December 7-13, 2011 - CITY Newspaper

EVENTS: HOLIDAY STEP JAM, “TOM FOOLERY” AT BLACKFRIARS 21 CHOW HOUND: EASY HOMEMADE HOLIDAY TREATS 11 URBAN JOURNAL: GETTING EDUCATION RIGHT

3

FILM: “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN,” “LIKE CRAZY” 30 CROSSWORD, NEWS OF THE WEIRD 43

Amanda Ashley

•

Way Yes

•

DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE

DECEMBER 7-13, 2011 Free

•

•

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO • U OF R YELLOW JACKETS • THE MANHATTAN PROJECT • and more music, page 12

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly

•

Vol 41 No 13

•

News. Music. Life.

That would be embarrassing.”

MUSIC, PAGE 14

Movie marathon to honor Eastman House.

NEWS, PAGE 4

Homeless… and more to worry about.

COLLECTORS CHOICE

Bailey y Slipper Shop

HEALTH FOOD STORE

NEWS, PAGE 6

PLEX plans a revival.

NEWS, PAGE 5

REVIEW: RBTL’s “Billy Elliot” THEATER, PAGE 20

COVER STORY | BY JEREMY MOULE | PAGE 8 | ILLUSTRATION BY MATT DETURCK

Development is looking up The historic buildings in Brockport’s downtown are a large part of the village’s charm.

Over their many years, the buildings have had a variety of uses, from shops to storage to residences. And it’s that last use that some village leaders are now focusing on.

There’s a movement in the village to convert the upper floors of the buildings in the downtown historic district to higher-end loft apartments. And it’s not just Brockport that’s taking this approach.

For the past decade or so, there’s been a movement to repurpose or rehabilitate upper floors in community

cores. The push is happening in small villages and big cities alike. And in many cases, the spaces are targeted for residential development.

Corning’s Market Street owes its vitality in part to redeveloped upper floors. In downtown Rochester, several former commercial buildings have been successfully repurposed as lofts. And like Brockport, other canal villages in the Rochester region have looked to upper-floor redevelopment as a way to preserve their historic buildings.

Feedback Feedback includes excerpts from selected comments sent in by land mail and e-mail as well as from comments posted on our website, our Facebook page, and our Twitter feed.

When full versions of the comments can’t be included in print, more complete versions appear on our website with the appropriate articles or in the Letters section of our website. We welcome them all. Send them to themail@ rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com; our Facebook page; or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews.

Closing School 6 will hurt, not help

The mother from School 6 who came to the microphone at Saturday’ superintendent selection forum was angry: angry that School 6 was being closed, angry that their schoolbased planning representative never came to meetings, angry that their school liaison never visited, angry that the school had been labeled as failing, angry that their school community would be scattered to the winds. Her words were met with silence.

School 6 is in a hard neighborhood — one where somebody is shot regularly and where families struggle with the consequences of what feels like a war zone. In this neighborhood, School 6 exists as a safe zone, with the Jordan Medical Center attached to it, and it’s a place where children can be nurtured, at least during the day. Good things happen at this school, although not always the same kinds of good things that we might find at schools where children are more reliably safe, wellfed, and unburdened by unrelenting family tragedy.

School 6 is defined by being surrounded by crisis, and this demands different evaluative lenses than are used for schools in more stable neighborhoods.

When we use low student scores as a basis for closing schools in crisis locations, that’s as nonsensical City

as saying, “Let’s use the fact that patients aren’t doing well in war zones to shut down war zone hospitals because their patients don’t compare well to patients in other hospitals.” I don’t mean to imply that students are like patients, but there are parallels in educational and medical human services worth considering.

A hospital’s goal is to help its patients thrive and gain health at whatever stage and degree of need they’re in. Learning goals need to be similarly differentiated and are especially challenging at schools in difficult neighborhoods because of the extra stressors in children’s lives. Using testing as the main criteria for judging a school’s purpose, value, and “success” amounts to policy that’s used to destabilize children further.

Any parent whose school community is dismantled because of unjust evaluative criteria would feel like saying what this mother said on Saturday.

When one child heard her school labeled as failing, she took that to mean she was only “almost smart” and didn’t make the grade.

This kind of thought poisons young learners.

Who can justify education policies whose labeling and school closures destroy students’ self-esteem and the very networks that are foundational to any student’s success? That mom’s words remind us of how our last superintendent’s corporate-reform legacies continue to affect our children and why we cannot stand for more of the same in our next one.

I’m not arguing to keep every school open no matter what, but I ask that we become more creative than simply shutting schools with struggling students.

Here are a few ideas: Protect institutions that serve as scarce resources in fragile neighborhoods. Broaden evaluative lenses about what school success can mean, and ask the teachers who work in them for improvement ideas. Help children maintain and deepen their relationships with caring

DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

adults so that communities are strengthened.

And to the board, please design public structures that allow you to respond and interact with speakers in real time.

Parent outrage won’t entirely disappear, but it will shrink and become more constructive through two-way discussion and responsive moderators.

LIZ HALLMARK, ROCHESTER

Hallmark is the parent of a School of the Arts student. As a graduate student, she did research at School 6.

Visit Occupy and contribute

I appreciated both James Slowik’s letter (“Occupy’s Scope Needs Broadening”) and the guest commentary

by Susan Orr and Jim Johnson (“Our Occupiers, the Mayor, and Rochester’s 13 Percent”), both on the Occupy Rochester movement, in the November 23 City.

I completely agree with Slowik’s “expanded” indictment of Wall Street to include the Federal Reserve and our government in general — with richly deserved special mentions for Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. I now have his suggested reading “The Secret History of Empire” near the top of my reading list.

But no one in Occupy disagrees that government, bought and sold by a Mega Corporation Near You, is somehow exempt from Occupy’s critique of issues.

My suggestion and hope is that Slowik and others who may wonder what “Occupy” is will stop in and visit at Washington Square Park.

While there, check out the schedule for General Assembly meetings and attend one. If you have anything wool to discard, bring and donate it to a cold and wet Occupy Rochester.

Maybe centrists would not be easily persuaded, but the dialog would be “user friendly.” You can, if so inclined, join Occupy as a “remote occupier” like me. One caveat: we are not interested in hashing out endless disagreements

in unending and unendable bull sessions; this is unhelpful in the continuing effort to shape and adapt ourselves to finding the means to bring about significant change.

Prior to Occupy Wall Street, there had been no sign of significant positive change in this country for decades, and that which has arisen by virtue of Occupy (namely expanding the national dialog beyond the prison-like confines proscribed and prescribed by the Main Stream Media) is a bare beginning towards what is urgently needed. That makes Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Rochester a movement in the process of self discovery. A self discovery is taking place in a full-blown, deliberate participatory democracy.

MIKE CONNELLY

Otterness and MAG’s credibility

Mary Anna Towler asked why more people haven’t supported MAG’s decision to stand by the Otterness sculptures in the face of raging controversy (“The Art of Controversy,” October 19). In admitting that she actually doesn’t like the sculptures in question, she may have provided her own answer.

Even if you grant that issues of “artistic principle and museum ethics” override the ethical repercussions of hiring an artist who once murdered a dog for art’s sake, there’s the question of MAG’s aesthetic and critical judgment.

Quite apart from the dog video controversy, it seems that almost nobody actually likes the sculptures.

Maybe we can’t know the soul of Mr. Otterness or judge him now for what he did in his youth. But tying up an innocent pet and shooting it for a film project is the sort of thing that casts a long shadow. People are right not to want that shadow spreading across the well-loved space and multimillion dollar investment that is the proposed “family friendly” sculpture park.

Of course MAG doesn’t want to lose the money it’s already spent, but what about credibility and goodwill? Children and other viewers will hear the story behind the sculptures for years to come and become deeply disturbed.

But aren’t the Otterness sculptures themselves scandal enough, anyway?

In their unmitigated vacuity, and in MAG’s determined effort to put so much money behind them, people are justified in seeing another form of senseless violence — in this case against the innocent and very human hope of finding in art (especially massively funded art) a meaningful and deepening encounter. We need more, and we count on MAG to support artists who deliver more than monumentally empty “fun”.

Controversial work only validates its supporters to the degree that it has aesthetic importance or ethical worth. The Otterness sculptures fail on both counts. Is this the sort of legacy MAG wants to leave the community?

JACK RUSSELL, ROCHESTER

Otterness art’s wrong for MAG

Recent feedback from your readers concerning the Otterness controversy showed that many of them think as I do. We are not only upset by the man’s act but also by his art. It is totally wrong for that location.

His cartoonish figures might be right for the Strong Museum of Play but not the MAG. One could suggest that work he has done for Toronto and for the states of Washington and Montana trivialize and even mock great human endeavor. Is that what he intends for Rochester? For this project, art should be chosen that would sanctify, not sillify, that special place.

PATRICK O’BRIEN, BRIGHTON

News. Music. Life.

Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly December 7-13, 2011 Vol 41 No 13 250 North Goodman Street Rochester, New York 14607-1199 themail@rochester-citynews.com phone (585) 244-3329 fax (585) 244-1126 rochestercitynewspaper.com Publishers: William and Mary Anna Towler Editor: Mary Anna Towler Asst. to the publishers: Matt Walsh Editorial department themail@rochester-citynews.com Features editor: Eric Rezsnyak News editor: Christine Carrie Fien Staff writers: Tim Louis Macaluso, Jeremy Moule Music editor: Willie Clark Music writer: Frank De Blase Calendar editor: Rebecca Rafferty Contributing writers: Kate Antoniades, Paloma Capanna, Casey Carlsen, Roman Divezur, George Grella, Susie Hume, Andy Klingenberger, Dave LaBarge, Kathy Laluk, Michael Lasser, James Leach, Ron Netsky, Dayna Papaleo, Rebecca Rafferty, David Yockel Jr. Editorial intern: Eric LaClair, Deb Schleede Art department artdept@rochester-citynews.com Production manager: Max Seifert Designers: Aubrey Berardini, Matt DeTurck Photographers: Frank De Blase, Matt DeTurck, Michael Hanlon Advertising department ads@rochester-citynews.com Advertising sales manager: Betsy Matthews Account executives: Tom Decker, Annalisa Iannone, William Towler Classified sales representatives: Christine Kubarycz, Tracey Mykins Operations/Circulation info@rochester-citynews.com Circulation Assistant: Katherine Stathis Distribution: Andy DiCiaccio, David Riccioni, Northstar Delivery City Newspaper is available free of charge. Additional copies of the current issue may be purchased for $1, payable in advance at the City Newspaper office. City Newspaper may be distributed only by authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of City Newspaper, take more than one copy of each weekly issue.

City (ISSN 1551-3262) is published weekly by WMT Publications, Inc. Periodical postage paid at Rochester, NY (USPS 022-138).

Send address changes to City, 250 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. City is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and the New York Press Association. Subscriptions: $35.00 ($30.00 for senior citizens) for one year. Add $10 yearly for out-of-state subscriptions: add $30 yearly for foreign subscriptions. Due to the initial high cost of establishing new subscriptions, refunds for fewer than ten months cannot be issued.

Copyright by WMT Publications Inc., 2011 - all rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying, recording or by any information storage retrieval system without permission of the copyright owner.

urban journal | by mary anna towler

Can’t we get this right?

With great regularity, we come up with new ways to reform education in Rochester: we close schools and open new ones; we create middle schools, then put them back with high schools; we open charter schools, try to enlist 10,000 mentors, give prizes for reading books….

Can’t we just cut the you-know-what and get down to basics? For starters, let’s end what is known as “social promotion,” the practice of letting children move from one grade to the next even when they haven’t mastered what they should have in the lower grade.

I got to thinking about this over Thanksgiving weekend, when my sister gave us a tour through the private school in Atlanta where she is upper-school principal.

It’s a school for dyslexic children, and both the physical facility and the program are impressive. And I can’t shake one set of statistics from my mind: The maximum class size is 10, and the lower grades have fewer children than that.

And every single classroom has two certified teachers.

Maximum student-teacher ratio: five to one.

The program focuses on helping children learn to read despite their dyslexia, and within two to three years, nearly all of them are able to move back into regular public or private schools — successfully.

With small classes and teachers trained in a specially designed teaching method, the school has found a way to overcome its children’s challenges.

Think what we could do in urban school districts like Rochester’s if we did something like that. Instead, we tinker around the edges. And we argue about who’s at fault. And we move children from grade to grade, up and out. Poorly prepared for life.

Public school districts, of course, will say they can’t afford the approach my sister’s school takes — even though taxpayers pay for it, in the end, with all those lost lives.

And maybe small classes aren’t the only solution. But I’m tired of the tinkering, tired of watching the district move the deck chairs around. Tired of the gimmicks and the new curricula and the schools-within-schools.

And I’m really tired of the fingerpointing. Frankly, I think there’s some truth in all of the current arguments: some truth in anti-teachers-union propaganda like “Waiting for ‘Superman’” and some truth in the union’s retort, some truth in the arguments of the standardized-test enthusiasts and some truth in the criticism of the anti-testers and. And I think that in our heart of hearts, most of us know that.

I’m tired of the tinkering and the gimmicks, tired of watching the school district move the deck chairs around.”

So let’s conduct an experiment: Let’s take the first-grade classes in half a dozen schools and do whatever it takes — whatever it takes — to make sure that every single child in those classes is “at grade level,” can read and do basic arithmetic, before they move up.

And let’s have groups of school critics, union representatives, and education specialists take part: observe the classes, meet with the teachers and hear their concerns. And at the end of the year, let’s do an assessment: if all children in a class aren’t ready to move to second grade, let’s determine why. And then fix it.

Because there has to be a reason. The core problem is concentrated poverty, but I do believe that if we really want to, we can overcome that. Maybe we just need to hire better teachers. Maybe most of our teachers are fine, but so many of the children are so poorly prepared for school or so overwhelmed with personal problems that teachers can’t adequately teach 25 of them in a single class, and we need smaller classes — much smaller classes. Maybe the curriculum’s inappropriate.

Whatever it is, let’s find out and fix it — do whatever it takes — and march the solution out through the district. And end the practice of passing children on up and out.

Are we willing to do that? Or will we admit, finally, that we’re not willing to do whatever it takes to give Rochester children the education they deserve?

When did you first learn the value of a good mechanic?

Our Certified ASE technicians do precision car repair...Which means we get it right the first time. Because quality is our top priority, customer trust and satisfaction are very important to us.

HEY PAUL... WHY DO YOU STILL SELL GAS? It gives customers a chance to meet us when they are at their best. People look for a repair shop when they don’t need one.

rochestercitynewspaper.com

City

[ news from the week past ]

Fracking comment period extended

The State Department of Environmental Conservation extended the comment period on its fracking review to January 11.

Critics pushed for a longer comment period, saying that the existing period didn’t provide enough time to examine the lengthy, complex document. To comment: www.dec.ny.gov/ energy/76838.html

Poverty rates rise in Monroe

New numbers from the Census Bureau showed that the county’s overall poverty rate has steadily increased. In 1989, the Census Bureau estimated that 7.2 percent of Monroe County residents lived in poverty. That rose to 10.8 percent in 2000, and to 15.1 percent in 2010. The poverty rate for people age 18 and under was 10 percent in 1989. It increased to 14.9 percent in 2000, and to 21 percent in 2010.

State chastises jail staff over escape The State Commission of Correction blasted county jail administrators and officers in a report on the escape of two inmates earlier this year. The

report says jail workers failed to perform duties that could have prevented the escape. But the County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the jail deputies union, said the report is full of inaccuracies.

News

Windstream cuts jobs

The same day the Windstream-Paetec merger closed, Windstream announced it would eliminate 280 positions, including 52 in Rochester. According to arkansasbusiness.com, the Rochester cuts “primarily are in accounting, human resources, and marketing.”

Suit proceeds against same-sex marriage

Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Wiggins in Livingston County ruled that a lawsuit brought by New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms can move forward. The conservative group is trying to overturn legislation permitting same-sex marriage in New York, and to nullify the marriages that have taken place.

Turner Classic Movies will show 15 films from the George Eastman House’s collection on December 14. Pictured are images from two of the films. Left: Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire.” Right: Ava Gardner in “Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.” Photos provided PRESERVATION | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN

TCM to honor Eastman film-preservation efforts Turner Classic Movies will salute the George Eastman House’s filmpreservation efforts with a 24-hour marathon of movies that have been conserved, preserved, restored, and reconstructed by GEH’s Motion Picture Department.

The marathon begins at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, with the 1918 silent film, “The Blue Bird.” In Rochester, TCM is cable channel 60.

A total of 15 movies will be shown, including “The Valiant,” “The Moon and Sixpence,” “A Page of Madness,” the first film adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic

novel “Huckleberry Finn,” and the television premiere of Stanley Kubrick’s little-known 1953 allegorical anti-war drama, “Fear and Desire.” Kubrick’s film, the first of the acclaimed director’s career, starts at 8 p.m.

The Eastman House and TCM worked together to select the movies for the marathon. Jared Case, head of collection information and access for GEH’s Motion Picture Department, says GEH wanted a lineup that showcases the breadth and diversity of its collection.

GEH made copies of the selected films and sent them to TCM.

TCM host Robert Osborne and Case will introduce and discuss some of the films. Case went to New York City to tape segments for the December 14 broadcast.

“When I received the opportunity to talk about some of these films with a national audience, I jumped at the chance,” Chase wrote on a GEH blog.

The Eastman House has collected approximately 28,000 movie titles over the last 60 years, he wrote.

More information about the December 14 movie marathon, including a complete lineup, can be found at www.tcm.com.

JOIN US ON

SUNDAYS! 12 NOON - 7 PM

Football, Board Games, Pool, Internet Jukebox, Darts & More!

foodsora.com

FIND Local Rochester Area Restaurants

$2.50 PINTS & WELL DRINKS

81 MARSHALL STREET • 325-2191 MARSHALLSTREETBARANDGRILL.COM

City

DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

EARN Gift Cards and Other Rewards Register Today! ENTER CODE: CITYFOOD3

Another thing PLEX has going for it is a healthy dose of American history. Susan B. Anthony lived on Brooks Avenue before moving to Madison Street, the area had both a Native American and Civil War encampment, and the former Genesee Valley Canal joined with the Erie Canal on West Main near Nick Tahou.

NEIGHBORHOODS | BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN

Cost of War 4,483 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 103,812 to 113,427 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 2.

American casualties from November 4 to 14: -- Spc. David E. Hickman, 23, Greensboro, N.C. IRAQ TOTALS —

AFGHANISTAN TOTALS

PLEX planning its revival

1,848 US servicemen and servicewomen and 972 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen have been killed in Afghanistan from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 2. Statistics for Afghan civilian casualties are not available.

American casualties from November 21 to 30: -- Cpl. Adam J. Buyes, 21, Salem, Ore. -- Sgt. 1st Class Dennis R. Murray, 38, Red Broiling Springs, Tenn.

-- Staff Sgt. Vincent J. Bell, 28, Detroit, Mich.

—

By focusing on its historical heritage and having a direct-entry pipeline for University of Rochester students, the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood in southwest Rochester — located south of the Ford Street Bridge — may have a rebirth coming.

“We have the chance now to really revitalize and energize our neighborhood, says John This abandoned railroad bridge is being converted for use by bicyclists and pedestrians. The bridge connects the University of Rochester and the Plymouth-Exchange neighborhood. PHOTO PROVIDED Curran, chair of the SouthWest Rochester Riverfront Charrette Steering Committee.

The bridge is being converted for pedestrian and “We would like the charrette to address “But we need to plan ahead and do things in bicycle use and should re-open in the spring. re-branding the southwest riverfront area and a manner that respects the great blessings the “What that means is University of also southwest quadrant area,” Curran says. neighborhood has.”

Rochester students can walk across that “We want the re-branding to be, ‘Rochester’s The steering committee is a subgroup of the bridge and be in the heart of the PLEX Historic District.’”

Plymouth-Exchange Neighborhood Association. neighborhood,” Curran says. “We’ve seen how The PLEX planning is happening For the last two years, PLEX has been working the presence of students from the Eastman simultaneously and cooperatively with the on a vision for future development of the School of Music transformed downtown’s City of Rochester’s brownfield program in the neighborhood, called a charrette. cultural district. We see the presence of the south Genesee River corridor. PLEX has many The process is leading up to a Charrette Event University of Rochester potentially being very vacant or underused properties, as well as Day on July 16, 2012, when neighborhood helpful, with economic development being contamination from a former oil refinery and a residents, traffic engineers, and architectural brought on the feet of the students.” former scrap yard, says Mark Gregor, manager and design professionals will get together for an PLEX does not currently have a vital of the city’s division of environmental quality. intensive day-long planning session. business corridor, Curran says.

A major goal of the brownfield program “It’s as though you have a billion dollars Another thing PLEX does have going is to come up with realistic development for it is a healthy dose of American history. options for the neighborhood, he says. In and a magic wand,” Curran says. “You dream, Susan B. Anthony lived on Brooks Avenue that way, the city may act as a reality check, ‘What could a revitalized southwest riverfront before moving to Madison Street, the area Gregor says, on the plans that come out of area be?’” had both a Native American and Civil War PLEX’s charrette process. But PLEX and the The neighborhood expects a big boost, he encampment, and the former Genesee Valley city are working together, and Gregor says says, from the conversion of a former railroad Canal joined with the Erie Canal on West the city’s redevelopment plan and PLEX’s bridge that connects the Plymouth-Exchange Main near Nick Tahou. redevelopment plan should be similar. neighborhood and the University of Rochester.

iraqbodycount.org, icasualties.org, Department of Defense SOURCES:

White Swans Asia Caffé FINE ASIAN CUISINE Fresh Baked Sweet & Savory Pastries Serving Dim Sum everyday • Bubble Tea

The Perfect Gift 798 S. Clinton Ave. • 585-270-4431 Sun–Thurs: 9am -9:30pm • Fri & Sat: 9am – 10:30pm

129 S. MAIN STREET CANANDAIGUA, NY 585.396.2585

747 PARK AVENUE ROCHESTER, NY 585.244.2585

VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW.FOLIVERS.COM

rochestercitynewspaper.com

City

SOCIAL JUSTICE | BY JEREMY MOULE

Runaway and homeless youth programs coping with cuts Monroe County’s runaway and homeless youth are among those taking a hit because of shrinking government funding.

The county expects to lose about 50 percent of its state funding for youth programs between the 2011 and 2012 state budgets. That funding includes money for runaway and homeless youth programs, including emergency shelter.

That doesn’t mean emergency shelters have lost half of their government funding.

Monroe officials have held the county contribution steady — the state’s the one doing the cutting — and they’ve decided to instead make deeper cuts to other youth programs that receive state funds, says Bob Zinck, executive director of the RochesterMonroe County Youth Bureau.

Homeless and runaway youth are among the community’s most vulnerable: they may have fled an abusive or addicted parent, or their families may have been displaced from their homes. These are youth in crisis, and Zinck says county officials recognize that fact.

But the cuts have had a predictable effect, and agencies are serving fewer youth in need. County Executive Maggie Brooks’ proposed 2012 budget shows that county

and county-funded runaway and homeless youth programs served 1,550 youths in 2010. Officials estimate they’ll be able to serve 871 in 2012.

“At the same time you are cutting the services, you are seeing more of a need,” says Elaine Spaull, executive director of the Center for Youth. The center operates emergency and transitional housing and other programs for homeless and runaway youth ages 12 to 21.

The Center for Youth has beds at its Monroe Avenue location. It averages 11 young people a night, and the average stay is 14 to 16 days. But from April to October, the center had to turn away 150 youth because no beds were available, Spaull says. And that doesn’t count the other 90 youth the agency turned away because they didn’t qualify.

County officials prioritized emergency housing as they decided how to allocate

funding for state-supported youth programs.

That means the Center for Youth and the Salvation Army’s Genesis House — an emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth — saw smaller funding cuts than some after school, tutoring, and recreation programs, county officials say.

Elaine Spaull is executive director of the Center for Youth. The center provides emergency and transitional housing for youth in crisis. FILE PHOTO

Spaull says she’s grateful that the county has softened the blow to the shelters. Still, the Center for Youth has seen a decade’s worth of almost yearly cuts to local and state funding, she says.

And runaway and homeless youth funding is not just about emergency shelter. The funding cuts could also impact street outreach programs, says a county budget analysis by the Children’s Agenda, an advocacy group.

The Children’s Agenda says that funding for homeless and runaway programs is its top concern in this year’s budget. Government and the community must ensure that the

most vulnerable and needy children have a place to go in times of crisis.

“It is shocking to us that this is an area in which New York State would choose to make cuts,” the report says.

The Children’s Agenda recommends that the county direct an additional $116,000 of local funding to runaway and homeless youth programs.

Democratic County Legislator Carrie Andrews says that blaming the cuts solely on the state assumes that the administration or Legislature couldn’t allocate more local funding for the programs.

management. For instance, schools where the student population is predominantly poor and minority can become what educators call “socio-economically isolated.” The test scores of average students in these schools tend to drop without additional support.

“If we want to have an effective school choice program, we’ve got to get control of the quality of all schools,” Vargas says. “We have a tendency of putting students with low performance in schools that have low selection from parents.”

The board’s recent decision to close School 6 helped revive interest in the zone improvement teams. School 6, which is in the district’s northeast zone, will be closed for at least a year. Vargas selected the school because it is an underperforming and underselected school.

Within a year, the team for that zone will make recommendations for the future use of the building. But the recommendations have to reflect the needs of the entire zone, which includes about 20 schools.

“This will allow for a broader conversation about all of the schools,” says board member Willa Powell. “This way one school isn’t being protected, and when you talk about closing a school, it isn’t being discussed in isolation.”

School 36 is on par with School 6 in terms of performance, she says. Without the recommendations of a zone improvement team, Powell says, the school choice policy can be abused.

“It can be used like a blunt instrument to justify closing one school over another,” she says.

EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO

RCSD to deploy school improvement teams The city school district is resurrecting an old idea to help solve its most challenging and persistent problem: student performance.

More than 40 of the city’s schools are on the State Education Department’s list of public schools in need of academic improvement.

The school board and superintendent have drafted a policy to create of zone improvement teams. The teams would be charged with reviewing academic programs and student performance in every school, and making recommendations for improvement.

There will be one team for each of the district’s three zones — northeast, northwest, and south. And the five- to seven-member teams will have a combination of teachers, parents, students, school administrators, and community members, says Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas.

