

Nor is that “locker room talk” harmless.

It is demeaning to women, viewing them as no more than objects for men’s sexual gratification. It is a mindset that far too often leads to the fondling and groping that Donald Trump bragged about. And to much worse than that.

This is the state of politics today. We had already lost the willingness to seek bipartisan solutions to the challenges of the day. Now, as one of our democracy’s examples of leadership, we have a selfdescribed sexual predator.

All around the country, hundreds of high school students interested in learning about their nation’s policy challenges are studying and debating. And they’re learning to argue both sides, the affirmative side in this debate, negative the next.

That’s a good lesson in politics. In bipartisanship. In understanding both sides of an issue. It’s good training for a future politician.

Sadly, I find myself hoping that’s not the career our grandson pursues.

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[ NEWS FROM THE WEEK PAST ]

Bills stay with Fisher

Thanks to a new, five-year agreement, the Buffalo Bills will continue holding its summer training camp at St. John Fisher College.

The team has trained at Fisher since 2000.

Good news for three city schools

Monroe High School, East High School, and School 9 have improved enough to avoid further sanctions from the State Education Department. The schools were placed under the state’s receivership guidelines two years ago. Lack of improvement could have meant placing the schools under an independent organization’s control.

Zombie rules imminent

The county’s new task force on vacant and abandoned properties submitted a list of recommendations to the state.

The state is drafting regulations to create a registry of vacant and abandoned properties.

The local task force was formed by Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello.

Dinolfo struggles to explain waivers

The county clerk’s office, under now-County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, violat-

ed federal law by waiving passport fees for some, says a US Department of State official. Dinolfo says she just continued a longstanding policy, in place over many county clerk administrations.

Former county clerk Patricia McCarthy refuted that, however.

News

RIT pursues institute

Rochester Institute of Technology is leading a consortium of US universities and companies that submitted a proposal for a federal clean energy manufacturing institute.

The federal government announced that it was seeking proposals in June, and that it would provide $70 million in funding for the winning effort; the RIT-led consortium has pledged matching funding.

New name for Fringe Festival

The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival has rebranded as the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival.

This new sponsorship follows a merger between two KeyCorp entities. The 10-day festival drew a record 67,000 attendees this year, sold out 115 shows, and earned more than $400,000 in ticket sales. Fringe will return on September 14-23, 2017.

Leaflets left in Brighton and Pittsford promote whiterochester.org, a website that endorses a “whitening” of Rochester. FILE PHOTO CULTURE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Poison rhetoric trickles down In Donald Trump, America has a presidential candidate who’s called Mexican immigrants rapists who bring drugs and crime into the country.

He talks about Islam only in the context of terrorism. And he once said that Muslim refugees or immigrants should be blocked from entering the US; now he says that they should undergo “extreme vetting.”

When the person seeking the highest office in government talks like that, it’s bound to embolden bigots; it creates a space where they feel safe to give voice and action to sentiments previously hidden.

Locally, we have the emergence of White Rochester, a group promoting white supremacy without actually using the term.

Some Pittsford and Brighton

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residents have had leaflets left on their property, directing them to White Rochester’s website, whiterochester.org. Nobody’s taken responsibility for the website and the fliers, and there’s nothing inherently criminal about either. But Brighton police are trying to track down an SUV whose driver was caught on a continues on page 8

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“It creates a debtors’ jail, essentially.

People that can’t pay this stuff ending up in jail because life moves on and they’ve still got to do what they have to do for their families.” [ CARLA PALUMBO, CEO OF THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY ]

POVERTY | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN

Future of Warren’s traffic court uncertain People in poverty often live on the edge of a cliff. One misstep can set off a chain of events that makes it hard to stop the downward slide, much less better their lives.

A prime example in the City of Rochester involves transportation and fines. Many residents can’t afford to pay their traffic fines, which means the fees grow and people fall further and further behind. Their vehicles may get booted, and they could lose their licenses, too.

Part of the issue is the lack of flexibility in City Court, officials say.

“City Court, by state law, doesn’t have the option of reducing the surcharge or giving a payment plan,” says Carla Palumbo, CEO of the Legal Aid Society. “The town courts can. City courts don’t have the power to do that.”

Earlier this year, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that she wanted to create a city-operated traffic violations agency that would have the power to work out payment plans or let residents enter plea bargains on traffic tickets.

The city needs state legislation to create the agency, however, and the proposal didn’t pass during the Legislature’s last session. The Assembly approved it, but it never got a vote in the Senate.

City spokesperson Patrick Flanigan says he’s not sure if the proposal will be reintroduced in the next session, which starts in January. But Warren is committed to giving city residents the same options that residents of towns and villages have, he says.

“The specific game plan is yet to be determined,” he says.

One area where a city-operated traffic agency would help is with residents charged with driving without a license, Palumbo says.

She’s worked on this issue before.

Some people can’t pay the fines, but they keep driving because their job and their wellbeing depend on it, she says. But eventually they could face a felony, she says.

“It all stems from, yes, they drove without having their license, but they lost their license because they couldn’t pay their fine,” Palumbo says. “It creates a debtors’ jail, essentially. People that can’t pay this stuff ending up in jail because life moves on and they’ve still got to do what they have to do for their families.”

Aggravated unlicensed operation of vehicles is a significant problem in Rochester, with 1,310 tickets issued in 2015 and 913 through September 21 of this year, according to the police department.

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Another option besides the traffic agency would be to change state law to give City Court more flexibility with it comes to traffic fines, Palumbo says.

She says she understands that some people will say that the government doesn’t need to do anything; that the drivers deserve what they get for driving without a license.

“Yes, except for if they then lose their license and can’t work, and they lose their job, and then they go on public assistance, doesn’t that cost the community more?” she says.

Irondequoit battles the borer Irondequoit is the latest Monroe County community to confirm the presence of emerald ash borer infestations.

Town officials say the insects have been found in several locations around Irondequoit, and they plan to remove infested trees in public rights-of-way and plant new trees in their place. The town won’t immediately remove healthy ash trees, they say.

“As we have watched the emerald ash borer spread throughout Upstate New York, sadly, this discovery is not a surprise,” Supervisor David Seeley said in a press release.

“One of Irondequoit’s best assets is our tree canopy. As such, we are taking preventative action to ensure public safety and to hopefully help save the thousands of ash trees that make our town so beautiful.”

The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that burrows under the bark of ash trees. It has no natural predators in the US, and over time it kills the trees it infests.

A map from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation confirms ash borer infestations in more than a dozen Monroe County towns, as well as in the City of Rochester. The first infestation was spotted in Chili, near the Henrietta border.

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Frontier prepares to take on Time Warner

Local cable subscribers can access a multitude of channels at the push of a button, and they have on-demand access to many popular shows and movies.

But many customers still complain about the service: they have picture quality problems, their feed cuts out too often, they’re forced to pay for channels they don’t want, and they can’t get channels or programming they do want (streaming television services have started filling that gap). And with the complaints often comes a plea for competition.

Many subscribers say they want different choices, better service, and better prices than the existing provider, Time Warner Cable, gives them. The competition would at least get Time Warner to step up its game, they say.

And competition may be on its way — gradually — via Frontier Communications, which plans to roll out its new Vantage TV service to the Rochester region. The channel lineups, packages, and prices aren’t set yet.

“We’re going to have to be competitive in terms of the product and pricing, no doubt about it,” says Bill Carpenter, a regional general manager for Frontier.

Also not settled: which communities will have Vantage TV and when. Frontier has 45 communities in its local service area, and it needs franchise agreements with each one it wants to provide cable service in. The company reached out to Rochester, Canandaigua, Greece, Perinton, Pittsford, Brighton, and Victor, and is getting ready to approach others, Carpenter says.

The Gates Town Board approved a franchise agreement last month, making it the first community in Frontier’s local service area to sign on. Under the agreement, the Town of Gates gives Frontier access to public rights-of-way, and Frontier gives the town 5 percent of the revenue it gets from Gates subscribers, says Town Supervisor Mark Assini. Those are the same terms as Gates’ deal with Time Warner, he says.

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“If we say no, then there is no competition, and then there’s no chance for them to build out and do anything else and nobody gets any choice,” Assini says. “You’ve got to start somewhere.”

Time Warner will continue to provide service in Gates.

Initially, Frontier’s cable TV service will be available to only half of its Gates customers.

The company’s network -- not just in Gates, but across the region -- needs upgrades to accommodate the new video service.

The State Public Service Commission needs to approve the Gates agreement, too. Frontier will provide the commission with technical details about the network’s design and its plans for building out its network in Gates. (Frontier will have to do the same in every community that approves a franchise agreement.)

Most markets have traditionally had a single

cable provider, largely because wiring a community and providing programming is an expensive undertaking. An upstart company entering a market with a big provider is taking a substantial risk.

So why is Frontier getting into the cable business? The short and obvious answer: its bottom line.

Frontier has picked up new service territories in California, Texas, Florida, and other states. Those territories were previously owned by either Verizon or AT&T, and both companies operated their own pay television services — Fios and U-Verse, respectively — in those markets.

Frontier picked up enough video subscribers that it now has leverage to acquire the packages needed to offer a new, competitive pay TV service, Frontier’s Carpenter says.

But Frontier is entering a saturated national market, says Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst of Leichtman Research Group, a broadband, media, and

entertainment research firm. The 13 largest cable and satellite providers have lost around 1.5 million subscribers since pay TV’s peak in 2012, he says. That’s out of approximately 100 million subscribers total, however, so while the numbers are declining, it isn’t at a “ridiculously rapid rate,” he says.

Four out of five US households subscribe to pay TV, Leichtman says. And Frontier will see a competitive benefit from offering video service, he says Cable companies have been able to keep and add customers because of broadband Internet services, which they can package with video and voice services, he says. Until now, Frontier has only offered voice and slower-speed broadband services.

“They were missing a piece of what people want,” Leichtman says.

And Frontier says that aspects of the new Vantage TV service will set it apart from Time Warner. Those include a DVR service that can record up to four shows at once; the ability to search live television by program name, actor, and other criteria; and a dedicated channel for Netflix streaming.

The Vantage service won’t be available across Frontier’s entire local market right

away, Carpenter says. In an investor presentation earlier this year, Frontier execs said they expect the service to be available to half of the company’s customers nationally within three to four years.

In Gates, the service will be open initially to households that already have the necessary wiring in place, Carpenter says.

That’s an issue for officials from Charter Communications, which swallowed up Time Warner Cable in a merger this year.

They want Frontier held to the same coverage requirements as Time Warner.

But that’s a state issue. New York laws give a provider five years to make service available to all households in a franchise area, as long as those areas meet certain density requirements. Frontier could apply for a waiver based on economic hardship, however.

Supervisor Assini says Gates officials will treat Frontier and Time Warner equally; they’ll have the same access to town rights of way and will pay the same rate.

Charter representatives say the company is preparing to introduce its post-merger Spectrum offerings early next year. It’ll have broadband Internet starting at 60 mbps with no data caps or modem fees; voice service; and an array of HD channels. The prices will be competitive, says Stephanie Salanger, Charter’s regional spokesperson.

“We welcome the competition and we’re confident in our ability to compete for customers, but want to compete on a level playing field,” Salanger said in an e-mail.

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surveillance camera dropping one of the leaflets on a driveway.

The website says that White Rochester is trying to “Make (Rochester) great again by making Rochester whiter.” It says it’s looking for people who have a white-European consciousness, an interest in promoting European-white races, and are preferably agnostic.

One of White Rochester’s goals, according to its website, is to challenge “attempts to turn whites into a minority,” which has long been a talking point of white nationalists. The leaflets are alarming because of their message, the fact that they’re spreading, and because the people distributing them are sneaky — dropping off their literature during the overnight hours.

Rochester-area communities have dealt with public displays of bigotry and hate before. Brighton, which has Monroe County’s largest Jewish population, had a swastika painted on one of its streets in the recent past, for example. And last year, three males were arrested and accused of burning crosses into the lawn of a Sufi mosque in Carlton, Orleans County.

But the bigots seem to be growing more confident, locally and across the country. One White Rochester supporter, going by the name “Steven,” for example, called into WXXI’s Connections last week during a part of the program dedicated to the fliers and to PittsFORWARD. The community group formed in response to White Rochester to show that Pittsford values diversity and inclusion.

Connections screens its callers, but “Steven” pulled a bait and switch, Connections producer Megan Mack tweeted after the program. He told the screener he wanted to talk about one thing, but when he got on the air, he asked host Evan Dawson why White Rochester wasn’t on the show, too. Dawson said the group isn’t invited.

“Steven” also suggested that Dawson go to Avenue D in Rochester and “ask who’s causing the crime.”

Mack and Dawson were also flooded with tweets from White Rochester supporters, though the accounts didn’t appear to be local.

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URBAN ACTION This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Activist discusses book on housing crisis

Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library will present “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” a review of the Matthew Desmond book, on Tuesday, October 18.

Activist and social worker Ryan Acuff will discuss Desmond’s compelling look at how finding safe, affordable housing has become the nightmare of America’s working poor.

Millions of Americans spend more than half of their income on housing

Correcting ourselves

and utilities and still live in decrepit housing and under the threat of eviction and homelessness.

The event will be held at the Central Library’s Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Avenue, from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m.

on the development of rechargeable batteries and environmentally sound technologies. His TED Talk has been viewed nearly two million times. His lecture will be held at the UR, 101 Goergen Hall.

MIT prof to talk about energy research

The University of Rochester will host “Stationary Electricity Storage: The Liquid Metal Battery,” a lecture by MIT engineering professor Donald Sadoway, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 20. Sadoway has written over 160 scientific papers, holds 23 US patents, and he’s the founder of two technology companies. Sadoway has focused his research

We accidentally ran a photograph of Bill Weld instead of Gary Johnson in our story on third-party presidential candidates. Gary Johnson is running for president on the Libertarian Party ticket. Weld is his running mate.

