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EDITORIAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER | PAGE 3 | cover PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
Why Occupy must succeed Rochester has a proud history of protests, and a particularly important one — Occupy Rochester — is taking place right now in Washington Square Park downtown. The local Occupation is part of the national Occupy Wall Street movement protesting the nation’s growing wealth disparity, corporate power, and corporate greed. The protests have come at a crucial time, as public concern over the nation’s future mounts and Americans prepare for a crucial federal election. Will the Occupy movement have any effect? It needs to. But it will have to continue to grow. And it will have to last.
In New York City, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo, Occupy protests have been permitted to be true occupations: 24-hour encampments. In Rochester, however, city officials have defined the parameters of the protest, insisting that Occupiers vacate Washington Square Park between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. That has raised major First Amendment concerns. And in the process, City Hall has begun to look much like the Establishment many Americans protested in the 1960’s. Pictured: Olivia Nole Malpezzi
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RCSD problems reconsidered
City’s coverage of the challenges facing the Rochester City School District continues to neglect some essentials. The suggestions made in “The ‘Testification’ of Schools in America” (guest commentary, October 5) — including to “deemphasiz[e] standardized testing” — have been largely pursued by RCSD for decades. In order to fill in idealized classrooms, standardized scores and objective criteria have been selectively ignored. Look at the academic histories of SOTA or East High School, for example. This has on the one hand undermined grade-appropriate educational opportunities in the city, and on the other hand supported an arrangement where 17-year-old black male RCSD students are on average “performing at the same level as white male students who are 13 years old” (to quote City’s June 8 “Eye on Education” article). The ongoing poverty-based explanations are largely politically correct detours away from the underlying cultural crisis in the city, found most prominently within parts of the African-American community. The relevant symptoms of this crisis include very low educational priorities and additionally behavioral problems, in particular among teens. These pose big challenges for RCSD, beginning with how to limit the fallout from the behavioral problems. This crisis will ultimately have to be addressed within that community itself, as was pointed out in a Bob Herbert column in the New York Times last year (“This Raging Fire,” November 16, 2010). City
The repeated claim that only 5 percent of RCSD students graduate collegeready is misleading. People who cite the 5 percent figure fail to look at the national average, which is that only 25 percent of American students clear this hurdle. Given RCSD’s demographics — with 64 percent black and 22 percent Latino students — the 5 percent figure may be roughly on par with the associated national norms. Also, a larger relevant context missing in City’s coverage is the nationwide descent of education into evermore electronic distraction. Studies of the impact of the arrival of computers with internet access in low-income homes observed “significantly lower” and “pronounced drops” in the associated student test scores. The situation certainly doesn’t support requests for more technology money for RCSD. I close with some observations gleaned as a volunteer tutor of Rochester students (mostly from RCSD) and also in the past as a college instructor. Raising the artificially low academic ceilings imposed on interested students — whatever their aptitudes and backgrounds — should be a big priority for RCSD. Seeing what happened to city school graduates as they moved out of apparently “good behavior gets you an A” regimes and into objectively demanding college curricula (including tests!) was a very unpleasant eyeopener for me. My tutoring experiences now are somewhat complementary to the city school scene — bad behavior gets students quickly booted from the library, and I concentrate on helping those who show up (my earlier motivational efforts among others showed very limited payoff). Tutoring has also brought me face to face with the enormous differences between individuals — most strikingly between siblings. This demands flexibility in teaching and curricula, but not to the point where most RCSD fifth graders I see
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don’t know their multiplication table and where my parochial kids seem to (appropriately) get twice as much homework. TED CHRISTOPHER, ROCHESTER
What were those ‘letters’?
I was perplexed and somewhat appalled at the lack of sensitivity you showed to the large deaf community in Rochester by using a photo representing hands in the shape of letters, though to a deaf person, and one who knows sign language (even many schools offer it as a foreign language here) or even just their ABCs would look at that photo and wonder why they were encouraged to VORE? (Election coverage, October 26). I finally realized that that thing between the “O” and the made-up “E” was supposed to be a “T” but really looked like a bad version of a manual alphabet ASL “R.” I asked several colleagues and deaf students what they thought of it, and they were equally perplexed and appalled. Whose brilliant idea was it to NOT use ASL for this picture? If you were afraid that the people who wouldn’t know ASL wouldn’t get it, you could have had placards behind or in front of the REAL hand shapes with the letters printed on it. But there are a great number of people in Rochester who know sign language and would understand what that was, even if they didn’t know all the letters. Really bad form people. Really really bad form. SAMANTHA GIBSON
(Gibson is a sign language interpreter for the deaf.)
Occupy, pro and con
The Occupy movement might gain some traction if they could figure out what they are protesting, exactly, and what they hope to gain. In all other protest movements, the protesters have had specific goals (“out of
Vietnam” or “stop aborting babies” or whatever). The whole “we are the 99 percent” thing is a bit of a stretch, since it’s somewhat nonsensical. Okay — you are part of 99 percent. So what? Maybe I’m being dense, but this appears to be a self-righteous sleep-over about nothing in particular. B SARBANE
Most people have been following stories from the mainstream media, and that’s why there is a big misunderstanding about the movement. The movement is getting bigger, not smaller. Why is that? Because the overall gist is that our government is broken. If the movement were to start choosing exact demands at this point, people who didn’t care about those issues would drop out. Once the decision-making process is complete, more specific demands can be formulated. I’m sorry if it’s not quick and easy to understand, but real democracy is messy and it takes a while. Those who mock the Occupy movement aren’t really involved. Occupy Rochester is putting many of their General Assemblies on Livestream for everyone to see. I suggest you check it out. www.livestream.com/occupyrochesterny DAVE ATIAS
How many lead-paint abatements could be paid for with the overtime this will cost the city? This has got to be the most narcissistic, self-regarding, self-righteous protest “movement” in the history of the earth. At least the Tea Partiers (who are just the flip side of the cheap populism that pervades Occupy Wall Street) were willing to expose their bad ideas to the light of day. It would seem that the “Occupiers’” inability or unwillingness to put together even the simplest outlines of their goals (so far, getting on TV and in the paper seems to be chief among them) reflects both the absurdity of some members’ positions and the often contradictory
(if not hypocritical) nature of their “goals.” I also find it bizarre that Occupiers claim that this mess is what “real democracy looks like,” while making demands of politicians that would have them operate in a unilateral and undemocratic fashion (throw the bankers in jail, suspend the curfew, etc.). If the movement wants to be “about” anything other than itself, it needs to move forward with at least some coherence. If not, it is easily dismissed as an exciting adventure for those who protest everything and accomplish nothing. GOODGOV
I attended the Rochester March on November 3, and did make some attempt to count. Not counting the 20-plus officers assigned to “ensure safety and keep the peace,” I would estimate the crowds at 350 to 400 at least, at their height. I would also point out that, unlike what is often implied by mainstream media, the majority of the protesters would not be classified as “unemployed young hippies.” In fact, I saw as many 35-plus in the crowd as under, and a large number were between 35 and 50, educated, and some even attended with children (myself included). I marched as a single, doctor mom, a public employee and union member, and as a supporter of the working class (both middle and lower earning). I marched for all those who WOULD work and WANT to work, but can’t. Even for the employed, many are finding that their positions supply less than a “living wage,” given health-care costs and inflation on gas, groceries, and utilities. I support the Occupy movement 100 percent. I will pay my share of taxes without complaint. The “super rich” must do so too. Our democratic government must ensure some equity and provide some level of support for what is becoming a lost generation of young adults. KIMBERLY ERWAY, MD
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EDITORIAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER
Why Occupy must succeed Rochester is a city with a proud history of protests. Women’s suffrage, abolition, anti-war, civil rights, labor rights, education: generation after generation, Rochesterians have mounted large, often effective protests on the major issues of the day. And right now a particularly significant protest, Occupy Rochester, is taking place in Washington Square Park, under the gaze of the statue of Abraham Lincoln. Also significant is an outgrowth of that protest: the dispute between City Hall and the Occupiers over First Amendment rights. Occupy Rochester is part of the national Occupy Wall Street movement protesting assaults on democracy and justice — assaults that, to me, are among the most serious in this nation’s history. Growing wealth disparity, corporate power, and, yes, blatant corporate greed threaten to erode basic social safety-net protections, wipe out job and educational opportunities for many Americans, and put government in the hands of a few. If we go much farther down this road, the United States will be a democracy in name only. The Rochester protest began at the Liberty Pole downtown and in front of Bank of America. It has since moved to Washington Square Park, a beautiful little public square of grass and trees surrounded by Geva, St. Mary’s and First Universalist Churches, and the Bausch & Lomb headquarters. The park’s history makes it an appropriate place for this demonstration: it was Rochester’s first public park, and it has been the site of numerous protests and public gatherings around important civic issues. One of the city’s most revered protesters, Frederick Douglass, gave speeches there. Under city regulations, the park is closed between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Rochester Occupiers want their protest to be like many of the others around the country: an encampment, an ongoing, 24hour event consisting of public addresses, community meetings, news sharing, eating, and sleeping. City Hall has decided to enforce its park closing rules, however, and on October 28, police arrested 32 people who refused to leave the park at 11 p.m. Since then, there have been more arrests. Occupy members have asked that the charges be dropped — and that protesters be permitted to stay in the park overnight. Mayor Tom Richards is adamant. He doesn’t have the power to drop the charges, he says. “I don’t arrest,” he said in a City interview last week, “and I don’t un-arrest.” And he won’t permit a
24-hour Occupation. “The law that is in place now does not allow for camping there,” he said. Richards also insists that staying beyond the park’s closing hours, camping overnight in the park, isn’t protected by the First Amendment. “It’s not a form of speech,” he said. The Supreme Court has ruled on that issue, he says. And yes, it has. In a 7-2 decision in 1984 — Thurgood Marshall being one of the dissenters, by the way — the Court said that government has a right to forbid camping in a public park, even when that camping is done as part of a protest. In the 1984 case, a group called Community for Creative Non-Violence wanted to create encampments in Lafayette Park and on the Mall in Washington, DC, to call attention to homelessness. The National Park Service issued permits for the encampments and said protesters could erect tent cities in the parks. But, the Park Service said, protesters could not sleep in the tents because camping — “defined as including sleeping activities,” in the Court’s words — was not permitted in either of the two parks. Courts have also said that free speech is not an unlimited right, that, for instance, “government can make reasonable stipulations about the time, place, and manner a peaceable protest can take place,” notes a recent ProPublica post on syracuse.com, “as long as those restrictions are applied in a contentneutral way.” And so the Supreme Court has sided with Richards. He has the authority to deny the protesters’ request. But he is not required to. He could grant the request, if he chose to do so, as government officials in other cities have. The New York Civil Liberties Union and its local branch, the Genesee Chapter, want him to do just that. An Occupy Rochester 24-hour stay-in is a form of speech, they say. continues on page 8 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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Disgraceful stats
The Children’s Agenda released a report that pointed to some troubling trends. Between 1999 and 2009, the report says, the number of Monroe County children living in poverty increased. There were also increases in the number of children suspected to be victims of physical or sexual abuse or neglect, and in the number of homeless families in emergency shelters. Countywide median income decreased. On the bright side: more children have health insurance, and there were fewer cases of children with elevated lead levels in their blood.
School 6 faces closure
City schools Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas has recommended closing School 6. Only 15 parents picked the school as their first choice for enrollment this school year. And Vargas says the building space is needed to keep the district’s massive schools remodeling program on schedule.
McDonald’s pulls out of Collegetown
changes to accommodate neighbors, McDonald’s has pulled out of the Mt. Hope Collegetown project. A main reason for the withdrawal, says a city official, was a dispute over the operating hours of the restaurant’s drive-through. The current store will stay open.
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PRESERVATION | BY JEREMY MOULE
A city school board committee discussed the possibility of opening a second School of the Arts. SOTA outperforms every city high school, and is highly sought by parents and students. But there are numerous considerations, including whether sufficient demand exists for a second SOTA.
Upper-floor living hits the ‘burbs
Communities across New York have taken an interest in redeveloping the upper floors of their historic downtown buildings. Brockport is one of the latest. The village will study the feasibility of developing loft apartments in buildings within its downtown historic district. An architectural consultant will work with interested building owners to develop conversion concepts and rough cost estimates. The work will be funded by a state grant.
NAEP scores for NY mixed
The National Assessment of Educational Progress released results for fourth- and eighth-grade exams in reading and math. New York was the only state in the country that showed a decline in fourth-grade math scores, but the state has made progress in closing the achievement gap between white, black, and Latino students. NAEP is often referred to as the nation’s report card.
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Mark Lewis owns two buildings in downtown Brockport and converted the third floor of each into loft apartments. Photo by matt deturck
The village is also hosting an upper-floor redevelopment workshop this month, presented by the Preservation League of New York. Brockport has had some success with loft redevelopment. Brockport businessman Mark Lewis converted third-floor space in two of his buildings, into a total of four lofts. He says demand for the apartments has been high. “It’s definitely something that owners who are inclined to should consider,” he says. Some buildings in Brockport’s downtown historic district have spaces that aren’t used or aren’t producing as much revenue as they could, says Bill Andrews, chair of the
village Preservation Board. The board has been promoting the concept of upscale upper-floor rentals. From an economic perspective, upper-floor development would bring in new downtown residents who would patronize businesses. From a preservation perspective, rent income gives property owners more money to use to maintain their businesses. The redevelopment workshop is 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16, at Brockport Village Hall, 49 State Street. It costs $10, and organizers ask that anyone interested in attending RSVP by November 9: (585) 637-5300 Ext. 12, or lmorelli@ brockportny.org.
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Cost of War NEAD will attempt to ease people into healthier diets by gradually changing what the store carries. In the beginning, you’ll be able to get your snack cakes, but little by little the junk food will be replaced with fruits, vegetables, and other healthy options.
NEIGHBORHOODS | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
NEAD’s mini-market makeover Mini-markets in the city generally have an unfavorable reputation. Critics say they drag down neighborhoods and take advantage of people with little choice and few resources. Neighborhoods like Rochester’s Beechwood have responded by getting zoning laws changed, and by fighting the opening of new mini-markets. But North East Area Development, which serves the Beechwood area, is trying something new: the neighborhood group will buy and operate its own mini-mart. NEAD is buying the Beechwood Home Grocery right across the street from NEAD’s office on Webster Avenue. The group closes on the building this Friday. “We’re excited about it,” says NEAD’s executive director, George Moses. “We think it’s a better tool than just enforcement.” The NEAD Freedom Market at 359 Webster will open almost immediately — probably this Saturday, Moses says. It will operate from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. “We hired neighborhood residents, and we’re training them to understand why we eat what we eat and how to infuse healthier options into our diet,” Moses says. Employees will interact with customers, he says, to help them make healthier food choices.
NEAD will attempt to ease people into healthier diets by gradually changing what the store carries. In the beginning, you’ll be able to get your snack cakes, for example, but little by little the junk food will be replaced with fruits, vegetables, and other George Moses. healthy options. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK “It’s a long-term process,” Moses says. “The community’s going to witness this transformation.” Moses says he knows the store can work because NEAD set up a farm stand next to Beechwood Home Grocery as a kind of test run, and the stand was successful. That proves, Moses says, that healthier eating is about access, not choice. NEAD is getting help with this project from organizations including the Greater Rochester Health Foundation and Foodlink. Moses says the goal is to open the store, tweak the model, and hopefully open more stores in the city. The profit from NEAD Freedom Market will be reinvested into the store and the community, Moses says, through things like jobs and new product lines.
NEIGHBORHOODS | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN
Corn Hill on display The ideas that came out of the Corn Hill Neighbors Association September design charrette are on display at the Rochester Regional Community Design Center gallery through November 30. | “It’s a presentation of all the sketches and concepts and ideas that people have come up with,” says charrette organizer Bonny Mayer. | A big theme to emerge from the charrette, Mayer says, is a desire to “reclaim the river” — to make the Genesee an asset and an attraction for Corn Hill. One idea is to build a walkway over Exchange Street, Mayer says, and to extend it over the river. | Another idea is to narrow certain roads like Exchange, Mayer says, to make those areas more pedestrian-friendly. | A preliminary presentation of charrette results will be given in March 2012, Mayer says, and there will be more opportunity for input at that time. A formal presentation with final drawings will take place in May. | Mayer says Corn Hill neighbors want to make strong connections with other neighborhood groups so they can do cooperative planning and share services, and so they’re an impossible-to-ignore force when dealing with City Hall. | Information about the display at the design gallery display: www.rrcdc.org.
IRAQ TOTALS — 4,482 US
servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 103,260 to 112,831 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 4. American casualties from October 17 to 25: -- Pfc. Steven F. Shapiro, 29, Hidden Valley Lake, Calif. -- Capt. Shawn P. T. Charles, 40, Hickory, N.C. -- Sgt. 1st Class David G. Robinson, 28, Winthrop Harbor, Ill. AFGHANISTAN TOTALS — 1,831
US servicemen and servicewomen and 962 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen have been killed in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 4. Statistics for Afghan civilian casualties are not available. American casualties from October 19 to November 1: -- 1st. Lt. Ashley I. White, 24, Alliance, Ohio -- Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, San Diego, Calif. -- Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20, Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Sgt. Paul A. Rivera, 26, Round Rock, Texas -- Lance Cpl. Jordan S. Bastean, 19, Pekin, Ill. -- Airmen 1st Class Jerome D. Miller Jr., 23, Washington, D.C. -- Lance Cpl. Jason N. Barfield, 22, Ashford, Ala. -- Sgt. Edward S. Grace, 39, South Dartmouth, Mass. SOURCES: iraqbodycount.org,
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EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
Rochester’s new schools: a mix of promise and caution A year after the city school district opened five new high schools in a sweeping attempt at reform, a Center for Governmental Research evaluation gives a moderately upbeat, but cautionary report on the schools’ progress. The new schools — Early College; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math High; Robert Brown High School of Construction and Design; Vanguard Collegiate; and Integrated Arts and Technology — opened in the fall of 2010. In general, the schools performed better than the district as a whole, the CGR report says. Students’ GPAs were higher. And many ninth-grade students had already earned five credits, which can be an indicator of progress toward graduation, says CGR’s Kirstin Pryor. But results on state exams for the new schools were mixed. In head-tohead comparisons of passing rates, the new schools generally performed better than the district as a whole, but not dramatically so. The explanation could be rooted, the report says, in a lack of consensus about what constitutes instructional rigor and high expectations by teachers and students. Surveys revealed that 92 percent of students and 95 percent of teachers in the new schools said expectations are high for students’ behavior and work. But that was not the conclusion CGR reached after multiple classroom observations. “We saw classes where students were allowed not to work, answers were freely given to students if they raised their hands, work was very low-level, and little or no responsibility for learning was placed upon the students,” the report says. Another concern: while attendance in the new schools was higher than in the district, so were suspension rates.
Bolgen Vargas, interim superintendent of city schools, wouldn’t comment on the CGR report. In an effort to provide students and
parents with a choice of quality high schools, the city school district took an ambitious and controversial course of action: it began phasing-out its poorestperforming schools last year and opening new schools. The plan to open the new schools was developed under former Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard, under pressure from the State Education Department. In January 2010, the SED identified 34 persistently low-achieving high schools: nine of them were in the Rochester school district. Closing low-performing schools and opening new schools is one of the reform options allowed by the SED. CGR’s report is not meant to be a predictor of success or failure for the new schools, Pryor said. Instead, she says, it is more of a benchmark for future evaluations. But the report is important for several reasons, she says. It’s not unusual for a new school, with its fresh culture and physical environment, to perform better than established schools in its first year, Pryor says. But as the school grows and
STEM High School teacher Rich Della Costa works with Neferteri Lewis in the technology lab. Photo by matt deturck
adds more grades, it becomes challenging to prevent a reincarnation of the problems characteristic of low-performing schools. Also, the city’s new schools received financial support and resources from grants and state funding. But that funding is temporary, and eventually the district will have to entirely support the schools. “We know that the phase-out, phase-in approach is the more expensive approach to remediating troubled schools,” says Interim Superintendent Vargas. It is also, he says, disruptive to students and parents. And it isn’t always successful at improving student performance. Rochester has closed, opened, and reconfigured schools in the past with little success. And there are many skeptics who
don’t believe the new schools will succeed. The success of the schools will depend greatly on the ability of teachers and principals to improve student engagement and make a higher level of work the norm, the CGR report says. And CGR has recommended that all of the new schools report to the same school chief. The district has to do a better job of recognizing the indicators of problems early on and then monitoring progress toward solutions, Vargas says. “In the past, we would come up with a plan and declare victory before it was even implemented,” he says.
EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
Decision time for schools project The city school district is under pressure to find swing space — somewhere for students to go while their schools are being remodeled — for the first phase of the schools modernization program, says Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. Gilbane/Savin, the construction firm managing the work, has told district City
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officials they need to find swing space quickly if construction is going to begin in the spring. It’s one of the reasons Vargas has recommended closing School 6. Another reason, he says, is to save money. School 6 would be swing space for School 17 while the latter undergoes construction during the $1.2 billion, 15-
year program to renovate and modernize city schools. Coordinating swing space is a complicated patchwork that requires advance planning and smooth transitions, since mix-ups and delays can increase costs. Vargas recommended closing School 6 because it’s one of the poorest-
performing schools in the district in English and math. And only 15 families selected School 6 as their first choice for enrollment this school year.
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WHY Occupy MUST SUCCEED continues from page 3
There are many ways to protest, and Americans have used them since the beginning of the country’s history: marches, picket lines, sit-ins. And encampments: peaceful occupations of public space to call attention to injustice. This form of protest is not new. Similar actions have ranged from encampments on university campuses focusing on the needs of the homeless to the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign encampment on the Mall in Washington. The point is occupation. Staying put. “Occupying,” wrote protester Dana Spiotta on occupysyracuse.org recently, “means refusing to go away.” “The duration is a crucial component,” Spiotta wrote. “The press and the attention of the whole world have come because of the relentless sleeping and living in Zuccotti Park. The protest isn’t over when the rally is over. It isn’t over when the IMF or the WTO meeting is over. In that way it is more like a sit-in or a strike — all historically very powerful tactics.” “Our economic injustices are chronic,” Spiotta said, “and so then must be the protest.” And note what a mild form of occupation this is. The protesters are not trying to occupy the major banks and investment firms, the root of much of the Occupy movement’s criticism. They are not trying to occupy the
offices of the federal government, although it is the federal government that permitted the creation of the financial crisis. In cities throughout the country, they are occupying public parks, of which they are part owners. Reading the statements coming out of City
Hall, and hearing the silence coming from City Council, I wonder if the Democrats who run the place understand the image they’re fashioning. They look like the Establishment so many of us rebelled against in the 1960’s. Richards is particularly vulnerable on this point, since in his previous life he was a corporate executive, got a substantial payment when he left, and has brought other corporate executives into his administration. The folks at City Hall aren’t the only ones with an Establishment viewpoint, of course. You hear the language everywhere you turn, in Rochester and elsewhere: “The protesters are a fringe group.” “They can’t tell anybody what they want, what their point is.” “They’re disorganized.” (It’s no small matter, of course, that “properly organized” Establishment institutions have gotten this country into the mess it’s in.) “What if they turn violent?” Violent acts
by Occupy participants have been rare, but as usual, they’ve made the headlines. And as usual in anti-Establishment movements, Establishment interests seize on those isolated incidents to shape the story of the Occupation and try to turn public sentiment against it. The Establishment reaction to the Occupy movement reminds me of the reaction to civil rights, Black Power efforts in Rochester in the 1960’s. As activists brought in Saul Alinsky to help organize the FIGHT organization, and FIGHT pushed for a job training program at Kodak, the Rochester Establishment was appalled — and obviously perplexed. Protesters weren’t pressing their concerns in the proper way: the way disagreements were discussed in Rochester’s corporate board rooms and country clubs. Rochester’s mayor doesn’t express his denial of a full Occupation in those terms. He is, he says, simply enforcing city law and doing his duty to protect public safety. He isn’t preventing the protest. He’s simply insisting that it conform to park rules. But Richards himself voiced an interesting objection in City’s interview with him last
week. Occupy Rochester, he said, “is not connected, as far as I can figure out, with anything they’re protesting about.” “In the civil rights protest,” Richards said, “if you went and sat in the front of the bus and got arrested, the two were connected. But the idea of not camping in the park is not related to stopping the war in Afghanistan. And so we’ve got a fundamental disconnect here.” So does this mean that all of us who took part in anti-war protests during the Vietnam War weren’t really protesting because our candlelight marches down Broad Street weren’t directly related to the napalming of children in Vietnam and the bombing of Cambodian villages? (In fact, at that time several Rochester protesters did do something more starkly connected to the war: they marched into some of Rochester’s mainline churches and carried caskets down the aisles, disrupting the worship services. And hoo boy, did that cause a stir.) In a November 3 blog, the New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg quoted Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, who first supported Occupy
Occupying Rochester: Protesters have gathered and marched at the Liberty Pole and in front of the Bank of America building at East and Main and in Washington Square Park. (Photos on the left and top row center by Matt DeTurck, bottom row center and on the right by Michael Hanlon.)