City

DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

The teams can recommend broad strategic changes, such as expanding a successful program in one school to other schools within a zone, to closing a low-performing school and creating a new school. The policy, which must be approved by the school board, calls for creating the teams next year, beginning with the northeast zone.

Creating zone improvement teams was an idea Vargas helped develop when he was on the school board in the late 1990’s, though it was never implemented. It was a component of the district’s school choice policy, which was intended to make all schools available to all students within certain guidelines. The competition was supposed to foster betterperforming schools.

But the choice program, according to the district’s research, still requires some level of

——— A N D ———

Holiday Cookies

Colorful & Unusual KNITTED CAPS & MITTENS

$89999 $100 INSTANT SAVINGS REBATE with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens

$799 99

$119998 -

$250 INSTANT

SAVINGS

REBATE

with EF-S 18-55mm & 55-250mm IS Lenses

$94998

NOW AVAILABLE!

CAMERAS WITH ONE OR TWO GREAT LENSES

$79999 $100 INSTANT SAVINGS REBATE with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens

$699 99

$109998 -

CALL or STOP IN to

ORDER YOUR “Buche de Noel TODAY!

premier pastry 433 south avenue ~ 546-1420 www.premier-pastry.com Check us out on

Accent your life.

Empower another’s.

$250 INSTANT

SAVINGS

REBATE

with EF-S 18-55mm & 55-250mm IS Lenses

$84998

$54999 $50 INSTANT SAVINGS REBATE with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens

$49999

$84998 -

$200 INSTANT

SAVINGS

REBATE

with EF-S 18-55mm & 55-250mm IS Lenses

$64998

ONE WORLD GOODS

www.owgoods.org A Fair Trade Marketplace

HOLIDAY HOURS: Mon-Sat 10-9; Sun 11-6

PITTSFORD PLAZA 387-0070

rochestercitynewspaper.com

City

DEVELOPMENT

IS LOOKING UP PRESERVATION | BY JEREMY MOULE

Mark Lewis didn’t intend to be a landlord.

In 2003, however, he purchased a multi-story brick building in downtown Brockport, an area made up of intact canal-era buildings. The building’s third floor had been unoccupied for 80 years, but Lewis quickly saw potential in the empty space.

In 2009, Lewis decided to turn the space into lofts. He hired an architect and they worked with the village’s code enforcement officer to develop a plan to convert the third floor for two lofts. Lewis had the first loft rented three months before it was finished.

Lewis eventually bought a second Brockport building — both buildings are on the village’s Main Street — and soon had two more lofts to sell.

For the past decade or so, there’s been a movement to repurpose or rehabilitate upper Mark Lewis has converted the upper floors of two floors. In many cases, the spaces are targeted buildings in downtown Brockport into loft apartfor residential development. ments. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK In downtown Rochester, several former commercial buildings have been successfully The Village Board has also hired an repurposed as lofts. And like Brockport, other architectural consultant to work with building canal villages in the Rochester region have owners interested in developing upper-floor looked to upper-floor redevelopment as a way lofts. The board has also agreed to adopt tax to preserve their downtowns. incentives for upper-floor redevelopment Corning’s landscaped and manicured projects in the downtown district.

Market Street is lined with well-kept Some buildings in the district have spaces historic brick buildings, many with upscale that either aren’t used, or aren’t producing as shops on the ground level. Market Street is much revenue as they could, says Bill Andrews, a popular destination in the Southern Tier chair of the village Preservation Board. Andrews city, and its evolution is due, in part, to and the board have been promoting the upper-floor redevelopment. concept of upscale upper-floor rentals.

The state recognizes that upper-floor redevelopment is important to preserving downtowns. In a 2009 to 2013 preservation plan, state historic preservation officials stress the need for greater incentives, technical assistance programs, and policy changes to encourage upper-floor redevelopment.

Some Brockport leaders are trying to encourage

“Everything we do is to try to improve the economic viability of our historic district,” he says.

Lofts attract tenants who will take care of their spaces and who will also frequent downtown businesses. The shops benefit from a built-in customer base, and building owners benefit because they keep their commercial tenants. The local governments benefit from increased tax revenue.

And the lofts provide additional income for the building owners.

“It doesn’t really add to the bottom line so much as it allows you to preserve the building,” Lewis says.

An old building’s continued economic viability is essential in terms of preservation.

For all of the architectural and aesthetic details that make the buildings attractive, there can also be intense maintenance demands. For example, Lewis’s buildings have flat roofs and masonry that need to be kept up. And that can get expensive.

“In general, when buildings are being used, they’re more likely to survive,” says Caitlin Meives, preservation planner at the Landmark Society of Western New York.

When Lewis bought his first building, its third

floor was being used for storage. But he and others who saw the space were impressed with its character.

Every time Lewis went up to check on the roof or some other aspect of the building,

he says he was drawn to the features of the space: particularly its “big, beautiful windows” and “gorgeous woodwork.” He says he began thinking more and more about the space’s potential. In 2009, he decided to try redeveloping it into apartments.

“It just seemed like such a waste to have it storing old bicycles and boxes,” he says.

At the time, the third floor wasn’t functional as a living space. There was no plumbing and it had only a single electric light. Approximately 30,000 pounds of plaster were removed during the rehabilitation. Walls built for a previous user were boxing in the space, Lewis says.

Lewis and his architect used the architectural elements in each space as key components in their designs. They took advantage of large windows in one loft, high ceilings in another. In one apartment, the mechanical parts of an elevator lift located in the space were fashioned into a kitchen island.

They also worked with the village code enforcement officer to make sure building and fire codes were met or exceeded. The projects require building permits, and if they are rentals, they also require certificates of occupancy.

The project took much of Lewis’s time and resources over the course of two years.

It’s a process that can be a little unsettling.

On the first day of rehab work, the electrician told Lewis that the entire building needed to be rewired. Lewis had only planned on extending the wiring to the third floor, so the

the type of development that Lewis took on.

They arranged for the Preservation League of New York to present its upper floors workshop in Brockport. And the village is conducting a study on the feasibility and desirability of This loft was designed to take advantage of the space’s large windows and exposed brick. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK developing loft-style apartments on upper floors in its downtown historic district.

City

DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

123 STATE ST.

546-7252

A few of our Specialties:

ROCHESTER’S BEST

Original NEW YORK PIZZA

Meatball Parmesan Pizza Buffalo Chicken Pie Chicken Parmesan Steak, Tomato & Ricotta No imitations

SM

SINCE 1986

Downtown Delivery • Take-out • Eat-in Like us on

Monday-Thursday 10-7, Friday 10-9

www.pizzastop1.com

change was costly. He says it was worth the added cost, however.

“There’s a market out there,” Lewis says. “If you do it, you will rent them.”

Not the same old Rochester selection.

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT

Traditionally, the upper floors of commercial

buildings were housing for the owners and keepers of the shops below.

As time passed and people moved out of community cores, some of the spaces fell into disuse. Some of the vacant areas were turned into storage space. In other cases, the windows were boarded up and the spaces simply ignored.

The spaces weren’t all residential. Some building floors housed meeting spaces or opera houses. In those cases, the upper floors are already wide open spaces and can be creatively converted into residences or offices.

But there are challenges. The rehabs aren’t cheap, though state and federal tax incentives and grants are available. Design can also be tricky. Developers need to find an appealing way to use the space while also meeting building codes.

The codes aren’t as prohibitive, however, as many people think, says Tania Werbizky, director of technical and grant programs for the Preservation League of New York.

“We’ve had now decades of building reuse projects in New York State and the nation and there probably isn’t a code challenge that can’t be creatively dealt with,” she says. “It’s, I think, a misunderstanding and sometimes an excuse why something can’t happen.”

Corning has made considerable progress

redeveloping its upper floors. Market Street is lined with historic commercial buildings with lofts, apartments, and offices on their upper floors.

The story of Market Street’s rebirth starts in 1972, after a flood hit downtown. But the community had done some planning prior, with a special focus on preserving architecture.

The community set up the Market Street Restoration Agency to focus on revitalizing the downtown area.

Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, buildings along Market Street were renovated, but that was primarily facade work, says Elise

Coming Due by Year End

Use it or Lose it!

Mark Lewis says there’s a market for downtown lofts. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK

Johnson-Schmidt, an architect and former head of the agency. Few buildings were completely rehabilitated.

Johnson-Schmidt came on board as head of the Market Street Restoration Agency in 1990. In 1996, the agency began looking at developing upper-floor space; the push was partly a response to a newly opened highway that was diverting traffic from downtown. The next few years were spent preparing studies and plans, and trying to get property owners interested in the concept.

The first project got under way in 2001 and opened later that year. Johnson-Schmidt says she now counts 41 apartments on Market Street that rent for more than $800 a month.

And there is a waiting list for vacancies. The tenants run the gamut from students and snowbirds to managers for natural gas drilling companies, doctors, nurses, and shopkeepers.

“There were a lot of successful businesses, but in the early 1990’s they were terribly impacted by the fact that people were no longer driving through the city,” Johnson-Schmidt says. “And so now, with people wanting to live here, it has given a 24-hour presence and new businesses have evolved, and it’s a happening place.”

Appointments suggested

2929 Monroe Ave. 442-0123

Holidays atGallea’s! est.1957

BONSAI TREES, INDOOR FOLIAGE PLANTS & FLOWERING ORCHIDS

20% OFF (regular price)

To receive the coupon, visit www.galleas.com. Print or mobile device

LIVE POTTED & FRESH CUT

Premium Christmas Trees Holiday Porch Pots

Wreaths • Garlands • Poinsettias • Fresh Cut Flowers

Give the gift of a Living Plant!

Tropical Indoor Plants • Citrus Trees • Miniature Orchids • Bonsai Trees

PROPANE REFILLS YEAR ROUND!

OUR GREENHOUSES ARE OPEN ALL YEAR ‘ROUND!

Rooted in excellence since 1957

2832 Clover St. (corner of Clover & Jefferson) Pittsford • 586-3017 • www.galleas.com Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-6pm rochestercitynewspaper.com

City

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.)

also be held in the Rush Rhees Library. The book, “The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans,” will be discussed.

Katrina film and Public input roundtable The University of on water Rochester will present a conservation

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

10 City DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

two-day event examining Hurricane Katrina, beginning on Thursday, December 8, with a showing of the documentary film, “Trouble the Water.” The film, which looks at class and racism through the lens of one of the country’s worst natural disasters, will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Rush Rhees Library.

There will be an all-day roundtable discussion at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 9, that will

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will hold a public information meeting on draft regulations to protect the state’s water resources.

The meeting is from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, at the West Henrietta Fire Training Center (Station 6), 60 Erie Station Road Extension. Information about the regulations: www.dec.ny.gov.

CORRECTING OURSELVES The 2011 Holiday Guide article on family memberships included outdated information on the National Museum of Play at the Strong. Family memberships at the museum start at $99.

Dining Shaping truffles can be a messy job, so scoop out a little of your chilled ganache and work quickly, forming them into diminutive, charmingly imperfect lumps.

And though the customary final roll through cocoa is always in fashion, a complementary coating of finely chopped nuts or sparkly sugar can be helpful so all potential truffle enjoyers might know what flavor to expect.

If you like you can nestle these pretties individually in tiny cupcake liners, then store them in the refrigerator until you offload them to your lucky recipients.

Sugar plums

You don’t need any special equipment, or even real cooking skill, to make easy holiday treats like sugar plums, truffles, brigadieros (left) or mendiants (right). PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK

Visions of sugar plums [ CHOW HOUND ] BY DAYNA PAPALEO

Chances are that from now until December 31, most of us will have at least one social event per week nagging at us from the calendar. And you simply cannot go to these wingdings empty-handed, because someone will inevitably notice and talk about your moochery behind your back. So this year, instead of the usual cookies or booze, why not bring your hosts some yummy homemade candies? They’re thoughtful yet indulgent, the perfect end to a meal or a lovely cocktail accompaniment. And the best part of making your gifts is that you can save some for yourself. Can’t do that with a bottle of champagne.

The recipes that follow are the embodiment of simplicity; no specialized equipment, no costly ingredients, and no culinary degree required. Each should yield nearly a couple dozen confections, an appropriate amount to tote to a gathering without looking like the caterer. And if you happen to have any of those fake-chocolate candy melts hanging around, now would be a great time to throw them out and never speak of them again.

Mendiants

French in origin, mendiants are a step above barks and clusters; an equally simple technique, merely a bit more polished.

Ready a pair of cookie sheets lined with parchment paper as well as a couple of cups of various and colorful dried fruits and nuts (think cranberries, chopped apricots, pistachios, pecans, and so on).

Take a 12 oz. bag of decent dark, milk, or white chocolate chips — I’m partial to Ghirardelli — and melt two-thirds of its contents in a heatproof bowl set over, but not touching, a saucepan of simmering water. (Or, if you’re comfortable melting chocolate in the microwave, go for it.)

Add the remainder of the chips to the melted chocolate, stirring until the mixture is uniform. Make sure that no water gets into the chocolate, otherwise it will all end in tears.

Now spoon a little of that chocolate onto the parchment, easing it into a thin circle, then arrange some of the fruits and nuts on top. Once they’re dry and set, just peel the mendiants from the parchment and arrange them for presentation. Don’t be afraid to get creative with your toppings; basically

anything that’s good with chocolate — candy canes, pretzels, even bacon — works on a mendiant. And feel free to set up a few disks before you decorate them, or have someone else do the fancy part. Incidentally, amateur candymaking is one of the only times you’re encouraged to exploit available child labor. The underaged will likely be quite happy to accept samples of their handiwork as payment.

Chocolate truffles

Did you know that those decadent globs of ganache are called truffles because their irregular shape and dusting of cocoa are meant to resemble the famously pricey fungus? And they’re so easy. Bring 2/3 cup of heavy cream almost to a boil in a saucepan, then pour it over 12 oz. of chocolate chips that you have dumped into a bowl. Let it sit for a minute or two, then add a tablespoon each of butter and vanilla, and stir until creamy. Hopefully you’ve chosen a flavor.

This amount of ganache can handle about three tablespoons of liqueur or jam, or a teaspoon or two of extract. Make your decision, mix it in, then park the bowl in the refrigerator for a few hours.

If nothing else, sugar plums are a conversation piece. Even though almost everyone has heard of them, most people don’t know what they actually are. Essentially, sugar plums consist of chopped dried fruits and nuts bonded together by a little honey (use juice or agave if you’re keeping vegan) and gilded with a little warm spice.

Measurements don’t have to be exact; toss a couple of cups of fruits, a couple of handfuls of nuts, a tiny glug of sweetness, and a few shakes of cinnamon (or nutmeg, cardamom, ginger; whatever you’ve got) in the food processor and let ‘er rip. No need to puree it completely, as texture is good. Form chunks of the mixture into little spheres and drag them through powdered sugar, coconut, festive sprinkles, etc. And remember that besides the veggies and dip, sugar plums are probably the healthiest thing you will encounter all season.

Brigadieros

This traditional Brazilian confection is typically made by cooking down sweetened condensed milk, butter, and cocoa, but the following coconut variation comes from a 2010 New York Times dining column. In a saucepan, combine 1 cup of sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup of coconut milk, 1/2 cup toasted and shredded coconut, two tablespoons of butter, and two teaspoons of light corn syrup. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and stir constantly for eight to 10 minutes. It should caramelize slightly and thicken nicely. Spread the mixture on a plate to cool, leaving the browned bits in the pan.

After four hours or so, scoop that coconutty goodness into bite-sized balls and coat with more coconut, or nonpareils... yeah, you know the drill. Oh, and you can de-naughty this a bit by substituting fat-free sweetened condensed milk and lite coconut milk.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 11

Upcoming [ Pop/Rock ] THE ZONE @ 94.1 presents: Rover’s Holiday Hangover w/ Everlast, New Found Glory and Four Years Strong Saturday, January 21. Main Street Armory, 900 East Main Street. 4 p.m. $10-$20. 232-3221. rochestermainstreetarmory.com [ Pop/Rock ] Teddy Geiger Friday, January 6. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. 7 p.m. $17. 325.5600. waterstreetmusic.com.

Music

[ Country ] Lady Antebellum Sunday, June 3. CMAC Performing Arts Center. 355 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. 7 p.m. $30 – $59.50. 758-5300. cmacevents.com

Way Yes

Thursday, December 8 Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 7:30 p.m. | $6-$8 | 454-2966, bugjar.com [ ALT-POP ] The music of Columbus, Ohio’s Way Yes

brings to mind an easy comparison with the afro-pop of Vampire Weekend. Holding a slew of tracks to its name, including an EP, the band also owes a clear debt of gratitude to Paul Simon with its breezy, tropical vibes. Veering closer to a whimsical style of its own, amid the quirky instrumentation the band maintains an aura of relaxed authority in its often mid-tempo textures. Whether on original work or in the band’s remix efforts, you’ll find endlessly enjoyable pop music to which comparisons won’t do much justice. Gin & Bonnets shares the bill.

— BY DAVE LABARGE

Girls Rock Xmas Concert w/Sirsy Saturday, December 10 Lovin Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 9 p.m. | $4-$6 | 292-9940, lovincup.com [ Pop/Rock ] The girls are back in town, and bringing a

good old Christmas serving of rock with them. Albanybased Sirsy headlines the night. Part melodic catchy pop hooks, part heavier rock and guttural vocal lines, Sirsy is a dynamic two-piece fronted by Melanie Krahmer, who is not only the group’s front lady, but also anchors the band on drums, and is known to bust out Ron Burgundy-esque jazz flute solos. Rich Libutti rounds out the group on guitar, while both musicians also contribute to bass sounds through keyboards as part of their set up. Falls Road and The Driftwood Sailors open. — BY WILLIE CLARK

give every one a CRAZY DOG T!

316 n. goodman st. rochester • 800.214.3058

12 City DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

Wednesday, December 7 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath @ The Cottage Hotel of Mendon. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. dave@ davemcgrath.com. 7 p.m. Free.

Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Tommy Gravino. Rio Tamatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua.

394-9380. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Salsa w/Shelia dancing during the performance.

Minds Open Wide played the California Brew Haus Friday, December 2. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE

Duncan Sheik Tuesday, December 13 Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 8 p.m. | $20 | 325-5600, waterstreetmusic.com [ POP/ROCK ] You might remember him from his 90’s

hit “Barely Breathing,” or perhaps for his work on the Tony- and Grammy-winning Broadway musical “Spring Awakening.” Now singer-songwriter-composer Duncan Sheik is back with his most recent album, “Covers 80’s.”

“Covers” is a departure from Sheik’s original, acoustically driven, lyrically wise output, with Shiek putting a gentle almost ethereal take on tunes by bygone 80’s titans like Tears For Fears, Howard Jones, Love and Rockets, and the Thompson Twins. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

Madrigalia Chamber Choir Wednesday, December 7 Hochstein School of Music and Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 12:10-12:50 p.m. | Free | Hochstein.org [ HOLIDAY ] This holiday season, chamber choir Madri-

galia is going to let its little light shine. From Rochester to Canandaigua and Gananda, Madrigalia presents “A Time to Rejoice” at five area locations. Among the venues this week is “Live from Hochstein” on December 7, so even if you can’t get out to a concert, Madrigalia will get to you through WXXI’s 91.5 FM classical radio station. I’m sure I won’t be the only one turning up my radio when Madrigalia performs “This Little Light of Mine,” a classic spiritual. The program includes other well-known Christmas carols, like “We Three Kings,” “Deck the Halls,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Silent Night.”

For a full schedule of Madrigalia’s upcoming holiday concerts check madrigalia.org. — BY PALOMA CAPANNA

deedee dubois’

Buy One Admission, Get One FREE with valid college ID

444 CENTRAL AVE, ROCHESTER FIND US ON

Minds Open Wide delivered a solid set

Friday night to the black and denim masses at the California Brew Haus.

The band leans heavy, since most of its members have a metal or hardcore background. But front and center are the songs and, more important, the quartet’s swervy, serpentine melody lines.

I wouldn’t say they meander, but rather they’re more of a moving target which the band pounds around, above, and below.

And what’s particularly interesting is the band’s overall cohesiveness in its compositions. If there weren’t pauses between songs to thank, admonish, or fire up the audience, the music would take on an almost orchestral quality, with dynamic peaks and pits, each song taking on the role of a movement within a whole prog-rock opus. I don’t recommend they do this, necessarily — I kinda dig front man Todd Gurslin’s between-song banter — but it’s an interesting way to approach Minds Open Wide. Oh, and maybe they could save “War Pigs” for the encore… just saying. MOW’s material is strong enough on its own.

Genius: I use this word sparingly (if at all) and usually when I do, it’s dripping with sarcasm or in direct reference to Russ

Meyer. But not in the case of Ian Downey who performs as Ian Downey Is Famous.

Downey is mad, Downey is righteous, Downey is genius. He played Saturday night at Abilene, warming the boards for Pentecostal damnation revivalists The Lobster Quadrille. While you could list Downey’s apparent influences — Lou Reed, Tom Waits, The MC-5, Captain Beefheart, even (maybe) The Buzzcocks — it’s his in-the-moment stream of consciousness and randomly interjected dynamic and deadpan asides that make for an absolutely riveting performance.

Looking like a version of Clark Kent who couldn’t be bothered to change, Downey and his trio moved from garage rock to some old country two-four to straight-up punk howlers to fractured jazz so smoothly and unpretentiously I couldn’t wait for each new song as the set moved along.

Now I know this is high praise, and some may think I’m full of shit, but catch this band live and you’ll see. Ian Downey Is Famous’s music has an underlying abrasiveness I personally dig. It may scare a few off, but honestly, who wants to rub elbows with Yanni fans anyhow?

Kick out the soul!

[ Classical ] Madrigalia. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave.hochstein.org.

12 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Wizz the Waxx Kutta. Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. tripledeucesbargrill. com. 10:30 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ. One, 1 Ryan Alley. 5461010. 10 p.m. Free.

DJ Babi Katt/Dancehall Reggae. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 p.m. $5 after 11 p.m.

DJ Cosmo. Bay Bar & Grill, 372 Manitou Rd, Hilton, NY. 392-7700. 10 p.m. Free.

DJs Jared & Mario B. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 9 p.m. $5.

DJs NaNa & PJ. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 542-8336.

Midnight. Free. [ Jazz ] Mike Gentile Jazz Standards. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137. com. 6 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/The King Bees. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. bealestreetcafe. com. 7:30 p.m. Free. continues on page 14

BIG ®GREEN EGG

Weber Genesis EP

Smokers

Ibis & Orchid Home Decor

Ceramic Smoker/Grill All sizes available.

Can’t decide? GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!

MILEAGE MASTER “The Grillmaster’s Mecca” Q 100

Digital Thermometer

LP Gas • Parts • Service

M-FRI 9-5PM, SAT 9-4PM, SUN 12-4PM • 2488 Browncroft Blvd. • 586-1870

Woodstock Chimes

Located in Mileage Master

Wild College Party!

[ review ] by frank de blase

TWO SHOPS IN ONE - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST!

GIVE THE GIFT OF GRILLING

THIS SATURDAY, DEC. 10

Prog-rock opus

[ Blues ] Sauce Boss. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com. 9:30 p.m. Free.

Olde English Witch Balls

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 13

Music

Wednesday, December 6

Lady sings the pop Amanda Ashley Friday, December 9 Quaker Steak & Lube, 2205 Buffalo Road 9 p.m. | Free | 697-9464 reverbnation.com/amandaashley [ PROFILE ] By Frank De Blase

Amanda Ashley: pop chanteuse. Amanda Ashley: singer-songwriter. This 26-year-old Rochester musician embraces both of those seemingly diametrically opposed sounds with equal helpings of passion, moxie, and zeal, tying the styles together with a big, beautiful voice. And the dichotomy doesn’t stop there.

Ashley’s classic beauty is countered by her poignant and at times biting lyrics. Picture Dorothy Lamour sporting brass knuckles.

Live, Ashley gigs around the region, hauling her keyboard from joint to joint to play her singer-songwriter material along with the occasional cover. In the studio, she wails over slick mainstream pop tracks infused with classic r&b, funk, and a soulful kick-in-the-pants that pop music used to have once upon a time.

She’s by no means a throwback, but this is how they used to do it — and this is truly her sound. Amanda Ashley is for real.

Born Amanda Ashley Rodriguez in Holtsville,

Long Island, Ashley started on piano at age 6 and played violin throughout elementary and high school. Things got rolling when she picked up the guitar at age 10.

“I started writing music once I got the guitar,” Ashley says. “I always made up songs. I can remember when I was a kid, I had this little recorder my parents bought for me, and I would record my voice and sing stuff. But I was really shy. I would never sing in front of anybody.”

None of those early songs have survived. “Definitely not,” she says, sounding a little horrified at the idea.

“That would be embarrassing.”

She started playing in front of crowds by going to open-mic nights when she was 16.

“There was one at Starbucks on Monday nights,” says Ashley. “All my high-school friends would come out and I’d play songs I wrote. And that helped me get over the fear of playing in front of people.”

Ashley’s musical pursuits continued into higher

Local musician Amanda Ashley performs both glossy pop music and stripped-down singer-songwriter material. PHOTO PROVIDED 14 City DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

learning. She enrolled at SUNY Fredonia as a music major, only to change horses mid-stream; she couldn’t truck with the long-haired stuff.

“At first I thought that I would be a music teacher,” she says. “But it was really classically oriented. And I love classical music, but I didn’t really feel like teaching music. It’s kind of my own fault because I auditioned with classical piano.”

She pursued painting instead, graduating with a fine-arts degree, and went the whole teacher route again.

“I thought I’d be Professor Rodriguez at college, teaching intermediate painting and drawing classes,” she says. “I started going to grad school and decided, ‘I don’t want to do this,’ so I stopped.

Teaching, being confined to a syllabus, kind of took the freedom and the love away for me.”

Ashley moved to Rochester with her boyfriend (now husband) in 2008 and dove into the local music scene. And though now she works alone for the most part, she cut her teeth in the band Reviving Ivory.

“It lasted for a year and a half,” she says.

“We had a lot of fun, I learned a lot. It was really my first real band experience.”

It was also the impetus for getting her to fly solo.

“It was my band,” she says. “But I didn’t really mean for it to be my band. I originally wanted to do a Fleetwood Mac type of thing.

I wanted to sing and do back-up vocals and sometimes be a front person, but I was writing the music and I was the only girl in the band, so naturally everything gravitated toward me.

But that really wasn’t my intention. When I noticed how it was becoming, I took on the role. I was doing everything — everything I do for myself now.” The band put out one EP before disbanding.

