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A world gone wrong

A pounding heart may have interfered with watching and listening to prosecutor McCulloch’s statement last week. I’ve not tried to examine a transcript or view the press conference again.

However, I recall that, yes, he did express sympathy for the Brown family.

Meantime, notwithstanding all the references to contradictory and unreliable testimony, there are, at minimum, these facts: an unarmed person, 18 years old, was shot multiple times by a police officer, resulting in death. A supposedly trained officer was apparently unable to wound and subdue an unarmed attacker.

There is also the revelation from Darren Wilson’s testimony that one of the first details he observed about Michael Brown was his bright yellow socks displaying green marijuana leaves. Have we all gone crazy? Only some of us?

I suppose I’m safe from ever feeling personally threatened in the presence of armed police. Yet for society as a whole, fear, hate, and insanity continually grow in power, and I expect to have many more horrible dreams for the rest of my life in this world gone wrong.

MARTIN FASS

It’s up to us

Ms. Towler’s call for leadership misses the point (Urban Journal, November 19). We don’t need leaders; we need facilitators. We need people with enough education, experience, tenacity, and people skills to solve some of our most vexing social, economic, and ecological problems. Who are these people? Surprise!

They are you and me.

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We don’t need so-called leaders to educate us; we could educate ourselves, if only there weren’t so many distractions and we were willing to admit our ignorance. In general, the distractions are too tempting, and all too often we choose to live in willful ignorance rather than make the effort to understand the nature of complex issues.

Change does happen, but only slowly as people come to realize the benefits of alternative courses of action. Sometimes it takes a cataclysmic event to overcome inertia, but certainly rhetoric no longer moves us. Our recent presidential “leaders” have had their own agendas, and due to their poor judgment and lack of experience, have only made our situation worse.

It’s high time we did our own thinking, reached our own informed conclusions, worked together with people who have reached similar conclusions, and acted as one to achieve our common goals.

GARRETT HUGHES

On Ferguson:

The behavior of one young man has taken his own life. As well, this young man’s behavior has ruined the life of a policeman in the Ferguson Police Department as well as the officer’s family. But the most tragic, this young man has ruined the lives of his own family, too, because he could not follow the law and a policeman’s orders.

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It appeared to me that the prosecutor subverted the grand jury to get the no bill he wanted…Officer Wilson may very well be not guilty, but the way this whole thing was handled by the DA leaves many of Michael Brown’s supporters feeling they didn’t get a fair and open inquiry into all the facts surrounding this case.

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URBAN JOURNAL | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

Racism, separateness, and the Ferguson decision There is so much we don’t know about what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9 – so much that we’ll never know. And even if Officer Darren Wilson had been indicted and tried for the killing of Michael Brown, we might not have learned much that we don’t know right now.

But Darren Wilson wasn’t indicted, and he won’t stand trial. And we’re left with yet another spotlight on the racial division, the lack of understanding, and the racism that continue to plague the country.

Overt racism has been on flaming display since the story of Michael Brown’s death hit the news. A typical example is the hatred unleashed online aimed at Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, who used her Facebook page after the grand jury announcement to say what many African Americans are feeling.

The vitriol spewed anonymously at Warren is awful, but it’s coming from a minority of Rochesterians. Just as serious – maybe more serious – is the enormous divide between people of color and white Americans who would never say such things. We don’t know one another, and we don’t understand one another. We believe and trust people who are like us. Less so, those who are not. That plays out in the way we view the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. And it plays out in the way the criminal justice system operates.

From the moment of Michael Brown’s death, the justice system failed to serve anybody well. Not Michael Brown or his family and friends. Not Darren Wilson or his police department. Not the residents of Ferguson, black or white.

In a lengthy Washington Post article last week, reporters Jerry Markon and Tom Hamburger detailed some of the problems.

For instance: A federal Justice Department manual describes how police should handle crime scenes and potential suspects. They’re supposed to keep suspects under control at the crime scene and confiscate weapons and the suspect’s clothing. Instead, once other police arrived at the scene, Wilson drove himself back to the police station, washed blood off of his hands, and put his gun in an evidence bag himself. He assumed that was OK, and no other officers said otherwise.

Police didn’t tape their interview with Wilson after the shooting. A medical examiner’s investigator “opted not to take measurements at the crime scene and arrived there believing that what happened between Brown and Wilson was ‘self-explanatory,’” Markon and Hamburger wrote.

From the moment of Michael Brown’s death, the justice system in Ferguson, Missouri, failed to serve anybody well.

County prosecutor Robert McCullough – whose police-officer father was killed by a black man – could have recused himself from working on the case.

But he was sure he could be impartial.

When he didn’t recuse himself, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon could have removed him and appointed a special prosecutor.

But he saw no need to.

Numerous critics say that prosecutors shouldn’t be involved in cases like this, because they work too closely, regularly, with police and rely on police too heavily.

“These cases should automatically be referred to the state attorney general’s office or a special prosecutor who does not have the same perceived conflict of interest,” former federal prosecutor Kami Chavis Simmons wrote on the New York Times website.

Once the case was in McCullough’s hands, he could have recommended an indictment, which might have led to a trial in an open court. Instead, McCullough left it to the grand jury to see the evidence his office presented, hear the testimony of witnesses interviewed by prosecutors, ask their own questions, and draw their own conclusions.

Would Darren Wilson have been convicted if he had gone to trial? Probably not. Given the conflicting testimony, it would have been hard to convince the jury he didn’t act properly. And I’m not sure that a public trial would have erased the continues on page 10 rochestercitynewspaper.com

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The US Environmental Protection Agency released new smog standards that include a tighter limit on ground-level ozone. If the rule is finalized, states would have to meet the new standards sometime between 2020 and 2037, depending on their current ozone levels.

Charlotte High may close

Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas has recommended closing Charlotte High School in two years. The school has been one of the State Education Department’s lowest-performing schools for three years and has not made the academic improvements necessary to get off that list. Vargas says he wants to expand the Leadership Academy for Young Men, which shares the building with Charlotte High School.

Charter school embarrassment

Less than a month after Greater Works Charter School was approved by the New York State Board of Regents with considerable fanfare over the school’s young founder, Ted Morris, the school’s application is being rescinded. Numerous misrepresentations were found

in materials that Morris submitted to the New York State Education Department. The situation has stirred considerable controversy about New York’s charter school approval process. Neither the Board of Regents nor the State Education Department has accepted any responsibility for the situation.

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ENVIRONMENT | BY JEREMY MOULE

Destructive beetle in county parks

The RTS Transit Center began operating. The center, located on Mortimer Street, has 30 bus bays and can accommodate up to 100 buses per hour.

Advocates say that the center gives bus riders a warm place to wait and opens up Main Street, which should attract more business downtown. The center is the first component of the failed Renaissance Square project to become a reality.

The emerald ash borer has been detected in Oatka Creek, Black Creek, and Genesee Valley parks. It’s a serious situation, officials say, because 20 percent of the trees in Monroe County’s parks are ash trees.

The invasive beetle is deadly to New York’s native ashes.

The county wants to get ahead of the bugs and will develop a treatment plan for the ash trees in its 21 parks, says Mark Quinn, horticulturalist for the county Parks Department.

Palumbo to lead Legal Aid

Carla Palumbo is the new president and CEO of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester. Palumbo, who also represents the Northwest District on City Council, has been with Legal Aid since 1984.

Legal Aid’s attorneys represent low- and moderate-income residents in civil legal matters and children in Family Court.

Monroe County will come up with a treatment plan for the ash trees in its 21 parks. The destructive emerald ash borer has been detected in three county parks. FILE PHOTO

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The effort will begin with an inventory of the trees in the parks’ mowed and maintained areas, he says. Funding for the work will likely come from a $6,000 invasive species management grant.

During the inventory, county staff will record the GPS coordinates, size, and condition of the trees, Quinn says. Ultimately, the county wants to protect healthy, larger trees in key locations and remove trees that could become hazards, he says.

The inventory data will help with those decisions.

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“You think people from the suburbs want people going through their homes? So why do we need to do it in the city? We need to start treating people with respect. Just because you pay a mortgage doesn’t mean you’re

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smarter than someone who pays rent.” [ MARY D’ALESSANDRO ]

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Philip Seymour Hoffman. PHOTO BY JUSTIN

Legislation that would let some renters in the City of Rochester refuse access to city inspectors seems to be going nowhere fast. The legislation is opposed by many of the city’s neighborhood associations, says Gary Kirkmire, director of inspection and compliance services for the city.

On rare occasions, tenants — usually citing privacy or property rights — refuse to grant access to the inside of their properties, he says, sometimes even after the city has gotten warrants. The inspections, which are essentially for code violations, are required in order for the property to receive a Certificate of Occupancy or for periodic renewal of the certificate.

The legislation would apply to a small number of properties, and there would be a long list of requirements in order to be eligible for a waiver. For example: the property must be a single-family dwelling; no children under age 6 can live there; and the property must pass a private lead clearance test.

City Council member Carla Palumbo says that the waivers might be useful to save time and to conserve the city’s limited resources. Currently, the city’s only option when people refuse access is to take them to court. (The legislation has been tabled

by City Council’s Neighborhood and

A scholarship fund has been established in honor of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, a Rochester native and Oscar-winning actor. The Philip Seymour Hoffman Scholarship Fund will support scholarships for Geva Theatre Center’s training programs.

According to a press release, the goal is to raise $25,000 to provide two annual scholarships for Geva’s Summer Academy Program, which is for youth ages 12 to 18.

“Phil’s interest in theatre began when he saw a play at Geva,” Hoffman’s mother, Marilyn O’Connor, said. “He called it magic and it changed his perspective on life. That is what good theatre does.

That is what Geva does.”

Hoffman earned praise for his originality and versatility as an actor.

He never seemed to struggle to find work, and earned an Oscar in 2005 for playing author Truman Capote.

Hoffman died earlier this year of acute mixed drug intoxication. He was 46.

Business Development Committee, which Palumbo chairs.)

Mary D’Alessandro, president of the New York State Coalition of Property Owners, supports the legislation. People should have a say in who is allowed into their homes, she says.

“You think people from the suburbs want people going through their homes?” she says. “So why do we need to do it in the city? We need to start treating people with respect. Just because you pay a mortgage doesn’t mean you’re smarter than someone who pays rent.”

Some people are concerned that, if the legislation passes, landlords could pressure their tenants into applying for inspection waivers. D’Alessandro says that if that happens, you should move.

“That is the best means of getting landlords to clean up their acts,” she says, “because they won’t be able to rent [the property].”

Some people have expressed concern, too, about student housing, especially in the neighborhoods around the University of Rochester. But Kirkmire says that the city has tools for dealing with student housing issues outside of the Certificate of Occupancy process.

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Palumbo says she understands the privacy argument around inspections, but the fact remains that there are a lot of houses in the city that are unlivable. It’s a balance, she says.

Still, Palumbo says she will not pull the legislation out of committee until the community is satisfied.

“And as far as I can tell right now, they’re not,” she says. “It may not be worth changing a law for this small handful of houses that fall into this narrow category. Right now, I have no plans of pulling it out.”

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LGBT | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

Voting hurdles for transgenders Laine DeLaney was nearly unable to vote in this year’s midterm elections because of a mix up with her identification.

DeLaney, 36, who came out as a transwoman in 2013, went to the Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this year to change her name on her license. Updating official public records is one of the more mundane aspects of transitioning to a different gender, she says.

While she was at the DMV, she decided to get another government form out of the way.

“When you go to the DMV to get your name changed, one of the things that’s provided to you is a voter registration form that you can fill out there,” she says.

“It’s like, ‘Since you’re here updating this information, we’ll update the Board of Elections for you, too.’ I’m thinking, ‘Yeah, of course. I want to be able to vote without any trouble.’”

Several national LGBT advocacy groups have warned that transgender individuals could be adversely impacted in states with strict voter ID laws. Even though New York isn’t one of those states,

Laine DeLaney. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN

DeLaney says that she wanted to be safe, which is why she took care of her voter registration early.

“I wanted to make sure the i’s were dotted and the t’s were crossed,” she says.

Voting was particularly important for DeLaney this year because of her support for the state Gender Expression Non-

discrimination Act. The bill would outlaw discrimination based on gender identity or expression.

“I’m not a one-issue voter, but I’m not going to vote for anybody who thinks that I shouldn’t be treated as a human being,” she says. “Right before the election, Governor Cuomo came out in support of [GENDA], so I wanted to vote for him.”

DeLaney says that she didn’t get updated voter information from the Monroe County Board of Elections, so she thought that the form she completed and turned over to the DMV had taken care of everything.

But when DeLaney showed up at her polling place on Election Day, she says that she was told that she wasn’t registered.

A call to the Board of Elections didn’t sort things out, she says.

“He said, ‘Lots of people register to vote at the DMV and the information never gets updated,’” DeLaney says.

She says that she was about to give up when officials at her polling place called the board themselves. Since DeLaney was a registered voter under a different name,

ACTIVISM | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN

After Ferguson, calls for unity Local activist groups and members of the community came together at the Liberty Pole on Sunday to rally and march against police brutality and systemic racism. The event took place in the aftermath of the controversial decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

Protests and other actions have been happening across the country and internationally. Ferguson itself has been in turmoil since the August shooting.

Rochester’s action was peaceful and featured speeches and songs. Names of people of color who died after encounters with the police were read and repeated.

One speaker said that more than speeches and rallies are needed. People must build a community, he said, and come together before incidents like the Michael Brown shooting happen.

“We’re all here together,” he said. “We need to say together like this.”

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she was able to complete an affidavit ballot, which allowed her to vote.

“I honestly don’t think it was directed at me personally,” she says. “I don’t feel like I was discriminated against because I am a transperson. The polling people went out of their way to make sure I could vote. Huge props to them for the respect they showed me.”

But there was a snafu someplace, and DeLaney says that she wants people to know that even in progressive states like New York, there can be unexpected obstacles to voting.

Voter rights advocates began cautioning people of color, Hispanics, senior citizens, college students, and low-wage earners last summer that they could face problems at the voting booth if don’t have up-to-date government identification.

People in these groups often don’t have government-issued photo identification, such as a passport or a driver’s license. Some can’t afford the fees and others haven’t needed it because they don’t drive.

The Williams Institute, an LGBT advocacy group, says that transgender individuals should be included in those warnings.

At the time of the midterms, 10 states were enforcing strict voter ID laws.

And some states, the Institute says, are unclear about acceptable identification for transgender individuals — which could impact about 24,000 people in those states.

Thomas Ferrarese, Democratic commissioner with the Monroe County BOE, says that he was not aware of any voter registration mix ups with the DMV or problems concerning the transgender community.

“We’re very sensitive to that,” he says.

Ferrarese recommends that transpeople use only their first initial with their full last name on their voter registration form to avoid confusion. And he suggests that they identify themselves as the gender that they’re transitioning to.

DeLaney, a Democrat, could have gone to the Democratic Party offices on University Avenue on election night, Ferrarese says, since they have legal staff on site that can help resolve last-minute problems. He says that eleventh-hour snafus are not that unusual and that most of the time they can be resolved.

“We understand that in the transgender community, this [voting] should be a celebration for them,” he says. “Believe me, we’re the last people who want to put a crimp on that.”

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AT HOME ON THE DEVELOPMENT | BY JEREMY MOULE

The Erie Canal had to prove itself.

But Clinton’s Ditch — the early name given the canal by detractors who thought it a waste of money — defied critics by becoming a crucial transportation route for people and commercial goods, and later helping spur the country’s Westward Expansion. It also gave rise to dozens of villages and cities across the state, including Brockport, Spencerport, Rochester, Pittsford, and Fairport in Monroe County.

But the canal outlived its original use as a transportation corridor, and for a few decades starting in the 1950’s, New Yorkers just didn’t know what to do with it; people questioned whether the waterway was an asset or a drain on the state.

It’s a safe assumption that few government leaders or canal-community residents could foresee the canal’s banks becoming a sought-after location for high-end housing.

And yet, in present day Monroe County, three developers have housing projects in the works at four sites along the canal between East Henrietta Road in Brighton and Parker Street in Fairport. Combined, they plan to build more than 840 units of upscale condos, highend housing, and market-rate apartments, all directly along the canal.

Discussions about canalside housing are happening in other parts of the state, too. The Erie Canal Harbor Redevelopment Plan in Buffalo calls for canalside condominiums. In Syracuse, as part of the Inner Harbor project, an old New York State Canal Corporation building would be converted to retail and residential

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space. And in Cohoes, a historic mill complex built on top of an original section of the canal, next to the Mohawk River, was converted into 332 luxury lofts.

The Erie Canal has been something of a 360-mile-long redevelopment and reuse project, and waterfront housing could be the next stage in its evolution. The burst of canalside development in Monroe County puts the area at the forefront of this possible trend.

“For a long time, many, many, many communities, and many people really turned their backs on the canal,” says Kal Wysokowski, executive director of Fairport’s Office of Community and Economic Development and a canal advocate. “It was a place to deposit waste; it was a place for runoff of industrial byproducts. And we’ve turned a corner on that.”

Cynthia Howk, architectural research coordinator for the Landmark Society of Western New York, says that the canal is similar to an old warehouse that’s fallen out of use, but is still in good shape. People will look for new uses, she says — ones that typically differ drastically from the purpose for which it was built.

The public’s mindset toward the canal began to shift two decades ago. Local and state leaders started to view the murky, industrial channel as an asset that presented unique opportunities. And they began making efforts to repurpose the waterway.

“The tourist industry that has boomed and thrived along much smaller canals than the Erie

Canal, that’s really been the wake-up call,” Howk says.

The old towpath was reborn as a multiuse trail, which over the years has become extremely popular with walkers, runners, cyclists, and other users. Developers and local officials worked to convert clusters of old warehouses and mill buildings into retail and office districts, many fronted by attractive promenades; Pittsford’s Schoen Place is an oftcited example. And communities built docks to accommodate the recreational boaters that started travelling the waterway.

All of the attention and effort laid the foundation for the current wave of canalfront housing. At its simplest, canalfront development is waterfront development; people are drawn to the water.

The canalfront is underused statewide, and it can provide recreation and lifestyle benefits to buyers and renters. For example, people can use the canal path to walk to a destination or to bike to work.

“It’s a different way of life and I think more and more people are going to be attracted to it,” says developer Anthony Costello.

Costello’s company, Anthony J. Costello and Son Development, is building two of the four local canalside projects: CityGate in Rochester and The Reserve in Brighton. Both projects are under construction, and people have started moving in to The Reserve.

The other two local projects are Riedman Development Corporation’s Residences at Canalside in Fairport and Mark IV

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Thomas and Janine Burton left their Browncroft neighborhood home of 29 years last July to

move into a new townhouse in The Reserve.

Thomas Burton says that his family’s situation is similar to that of other retirementage adults. He says that they want to get away from the responsibility of owning a house: raking leaves, blowing snow. But they also want to stay active, he says. And for 10 or 15 years, the Burtons had planned to move to an active living community in the South.

“I didn’t want to end up sitting in my house,” Thomas Burton says. “And there are so many nice communities down South; active communities that have things to do.”

But then they saw what The Reserve has to offer. Thomas Burton says that there weren’t any other housing developments he knew about that gave people his age the ability to downsize, but also provided amenities to stay active.

The Burtons spent the summer biking up and down the canal and exploring some of the trails in Brighton’s town parks. And Thomas Burton says that he might even buy a kayak so that he can take advantage of the water; Costello plans to install public boat launches after the canal is drained for the year.

Publicly available boat docks and launches are hallmarks of canal development projects, and are required in some cases by (opposite and below) The Reserve in Brighton is currently under construction.

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local governments; it’s one way that officials ensure public access to the canal. The plans for The Reserve, CityGate, and Westport Crossing all include boat facilities.

Burton says that he’s looking forward to the completion of CityGate, which is less than a mile down the canal path. And he says that he’s also eager for the completion of The Reserve’s Clubhouse, which will have high-end amenities including a movie theater and fitness center with spa.

Monroe County’s population isn’t growing,

and the canalfront developers are adding a substantial number of new housing units to the market. But they say that they’re confident about their prospects.

They’re looking to empty nesters like the Burtons as a key market. The Riedman condo project in Fairport will provide a muchneeded housing option that’ll help keep residents looking to downsize in the village, says Fairport’s Wysokowski.