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Atlanta but has since done an about face, having 50 protesters arrested and clearing out the park they were occupying. “The attitude I have seen here is not consistent with any civil rights protests I have seen in Atlanta,” Reed had told the New York Times, “and certainly not consistent with the most respected forms of civil disobedience.” Observed Hertzberg: “Whether he’s right about Occupy depends on whether the Bonus Army (1932) and the Poor People’s Campaign’s ‘Resurrection City’ encampment (1968, after Dr. King’s assassination) count as ‘most respected’ or just respected.” The Bonus Army is an interesting precedent. The Depression threw many World War I veterans out of work, and while the federal government promised them a bonus, they couldn’t collect it until 1945. Frustrated and desperate, thousands of veterans, family members, and supporters gathered in Washington and created an encampment in a public park as a protest. While police and military troops eventually forced an end to the encampment, some historians credit the Bonus Army occupation with helping
defeat President Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election. Several years after Franklin Roosevelt’s election, the veterans got their bonuses. And their protest contributed to the creation of the GI Bill of Rights. In many Occupy cities, incidentally, veterans are among the protesters, and it was a veteran who was wounded by police late last month during the Oakland, California, protest. Many critics assume that the Occupy
movement is a youth movement, carried on by students and young adults who don’t have jobs. In fact, Occupy is more diverse, in age, than it is given credit for. But young people are heavily involved, and that is significant. Young Americans are often accused of not being involved in civic life. The Rochester Establishment — business and government leaders — spends a great deal of energy trying to reach out to young adults, to get them to stay here and be involved in the community. A lot of them are involved. And some of them are expressing that involvement at Washington Square Park.
It’s encouraging that throughout the country, young people are so heavily involved in Occupy. They were involved in the 2008 presidential campaign, helping send Barack Obama to the White House. Since then, Obama has disappointed, dismayed, and discouraged many of them — for reasons that form part of the base of their protest. The past few years might have turned them off from politics completely; instead, they are a major force in the Occupy movement. Many Americans are worried about the problems of wealth disparity, joblessness, and corporate greed. But Republicans in Washington have been shouting down the concerns, peddling the message that equality is class warfare and that fair taxation will kill jobs. Democrats, for the most part, have cowered in the corner. Until Occupy Wall Street, hardly anybody was doing anything in response. Will the Occupy movement have any effect? Only if political leaders listen and act. Occupy has been compared frequently to the Tea Party movement, and certainly the Tea Party has had an effect, yanking the Republican Party sharply to the right and gaining an influence on national policy that is larger than the movement’s numbers (or its public support). Could Occupy have a similar impact?
In a New Yorker column last week, Hendrik Hertzberg concluded that “translating the visionary protest of the Wall Street Occupiers into the grubby Washington politics of electoral calculation and legislative maneuvering is unlikely to be as easy as it was for the Tea Partiers and the Republicans.” “The Tea Party,” Hertzberg wrote, “is simply better adapted to — and, despite its angry face, less alienated from — the actually existing environment of American politics and government.” And, Hertzberg noted, the Tea Party has gotten money — lots of it — from the Koch Brothers’ PAC and Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks “while Fox News and talk radio provided it with a ready-made apparatus for organizing and propaganda.” Significantly, the Tea Party set out almost from the beginning to put Party sympathizers in office, targeting less conservative incumbents in Republican primaries. Republican leaders got the message and, said Hertzberg, “the impact on Republican governance, if that’s the right word, was unmistakable.” Republicans in Congress are behaving in a way they never would have if it weren’t for Tea Party pressure. It’s too early to know whether Occupy will gain that kind of influence. At the moment, continues on page 10
Occupy events in Washington Square Park have included a pre-Halloween Zombie Walk on October 28 (top and bottom left; photos by Michael Hanlon), talks by activists, and a march in solidarity with the Oakland protesters on March 2 (center and right; photos by Matt DeTurck.) rochestercitynewspaper.com
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much of the Establishment — inside politics and outside — seems dismissive. But the Occupiers have a lot going for them. Polls have repeatedly indicated that most Americans are deeply unhappy with the federal government and that Congress is less popular than President Obama. Most respondents in a recent Time magazine poll said they feel that the political debates in Washington aren’t addressing their concerns. Ninety-three percent said they don’t consider themselves a member or a follower of the Tea Party movement. A majority said their opinion of the Occupy protest is “very” or “somewhat” favorable. And on a couple of key Occupy issues: 86 percent said they agree that “Wall Street and its lobbyists have too much influence in Washington,” and 79 percent agreed that “the gap between rich and poor in the United States has grown too large.” With much of the American public concerned about the issues Occupiers are protesting, Republicans ought to be worried. They don’t act as if they are, though. And sadly, 56 percent of the respondents to the Time poll said they think the Occupy movement will have “little impact on American politics.” That probably reflects the depth of Americans’ disappointment with their government and their distrust of it and of the larger American “system.” Americans, Isabel Sawhill wrote in a Brookings article last month, used to believe that they had unlimited opportunity, that hard work would pay off. Now, said Sawhill, “they are coming to believe that the system is rigged against them, the deck stacked in favor of Wall Street and against Main Street.” In fact, the system is rigged against many Americans. And those whose interests are enhanced and protected are doing all they can to make sure that it stays rigged. For Occupy Wall Street and those of us hoping for its success, it’s not that we think life itself must be fair. It’s that we don’t think government, its laws, and its services should favor those whose money gives them the most influence. Success for the Occupy movement is
dependent on continuing occupation, and the attention that produces, in cities throughout the nation. Some critics argue that the local Occupy movement is irrelevant to Occupy Wall Street, since Wall Street is in New York, not here. But that assumes that Wall Street’s actions have an impact only in Manhattan. And so in Rochester, protesters must be permitted to occupy Washington Square Park overnight. The Occupation is a form of speech, and they must be permitted to exercise it. 10 City NOVEMBER 9-15, 2011
Occupy DIGS IN
Occupy Rochester participants, like those in cities around the country, are protesting the nation’s growing wealth disparity and corporate power and are urging a more equitable tax policy. Photo by matt deturck
The mayor doesn’t have to side with the protesters. But he can recognize that this is a First Amendment issue, and that the protesters’ rights take precedence over park rules. He can meet with the Occupiers, explain his concerns about public safety, and get an agreement on such things as sanitation. And yes, if Richards permits Occupy Rochester to stay overnight, that would mean that he would have to do the same with other protests — regardless of how unpalatable or controversial the subject. That’s what the First Amendment is all about. If Richards doesn’t change his mind, City Council — which has been characteristically silent on the issue — ought to intervene. And if the law won’t permit protests like this one, Council can amend that law. It is important that the Occupy movement continue and grow, here and elsewhere. A year from now, Americans will elect a new president (who, by the way, could very well name one or more new members of the Supreme Court). We will elect a third of the members of the US Senate and all of the members of the House of Representatives. The financial problems of the United States didn’t create themselves. They were created by powerful financial interests, and government let them do it. The disparity between the rich and the rest of the country didn’t happen by itself; government let it happen. The Occupiers are calling attention to those problems in a way that no one else has. They must continue to do that — and more of the 99 percent must join them. And government must not restrict their right to protest.
Is Rochester’s Occupation a form of speech? The NYCLU says yes, but Mayor Tom Richards says no. Photo by matt deturck
It’s about the 47 million without health insurance. It’s about insurmountable student-loan debt. It’s about families losing their homes in unfair foreclosures. It’s about the unconscionable chasm between the haves and have-nots. It’s about corporate royalty who loot their companies so they can guild their parachutes. Don’t tell Rochester’s Occupiers that they don’t know what they want or who they are. “We know exactly what we want and exactly what we want to do,” says Occupier D.J. Krause, who was one of about a dozen Occupiers in Washington Square Park last Friday afternoon. “It’s about everyone who has a stake in the world to get out and fight for their future. It’s a freewheeling horizontal democracy; an open-air research-and-development lab. “People with ideas come here,” Krause says. “There’s no limit to what we can accomplish.” Saying he is speaking only for himself, Krause says he wants a moratorium on residential foreclosures in Rochester, civilian oversight of the police, and a stop to urban-development projects that gentrify communities, among other goals. But Occupy Rochester’s ability to work toward its objectives is stymied, he says, because it has been forced into a fight for Washington Square Park. Rochester police have been enforcing the park’s 11 p.m. closing time since Occupy decided to attempt a 24-hour encampment there almost two weeks ago. There have been around 50 arrests. And Mayor Tom Richards says he will not, under any circumstances, allow Occupiers to camp in the park. “They can use the park all day and half the night,” he says. “The only thing we’re saying is, ‘You can’t set up a permanent village and live in it. There’s no place for you
to live. There are no facilities for you. And we don’t grant those rights to anybody.’” Of all Upstate cities, Rochester has been
the toughest on its Occupy group. In Buffalo, the Common Council waived the fee for Occupy Buffalo to stay in Niagara Square. Occupy Syracuse has had coffee delivered by the city’s mayor. The Albany district attorney has said he won’t prosecute trespassing citations related to the Occupation. And Albany officials have decided not to enforce an 11 p.m. curfew in Academy Park. (Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will enforce the curfew in the stateowned part of the park, though.) Richards says city regulations do not allow camping in Rochester’s parks. But the City Code isn’t that cut and dried. It says: “No person shall camp in any park without a permit in writing from the Commissioner.” The commissioner mentioned is the commissioner of Recreation and Youth Services. No matter what the code says, however, it’s clear that Richards isn’t going to budge. Consistency is critical, he says, and you can’t make exceptions because someone has a cause or because the politics of a situation are complicated. In cities where Occupiers have clashed with police, Richards says, part of the reason was that the people in charge weren’t clear about what is allowed and what is not allowed. He says he wants to avoid that happening here. “It’s not like I’m keeping them from being effective,” Richards says. “All of the periods of time in which anyone would notice their protest, the park is open and they’re free to do it.” Richards says dealing with Occupy is difficult because, so far, no one has been allowed to speak for the group.
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“It doesn’t give me anything to work with,” he says. “And I’d like to work with them.” But Krause says Occupiers want Richards to come to one of their general assemblies, which take place every day but Saturday. The mayor has come to the park during the afternoon, Krause says, when there’s hardly anyone there. “He’s playing games,” Krause says. “He likes to hide behind all of these little reasons he can’t talk to us.” And then there’s the First Amendment. The
KEEP YOURSELF Occupied Occupy Rochester activists gather in Washington Square Park during hours the park is officially open, 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. They move to the sidewalk around the park between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Occupy Rochester meets in general assembly, where anyone can come and speak, on the following days and times: Monday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, 7 p.m. Thursday, 12 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. No meeting Saturday. Also coming up: Rally at Washington Square Park, followed by a march to Bank of America and back, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, November 11.
NYCLU’s Genesee Valley Chapter sent More events and info.: a letter to Richards www.occupyrochester.org last week saying that cracking down on the Rochester Occupation violates the spirit of the amendment. There’s a very good chance that ordinance “Within the First is unconstitutional because it gives the Amendment is the idea that freedom of commissioner unbridled discretion to open/ speech and assembly should be upheld,” close the park.” says. KaeLyn Rich, executive director of The City Code is meant to protect people, the chapter. “It seems very strange to me Richards says. Hanging out in a park at 1 a.m. that we’re the only city in the whole state can be dangerous, he says, and if the park is where our public officials are unwilling open, it also means the city has to police it. to accommodate this group. I don’t see “I’m giving them about all the what the problem is in loosening the opportunity to protest that they can handle, restrictions in the interest of promoting in terms of time and access and everything the First Amendment.” else,” Richards says. But Richards says that camping in the Krause says Occupy Rochester’s park is not a form of speech and cites the legal working group is looking into the 1984 US Supreme Court case Clark versus possibility of getting an injunction or filing Community for Creative Non-Violence. a civil suit against the city so Occupiers can In that case, the court ruled that a National stay in the park. Park Service ban on camping in portions of “He’s the only mayor in New York State to the National Mall was constitutional. evict an Occupation,” Krause says. “We want But Rich says that case ruling doesn’t the park to be our park 24 hours a day.” apply to Rochester.
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“The difference is that Rochester doesn’t have a ban,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Its rules just say the park is closed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless the commissioner says otherwise.
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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.)
Helping veterans visit DC
The Greece Baptist Church will host a presentation by Honor Flight Rochester at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 13. The Honor Flight network provides free flights to Washington, DC memorials for veterans suffering from a terminal illness. The presentation is at 1230 Long Pond Road.
Public hearing on fracking The Dansville Middle School will hold a hearing for the revised draft of the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for gas drilling in New York State on Wednesday, November 16. A bus may leave Rochester for Dansville — if there are enough riders — at 9:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. The cost will be 12 City NOVEMBER 9-15, 2011
$15 to $30. Contact: Nharv@frontier.com. The hearings are scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The meeting is at 31 Clara Barton Street, Dansville.
Talk with the superintendent
City Schools Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will host “Coffee and Conversation” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, and from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, November 21. Vargas will be available for questions from parents, students, and community members. The events will be held at the district’s central office, 131 West Broad Street.
Canandaigua Treaty commemoration
Members of the Six Nations and the US government will gather on the front lawn of the courthouse in Canandaigua to commemorate the 217th Canandaigua Treaty on
Friday, November 11. Commemorations start with a parade at 1:30 p.m. The traditional ceremony is at 2 p.m. with Peter Jemison as master of ceremonies. A potluck dinner is at 4:30 p.m., culminating with, “The Modern Significance of the Canandaigua Treaty,” a speech by Seneca President Robert Odawi Porter. The potluck and speech are at the Canandaigua Primary School, 96 West Gibson Street.
Steinem in Rochester
Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region presents writer and activist Gloria Steinem as the keynote speaker for its annual luncheon from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15. Steinem is the co-founder of Ms. Magazine. The event is at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street. Tickets: $50. Information: 546-2771.
Dining p.m., Friday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-midnight, Sunday 2-9 p.m. The Webster location is open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday noon-9 p.m. For more information, call South Ave. at 271-4650, Empire Blvd. at 216-1070, or visit thebealegrille.com.
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Pictured left: Debbie Maruke leads a cooking class on pies; pictured right: the sales floor at Rosario Pino’s Artisan Foods. PHOTOS BY MATT DETURCK
Italy close to home [ CHOW HOUND ] BY DAYNA PAPALEO
If thoughts of Viking stand mixers, Italian “00” flour, and white truffle butter make you swoon, carefully fold this newspaper, tuck it under your arm, and go immediately to the Piano Works Mall in East Rochester. That’s where you’ll find Rosario Pino’s Artisan Foods, a heaven on earth for anyone who likes to prepare food or, for that matter, just eat it. At the end of September owner Gary Pino opened the shop next to his Concept II Fine Kitchens & Baths and named it in tribute to his father, the son of Italian immigrants and a local produce wholesaler. The beautifully furnished space is bursting with an outstanding array of products, such as imported pastas and sauces, herbs and spices, oils and vinegars, cookware, snacks, and even olive oil-based skin care. Oh, gluten-free? No problem; Rosario Pino’s carries an extensive selection of GF pasta and baking mixes, many of which will be available to sample at a gluten-free open house Thursday, November 10, 5-8 p.m. (RSVP to the shop if you’d like to attend.) Located at the back of Rosario Pino’s is a gleaming demonstration kitchen (it’s
got seating for 20 people) that plays host to local chefs who teach cooking classes in the evenings and on Saturdays. Upcoming instructors include Jay Speranza from Tony D’s Coal-Fired Pizza and Rosita CaridiMiller from Mendon caterers Cibi Deliziosi. Rosario Pino’s comprehensive website lays out the full class schedule. Debbie Maruke is the in-house chef at Rosario Pino’s; she does cooking demos as well, and it’s her culinary talents you’ll be enjoying once the shop expands into takeout/prepared food territory in the coming weeks. And with the holidays looming, keep in mind that cooking classes make for a thoughtful gift. You know what they say: give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to cook that fish and he just might make you dinner. Rosario Pino’s Artisan Foods is located at 349 W. Commercial St., Suite 1620, East Rochester. Store hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with extended hours planned for the holidays. For more information, call 267-7405 or visit rosariopinos.com.
Let the food times roll
Lucky for us, you can’t swing a rack of ribs in this town without hitting some decent
barbecue (see Dinosaur, Sticky Lips, Unkl Moe’s, et al.). And though you’ll still be able to scarf down some saucy pulled pork at both outposts of the newly rechristened The Beale, from here on out it’s going to be less Memphis, more Big Easy. For 14 years The Beale Street Café had Cajun fare represented on its menu, but now owners Terry and Pam Bauer are making that deliciously complex mélange of French, Caribbean, and African influences (to name but a few) their focus. Along with a few barbecue holdovers, The Beale: A New Orleans Grille & Bar features Crescent City favorites like gumbo, jambalaya, po’ boys, and étouffée, as well as Beale exclusives such as the Bourbon Street Plate ($9.99) — that’s mac salad and fries smothered in pulled pork, chili, and cheddarjack cheese — as well as a smoked-meat orgy called The Big (Un)Easy ($11.49), which sandwiches pulled pork, pulled chicken, smoked turkey breast, barbecue beef, melted Monterey Jack, and coleslaw in a giant roll. And rest assured that The Beale’s commitment to live, local blues remains firm. The Beale is located at 689 South Ave. and 1930 Empire Blvd. The city location is open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-10
Confession time! Despite having a wicked sweet tooth, I had been slightly (read: stunningly) snobby about the mysteriously enduring mania for cupcakes, which, as far as I knew, were still pretty much just cake and buttercream. So it was purely in the name of professional investigation that I popped into the newest location for Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe, a sweet little spot on Monroe Avenue with a cozy faux fireplace and a truly impressive display of about a dozen types of Sugar Mountain’s acclaimed cupcakes. Both the new digs and the flagship on Alexander Street (it shares space with La-Tea-Da Tea Room, on the corner of Park Avenue) rotate through a selection of more than 90 varieties, showcasing flavor combinations both classic and inventive. In a totally journalistic manner, complete with squeaky giggling, I decided upon one Chocolate Merlot (chocolate merlot cake filled with chocolate merlot ganache and topped with chocolate merlot buttercream; $3.50) and one Irish Coffee (espresso cake filled with Bailey’s whipped cream and topped with Jameson buttercream; $4.50). Then I proceeded to bring them home and research the hell out of them. My findings were indisputably yummy. Forgive me, cupcakes; I understand now. The new Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe is located at 1697 Monroe Ave. in Brighton. It is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 319-5001 or visit sugarmountainbakeshoppe.com.
Closed
Brighton’s Bagel Bin Café (2600 Elmwood Ave.), winner of Best Bagel Shop in City’s 2010 Best of Rochester Readers Poll, has closed after 21 years in business. No specific reason was given for the recent closing. Do you have a food or restaurant tip for our Chow Hound? Send it to food@rochester-citynews.com.
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Upcoming [ Pop/Rock ] Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez Saturday, November 12. Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 9:30 p.m. $12. 232-3230, abilenebarandlounge.com [ Jazz ] Chet Catallo & the Cats Welcome Back Recovery Concert Friday November, 18. Lovin Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. 9 p.m. $20. 292-9940, lovincup.com.
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[ Pop/Rock ] Little Feat Thursday, January 12. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 8 p.m. $30-$35. 546-3887, waterstreetmusic.com.
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Thursday, November 10 Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 7 p.m. | $10 | themontagemusichall.com [ ALTERNATIVE ] As a young lad, Ryan Dunson sang in
a church choir. That experience, along with attending concerts, caused the singer-songwriter to pursue a career in music. So he started a solo project that eventually became Rookie of the Year. After several personnel changes, the group appears to have settled on a line-up and its latest album “The Most Beautiful” casts the acoustic pop-rockemo band in a brilliant light. Trey Mulvey (bass), Brandon Day (guitar), Zane Frye (drums), Wes Lauterbach (guitar) make up the rest of the group. The bill also includes Young Bloods, The Vettes, Preemptive Strike, Keaton, and Suit Em Up. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR
Assembly of Dust Thursday, November 10 Club at Water Street, 204 N. Water St. 8 p.m. | $15-$20 | 325-5600 [ ROOTS ] Assembly of Dust was formed in 2002 by former
Strangefolk frontman Reid Genauer. Much like Genauer’s old crew, AOD has made a living as staples on the outdoorfestival scene. Strangefolk’s rock-oriented, jam-tastic sound has given way to the new project’s focus on roots-rock and Americana. An inventive and spirited folk sensibility still exists in AOD’s DNA, but despite its critically acclaimed new album, “Found Sound,” the band’s true expertise is evident on stage. Barefoot Truth, from Mystic, Connecticut, produces a magical mix of folk, rock, jazz, and reggae, and will open the show. — BY DAVID YOCKEL JR.
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Count Blastula Wednesday, November 9 Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 9 p.m. | Free | 325-7090 [ FUNK/JAZZ ] Count Blastula, a funk-sucking quartet
from Syracuse. These genre-slaying monsters of midnight have origins as a jazz quartet, but the band has continued to evolve by incorporating the diversified musical backgrounds of its members. These guys take bites out of many sonic styles and their live performances have been known to showcase free-form improvisations, funked-up rock ‘n’ roll covers, and the occasional jazz standard. If you plan on checking them out, make sure you protect your neck, or barbecue sauce won’t be the only stain on your shirt. — BY DAVID YOCKEL JR.