With just her piano for accompaniment,

Ashley’s music is bold, visceral, and unapologetic. And in a display that is somewhat atypical to the form, it isn’t couched in metaphor. Her keyboard attack is percussive, with occasional lush flourishes and hints of classical. It serves the songs but takes a back seat to her pipes; this lady can sing.

Texas producer Frankie O. Solovely thought so too when he came across Ashley’s music on the online music community Reverb Nation. All of Ashley’s pop tracks have been created though this long-distance collaboration. The stuff is incredible, and a complete 180 from her solo material.

Ashley explains: “The pop stuff… My mindset writing for that type of music is completely different from my singersongwriter stuff. My singer-songwriter stuff, people want to put in that angry female rock category. I think it comes off that way because when I sit down to write it, I’m emptying my soul. I’m addressing how I feel, what’s around me.” Meanwhile the pop stuff, according to Ashley, offers a respite from her more serious compositions, even with its intensity.

One album of her solo material — “Back To Me” — was released a year ago, and a pop CD with Solovely is in the works.

On top of her music and hosting various open-mic nights around town, Ashley still paints, though the urge to do so doesn’t burn as hot as music. “I don’t feel as passionate,” she says. “There’s passion there, but it’s a different kind of passion. I get a lot of my satisfaction out of music…sanity mostly. If I didn’t write music I’d be one of those crazy girls.”

Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave. 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Robert Chevrier. Pomodoro Monroe Ave, 3400 Monroe Ave. 586-7000. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Soul Express. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free.

The Margaret Explosion. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Acoustic Open Mic. Pub 511, 511 E Ridge Rd. 266-9559. 8 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Big Daddy Blues Band. Deweys, 1380 Lyell Ave. 254-4707. 9:30 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Justin Gurnsey.

Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. 352-4505. 10 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Boulder Coffee CoSouth Wedge, 100 Alexander St. 454-7140, bouldercoffeeco. com. 8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Dr’s Inn Grill & Tap Room, 1743 East Ave. 2710820. 5 p.m. Free.

Open Mic w/Jam Shack Music. Stoneyard Bar & Grill, 1 Main St, Brockport. 637-3390.

9 p.m. Free.

Open Mic w/Steve West. Muddy Waters Coffee House-Geneseo, 53 Main St, Geneseo. 2439111. 7p.m. Free.

R.A.P.I.E.R. Open Mic hosted by Grace Flores. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera.com, 5463945. 8 p.m. $5. [ Pop/Rock ] Bill Kirchen. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge. com, 232-3230. 8:30 p.m. $20.

FLCC Tom Waits Tribute Concert. Finger Lakes Community College-Stage 13. flcc.edu. 7 p.m. Free.

Jam w/Chet Catallo & Friends. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free.

SPORTS w/Revengineers. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 454-2966. 9 p.m. $8 21+, $10 unders.

Soul Shaker. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 8:30 p.m. $5-$7.

The Moses Jones Band. Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Main St, Webster. www.facebook.com/ TheMosesJonesBand. 7 p.m.

Free.

Thursday, December 8 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Brad Schilling. Boulder Coffee Co-South Wedge, 100 Alexander St. bouldercoffeeco. com. 8 p.m. Free.

Evil City String Band w/Richie Stearns. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free.

Gerard Weber. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 7640991. 7 p.m. Free.

Jennie Stearns & Mike Stark. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 7 p.m. $5.

John Akers & Elvio Fernandes. Easy on East, 170 East Ave. 325-6490. 8 p.m. Free.

Live Band Thursdays. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 8 p.m. Free.

Mark Herrmann Acoustic Open Jam. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W. 621-1480. 8 p.m.

Free.

Nancy Perry. Mythos Cafe, 77 Main St, Brockport. 637-2770. 6 p.m. Free.

Paul Strowe. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. 624-1390. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Peg Dolan & Sharon McHargue. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub. com, 224-0990. 7 p.m. Free.

Reggae Night. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 527-8720. 9 p.m. Call for tix. [ Blues ] Pro-Blues Jam w/Rochester Blues Review. PI’s Lounge, 495 West Ave. 235-1630. 8 p.m.midnight. Free. [ Classical ] Eastman at Washington Square Lunchtime Concerts. First Universalist Church, Court St. & S.Clinton Ave. 274-1400.

12:15-12:45 p.m. Free.

Holiday Harmony Chorus. Brighton Reformed Church Fellowship Lodge (building behind church) 805 Blossom Road(near Winton).

831-6975, rocharmony@ yahoo.com. 7 p.m. Free.

RPO: Holiday Classics. Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo.org, 454-7311. 7:30 p.m. $15-$75. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ Big Reg. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 9:30 p.m. Free.

DJ Biggie. McKenzie’s Irish Pub, 3685 W Henrietta Rd. 334-8970. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Mike Dailor. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJ Sal DeSantis. Center Cafe, 150 Frank DiMino Way. iaccrochester.org, 594-8882. 7 p.m. Call for info.

DJs Designer Junkies, Etiquette, Ginnis. One, 1 Ryan Alley. 5461010. 10 p.m. $3.

Elektrodisko. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. facebook.com/ vertexnightclub. 10 p.m. Free before 11:30 p.m.

Mostly 80’s Night. Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Main St, Webster. 8721505. 6 p.m. Call for tix.

Soul Sides Record Listening Party. Good Luck, 50 Anderson Ave. 340-6161. 9 p.m. Free.

Thursday Night Shakedown. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966, bugjar.com. 11 p.m. Free.

Tiki Thursdays: Shotgun Music DJ. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. 924-3660. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Tilt-a-Whirl Drag Show. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $3.

Paola’s

R ISTORANTE

Burrito Place Mexican Grill

50% OFF JAZZ | ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO KISS got him into rock ’n’ roll. Miles Davis got him into jazz. Guitarist Alex Skolnik is a master of these two styles — two styles that can share similar structures, despite their fundamental differences. It’s as if Skolnick came to a fork in the road and took both tines. Starting off in the metal band Testament, Skolnick rose to the top of his craft as a big-time slinger in the field with his fierce shred and thrash. Testament toured with Megadeth, Slayer, and Judas Priest, to name a few. Equally smitten with jazz, Skolnick studied and earned a BFA from New York School University’s jazz program. His trio is a straight-up jazz unit in its approach. However, the man digs into the metal grab bag to give the material an ironic twist, proving how close the styles can actually be.

entree

Buy 1 lunch or dinner entrée at the regular price and receive a 2nd lunch or dinner entrée of equal or lesser value for half price.

*

Specialty Gourmet Gift Baskets now available!

Order NOW for the Holidays!

Call 244-3460

RISTORANTELUCANO.COM Find us on

IN US * * JOIN * JO

Mexican Breakfast Served Saturday and Sunday

1011 Culver Road − 271-3655

Open 7 days a week www.paolasmexicanrestaurant.com

Alex Skolnick Trio performs Thursday, December 8, 10 p.m. at Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. $10. 232-3230, abilenebarandlounge.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE [ Jazz ] Dave Rivello Ensemble. Village Rock Cafe, 213 Main St, E Rochester. 586-1640. 8 p.m.

Free.

Jazz/Wine Happy Hour w/The Swooners. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m.

Free.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 3838260. 7 p.m. Free.

Live Jam w/Eastman School Students. Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. 232-3888.

Thu 6 p.m., Fri 5 p.m. Free.

Soul Express. Pane Vino, 175 N Water St. panevinoristorante.com, 232-6090. 8:30 p.m. Free.

The John Palocy Trio. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6:30 p.m. Free.

The Mike Kaupa Duo Project. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Jeff Elliott. Irondequoit Ale House, 2250 Hudson Ave. 544-5120. 5 p.m. Free.

Jim Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 266-1440. 7 p.m. Free.

John Payton Project. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com. 9 p.m.

Free.

O.A.R. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 7 p.m. $25.

The Alex Skolnick Trio. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 2323230. 10 p.m. $10.

Way Yes w/Gin & Bonnets. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar. com, 454-2966. 8:30 p.m. $6-$8.

Friday, December 9 [ Acoustic/Folk ] CCE Irish Music Session. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 764-0991. 8 p.m.

Free.

Celtic Christmas Concert featuring Christmas Ceilidh Band. St Patrick’s Church, 115 Maple Ave, Victor, NY 14564.

924-5840, info@serenityhouse.org. 7:00 p.m. $10 (Children 12 & under are free).

Elvio. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 9 p.m.

Free.

Kickstand Johnson & The Unicyclists. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 p.m. $5. 21+.

Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. rochesterplaza. com. 6 p.m. Free.

The Rested Merry Ladies & Gentlemen. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub. com, 764-0991. 5 p.m. Free.

Tom Gravino. Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Rd. 427-7080. 7 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Billy Joe & the Blues Gypsies w/Dave Riccioni. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza. 2661440. 6-9 p.m. Free.

Black Coffee w/C’Est Bon Cajun Dance Band, The Jane Mutiny. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 6 p.m. $5.

Coupe de Villes. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road. stickylipsbbq.com. 9:30 p.m. Free. continues on page 16 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 15

Friday, December 9 John Cole. Pane Vino, 175 N Water St. panevinoristorante. com, 232-6090. 8 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Chamber Music Holiday Recital. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. Cheri Trimble Miller, 454-4403. 7:00 p.m. Free.

Community Organ Concert. First Baptist Church of Penfield.

586-2876, agorochester.org.

7:00 p.m. Free (donations invited). Organists David Baskeyfield, Nathan Davy, Naomi Gregory, Amanda Mole.

John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850.

6:30 p.m. Free.

RPO Holiday Concert. Canandaigua Academy Auditorium, 435 East St., Canandaigua. rpo.org. 7 p.m. $25.

Rochester Oratorio Society presents “Brass, Bells, and Candlelight”. Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs Strossings. org. 7:30 p.m. $25 GA, $10 students.

Rose of Bethlehem. Bethel Christian Fellowship 321 East Avenue. Bethel Christian Fellowship. 232-1136. 7 p.m.

Free. [ Country ] Mike Snow. Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 546-5474. 9:30 p.m. Free.

[ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Coach Sports Forum, 19 W Main St, Webster. 872-2910. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Cedric. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJ Dream. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave. 663-3375. 10 p.m.

Call for tix.

DJ GI. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 10 p.m. Free-$5.

DJ Mosart212. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT. 292-9940. 6 p.m.

Free.

Jon Herbert, RipRoc. One, 1 Ryan Alley546-1010. 10 p.m. $3.

Lube After Dark. Quaker Steak and Lube, 2205 Buffalo Rd. 697.9464. 9:30 p.m. Free.

Neon Party DJ’s. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 4542966. 11 p.m. Call for info.

21+.

Reggaeton w/DJ Carlos. La Copa Ultra Lounge, 235 W Ridge Rd. 254-1050. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Salsa Night w/DJ Javier Rivera. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St. 475-0249. 9 p.m. $5.

What A Drag w/Samantha Vega, Kyla Minx & Pauly. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 2328440, tiltroc.com. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $4-$12. [ Jazz ] Alana Calhoon. Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave. strathallan.com. 8:30 p.m.

Free.

16 City DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

Bill Welch Band. Immanuel Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave. 738-1945. 7 p.m. Free.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. fredcostello.com, 385-9292.

7:30 p.m. Call for info.

Jazz @ 1441. Rochester Academy of Medicine. faunmusic@yahoo.com. 8 p.m. $10 GA, $5 Students.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield.

383-8260. 7 p.m. Free.

Johnny Matt Band w/Jon Seiger. Wegmans-Eastway, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster.

671-8290. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Mark Cassara Band w/Bobby Dibaudo Duo. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 5 p.m. Free.

Ryan T Carey. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 427-8030.

7-9 p.m. Free.

Special Blend. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Drwoodcliffhotelspa.com. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St Williamson, NY 589-4512. 589-4512, PultneyvilleGrill.com. 7 p.m.

Free.

The Westview Project with Doug Stone, sax. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave.thelittle.org. 8:30 p.m. Free.

[ Pop/Rock ] After Five. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. 924-3660.

Call for info. Free.

Download. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave. nolasweb.com, 6633375. 10 p.m. Call for info.

Horns of the Day: A Tribute to R.E.M. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup.com, 292-9940. 9 p.m. $5 GA, $3 student.

John Akers & Elvio Fernandez w/Paul Strowe. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 5 p.m. Free.

Rob’s Metal Bash. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza. frontgatetickets.com, themontagemusichall.com. 8 p.m. $5.

Ruby Shooz. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St. 262-2063. 10 p.m. $5.

Sam Deleo. Perlo’s Italian Grill, 202 N Washington St, East Rochester. 248-5060. 6:3010:30 p.m. Free.

TR3. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St. timreynolds. com. 11 p.m. $15.

Violet Mary. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com. 10 p.m.

Free. [ R&B ] Old School R&B. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 5278720. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

Water Street Music Hall 2-Day 20th Anniversary Celebration ft.

The Campbell Brothers w/Sister

Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, John Peyton Project, Public Market Band, and The Prickers. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m. Free.

Saturday, December 10 [ Acoustic/Folk ] 5 Second Rule: A Capella Christmas Concert. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT. lovincup. com, 292-9940. 4 p.m. Free.

Bobby Henrie and the Goners. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $4.

Chris Wilson. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 8 p.m.

Free.

Dr. Harvey Evans. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 7640991. 8 p.m. Free.

Ken Kosmicki. Boulder - Park Ave. bouldercoffeeco.com. 8 p.m. Free.

Latin Band. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St262-2090. 11 p.m. Free.

Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main St., Pittsford. 5864650, pittsfordpub.net. 9 p.m.

Free.

Ted McGraw. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.com, 7640991. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Tom Gravino. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 355-8206.

7 p.m. Free.

Tumbao. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St. tapas177.com, 262-2090. Call for info. Free.

Unplugged Dinner Music Series. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT. 292-9940, lovincup. com. 6 p.m. Free.

Watkins & The Rapiers. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 8:30 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Bill Brown. Brown Hound Bistro, 6459 Rt 64, Naples.

374-9771. 7 p.m. Free.

John Cole Blues Band. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque.com. 10 p.m.

Free. [ Classical ] Holiday Concert #1. 619 Quaker Meeting House Rd, Honeoye Falls, NY. pr.hfccb@ gmail.com. 7:30 p.m. Free.

John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850.

6:30 p.m. Free.

Music for the Holiday performance by the RIT Music Department. Rochester Institute of Technology-Ingle Auditorium, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. rit.edu. 7 p.m. $2.

Pegasus Early Music: Libby & Bach. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 183 N. Main St. Canandaigua. pegasusearlymusic.org. 7:30 p.m. $65 Patron, $25 GA, $20 seniors, $10 students.

RPO: Holiday Classics. Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo.org, 454-7311. 8 p.m. $15-$77.

Rochester Women’s Community Chorus. St. Anne’s Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave, Rochester. therwcc.org. 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 students/seniors, $5 children.

Rose of Bethlehem. Bethel Christian Fellowship 321 East Avenue. Bethel Christian Fellowship. 232-1136. 7 p.m.

Free.

The Lyric Chorale, directed

by Chrisanne Yule, presents a holiday concert: CAROLS AROUND THE WORLD. St. Louis Church, 60 South Main Street, Pittsford. lyricchorale.org or e-mail Nancy@lyricchorale.org.

7:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $18 at the door; $12 seniors and students.

The Swingin’ Big Band Christmas Celebration

by Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva. thesmith.org. 7 p.m. $38 GA, $16 senior/student, students grades 12 and under free. [ Country ] Benefit for the Center for Youth Holiday Event w/Hunu? Bop Shop, 274 N Goodman St. bopshop.com. 6 p.m. $10 suggested donation.

Dang! Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Road. stickylipsbbq.com. 10 p.m.

Free.

[ DJ/Electronic ] Big Dance Party w/DJ Jon Herbert. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. 232-8440, tiltroc. com. 10 p.m. $3.

DJ. Goody Goodies, 6108 Loomis Rd, Farmington. 7422531. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ. Straight Home Inn Bar & Grill, 688 Lexington Ave. 4580020. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Big Reg. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 232-5650. 7 p.m. Free.

DJ Darkwave. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJ Mirage. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Wiz. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 9:30 p.m. Free-$5.

DJs Richie Salvaggio, Kalifornia. One, 1 Ryan Alley5461010. 10 p.m. Free-$10.

Saturday Night Lights w/ DJ Bello. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. 730-5985. 11 p.m.. $3 after 11 p.m. 21+.

Water Street Music Hall 2-Day 20th Anniversary Celebration ft. The Manhattan Project, SKANNTRON and Papi Chulo, AudioInFlux, Deep Blue Dream, and Bottle Train. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m.

Free.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo. Charley Brown’s Restaurant, 1675 Penfield Rd. fredcostello.com, 385-9292.

7:30 p.m. Call for info.

Hard Logic. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 7 p.m. Free.

Jazz Cafe. Monty’s Korner, 363 East Ave. 263-7650. 7:30 p.m.

Free.

Jazz at Jazzy’s. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster. 216-1290. 8:30-11 p.m. Free.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield.

383-8260. 7 p.m. Free.

Special Blend. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster. 2161290, JasminesAsianFusion. com. 6:30 p.m. Free.

The Swooners. Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave. strathallan.com. 8:30 p.m.

Free.

The Westview Project. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Avethepomodorogrill.com. 7:00 p.m. Free.

[ Jazz ] East End Jazz Boys. Havana Moe’s, 125 East Ave. 3251030. 9 p.m. Free.

[ Pop/Rock ] Amber Stowell. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. houseofguitars. com. 6 p.m. Free.

A CAPPELLA | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOW JACKETS If, like me, you were cheering them on from your family room, here’s your chance to give a hoot and a holler for the 15 gentlemen singers of the University of Rochester’s Yellow Jackets, fresh from this season’s “Sing-Off” competition on NBC. Joining the Yellow Jackets on stage at the Eastman Theater will be season champions Pentatonix and the ladies of Delilah. The concert will feature songs from the competition, including the World Cup anthem “Wavin’ Flag” by K’naan. Also performing will be ROCapella, comprised of students from the Rochester City School District who are regularly coached by the Yellow Jackets.

University of Rochester Yellow Jackets perform Sunday, December 11, 3 & 7 p.m at the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. $10-$20. 454-2100, jackets.org — BY PALOMA CAPANNA Blizzard Of Oz. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Avenolasweb.com, 663-3375. 10 p.m. Call for info.

Date Night w/Natalie and Josh Pincus. Tala Vera, 155 State

St. tala-vera.com, 546-3945. 8 p.m. Free.

Holiday Jagermeister Metal Meltdown. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza.

frontgatetickets.com, themontagemusichall.com. 7:30 p.m. $7.

New Wave Night. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.bugjar.com, 4542966. 8 p.m. Call for info. 21+.

SIRSY, Falls Road & the Driftwood Sailors (acoustic set). Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup.com, 292-9940. 9 p.m. $6 GA, $4 student.

Something Else. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St262-2063. 10 p.m. $5.

Steve Bartolotta. Pittsford Pub, 60 S. Main Street, Pittsford. pittsfordpub.net, 586.4650. 9 p.m. Call for info.

The Dead Catholics. Boulder Coffee Co. -Alexander Street. bouldercoffeeco.com. 8 p.m.

Free.

The Grinders w/Babayaga, Grimetime, and Pig Banshee. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave. thegrinders.com. 9 p.m. $3.

Kinetic w/UpState. Firehouse Saloon, 814 Clinton Ave S. michaeldomizio@yahoo.com. 8 p.m. Free. [ R&B ] Soul On Tap. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 8 p.m. Free.

Sunday, December 11 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Baby Shark w/Peter House, N. Moore and The Helping continues on page 18

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 17

Sunday, December 11 Hands. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, 454-2966. 8 p.m. $5-$7.

C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band. Harmony House, 58 E Main St., Webster, NY. rochesterzydeco.com. 5 p.m. $12.

Celtic Music. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000.

7 p.m. Free.

UNIQUE HANDCRAFTED GIFTS BY LOCAL ARTISANS

• Children’s Toys & Clothing • Handmade Jewelry • Florals • Textiles & Paper Art • Visual Arts • Gourmet Items • Functional Pottery • Antiques Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat 11-7 • Sun 12-5 632 N. Winton Rd., across from the Winfield Grill

585.370.0076

Luna Piena

Italian

NORTHERN

CUISINE

SERVING LUNCH Wednesday-Friday

Pasta, Panini, Sandwiches, Daily Specials

DINNER Tuesday-Sunday

New Dinner Menu Entrees from $12 Fish Fry Fridays

HAPPY HOUR • LIVE MUSIC

564 Merchants Rd. • 288-0067 Visit us online at LunaPienaRochester.com

ADVERTISING

SALES OPPORTUNITY SEEKING ONE OUTSTANDING SALES PROFESSIONAL. MUST BE ASSERTIVE, OUTGOING, SMART, IMAGINATIVE AND CONFIDENT. SALES EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN RECORD OF SALES ACHIEVEMENT A MUST. NEWSPAPER/MEDIA SALES A DEFINITE PLUS. SALARY PLUS COMMISSION PLUS BENEFITS. EMAIL RESUME TO: bmatthews@rochester-citynews.com 18 City DECEMBER 7-13, 2011

[ Classical ] Going for Baroque Organ Recital. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900.

1 & 3 p.m. Free w/admission.

Holiday Concert #2. St. Catherine of Siena Church, 26 Mendon Ionia Rd, Mendon, NY. pr.hfccb@gmail.com. 3:00 p.m. Free.

Pegasus Early Music: Libby & Bach. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. pegasusearlymusic.org. 4 p.m. $65 Patron, $25 GA, $20 seniors, $10 students.

Roberts Wesleyan Chorale Christmas Gala. Roberts Wesleyan College-Auditorium, 2301 Westside Dr, Chili, NY. roberts.edu. 3 p.m. $8.

Rochester Boy Choir Christmas Concert. St. John the Evangelist Church, 55 Martha St., Spencerport. rochesterboyschoir.org. 3 p.m.

Good will offering.

Rochester Chamber Orchestra: Messiah. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. rochesterchamberorchestra.org.

4 p.m. $25 GA, $15 seniors, $10 students.

Rose of Bethlehem. Bethel Christian Fellowship 321 East Avenue. Bethel Christian Fellowship-232-1136. 3 p.m.

Free.

Sunday Serenades: Lyre, Lyre harp Duo: Holiday Music

by Roxanne Ziegler & John Gaspar. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. brightonlibrary.org, 784-5300.

2 p.m. Call for info.

The Lyric Chorale, directed

by Chrisanne Yule, presents a holiday concert: CAROLS AROUND THE WORLD. Perinton Presbyterian Church, 6511 Pittsford Palmyra Road, Fairport. www.lyricchorale.org or e-mail Nancy@lyricchorale. org. 2:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $18 at the door; $12 seniors and stuents.

LIVE ELECTRONIC | THE MANHATTAN PROJECT For Shawn Drogan (drums) and Charlie Lindner (keyboards) a.k.a. The Manhattan Project, it’s all about the flow.

Listening to Drogan and Lindner is sort of like watching your iTunes visualizer, or hearing the live electronic equivalent of albums like Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” Except this group is a dance band, and it draws influences from genres like drum & bass and house. This year the duo performed at Camp Bisco, hung out with some of its musical heroes, and released the EP “Atomic Bomb Party Vol. 2” in April, which has earned the local group some well-deserved love nationally and beyond. Saturday TMP will play with Skanntron, Papi Chulo, AudioInFlux, The Deep Blue Dream, and Bottle Train as part of Water Street Music Hall’s two-day 20th Anniversary Celebration. You can also catch The Campbell Brothers, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, The John Payton Project, Public Market Band, and The Prickers on Friday, December 9.

The Manhattan Project performs Saturday, December 10, 8 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. Free. waterstreetmusic.com. — BY ROMAN DIVEZUR Sunday Night Jazz Showcase and Jam Session Hosted by The Lovin’ Cup Jazz Orchestra. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RITlovincup. com, 292-9940. 7 p.m. $3 GA, free for students. [ Pop/Rock ] UR Yellowjackets w/Delilah, Pentatonix. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rochester.edu. 7 p.m. $20 GA, $15 UR community, $10 students.

Monday, December 12

[ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath & Guests. Rehab Lounge , 510 Monroe Ave. 442-9165. 6 p.m. Free.

Irish Waltzes, Reels & Jigs practice. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 348-9091, mcgrawsirishpub.com. 6 p.m.

Free.

John Akers. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. [ DJ/Electronic ] dinosaurbarbque.com. 9 p.m.

DJ Rasta Spoc/Old-School Free.

Reggae. Blueroom, 293 The David Mayfield Parade Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 w/Katie Powderly. Abilene, p.m. $5 after 11 p.m.

153 Liberty Pole Way. Old School DJ. Clarissa’s, 293 abilenebarandlounge.com, Clarissa St454-2680. 8 p.m. Free. 232-3230. 8:30 p.m. $7. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] R&B HipHop Spring Edition. Cafe Underground Railroad, 480 W Main St. 2353550. 8 p.m. $5-$10. [ Jazz ] Anthony Gianavola. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com.

6 p.m. Free.

[ Classical ] Hochstein Chorale Concert. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. Cheri Trimble Miller, 454-4403. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Manic Mondays DJs. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. 11 p.m. Free.

[ Jazz ] Mark Bader. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 5:30 p.m. Free.

The Brad Batz Group. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free.

The Westview Project. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave.271-4650, bealestreetcafe.com. 7 p.m.

Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke w/Walt O’Brien. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St. 288-3930. 9 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Open Jam w/Refreshunz. Clarissa’s, 293 Clarissa St. 232-3430. 8 p.m. Free.

Tuesday, December 13 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Fritz’s Polka Band. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. 924-3232.

12:30 p.m. Free.

Jeff Elliott. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St. 266-3570. 5-8 p.m. Free.

Johnny Bauer. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. 624-1390. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Steve Bartolotta. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com.

7 p.m. Free.

String Theory. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd.

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE!

johnnysirishpub.com, 2240990. 8 p.m. Free.

Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. 662-5555, Bistro135.net. 6 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] A Community Christmas Concert ft. The Greece Concert Band, The Irondequoit Concert Band. Athena Performing Arts Center, 800 Long Pond Rd. greeceperformingarts. org. 7 p.m. Free w/donation of canned/dry food.

Barbershop Harmony. Harmony House, 58 E Main St., Webster, NY. chorusofthegenesee.org. 7 p.m. Free. Open practices/try outs.