Officials identified that need in the village’s 2007 comprehensive plan process, she says. And the developer’s market study shows that downsizing empty nesters in Perinton and Penfield might also be interested in the condos, she says.

The developers are also eyeing young professionals as potential occupants, and Costello sees a place for families in The Reserve.

Costello says that he’s encouraged by early progress at The Reserve. The 70-acre

development 490 has a variety of owner-occupied residences available, ranging from condos to 6,000-squarefoot estate houses. The company projected that it would sell 19 condos and houses total in its first year; instead, 31 have been sold or are under contract.

The company has sold houses to couples with kids in the Brighton schools or McQuaid Jesuit High School, and three houses to people relocating to the area from New Jersey, Ohio, and Arizona.

Chris DiMarzo, chief operating officer for Mark IV Enterprises, says that he gets a few e-mails a day from people who want to know when the Westport Crossing apartments in Pittsford will be built and when they can move in.

Canalside projects are not necessarily easy to

pull off.

The canal has a long industrial history, and polluted sites are common in canal communities. Mark IV has spent $4 million cleaning up contamination left by Monoco Oil, the former occupant of the Westport Crossing site off Monroe Avenue, DiMarzo says.

Monoco Oil went into bankruptcy after its operations were declared a public nuisance.

Mark IV bought the site at a property auction.

Pollution can pose a physical obstacle for canal development, but communities can also be especially particular about what gets built on the banks of this historic resource.

The Residences at Canalside in Fairport is unique in that the village’s Industrial Development Agency owns the property — formerly the Fairport Department of Public Works garage — and solicited proposals from developers to find something that’d fit well in the village. Officials deliberately sought out residential proposals, Wysokowski says, because the village already has a vibrant downtown commercial core.

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31 CityGate, Rochester Developer: Anthony J. Costello & Son Development The basics: Mixed use. Includes a Costco. Built on the former Iola Campus tuberculosis sanatorium. Includes 300 market-rate apartments. The old buildings have been demolished, but developer is reusing bricks and cement sculptures from the structures throughout the site.

Status: Under construction.

The Reserve, Brighton Developer: Anthony J. Costello & Son Development The basics: Sits on 70 acres in Brighton, just off of South Clinton Avenue. Will have 327 owner-occupied units: a mix of condominiums, townhouses, singlefamily houses, and large estate houses.

The developer wants to provide an active, resort-like experience.

Status: Under construction, though some homeowners have moved in.

Westport Crossing, Village of Pittsford Developer: Mark IV Enterprises The basics: Would include 167 high-end apartments split between five buildings, and a 125-seat restaurant along Monroe Avenue. The project is highly controversial, with many residents upset over the size of the buildings.

Status: Under review by the village.

The Residences at Canalside, Village of Fairport Developer: Riedman Companies The basics: Would include 48 condominiums adjacent to downtown Fairport. The Village of Fairport has built a promenade and docks alongside the site. $20,000 from developer will be used for as-yet-undetermined street improvement project.

Status: Under review by the village.

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mistrust of many Americans, particularly black Americans. The history of real abuse of black Americans by the criminal justice system is too deep.

But at least in a trial, Darren Wilson and all of the witnesses would have been questioned by someone other than officials from the prosecutor’s office. And that’s important, because there are two versions of what happened in Ferguson on August 9, given by the two people closest to the action: police officer Darren Wilson and Dorian Johnson, the 22-year-old walking in the street with Michael Brown when Wilson drove past them. And their stories conflict in key areas – right from the beginning of their encounter.

Wilson’s version is that he politely asked the two to walk on the sidewalk to avoid interfering with traffic. They continued in the street, Wilson said, and, realizing that Brown matched the description of a suspect in a nearby theft, he backed up to them in his police vehicle. A frighteningly angry Brown mouthed off, struck Wilson in the face through the vehicle window, tried to grab Wilson’s gun, and, when Wilson managed to fire the gun once, turned and ran away. And, Wilson said, when he gave chase and ordered Brown to stop, Brown turned and charged menacingly at him as Wilson fired at him, finally killing him.

Johnson’s version is of a rude police officer telling the two to “get the f… on the sidewalk,” driving off, backing up – “screeching” – and nearly hitting the two when they stayed in the street, then reaching out and grabbing Brown by the shirt, leading to a fierce tug-of-war struggle between two angry, cursing males as Johnson stood in shock, watching. And then, Johnson said, Wilson fired his gun, he and Brown ran, and Wilson followed, shooting and ultimately killing Brown as Brown seemed to try to surrender.

Who was telling the truth? Reading the transcripts, I’ve found both accounts entirely credible. Certainly, though, each had a vested interest in the outcome of the grand jury’s deliberation – Wilson, personally, more than Johnson – and each had plenty of time to fashion their account. And they had plenty of opportunity to get expert help in fashioning it.

But given the stress each was under during that event, it seems just as likely that each told the story as he remembered it. Or that each embellished it a bit, or smoothed it off a bit.

In the end, whom do we believe – and why?

For many of us, our own race will have an influence, subconsciously or not.

One bit of potential good could come out

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Nixon has appointed a citizen’s commission, not to review the killing but to conduct “a thorough, wide-ranging and unflinching study of the social and economic conditions that impede progress, equality, and safety in the St. Louis region.”

Commission members will look into police-community relations, race relations, the court system, disparities in “education, economic opportunity, health care, housing, transportation, child care, business ownership, and family and community stability,” and other areas.

That’s a gratifying recognition of the seriousness and the depth of long-standing problems this country still hasn’t dealt with satisfactorily – in Ferguson, in Rochester, and elsewhere.

It is simply a fact that many authorities, including police officers, treat African Americans differently than whites. But those “authorities” reflect a national divide.

Because we don’t really know one another and don’t understand one another, many white Americans have reacted differently than blacks to the Ferguson shooting and the grand jury decision. We have reacted differently to the protests and the rage and violence that followed the grand jury’s decision.

And we react differently to the impact of poverty and the needs of the poor, especially when they are people of color.

African-American writer and feminist Bell Hooks wrote about “the intense anger felt by black people who experienced repeated instances of everyday racism,” Kevin Cokley noted in the American Prospect last week. It is “critically important,” Cokley wrote, “to try to understand the depths of hopelessness felt by some individuals that would lead to such violent protests.”

Hopelessness, the despair and numbness of not seeing a path upward, leaves a mark. In his provocative last book, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. warned of the consequences if the country didn’t deal with the racism, poverty, inferior education, and myriad other problems facing black Americans.

Pointing to the nation’s enthusiasm for space exploration, King wrote: “No such fervor or exhilaration attends the war on poverty. There is impatience with its problems, indifference toward its progress, and hostility toward its errors.”

The citizens of Ferguson are beginning to investigate a crisis in their community, of which Michael Brown’s death is simply a part.

But what about the rest of us? The comments lashing out at Lovely Warren don’t give me much hope.

For more Tom Tomorrow, including a political blog and cartoon archive, visit www.thismodernworld.com

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.)

Momentum building for single-payer health

Metro Justice and several community partners are organizing local support for a single-payer health bill for New York. Assembly member Richard Gottfried, who is sponsoring the bill, will hold a series of public hearings around the state; a Rochester hearing is set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, December 8. The hearings are intended to review the costs of the current health system and its impact on patients, health care providers, employers, and taxpayers. The local hearing will be held at Workers United Hall, 750 East Avenue. Anyone who wants

to attend or testify at the hearing should contact Kelly Spahr: 857-9738.

Brooks and Warren discuss area’s future

The Rochester Downtown Development Corporation and the Rochester Rotary Club will present “Vision-Future” from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10. The event will feature presentations

by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and Mayor Lovely Warren. The two community leaders will talk about their priorities and economic goals for 2015. There will also be a tribute to Rochester developer Larry Glazer, and Joe Floreano, longtime former director of the Riverside Convention Center. The event will be held at the Convention Center.

Tickets: $45 for members and $50 for nonmembers.

Reservations: 546-6920 or www.rddc@rddc.org.

Celebrating Human Rights Day

Downtown United Presbyterian Church will host “Capitalism vs. Human Rights,” a panel discussion in recognition of Human Rights Day, on Monday, December 8. Panelists: David Cay Johnston, former reporter with the New York Times; Colin O’Malley, community organizer for Metro Justice; Ream Kidane, socialist and activist; Paola Macas Betchart, worker advocate; and Danielle Ponder, assistant public defender for the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office. The event will be held at 121 North Fitzhugh Street, and it starts at 5:30 p.m. with a community potluck. Please bring a dish to pass. Information: 464-0878.

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While Yuting “Tina” Yuan was studying for a Master’s degree in Statistics at Rutgers University, she often found herself distracted when hitting the books. “When I was studying, I was always thinking about baking — it’s my true passion,” Yuan says.

Enter Dragon Sweetie, the bakery Yuan opened in September at 389 Gregory Street in the South Wedge neighborhood.

Yuan came to the United States from China four years ago and has been in Rochester for two. Yuan’s vision for Dragon Sweetie is to blend Asian ingredients with traditional French baking. Items like the red bean croissant ($2.50) and a green tea-infused chiffon reflect the melding of cultures. Yuan says the French baguette ($2) is her favorite to make among the more traditional French items available on her menu, including chocolate and almond croissants ($2-$2.50).

Dragon Sweetie serves coffee and tea in the morning — Yuan says she hopes to soon find a local coffee roaster and brew their coffee in her bakery. There is also a small lunch menu consisting of various soups and

quiches that rotate on a daily basis (check Dragon Sweetie’s website for daily soup and quiche specials). Soups like coconut vegetable, vegetarian hot and sour, and butternut squash are currently in rotation ($2.50-$3.50). Some varieties of quiche available include Quiche Lorraine, spinach and mushroom, meatloaf, and seafood ($4-$4.50 per slice).

Yuan said Dragon Sweetie will soon serve Asian spicy sandwiches like teriyaki chicken, roasted pork with cumin, and tofu.

Dragon Sweetie is located at 389 Gregory

Johnny’s Irish Pub, Tap and Mallet, Hogan’s Hideaway, and Matthew’s East End Grill.

Hot Shots Volleyball (1046 University Avenue) will host a Corona Cares First Friday Beach Party at its indoor beach on December 5. The event includes complimentary light fare, drink specials, door prizes and music. A $5 donation to the Ronald McDonald House is suggested.

RSVP at rochesteralist.com.

Street, and is open Tuesday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 489-3016. You can find more online at dragonsweetie.com.

ButaPub has opened in the Historic German

Quick Bites

Three Heads Brewing (3HB), has released

Wendigo Winter Ale, its final beer of 2014.

The latest offering “honors the English tradition of creating a strong, malty ale for the winter months.” The winter ale is now available in 22-ounce bottles and on draft.

Rohrbach Brewing Company has released a limited edition beer to benefit Foodlink.

“Givin’ Bach” is an American Pale Ale made with New Zealand Hops, and is now available at Rohrbach’s, Good Luck,

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Openings

House (315 Gregory Street) in the South Wedge neighborhood — the restaurant replaced Zeppa Bistro. Chef Asa Mott will serve American interpretations of Asian cuisine favorites, including pork buns and ramen. Visit butapub.com for more information.

Closings

Both of Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe’s locations (Alexander Street and Monroe Avenue) have closed.

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Night Terror. Friday, December 19. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. 9 p.m. $5-$7. Bugjar.com. [ ROCK ]

KONGOS. Friday, January 23. Main Street Armory, 900

East Main Street. 6 p.m. $20-$30. mainstreetarmory.com; kongos.com. [ JAM ]

The McLovins. Saturday, February 21. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 8 p.m. $10-$13. themontagemusichall. com; themclovins.com.

The Vienna Boys Choir

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 60 GIBBS STREET 7:30 P.M. | $20-$85 | 454-2100; ESM.ROCHESTER.EDU [ CLASSICAL ] This well-known boys choir is one of

the most long-standing youth choral traditions in the world. Sweeping angelic voices lift from this traveling troupe of pre-teen youth. Since the group’s inception in 1924 as church musical accompaniment, it has held true to mostly German classics while also adding more contemporary works to its repertoire. Fresh-faced and in their iconic sailor suit uniform, it’s still hard to believe the members’ powerful, mature voices come from such youth. — BY TYLER PEARCE

Gillian SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | $6-$8 | BUGJAR.COM GILLIANTHEBAND.BANDCAMP.COM [ INDIE POP ] Gillian, a 5-piece indie pop crew with

barely two years together as a band, have started making some ripples into the pop scene. The single “Freak Flag,”, released in November 2013 on the debut eponymous 2-track EP, received press from NYC’s “Death+Taxes” and London’s “The 405 Magazine."

Gillian’s second and most recent EP, “The Eyes in My Head,” came out this past July. It’s a punchy four tracks of humility and pomp and memorable guitar riffs.

Over Hand Sam, Thoroughbred, and Northern Spies will also perform. — BY TYLER PEARCE

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money for the family of Officer Daryl Pierson, who died in the line of duty in September. Pierson left behind a wife and two children. Lou Gramm of Foreigner fame headlines the show, joining former Journey lead singer Steve Augeri, the uberpsychedelic King Buffalo, local rock cover act Download, and modern rockers Rainline. If you’re going to make it to one show before the new year comes in, make it one that has a great purpose.

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a charming Christmas carol alternative with “Nowell, Sing We Now,” a concert of holiday vocal chamber music. The program includes music by Stephen Paulus, John Rutter, and Madrigalia’s artistic director Cary Ratcliff, with the group’s elegant ensemble sound complemented by the spare but colorful combination of harp, oboe, and string bass. The concert will be repeated Sunday, December 7, 3:30 p.m. At St. Mary’s Church, 15 Clark Street, Auburn. $10. — BY DAVID RAYMOND

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David Michael Miller and Darick Campbell. Abilene

If ever there was an album that transcends genres, it’s Deanna Witkowski’s gorgeous new CD, “Raindrop: Improvisations With Chopin.” On her fifth album, the pianist, who grew up in Webster, combines three of her passions: Chopin, jazz, and the music of Brazil. She does it so seamlessly that it sounds perfectly natural when Chopin’s “Nocturne in E Minor, Opus 72, No. 1” is fused with Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria’s “Manhã de Carnaval.”

Sometimes Witkowski adds another layer to the work of others. When Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote “Insensatez” (“How Insensitive”), he built his melodies on top of Chopin’s “Prelude In E Minor, Opus 28, No. 4.” Witkowski merges the two with her own improvisatory flair front and center as the track builds. The Brazilian flavor even comes through when Witkowski combines Chopin’s “Prelude In E-flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6” with the American standard, “You And The Night And The Music.”

Sprinkled throughout the CD are short pieces by Witkowski herself. These tunes, improvised in reaction to the longer works, serve as interludes, beautifully weaving the album’s tracks together in a style that evokes all three genres.

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Eastman Philharmonia. Kodak

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Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1100. esm.rochester. edu. Aditya Verma, sarod with Sandeep Das, tabla. $13-$15. [ COUNTRY ]

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Ocupanther is bold; a brash and brilliant example of ethereal pursuit with organic tools. Emerging from the ashes of Pia Mater, Ocupanther is guitars in space, rock ‘n’ roll on the dance floor — a tug-o-war that hammers your head and hits your hips. The big, big sound out of this three-year-old Rochester quartet — Collin Jones, guitar and synthesizer; Mike Pantano, guitar; Jason Gilly, bass; and Matthew Blauvelt, drums — has melded music from different genres, eras, and approaches to create a new contagion of danceable ambiance and rock grit. On its third album, “Data Stretching” (released last September), the band moves from a cyborg prom soundtrack to a laid back, funky cool (kind of how I envision disco if cocaine had never been invited to the party). Some of the songs exhibit a protracted intro to their varied grooves that grow from a standard hook into a kind of epiphany. It smacks smooth and gloriously disjointed.

Jones and Pantano swung by City HQ to discuss improv, preaching to the converted, and to explain what an ocupanther really is.

Here are the Q’s and A’s.

City Newspaper: So Ocupanther wasn’t just picking up where Pia Mater left off?

Collin Jones: We wanted to do something

completely new and different.

What did you set out to do?

Jones: We kind of let it take a form of its own.

But loosely we discussed it. We wanted it to be instrumental, we wanted to focus on the parts that were most pleasing to listen to.

The words got in the way?

Jones: I don’t know; none of us were really

strong vocalists.

So in other words, nobody wanted to sing.

Mike Pantano: Once we started writing

Ocupanther music, it became its own beast, pretty much. It seemed tough to put vocals

Ocupanther recently released its third album, "Data Stretching." The band will play with Mr. Donut and Lap Giraffe on Friday, December 12, at Flour City Station. PHOTO PROVIDED

into some of our stuff. We were writing such intricate and unique stuff we wouldn’t have even known what to do with vocals.

cerebral, we try to reach out beyond. That’s always been our goal and I don’t think that’s changed.

The arrangements were too complicated?

Pantano: Oh yeah, there is a lot of structure

Beyond yourselves? Beyond your audience?

Pantano: Maybe beyond music in general,

in them.

So where does the improv come in?

Pantano: Live, and definitely a ton of improv

goes on at rehearsal.

Jones: We write out of improv. On our records we have points of improv. I would say that 80 percent of our music are structured-out compositions. In Pia Mater we had those points of improv in our songs and those were always the most enjoyable to play and the most pleasing to our ear. So we said let’s just play that good stuff and focus on that … keeping in mind balance; balance is important.

So you write the framework of the song loosely?

Pantano: First comes the structure, then the

jam spot — or not — and when that jam spot comes, a lot of it is off the feel of the crowd or how we’re playing that night. Sometimes it’s intense, sometimes it’s more laid back. It’s different each time.

Jones: With Mike and me, our guitars have a constant dialogue going on.

Pantano: I’m listening to him more than anything. If that beat’s there, it’s subconscious.

In the span of three Ocupanther albums, how has the sound evolved?

Jones: The first one was a lot more jagged.

How has the sound remained the same?

Jones: I think our music has always been

beyond what people are used to hearing. We want them to spend as much time thinking about it as we do writing it.

Which do you prefer: an audience that gets what you’re doing right away, or one that doesn’t, that you ultimately convert?

Pantano: I think we’ve done a lot of converting

since we started.

Jones: That’s really satisfying to see people open up to something new. And that’s really hard today because there are a thousand bands and a million people trying to do something.

Has fusing organic and ambient sounds made Ocupanther different?

Jones: The idea of fusion has always been big

in our music.

Perhaps a little confusion as well?

Jones: No … well maybe a little confusion where in the moment you’re confused, but afterwards you digest it and it turns into understanding or enlightenment.

What exactly is an ocupanther?

Jones: A creature we came up with to

describe our music. It’s mysterious and mythological. It’s with one “c” — ocu as in ocular not occupy.

Are you the ocupanther, or are you trying to control it?

Pantano: I think it controls us.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3

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Margaret Explosion. Little

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 2741000. esm.rochester.edu.

7:30 p.m. $20-$85.

The Vienna Boys Choir Christmas from Vienna.

Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7-9:30 p.m.

Mark Fantasia. TGI Fridays, 432 Greece Ridge Center Dr. reverbnation.com. 7 p.m.

Monkey Scream Project. Village Rock Cafe, 213 Main St. East Rochester. 586-1640. 9 p.m.

[ JAZZ ]

Jazz Weekends! ft. The David Detweiler Trio. Next Door Bar & Grill, 3220 Monroe Ave. 249-4575. wegmansnextdoor.com.

Thursday: 5 p.m., Friday: 8 p.m/. Free.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Jim Lane. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave. Irondequoit.

342-6780. 8 p.m. Free.

Neal Van Dorn. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com.

6 p.m. [ BLUES ] Milkweed. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge. com. 8 p.m. $5. [ CLASSICAL ]

Eastman at Washington Square Lunchtime Concerts. First

Univeralist Church, 150 S. Clinton Ave. 274-1400. esm.rochester. edu/community/lunchtime/.

12:15-12:45 p.m.

FOLK | DAVID MALLETT

Acoustic troubadour David Mallett has extended an invitation for audience members to bring their ukuleles. Folks with ukuleles will have an opportunity to join Mallett onstage for a couple of numbers, including “Garden Song.”

Mallett was working on his family’s farm in Maine when he wrote his signature tune that has been called an American classic and covered by numerous entertainers, including John Denver and the Muppets. Anyone who is not playing the ukulele at this show ought to be at least inspired to sing along. Jeff Riales opens.