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Dean Jones pours a beer at the Genesee Brew House. Jones is a member of the 585 Brewers Collaborative, a group of 10 local breweries that recently released a popular India Pale Lager. PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON

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It almost reads like a recipe. Combine 10 Rochester breweries, various hops, yeast, and some collaboration. Brew and let ferment.

Yields 20 barrels of India Pale Lager.

In August, 10 local breweries — Roc Brewing, Stoneyard, Swiftwater, Naked Dove, Knucklehead, Rohrbach, CB Craft Brewers, The Lost Borough, Three Heads, and Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch — released an IPL at the Flour City Brewers Fest. The beer was the group’s first as the 585 Brewers Collaborative.

The idea for a Rochester brewery collaboration sprouted from evenings of communal beer drinking, says Dan Western, founder of The Lost Borough. He says the group exists thanks to Chris Spinelli, the founder and CEO of Roc Brewing. Spinelli sent an email to the local companies in an effort to get brewers together on their nights off. Whoever wanted take part was free to show up and just socialize.

“It’s just a big group of beer nerds, getting together and doing what we do best: drinking

Members of the 585 Brewers Collaborative, including brewmasters and owners from Roc Brewing, Stoneyard, Swiftwater, Naked Dove, Knucklehead, Rohrbach, CB Craft Brewers, The Lost Borough, Three Heads, and Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch. PHOTO PROVIDED

beer and talking about beer,” Western says.

The group of brewers, which expanded with each meeting, met at a different brewery once a month, and eventually, each member started to bring their own beers for everyone to sample. Their conversations were naturally collaborative, Western says, and the group began to solve brewing problems together.

During one of those meetings, Dean Jones, the brewmaster of Genesee Brew House’s Pilot Batch System, suggested creating a collaborative

beer with the breweries in their group.

While collaborative brewing isn’t new in the beer community as a whole, it is new to Rochester, Jones says. “I thought it was something unique that we could get everybody together — seeing that we were already drinking together — and design a beer.”

Despite Rochester’s size, Western says, the breweries don’t see one another as threats.

“We don’t look at it as competition as a whole,” he says. “We really look at is as the beer community.”

The 585 Brewers Collaborative, Western says, hopes to further improve the quality of Rochester’s beer. The IPL, with its 5.85 percent alcohol and 58.5 IBUs, is a Rochester-centric product the collaborative is proud of.

Brewing an India Pale Lager, Spinelli says, allowed the breweries to mix their diversity into one batch. “Genesee’s really known for lagers,” he says. “The rest of us are really known for our IPAs, our hops, a little bit more new wave brewing.”

The 585 Brewers Collaborative spent a day at Genesee brewing their group’s 585-themed recipe. Jones provided the tank space, and everyone else brought hops and knowledge to contribute. “I had 10 bosses that day in the brewery,” Jones recalls with a laugh. The yield of 10 beer experts in one room is a beer that’s “crisp and clean,” as Jones describes it, without the fruity ester characteristics of an IPA. Twenty barrels of IPL were produced using the 585 Brewers Collaborative recipe. Of the 20 barrels, 10 were donated to Genesee’s September Tap it Forward Festival, which benefits local charity. The other 10 barrels found homes at each of the 585 Collaborative breweries. The individual breweries then decided whether to sell their barrel on tap or donate it.

Western says the 10 gallons of 585 Brewers Collaborative IPL tapped at The Lost Borough sold in about two days.

The collaborative doesn’t have definitive plans for its next step, but Jones says the group will continue working together — and drinking together. There is an idea to have each brewery work on their own, non-collaborative beer, and then brew a large batch of whichever drink gets the best feedback. That beer will then be released at next year’s Flour City Brewers Festival under the 585 Brewers Collaborative name.

There doesn’t seem to be a rush to make a decision, though. Spinelli says their main priority is having fun. “It’s kind of taken on its own life and people really love it,” he says. “So we’re going to continue to develop it as we go.”

Some cities, Spinelli says, are successful with brewery collaboration on a larger scale — like New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Asheville, North Carolina. But he says this particular city and this particular collaboration have their own unique take.

There is a new wave of young professionals and young businesses working together and “really trying to come back and make something amazing happen.” rochestercitynewspaper.com

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GENERATING FROM BUSY LIVES [ ART FEATURE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY [ PHOTOS ] BY MIKE HANLON

EMERGING ARTISTS 2016

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ach year, City Newspaper highlights four Rochester artists who are not yet household names, but are creating engaging work that’s been garnering attention.

The following four emerging artists — Holly B. Heckler, Athesia Benjamin, Melissa Huang, and Marissa Kalen — come from diverse backgrounds, are at different points in their career paths, and pursue different aesthetics.

Heckler and Huang flex their talents painting unabashedly pretty scenes inspired by nature and the human figure, which also contain a magnetic level of mystique.

Benjamin tackles political and social concerns in a variety of media. And Kalen creates the chicest updates of the wirewrapped jewelry tradition.

Pursuing a career in art isn’t like other fields — there are few ready-made opportunities, so most artists must construct their paths with as much intrepid skill as they put into their actual craft. Many young artists end up letting their own work simmer on the back burner while earning their bread. These four have found ways to keep their creative practices thriving, whether by choosing careers that allow a daily connection to the arts or by dedicating more time to making work after starting a family.

These four artists caught our attention with their adamant approach to art.

HOLLY B. HECKLER:

Carrying a classical torch

Heckler’s work is included in a group show at Bug Jar (219 Monroe Avenue) through late November. See more of her work on Instagram at @hollybhecklerpainting.

Holly B. Heckler

I don’t know if I’ve met someone more aptly named than Sodus-native Holly B. Heckler.

The 25-year-old artist has an almost forensic approach to painting plant life (in addition to her astoundingly beautiful portraiture), and she’s unapologetically assertive about getting what she wants out of life.

Having exhibited early artistic promise, Heckler earned a scholarship to study in Steve Carpenter’s studio in Rochester while she was still in high school. She learned to draw and paint directly from the figure, and though this early classical training put her at an advantage when it came time to apply for college, it also created some frustration. She was so far ahead of her peers at Pratt that she felt underwhelmed and limited by the instruction and environment.

Heckler transferred to Alfred, where she developed an ardent approach to her education.

“If I’m paying a lot of money for something, and I feel it’s not the program I signed up for, I’m going to question and challenge it,” Heckler says. While she painted at her apartment to avoid the distractions of the public studio, she led the critiques for her classes as well as others in the painting department.

Today, Heckler works from a shared studio space in her Rochester home. Her oil paintings tend to be largescale depictions

of unexpected moments of fascination with something in her environment.

“Every single painting has happened differently,” she says. “I’ll just be out with people I know, and notice the lighting, and say, ‘Stay where you are!’ I’ll take 100 pictures, and then sketch. I don’t have premeditated scenes in my head. I’ll walk by a flower bush, be struck by the beauty, and then I’ll paint it.”

And she perfectly conveys what she sees — although her paintings can be straightforward, representational images, she captures the calming, magnetic pull of every curling leaf.

Petals seem to shiver as cold light passes through them.

Her figurative subjects, alone or in pairs, typically have a brooding quality in their posture or gestures and the far-off expressions.

“I find that’s when you see somebody, when they’re not looking,” she says. “When you can watch them observing and thinking their thoughts, you almost see more. When you’re looking somebody in the eyes, there’s a self-consciousness.”

There are subtle narratives and private meanings behind some of the symbolism she paints. One in-progress work is from photo references snapped at a gathering after the funeral of her best friend this past summer.

“A group of us hadn’t seen each other in seven or eight years,” she says. “We all got together and couldn’t leave each other. I’m painting one of the guys I met down there. We were having coffee, and the colors were perfect, and now that’s a painting I’m doing.” Heckler says the work isn’t about the man in the photos, but about her late friend. “She’s in there, with the style of my brushstrokes; there’s symbols hanging in there, too.”

“I think I want to make wallpaper,” she muses, pointing out the gentle trail of vines on the wall behind the young man — a part of the work she made up. “Half of this is a photo I took at a café, but I took like 50 photos, and exaggerated the colors and made up patterns.

This orange-pink color in the shirt is the underpainting, the color I painted the canvas. It was a black and white striped shirt, but I’m just going to leave that. This painting was about the colors and the purity of thought. It’s a raw, open, straightforward painting.”

Because of Heckler’s tendency to reuse canvases multiple times, there can be an element of palimpsest in her work. The jacinth swath of fabric laid over the back of the couch in this work was part of a different painting, which was oriented the other way. “It was a still life-with all of this fabric in the front. When I sketched him over the painting, the two shapes met in such a way that I said, ‘Oh, I’m keeping that.’”

Heckler has five unfinished paintings currently in progress, on hold. She hasn’t lost interest — in fact she is itching to finish them — the delay is due an ongoing battle with materials. “I’ve become really fed up with the quality of paintbrushes,” she says. “I have to buy new ones like three times during a painting. I can’t find any, no matter how expensive they are, that will last, that will retain their elasticity. I’ve thrown them all out, so I’ve just been drawing a lot.”

These from-life, massive renderings are the result of sitting in her garden and drawing. “I always need to have something growing and something beautiful around me,” she says. “I need flowers all of the time. In the winter I buy them every week. It’s the colors and the shapes, they’re just perfect; they blow my mind.” continues on page 12 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11

ATHESIA BENJAMIN:

The medium serves the message

See Athesia Benjamin’s work at athesiapottery.blogspot.com.

I became aware of Athesia Benjamin’s artwork after hearing her interviewed on Sabra Wood’s WAYO radio show, The Graphic Ear. Though the 37-year-old Rochester native leads a busy life as a mother of four and full-time professor in the art department at Monroe Community College, she says she feels anxious when her hands are empty.

Now that Benjamin’s youngest child is in school, she’s incrementally been reclaiming some of her time for her creative pursuits, which include but aren’t limited to illustration, collage, painting, and ceramics.

“I’ve found that I’m sort of an artistic chameleon,” she says.

“For me, it’s always been about experimenting. I don’t feel the need to carve out just one niche, I want to try new things.”

The materials Benjamin selects for each artistic endeavor are contingent upon the specific message she’s trying to convey.

She keeps a blog at 2016electiongotmelike.blogspot.com where she posts political cartoons she makes in response to the United States’ disturbing social and political climate. These drawings are critical of both Trump and Clinton — one older post was a visualization of Clinton’s infamous comments about “super predators.”

Benjamin has a little workspace carved out in her house — a couple of desks between a couch, keyboard, and computer where her kids might be playing. “Instead of feeling like I cannot produce, because I don’t have the luxurious amount of time I had as a student, instead of putting all creating aside, it’s like, ‘What will my work look like if I only have five minutes to bust something out?’” she says.

Benjamin has been recently making unique ceramic planters, which she creates by filling a stocking with rice, covering the form with slabs of clay, and dropping it to the ground from a 12 CITY OCTOBER 12-18, 2016

Athesia Benjamin

height. “Gravity pushes that malleable clay onto the rice form,” she says, and the clay picks up lines and impressions. “It’s experimental; I don’t know what I’m going to get, and that’s exciting,” she says.

The organic, freeform vessels don’t feel like containers in a strict sense: they have an openness that feels fresh. They may remain unglazed or the inside of a shell-like structure might have a shimmering, nacre glaze. She says she finds the tactile, responsive nature of working with clay to be therapeutic, as is the notion that people have been working with clay since the beginning of time.

When Benjamin was a student, she painted a series of portraits of black people. She’s thinking about revisiting that work, and has begun to take reference photos for the new generation of these paintings.

“I feel like the paintings would serve a different purpose now,” she says. “With all that’s been happening in the country, racially, and the fear that has always been there concerning black bodies, and brown skin … I feel like that work would serve this purpose: if our bodies and our skin isn’t respected, is feared out in real life, maybe it takes on a different feeling when it’s on canvas.”

Back when she was first working on these paintings, she said many white people would ask her why she painted black people.

“It was so simple to me,” she says. “These are the people around me. But to the viewer, it looked like I was avoiding the ‘default’ subject, which speaks of their own lack of awareness and lack of objectivity about themselves.”

The original portraits were made when Benjamin was living in the 19th Ward. “Now I live in Brighton, so it felt right to take the pictures at the Liberty Pole, because we’re all sort of coming from our own spaces to this central place,” she says.

“But I feel like I want to go back to my old neighborhoods, and try to recreate that. What’s different? If I’m on Parcells taking a photograph of someone I think is interesting, I have that image, but how do I feel now? How will I feel different now that it’s not really my neighborhood anymore? What will the work look like, now that my ZIP code is different? Am I appropriating? Am I using? I have to deal with that. And I think I’ll deal with that through the first painting that I do.”

MELISSA HUANG:

Portraits of the inside Check out Melissa Huang’s work at melissahuang.com.

Every aspect of Canandaigua resident Melissa Huang’s life is immersed in art, whether making it or facilitating others’ experience of it. She creates glowing oil paintings that combine landscape, figurative, and still-life natural elements. She works as assistant to art appraiser Roz Goldman, and as a gallery assistant at Main Street Arts in Clifton Springs. And she’s a member of the feminist art group, Politits Art Coalition, a girl gang that keeps its members regularly engaged in events and art shows.

This fall, Politits will hold a pop-up group show at the Rochester Brainery.

Huang says she’s always been a fan of figurative art, but that her earlier work was more straightforward, representational work. The surreal elements she’s now known for — painting the shimmering cave-like interiors of geodes where faces should be — came later, after studying abroad in Florence. “I made a self-portrait with

Marissa Kalen

MARISSA KALEN:

Melissa Huang

pomegranates coming out of my stomach, and branched out from there,” she says.