Encore 2011 “A Winter Wonderland”. Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd, Batavia, NY. Patricia Hume. 6:00 p.m. $100.00 per person. [ DJ/Electronic ] SIN Night. TC HooligansGreece, Greece Ridge Ctr. tchooligans.com, 225-7180. 9 p.m. Call for info. [ Jazz ] Ballroom Dance Series w/live music. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/ ballroomdanceseries. 7:30 p.m. $3. See website for full line up.

Marbin. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. dinosaurbarbque. com. 9 p.m. Free.

Shared Genes. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. bistro135.net, 6625555. 6 p.m. Free.

The White Hots w/Vocalist Tina Albright and Open Jazz Jam. Monroe’s Restaurant.

348-9103, MONROES3001.

COM. 7 p.m. Free.

Tinted Image. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free.

S E RV I N G

GREAT FOOD NIGHTLY 4-10PM ••••••••••••••••••••••••

NOW SERVING LUNCH AND A

TERRIFIC FISH FRY ON FRIDAYS 11:30AM-10PM ••••••••••••••••••••••••

AMERICANA | DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE By the time he was a teenager, guitarist-mandolin player David Mayfield had already cluttered his mantle with various national awards for his musical skills. An Ohio native, Mayfield first cut his teeth touring with his family band. That led him to Nashville and even few appearances on the Grand Ole Opry.

He’s toured as bassist for his sister Jessica Lea Mayfield, sits in frequently with The Avett Brothers, and currently plays with Cadillac Sky, produced by Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys).

The Parade is a countrified experience with a gentle swing and humor, like a slightly less abrasive Crazy Horse. Everyone loves a parade. Katie Powderly opens.

Upfish. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave.bugjar.com, 454-2966. 8 p.m. $6-$8.

Chris Teal’s Open Jam. Tala Vera, 155 State St. tala-vera. com, 546-3945. 8 p.m. $3, free w/dinner.

Mike Gentile Jazz Standards. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. lemoncello137.com. 6 p.m.

Free.

Open Jam w/The King Bees. Beale Street Cafe, 693 [ Blues ] South Ave.bealestreetcafe.com.

Fred Vine Band CD Release 7:30 p.m. Free.

Party. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. stickylipsbbq.com. 9 p.m. Free. & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave. 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. [ Classical ] Free.

RPO: Gala Holiday Pops Rick Holland Evan Dobbins Little Monroe Community Hospital Big Band. Tala Vera, 155 State Foundation. Eastman Theatre[ Pop/Rock ] St. tala-vera.com, 546-3945. 8 Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. rpo. p.m. Free.

Anderson Stingrays. Bug Jar, org, 454-7311. 7:30 p.m.

219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com, Robert Chevrier. Pomodoro $20-$65.

454-2966. 11 p.m. Call for Monroe Ave, 3400 Monroe Ave. info.

586-7000. 6:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Duncan Sheik. Water Street The Margaret Explosion. Little DJ Wizz the Waxx Kutta. Triple Music Hall, 204 N Water St. Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. waterstreetmusic.com. 8 p.m. thelittle.org. 7:30 p.m. Free.

St. tripledeucesbargrill.com. $20.

10:30 p.m. Call for tix.

Todd East Duo. Bistro 135, Egg Man’s Traveling 135 W Commercial St,, East DJ. One, 1 Ryan Alley546Carnival. Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Rochester. bistro135.net, 6621010. 10 p.m. Free.

Main St, Webster. 872-1505. 6 5555. 6 p.m. Free.

DJ Babi Katt/Dancehall p.m. Call for tix.

Reggae. Blueroom, 293 [ Pop/Rock ] Alexander St. 730-5985. 10 Ben Mac An Tuile. Johnny’s p.m. $5 after 11 p.m.

Wednesday, Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. December 14 DJ Cosmo. Bay Bar & Grill, 372 johnnysirishpub.com, 224Manitou Rd, Hilton, NY. 3920990. 7 p.m. Free. [ Acoustic/Folk ] 7700. 10 p.m. Free.

Cathy & Pat open DJs Jared & Mario B. Venu session. McGraw’s Irish Pub, Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 146 W Commercial St, East 232-5650. 9 p.m. $5.

Rochester. mcgrawsirishpub.

DJs NaNa & PJ. Vertex, 169 N com, 764-0991. 7 p.m. Free.

Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 Dave McGrath @ The Cottage p.m. $3-$8.

Hotel of Mendon. Cottage Teen Set 45 Party. Bug Jar, Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon 219 Monroe Ave.542-8336.

Rd, Mendon, NY. dave@ davemcgrath.com. 7 p.m. Free. Midnight. Free.

Jim Lane. Norton’s Pub, 1730 [ Jazz ] N Goodman St266-3570. 8 Calligraphy Album Release p.m. Free. w/Trio Chomp, A Victory For

LIVE MUSIC

1382 CULVER ROAD (NEAR MERCHANTS) 2 2 4 - 0 9 9 0

C H E C K O U T O U R C A L E N DA R AT JOHNNYSLIVEMUSIC.COM

4-TIME WINNER of CITY’S BEST OF ROCHESTER

Jazz at Immanuel THE

BILLWELCH

David Mayfield Parade performs Monday, December 12, 8:30 p.m. at Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. $7. 232-3230, abilenebarandlounge.com. — BY FRANK DE BLASE Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Steve Lyons. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. abilenebarandlounge.com, 232-3230. 8 p.m. Free.

Tommy Gravino. Rio Tamatlan, 5 Beeman St, Canandaigua.

394-9380. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Salsa w/Shelia dancing during the performance.

& SUPERB

PUB & GRILL

BAND

BillWelch, piano and acoustic guitar; Fred Welch, drums; Tony Padilla, Latin Percussion; Gene Rogalski, acoustic and electric guitar; Mike Keefe, Bass; Bill Tiberio, saxophone…

Guest vocalists: Kathy Welch and Maggie Welch. John Greeno Trio opens.

Friday, December 9th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Immanuel Baptist Church 815 Park Ave. This is a free holiday concert. Donations of whatever amount will be joyfully accepted for Cameron Ministries and the Community Dinner Project at Immanual Chruch.

Immanual Baptist Church is an historic landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Net proceeds support the church restoration fund.

Sponsored by Sib Petix and the Petix Group at Park Avenue Realtors. 738-1945 With support from City Newspaper.

This concert is funded in part by a grant from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York State Legislature.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 19

Theater

The cast of “Billy Elliot the Musical,” now on stage at the Auditorium Theatre. PHOTO BY MICHAEL BROSILOW

Stepping onto the stage “Billy Elliot the Musical” Through December 11 Rochester Broadway Theatre League Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $37.50-$69.50 | 222-5000, rbtl.org [ REVIEW ] BY ERIC REZSNYAK

“Billy Elliot the Musical” is another example of a big-screen film finding new life on the stage. Disney has scored with musicaltheater adaptations of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” and other familyfriendly fare. (DreamWorks’ “Shrek” has also made the leap to the stage, and Rochester Broadway Theatre League is bringing that show to town in early 2012.) Directors like Mel Brooks and John Waters have made beaucoup bucks translating cult classics like “The Producers” and “Hairspray” into blockbuster musicals.

20 City december 7-13, 2011

Sometimes the switch from one art form (film) to another (theater) can improve upon these familiar stories; I found the giddy, overthe-top “Legally Blonde” musical superior to the movie it was based on in almost every way.

But sometimes the original source material is so strong that it’s hard for a stage show to measure up. “Billy Elliot the Musical” is a good show, and the touring production currently on stage at the Auditorium Theatre features strong performances. But watching the show, I found it impossible to put the beloved original film out of my mind. And while much of the musical works, some odd changes, and less-thanpolished sequences, ultimately left me feeling slightly disappointed in the show as a whole.

The movie version of “Billy Elliot” came out in

2000. The film became a surprise hit, grossing more than $100 million worldwide. It earned Oscar nominations for director Stephen Daldry, actress Julie Walters, and its screenplay, and launched the career of its young star,

Jamie Bell. In 2005 the film was adapted for the stage, featuring music by Elton John, and it won the Tony Award for Best New Musical after opening on Broadway in 2008.

Set in a small northern England mining town in 1984, “Billy Elliot” tells two different, but related, stories. The more complicated adult plotline follows the coal miners — a sizable chunk of the town’s male population — facing down intense government opposition as they go on strike. The other, main plot follows Billy Elliot, the pre-teen son of one of the miners, as he inadvertently discovers that he has an aptitude for ballet dance. He’s so good, in fact, that his community-center dance instructor believes that he has what it takes to get into the Royal Ballet School in London.

Billy struggles to reconcile his love of dance with his masculinity and working-class values, and his father will have none of it. Ultimately the story tackles class issues, labor issues, generational issues, the transformative power of art, and self-expression, all filtered through the prism of one young boy’s immense talent.

Compared to the film, the musical version of the show has a trickier time balancing the miners’ story and Billy’s journey. Sometimes the two plot threads literally overlap on stage, with little girls in tutus sitting on the laps of dust-covered miners or nightstick-wielding police officers. It makes for some nifty direction and some great dance sequences. But from a storytelling perspective, a lot is thrown at the audience all at once, especially early in the show. There were times where I wasn’t sure where I was supposed to be looking, and I was concerned that people unfamiliar with the story might be totally lost. (The thick accents can be tough to follow at times, too.)

Yet there are scenes that fully harness all of

the best parts of musical theater, and make for wonderful moments. The “Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher” number that opens the second act is a riot, leaving the audience literally gasping at the inventive costumes and props deployed throughout. The “We’d Go Dancing” song featuring Billy’s grandmother is beautiful, feisty, and poignant. And the musical conclusion to the miners’ story near the end of the show is incredibly powerful.

I have the feeling that the “Angry Dance” number that closes out Act 1 is usually similarly moving, but technical difficulties on the night I saw the show (Thursday, December 1) prevented me from getting the full effect.

In the sequence Billy unleashes a fiery dance in response to his father banning him from ballet class, and then interacts with riot police in some extremely cool choreography. I’m not sure what the difficulty was, exactly. The volume of the music diminished sharply, the actor playing Billy calmly walked off stage,

and the curtain fell as the announcer asked for the audience’s patience. Between five and 10 minutes later the curtain opened and all of the sets had been removed, and the number was clearly in a different place from where it left off. These things happen, especially in a show with so many tricky technical elements. It’s just a shame, because the tension was building nicely, and from what I saw it was a terrific way to close out the first act.

Unfortunately, the second act peaks too soon, and then drags as it goes about wrapping up the various plotlines — some of which are additions to the stage show and arguably unnecessary. Billy’s imaginary visits with his dead mother are sweet, but the sentimentality feels forced, especially when the story itself is naturally emotional.

But the biggest change in the show is the dropping of the movie’s ending, a coda that gives a glimpse into Billy’s future. That idea is worked into the play earlier, and while it is beautiful in its own right, it failed to induce the literal goosebumps and awe I experienced when seeing the film’s ending in the movie theater. The new ending is, frankly, a dud.

It’s a shame that an overall strong production wraps on such a comparatively weak note.

Much media attention has been given to the

talented children that make up nearly half of this show’s cast. All of it is richly deserved.

The role of Billy is played by four actors who rotate performances. On the night I saw the show, J.P. Viernes was on stage. He obliterated my preconceptions about the capabilities of young performers. Viernes’s dancing abilities are extraordinary. Not only is he required to execute complicated ballet moves, but he must also tap, do some tumbling, and throw in some more traditional Broadway movements.

He never faltered. In fact, none of the children in this performance did. The children are frequently used for comic effect in this show, from the spastic wannabe ballet girls to the sass-mouthed boxing boys. They’re all great.

That goes double for Billy’s cross-dressing sidekick Michael (played alternately by Ben Cook and Jacob Zelonky), whose hamminess is impossible to deny.

The adults in the show are similarly impressive. Leah Hocking is wonderful as Mrs. Wilkinson, hilariously dry as she casually mocks her less-talented pupils, but ferociously protective once she takes up Billy’s cause. As Billy’s father, Rich Hebert succeeds in his difficult task of believably transforming from proud and pigheaded to hopeful, yet resigned to his own fate.

And in supporting roles, both Cynthia Darlow as grandma and Patrick Wetzel as Mr. Braithwaite bring welcome comedic moments with style and charm.

Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] “Scapes II” Bracketed Exposures, and “Dry Pigments and Eggs,” paintings by Robert Wisner Thu Dec 8. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls.

6-8 p.m. Free. 624-7740, millartcenter.com.

Christopher Bill “Dark Shadows” Fri Dec 9. Gallery @ Equal=Grounds, 750 South Ave. 7-9 p.m. gallery@equalgrounds. com.

“Growth: Recent works by Kelsey Eksten” Fri Dec 9. Arbor Expressive Arts, 595 Blossom Rd, Suite 121. 5-8 p.m. 654-5853, arborarttherapy.com.

“Short Stories…Our Way” Katherine Weston, Sherry Tulloch, and Elizabeth BrittonBarry Fri Dec 9. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport. 6-9 p.m. 637-5494, differentpathgallery.com.

New Paintings by Rachel Dow Sat Dec 10. Crossroads Coffee House, 752 S. Goodman St. 7-9 p.m. 244 6787, xroadscoffeehouse.com, rdow81@yahoo.com. [ CONTINUING ] 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor 1570 East Ave. Through Jan 4: “Drawing From Life.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and weekends by appt. 770-1923.

1975 Gallery at Surface Salon, 661 South Ave., Suite B. Through Jan 28: “Happy Hour,” New Works by Amanda Clarke. Visit site for hours. 1975ish.com 2 Chic Boutique 151 Park Ave. Through Dec 30: Beyond the Racks: Group Show. Wed-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-6111, 2chicboutique.com.

Arbor Expressive Arts 595 Blossom Rd, Suite 121. Dec 9-16: “Growth: Recent works

by Kelsey Eksten.” Sun Dec 11 noon-5 p.m., Fri Dec 16 5-8 p.m.

654-5853, arborarttherapy.com.

A.R.T.S. Gallery at Aviv Café 321 East Ave. Through Dec 30: Worship Art. Fri 6-11 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.-1 p.m. 729-9916.

Arts & Cultural Council Gallery 277 N Goodman St. Through Dec 15: Holiday Show, AIA Rochester.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 4734000, artsrochester.org.

Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave. Continuing: “Creative Hue.” Thu-Fri 5:30-9 p.m., Sat 2-4 p.m. 563-2145, thebaobab.org.

Black Radish Gallery Village Gate, D Entrance, 274 N. Goodman St. Through Dec 30: Lucky Thirteen: small works by Arena Art Group.

Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 12-5 p.m. arenaartgroup.com Books Etc. 78 W. Main St., Macedon. Through Dec 30: “Where the Journey Begins,” the work of Kelly Ayer, D. Brent Walton, and Bev Owen. WedSun Noon-5 p.m. 474-4116, books_etc@yahoo.com.

Bug Jar 219 Monroe Ave. Through Jan 31: THE LOBBY Presents: “Remote Control” group exhibit. Mon-Sun 8 p.m.2 a.m. 454-2966, bugjar.com, lobbydigital.com B.T. Roberts Memorial Hall Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College 2301 Westside Drive.

Through Dec 15: “Landscapes: Having Eyes to See” by Dr. Brian Babcock. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 594-6800, nes.edu.

Chait Fine Art Gallery 234 Mill St. Through Dec 30: “Across Time and Distance: a group show of old and new friends.”

By appointment. 454-6730, schait@chaitstudios.com.

Community Darkroom Gallery 713 Monroe Ave. Through Jan 7: “Positive Negatives,” photographs by David Johnson.

Mon 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Tue-Thu 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Fri 12-5 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 2715920, geneseearts.org.

Crocus Clay Works Gallery Hungerford Building Door #2, Suite 225, 1115 E. Main St. Through Dec 23: “Hatter Gone Mad: Wearable Art Show by Carla Morris.” Tue-Wed 5-8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m., or by appointment. 469-8217, crocusclayworks.com.

Crossroads Coffee House 752 S. Goodman St. Dec 10-31: New Paintings by Rachel Dow. MonFri 6 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 244 6787, xroadscoffeehouse.com.

Davis Gallery Houghton House, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1 Kings Lane off South Main St., Geneva. Through Dec 8: “Brian Browne: Eleven Eleven Eleven.” Mon- Fri. 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sat. 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. 315781-3487, thesmith.org.

Davison Gallery at Roberts Wesleyan College 2301 Westside Drive. Through Dec 15: “Counterparts and Interludes,” work by Lori Cooley, Alice Gold, and Jack Wolsky.

Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 1-4 p.m. 594-6442, roberts.edu/ davisongallery.

A Different Path Gallery 27 Market St., Brockport. Dec 9-23: “Short Stories…Our Way” Katherine Weston, Sherry Tulloch, and Elizabeth Britton-Barry. Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 6375494, differentpathgallery.com.

Gallery @ Equal=Grounds 750 South Ave. Dec 9-31: Christopher Bill “Dark Shadows.” | Through Dec 7: AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Tue-Fri 7 a.m.-Midnight, SatSun 10 a.m.-Midnight. gallery@ equalgrounds.com.

Genesee Center for the Arts and Education 713 Monroe Ave. Through Jan 28: “WinterCraft: Annual Holiday Sale.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat noon-4 p.m.

244-1730, geneseearts.org George Eastman House 900 East Ave. Through Feb 19: “The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection. TueSat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.8 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m. $4-$12.

271-3361, eastmanhouse.org Gilded Square Picture Framing & Gallery 714 University Ave. Continuing: “Framed” artwork

by Keith Uhrich & Michelle Michael. Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 461-2808, gildedsquare.com.

Hartnett Gallery University of Rochester, Wilson Commons.

Through Dec 18: “mousePressed( ) mouseReleased( ).” Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 275-4188, blogs.rochester. edu/Hartnett.

High Falls Fine Art Gallery 60 Browns Race. Through Jan 6: “Treasures,” “Phillip Lange: Five Continents,” “Jim Mott: ROC ART,” and “Scott Grove: 111111.”

Wed-Fri 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat Noon-5:30 p.m.; Sun 1-5 p.m.

325-2030, centerathighfalls.org.

I-Square Visions 693 Titus Ave., Irondequoit. Through Dec 16: Irondequoit Invitational. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 943-1941.

Image City Photography Gallery 722 University Ave. Through Dec 23: Holiday Show 2011.”

Wed-Sat 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun noon-4 p.m. 482-1976, imagecityphotographygallery. com.

International Art Acquisitions 3300 Monroe Ave. Through Dec 31: “Breastplates” series

by Nancy Jurs. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun Noon-5 p.m. 264-1440, internationalartacquisitions.com.

Italian American Community Center 150 Frank Dimino Way. Through Dec 31: Gino Berardi: “From Impressionism to Abstractism.”

Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 594-8882, www.iaccrochester.org JGK Galleries 10 Vick Park A. Continuing: Anita Lewis “Dancers.” Tue, Thu & Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat 12-3 p.m., Mon & Wed by appt. 7346581, jgkgalleries.com.

Joe Bean Coffee Roasters 1344 University Ave., Suite 110.

Through Dec 31: Genesee Center for the Arts and Education Printing and Book Arts Members Show.

Mon-Wed 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Thu 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 319-5279, joebeanroasters.com.

Joseph S. Skalny Welcome Center Gallery St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. Through Dec 21: “Polonia Art Exhibit.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 899-3720.

Link Gallery at City Hall 30 Church St. Through Dec 12: “Picturing Our Dreams,” works by incarcerated adolescents held in Monroe County Jail and Correctional Facility. MonFri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-5920, cityofrochester.gov.

Little Theatre Café 240 East Ave. Dec 10-Jan 6: Richard Margolis. | Through Dec 9: Scott Reagan and Susan Rodgers. Sun 5-8 p.m. Mon-Thu 5-10 p.m.; Fri-Sat 5-11 p.m. 258-0403, thelittle.org.

Livingston Arts Center 4 Murray Hill Drive. Through Feb 12: 2011 Exhibit for Peace. Mon-Fri 1-5 p.m., Thu 1-8 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun 12-5 p.m. 2436785, livingstonartscenter.org.

McGraw’s Irish Pub 146 West Commercial St., East Rochester.

Through Dec 17: “Seasons Spirits Paintings and Prints” by Nils R. Caspersson. Mon-Sat 310 p.m., first Sundays 4-10 p.m.

Free. 924-7868.

Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave. Through Jan 15: “Extreme Materials 2.” | Lucy Burne Gallery: Through Dec 10: “Children’s Show.” Wed-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu until 9 p.m., $5-$12. Thu night reduced price: $6 from 5-9 p.m. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu. continues on page 24

es m o c s a m t Chris yside! t o Wa

Tokyo JAPANESE RESTAURANT

2930 W. Henrietta Road (585) 424-4166 tokyorestaurantrochester.com

Christmas Trees - Artificial & Live Poinsettias • Garland Fresh Wreaths made at Wayside Choose from plain, decorated OR Design Your Own for us to finish for you - Special Orders Welcome

Holiday Open House and Fair Dec. 10 & 11, 9am-6pm Daily Featuring:

Black Creek Alpacas LIVE!

Saturday, Dec. 10th only, 9am-4pm Local vendors and craftspeople Kids’ Decorating Workshops, Refreshments Please call or visit our website or Facebook page for details and reservations

1 d, Rt. 3 yra Roa -1222 lm a P d 3 tsfor 585-22 124 Pit m n, NY • enter.co Macedo

aysideG www.W

ardenC

EVERYD

-6 AY 9AM

PM

Bring in this ad for

One FREE Bar Drink with your Dinner Entree.

Expires 12/31/11.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 21

22 City december 7-13, 2011

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 23

FOR THE HOLIDAYS or ANY OCCASION Interchangeable with Pandora

INTRODUCING

Exquisite Sterling Silver Jewelry

100 N. Main St., Fairport • 377-4641

Watch Batteries installed $1.99

24 City december 7-13, 2011

Art Exhibits Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. Opens Dec 8: “Scapes II” Bracketed Exposures, and “Dry Pigments and Eggs,” paintings by Robert Wisner. Mon-Fri & Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free.

624-7740, millartcenter.com.

MCC Forum at R Thomas Flynn Center, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Dec 18: “Artists in Unlikely Places.” Call for hours.

292-2021.

MCC Mercer Gallery 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Dec 16: “Vietnamerica” by Gia-Bao Tran.

Through Dec 31: The Magnet Project. Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 292-2021, monroecc.edu/go/mercer/ Muddy Waters Geneseo 53 Main St., Geneseo. Through Jan 1: Paintings by Robert Frank Abplanalp. Mon-Fri 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Wed 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

243-9111, mwcoffeehouse.com.

Nan Miller Gallery 3450 Winton Place. Through Jan 3: “Beauty and Grace: The Female Form.”

Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2921430, nanmillergallery.com.

Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery 4245 East Ave. Through Jan 1: Nazareth College Art Department Faculty Show. WedSun 1-8 p.m. 389-5073, naz.edu.

Nazareth College Colacino Gallery 4245 East Ave. Through Dec 17: Jaclyn Didas & Mark McDermott. Wed-Sat 12-4 p.m.

389-2532, naz.edu.

Ock Hee’s Gallery 2 Lehigh St. Through Dec 31: “Fine Art for the Body,” works by Dana Wolf and Lynn Duggan. Thu-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 624-4730, ockhee@ frontiernet.net.

Oxford Gallery 267 Oxford St. Through Jan 7: “Mid-Winter Dreams” group exhibition. Tue-Fri Noon-5 p.m; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

271-5885, oxfordgallery.com.

Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery 71 S Main St, Canandaigua. Through Jan 6: “Holiday Happenings.” MonTue 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-8 pm.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 12:30-4 p.m. 394-0030, prrgallery.com.

Phelps Art Center 15 Church St., Phelps. Through Jan 7: “It’s Only a Medium” featuring Barron Naegel and Liz Brownell. ThuSat 1-4 p.m. 315-548-2095, phelpsartcenter.com.

Phillips Fine Art 248 East Ave. Through Dec 29: “Peter Monacelli: Thoughtful Influences.” Tue-Fri Noon-6 p.m.; Sat Noon-5 p.m. or by appt. 232-8120.

Record Archive 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Through Dec 30: “Bizarre Bazaar: Record Archive All Stars Show & Sale.” Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m. alayna@ recordarchive.com.

Rochester Contemporary Arts Center 137 East Ave. Through Jan 8: 21st Annual Members Exhibition & Celebration. Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m., Fri 1-10 p.m. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org. $1.

Rochester Regional Community Design Center Hungerford Complex/E. Main Business Park.

Door 3B. Continuing: “Corn Hill: What’s Next?” Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. 271-0520, rrcdc.com.

Roz Steiner Art Gallery 1 College Rd., Batavia. Through Jan 6:

ART EXHIBIT | “Vietnamerica”

Art and literature remain powerful venues through which we can bear witness to viewpoints and experiences that might otherwise escape our understanding. Brooklyn cartoonistillustrator Gia-Bao Tran’s “Vietnamerica,” a show of illustrations from his recent graphic memoir, is on view at Mercer Gallery (Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Road) through December 16. The work “details his family’s journey of survival through the Vietnam War and their refugee migration to the United States,” per the press release.

Tran, who is a commercial illustrator, also self-publishes, and “Vietnamerica” is his first major book. The artist was born in South Carolina a year after his family came to the states, and it wasn’t until his first trip to Vietnam in 2001 that he began to learn of his family’s history. This work was featured on ABC’s “World News Now,” Kirkus’ “12 Can’t-Miss Graphic Novels of 2011,” Amazon’s Top 25 Adult Summer Reads, and recently earned the artist a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in nonfiction literature, and the gold medal in this year’s Society of Illustration sequential category.

Visit the show Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., and Friday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call 292-2021 or visit monroecc.edu/go/mercer. Preview “Vietnamerica,” additional comics, and Tran’s illustration work at gbtran.com.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY The Art of Joseph Whalen. Call for hours. 343-0055 x6448, genesee.edu.

Rush Rhees Library Rare Books and Special Collections University of Rochester River Campus, Rush Rhees Library, Wilson Blvd. Through Jan 5: “Kenneth Patchen.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 475-6766.

The Shoe Factory Co-op 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212.

Through Dec 24: “The Greatest Gift of All.” Wed-Sat 12-5 p.m. studio212@shoefactoryarts.com, shoefactoryarts.com Studio 34 Creative Arts Center and Gallery 34 Elton St. Through Dec 24: Faculty and Student Exhibit and Sale. Thu-Fri 12-8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 7375858, studio34beads.com.

