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[ INTRODUCTION ] BY ERIC REZSNYAK
Summer is fun and all, but honestly, I’m not sorry to see it go — especially not after that heat wave in July. Give me good old autumn any day. The air is crisp and cool, the food is bountiful (thanks, harvest!), and most importantly, our area arts and cultural groups return with packed schedules after relatively quiet summer months. Speaking of cultural groups, for this edition of City Newspaper’s Fall Guide we wanted to take you behind the scenes of some of those talented organizations, to better examine how they put on their various productions. So you’ll find Michael Lasser’s story on what goes into the planning of a theater season, Rebecca Rafferty’s in-depth look at the largely unseen complications of putting on an art exhibition, and Willie Clark’s conversation with several area clubs about why they’ve abandoned some of the online ticketing giants in favor of smaller, more user-friendly services. These are the people who are creating our local arts and entertainment scene, and it’s an opportunity to better understand how they do what they do. You’ll also find City’s critics sounding off on their best bets for the 201213 seasons, a list of fall special events and festivals, and a piece on the simple pleasures of hitting up one of our area’s many farm stands. There are a bunch, but each one offers a slightly different experience. Check out Alexandra Carmichael’s story to see which pumpkin/apple/berry farm might be right for you, and make sure to save room for some cider and fry cakes.
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When creative works are presented to the public, the illusion of a seamlessness is a necessary factor. On opening night of a theatrical production, the audience is immersed in pure experience along with the characters, and hopefully not pulled out of the story by the visible hand of the designers or director. When a great work of art is debuted, viewers ponder the concept and the artist’s skill, not the state of the studio that birthed the opus. Similarly, when a museum or gallery presents an exhibition to the public, the visitors enjoy the works and whatever context is offered up by the curators, and do not have to be concerned with what is involved in bringing that show before the public eye. Well, dear readers, I’m here to dash your impression of this magic and mystery regarding exhibitions, and shine a bright light behind-the-scenes at the hard work that goes into presenting a cohesive, impressive, educational showing of artwork. The artists get the focus, but there are many unsung heroes involved in an exhibit. There are countless considerations from conception to opening night — and for some planners, the work continues through the run of the show. These considerations vary with each institution, depending on the complexity of the exhibition and the ultimate goals of the organizers. Here, we present to you three stories of building an art show, representing a major Rochester institution, a gallery within an academic setting, and a fledgling art house that recently earned its white walls. The Memorial Art Gallery holds four
exhibitions per year in its Grand Gallery, and its exhibition program “tries to run along a similar track, although not exactly mirroring” the broad permanent collection, says Director of Exhibitions Marie Via, who will soon celebrate her 30th anniversary at the MAG. “So we’re trying to pick shows that cover a span of media, local vs. national and international, historical vs. contemporary art.” With only those four slots per year, it’s difficult to cover that diversity in any 12 months, “so we’re really looking at a three-year period,” she says.
Over the course of three years, MAG aims for dynamism in order to meet the diverse tastes of its broad audience. From the fall of 2009 through the current exhibit, the Grand Gallery has presented a wide variety of shows, ranging from the locally focused Rochester-Finger Lakes and Rochester Biennial shows, to the ancient-to-modern “Wine & Spirit,” to the popular “Extreme Materials.” These are a combination of packaged traveling exhibitions rented from other institutions that MAG interprets for the Rochester audience, and The Memorial Art Gallery puts on a mix of touring and self-curated built-from-scratch shows that exhibitions in its Grand Gallery space. PHOTO by max seifert originated at the MAG. The differences between Similarly, for each Grand Gallery show, putting on a borrowed show and creating the curatorial and collections departments one from scratch begin with some initial change the contents of the Forman Gallery, practical factors, says Via. These include which is the space directly inside the double whether the borrowed show will physically doors past the MAG front desk. These fit in the MAG’s 4500-square-foot Grand “Collection Connection” mini-shows appear Gallery, if it is available during a time when a few weeks before a show opens to tease MAG has an opening in its schedule, and visitors with select objects and works from if the institution can feasibly afford to rent MAG’s collection. and support the show. The team at the Memorial Art Gallery The overriding concern when considering is typically engaged in some stage of temporary exhibitions “is to enhance the planning four exhibitions at any given time, permanent collection,” says Hamann-Whitmore. and all departments are involved at some The desire is to pick up where the collection point, from the librarians, to facilities, to leaves off, to fill in gaps, to have conversations marketing staff. The core team includes Via, that are parallel but also extend beyond what you Hamann-Whitmore, Registrar Dan Knerr, normally see. “We often say that the permanent Exhibitions Assistant Chiyo Ueyama, and collection is the backbone of the institution, and designer John King. the exhibitions are the legs,” she says. When MAG exhibits from-scratch shows, Part of Hamann-Whitmore’s role at it involves “coming up with an idea you MAG is organizing the educational tours for want to explore more fully, fleshing that out, each exhibition, which always touch back searching for artists and particular works that on the permanent collection. These tours will explicate that idea,” says Via. might connect works in the show with works Often, there is a “magic moment” when from MAG by the same artist, created in a a central focus arises, and everything else different year, or using a different medium, or falls into place around that “golden nugget,” it might compare works created in the same says Hamann-Whitmore. From there, staff time period or with a similar theme, or pair tackles all the lender-borrower negotiations one artist in the show with an artist in the for pieces outside the MAG collection, collection whom he or she studied. finding funding for the exhibition, making
arrangements for work to arrive, designing the show, and planning opening night, as well as the programming surrounding the exhibition, including tours, lectures by artists or experts, and family days. The curators and education department research, write, and concentrate loads of fascinating information and what Via calls “dense art jargon” into what will grab the public and not lose them. The institution doesn’t always have the budget to produce an accompanying publication, and it can be a challenge for an enthused curator to post just enough, but not too much, information on the walls. At any point, things can go awry — and they do. Via recalls an incident in preparation for the 75th anniversary exhibition held at MAG in the late 1980’s, which sought to recreate the gallery’s inaugural exhibit. This involved tracking down the location of each artwork from the original show, pre-Internet. When one stubborn work was finally located in the bedroom of the then-First Lady of the United States, she insisted that she couldn’t part with it long enough for the run of the exhibition. Sometimes, it’s just not possible to get a painting that you want, says Via. The facilities department almost entirely recreates the Grand Gallery for each exhibit, building walls according to the specifications of the loaning curators, John King, MAG’s curators, or some combination of all. An