Lil’ Kim Friday, November 11 Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St. Paul St. 10 p.m. | $25 | 300-4847 [ HIP-HOP/RAP ] Lil’ Kim is a hip-hop legend, with
hits like “Magic Stick,” “The Jump Off,” and the 2001 remake of “Lady Marmalade” in her catalogue. One of only a handful of female rappers to breakthrough to mainstream success, Kim got her start in the mid-90’s as a part of Notorious B.I.G.’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. crew. She went on to have major solo success, interrupted by a brief prison sentence in 2005. Since then Kim has been rebuilding her career, including a successful stint on the reality competition “Dancing with the Stars” in 2009 (she finished fifth). She has a new album due next year. — BY ERIC REZSNYAK
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Drenched in a genuine casual cool, The Pixies has always been a group that lets the music supply the drama. I mean, for as utterly intense as this band sounds, its members so do not look the part. But then again, a quick eyeball across the crowd of around 4,000 gathered Wednesday, November 2, at the Main Street Armory for the band’s Rochester stop on its “Lost Cities” tour, and well, maybe they do. The Pixies anti-style mirrors its sonic practicality. When the band came about in the early 80’s, it was if its music needed to be done, and this was the band to do it. Dissonant but still beautiful, it made perfect sense and had no pretense; like practical shoes and mini-vans. Not much there to see, but necessary. Anchored in sensible shoes, and arriving at the Armory via tour bus, The Pixies launched multi-layered elegance and raunch like a haymaker punch to the head. This is the second show I’ve recently seen at the Armory — the first being the The Flaming Lips — where the sound was appropriately loud, but reigned in enough to make sense and not draw blood. We’ll talk again after Judas Priest, but to be honest I’m not holding out for a hat trick. After the rather dark Salvador Dali/Luis Bunuel film “Un Chien Andalou” flickered
and faded to black, the band launched into four “Doolittle”-era singles. The fans, some bordering on rabid, ate it up and sang along. The second song, “Weird at my School,” galloped with a kind of space-cowboy ferocity and was my favorite of the night, along with the band’s surf single version of “Wave of Mutilation.” With spots throughout the set for each member to shine — particularly guitarist Joey Santiago’s Gold Top surreal splashes of punctuation and emphasis — the band still came across cohesive and unified, the weight of its influence still relevant and no doubt coercing musicians today into the blast and beauty. The Pixies made as much sense as the band ever did. The ripples and waves continue. Friday night I caught an installment of the third season of WXXI’s “OnStage” series at the station’s State Street studio. First band up was Cruelty Free, a most excellent trio in the pop-rock vein. The band was full of tight hooks and chunky chords with just the right amount of crunch. But with the show now operating without a host (Julia Figueras, I miss you), the band seemed a little lost. Behind the watchful eye of the studio’s fleet of cameras was an eager audience that needed to be worked a little bit.
[ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath @ The Cottage Hotel of Mendon. Cottage Hotel, 1390 PittsfordMendon Rd, Mendon. dave@ davemcgrath.com. 7 p.m. Free. Jim Lane. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St. 266-3570. 8 p.m. Free. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tommy Gravino. Rio Tamatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua. 394-9380. 6:30 p.m. Free. Salsa w/Shelia dancing during the performance. [ Blues ] Tik Tok. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8:30 p.m. $5. [ Classical ] Music after 1900- Request Concert. Eastman School of Music-Ciminelli Lounge. ko.eunmi@gmail.com. 8:30p. m. Free. [ Jazz ] John Greeno Jazz Trio. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 6 p.m. Free. Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave. 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. Free. Rick Holland Evan Dobbins Little Big Band. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera.com, 5463945. 8 p.m. Free. Robert Chevrier. Pomodoro Monroe Ave, 3400 Monroe Ave. 586-7000. 6:30 p.m. Free. The Margaret Explosion. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. The Swooners. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave.2714650, bealestreetcafe.com. 6 p.m. Free. continues on page 17
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“I’m not going to let radio playablity effect what I do,” says risk-taking chanteuse Rene Marie. PHOTO PROVIDED
Defiant beauty René Marie & Experiment In Truth Sunday, November 13 Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St. 5 p.m. | $20-$35 | ExodusToJazz.com [ PROFILE ] BY RON NETSKY
Listening to René Marie’s “Voice of My Beautiful Country,” you might be stirred by her gorgeous reinventions of American classics like “O Shenandoah” and “John Henry” or struck by her fresh take on pop songs like “Just My Imagination” and “Drift Away.” But, toward the end of the album, your listening experience will be turned upside down. Marie sings “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” (the so-called Negro National Anthem) and “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but she sings the lyrics of each with the melody of the other. Beautiful, and subtly subversive, the musical inversion recalls the intensity of Nina Simone’s mid-1960’s “Mississippi Goddam.” The idea came to Marie as a result of an interview she did before a performance in Russia when the reporter referred to her as an American. “My immediate mental response was she made a mistake,” says 16 City NOVEMBER 9-15, 2011
Marie, who performs in the Exodus to Jazz series Sunday. “I almost spoke up to correct her, but I caught myself. I’m thinking, Why would I think that?” On the flight home she thought about her experience growing up. Had anybody called her an American in the United States? Growing up in the South under Jim Crow laws, she remembered walking past restaurants with signs saying, “No dogs or niggers.” She remembered her parents’ attempt to desegregate a lunch counter. “I realized when we go through stuff like that, the majority of African Americans don’t really process it because it’s too painful to deal with,” says Marie. “Once the Civil Rights Act was enacted in all 50 states and that kind of thing gradually went away, nobody sat down and said, ‘Let’s examine what happened here. How did it affect our psyches?’ [It was] onward and upward, not time to look back.” When she sang patriotic songs like the “The Star-Spangled Banner” she welled up with emotion, but deep inside she realized something was wrong. “That phrase ‘land of the free, home of the brave,’ even musically speaking that’s the highest note in the song. It’s sustained. That’s a beautiful sentiment, but it doesn’t apply to me or people who
look like me,” Marie says. “I wanted to take those same songs, I wanted to retain the lyrics — that same beautiful thought and imagery — but I wanted to change the music to reflect something more like it was for me growing up in this land of the free and home of the brave.” Predictably, radio stations are not playing those tracks. “I’ve got to tell you, I’m not thinking about that shit when I’m writing,” says Marie. “I’m not going to let radio playablity effect what I do.” That defiance might be a result of achieving
her dreams late in life. Marie was 42 when her son called her from a restaurant. “He said, ‘Mom there’s a woman singing here. She’s singing all the songs that you sing at home and she’s terrible.’ Out of curiosity I drove up to the restaurant,” she says. “I thought wow, I can’t believe she’s getting paid for this because, while her voice was pleasant, she was singing unconvincingly,” says Marie. “My son said, ‘Mom, you know you can do better than that.’ I said I’m too old to get started singing.” But she had sung as a teenager and, encouraged by her son, she called a friend who had a jazz quintet. The group had a gig at the local Marriot and she asked if she could
sit in. Within 18 months she had her own group and was ready to record her first CD. “The night before we were going to record it, my ex-husband — my was-band — gave me an ultimatum: ‘If you leave and go to that recording studio, don’t come back home,’” says Marie. They were Jehovah’s Witnesses, which she calls “a perfect setting for women to be subservient. We had set up those conditions and this was a continuation of it,” says Marie. “The night ended with violence. When he was finished I got up and I just left. I never did go back. I grew up with that kind of stuff and I knew, this is not going to happen to me.” Her mother helped her finance that first album, which Marie sent to clubs, radio stations, newspapers, and record labels. The strategy worked perfectly in Washington D.C. A Washington Times writer found it in a pile of rejects and liked it so much he wrote a positive review. Unbeknownst to her, Washington radio stations were playing it and, when she called a D.C. nightclub, she got a gig. It got better. The critic called the president of the Max Jazz Record label, who happened to be in D.C. for a meeting. Not wanting to take a chance, she brought in two busloads of people from home — Richmond, Virginia — to support her. “The president approached me during the break and asked me to record for his label,” says Marie. “I thought this is probably some smooth-talking, fly-by-night, slick guy. But it turned out it was a legitimate offer. Since then, she’s switched to the Motema label, which recently did something highly unusual. In addition to the “Beautiful Country” album released last spring, another album by Marie, “Black Lace Freudian Slip,” came out last month. “The president wanted it to be a one-two punch,” says Marie. The most meaningful tune for her on that album is “Deep In The Mountains.” It was written by the same son, Michael Croan, who encouraged her to start singing 15 years ago. Croan is a singer and composer, and he accompanies her on the song, which is more gospel than jazz. In fact, Marie takes this album into territories a long way from jazz. “There are two or three songs that people will say shouldn’t have been on the album. They’re more country & western or bluegrass,” says Marie. “But that’s my background, my primordial soup from which all this other stuff sprang. I’m not going to put these songs on the back burner just because it’s not somebody else’s idea of what I should do. I would rather die thinking I’m glad I did than I wish I had, so here I go.”
Wednesday, November 9 [ Open Mic ] Acoustic Open Mic. Pub 511, 511 E Ridge Rd. 266-9559. 8 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/Big Daddy Blues Band. Deweys, 1380 Lyell Ave. 254-4707. 9:30 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/Justin Gurnsey. Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. 352-4505. 10 p.m. Free. Open Mic. Boulder Coffee CoSouth Wedge, 100 Alexander St. 454-7140, bouldercoffeeco.com. 8 p.m. Free. Open Mic. Dr’s Inn Grill & Tap Room, 1743 East Ave. 2710820. 5 p.m. Free. Open Mic w/Jam Shack Music. Stoneyard Bar & Grill, 1 Main St, Brockport. 637-3390. 9 p.m. Free. Open Mic w/Steve West. Muddy Waters Coffee House-Geneseo, 53 Main St, Geneseo. 243-9111. 7-10 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Spacelords. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free. The Features. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water Stwaterstreetmusic.com. 7:30 p.m. $5 adv, $7 doors. The Mumfords, Utopia Park w/ Sunset Magnetic. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.bugjar.com, 4542966. 9 p.m. $6-$8.
Thursday, November 10 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Chris Trapper w/Kristin Cifelli. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 2323230. 8:30 p.m. $20. Jeffrey Lewis Band w/Seth Faergolzia, Berth Control, and Payton Marovich. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8:30 p.m. $6-$8. Jim Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 266-1440. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. John Akers & Elvio Fernandes. Easy on East, 170 East Ave. 3256490. 8 p.m. Free. Live Band Thursdays. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 8 p.m. Free. Nancy Perry. Mythos Cafe, 77 Main St, Brockport. 637-2770. 6 p.m. Free. Paul Strowe. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon. 624-1390. 7-10 p.m. Free. Rayce Malone. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 764-0991. 8 p.m. Free. Reggae Night. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 527-8720. 9 p.m. Call for tix. [ Blues ] Funky Blu Roots. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free. Nate Coffee & the New Brew. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com. 7 p.m. Free. Pro-Blues Jam w/ Rochester Blues Review. PI’s Lounge, 495 West Ave. 235-1630. 8 p.m.-midnight. Free.
[ Classical ] Eastman at Washington Square Noontime Concerts. First Universalist Church, Court St. & S.Clinton Ave. 274-1400. 12:15 p.m. Free. Holiday Harmony Chorus. Brighton Reformed Church Fellowship Lodge (building behind church) 805 Blossom Road(near Winton). 831-6975, rocharmony@yahoo.com. 7 p.m. Free. RPO: Dvořák’s”New World”. Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo.org, 454-7311. 7:30 p.m. $15-$75. Virtuosi String Chamber Orchestra. Nazareth College, Linehan Chapel. Cheri Trimble Miller, 454-4403. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Sal DeSantis. Center Cafe, 150 Frank DiMino Way. iaccrochester.org, 594-8882. 7 p.m. Call for info. DJs Designer Junkies, Etiquette, Ginnis. One, 1 Ryan Alley. 5461010. 10 p.m. $3. Elektrodisko. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. facebook.com/ vertexnightclub. 10 p.m. Free before 11:30 p.m. Soul Sides Record Listening Party. Good Luck, 50 Anderson Ave. 340-6161. 9 p.m. Free. Thursday Night Shakedown. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.454-2966, bugjar.com. 11 p.m. Free. Tilt-a-Whirl Drag Show. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 2328440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $3. [ Jazz ] Dave Mancini Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6:15 p.m. Free. Dave Rivello Ensemble. Village Rock Cafe, 213 Main St, E Rochester. 586-1640. 8 p.m. Free. Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival 2011. Multiple Venues. esm.rochester.edu/ eroi/festival-2011.php. Varies. See website for full line up and performance times. Jazz/Wine Happy Hour w/The Swooners. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Live Jam w/Eastman School Students. Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. 232-3888. Thu 6 p.m., Fri 5 p.m. Free. Mark Cassara. Pane Vino, 175 N Water St. panevinoristorante. com, 232-6090. 8:30 p.m. Free. Serge and Friends w/Drew Moore & Steve Melcher. Rabbit Room Restaurant, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. thelowermill.com, 582-1830. 6 p.m. Free. The Djangoners. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. Todd East. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup.com, 292-9940. 9 p.m. $5 GA, $3 student.
[ Open Mic ] Open Blues Jam w/Alex D & Jimmie Mac. PJ’s Lounge, 499 West Ave. 436-9066. 9 p.m. Free. Open Jam. Pub 511, 511 E Ridge Rd. 266-9559. 8 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/Beau Ryan & Amanda Ashley. Firehouse Saloon, 814 Clinton Ave S. 244-6307. 9 p.m. Free. Open Mic. Towpath Cafe, 6 N Main St, Fairport. 377-0410. 6:30 p.m. Free. Open Mic w/Jed Curran & Steve Piper. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St. 288-3930. 8 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Assembly of Dust w/Barefoot Truth. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m. $15 adv $20 doors. Jeff Elliott. Irondequoit Ale House, 2250 Hudson Ave. 5445120. 5 p.m. Free. Jimmy Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 266-1440. 7 p.m. Free. Nite Fall. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 6 p.m. Free. Rookie of the Year w/ Youngbloods. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza. frontgatetickets.com, themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m. $10.
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[ Acoustic/Folk ] CCE Irish Music Session. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 764-0991. 8 p.m. Free. Chris Trapper w/Kristin Cifelli. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 2323230. 6 p.m. $20. John Akers & Elvio Fernandez w/The Earthtones. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 224-0990. 5 p.m. Free. Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. rochesterplaza.com. 6 p.m. Free. The O’ Bierne Lads. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 7640991. 5 p.m. Free. Tom Gravino. Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Rd. 427-7080. 7 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Billy Joe & the Blues Gypsies w/Dave Riccioni. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 266-1440. 6-9 p.m. Free. Dan Schmitt and the Shadows. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe.com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus: Remembrance. Church of the Assumption Fairport. 223-9006, gvoc.org. 8:00 p.m. Advance: $12 adults, $10 seniors/students. continues on page 18 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 17
Friday, November 11 Get Ready for The Nutcracker at The Strong 2011 w/Sound ExChange. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq.rpo.org, 454-7311. 11 a.m. Included w/museum admission. Handel’s Messiah. Nazareth College-Linehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700, go.naz.edu/ music-events. 7:30 p.m. Free. John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850. 6:30 p.m. Free. RPO: Honoring Our Heroes - Veterans Day Concert 2011. Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo.org, 454-2100. 8 p.m. “Pay-what-you-can” with a minimum suggested price of $2. (Up to 2 complimentary tickets available for veterans). RTOS November Theater Organ Concert. Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St.rtosonline.org, 234-2295. 8:00 p.m. Admission to RTOS concerts for nonmembers is $15. [ Country ] Mike Snow. Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 546-5474. 9:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Coach Sports Forum, 19 W Main St, Webster. 872-2910. 9 p.m. Call for tix. DJ Cedric. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. DJ Dream. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave. 663-3375. 10 p.m. Call for tix. DJ GI. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 10 p.m. Free-$5. DJ Mosart212. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT292-9940. 6 p.m. Free. Jon Herbert, RipRoc. One, 1 Ryan Alley546-1010. 10 p.m. $3. Lube After Dark. Quaker Steak and Lube, 2205 Buffalo Rd. 697.9464. 9:30 p.m. Free. Reggaeton w/DJ Carlos. La Copa Ultra Lounge, 235 W Ridge Rd. 254-1050. 10 p.m. Call for tix. Salsa Night w/DJ Javier Rivera. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St4750249. 9 p.m. $5. What A Drag w/Samantha Vega, Kyla Minx & Pauly. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave232-8440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $4-$12. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Lil Kim. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. Tickets: Mad Flavors Clothing-254-4280 , His & Hers Clothing-544-9420. 10 p.m. $25. Smash Regime Empire ft. Gucc Vercetti. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. houseofguitars.com. 6 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Alana Calhoon. Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave. strathallan.com. 8:30 p.m. Free. Bobby Dibaudo Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Captain Marvel. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 8 p.m. Free.
JAZZ | Marilyn Lerner, Lou Grassi & Ken Filiano Trio
Few musicians wear as many harmonic hats as Canadian pianist Marilyn Lerner. She is a superb, experimental musician who has garnered praise from Montreal to the Ukraine. Lerner’s interests range from jazz to klezmer to contemporary classical music and she has shared the stage with greats like Tito Puente and Steve Lacy. As a composer she has won the Montreal International Jazz Festival award for best composition. At this Bop Shop-sponsored concert she’ll be joined in group improvisations by two equally adept musicians, bassist Ken Filiano and drummer Lou Grassi. Marilyn Lerner, Lou Grassi & Ken Filiano Trio performs Friday, November 11, 8 p.m. at Physikos, 302 N. Goodman St., 2nd floor. $20 donation requested. 271-3354, bopshop.com. — BY RON NETSKY Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival 2011. Multiple Venues. esm.rochester.edu/ eroi/festival-2011.php. Varies. See website for full line up and performance times. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. fredcostello. com, 385-9292. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Johnny Matt Band w/Jon Seiger. Wegmans-Eastway, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster. 671-8290. 5:30 p.m. Free. Ryan T Carey. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 427-8030. 7-9 p.m. Free. Soul Express. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 7:30 p.m. Free. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St Williamson 589-4512. 5894512, PultneyvilleGrill.com. 7 p.m. Free. The Marilyn Lerner, Lou Grassi & Ken Filiano Trio. Physikos, Village Gate Square, 302 N. Goodman Street, 2nd fl (above Salena’s). bopshop.com. 8 p.m. $20 requested donation. The Westview Project with Doug Stone, sax. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Avethepomodorogrill.com. 7 p.m. Free.
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[ Open Mic ] Acoustic/ Open Mic Night. Quaker Steak and Lube, 2205 Buffalo . 697.9464. 9 p.m. Free. Open Mic. Rochester Institute of Technology-Java Wally’s, 90
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[ Pop/Rock ] 3HB Brewery Fest Ft. White Bison w/Dreadscott, Khat House, The Moho Collective, and Extended Family. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8. Black Tusk w/ Thou, Monstro. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plazafrontgatetickets. com, themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $10. Cherry Bomb. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St. 262-2063. 10 p.m. $5. Clocktower. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W6211480. 9:30 p.m. $5-$7. Dog House. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor. 924-3660. Call for info. Free. Download. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Avenolasweb.com, 6633375. 10 p.m. Call for info. Krypton 88 w/Bobby Henrie & The Goners. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 6 p.m. Call for info. Sam Deleo. Perlo’s Italian Grill, 202 N Washington St, East Rochester. 248-5060. 6:3010:30 p.m. Free. Teagan & The Tweeds. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road, Rochester 14623. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:30 p.m. Free. The Niche w/Roots Collider. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup. com, 292-9940. 8 p.m. $10 adv / $11 doors.
[ Acoustic/Folk ] Latin Band. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St. 262-2090. 11 p.m. Free.
Mike and Sergei. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 9 p.m. Free. Right Turn Racer CD Release Party w/Mouth Ful, In-Context. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W621-1480. 9 p.m. $5-$7. Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main St., Pittsford. 5864650, pittsfordpub.net. 9 p.m.midnight. Free. Ted McGraw. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 764-0991. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tom Gravino. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 355-8206. 7 p.m. Free. Unplugged Dinner Music Series. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT292-9940, lovincup.com. 6 p.m. Free. Windsor Folk Family. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road, Rochester 14623. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Bill Brown. Brown Hound Bistro, 6459 Rt 64, Naples. 374-9771. 7 p.m. Free. California and Montreal Guitar Trios. SUNY GeneseoWadsworth Auditorium, Holcomb 203, Geneseo. 245-5873. 8:00 p.m. $16. The Fakers. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850. 6:30 p.m. Free. Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra. Nazareth CollegeLinehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700, go.naz.edu/musicevents. 7:30 p.m. Free. RPO: Dvoák’s “New World”. Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo.org, 454-7311. 8 p.m. $15-$77. [ DJ/Electronic ] Big Dance Party w/DJ Jon Herbert. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave232-8440, tiltroc.com. 10 p.m. $3. DJ. Goody Goodies, 6108 Loomis Rd, Farmington. 742-2531. 9 p.m. Free. DJ. Straight Home Inn Bar & Grill, 688 Lexington Ave. 4580020. 9 p.m. Free. DJ Big Reg. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 7 p.m. Free. DJ Darkwave. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. DJ Mirage. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 p.m. Call for tix. DJ Wiz. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 9:30 p.m. Free-$5. DJs Richie Salvaggio, Kalifornia. One, 1 Ryan Alley. 546-1010. 10 p.m. Free-$10. Reunion with DJ Lino. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Avenolasweb. com, 663-3375. 10 p.m. Call for info. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] B Martin w/ AJ Curry, Aye Brooks, and Cialdella. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St.
POP | BEN FOLDS
Whether he’s conducting the audience or hitting the brown note, which in theory could cause folks to require a change of underpants, Ben Folds offers an immersive concert experience. OK, the brown-note thing is scientifically unproven, but regardless, Ben Folds is an engaging and prolific pottymouthed showman that ought to be counted as a musical genius. Not since Elton John or Billy Joel has a rock star got so much mileage from playing the piano. At only 45, he recently released “The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective” which is a three-CD anthology of his illustrious career with Ben Folds Five and later as a solo performer. Ben Folds performs Saturday, November 12, 8 p.m. at Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St., Geneva. $25. thesmith.org. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR waterstreetmusic.com. 6:30 p.m. $10. Soul Khan. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St. soulkhan.com. 8 p.m. $10. 18+.
The Westview Project with Doug Stone, sax. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave. thepomodorogrill.com. 7 p.m. Free.
[ Jazz ] East End Jazz Boys. Havana Moe’s, 125 East Ave. 325-1030. 9 p.m. Free. Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival 2011. Multiple Venues. esm.rochester.edu/ eroi/festival-2011.php. Varies. See website for full line up and performance times. Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. fredcostello. com, 385-9292. 7:30 p.m. Call for info. Gypsy Mojo. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 764-0991. 8 p.m. Free. Jazz Cafe. Monty’s Korner, 363 East Ave. 263-7650. 7:30 p.m. Free. Jazz at Jazzy’s. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster. 216-1290. 8:30 p.m. Free. Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260. 7 p.m. Free. Madeline Forster. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 7 p.m. Call for info. Special Blend. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 7:30 p.m. Free. Stringplicity. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8:30 p.m. Free. The Djangoners. Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave. strathallan.com. 8:30 p.m. Free.
[ Pop/Rock ] Chimaira w/Skeletonwitch. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plazafrontgatetickets. com, themontagemusichall. com. 8 p.m. $15. Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge. com, 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $12. Dean Friedman. Harmony House, 58 E Main St., Webster. heartlandconcerts.org. 8 p.m. $17 adv, $20 doors. Demand. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. houseofguitars.com. 6 p.m. Free. Johnny’s 14th Anniversary Party w/Virgil Cain. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 8 p.m. Free. Rockabilly Birthday Bash w/Krypton 88, Kraszman and Fishwife. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave.2717050. 10 p.m. Call for info. Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main Street, Pittsford. pittsfordpub.net, 586.4650. 9 p.m. Call for info. The Sound Awake EP Release Show w/Give It Up For the Otter, and DJ Alykhan. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup.com, 292-9940. 9 p.m. $5 GA, $3 student. Velvet Elvis w/Township, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, and Eddie Nebula. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7-$9.