David Mallett performs on Saturday, December 6, at Café Veritas at First Unitarian Church, 220 South Winton Road.

7:30 p.m. $10-$18. cafeveritas.org; davidmallett.com.

— BY ROMAN DIVEZUR

The Joe Santora Trio w/ Curtis Kendrick & Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley

Grill, 1694 Penfield Rd. (585) 383-8260. michaelsvalleygrill. com. Free. [ R&B/ SOUL ]

Matthew Corey. Lovin’ Cup,

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

[ CLASSICAL ]

Brockport Ensembles Concert.

[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

The Bill Kirchen Christmas Show. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park

Point Dr. 271-3354. bopshop. com. 9-11:30 p.m. $20-$25.

Dylan Moore. Boulder Coffee Co., 739 Park Ave. 697-0235. bouldercoffee.info. 8-10 p.m.

Holiday Jingle. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave. 473-6140. bernunzio.com.

6:30-10 p.m.

Mugwump Soul. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info.

8-10 p.m.

Pan de Oro. Havana Cabana, 289 Alexander St. 232-1333. havanacabanaroc.com. 10 p.m. Call for info.

Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. 546-3450. rochesterplaza.com. 6 p.m. Free. [ BLUES ]

[ POP/ROCK ]

Alan Evans (Soulive) w/ Spiritual Rez. Montage

Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 716-893-2900. themontagemusichall.com.

9 p.m. $10.

Blond Elvis, Cult Classic, and House Majority. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 8:30 p.m. $7-$9.

Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. 3952797. brockport.edu/finearts. 3 p.m. $3 suggested donation.

Eastman-Rochester Chorus and Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater, 60 Gibbs St. 274-1000. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m.

Madrigalia presents: Nowell, Sing We Now!. Baptist Temple, 1101 Clover St. 4733200. madrigalia.org/. 7:30 p.m. $2-$15. [ COUNTRY ]

Chris Taylor Unplugged (Custom Taylor Band). Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com.

9:30 p.m. $5.

Joey Allen and Tombstone .45. Pineapple Jack’s, 485

Spencerport Rd. Gates. 2475225. reverbnation.com. 9 p.m. $5. [ VOCALS ]

Dave Riccioni & Friends.

The Beale, 1930 Empire Blvd. Webster. 216-1070. thebealegrille.com. 5:30-8:30 p.m.

In Dulci Jubilo: Carols Ancient and New. St. John of Rochester

Church, 8 Wickford Way. Fairport.

223-9006. gvoc.org. 7:30 p.m. continues on page 16

Talking Under Water, Ginger Faye Bakers, and Routine Involvement. Abilene Bar &

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

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JAZZ | PHIL HAYNES & FREE COUNTRY

ROOTS ROCK | BILL KIRCHEN

In recent years, drummer Phil Haynes has enhanced the Rochester appearances of straight-ahead saxophonist Dave Liebman and avant-garde trumpeter Paul Smoker.

But when he brings his group, Free Country, to Lovin’ Cup, he’ll be exploring the tunes on his new album, “Something Beatles.” Haynes will be joined by cellist and vocalist Hank Roberts, bassist Drew Gress, and guitarist Jim Yonda for some progressive arrangements of tunes like “Birthday,” “Let It Be,” and “Here Comes The Sun.”

The high point of a Bill Kirchen show is the tour of guitar-hero riffs the guitar hero takes the crowd on in the middle of “Hot Rod Lincoln,” a rock ‘n’ roll rave-up Kirchen recorded in 1972 as a member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Riffs from The Beatles, Merle Haggard, Albert Collins, The Sex Pistols, Jimi Hendrix, and countless others are shoehorned in with Kirchen’s own lightning-fast contribution.

Kirchen is the master of the Telecaster, the “kang” of twang.

His mixture of rock ‘n’ roll, boogie-woogie, hardcore country, honky-tonk, and rockabilly make him a godfather of the Americana idiom. Kirchen simply calls it “dieselbilly.”

Phil Haynes & Free Country perform Sunday, December 7, at Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. 8 p.m. $25. lovincup. com; philhaynes.com. — BY RON NETSKY

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 [ JAZZ ]

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

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

FredCostello.com. 8-10:30 p.m.

Jazz Weekends! ft. The David Detweiler Trio. Next Door Bar

& Grill, 3220 Monroe Ave. 2494575. wegmansnextdoor.com.

Thursday: 5 p.m., Friday: 8 p.m/. Free.

Laura Dubin Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. East Rochester. 662-5555. lauradubin. com. 6-10 p.m.

Matthew Sieber Ford Trio. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St. Paul St. 262-2090. tapas177.com. 4:30 p.m. Free.

The Joe Santora Trio w/Curtis Kendrick & Emily Kirchoff.

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

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

6-9 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ] Emmey Gramz. California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 6211480. reverbnation.com. 7 p.m.

Mitty & The Followers. Rab’s Woodshed, 4440 Lake Ave. 6634610. reverbnation.com. 8 p.m. [ HIP-HOP/RAP ]

Slap Weh Fridays ft. Blazin Fiyah. Eclipse Bar & Lounge,

372 Thurston Rd. 235-9409.

Call for info.

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[ REGGAE/JAM ]

MoChester and Moon Zombies. Flour City Station,

170 East Ave. flourcitystation. com. 9:30 p.m. $5. [ POP/ROCK ] Jeff Cosco. Scotland Yard Pub, 187 Saint Paul St. 730-5030. scotlandyardpub.com. 6 p.m.

Jimmy Youngman, The Led Zeppelin Project. Zeppa

Auditorium, German House, 315 Gregory St. 563-6241. reverbnation.com. 7 p.m. $12-$15.

Mark Fantasia. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. reverbnation.com. 5:30 p.m.

Moon Zombies and MoChester. Flour City Station,

170 East Ave. 413-5745. reverbnation.com. 9 p.m.

Nonpoint and Hed Pe. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 2321520. themontagemusichall.com.

8 p.m $15-$20.

Shana Falana, Fox 45.

Buffalo Sex Change, and The Crampusnacht Band. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. Ft. Live art. $7.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Celtic Yuletide Concert with the Christmas Ceilidh Band. First

Presbyterian Church - Victor, 70 E. Main St. Victor. 820-0419. facebook.com/pages/ChristmasCeilidh-Band. 7:30 p.m. $10.

Dan Eaton Trio at Towpath Cafe.

Towpath Café, 6 N. Main St. Box Factory Bldg. Fairport. 377-0410. towpathcafe.com. 8-11 p.m.

Bill Kirchen’s Christmas Show is Friday, December 5, at Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point. 9 p.m $20-$25. lovincup.com; billkirchen.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE Dave Mallet. Cafe Veritas at First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South. cafeveritas.com.

7:30 p.m. $10-$18.

Evyn Grassl. Scotland Yard Pub, 187 Saint Paul St. 730-5030. reverbnation.com. 7:30 p.m.

The Holly & Evan Trio. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m.

Kevin Kinsella and Friday In America. Flour City Station,

170 East Ave. 413-5745. reverbnation.com. midnight.

The Ragbirds. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 325-5600. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m. $10-$13. [ CLASSICAL ]

Brockport Symphony Orchestra: A Holiday Celebration. New York Room, Cooper Hall, The College at Brockport, New Campus Drive, Brockport. 402-8126. brockportsymphony.org. 4-5:15 p.m. $3 Suggested Donation.

Celebration Christmas Concert.

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 2000 Highland Ave. 442-3544. stthomasrochester.org. 7 p.m.

Madrigalia presents: Nowell, Sing We Now!. Baptist Temple, 1101 Clover St. 4733200. madrigalia.org/. 7:30 p.m. $2-$15.

Sayari Creations, Small World Celebrations. Max of Eastman Place, 25 Gibbs St. 423-0816. maxofeastmanplace.com. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Childrens crafts, drumming, and more. [ VOCALS ]

Simple Gifts. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N.

Fitzhugh Street. 234-4441. therwcc.org. 8 p.m. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ]

Sylar and Palisades.

California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. reverbnation.com. 7 p.m. [ JAZZ ]

Chet Catallo & Friends. House of

Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500. houseofguitars.com. 12:30 p.m.

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

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

FredCostello.com. 8-10:30 p.m.

Mama Hart Band. The Landing Bar and Grille, 30 Fairport Village Landing. Fairport. 4257490. thelandingbarandgrille. com. 9:30 p.m.

The Joe Santora Trio w/Curtis Kendrick & Emily Kirchoff.

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

The Swooners. Scotland Yard Pub, 187 Saint Paul St. 730-5030. reverbnation.com.

7:30 p.m. [ TRADITIONAL ]

RWC Christmas Gala. Hale

Auditorium, Roberts Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr. roberts.edu.

7:30 p.m. $8. [ METAL ]

For The Fallen Dreams. California Brew Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. reverbnation.com. 6 p.m. $13.

Metallic Onslaught Fest.

Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m. Ft. Order Of The Dead, Setiva, Aggressive Betty, Gutted Alive, Revival, Ire Clad, Beneath Hells Sky, Age Of Shadows. $5-$8. [ POP/ROCK ]

8-Days-a-Week. Pleasure Lanes,

144 South Ave. Hilton. 392-9800.

9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Hank & Cupcakes. the Rice Cakes. Scope & Figure and Jujajuba. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10-$12.

The Janitors, Pseudo Youth, Parkerhouse Road, X The Sky, and Blind Side Justice. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 3193832. thefirehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 21+. $5.

The Janitors. Monty’s Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. reverbnation.com. 3 p.m.

Quickly Quietly, Pleasure Crew, and Brilliant Corners.

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

Stringplicity. Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info. 8-10 p.m.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Celtic Yuletide Concert with the Christmas Ceilidh Band.

CLASSICAL | “GOLDBERGS”

In his “Goldberg Variations,” Johann Sebastian Bach took a rather nondescript dance tune and spun from it (or to be precise, its bass line) 30 variations “for the refreshment of music lovers.” The variations range across a world of moods and emotions, and there are few keyboard works more extensive or — when the original tune returns at the end — more satisfying. The “Goldberg Variations” are probably still best-known as a piano work, thanks to Glenn Gould, but Bach wrote it for a two-manual harpsichord, and that’s how you will hear it performed by the internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Jory Vinikour. It’s a rare opportunity to hear a live performance of a musical monument.

Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” presented by Pegasus Early Music, will be performed Sunday, December 7, at Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh Street. 4 p.m. $10-$25. 703-3990; pegasusearlymusic.org.

— BY DAVID RAYMOND

Parkminster Presbyterian Church, 2710 Chili Ave. 2472424. facebook.com/pages/ Christmas-Ceilidh-Band. 3 p.m.

Goodwill offering.

[ JAZZ ]

[ CLASSICAL ]

[ TRADITIONAL ]

Around the World in 60 Minutes. Irondequoit High

School, 260 Cooper Rd. 2667351. 3-4:15 p.m.

A City Sings for the Season.

The Sibley BUilding, 228 East Main St. rossings.org. 3 p.m. Food and personal care donations accepted.

Madrigalia presents: Nowell, Sing We Now!. St. Mary’s

Church, 15 St. Mary’s Place. 2327140. madrigalia.org. 3:30 p.m.

Pegasus Early Music presents Goldbergs. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street. 703-3990.

PegasusEarlyMusic.org. 4 p.m. $10-$75.

RTOS December Theater Organ Concert. Rochester Auditorium

Theatre, 885 E. Main St. 2342295. rtosonline.org. 2:30-5 p.m. $15 for non-members.

Sounds of the Season. Seymour College Union Ballroom The College at Brockport, Residence Drive. Brockport. 395-2787. brockport.edu/finearts. $5. [ VOCALS ]

Oratorio Society and Baptist Temple Holiday Benefit. Sibling Building, 228 East Main St. 773-2179. sossings.org. 3 p.m.

Financial and non-perishable food donations accepted.

Gillian, OHS. Thoroughbred, Northern Spies. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8.

Celtic Christmas Concert.

Parkminster Presbyterian Church, 2710 Chili Ave. 247-2424. 3-4:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted.

RCO: Handel’s Messiah.

Hochstein Music Hall, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 334-7120. rochesterchamberorchestra. org/. 7 p.m. $10-$30. [ POP/ROCK ]

Deans List Ltd.. Auburn

Public Theater, 8 Exchange St. 315-253-6669. auburnpublictheater.org.

4:30-6:30 p.m. $10.

A Greenday Coldplay A Cappella & Choir Show. Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St. 315253-6669. auburnpublictheater. org. 4 & 7 p.m.

Phil Haynes & Free Country.

Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 271-3354. bopshop.com.

7:30-9 p.m. $20-$25.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Matthew Cochran Trio.

Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. 454-7810. matthewcochranguitar.com.

8-10 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]

Collegium Musicum. Kilbourn

Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. esm.rochester.edu. 8-10 p.m.

Yuletide Traditions. Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St. perintonhistoricalsociety.org/.

6-8 p.m.

Tuesday Pipes: Brian Glikes.

Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 274-1564. esm.rochester.edu.

12:10 p.m. [ JAZZ ]

Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes.

Bistro 135, 135 W. Commercial St. East Rochester. 662-5555.

Bistro135.net. 6 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]

So Last Year. Nerds in Denial, Rescue Dawn, Archimedes, and This Life. Bug Jar, 219

Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 9 p.m. Wear your ugliest sweater. $5-$7.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]

Shane Palko & Francie Moon. Boulder Coffee Co.,

100 Alexander St. 454-7140. bouldercoffee.info. 7-9 p.m. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 17

Art Projection and perception “Light Sensitive: Cinematic Installations”

by Tara Merenda Nelson THROUGH DECEMBER 20 VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP, 31 PRINCE STREET MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. FREE | 442-8676, VSW.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Visual Studies Workshop’s current show isn’t really representative of Tara Merenda Nelson’s film work, most of which is in Super 8 format and tends to follow a “film diary” tradition: “intimate portraits of friends and family, travel diaries, confessions, secrets, that type of thing,” she says. Just three strange, cinematic installations comprise the show, each part of a set of research tools the artist developed to investigate the relationship between projected image and the human perceptual mechanism.

“End of Empire” dominated the first room of the gallery with a large screen on which four formats of film — discontinued color-reversal film stocks in 16mm, Super 8, and slide film, as well as the digital element of HD video — are projected to compose a single image of the Kodak tower.

“This looping installation documents the final days of the Kodak empire, and an elegy to Kodak film in the final days of the industry,” Nelson says.

The artist moves us symbolically from the past, forward in time from the uppermost image of the tower — a looping film of the top levels of the building, jumping and riddled with nervous lines and imperfections — to the crisp and steady, HD video of the busy street level all the way at the bottom.

The collaged image is a portrait of Kodak’s once-glorious symbol now met with relative indifference from the bustling world below.

Nelson is Visual Studies Workshop’s

2014-15 Visiting Artist in Moving Image.

During her residency, she has taught workshops in 16mm Film Production and Curating from the Film Collection to the VSW Graduate Students. In addition, Nelson is assisting with the assessment and relocation of the 16mm film collection at VSW, is working on publishing an artist book on the notebooks of French experimental filmmaker Rose Lowder, and 18 CITY DECEMBER 3-9, 2014

teaches Advanced Video Production and Sound Art at the University of Rochester.

The artist didn’t get into filmmaking until after college, when she began attending regular screenings of locally-produced, experimental films at Squeaky Wheel in Buffalo. Inspired, she took a class at Squeaky Wheel and began making her own films. After moving back to her adopted hometown of Pittsburgh, Nelson joined the experimental film community “Jefferson Presents Experimental Film Collective,” and learned to make Super 8 and 16mm films.

In 2008, the collective was invited to show a program of films at MoMA. Nelson later earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, developing her research into the study of cinema and perception. “I am interested in identifying how we perceive images and give them meaning, and how that perception is affected by the light that carries the information and the darkness between the frames, which I consider to be the space of imagination,” she says.

At first glance, Nelson’s “Screens,” eight

rectangles adhered to the wall at eye-level, appear only to be the same oil slick, slightly shimmering black. But the impenetrable works are meant to be interactive. “Screens” is “an experiment in defining the authority of personal experience, visual memory, and imagination in the realm of cinema-space,” Nelson says.

For each, emulsion-based photographic paper was used as a projection surface for classic feature films from the VSW film collection. The previously unexposed paper was exposed to light provided by the projector as it played the film. But after processing, “each screen holds no image at all, because of the limitations of the medium: a piece of photographic paper is unable to render an image after an exposure of 60 minutes or more,” Nelson says. “But the film is there.”

Each screen is a blank slate upon which the image plays, sourced only from the particular memory of the viewer. Nelson chose “classic” films because she wanted the audience to conjure up their personal, visual memory of seeing those films. “So when they look at the screen for ‘King Kong,’ they look for the giant ape, or Fay Wray, or the Empire State Building. And when they look at the Screen for ‘Wizard of Oz’ they look for the ruby slippers, or the Wicked Witch of the West, or the Yellow Brick Road,” she says. “Both the screen and the viewer are

witnesses to the same projected light, but it is within the memory and imagination of the viewer that the film lives on.”

“Catharsis” consists of a 16mm projector

pointing out into the gallery with a small fan pointed upright in front of it. Anchored to the center of the fan by a thin thread is a piece of mulberry paper, engaged in a frantic dance like bright flame, or some furiously glowing wraith.

Nelson describes the work as “a filmless film with no set duration.”

There are two ways to view “Catharsis.”

Stand facing the “screen” — a glowing projected rectangle on the opposite wall Tara Merenda Nelson’s “End of Empire” (seen here with a viewer’s — and watch the silhouette) is a projected collage of the Kodak tower using four formats mesmerizing shadow of film. Nelson’s show, “Light Sensitive,” is currently on view at Visual dance of the twirling Studies Workshop. PHOTO PROVIDED paper blocking the light from the The piece is pretty aptly titled, if projector. we think of the word as a pointing to The other way to view it is more challenging. a necessary displeasure, with the calm A chair is positioned facing the projector, with following the chaotic storm a beautiful an invitation for viewers (who are not prone to relief by comparison. Catharsis has been seizures!) to sit with eyes closed and experience defined as “the purging of the emotions or “a film made with their own mind, which only relieving of emotional tensions, especially they can see,” Nelson says. through certain kinds of art.” Nelson “In my work, I investigate the says she chose the term to represent psychological space of creativity in search of a breakthrough for in her process of the internal, eternal imagination,” Nelson pursuing the location of the imagination. says. “Where do ideas come from? How does the creative mind manifest itself in our There is also often a performance conscious life? My work is motivated by aspect to Nelson’s work, using multiple these questions, not for the sake of answers, projectors, live sound, a unique live but for benefit of the pursuit.” editing technique, and other interactive Confronting the work is uncomfortable: elements. Nelson and her husband, a riotous assault of flickering light gives Gordon Nelson, perform together as a the feeling of a vibrantly-hued presence group called Shades of Fawn. A program pressing in too close, permeating the of their films called “Movies from the eyelids, the thick intensity giving way to Multiverse” was performed on November shifting shapes and patterns. An almost 7 at the opening of “Light Sensitive” in hallucinatory state hints at the edges of the Visual Studies Workshop auditorium.

REM-like eyeball flinching, and through Shades of Fawn will host another show in my closed lids I could detect the frustrated early 2015. View more of Nelson’s work at upward motion of that tethered paper. vimeo.com/taranelson/videos.

Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Looking In and Axom Objects. Looking In: New Paintings by Matthew Langley and Axom Objects through Jan. 10, opening reception Fri. Dec. 5, 5-10 p.m. 232-6030. axomgallery.com.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. Slay Belles. Through Dec. 31.

Opening reception and live art Fri. Dec. 5. Christmas themed art by Neva Safe, Dick Mama (NYC), Rheytchul Kimmel, Missie Kelly, Frank Bacon, Take.

454-2966. bugjar.com.

First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 25 Church St. Pittsford.

Sacred Favorites: Christmas.

586-5688. pittsfordpres.org.

Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, 713 Monroe Ave. Rochester’s Refugees.

Through Jan. 9. Opening reception Sat. Dec. 6, 3-5 p.m.

Photographs of refugee lives by darkroom students. 244-1730. geneseearts.org/.

Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. Arena Art Gallery Show. Through Jan. 26.