The previously nomadic 1975 Gallery recently opened its first permanent white-walls space. Pictured: the 2011 exhibition “Animal Obscura,” held at Surface Salon. PHOTO by matt deturck
outside lighting designer is contracted to set up custom lighting for each work according to King’s specifications. Lighting is important, says Via — it should enhance the work, complement it, evoke a feeling in the viewer, all without the viewer being aware of the manipulation. Aid from the University of Rochester is brought in for additional help with painting and carpentry. Matting and framing must be done if work is not wall-ready. Local artists may be hired to recreate an installation to the specification of an artist who cannot be physically present to set up the work. The gallery store markets the exhibition and will
often draw in work by local artists that relates to the theme of the show. Located at the heart of Monroe Community
College’s Brighton campus, Mercer Gallery is highly accessible to current art students, to the institution as a whole, and to greater Rochester audiences. The presence of a thriving gallery on campus provides an advantage to art students, who learn more about the business end of the art world and come into contact with working artists. “The gallery is as much a teaching space as a gallery space,” says Kathleen Farrell, who has been the sole director of Monroe Community
College’s Mercer Gallery since it was created in 1986. “Each exhibiting artist is encouraged to conduct workshops, gallery talks, and demonstrations,” she says. As it’s a smaller operation than some of the large institutions in Rochester, there is less compartmentalizing of roles where exhibition are concerned. “Forty percent of my job is the duties of the director of the Mercer Gallery,” says Farrell, which entails planning, promoting, and organizing six major art exhibitions during the school year, as well as installations, and 10 to 12 events for the Internal Combustion Series, which are one-off events involving “video, film, sculpture, painting, drawing, dance, theatre, performance, installation, on the wall, off the wall, in the gallery, or outside the gallery.” In addition, Farrell coordinates and promotes guest artist lectures, slide talks, and demonstrations. These events are planned two years in advance “with an attempt to include the involvement of the faculty and student body,” she says. Farrell’s support team includes three to four students who are employed to assist with postcard distribution and e-mail blasts, and serve as gallery attendees and docents for the exhibition. Farrell also teaches an artsmanagement course in the spring semester, and her students help with planning and installing the exhibitions for course credit. continues on page 6
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Enrolled students also look at proposals from artists to help choose what exhibitions will work with Mercer’s mission for the following academic year. Farrell selects writers to create the content for the show catalogues, and guest curators are sometimes involved. This is the case with the current show, a tribute to former MCC professor and artist, the late Julianna Furlong Williams, curated by her husband, artist Lawrence (Judd) Williams. Each show is up for about a month, and there are typically two to four days between shows for de-installation of the previous show and installation of the new show, during which patching and painting of the walls takes place, new work is unpacked, the exhibition is designed and installed, lighting is arranged, and paperwork completed. And then it begins once more. “I want 1975 events to be welcoming and
open to anyone and everyone,” says 1975 Gallery owner Erich Lehman, who also works full-time at RIT, and is one-fifth of the Rochester art collective, The Sweet Meat Co. “I started the gallery to share my love of art, and to show folks that collecting original artwork is within everyone’s grasp.” “Let me cut to the chase,” says Lehman. “Running an art gallery right now is, ultimately, selling a luxury item in a recession economy. I started the gallery knowing this, and almost out of necessity, 1975 was nomadic from the start. I was incredibly fortunate to partner with Lee Gray at Surface Salon back in 2008, who wanted to bring artwork into her original location. “From a financial standpoint, it was lowcost to me — I didn’t have to worry about rent, the artwork was covered under the host business’s insurance, and I didn’t have to worry about staffing a space. I started with $500 of my own money, and while I was building up a reputation and teaching people how to be collectors, I helped ‘feed’ the gallery through my freelance work.” “Being nomadic also gave me a lot of freedom,” says Lehman. “If a show idea came up, I could respond by finding a suitable place and figuring out how to make it happen. That’s still an option, even with a fixed location, because I have grand ideas of what can be accomplished here in Rochester,” he says. The new 1975 Gallery location is in the former Little Bakery space at 89 Charlotte St. Lehman puts together solo, duo, and group shows of artists he admires locally and nationally. “Show themes come from all over,” he says. “For the bigger group shows, it’s either an idea I got randomly or something that may have come from any number of random conversations with City
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friends. For the smaller two- or three-person shows, the artists almost always come up with the idea themselves.” The only consistent themed show is the anniversary show, set in October. “I love Halloween, and our ‘birthday’ is in October, so I always look forward to that show each year,” says Lehman. “It’s generally also the only show where any artist who’s shown with 1975 is welcome to submit work to, as long as their submission follows that year’s specific theme.” Prep for each show typically begins about six weeks in advance. “I like to have print materials designed and in house about a month before, but three weeks in advance is the average.” Lehman is a print guy at heart: “I really love tailoring the look and feel of the print pieces to set the tone for the rest of the event,” he says. From there, he begins the crucial social-media blast to spread the word. Though Lehman handles all of the web and print design, the promotion, the planning, and working with the artists, a team of friends regularly assists with an opening, and may help install large group shows. “Angie Carter from Bake It or Cleave It has been creating thematically based sweets and savories for openings since the beginning,” says Lehman, “and friends associated with our former host spaces would often bring extra food to share as well.” Since moving into the permanent spot, Lehman has taken on an official assistant, local illustrator Justyn Iannucci, so that he can delegate more tasks as his operation expands. “There’s still a lot of details to be nailed down,” says Lehman, regarding operating in his new, dedicated space. “I have to work around my full-time job, so while things get situated, expect a lot of evening hours and weekend hours.” Show runs will be shorter, and the new space is well suited for solo shows and small group shows, he says. “My plan is to balance the schedule as close to 50 percent local artists and 50 percent national/ international artists. I want this new location to be a true portal for Rochester talent, and I’m building connections with galleries in other cities to share our talent pools. “I think 1975 serves a space in between all of the festivals in our area and the more established galleries like RoCo and MAG,” says Lehman. “The reception and support from the folks at these institutions has been wonderful and very warm and supportive. There’s plenty of room and need for all of us. In my opinion, a city without a thriving art scene is a dying city, and it is an incredibly exciting time in Rochester. I’ve been here for over 18 years, and I’ve never felt this excited about the possibilities.”