Sunday, November 13 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Celtic Music. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 7 p.m. Free. Day for Daiya w/String Theory, Jumbo Shrimp. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 224-0990. 1 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Open Blues Jam w/Nate Coffee. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave.271-4650, bealestreetcafe. com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Classical Voice Recital. Holy Ghost Church, 250 Coldwater Road, Rochester 14624. jpike1028@yahoo.com. 3:00 p.m. Free. Eastman-Ranlet Series: Jasper String Quartet. Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. esm.rochester.edu. 3 p.m. $10-$20, discounts to UR/ student ID holders. Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus: Remembrance. Pinnacle Lutheran Church Henrietta. 233-9006, gvoc.org. 3:00 p.m. Advance: $12 adults, $10 seniors/students. Going for Baroque Organ Recital. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave276-8900. 1 & 3 p.m. Free w/admission. Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave.454-4596. 7 p.m. $5. Nazareth College Concert Band. Nazareth College-Linehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave. 3892700, go.naz.edu/music-events. 3:00 p.m. Free. Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital Series: Bruce Neswick. Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Pk. 544-7998. 2 p.m. $10 GA, $5 students. Salon Concert-Piano Trios. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave. 2711313. 2 p.m. $30 GA, students $10 ($25/$8 adv.). St. Andrew’s Chamber Orchestra: Nordic Rhapsodies Concert. St Mary’s Church, 15 St Mary’s Pl. 266-7030. 2:30 p.m. Free. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] R&B HipHop Spring Edition. Cafe Underground Railroad, 480 W Main St. 235-3550. 8 p.m. $5-$10. Teairra Mari. Roar Nightclub. Tickets: Mad Flavors Clothing254-4280, His & Hers Clothing544-9420. 10 p.m. $20. [ Jazz ] Captain Marvel. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 8 p.m. Free. Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival 2011. Multiple Venues. esm.rochester.edu/ eroi/festival-2011.php. Varies. See website for full line up and performance times. Rene Marie & Experiment In Truth. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 North Chestnut St. exodustojazz.com. 5 p.m. $20 GA, $25 Premium, $35 Patron.
METAL | Judas Priest
When I first heard Judas Priest was playing the Armory I immediately pictured that 1950’s fraternity prank where you try and see how many people you can get in a phone booth. And with Black Label Society and the remnants of the legendary Thin Lizzy also on the bill? They’re going to have to grease up the loading-dock doors to get all that metal in there. Judas Priest are metal gods, and though earlier recordings from the band’s 30-year history had them sounding a little more progrock, there has always been metal in there. The band blew through town a couple years back on its “British Steel” tour. Black Label Society’s front man Zakk Wylde is a monstrous shredder with Viking good looks. Though just about every original member is dead or gone, Thin Lizzy is still the most significant band on the bill in regards to metal. Listen to Scott Gorham’s guitar and we can sit there together and point out which metal or hard-rock artists went on to rip him off. Judas Priest performs Wednesday, November 16, 6 p.m. at Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. $47.50-$55. rochestermainstreetarmory.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE Sunday Night Jazz Showcase and Jam Session Hosted by The Mike Kujawski Quartet. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup.com, 292-9940. 7 p.m. $3 GA, free for students. [ Open Mic ] Acoustic Sunday w/Fred Goodnow. Brown Hound Bistro, 6459 Rt 64, Naples. 374-9771. 11 a.m. Free. Open Country Jam. Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 546-5474. 4-8 p.m. Free. Open Jam w/Bodega Radio. Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. 352-4505. 5 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Kwoon w/Alberto Alaska, Silverfish. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8. The Major Tony Nelson Sunday Afternoon Showcase ft. Eric Taylor, Joel & Phil, Ed & Ian Downey, and AK. Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. http:// flyingsquirrel.rocus.org/. 1:00 p.m. $5.
Monday, November 14 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath & Guests. Rehab Lounge, 510 Monroe Ave. 4429165. 6 p.m. Free. Deborah Branch, Piano. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137. com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Irish Waltzes, Reels & Jigs practice. McGraw’s Irish
Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 348-9091, mcgrawsirishpub.com. 6 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Lord and Taylor’s Opening of the Holiday Season @ Eastview Mall. Eastview Mall, 7979 PittsfordVictor Rd, Victor. 594-2586, amadeuschorale@aol.com. 6:30 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Brad Batz. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Gabe Condon Duo. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. Jerry Falzone. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. The Chris Hollywood Pro-Am Jam. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Wayabilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 9 p.m. Free 21+, $5 unders. The Westview Project with Doug Stone, sax. Horizons Restaurant at Woodcliff Hotel & Spa. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free.
Tuesday, November 15 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Fritz’s Polka Band. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. 924-3232. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. continues on page 20
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Tuesday, November 15 Jeff Elliott. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St. 266-3570. 5-8 p.m. Free. Johnny Bauer. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon. 624-1390. 7-10 p.m. Free. Steve Bartolotta. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 7 p.m. Free. Teagan Ward. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com. 7 p.m. Free. Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 662-5555, Bistro135.net. 6 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] A Night at the Eastman Theatre: Eastman Trombone Choir Concert. Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.Karen Hite, 546-6920. 8 p.m. $25includes dinner, drinks. Barbershop Harmony. Harmony House, 58 E Main St., Webster. chorusofthegenesee.org. 7 p.m. Free. Open practices/try outs. [ DJ/Electronic ] SIN Night. TC Hooligans-Greece, Greece Ridge Ctr. tchooligans. com, 225-7180. 9 p.m. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Big Band Ballroom Dance Series w/live music. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/ ballroomdanceseries. 7:30 p.m. $3. See website for full line up. Shared Genes. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. Tinted Image. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] All About the Song: The Songwriter’s Open Mic hosted by Jim Bowers. Merchants Grill, 881 Merchants Rd. merchantgrill.com, 482-2010. 8 p.m. Free. Sign-up begins at 7:30 p.m. Golden Link Singaround. Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 S Winton Rd. goldenlink. org. 7:30 p.m. Free. Open Mic Night. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT. 292-9940, lovincup.com. 8:30 p.m. Free. Open Mic w/String Theory. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990, johnnysirishpub. com. 8 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Lost Patrol w/Autoverse and Ghostfeeder (DJ Professor at Midnight). Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. pat@autoversemusic.com. 8 p.m. $6-$8. 18+.
Wednesday, November 16 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Annie in the Water. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road, Rochester 14623. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free. 20 City NOVEMBER 9-15, 2011
CLASSICAL | Eastman Trombone Choir
Rochester Downtown Development Corporation periodically hosts “Urban Nights” set at a city venue as part of its outreach for a vibrant downtown. Next Tuesday you can join RDDC for dinner and tours of Eastman Theater at 5:30 p.m. (costs $25, call 546-6920) or simply show up for this free concert at Kilbourn Hall. Dr. John Marcellus, professor and director of the Eastman Trombone Choir since 1978, has performed and recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra and the United States Navy Band. The history of the trombone ensemble can be traced back to Italian works of the 16th century, and the Moravians brought the concept to America in the mid-1750’s. The Eastman Trombone Choir was founded in 1941 by Emory Remington. Eastman Trombone Choir performs Tuesday, November 15, 8 p.m. at Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. Free. 274-1444, Rochester.edu/Eastman. — BY PALOMA CAPANNA Dady Brothers. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 7:30 p.m. Free. Dave McGrath @ The Cottage Hotel of Mendon. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon. dave@davemcgrath. com. 7 p.m. Free. Norman Tibbils. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 6 p.m. Free. Paul Strowe. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 7640991. 7 p.m. Free. Reggae Lounge w/Roots Ronny Stackman. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Wayabilenebarandlounge. com, 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. Free. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free. Tommy Gravino. Rio Tamatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua. 3949380. 6:30 p.m. Free. Salsa w/Shelia dancing during the performance. [ Country ] Country Classics ft. Jose Waverly and friends. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. 263-2700. 7:30 p.m. $19 nonmembers, $16 seniors, $17 students. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Project New Era, Hassaan Mackey, and MdotCoop. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $5 21+, $7 unders.
[ Jazz ] Chris Teal’s Open Jam. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera.com, 5463945. 8 p.m. $3, free w/dinner. Mike Frederick. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera.com, 546-3945. 8 p.m. $5, or free w/dinner. Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave. 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. Free. Robert Chevrier. Pomodoro Monroe Ave, 3400 Monroe Ave. 586-7000. 6:30 p.m. Free. The Margaret Explosion. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave.271-4650, bealestreetcafe.com. 6 p.m. Free. Uptown Groove. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Judas Priest w/Black Label Society, Thin Lizzy, and Lady Starlight. Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St.rochestermainstr eetarmory.com. 6 p.m. $47.50$55. This Life w/Evan Prewitt Band. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 8:30 p.m. $5 adv, $7 doors.
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The Wurlitzer at the Auditorium Theatre is just one of the local organs that will be featured in this weekend’s EROI Festival. FILE PHOTO
More than making it up 2011 Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival Thursday, November 10-Sunday, November 13 [ PREVIEW ] BY PALOMA CAPANNA
When you’re brought up playing classical music out of a book, you probably cringe when someone asks you, “Can’t you just sit down and play something?” For some students of classical, this often-heard phrase is as good as being asked to play ragtime or jazz, genres that evoke that notion of complete abandon from what’s on the page. So imagine what happens when 200-plus international organists descend upon Rochester to spend several days talking about and performing improvisations on classical themes from the great J.S. Bach to holy music of the Renaissance to Wurlitzer theater songs. You might have the impression that chaos is about to burst through the pipes of the organs of Rochester — an idea quickly put aside by two masters in the field, William Porter and David Higgs, who are among the hosts for the conference.
“Improvisation is a method,” says Porter, “there are techniques and methods that you practice. You do not just sit down and play whatever comes into your head.” Higgs says, “Improvisation is not where you sit down and the muse comes to you and you’re the vehicle for some kind of cosmic music. Improvisation follows a form and a harmonic language.” Porter is a professor of organ and historical keyboards at the Eastman School of Music. He is all about the “recovery” of an historical approach to organ performance. Higgs, chair of the department, inaugurates organs in the United States and Europe, engages in regular concert tours and master classes, and speaks passionately about the capabilities of and sounds of these instruments. Higgs is after the organs that will provide the best sound for improvisations. Porter chanced onto improvisation while
he was attending graduate school at Yale University and working as a church organist with an instrument he hated. “I was getting discouraged,” says Porter, “so I started examining the organ for which notes sounded OK and which ones did not, and I started selecting which notes to play. This gave me an incentive to start making things up.”
The congregation noticed what Porter was doing, and gave him positive reinforcement. That was when Porter realized that improvisation was “not a scary thing.” From that simple beginning, Porter went on to spend decades improving his craft and learning the methods of the past. He has taught at Oberlin College (his undergraduate alma mater), New England Conservatory, and Yale Divinity School. He has been music director at the Church of St. John the Evangelist and artistin-residence at First Lutheran Church, both in Boston. He is currently on faculty at ESM and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. During our interview Porter offered his narrative of the 700-year history of organ repertoire and improvisation, a history filled with the likes of Frenchman like Marcel Dupre. “Dupre,” says Porter, “created an improvisation course with complex chordal progressions in all keys, keyboard harmony, and counterpoint.” Dupre’s improvisations also evolved into published compositions, as with his “Symphonie – Passion,” which he first performed in a Wanamaker Department Store on a Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia in the 1920’s. Students of improvisation are taught to transcribe improvisations as a method of learning the progressions of themes undertaken by the masters. It turns out that when an organist lists “composer” as a credential, it could also mean the virtually unheard-of title in the American halls of classical music, “improviser.” “So much of the music you hear today had its origins in improvisation,” says Porter. “Once you write down an improvisation and time goes by, it becomes repertoire.”
employer church for the liturgy, hymns, preludes, postludes and the like. “Everybody improvised in the church,” says Higgs. “They didn’t write it down — paper was quite a thing, to have printed things was a big deal. They would write down particularly good ones. Otherwise music was sorted in the finger memory, so-called ‘muscle memory,’ and that was how people learned.” When Higgs takes to the organ to improvise, he will be performing at Christ Church on the Craighead-Saunders organ, unveiled in 2008 as a reconstruction of the largest and best-preserved late Baroque organ, built by Adam Gottlob Casparini in 1776 in Lithuania. “I will take inspiration from the instrument, a central German-style organ that Bach would have known,” says Higgs. “My improvisations will resemble something that would have been heard in the churches of the late 18th century in Germany.” Higgs credentials are likewise lengthy and distinguished, starting with bachelors and masters degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. Higgs has been music and choir director and/or organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Berkeley, CA), Temple Emanu-El (San Francisco, CA), and New York City’s Riverside Church and Park Avenue Christian Church. And Higgs lists extensive performance credentials, including the inaugural concerts of organs from St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Vienna) to St. Ignatius Loyola (NYC). Higgs admits that he also plays R&B. “Any form that you might find written out in music can be improvised,” he says. “You take a tune you know and put it with material you don’t. It’s the expected versus the unexpected.”
Higgs is on a quest for “authentic sound.” His
Joining Porter and Higgs for EROI’s
goal is to make Rochester a global center for organ performance, research, building, and preservation. He’s in the right place for that lofty goal. When Eastman School of Music opened its doors in 1921, it housed the largest organ collection in the nation. Higgs’s list of organ projects in Rochester is an unbeatable resume. The Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative started in 2001 “because at Eastman we had one of the greatest schools for learning to play the organ in the world,” says Higgs. “Since 1921, the organ department has been at the top of the heap worldwide. Students come from all over the world to study here.” For Higgs, the styles of organ improvisation are as diverse as the organs, themselves, and he wants to create opportunities for organists and audiences to hear the actual sounds of the different styles. Higgs explains that churches would select a certain kind of organ to have their musical offerings meet the edicts of the particular church. Organists would then be expected to perform “in the style of” their
improvisation festival will be other worldrenowned organists, including Hans Davidsson, Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, David Peckham, Jeffrey Brillhart, Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin, and Bruce Neswick. Brillhart is director of music and fine arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania, and is a lecturer in organ improvisation at Yale University. Brillhart will perform in two different concerts on Saturday, November 12. Cauchefer-Choplin is currently on faculty at the Royal College of Music in London, and has served as the organist at St. Sulpice in Paris. The French liturgical tradition includes huge, full improvisations after the service. CaucheferChoplin will perform in two different concerts on Saturday, November 12. Davidsson teaches organ at the Eastman School of Music and is project director of EROI. He also established the organ research center at Göteborg Organ Art Center in Sweden. In 2004, Davidsson was awarded continues on page 22 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 21
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H.M. The King’s Medal from the King of Sweden for “significant accomplishments in musicology and music, primarily in the fields of organ research and organ education.” Davidsson will perform in a concert on Thursday, November 10. Neswick uses the word “improvisateur” in his biography, along with prizes from the San Anselmo Organ Festival, the Boston American Guild of Organists’s National Convention, and the Rochette Concours. He previously served as music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Neswick will perform in a concert on Sunday, November 13. Peckham can be found at the First United Methodist Church in Horseheads, and has been associated with L.A. Peckham & Son Pipe Organ Service since 1983. Peckham’s bent pulls him toward theater-organ music, which is where you will find him during the festival, at the Auditorium Theatre’s four-tier Wurlitzer organ. (The Rochester Theater Organ Society has approximately 1,000 members.) Peckham will perform in a concert on Friday, November 11. Ruiter-Feenstra, in addition to being an organist, is the author of books on improvisation pedagogy, namely, “Bach and the Art of Improvisation” and “Improvisation Encounters.” Ruiter-Feenstra will perform in a concert on Friday, November 11.
2011 EROI concert schedule Thursday, November 10, 8 p.m.: Improvisations by ESM organ faculty w/Hans Davidsson, David Higgs, William Porter, on the Craighead-Saunders Organ at Christ Church, 141 East Ave. Friday, November 11, 1 p.m.: Pamela RuiterFeenstra, Edoardo Bellotti, William Porter on the Craighead-Saunders Organ at Christ Church, 141 East Ave. Friday, November 11, 8 p.m.: Evening of music for the theater organ w/David Peckham, William Porter on the Wurlitzer Organ at the Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. Saturday, November 12, 10:45 a.m.: Music in the style of Paris in 1900 w/William Porter, Jeffrey Brillhart, Sophie-Veronique CaucheferChoplin on the Halloran-All Saints Organ at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park. Saturday, November 12, 8 p.m.: Performances by Jeffrey Brillhart, Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin on the Austin Organ at Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. Sunday, November 13, 2 p.m.: Rochester Celebrity Organ Recital by Bruce Neswick on the Halloran-All Saints Organ at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park. (Concert costs $10.) Sunday, November 13, 9 p.m.: Renaissance motets, chants, and choral improvisations by candlelight feat. Compline with Schola Cantorum, Stephen Kennedy, director (note: concert is free). Christ Church, 141 East Ave. NOTE: All concerts cost $15, unless otherwise noted. For more information call 454-2100 or visit esm.rochester.edu/eroi.
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Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Webster Art Club Wed Nov 9. Webster Public Library, 980 Ridge Rd., Webster. 6:30 p.m. 872-7075. “11/11/11: We Are One” Fri Nov 11. Strong Behavioral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave. 6-8 p.m. urmc. rochester.edu. “Brian Browne: Eleven Eleven Eleven” Fri Nov 11. Davis Gallery, Houghton House, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1 Kings Lane off South Main St., Geneva. 7-9 p.m. 315-781-3487, thesmith.org. Nazareth College Art Department Faculty Show Fri Nov 11. Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Ave. 5-7 p.m. 389-5073, naz.edu. “Offerings,” an exhibition of mixed media artwork by Jappie King Black Fri Nov 11. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport. 6-9 p.m. 6375494, differentpathgallery.com. Outside the Box Gallery Grand Opening Fri Nov 11. Outside the Box, Suite 104, Box Factory, Main Street, Fairport. 5-9 p.m. 323-1727. “Puffery” Closing Reception Fri Nov 11. Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St., Door 1, Suite 258. 6-9 p.m., whitney.warne@gmail.com. “Three-Legged Race: The Art of Collaboration” Fri Nov 11. Sage Art Center, UR River Campus. 5 p.m. 273-5995, rochester.edu/college/ AAH/facilities/sage “Fine Art for the Body,” works by Dana Wolf and Lynn Duggan Sat Nov 12. Ock Hee’s Gallery, 2 Lehigh St. 12-5 p.m. 624-4730, ockhee@frontiernet.net. “Happy Hour,” New Works by Amanda Clarke & Grand ReOpening of Surface Salon Sat Nov 12. 1975 Gallery, at Surface Salon, 661 South Ave., Suite B. 7-10 p.m. 1975ish.com. Irondequoit Invitational Sat Nov 12. I-Square Visions, 693 Titus Ave., Irondequoit. 7-9 p.m. 943-1941. [ CONTINUING ] 1975 Gallery at Surface Salon, 661 South Ave., Suite B. Nov 12-Jan 28: “Happy Hour,” New Works by Amanda Clarke. Visit site for hours. 1975ish.com 2 Chic Boutique 151 Park Ave. Through Nov 30: Beyond the Racks: Cordell Cordaro. Wed-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.5 p.m. 271-6111, 2chicboutique.com. Arts & Cultural Council Gallery 277 N Goodman St. Nov 9-30: Four Artists: Cook, Keyser, Notides-Bensing, Sacks. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 4734000, artsrochester.org. Artisan Works 565 Blossom Rd. Ongoing: “Perspectives” by Robert Farber. Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun Noon-5 p.m. $8-$12. 288-7170, artisanworks.net. Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave. Through Nov 30: “Magnificent Africa III.” Thu-Fri 5:30-9 p.m., Sat 2-4 p.m. 563-2145, thebaobab.org. Barnes and Noble Gallery 3349 Monroe Ave, Pittsford. Through Dec 3: Rochester Art Club Fall Show and Sale. Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 586-6020, barnesandnoble.com. Black Radish Gallery Village Gate, D Entrance, 274 N. Goodman St. Through Nov 30: November Pairings featuring Sophia Amm, Liz BrittonBerry, Liz Durand, Denise Fabrizio, Alice Gold, Michael Harris, Constance Mauro, and Wendy Menzie. MonFri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 12-5 p.m. arenaartgroup.com
Books Etc. 78 W. Main St., Macedon. Through Dec 30: “Where the Journey Begins,” the work of Kelly Ayer, D. Brent Walton, and Bev Owen. Wed-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 474-4116, books_ etc@yahoo.com. Bug Jar 219 Monroe Ave. Through Nov 30: THE LOBBY Presents: “Kurt Ketchum: (2BCON’T).” Mon-Sun 8 p.m.- 2 a.m. 4542966, bugjar.com. B.T. Roberts Memorial Hall Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College 2301 Westside Drive. Through Dec 15: “Landscapes: Having Eyes to See” by Dr. Brian Babcock. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 594-6800, nes.edu. Central Library 115 South Ave. Through Dec 4: “The Art of the Book.” Mon 12-8 p.m., Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m. 428-7300. Chait Fine Art Gallery 234 Mill St. Through Nov 25: “In the Shadow of the Park,” paintings by Abbe Czajkowski. By appointment. 4546730, schait@chaitstudios.com. Community Darkroom Gallery 713 Monroe Ave. Continuing: “Positive Negatives,” photographs by David Johnson. Mon 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Tue-Thu 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Fri 12-5 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 271-5920, geneseearts.org. Crocus Clay Works Gallery Hungerford Building Door #2, Suite 225, 1115 E. Main St. Nov 4-26: “Annual Holiday Sale.” Tue-Wed 5-8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m., or by appointment. 4698217, crocusclayworks.com. Davis Gallery Houghton House, Hobart and William Smith
ART | Art at the Armory
This weekend the Main Street Armory will be home to more than 50 local and visiting artists working in a wide variety of media, including photography, glass, ceramics, and paint. Art at the Armory is a nature-themed show that will include more than just art. Look for live owl and hawk demonstrations both days at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m., presented by Friends With Feathers. There will also be live acoustic music, poetry readings, food, and a bar. Art at the Armory takes place Saturday, November 12, and Sunday, November 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Armory (900 E. Main St.). Tickets cost $4-$15. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit artatthearmory.com. — BY ERIC LACLAIR Colleges, 1 Kings Lane off South Main St., Geneva. Nov 11-Dec 8: “Brian Browne: Eleven Eleven Eleven.” Mon- Fri. 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sat. 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. 315-7813487, thesmith.org. Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College 2301 Westside Drive. Nov 15-Dec 15:
“Counterparts and Interludes,” work by Lori Cooley, Alice Gold, and Jack Wolsky. | Through Nov 11: “Matter and Color,” paintings and sculptures by Gloria Betlem and Ruth Geos. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 1-4 p.m. 594-6442, roberts.edu/ davisongallery.