Opening reception Fri. Dec. 12, 5-8 p.m. Wall-hung art in a variety of contemporary styles and media. 271-5920. arenaartgroup.com/index.html.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Seven Art Sisters.

Through Jan. 11. Opening reception Wed. Dec. 10, 5-7 p.m. Artwork by seven members of the Rochester Art Club. 5468400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org.

Rochester Brainery, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St. Solo Exhibition of Jihwan Park.

Through Dec. 30. Mixing design with art, printmaking, sculpture.

520-8082. jihwanpark.com.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. 24th Annual Members Exhibition.

Through Jan. 18. Opening reception Thurs. Dec. 4 from 6-9 p. m. The Days the Artists Spoke: Fri. Dec. 5, 6-9 p. m., Sat. Dec 6 & 13 from 1-4 p. m. 461-2222. info@ rochestercontemporary.org. rochestercontemporary.org.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince Street. Wall+Paper.

Through Dec. 19. Opening reception Fri. Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m.

Photos by Evelyne LeblancRoberge. 442-8676. vsw.org. [ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Natural Energy.

Through Jan. 5. Energy, a display of watercolors and oil paintings by Dave Braun, Anne McCune, and Hiroko Battey. 546-8439 x 3102. episcopalseniorlife.org.

171 Cedar Arts Center, 171 Cedar Arts Center. Paintings

by JoAnne Gargano. Through Dec. 30. 607-936-4647.

171cedararts.org.

1975 Gallery, 89 Charlotte St. Nesting. Through Dec. 14. Paintings by Sarah C. Rutherford. 1975ish.com.

Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, I College Dr. SkyVision.

Through Dec. 6. Paintings by Susan Leshnoff. 245-5813. geneseo.edu.

A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St. Brockport. Past & Presence. Through Dec. 20.

ART | 24TH ANNUAL MEMBER’S EXHIBITION

Each year, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Avenue) hosts an exhibition of artwork by members who help support the organization. Artists and community members alike are shown side-by-side, and much of the work is for sale. A reception for RoCo’s 24th annual Members’ Exhibition will be held at the art center on Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Awards and a special announcement will take place at 7:30 p.m. The show will remain on view through January 18 (but will be closed December 24 and 25 and January 1). Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m., and Friday, 1 to 10 p.m.

Each of the participating artists were offered the opportunity to give a 10-minute talk on their work. Dozens of the hundreds of artists in the show will speak, back-toback, on “The Days the Artists Spoke”: Friday, December 5, 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, December 6, 1 to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, December 13, 1 to 4 p.m. For a complete schedule, visit rochestercontemporary.org. For more information, call 461-2222.— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY A solo exhibition of baskets, bronzes, fiber, and mixed media sculptures by Jappie King Black.

637-5494. kingblack.com/.

Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery, 3165 East Ave. Watercolor World. Through Dec. 30. Paintings by Sylvie Culbertson. 385-0298.

Gallery R, 100 College Ave. New Media Design 1999-2014: 15 Year Retrospective. Through Jan. 16. A review of New Media Design projects done by students over the past 15 years, from 1999 to 2014. 256-3312.

Geisel Gallery, Bausch & Lomb Place, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Surface & Depth.

Through Dec. 31. An exhibition of work by Belinda Bryce & Kurt Ketchum. 737-3239. thegeiselgallery.com.

Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, University of Rochester, River Campus. _e_scapes. Through Dec. 14.

Photography and paintings by Nick Marshall. blogs.rochester. edu/hartnett.

Highland Park Conservatory, 180 Reservoir Rd. Annual Holiday Poinsettia Show. 753-7270. monroecounty.gov/parks. iGalleryKathyClem, Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. Magical Southwest: P is for Places. Through Dec. 5. A multi-media instillation

by Kathy Clem. 764-5589. igallerykathyclem.com.

Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Holiday Show. Through Dec. 23.

Opening reception Fri. Dec. 5,

5-9 p.m. Photos from various photographers. 271-2540. imagecityphotographygallery. com.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Nutcracker.

Through Dec. 31. Iconic holiday imagery by Sam Paonessa. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions. com/.

The Joy Gallery, 498 W Main St. Rare Forms. Through Jan. 24. Opening reception Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m. Select works from RIT students. 463-5230. joygallery.com.

Link Gallery at City Hall, 30 Church St. Veterans, Whispers & Profiles. Through Dec. 8.

Photography by John Retallack.

325-6669. cityofrochester.gov.

Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. 1888 in America: William Trost Richards’ Seascape Contextualized.

Through Dec. 6.Paintings by William Trost Richards. 2455516. geneseo.edu.

Lower Link Gallery, Central Library, 115 South Ave. Art of the Book. Through Dec. 31. Artists books and altered books. 4288053. libraryweb.org.

Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. Inappropriate and Unprofessional. Through Dec. 31. Drawings by Kathy Farrell and Jim Downer. 232-9030. lux666.com.

Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. Small Works. Through Dec. 29. A continues on page 20

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Art Exhibits national juried exhibition of artwork 12 inches or less by 129 pieces of art by 90 artists from 15 US states!. 315-4620210. mstreetarts@gmail.com. mainstreetartsgallery.com.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Infinity Boxes.

Through Jan 4. Nine mindbending “Infinity Boxes” created

by California artist Matt Elson.

276-8900. mag.rochester.edu.

My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Bird Dreams. Through Dec. 7.

Ancient art mosaics by Jill Gussow. 546-8439 x 3102. episcopalseniorlife.org.

Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Continuity: The Nazareth College Art Department Alumni Exhibit. Through Dec. 6. Architecture, ceramics, chalk, drawings, digital work, fiber art, illustrations, jewelry, linocuts, metalwork, mixed media, new media and more by more than 60 artists. 3895073. naz.edu.

NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. Thou Art..

Will Give... Through Jan. 21.

Artist talk Dec. 10, 4 p.m.

A photographic essay on America’s first penitentiary

by Eric R. Kunsman. ntid.rit. edu.; Lessons in Laughter: The Life and Times of Bernard Bragg. Through April 10. Jean Pietrowski and Allison Thompson curated a memento-filled exhibition for deaf performer, playwright and director Bernard Bragg. rit.edu.

Ock Hee’s Gallery, 2 Lehigh St. Dario Tazziolo: The Voice of Nature. Through Dec. 30.

Sculptures. Galley hours: Mon.Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., December only: Sun. 12-5 p.m. 624-4730. ockheesgallery.com.

The Owl House, 75 Marshall St. New Paintings by Amy Vena.

360-2920. owlhouserochester. com.

ART | EASYSPEAK

Featuring work from local food photographer Kurt Brownell, EasySpeak explores the important role that liquid producers play in facilitating connection and celebration in people’s daily lives. Located at Joe Bean (1344 University Avenue), EasySpeak is the next installment in Joe Bean’s Power of Public Spaces series, which seeks to examine how people connect and find belonging with a sense of “place”. The gallery provides a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective of regional liquid producers including Happy Earth Tea, Leonard Oakes Estate Winery, Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, and more. On Friday, December 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Joe Bean will provide house-made old world food specials and reserve beer flights. Free admission. Visit joebeanroasters.com for more information. — BY KURT NYE Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. Holiday Exhibit. Through Jan. 3. Opening reception Thurs.

Dec. 6, 5-9 p.m. with Park Ave Winter Fest revelers. All styles and mediums from over 50 of the gallery’s artists. 271-5885. oxfordgallery.com.

Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua.

Holidays at the Gallery. Through Jan. 4. Miniature paintings and mixed media, drawings, pastels, hand crafted jewelry, glass, sculptures, ceramics and

r’s esteSecret h c Ro Kept Best

Rosario Pino’s

unique tree ornaments. 3940030. prrgallery.com.

Phillips Fine Art, Door #9 The Hungerford Building.

Assemblage. Through Dec. 23. New Work by WM.A.Root.

232-8120.

Pullman Memorial Universalist Church, 10 E. Park St., Albion.

Antique Victorian Devotional Prints of the Saints. Through Feb. 14. From the collection of Orleans County Historian C.W. “Bill” Lattin. Viewing hours Weds. 6:30-9:30 p.m. and

Artisan Foods

House-made made Pastas, Rav Ravioli oli & Lasagna Shee Sheets ets • House House-made made SSauces ars • Gifts & Gift Ba askets • Gluten Free products • Olive Oilss & Balsamic Vineg Vinegars Baskets ntic & Unique Fine Italian Imports • Seasonal Seasonal Italian specialties spe • Authentic

Cooking Classes with Rochester’s Finest Chefs 349 W. COMMERCIAL ST. PIANO WORKS MALL EAST ROC ROCHESTER MON – FRI, 10AM- 6PM | SATURDAY 10AM- 5PM | 20 CITY DECEMBER 3-9, 2014

585-267-7405

Suns. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 7524581. pmuc.albion@gmail.com.

The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St. Honeoye Falls. Members Exhibition. Through Dec. 31.

624-7740. thelowermill.com.

Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. The Vinyl Countdown: A Dudes’ Night Out Production. An art collective of talented dude artists from in and around the Rochester area. From 2D to 3D, from pencils sketches to oil paintings. recordarchive.com.

Central Library, Rundel Memorial Building, 115 South Ave. Property of Charles A. Ritz. A 50-year-old time capsule. 428-8370.

Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St. Quilts =Arts= Quilts. Through Jan. 4. 77 quilts by 73 international artists.

315-255-1553. mtraudt@ schweinfurthartcenter.org. schweinfurtharcenter.org.

Steadfast Tattoo, 635 Monroe Ave. Mr. Prvrt. New work by Wall Therapy Artist Mr. Prvrt. 3194901. tattoosteadfast.com.

Steve Carpenter Gallery & Art Center, 175 Anderson Ave. Methods and Materials. Through Dec. 31. Posters of digitally manipulated photographs

by Diane Foley. 264-9036. nyfigurestudyguild.com/.

Tower Fine Arts Center, SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St. Monroe and Vicinity Biennial: Drawing on Walls. Through Dec. 7. In this installment of Monroe and Vicinity, we have invited a broad spectrum of regional artists to “tag” our walls. 395-2797. brockport. edu/finearts.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince Street. Tara Merenda Nelson: Light Sensitive. Through Dec. 20. A Multi-media exhibit.

442-8676. vsw.org.

Williams Gallery at First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. Douglas Coffey’s Recent Paintings. Through Jan. 5. 2719070. douglasscoffeyart.com.

Art Events [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Art Night With Ken Karnage. 6 p.m. Triumph Tattoo Studio, 127 Railroad St. Bring your art supplies and an open mind Free 270-4772. KenKarnage@gmail. com. triumphtattoostudio.com.

Genesee Valley Calligraphy Guild Gathering. First Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 3349 Monroe Ave. Free 396-2487. gvcalligraphy@gmail. com. gvcalligraphy.org. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Beautiful, Bountiful Table. 5-9 p.m. Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St. The Tea Pottery, studio 420 Elegant ceramic serving pieces by Jennifer Buckley 469-8217. tpotter51@ hotmail.com.

Cat Clay Studio’s Holiday Sale.

5-9 p.m. Cat Clay, 1115 E. Main St., Suite 225 414-5643. catclay.com.

EasySpeak:The Expression of Rochester’s Liquid Culture. 6-10 p.m. Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, 1344 University Ave. 319-5279. joebeanroasters.com.

Hair Don’t Lie. 6-9 p.m. Studio 215, 1115 E. Main St. Door #1 or 2, Floor 4, Suite 433E Open Fri. Dec. 5 from 6-9 p. m.

Drawings and two, three and four-dimensional mediums.

Holiday Gala. 5-10 p.m.

Anderson Arts Building, 250 N. Goodman St. andersonalleyartists.com.

Hungerford Open Studios. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St. Enter Door #2 Free. thehungerford@ thehungerford.com.

Parables for a Compassionate Revolution. 6-9 p.m. Apogee, 151 Park Ave Paintings by Heather Cayton. 755-0457.

Say Something! GlobeMed’s 3rd Annual Art Gala. 6-9 p.m. Art Museum of Rochester, 610 Monroe Ave. urglobemedartgala@

gmail.com. facebook.com/ events/734228580000088. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] Christmas Craft Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Ave 271-1050. asburystorehouse@gmail.com.

Holiday Open House and Artist Studio Excess Sale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Outside the Box Art Gallery, Bldg 9, The Canal Works, 1000 Turk Hill Rd. 645-2485. outsidetheboxag.com.

Holidays at the Hungerford.

10 a.m.-3:30 p.m Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St. 4698217. thehungerford.com.

Holidays at the Tea Pottery.

10 a.m.-3 p.m Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St. Studio 420, Ceramic designs

by Jennifer Buckley Studio also open by appointment 469-8217. tpotter51@hotmail.com.

Wintercraft: Open House and Holiday Sale. 12-3 p.m.

Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-1730. geneseearts.org.

Comedy [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Best Friends Comedy Showcase.

7:30 p.m. Boulder Coffee Co., 739 Park Ave. A weekly comedy showcase of local Rochester comedians! Sign up the week before on the “Rochester Comedy” Facebook page.

Hosted by Vasia Ivanov 6970235. bouldercoffeeco.com.

Comedy Improv. 8 p.m.

Joke Factory Comedy Club, 911 Brooks Avenue (585( 328-6000. jokefactorycomedyclub.com.

Open Mic: Comedy. 7:30 p.m.

Boulder Coffee Co., 739 Park Ave. Arrive a little early to sign up Free 697-0235. bouldercoffeeco.com. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Marlon Wayans. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy Club, 2235 Empire

Blvd Webster $30-$40. 6719080. thecomedyclub.us.

Tommy Koenig is Baby Boom Baby. Dec. 4-6. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place Through Dec. 6.

Thurs. Dec. 4, 7 p.m., Fri. and Sat. Dec. 5-6, 8 p.m. Koenig, displays dozens of characters and impressions, spanning 7 decades $26-$29. 325-4370. downstairscabaret.com.

under, $7 students, $8 general public. rafi@cdrochester.org.

Dance Contest. noon & 1 a.m.

Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave 232-9030. lux666.com.

Dance Lab East. 10 p.m. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St 80s new wave music for the future (on vinyl) and visual effects 99 cents. 270-8106. theskylarklounge.com.

[ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Hypnotist Chris Jones. Dec. 5-6, 9 p.m. Joke Factory Comedy Club, 911 Brooks Avenue $10.

328-6000. rocjokefactory.com. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] Open Mic: Comedy. 8 p.m.

Boulder Coffee Co., 100 Alexander St. Come a little early to sign up Free. 454-7140. bouldercoffeeco.com. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] Monday Night Raw. 10 p.m.

Banzai Sushi & Cocktail Bar, 682 South Ave. Open mic comedy, hosted by Uncle Trent. Cash prize Free 4730345. banzairochester.com. banzairochester.com.

Dance Events [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Garth Fagan: Season Opener and Reception. Dec. 3-7, 7:30 p.m. Callahan Theater at Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave Through Dec. 7. Opening performance and VIP reception Wed. Dec. 3, $150 $35-$55. 454-3260. garthfagandance.org.

Lindy Jam: Weekly Swing Dance. 8:45 p.m. Lindy Jam is a weekly swing dance on Wednesday nights, 8:45-11pm, hosted by Groove Juice Swing.

Friendly atmosphere. Beautiful ballroom. Free beginner dance lesson at 9pm. No partner or experience necessary.

Admission is free if it’s your first time!. $4 (or free if it’s your first time!). lindyjam.com.

COMEDY | MARLON WAYANS

For anyone who stepped foot in a movie theater during the late 1990’s and most of the 2000’s, the Wayans Brothers should be immediately recognizable. Keenen, Damon, Shawn, and Marlon have had comedy careers that span decades, with each taking turns at almost every role in Hollywood, from acting to directing and screenwriting.

Marlon, the youngest of the brothers, is probably best known for his constantly high character, Shorty Meeks, in the first two “Scary Movie” flicks, as well as turns in “White Chicks,” “Littleman,” and the recent “A Haunted House” movies. (If you’ve seen the heart-wrenching “Requiem for a Dream,” you’ll also know he has some dramatic chops.)

Marlon Wayans is still a regular stand-up comedian and will appear at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Boulevard, Webster) Thursday, December 4, through Saturday, December 6. 7:30 p.m. on Thursday; 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Call 671-9080 for tickets. thecomedyclub.us. — BY JAKE CLAPP [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] 47Live: Visual Dynamics. 7:30 p.m. SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Rd. Featuring works by student choreographers $10. 245-5873. bbo.geneseo.edu/.

Contra Dancing. 7:30 p.m.

Covenant United Methodist Church, Culver Rd Our dances

are participatory and open to all, with live music, and smoke and alcohol free. Newcomers are always welcome. Dances are taught and prompted, with more teaching at the beginning of the evening. No partner or special dress needed — dress comfortably and wear soft-soled, low-heeled shoes Free for 17 &

[ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Boyz Night Out. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. Drag Show!. 319-3832. thefirehousesaloon.com.

Friday Night Salsa Party. 9 p.m.1 a.m. Tango Cafe, 35 South Washington St Introductory Lesson @9 p.m., open dancing with DJ Freddy C 10 p.m.-1 a.m $5 admission. 271-4930. tangocafedance.com. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] First Saturday: Ballroom a & Latin Dance Party. First Saturday of every month, 8-11 p.m Inikori Dance Studio, 1060 University Ave. $13-$20. 271-6840. inikoridance.com.

West African Drumming and Dance Classes with Fana Bongoura.

10:30 a.m.-noon. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. Saturdays at Baobab, Sundays at DancEncounters, 215 Tremont St $10-$15 per session. 503-6793372. kerfala.bangoura@gmail. com. mounafanyi.org. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] English Country Dancing. 6:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of Rochester, 175 Allens Creek Rd English Country Dancing, live music, called dances. $7-$8, under 17 free with adult. 2442468. fbcrochester.net. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] International Folk Dancing. 8-10 p.m. JCC Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave. $4 (free for first timers and students, $3 for members) 461-2000.

Session! Kids’ Irish Dance class. 5:15-5:45 p.m M.G.O.S.-

Ashford Dance Studio, 700 South Clinton Avenue 4891682. directors@mgosrochester. com. mgosrochester.com. [ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Guinean Dance Class. 7:15 p.m.

Bush Mango Drum & Dance, 34 Elton St. All levels welcome $15 drop in fee 210-2044. colleen@ bushmangodrumdance.org. bushmangodrumdance.org.

Midnight Tango. 9 p.m.midnight. Boulder Coffee Co., 960 Genesee St. Come learn new and old ways to tango, with a welcoming crowd and great atmosphere. If you’re building up the courage, feel free to stop by and enjoy the music. Cover fee $8 for dancers, free for future dancers $8. 287-5282. bouldercoffeeco.com.

Festivals [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] It’s A Wonderful Life In The South Wedge Holiday Festival & Parade.

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Star Alley Park, 662 South Ave baswa.org.

Film [ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Art and Craft. 7 p.m. The Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue $8. thelittle.org.

Pay 2 Play. 7-9 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd 473-0295. rochesterunitarian.org.

Kids Events [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Preschool Story Time. 11:30 a.m. Maplewood Community Library, 1111 Dewey Ave. Preschoolers and their caregivers, come enjoy stories, songs, crafts, and movement with children’s librarian Ms. Marcia!. Free. 585-428-8220. margaret.paige@libraryweb.org. maplewoodcommunitylibrary.org.

Storytime with Mike. Barnes & Noble, 330 Greece Ridge

Center Dr. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m Free. 227-4020. bn.com.

Tween Tech Lab. First Wednesday of every month, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Irondequoit Public Library, Evans Branch, 45 Cooper Rd Grades 5-7. Have fun with digital light painting, augmented reality, toontastic creations, and more!. Free, register 336-6062. aholland@ libraryweb.org. libraryweb.org. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Story Time. 10:30-11 a.m.

Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport 637-1050. seymourlibraryweb.org. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Lego Club. 4-5:30 p.m. Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport Registration required 637-1050. seymourlibraryweb.org.

Storytelling with Mike. 10:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. Free.

227-4020. bn.com.

TGIF Java with the RochesterMommies. First Friday of every month, 10 a.m.

Panara Bread, 1902 Monroe Ave. Come have coffee with the RochesterMommies on the 1st Friday of every month We’re a community of moms in Rochester and surrounding areas. We chat online in a private forum and meet-up regularly at member-driven events around the area. A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping moms find support and friendship in their local community 442-2060.

RochesterMommies.com.