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While many Rochesterians dread the shortening of the days and the increased and lingering chill in the air, I love autumn for the sudden surge in art shows. Kids go back to school and our area’s many academic institutions triple the amount of shows on display. As the cozy season approaches, here are 10 reasons to spare yourself from the inevitable cabin fever that harsher weather imposes. In addition to what mainly attracted me, I’ve included other shows on each venue’s schedule. For continued updates, check with each of the venues, and watch our calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com. Mercer Gallery’s current show, “Juliana Furlong Williams: Personal Expressions,”
is a retrospective of the late artist and MCC professor’s work, curated by her husband, artist Lawrence (Judd) Williams; it remains on view through October 6. Also scheduled this season at Mercer are “Radical Departure,” a show of works by Jose Olivieri Rivera (October 12-Novmeber 9); the MCC Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Exhibition (November 16-December 21); “Women in History, The Cover Girls” by Patti Ambrogi (January 25-February 22); “Soundings” by Jack Wolsky (February 27-March 29); “Illustrations” by Murray Tinkelman (April 1-26); and the 37th Annual Student Art Exhibition (May 3-August 24). The Mercer Gallery is located in the Fine Arts Building 12-114, in the North Atrium on the Brighton Campus (1000 E. Henrietta Road). For information, call 292-2021, or visit monroecc.edu/go/mercer. Nomadic no more: 1975 Gallery will host the inaugural show at its new white walls spot at 89 Charlotte St., the former site of the Little Bakery. In September,
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enjoy “Home is Where the Art is,” a showcase of work by 15 Rochester artists curated by gallery owner Erich Lehman. The show remains on view through October 6. Also coming up is 1975 Gallery’s fourth anniversary, Halloweenthemed show, “Haunted,” which will open October 20, and 1975 will host the kick-off of the tour for the National Poster Prospectus, as well as School for American Crafts grad student Karen Mahardy’s thesis show in April. Watch 1975ish.com for updates. The Community Darkroom at Genesee Center for the Arts & Education (713 Monroe Ave.) will host “It’s Hardly Noticeable,” photos by John William Keedy, through October 17. Keedy’s work explores the world of a character who, while struggling internally with his imperfections and desire to blend in with the crowd, refuses to fall victim continues on page 8 rochestercitynewspaper.com
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to that which ails him. Also at Genesee Center, in the Printing and Book Arts studio, check out “Give & Take,” letterpress book arts from the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative in Buffalo (through September 29), and in the Firehouse Gallery, get local, handmade gifts at the “WinterCraft” sale of ceramics, jewelry, paintings, photos, and more (November 16-January). For more information, call 244-1730 or visit geneseearts.org. George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will present “60 from the 60s”
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October 6-January 27 lery in October and November. PHOTO PROVIDED in the Brackett-Clark and acrylic paintings by David Dorsey Gallery. The show and Brian O’Neill, who each have the rare features 60 prints from the 1960’s by 10 quality of excelling at both hyperrealism of the most important photographers and light-filled, emotionally moving of that tumultuous decade, including abstracts. Next up is the annual holiday Harry Callahan, Benedict J. Fernandez, exhibit (December 1-January 5), followed Hollis Frampton, Betty Hahn, Robert by paintings and drawings by Jean K. Heinecken, Mary Ellen Mark, Roger Stephens and Ray Easton (January 19Mertin, Arnold Newman, Aaron Siskind, February 23), paintings by Richard Jenks and Garry Winogrand. Also of interest: and Daniel Mosner (March 9-April 13), the annual “Sweet Creations Gingerbread and the Oxford Spring Theme Show: “The House Display” (November 7-December Four Humors” (April 27-June 1). For 12), the Holiday Wreath Display more information call 271-5885 or visit (November 1-29), and the Festival of oxfordgallery.com. Trees (November 7-December 12). For Through September 30, The University more information, call 271-3361, or visit of Rochester’s Hartnett Gallery (Wilson eastmanhouse.org. Commons, UR River Campus) will host Through October 28, check out “To Toy With the Attic,” the strange “In Company with Angels: Seven and colorful current works of Alessandra Rediscovered Tiffany Windows” at the Sulpy, which explore the relationships Memorial Art Gallery (500 University between toy characters and their human Ave.). Next up, MAG offers “Changing counterparts. Next up is “Watermark,” a Hands: Art Without Reservation 3,” an show of photographs by Robin Germany exhibition of works by contemporary (October 12-November 4). Germany’s Native American artists (exhibition opening party on November 17), followed images are taken with an underwater camera used to breach the divide between by “The Good, the Bad, and the Broken” the fragile worlds above and below (March 17-June 9). In the Lockhart the water, and while they make subtle Gallery, MAG will host “Framing Edo: commentary on conservation, they Masterworks from Hiroshige’s One remain undeniably beautiful. The faculty Hundred Famous Views” (September 21exhibition will be held November 15January 13). For more information, call December 9. For more updates, watch 276-8900, or visit mag.rochester.edu. blogs.rochester.edu/hartnett. Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.) is Rochester Contemporary Art Center currently showing “Water Work,” with (137 East Ave.) will host “Me Pix: paintings by Chris Baker, Roland Stevens, Media/Pictures/Us,” featuring new and and Barbara Fox, through October 6. recent electronic-media portraits by From October 20 through November national and internationally-based artists, 24, the gallery will host a showing of oil
including Ann Oren (New York/Israel), Daniel Cosentino (Rochester/Kosovo), Jess Levey (New York, NY), Karen Chan (New York, NY), and Stephan Petranek (Indianapolis, IN). The show runs October 5-November 11, with an artists’ talk on October 7 at 1 p.m. For more information and updates, visit rochestercontemporary.org. From October 20 to November 18, Siskind Gallery at Visual Studies Workshop (51 Prince St.) will host “MFA | NOW,” a juried exhibition of works in photography, books, and moving media by graduate students from throughout the Northeast. The show is held in connection with the Society of Photographic Education’s Northeast Regional Conference, to be held at VSW November 1-3. Also check out ImageArt (September 29-October 20), a solo show by Hank Willis Thomas (November 1-December 9), and the MFA Thesis Exhibition (November 30-December 9). For more information, call 442-8676 or visit vsw.org. Through October 12, the Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery at SUNY College at Brockport (350 New Campus Drive, Brockport) presents “Telling Their Stories: The Lingering Legacy of Hurricane Katrina,” a photography exhibit with work by nationally known photographers. From October 25 to December 9, check out “Low Fidelity,” a show of work by regional and national artists who purposefully employ outdated equipment and technologies in the creation of their work. The reception will take place October 25, 4-6 p.m. Come 2013 Tower will include “Monroe and Vicinity Biennial” (January 31-February 24) and “Salvador Dali: Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’” (February 28-March 29), a showing of the complete series of the 100 woodblock prints, produced by master printers from Dali’s original watercolor paintings, which the surreal fellow created to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Italian poet’s birth. The reception will take place February 28, 4-6 p.m. The year will be capped off with the Annual Student Art Exhibition (April 12-May 5). For more information, call 395-2805 or visit Brockport.edu/finearts.