The crystal face series came from a deep love of sparkly things, Huang says. But they’re also metaphors for inner worlds and ideas of identity.

Whether cracking a geode or getting to know someone, you initially have no idea what’s on the inside. The smooth, usually nude bodies linger in atmospheric landscapes, the likenesses of the people disrupted by the concave spaces lined with the gleaming teeth of amethyst or celestine.

Aside from these crystal-faced wonders, she paints more straightforward portraits of friends, a growing series of bird portraits on small, gold-leafed panels, and portraits of trinkets and figurines. “I have lots of them around my house; it kind of looks like an old woman’s been living there for a thousand years,” she says with a laugh.

Huang grew up in a suburb of Chicago, and moved to the area to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. She began working with Goldman while an undergrad, and after graduating in 2014, she was immediately hired at Main Street Arts. Both jobs were suggested to her by RIT professor Alan Singer, who she praises for connecting his students with practical concerns and real world opportunities.

Huang says she loves both of her jobs for the connections they offer with a wide variety of artists and art lovers. “And I get to see people’s art collections and learn what appeals to them, which is so much fun,” she says. “Many of the collections include local people, so it’s been interesting to research artists who were working here in the 1900’s.”

After completing courses online at New York University and receiving a certificate, Huang has recently set up her own art appraisal practice, and receives referrals from Goldman. Because Goldman’s expertise is in fine art prints, and she works on important print collections, Huang has learned quite a bit about that genre of art. But she hasn’t decided yet on an area of specialization for her own practice.

Not your hippie mama’s wire jewelry Marissa Kalen will be part of a show on November 19 at Gallery Salon. See more of her work in person at Jane Vintage on Gregory Street, on Instagram at @nightowlwireworks and nightowlwireworks.etsy.com.

I met Marissa Kalen a few years ago at a bar down the street from Ithaca’s State Theatre, where we were dwelling over drinks before seeing a Neutral Milk Hotel show. The 25-year-old’s style is a perfect blend of rocker, Mod, and ladylike, and is almost always accented with unique jewelry of her own design.

Mention the term “wire-wrapping” and what typically springs to mind is meandering metal lines cradling chunks of crystal that are sold alongside hemp and incense. Although Kalen’s work does feature beautiful stones and crystals — or old iron keys, or vintage cameos — her wire working is much tighter, full of intricately woven geometric patterns. The effect is surprisingly sleek and versatile, blending modern minimalism with whiffs of witchiness.

She showcases stones and other objects in perfectly symmetrical reliquaries. Kalen works with silver, copper, brass, and gold-filled wires, and sometimes mixes them, getting both warm and cool tones in the piece. She begins with a thicker gauge, firm-tempered “base” wire to create a basic form, then uses a thinner, soft-tempered form to wrap around the thicker wire and achieve great detail.

Kalen has been working with wire for about a decade, since she took a jewelry class at RushHenrietta High. “That wire-wrapping portion was

definitely my favorite part of it, and I stuck with it from there. She’s learned some basic wrapping techniques from the Internet, but has been developing her own personal aesthetic.

Some more recent experiments with just wire, no centerpiece, have yielded delicate chevron forms suspended from equally delicate chains. She’s also been creating some elegant and modern takes on Victorian chokers, with vintage resin or ceramic cameo centerpieces surrounded by simple wire elements and silver chain draped at intervals. A friend commissioned a couple of necklaces with wrapped wire in the shape of the Deathly Hollows symbol from Harry Potter, which has become a popular design and yielded more orders.

A self-styled stone hoarder, Kalen sources her materials from a fellow artist she found on Ebay who specializes in Mexican turquoise and who makes cabochons from stones he mines himself. All metals come from a wholesaler that Kalen says she favors because “you can send back your scrap metal, and they’ll melt it down and resell it.” Her keys and cameos come from flea markets, vintage stores, and friends.

It takes Kalen between 45 minutes to two hours to create a small piece, and up to 12 hours for more high-end work. Her materials fit into a small box, which she can transport from her couch, where she often works, to a friend’s house. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 13

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Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 BOP SHOP RECORDS, 1460 MONROE AVENUE 8 P.M. | $20; $10 STUDENTS BOPSHOP.COM; LUCIANBAN.COM [ JAZZ ] Transylvania may be etched into our collective memory because of a famous vampire novel, but it’s a real place with fascinating musical roots. Romanian pianist Lucian Ban was born there, and when he teams up with violist and violinist Mat Maneri, get ready for an evening of Transylvanian doinas, re-interpretations of works by Enesco and Bartok, and original pieces. Ban and Maneri’s “Transylvanian Concert,” an award-winning 2013 album, is a haunting mixture of jazz and chamber music. — BY RON NETSKY

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Near the end of the title track of the new album by the Steve Gadd Band, Gadd takes a knock-yoursocks-off drum solo that brings the house down. The album, subtitled “Live from Rochester, NY,” was recorded at the 2015 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, and it’s far more than just a CD. “Way Back Home” also includes two DVDs, a beautifully shot video of the concert, and interviews with many of the people Gadd has worked with over five decades.

It even boasts a cubist-style cover by Rochester illustrator David Cowles.

The music is superb, by turns swinging and funky, ranging from Keith Jarrett’s “The Windup” and “Bye Bye Blackbird” to “Them Changes,” the Buddy Miles tune that provides another opportunity to show why Gadd is widely regarded as the world’s best drummer. Interviews range from greats like Chuck Mangione and Tony Levin reminiscing about Gadd’s days at the Eastman School of Music and beyond to local impresario Jeff Springut discussing the great bands Gadd played with at the legendary club Red Creek. It’s not often you find a world-class album centered in Rochester; “Way Back Home” fits the bill. — BY RON NETSKY

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Bassists don’t always get to step into the spotlight, so you may not have heard of Michael Blanco. Since moving to New York in 2000, he has performed with dozens of top jazz musicians, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Blanco has been in the pit orchestras of more than 30 Broadway shows, recorded with Itzhak Perlman, and played on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers’ film “Hail, Caesar.” Maybe it will take his excellent new album, “Spirit Forward,” to put him on the map as not only a fine bassist, but a formidable composer and band leader.

To start with, Blanco has chosen some of the best players on the New York scene to join him on the album: saxophonist John Ellis, pianist Kevin Hays, and drummer Clarence Penn. Hays and Ellis shine every time they take off on a solo, and Penn displays his percussion prowess throughout the album. And when Blanco plays a solo, like the beautiful flight on “Notes from Underground,” he proves that the bass can indeed occupy the spotlight. — BY RON NETSKY

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Oliver Schneller can smell fear. As an Eastman School of Music professor of composition and the director of the Computer Music Center, Schneller aims to alleviate this dread by extolling the virtues of electronic music and its place in the acoustic music realm via EARS — the Eastman Audio Research Studio. EARS embraces electronic music and puts it forth to ESM students, from those who are inquisitive to those who appear perhaps a little timid at the prospect.

EARS is a learning platform for research, experimentation, and the composing of new works though the implementation of software programs, analog gear, digital interfaces, and loudspeaker installation. It is sublime. It is severe. It is a fascinating juxtaposition of musical expression and technology. EARS has recently expanded to include a 16 speaker facility to introduce students to creating works with multiple sound sources. But for some, there is still that trepidation, that fear.

“It’s the fear of the unfamiliar,” Schneller says. “Many of them, they’re listening to something they can’t put a label on. But the act of composition, by definition, means to explore the unknown.”

Schneller believes exposure to electronic music, and the results from its marriage to more conventional musical strains and instrumentation, is important to students in and out of the program.

“It’s good that we have curricular anchoring,” he says. “So they have to take one semester of electronic music. It’s required on the bachelor’s and master’s level. Doctoral students don’t have to do it, but it’s actually the doctoral students who tend to come and stay longer.”

Schneller came to ESM in 2015 after

Computer Music Center director and founder Allan Schindler retired. The son of German diplomats, Schneller grew up in Africa and the Philippines. He was always a curious lad.

“As a kid, I tore radios apart,” he says. “I was looking at the parts. I wanted to find out how they worked. I was looking for the speaker membranes. I think that was my first experience with electro-acoustic music. In high school I played the saxophone. I was a jazz fanatic. I loved Coltrane and Charlie Parker; they were my heroes. The first computer language I picked up was BASIC. It was a very general program that ran on Apple II. And I programmed, just for the fun of it, little algorithmic compositions.”

Schneller earned a degree in musicology at the University of Bonn before studying at

the New England Conservatory where he developed his interest in the combination of electronics and more traditional instruments.

While at City University of New York on fellowship, Schneller built the school’s studio for electronic music.

“I also went to Columbia University to study with French composer Tristan Murail; a member of the Spectral School and my main teacher.”

In his preliminary explorations, Schneller says the electric component was more of a spice, an addition, an afterthought. It was the more conventional instruments and their parts that were tantamount.

“In my first works it was definitely the instruments that dominated,” he says.

“Because I had more experience and more proficiency with them. And the electronics were an added sound quality. By the time I was writing pieces, there was no distinction, really. There were instrumental parts that were notated and the electronic parts were being orchestrated. The electronics were just another instrument and sonically a part of the whole; they were just another sound level that was integrated into the orchestral sound.”

But when dissonance and the abstract qualities associated with plugging the electronic in with the organic come together, questions arise. Where is the musicality?

Where is the melody?

“With most pieces of music we don’t just have the melody,” Schneller says. “We also have harmony and rhythm, and with most pieces of music we can define which is the melody, which is the accompanying harmony, and which is the rhythm that carries them both. So we are definitely working with those three agents, but sometimes we just let the harmony come forth and it just sits there and dominates like a solo. Then we have melody that isn’t long, it just comes out in little snippets, so it’s a jagged melody but it’s still a melody, though you don’t immediately recognize it. And the rhythm holds and binds it all together.”

Although the electro acoustic movement may be seen as a contemporary phenomenon, it would be a misnomer to consider it in its infancy, as Schneller is quick to point out.

“Thomas Edison first recorded his voice in 1877,” he says.

And although it may confuse and confound the gentry, it seems to be met with less and less opposition due to the passion and unwavering work of educators like Schneller and programs like EARS. “It depends where you are,” he says. “In the European contemporary music scene this is, by now, totally accepted. There is no resistance. Eastman is a venerable and great institution, and Allan Schindler did

a fantastic job. He was engaged in getting this music performed. And when you have a performance, it means you’re one step closer to getting it accepted.”

Schneller’s teaching style is hands-off, allowing for a more unfettered exploratory and organic learning experience.

“The aim for me,” he says. “Is to let them explore and learn by themselves. There is no right and wrong, but of course the results will be evaluated. I won’t let anyone flunk just because it is something I don’t like, but we will critically discuss it. He or she can provoke with a piece of one single sound stretched over 10 minutes.

When they submit this piece, I would ask ‘What were you thinking? What is your artistic intention?’ And if that composer can convince me and can convince others on the committee that this is a necessity — ‘I had to write this and I want people to consider the sound’ — then they’ll pass.”

To someone like Schneller everything has a place in this music, be it in nature, triggered electronically, or altered and manipulated by acoustics and speaker placement. And whether deemed a blessing or a curse, music is everywhere.

“It is a blessing I think,” Schneller says. “It’s not just that we hear things but also as humans we track sounds and space. So we hear the birds coming from the sky and we hear traffic. What would happen if one of my students were to compose a piece where the birds are coming out of the ground and the traffic sound floats from out of the sky? We can do this using loudspeakers; turn things around and hence create an awareness of the spatiality of audio which is our daily experience. We could not survive without it. As humans, we are optimized to survive and the hearing apparatus — our two ears — help us survive. And we might as well use this amazing apparatus in spatial orientation and composition.” For Schneller, this includes the prospective audience and how they ingest and digest.

“We’re trying very hard to make our shows as interesting and contrasted as possible,” he says. “Without losing focus, of course. I’d love to reach out into the community and have EARS be a center for discovery for laymen and professionals alike. I’d like to expand what the scope of composition means at Eastman.”

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Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers.

Pythodd Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. pythoddjazzroom.com. 8-11 p.m.

The Djangoners. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle. org. 7 p.m.

Michael Sherman. Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, 1344 University Ave. 319-5279. joebeanroasters.com. 7:309:30 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]

Animal Sounds, The Capitals, and Annasun. Flour City

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Armory, 900 E. Main St. 716893-2900. afterdarkpresents. com/. 7 p.m. $38-$43.

Igor & The Red Elvises.

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

8:30 p.m. $15-$17.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] John McCutcheon. Rochester Christian Reformed Church, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. goldenlink.org. 7:30 p.m. $20-$27.

Savannah & the Kings.

Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 224-1224. threeheadsbrewing.com/.

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Dylan Foley & Dan Gurney.

Dunleavy Irish Music & Dance, 101 Lincoln Parkway. 709-9744. dunleavyirishdance.com.

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Jess Novak Band. Dinosaur

Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 3257090. dinosaurbarbque.com.

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Red, Fred, and Weems. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7 p.m.

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

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Brothers Osborne and Lanco & Lucie Salvas. Anthology, 336

Cold Sweat Band. Pythodd

Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. pythoddjazzroom. com. 8-11 p.m.

Deborah Branch. Amaya Indian Cuisine, 1900 S. Clinton Ave. 241-3223. amayabarandgrill.com.

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

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

FredCostello.com. 7:30 p.m.

The Lance Hoffman Combo.

Harry G’s New York Deli & Café, 678 South Ave. 256-1324. harrygsdeli.com/. 6-8 p.m.

The Nightflys. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 6 p.m. $5. [ R&B/ SOUL ]

The Temptators. Lovin’ Cup,

300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 8 p.m.

artisanchurch.com. 7-9 p.m. $8-$25.