SUNY Geneseo Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, 26 Main St., Geneseo. Through Dec 3: “New York State Revolutionary War Sites: The Pastels of J. Erwin Porter.”

Mon-Thu 12:30-3:30 p.m.; Fri-Sat 12:30-5:30 p.m. geneseo.edu.

University Gallery 90 Lomb Memorial Drive. Booth Building, 7A. Through Jan 13: “Design in Fiber.” Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 475-2404, jleugs@rit.edu.

Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St. Through Dec 18: “Thirteen Views in Arid Lands”

by Potter-Belmar Labs. Thu 5-8 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m.

442-8676, vsw.org.

Wayne County Historical Society Museum 21 Butternut St., Lyons.

Through Nov 30: “Then & Now: 3 Centuries of Art” and Student Photo Show. Thu-Sat 12-3 p.m., and by appt. 315-946-4946, waynehistory.org.

West Side Gallery SUNY Brockport, 180 Holley St., Brockport. Through Dec 15: “Amongst the Breadcrumbs,” BFA solo exhibition by Carly Toporzycki. Mon-Thu 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 395-ARTS, brockport.edu.

Williams Gallery 220 S Winton Rd. Through Jan 2: “From Big to Small: In Awe” by Larry Eldridge and John Solberg.

Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 2719070, rochesterunitarian.org Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua. Through Jan 23: Biennial Alumni Art Exhibit.

Mon-Thu 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m. 394-3500 x7369, gallery34@flcc.edu.

Wood Library 134 North Main St., Canandaigua. Through Dec 17: Finger Lakes Photography Guild Show. Sun noon-4 p.m., Mon 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tue 10 a.m.-noon. 394-1381 x306. [ CALL FOR ARTWORK ] 2 Pages/2 Voices Short Play Competition. Deadline January 10. For info visit wab.org.

Custom-Creative-Cookies

Finger Lakes International Wine Cover Art Contest. Deadline December 9. Open to ages 18+, for info call 624-5555, or visit campgooddays.org.

Request for Art Proposals: Paint Traffic Control Boxes in NOTA. Deadline Dec 12. For information, contact JanetCollinge@aol.com.

for all of your Holiday needs!

CUT-IT OUT!

COOKIES

Art Events [ Wed., December 7 ] RAMA Holiday Art Crawl & Networking Event. Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. ama.rochester.org.

5:30-7:30 p.m. $10-$15.

The Art of the Mix. Rochester Contemporary, 137 East Ave. 4612222, rochestercontemporary.org.

6-8 p.m. $50, register. [ Friday, December 9 ] Design for Food, Holiday Silent Auction to benefit Food Link’s Kid’s Cafe Program. Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. 461-4447, lumierephoto. com. 5-8 p.m. $10-$20.

Film: “Tootie’s Last Suit.” Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave. 563-2145, Baobab.center@ yahoo.com. 7 p.m. $5-$10 suggested donation. [ Saturday, December 10 ] Anderson Alley Artists Holiday Second Saturday Open House.

Anderson Alley Artists, 250 N Goodman. andersonalleyartists. com. 12-4 p.m. Free admission.

Annual Advent Craft Sale. East Rochester High School Gym, 200 Woodbine Ave., East Rochester. 586-0525. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free admission.

Craftsmas. Hungerford Building, 1115 E. Main St., Door 8. r-nest. ning.com. Creative Play Session Sat Dec 10 7-8:30 p.m. Free admission.

Spencerport Lions Club 15th Holiday Craft Show. Terry Taylor School Gym, 399 Ogden-Parma Town Line Rd. 544-2316, khare005@rochester.rr.com. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free admission.

St. Stanislaus Holiday Craft Sale.

1150 Hudson Ave. 467-3068, ststanislausrochester.org. 9 a.m.4 p.m. Free admission. Food available, pictures with Santa noon-2 p.m. [ Saturday, December 10Sunday, December 11 ] Holiday Festival of Crafts. Fair & Expo Center, 2695 East Henrietta Rd. 334-4000, fairandexpocenter. org. Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. [ Sunday, December 11 ] Craftacular! Craftacular! Java’s at the Public Market. javascafe.com.

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission.

Holiday Heart Bazaar.

Java’s Cafe, 16 Gibbs St. heartsandcraftsmarket.wordpress. com. 12-6 p.m. Free admission. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] Rochester Area Colored Pencil Club Presentation on Online Marketing. Pittsford Town Hall, 11 S. Main St. rsongart@gmail.com.

7:30 p.m. Free.

Comedy [ Wed., December 7 ] SEI Presents: Harold Night. The Space Theater, Hungerford

• Corporate Cookie Trays • Gift giving for family, friends, teachers • Undecorated cookies available for you to frost – No baking – just fun!

• Delivery is available!

KIDS EVENT | “Annie”

The Rochester Children’s Theatre will ring in its 21st season with the timeless kids-theater classic “Annie,” on stage just in time for the holidays. The ever-popular tale of Annie the orphan’s search for her family will take to the stage at the Nazareth College Arts Center (4245 East Ave.), for four weekend performances. RCT’s 33-member cast, along with Abby, a goldendoodle cast to play the part of Sandy the dog, will perform at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, December 10 and 17, and Sundays, December 11 and 18.

Tickets are available for $17-$20. For more information, visit rochesterchildrenstheatre.org. — BY ERIC LACLAIR Building, 1115 East Main St., Door 2, Floor 2. 269-4673, thespacerochester.com. 7:30-9 p.m. Call for details.

School of Dance students.

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 7:30 p.m. Free.

454-4403. hochstein.org.

[ Thursday, December 8Saturday, December 10 ] Greg Vaccariello/ Mark Weidmann.

Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd, Webster, NY 14580. 671-9080, thecomedyclub.us. Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 p.m. $9-$12.

[ Saturday, December 10 ] Savior Ballet dance performance by the Yahweh Ballet. 2344 Ridge Rd., Ontario. 6:30 p.m. $7.

350-9012. yahwehballet.org.

WDKX Holiday Step Jam. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com. 1 p.m. $8.50.

[ Friday, December 9 ] Village Idiot Comedy Improv.

Village Gate, 274 N Goodman St. Swithun No 797-9086. 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. $5-$10. New classes start soon.

Village Idiots: Last Idiot Standing.

Village Idiots Comedy Improv, 274 N Goodman St, VIP Studio D312. 797-9086, improvvip.com.

9:30 p.m. $5. [ Friday, December 9Saturday, December 10 ] Steve Sabbo. Last Laff Bar & Grill, 4768 Lake Ave. 663-5233, lastlaff.net. 8 & 10 p.m. $10. [ Saturday, December 10 ] Unleashed! IMPROV. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000 x235, unleashedimprov.com. 7:30 p.m. $7-$8.

Village Idiots: Nuclear Family/ Catch-23. Village Idiots Comedy Improv, 274 N Goodman St, VIP Studio D312. 797-9086, improvvip.com. Nuclear Fa.m.ily 7:30 p.m., Catch-23 9:30 p.m. $10/$5.

Dance Events [ Thursday, December 8Sunday, December 11 ] Geneseo Dance Ensemble in “Ode to Motion.” SUNY Geneseo-Alice Austin Theater, Brodie Hall. 2455833, bbo.geneseo.edu. Thu-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $7. [ Friday, December 9 ] Dance 4 Charity. University of Rochester-Strong Auditorium, Fraternity Rd. 275-5911. 7 p.m. $5-$7.

Winter Dance Gala holiday performance by Hochstein

CALL

585-721-9914

TO ORDER

Dance Participation [ Friday, December 9 ] Red Hot Holiday Ball. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St. info@ groovejuiceswing.com, groovejuiceswing.com. 7-11 p.m. Free. [ Sunday, December 11 ] RCZN’s Annual Ragin’ Cajun Holiday Party with C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band. Harmony House, 58 E Main St., Webster. 727-4119, rochesterzydeco.com. 4:15 p.m. Cajun Dance lesson with Esther Brill and RJ Ruble, 5-8 Performance. $12.

FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Festivals [ Through December 9 ] 17th Annual Festival of Trees.

Granger Homestead, 295 N Main St, Canandaigua. 3941472, grangerhomestead.org.

Thu-Fri 1-7 p.m. [ Saturday, December 10 ] Hope’s Winter Bazaar. Brighton Town Park Lodge, 777 Westfall Rd. 424-1277. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free.

Kids Events [ Wed., December 7 ] Christmas Naturally. Helmer Nature Center, 154 Pinegrove Ave. 336-3035. 3:30-5 p.m. $8.

Grades K-6. [ Thursday, December 8Saturday, December 10 ] “The Children’s Hour.” Out of Pocket Productions. The continues on page 26

• Christmas Trees • Wreaths • Amaryllis • Centerpieces

• Poinsettias • Paperwhites • Greens/Pine Rope

Free Delivery for Christmas Trees Within 5 Miles LOCATED NEAR ELLISON PARK • OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

485 LANDING ROAD NORTH • 482-5372 *installation not included

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 25

Bring this coupon, select any one clothing item and

pay only 99 cents.

Excludes items over $6.99. Valid daily. Limit one coupon per customer per visit.

Offer expires December 31, 2011.

Shop Volunteers of America Get more for less.

Visit www.voawny.org or call (585) 647-1150 for store hours.

Batavia | Brockport | Canandaigua | Elmira Palmyra | Rochester: Canal Street | Culver @ Main Lake Avenue | Warsaw | Webster

Parents!

Is Your Teen’s Drinking/Drug Use a Problem?

Is it Stressing You out?

The Research Institute on Addictions at SUNY Buffalo is considering adapting and expanding, free of charge, a research-based program to help parents deal with the stress of a teen who is abusing alcohol or drugs.

We’re trying to determine interest. Please Help.

For More Information and a Brief Anonymous Interest Survey

Call (toll free) 1-888-202-5851 Or visit

www.parentsofteensquestions.org

Are you A Cancer Survivor

With Trouble Sleeping?

We are seeking cancer survivors who are having difficulty falling or staying asleep for a study testing two methods for reducing sleep problems and fatigue.

How may you benefit

All participants will receive a behavioral treatment for sleep problems, at no charge, either as part of the study or after.

Half of the participants will receive a drug called armodafinil that may be helpful in reducing daytime tiredness and fatigue.

Eligibility (partial list)

• Be between the ages 21 and 75 • Have finished radiation treatments and/or chemotherapy • Insomnia began or got worse with the onset of cancer or treatment

Please call Jenine Hoefler (585) 276-3559 or Joseph Roscoe, Ph.D. (585) 275-9962 at the University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center for more information about this research study 26 City december 7-13, 2011

Kids Events Space Theater, Hungerford Building, 1115 East Main St., Door 2, Floor 2. 269-4673, outofpocketproductions@yahoo. com. 7:30 p.m. $15 or $10 along with a new unwrapped toy. Proceeds along with all donated toys to benefit the Pirate Toy Fund. [ Friday, December 9 ] Santa Reads “The Polar Express” Storytime. Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 227-4020, bn.com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Friday, December 9Sunday, December 11 ] “Miracle on 34th Street.” Stages, Auditorium Center, 3rd Floor, 875 E. Main St. 935-7173, mjtstages. com. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $12. [ Saturday, December 10 ] “Annie.” Rochester Children’s Theatre. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 3892170, boxoffice.naz.edu. 2 p.m. $17-$20.

“Eddie the Elk and the Twelve Days of Christmas.” RMSC Players.

Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-4552 x379. 2 & 3 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12.

Christmas with Santa at Springdale Farm. Springdale Farm, 700 Colby St, Ogden. 349-2090, springdalefarm.org. Breakfast seatings 9, 10, 11 a.m. & noon. $8 on sale at area Wegmans. [ Saturday, December 10Sunday, December 11 ] “Miracle on 34th Street.” Stages, Auditorium Center, 3rd Floor, 875 E. Main St. 935-7173, mjtstages. com. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $12.

Winter Wonderland Weekends.

Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. 263-2700, museumofplay.org. Performances Sat 11:30 a.m., 1 & 2:30 p.m.; Sun 1 & 2:30 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] 5, 2, 1, 0: Be a Healthy Hero: Preschool Family Activity Series.

Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5300, brightonlibrary.org. 10:30 a.m.

Free, register. Part Two: Eat Well.

Lectures [ Wed., December 7 ] “Women and the Civil War” with Dr. Terrianne Schulte. Genesee Community College, Lima Campus Center, 7285 Gale Road on Rte. 15A. 582-1226, genesee.edu/Lima. 7 p.m. Free.

“The Social Cure: The Power of Positive Peer Pressure to Change the World” by Tina Rosenberg.

Flynn Campus Center, Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd., Brighton. 2922534, monroecctickets.com.

7 p.m. Free to MCC students/ faculty/staff, $10 general. [ Thursday, December 8 ] Arts & Lectures: Alexandra Fuller.

Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St. 546-8658, artsandlectures.org. 7:30 p.m. $15 standing room.

DANCE EVENT | WDKX Step Jam

Three step teams from local schools will get the chance to take to the stage at the Blue Cross Arena for the 2011 WDKX Step Jam. The Wilson Pearls, the School Without Walls Flawless Females, and the Northeast Northwest Lady Eliminators will perform their intricate footwork alongside national step teams Sacred Expressions and the NYC A-Team. Accompanied by rap prodigies Diggy Simmons, and Jacob Latimore, the Step Jam will take over the Blue Cross Arena (1 War Memorial Square) on Saturday, December 10, starting at noon. Tickets are available for $20. For more information, visit wdkx.com.

— BY ERIC LACLAIR RIT’s Caroline Werner Gannett Project “Visionaries in Motion V.” Rochester Institute of Technology-Webb Auditorium, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. cwgp.org. 8 p.m. Free. Drew Barry presents “Science & Aesthetics of Biology through a Microscope.”

Renewable Energy. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092, hpl.org. 7-8:30 p.m.

Free, register.

Stage Whispers Talk: “Dressing for the Holidays” with Devon Painter.

Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage, 180 Holley St., College at Brockport. 395-2787, brockport. edu/finearts. 10 a.m. Free. [ Friday, December 9 ] “Art Juries and the Judging Process” by Scott Grove. Basil Hall, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. 967-3348, sjfc. edu. Book signing 7-8 p.m., lecture 8 p.m. Free Ethical, Personal Response Discussion to Hurricane Katrina.

University of Rochester-Rush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 2765744, rochester.edu/college/aas.

Panel discussion 10 a.m.-noon, lecture 1:30-3 p.m. Free. [ Saturday, December 10 ] The History of the Cement Trade at the Port of Rochester.

Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, 70 Lighthouse St. 621-6179, geneseelighthouse.org. 10 a.m. Free. [ Sunday, December 11 ] Polish Christmas Traditions, Symbols and Carols. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, University of Rochester River Campus. rochester.edu/College/ PSC/CPCES. 3 p.m. Free. [ Monday, December 12 ] NY Pistol Permit Legalities Lecture. 1570 Old Penfield Rd. 406-6758. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $35. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] Hydrofracking. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8350.

12:12-12:52 p.m. Free.

The Civil War Fall Lecture Series: “The Impact of the Civil War on

Genesee County: Waving Good Bye to your Loved Ones.” GCC, Conable Technology Building T102, One College Road, Batavia. 345-6868, bestcenter@ genesee.edu. 7-9 p.m. Free, register. With Sue Conklin, Genesee County Historian.

Literary Events [ Through Thursday, December 22 ] Book Sale: Holiday Fiction Used Book Sale. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8322. Mon 12-8 p.m., Tue-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m.

Free admission. [ Thursday, December 8 ] Book Group: The Greater Rochester Russell Set. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. 4732590, wab.org. 7 p.m. $3/public, free/members. Romans Pancs on economics and rationality.

Poetry Reading: Just Poets Reading Series & Open Mic. Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 586-6020, claudiastanek@ gmail.com. 7-9 p.m. Free. Does not occur in December. [ Saturday, December 10 ] Book Signing: Saturday Author Salon: It’s All About The Memories by Gretchen Fatouros.

Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com. 2 p.m. Free. [ Sunday, December 11 ] Anuual Local Author Extravaganza. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport.

637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com.

2-5 p.m. Free.

Rochester Area Haiku Group.

Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 586-6020. 2 p.m. [ Monday, December 12 ] Poetry Reading: Free Speech Zone Series. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St. 260-9005, bit.ly/rochpoets.

8 p.m. Free. Featured poet or musician followed by open mic.

Poetry Reading: Free Speech Zone Series. Poet Lu Highsmith, followed by open mic. Tango

Gilded Square

only 18 days left until...

Cafe, 389 Gregory St. 260-9005, bit.ly/rochpoets. 8 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] Book Group: Unitarian-Universalist Book Club: “Caleb’s Crossing” by Geraldine Brooks. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 6372260, liftbridgebooks.com. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Book Reading: Genesee Reading Series: Joe Flaherty & Caedra Scott-Flaherty. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. 473-2590, wab.org. 7:30 p.m. $3-$6. [ Tuesday, December 13Satruday, December 17 ] Book Sale: Super Huge Holiday Book Sale. Greenwood Books, 123 East Ave. 325-2050, rochesterbooksellers.wordpress. com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission. [ Wed., December 14 ] Book Discussion: Brown Bag Book Discussion Group: “Embers”

by Sandoor Marait. Central Library, 115 South Ave. 4288350. 12-1 p.m. Free.

Book Group: Women Who Love to Read: “Standing in the Rainbow”

by Fannie Flagg. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport.

637-2260, liftbridgebooks.com.

6:30 p.m. Free.

Book Signing: Author Visit: Scott Pitoniak. Penfield Public Library, 1098 Baird Rd, Penfield. 3408720. 6:4-8:30 p.m. Free, register.

Recreation [ Saturday, December 10 ] Crepuscular Walk: Full Moon over the Gorge. Letchworth State Park, off Rt. 390, Castile.

493-3625. 4 p.m. Free. Meet at visitor center, bring flashlight and picnic supper. 2 hours, 1 mile.

GVHC Hike. Hamlin Beach Park, area #1. Mike & Kathy 2010065, gvhchikes.org. 1 p.m.

Free. Easy 5 mile hike.

It’s a Wonderful Run 5K holiday run/walk through Seneca Falls.

108 Fall St., Seneca Falls. 4:40 p.m. $20-$25. 315-568-1438. itsawonderfulrun5k.com. [ Sunday, December 11 ] GVHC Hike. Genesee Valley Park, ice rink lot. John C. 254-4047, gvhchikes.org. 1 p.m. Free. Easy 4 mile hike. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] Fleet Feet Sports 2nd Location Ribbon Cutting & 3 Mile Run/ Walk. Fleet Feet Sports, Erie Canal Commons, 2522 Ridgeway Ave., Greece. 270-4334, ellen@ fleetfeetrochester.com. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free, RSVP.

Special Events [ Through Saturday, January 7 ] The Wonder Land of Trees.

Holland Land Office Museum, 131 West Main St., Batavia. 3434727, hollandlandoffice.com.

Call for info. $1-$3. [ Through Sunday, January 8 ] Lamberton Conservatory Annual Holiday Poinsettia Show.

Lamberton Conservatory, Highland Park, 180 Reservoir

N O RT H F I E LD

DESIGNER GOLDSMITHS

Engagement Rings & Bands

picture framing & gallery

“Playfully Elegant Preservation”

of understated elegance

Located in the Neighborhood of the Arts

RECREATION | EARLY WINTER HIKES

We’ve somehow escaped our normal accumulation of the white stuff this winter – though it’s been chilly, the snow has hasn’t piled up thus far. You won’t catch me complaining.

As long as you bundle up cozily, the conditions are swell for an early winter hike. Here are two wintery walks taking place this Saturday, December 10, but for more outdoorsy recreation, visit rochestercitynewspaper.com and search “hike” in our events calendar.

Partake of the 1000 Acre Swamp Holiday Hike, a free guided hike through the 1000 Acre Swamp Sanctuary in Penfield (1587 Jackson Road) 10 a.m.-noon. Call 340-8655 or visit penfield.org for more information.

Add a few more layers if you opt for the Full Moon Over the Gorge evening hike at Letchworth State Park in Castile. The two-hour hike begins at 4 p.m., and meets at the Visitor Center. Bring a flashlight and a picnic supper. The hike is free, but there is a small parking fee at the park. Call 4933625 for more information. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Ave. 753-7270, monroecounty. gov/parks. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $2-$3 admission, free to children age 5 and under. Closed Christmas Day.

Southampton Brewery Launch.

Tap & Mallet, 381 Gregory St. 473-0503. 7 p.m. Tickets required, call for info.

[ Wed., December 7 ] Highland Park Conservancy Holiday Gathering. Lamberton Conservatory, Highland Park, 180 Reservoir Ave. 244-2900, dlhampton@frontiernet.net. 5-7 p.m. Free.

ROCLA presents “Warriors of the Sun.” Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St. interconnect_mott@frontiernet. net. 7 p.m. Free. Introduced

by Pacho Lane, one of the film producers.

[ Thursday, December 8Saturday, December 10 ] The Young Ladies of Grace Performing Arts Academy Grand Opening. The Young Ladies of Grace, 3300 Monroe Ave. 4471723, theyoungladiesorgrace. com. Thu-Fri 6-9 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free.

[ Thursday, December 8 ] Africa Video Series: Trouble the Water. University of RochesterRush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 276-5744, rochester.edu/ college/aas. 6 p.m. Free.

Annual Holiday Homecoming Celebration. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 2713361, eastmanhouse.org. 5-8 p.m. Included with museum admission: $10-12. $3 eventnight surcharge for non-member children ages 12 and under.

Career Fair. Flynn Campus Center, Monroe Community College, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd., Brighton. augustgroup.org. 2-5 p.m. Free.

Light Up Canandaigua Bus Tour of Lights. 394-4400, canandaiguachamber.com. 6 or 7:30 p.m. New, unwrapped toy or food item, register.

ROC the Day at The Cypher.

111 North Chestnut St. sue@ artpeace.org. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $3-$5 entry fee, $10 admission + tshirt. Fundraiser with music, poetry, art displays.

714 University Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 585.461.2808 www.GildedSquare.com

700 Park Ave. Rochester, NY 14607 Phone: 585.442.2260 Website: Northfieldgoldsmiths.com

CLOVER

LAWN & LANDSCAPE

It’s NEVER too early to start thinking about

SNOW REMOVAL Clover Lawn & Landscape has over 30 years in business and offers fully insured services.

OUR PLOWING SERVICES INCLUDE:

• 24 HOUR SNOW REMOVAL • SALTING SERVICES • LOADER SERVICE No subcontractors used, EVER! Seasonal contracts or per trip payment plans available.

485 Landing Rd. North, Rochester NY 14625

WWW.CLOVERLANDSCAPE.NET

244.1626

[ Thursday, December 8Sunday, December 11 ] 18th annual Dickens Fest.

The Shops on West Ridge, 3200 W. Ridge Rd., Greece. theshopsonwestridge.net. Thu-Fri 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. [ Friday, December 9 ] Celebrate the Season. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua. 3947070, nywcc.com. 6-9 p.m.

Tickets are $35. [ Friday, December 9Sunday, December 11 ] Yuletide in the Country. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd, Mumford. 2948218, gcv.org. Tour depart every 15 minutes: Fri 5-8:30 p.m., Sat 1:30-7:45 p.m., Sun 1:30-7:30 p.m.; Buffet available 4-8 p.m.

Tours $12-$22, Buffet suppers $14-$19, RSVP. [ Saturday, December 10 ] Art, Drink & Give Green: A Mixer to Benefit Rochester Greenovation. Rochester Contemporary, 137 East Ave. continues on page 28 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 27

Sometimes our food doesn’t have to speak for itself.

Special Events

“Area’s best-kept culinary secret” - SETH LINDAHL, CHEF AT MAX CHOPHOUSE

“Best meal under $10.00” 3 TIME NOMINEE (CITY NEWSPAPER)

“Best vegetarian options” 3 TIME NOMINEE (CITY NEWSPAPER)

“Top 25 food experiences you must have in Rochester before you move or die” (ROCHESTER D&C)

WE’RE BLOGGING EVERY WEEKDAY ABOUT LOCAL, STATE & NATIONAL ISSUES

Rick Perry Andrew Cuomo Barack Obama Tom Richards Public schools Hydrofracking The national debt ANYTHING THAT HAS US THINKING THE CITY NEWSPAPER

Give DogTown gear & gift cards for the holidays!

691 Monroe Avenue (across from Oxford St.)

DogTownHots.com

271.6620

Dogtown - The Offical Page

NEWS BLOG

J O I N I N T H E C O V E R S AT I O N AT

w w w. r o c h e s t e r c i t y n e w s p a p e r . c o m / N E W S / B L OG

Potential Acne Subjects Would you like to participate in a research trial for facial acne?

Potential subjects must be 12- 40 years old and be willing to attend all the study visits.

Subjects who qualify will receive study medication, along with compensation for time and travel.

IF INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, PLEASE CONTACT: THE RESEARCH OFFICE at SKIN SEARCH, 100 WHITE SPRUCE BLVD., ROCHESTER, NY 14623

(585) 697-1818

WWW.DERMROCHESTER.COM

28 City december 7-13, 2011

Follow us on Like us on

rochestergreen.org. 6-9 p.m. $20 suggested donation. Enjoy an evening of art, wine, and delicious hors d’oeuvres while supporting Rochester’s best new non-profit! Your donations will help us save ReHouse and establish our Creative Reuse Center.

Christmas Extravaganza 2011.

Tuttle North Gymnasium, New Campus Drive, Brockport. 6373979. Doors 6:15 p.m., event 7 p.m. Free admission.

Dallywater’s British Holiday Feast 68 Castle St., Geneva. 2 p.m. $48.

Edgerton Model Railroad Room Open. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. 428-6769, edgertonmodelrailroadclub.com.

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission.

Holiday Cookie and Goodies Sale. Trinity Reformed Church, 909 Landing Rd North (just off Penfield Rd). 381-5330. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission.

Holley Trolley Rides. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E River Rd, Rush. 533-1113, nymtmuseum.org. Rides operate every half-hour, starting at 11:30 a.m. Included with museum admission: $4-$5.

Museum of Kids Art Annual Winter Art Show. Museum of Kids Art, 90 Webster Ave. 317-9191, museumofkidsart.org. 7-9 p.m.

Free admission. Art & treats.

North Pole Express on the Arcade and Attica railroad. Excursions starting at noon and 3 p.m. 278 Main St., Arcade.

The Polar Express Train Ride.