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[ FEATURE ] By Michael Lasser
Geva Theater Center’s artistic director Mark Cuddy calls the huge piece of kraft paper his “planning wall” for the season he is working on — lists in different colors with dividing lines between them, but also extra sheets of paper tacked up helter-skelter to give it the look of the organized chaos it probably is. Yet that list of more than 50 titles eventually leads to the six main-stage plays (plus the annual production of “A Christmas Carol”) that Geva is betting on for the next 11 months. As the fall theater season neared its September start, I spoke to Cuddy, Blackfriars Theatre Artistic Director John Haldoupis, and Pittsford Musicals’ longtime board member John Hennessey about how each theater organization selects a year’s worth of plays. They represent three different kinds of companies: Geva, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is a professional regional theater with a resident staff, but whose Actors’ Equity cast members arrive from elsewhere to rehearse, perform, and depart; Blackfriars, beginning its 63rd season, is what Haldoupis calls “a professionally oriented community theatre” for “theatre artists who have chosen to make Rochester their home”; Pittsford Musicals, dating back to 1968, mounts two musicals each season, often with very large casts of community members. Although people at all three theaters are reading plays all the time, Cuddy describes an unusual approach. Rather than thinking about such practical matters as casts and costs, he, artist-in-residence and director of education Skip Greer, and director of literary and artistic programs Jenni Wener start out “talking about the world, then about the U.S., then about Rochester, then about our audience — what’s going on, what’s resonating, what are people talking about. This is before we ever talk about plays,” Cuddy says. Despite the differences between the three companies, Cuddy, Haldoupis, and Hennessey kept returning to two related ideas — what they called “balance” and “variety.” That includes their finding it impossible to talk about art without soon talking about commerce. As Cuddy says, “Geva is artistcentered and patron-centered. Being an artist is introverted, private work,” but a theater also
“The risks I take are shaped by what I believe Rochester will come around to,” says Mark Cuddy, artistic director of Geva Theatre Center. PHOTO PROVIDED
has to attract an audience and pay its bills. “The risks I take are shaped by what I believe Rochester will come around to. I can’t risk the institution by pushing too far, but I never do a project I’m not in love with. I have to balance the comfort zone with the risk.” In the end Cuddy chooses what he calls an “American classic” (this year, it’s Kaufman and Hart’s “You Can’t Take It with You”), a “world classic” (Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”), and three contemporary plays. The list is set by the end of December for the following September, and then the collaborative work of mounting the plays begins. Haldoupis also puts together a wide-ranging
season of five plays, almost always including at least one musical. But his approach feels as if it might be the opposite of Cuddy’s. “We start with one major piece,” he says, “that becomes the motor for the season, for how things have to fit. The budget, but also the texture, the feel, of a season.” This year, Haldoupis is working with singer Melanie Safka (who performs using only her first name) to develop her life story into a dramatic evening featuring her songs. She is, says Haldoupis, the only singer at Woodstock who took the stage as an unknown and left as a star. Haldoupis’ decision led to the inclusion of two other shows, both about music: “[title of show],” a Tony-nominated musical about writing
a musical, and in the spring slot where a musical usually fits, “33 Variations,” Moises Kaufman’s 2009 drama about Beethoven. Haldoupis adds that he has to consider his core audience and its preferences: “not too many period pieces, not too many long plays without an intermission, what actors can we draw on for a given play or a given role,” he says. “When people try to peg us, I laugh. It’s impossible. It’s always been about the balance.” At the same time, Haldoupis believes that if each audience member likes everything Blackfriars does, “something’s wrong. Our subscribers trust us. I can’t be responsible for every individual’s taste. Even when they don’t like it, do they think we did it well?” With only two shows per season, and both of them musicals, Pittsford Musicals probably has an easier time putting a season together. “We’re known for doing big, classical musicals in the fall — big choruses and a lot of dancing,” says Hennessey. In recent years, Pittsford has tackled “Carousel,” “Annie,” and “Oliver.” But the organization also recognized a need to keep people interested as both performers and audience members, so “two years ago we added a second show in the spring. It’s usually edgier and riskier. Everybody is familiar with the titles of our fall shows, but the spring show might be more unusual or more obscure. But since we run for only two weekends, it
For its 2012-13 season, Blackfriars will present a world-premiere work based on the life of folk legend Melanie Safka (pictured). PHOTO PROVIDED
can be hard to build an audience.” The two spring productions have been “Company” and “Chicago,” with “A Chorus Line” scheduled for spring 2013, compared to the conventional, crowd-pleasing “Sound of Music” this fall. Hennessey says that the company’s preliminary list of possible shows to do goes back to the 1940’s, after which a committee cuts the number to a dozen, then to four with close consideration of available talent as well as the artistic and budgetary needs for orchestra, costumes, and sets, and then recommends one show to the board.
Like all theaters, Pittsford Musicals has concerns about the age of its audience and struggles to draw younger people to the theater. All three theaters have loyal but aging audiences. Geva has had a lot of success drawing a younger core audience in recent years, but Haldoupis says that the average age of Blackfriars’ audience is 60. He asks, “Who will be our audience in 20 years?” The key seems to be a “balanced” recognition that people increasingly turn to the theater later in life, but theater organizations need to vary their seasons to include a different kind of show to appeal to a different kind of audience. Pittsford Musicals’ spring show, Geva’s recent production of the edgy “Avenue Q,” and Blackfriars’ upcoming “Melanie and the Record Man” are cases in point. You make lists, you discuss, and you choose, and then casts rehearse while saws whirr and sewing machines chug — all out of public view. And then a show opens to be seen by thousands of patrons, and reviewed by the likes of me. The miracle is not that a play is good, but that it opens in the first place. As Mark Cuddy says of the theatrical life, “It’s not for the faint of heart.” For more information on Geva Theatre visit gevatheatre.org. For more information on Blackfriars visit bftix.com. For more information on Pittsford Musicals visit pittsfordmusicals.org.