Toddler Storytime. 10:30 a.m.

Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St Ages 1-4. Free. 637-2260. patkutz@liftbridgebooks.com. liftbridgebooks.com. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] Breakfast with Santa. 9 a.m.noon. Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch Rd, North Java $5-$7. 457-3228. buffaloaudubon.org. continues on page 22

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Christmas Train Rides. Every other Saturday, Sunday, 5, 6, 7 & 8 p.m Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, 6393 East River Rd $15, advance sale only. rgvrrm.org/santa.

Edgerton Model Railroad Open House. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St Donations accepted 428-6769. edgertonmodelrailroadclub. com.

Polar Express Train Ride.

Through Dec. 7, 2:30, 3:45, 5 & 6:15 p.m. Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave. $25-$48. 798-6106. railroadmuseum.net.

Visiting Author: Dorothy Stacy. 10-11:30 a.m. Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St perintonhistoricalsociety.org/. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] Trains at Twilight. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd $8-$10. 5331113. rochestertrainrides.com/.

Visions Hotels Annual Santa Day. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Holiday Inn & Suites, 800 Jefferson Road 475-9190. cisrochester@ gmail.com. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] Widget the Reading Dog and her Pal Joey. 3-4 p.m.

Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport 637-1050. seymourlibraryweb.org. [ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Junior Friends of the Gates Public Library. Second Tuesday of every month, 4-5:30 p.m.

Gates Public Library, 902 Elmgrove Rd. Ages 9-16.

Junior Friends are a group of volunteers who meet yearround and help the library with activities such as book sales, parties, bulletin board displays and more exciting things.

We also get involved with community service activities.

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month Free. 247-6446.

Teen Tuesdays. 2:45-4:15 p.m. Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. Almost every Tuesday afternoon throughout the school year. Grades 9-12 340-8720 x4020.

Lectures [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] The Music of the Civil War. 7 p.m. Genesee Community College, Conable Technology Building, 1 College Rd Batavia 343-0055 x6616. genesee.edu.

The Restoration of the Portrait of “Henry Clay in the Senate”.

1:30 p.m. Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, Brodie Hall, I College Dr geneseo.edu.

What Makes a Good School?.

7 p.m. Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue wab.org. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Abandoned: The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums. 7:30-9 p.m.

St John’s Lutheran Church, 800 East Ridge Rd By local author Michael Keene Society members free, guests $1.00.

336-7269. ggw.org/~ihsociety/.

Christmas Markets in Europe.

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LITERATURE | “ABANDONED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ORPHAN ASYLUMS”

In the mid 1800’s, a million desperate Irish abandoned their famine-stricken homeland for the promise of a better life in America. By the middle of the next century, an estimated 30,000 orphaned children roamed New York City, surviving by joining violent gangs, resorting to petty crime, begging, or selling newspapers for a nickel a piece, and they slept in alleyways, cellars, and sewers. And so the age of orphan asylums began.

On Thursday, December 4, 7:30 to 9 p.m. local author Michael Keene will present a talk on his book, “Abandoned — The Untold Story of Orphan Asylums” at the December meeting of the Irondequoit Historical Society. The meeting will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church (800 East Ridge Road, Irondequoit). This event is free to Society members; guests may attend for $1. For more information, call 336-7269 or visit ggw. org/~ihsociety. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Library, 455 Calkins Rd Free, Please register 359-7092. hpl.org.

The Origins of Christmas Customs. 7-8 p.m. Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. Registration required 340-8720. penfieldlibrary.org. [ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] African World History Class.

7:30 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. 5632145. thebaobab.org.

Literary Events [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Poems for Lunch. 12-1 p.m Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8380. libraryweb. org.

Pure Kona Open Mic Poetry Series. 7-10 p.m. The Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. ourcoffeeconnection.org. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Wide Open Mic. First Friday of every month, 7-9 p.m. Writers and Books, 740 University Ave Rochester’s longest running open mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. wab.org. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] Golden Books Lecture: Karal Ann Marling. 2 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] Open Mike. Second Monday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St 637-2260. liftbridgebooks.com.

[ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Jack Garner From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories.

12-1 p.m. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8140. mfraser@ libraryweb.org. libraryweb.org.

Lift Bridge Writers’ Group. 6:30 p.m. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St Free. 637-2260. liftbridgebooks.com.

Rochester Veterans’ Writing Group Workshop. 6-8 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 100 Park Point Dr. 7377501. rocvetwriters@gmail.com.

Meetings [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] City Candidate Meet and Greet. 6-8 p.m. Maplewood Park, Bridge View Drive and Maplewood Drive 337-0817. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Astrology Section Meeting. 7-10 p.m. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 301-3424. rasny.org. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] Art and God and the Space between Them. 6:15-9 p.m.

Rochester Baha’i Center, 693 East Avenue 461-3272. monkgeorge@yahoo.com. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] City Planning Commission Meeting. 6:30 p.m. City Hall, 30 Church St. 428-6914. cityofrochester.gov. [ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Ethics Board Meeting. 6:30 p.m.

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A 2014 Retrospective at Spectrum Spectrum Gallery A Very Cat Clay Holiday Sale Cat Clay Art from the Closet: Paintings by April Younglove Stuart’s Spices Blind Date With A Book & Wide Open Mic Writers & Books Bring Home the Rochester Military History Society The Days the Artists Spoke - 25 Short Artist Talks Rochester Contemporary Art Center Drawings from the Bony Road Greenhouse Cafe Easyspeak - the expression of Rochester's liquid culture Joe Bean Coffee Roasters Eclectic Randomness Good MD First Friday at A Work in Progress Studio A Work in Progress Studio First Friday at Constance Mauro Studio Constance Mauro Studio First Friday at MAG Memorial Art Gallery First Friday at The Hungerford The Hungerford

H(earth): A collection of contemporary ceramics for the home Dichotomy Hoag: Sculpture Combines Our House Gallery Holiday Bazaar and Open House Inner Bloom Yoga Holiday Gala Anderson Arts Building Holiday Show 2014 Image City Photography Gallery It's a BS/PS Holiday Kinda Show!

MIND/MATTER Gallery @ Rochester Brainery LOOKING IN - New Painting by Matthew Langley AXOM Gallery Exhibition Space Magica Southwest - Closing Party iGallery Kathy Clem Magnificent Africa Baobab Cultural Center Project Space Opening: Wall+Paper by Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge Visual Studies Workshop Gallery RoCo Upstairs Open Studios RoCo Upstairs Small Works | Big Show Rochester Art Club

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Museum Exhibit [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Dinosaurs, Passenger Pigeons, Haudenosaunee: On the Trail of the Iroquois, Inventor Center.

Through Jan. 25, 2015.

Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. Included w/museum admission. 2714320. rmsc.org.

Innovation in the Imaging Capital, Sweet Creations, The Disappearance of Darkness.

Through Dec. 31. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. Thorough Dec. 17. Sweet Creations. Through Dec. 31, Kodak Camera at 125. Through Jan. 4, Robert Burley: The Disappearance of Darkness,

Innovation in the Imaging Capital, Photo in Flux: Join the Conversation. Through Jan. 25, Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project. Through Feb. 21, A History of Photography 2713361. eastmanhouse.org.

LEGO Castle Adventure.

Through Dec. 31. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Included w/ museum admission. 263-2700. thestrong.org.

The Play’s the Thing, and One Hundred Years of Gilbert & Sullivan Posters; Bluff City Pawn: A Novel. Through Dec. 22. Dept of Rare books and Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester River Campus

Through Dec. 22. The Play’s the Thing, theater collection; through Oct. 24. Bluff City Pawn, An investigation of class, law, betrayal, and blood 2754461. rochester.edu.

Visions of Courageous Achievement: Arthurian Illustration in American.

Through Dec. 19. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, River Campus Through Dec. 19.Books illustrating the legends of King Arthur and his knights by notable American illustrators, including Alfred Kappes, Howard Pyle, and N.C. Wyeth, as well as original works of illustration art 275-4477. library.rochester.edu/.

Park Avenue Holiday Open House

Thursday, December 4th 5 to 9 PM

OPENING CEREMONY 5:00 PM - Park Avenue Green at Barrington Street

[ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] “Bring Your Own Train”. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd Road, rail, and trolley vehicles and artifacts; operating model railroad; gallery; gift shop. Bring your own train Sunday’s January-April $3 adults, $2 under 12 533-1113. nymtmuseu

Recreation [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Roc Cirque presents Whirly Wendsday. 7 p.m. Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St. Join the fun at Rochester’s premier spin toy meet up.

Hooping, poi, juggling, fire performances, and much more.

Live DJ’s are playing during the session to help you stay moving. Extra hoops and poi are available 683-5734. facebook. com/WhirlyWednesdays. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] RBA: Conesus Lake Area Field Trip. 8 a.m. 243-0316. rochesterbirding.com.

Conesus Lake Area Field Trip.

8 a.m.-noon. 243-0316. rochesterbirding.com/.

Crepuscular Walk - Full Moon Over the Pond. 4 p.m.

Letchworth State Park, 1 Letchworth State Park . Castile 493-3625. nysparks.com.

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A special Thank You to The Rochester Group for their support.

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Santa Claus arrives by horse-drawn wagon to light the tree with Mayor Lovely Warren.

Children 12 years and younger can pick up a complimentary glow stick or glow necklace from PAMA and candy cane from Stever's!

For the Holidays

Our expert staff will be happy to help.

Nativity Preparatory Academy Choir performance

GlowCity Light Display!

[ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] RBA: Beginner Birder Trip Nations Road. 2:30 p.m. 5032534. rochesterbirding.com.

Genesee Valley Hiking Club. 1 p.m. 254-4047. gvhchikes.org.

Indoor Ed-venture - Evergreens.

2 p.m. Letchworth State Park, 1 Letchworth State Park . Castile 493-3625. nysparks.com.

Stop in during the Open House and enjoy a selection of wines especially suited to the season. And stop back to make your holiday selection at one of Rochester’s best wine & liquor stores.

Lighting of a tree and Menorah

Exciting NEW

Genesee Valley Hiking Club.

Check our online calendar for this week’s hike schedule or visit gvhchikes.org. 10 a.m. 7030241. gvhchikes.org.

Rochester Bicycling Club. Check our online calendar for this week’s ride schedule or visit.

Rochesterbicyclingclub.org.

585-461-1280 (f) 585-461-4487 www.jinesrestaurant.com

[ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Balanced Yoga with Megan.

7:45-8:45 p.m. Nu Movement, 716 University Ave. $12. 7042889. tinydancerdeuel@gmail. com. numvmnt.com/signup/ balanced-yoga-with-megan.

Corn Hill Walk. 6:30 p.m. 2499507. huggersskiclub.org.

Special Events [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Better Breathers Club. First Wednesday of every month, 2-3:30 p.m. The Northfield, 4560 Nine Mile Point Rd., Fairport. 377-5350. yourcaremedicalsupply.com.

Festival of Trees. Through Dec. 14. Granger Homestead Museum, 295 N. Main St., Canandaigua $1-$5. 394-1472. grangerhomestead.org.

First Wednesdays of the Month with Chef Mikami San. First Wednesday of every month.

Next Door Bar & Grill, 3220 Monroe Ave. Wegmans Chef Tadao Mikami makes April’s first Wednesday the most delicious evening of the month! He and Chef Brandt collaborate to bring you a spectacular 5-course dinner where you’ll savor Eastern & Western flavors, techniques and ingredients RSVP. 249-4575. nextdoorbarandgrill.com.

Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz. 8 p.m. Scotland Yard Pub, 187

BACCO’S RISTORANTE

SERVING DINNER Tues-Sat. HOLIDAY PARTIES! Make your reservations now for a truly memorable experience.

Special menus for all celebrations.

GIFT CERTIFICATES Your host Giovanni La Gamba 263 Park Ave. | 442-5090

www.baccosristorante.com Reservations Recommended, Private Parking in the back

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Saint Paul St Free. 730-5030. scotlandyardpub.com.

Holiday Art & Craft Sales. Through Dec. 6. Irondequoit Public Library, Evans Branch, 45 Cooper Rd 787-4068. aholland@libraryweb. org. irondequoitartclub.org/.

Holiday Gathering. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Highland Park Conservatory, 180 Reservoir Rd. monroecounty.gov/ parks-conservatory.

The Nutcracker & The Seven Joys of Christmas. Through Jan. 4, 2015. United Methodist Church, 169 E. Main St, Webster Presented by the Irondequoit Chorale 266-5018. theirondequoitchorale.org/.

Pet Holiday Hazards Educational Seminar. 6-7 p.m. Animal Hospital of Pittsford, 2816 Monroe Avenue $10 suggested donation, Rsvp Required. 271-2733 x.89. rochesterhopeforpets@gmail.com. rochesterhopeforpets.org/category/ activities-and-events/.

Turning Points. 3:30-5 p.m. An information Center for families whose lives have been touched

by Incarceration. Join us to share information, resources, and support Free. 328-0856. turningpoints4families@frontier. com. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Career Fair and Networking Event.

2-5 p.m. Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd augustgroup.org/CareerFairs.aspx.

Christmas Social. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Honeoye Falls-Town of Mendon Historical Society., 1 Allen Park Dr 624-5655.

Lincoln Tours. 1 & 3 p.m. Seward House Historic Museum, 33 South St., Auburn. 315-252-1283. sewardhouse.org.

Networking Thursdays. 6 p.m.

Captain’s Attic, 37 Charlotte St. A Night for Business Professionals & Entrepreneurs 25+. $5 with business card; $7 without 5468885. Captainsattic@yahoo.com.

5pointentertainment.com.

Owl Moon. Every other day, 6 p.m. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $8-$12, rsvp (585) 5386822. gcv.org. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Candlelight Christmas Holiday Show. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. MorganManning House, 151 Main St $3 suggested donation. 637-3645. morganmanninghouse.org/.

Corona Cares First Friday Beach Party. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Hot Shots Volleyball, 1046 University Ave. $5 suggester donation. 746-2576. rochesteralist.com/.

Holiday Boutique. Dec. 5-6.

Museum of Wayne County History, 21 Butternut St 315-946-4943. waynehistory.org/.

Inner Bloom Open House and Art Show. 5-9 p.m. Inner Bloom Yoga, 3380 Monroe Ave 270-0673. innerbloomyoga,com.

33rd Metro Justice Alternative Fair.

5-9 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd 271-9070. metrojustice.org. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] 102.7 Annual Day of Hope. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Food trucks, live music, and auctions Donations appreciated. 244-1210. recordarchive.com/.

33rd Annual Ornament Sale. Dec. 6-7. St. Louis Church, 60 South Main St . Pittsford 381-6872. stlouischurch.org/news.

36th Annual School #46 Holiday Bazaar. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Charles Carroll School 46, 250 Newcastle Rd. 288-8008. susanperry17@ gmail.com.

Adoption Event. noon. Pet Adoption Network, 4261 Culver Rd. (585) 338-9175. info@petadoptionnetwork.org. petadoptionnetwork.org.

Annual Holiday Bazaar. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Geneseo United Methodist Church, 4520 Genesee St. 2433160.

Benefit Concert for the Family of Officer Daryl Pierson. 6 p.m.

Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. Lou Gramm, Steve Augeri, King Buffalo, Download, Rainline. $20. 232-3221. mainstreetarmory.com.

Christmas at Hidden Valley. Dec. 6-7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Hidden Valley Animal Adventure, 2887 Royce Rd., Varysburg Reservations requested 535-4100. info@ hiddenvalleyadventure.com.

HiddenValleyAdventure.com.

Christmas at Tinker Nature Park.

Dec. 6-7, 12-3 p.m. Tinker Nature Park, 1525 Calkins Rd Food donations accepted. 359-7044.

Christmas Gala. 5 p.m. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way $65. 5948882. iaccrochester.org/festa.

Downtown Canandaigua Wine Walk. 4-7 p.m. $8. downtownCanandaigua.com.

Hart’s Holiday Market. 12-4 p.m. Hart’s Local Grocers, 10 Winthrop St. Free. 521-4278. hartslocalgrocers.com.

Holiday Home Tour. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St . Canandaigua $20$25. 394-4922. sonnenberg.org.

Holiday Open House and Sale!.

Through Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. More Fire Glass Studio, 80 Rockwood Place 242-0450. morefireglass.com.

Hope Hall Holiday Sale & Fundraiser. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Hope Hall School, 1612 Buffalo Road 426-5824. christina.westmiller@ hopehall.org. hopehall.org.

Iroquois White Corn Holiday Open House & Cook-Off. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Iroquois White Corn Project Farmhouse, 7191 County Road 41 . Victor Registration required 742-1361. amyblumpr@ gmail.com. ganondagan.org/ HolidayOpenHouse.

Kwanzaa Marketplace. 11 a.m.7 p.m. Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. 436-6453. thebaobab.org.

Life Learners Toastmasters Club #4323 Open House. First Saturday of every month, 5 p.m. Legacy at Blossom, 100 McAuley Rd. Speaking and leadership club. Every first and third Saturday of the month.

Life Learners Toastmasters Club #4323 Open House 5-6:30 p.m.

January 18, 2014. Free 585359-0459. Higherself1875@ yahoo.com.

Spencerport Community Chorus Holiday Concert. 7 p.m. Ogden Presbyterian Church, 2400 S. Union Street 352-6223.

SpencerportCommunityChorus1@live.com. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] Brighton Winter Farmers’ Market.

1-4 p.m Brookside Community Center, 220 Idlewood Rd. 2698918. brightonfarmersmarket.org.

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Celebrating 125 years!

Rochester-Brighton

CELEBRATION CHRISTMAS CONCERT featuring

MITZIE COLLINS

& The Striking Strings Joe James & The Voices of Clouds Casey Jones Costello

SATURDAY, DEC. 6TH 7:00 PM Admission Free

2000 Highland Avenue (Corner of Winton Road)

585-442-3544

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Special Events Come Home for Christmas. 10 a.m.-noon. St. Boniface Church, 330 Gregory St There will be homemade Holiday treats and handmade items made by the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Joseph. Gift certificates and special donations will be raffled. Proceeds will benefit St. Boniface Parish 271-7240.

Holidays at the Market. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. 428-6907. cityofrochester.gov/ holidaysatmarket.

Lighting of the Liberty Pole.

4:30 p.m. Downtown Rochester 428-6690.

Pachamama Alliance Symposium “Where on Earth Are We Going?”.

11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sufi Order of Rochester Center for Sufi Studies, 494 East Ave. Carriage House of AAUW Free. 2480427 leave a message. zaynab@ frontiernet.net. pachamama.org.

Renovation Celebration Open House. 2-5 p.m. Calvary St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Parish, 68 Ashland St. 325-4950. calvarystandrews.org.

A Star in the South Wedge.

2-5 p.m. Calvary St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Parish, 68 Ashland St. 415-7112.

Toy and Collectible Show.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman St. Free Admission. 442-5700. yankeclippercards@yahoo.com.

Universal Worship. 10:30 a.m.

Sufi Order of Rochester Center for Sufi Studies, 494 East Ave. Carriage House of AAUW Candle lighting ceremony honoring all the world’s religions together on one altar, promoting the unity of religions ideals. All are welcome No charge. 2480427. hecca@frontiernet.net. sufiorderofrochester.org. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] Capitolism vs. Human Rights.

5:30-8:45 p.m. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street 454-0878.

is a good fit for you!. 586-1226. holisticmomsroc@gmail.com. christchurchpittsford.com.

Rochester Gay Men/Friends Crochet and Knitting Circle.

Oct. 13. Various, Locations 585-354-6232. info@ reconnectrochester.org.

Thinkin’ & Drinkin’: The Bug Jar’s Trivia Night. 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 21+.

Prizes: $20 / $10 / $5 bar tabs for the first, second, and third place teams. Doors at 7:30 p.m Free. bugjar.com.

THEATER | “VENUS”

The question of the value of black lives and black bodies is more relevant than ever. This week, the University of Rochester International Theatre Program will present “Venus,” which specifically explores the perceived value of a black woman’s body in a white world. In this historical drama, penned by Suzan-Lori Parks, the “Hottentot Venus” (Saartjie Baartman, a real-life young woman taken from her South Africa home in 1810), is whisked away to England under false pretenses and sold to a freak show. After making her employers rich, her attempts to make it on her own are complicated by love and economics when she becomes the mistress of a white doctor.