Medina Railroad Museum, 530 West Ave, Medina. 7986106, railroadmuseum.net, polarexpressride.com. 5:45 & 7 p.m. $28.

Wigilia Dinner (Polish Christmas Eve). St John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. 248-0152, info@polishheritagerochester. org. 5 p.m. social hour, 6 p.m. dinner. $15-$35, RSVP. [ Saturday, December 10Sunday, December 11 ] Annual Lake Ontario Wine Trail Holiday Tour. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 223-4210. Sat 10 a.m.6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $5.

Tiger Tracks Train Show & Sale.

Rochester Institute of TechnologyGordon Field House, 149 Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-2227, ritmrc. org/tigertracks. Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. [ Sunday, December 11 ] Gothic Cathedral Tour. St. Michael’s Church, 869 Clinton Avenue North. 325-4041, saintmichaelsofrochester.org. 2 p.m. Donations accepted.

Holidays at the Market. Public Market, 280 N Union St. 4295990, cityofrochester.gov. 9 a.m.3 p.m. Call for details.

Rochester Red Wing and Baltimore Oriole great Bobby Bonner. Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Dr., Webster.

414-6726, collectorfestmonthly. com. 1-2:30 p.m. $5 autographs.

The Great Hanukkah Giveaway.

Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. JewishRochester.org/ PJLibrary. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

SPECIAL EVENT | Eastman House Holiday Events

Amid the stressors involved in the holiday season, there are many cheery traditions to love. The George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) has you covered in a single spot, as it will host a variety of activities and events in the coming weeks. All are included with museum admission ($5-$12) unless otherwise noted.

The Annual Holiday Homecoming Celebration takes place Thursday, December 8, 5-8 p.m., and will feature live music, decorations, refreshments, family activities, and photos with Santa. There is a $3 surcharge on event night for non-member children ages 12 and under.

While in the House, check out the talent that went into the 16th Annual “Sweet Creations” exhibit of gingerbread houses, with more than 100 wee sugary domiciles available via silent auction. The exhibit remains on view through December 14. Visit during museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m., and Sunday 1-5 p.m.

Also check out the Eastman House website for information on holiday muiscales, as well as holiday films to be screened in the Dryden Theatre. Call 271-3361 or visit eastmanhouse. org for more information. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY [ Monday, December 12 ] Agri-Business Career Exploration.

GCC, Conable Technology Building T102, One College Road, Batavia. 343-0055 x6394, maleupold@genesee. edu. 2-5 p.m. Free.

Worldly Approach to Wine Seminar: Be Surprised by the Midwest Wines. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 223-4210 x2. 6-9 p.m. $45-$55.

“Magic in the Making.” Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. 232-4382, gevatheatre. org. 6-8 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, December 13 ] New Theater in Farmington Info Meeting. Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 Rte 332, Farmington. 398-0220, cobblestoneartscenter.com. 6 p.m. Free, RSVP. [ Wed., December 14 ] RCCM’s Christmas 2011. 3177 Lyell Rd. 247-4444. Wed-Sun 6-9 p.m. Free. Continues through Dec 23.

Theater

“Annie.” Sat Dec 10-Dec 18.

Rochester Children’s Theatre.

Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 2 p.m. $17-$20.

389-2170, boxoffice.naz.edu.

“Bathing in Bette.” Mon Dec 12.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 7 p.m. $21. 3254370, downstairscabaret.com.

“Billy Elliot, the Musical.”

Through Dec 11. Auditorium

Theatre, 875 E Main St. Wed Dec 7-Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 & 8 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. $37.50-$69.50. 800-7453000, ticketmaster.com, info@ rbtl.org.

“The Children’s Hour.” Through Dec 10. Out of Pocket Productions. The Space Theater, Hungerford Building, 1115 East Main St., Door 2, Floor 2. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15.

Patrons will receive a $5 discount for the donation of an unwrapped toy to be donated to Pirate Toy Fund. 269-4673, outofpocketproductions@ yahoo.com.

“A Christmas Carol.” Through Dec 24. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Wed Dec 7-Thu 7 p.m., Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m., Sun noon (audio-described) and 4:30 p.m., Tue-Wed Dec 14 7 p.m.

Tickets start at $25. 232-4382, gevatheatre.org.

“Christmas with the Calamari Sisters.” Wed Dec 7. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva. 2 & 7:30 p.m. $30.

315-781-8354, thesmith.org.

“The Colonel Bird.” Through Dec 10. Todd Theater, University of Rochester River Campus. 8 p.m. $7-$13. 275-4088, rochester. edu/theatre.

“Disenchanted: Bitches of the Kingdom.” Ongoing. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. Wed Dec 7 7 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 6 & 9 p.m., Sun 6 p.m., Wed Dec 14 7 p.m. $29-$36. 3254370, downstairscabaret.com.

Every Christmas Story Ever Told and Then Some! Fri Dec 9. Arcade Community Theater Company.

Theatre 101, 101 Main Street, Mt. Morris. theatre101@live.com.

7 p.m. $6-$7. $1 off ticket with canned donation for local charity.

“The Gift of the Magi.” Through Dec 10. Black Sheep Theatre, 274 N Goodman St., D313. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 4 p.m. $15. 8614816, blacksheeptheatre.org.

A Holiday of Song, Dance & Comedy. Sun Dec 11. HiltonParma Senior Center, 59 Henry St., Hilton. 2:30 p.m. Free, RSVP. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Hilton Food Shelf. 392-9030.

“I Do! I Do!” Through Dec 31.

Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Thu 7 p.m., Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $18-$26. 4612000, jcccenterstage.org.

“It’s a Wonderful Life.” Fri Dec 9-Dec 10. Lima Christian School Drama Club. 7329 East Main Street, Lima. Fri 6:30 p.m. doors, show at 7 p.m., Sat 2:30 p.m. doors, show at 3 p.m. $7. sjohnson@limachristian.org, drama.limachristian.org.

“Late Night Catechism.”

Through Dec 11. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd.

Wed Dec 7 7:30 p.m., Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 7 p.m., Sat 4 & 8 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. Tickets start at $35. 232-4382, gevatheatre.org.

“The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.” Fri Dec 9-Dec 10.

School of the Arts (SOTA), 45 Prince St, 7 p.m. $5-$9. 2427682 x1551, sotarochester.org.

“Merry Christmas, George Bailey!”

Thu Dec 8-Dec 11. Seneca Community Players. Bedford Falls Bijou Theatre, 115 Fall St., Seneca Falls. Thu 7 p.m., Sat 6 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. $6-$8. 315568-9364.

The Miche Fambro Show. Mon Dec 12. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 7 p.m. $5-$12. 244-0960, muccc.org, michefambro.com.

“Miracle on 34th Street.” Fri Dec 9-Dec 11. Stages, Auditorium Center, 3rd Floor, 875 E. Main St. Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $12. 935-7173, mjtstages.tix.com.

“No Room at the Inn.” Through Dec 11. The Footlight Players.

Masonic Temple of Spencerport, 133 South Union St., Spencerport. Sat 7:30 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$12. 225-6163.

The NTID Holiday Show. Fri Dec 9. Robert F. Panara Theatre, Rochester Institute of Technology, Lomb Memorial Dr. 1 & 7:30 p.m. Call for details. 475-6254, rit.edu/ntid/theatre.

“The Psychic. a Murder Mystery (of sorts).” Through Dec 10.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. ThuSat 8 p.m. $10-$15. 527-0884, muccc.org.

“Rose of Bethlehem.” Fri Dec 9-Dec 11. Bethel Christian Fellowship 321 East Ave. Fri-Sat 7-9 p.m., Sun 3-5 p.m. Free.

232-1136.

“The Servant of Two Masters.”

Through Dec 10. Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage, 180 Holley St., College at Brockport. Fri-Sat 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. 395-2787, brockport.edu/finearts.

“Tom Foolery.” Through Jan 7.

Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E Main

THEATER | “Tom Foolery”

Many readers may remember the concerts, television appearances, and recordings by Harvard-educated math professor Tom Lehrer in the 1950’s and 60’s. Lehrer delighted fans with his sharp takes on topics including racism, the military, mathematics, and much more. Fans of that dry, cynical, but good-natured humor can rejoice, since “Tom Foolery,” the musical based on the music and lyrics of Lehrer, is now on stage at Blackfriars Theatre (795 E. Main St.) through January 7. Note that the show will take a brief hiatus in mid-December to make room for Blackfriars’ annual “Santaland Diaries” holiday show, but it will return on New Year’s Eve for two special performances. Tickets are available for $17-$27. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 454-1260 or visit bftix.org. — BY ERIC LACLAIR St. . Wed Dec 7-Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $17$27. 454-1260, bftix.com.

“You Say Tomato, I Say Shutup.”

Ongoing. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. Thu 7 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 5 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m. $29-$36. 3254370, downstairscabaret.com.

Theater Auditions [ Through Thursday, December 15 ] Invitation for Theatre Directors to Submit Proposals. Seneca Community Players If you are interested in directing a play or musical production for SCP next year, send a letter of intent

by Dec. 15 to PO Box 45, Seneca Falls, NY 13148. 7331806. Include the title of show, expected production dates, preferred venue in the letter, and a list of your theatrical experiences. [ Saturday, December 10Sunday, December 11 ] “Annie” Theater Auditions for Children. Best Foot Forward, Eastview Mall. 1-3 p.m. 398-0220, vanessa@ bestfootforwardkids.com. Free to audition but is a tuition based program. Children age 4-9 and 10-16. Bring a photo of yourself and come prepared to sing a song from the show and recite a poem (age 4-9) or monologue (age 10-16). There will be separate productions for each age group. [ Monday, December 12Tuesday, December 13 ] “Doubt: A Parable.” Limelight Productions of Rochester.

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 7:30 p.m. Free. 705-7540.

Needed are one woman 18-25; one African-American woman 35-40; one woman 55-65 for production of Doubt in June of 2012.

[ Tuesday, December 13 ] Unleashed! IMPROV. Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 7 p.m. Free. unleashedimprov.com.

Actors/improvisers with some experience (who are 18 years of age and older) are welcome. [ Wed., December 14 ] “The Unseen.” MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 7 p.m. Free. 2580238. Presented by Greater Rochester Repertory Company March 8-11, 2012. Seeking 3 adult males, age range 30’smid 50’s.

Sports [ Friday, December 9 ] Rochester Americans vs. Albany Devils. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com. 7:35 p.m. $12-$18.

Workshops [ Wed., December 7 ] Herbarium Workshop. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 334-0977, epixley@rochester.rr.com. 1-4 p.m. Free, RSVP. At RMSC, go to the front desk and ask staff person there to call ext. 368, the phone in the Herbarium. [ Monday, December 12 ] Community Labyrinth Walk with free energy work, chair massage and music. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd. 4694818, droller@rochester.rr.com.

7-9 p.m. Free, donations appreciated.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 29

Film Times Fri Dec 9-Thu Dec 15 Schedules change often.

Call theaters or visit rochestercitynewspaper.com for updates.

Film

Brockport Strand 637-3310 89 Main St, Brockport ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: Sat-Sun 1; THE MUPPETS: 7, 9; also Sat-Sun 12:45, 2:50, 4:50; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 7, 9:15; also Sat-Sun 1:30, 4; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 7:10; 9:20; also Sat-Sun 4.

The icon and the actor

Canandaigua Theatres 396-0110 Wal-Mart Plaza, Canandaigua ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 7, 9; also Fri-Sun 5; also Sat-Sun 1, 3; HAPPY FEET TWO: 7; also Fri-Sun 5; also Sat-Sun 1, 3; HUGO(3D): 7, 9:20; also Fri-Sun 4; also Sat-Sun 1; IMMORTALS: 7:15, 9:20; IN TIME: 9:25; JACK AND JILL: 7:10, 9:10; also Fri-Sun 5:10; also Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:10; J. EDGAR: 7; also Fri-Sun 4; also Sat-Sun 1:15; THE MUPPETS: 7, 9; also Fri-Sun 4:50; also Sat-Sun 12:45, 2:50; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 7, 9:15; also FriSun 4; Sat-Sun 1:30; PUSS IN BOOTS: Fri-Sun 5; also SatSun 1, 3; THE SITTER: 7:15, 9:15; also Fri-Sun 5:15; also Sat-Sun 1;15, 3:15; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 7:10, 9:20; also Fri-Sun 4; also SatSun 1:15; A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS: 8:45.

Cinema Theater 271-1785 957 S. Clinton St. ANNONYMOUS: Fri-Sun 4; THE BIG YEAR: 7; REAL STEEL: 8:40.

Culver Ridge 16 544-1140 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 1:55, 7:35; also in 3D 1:15, 4, 7, 9:30; HAPPY FEET TWO: 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25; also in 3D continues on page 32

[ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA

turning chemistry and technology into that famous ribbon of dreams.

Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” honors the early “My Week with Marilyn” history of film with a series of brilliant and (R), directed by Simon Curtis imaginative visual metaphors, an unusual Now playing approach to the subject, while “My Week With Marilyn” deals in a more literal manner with Hollywood loves itself so deeply that it the record of the making of an actual picture. In constantly celebrates the industry that created 1956 Marilyn Monroe, then the most celebrated the city as the center of cinema, the capital female in the movies and the most famous city of our illusions. The process of making a woman in the world, traveled to England to star motion picture is itself inherently fascinating, in “The Prince and the Showgirl,” a film directed a subject for film since the birth of the art. Just by and also starring the most honored actor in about every element in the business provides the world, Sir Laurence Olivier. According to the a story — the wheeling and dealing of narrative, based on a memoir by Colin Clark, negotiations, the people behind the cameras, both performers approached the endeavor with the actors themselves, and the sheer magic of parallel hopes — Monroe, the movie star, wanted to be regarded as a serious actor and Olivier, the serious actor, wanted to become a great movie star.

Young Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), born to wealth and privilege, burned with an ambition to work in the cinema; when Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn.” PHOTO COURTESY Olivier (Kenneth

Branagh) hired him as third assistant director, i.e., a gofer, he met Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) and naturally fell in love. “My Week With Marilyn” meshes his relationship with the screen goddess with the ongoing business of making the movie. Given the context of Monroe’s life and career at that moment, the production of “The Prince and the Showgirl” turned out to be a tedious, frustrating, and agonizing business, ultimately defeating the dreams of both performers.

Recently married to Arthur Miller, full of intellectual aspiration — the camera pauses on a copy of “Ulysses” in her dressing room — hoping to play Grushenka in a production of “The Brothers Karamazov,” Marilyn suffers from a battery of neuroses, which she treats with a whole pharmacopeia of drugs. Fatally insecure, sensitive to any imagined slight, resistant to Olivier’s direction and uncertain about her ability to act with him, and committed to the Method, as interpreted by Lee Strasberg, she infuriates both cast and director with her many absences and perpetual lateness.

Despite all the maddening difficulties she creates, her friendship Colin helps rescue her and the movie. Colin squires her around, shows her some beautiful sights, showers her with the praise she desperately needs, comforts her in moments of despair, and even spends a couple of apparently chaste nights in her bed. Naturally, as everyone warns him she will, she breaks his heart — a little,

THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY

Mexican Grill Lunch & Dinner Specials Everyday!!

OVER 20 COMBOS

FREE SMALL MARGARITA

WITH YOUR PURCHASE OF A DINNER ENTREE Good Sun.-Thurs. Not Valid Fri. & Sat. Exp. 4/30/2012.

400 Jefferson Road • 424-4411

(Jefferson Plaza) Rochester • Sun. 12-9pm, Mon-Thurs. 11am-10pm, Fri. & Sat. 11am-10:30pm Find us on

30 City december 7-13, 2011

This and over a hundred other quotes...

3349 Monroe Ave. 249.9040

from $65-$130

The lovers, the dreamers, and you “The Muppets” (PG), directed by James Bobin Now playing

“Like Crazy” (PG-13), directed by Drake Doremus Now playing

Kermit and the gang make another “Rainbow Connection” in “The Muppets.” PHOTO

COURTESY WALT DISNEY PICTURES Photo courtesy Photofest

as he says — but leaves him with the memories that provide the substance of the picture.

As a movie about actors, “My Week With Marilyn” is naturally an actor’s movie, with a notable cast playing some famous performers of the time. Julia Ormond, for example, plays Olivier’s wife, Vivien Leigh, and Judi Dench plays Dame Sybil Thorndyke, perhaps the most sympathetic and likable character in the work; both of them project a measure of kindness and sympathy for Marilyn and Colin that no one else attempts.

Michelle Williams captures the look and sound of Monroe, but most of her performance, despite the personal reminiscences she confides to Colin, remains on the surface, a kind of caricature instead of a convincing impersonation.

She sings, she dances, she speaks in that girlish whisper, she shows some discreet glimpses of a gorgeous body, but she seldom reveals any depth or adds any meaning to everything already known about the great Hollywood icon.

The most pleasant surprise in “My Week With Marilyn” comes from Kenneth Branagh as Olivier, who forsakes his usual narcissistic hamming for a generally restrained interpretation, mixing all the rage in the actordirector’s frustrations with a certain sad and ironic self awareness. Near the end of the film he exhibits the complexity of his experience with Monroe and the picture, while also delivering the most heartfelt summation of the wonder of making movies.

At this point in pop-culture time, you’d be forgiven if your reaction to the resurrection of a beloved institution like “The Muppets” were one of suspicious cynicism, topped with a dollop of disgust. You might assume, understandably, that the studio suits were greedily banking on the mix of nostalgia and ego that usually incites parents to shell out their dwindling disposable income in hopes of sharing their childhood entertainments with their own kids. Even “The Muppet Movie” acknowledges that the felt-andthread simplicity of its stars may no longer have a place in this flashy digital world.

“You guys are no longer relevant,” Rashida Jones’ TV executive tells Kermit the frog, et al., who then spend the rest of “The Muppet Movie” demonstrating that sincerity, humor, and heart will never go out of style.

A dizzying blend of genres, including road movie, coming-of-age tale, onelast-job flick, and let’s-put-on-a-show musical, “The Muppet Movie” proudly wears its low-fi history on its sleeve even as it makes things a bit more hip.

Before we cross paths with the Muppets that we know and love, however, we are introduced to the newest one, Walter.

Living with his brother Gary (co-writer Jason Segel) in idyllic Smalltown, Walter became a huge Muppet fan after seeing their primetime show and noticing that they shared a similar genetic predisposition toward fixed tongues and googly eyes. Walter jumps at the chance to meet his idols when Gary invites him on his vacation to Los Angeles with girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams, in sweetheart “Enchanted” mode) to celebrate their 10th anniversary.

It’s after a visit to the now-decrepit Muppet Studios that Walter overhears how dastardly tycoon Tex Richman (Oscar winner Chris Cooper can now add “rapper” to his resume) is planning to buy the property and drill for oil (yes, in the middle of LA), sending the determined Walter on a mad scramble to assemble the far-flung Muppets for a fundraiser to save the Muppet Theatre. But does anyone besides Walter care enough to work for the survival of the Muppets? That’s the meta-question asked both by and in the film, which confronts the age-old decision between hanging on and letting go. That thematic choice becomes germane to Walter as well, who loves his brother but feels equally at home with these creatures who look just like him.

Cameos abound, like Foo Fighter Dave Grohl as the fake Animal in the Muppet tribute band, as do production numbers, catchy like a typical Muppet tune yet with that goofily self-referential Segel touch.

(The clever “Party of One,” a sort of duet

between Adams and Miss Piggy, should become a girl-power disco anthem.) You may remember that Segel’s script for the wonderful “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” hinged on his character’s dream to mount a vampire puppet musical; that’s probably why “The Muppet Movie” feels as though it’s in the right, respectful hands, be it a kickstart for future adventures or a fittingly sweet swan song. The money, as always, will decide the Muppets’ fate.

The highs and lows of love have nearly

cornered the market on artistic inspiration for as long there’s been self-expression. And even though the bittersweet romance “Like Crazy” is largely improvised by its talented leads, the story is informed by director Drake Doremus’s own experience with a long-distance romance, that aching limbo where absence will hopefully make the heart grow fonder, though all too often it’s just out of sight, out of mind. But you’re never sure how it will play out in “Like Crazy,” which chronicles the ebb and flow of the intense relationship between Anna (appealing British ingenue Felicity Jones) and Jacob (Anton Yelchin, “Star Trek”).

Anna and Jacob fall in love during college, but after Anna overstays her student visa, she’s confronted with an ocean of red tape if she hopes to re-enter the United States. Jacob is unwilling to relocate his fledgling furniture-design business, and the two must find a way to sustain their bond... or not. You’ll recognize “Winter’s Bone” Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence as Jacob’s possible distraction, but “Like Crazy” is anchored by the beautifully wise performances from Jones and Yelchin, with Jones especially laying herself emotionally bare as Anna wrestles with feelings like guilt and selfishness as well as the inevitable loneliness that can creep into even the strongest of relationships.

Photo courtesy Photofest

[REVIEW] BY DAYNA PAPALEO

RAINTREE COUNTY

Thursday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m.

Based on the best-selling 1947 novel, Edward Dmytryk’s sweeping epic follows a Civil War-era Southern belle (Elizabeth Taylor) who ensnares Montgomery Clift by claiming she’s pregnant. Midway through shooting, a near-fatal car accident left one side of Clift's face paralyzed. (Edward Dmytryk, US 1957, 187 min., w/intermission.)

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Movies for movie lovers, 6 nights a week.

Liz Taylor

Saturday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m. & Sunday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m.

Tim Burton’s stop motion masterpiece! When Jack Skellington, Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, stumbles upon the portal to Christmastown, he can’t believe his eyes. Even though he doesn’t quite understand what this Christmas and “Sandy Claws” is all about, Jack wants a piece of the action and sets out to take the holiday back to Halloween Town. (Henry Selick, US 1993, 76 min.)

Season’s Greetings!

Film Info: 271-4090 l 900 East Avenue l Eastman House Café—stop in for a light dinner or dessert before the film. l Wi-Fi Hotspot l Sponsored by rochestercitynewspaper.com City 31

HIGHEST PRICES PAID old, broken, or unwanted gold, SELL ORTRADE Your diamonds, platinum, sterling silver or coins.

Watch Batteries installed $1.99 (with coupon)

100 N. Main St., Fairport • 377-4641

4:50, 10:05; HUGO: 1:50, 7:50; also in 3D 1:20, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15; IMMORTALS (3D): 2:25, 5:05, 8, 10:35; JACK AND JILL: 2:15, 4:35, 7:25, 9:45; J. EDGAR: 3:50, 9:15; THE MUPPETS: 4:10, 7:05, 9:40; also opencaptioned 1:25; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 1:40, 2:10, 4:30, 5, 7:15, 7:45, 10, 10:30; PUSS IN BOOTS: 1:35, 2:05, 6:55, 7:40; also in 3D 4:20, 10:10; THE SITTER: 1:30, 2, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:55, 9:20, 10:20; TOWER HEIST: 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:25; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN: 1:10, 4:05, 4:45, 7:10, 9:55, 10:40.

7:10, 10:10; IMMORTALS (3D): 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20; JACK AND JILL: 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; THE MUPPETS: 1:30, 2:10, 4:10, 4:50, 7, 7:30, 10; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 1:15, 2, 3:55, 4:55, 6:55, 7:35, 9:40, 10:15; PUSS IN BOOTS: 2:25, 5:05; THE SITTER: 2:30, 5:15, 7:55, 10:05; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 1:20, 4, 6:45, 7:45, 9:25, 10:25.

Henrietta 18 424-3090 525 Marketplace Dr. **NO FILM TIMES BY PRESS TIME**

Dryden Theatre 271-3361 900 East Ave *NOTE: Film times for Wed 12/7-12/14* SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS: Wed 12/7 8; RAINTREE COUNTRY: Thu 8; CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT: Fri 8, Sun 5; NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Sat 8, Sun 2; BEN HUR: Tue 7; HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO: Wed 12/14 8.

The Little 258-0400 240 East Ave. THE DESCENDANTS: 7:10, 9:40; also Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30; LIKE CRAZY: 6:40; also Sat-Sun 12; MELANCHOLIA: 9:20; also Sat-Sun 3; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN: 6:50, 9:10; also Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:20; TAKE SHELTER: 7, 9:30; also Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:10; THE WAY: 6:30, 9; also Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:40.

Eastview 13

RESEARCH Subjects Needed For a mild to moderate plaque psoriasis trial.

Potential subjects must be over 18 years old, in good general health and willing to attend four study visits.

Eligible subjects will be compensated for time and travel.

IF INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, PLEASE CONTACT: THE RESEARCH OFFICE at SKIN SEARCH, 100 WHITE SPRUCE BLVD., ROCHESTER, NY 14623

(585) 697-1818

WWW.DERMROCHESTER.COM

32 City december 7-13, 2011

425-0420 Eastview Mall, Victor ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 1:15, 3:50; also in 3D 1:55, 4:20, 6:55, 9:40; HAPPY FEET TWO: 1:40, 6:50; also in 3D 4:05, 9:30; HUGO: 3:55, 9:55; also in 3D 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:25; IMMORTALS (3D): 1:25, 4, 6:45, 9:35; JACK AND JILL: 1:35, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10; J. EDGAR: 6:40, 9:45; THE MUPPETS: 1:50, 2:20, 4:25, 4:55, 7:10, 10; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20; PUSS IN BOOTS: 1:20, 7:25; THE SITTER: 2:15, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05; TOWER HEIST: 2:10, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 1:30, 4:15, 7, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30.

Geneseo Theatres 243-2691 Geneseo Square Mall ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 7; also Sat-Sun 1; HAPPY FEET TWO (3D): Sat-Sun 3; HUGO (3D); 7, 9:20; also Sat-Sun 1, 4; JACK AND JILL: 9; also Sat-Sun 5; THE MUPPETS: 7, 9; also SatSun 12:45, 2:50, 4:50; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 7, 9:15; also SatSun 1:30, 4; THE SITTER: 7:15, 9:15; also Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:15, 5:15; TWLIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 7:10, 9:20; also SatSun 1:15, 4.

Greece Ridge 12 Follow us on Like us on

225-5810 176 Greece Ridge Center Dr. ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 4:35, 9:50; also in 3D 1:50, 7:20; HAPPY FEET TWO: 1:40, 7:05; also in 3D 4:25, 9:30; HUGO: 9:35; also in 3D 1:25, 4:20,

Movies 10 292-5840 2613 W. Henrietta Rd. 50/50: 2:45, 5, 7:40, 10; ABDUCTION: 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10; CONTAGION: 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55; DOLPHIN TALE: 2:35, 5:10, 8; also in 3D 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; DRIVE: 2:10, 4:35, 7:05; THE HELP: 2:25, 5:35, 8:45; THE LION KING (3D): 2, 4:30; MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:35; PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:40; THE THREE MUSKETEERS: 7:10, 9:45.