Theater best bets [ CRITIC PICKS ] BY MICHAEL LASSER
Here are some of the plays I’m looking forward to seeing in the 2012-2013 Rochester theater season. The good news is that this season there are more plays I want to see than I have room to write about. (For a full listing of all upcoming area theater productions, check rochestercitynewspaper.com, or the weekly theater listings in each edition of City Newspaper.) “You Can’t Take It with You” (Geva
Theatre Center, through October 7; gevatheatre.org) This year’s “American classic” at Geva is truly a classic American comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The humor has a small barb behind every sentiment, it embraces comic anarchy as an affirmation of individualism, it punctures the assumptions of what we call the “1 percent,” and it even makes room for a love story. I’ve read it, seen it (on stage
and on screen), and taught it — and I can’t wait to see it again. “[title of show]” (Blackfriars Theatre,
through September 30; bftix.com) Two struggling playwrights in need of a payday hear about a competition for new musicals, but they have only three weeks to write the book, the music, and the lyrics. It promises to be a make-believe behind-the-scenes look at the gritty but absurd task of creating make-believe. “Working” (JCC CenterStage, October
13-28; jccrochester.org) Adapted from master interviewer Studs Terkel’s conversations with hundreds of working people, “Working” turns the lives of factory workers, waitresses, schoolteachers, contractors, and more into a musical about, as they say, the hopes and fears of ordinary people. You’ll be glad to know that even though their continues on page 12 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 11
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“Freud’s Last Session” (Geva Theatre Center, October 16-November 11; gevatheatre.org) This is another one of those gimmicky confrontations between two famous people who never met. Mark St. Germain has put elderly Sigmund Freud in a room with the young writer C.S. Lewis on the eve of World War II. When these plays work — and it takes great skill to pull them off, as in Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” seen at Geva during the 19971998 season — they are scintillating and exhilarating. “Memphis” (Rochester “You Can’t Take It with You” is currently playing on the Geva Broadway Theater League, Theatre Mainstage. PHOTO PROVIDED November 27-December 2; rbtl.org) The touring company of the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical “A Life in the Theatre” (Blackfriars is currently working its way across the Theatre, January 25-February 10; bftix. country. Set in the 1950’s, it’s a slick, com) Plays and movies that pretend to high-volume crowd-pleaser about the offer backstage glimpses have always coming of rock and roll, complicated by fascinated audiences. We’ve had, an interracial love affair that would have quintessentially, “All About Eve,” as been controversial (and, in the South, well as dozens of movie musicals and dangerous). The story is fictional but — perhaps best of all — David Mamet’s based on the life of pioneering disc jockey “A Life in the Theatre,” about two actors, Dewey Phillips. one aging and one young and ambitious. They seem to have a growing friendship “The Desk Set” (MuCCC, December based on collaboration and mutual 14-23; muccc.org) Few onscreen corespect. But this is Mamet; other things, stars played together so long (nine like reputation and ambition, soon roil movies over 25 years) or so delectably as the waters. stylized Katharine Hepburn and utterly natural Spencer Tracy. They could be “August: Osage County” (JCC deeply serious (“Keeper of the Flame”) CenterStage, March 9-24; jccrochester. but mainly they did comedy, portraying org) I was fortunate to see Tracy Letts’ characters who were shrewd, witty, Tony-winning play during its initial 2008 generous, competitive, and funny. They Broadway run. It’s very funny, very long, were so wonderful that it never dawned and searingly honest in its portrayal of on me to ask where the movies came a family. Like nearly every important from. Turns out that “Desk Set,” one American play (from “Who’s Afraid of of their best, was a successful Broadway Virginia Woolf ” to “Long Day’s Journey play two years before it was a movie. In into Night” and even to “You Can’t Take a retro mood for the holidays, MuCCC It with You”) this is domestic drama is mounting William Marchant’s rarely — but it shows little mercy for those seen 1955 play about a female researcher who inhabit it, and those who watch it. and a male expert on what we then called Performing it with a local cast is not an “electronic brains.” insignificant undertaking.
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12-27; bftix.com) This is a play I haven’t seen, but the summary I read suggests that Tom Stoppard’s influence is widespread. Moises Kaufman’s play portrays Beethoven when he was writing the “Diabelli Variations” between 1819 and 1823, but also the struggle of current musicologist Katherine Brandt to figure out why the master wrote 33 different variations on what one commentator called “a simple theme by a nobody music publisher.” In case things aren’t complicated enough, she has ALS and a troubling daughter, and he is growing deaf. “Funny Girl” (JCC CenterStage, May
4-19; jccrochester.org) The wellknown show is guaranteed to attract the persistent audience for traditional musicals. The somewhat fictionalized character of Fanny Brice, Broadway’s greatest comedienne (“Second Hand Rose”) and one of its greatest torch singers (“My Man”), is the kind of part that female actors have been known to poison the popovers (and maybe the producer) to land. The show is tuneful and brassy (score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, Merrill also being known for, believe it or not, “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?”), and if the person playing Fanny is good enough, it’ll be a delight. If not… “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Geva
one of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies in a lifetime, this is the one to choose for its complexity and variety: its range of characters; its shifts in tone and language; its high poetry and rowdy joking, and its noble thoughts and comic confusion. Its many faces of love portray a world from four points of view — knockabout working men, young lovers both affable and addled, a ruler and his not-quitesubmissive Amazon conquest, and the king and queen of the fairies, complete with magic potions. I’ve never seen a performance that got all of it, but how wondrous to watch the try. As always with Shakespeare, this is theater relishing being theater.