Dickys Bar Corner of Meigs and Caroline Streets. Through Nov 22: Work by Christopher Maley. Call for hours. 730-8310. A Different Path Gallery 27 Market St., Brockport. Through Nov 27: “Offerings,” an exhibition of mixed media artwork by Jappie King Black. Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 637-5494, differentpathgallery.com. Fusion Salon 333 Park Ave. Ongoing: “RetroGrade” with St. Monci and Hannah Betts. Mon & Tue 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Thu Noon-8 p.m., Fri 9a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 271-8120, fusionsalonnewyork.com. Gallery @ Equal=Grounds 750 South Ave. Through Nov 30: “What’s on Your Plate? Whimsical and Wonderful Artwork by Jennifer Richter.” Tue-Fri 7 a.m.-Midnight, SatSun 10 a.m.-Midnight. gallery@ equalgrounds.com. Gallery Salon & Spa 780 University Ave. Ongoing: “Aesopian Equinox,” Works by Matté. Tue-Thu 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat 9:30 a.m.3 p.m. 271-8340, galleryhair.com. George Eastman House 900 East Ave. Through Nov 13: TransitionsRochester. | Through Feb 19: “The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection. Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m. $4-$12. 2713361, eastmanhouse.org Gilded Square Picture Framing & Gallery 714 University Ave. Continuing: “Framed” artwork
by Keith Uhrich & Michelle Michael. Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 461-2808, gildedsquare.com. Hartnett Gallery University of Rochester, Wilson Commons. Through Nov 20: “Echo Sonata” by Rosalyn Engelamn. TueFri 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 275-4188, blogs. rochester.edu/Hartnett. I-Square Visions 693 Titus Ave., Irondequoit. Nov 12-Dec 16: Irondequoit Invitational. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 943-1941. Image City Photography Gallery 722 University Ave. Through Nov 27: “Perspectives: Near & Far.” Wed-Sat 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun noon-4 p.m. 482-1976, imagecityphotographygallery.com. International Art Acquisitions 3300 Monroe Ave. Through Nov 30: “Sandstone” series by Linda Kall. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.9 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun Noon-5 p.m. 264-1440, internationalartacquisitions.com. Italian American Community Center 150 Frank Dimino Way. Through Nov 30: Galleria delle Arti. MonFri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 594-8882, www. iaccrochester.org JGK Galleries 10 Vick Park A. Through Nov 26: Richard Lang Chandler. Tue, Thu & Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat 12-3 p.m., Mon & Wed by appt. 734-6581, jgkgalleries.com. Link Gallery at City Hall 30 Church St. Through Dec 12: “Picturing Our Dreams,” works by incarcerated adolescents
held in Monroe County Jail and Correctional Facility. MonFri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-5920, cityofrochester.gov. Little Theatre Café 240 East Ave. Nov 12-Dec 9: Scott Reagan and Susan Rodgers. | Through Nov 11: Clare Mann. Sun 5-8 p.m. Mon-Thu 5-10 p.m.; Fri-Sat 5-11 p.m. 258-0403, thelittle.org. Lux Lounge 666 South Ave. Ongoing: Works by Darren Brennessel, Caitlin Yarsky, and Tomas A. Fox. Mon-Thu 5 p.m.2 a.m.; Fri 4:30-2 a.m.; SatSun 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 232-9030, lux666.com. Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave. Through Jan 15: “Extreme Materials 2.” | Lucy Burne Gallery: Through Nov 12: “Adult Student Show.” Nov 15Dec 12: “Children’s Show.” WedSun 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu until 9 p.m., $5-$12. Thu night reduced price: $6 from 5-9 p.m. 2768900, mag.rochester.edu. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. Through Nov 26: “The Magic Rabbit Wildcard” by Jenny Pope. | Through Nov 13: “Gramma’s Cameras” by Lori Horton. MonFri & Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. 624-7740, millartcenter.com. MCC Forum at R Thomas Flynn Center, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Dec 18: “Artists in Unlikely Places.” Call for hours. 292-2021. MCC Mercer Gallery 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Nov 18: continues on page 24
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“The Nature of Form: Beauty and Trauma” by Anne Punzi. Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 292-2021, monroecc.edu/go/mercer/ More Fire Glass Studio 80 Rockwood Pl. Through Nov 11: “Connotations: New Sculptural Works” by Elizabeth Luons, Mahine Rattonsey, and Jennifer Schinzing. Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appt. 242-0450, morefireglass.com. Nan Miller Gallery 3450 Winton Place. Through Jan 3: “Beauty and Grace: The Female Form.” Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2921430, nanmillergallery.com. Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery 4245 East Ave. Nov 11-Jan 1: Nazareth College Art Department Faculty Show. Wed-Sun 1-8 p.m. 389-5073, naz.edu. Ock Hee’s Gallery 2 Lehigh St. Nov 12-Dec 31: “Fine Art for the Body,” works by Dana Wolf and Lynn Duggan. Thu-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 624-4730, ockhee@ frontiernet.net. Oxford Gallery 267 Oxford St. Through Nov 26: “Paying Homage,” paintings and drawings by Thomas Insalaco. Tue-Fri Noon-5 p.m; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-5885, oxfordgallery.com. Phelps Art Center 15 Church St., Phelps. Through Jan 7: “It’s Only a Medium” featuring Barron Naegel and Liz Brownell. ThuSat 1-4 p.m. 315-548-2095, phelpsartcenter.com. Phillips Fine Art 248 East Ave. Through Nov 29: “Judd Williams: Sandpapers.” Tue-Fri Noon-6 p.m.; Sat Noon-5 p.m. or by appt. 232-8120. Record Archive 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Through Nov 30: “Art Related” featuring Craig Schutte, Jordan Rubin, Ben Rubin, and Sydney Schutte. Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m. alayna@recordarchive.com. Rochester Contemporary Arts Center 137 East Ave. Through Nov 13: “Scapes.” | In the Lab Space: “Ethereality” by Christina Laurel. Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m., Fri 1-10 p.m. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org. $1. Rochester Regional Community Design Center Hungerford Complex/E. Main Business Park. Door 3B. Continuing: “Corn Hill: What’s Next?” MonFri 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 2710520, rrcdc.com. Roz Steiner Art Gallery 1 College Rd., Batavia. Nov 10-Jan 6: The Art of Joseph Whalen. Call for hours. 343-0055 x6448, genesee.edu. Rush Rhees Library Rare Books and Special Collections University of Rochester River Campus, Rush Rhees Library, Wilson Blvd. Through Jan 5: “Kenneth Patchen.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 475-6766. Sage Art Center UR River Campus. Nov 14-Dec 2: Advanced Painting Installation. | Through Nov 11: “Three-Legged Race: The Art of Collaboration.” | Through August 2012: Photo exhibit by Thomas Evans, curated by Jessica Holmes.
ART | Experiments in AV Series
On Thursday, November 10, 7-9 p.m. Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) will kick off a new “Experiments in AV Series” with a presentation of “Live Cinema” by Potter-Belmar Labs (pictured). The same day, “13 Views in Arid Lands,” a panoramic time-lapse installation Potter-Belmar Labs, will open in VSW’s Bookstore Gallery. The work presents scrolling 360 degree views of “dry and lonely Southwest American landscapes,” per the provided press release. “From deeply ambient textures to moments of turbulence, concrete imagery gives way to abstraction, and themes emerge and recede. The results may recall a vivid dream, a visual symphony, or an abstract opera.” The exhibit runs through December 18. The series continues the following week on Thursday, November 17, 7-9 p.m. with “Public Domain,” six videos by media artists using public-domain materials from the Film/ Video/Audio Collection of Library and Archives Canada. Both presentation nights take place in the VSW Auditorium, and are free and open to the public. For more information, call 4428676, or visit vsw.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-11p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat-Sun 2-6 p.m. 273-5995, rochester.edu/college/ AAH/facilities/sage The Shoe Factory Co-op 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212. Through Nov 26: “Once Upon a Coffee Table: Fine Art Furnishings.” Wed-Sat 12-5 p.m. studio212@shoefactoryarts.com, shoefactoryarts.com Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Through Nov 20: “Virginia Saunders: Visions and Dreams.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 461-4447, lumierephoto.com. Strong Behavioral Health University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave. Opens Nov 11: “11/11/11: We Are One.” Visit site for hours. urmc. rochester.edu. The Strong’s National Museum of Play One Manhattan Square. Through Nov 20: “The Fine Art of Airigami: Once Upon a Time” by Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle and “Whimsical Art Trail.” Mon-Thu 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 12-5 p.m. 263-2700, thestrong.org. $10-12. SUNY Geneseo Lederer Gallery 1 College Circle, Brodie Hall. Through Dec 3: “Olivia Kim: Realism Rediscovered” and “Stephen Spratnjak: a 1000piece work.” Tue-Thu 12:303:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 1-5 p.m. 243-6785 SUNY Geneseo Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, 26 Main St., Geneseo. Through Dec 3: “New York State Revolutionary War Sites: The Pastels of J. Erwin Porter.” Mon-Thu 12:30-3:30 p.m.; Fri-Sat 12:30-5:30 p.m. geneseo.edu.
Tower Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Brockport 180 Holley St. Through Dec 4: Department of Art Alumni Exhibition. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 395-ARTS, brockport.edu. Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St. Nov 10-Dec 18: “Thirteen Views in Arid Lands” by Potter-Belmar Labs. | Through Nov 13: “Transitions-Rochester.” Thu 5-8 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m. 442-8676, vsw.org. Webster Public Library 980 Ridge Rd., Webster. Through Dec 3: Webster Art Club. Call for hours. 872-7075. Williams Gallery 220 S Winton Rd. Through Nov 14: “Telling Our Story” Creative Hue Artist Collective. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 271-9070, rochesterunitarian.org Wood Library 134 North Main St., Canandaigua. Through Dec 17: Finger Lakes Photography Guild Show. Sun noon-4 p.m., Mon 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tue 10 a.m.-noon. 394-1381 x306. [ CALL FOR ARTWORK ] 2 Pages/2 Voices Short Play Competition. Deadline January 10. For info visit wab.org. Call for Art: Flora and Fauna. Deadline December 1 for “Flora and Fauna: Narrative Through Iconography.” for information, visit geneseo.edu/galleries.floraand-fauna. Call for Art from THE LOBBY. Deadline November 14 for December 2 show at Bug Jar. Variations on the theme, “Remote Control.” Information at lobbydigital.com. Finger Lakes International Wine Cover Art Contest. Deadline December 9. Open to ages 18+,
for info call 624-5555, or visit campgooddays.org. REAL2REEL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL (R2RYFF) is now accepting entries for R2RYFF 2012 taking place Wednesday February 22, 2012. Open to filmmakers aged 19 and under. Deadline January 31. Email real2reelfilms@gmail.com for entry form. Request for Art Proposals: Paint Traffic Control Boxes in NOTA. Deadline Dec 12. For information, contact JanetCollinge@aol.com. Shoe Factory Art Co-op Call for Art. Deadline Nov 12 for Dec 2-24 show: “The Greatest Gift of All.” Information at shoefactoryarts.com.
Art Events [ Wednesday, November 9-November 19 ] Canstruction Rochester. Wintergarden at One Bausch & Lomb Place. canstructionrochester.com. MonFri 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Guests encouraged to donate canned goods. [ Thursday, November 10 ] “A Holiday in the Vineyard” Art/ Craft Show. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 383-1538. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. We will have our traditional food drive for the Perinton food shelf. Entertainment by local folk musician, Chris Wilson. A Holiday in the Winery Arts & Crafts Sale. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 2234210, casalarga.com. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free admission. AV Series: Potter-Belmar Labs. Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. 442-8676, vsw.org. 7-9 p.m. Free. Film: “Megunica.” Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 461-2222, info@ rochestercontemporary.org. 7 p.m. $8-$10. Holidays in the Vineyard. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 383-1538. 10 a.m.7 p.m. Free. [ Friday, November 11Saturday, November 12 ] 34th Annual South Ridge Trail Holiday Boutique Craft Show. Perinton Presbyterian Church, 6511 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd., Fairport. 383-1538. Fri-Sat 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Rochester Art Supply Trade Show. High Falls Fine Art Gallery, 60 Browns Race. 546-6509, fineartstore.com. Fri 6-9 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Vendors, demos. Rochester Art Supply Trade Show 2011. High Falls Fine Art Gallery, 60 Browns Race. 5466509, fineartstore.com. Fri 6-9 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free, some seminars have a fee & registration. [ Saturday, November 12 ] Anderson Alley Second Saturday Open House. Anderson Alley Artists, 250 N Goodman. 4423516, secondsaturdayartists.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Paychex Fall Arts & Crafts Show. Paychex, 1175 John St., W. Henrietta. 387-6237. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.
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Traditionally a performance style rooted in southern Spain, flamenco has become popularized around the world over the past few decades. Compañia Flamenca José Porcel of Madrid, Spain, is among the premier dance troupes in this artistic form, and will perform in Rochester this week. The company arrives with a new program, “Gypsy Fire,” that blends traditional flamenco with more modern music, moves, and looks. On Friday, November 11, Compañia Flamenca will perform at the Callahan Theater at Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave. Prior to the show, there will be a flamenco dance lesson at 6 p.m., and a pre-performance lecture at 7 p.m., with the dancers taking the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30-$60. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit artscenter.naz.edu. — BY ERIC LACLAIR Seneca Park Zoo’s Animal Art Expo. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St Paul Blvd. 336-7201, senecaparkzoo.org. 7-10 p.m. $3-$5. 21+. [ Saturday, November 12Sunday, November 13 ] Art at the Armory. Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. 2238369, artatthearmory.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $4-$8 admission. Featuring live owls and hawks 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. Arts & Crafts Bazaar. Bethel Christian Fellowship, 321 East Ave. 232-1136, missions@ bethelcf.com. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. [ Sunday, November 13 ] Figure Drawing Class. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport. 6375494, differentpathgallery. com. 6-9 p.m. $5-$10. Off the Wall VI: Holiday Show and Sale. AAUW Art Forum, 494 East Ave. aauwrochester. org. 2-5 p.m. Free admission. Y art Festival. Monroe Famly YMCA, 797 Monroe Ave. 2715320, 353-4564. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] The Art & Life of Fairport Artist Carl W. Peters. Fairport Museum, 18 Perrin St., Fairport. 2232950. 5:30 p.m. Free. Art show, presentation, wine tasting.
Comedy [ Thursday, November 10Saturday, November 12 ] Brian Dunkelman. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd, Webster. 671-9080, thecomedyclub.us. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 p.m. $10-$13. [ Friday, November 11Saturday, November 12 ] Nathan Timmel. Last Laff Bar & Grill, 4768 Lake Ave. 663-5233, lastlaff.net. 8 & 10 p.m. $10.
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Dance Events [ Friday, November 11 ] Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel: “Gypsy Fire .” Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2170, boxoffice.naz.edu. 8 p.m. $30-$60. [ Sunday, November 13 ] Moscow Ballet’s ‘Great Russian Nutcracker’. Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St. 800-745-3000, nutcracker.com, ticketmaster.com. 3 p.m. Tickets start at $27.50. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] Frederick Douglass Institute Marks 25 Years with Garth Fagan Dance Demonstration & Lecture. University of Rochester River Campus, Spurrier Dance Studio. 276-5744, fdi@mail.rochester. edu. 4 p.m. Free.
Dance Participation [ Wed., November 9 ] Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 542-8336. Midnight. Free. Teen Set 45 party spins all the hit vinyl singles from the 50’s 60’s and 70’s garage, punk and top 40 hits.
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Corinne Magin bring to life the show’s most potent arc as Orpheus and Eurydice. The twist here — recasting the classic love story as an abusive stalker relationship — results in serious drama, and Magin and Nellis nail it. Nellis in particular holds nothing back in his unhinged rantings. Even with the strong performances it’s
Echo (Amanda Foreman) and Persephone (Leah Camilleri) in Bread & Water Theatre’s production of “Polaroid Stories.” PHOTO PROVIDED
You are legend “Polaroid Stories” Through November 20 Bread & Water Theatre, 243 Rosedale St. $6-$12 | 271-5523 breadandwatertheatre.org [ REVIEW ] BY ERIC REZSNYAK
The glory days of Zeus, Ra, Odin, and their respective pantheons may be long gone, but myths stay with us. These iconic tales connect with humans on a primal level. Some offer explanations for the way the world works — the changing of the seasons, for instance — while others speak to the tragedies of ordinary people tossed around by the capricious winds of fate. Thousands of years after these stories originated, they continue to be told in a variety of ways. Naomi Iizuka’s “Polaroid Stories,” the current production by Bread & Water Theatre, situates various characters from Greek myth in late 20th-century urban America. The play succeeds in showing why some of these mythological concepts still speak to modern humans, while also noting that we all have our own deeply personal stories — we are all living and creating our own myths. The majority of the cast does a good job exploring the material, but some rough edges rob the production of some of its impact. 26 City november 9-15, 2011
Bringing classic myths into a modern context is nothing new. The “Percy Jackson” series, the work of Neil Gaiman, and even “The Matrix” films make smart modern use of a variety of mythological concepts. In “Polaroid Stories” a handful of familiar Greek characters are modernized and interact with one another in a seedy urban wasteland. The vain Narcissus is now a preening, self-important male hustler; party god Dionysus is a drug dealer; and so on. These icons interact with two modern mortals, referred to in the program as Skinheadboy and Skinheadgirl, and familiar cycles play out between the gods and mortals, and between the mythological beings themselves. Some interesting concepts arise here: these creatures are defined, even trapped by their narratives; humans generally behave like selfish children demanding much of their gods but appreciating little. Many of the actors in the show turn in solid performances. Chad Edmonds immerses himself fully in the role of Narcissus, and brings some much-needed levity to the show in his well-delivered, attention-baiting monologues. Casey Siegel is believable as the nihilistic Skinheadboy, tweaking and freaking out at various intervals. Leah Camilleri is convincing as Persephone, here cast as a boozy, lovelorn prisoner who has resigned herself to her fate. Paul Nellis and
difficult to overlook the problems with this production, and even in the play itself. Iizuka introduces some meaty concepts, but several plot and character threads go absolutely nowhere. I’m not sure if this Iizuka’s fault or the responsibility of director Shawnda Urie, but certain scenes, especially anything involving Philomel, seem pointless. The script’s often-repeated dialogue — potentially a nod to the cyclical nature of myth — becomes tiresome after a while, and the constant use of obscenities and slang feels less representational of urban youth and more like caricature as the play goes on. Beyond that, the production needs polish. Even taking into consideration the limited resources of a fairly young community-theater troupe like Bread & Water, you can’t excuse some of the sloppiness that plagued the production on the night I saw it. Cast members clomped around backstage as they made their exits and entrances. There were abrupt sound cues. And the set, while visually interesting, created noisy distractions every time people brushed against the chain-link fence or kicked the cans strewn about the floor. These seem like minor things, but they disrupt the magic of the theater and take the audience out of the story. The most egregious example on the night I attended was when the production ground to a halt while the tech crew struggled to get the fog machine and light effects working. The real tragedy here is that the visual tricks added nothing to the scene. On a related note, a slide projector is used periodically, especially near the end of Act II. I assume the images had some relation to the action onstage, but I have no idea what. From where I was sitting the light was obscured by a fence bisecting the set, and I could not make out any of the projections. Ambition is great — we are lucky to live in a city with groups like Bread & Water that find interesting, relatively obscure works that raise serious questions about the human condition. But if you’re going to aim high, you need to be able to deliver consistently. “Polaroid Stories” has a lot going for it, but it also has some production issues that hold it back.
[ Friday, November 11 ] Victor Wine & Food Fest. Ravenwood Golf Club, 929 Lynaugh Rd., Victor. 742-6320, victorldc.org. 5:30-9 p.m. Call for details. [ Sunday, November 13Friday, December 9 ] 17th Annual Festival of Trees. Granger Homestead, 295 N Main St, Canandaigua. 3941472, grangerhomestead.org. Mon-Wed 1-5 p.m., Thu-Fri 1-7 p.m., Sat & Nov 25 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Closed Thanksgiving Day. $1-$5, free under age 5.
Kids Events [ Friday, November 11 ] Flip & Fold Fun: Origami Workshop. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 7845300, brightonlibrary.org. 10:30 a.m. Free, register. Ages 8-12. Minute to Win It. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 3597092, hpl.org. 4-4:45 p.m. Free, register. For ages 6-12. The Only One Club & Open House Event. Hillel Community Day School, 191 Fairfield Dr. 4610490, sstam@jewishrochester. org. 9 a.m.-noon. Free, RSVP. [ Saturday, November 12 ] Holiday Ornaments for Kids and Parents. Coach Street Clay, 39 Coach St., Canandaigua. 4743103, coachstreetclay.com. 12:30-2:30 p.m. $45, register. Nov 12 ages 9+, Nov 19 ages 5+. [ Saturday, November 12Sunday, November 13 ] “Willy Wonka” TYKES. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000 x235, jcccenterstage.org. 2 p.m. $16. Continues through Nov 20. [ Monday, November 14 ] Comic Book Launch Party. Wood Library, 134 N Main St, Canandaigua. 394-1381, jgoodemote@pls-net.org. 7 p.m. Free. “Not a Flotation Device,” a comic handcrafted by local teens. Crafternoon: Thanksgiving Craft. Irondequoit Public LibraryPauline Evans Branch, 45 Cooper. 336-6062, aholland@ libraryweb.org. 4 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] Radical Reptiles. Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave. 3363035. 4-5:30 p.m. $5-$7.
Lectures [ Wed., November 9 ] “Exploring the Literary ‘Lived Experience’ of the Civil War” with Norm Gayford. Genesee Community College, Lima Campus Center, 7285 Gale Road on Rte. 15A. 582-1226, genesee. edu/Lima. 7 p.m. Free. “Marvels and Myths of Rochester: Memories from the Time Capsule” with Donovan Shilling. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 3408655, penfield.org. 11:45 a.m. $5, register. “Made in Rochester.”
“The Art and Science of Book Restoration and Bookbinding” by Fred Jordan. Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 2442505. 7:30 p.m. Free. Community Forum: “Recovery and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disasters.” Fisher Center, Demarest 112, South Main Street, Geneva. 315-781-3319, dileo@hws.edu. 6 p.m. Free, register. End of Life Care Conference. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000 x214, jccrochester. org. 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. $20, register. Includes continental breakfast and lunch. Opera Lecture: Prayer in Opera. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way. 594-8882. 7:30 p.m. Free, register. With Chuck Lundeen. [ Thursday, November 10 ] “Dali’s Crutches: Between Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology” by Bradley Epps. University of Rochester-Rush Rhees Library, Library Rd. rochester.edu/college/ humanities. 5 p.m. Free. “Popular Music in America” by Paul Burgett. University of Rochester-Rush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 276-5305. 4:45 p.m. Free. “The Jew in Popular Culture” by Leah Hochman. University of RochesterRush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 2757215. 4:30 p.m. Free. Alzheimer’s Association Fall Forum: “Memory and Aging: A Gray Matter.” Monroe Community Hospital, 435 East Henrietta Rd. 1-800-272-3900, alz.org/rochesterny. 6:30-8 p.m. Free, register. Amazing Backyard Plants with Jack Kowiak. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092, hpl.org. 78:30 p.m. Free, register. Arts & Lectures: Roz Chast. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St. 546-8658, artsandlectures.org. 7:30 p.m. $15 standing room. David MacDonald: Cultural Influences and Artistic Transitions. Finger Lakes Community CollegeWilliams-Insalaco Gallery, 4355 Lakeshore Dr, Canandaigua. 7851905. 12:30 p.m. Free. Free Seminar on Osteoporosis. Community Center at Chapel Oaks Retirement Living, 1550 Portland Ave. 697-6604. 2 p.m. Free, register. Medieval Society Talk: Emil Homerin. University of RochesterRush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 275-0110. 5 p.m. Free. The Holidays and the Job Search Advantage. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd., Gates. 247-6446. 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free, register. Why You Like Science Fiction (Even if You Think You Don’t): Talk by Science Fiction Author Craig DeLancey. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 7845300, brightonlibrary.org. 7 p.m. Free, register. [ Saturday, November 12 ] “ Finding Marine Traffic on the Great Lakes Using the Internet.” CharlotteGenesee Lighthouse, 70 Lighthouse St. 621-6179, geneseelighthouse.org. 10 a.m.-noon. Free. [ Sunday, November 13 ] “Penfield Civil War Soldiers: Part Two.” Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 340-8647, ely@penfield. org. 2:30 p.m. Free. International Insights: Update on Russia. Valley Manor Auditorium,
Poetry Reading: Plutzik Centennial Reading Series: Eavan Boland. University of Rochester-Rush Rhees Library, Library Rd. rochester.edu/ college/eng. 5 p.m. Free. [ Saturday, November 12 ] Book Signing: Saturday Author Salon: “Wicked Niagara: The Sinister Side of the Niagara Frontier” by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com. 2 p.m. Free.