Pittsford Cinema 383-1310 3349 Monroe Ave. THE DESCENDANTS: 2, 2:50, 4:35, 5:25, 7:10, 8; also FriSat 9:45; also Fri-Sun 12:15; HAPPY FEET TWO: 2:40, 5:05; also Fri-Sun 12:25; HUGO (3D): 3:40; 6:30; also Fri-Sat 9:20; also Fri-Sun 12:40; J. EDGAR: 1, 3:55, 6:50; also Fri-Sat 9:40; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN: 2:30, 4:45, 7; also Fri-Sat 9:15; also Fri-Sun 12:05; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 1:50, 4:25, 7:20; also Fri-Sat 9:55; SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS: Thu midnight; THE SITTER: 1;15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:50; also Fri-Sat 10:05; TOWER HEIST: 7:40, 9:50; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 2:20, 4:45, 7:30; also Fri-Sat 10; also Fri-Sun 11:55 a.m.

Tinseltown USA / IMAX 247-2180 2291 Buffalo Rd. ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 11:55 a.m., 4:55, 9:55;

also in 3D 2:25, 7:25; THE DESCENDANTS: 1:15, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20; HAPPY FEET TWO: 12, 5, 9:55; also in 3D 2:30, 7:30; also in IMAX 3D 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45; HUGO: 12:30; also in 3D 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; IMMORTALS: 1:40; also in 3D 4:20, 6:55, 9:35; JACK AND JILL: 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45; THE MUPPETS: 12:25, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:50, 7:10, 8:30, 9:50; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 12:45, 2:10, 3:35, 5, 6:25, 7:50, 9:15; PUSS IN BOOTS: 12:15, 4:45; also in 3D 2:30, 7:05; THE SITTER: 1, 2:05, 3:10, 4:15, 5:20, 6:25, 7:30, 8:35, 9:40; TOWER HEIST: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 12, 1:20, 2:45, 4:10, 5:35, 7, 8:25, 9:45.

Webster 12 888-262-4386 2190 Empire Blvd.

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS: 1:50, 7:10; also in 3D 4:45; also Fri-Sat & Thu in 3D 9:30; also Sat-Sun 11:40 a.m.; HAPPY FEET TWO: 4:20; also Fri-Sat & Thu 9:30; also Sat 11:30 a.m.; also in 3D 2, 7; HUGO: 3:45; also in 3D 1, 4:15, 7:05; also Fri-Sat in 3D 9:50; also Sat-Sun in 3D 10:15 a.m.; IMMORTALS: 3; also in 3D 12:30, 5:15; 7:45; also Fri-Sat & Thu in 3D 10:05; JACK AND JILL: 12, 5:55, 8:30; also Fri-Sat & Thu 10:30; J. EDGAR: 12:45, 7:15; also Fri-Sat & Thu 10:15; also Sat-Sun 10 a.m.; THE MUPPETS: 2:30, 5, 7:20; also Fri-Sat & Thu 9:40; also Sat-Sun 11:50 a.m.; NEW YEAR’S EVE: 6:30; also Fri-Sat & Thu 9:15; also closed-captioned 1:30, 4:30, 7:30; also (cc) Fri-Sat & Thu 10:20; also (cc) Sat-Sun 10:45 a.m.; PUSS IN BOOTS: 12:20, 4:10; also in 3D 2:15; also Sat-Sun in 3D 10:30 a.m.; SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS: Thu midnight; THE SITTER: 1:40, 4:05, 7:35; also Fri-Sat & Thu 10:10; also Sat-Sun 11 a.m.; TOWER HEIST: 12:10, 3:15, 5:30, 8:15; also Fri-Sat & Thu 10:25; TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN 1: 1:40, 4:05, 7:25; also Fri-Sat & Thu 10; also Sat-Sun 11:15 a.m.

Film Previews Full film reviews available at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ OPENING ] BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST: The second adaptation of Lew Wallace’s oft-filmed historical novel is the most expensive silent film ever, telling the sweeping saga of the Jewish slave who perseveres to avenge his family’s mistreatment at the hands of a one-time friend.

Dryden (Tue, Dec 13, 8 p.m.)

CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT: This screwball comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as a lifestyle maven who must try to hide her actual lack of

domesticity when her boss invites a returning war hero to spend Christmas with her nonexistent family. Dryden (Fri, Dec 9, 8 p.m., and Sun, Dec 11, 5 p.m.)

NEW YEAR’S EVE: From the people to blame for “Valentine’s Day” comes another holiday-themed romantic comedy with a massive acting ensemble, this one set amidst the bustle of New York City. With Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert DeNiro.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: “Coraline” director Henry Selick helmed this stop-motion holiday classic about Pumpkin King Jack Skellington’s uphill efforts to bring Christmas to the ghouls and monsters of Halloween Town. Dryden (Sat, Dec 10, 8 p.m., and Sun, Dec 11, 2 p.m.)

RAINTREE COUNTY: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eva Marie Saint lead the cast of Edward Dmytryk’s Civil War epic about the complicated relationship between an Indiana teacher and a tempestuous Southern belle. Dryden (Thu, Dec 8, 7 p.m.)

THE SITTER: Jonah Hill stars in the latest from David Gordon Green, a manic comedy about a college student on suspension whose job watching the kids next door one evening leads, naturally, to a pursuit through Manhattan by drug dealing psychos.

Co-starring Ari Graynor and Sam Rockwell. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS: Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake star for writer-director Preston Sturges in this satire about a successful young filmmaker who decides to live the hobo

life in order to make socially relevant pictures. Dryden (Wed, Dec 7, 8 p.m.)

THE WAY: Emilio Estevez directs dad Martin Sheen in this road-movie drama about a man who walks the ancient pilgrimage route on the El Camino de Santiago, stretching from France to Spain, with the remains of his son. Little [ CONTINUING ] ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (PG): From the Aardman Animation studios comes this holiday tale that exposes the state-of-theart technology in use at the North Pole and how Arthur, Santa’s youngest son, must

use it for his own important mission. Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, and Michael Palin.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster BREAKING DAWN: PART 1 (PG13): Finally! Let’s get this over with. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster THE DESCENDANTS (R): Alexander Payne’s longawaited follow-up to 2004’s “Sideways” is this bittersweet comedy starring George Clooney as a father who continues on page 34

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 33

travels to Hawaii to reconnect with his daughters but instead discovers a life-changing secret. With Matthew Lillard and Judy Greer. Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown HAPPY FEET TWO (PG): Elijah Wood, Pink, and Common are but three of the celebrities lending their voices to this sequel from “Mad Max” director George Miller, in which Mumbles and the rest of the penguins fight to preserve their penguiny way of life. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster HUGO (PG): As if the world isn’t weird enough, Martin Scorsese has made a 3D family film! It’s about an orphan in 1930s Paris who gets involved in a mystery involving his late dad and a robot With Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, and Jude Law. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster IMMORTALS (R): Tarsem Singh’s follow-up to 2008’s spectacular “The Fall” is this violent 3D adventure-fantasy that pits the Zeus-anointed peasant Theseus (future Superman Henry Cavill) against Greek god Hyperion (the great Mickey Rourke).

With Stephen Dorff and Freida Pinto. Canandaigua, Culver,

Adam Sandler and (sigh) Adam Sandler in “Jack and Jill.”

PHOTO COURTESY Columbia Pictures

Eastview, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster IN TIME (PG-13): Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfriend, and Cillian Murphy star in the latest from writerdirector Andrew Niccol, highconcept science-fiction set in a future where the wealthiest live the longest and one young man goes on the run from a corrupt police force who believe he murdered a rich man for his time.

Canandaigua J. EDGAR (R): Clint Eastwood directs Leonardo DiCaprio as the controversial first director of the FBI, a post he held for nearly 40 years during which he modernized law enforcement and tried to keep big secrets. Costarring Naomi Watts, Armie

Hammer, and Dame Judi Dench, and written by “Milk” Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Pittsford, Webster JACK AND JILL (PG): Your yearly dosage of Adam Sandler gets upped as the successful SNL alum plays both title roles in this family comedy about bickering adult twins spending Thanksgiving together. Featuring Katie Holmes, Al Pacino (!), plus, of course, Spade, Meadows, MacDonald, and Carvey.

Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster LIKE CRAZY (PG-13): Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, and Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence lead the cast of this romantic drama about

a British exchange student who falls for an American design major, only have their relationship tested when she’s banned from the US after overstaying her visa. Little MELANCHOLIA (R): Kirsten Dunst won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her performance in Lars von Trier’s latest, a dark drama about two sisters and their very different reactions to the imminent end of the world.

With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Keifer Sutherland, and Alexander Skarsgård. Little THE MUPPETS (PG): Jason Segel and Amy Adams lead the human contingent in the latest Muppet adventure, in which they must reunite Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang to prevent a heartless oil man (Chris Cooper) from drilling under the Muppet Theatre.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (R): Michelle Williams plays Norma Jean herself in this adaptation of Colin Clark’s memoir about the time he spent with Monroe as Sir Laurence Olivier’s assistant during the filming of 1957’s “The Prince and The Showgirl.” Co-starring Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, and Dame Judi Dench. Little, Pittsford

Two kids (Chloe Moretz and Asa Butterfield), one key in “Hugo.”

PHOTO COURTESY Warner Bros. Pictures

PUSS IN BOOTS (PG): Antonio Banderas voices the title character in this “Shrek” prequel, which pits the swashbuckling feline against those amoral thugs Jack and Jill, voiced by Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris.

Also featuring the pipes of Salma Hayek and Zach Galafianakis. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster TAKE SHELTER (R): The second film from talented “Shotgun Stories” director Jeff Nichols reteams him with Michael Shannon as an unsettled husband and father wondering whether he should protect his family from a looming storm or from himself. Co-starring Jessica Chastain. Little

TOWER HEIST (PG-13): Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, and Téa Leoni lead the cast of this action comedy from “Rush Hour” director Brett Ratner about a group of working stiffs plotting to rob the wealthy businessman (Alan Alda) who defrauded them in a Ponzi scheme. Culver, Eastview, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster

Classifieds

For information: Call us (585) 244-3329 Fax us (585) 244-1126 Mail Us City Classifieds 250 N. Goodman Street Rochester, NY 14607 Email Us classifieds@ rochester-citynews.com EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act, which makes it unlawful, “to make, print, or publish, any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under the age of 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Call the local Fair Housing Enforcement Project, FHEP at 325-2500 or 1-866-671-FAIR. Si usted sospecha una practica de vivienda injusta, por favor llame al servicio legal gratis. 585-325-2500 - TTY 585-325-2547.

34 City december 7-13, 2011

Apartments for Shared Rent Housing

Houses for Rent

EAST END Conveniently located, 1-bedroom apartment in a house.

W/W carpet. Parking available.

Water included. Some pets accepted. Near: Downtown, Eastman, Park and East Avenue! $510+ 585-210-2473

FOR RENT OR SALE ON LAND CONTRACT/SODUS: Decent 3 bedroom home with 1st floor bath and washer/dryer hookups.

Huge lot. $825/mo. Call Cornerstone 607-936-1945. See our complete listings at www. homesbycornerstone.com

PARK NEAR EAST Gorgeous 1st floor, 1 or 2bdrm. Den, Eat-In Kitchen, Heated Sun Porch, Laundry. Private/Quiet. No pets, Non-smokers. $765+ utilities.

Ready Now. 484-770-8095

ALL AREAS - ROOMMATES. COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http://www.Roommates.com.

LARGE FURNISHED ROOM Quiet home. Utilities, Cable, off-street-parking included. On bus line. West Rochester. Call 585-328-2771, if no answer leave message.

Houses for Sale HOMES FOR SALE Pittsford/ Bushnells Basin 3 Homes on fabulous 3 acre park-like yard.

Beautifully updated, 1800’s large main house plus 2 smaller homes which are leased for $24,000 per year (Great In-Law Home). Owner must sell due to age & health 585-3838888 PRICE REDUCED TO SELL/ LOG CABIN WITH LAND: This seasonal cabin/retreat sits nestled on 11+ acres with access to two ponds and 340 acres for hunting, fishing and recreational purposes. Located in Scio School District, 15 Min from Wellsville. The cabin comes fully furnished including appliances and

Place your real estate ad by calling 244-3329 ext. 23 or rochestercitynewspaper.com Ad Deadlines: Friday 4pm for Display Ads Monday at noon for Line ads too many extra to list. This is truly a fabulous buy for the outdoorsman and ready to be enjoyed today. This secluded cabin/retreat is priced to sell @ $59,000. Call 607-937-0678 for more details including financing options.

Land for Sale NYS & ADIRONDACKS Rustic Cozy Cabin w/ 5 Acres $19,995. Over 150 new properties & camps. Minutes to state game lands. New survey,

clear title, fully guaranteed!

For cozy cabin details call 800-229-7843. Or visit www.

LandandCamps.com

Ceilings & Drywall

Commercial/ Office Space

100% ABSOLUTE DUST-FREE: Ceilings & walls. $25.00 Seniors; discount. Repaired, installed. Textured, swirled, sunburst. Water damage specialist. Insurance work. Free estimates. 45 years experience.

225-6590

UofR/ AIRPORT AREA Brick, Mixed use building. 6,000 sq.ft. of stores/office plus 3 apartments. Owner must sell due to illness. Owner financing, no banks needed. 383-8888

HomeWork A cooperative effort of City Newspaper and RochesterCityLiving, a program of the Landmark Society.

continues on page 37

NOW OPEN

Civil War-Era in Corn Hill

80 Glasgow Street LIVE ROCHESTER HISTORY THE MOST EXCITING NEW/OLD DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS BUILT 1840-RENOVATED 2011 HEAT INCLUDED • TOWNHOUSES AND FLATS STOP BY FOR AN APPLICATION 312 STATE STREET M-F 9-6, SAT 9-1

In 1864, when many of Rochester’s boys were south of the Mason-Dixon battling for the Union, a house was finished on Glasgow Street in the Corn Hill neighborhood. This house, like its neighborhood, today still exudes extraordinary quality and character.

Eighty Glasgow Street is 2,066 square feet, has four-bedrooms, two-bathrooms, and sits on a quarter-acre lot. Left of the entry is a living room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves covering a full wall and then some, and two huge floor-to-ceiling windows. Accessible from the living room and the front hall is another spacious room, now used for dining.

The kitchen at the back is just right for 21st century cooking, and features an extensive collection of cupboards and cabinets. Off the short hall between the dining room and kitchen, through French doors, is a cozy room with another big window and exposed brick from an old chimney; this could be an office or even a fifth bedroom. Beyond the kitchen is a laundry room and a handy half-bathroom. Also off the kitchen is a back staircase to the upstairs.

At the top of the front staircase, minihallways seem to lead in all directions.

One goes to a large, earth tone-hued room now a master bedroom. Across is a smaller bedroom that would be great for a smaller kid. A little further down is a bigger bedroom that would be great for a bigger

kid! A fourth bedroom and a full bath with claw foot tub and sleek stall shower are at the end of the longest hall leading back.

An attic offers storage and the basement a good workspace. Outside, there’s a patio off the kitchen and a yard ample for the galloping of little people and for summertime gatherings.

While the house is wonderfully old, there’s some good newness to it: a new roof (2007) and high-tech blown-in insulation (2009).

The house’s Corn Hill location is superb. It’s close to Corn Hill Landing and the riverfront, and a walk away from our rapidly rising downtown. Within the neighborhood, there are beautiful streets and a dazzling array of architecture, and the endearing Frederick Douglass Circle with its oval park and gazebo—named after the remarkable man who published his North Star abolition newspaper from a Corn Hill church. (How’s that for some neighborhood history to be proud of?)

For just $149,900, 80 Glasgow and historic Corn Hill can be yours. Call Nothnagle agent Joan Greeno at 585-349-6023 for a tour. For more photographs, go to rochestercityliving. com/property/R168797. For more information about Corn Hill, see www.cornhill.org.

by Evan Lowenstein Evan is the former editor of the HomeWork and Coordinator of RochesterCityLiving.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 35

Home and Garden Professionals Residential & Commercial

872.0027 Licensed-Insured • Free Estimates

We accept all major credit cards

www.allanelectricinc.com

Stand-by Generators Service Changes Exhaust Fans Trouble Shooting Hot Tubs Swimming Pools Cable TV & CAT 5 Wiring Custom Lighting & Wiring Security Cameras Telephone & Intercoms Trenching

$99* per window $149* per window

With purchase of 4 32”x14” glass block windows With purchase of 4 32”x24” glass block windows

*includes installation. Fresh Air Vents additional cost

• Increase Security & Comfort of Your Home 100% • Lower Heating Costs American Made • Prevents Bugs, Burglars, Windows Bitter Cold & Water • EPA Lead Safe Certified • Unique Selection of Glass Over 50,000 Windows Installed! Block Patterns

WWW.COMPLETEPAINTING.NET

• Plaster/Drywall • Cracked Walls • Carpentry

• Window Glazing • Ceiling Repair • Interior/Exterior

749-3265

Call for your Free Estimate Today!

www.vanguardglassblock.com

586-2520 Satisfying Customers Since 1980

& MASONRY CHIMNEYS ARE OUR EXPERTISE! • Chimneys Cleaned • Chimneys Repaired • Chimney Liners installed • Dampers Installed • Chimney Caps Installed • Wood Stoves installed • Gas Log Sets and Inserts Installed • CODE Correc ons

Over 35 Years of Experience.

Fully Insured

585-734-8444

Affordable

Chimney Cleaning Special $69.95

Home Improvements All Phases of Home Improvements

ROOF LEAKS Chimney Repair Service

• Bath • Kitchen • Basement • Windows/Doors • Roofing • Siding

Owner on every job!

SAVE 10% ALL SERVICES

• Carpentry • Gutter Repair • Siding • Drywall Repair • Painting • Deck Staining

Small job Specialist FREE ESTIMATES For All Your Home Repairs

Call

414-3692

All major credit cards accepted • Fully insured

Call the Handyman Home Repair Service • 24-hour Service (585)802-1544

BOTTOM LINE PRICING - ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!

100% ABSOLUTE DUST-FREE

Ceilings and Drywall

Coppeta Heating

Ceilings & walls. $25.00 Seniors Discount.

Repaired, Installed. Textured, Swirled, Sunburst. Water damage specialist. Insurance work. Free es�mates. 45 years experience.

Textured Ceilings • Sunbursts Water Damage • Insurance Work Plaster Repairs • Stress Crack Repair FULL PAINTING AND REMODELING New Installations • Finishing Quality Workmanship • Insured Free Estimates

Chimney Safety, Your #1 Priority!

American Plaster & Drywall

585- 225-6590

T O A D V E RTI S E I N O U R

HOME & GARDEN PROFESSIONALS SECTION C A L L C H R I S T I N E AT

244.3329 x23 36 City december 7-13, 2011

Ceiling Repair Specialist Matthew M.

202-2909

mulcahyceilingsanddrywall.com

Contractor, LLC jcoppeta@rochester.rr.com

Joe Coppeta 585-820-8758 Beautiful Bathrooms By Anthony Craftsmanship is the key to a quality work.

One company does it all.

Average Bathroom 5, days complete. Design and Problem Solving .

References, Call for a free estimate, 334-1759 Emergency no. 330-8389

> page 35

General Contractors J.B.WALSH Full Service Remodeling. Quality Since 1980.

Member of BCB of Rochester.

Insured / Free Estimates. 467-4631

Adoption A LOVING COUPLE wishes to adopt baby. We will provide

financial security, education, and the promise of unconditional love!

Expenses paid. Ryan and Kim 888-601-1559 A TRULY HAPPY COUPLE with so much love to share hopes to give your precious newborn a lifetime of happiness. Michael and Eileen 1-877-955-8355 babyformichaelandeileen@ gmail.com ADOPT We dream of adopting a baby into our home full of laughter, love and security!

Michelle & Greg 1-855-3823678 Expenses paid. Open, loving arms await!

ADOPT- A caring teacher would love to welcome your newborn into my warm, secure home. Beautiful extended family, expenses paid.

Please call Nicole #888-890-1153 www.nicoleandkevinadopt.com ADOPT- A happy, professional, loving couple wishes to raise your baby with care, warmth,and love.

Expenses paid. Please call Denise and Howard (877)676-1660

PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293 (Void in Illinois) (AAN CAN) WE’D LOVE TO SHARE our hearts and home with a baby. We promise love, security, learning, and laughter. Confidential.

Expenses paid. PLease call Barb/ Pete 1-888-516-3402 www. barbandpeteadopt.com

Automotive ALWAYS BETTER Higher cash for your Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans.

From $260-$800 or more for newer. Running or not. With free towing. Also free removale of any unwanted model in any condition.

Call 585-305-5865 CASH FOR CARS Any Car/Truck.

Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid.

We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www. cash4car.com (AAN CAN)

DONATE VEHICLE RECEIVE $1000 GROCERY COUPONS. NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION SUPPORT NO KILL SHELTERS HELP HOMELESS PETS FREE TOWING, TAX DEDUCTIBLE, NON-RUNNERS ACCEPTED 1-866-912-GIVE SELL YOUR CAR TRUCK or SUV TODAY! All 50 states, fast pickup and payment. Any condition, make or model. Call now 1-877818-8848 www.MyCarforCash.net

continues on page 38

CITY Newspaper presents

Mind Body Spirit TO ADVERTISE IN MIND BODY SPIRIT CALL CHRISTINE AT 244.3329 x23 or email: Christine@rochester-citynews.com

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 37

I’m very pleased with the calls I got from our apartment rental ads, and will continue running them. Your readers respond — positively!”

- M. Smith, Residential Management > page 37

Education EARN COLLEGE ONLINE *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available.

Financial Aid if qualified.

SCHEV certified Call 888-2018657 www.CenturaOnline.com HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Graduate in just 4 weeks!!!

FREE Brochure. Call NOW! 1800-532-6546 Ext. 97 www. continentalacademy.com (AAN CAN)

The Emporium FOR SALE Barely used Sharper Image Steel Juicer $30, Laptop briefcase $25, Honeywell strongbox $25, Sew Machine

$50, X-Acto Paper Trimmer $10. Contact owner mgrant@ frontier.com.

GERMAN SHEPHERD PICTURE In wood frame . 13.5” x 22” 585880-2903 $12

For Sale

LAWN DEER Buck 26” h, Doe 23” h, Solid Wood, cut outs, painted white. Excellent Condition. 585-663-6983, $10.00

CANDLE HOLDER SNOWFLAKE votive candle holder $5 or B/O 261-1798 CURTAINS (pictures of horses, hounds on fox hunt, hook kind, 84” long, 2 pair $40 Green white, brown 585-880-2903 DOG & CAT HOUSES Kennels, porch steps, do it yourself kits. Quick assembly 585-752-1000 $49 Jim DOLL (NUN) 1950 13” high on stand, dressed in black and white outfit w/hood $25 BO Rochester 585-544-4155 EXERCISE SKI MACHINE $35, Irondequoit, 585-746-8756

SWINGING SHUTTER WOOD DOOR(1) ONLY ONE. Like in Cowboy movies, 5’ 5” tall, 2’ 2” wide (pantry, closet) Hangs middle of door frame. $15 585880-2903 VARIOUS ITEMS Subwoofer $50, Music & computer CD’s $2 ea Must sell 585-507-6896

Jam Section BASS PLAYER NEEDED We are an established experimental prog/fusion/metal Art Rock

P LY M O U T H S P I R I T U A L I S T C H U R C H Together We Are One

2 9 V I C K PA R K A ROCHESTER, NY

Sunday Services 10:30 AM All Message Service & Free Spiritual Healing Third Weds ~ 7 PM ~ Séances ~ Classes ~ Gallery Reading ~ For more information and schedules www.plymouthspiritualistchurch.org Robin Higgins, Pastor ~ Phone: 585.271.1470

Sunday Mass at St. Michael’s Church Sunday, December 11th at 4:00pm

Free Parking at St. Michael’s Church Corner of Clinton & Clifford

St. Michael’s Singers

Anne Laver Music Director/Organ Alicia Messenger, cantor 38 City december 7-13, 2011

project with professional players seeking cohort to re-fill our bass chair. soundcloud.com/themusic-of-epilogue 585-9669260 BASSIST & PERCUSIONIST Available, looking for a Jazz, Funk, R & B established group, or keyboardist w/ vocals. Tight reliable players. Call 315-4402137 or 585-356-9608 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 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 MUSICIANS, Soundman, Bands, Rappers, Singers, All styles Contact 585-285-8426

THINK MOVE BREATHE DANCE HEAL SEARCH STRETCH STRENGTHEN RELAX

SING MULTI MUSICIANS NEEDED. must have equipt. & transportation. Avail Eves & weekends. Seeking guitarist & keyboardsits. No freelancers Bobby 585-328-4121. e-mail rlbullock3@yahoo.com THE CHORUS OF THE GENESEE (CoG) has openings in all voice parts. The CoG performs a wide variety of musical styles from barbershop to Broadway, to patriotic and religious. Men of all ages.

Contact Ed Rummler at 585385-2698.

Miscellaneous FREE GROCERIES! Receive $2000 in Grocery Savings!

Grocery Stimulus Program provides $2000 savings to participants of shopping survey.

ALL MAJOR AND LOCAL supermarkets! Call now 877301-1691 SAWMILLS from only $3997MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmil Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD www.NorwoodSawmills.com/300N 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N VIAGRA 100MG and CIALIS 20mg!! 40 Pills +4 FREE only $99.00. #1 Male Enhancement, Discreet Shipping. Only $2.70/ pill. Buy The Blue Pill Now! 1888-797-9022

Looking For...

BUYING COINS Gold, Silver & ALL Coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Entire Collections worth $5,000 or more. Travel to your home. CASH paid. Call Marc -1800-488-4175 SEEKING HOUSESITTING OPPORTUNITY Non-smoking female minister seeks Housesitting opportunity March 8-29, 2012, Park Ave. area or Irondequoit near Lake: REVRLLOYD@gmail.com

Music Services 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

Wanted to Buy CASH FOR CARS! We Buy ANY Car or Truck ,Running or NOT! Damaged, Wrecked, Salvaged OK! Get a top dollar INSTANT offer today! 1-800-267-1591

MIND BODY SPIRIT [ See Page 37 of this week’s issue ]

TO ADVERTISE CALL CHRISTINE AT 244.3329 x23

ADVERTISING SALES OPPORTUNITY SEEKING ONE OUTSTANDING SALES PROFESSIONAL. MUST BE ASSERTIVE, OUTGOING, SMART, IMAGINATIVE AND CONFIDENT. SALES EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN RECORD OF SALES ACHIEVEMENT A MUST. NEWSPAPER/MEDIA SALES A DEFINITE PLUS. SALARY PLUS COMMISSION PLUS BENEFITS.