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Stop, collaborate, and listen Partnering with composers, musicians, and designers underscores the 2012-13 dance season
DANCE
[ FEATURE ] BY CASEY CARLSEN
Dance is about being fully aware — completely present physically, mentally, and emotionally. That being said, let me note that it can be very difficult to get dancers and choreographers to project what they’ll be doing a few months down the road, especially this year, when most of the dance groups in town seem primarily focused on their upcoming performances in the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival (September 19-23). Here are, at least, a handful of noteworthy dance events to mark on your event calendar for now. Almost all of them are collaborationbased presentations. These dance pieces were created to work closely with music composed explicitly for these works. These are dance pieces that place a greater emphasis on set design. These are dances that include poetry, spoken word, and visual art in their performances. How will these elements impact the audience’s engagement with these performances? Garth Fagan Dance’s annual Rochester
premiere takes place just after Thanksgiving at the Nazareth College Arts Center (November 27-December 2, garthfagandance.org). “Lighthouse/ Lightning Rod” is a new collaboration with Wynton Marsalis. The Tony- and Olivier Award-winning choreographer and the nine-time Grammy Award-winning musician and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer previously worked together to produce the masterful “Griot New York” in 1991.Scenic design by visual artist and Guggenheim fellow Alison Saar adds further allure to this new production. At the world premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September, the Wynton Marsalis Septet will perform live with Garth Fagan troupe. Thematically, the dance appears to examine the complexity of feelings in romantic relationships. Program notes allude to “illusory feelings of security and danger.” Fagan is an incredibly busy man, especially in the weeks before a world premiere, and was unavailable for 14 City FALL GUIDE 2012
comment, but I recall the enthusiasm and excitement in his voice last spring when he mentioned this upcoming collaboration with his friend, Marsalis. I’m excited to find out what they’ve been up to together. Rochester City Ballet celebrates its 25th
anniversary this year. What began as a pre-professional company featuring high-level students changed to a professional company employing four contracted dancers just five years ago. Today, RCB boasts 18 contracted dancers (six of those being apprentices) and a growing repertoire. Artistic Director and Choreographer Jamey Leverett has been at the helm during the company’s recent rapid ascent. This winter look for Leverett’s new piece, “New York Cityscapes” (February 1-2, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, rpo.org), which was commissioned by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik, to be performed to his original music. The 30-minute work contains five sections, each inspired by a particular NYC locale. The dancing is diverse and includes the tarantella and the tango, as well as African, ragtime, and musical-theater influences. This is Leverett’s second collaboration with Tyzik. She also choreographed “Bravo Colorado” for the company to perform in accompaniment with the RPO. “Being onstage with an orchestra is unique, in that the dancers get to feel this wall of energy right up behind them,” Leverett said last week while her company was on hiatus. “This new piece is big. The music is big. The dancing is big. There are lots of dancers and many costume changes. Big.” True ballet aficionados will want to take advantage of a unique offering from RCB this season, a free series of studio events including an open rehearsal, a dancer-choreography showcase, and open discussions with renowned artistic collaborators. By observing the deconstruction of a dance that takes place again and again before eventual
This year Rochester City Ballet will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Events include a series of free open studio rehearsals. PHOTO by tim leverett
River North Dance Chicago is one of the performers in Nazareth College Arts Center’s 2012-13 season. PHOTO COURTESY SANDRO
performance, viewers will take away a more first-hand understanding of the technique and artistry involved in the creation, absorption, and execution of dance. In May 2013, use your new insights to delve deeper into “Rochester City Ballet: Past, Present, and Future,” which will mark the company’s anniversary by going back to pull highlights from its repertoire. For more information visit rochestercityballet.org. Less in the limelight, but one of the longest-established dance companies in Rochester, Park Avenue Dance Company is
led by artistic director Christine Fendley. Fendley has made her name in dance education. Hundreds of Rochester students have passed through her dance studio in its annex behind St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Vick Park B and East Avenue; some of them have gone on to prestigious dance careers, like Thomas Warfield, founder and artistic director of RIT/NTID Dance Company, the student dance group at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology. Fendley is the recipient of choreography grants for her interdisciplinary collaborative
work in video, dance, music, and theater from the New York State Council on the Arts, from the Wurlitzer Foundation, and from the Wilmot Foundation. Her company has performed contemporary modern dance in and around Rochester for 30 years. This year Fendley is forming a youth company. Park Avenue Dance Company performs at ARTISANworks on November 4 as a benefit for the venue. Look for new works and works-inprogress choreographed by Fendley and Marina Peters, with dancers Jennifer Clausen, Samantha Locke, and Amber Marvin. Poet Kathryn Jospe will read selected poems from her work and artist Jackie Lippa will show her work. The same performance will take place in the Vick Park B studio on September 23; for more information check parkavenuedancecompany.org. On the university level, the great incubator of dance in Rochester is the
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Garth Fagan taught there for 30 years, and Bill Evans still does. Danscore, the annual faculty-choreographed showcase, is an opportunity to see what’s happening inside this bubbling hotpot of talent. This year’s performance at Hochstein School of Music and Dance takes place on November 17. Although the program is not yet set, a new, multi-disciplinary work choreographed and performed by Darwin Prioleau, professor and dean of the School of The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, is highly anticipated, as is choreography by Bill Evans. For more information visit brockport.edu/dance. Nazareth College Arts Center can always be counted on to bring in some top dance talent from around the world, and this year is no exception. Jazz lovers will want to see River North Dance Chicago on March 23. The company, led by Artistic Director Frank Chaves, is known for its highly charged, passionate, jazzbased contemporary choreography. River North performs abstract modernism, jazzy ballroom, and lyrical duets with technical prowess and athleticism. On May 4, Ballet Revolucion appears on the Arts Center stage with its successful combination of live music and dance. An all-star Cuban band performs the music of Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Santana, Ricky Martin, Usher, Chris Brown, Beyonce, and others while the dancers perform the choreography of Aaron Cash (one of the original Tap Dogs) and Rocian Gonzalez Chavez, a top Cuban choreographer. Sounds like it could set the theater afire. For more information on other Naz Arts Center dance events check artscenter.naz.edu. rochestercitynewspaper.com City 15
That’s the ticket
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MUSIC
[ FEATURE ] BY WILLIE CLARK