FILM | “Megunica”
The first time a friend introduced me to “Big Bang Big Boom,” the stop-motion animation video by Italian street artist Blu (and a very talented production team), my jaw not only hit the floor, it ran around the room in circles. The intelligent, impressive endeavor animates, through time-lapse video that squishes three months of work into 10 minutes, Blu’s paintings and detritus found kicking around the streets and spaces of Bologna, Rome, Senigallia, Modena, Reggio Emilia, New York, Caracas, and Buenos Aires. On Thursday, November 10, at 7 p.m., the Little Theatre and Rochester Contemporary Art Center will present a joint fundraiser and special one-night screening of “Megunica,” the new film about Blu, preceded by a screening of the 2010 “Big Bang Big Boom,” and followed by a talkback with the director, Lorenzo Fonda, led by Tom Gasek of RIT’s School of Film and Animation. “Megunica” travels across South and Central America, providing a glimpse into the life and work of Blu. Tickets are $10, or $8 for members. For more information, call 258-0444, or visit thelittle.org or rochestercontemporary.org. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY 1570 East Ave. 275-8779. 2-4 p.m. Free. Veteran’s Day Presentation by Honor Flight Rochester. Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Rd. 2256160. 11: a.m. Free. C.P. Maloney and Bonnie Dean will speak. [ Monday, November 14 ] FAME presents “Creating an Economy that Works: Job Creation and Our Region’s Future.” Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd., Brighton. 315-521-7826, nyfame. org. 2:30-3 p.m. networking, 3-6 p.m. event. $15-$25. Savvy Social Security Planning for Boomers with Michael Chabalik. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd., Gates. 247-6446. 6:30-8 p.m. Free, register. Travelog: Joyce Roeder presents on Florida Panhandle & Mobile, AL. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd., Gates. 247-6446. 2 p.m. Free, register. Travelog: Portugal, Spain & Morocco. Monroe Branch Library, 809 Monroe Ave. 428-8202. 6:30 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] Dr. J. Richard Ciccone presents “Insanity: Getting Away with Murder?” at Nazareth College. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 3892486. 7 p.m. Free. Marketing Historic Houses Successfully. Landmark Society of Western New York, 133 S Fitzhugh St. 546-7029, landmarksociety.org. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Call for details, register. [ Wed., November 16 ] “Marvels and Myths of Rochester: Memories from the Time Capsule” with Donovan Shilling. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 340-8655,
penfield.org. 11:45 a.m. $5, register. “Tales of Rochester’s Two Canals I.” Healthy Credit Seminar. Canadaigua National Bank’s Alexander Park Branch, 210 Alexander St. cnbank. com. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Susan B. Anthony Institute Talk: Jennifer Creech “Focus on the Future.” University of Rochester, Wilson Blvd. 275-8318, kaitlin.legg@rochester. edu. Noon. Free. “As It Should Be: Clothing of the Civil War” by Alice Askins. Geneva Historical Society Museum, 543 S Main St, Geneva. 315-789-5151, genevahistoricalsociety.com. 7:30 p.m. Free. “Surviving (and Thriving) in the Creative Process” with Susan Gilbert-Collins. Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. roberts. edu. 4 p.m. Free.
Literary Events [ Wed., November 9 ] Book Group: Women Who Love to Read: “Secrets of Eden” by Chris Bojalian. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com. 7 p.m. Free. Book Sale: “Out of this World” Book Fair. Hillel Community Day School, 191 Fairfield Dr. 271-6877, office@ hillelschool.org. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Free admission. [ Thursday, November 10 ] Book Group: The Greater Rochester Russell Set. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. 473-2590, wab.org. 7 p.m. $3/public, free/members. Hal Bauer on the context of use in meaning: Comparative observations on the origin of language and its development, with credit to the later Wittgenstein.
[ Sunday, November 13 ] Book Reading: Stories by Rafe Martin. Temple Emanu-El, 2956 St Paul Blvd. 248-0509. 1-3 p.m. $5-$15. Book Sale: 90th Anniversary of American Education Week: Local Authors Sell/ Sign Books. Greece Historical Society & Museum, 595 Long Pond Road, Rochester, NY 14612. 225-7221, greecehistoricalsociety.net. 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Poetry Reading: Poets Walk Inductees Reading. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. John Roche jfrgla@rit. edu. 2-5:30 p.m. Free. [ Monday, November 14 ] Book Reading: “Stage Directions” by James Graves. Brighton Town Park Lodge, 777 Westfall Rd. 271-5320. 7:30 p.m. $25. Book Signing: “Flight of the Wretched: a journey to the new world” by Michael E. McCarthy. Ross Art Gallery, Skalny Welcome Center, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. 385-8252, dedes@ sjfc.edu. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] Book Discussion: “To Become a Human Being: The Message of Tadodaho Chief Leon Shenandoah” by Steve Wall. Nazareth CollegeShults Center, 4245 East Ave. 7421690, ganondagan.org/programs/ LectureSeries. 7-9 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15Wednesday, November 16 ] Book Discussion: “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5300, brightonlibrary.org. Tue 1:30 p.m., Wed 7 p.m. Free, register.
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Recreation [ Wed., November 9 ] Senior Sojourn. RMSC Cummings Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd, Naples. 374-6160, rmsc.org. 11 a.m.-noon. $3. [ Friday, November 11 ] Stars and Stripes 5K VeteRun. Mendon Ponds Park, Stewart Lodge. sites.google.com/site/ veterunroadrace/. 11 a.m. $15$20, register. Help us raise funds for Honor Flight Rochester. [ Saturday, November 12 ] Dodgeball Tournament. 32 N. Main St., Canandaigua. 394-6866, lindsey@canandaigua-ymca. org. 2 p.m. $30, register. The tournament is co-ed for ages 10 and up, all proceeds will benefit the Canandaiguas annual campaign. GVHC Hike. I-390, exit 11, Rush park & ride lot. Ron N. 377-1812, continues on page 28
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Recreation gvhchikes.org. 8:30 a.m. $4 car pool. Moderate/hilly 7-8 mile hike, Swain area. GVHC Leisurely Hike. Ellison Park, North Landing rd lot. Ann B. 319-5794, gvhchikes. org. 1 p.m. Free. Leisurely 3 mile hike. Hike: Gosnell Big Woods Preserve. Gosnell Big Woods Preserve, corner of Vosburg Rd. and Drumm Rd., Webster. 340-8655, penfield.org. 10 a.m.-noon. Free, register. Serendipity Walk. RMSC Cummings Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd, Naples. 3746160, rmsc.org. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $3, free to members. [ Sunday, November 13 ] GVHC Dog Hike. Durand Park, golf course lot. Chris C. 247-9237, gvhchikes.org. 10 a.m. Free. Easy 1.5 hour dog hike. GVHC Hike. Durand Park, golf course lot. Chris C. 247 9237, gvhchikes.org. 1 p.m. Free. Moderate 5 mile hike.
Special Events [ Wed., November 9 ] “We Choose to Reuse Fashion Show.” Little Theater at Northwood Elementary School, 433 No. Greece Rd. 392-1000 x4308. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Farmington Friends Meetinghouse Commemorative Ceremony. 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse, 160 County Road 8, Farmington. 315-598-4387. 11 a.m. Free. Film: “Green Fire.” Irondequoit Community Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave. irondequoit.org. 6:45 p.m. Free. Genesee Valley Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club Meeting. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 987-1717, gvc-adk.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. Program: “Antarctica: The View out of the Window.” Highland Park Winter Farmers Market. Cornell Cooperative ExtensionRochester, 249 Highland Ave. highlandwintermarket.com. 3-6 p.m. Free admission. Hilton Veterans and Students’ Ceremony. Hilton Community Center, 59 Henry St., Hilton. 3921000 x3168. Noon. Free.
latinasunidas.org. 11:45 a.m.1:30 p.m. Call for info, RSVP. Rosario Pino’s Gluten-Free Open House. Rosario Pino’s, 349 W Commercial St #1620, East Rochester. 267-7405, rosariopinos.com. 5-8 p.m. Free, RSVP. [ Thursday, November 10Tuesday, November 15 ] Polish Film Festival. Little Theatre and Dryden Theatre. 275-9898, rochester.edu, thelittle.org. Various times. $6-$8. SPECIAL EVENTS | Native American Month
November is Native American Month, and is filled with celebrations of rich cultural traditions, community and educational events, and the celebration of Canandaigua Treaty with the Haudenosaunee — one instance where the American government actually kept a promise. The following are two key events taking place this week; for further events, visit our events calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com and search Native American. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Friday, November 11: Canandaigua Treaty Day. Canandaigua Primary School, 96 West Gibson St., Canandaigua. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. friends@frontiernet.net, ganondagan.org. Parade from West Gibson Street to Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. Commemoration of 217th anniversary of the Canandaigua Treaty, with ceremony on front lawn of Ontario County Court House (27 N. Main St.) at 2 p.m. Other events, including Native American arts & crafts sale, potluck dinner, keynote speaker Robert Odowi Porter, President of Seneca Nation of Indians, and Iroquois Social Dancing take place at Canandaigua Primary School. Tuesday, November 15: Sadao’hdi:yos (Lend a Good Ear): Words from our Haudenosaunee Elders Community Read Talk. Nazareth College Shults Center, 4245 East Ave. 7-9 p.m. Free, register. friends@frontiernet.net, ganondagan. org. Friends of Ganondagan’s 2011 Native American Lecture Series. “To Become a Human Being: The Message of Tadodaho Chief Leon Shenandoah” by Steve Wall. Speakers: G. Peter Jemison & Dr. Susan Nowak. RYP Social @ Blue Room. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. RYPSocial@gmail.com. 6-9 p.m. Free. School of the Arts Annual Schools of Choice Open House. School of the Arts (SOTA), 45 Prince St. 242-7682 x3320. 6:30-8 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, November 10 ] 7th Annual Human Services Worker of the Year Awards. Rochester
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[ Friday, November 11 ] Black and White Ball. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Call for information. Burrough’s Audubon Annual Meeting and Experience Night. St John’s Meadows, 1 Johnsarbor West. Julie Clayton, 249-9489. 7:30 p.m. Free. Canandaigua Treaty Day of Commemoration. Canandaigua Primary School, 96 W. Gibson St., Canandaigua. 742-1690, ganondagan.org. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Film and Guest Speaker: “Flow: Living In the Stream Of Music” with Award-winning filmmaker Jim Gabour. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. 5632145, Baobab.center@yahoo. com. 7 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation, RSVP. Finger Lakes Community College Veterans Day Ceremony. Finger Lakes Community College, 4355 Lakeshore Dr, Canandaigua. 7851905. 1 p.m. Free. Free Continental Breakfast for Veterans and Their Families. Emeritus at Landing of Brockport, 90 West Ave., Brockport. 6373140, brockport-crc@emeritus. com. Call for details. Free. HTI Weird Beer and Euchre Party. Kings Bend Lodge, 170 W. Jefferson Rd., Pittsford, North Lodge. humantouchinitiative@ rochester.rr.com. 6-10 p.m. $20. This is a fund raiser for Human Touch Initiative. 18+. Highland Park Bodyworks Grand Opening. Highland Park Bodyworks, 249 Highland Ave. hpbodyworks.com. 5-9 p.m. Free. Rochester Singletons Friday Dropin. Keenan’s Restaurant, 1010 East Ridge Rd. 266-2691. 5 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Veterans Day Ceremony. VA WNY Healthcare System, 222
Richmond Ave., Batavia. 716862-8753. 10 a.m. Free. Veterans Day Observance. Irondequoit Town Hall, Titus Ave. irondequoit.org. 10:45 a.m. Free. [ Friday, November 11Sunday, November 13 ] Christkindl Market. Granger Homestead, 295 N Main St, Canandaigua. grangerhomestead. org. Fri 1-7 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $6 admission, children under 12 free. [ Saturday, November 12 ] 2011 Seva Challenge: Farm-toTable Benefit for Haiti. Breathe downtown annex, 930 East Ave. first floor of the Hutchison House. 248-9070, breatheyoga.com. 7-10 p.m. $25-$30, register. 8th Annual Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook-Off. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 271-5920, geneseearts.org. 4:30-8 p.m. $20-$25, $60-$70 per family. Asian Leadership Conference. Penfield Country Club, 1784 Jackson Road, Penfield. lisbeth. quesnel@itt.com. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $15, RSVP. Casa Vin’Arte Open House. Casa Vin’Arte, 120 Fairport Village Landing, Fairport. 377-4520, casavinarte@frontiernet.net. 7:30 p.m. Free. Center for Youth Third Annual Golden Elephant Auction. Monroe Golf Club, 155 Golf Ave., Pittsford. 473-2464. 7-10 p.m. $75, register. Make a Fast Friend: Greyhound Meet & Greet Program. Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd., Gates. 247-6446. 1:302:30 p.m. Free, register. The Block That Rocks. Downtown Canandaigua. downtowncanandaigua.com. 10 a.m. Free. Vintner’s Dinner at the Deer Run Winery. Rabbit Room Restaurant, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. 346-0850. Call for info. $65, register. [ Saturday, November 12Sunday, November 13 ] Mooseberry Holiday Open House. Mooseberry Cafe and Soap Company, 2555 Baird R., Penfield. 348-9022. Sat 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 12-4 p.m. Free. National Toy Hall of Fame Weekend Celebration. Strong National Museum of Play, 1
Manhattan Sq. 263-2700, museumofplay.org. Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun 1-4 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12. [ Sunday, November 13 ] 2011 Rochester Collectible & Vintage Toy Show. Fair & Expo Center. toyshow@ rochestertoyshow.com. 10 a.m.3 p.m. $5, 12 & under free. 3rd Annual Camp DayDreams Pasta Dinner. Italian-American Sports Club, 1250 Buffalo Rd., Gates. 461-2324, campdaydreams.org. 1-4 p.m. $5-$10, register. Day for Daiya. Johnny’s Pub and Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. dayfordaiya.eventbrite.com. 1-7 p.m. $25. A benefit and celebration for Jeff and Sarah Fairbrother. First Irish Film Feis. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St., East Rochester. 348-9091, mcgrawsirishpub.com. 4-7 p.m. $20 includes dinner. Global Evening of Jewish Learning. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. jewishrochester. org. 7-9:15 p.m. Free, register. Gothic Cathedral Tour. St. Michael’s Church, 869 Clinton Avenue North. 325-4041, saintmichaelsofrochester.org. 2 p.m. Free, donations appreciated. Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market. Brookside Recreation Center, 220 Idlewood Road. swfarmersmarket.org. 1-4 p.m. Free admission. Miss Gay Rochester 2012 Pageant. Harro East Ballroom, 155 Chestnut St. 285-0119. Doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. $15-$20. Rochester Civil Rights Front Meeting. Equal Grounds Coffee House, 750 South Ave. civilrightsfront.wordpress.com, rochestercrf@gmail.com. 5 p.m. Free. Rochester Collectible & Vintage Toy Show. Fair & Expo Center, 2695 East Henrietta Rd. 3344000, fairandexpocenter.org, rochestertoyshow.com. 10 a.m.3 p.m. Free admission. Rochester Singleton’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Holloway House Restaurant, Rtes. 5 & 20, East Bloomlfield. 533-1188. Call for info. Cost of food and drink, RSVP by 11/10. WXXI Community Cinema: “We Still Live Here.” WXXI, 280 State St. 258-0200, wxxi.org/ communitycinema. 2-4 p.m. Free.
[ Monday, November 14 ] Monday Night Seasonal Tastings: Art Rogers of Lento. Breathe Yoga, 19 S. Main St., Pittsford. 248-9070, breatheyoga.com. 6-8 p.m. $55, register. “Gasland” screening. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 4288350. 1:30 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] A Horticultural History Mystery: “The Bulb Stops Here.” Ellwanger Mansion, 635 Mt. Hope Ave. southwedge.com. 7-9 p.m. $20, register. Planned Parenthood’s Annual Luncheon featuring Gloria Steinem. Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E Main St. 546-2771 x430, pprsr.org. 12-1:30 p.m. $50, register (very few tickets left). Sierra Club of Rochester: WetLands Committee. Al Sigl Center, 1000 Elmwood Ave. newyork.sierraclub.org/ rochester. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Urban Nights: Eastman Theatre. Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 546-6920, rddc@rddc.org. 6-8 appetizers and cocktails, concert to follow in Kilbourn Hall. $25, RSVP. Trombone Choir Concert directed by John Marcellus Eastman Theatre Tours to be given starting at 5:30 p.m. [ Wed., November 16 ] Film Screening, Panel Discussion: “The Garden.” Geneva Room, Warren Hunting Smith Library, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney St., Geneva. 315781-3130, fishercenter@hws.edu. 7-9 p.m. Call for details. Highland Park Winter Farmers Market. Cornell Cooperative ExtensionRochester, 249 Highland Ave. highlandwintermarket.com. 3-6 p.m. Free admission. Inside the Alchemy: A Closer Look at the 2011 Gold Lions. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. rafconnect@gmail.com. 6:30-9 p.m. $10-$15, RSVP. Rochester Business Networking Event. Bonadio and Company, 171 Sullys Trail, Pittsford. rochester-tipclub-nov2011. eventbrite.com. 7:30-9 a.m. Free.
Sports [ Friday, November 11 ] Amerks vs. Binghamton. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd.
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V’ta St. James Valentino’s stint as Miss Gay Rochester may be coming to an end. Or, this could just be the halfway point if V’ta takes the crown again for another yearlong reign. The 41st Annual Miss Gay Rochester Pageant will take place Sunday, November 13, at 7 p.m. at the Harro East Ballroom (155 N. Chestnut St.). Hosted by local drag legend Aggy Dune (pictured as Cher), the pageant will feature a special 25th anniversary celebration for Liza, and a commemoration for Miss Gay Rochester 1981 Maya Douglas. Other featured performers include the cream of Rochester’s drag crop, Darienne Lake, Kasha Davis, Samantha Vega, and Poison Waters, to name a few. Tickets cost $15-$20. For more information, search “Miss Gay Rochester Pageant” on Facebook. — BY ERIC LACLAIR 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com. 7:35 p.m. $12-$18. [ Saturday, November 12 ] Rochester Americans vs. Grand Rapids Griffins. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster. com. 7:35 p.m. $12-$18. Rochester Lancers vs. Missouri Comets. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com. 1 p.m. $10-$15. [ Wed., November 16 ] Rochester Americans vs. Syracuse Crunch. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster. com. 7:05 p.m. $12-$18.
Theater “All the Great Books (abridged).” Through Nov 13. Geneva Theatre Guild. Geneva Community Center, 160 Carter Rd. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$12. 315946-6686, gtglive.org. “America US!” Sat Nov 12. Liv.-Wy ARC Day Treatment Drama Club. Theatre 101, 101 Main Street, Mt. Morris. 2 & 5 p.m. $5, $1 off with canned good donation.
theatre101@live.com. A musical review of our country’s history with special attention to our veterans. “Cancer Can’t Dance Like This.” Thu Nov 11-Nov 13. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. Thu 7 p.m. Fri 8 p.m., Sat 5 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $21. 3254370, downstairscabaret.com. “Dames at Sea, A Musical Comedy.” Sat Nov 11-Nov 20. Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave. Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m., Wed Nov 16 7:30 p.m. $15-$17. 3892170, boxoffice.naz.edu. “Disenchanted: Bitches of the Kingdom.” Wed Nov 9-Nov 12. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. Previews Wed Nov 9 7 p.m., Thu-Fri 8 p.m., Opening Sun 6 p.m. $20-$36. 325-4370, downstairscabaret.com. “Dracula.” Through Nov 13. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Wed Nov 9 2 p.m., Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Saturday, 4 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 2 & 7 p.m. Tickets start at $25.232-4382, gevatheatre.org. Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado.” Through Nov 13. OffMonroe Players. Salem United Church of Christ, 60 Bittner St.
Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. Free, donations appreciated. 232-5570, off-monroeplayers.org. “The Grapes of Wrath.” Wed Nov 9-Nov 13. SUNY Geneseo-Alice Austin Theater, Brodie Hall. WedSat 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $8. 2455833, bbo.geneseo.edu. “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Sun Nov 13. Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave. Fri-Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. $10; boxed lunch is available Sunday for $8. 271-1050 x116. “The Laramie Project.” Wed Nov 16-Nov 19. The Harley School, 1981 Clover St. Wed-Fri 7 p.m., Sat 2 & 7 p.m. $5-$10. 4421770, harleyschool.org. “Late Night Catechism.” Through Nov 27. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Wed Nov 9-Fri 7 p.m., Sat 3 & 7 p.m., Sun 3 p.m., Wed Nov 16 7 p.m. Tickets start at $35. 232-4382, gevatheatre.org. “The Mystery of Irma Vep (A Penny Dreadful Comedy).” Thu Nov 10-Nov 12. Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E Main St. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m. $17-$27. 454-1260, bftix.com. “The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol.” Fri Nov 11. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. 11 a.m.3 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12. 263-2700, museumofplay.org. The day of storytelling, dance, live music, and theater features performers from Eastman School of Music’s Sound ExChange (presented by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra), Rochester City Ballet, and Geva Theatre Center. “Oliver!” Sat Nov 12-Nov 19. Pittsford Musicals. Pittsford Sutherland High School, 55 Sutherland St., Pittsford. Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $15-$22. 586-1500, pittsfordmusicals. org/tickets. “One More for My Baby.” Ongoing. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place. Fri 8 p.m., Sat 4 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $29-$39. 325-4370, downstairscabaret.com. “Polaroid Stories.” Through Nov 20. Bread & Water Theatre, 243 Rosedale St. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $6-$12. 271-5523, breadandwatertheatre.org. “The Real Me.” Wed Nov 9. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 7 p.m. Free. 244-0960, muccc.org. Rock n Roll Review & Potluck Dinner. Sat Nov 12. Lakeview
Community Church, 30 Long Pond Rd. 6-8:30 p.m. Free, bring a dish to pass. 478-5988, lakeviewcommunitychurch.net. “Sex Please, We’re Sixty.” Through Nov 20. Greece Paint Players. Golden Ponds Restaurant & Party House, 500 Long Pond Rd. Fri-Sat 6:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $27, RSVP. Includes dinner, show, tax and gratuity. 225-2419. “Shakespeare Over Easy.” Tue Nov 15.The GeriActors. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 12:45 p.m. Free, noon lunch $4. penfield.org. “Stray.” Through Nov 12. Working Class Theatre Company. Spotlight Theatre 3 Railroad St. Fairport. Fri-Sun 7:30 p.m. $10. 643-0836, info@workingclasstheatre.net. “Strictly Murder.” Through Nov 19. Penfield Players. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $12-$15. 340-8655, penfieldplayers.org. “Swamp Angel” Fri Nov 11-Nov 12. RAPA East End Theatre, 727 E Main St. 7:30 p.m. $12$15. 325-3366, rapaonline.us. William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” Through Nov 19. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $5-$15. 244-0960, muccc.org. “Willy Wonka” Sat Nov 12-Nov 203. TYKES. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 2 p.m. $16. 461-2000 x235, jcccenterstage.org.