SEND RESUME TO: Betsy Matthews, City Newspaper, 250 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607 OR EMAIL TO: bmatthews@rochester-citynews.com

Rent your apartment special third week is

FREE

Place your ad by calling 244-3329 ext. 23 or rochestercitynewspaper.com Ad Deadlines: Friday 4pm for Display Ads Monday at noon for Line ads

EMPLOYMENT / CAREER TRAINING

Employment AIRLINES ARE HIRING Train for hands on Aviation Career.

FAA approved program.

Financial aid if qualifiedJob Placement Assistance.

CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (866)296-7093

An Accounts Payable Clerk is an essential part of our team!

ATTENTION PROFESSIONAL Truck Drivers! It’s NOW TIME to get back to work! More Freight and Top Earnings! Call Prime Inc. Today! 1-800-277-0212 www.primeinc.com

If you are interested in providing support to the administrative and financial components of our agency, then this career opportunity may be exactly what you have been looking for!

$$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary! Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800-4057619 EXT 2450 http://www. easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN) MALE DANCE INSTRUCTORS Needed. Dance experience perforable, but will train the right candidate. Call Fred Astaire Dance Studio at 2921240 to schedule interview today! WWW.FADSROCHESTER. COM PAID IN ADVANCE Make $1,000 a Week mailing brochures from home!

Guaranteed Income! FREE Supplies! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.homemailerprogram.net (AAN CAN) REEFER DRIVERS NEEDED! You deserve the nations’s best freight network! Prime needs experienced drivers and Class A commercial students. Call Prine Inc. Today! 1-800-277-0212 www.primeinc.com SENIOR EQUITY ANALYST Fairport, NY, Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC. Provide analytical coverage for equity securities across a diversified grouping of global services-oriented industries.

Create financial models, research reports, projections and valuation analyses.

Generate actionable long-term investment ideas in publicly traded equities across market capitalizations and geographies in the Media, Financials and telecommunication Services industries. Exp as a buy-side equity analyst managing a mutual fund with consistent out-performance relative to benchmark. Resume to Michele Bingo, Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC, 290 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, NY 14450.

TOP PAY On Excellent Runs!

Regional Runs, Steady Miles, Frequent Hometime, New Equipment. Automatic Detention Pay! CDL-A, 6 mo.

Experience required. EEOE/ AAP 866-322-4039 www.

Drive4Marten.com

continues on page 40

An Accounts Payable clerk at Lifetime Assistance, Inc is responsible for processing and coding of invoices, bills, and expense reports; audit of invoices and purchase orders; maintenance of the accounts payable system, new vendors, and debit memos; print checks for weekly check runs and resolve discrepancies with internal/external customers. In addition, the AP clerk would also prepare cash disbursements, processes cash receipts and prepare bank deposits, adjusting journal entries, audits and reviews expense accounts and department details for month end close. Responsibilities also include maintenance of department records and supporting documentation as needed.

Transitional & Long-Term Care Come Join Our Staff At our Culture Change Home!

Qualified applicants will possess an Associates Degree in Accounting or Business, with at least 1 year of related experience in accounting or bookkeeping. Candidate must be extremely detail oriented, possess strong problem solving skills, be deadline oriented and possess strong communication, telephone and computer skills in a busy work environment. 40 Hours/week $10.15-$14.62 pr hr

Want flexible day shi� hours, 24 hours every week NY State RN Licensure Required

APPLY TO: Hiring Manager, Lifetime Assistance Inc. 425 Paul Road Rochester, New York 14624 or APPLY ONLINE at www.lifetimeassistance.org.

Applications must accompany resumes. EOE

MDS CLINICAL SUPPORT NURSE

Apply today at Kirkhaven 254 Alexander St. Rochester, NY 14607 For a printable employment applica�on, visit our website: www.seniorsfirst.com

DEDICATED ROUTE-Team Driver Opportunity DRIVER TEAM needed for a dedicated route from Avon, NY to Ames, Iowa.

Qualified team drivers require: • Valid Class A CDL • Acceptable MVR/CSA • 18 months recent OTR experience

We offer:

• No Touch Freight/Dry Van • Home every other night and every weekend!!

• New Freightliner Tractor • Consistent, long term, stable high dollar earnings potential • Perfect opportunity for a husband & wife team

Gordon Sevig Trucking Company is a local, Northeast Iowa family owned and operated transportation provider in operation for over 26 years, with no layoffs in our history and debt-free. We offer an outstanding, high earning, and stable team opportunity for this dedicated run. We are looking for a qualified & committed team to join us. Full benefit package available including medical, dental, life, disability, 401k w/match, paid vacation, and performance bonuses.

If interested and qualified as a team, apply online @ www.gstcinc.com, email resume to gstchr@gstcinc.com, fax to 319-846-5541 or call for an application. Call 800-201-4782 for additional information regarding the dedicated team position.

Gordon Sevig Trucking Co. 400 Highway 151 East Walford, IA 52351

An EEO/M/F/V/H Employer

Become One! One Makes a Difference!

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of children or adults with developmental disabilities?

“Become one”, join our team of enthusiastic, caring staff today! If you have a desire to make a difference, possess excellent people skills, and work directly with individuals to help them gain and maintain independence in their lives, then Lifetime Assistance Inc is the employer for you!

We emphasize strengths, not limitations!

OPEN INTERVIEWS Tuesday DECEMBER 13TH, 9:00am-3:30pm CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD 3429 Chili Avenue Rochester, New York 14624 Our Employees Enjoy: Competitive Salaries, Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Generous Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement Programs, Referral Bonus Programs, Work Life Balance

To “Become One” of this dynamic team of professionals! Or to learn more about these openings and others please visit us online at www.lifetimeassistance.org

EOE Lifetime Assistance Inc. 425 Paul Road Rochester, NY 14624 • 585-426-4120 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 39

Legal Ads EMPLOYMENT / CAREER TRAINING

We Are Upsizing!

3 Sales & 2 Management positions available. Leads provided, full comprehensive benefits package, first year $40,000-50,000

Contact Ed Hanna (716) 998-8478 Ed.Hanna@combined.com

> page 39

Volunteers ARE YOU PREGNANT? Participate in a study to help you become healthier during and after pregnancy. Don’t Wait!

Please visit: www.emomsroc.org MEALS ON WHEELS Needs Winter Substitute volunteers!

Do you have an hour and a smile? Deliver meals to homebound neighbors at lunchtime. Interested? Call 7878326 to help.

NEW FIBRO SUPPORT Group is seeking volunteers for all positions, long-term & shortterm Call Brenda 585-341-3290 YMCA SCHOOL #12 999 South Ave. is looking for reading & math volunteers, English & Spanish.

Training provided. Call Vicki 585-461-4282 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED To assist with praise and worship. Living Waters Fellowship is a Christ centered non-denominational church in the early stages of development. Individuals, groups, and musicians are welcomed. Call 585-957-6155.

Career Training EARN $75-$200 HOUR (Now 25% Off), Media Makeup & Airbrush Training. For Ads, TV, Film, Fashion. 1 wk class &.

Portfolio. AwardMakeUpSchool. com 310-364-0665 (AAN CAN)

LOOKING TO

Lakeside Beikirch Care Center, Brockport, NY ‘Offers long term nursing care and short term comprehensive rehabilitation services’

CNA – Job ID# 2256: Provides quality care to residents.

Full time/part time/per diem openings for evenings/nights.

Current NYS CNA certification.

LPN – Nursing Team Coordinator – Job ID# 2255: Provides direct skilled nursing care to facility residents. Full time/part time/per diem –evenings/nights shifts. Current NYS LPN licensure.

Apply online at www.lakesidehealth.org Please reference corresponding Job ID#.

EOE 40 City december 7-13, 2011

HIRE?

PLACE YOUR EMPLOYMENT AD WITH CITY NEWSPAPER! SEE PAGE 39 TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW EMPLOYMENT SECTION! CALL CHRISTINE AT

244.3329 x23 FOR MORE INFORMATION

[ NOTICE ] A DIFFERENT PATH GALLERY, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/21/2011.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corporation Service Company 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207. Registered Agent: Corporation Service Company 80 State St. Albany, NY 12207 Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] BENTLEY HOLDINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/10/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] DENOTTIA DEVELOPMENT LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/3/11. NY Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to William Denottia, 4186 Canal Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Entropix, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/2/2011. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at c/o Boylan Code LLP 145 Culver Rd., Ste. 100, Rochester, NY 14620. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] HILARY J. CHOLHAN, M.D., PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/24/00. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Hilary J. Cholhan, M.D., 141 San Gabriel Dr., Rochester, NY 14610.

Purpose: Medicine [ NOTICE ] LC Project Funding LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 11/16/11.

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 50 Fairwood Dr. Rochester, NY 14623. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] LION ENTERPRISES 2011, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/22/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 29 Pond Valley Circle, Penfield, NY 14526, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Not. Of Form. Of JAGOAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with State Secretary NY 11/01/11.

County: Monroe. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 155 Collenton Dr. Rochester NY 14626.

Purpose any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of K & A Enterprises, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/03/11. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC. 6 Eisenberg Place, Rochester, NY 14620.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Pure Image Tattoo, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Dept. of State (DOS) 10/19/11.

Office location: Monroe County. DOS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. DOS may mail copy of any process to LLC, 112 N Main St, Fairport, NY, 14450.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Not. Of Form. Of SolarMAX LLC (Fictitious Name: SolarMAX BRAYLO LLC). Art. Of Org. filed with NY Sec’y of State (SSNY) 11/18/11.

County: Monroe. SSNY is designated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, 217 Kingsboro Road Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Not.of Form. of Outside The Box Art Gallery LLC, Art. of org. filed secy. of State (SSNY) 10/13/11 Office of location: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY

Legal Ads shall mail copy of process to 6 N. Main St, Fairport NY 14450. Purpose any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yet assigned, for a full on premise beer, wine & liquor license has been applied for

by Gloria Thomas. dba Club 651 , 647-651 Chili Avenue, Rochester, NY 14611, County of Monroe, City of Rochester, for a bartavern with restaurant. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 833 PORTLAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/24/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 833 Portland Ave., Rochester, NY 14621.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 41 Pebble Hill Rd., Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of a Limited liability Company (LLC) Name JDI SUPPLIES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/29/20011 Office location: Monroe County, SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to, 3 Larkspur Lane, Fairport, NY 14450.

Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CALAMARI CONCESSIONS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Falzone, 4 Englewood Hill, Pittsford, NY 14534-2517. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DEWEY CENTER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/12/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2771-2781 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14616. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 95 Longford Rd., Rochester, NY 14615.

As amended by Cert. of Correction filed with SSNY on 08/04/11, the process addr. is: 95 Langford Rd.,

Rochester, NY 14615.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DRL4 ENTERPRISES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/01/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 30 Glendower Circle, Pittsford, NY 14534.

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

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF FLOWER CITY OFFICE CLEANING LLC filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on October 14, 2011. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The office of the LLC and address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process shall be 840 Wheatland Center Road, Scottsville, NY 14546 located in Monroe County.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any business permitted under law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of GRHS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/25/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Principal business address: 125 Lattimore Rd., Rochester, NY 14620. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o GRHS Foundation, Inc., 1425 Portland Ave., Rochester, NY 14621, Attn: Corporate Counsel.

Purpose: operation of an Ambulatory Surgery Center. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HGV-1 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State (SSNY) 8/11/2011.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: 267 Pearl Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of HONY Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/11.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Paul Frank + Collins P.C., One Church St., PO Box 1307, Burlington, VT 05402.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of J.JARVIE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 69 Lowden Point Rd., Rochester, NY 14612. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jeffrey T. Jarvie at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KEY MAN RISK LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/12/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 683 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph A. Fiorie at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KEYMAN MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/21/11.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 683 Pittsford Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph A. Fiorie at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: GSAL LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Richard L. Reers, P.C., 436 Willis Avenue, Williston Park, New York 11596. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: ROCHESTER REALTY HOLDING GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/11.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the

LLC, 32 Briarcliff Road, Shoreham, New York 11786. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of MIRDEN PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/4/2011.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2813 St. Paul Blvd. Rochester NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of RISING LOTUS WELLNESS CENTER, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/2011.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 49 Clovercrest Drive, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of VHG-2 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y. of State (SSNY) 10/18/2011. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: 267 Pearl Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of WINDHAM WOODS SUBDIVISION LLC (“LLC”) Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (“NYSOS”) on 7/11/2011, pursuant to Limited Liability Company Law Section 203. Office location: Monroe County.

NYSOS designated as agent for LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSOS shall mail copy of process served to: 1402 Five Mile Line Road, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Cornerstone Records Management, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/21/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 10440 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Ste. 900, Columbia, MD 21044.

LLC formed in DE on 2/28/08. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207, regd. agent upon whom process may be served.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of ERWIN’S CLEANERS, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/05/11.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/05/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Anton Gudovich, 290 Mt. Hope Ave., Ste. A, Rochester, NY 14620.

DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19801.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GARBER I H LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/11. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/25/11. 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. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GARBER I PAM LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/11. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/25/11. 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. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GARBER II H LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/11. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/25/11. 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. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GARBER II PAM LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/02/11. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/25/11. 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. DE addr. of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Rainbow Lot, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/11. Office location: Monroe County.

Princ. bus. loc.: 3445 Winton Pl., Ste. 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

LLC formed in Minnesota (MN) on 11/9/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the MN address of LLC: 12 South Sixth St., Ste. 715, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Arts. of Org. filed with MN Secy. of State, 60 Empire Drive, Ste. 100, St. Paul, MN 55183.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Rochester I Manager, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in\ Delaware (DE) on 6/15/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001.

Principal office address: 200 Business Park Dr., Ste. 309, Armonk, NY 10504. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Rochester I, LLC. Authority filed with Secy.

of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/25/11. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/15/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001.

Principal office address: 200 Business Park Dr., Ste. 309, Armonk, NY 10504. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secretary of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of the formation of a limited liability company (LLC): Name: AMBERDAWN LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY on 07/06/2011. Office loc.: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to C/O AMBERDAWN LLC 247 Albemarle St Rochester, NY 14613. Purpose: Any lawful. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. [ NOTICE ] REDFOOT PROPERTIES, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/11/11.

NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Lora Ann Rothfuss, 1108 Everwild View, Webster, NY 14580. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] THE FLYING PUKEKO, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/24/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] TWO EE ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/27/11. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2255 Lyell Ave., Rochester, NY 14606, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] WGM DESIGNS, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability

Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 10/3/11. NY Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Jason P. Scott, 59 Egret Dr., Henrietta, NY 14586.

General Purposes [ NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the foreign limited liability company is Fun Services of Western New York, LLC (the “LLC”). The Application for Authority was filed with the New York Department of State (“NYDS”) on November 23, 2011. The LLC was organized with the Ohio Secretary of State (“OSOS”) on October 31, 2011. The office of the LLC is located in Monroe County. The NYDS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and a copy of any process shall be mailed to Day Ketterer Ltd. c/o Blake R. Gerney, 5 East Main Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236. The principal office of the LLC is 4650 Allen Road, Stow, Ohio 44224. The LLC’s Articles of Organization were filed with the OSOS at 180 East Broad Street #16, Columbus, Ohio 43215. The LLC was formed for the purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed under Section 1705.01 et seq. of the Ohio Revised Code. [ NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY OF LLC ] Cerion NRX, LLC (“LLC”) filed Application for Authority with the NY Secretary of State (“NYSS”) on November 2, 2011. LLC’s jurisdiction is Delaware and was organized on May 2, 2011. LLC’s office is located in Monroe County and the NYSS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to 1 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY 14607. The address of the LLC’s registered office in Delaware is 615 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901 and the name of its registered agent at such address is National Corporate Research, Ltd. LLC’s purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Culver Norton Real Estate LLC filed Articles of

cont. on page 42

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 41

Legal Ads > page 41 Organization with the New York Department of State on February 23, 2011. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1304 Ridge Rd, Rochester, NY 14621. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Jackson Road LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on March 25, 2011. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 1304 Ridge Rd, Rochester, NY 14621. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Name: INDUSTRIAL PACK & CRATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/21/2011. 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: INDUSTRIAL PACK & CRATE LLC, 111 Parce Avenue, Fairport, New York 14450. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of JAM MANAGEMENT,

LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/4/11. 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, 789 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION 2336 SMITH HILL, LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 10/26/2011. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2336 SMITH HILL, LLC, C/O RICHARD CARLEY, 225 TECH PARK DR., ROCHESTER, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION BISEN TECH LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 11/22/2011. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to BISEN TECH LLC, C/O JOHN S. HERBRAND, ONE CHASE SQ., SUITE 1900, ROCHESTER, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION DELLING VENTURES, LLC ] Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 10/28/2011. Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall

mail copy of process to DELLING VENTURES, LLC, C/O JOHN S. HERBRAND, 64 MT. AIRY DR., ROCHESTER, NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF GREEN SHEPHERD, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Green Shepherd, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 0/25/2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 67 Redwood Rd.,, Rochester, NY 14615. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) ] Name: DYNAMIC FUNCTIONAL FITNESS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed by the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on: 10/17/2011. Office location: Monroe County Purpose: for any and all lawful activities. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 44 Southern Hill Circle, Henrietta, New York 14467 [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] NORTH GOODMAN RESTAURANT LLC has filed Articles of

Organization with the Secretary of State on November 3, 2011.

Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process will be mailed to 495 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14609. Its business is to engage in any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Act. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] Notice of formation of Westminster Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State on October 5, 2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County . The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 222 Westminster Road, Rochester, New York 14607. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] DGA Builders, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on October 21, 2011. Its principal place of business is located at 333 W. Commercial Street, Suite 1500, East Rochester, New York in

Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 333 W. Commercial Street, Suite 1500, East Rochester, New York 14445. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PLLC ] Eric Benson DDS, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on November 1, 2011. Its principal place of business is located at 774 Elmgrove Road, 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 774 Elmgrove Road, Rochester, New York 14624. The purpose of the PLLC is to practice the profession of Dentistry. [ NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION ] Notice of formation of a limited liability company.

Name: AT HOME WITH WELLNESS, LLC (the Company). Articles of organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/31/11.

NY office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process to: c/o The Przysinda Law Firm, LLC, 10 Grove Street, Suite 2A, Pittsford, New York 14534.

Purpose/character of the Company: any and all lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF SALE ] Index No. 2011190 SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs.Glera Ellebie, Defendant.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 17, 2011 and entered herein, I, the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in the front vestibule of the Monroe County Office Building, 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York, County of Monroe, on January 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., on that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe and State of New York, known and described as Lot #306 Heritage Farm, Section #1, as shown on a map thereof filed in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 153 of Maps, Page 60. Said Lot is of the dimensions shown on said map. Tax Acct. No. 060.17-1-25 Property Address: 34 Stonewall Court, Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York Said premises are sold subject to any state of facts an accurate survey may show, zoning restrictions and any amendments thereto, covenants, restrictions, agreements, reservations, and easements of record and prior liens, if any,

municipal departmental violations, and such other provisions as may be set forth in the Complaint and Judgment filed in this action.

Judgment amount: $51,451.94 plus, but not limited to, costs, disbursements, attorney fees and additional allowance, if any, all with legal interest. DATED: November 2011 James Nobles, Esq., Referee LACY KATZEN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 [ SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] Index No. 20108286 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT MONROE COUNTY AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

MELANY J. SILAS A/K/A MELANY SILAS; PATRICK D. MARTINEZ; STATE OF NEW YORK; FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY D/B/A LAND ROVER CAPITAL GROUP; COUNTY OF MONROE AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in the above-entitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal

service within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the premises. Dated: October 11, 2011 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable Francis A. Affronti, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated November 4, 2011, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a tax lien covering the properties known as 422 Grand Avenue, City of Rochester, New York and being a parcel of land designated as Tax Account No. 107.62-147. The relief sought is the sale of the subject property at public auction in satisfaction of the tax lien. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $8,682.77, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the property. Anthony J. Iacchetta PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Office and Post Office Address 1400 First Federal Plaza Rochester, New York 14614 Tel. No. (585) 238-2000

Adult Services

Available at over 700 locations all over Monroe County and beyond.

42 City december 7-13, 2011

Phone Services

Try For Free! 100’s Of Local Women! 1-866-517-6011 Live Sexy Talk 1-877-602-7970 18+ (AAN CAN)

FREE TO TRY Hot Talk 1-866601-7781 Naughty Local Girls!

Try For Free! 1-877-433-0927

GAY, LESBIAN & Bi Locals.

Listen to Ads & Reply FREE! 585-563- 2820 Use FREE Code 5894, 18+ MEET LOCAL SINGLES Reply To Ads FREE! 585-563-2828 Use FREE Code 7725 Also Visit MegaMates.com, 18+ MEN SEEKING MEN 1-877409-8884 Gay hot phone chat, 24/7! Talk to or meet sexy guys in your area anytime you need it. Fulfill your wildest fantasy.

Private & confidential. Guys always available. 1-877-4098884 Free to try. 18+

Fun

[ rehabilitating mr. wiggles ] BY neil swaab

[ news of the weird ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

Was Moammar Gadhafi the last of the “buffoon dictators,” asked BBC News in October. His legend was earned not merely with his now-famous, dirty-oldman scrapbook of Condoleezza Rice photos. Wrote a BBC reporter, “One day (Gadhafi) was a Motown (backup) vocalist with wet-look permed hair and tight pants. The next, a white-suited comicoperetta Latin American admiral, dripping with braid.” Nonetheless, Gadhafi had competition, according to an October report in the journal Foreign Policy. For example, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s dictator owns, among other eccentric luxuries, a $1.4 million collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia. North Korea’s Kim Jong Il owns videos of almost every game Michael Jordan ever played for the Chicago Bulls.

Leading Economic Indicators — In March, William Ernst, 57, owner of the QC Mart chain of Iowa convenience stores, excitedly announced a companywide employee contest with a prize of $10 for guessing the next worker that Ernst will fire for breaking rules. “Once we fire the person, we will open all the envelopes (containing the entries), award the prize, and start the contest again.” Ernst added, “And no fair picking Mike Miller from (the Rockingham Road store). He was fired at around 11:30 a.m. today for wearing a hat and talking on his cellphone. Good luck!!!!!!!!!!” (After firing a cashier who had complained about Ernst’s attitude, he challenged the woman’s unemploymentcompensation claim, but in October, a judge ruled in her favor.)

— Even in a flagging economy, Christie’s auction house in New York City was able to attract a record sales price for a

photograph. In November, a 1999 photo

by German artist Andreas Gursky, of a scenic view of the Rhine River, sold for $4.3 million. (It is possible, of course, that buying the actual waterfront property that Gursky photographed from -- to enjoy the same view every day -- would have been less expensive.)

— Unfortunately, Manulife Financial Corp. is a Canadian firm, and thus it had a very bad year. If exactly the same company had been magically relocated to anywhere in the United States, it would have had an outstanding year. Under Canada’s hard-nosed accounting rules, Manulife was forced to post a loss last year of $1.28 billion.

However, under the more feel-good U.S. accounting rules, according to the company, it would have shown a profit of $2.2 billion and been flush with $16 billion more in shareholder value.

— Following October arrests by Nigeria’s Abuja Environmental Protection Board, authorities learned that local prostitutes earned premium fees by selling their customers’ semen to “juju priests,” who use it as “medicines” in rituals.

Police who rounded up the sex workers found inventories of condoms with the necks tied.

Wait...What?

In the course of an October story on an ill-fated Continental Airlines flight during which all restrooms in coach were broken, the reporter for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis sought reactions from experts. Calling the toilet failures a “bad situation that hasn’t been addressed” was Robert Brubaker, a spokesman for something called the American Restroom Association, “a Baltimore-based advocacy group for toilet users.”

[ LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ON PAGE 38 ]

[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will attract suitors with your wit, charm and fast-paced life, but before you decide to jump in with both feet, consider how active the person mesmerized by your speed and versatility is. You aren’t likely to attract someone who can keep up with you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Romance, intrigue and passion are all in the stars. Get out, socialize and enjoy the company of others and you will meet someone with whom you connect on all levels.

Let your heart lead the way and emotions flow. Ardently pursue who and what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Fast talk will be necessary if you want to avoid someone becoming suspicious. Too much interest in too many people will backfire, causing discord with someone with whom you were considering getting up close and personal.

Flirting just to have your ego stroked won’t go over well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Show how much you care about someone and you’ll get a good response. Actions will speak louder than words, and the little extras you do will add to your pleasure. Favors will be granted, and personal decisions can be

made regarding a long-term commitment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let your emotions take over or you will react poorly when dealing with someone who has potential to become much closer to you.

Get all the facts before you make a mistake that cannot be fixed.

Falling for someone you work with will be detrimental.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You experience mixed emotions regarding your personal life. What’s happening at home must not deter you from following your heart and connecting with someone you feel you belong with. You are the

one who has to be happy, not your friends and relatives.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get out, have fun, share your thoughts and ideas with the people you meet, but don’t let your personal life or feelings for someone interfere with what you want to do. You have to be true to you if you want to find happiness and peace of mind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Travel, attending work-related events and reconnecting with someone you used to know or work with is favored when it comes to personal relationships, love, romance and a long-term commitment. Make a

move — you’ll have no regrets.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep a low profile. You are likely to bring out the worst in someone who wants to possess you. Love will come at a price you may not want to pay. It is best to stay free and clear of anyone who has the potential to cause a fuss.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put your cards on the table when it comes to your feelings for someone. You will get an interesting response that will free you of the worry and stress you’ve been undergoing regarding your personal life. You must open the door when opportunity knocks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Friendship will be more important this week. Take your time and get to know someone who interests you before you make any sort of physical move that may ruin your chance for a long-term relationship. Lovers come and go, but friends are there forever.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Say less and do more if you want to impress someone. A passionate approach to whatever you do will attract attention, allowing you to make a strategic move closer to that special someone. Listen carefully to this person’s likes and dislikes and you will win points.

rochestercitynewspaper.com City 43

44 City december 7-13, 2011