“Venus” will be performed in Todd Theater (Todd Union Building, University of Rochester River Campus) on Thursday, December 4, through Sunday, December 7, and Wednesday, December 10, through Saturday, December 13. All shows begin at 8 p.m. except for a matinée performance on Sunday, December 7, at 3 p.m. and a performance on Saturday, December 13, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 for UR students; $12 for seniors and UR alumni, faculty, and staff; and $15 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased online at rochester.edu/ theatre, by calling 275-4088, or at the box office up to an hour before each performance. For more information, visit rochester. edu/college/eng/theatre. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Holistic Moms Network of Rochester. Second Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. Christ

Episcopal Church, 36 S Main St . Pittsford Come check out two meetings to decide if HMN

[ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Bereavement Support for Young Adults. Second Tuesday of every month, 5:30-7 p.m. The Center for Compassion and Healing at Lifetime Care offices, 3111 S Winton Rd 214-1304. theo. munson@lifetimecare.org.

Classic Horror Movie Nights. 6:45-11 p.m.

Rolling Hills Asylum, 11001 Bethany Center Rd., East Bethany $20. 250-0366. hauntedasylumproductions@ gmail.com.

Fibromyalgia Association of Rochester New York Support Group Meeting. 7-8:30 p.m.

Greece Town Hall, 1 Vince Tofany Blvd. 225-7515. publicity@farny.org. farny.org.

Free STD Screenings for Women ages 13+. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Trillium Health, 259 Monroe Ave. Free.

545-7200. trilliumhealthny.org.

Mystery of Oz at Annual Holiday Gala. Dec. 9. SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Rd. $100, reservations requested by Nov. 24 geneseo.edu.

“A Royal Flush ‘Food as Medicine’ weekly support group.

4:15 p.m. The Lightheart Institute, 21 Prince St. Weekly support group to heal the GI tract, eliminate IqG delayed food allergens and help you lose weight $47 per session.

288-6160. info@lightheart.com. lightheart.com.

Tuesday Taco Trivia. 9-11 p.m.

Temple Bar and Grille, 109

East Ave. Lots of giveaways, including hats, t-shirts, drinks, tacos - come alone or come with a team! $1.50 Beef Tacos, $2.50 Chicken Tacos, $2.50 Drafts except Guinness, $3 Bacardi Flavors 232-6000. templebarrochester@gmail. com. templebarandgrille.com.

Sports [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Balance Beginnings (Community Yoga). 5:15-6:15 p.m Balance Yoga & Fitness, 7 West Main St . Webster Pay What You Can. 415-4500. info@balancewebster.com. balancewebster.com. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] 32 Annual New York State Silver Gloves Boxing Tournament.

Dec. 6-7. Wilson Foundation Academy, 200 Genesee Street $10. 752-2621.

Rochester Sled Hockey Clinic.

3-4:30 p.m. Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex, 2700 BrightonHenrietta Townline Rd 4244625. billgraysiceplex.com.

Theater Babes in Toyland. Dec. 6-Nov. 14. RAPA, Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. Through Dec. 14. Sat. and Sun. Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 2 p. m., Fri. and Sat. Dec. 12 and 13 at 7 p. m $28$40. 325-3366. kodakcenter. org.

A Christmas Carol. Through Dec. 27. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Thru Dec. 27. No shows Monday and select Tuesdays, Show times vary $15-$25. gevatheatre.org.

Rodgers and Hammersteins’ Cinderella. Dec. 9-14.

Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. Through Dec. 14.

Tues.-Thurs. Dec 9-11, 7:30 p. m.; Fri. Dec. 12, 8 p. m.; Sat. Dec. 13, 2 & 8 p. m.; Sun. Dec. 14, 1 & 6:30 p. m $40.75-$75.75. 222-5000. ticketmaster.com.

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The Drowning Girls. Dec. 4-6.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Thru Dec. 6. Thurs.-Sat. Dec. 4-6 at 8 p. m. and Sat. Dec. 6 at 2 p. m. Recounts the true story of “The Brides in the Bath” who were married and then murdered by the same man $8-$16. muccc.org/.

Naked in Encino. Dec. 6-21.

JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Through Dec. 21. Thurs. Dec. 11 & 18 at 7 p. m., Sat. Dec. 6, 13, 20 at 8 p. m., and Sun. Dec. 7, 14, 21 at 2 p. m. Five diverse women gather for a self-help seminar $18-$26. 461-2000. jcccenterstage.org/.

Tartuffle. Through Jan. 3, 2015.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Through Jan. 3. Fri. Dec. 26 & Jan. 2, 7 p.m., Sat. Dec. 27 & Jan. 3, 2 p.m. Rich Orgon, who dreams of a pious life, and the duplicitous Tartuffe, who ingratiates himself into Orgon’s home $5. muccc.org.

Til Death Do Us Part. Through Dec. 14. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd Through Dec. 14. Tues.-Thurs. Dec. 2-4, 7:30 p.m.; Fri. Dec. 5, 7 p.m.; Sat. Dec. 6, 4 & 8 p.m.; Sun. Dec. 7, 3 p.m.’ Wed. Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Thurs. Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.; Fri. Dec. 12, 7 p.m.; Sat. Dec. 13, 3 & 7 p.m.; Sun. Dec. 14, 3 p.m $35+. 232-4382. gevatheatre.org.

Venus. Dec. 4-14. Todd Theatre, University of Rochester, River Campus Through Dec. 14.

Thurs-Sun. Dec. 4-7, 8 p.m.

Sun. Dec. 7, 3 p.m. and Wed.Sat. Dec. 10-13, 8 p.m., Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. Venus traces Saartijie Baartman’s early notoriety and fame, and her yearning for love and acceptance in a world that views her ‘otherness’ as freakish and exotic $8-$15. 275-4088. rochester.edu/theatre.

Theater Audition [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] Auditions for “Children of a Lesser God”. 7-10 p.m. St Mark and St John Episcopal Church,

1245 Culver Rd 472-5530outofpocketproductions.org. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Ohio Light Opera Vocal Auditions.

Dec. 4. Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs St $40. 330263-2345. OhioLightOpera.org.

Workshops [ WED., DECEMBER 3 ] College Essay & Application Help. 4-9 p.m Selective College Acceptance Counseling, 919 S. Winton Rd. Suite 206 $2,500 for six (6) complete college applications.

233-9502. holly@getaccepted. org. getaccepted.org.

Divination Tool Time. 12-2:45 & 5-5:45 p.m. The Purple Door Soul Source, 3259 Winton Road S $5. 427-8110. purpledoorsoulsource.com.

The First Years Last Forever.

10 a.m.-noon. Mental Health Association, 320 N Goodman St. 325-3145 x131. mharochester.org.

Knit Clique: Knitting/Crocheting Drop-In. noon. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. Snacks are welcome free. 7845300. brightonlibrary.org.

Mind . Body . Spirit Meditation.

12-1 p.m Grow2bu, 595 Blossom Rd $15 per class, 10-class-pass for $120. 9530503. grow2bu.com/.

Open Weekly Group Meditation.

5:30 p.m. The TRU Center, 6 South Main St Pittsford This meditation group meets weekly on Wednesdays at 5:30-6:30pm.

Join us for renewal, deep relaxation and decompression in the ways you need most. Clear out what does not serve you and be filled with new energy and possibilities. This themes vary week-by-week and include guidance in areas such as totems, angels, guides, singing bowls, oils, drums, visualization and more.

Pre-register to tru@trubynicole. com 24 hours in advance $12.

381-0190. tru@trubynicole.com. trubynicole.com.

THEATER | “THE DROWNING GIRLS”

In 1915 England, George Joseph Smith was convicted of the murders, by drowning, of his three wives. In 2008 Canada, the three wives told their stories in the premiere of the play “The Drowning Girls.” They tell of their wooing, their wedding, their insuring, and their drowning, all in the bathtub where they met their ends. Lady Parts Theater presents the first local performance of this unusual and poetic play this weekend at MuCCC. It’s in excellent hands: the three wives are played by Erin-Kate Howard, Beth Winslow, and Marcy J. Savastano, and directed

by Patricia Lewis, and the play has incidental music composed and performed live by Matthew Cochran.

Lady Parts Theater presents “The Drowning Girls” on Friday, December 4, and Saturday, December 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, December 6, at 2 and 8 p.m. at MuCCC, Atlantic Avenue. $18, seniors $15, students $10; $2 discount for advance ticket orders. MuCCC.org.

— BY DAVID RAYMOND Peace Meditation Circle. 7:15 p.m. Beyond Center for Yoga, 67 Main Street, 3rd floor, Brockport.

PEACE MEDITATION CIRCLE is not sponsored by any business or nonprofit agency; religious or political organization. We are an open, inclusive community.

And our sole purpose is promote world peace by practicing

meditation FREE! Open to all!. 690-9714 OR 637-3984. melanie@namastegirl.com OR gencool@rochester.rr.com. brockportyogapilates.com. [ THU., DECEMBER 4 ] Intro to Gluten Free Baking (The Basics). 6:30-7:30 p.m Pieters Family Life

Center, 1025 Commons Way $15. 487-3500. blossomfoxcakedesign@ gmail.com. theglutenfreechefbakery.com.

Meditation. 7-8 p.m. Grow2bu, 595 Blossom Rd $15. 9530503. grow2bu.com/.

Message Class. First Thursday of every month, 7:30 p.m.

Sufi Order of Rochester Center for Sufi Studies, 494 East Ave. Carriage House of AAUW No charge. 2480427. hecca@frontiernet.net. sufiorderofrochester.org.

Rochester Makerspace Open Nights. 6-10 p.m. Rochester Makerspace, 850 St. Paul St. #23 Bring a project to work on or something to show others, help work on the space, or just get to know the venue Free. 210--0075. rochestermakerspace.org.

Thursday Night Recovery Meeting. 7 p.m Church of the Good Sheperd School, 3318 East Henrietta Rd. Learn Recovery’s practical coping techniques. Peer group helps one another struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, or stress. Group meets in room 113 Free will offerings accepted 234-2434. recovery-inc.org.

Yoga. Eastside Wellness Center, 625 Ayrault Rd. Monday Vinyasa Flow 4:30 p.m., Restorative 6 p.m. Thursday Vinyasa Flow 5:30 p.m $14 drop-in, $60 5 classes, register. cindy@relaxreleaserestore.com. [ FRI., DECEMBER 5 ] Spirit Tutoring. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

The Purple Door Soul Source, 3259 Winton Road S $1/ minute, $5 minimum. 427-8110. purpledoorsoulsource.com. [ SAT., DECEMBER 6 ] 13th Annual Holiday Ornament Workshop and Open House.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Turk Hill Craft School, 1000 Turk Hill Rd. $12. 223-1930. turkhillcrafts@gmail.com. turkhillcraftschool.com.

Free LSF Mindercise Mindfulness Class. 3-5 p.m.

The Assisi Institute, 1400 North Winton Rd. Free 4511584. livingstressfree.org.

Guitars In The Round: Bob Sneider, Petar Kodzas, Kinloch Nelson. 8 p.m. Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave $15. 473-6140. bernunzio.com.

Introduction to Zen Meditation Workshop. 9:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Rochester Zen Center, 7 Arnold Park $45-$60. 4739180. rzc.org.

Prenatal Wellness Through Movement. 12:30-1:30 p.m Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. $136. 454-4596. hochstein.org/.

Scratch Bake Shop – Kate Cassell & Molly Hartley. 12-2 p.m. The Culinary Center at Vella, 237 Pittsford-Palmyra Rd $79. 4219362. rochesterculinary.com. [ SUN., DECEMBER 7 ] Journaling for Success. 1:30 p.m. Books Etc., 78 W. Main St Macedon 474-4116. booksetcofmacedonny.com. [ MON., DECEMBER 8 ] Healing Universal Worship. 5:15 p.m. Sufi Order of Rochester Center for Sufi Studies, 494 East Ave (behind AAUW mansion).

Facilitated by Basira Maryanne Karpinski, Associate Cherag.

A candle lighting ceremony honoring the world’s religious traditions together on one altar, with a focus on healing Free.

748-1361. zaynab@frontiernet. net. sufiorderofrochester.org.

Health Care Navigator. 10 a.m.5 p.m. Seymour Library, 161 East Ave., Brockport 637-1050. seymourlibraryweb.org.

Monday Afternoon Recovery Meeting. 1 p.m Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, 1200 S. Winton Rd. Learn Recovery’s practical coping techniques.

Peer group helps one another struggling with depression, anxiety, anger or stress Free will offerings accepted 234-2434. recovery-inc.org.

[ TUE., DECEMBER 9 ] Buddhist Book Discussion Group.

7 p.m. Amitabha Foundation, 11 South Goodman St. By donation. 451-7039. NY@ amitabhafoundation.us. amitabhafoundation.us.

Conversazione in Italiano.

Second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. Italian American Community Center, 150 Frank Dimino Way No fee involved.

For more information on where the meetings will be, please contact Marjorie at 749-5346 594-8882. iaccrochester.org.

Guinean Drum Class with Mohamed Diaby. 6 p.m.

Bush Mango Drum & Dance, 34 Elton St. Instruments available for student use.

For all levels $15 drop in fee. 820-9213. colleen@ bushmangodrumdance.org. bushmangodrumdance.org.

Health Insurance Open House for Rochester’s Uninsured.

2-5 p.m. Threshold at the Community Place, 135 Parsells Ave Fidelis Care representatives will be on-site at Threshold at the Community Place, 145 Parsells Avenue, Rochester, every Tuesday from 2 – 5 PM to answer questions about health insurance options, and to help eligible residents apply to enroll in Fidelis Care programs. Current Fidelis Care members may also receive assistance completing their annual recertification at these events 1-888-343-3547. fideliscare.org.

Investing; Beyond Stocks and Bonds. 5:30 p.m. Back Nine Grill, 3500 East Ave. Registration appreciated 381-9870. hamiltonwealthmanagement. com/events.

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ambitious literary schlockmeister. His personal story, as most people know, makes him a perhaps (PG-13), DIRECTED BY JAMES MARSH more compelling figure than his contributions to NOW PLAYING human knowledge.

Like many biopics, “The Theory of [ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA Everything” shows an individual’s triumph over adversity, in Stephen Hawking’s case a diagnosis Though difficult to believe in a time when of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in this country significant numbers of Americans and an entire called Lou Gehrig’s disease, in Britain, motor political party reject the findings of science, neuron disease, with a predicted life span of two a theoretical physicist occupies a place in the years. When the condition appeared, Hawking firmament usually reserved for international was a brilliant graduate student at Cambridge celebrities, rock stars, and movie actors. Stephen University, on the brink of a great career. Based Hawking’s most famous book, “A Brief History on a book by Hawking’s ex-wife Jane, the movie of Time,” has sold more than 10 million copies, a shows how the couple coped with his tragic number beyond the aspirations of even the most circumstance; it also shows not only his survival but his great success as a major contributor to theoretical physics.

The film moves in a predictable manner, with familiar images of student life against the picturesque background of Cambridge — beer in pubs, some youthful lightheartedness, academic gowns, lots Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything.” PHOTO COURTESY

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of tweed jackets — and some romantic moments involving the meeting and subsequent relationship between Stephen (Eddie Redmayne) and Jane (Felicity Jones). Despite his father’s advice and Stephen’s disease, Jane marries him and the two of them embark on an extraordinary challenge.

As Stephen’s disease progresses, his career advances, and his theorizing about the origins of the universe earns him the admiration of his peers and later, worldwide fame. At the same time, Jane must deal with the immensely complicated and demanding life that anyone caring for a disabled partner with increasing debility over time knows only too well. He moves from one cane to two, to a walker, then a wheelchair; when an operation to save him from pneumonia robs him of speech, he initially communicates by blinking, then by means of a computer that provides him with a robotic but understandable voice.

In a comic moment, Jane’s mother suggests she join the church choir to relieve some of the terrible stress of her life, which brings the couple the devoted and generous friendship of the choir director, Jonathan Hellyer Jones (Charlie Cox). Jonathan helps both of them, but his relationship with Jane raises other issues, resolved only after a number of other complications over the passage of several years.

The movie obviously provides a special showcase for the talents of Eddie Redmayne, who spends most of its length in a wheelchair, his body and face twisted, his speech increasingly

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distorted, his world and life tragically limited.

He meets the demands of the part, which require what must have been an exhausting physical and emotional impersonation. Redmayne looks very like the physicist, projecting a range of emotions within the strictures of his character, creating a truly remarkable performance.

Typically in English movies, the whole cast performs with great skill and conviction. In a part almost as difficult as Redmayne’s, Felicity Jones must express the complex emotions of a caregiver — grief, sympathy, frustration, resentment, guilt, despair — with a properly British understatement.

She also initiates the continuing subtext of the film as well, the conflict between the cosmologist and the Christian, each attempting to understand how the universe began.

“The Theory of Everything” refers to Hawking’s attempts to explain the origin and eventual end of the universe, an ambitious and ongoing project.

His survival for some 50 years after his diagnosis suggests that the power of his genius may also have provided the spark of life that enabled him to defy the doctors and the odds and continue his work.

In a time when public figures actually deride the work of science, his story, like “A Beautiful Mind,” exalts the human intellect and its possibilities. The movie is also a story of courage and heroism, both Hawking’s and Jane’s, a tribute to the tenacity and sacrifice of both partners facing an unimaginably daunting life, triumphing over tragedy, a tribute to the human spirit itself.

Over the course of 30 years, Mark Landis earned a reputation as one of the most prolific and notorious art forgers around.

He produced painstaking re-creations of the paintings and sketches of artists from Monet to Charles Schultz for art institutions across the country — more than 60 museums in 20 states.

But despite this rather unsavory hobby, Landis has never been charged with a crime. That’s because he donated every one of the pieces. So while his actions aren’t technically illegal, they’re just, you know, totally uncool.

Landis is the focus of “Art and Craft,” a new documentary from directors Jennifer Grausman, Sam Cullman, and Mark Becker.

Landis’s activities were finally uncovered by Matthew Leininger,

A scene from “Art and Craft.” PHOTO COURTESY OSCILLOSCOPE PICTURES

a former registrar of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Leininger decided to research his museum’s Landis donation and discovered the same painting in several different museums across the country.

Though most institutions that Landis duped show little interest in pursuing the matter, for Leininger it was the start of a four-year investigation. Now a stay-athome dad, Leininger’s obsessive pursuit appears to stem from a need for a hobby as much as any desire to see justice.

Landis, for his part, seems dimly aware of his adversary, though not overly concerned about what it might mean for him. But if Landis isn’t in it for the money, what exactly does he get out of all this? That’s the question at the heart of “Art and Craft.”

Landis is an indelible screen presence with his hunched posture, loping gait, and mumbling speech; he’s like a more loquacious version of Karl Childers from “Sling Blade.” He’s a lonely little man, living in isolation and harboring a fixation on his deceased mother. He’s also a diagnosed schizophrenic.

It’s easy to see what attracted the filmmakers to this unusual story. At first the film presents itself as a lowstakes cat-and-mouse art caper, and seems to be building to a “Catch Me If You Can” style confrontation between Landis and Leininger.

Though that plotline proves somewhat anticlimactic, “Art and Craft” is more compelling as a portrait of mental illness. It’s also the second doc from the past year (following “Tim’s Vermeer”) to focus on men obsessed with duplicating great works of art. And as with that film, the directors use the art world as a lens to explore deeper issues.

To carry out his escapades, Landis uses techniques he’s picked up from

Hollywood films and television, frequently donning a disguise and presenting himself as a philanthropist executing the will of his late mother or sister. He claims to be honoring their final wishes that their treasured art pieces be donated to a worthy organization.

Landis clearly relishes the idea of being seen as an esteemed art collector, and given the respect which has eluded him most of his life. As he remarks, “it [has] seldom happened that people were nice to me.”

Landis is able to mimic any style he chooses, demonstrating a remarkable artistic talent. The scenes where he demonstrates his techniques show a creativity and industriousness that put many “real” artists to shame.

Proving the point, the film culminates at the Cincinnati Museum of Art at an exhibition showcasing a collection of forgeries that Landis created throughout the years. The satisfaction he gets from seeing his work alongside acknowledged great artists is clearly a prime motivation for his behavior.

The filmmakers observe Landis with a bemused affection, refraining from judging him too harshly. Though he says that he understands that what he’s doing isn’t right, it’s unclear whether he really comprehends why. There’s fragility in Landis, and such a sense of loneliness that it’s hard to hold his misdeeds against him.