Theater Auditions [ Through Wednesday, November 30 ] Rochester Oratorio Society “Creative Call” Auditions for Spring 2012 Season. 4732234, ROSsings@atnmail. com, ROSsings.org. Call for info and audition time. Free. Area vocalists with good musical skills are invited to join Rochester’s premier choral ensemble. Auditions will be scheduled by appointment during the month of November.
html. No audition November 14. 6-9 p.m. by appt, details online. Free. Open to students in Grades 4-8.
Workshops [ Wed., November 9 ] Cooking Class: Make Ahead Fall Dinner Party. Williams-Sonoma, Eastview Mall. 223-1660. 6:308:30 p.m. $50, register. [ Thursday, November 10 ] The Power of Nonviolence: How Gandhi and King Changed the World. University of RochesterRush Rhees Library, Library Rd. gpayne2@UR.Rochester.edu. 6-9 p.m. $100 sliding scale, free to students. Register. Held in the Gandhi Reading Room. Toastmasters Club 476. Holiday Inn, 911 Brooks Ave. 4585584, rochestertoastmasters. com. 6-8 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, November 10Saturday, November 12 ] The M.K. Gandhi Fall Intensive. University of RochesterInterfaith Chapel, Wilson Blvd. 276-4962, gpayne2@ ur.rochester.edu. Thu 4-9 p.m., Sat-Sun 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $100, students free, register. [ Sunday, November 13 ] Winter Bird Feeding Workshop. Seneca Park Zoo, 2222 St Paul Blvd. 295-7394, senecaparkzoo.org. 10-11 a.m. $5-$15, register. [ Tuesday, November 15 ] Putting Your House to Order with Thomas D. Williams, Esq. Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd, Batavia. 345-6868, bestcenter@genesee.edu. 7-9 p.m. Visit web for details. [ Wed., November 16 ] Enhancing Main Street: Making Upper Floors Work Again. Brockport Village Hall, 49 State St., Brockport. 637-5300 x12, email lmorelli@brockportny.org. 6:15-9:15 p.m. $10, register by 11/9.
[ Tuesday, November 15 & Thursday, November 17 ] “The Wiz.” Stages, Auditorium Center, 3rd Floor, 875 E. Main St. mjtstages.com/auditions.
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Brockport Strand 637-3310 89 Main St, Brockport JACK AND JILL: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:10, 5:10; PUSS IN BOOTS: 7, 8:45; also Fri-Sun 1, 3, 5 TOWER HEIST: 7:15, 9:20; also Fri-Sun 1, 3:05, 5:10; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN: Thu midnight.
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Canandaigua Theatres 396-0110 Wal-Mart Plaza, Canandaigua DOLPHIN TALE: Fri-Sun 1, 3:05, 5:10; FOOTLOOSE: 7:10; also Fri-Sun 1:15; IMMORTALS: 7:15, 9:20; also Fri-Sun 1, 3:05, 5:10; IN TIME: 7:15, 9:20; JACK AND JILL: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:10, 5:10; J. EDGAR: 7, 9:35; also Fri-Sun 1:15, 4; PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3: 7:15, 9:15; also Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:15, 5:15; PUSS IN BOOTS (Standard and 3D): 7, 9; also Fri-Sun 1, 3, 5; REEL STEEL: 7; also Fri-Sun 1; THE RUM DIARY: 9:25; also Fri-Sun 4; THE THREE MUSKETEERS: 9:20; also Fri-Sun 4; TOWER HEIST: 7:15, 9:20; also FriSun 1, 3:05, 5:10; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN: Thu midnight.
Cinema Theater 271-1785 957 S. Clinton St. THE HELP: 7; MONEYBALL: Fri-Sun 4.
Culver Ridge 16 544-1140 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit FOOTLOOSE: 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55; THE IDES OF MARCH: 1:15; IMMORTALS: 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30; also in 3D 1, 3:30, 4:40, 6:30, 7:30, 8, 9, 10, 10:30; IN TIME: 2:15, 4:55, 7:45, 10:35; continues on page 32
[ REVIEW ] By George Grella
“Tower Heist” reflects with considerable humor, polish, and verve a number of subjects familiar to anyone who follows the news, “Tower Heist” especially those millions suffering from any of (PG-13), directed by Brett Ratner the devious actions that triggered the Great Now playing Recession. Ben Stiller plays Josh Logan, the manager of a sumptuous high-rise apartment Beyond the fact that we all harbor at least a building in Manhattan; located on Columbus grain of larceny in our hearts, the big caper Circle, right by Central Park, it is obviously flick generally places the audience on the the Trump Tower, perhaps the most expensive wrong side of the law. The films always focus address in New York City. He runs a tight ship, on the meticulous planning and ingenuity supervising a corps of highly efficient employees of the thieves, after all, thus enlisting the who provide just the right amount of obsequious viewer in the gang. Such a film revolving coddling that the wealthy always demand. around revenge against a fraudulent financial The fabulously wealthy Arthur Shaw (Alan manipulator should speak even more directly Alda) occupies the penthouse apartment, an to audiences in our time. amazingly posh accommodation complete with its own rooftop swimming pool. Charmingly condescending to all the help, he enjoys all the good things that money can buy, including a unique Ferrari once raced by Steve McQueen (“the coolest guy in the world,” Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Casey Affleck, and Eddie Murphy in Shaw points out), “Tower Heist.” PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
decorating his living room. Beneath his genial surface, however, Shaw turns out to be a crook, arrested for fleecing investors out of billions of dollars; worse, he even stole all the money invested with him by the Tower staff. Confined to the rigors of house arrest in his posh apartment, Shaw knows that his sharp lawyer will beat the rap, and smugly rejects Josh Logan’s pleas for some consideration for the impoverished Tower employees. Resolving to steal Shaw’s fortune, Logan assembles a comical crew of victimized staff to plan a big caper; he also brings in a former childhood friend, a petty thief named Slide (Eddie Murphy), to show the gang just how to go about the business of theft. Eddie Murphy’s several droll bits in his instructions to the crew and eventual execution of the plan demonstrate the comedy that often underlies the big caper flick and once again emphasizes the attractiveness of the crooks, making us all complicit. As in any caper movie, the plan depends upon split-second timing, complicated maneuvering, and several stratagems and subterfuges that surprise the audience and baffle law enforcement. The gang avoids the surveillance of the security cameras, constructs a series of feints and tricks, and in the long, exciting robbery sequence itself, execute their plot in the middle of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Overcoming several obstacles, including their own incompetence, they manage a final daring act that may inspire intense acrophobia in the most phlegmatic viewer.
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Like prison and military films, the caper flick also depends upon an ensemble cast, who in the comic versions constitute a whole cereal box of nuts and flakes. In addition to Stiller and Murphy, “Tower Heist” features a handful of goofy amateurs, played by Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Michael Pena, and Gabourey Sidibe, who mostly perform in harmony with each other and the demands of the script. Even Affleck’s whispery voice seems less annoying than usual, and though grown surprisingly puffy and dissipated, Matthew Broderick acquits himself adequately. Playing his part with deadly seriousness, Ben Stiller represents a nice contrast to Eddie Murphy’s various exaggerated comic ploys, which recall his work in some earlier films, like “48 Hours” and the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies. Impersonating a figure who combines the personalities of Donald Trump and Bernie Madoff, two of the more noxious examples of contemporary capitalism gone wild, Alan Alda seldom varies the smug smile he deploys in every situation, but he also makes a most convincing villain, who finally gets everything he deserves. In addition to the fun in the story and the success of the performances, the cinematography in “Tower Heist” simply dazzles. The camera roams all over New York, from Astoria to Central Park, capturing the beauty of a number of familiar locations and imparting a rare glamor to a sometimes gritty and violent genre.
This year marks the 14th installment of the Rochester Polish Film Festival, which this weekend brings to town eight features and six shorts from a country often (and frustratingly so) absent from the American arthouse. Sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester, the Polish Film Fest has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception in the mid-90’s, with current Polish cinema supplanting the largely archival selections available to the festival in its early years. Filmmaker Feliks Falk will be on hand when his WWII drama “Joanna” kicks things off opening night at the Dryden, then the festival moves to the Little, where highlights include Lech Majewski’s acclaimed period piece “The Mill and The Cross,” starring Rutger Hauer as Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel, as well as the three films I got to preview. So read on, then visit the festival’s website at rochester.edu/ college/psc/CPCES for more information.
Tomasz Kot in “Erratum.” PHOTO PROVIDED
With her Marilyn hair and hypnotic curves, Kitka’s mom seemed, to her young daughter, larger than life. And even though she’s been dead for a decade, her blowzy spirit continues to hang heavy over those she left behind. Growing up amid tombstones with her stonemason father, Kitka (Helena Sujecka) has long been open to communicating with her late mother, but Ryszard Brylski’s darkly comedic coming-of-age tale “A Wonderful Summer” recounts the time her mom decided to lovingly meddle from beyond the grave. Kitka’s dad dulls his widower’s pain with alcohol, while her secretive grandfather’s grief takes the form of stubborn grudge. And Kitka’s been so busy caring for the wounded men around her that she hasn’t given much thought to her own future. It’s not long before both romantic and professional possibilities ensue in the form of a smooth-talking young man in competition with her father’s funerary business. But what about the goodhearted Rudy (Cezary Lukaszewicz), her dad’s quiet apprentice? And why does that fortune teller look exactly like Kitka’s dead mother? A couple of genuine surprises make up for the occasional interludes of clichéd predictability, as does Sujecka’s adorably feisty performance as the evolving Kitka. (Saturday, November 12, 6:30 p.m., Little Theatre) The proverbial prodigal returns in “Erratum,” a dreamily shot drama about the complicated bonds between sons and fathers. The accomplished debut feature by writer-director Marek Lechki tells the story of Michal (Gerard Butler lookalike Tomasz Kot), whose simple errand — to retrieve his boss’s car from his hometown — leads to a series of bittersweet encounters with the people he tried to put in his rearview mirror. An unexpected tragedy keeps Michal from immediately returning home to his
wife and son, leaving him ample time to sit in uncomfortable silence with his uncommunicative dad (Ryszard Kotys), reconnect with his former bandmate (Tomasz Radawiec), and make peace with his mistakes. The details are parceled out slowly, perhaps because the dialogue is so spare; “Erratum” is more about atmosphere and things unsaid. It’s gorgeous, confident filmmaking that renders the surroundings a character unto itself, with claustrophobic rooms crowded with resentment and wideopen spaces where a soul can breathe. The supporting cast is populated by people that look like everyday beings, each with a tale of their own, while the generous principal players illustrate that more than half of acting is reacting. (Saturday, November 12, 8:45 p.m., Little Theatre) The twisty whodunit “Entanglement” has all the makings of a Hollywood genre flick: handsome, jaded cop and leggy, no-nonsense prosecutor must team up to solve a murder despite their thorny romantic past. The first case Agata (Maja Ostaszewska) gets assigned to after relocating to Kraków pairs her with Smolar (Marek Bukowski), and it’s a weird one, featuring a dead man skewered in the eye, four suspects without apparent motive, and the questionable therapy methods that brought them all together. You can write this one yourself (but most likely not in the Polish language), as Agata and Smolar get in over their heads once it starts to look like their investigation ties into a previous killing rooted in politics, money, and jealousy. But whoever said that foreign films are all required to be dry and arty? “Entanglement” is nail-biting fun, with a labyrinthine plot, hammy performances, and spectacular flyover shots of stunning Kraków that would make a postcard envious. (Tuesday, November 15, 7 p.m., Little Theatre) Photo courtesy Photofest
[ REVIEW ] BY DAYNA PAPALEO
PASSIONE
Friday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m., & Sunday, Nov 13, 2 p.m. John Turturro’s third turn as director is an exciting tribute to the songs and singers of an unexpected musical hotspot: Naples, Italy. Through Turturro’s lens, the city emerges as a vibrant — and surprisingly influential — cultural center. (John Turturro, US 2010, 90 min.)
RED DESERT Movies for movie lovers, 6 nights a week. New Release!
Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m., & Sunday, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. Michelangelo Antonioni builds on the achievement of his earlier films with Monica Vitti to create a devastating portrait of life in an industrialized society. Vitti plays the wife of a chemical magnate, groping for meaning against the twin threats of sexual liberation and familial collapse. Long a textbook example of chromatic cinematography (even though the most prominent color is grey), Red Desert demands to be seen on the big screen. (IL DESERTO ROSSO, Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy 1964, 117 min., Italian w/subtitles.)
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JACK AND JILL: 1:40, 2:10, 4:30, 5:10, 6:50, 7:40, 9:20, 10:15; J. EDGAR: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3: 1:05, 1:35, 3:35, 4:05, 6:45, 7:25, 9:05, 9:45; PUSS IN BOOTS: 4:20, 9:40; also open-captioned 1:50, 7:20; also in 3D 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:50, 6:40, 9:10; REAL STEEL: 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25; TOWER HEIST: 2, 5, 7:50, 10:20; A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS: 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25.
Dryden Theatre 271-3361 900 East Ave *NOTE: Film times for Wed 11/9-11/16* I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG: Wed 11/9 8; JOANNA: Thu 7; PASSIONE: Fri 8, Sun 2; RED DESERT: Sat 8, Sun 5; THE LAST WARNING: Tue 8; THE YARDS: Wed 11/16 8.
Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] 2011 ROCHESTER POLISH FILM FESTIVAL: This is the annual program of carefully chosen shorts and features from Poland sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932): Mervyn LeRoy directed Paul Muni to one of his six Oscar nominations for his performance as a wrongly convicted man who throws off the shackles and becomes a respected citizen, only to have his past catch up with him. Dryden (Wed, Nov 9, 8 p.m.) IMMORTALS (R): Tarsem Singh’s follow-up to 2008’s spectacular “The Fall” is this violent 3D adventure-fantasy that pits the Zeus-anointed peasant Theseus (future Superman Henry Cavill) against Greek god Hyperion (the great Mickey Rourke). With Stephen Dorff and Freida Pinto. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Webster J. EDGAR (R): Clint Eastwood directs Leonardo DiCaprio as the controversial first director of the FBI, a post he held for nearly 40 years during which he modernized law enforcement and tried to keep big secrets. Co-starring Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, and Dame Judi Dench, and written by “Milk” Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Pittsford, Webster
Eastview 13 425-0420 Eastview Mall, Victor FOOTLOOSE: 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:15; IMMORTALS (3D): 1:30, 2, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 9:30, 10:30; IN TIME: 2:05, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25; JACK AND JILL: 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40; J. EDGAR: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20; MONEYBALL: 4:25, 9:55; PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3: 1:25, 3:55, 7:15, 9:35; PUSS IN BOOTS: 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20; also in 3D 2:10, 5, 7:50, 10; REAL STEEL: 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 10:05; THE THREE MUSKETEERS (3D): 1:35; TOWER HEIST: 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10; A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS: 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 9:45.
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JACK AND JILL (PG): Your yearly dosage of Adam Sandler gets upped as the successful SNL alum plays both title roles in this family comedy about bickering adult twins spending Thanksgiving together. Featuring Katie Holmes, Al Pacino (!), plus, of course, Spade, Meadows, MacDonald, and Carvey. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Webster THE LAST WARNING (1929): German filmmaker Paul Leni directed this silent whodunit about a producer who reopens a theater — and an investigation — that had been previously abandoned when one of the actors was murdered during a performance. Dryden (Tue, Nov 15, 8 p.m.) MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (R): The debut feature from writer-director Sean Durkin is a drama about a young, damaged woman (Elizabeth Olsen) trying to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. With Hugh Dancy and “Winter’s Bone” Oscar nominee John Hawkes. Little, Pittsford MEGUNICA (NR): Filmmaker Lorenzo Fonda will be on hand for his documentary in which he traveled the world to chronicle the work of BLU, one of the most original and sought-after street artists in the world. Little PASSIONE (2010): John Turturro’s third directorial effort is a rousing tribute to the songs and singers of Naples, Italy, as well as the Neapolitan influence on the rest of the world. Dryden (Fri, Nov 11, 8 p.m., and Sun, Nov 13, 2 p.m.)
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RED DESERT (1964): This new restoration of the Michelangelo Antonioni drama stars Monica Vitti as an unbalanced wife and mother detached from life in her industrialized surroundings. Richard Harris co-stars as a seemingly compassionate business associate of her husband’s. Dryden (Sat, Nov 12, 8 p.m., and Sun, Nov 13, 5 p.m.) SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS (NR): This documentary explores the life and work of the Russian-born writer whose stories about Jewish life in Eastern Europe provided the basis for the Broadway classic “Fiddler on the Roof.” Little [ CONTINUING ] 50/50 (R): Cancer, which usually isn’t funny, takes center stage in this candid buddy comedy by director Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness”) and writer/ survivor Will Reiser about a recently diagnosed young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his efforts to conquer the disease. With Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, and Anjelica Huston. Little ANONYMOUS (PG-13): German action auteur Roland Emmerich directs this historical thriller about a power struggle in the Elizabethan court that addresses the theory that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true author of Shakespeare’s works. Starring Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, and Vanessa Redgrave as the Virgin Queen. Little, Pittsford DOLPHIN TALE (PG): This family film is based on the true story of a dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap
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and the boy who motivated those around him to craft her a prosthesis. With Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, and Morgan Freeman. Canandaigua, Geneseo, Webster FOOTLOOSE (PG-13): Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow”) directs this remake of the iconic 80’s film about a city boy who moves to a town where dancing has been banned and then lives a quiet, uneventful life. Kidding! With Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, and Dennis Quaid. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Webster THE HELP (PG-13): The eagerly awaited adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller is an ensemble drama set in 1960’s Mississippi about the relationships between white households and the AfricanAmerican women who work for them. With Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Bryce Dallas Howard. Cinema THE IDES OF MARCH (R): Ryan Gosling and George Clooney lead a dream cast — which includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, and Marisa Tomei — in this Clooney-directed drama about a young political strategist in possession of a secret that could derail his candidate’s presidential campaign. Culver, Pittsford IN TIME (PG-13): Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfriend, and Cillian Murphy star in the latest from writerdirector Andrew Niccol, high-concept science-fiction set in a future where the wealthiest live the longest and one young man goes on the run from a corrupt police force who believe he murdered a rich man for his time. Canandaigua Culver,
Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Webster MARGIN CALL (R): Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Kevin Spacey lead the impressive cast of writerdirector J.C. Chandor’s first feature, a thriller that unfolds at an investment bank over 24 hours in the early stages of the financial crisis. With Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, and Demi Moore. Little, Pittsford MONEYBALL (PG-13): Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, and Jonah Hill star for “Capote” director Bennett Miller in this Sorkin/ Zaillian-scripted adaptation of Michael Lewis’ nonfiction bestseller that tells how Oakland A’s manager Billy Beane fielded a successful team using statistical analysis. Cinema, Eastview, Pittsford PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (R): This prequel to the prequel to “Paranormal Activity” visits Katie and Kristi as children, when they first encounter the invisible entity residing in their home. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Webster PUSS IN BOOTS (PG): Antonio Banderas voices the title character in this “Shrek” prequel, which pits the swashbuckling feline against those amoral thugs Jack and Jill, voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris. Also featuring the pipes of Salma Hayek and Zach Galafianakis. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Webster REAL STEEL (PG-13): Hugh Jackman stars for “Date Night” director Shawn Levy in this futuristic action flick about a robot boxing promoter (!) who thinks the discarded bucket of bolts he
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just found might be the next champ. With Evangeline Lilly, Hope Davis, and Anthony Mackie. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Webster THE RUM DIARY (R): This adaptation of the novel by the late Hunter S. Thompson stars Johnny Depp as a roving Eisenhower-era journalist who lands in Puerto Rico and gets mixed up with the expatriate community, including the dangerous girlfriend (Amber Heard) of a crooked businessman (Aaron Eckhart). Canandaigua, Little THE THREE MUSKETEERS (PG-13): Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel gets its zillionth re-working, this time in 3-D with Matthew McFadyen, Ray Stevenson, and Luke Evans as the titular swashbucklers, Milla Jovovich as the doubledealing Milady de Winter, and Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as the evil Cardinal Richelieu. Canandaigua, Eastview TOWER HEIST (PG-13): Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and Téa Leoni lead the cast of this action comedy from “Rush Hour” director Brett Ratner about a group of working stiffs plotting to rob the wealthy businessman (Alan Alda) who defrauded them in a Ponzi scheme. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Webster A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS (R): After his stint in the Obama administration, Kal Penn reunites with John Cho as our favorite stoners, this time trying to save the holiday after burning down Harold’s fatherin-law’s prized Christmas tree. Featuring, of course, Neil Patrick Harris. Culver, Greece, Webster
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162 Crosman Terrace The 101-year old home at 162 Crosman Terrace is the perfect choice for the picky homebuyer searching for an abode in excellent condition with unique character, amazing curb appeal, and practical living spaces. One of the first houses constructed on Crosman Terrace, this gem has all of the above. This 2,450 square foot, four bedroom house represents a mix of the Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts styles. The fanlight above the entrance, the arched front porch, and the classical columns supporting the porch and large bay window speak to the early 20th century Colonial Revival influence. Upon entering the house, however, one steps into the warm and comforting tones and detailing typical of Arts and Crafts. From the crown molding and baseboards to the staircase and door and window trim, unspoiled woodwork greets you from every angle. Even more impressive are the original hexagonal floor tiles that cover the front foyer. While these tiles are commonly found in small entrance vestibules, to find them in a main foyer and with this much unique detailing, is truly a marvel! Beyond the foyer, through an arched doorway, is the kitchen. The wall between the kitchen and butler’s pantry has been removed, providing one open and functional space with new countertops, refaced cabinets, and original cabinetry in the former pantry. Arched, beaded board ceilings in both the kitchen and pantry provide yet another architectural detail that contributes to the unique character of this house.
The first floor also features a spacious living room with leaded glass shelves and a fireplace. The dining room leads to the first enclosed sunroom through a set of wood French doors. The rich woodwork and hardwood floors continue on the second floor where you will find four bedrooms and a bath. One bedroom provides access to the second sunroom. The woodwork even continues into the attic, which was built finished and provides additional flexible living or storage space. With plenty of space for gardening or for children (or dogs) to run around, the semiprivate backyard provides a blank canvas from which to plan your perfect urban oasis. An attractive two-car garage is positioned in the rear corner of the yard. The house is located in the lively and beautiful Upper Monroe neighborhood. Within walking distance are a variety of community amenities and restaurants, among them School No. 35, Cobbs Hill Park, Monroe Branch Library, Monroe Family YMCA. 162 Crosman Terrace is listed at $199,900. Words do not do this house justice. Check out photos at rochestercityliving.com/ property/R169553 or arrange for a showing by contacting RE/MAX realtor, Ronald Gould, at 585-261-9000. by Caitlin Meives Caitlin is Preservation Planner with The Landmark Society and an enthusiastic promoter of city living.
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TV 24” Diagonal (not Flat screen) $150. SONY Playstation w/1 memory card $60 Mini, compact stereo system $60 Kerosene heater $125. Make me a reasonable offer 585-507-6896 VARIOUS ITEMS Subwoofer $50, Music & computer CD’s $2 ea Must sell 585-5076896
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VACCINE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Consider taking part in HIV vaccine research studies at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A pre-ventive HIV vaccine can help STOP the global AIDS crisis. If you are HIV negative, healthy and age 18-50, YOU may qualify. Vaccines are synthetic and it is IMPOSSIBLE to get HIV from the vaccine. Being in a study is more like donating blood. Participants will be paid an average of $750. For more information, visit www. rochestervictoryalliance.org. To learn if you qualify, or to schedule an appointment, call (585) 7562329 (756-2DAY).