Passive Aggressives Anonymous. Little Theatre

Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle. org/event/Jan16/passiveaggressives-anonymous. 8 p.m.

Patty Larkin. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. 271-9070. cafeveritas.com.

7:30 p.m. $10-$18. [ BLUES ]

Dirty Bourbon Blues Band.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. 325-7090. dinosaurbarbque.com.

10 p.m.

The JD Blues Experiment.

House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500. houseofguitars.com.

4:30 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]

RPO: Seaman Conducts Elgar & Beethoven. Kodak Hall at

Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 454-2100. rpo.org. 8 p.m. $23-$114.

Telos Trio. Hochstein Recital Hall, 50 Plymouth Ave N. 454 4596. hochstein.org. 7:30 p.m.

With special guest, renowned storyteller Jay Stetzer. $5. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ]

Y2K Dance Party: DJ Alykhan.

Buta Pub, 315 Gregory St. 563-6241. butapub.com. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 21+. [ JAZZ ]

[ POP/ROCK ] The Fools. Milly’s HandleBar, 3120 Kittering Rd. 377-0711. harvsharley.com. 5-9 p.m.

Nod, Hinkley, Jungle Heart.

Monty’s Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m. $5.

Slighshot Dakota, Kississippi, Oh Manitou, and Madeline McQueen & The Breeze. Bug

Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 9 p.m.

Tim Avery Benefit Show.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. tecshows.com.

5-11 p.m. Featuring music from I Set My Friends on Fire, Storm the Bay, Borrowed Time, and more. $10 donation.

Wilxy and Crump, The Dirty Pennies, and The Grease Creepers. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 3193832. firehousesaloon.com.

9 p.m.-1 a.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Doug Alan Wilcox. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info.

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Honey & Vinegar. Flaherty’s Webster, 1200 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-0816. flahertys. com. 9 p.m.

Matthew Smith & Indelible Grace. Artisan Church, 1235

South Clinton Ave. 414-9193.

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Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place.

Pittsford. 585-641-0340. viagirasole.com. 7-10 p.m.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley

Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202. FredCostello.com.

7:30 p.m.

Loren Barrigar and Fred Vine & Jed Curran. Bop

Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. bopshop. com. 8:30 p.m. $15.

Mike Melito Trio. Pythodd Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. pythoddjazzroom. com. 8-11 p.m. Jazz Music.

Raymond Shiner Jazz Award Concert. Nazareth College

Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue. 389-2700. naz. edu/dept/music. 7:30-9 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ]

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Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. facebook.com/ thecaliforniabrewhaus. 5 p.m.

Fit for an Autopsy, Lorna Shore, No Zodiac, Face Your Maker, King Pariah, and Shepard of Rot. Bug Jar, 219

Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $15.

Harrison B. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500. houseofguitars.com. 1 p.m.

Lil Anne & Hot Cayenne.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com/. -Nov. 13, 7:15 p.m. $12-$15.

Mikaela Davis and Dangerbyrd. Three Heads

Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. threeheadsbrewing.com/. 8 p.m. $10.

Periodic Table of Elephants Live Album Recording. Bug

Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com. 5 p.m. Free.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 [ CLASSICAL ] Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. christchurchrochester. org. 9-9:30 p.m. Donations appreciated.

Richard Becker, piano.

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

Rochester Chamber Orchestra.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 442-9778. rocchamberorchestra.org. 3-5 p.m. $10-$30.

RTOS October Theater Organ Concert. Rochester Auditorium

Theatre, 885 E. Main St. 2342295. rtosonline.org. 2:30-5 p.m. $15. [ JAZZ ]

John Palocy and Gary Cummings Duo. Pythodd Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 4916649. pythoddjazzroom.com.

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Quintron and Miss Pussycat will play on Wednesday, October 19, at the Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. 9 p.m. $10-$12. bugjar.com; quintronandmisspussycat.com.

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Lil Anne & Hot Cayenne.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com/. Nov. 13, 7:15 p.m. $12-$15.

Long Live the Goat, Fox 45, The Cage Kings. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Watkins and the Rapiers. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7 p.m. [ JAZZ ]

Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri. Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354. bopshop.com.

8 p.m. $10-$20. [ POP/ROCK ]

Amanda Lee Peers. Genesee Brew House, 25 Cataract St. 263-9200. geneseebeer.com.

6-8 p.m.

Lil Anne & Hot Cayenne.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com/. Nov. 13, 7:15 p.m. $12-$15.

Ryan Sutherland. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 5443500. houseofguitars.com.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 [ JAZZ ]

Julian Garvue. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com. 7 p.m. $10. [ POP/ROCK ]

Lil Anne & Hot Cayenne.

Harmony House, 58 East Main St. Webster. 727-4119. rochesterzydeco.com/. Nov. 13, 7:15 p.m. $12-$15.

My Empty Phantom and Komrads. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $7-$9.

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Culture

Art Exhibits

have done. Exactly what final form that work is going to take, I have yet to decide.

The project’s initial goal was to photograph strangers on the streets of NYC. Was there a particular moment where you decided to include the interviewing aspect?

That was very evolutionary and incremental. I first moved to New York with the goal of just doing a photography project, and plotting the photographs on a map. Gradually along the way I started naturally having conversations with people I was stopping to photograph. I started adding little quotes, and those quotes turned into longer quotes, which turned into full-blown interviews. I went from spending 10 seconds with someone on the street to take their photo, to now, a lot of times, I’ll spend between one and two hours with them, learning their story.

Do you have any particular favorites, or any that you reflect upon more than others?

Brandon Stanton, creator of the popular blog Humans of New York, will speak at RIT this weekend as part of the Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. PHOTO PROVIDED

People in the streets Brandon Stanton and Humans of New York LECTURE AS PART OF RIT’S BRICK CITY HOMECOMING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 GORDON FIELD HOUSE, RIT CAMPUS, ONE LOMB MEMORIAL DRIVE 2 P.M. | $5-$15 | RIT.EDU/BRICKCITY [ INTERVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

When Brandon Stanton moved to New York City in 2010, he planned to embark on a photography project to document 10,000 people on the streets. Since then, he’s added a powerful interview component, pairing each photo with quotes from that pictured individual. These stories vary from sweet accounts of how couples got together to anecdotes of devastating and unresolved loss, or moments of philosophy from strangers so profound that you bookmark them for future reference. This weekend, Stanton will give a talk on HONY during Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Stanton’s blog is available on Facebook and Instagram, where it has more than 22.5 million followers. And his project is ever-evolving — he’s interviewed politicians and other famous faces, created several

series of photographs and interviews that reveal the unique experiences of individuals who share similar circumstances, and published his work in bestselling books. City Newspaper spoke with Stanton in advance of his Rochester visit. The following is an edited version of that conversation. And for more of this conversation, go online to rochestercitynewspaper.com.

City: What does an average work day look like for you?

Brandon Stanton: It’s a little different

these days. I’ve been working on a film project for about two and a half years now.

I used to interview and post about four people a day. I’m still interviewing about five to six people a day, but half of them are on film, and half are photography.

I normally work a couple of shifts — I go out in the morning and do my photography, then I’ll go out in the late afternoon and I will do film interviews.

I’ve got about 1200 interviews on film now that nobody’s seen before.

How will that manifest in the future?

My goal is to get a television series out of it. But that is still up in the air. I wanted to do the work first, to create this substantial collection of video interviews with random strangers on the streets of New York, which I

I think the series themselves — inside of prisons, the pediatric cancer series, or the refugee series — the kind of deeper series that delve into topics that stay with you longer, because it’s a longer journey. Those are done over two to three week periods. But I do enjoy them all. Major conflicts or major tragedies are poignant, but sometimes it’s good to counterbalance that with something that’s lighthearted and fun.

You recently included Hillary Clinton in your project, and she offered some insight about her personal experiences. How did this come about?

They contacted me early in the primary season.

I kind of anticipated it, because I interviewed President Obama a couple of years ago, so I was wondering whether they would reach out, and they did. But they wanted to wait until the primary was done. I sat down with her for 45 minutes, and they were very hands-off about it. I was appreciative of that, and what came out of it was pretty great, I think.

In terms of other well-known people, who do you most want to include in your project?

There are a decent amount of them. I would like to sit down longer with President Obama, when he’s done, that’s one of my goals. I spoke with Elon Musk very briefly at the Met Gala, but I’d like to do a longer interview with him.

But in general, the stories I like to tell them most are those of ordinary people. I have more pride in telling the story of somebody who’s never been interviewed before than telling the story of somebody who’s been interviewed a thousand times. I think it’s more unique to find stories that haven’t been told.

[ OPENING ] Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Ceramics, Furniture, and Still Life Painting. 315-462-0210. mainstreetartsgallery.com.; Through Nov. 15. Opening reception Sat. Oct. 15, 4-7 p.m. Curated exhibition of ceramics and furniture with still life paintings, by 15 local artists and makers. 315-462-0210. mainstreetartsgallery.com.; Setting the Table. Through Nov. 25. Opening reception Sat. Oct. 15, 4-7 p.m. Collaborative works by ceramic artists and furniture makers. 315-462-0210. mainstreetartsgallery.com. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS Art Museum of Rochester, 610 Monroe Ave. A Fraternity of Artists.

Through Oct. 31. A series of group art exhibitions featuring artists from the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. facebook.com/ ArtMuseumOfRochester/.

AsIs Gallery, Sage Art Center, Wilson Blvd. Things. Through Oct. 14. A University of Rochester student exhibit in AsIs Gallery that revolves around an assigned found object. 273-2267. sageartcenter.com/asis-gallery/.

Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, 1 College Dr. 50th Anniversary Exhibit. Through Oct. 15. Curated artwork by Lauren Slezak. 245-5813. geneseo.edu.

Gallery R, 100 College Ave. Three: Meng Du l Namdoo Kim l Rebecca Arday. Through Oct. 23.

School of American Crafts, Glass Studio residents and RIT alumni.

256-3312. galleryr.rit.edu.

Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Elyse Capel: A Retrospective. Through Oct. 29. Opening reception Fri. Oct. 14, 5-7 p.m. Work by Elyse Capell. thegeiselgallery.com.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Elements of the ROC. Through Oct. 30. Black and white photos by Don Menges. imagecityphotographygallery.com.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. The Power of Observation. Through Oct. 31.

Painting by Sam Paonessa. 2641440. internationalartacquisitions. com/.

Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. Eye Speak. Through Oct. 15. Digital collage artworks

by Nell Painter. 245-5813. geneseo.edu.

Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Diptycvh. Extended through Oct. 31. Work by Nigel Maister and Vernacular photography form.

Two bodies of work, at both Gallery Q and Lumiere Photo. lumierephoto.com.

Makers Gallery and Studio, 34 Elton Street. Fernweh.

Through Oct. 28. Closing reception and live painting Fri. Oct. 28, 7 p.m. New works

by Shawnee Hill. 507-3569. makersgalleryandstudio.com.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. War Stories.

Through Oct. 16. Afghan War Rugs, maps, weapons and army tanks, portraits of kings, khans and military leaders; and War Memoranda, photographer Binh Danh and poet Robert Schultz have drawn upon the words of Walt Whitman to reflect on war.

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Change is in the air at Geva Theatre Center as the 2016-17 season kicks off. An extensive, seven-year renovation project, brand new housing for actors nearby, and the addition of new executive and development directors is ushering in a new era for the regional theater.

Because of the renovations, the season opening was pushed back a full month. Playing off the comedic success of last season’s bestselling “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” the opener chosen for this season is “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. The show opened on Broadway in 1962, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical.

In the opening show-within-a-show number, “Comedy Tonight,” the plot is thoroughly explained to the audience: boy sees girl, boy wants girl, slave wants freedom, slave is promised freedom if he can get girl for boy. The show mixes classic Greek mythology, farce, satire, and a pinch of vaudevillian: it’s a comedy (of errors) tonight.

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A certain type of actor usually plays the lead, Pseudolus (the Greek word for “faker”). It takes a character actor who can also sing — more difficult to find than it sounds — for the sort of “sidekick” type character who is suddenly thrust center stage and trusted with the fate of the show. Famed stage and screen actor Zero Mostel (who also played roles like Max in “The Producers” and Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof”) originated the role, and Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg have both played the role in revival productions. Steve Rosen, a Pittsford Sutherland graduate who has gone on to star in both stage and screen productions around the nation, makes his Geva debut in this role.

Rosen easily steals the show. He’s engaging to the point of breaking the fourth wall with a wink, but talented enough to be taken seriously.

His counterpart is Hysterium (the hilarious Mark Bedard), slave-in-chief for the same family Pseudolus serves. A host of younger actors — including SUNY Geneseo junior Jessica Murphy — play the Greek youth and courtesans (and have physiques that showcase the primarily skin-tight, revealing costumes designed by Devon Painter).

The only thing that challenges Rosen for the spotlight is 2 Ring Circus, a New York City-based group that combines aerial arts, acrobatics and musical theater to add an impressive physical showcase to “A Funny Thing.” The performers — Joshua Dean, Ben Franklin, Kenneth Ziegler, and Lani Corson — are trained actors as well, and hold actual roles in the show (The Proteans and Vibrata,

respectively). Choreography by Rommy Sandhu plays nicely into this, with lots of colorful props and missed connections in the fast-paced numbers.

Director Melissa Rain Anderson is known and loved by Geva audiences for her recurring roles in “A Christmas Carol” and her sold-out directing success of last year’s “Spamalot,” and 2013’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Anderson excels with works that rely on comedic timing, and this production is another such achievement.

A cartoonish feel from the set design by Adam Koch, lighting by Brian Lilienthal, and sound effects by Bart Fasbender builds the show’s world around the audience, while the orchestra under the stage (conducted by Don Kot) doesn’t get nearly the credit it deserves for performing at Sondheim’s pace.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” is silly, satirical, bawdy vaudeville masquerading as musical theater. At first glance, there’s little substance — but upon closer examination, it’s a show that feels eerily relevant.