At one point, Landis stops his personal guided tour of the Cincinnati museum to say that he doesn’t need to look at the art, instead asking if there’s anyone nice with which he might be able to have a conversation. It’s a heartbreaking exchange, reflective of the film’s depiction of the varied ways we seek to escape our isolation and feel appreciated, if only for a moment.

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Some neighbors worry, however, that the proposed five-story building won’t fit in with the village. The tallest structures in Fairport — two former industrial buildings — are three and four stories.

And CityGate has been criticized for being too centered around cars, partly because of the large parking lot that accompanies the Costco that’s being built there. But Costello says that the project is designed with walkways and public spaces meant to encourage pedestrian activity and provide easy access to the canal area.

Also, instead of using the corner lot at East Henrietta and Westfall roads for a commercial building, the CityGate developer will keep the grown sycamore trees and build a small public park there.

Over in Brighton, some town residents resisted The Reserve because it’s being built on 70 acres of previously undeveloped land.

“That had historically been open agricultural farmland,” says the Landmark Society’s Howk.

“And that’s an additional discussion and balancing act of having open space as well as new development along the canal.”

But Pittsford’s Westport Crossing illustrates just how intense clashes over canal development and community character can get. Future developers could conceivably find themselves tied up in similar feuds, since canal communities tend to want to protect their distinct identities.

Initially, Mark IV and Village of Pittsford officials were on the same page with

Westport Crossing.

The village government took procedural actions to streamline the project’s approval process and rezoned the property to allow the developer to build more units; the latter was meant to help Mark IV recoup cleanup costs.

Mark IV has permission to build up to 167 apartments on the site, but there was a catch: it could only build the units if the buildings matched the village’s character.

And Pittsford is well-known for its attention to historic details, whether they’re on houses or commercial buildings on the village’s main street.

Once Mark IV began rolling out designs, it found itself at odds with most village officials, including Mayor Bob Corby, as well as a vocal contingent of residents.

(Top) The living room from a brownstone model unit in of The Reserve's loft buildings (Bottom) Crews are currently building the development's clubhouse.

Over the past few years, village officials and the developer have continued to spar over the designs, which call for five buildings between two, three, and four stories tall. Village officials tried to reopen portions of the project’s review, but the developer sued the village and won.

The project is moving through the village’s approvals process, though Pittsford officials plan to appeal the legal ruling.

The animosity is to the point where neither side talks about the project without taking verbal jabs at the other.

Mark IV’s DiMarzo says that the company has proposed a project that emphasizes walkability, ties into the canal and the village’s sidewalk system, and serves as an appropriate transition between the residential village and nearby commercial development on Monroe Avenue.

And the designs respect canalside industrial architecture, he says.

“At the end of the day, it’s an industrial site that we’ve cleaned up, spent $4 million of our own money doing, and we’re going to make it into high-end, upscale residential use,” DiMarzo says. “Common sense is, that’s smart.”

But Pittsford is basically a two-story village, Corby says, and the structures at Westport Crossing would be out of scale with even its largest canal building: the Pittsford Flour Mill on Schoen Place.

Corby also says that the plans fall short on walkability and landscaping and don’t include previously discussed work to develop a gateway to the village on Monroe Avenue.

The plans also do not reinforce the village’s residential character, he says.

“There’s not an expectation that new applicants replicate historic things,” Corby says. “We’re not trying to create Disneyland.

But we have a historic resource here of national significance and it’s pretty important that what gets built there blends in harmoniously with the historic context of the canal and the village.”

Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] ART AND CRAFT (NR): A gifted and incredibly prolific forger Mark Landis finds his foil in an equally obsessive art registrar, in this compelling documentary. Little (Tue, Dec 9, 7 p.m.)

BIG FISH (2003): A son tries to learn more about his dying father by piecing together the stories and myths he told about his life. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, and Jessica Lange.

Dryden (Sun, Dec 7, 2 p.m.)

DIPLOMACY (2014): This historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul Raoul Nordling.

Dryden (Sat, Dec 6, 8 p.m.)

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967): A willful young woman unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men. Starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, and Peter Finch. Dryden (Thu, Dec 4, 8 p.m.)

FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (1998): This drama follows the myriad relationships of the courtesans and clients of a 19th century brothel in Shanghai. Dryden (Fri, Dec 5, 8 p.m.)

HOME ALONE (1990): A young boy defends his home against a pair of inept burglars after his family accidentally leaves him behind when they go on vacation.

Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, and Catherine O’Hara. Movies 10 THE HOMESMAN (R): A claim jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa in this acclaimed drama starring Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, and Meryl Streep. Little, Pittsford A MERRY FRIGGIN’ CHRISTMAS (PG-13): While spending Christmas Eve with his estranged family, a father realizes that he left all his son’s gifts at home, leading him to hit the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise. Starring Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, and Robin Williams. Little MOONRISE KINGDOM (2012): A pair of 12-year-old lovebirds flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them, in this dramedy from Wes Anderson. Starring Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Edward Norton.

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THE PYRAMID (R): An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.

Henrietta, Tinseltown SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949): John Wayne stars as a retiring US Cavalry captain who takes his troop out on a final patrol to handle a breakout from a nearby Indian reservation. Dryden (Wed, Dec 3, 8 p.m.)

[ CONTINUING ] ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (PG): Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, and that’s just the beginning of the worst day ever for him and his family.

Starring Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner. Canandaigua, Eastview BEYOND THE LIGHTS (PG-13): A talented young musician on the brink of superstardom struggles with the pressure of her newfound success. Culver, Eastview, Henrietta BIG HERO 6 (PG): In this animated adventure film, a young prodigy invents an inflatable robot and teams up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster BIRDMAN (R): This dark comedy from director Alejandro González Iñárritu follows the mental unraveling of a washed up A-list actor, famous for playing the titular superhero, as he prepares to mount a comeback by directing a Broadway play.

Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, and Zach Galifianakis.

Henrietta, Little, Pittsford DUMB AND DUMBER TO (PG-13): Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their roles as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, as they try to track down Harry’s adopted daughter in this sequel to “Dumb and Dumber.”

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster THE EQUALIZER (R): Denzel Washington stars as former black ops commando who comes out of retirement to rescue a young girl from a violent gang of Russian gangsters. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Bill Pullman, and Melissa Leo. Culver FURY (R): Brad Pitts stars as a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in command of a Sherman tank called “Fury” and its five-man crew. Canandaigua, Eastview,Tinseltown GONE GIRL (R): David Fincher directs this thriller based on the wildly popular novel about the mysterious disappearance of Amy Dunne and the media circus that springs up when her husband becomes the prime suspect.

Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tyler Perry. Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (PG-13): In this latest entry in the Marvel cinematic universe, Chris Pratt plays galactic adventurer Peter Quill, forced to team up with a motley crew of interplanetary misfits after a bounty is placed on his head.

With Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Lee Pace, Djimon Hounsou, and Dave Bautista. Movies 10 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 (R): The scheming friends of the first film are up to their old tricks, turning to illegal activities in an attempt to start their own business.

Starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, and Christoph Waltz. Brockport,

Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 (PG-13): The first part of the final chapter of the “Hunger Games” series sees Katniss Everdeen journey to the mysterious District 13 and join their war against the capitol.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster INTERSTELLAR (PG-13): Christopher Nolan directs this sci-fi epic, about a group of explorers sent to space to save humanity from an Earth deprived of resources. Starring Matthew Mcconaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster JOHN WICK (R): Keanu Reeves stars as a former hit man is pursued by an old friend who was contracted to kill him. Cinema KIRK CAMERON’S SAVING CHRISTMAS (PG): Kirk Cameron is “taking back Christmas” in response to the imaginary war on the yuletide in this faith-based holiday nonsense. Henrietta NIGHTCRAWLER (R): Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a driven, but unstable, young man who stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. Culver Tinseltown OUIJA (PG-13): A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. Culver PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (PG): Everyone’s favorite animated penguins join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster ROSEWATER (R): The writing and directing debut of comedian Jon Stewart tells the true story of a journalist detained in Iran for more than 100 days, where he’s imprisoned and brutally interrogated. Starring Gael García Bernal. Cinema ST. VINCENT (PG-13): A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door. Starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Chris O’Dowd. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Little THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG-13): This acclaimed biopic offers a look at the relationship between famed physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane, as he faces the devastating effect of ALS. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown WHIPLASH (R): Under the direction of a tyrannical instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost.

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For Sale 2 BURIAL PLOTS, adjoining @ MT. Hope Cemetery, Valued at $1.500 each, will sacrifice for $1,000 each. 585-305-6776 ANGEL FIGURINE - 12 in height; dressed in cream/gold gown; dark red jacket; faux fur trimmed. 585.663.6983. $10.00 BOOK SHELVES (WESTERNCEDAR) 72”H x 49 1/2”W x 12”D $49 each 11 available Carol 585-381-1992 EXERCISE BENCH With the weight rod. $15 -585-4905870 EXOTIC HOUSE PLANTS, indoor, 10 plants $5 each 585490-5870 GERMAN SHEPHERD sign on chain. Carved head on real wood. (says, beware! x Welcome) Nice gift $15.00 585-880-2903 GERMAN SHEPHERD PICTURE in wood carved frame 13 1/2” by 22”. Good gift. $15 585880-2903 HORSE HACKAMORE Western, braided leather, fits medium horse $35 585-880-2903

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Great condition $15.00 585383-0405 METAL OIL LANTERNS 14” high, VGC with wicks handles (blue) $30 both 585-8802903

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Jam Section ALL MUSICIANS & VOCALS Responding! Format is already set. Avail-Evenings, Trans, Equip. Come to learn and perform. R&B, Jazz, Funk, Originals & Covers. Bobby 585328-4121 BRIAN S. MARVN Lead vocalist, looking for an audition to join band, cover tunes, originals and has experience with bands 585-473-5089 CALLING ALL MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES the Rochester Music Coalition wants you! Please register on our website. For further info: www. rochestermusiccoalition.org info@rochestermusiccoalition. org 585-235-8412 EXP. DRUMMER WANTED to join (keyboard)/ (keyboard bass) who also sings lead. To form duo (Retro Pop/Dance/Jazz).

Must make a total commitment and be professional 585-4267241 FEMALE VOCALIST Lead and Bkgrds, Being a musician is great plus, but not mandatory.

Avail-Evenings, Trans, All types of Genres if music. No drama, stage presence. Bobby 585328-4121 FIFERS&RUDIMENTAL DRUMMERS WANTED: C.A.Palmer Fife&Drum seeking new members for Sr. & JR. Revolutionary, 1812, & Civil War Music. Info. @ AncientDrummer1776@aol.com Palmyra, NY FOR SALE (2) old Pender Bandmaster Head $900 each Works great!!! Sold as is 585355-4449 Days

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THE RAMMSTEIN TRIBUTE BAND “MUTTER” needs a bass guitar player. No rental or utility fees. Gear even provided 585621-5488

HEAT & EAT. With SNAP, you don’t have to choose. Call your Nutrition Outreach & Education Program (NOEP) Coordinator to find out if you or someone you know may be eligible for SNAP. It’s free and confidential. In Monroe County, call LAWNY, Inc ® NOEP at (585) 295-5624 or (585) 295-5626. Prepared by a project of Hunger Solutions New York, USDA/FNS and NYSOTDA. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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MEET OTHER MUSICIANS. Jam & Play out, call & say hello, any level & any age ok. I play keyboards - organ B3 Style Call 585-266-6337 Martino MULTI HORNS PERSON Vocals or Multi-instr. A great plus.

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PIANO LESSONS In your home or mine. Patient, experienced instructor teaching all ages, levels and musical styles. Call Scott: 585- 465-0219. Visit www.scottwrightmusic.com

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By now, most of us know that Rochester has amazing historic housing stock. Some of the best in the nation, in fact. Our city

It features custom cherry cabinets, granite counters, a deluxe gas range, an island, and—get this—a functional gas fireplace.

neighborhoods are chock full of quality Queen Annes and fabulous Foursquares. Certain houses, though, stand out among the crowd.

There’s even enough room for a small table or comfy chair next to the fire.

Such is the case with the Victorian-era home at 644 West Main Street. Built in 1878 and known as the Hayes-St. Helens House, the home is a rare example of the Queen Anne style executed in brick. It has all the bells and whistles you’d expect from the style. On the exterior: ornate decorative woodwork, elaborate window hoods, a fabulous porch, and a tower; on the interior: ridiculously high ceilings, loads of original windows, a graceful curved staircase, and original wood doors, moldings, baseboards, and hardwood floors.

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CALL 244-3329 X23 OR EMAIL CHRISTINE@ROCHESTER-CITYNEWS.COM GREECE: 322 BISCAYNE DR, $89,900. One floor living! 3 bedroom ranch, well maintained inside and out! Incredible park-like backyard a must see!

For more info; http://www.rochestersells.com/ or 585-218-6802. Ryan Smith - Re/Max Realty Group

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The moment you walk through the front door the house graciously welcomes you with its elegant architecture. The curved staircase with its original newel post beckons the eye upstairs while the marble fireplace in the front parlor pulls you inward. Beyond the formal parlor is another parlor and another marble fireplace. This room could be used as a more informal family room/den. A Craftsman style colonnade separates this room from an adjacent cozy space that could be used as a peaceful retreat, a home office, or a playroom for the kids. A full bath is located off this room.

Continuing towards the rear of the house is the dining room, which connects to a butler’s pantry and a fully updated kitchen. The large kitchen is both functional and sophisticated.

Off the kitchen is a special surprise—a modern solarium that looks out over the private, fully fenced backyard. Now you can enjoy Rochester’s four seasons from the comfort (and warmth) of your own home.

Depending on how fancy you’re feeling, you can either take the servants stair from the kitchen or the curved stair from the front foyer to the second floor. There you’ll find five bedrooms and a second full bath. Two common areas in the hall are perfect for flexible use as kids play areas or reading nooks. The luxurious master bedroom features a large bay window and a sitting area.

644 West Main is located about a half mile from downtown and just about a block and a half from the heart of the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood, where revitalization efforts are going strong. The home is a generous 2,896 square feet and is listed at $139,900.

To see this unique historic home for yourself contact Julie Forney with Nothnagle Realtors at 585-233-7354.

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EMPLOYMENT / CAREER TRAINING

Employment CUSTOMER SERVICE PROFESSIONALS ADT has a great opportunity for you! We are hiring Customer Service team members to: • Receive inbound calls and dispatch technicians • Troubleshoot customer technical alarm issues • Monitor systems for alarm signals and dispatch the proper authorities • Provide installation quotes • Process new customer account information • Accounts receivable negotiations • Help us build customers for life. Please send resumes to kczubaruk@adt.com for immediate consideration PHONE ACTRESS FROM-HOME From Home Must have dedicated land line And great voice. 21+ Up to $18 per hour. Flex HRS./ most Wknds 1-800-403-7772 Lipservice. net (AAN CAN)

FOSTER PARENTS WANTED! Monroe County is looking for adults age 21 and over to consider opening their homes to foster children. Call 3349096 or visit www.MonroeFosterCare. org. Monroe County LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF ROCHESTER needs adult tutors to help adults who are waiting to improve their reading, writing, English speaking, or math skills.

Call 473-3030, or check our website at www.literacyrochester.org MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers to deliver meals!

• Delivering takes about an hour • Routes go out between 10:30 am and 12 pm Contact us at 787-8326 or at www.vnsnet.com.

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NEW FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP. Volunteers needed for p.t. or f.t.. Need experience with computers, possess general office skills, medical background a plus.

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BRIGHTEN A LIFE. Lifespan’s The Senior Connection program needs people 55+ to volunteer to make 2 friendly phone calls / 2 visits each month to an older adult Call Katie 585-244-8400 x 152

ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER Are you interested in sharing your interests in science,invention,and technology ? Call Terrie McKelvey (Volunteer Coordinator) 585.697.1948

CARING FOR CAREGIVERS Lifespan is looking for volunteers to offer respite to caregivers whose loved ones have been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. For details call Eve at 244-8400

SCHOOL #12 1 Edgerton Park (temporary location), is looking for reading & math volunteers, English & Spanish. Training provided. Pattie Sunwoo at patricia.sunwoo@gmail. com or (585) 461-9421.

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Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC), Andre Blanchard LLC, authority filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on October 16, 2014, office location: Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the “LLC” upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 109 Scotch Pine Dr. Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any and all business activities under the laws of the State of New York. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of formation of a Professional Service Limited Liability Company. Name: BORRELLI & YOTS PLLC (“PLLC”). Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on October 14, 2014. NY office location is Monroe County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to PLLC at 1 Pleasant Street, Suite #441, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose/character of PLLC: law. [ NOTICE ] 1481 DEWEY NY LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/13/2014. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 6890 South 2300 East, #711417, Salt Lake City, UT 84121.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] 2795 BAILEY AVE, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/20/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jose A. Mendez, 61 Talamora Trl., Brockport, NY 14220.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] AEA PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/15/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Dominic J. Agostini, 409 S. Union St., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] America Real Estate Investment Group LLC Authority filed SSNY 10/3/14. Office: Monroe

Co. LLC formed MI 2/22/13, exists, located 15985 Canal Rd. Clinton Township, MI 48038.

SSNY design. agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and shall mail copy to same address. Cert of Regis.

Filed MI Corp. Division PO Box 30054 Lansing, MI 48909. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Cerankosky, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/11/14. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 160 Glen Ellyn Way, Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] CHANEY PROPERTIES SC LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/18/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 855 Publishers Pkwy., Webster, NY 14580.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Collaborative Health Research, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) 10/9/13.

LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 95 Crosman Ter., Rochester, NY 14620.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] D&J Artistic Promotions, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on Oct 24, 2014. 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 384 English Rd, Rochester, NY, 14616. The purpose of the Company is Artists and Concerts Promotions. [ NOTICE ] DORNAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/12/14. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 60 Peaceful Trail, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Grazing Hippo LLC filed Arts. of Org. with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/31/14. Off. Loc: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste; 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Home Comfort Property LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 11/20/14. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. address/RA Michael Murphy 4340 Union St North Chili, NY 14514.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] JB’S RIB & STEAKHOUSE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/04/14. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1 Wheatfield Circle, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] L J CRAIG HOLDINGS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/17/14. 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 ] Le Petit Poutine, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/1/13. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 625 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, NY 14609. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION of Elerbe Enterprises LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NYS Secretary of State (SSNY) on 04/03/14.

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 109 Dengler St Rochester

NY 14608 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] MGIF Properties, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 10/10/14.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. address/RA Rose M. Maye 755 W. Main St. Rochester, NY 14611.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Calliope Digital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 11/19/14. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Countryside Energy Services, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 8/28/14.

Office location: Monroe County. 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 activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Equinox Innovations LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 11/18/14. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Wolfpack Industries LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 10/22/14. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Nine Mile Holdings, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/12/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

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SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC. 14 Kitty Hawk Drive, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Between the Notes Production, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/26/2014. Office location: 1115 E Main St., Studio 211, Rochester, NY Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1115 E Main St., Studio 211, Rochester, NY. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1350 Empire Boulevard, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/13/14. 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, 1350 Empire Blvd., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 19326 Pregent Realty LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/31/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 447 Adirondack St., Rochester NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 3895 Lyell Road LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 28 E. Main St., Ste. 600, Rochester, NY 14614.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 4 Eastland Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/14. 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 Paul Adams, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of B&M Holdings Group of

Rochester, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/7/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 561 Titus Ave., Rochester, NY 14614.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[NOTICE ] Notice of formation of BELMONT CONSULTING, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 10/29/14. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2024 W. Henrietta Rd., Ste.3D, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BIMG, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/8/14. Office location: Monroe County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, 665 Main St., Suite 300, Buffalo, NY 14203.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cedars of Chili LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/27/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CSN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/2/2008. 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, 573 Smith Rd., Pittsford NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Eastland Enterprises, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/14. 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 Paul Adams, 3445

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Winton Place, St. 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Enso Consulting LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/1/2014. 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 366 Alexander St., Apt 4, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ferrano Holdings North, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/9/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 22 Turner Dr., Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GBS Tile and Stone, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/6/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 163 Westminster Rd., Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Grove Underhill, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/10/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 18306, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Henrietta Jefferson Plaza LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, St. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Hexx Nation Gear, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) October 09, 2014. Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process again be served. SSNY

shall mail copy of process to c/o: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HostBrew, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/18/2014. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 620 Park Ave., Ste 396 Rochester NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Iberdrola USA Networks New York TransCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/3/14.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 89 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14649. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Indian Trails Apartments LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/23/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Inlet Marina, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/4/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 28 E. Main St., Ste. 600, Rochester, NY 14614.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of INSPECTION TECHS, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/07/14. 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, 4793 Lyell Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Iron Art LLC. Articles of

Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State on November 6, 2012. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County.