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[ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of formation of M 5 PROPERTIES, LLC, Arts. Of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/13/11. Off. loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail process to: 105 West Church Street, Fairport, NY. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Bach Payroll, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/26/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 1260 Creek Street, Webster, NY 14580. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity
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[ NOTICE ] DENOTTIA DEVELOPMENT LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/3/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to William Denottia, 4186 Canal Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Entropix, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/2/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at c/o Boylan Code LLP 145 Culver Rd., Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Fitch Wrap LLC (“LLC”) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on October 11, 2011. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Phillips Lytle LLP, 1400 First Federal Plaza,
Rochester, New York 14614. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] GATES FAMILY MEDICINE, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/23/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC, 2870 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Genesee Medical Staffing, LLC, filed Articles of Organization with NY Department of State on September 20, 2011. 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 128 Country Wood Landing, Rochester NY 14626. Purpose: Any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] JACOMB, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/27/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 740 Driving Park, Ste. G, Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] KAPITI HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/6/2011. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] MindRaz LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/11/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at c/o Boylan Code LLP, The Culver Road Armory 145 Culver Rd., Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s
purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: 762 Brooks Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 9/19/11. Office location: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 762 Brooks Ave., Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Pure Image Tattoo, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Dept. of State (DOS) 10/19/11. Office location: Monroe County. DOS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. DOS may mail copy of any process to LLC, 112 N Main St, Fairport, NY, 14450. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of FACIEN, LLC (the “LLC”). Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 10 Dartford Rd, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 833 PORTLAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/24/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 833 Portland Ave., Rochester, NY 14621. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 41 Pebble Hill Rd., Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of a Limited liability Company (LLC) Name JDI SUPPLIES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/29/20011 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, 3 Larkspur Lane, Fairport, NY 14450. Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Amitas Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/2/11. Office location: Monroe County. Secy. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secy. Of State shall mail process to the principal business address of the LLC: 1 Crownwood Cir, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose:any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ANDREW T. BRACCI, DMD, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/07/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of PLLC: 65 Cobble Creek Rd., Victor, NY 14564. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Dentistry. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BEDROC Martial Arts, L.L.C. Art. of Org. filed Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/23/2011. Office location Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 33 Walbar St., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cheryl Scheer Jewelers LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/21/11. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 303 Allers Creek Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DEALERGARDEN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/11. 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 Walter E. Baur IV, 120 West Main St., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DELISH BAKERY, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/5/2011. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 266 Park Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. Latest date on which the LLC may dissolve is 10/5/2041. 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 DEWEY CENTER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2771-2781 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14616. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 95 Longford Rd., Rochester, NY 14615. As amended by Cert. of Correction filed with SSNY on 08/04/11, the process addr. is: 95 Langford Rd., Rochester, NY 14615. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DRL4 ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/01/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Glendower Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Durgasai Holdings, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/12/11. 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 1 S. Washington St.,
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Legal Ads > page 39 Ste. 410, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Durgasai Properties, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/12/11. 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 1 S. Washington St., Ste. 410, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Durgasai Real Estate, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/15/11. 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 1 S. Washington St., Ste. 410, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GRHS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. Principal business address: 125 Lattimore Rd., Rochester, NY 14620. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o GRHS Foundation, Inc., 1425 Portland Ave., Rochester, NY 14621, Attn: Corporate Counsel. Purpose: operation of an Ambulatory Surgery Center. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J.JARVIE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 69 Lowden Point Rd., Rochester, NY 14612. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jeffrey T. Jarvie at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Kazimir Enterprises, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/27/11.
Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 649 Long Pond Rd., Greece, NY 14612. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KEY MAN RISK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 683 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph A. Fiorie at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KSMT, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/21/11. 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 128 Lynx Ct., Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 516 JAY STREET, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/02/11. 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, 134 Gillett Road, Spencerport, New York 14559. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ROCHESTER REALTY HOLDING GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/11. 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, 32 Briarcliff
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Road, Shoreham, New York 11786. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MaxtonApp, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y (SSNY) on 9/22/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1059 Cherry Hill Lane, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MediHealth Consulting Services, LLC. Art. Of Org. filled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/04/2011. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 15 Hallmont Circle, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of MIRDEN PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2813 St. Paul Blvd. Rochester NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of NOW AND ZEN OF ROCHESTER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/28/11. 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, 102 Suburban Court, Apt #7, Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ragona Scientific LLC Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/27/11 Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 1 Wenham Ln. Pittsford,
NY 14534 Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RISING LOTUS WELLNESS CENTER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 49 Clovercrest Drive, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sailing Scientific LLC Art. Of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/26/11 Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 1 Wenham Ln. Pittsford, NY 14534 Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SAWGRASS PONDS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/2011. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 333 Metro Park, Rochester, NY 14623. 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 Silvertouch LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1863 Scottsville-Mumford Rd., Scottsville, NY 14546. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization - West, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 21 W. Park Row, Clinton, NY 13323. SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: To promote the study of freedom, democracy, and capitalism. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of WJO HOLDINGS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2 Longbow Circle, Spencerport NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of YOUR BEST MOVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/13/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Margot C. Long, 21 S. Church St., Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. 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 Qualification of ERWIN’S CLEANERS, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on . Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in on 08/05/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Anton Gudovich, 290 Mt. Hope Ave., Ste. A, Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Rochester I Manager, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in\ Delaware (DE) on 6/15/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY
10001. Principal office address: 200 Business Park Dr., Ste. 309, Armonk, NY 10504. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Rochester I, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/15/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001. Principal office address: 200 Business Park Dr., Ste. 309, Armonk, NY 10504. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of the formation of a limited liability company (LLC): Name: AMBERDAWN LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 07/06/2011. Office loc.: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O AMBERDAWN LLC 247 Albemarle St Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose: Any lawful. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. [ NOTICE ] REDFOOT PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/11/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Lora Ann Rothfuss, 1108
Everwild View, Webster, NY 14580. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] SOCIALLY GOOD BUSINESS LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/22/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 31 E. Main St. Ste. 2011, Rochester, NY 14614. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] THE BERNARD INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/16/2011. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corporation Service Company 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Registered Agent: Corporation Service Company 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207 Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] THE FLYING PUKEKO, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/24/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] THE GROOMER’S OUTLET, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/9/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, Attn: LLC Manager, 3160 E. Henrietta Rd., Henrietta, NY 14460. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] THREE STAR PROPERTIES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/27/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 257 Olde Harbour Trail, Rochester, NY 14612, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] TRU ON MONROE, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/5/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC, 105 Troup St., Rochester, NY 14608. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] TWO EE ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/27/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] WATERMARK VENTURES, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 9/23/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 1288 Scottsville Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] WGM DESIGNS, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/3/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/ her to Jason P. Scott, 59 Egret Dr., Henrietta, NY 14586. General Purposes [ NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PUBLICATION ] IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL
Legal Ads CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 08-163-FD09 Division: Family SHAWN CRADDOCK, Petitioner, and REINALDO PACHECO LORENZI, JR., Respondent TO: Reinaldo Pacheco Lorenzi, Jr., 410 Grand St., New York, New York 100023646 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Step-Parent Adoption has been filed against you. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on Scott T. Orsini, of The Orsini & Rose Law Firm, Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 118, St. Petersburg, Florida 33731, within 28 days from the first date of publication, and file the original with the clerk of this court at Pinellas County Courthouse, 545 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg, Florida 33756, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the AMENDED petition. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. DATED this 18 day of October, 2011. KEN BURKE CLERK CIRCUIT COURT, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, Pinellas County, FL 337565165 BY: /s/SUSAN C. MICHALOWSKI, Deputy Clerk [ NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY OF LLC ] Cerion NRX, LLC (“LLC”) filed Application for Authority with the NY Secretary of State (“NYSS”) on November 2, 2011. LLC’s jurisdiction is Delaware and was organized on May 2, 2011. LLC’s office is located in Monroe County and the NYSS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 1 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY
14607. The address of the LLC’s registered office in Delaware is 615 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901 and the name of its registered agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd. LLC’s purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.
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 1304 Ridge Rd, Rochester, NY 14621. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY OF LLC ] GHLDS #6, LLC (“LLC”) filed Application for Authority with the NY Secretary of State (“NYSS”) on October 13, 2011. LLC’s jurisdiction is Texas and was organized on July 1, 2011. LLC’s office is located in Monroe County and the NYSS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o Boylan Code, LLP 145 Culver Rd., Ste 100, Rochester, NY 14620. The address of the LLC’s registered office in Texas is 10107 Quaker Ave, Ste 100, Lubbock, TX 79424. The LLC’s Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State, PO Box 13697, Austin, TX 78711. LLC’s purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Jackson Road LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on March 25, 2011. 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 1304 Ridge Rd, Rochester, NY 14621. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity.
[ NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY OF LLC ] Collett Woods, LLC (LLC) filed Application for Authority with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 9/30/2011. LLC’s jurisdiction is Delaware and was organized on 9/16/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to 16 W. Main St., Ste 700, Rochester, NY 14614. LLC’s registered office in Delaware is 615 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901 and the name of its registered agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd. LLC’s purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Culver Norton Real Estate LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on February 23, 2011. Its office is located in Monroe County. The
[ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of formation of Fifteen Bolton LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/06/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Fifteen Bolton LLC C/O Rekha Jain, Esq., 18 Roxbury Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION 2336 SMITH HILL, LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 10/26/2011. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2336 SMITH HILL, LLC, C/O RICHARD CARLEY, 225 TECH PARK DR., ROCHESTER, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION DELLING VENTURES, LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 10/28/2011. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process to DELLING VENTURES, LLC, C/O JOHN S. HERBRAND, 64 MT. AIRY DR., ROCHESTER, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GREEN SHEPHERD, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Green Shepherd, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 0/25/2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 67 Redwood Rd.,, Rochester, NY 14615. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) ] Name: DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL FITNESS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on: 10/17/2011. Office location: Monroe County Purpose: for any and all lawful activities. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 44 Southern Hill Circle, Henrietta, New York 14467 [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) ] Name: Tellmorr International Translation Services, LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/28/2011. Office location: Monroe County Purpose: for any lawful activities. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 155 Benson Road, Victor, NewYork 14564 [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] Meliora Research LLC has filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary State on
October 4, 2011. Its office is located in Monroe County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to the LLC, 622 Harvard Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] Notice of formation of Westminster Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State on October 5, 2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County . The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 222 Westminster Road, Rochester, New York 14607. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] DGA Builders, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on October 21, 2011. Its principal place of business is located at 333 W. Commercial Street, Suite 1500, East Rochester, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 333 W. Commercial Street, Suite 1500, East Rochester, New York 14445. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION] Notice of formation of Overlooking The River LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/07/2011. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Overlooking The River C/O Rekha Jain, Esq., 18 Roxbury Lane, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: CAA East LLC (the Company). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/07/11. NY office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process to: 1415 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. The Company is to be managed by one or more managers. No members of the Company shall be liable in their capacity as members of the Company for debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company. No member of the Company, solely by reason of being a member, is an agent of the Company for the purpose of its business, and no member shall have the authority to act for the Company solely by virtue of being a member. Purpose/ character of the Company: any and all lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 201011620 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff vs. Daniel W. Taylor, New York State Commissioner of Taxation, ESL Federal Credit Union, HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A..; “Niva”, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 14, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street,
Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on November 29, 2011 at 9:30 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe, State of New York, being a part of Great Lot Fourteen (14) bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of Long Pond Road at a distance of one thousand five hundred forty-two and thirtyfour hundredths feet (1,542.34) southerly from the center line of English Road; thence (1) easterly at an angle, in the southeast quadrant of eighty-nine degrees, fifty-four minutes ten seconds (89º 54’ 10”) a distance of four hundred sixteen and sixty hundredths feet (416.60) to a point; thence (2) southerly at an angle in the southwest quadrant of ninety degrees five minutes and fifty seconds (90º 05’ 50”) a distance of ninety feet (90.00) to a point; thence (3) westerly at an angle in the northwest quadrant of eightynine degrees fiftyfour minutes ten seconds (89º 54’ 10” a distance of four hundred sixteen and sixty hundredths feet (416.60) to a point; thence (4) northerly at an angle in the northeast quadrant of ninety degrees five minutes and fifty seconds (90º 05’ 50”) along the center line of Long Pond Road, a distance of ninety feet (90) to the point of beginning. Said premises is also known as Lot 1 of the Wolpert Subdivision as the same is shown on a map filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 252 of Maps, Page 98; Tax Account No. 059.032-50.2; Property Address: 942 Long Pond Road, Town of Greece, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record
and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $57,936.60 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: October 2011 Leonard Rosner, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 20112186 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE ESL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff -vsKAREN L. GIBEAULT f/k/a KAREN L. VOTRY, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC; NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 29, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on November 16, 2011 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 City of Rochester, formerly in Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, shown on a certain map entitled “Amended and Supplemental Map No. 2 of Winans Terrace in the Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York, property of Van Guilder Realty Company”, dated September 20, 1910, filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office October 11, 1910 in Liber 23 of Maps, page 13, surveyed by Joseph E. Thomas, Civil Engineer, and on said map designated as Lot Nos. 46 and
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Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011-2601 SUPPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Douglas Frasch, a/k/a Douglas R. Frasch Geri Ann Frasch; Mark Spychalski Lumber Company, Inc., d/b/a/ Stockham Lumber Co.; Capital One Bank USA, NA; FIA Card Services, N.A., Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 11, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on November 29, 2011 at 9:15 a.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Tax Account No. 113.04-1-8.211 Property Address: 6419 Lake Road, Town of Sweden, Monroe County, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants,
restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $217,466.45 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: ____ 2011 _____ John F. Speranza, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street, Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585)3245767 1. Subject Premises Description All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Sweden, County of Monroe and State of New York, being part of Lot 7, Section 5, Town 3 of the Triangular Tract and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the west line of the right of way of Lake Road (Route 19) which point is the southeast corner of lands conveyed to Regent Properties, Inc. by warranty deed recorded in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 3968 of Deeds at page 531, said point also lying on the north line of Lot 7; thence south 89° 37’ 36” west
a distance of 1954.81 feet to a point; thence south 01° 26’ 16” east a distance of 300 feet to a point; thence south 71° 20’ 03” west a distance of 2867.56 feet to a point; thence south 00° 36’ 59” east a distance of 95.75 feet to a point, said point being the southwest corner of Lot 7; thence north 89° 35’ 45” east along the south line of Lot 7 a distance of 1180.00 feet to a point; thence north 00° 24’ 15” west a distance of 379.94 feet to a point; thence north 71° 20’ 03” east a distance of 1013.44 feet to a point; thence north 89° 37’ 36” east a distance of 2565.11 feet to the west line of the Lake Road right of way; thence northerly along the west line of the Lake Road right of way and its various courses to the point or place of beginning. Excepting all that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Sweden, County of Monroe, State of New York being a part of Town Lot 7, Section 5, Town 3 of the Triangle Tract and more particularly described as follows: Commencing from the point in the centerline of improvements of Lake Road which is distant northerly 238.1 feet, more or less, from the intersection of the centerline of Lake Road with the centerline of Reed Road; thence south 88° 59’ 14” west,
a distance of 60.00 feet to a point in the westerly appropriation line of said Lake Road, it being the point of beginning; thence (1) northerly along the westerly line of Lake Road along a curve to the right having a radius of 7579.49 feet a distance of 247.85 feet to a point of intersecting with the northerly line of Town Lot 7; thence (2) south 89° 35’ 11” west along the northerly line of Town Lot 7 a distance of 880.00 feet to a point; thence (3) south 01° 56’ 58” east a distance of 247.84 feet to a point thence (4) north 89° 35’ 11” east a distance of 880.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 5.0051 acres of land. All as shown on the map title Hale Subdivision by Cowie, Van Lare PC dated August 7, 1989 drawing number 89071. Also, Excepting all that tract or parcel of land, being part of Town Lot 7 in the Town of Sweden, County of Monroe, State of New York, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Town Lot 7, said point being northwest corner of lands now or formerly of Michael Pierce (tax parcel 128.020-01021); thence N 00° 36’ 59” W, along the westerly line of Town Lot 7, a distance of 95.75 feet to a point;
thence N 71° 20’ 03” E, along the southerly line of lands now or formerly of Jack Arend (tax parcel 113.04001-005.8) and lands now or formerly of Kathleen Spath (tax parcel 113.040-01057), a distance of 2867.56 feet to a point; thence S 01° 26’ 16” E, a distance of 297.17 feet to a point; thence S 89° 37’ 36” W, along lands of Colby (tax parcel 113.040-01-008.1) a distance of 585.74 feet to a point; thence S 71° 20’ 03” W, along lands now or formerly of Colby, a distance of 1013.44 feet; thence S 00° 24’ 15” E, a distance of 379.94 feet to a point on the southerly boundary of Town Lot 7 also being the northerly line of lands of Chris D. Zorn, said point being 136.84 feet easterly of the northwest corner of lands of Zorn; thence S 89° 35’ 45” W, a distance of 1180.00 feet to the point and place of beginning . [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011-5000 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, f/k/a Eastman Savings and Loan Association, Plaintiff, vs. Mary L. Frisbie; James Conner; Malika Conner; Sadiq Conner; Dawn Conner, Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and
Sale dated October 11, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on November 16, 2011 at 2:30 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 and distinguished as Lot #150, as laid down on an amended map of Beacon Heights, made by L.E. Foster, being a subdivision of a part of Lot #74 of the Otis Farm, as shown on a map filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 33 of Maps, at Page 14. Said Lot #150 is situate on the east side of Glide Street and is 42.5 feet wide and 147.5 feet deep. Also all that other piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Rochester and known and distinguished as the south one-half (1/2) of Lot #151 of the Beacon Heights Tract, as amended, as filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 33 of Maps, at Page 14. Said south onehalf (1/2) of Lot #151 is situate on the east
side of Glide Street, formerly Virginia Avenue, consists of a parcel of land about 21.25 feet wide and about 147.5 feet deep by reference to said map. Tax Acct. No. 105.39-2-54 Property Address: 1014 Glide Street, City of Rochester, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any, municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action. Judgment amount: $41,420.17 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: October 2011 William G. Pixley, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 3245767
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[ news of the weird ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD
Can’t Possibly Be True — Apparently, officials at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport felt the need for professional guidance on rebranding their facility to (as one put it) “carry it into the modern era,” and so hired the creative talents of Big Communications of Birmingham, Ala., to help. Big’s suggested name for the airport, announced to great fanfare in September: “Chattanooga Airport.” — Justice! ... Now! (1) Elsie Pawlow, a senior citizen of Edmonton, Alberta, filed a $100,000 lawsuit in September against Kraft Canada Inc., parent company of the makers of Stride Gum, which brags that it is “ridiculously long-lasting.” Pawlow complained that she had to scrub down her dentures after using Stride, to “dig out” specks of gum -- a condition that caused her to experience “depression for approximately 10 minutes.” (2) Colleen O’Neal filed a lawsuit recently against United/Continental airlines over the “post traumatic stress disorder” she said she has suffered since a 20-minute flight in October 2009 -- in which, during turbulent weather, the plane “banked” from side to side and lost altitude. — In August, a state court in Frankfurt, Germany, awarded 3,000 euros (about $4,200) to Magnus Gaefgen, 36, on his claim that during a 2002 police interrogation, officers “threat(ened) ... violence” against him if he did not disclose what he knew about a missing 11-year-old boy who was later found dead. In 2003, Gaefgen was convicted of the boy’s murder and is serving a life sentence, but the court nevertheless thought he should be compensated for his “pain and suffering.” — Names in the News: The man stabbed to death in Calgary, Alberta, in August: the 29-year-old Mr. Brent Stabbed Last. Among
the family members of Jared Loughner (the man charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in January) who were interviewed by authorities regarding mental illnesses in the Loughner family: Loughner’s distant cousin Judy Wackt. Passed away in May in Fredericksburg, Va.: retired Army Sgt. Harry Palm. Charged with murder in Decatur, Ill., in September: a (predictably underrespected) 15-year-old boy named Shitavious Cook. — Hey, It Could’ve Happened: (1) The British recreation firm UK Paintball announced in August that a female customer had been injured after a paintball shot hit her in the chest, causing her silicone breast implant to “explode.” The company recommended that paintball facilities supply better chest protection for women with implants. (2) The Moscow, Russia, newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets reported in October that a local woman’s life had been saved by her “state-of-the-art” silicone breast implant. Her husband had stabbed her repeatedly in the chest during a domestic argument, but the implant’s gel supposedly deflected the blade.
Mixed Evidence on Smoking (1) It’s Bad for You: A 44-year-old woman was hospitalized with a head injury and a broken clavicle in September after she inadvertently walked into a still-moving train at the Needham Center station near Boston. Her attention had been diverted because she was trying to light her cigarette as she walked. (2) Sometimes, It’s OK: A 51-year-old woman told police she fought off an attempted street robbery in Pennsville Township, N.J., in October by burning the age-20-something assailant with her lit cigarette. She said the man yelled “Ouch” and ran away.
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll attract partners who have something unique to offer and who want to make a commitment. Good fortune will come your way if you join forces with someone who has the same concerns and dreams for the future. Make plans to move forward. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone claiming to have a lot is probably overselling to make an impression. Before falling hook, line and sinker, find out firsthand whether this person is legitimate. It’s likely he or she is still involved with someone else. Proceed cautiously.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll attract plenty of attention. Your flirtatious personality will be hard to resist, and your unique way of making everyone feel special will bring you a variety of potential partners to choose from. Don’t feel pressured to make a choice. Enjoy your good fortune. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Attend a reunion or an industry event that will bring you in touch with someone from your past. You need to reconnect and see if you still have feelings for an old love before you can move forward. Chances are good that the timing was wrong in the past.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be a social butterfly, attracting all sorts of interest with your adventurous persona and your desire to participate. Getting involved in new activities or going places you’ve never been will be conducive to meeting someone with as much pizzazz as you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t let someone meddle in your private affairs. You can expect emotional turmoil to mount and someone you fancy to disappoint you. Back up and observe what’s going on around you to avoid getting trapped in a no-win situation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Travel, party, socialize and do other things you enjoy, and you will meet your match. Cast your fate to the wind and prepare to get caught up in a whirlwind romance that will offer you all the perks you are looking for, as well as great chemistry. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Stay away from anyone who is emotionally unstable or clingy to avoid disaster. You’ll attract overly possessive partners who are prone to be dramatic if you don’t do what’s being asked of you. Cut your losses and move on before it’s too late.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll charm someone with your high-energy, fun-loving, spirited approach to life, love and happiness. Before you take a leap of faith and make a quick decision that will alter your personal life, step back and take a closer look at what’s being offered in return. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may feel like playing house, but before you do, take into account that it may be difficult to get rid of someone after the fact. Slow down and let your latest relationship develop slowly. It’s better to be safe than to scramble to protect your assets.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are likely to fall hard, wanting too much too fast. Let your love interest come to you, and don’t be afraid to walk away if you don’t get the respect you deserve. You have to keep things equal if you want this relationship to go the distance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be attracted to all the wrong partners. Stick to someone you know and trust. You will find the happiness you are looking for with someone who has always been there for you. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence.
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