Scantily clad courtesans parade around, pageantstyle, while male characters treat them with the same amount of respect one might expect from a certain presidential candidate.

But unlike this year’s presidential election, there truly is something for everyone in this show. Even those who balk at the see-through storyline (and costumes) or roll their eyes at the constant puns will find a laugh during the two-hour run — and that’s something everyone could use.

Nazareth College Colacino Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Ronald Gonzalez: Recent Sculpture. Through Oct. 22. 389-5073. naz.edu.

Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Imitations. Through Oct. 15.

Paintings by Carolyn Edlund and Fran Noonan. 271-5885. oxfordgallery.com.

Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. Emerging Artists of Central New York. Through Oct. 16. Rebecca Aloisio, Madeline Bartley, Aweñheeyoh Powless of the Onondaga Nation, and Eeva Siivonen of Helsinki, Finland. 315-255-1553. schweinfurtharcenter.org.

Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. Mary Ann Scarborough. Through Oct. 14. Silk, embroidery, and glass beads form bold, abstract compositions in hand-sewn pieces. 395-2805. brockport.edu/ finearts.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Units. Through Oct. 22. An exhibition of artists’ works that use an image’s syntax by Greg Climer, included are works in photography, fibers, film, digital media, and book artworks by historical and contemporary artists. 442-8676. vsw.org.

William Harris Gallery, Lomb Memorial Dr. Roaming Realities: Five MFA Alumni. Presented by the William Harris Gallery.

475-2716. facebook.com/ WilliamHarrisGallery.

Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Scenic New York. Through Oct. 23.

Landscapes in oil by Carol Thiel. rochesterunitarian.org.

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SPECIAL EVENT | UPSTATE SOCIAL SESSIONS Upstate Social Sessions is helping teach professionals to keep up with the ever-growing presence of social media.

The day-long conference will host national and local social media gurus, like New York Times’s Neeti Upadhye, multimedia producer Corey Takahashi, and WXXI’s Helene Biandudi Hofer, to help guide attendees through personal and professional skills for the web, like how to create a brand or manage businesses. The conference is run by a team of professionals with backgrounds in the Rochester community, such as the Rochester Brainery and Yelp Rochester.

Upstate Social Sessions will take place Saturday, October 15, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., at the School of the Arts, 45 Prince Street. General admission is $65; student tickets are $30; VIP tickets are $100. For more information and a full schedule of the event’s sessions, visit upstatesocialsessions.com.

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Art Events [ FRI., OCTOBER 14 ] Forms of Content, Artworks

by Luvon Sheppard. 5-7 p.m.

Davison Gallery, Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr New abstract paintings and sculptures 594-6442. roberts.edu. [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] Ali Meyer Artist Showcase. 12-4 p.m. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place . Pittsford 6410340. vgwinebar@gmail.com. viagirasole.com.

Flower City Potter Invitational.

Oct. 15-16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, 713 Monroe Ave. Through Oct. 16. Opening reception Oct. 14, 6-8:30 p.m., $20. Pottery exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and talks by the visiting artists $20 opening reception. 271-5183. rochesterarts.org.

Comedy [ THU., OCTOBER 13 ] Ari Shaffir. Oct. 13-15. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd Webster Thurs. Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., Fri. Oct. 14, 7:30 & 10 p.m., and Sat. Oct. 15, 7:30 & 10 p.m $12-$15. thecomedyclub.us.

Dance Events [ WED., OCTOBER 12 ] Autumn Dance Music. 8 p.m.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Performances by Alaina Olivieri, Donna Davenport, Laurie MacFarlane, and Ruben T. Ornelas $8-$10. 917-224-2347. muccc.org/events. continues on page 26

DANCE | “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” The dancers of New York State Ballet are preparing for their next adventure down the rabbit hole with “Alice in Wonderland.” Following the classic story by Lewis Carroll, a young woman named Alice finds herself in a tea party with a Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat, as well as playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts. The non-profit organization uses art as an educational tool, making classical ballet accessible for, and appreciated by, young community members. This will be choreographer, and Rochester resident, Sarah Rothrock-Rickel’s first full-length choreography for NYSB, bringing her international and local skills to the piece.

New York State Ballet will perform “Alice in Wonderland” on Friday, October 14, through Sunday, October 16, at Penfield High School Auditorium 25 High School Drive, Penfield. 7 p.m. on Friday; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday; and 2 p.m. on Sunday. $10-$30.1-800-838-3006; newyorkstateballet.org.

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[ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] Stokoe Farms Harvest Fest Opens.

10 a.m.-5 p.m Stokoe Farms, 656 South Rd, Scottsville $14. 8890770. StokoeFarms.com.

Wine & Chocolate Festival. 1-4 & 5-8 p.m. Dome Fair & Expo, 2695 E. Henrietta Rd . Henrietta 100+ wines to sample $10$25. 315-471-9597. wineandchocolatefestivals.com/.

[ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] An Evening with Jon KabatZinn. 7-9 p.m. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. $25-$50.

473-9180. RZC.org/50thanniversary-lecture/. [ SUN., OCTOBER 16 ] Rochester Area Vegan Society: Michael Klaper. 5:30 p.m. Brighton Town Park, 777 Westfall Rd. $3 NonRAVS members 621-8794. rochesterveg.org.

Film [ THU., OCTOBER 13 ] Polish Film Festival: Decalogue 3 & 4. 8 p.m. Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave 271-4090. rochester. edu. [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] Luther Price: Experimental Excavations. 8 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. $5 suggested donation. 442-8676. vsw.org. [ MON., OCTOBER 17 ] PBS Arts Fall Festival Kick Off with Hamilton’s America. 7-9 p.m. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. thelittle.org/. [ TUE., OCTOBER 18 ] Islamic History of Europe: The Golden Age. 12:30 p.m. Finger Lakes Community College, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr Lecture Hall 2775. Documentary by Rageh Omar 785-1623. flcc.edu.

Holiday Castle of Horrors. Through Oct. 30, 7 p.m. Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. $20. 232-3221. castleofhorrors.com/. [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] ZooBoo. 10 a.m.-3 p.m Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St. Paul St Through Oct. 30. Starts Oct. 15, every Sat. & Sun. Activities include trick-or-treat stations, costume parades, Scarecrow Village, and more Admission + $8.50. 3367202. senecaparkzoo.org/zooboo.

THEATER | “MY FAIR LADY”

SPECIAL EVENT | THE SPECTRAL CARNIVAL

To say “My Fair Lady” is a stage classic might sell it short. The musical — about a phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, who takes a bet to transform a Cockney working-class woman, Eliza Doolittle, into a high society lady — premiered on Broadway in 1956, winning several Tony Awards (including for Best Musical), and set a record at the time for longest running Broadway show. In the 60 years since, the show was adapted for an Oscar-winning film, and has been periodically revived, usually to acclaim. Alan Jay Lerner (who wrote the book) and Frederick Loewe (composed the music) certainly hit gold when they adapted George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”

This weekend, the 5th annual Spectral Carnival returns to the spooky setting of St. Joseph’s Park (118 Pleasant Street). Each fall, the gothic stone bones of the 19th century church — all that remains from a 1974 fire — are transformed from a quiet-as-the-grave space filled with sylvan overgrown and birdsong, to the site of creative wonders.

RAPA opened its 2016-17 Broadway Classics Season last weekend with “My Fair Lady,” under the artistic and vocal music direction of Judith Ranaletta. With orchestral direction

by Terry Bacon, choreography by Terri Filips Vaughan, Alison Cuchiarale as assistant musical director, and a set designed by John Haldoupis, “My Fair Lady” features Mark Bradley Miller as Henry Higgins, and Kaitlyn Baldwin as Eliza Doolittle. (Baldwin has had leading roles in several large RAPA productions, including “Mary Poppins” and “Little Shop of Horrors.”)

“My Fair Lady” continues Friday, October 14, through Sunday, October 16, at Kodak Center for Performing Arts, 200 West Ridge Road. 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. on Sunday. $19.75-$49.50. 254-0073; kodakcenter.org.

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[ MON., OCTOBER 17 ] Lifestyle as Medicine: Michael Klaper. 7:30 p.m.

Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave $10-$20. roclifemed.com. [ TUE., OCTOBER 18 ] The Psychic Highway: How the Erie Canal Changed America. 7 p.m. Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St Presented

by Michael T. Keene perintonhistoricalsociety.org.

Presented by The Yards Collective Art Space, the carnival is a two-day event that features musical and performance acts, face painting, henna, tarot reading, crafts, a photo booth, and carnival games for children and adults. The event also offers refreshments for purchase, a costume contest, and a theme that sets the tone for the Halloween season. This year’s theme is The Gilded Cage Hotel, and each of the organizers and performers will be adorned accordingly. Carnival-goers should dress for the weather — there is technically no “indoors,” as the church is topless.

Literary Events [ THU., OCTOBER 13 ] Rochester Arts & Lectures.

7:30-8:30 p.m. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street Cornelius Eady, Marie Howe and Philip Schultz with moderator Anthony Leuzzi $15-$30. 546-8658. artsandlectures.org.

The Spectral Carnival takes place Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event is adults-only during those hours, so bring the under-18 kiddos on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., during which time children’s musician Mr. Loops will perform Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children, and can be purchased at the door or online at theyardsrochester.com.

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[ FRI., OCTOBER 14 ] Edgar Allan Poe Theatrical Tours. Oct. 14. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford Through Oct. 21. Tours depart Thurs. Oct. 20, 6:308:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat. Oct. 14, 15, 21, 6-9:30 p.m.

Brings Poe’s tales to life with theatrical tours $19-$23.

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Meetings [ SUN., OCTOBER 16 ] Small Votes: Civic Discussion Series. Small World Books, 425 North St. 232-6970. facebook. com/smallworldbooks/.

Museum Exhibit [ SUN., OCTOBER 16 ] Open House. 1-3 p.m. Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society Station Museum, 8 E. High St 289-9149. lvrrhs.org/.

Recreation [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] Apple Pressing. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sterling Nature Center,

15380 Jenzvold Rd 315-9476143. snc@co.cayuga.ny.us. cayugacounty.us.

Fall Foliage. 11 a.m. Mount Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue 461-3494. fomh.org.

Special Events [ WED., OCTOBER 12 ] Friend’s of the Seymour Library Fall Book Sale. 6-9 p.m.

Seymour Public Library, 161 East Avenue . Brockport 6371050. seymourlibraryweb.org. [ THU., OCTOBER 13 ] Candidate Forum on Disability Issues. 6-8 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square 546-7510. cdrnys.org.

Daystar Recognition Breakfast.

8 a.m. Strathallan, 550 East Ave $50. 385-6287 x 23. daystarkids.org. [ FRI., OCTOBER 14 ] Science Museum meets Speakeasy. 7-11 p.m. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 21+. 1920s themed night of music, dance lessons, science experiments, and more $10-$30. 271-4320. rmsc.org.

Think Like a Startup: Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian.

2-4 p.m. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. $10. 475-2199. saunders.rit. edu/news/events/gasser/. [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ]

Highland Park Conservancy Fall Photo Tour. 9-11 a.m.

Highland Park, 171 Reservoir Ave. monroecounty.gov/parksconservatory.

Holistic Healing Expo & Psychic Festival. Oct. 15-16. Damascus Shrine Center, 979 Bay Rd. 6717701. newmoonforyou.com.

Mellow Melodies-Breast Cancer Fundraiser. 7-10 p.m. Mellow Mug, 616a Pittsford-Victor Rd . Pittsford Featuring music by vocalist Kitty Forbush and Keyboard accompanist Scott Wright $10 Donation. 585-2499310. mellowmug.co.

Pumpkins, Pooches, & Purs Fundraiser. 1-4 p.m.

Grossmans Garden & Home, 1801 Fairport Nine Mile Point Rd . Penfield Event includes

pet costume contest 3771982. grossmans.com. [ SUN., OCTOBER 16 ] Durand Eastman Park Arboretum Tours. 2-4 p.m Durand Park, Zoo Rd. lot 261-1665.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Frontier Field, 1 Morrie Silver Way 2244917. makingstrideswalk.org/ rochester.

Theater Festival of New Theatre. Oct. 12-23. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Free, registration required 232-4382. gevatheatre.org.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Through

Nov. 6. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through Nov. 6. Sondheim’s rollicking Roman musical romp $25+. 232-4382. gevatheatre.org.

Workshops The History of Leather, Material and Tools. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

David Lane Design Studio, 1115 East Main St Door #2 Suite 450 $15. 730-7034. info@rochesterbrainery.com. rochesterbrainery.com. [ SAT., OCTOBER 15 ] Iroquois White Corn Cooking Class. Oct. 15. Ganondagan State Historic Site, 1488 New York 444 $25-$30. 742-1690. ganondagan.org/.

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

Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com

Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com

Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com

Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com

Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org

Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com

Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com

Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com

Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com

The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org

Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com

Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com

Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com

Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com

Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com

Jumping the tracks “The Girl on the Train” (R), DIRECTED BY TATE TAYLOR NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

Based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, “The Girl on the Train” is a whodunit in the vein of “Gone Girl.” Maybe it’s unfair to juxtapose the two stories, but the makers of this film are so clearly hoping to recapture the success of David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s viciously clever mystery that the comparisons are unavoidable.

Both are chilly thrillers adapted from best-selling books featuring missing blonde women, unreliable narrators, and nonlinear storytelling — hell, “Girl on the Train” is even being released on the first weekend of

October just like “Gone Girl” was two years ago. But aside from a great performance from Emily Blunt, the “Girl on the Train” comes up short, lacking the earlier film’s smarts and wicked sense of humor.