The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 71 Creek Hill Lane, Rochester, New York 14625. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Khuri Enterprises I LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/3/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 607 N. Hillcrest Rd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Khuri Enterprises II LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/3/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 607 N. Hillcrest Rd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Modern Lighting Solutions, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 09/17/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 945 W. Linden Avenue, East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Modish Pet Boutique, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/15/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 251 Auburn Ave., Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Nau’s Wholesale Foods LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 9/8/14. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served

and shall mail process to: Corporate Creations Network Inc., 15 N. Mill St., Nyack, NY 10960, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Person Centered Services IPA, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/31/2014.

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, 425 Paul Rd., Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: To operate as a NY independent practice association. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PMOB Ventures LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/14.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Progressive Technology Solutions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/16/2014. 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 168 Rodessa Rd., Suite 2, Rochester, NY 14616. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RIDGEWOOD HOLDINGS NY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/14/2014.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Law Office of Anthony A. DiNitto, L.L.C., 2250 West Ridge Rd., Suite 300, Rochester, NY 14626.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Route 64, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/9/14. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 75 Thruway Park Dr., W. Henrietta, NY 14586. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Upstate Socal Properties LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/22/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1 S. Washington St., Ste. 220, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activities.

designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 56 ½ Hickory St., Roch, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of URWELL LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/28/14.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 18 Esternay Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534-1057.

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

SSNY shall mail process to Robert Tyle at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of BELAIR INSTRUMENT COMPANY, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/07/14.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 04/22/14.

Princ. office of LLC: 610 Salt Rd., Webster, NY 14580. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

NJ addr. of LLC: 36 Commerce St., P.O. Box 619, Springfield, NJ 070810619. Arts. of Org. filed with NJ State Treasurer, P.O. Box 308, Trenton, NJ 07646.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of VP76100, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/2014. Office location, County of Monroe.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Kristin Parshall, 2000 Winton Road S., Bldg 1, Ste. 201, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Qualification of PJ Ops New York, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/9/14.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in KY on 5/20/14. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. KY and principal business address: 1999 Richmond Rd., Ste. 300, Lexington, KY 40502.

Cert. of Org. filed with KY Sec. of State, 700 Capital Ave., Ste. 152, Frankfort, KY 40601. Purpose: all lawful purposes.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Wendy Baez LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 8/28/14. Office location: Monroe County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Corporate Creations Network Inc., 15 N. Mill St., Nyack, NY 10960, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of WTEX, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave., Ste. 805A, Albany, NY 12210, also the registered agent.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation: A NOOK IN THE WEDGE, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY)10/15/14.

Location: Monroe Co. SSNY

[ NOTICE ] OPEN ENERGY GROUP PROJECT MAPLE LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/24/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 510 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Our Foremothers, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 5/23/13. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 143 Benton St., Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] QUADRISTI LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with

Legal Ads NY Secy. of State (SS) on November 12, 2014. LLC’s office is in Monroe County.

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

SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 275 Mt. Read Blvd., Rochester, NY 14611. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] R.A. Home Properties LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 8/21/14. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 38 Winans St. Rochester, NY 14612.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ST4LO LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/31/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Bill Rosenthal, 3535 Winton Pl., Rochester, NY 14623.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] SUMMIT 117, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/3/14. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 603 Morning Glory Dr., Webster, NY 14580.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] SUMMONS, NOTICE AND BRIEF STATEMENT OF NATURE OF ACTION CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE INDEX NO. 2014001121 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- STACY M. BEEBE; GE MONEY BANK; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; “JOHN DOE #1- #50” and “MARY ROE #1- #50”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT STACY M. BEEBE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The

United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Trial is desired in the County of Monroe.

The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of Monroe, New York. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process.

Please read it carefully.

Summon and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home.

Please read the summons and complaint carefully.

You should immediately contact an attorney or local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Source of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at to

1-800-342-3736 visit the Department`s website at www.dfs.ny.gov.

Foreclosure rescue scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on the 30th day of October, 2014, in Rochester, New York and to be duly entered in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office, in Rochester, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property owned by the defendant, Stacy M. Beebe. The said defendant has defaulted on the note and mortgage and the plaintiff commenced a foreclosure action. Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe and State of New York and is commonly known as 26 Alonzo Street, Rochester, NY 14612 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable.

DATED: November 11, 2014 SCHILLER & KNAPP, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 950 New Loudon Road Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 7869069 13-3066 [ NOTICE ] We Are All Sorcerers, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 10/17/14. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 156 Sedgley Pk., W. Henrietta, NY 14586. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of Brown Sugar Pastries LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/04/2014. 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 35 Bock Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of Ebenezer Square, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/1/2014. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 1931 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY 14624.

Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2074. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Blessed Express, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 10/24/14. 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 600 Jay Street, Rochester, NY 14611. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Litchfield Audits, LLC , Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on November 14, 2014. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 158 Five Points Road, Rush, NY 14543.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BSM BOWLING, LLC ] BSM Bowling, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY secretary of State on October 3, 2014.

(1) Its principal office is in Monroe County, New York. (2) The secretary of State has been designated as its agent upon whom process against it may be served and its post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o Mr. Bradley Miller, 126 West Main Street, Honeoye, New York 14472 (3) The character or purpose of its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Act.

[ Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) ]

[ Notice of Formation of Roc City Realty, Rentals & Real Estate, LLC ]

Name: Windsor Trace, LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on: 9/29/2014. 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 5 Smallwood Road, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Roc City Realty, Rentals & Real Estate, LLC was filed with SSNY on 8/1/2014.

Office: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. P.O. address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon SSNY: 169 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is Operation Brain Freeze (DeWitt) LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on October 17, 2014. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 374 Bonnie Brae Ave, Rochester, NY 14618.

The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Stoneleigh Capital, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on New York with an effective date of formation of September 30, 2014. Its principal place of business is located at 78 Stoneleigh Court, 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 78 Stoneleigh Court, Rochester, New York 14618. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ Notice of Formation of POPS Property Management, LLC ] POPS Property Management, LLC was filed with SSNY on 9/2/2014. Office: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. P.O. address which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon SSNY: 239 Bryan Street, Rochester, NY 14613.

Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SOLACEUM LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Solaceum LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 10/20/2014. 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 P.O. Box 128, Pittsford, NY 14534. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on the 16th day of December, 2014 at 11:30 a.m., local time, in the Conference Room of the Ebenezer Watts Building, 49 South Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York, in connection with the following matter: COX HISTORICAL LOFTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for itself or for an entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition by lease, license or otherwise, of an interest in an approximately 0.42-acre parcel of land located at 36-48 St. Paul Street in the City of Rochester, New York (Tax Map No. 121.230-0002-001) (the “Land”), together with the existing 7-story, approximately 102,500 square-foot building thereon known as The Cox Building (the “Existing Improvements”); (B) the renovation of the Existing Improvements for conversion into 76

market-rate residential units above approximately 5,900 square feet of retail space on the first floor (collectively, the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land, the Existing Improvements and the Improvements, the “Facility”). The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire an interest in the Facility and lease the Facility to the Company. The financial assistance contemplated by the Agency will consist generally of the exemption from taxation expected to be claimed by the Company as a result of the Agency taking an interest in, possession or control (by lease, license or otherwise) of the Facility, or of the Company acting as an agent of the Agency, consisting of: (i) exemption from state and local sales and use tax with respect to the qualifying personal property portion of the Facility, (ii) exemption from mortgage recording tax with respect to any qualifying mortgage on the Facility, and (iii) exemption from general real property taxation with respect to the Facility, which exemption shall be offset, in whole or in part, by contractual payments in lieu of taxes by the Company for the benefit of affected tax jurisdictions.

A copy of the Company’s application, containing the Benefit/Incentive analysis, is available for inspection at the Agency’s offices at 8100 CityPlace, 50 West Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, and will be available for inspection and review at the abovescheduled Public Hearing.

The Agency will at the above-stated time and place hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: December 3, 2014 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

By: Judy A. Seil, Executive Director [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article l8-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on the 15th day of December, 2014 at 2:30 p.m., local time, in the Board Room at the Penfield Town Hall, 3100 Atlantic Avenue, Penfield, New York 14526, in connection with the following matter: LAURELAND, INC., a New York corporation, for itself or an entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition or retention of a leasehold or other interest in an approximately .036-acre parcel of land located at 2002A Empire Boulevard in the Town of Penfield, New York [Tax Map No. 093.020-0001-011] and an approximately 3.45-acre parcel of land located at 2000 Empire Boulevard in the Town of Penfield, New York [Tax Map No. 093.020-0001012.110] (collectively, the “Land”), together with the existing approximately 22,085 square-foot building thereon (the “Existing Improvements”), (B) the renovation of the Existing Improvements and the construction of an approximately 9,000 square-foot addition to the Existing Improvements to include but not be limited to, a new imaging laboratory and new mechanical and life safety systems (collectively, the “Improvements”), and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land, the Existing Improvements and the Improvements, the “Facility”), all for continued sublease to The Rochester General Hospital which offers a variety of health services at this location and serves the areas of Fairport, Penfield, East Rochester and Webster. The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire an interest in the Facility and lease the Facility to the Company. The financial assistance contemplated

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Legal Ads > page 37 by the Agency will consist generally of the exemption from taxation expected to be claimed by the Company as a result of the Agency taking an interest in, possession or control (by lease, license or otherwise) of the Facility, or of the Company acting as an agent of the Agency, consisting of: (i) exemption from state and local sales and use tax with respect to the qualifying personal property portion of the Facility, (ii) exemption from mortgage recording tax with respect to any qualifying mortgage on the Facility, and (iii) exemption from general real property taxation with respect to the Facility, which exemption shall be offset, in whole or in part, by contractual payments in lieu of taxes by the Company for the benefit of affected tax jurisdictions.

A copy of the Company’s application, containing the Benefit/Incentive analysis, is available for inspection at the Agency’s offices at 8100 CityPlace, 50 West Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614 during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, and will be available for inspection and review at the abovescheduled Public Hearing.

The Agency will at the above-stated time and place hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: December 3, 2014 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: Judy A. Seil, Executive Director [ NOTICE OF SALE ] SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF MONROE DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2005-NC1 Plaintiff(s), Against SEAN P. KELLY A/K/A SEAN KELLY, TIM KELLY et al., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on 10/6/2014, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Front Vestibule of the Monroe County Office Bldg., rear vestibule, 39 W. Main St., Rochester, NY 14617 on 12/17/2014 at 9:30 am, premises known as 91 Armstrong Avenue, Rochester, NY, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being Town of Irondequoit, County of Monroe, State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Monroe County Treasurer as Section 076.17, Block 4 and Lot 11. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien $180,500.86 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 14898/2007.

STEVEN LEVITSKY, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated:10/22/2014 GR [ SUMMONS ] Index No. 2014-10690 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs.Raymond E. Petit, Deceased, and any persons who are heirs distributees of Raymond E. Petit, Deceased, and all persons who are widows, grantees, mortgagees,

lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be deceased, and their husbands, wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; David Petit; Debbie Coles; Mark Petit; Midland Funding LLC; Rochester General Long Term Care, Inc. a/k/a Hill Haven Nursing Home; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC APO Capital One NA; United States of America; People of the State of New York; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe”, Defendants. Location of property to be foreclosed: 21 Centre Terrace, Town of Irondequoit, Monroe County, New York TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30 days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60 days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.

NOTICE: YOU MAY BE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the Answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the

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Answer with the Court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your property. Speak to an attorney or go to the Court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: September 18, 2014 MATTHEW RYEN, ESQ. Lacy Katzen, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff Office and Post Office Address The Granite Building 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585 324-5767) [ SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR- ININTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST SERIES 2004-R3, Plaintiff, -against- FRANK HEIKOOP; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive, the names of the ten last name Defendants being fictitious, real names unknown to the Plaintiff, the parties intended being persons or corporations having an interest in, or tenants or persons in possession of, portions of the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants.

ACTION TO FORECLOSE A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE Plaintiff designates MONROE County as place of trial.

Venue is based upon County in which premises are being situate. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. If you fail to so appear or answer,

judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Elmsford, New York March 31, 2014 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSORIN-INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST SERIES 2004-R3 AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Richard F. Komosinski Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliott, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 565 Taxter Road Suite 590 Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone: (914) 345-3020 TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANT: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to Order the Hon. Francis A. Affronti, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Monroe, County, dated Oct. 20, 2014 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office, Rochester, NY. Prem, k/a 3389 Brockport Spencerport Rd., Spencerport, NY a/k/a being in the Town of Ogden, County of Monroe, NY and being part of Lot 53, Township 3, Range 1 and more particularly described as follows.

Commencing at a point on the Southerly side of the Brockport-Spencerport Rd. 257.67 ft. Westerly of the Westerly line of the property heretofore conveyed to Harold I. Knab and Ruby P. Knab by Warranty Deed recorded the 17th day of Sept. 1952 in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 2778 of Deeds, Page 359, the point of beginning being where the Westerly line of the first party’s property intersects the Southerly side of the BrockportSpencerport Road; being a plot 200 ft. x 100 ft.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO

COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSORIN-INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST SERIES 2004-R3 IS FORECLOSING AGAINST THE OWNER OF THIS PREMISES. IF YOU LIVE HERE, THIS LAWSUIT MAY RESULT IN YOUR EVICTION. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT A LAWYER TO DISCUSS ANY RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE DEFENSES YOU MAY HAVE. NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above-entitled action is to foreclose a purchase money mortgage to secure $79,350.00 plus interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk/City Register of the County of Monroe on August 1, 2002 in Liber 16446 at Page 48 covering the premises described as follows: 3389 Brockport Spencerport Road, Spencerport, New York The relief sought in the within action is final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the purchase money mortgage described above. The Plaintiff makes no personal claim against any Defendants in this action except Frank Heikoop.- #85131 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE ] STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF MONROE NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against- UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE MARY WOOD A/K/A MARY A. WOOD, if living and if dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendants who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, ET AL, Defendants. INDEX NO.: 2013-12215 Date Filed: 11/12/2014 MORTGAGED PREMISES: 370 Raines Park, Rochester, NY 14613 SBL #: 090.59 – 1 – 3 Plaintiff designates

MONROE County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $ 88,500.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of MONROE on November 8, 2010, at BOOK Number 23309, PG. 538, covering premises known as 370 Raines Park, Rochester, NY 14613 – SEC 090.59; BLOCK 1; LOT 3. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant(s) UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF

MARY WOOD A/K/A MARY A. WOOD, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Richard A. Dollinger of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated October 28, 2014.

Dated: New Rochelle, NY October 7, 2014 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY P.C. Leroy J. Pelicci, Jr., Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.

In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services.

Fun [ NEWS OF THE WEIRD ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

Update

Indonesia’s holy “Sex Mountain” on the island of Java is still performing its incomprehensible function of making Muslims feel prosperous and optimistic if they have intercourse with strangers, as reported in November by Australia’s “SBS Dateline” TV program. A reporter journeyed to Mount Kemukus (near the heavily populated Surakarta) to observe the mass adultery whose origin dates to the 16th century.

Otherwise-devout pilgrims pray, bathe, and pair off with other worshippers (repeating the ritual seven times, 35 days apart) to bring themselves the good life -- except that the sex must be with people other than their spouses. Clerics generally denounce the Kemukus experience, but more so since prostitutes (collecting “offerings”) are lately so plentiful at the site.

Can’t Possibly Be True

— Comprehensive Pentagon studies of America’s nuclear missile infrastructure released in November (following disturbing reports of readiness failures) included the revelation that nuclear warheads had to be attached with a particular wrench, even though the Air Force owned only one with which to service 450 missiles housed at three bases. Consequently, one official told The New York Times, “They started FedExing the one tool” back and forth. No one had checked in years, he said, “to see if new tools were being made” — typical of maintenance problems that had “been around so long that no one reported them anymore.”

— Autumn Canceled: London’s Daily Telegraph reported in November that a gardener hired by the House of Commons had spent a day pulling color-changing leaves from trees on the Westminster Palace grounds

— because it would be more cost-effective than to rake them up after they fell. The gardener (whose name sounds right out of a James Bond adventure — “Annabel Honeybun”) said she had 145 trees to service.

(A local environmentalist lamented denying autumn visitors “one of the few pleasures at this time of year.”

Cultural Diversity

Various cogs in South Korea’s national machinery paused briefly on Nov. 13 so as not to distract the nation’s high-schoolage kids, as 650,000 of them were sitting for the decisive university entrance exams (which are several levels more important than the SATs or ACTs for American students). Large companies and government agencies told employees to commute later in the morning — to keep traffic lighter for students traveling to the 1,257 test centers — and “no-fly” zones reduced noise during the 40-minute period in which students tested aurally on the English language.

Latest Spiritual Messages

— “Santa Muerte” (Our Lady of the Holy Death) might be described as a cynic’s unauthorized byproduct of Roman Catholicism currently festering in drug-cartelroiled Mexico and Central America and is, according to Vice Media, “the world’s fastest growing” religion. “Saint Death” first appeared only 12 years ago, in the Mexico City barrio of Tepito, and is now a first line of protection for worshippers in danger zones. (Almost 80,000 Mexicans have been killed in drug-related violence since 2006, Vice reported.) Said an author who has studied the religion, “People feel more comfortable asking (Santa Muerte) for favors they probably shouldn’t ask a Catholic saint for.”

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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love is in the stars, but you’ll have to make an effort to scout for the right partner. Whether traveling or involved in industry activities or events of a social nature, don’t hold back. If you see someone who grabs your attention, make your move and don’t look back.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotions will spike your curiosity about someone, and your imagination will run wild. Consider making a suggestion that will lead to a close encounter with someone who is different from you. Use your imagination and come up with the perfect way or place to get to know this person better.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be drawn to someone exciting, but before you jump in with two feet, find out if the object of your desires is available. You don’t want to get your heart set on someone who is flirtatious and playful, but who is with someone else. Proceed with caution.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): An unexpected change in your status is apparent. Be careful when sharing personal information -- it can turn a romantic opportunity into a turbulent encounter. Ask questions, be straightforward and assess relationship possibilities intuitively and with caution.

Look for someone who shares your values.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Strut your stuff. You will be hard to resist and easy to spot by potential partners. Your flirtatious manner will bring about numerous offers, but one very creative and outgoing individual will capture your heart. Don’t waste time; make your move, and don’t look back.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t trust what anyone says or does. Resort to your own means of finding a partner rather than to rely on a friend or relative to set you up on a blind date. Do the things you enjoy, and you’ll meet someone who shares your interests.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Getting out with friends will bring

you in contact with someone of interest. Listen carefully to the sales pitch you get, and decipher whether the person you are attracted to is being honest.

Question whether it’s chemistry or genuine interest you have before you agree to intimacy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Getting out and having fun will prove that you can move forward and enjoy life, even if you are single. Listen carefully and share your thoughts with those you encounter, but don’t be too eager to settle into a relationship. Time is on your side.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Expect the unexpected when it comes to love and commitment.

You are in a high romantic cycle that can bring you to the top of your game when dealing with potential relationships and love at first sight. A sudden change of plans will bring you one step closer to happiness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll find it difficult to deal with individuals who are vague or waiting for you to be the one doing all the entertaining. Back away if there is a lack of equality in a connection. It’s better to be alone than with someone who doesn’t live up to your expectations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your helpful, imaginative approach to life and dealing

with causes you believe in will spark an interest in someone as eager to be a crusader like you. Opportunities through organizational gatherings will be conducive to love and working toward a long-term relationship that is compassionate and compatible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Watch your step. Being someone you aren’t to please someone you meet will not lead to a good relationship. Look for the person who is attracted to you and shares your opinions, concerns and lifelong goals. If you don’t have something in common, you will eventually lose interest.

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