Blunt plays Rachel, a woman who spends all her time fixating on one specific moment of her day: the time during her commute from the suburbs into New York City when her train stops and through her window, she can observe beautiful, young Megan (Haley Bennett) in her gorgeous home along the tracks. Through these brief glimpses, Rachel sees Megan and her husband, Scott (Luke Evans), and imagines their picture-perfect lives together.

Megan and Scott’s home just so happens to be two doors down from the house Rachel once shared with now exhusband Tom (Justin Theroux), where he now lives with his new wife Anna (a fragile Rebecca Ferguson, far from the fierce spy she portrayed in the most recent “Mission: Impossible” film) and their infant daughter. A stay-athome mom, Anna employs Megan as a nanny.

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But we learn Megan’s life isn’t as blissful as Rachel assumes. She’s suffocating in her domestic life, venting in sessions with her psychiatrist, Dr. Kamal Abdic (played by Édgar Ramírez, because apparently Middle Eastern and Hispanic are interchangeable in Hollywood) about her desire for some sort of escape.

At first glance Rachel appears to be doing OK for herself, but a closer look reveals exactly how damaged she really is. Constantly sipping vodka out of the water bottle she carries with her everywhere she goes, she rides the train every day to nowhere in particular, keeping up the appearance that she still has her PR job in the city and wasn’t actually fired months ago.

Growing more unstable, she obsesses over the perfect life she’s imagined in her head, until one day she sees what appears to be Megan kissing another man, and Rachel’s world suddenly collapses. Enraged, she disembarks to get a closer look, only to awaken back in her apartment with bruises, covered in blood and news that Megan has disappeared. Now Rachel has to sift through her hazy, booze-addled memories, hoping to piece together what actually happened to Megan and keep one step ahead of the investigation by Detective Riley (an underutilized Allison Janney), who sees her as a prime suspect.

Director Tate Taylor (“The Help”) and writer Erin Cressida Wilson don’t do much to enliven the material for the screen, and drain the film of any suspense or tension. What should at the very least be good, trashy fun

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is instead so morose and depressed that there’s little pleasure to be had. While the novel shifts between the three women’s perspectives, the film doesn’t bother to develop them enough for the characters to register as actual flesh-andblood people so much as ciphers in the story’s examination of perception versus reality.

The entire cast (including Lisa Kudrow in a small, but crucial role) has demonstrated that they’re capable of much more than they’re asked to do here. Emily Blunt has proven herself to be one of the most talented and versatile actors of her generation, and there’s a depth to her portrayal of alcoholic, broken Rachel that the film around her ultimately can’t support.

With its “Rear Window” style plot and vaguely feminist themes, there’s some interesting avenues the story’s premise might have explored — about how women are encouraged to measure themselves against one another, determining their success by how well they can perform the duties of wife and mother, and the inevitable feeling of inadequacy if they don’t easily slip into those predetermined roles.

But the script never attempts to really dig into any of the ideas it attempts to raise.

“The Girl on the Train” eventually jumps the tracks as it chugs toward a climax that’s meant to be pulse-pounding, but instead feels predictable and more than a little silly. In the end, the destination doesn’t feel worth the trip.

Visit rochestercitynewspaper.com on Friday for additional film coverage, including reviews of “Under the Shadow” and “A Man Called Ove.”

[ OPENING ] THE ACCOUNTANT (R): As a math savant cooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise. Starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, and John Lithgow. Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown BOOM! (1968): Drama based on the Tennessee Williams play about the confrontation between a woman who has everything, and a penniless poet who has nothing but the ability to fill the wealthy woman’s needs. Dryden (Sun., Oct 16, 2 p.m.; Mon., Oct. 17, 1:30 p.m.)

DECALOGUE FIVE & SIX (1989): The next installments of Polish director Krzysztof Kielowski’s epic miniseries based around the Ten Commandments.

Dryden (Thu., Oct. 13, 8 p.m.)

FROZEN RIVER (2008): An upstate New York trailer mom is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling.

Melissa Leo stars, in an Oscarnominated role. Dryden (Fri., Oct. 14, 8 p.m.)

HISTORY LESSONS (1972): Set in contemporary Rome, this film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political manipulation by ancient Roman society led to Caesar’s dictatorship. Dryden (Wed., Oct. 12, 8 p.m.)

KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW? (R): Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta MAX STEEL (PG): The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbocharged superhero Max Steel.

Canandaigua, Culver, Greece [ CONTINUING] BAD MOMS (R): Frazzled moms Mila Kunis, Kristen

Bell, and Kathryn Hahn band together to take down the queen bees of the PTA (played

by Christina Applegate and Jada Pinkett Smith) in this comedy from the writers of “The Hangover.” Movies 10 THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS (NR): A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles’ 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966. Directed by Ron Howard. Little THE BIRTH OF A NATION (R): The true story of Nat Turner, a slave who leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Webster BLAIR WITCH (R): After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his sister’s experiences in the demonic woods of the Blair Witch, a young man and his friends head to the forest in search of his lost sibling. Culver DEEPWATER HORIZON (PG13): Mark Wahlberg stars in this story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster DON’T BREATHE (R): A group of teens break into a blind man’s home thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime. They’re wrong. Culver, Eastview, Greece THE DRESSMAKER (R): In 1950s Australia, a talented dressmaker returns to her rural hometown seeking revenge for the wrongs from her past.

Starring Kate Winslet, Hugo Weaving, and Liam Hemsworth.

Little, Pittsford FINDING DORY (PG): Pixar’s sequel to their smash “Finding Nemo” finds Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) going off on a journey of her own, in search of her long-lost family. Movies 10 FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG-13): A New York heiress dreams of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Starring Meryl

Streep. Movies 10 GHOSTBUSTERS (PG-13): Who you gonna call? Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Movies 10 THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (R): Emily Blunt stars as a young woman who witnesses a murder on her way into work and becomes entangled in the ensuing investigation. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster JASON BOURNE (PG-13): Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass return to the Bourne franchise with this newest installment, which finds the super spy digging further into his mysteriously knotty past. Movies 10 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (PG-13): In this remake of John Sturges’ classic western, seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, and Vincent D’onofrio.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster MASTERMINDS (PG-13): A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Kristen, Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Owen Wilson, and Leslie Jones.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE (PG): Sick of middle school, a teen and his best friend plan to break every rule in the school handbook. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (PG-13): Tim Burton directs this fantasy about a teenager who finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster QUEEN OF KATWE (PG): Based on the true story of a young girl who overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a chess master.

Starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo. Canandaigua, Eastview, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (PG): This animated adventure chronicles what our pets get up to when we’re not around. Culver STAR TREK BEYOND (PG-13): The Enterprise crew continue to boldly go where no man has gone before. Movies 10 STORKS (PG): An animated adventure set in a world where storks have moved on from delivering babies to become a package delivery service. But when a baby is inadvertently manufactured, chaos ensues.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster SUICIDE SQUAD (PG-13): A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, and Jared Leto. Culver, Movies 10, Vintage Drive-In SULLY (PG-13): Clint Eastwood directs the story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, and Anna Gunn.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster WAR DOGS (R): Based a true story, following two friends who won a $300 million contract with the Pentagon to arm America’s Afghani allies.

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Best Burger Bill Gray’s | The Gate House | Good Luck | Swillburger

Best Mediterranean Restaurant Aladdin’s | Saha Med Grill | Sinbad’s | Voula’s Greek Sweets

Best Barbecue Dinosaur | Good Smoke | Sticky Lips | Texas Bar-B-Q Joint

Best Caribbean Restaurant D’Mangu | Havana Cabana | Natural Vibes Jerk Hut | Peppa Pot

Best Wings The Distillery | Jeremiah’s Tavern | Richmond’s Tavern | Windjammers

Best Asian Restaurant Chen Garden | Flavors of Asia | Han Noodle Bar | The King & I

Best Fish Fry Bill Gray’s | Captain Jim’s Fish Market | The Old Toad | Wegmans

Best Sushi California Rollin’ | Plum House | Shiki | Wegmans

Best Place for a Rochester “Plate” Dogtown | Henrietta Hots | Mark’s Texas Hots | Nick Tahou’s Hots

Best Vegetarian/Vegan Eats The Owl House | The Red Fern | Vive Bistro and Bakery | Voula’s Greek Sweets

Best Bagel Bagel Land | Balsam Bagels | Brownstein’s Deli & Bakery | Wegmans

Best Coffee Fuego | Glen Edith | Java’s Café | Joe Bean

Best Dessert Abbott’s | Cheesy Eddie’s | Phillips European Restaurant | Sinful Sweets Best Food Cart/Food Truck Le Petit Poutine | Macarollin’ | Marty’s Meats | Stingray SushiFushion Best Diner Highland Park Diner | James Brown’s Place | Jay’s Diner | South Wedge Diner Best Mexican Restaurant John’s Tex-Mex | La Casa | Monte Alban | Salena’s Best Italian Restaurant Fiorella | Guido’s Pasta Villa | Mr. Dominic’s | Osteria Rocco 30 CITY SEPTEMBER 32 OCTOBER 12-18, 21-27, 2016 2016

Best Barista (Name, location) Tony Colon (Fuego) | Ryan Baker (Glen Edith and Meraki Coffee) | Jessica Stroud Sapia (Café Sasso) | Rory Van Grol (Ugly Duck Coffee) Best Outdoor Dining Genesee Brew House | Napa Wood Fired Pizza | The Owl House | TRATA Best Cheap Eats Aladdin’s | Dogtown | John’s Tex-Mex | Mark’s Texas Hots Best New Restaurant (Opened on or after September 1, 2015) Fiorella | Nosh | Swillburger | Thai Mii Up

GOODS & SERVICES

Best New Retail Store (Opened on or after September 1, 2015) Just Games | Second Chic | Trilogy Fashion Foundry Best Bike Shop Full Moon Vista | Park Ave Bike | Towners Bike Shop | Towpath Bike Shop

Best Fitness Trainer (Name, location) Danny Maffia (Bounce Aerobics) | Chris Manioci (Get It Right Fitness) | Robert Ortiz (Bert’s Box) | Karen Rogers (Exercise Express) Best Yoga Instructor (Name, location) Jesse Amesmith (YogaVibe) | Aimee Senise Connors (Tru Yoga) | Nicole Milano (Breathe Yoga) | Thomas Somerville (Harro East Athletic Club)

Best Salon Gallery Salon | La Salon Bianca | Scott Miller | World Hair Best Barbershop Barbetorium | Bauman’s Barbershop | Dandedeville | The Gentleman’s Barber Best Barber/Stylist (Name, location) Andrea Bonawitz (Parlour Hair Salon) | Nikki De May (Gallery Salon) | Anthony Marasco (Barbetorium) | Nico Merritt (Barbetorium) Best Florist Arena’s | Kittelberger Florist | Rockcastle Florist | Stacy K Floral Best Secondhand Store Jane Vintage | Predisposed Vintage | Panache Vintage | Second Chic Best Record Store Bop Shop Records | House of Guitars | Needle Drop | Record Archive

Fi na l P oll!

Best Musical Instrument Store Bernunzio Uptown Music | House of Guitars | Sound Source | Stutzman’s Guitar Center Best Tattoo Parlor Love Hate Tattoo | Physical Graffiti | Pyramid Arts Tattoo | White Tiger Tattoo Best Tattoo Artist (Name, location) Adrien Moses Clark (Love Hate) | Jet DiProjetto (Love Hate and Pyramid Arts) | Adam Francey (Love Hate) | Erik Mannhardt (Steadfast Tattoo) | Ben Wight (Pyramid Arts) Best Piercing Parlor Dorje Adornments | Icon Piercing Studio | Primitive Impressions | The Ultimate Best Local Coffee Roaster Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters | Fuego Coffee Roasters | Glen Edith Coffee Roasters | Joe Bean Coffee Roasters Best Regional Winery 3 Brothers Wineries and Estates | Bully Hill Vineyards | Casa Larga | Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars Best Regional Brewery Genesee Brewing Company | Rohrbach Brewing Company | Swiftwater Brewing | Three Heads Brewing Best Regional Distillery Black Button Distillery | Finger Lakes Distilling | Honeoye Falls Distillery | Iron Smoke Whiskey Best Bakery Get Caked | Leo’s Bakery and Deli | Scratch Bakeshop | Sinful Sweets Best Candy/Chocolate Shop Andy’s Candies | Encore Chocolates | Hedonist Artisan Chocolates | Stever’s Candies

Best Pet-Related Business Bark Avenue Dog | Lollypop Farm Humane Society of Greater Rochester | Natural Pet Foods | Park Ave. Pets

Best Local Podcast 1370 Connections with Evan Dawson | 4 Confessions on a Friday | Finding Tammy Jo | Food About Town

Best Geek-Friendly Business Just Games | Millennium Games | Nox Cocktail Lounge | The Playhouse | Rochester Brainery

Best Local Commercial Jingle Bob Johnson Chevrolet | Cellino and Barnes | Lori’s Natural Foods | Record Archive

LOCAL COLOR

Best Group or Person Improving the Community B.L.A.C.K. | Junior League of Rochester | Shawn Dunwoody | WALL\THERAPY Best Local Eyesore Abandoned Subway | Downtown Rochester | Inner Loop | Medley Centre

Most Significant Local News Story of 2016 74 arrested during downtown Black Lives Matter protest | Charlie Tan case | I-Square/ COMIDA controversy | Seneca Park Zoo names new sea lion “Sunny”

Best Local News Story Ignored in 2016 Black Lives Matter protest | WAYO launch | Police brutality | RCSD’s modernization plan

Best Local Theater Production of 2016 (At a community space) (Name, venue) (Performed on or after September 1, 2015) “The Language Archive” @ MuCCC | “The Presstitutes” @ MuCCC | “Romeo and Juliet” @ Highland Park Bowl | “The Secret Garden” @ Aquinas Institute Best Local Theater Company Blackfriars Theatre | Geva Theatre Center | RAPA | Rochester Broadway Theatre League Best Local Stand-up Comedian Woody Battaglia | Vinnie Paulino | Malcolm Whitfield | Todd Youngman Best Local Comedy Group EstroFest | Geva Comedy Improv | Hardwood | Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv

Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner Genesee Brew House | George Eastman Museum | High Falls | Strong Museum of Play | Wegmans

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Best Local Original Band Joywave | KOPPS | Machine Gun English | Teagan and The Tweeds

Best Local Dance Company Dunleavy Irish Dance | Garth Fagan Dance | Rochester City Ballet | Sirens and Stilettos

Best Local Men’s Sports Team Amerks | Knighthawks | Red Wings | Rhinos

Best Local Solo Musician Jackson Cavalier | Cammy Enaharo | Roger Kuhn | Paul Strowe

Best Local Artist Cordell Cordaro | Jay Lincoln | Mr. Prvrt | Shawn Dunwoody | St. Monci

Best Local Album of 2016 (Released on or after September 1, 2015) “The Devil’s Undertow” by Jackson Cavalier and The Fevertones | “Head Honcho” by Harmonica Lewinski | “Out to Lunch” by Jon Lewis | “Pleasantries” by Total Yuppies

Best Art Exhibit of 2016 (Exhibited on or after September 1, 2015) 6x6x2016 @ RoCo | One Cubic Foot @ Seneca Park Zoo and RoCo | RochesTarot @ Lux Lounge | Hoarders of Cool @ Art Museum of Rochester

Best Live Music Venue (Arena/Large Venue) Blue Cross Arena | CMAC | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre | Main Street Armory

Best Art Gallery ARTISANworks | Makers Gallery and Studio | Memorial Art Gallery | Rochester Contemporary Art Center

Best Local Women’s Sports Team RIT Women’s Hockey | Roc Stars (Roc City Roller Derby) | Western New York Flash Best Local Recreational Sports League Bocce League of Rochester | GRADA Ultimate Frisbee | Hot Shots Volleyball | Kickball League of Rochester Best Local Radio Personality Evan Dawson | Bob Lonsberry | Jeremy Newman | Scott Spezzano | Brother Wease Best Local Radio Station 90.5 WBER | 97.9 WPXY | 104.3 WAYO | 1370 WXXI Best Local TV Personality Don Alhart | Adam Chodak | Doug Emblidge | Scott Hetsko | Norma Holland Best Local TV News Station 8 WROC | 10 WHEC | 13 WHAM | WXXI Best Local Website Rochester Subway (rochestersubway.com) | Rochester Wiki (rocwiki.org) | Sir Rocha Says (sirrochasays.com) | The Rochesteriat (therochesteriat.com) Best Local Facebook Account Lollypop Farm (facebook.com/lollypopfarm) | Rachel Barnhart (facebook.com/Rochester.

Rachel) | Sinful Sweets (facebook.com/ SinfulSweetsROC) | Sir Rocha Says (facebook.com/sirrochasays) Best Local Twitter Feed @akachela | @evandawson | @MedleyCentre | @rachbarnhart | @sirrochasays Best Local Instagram Account @explorerochester | @rocgirlgang | @rochesterny | @sirrochasays

Best Live Music Venue (Club/Small Venue) Abilene | Anthology | Bug Jar | Flour City Station Best Live DJ DJ Alykhan | DJ Darkwave | DJ Kalifornia | MK Ultra Best Local Author Charles Benoit | Frank De Blase | David Cay Johnston | Bethany Snyder Best Local Poet Andrew Conley | Tony Leuzzi | Rachel McKibbens | Jacob Rakovan Best Locally Written Book of 2016 (Published on or after September 1, 2015) “Copper and Stone” by Bethany Snyder | “A Cougar’s Kiss” by Frank De Blase | “The Making of Donald Trump” by David Cay Johnston | “Rochester Through Time” by Mary Hasek Grenier and Emily C. Morry Best Local Theater Production of 2016 (At a resident space) (Name, venue) (Performed on or after September 1, 2015) “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” @ JCC CenterStage | “Heathers: The Musical” @ Blackfriars Theatre | “Spring Awakening” @ RAPA | “To Kill a Mockingbird” @ Geva’s Mainstage

Best Local Photographer Trish Frank | Jim Montanus | Natalie Sinisgalli | Gerry Szymanski Best Local Filmmaker Matthew Ehlers | Alex Freeman | Ben Gonyo | Aaron Gordon | Chris Hogan-Roy Best Local Film Festival Fast Forward | High Falls | ImageOut | Rochester International Film Festival Best Local Family-Friendly Attraction Rochester Museum and Science Center | Strong Museum of Play | Seabreeze | Seneca Park Zoo Best Local Music Festival Fairport Music Festival | Lilac Festival | Party in the Park | Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Best Local Arts Festival Corn Hill Arts Festival | Clothesline | Park Ave Festival | First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival

Best Local Drag Performer Mrs. Kasha Davis | DeeDee Dubois | Darienne Lake | Wednesday Westwood

NIGHTLIFE

Best New Bar/Club (Opened on or after September 1, 2015) Nosh | The Playhouse | Stout | Three Heads Brewing Best Bar for Beer The Beer Market | MacGregors’ Grill & Tap Room | Tap and Mallet | Victoire Best Bar for Wine Apogee | Flight | Solera | Chocolate and Vines Best Bar for Craft Cocktails The Daily Refresher | Nox Cocktail Lounge | Restaurant Good Luck | The Revelry Best Neighborhood Bar Acme Bar and Pizza | Dicky’s | Half Pint | Marshall Street Bar and Grill Best Happy Hour Acme Bar and Pizza | Bar Louie | Lux Lounge | Marshall Street Bar and Grill Best to Go Dance Lux Lounge | Tilt | Vertex | Vinyl Best Juke Box Lux Lounge | Marge’s Lakeside Inn | The Playhouse | Skylark Lounge Best Place to Take a Date The Little Theatre | Lux Lounge | Restaurant Good Luck | The Revelry Best Place to Meet Singles City Grill | Lux Lounge | Murphy’s Law Irish Pub | Wegmans Best Bartender (Name, location) Donny Clutterbuck (Cure) | Sammy Mastrosimone (City Grill) | Zack Mikida (The Revelry) | Jacob Rakovan (The Daily Refresher)

The Best of Rochester final poll runs through October 14 at rochestercitynewspaper.com (online only, mailed in ballots not accepted).

Pick up the October 26 issue of CITY Newspaper for the winners of the Best of Rochester 2016.

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For Sale 48 QUART COOLER Coleman $18.00 585-490-5870 7 FEET STEP LADDER, Heavy duty wooden $22 585-490-5870 Advent/Christmas Star - Interior, 18 long points, 8 short points, 18” diameter, includes socket, 24” lead, plug. $5.00- 585-663-6983location Charlotte.

CHRISTMAS ANGEL 11”H hooded cloak of white brocade with tan trim, cone base. $5.00. 585-663-6983. location Charlotte.

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HOLLYDALE BOOKCASE Cherry wood side-slatted 50”.

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Screwdrivers, phillip’s, wrench set, chisel, picks, epoxy and more, variable speed 3.8 amp red power drill. All like new for $50 cash.

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Built in 1920, this property features the modern updates needed by today’s families while retaining the warmth and style of the times when it was built.

The well maintained house and yard at 679 Melville Street are evident as you approach from the sidewalk. Ascending the front steps brings you to the large, open front porch. Enter the living room through the original glass windowed front door, admiring the gleaming original wood floors and woodwork throughout the house. A coat closet is conveniently located just inside the door. Custom wooden blinds adorn most of the windows and period style light fixtures grace the house throughout.

The living room leads to the bright formal dining room with a large pantry that could be converted into a powder room. Continuing into the eat-in kitchen you’ll find an updated stone tile floor, a modern gas stove, refrigerator and microwave oven. Right off the kitchen is the original butler’s pantry with additional cupboards and counter space.

Leading from the kitchen out the back door is the new large deck and private backyard suitable for gatherings with family and friends. The brand new backyard fence offers full privacy and provides for a children’s or pet play area.

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BROCKPORT VILLAGE: 97 WEST AVE. $114,900 COMMERCIAL - Great investment opportunity. Several uses under current zoning.

Great location, near Hospital. Parking in front/rear lots. Remodeled in 2010. Located across from Strong West (formerly Lakeside Hospital). Ryan Smith @ Remax Realty Group 585-218-6802

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Back in the house, climbing the beautifully cared for staircase brings you to the second floor featuring three bedrooms, a four season back porch, a completely remodeled bathroom and full linen closet. The bathroom has an updated vanity and tub surround and its own

separate linen closet to provide additional storage. The master bedroom includes a large closet with modern shelving and an air conditioning unit. The second bedroom also has a large closet and leads to an enclosed heated porch usable as a cozy den or office.

The third bedroom features a modern storage system for hanging clothes.

The stairs from the second floor lead to a large, unfinished attic for additional storage.

The recently waterproofed basement features the updated forced air furnace, washer, dryer, glass block windows, and space for storage and exercise equipment.

The exterior features freshly painted wooden siding, aluminum soffits, and a recent tear-off roof installed in 2007. A two-car garage with automatic opener, rear workshop and loft area complete the property.

This house is located in the vibrant and increasingly popular North Winton Village section of the city in a walkable neighborhood with several restaurants, banks, convenience stores and shops nearby. The expressway is only about a mile away for other errands.

This bright, move-in ready 1500 square foot home is listed at $105,000. To learn more or schedule an appointment, contact Elizabeth McKane of the RE/MAX Realty Group at 585-259-8460.

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Volunteers IS HIRING! MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION:

Food Service Worker - Part Time For job requirements, please visit www.monroecounty.gov Flexible hours. Must be available nights and weekends.

Before & After School Program Assistants

Must have experience working with children. Ability to work in a team environment and positive attitude required. Must be 18 years or older. For more information contact, James Lacagnina, (585) 341-3221 or james.lacagnina@rochesterymca.org

Lifeguards

YMCA or Red Cross certified lifeguards needed for permanent shifts. For specific times and more information contact, Rae Andrews, (585) 341-3202 or Rae.andrews@rochesterymca.org

Custodians (Weekends & Evenings)

This position is accountable for maintaining the cleanliness, sanitary conditions and general maintenance of the facility, both inside and outside. Must be 18 years or older. For more information contact Curtis Angel, (585) 341-3225 or Curtis.angel@rochesterymca.org

Member Service Representatives (Day & Evenings)

We are looking for energetic, friendly people who enjoy working with members to ensure positive life changing experiences. Must be 18 years or older. For more information contact, Summer Hough, (585) 341-3231 or Summer.hough@rochesterymca.org

CARING FOR CAREGIVERS Lifespan is looking for volunteers to offer respite to caregivers whose loved ones have been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. For details call Eve at 244-8400 LIFESPAN’S OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM is looking for volunteers to advocate for individuals living in long-term care settings. Please contact, call 585.287.6378 or e-mail dfrink@lifespan-roch.org for more information MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers in the City of Rochester. Meals are delivered weekdays between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM. To get started visit our website at www.vnsnet.

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Legal Ads [ CITATION ] File No. 2016-51869 SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT TO Timothy Gilchriest, whose last known address is Rochester, New York and if he be deceased to those distributees whose names and whereabouts are unknown, and if they be deceased to any heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest, whose names, existence, whereabouts, places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and all other persons in any manner interested, directly or indirectly, cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. A petition of having been filed by Patrick H. Brady who is domiciled at 637 Old Market Road, Potsdam, New York 13676. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, St. Lawrence County, at Canton, New York, on November 3, 2016 at 2:15 p.m., why a decree should not be made in the estate of Helen G. Brady, lately domiciled at 950 Linden Street, Ogdensburg, New York 13669, United States, in the County of St. Lawrence, admitting to probate a Will dated October 13, 2006, (a codicil dated May 29, 2014), a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Helen G. Brady deceased, relating to real and personal property and directing that [X] Letters Testamentary issue to: Patrick H. Brady [X] Letters of Trusteeship issue to: Patrick H. Brady f/b/o John Louis Brady [X] Letters of Trusteeship

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com Notice of Formation of Detrios, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/29/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 154 Cobblestone Court Dr, #224, Victor, NY, 14564.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: Melux, LLC; Date of filing: 8/10/16; Office of the LLC: Monroe Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 8 Carney Circle, Rochester, New York, 14623; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] 400 - 402 Grand LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/29/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to POB 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Absolute Pro Properties LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/14/16. 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, 55 Nottingham Rd., Rochester, NY 14610.

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[ NOTICE ] COOPER STUDIO INTERIORS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/23/2016.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 74 Hallock Rd., Rochester, NY 14624, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] COP Chili, LLC App. for Auth. filed w/ SSNY 9/21/16 Off. in Monroe Cnty. Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSDE 2/8/16. SSNY design. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 919 Conestoga Rd., Bldg.

3, Ste. 211, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Add. req. to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Name and add. of the auth. officer in DE where copy of Arts. of Org. is filed: Secretary of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: all lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Gaff Properties LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 8/17/16. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at P.O. Box 534, Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] GAZ MANAGEMENT LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/8/2016. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6 Whitmore St., Rochester, NY 146202116, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] GJD LINDEN PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/28/2016. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 803 Linden Ave., Ste. 2, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] GREAT ROCHESTER HOUSING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of

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Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 44 West Cavalier Rd., Scottsville, NY 14546, which is also the principal business location.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Hilton East Assisted Living LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/15/16.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 1495 Lake Ave., Rochester, NY 14615. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Imece, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/21/09.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 1276 Fairport Rd Fairport, NY 14450 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] JJ’s Consulting & Investing, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/16. 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, 160 Sierra Dr., Rochester, NY 14616.

General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Leen Enterprises LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/10/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 236 White Rabbit Trail Rochester, NY 14612 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: SeekVerify LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 9/9/16. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Jaroslav Hevery, 274 N. Goodman St., Ste. B275, Rochester, NY 14607, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 104 MAIN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 104 Main St., E. Rochester, NY 14445. 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 104 MAIN, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/15/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 104 Main St., E. Rochester, NY 14445. 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 1520 MT. HOPE AVE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/2016.

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, 1825 Clover St., Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 21 Humboldt Street I, LLC filed under the original name 23 Humboldt Street I, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/20/13. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 21 Humboldt Street, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/3/13. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 23524, Rochester, NY 14693.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Applewood Redevelopment, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/30/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 251 Tait Ave, Rochester, NY 14616.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Choice One Rental Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/17/2016.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 94 Pacer Drive. Henrietta NY, 14467. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of COTOPAXI PROPERTIES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/14/16. 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, 415 Mt. Airy Drive, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Dancing Rabbit Hill, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/6/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 62 Woodbury Pl., Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of EduBusiness Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) July 8, 2016. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 20 Short Hills Drive Hilton, NY 14468 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FIT Response, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 05/26/16. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at143 Paxton Road, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of French Hill Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/16. Office location: Monroe County.

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

mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Sharon M. Shafrir, 2850 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Hidden Oaks Contracting Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/29/16. 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 Horsepower Advisors LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/3/16. Office location: Monroe County.

Princ. bus. addr..: 192 Knickerbocker Rd., Pittsford, NY 14634.

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

Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J-TEC Network Consultants, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/5/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 189 Queensland Dr., Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of KAPTEIN MANAGEMENT 31, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/25/2016.

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, 430 Lake Rd., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KEYNAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/23/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Amina LLC, 550 Latona Rd., Ste. D419, Rochester, NY 14626.

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SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 1099 Fairdale Glen, Farmington, NY 14425. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of KRITZKY DEVELOPMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/2016.

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 The LLC, 133 West Ave., East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LECESSE Construction Company, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/19/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 75 Thurway Park Dr., West Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: The Aphrodite Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/11/2016.

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, 41 Carrie Marie Lane, Hilton, New York 14468. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lion and Luxe LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/19/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1018 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: Personal Training. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of

MCCLURG PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/23/16.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 1121 Whalen Rd., Penfield, NY 14526.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MKTshare LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Attn: Noah Morgenstern, 114 St. Paul Street, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Charlotte Street LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/5/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Collins Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/21/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan MBC Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/25/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Overlook Apartments LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/4/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Overlook Management LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/4/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Overlook Realty LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/4/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Morgan Relocation Services LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/30/16. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of NCO Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/8/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 3873 Elmwood Ave Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of New York Appellate Digest, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/30/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 126 Colonial Village Road, Rochester, NY 14625.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of ONOT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/09/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Eyal Fishman, 616 Corporate Way, Ste. 2-321, Valley Cottage, NY 10989.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/01/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 763 Linden Ave., Ste. 200, Rochester, NY 14625.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of Treadstone Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/16/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2541 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of PICCIRILLO SIGNATURE HOMES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/2016. 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, 3 Golden Locust Circle, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ROC City Consultants, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 9/21/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Millwood Ct., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rock Ridge Builders LLC amended to Rockridge Builders LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/16. 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 Sandhill Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/09. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of South Wedge Partners

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Troy’s Big Tow LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/5/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1421 Scottsville Rd., Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of West Technologies, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 08/26/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 45 Shannon Glen, Fairport, NY 14450 Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of WOHPH LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/16. 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, 19 Sanford Street, Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Woz Studios, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/8/16.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation ofSunshine Smile Dentistry, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/09/16.

Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to Registered Agent: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of CANJA HOLDINGS LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/13.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 12/2/09.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 23535 Jacksonville, FL 32241.

FL addr. of LLC: PO Box 23535 Jacksonville, FL 32241. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of FL, P. O. Box 6327 Tallahassee, FL 32314.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Perlmutter IRNY LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/1/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to PO Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Ridgeway Physical Therapy & Chiropractic, PLLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/13/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 14 Matthew Circle Rochester, NY 14624 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Sara Frandina Strategies LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sara Frandina, 700 Pennfield Rd., Rochester, NY 14625. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] TONY’S LIQUOR STORE LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/26/16.

Office: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 66 N.

Main Street, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] VNG PROPERTY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/8/2016. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3990 West Henrietta Rd., Rochester, NY 14623, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] West Rush Media, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 8/16/16. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 69 Rush-West Rush Rd., Rush, NY 14543. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] WNY Auto Wholesalers LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/22/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 25 Greenboro Ct East Amherst NY 14051 General Purpose [ NOTICE } 421 University Avenue, LLC, Art of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 8/30/2016. Office Location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 18491 Rochester NY 14618. Purpose: Any lawful activities. [ NOTICE } MW & AE LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/15/16.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to PO Box 30071 Rochester NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE of FORMATION of SEDOR AUTO SALES, LLC ] Art. of Organization filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02-10/16. Office of location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent if LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 1483 Creek Street Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] DML Consulting and Management, LLC filed

Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 08/22/16. Its office is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 21 Sixth Ave., Rochester, NY 14612.

The purpose of the Company is Consulting and Management. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Grey Goose Landing, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 08/30/16. Its office is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 605 North Rd, Scottsville, N.Y. 14546. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Level Steps, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 10/04/16. Its office is located in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 130 King Arthur’s Court, Rochester, N.Y. 14626.

The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Not. of Form of JDO The Chicken Man, LLC. The Art. of Org. were filed Sc’y State (SSNY) 8/18/16.

Office location Monroe County. SSNY designated as the agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail a copy to 740 Driving Park Avenue, Door Letter “I”, Rochester, NY 14613.

Ourpose of LLC: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Not. of Form of RJO CHICKEN, LLC. The Art of Org. were filed Sc’y State (SSNY) 9/29/16.

Office location Monroe County. SSNY designated as the agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail a copy to 740 Driving Park Avenue, Door Letter “I”, Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose of LLC: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF

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Legal Ads > page 37 FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Inside Out Counseling LCSW PLLC Art. of Org. with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/16.

Office in Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Quiet Country, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 08/30/16. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 605 North Rd, Scottsville, N.Y. 14546. The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] RochesterOldSchoolSat LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on August 30, 2016. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 13 Florence St. The purpose of the Company is to provide 80’s and 90’s Old School Music Entertainment. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] EKLEGO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/19/2016.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail process to EKLEGO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS LLC, 635 Lake Road, Hamlin, NY 14464 General Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VENESS PROPERTIES, LLC ] Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 8/31/16 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail copy of process to 331 River Heights Circle, Rochester NY 14612.

Purpose of LLC: Any

lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] CUTS UNLIMITED II, LLC has filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State on July 11, 2016. It’s office is located in Monroe County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to: The LLC, 6515 BrockportSpencerport Road, Suite #5, Brockport, NY 14420. It’s business 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 Act.” [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PRICE HOMESTEAD, LLC ] Price Homestead, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State on September 1, 2016.

(1) Its principal office is in Monroe County, New York. (2) The Secretary of State has been designated as its agent upon whom process against it may be served and its post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o William Chase, 1096 Gilbert Mills Road, Honeoye Falls, New York 14472. (3) The character or purpose of its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2015-11168 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs.

Johnnie Mae Jackson, Deceased, and any persons who are heirs or distributees of Johnnie Mae Jackson, Deceased, and all persons who are widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be deceased, and their husbands, wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; First American Investment Company; New York

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State Tax Commissioner; Palisades Collection LLC; City Court of Rochester; Capital One Bank; United States of America; People of the State of New York; Frank Iacovangelo, as Public Administrator, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 13, 2016, entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Monroe County Office Building located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe on October 26, 2016 at 1:30 p.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 48 Aebersold Street, Rochester, NY; Tax Account No. 106.35-196. 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: $33,796.76 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest.

DATED: September 2016 Louis Cristo, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2015-7085 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs.

James Stanbrough; Diane M. Stanbrough; Monroe County Department of Human Services; New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; Michael Stanbrough, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 15, 2016, entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Monroe County Office Building located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York,

County of Monroe on October 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, known as 317 Crystal Creek Drive, Greece, NY; Tax Account No. 045.01-292. 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: $62,290.14 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest.

DATED: September 2016 Pamela Halpin, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767

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[ NOTICE OF SALE ] SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL CREDIT SERVICES NEW YORK, INC., Plaintiff AGAINST James P. Stouffer and Michelle R. Stouffer, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 11, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, City of Rochester, on October 27, 2016 at 10:30AM, premises known as 50 EDENDERY CIRCLE, FAIRPORT, NY 14450. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Perinton, County of Monroe and State of New York, SECTION 152.08, BLOCK 3, LOT 33.2.

Approximate amount of judgment $281,721.77 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# I2015007629. Richard Timothy Bell, Jr., Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

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Frontiers of Science

Large kidney stones typically mean eye-watering pain and sudden urinary blockage until the stone “passes” (often requiring expensive sound-wave treatment to break up a large stone). Michigan State University urologist David Wartinger told The Atlantic in September that he had recently happened upon a pain-free — even exciting!

— way to pass stones before they become problems: the centripetal force from a roller coaster ride. In a 200-trip experiment preparing for a validating “human” trial, he successfully passed stones in his handheld, silicone model kidney (using his own urine) about two-thirds of the time when sitting in a rear seat at Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Perspective

With about 30 states having adopted some form of “stand your ground” defense to assault (or murder) charges, five membership organizations, charging up to $40 a month, have signed up a half-million gun owners concerned that law enforcement treat them fairly should they someday be forced to shoot — providing instructions and a “hot line” to coach members on what to tell police, plus liability insurance and help getting a lawyer. Critics say such organizations are also useful to those who might be prone to shooting people and want advice on how best to get away with it. The U.S. Concealed Carry organization’s wallet-sized card, to give to police, asks that the shooter under suspicion be given the same consideration as the officers might give to their own colleagues under suspicion.

In a dozen YouTube videos recently released, Syria’s Tourism Ministry praised the country’s sandy, fun-filled beaches as ideal vacation spots and its many World

Heritage Sites as renowned tourist exhibits — attempting to distract world travelers from the country’s daily bloodshed (and the wartime destruction of those priceless historical sites). Before civil war broke out in 2011, Syria was a fashionable, $8 billion-a-year destination (and the now-devastated city of Aleppo was known worldwide for its food).

Awesome!

Diego the giant tortoise, believed to be more than 100 years old, now lives in semi-retirement on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, but from 1976 to 2010, Diego brought an almost-extinct species back to life by fathering about 800 babies in the captive breeding program on Espanola, another of the Galapagos Islands.

Biologists did not realize Diego’s prowess until 2010 when DNA tests identified him as the father of 40 percent of all tortoises on the island. Even on Santa Cruz Island, Diego keeps busy, with a “harem” of six females. (Another Galapagos tortoise species did die out in 2012 when the last male, the centenarian Lonesome George, maintained his celibacy until death.)

Compelling Explanations

The New York City Council, grilling police officials in September about their practice of freely seizing money from detainees under suspicion, asked for a thorough accounting of that money (suspecting that innocent victims rarely get it back unless aided by high-powered lawyers). Though (in “crime-fighting” hyperbole) NYPD routinely boasts of its half-million annual seizures, an NYPD official told the council it would be “impossible” to account for everything — that keeping track of it all would cause its computers to crash.

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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): An unpredictable temperament will make it difficult for you to commit to anything or anyone, especially when it comes to affairs of the heart. Do your best to be fun to be with, and avoid any situations that are awkward or back you into a corner. Let your free spirit lead the way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Express your feelings and make your personal plans clear to someone you want to spend more time with. Your involvement with groups or organizations compassionate to the same issues as you will open a door for you if you are searching for a romantic encounter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your fun-loving attitude and desire to try new things will put you in a position to meet perspective partners. Don’t be too eager to follow someone hyping indulgence of any kind. Temptation is the enemy when it comes to love and romance. Moderation and trust are a must.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Live up to the expectations of the person you are attracted to, and everything will fall into place.

Offering honesty and integrity when forming a long-term relationship will be what makes a difference. Don’t hem and haw, or the one you love is likely to take a pass.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Showing stability and the desire to settle down will go a long way when looking for love. Focus more on the person who makes you laugh and who has as much energy and stamina as you -- someone who shares your hobbies and enjoys the same movies, events and activities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Love will come to you if you explore interesting places or sign up for something that will expand your mind and encourage you to participate in events that are about learning, experiencing and being a team player. Keep in mind that the couple that plays together, stays together.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Looks will be deceiving when it comes to finding true love. Don’t rule out someone who doesn’t wear the latest fashion or doesn’t ooze financial success. Base your interest on initial chemistry, and see where it leads. You may be surprised by the results you get.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your passionate nature will be easy to spot. Lean toward someone who has something unique to offer. Bringing two different backgrounds together can make for an interesting and lively future. Your willingness to explore new people, pastimes and possibilities will promote finding the love of your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be tempted to get involved with someone who is still in a relationship with someone else.

Try to contain your feelings and rethink the consequence of your actions. Don’t let anyone play with your emotions. Be smart when it comes to love, and avoid being taken for granted.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have trouble making up your mind or settling into a committed relationship. Your fear of missing out on someone better coming along should be enough to make you second guess moving forward with the person looking for more from you than what you are able to offer.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your desire to experiment when it comes to love and romance will make it difficult to find someone who is as eager as you to try new things. Build a solid friendship with someone before you bring up topics that may need coaxing on your part.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your willingness to share your life plans will draw someone to your side who is intrigued and eager to share your dreams.

Explore the possibilities, and don’t fear moving forward quickly. Love at first sight does exist, and it is quite possible.

Follow your heart and see where it leads.

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