The conversation happens all the time among concert-going friends, and it tends to go something like this: “Hey dude, you should come to this super awesome fun time special concert.” “I’d love to man, how much does it cost?” “Fifteen bucks, no big deal, you can scrape it.” “Yeah man, I’ll go check it out, hold on….Sorry, I can’t go, with service fees the massive ticketing website is charging me, it’s almost 30 bucks. Not going to happen.” Wash, rinse, and repeat. And sometimes there just isn’t an option — some shows and venues go through the big-ticket enterprises only. But, in Rochester’s music scene, at least, several local clubs and venues have found a way around those sites and their exorbitant service fees, working with other ticketing alternatives that, at this point, seem to be offering more consumerfriendly alternatives. The biggest and most recent change was Water Street Music Hall, which shifted away
In-person ticket sales Online ticket sales not your thing? There are still many local shops and retailers, aside from venue box offices, that sell in-person tickets to events throughout the Rochester area. Several of them even offer reduced service fees or charges. This is not a complete list, and all locations do not sell tickets for all shows. Call ahead or check a show listing to see which locations are offering tickets for a specific event. Aaron’s Alley 662 Monroe Ave. 244-5044 House of Guitars 645 Titus Ave. 544-3500 Record Archive 33 Rockwood Place 244-1210 Roam Café 262 Park Ave. 360-4165
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from Ticketmaster a year and a half ago in favor of Front Gate Tickets, an Austin, Texas-based company. Water Street had previously been using Ticketmaster as a ticket outlet for the past 10 years. “The reason we changed over to Front Gate was the fact that Ticketmaster was charging too much for fees, plus they were not progressing on the house side of the software and stayed concentrated on the ticket buyer,” says John Chmiel, owner and general manager of Water Street Music Hall. The switch to Front Gate afforded Water Street an integrated website and ticketing system, as well as allowed the venue to enter its own ticketing information into the site without having to wait for the severalday turnaround Chmiel says it experienced with Ticketmaster. Ticket money is also given back to the venue twice as fast, and also gave Water Street use of Front Gate databases for advertising opportunities, according to Chmiel. “It just made a whole lot more sense to go in Front Gate’s direction,” Chmiel says. Chmiel also mentioned the financial gains on the business end, stating that Water Street now spends 30 hours less a week working on shows with Front Gate than it did with Ticketmaster. As for any losses that may have come with switching to a smaller company as opposed to a giant like Ticketmaster, Chmiel admits that at first there was some decline. But customers quickly learned where to purchase Water Street tickets, even with the loss of marketing efforts like Ticketmaster’s mass customer e-mail service. He also says that the new Front Gate-run website also helps to counter any loss of ticket sales, as has Water Street’s increased focus on and use of social media. Water Street isn’t the only local venue that
uses Front Gate for ticketing. Montage Music Hall also recently started using the company for its national ticket-providing services. Montage offers online ticket sales for both local and national acts, but only for local acts that warrant them, or if a band requests them for a show.
Water Street Music Hall switched from ticket giant Ticketmaster to Front Gate Tickets, in part because of the service fees being charged to music fans. PHOTO by matt deturck
“Some bands prefer to promote with hard tickets in hand,” says Randy Peck, owner of Montage Music Hall. “They feel that by selling their fans tickets in advance, it aids in and enhances the overall attendance.” But for national shows, a ticketing system is needed, instead of just relying on day-of sales at the door. “We need to use a ticketing system so that people from out of town and out of state can find and purchase tickets to our shows,” Peck says. “It guarantees them admittance rather than waiting in line and possibly being shut out of a sold-out show.” As for going with Front Gate over Ticketmaster or other services, Peck echoed similar concerns as many concert-going consumers. “I think they are more customerand user-friendly,” Peck says. “Their surcharges are more reasonable and the online promotion is a benefit.” Rochester Events, the group that brought Wilco to the Highland Bowl and puts on the weekly summer Party in the Park concerts, also uses Front Gate for its tickets. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is a unique example, in the way that it offers its own ticketing software so that all RPO events are sold and handled by the RPO directly on its website (the exception being summer shows at CMAC, tickets to which are also sold through Ticketmaster, because that is CMAC’s preferred vendor).
But, for many of the smaller local venues, advance or online sales aren’t necessarily needed, and thus a venue will handle all the ticketing work itself, only relying on advance online sales on a case-by-case basis. The Bug Jar, for example, handles most of its shows with day-of door sales, and at least on the local level, has only ever done online advance tickets once in recent memory. For bigger national shows, the venue works with Musictoday, a company under the Ticketmaster umbrella, when agents or larger bands request advanced ticketing. Several local venues also occasionally will have tickets available through Ticketweb, such as the Bug Jar, Montage, and Dubland Underground. Before we completely cue the orchestral performance of “Ticketmaster is Evil: The Symphonic Overture,” there are still many locations in Rochester that rely on, and possibly need, a website the size of Ticketmaster to handle their events. Even Ticketmaster has seen crashes when large events go on sale, and locally the Blue Cross Arena, CMAC, the Auditorium Theatre, and Darien Lake all use Ticketmaster (or Live Nation, which at this point is part of the same company). The Main Street Armory is the largest local venue that does not, using Ticketfly as its primary ticket outlet.
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When autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s not just back to school — it’s back to the clubs, where all kinds of music will be reverberating off the walls, and in your skull. There’s almost too much talent calling Rochester home lately. (That’s a good problem to have, to be sure.) And to compound this problem, there is a pile of bands piling into vans and busses and hitting the highway, pulling in for stops in Rochester along the way. Remember, the boob tube doesn’t really have boobs on it, and crosswords are for closeted psychos. Get out and dig the music. Below are 12 shows from a wide variety of genres that should grab your attention. For a full list of area concerts, make sure to check the online calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com, or pick up City Newspaper ever Wednesday for print listings of that week’s events.
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Saturday, September 22 Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Square $61.75-$104.65 | 8 p.m. | bluecrossarena.com [ R&B/SOUL ] Three-time Grammy nominee
Angie Stone not only belts her own r&b, but she has sung back-up for Lenny Kravitz, penned tunes for D’Angelo, and was a fixture on the early r&b/hip-hop scene in groups like The Sequence — the second rap group
Star of stage and screen Idina Menzel performs at the Auditorium on October 27. PHOTO PROVIDED
ever signed to the Sugar Hill record label. She’ll perform in Rochester along with Kem and Cameo.
Bob Log III Sunday, September 23 Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. | $10-$12 | bugjar.com [ BLUES ] This is the Delta blues gone sci-
fi and batshit. Singing through a telephone receiver mounted on a motorcycle helmet while playing the drums with his feet, Bob Log III plays some of the wickedest slide guitar you’ll ever hear. Expect songs about boobs dipped in scotch — among other things — make this a particular favorite with the kids.
The Antlers Wednesday, September 26 Water Street Music Hall, 204 N. Water St. 7 p.m. | $15-$17 | waterstreetmusic.com [ POP/ROCK ] At times the music of The
Antlers sounds if it has been composed for a melancholy merry-go-round. Minor-leaning and quasi-epic, this Brooklyn band makes sad somehow happy, and avoids rock ’n’ roll convention without threatening its own momentum.
Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys Tuesday, October 2 Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 8 p.m. | $20 | abilenebarandlounge.com [ ROCKABILLY/SWING ] When this O.C. outfit
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swung over to Western swing, it blew past every revivalist in a Stetson and red-tab Levis. Where there’s a Bob Will, there’s a way, and plenty of rug to cut. This one’s for the dancers.
The Casualties Saturday, October 6 Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander Street 8 p.m. | Tix TBD | dublandunderground.wordpress.com/ [ PUNK ROCK ] Old school punkers from
the rotten apple, The Casualties lay it down slick, dirty, and mean. It’s punk defiance with hard-rock agility and volume. Motorhead with a Mohawk.
Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson Tuesday, October 16 Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. 7 p.m. | $47.50-$55 | rochestermainstreetarmory.com [ HARDCORE ROCK ] This is most definitely
the big rock show of the season. Zombie and Manson dig deep into the underbelly of psychotronic art and sleaze with their heavy music. The common denominator here is the fact that both artists owe a lot to Alice Cooper.
Idina Menzel Saturday, October 27 Auditorium Theatre, 875 E. Main St. 8 p.m. | $36-$76 | rbtl.org [ BROADWAY/POP ] Whether she’s singing
in front of a rock ensemble or a major-league orchestra, nothing can contain the pipes Tony Award-winning Idina Menzel. A Rochesterian by marriage (her hubby is Taye Diggs), Menzel first made a stir on Broadway by playing Maureen in “Rent,” but really left her mark as the green gal Elpheba in “Wicked.” She’s made the little-screen scene with a recurring role on “Glee” as well.
Melissa Etheridge Sunday, October 28 Auditorium Theatre, 875 E. Main St. 8 p.m. | $27.50-$102.50 | rbtl.org [ POP/ROCK ] A bluesy fervor still burns hot in
Melissa Etheridge after being in the game since the mid-80’s. Etheridge had a string of radiofriendly hits in the 1990’s, including “Come to My Window,” “I’m the Only One,” and “I Want to Come Over,” and has been a prominent gay icon since publicly coming out as a lesbian. The heat also still burns on the smoky-voiced rocker’s 14th release, “4th Street Feeling.”
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going gently into that “thank you, good night.” Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have embarked on the “Wrecking Ball” tour to bring what always proves to be an epic — in performance and length — no-frills rock ’n’ roll show to the faithful. My suggestion to the Boss this time around is to adopt the spin-the-wheel concept like Elvis Costello has been doing. Springsteen’s catalogue is so huge that it’s almost inevitable that fans of sons from different eras will get passed over. I mean, I’ve seen him four times now and he hasn’t once done “Candy’s Room.”
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Two years ago, Rochester’s concert halls swelled with the depths of the Russians. It seemed every orchestra, group, and soloist in town had something by the great masters Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev on their programs. This year, I bid you to get ready for the French, Italians, and Germans, for we’re off to western Europe, the very anchor of western classical music. And 2012 is the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birthday. Bonne ������������������� anniversaire à�� M. ����������� Debussy! Speaking of, both the Eastman School of Music (esm.rochester.edu) and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (rpo.org) have programs scheduled to honor Debussy during October. At ESM, a festival titled “The Prismatic Debussy” runs October 1-27, the first concert taking place on October 13. The programs will explore the various moods of the impassioned Frenchman, including five recently discovered songs, new works inspired by Debussy, and everything from soloists to small ensembles. Not to be missed by classical lovers will be the month-long Debussy exhibition at the Sibley Library at ESM, which includes manuscripts and rare materials, including autographed manuscripts of “La Mer.” If you haven’t yet set foot into the Sibley Library, be prepared for finely curated exhibitions and the lure of scads of scores and recordings for your exploration. Sibley Library is the largest library of its kind in North America, and was founded by George Eastman, including an original stipend that had acquisitions experts purchasing scores from leading European auction houses of the day. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will pay homage to Debussy with a program on October 25 and 27, including the exquisite “Fantasie” for piano and orchestra.” The program will feature pianist Stefan Arnold, whose credits include a degree from the distinguished Mozarteum Musikhochschule and a current concert schedule that includes Debussy performances throughout Europe. Not a Francophile? Preferring something a
little less, well, sentimental? Then let me spare you with some good, ol’ Johann Sebastian Bach. The Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (esm.rochester.edu/EROI) is hosting a fourday extravaganza of Bach September 27-30. Programming kicks off on September 27 with a reconstruction of Mendelssohn’s 1840 organ concert in Leipzig, Germany. EROI is a hugely ambitious, multi-year project that keeps me going back to Professor David Higgs at ESM to learn about each of the organs already in Rochester, as well as his plans for future acquisitions. The Bach festival will showcase the Craighead-Saunders Organ
This fall the Eastman School of Music (pictured) and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra both have programs honoring the 150th birthday of Debussy. PHOTO PROVIDED
and Hook & Hastings Organ Opus 1573 at Christ Church, the Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery, and the Fritts Organ at Sacred Heart Cathedral. I should in the same breath mention the American Guild of Organists Rochester Chapter
(AGORochester.org). The guild’s concert season includes the “Celebrity Organ Recital Series,” which this year includes French-Canadian organist Isabelle Demers (October 19), the American Music for Organ and Chamber Orchestra (October 21), and organist Ken Cowan (November 11). Back to the RPO, let me give you a few
concert notes that I’ve circled on my calendar, and let’s talk Italian. The RPO takes us on a tour of the ever-alluring Italy through two concerts featuring works of Vivaldi (Venice), Puccini (Tuscany), Respighi (Bologna), and Rossini (Adriatic coast). Your dates are December 13 & 15 and February 28 & March 2. The December concert features Juliana Athayde, concertmaster, on violin, with Joann Falletta, guest conductor. The February/March concert has resident conductor Arild Remmereit at the podium with vocal soloists from ESM. And, add another German to your musical passport by attending the RPO concert April 18 & 20, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, the “Eroica” (“eroica” being Italian for “heroic”). This 50-minute work reflects Beethoven’s admiration of the French Revolution and the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (alas, it ended up dedicated to Prince Franz Joseph Maximillian Lobkowicz, as patrons rather do hold sway over their musicians).
Not to be overlooked, symphony-goers should find their way also to the Penfield Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor David Harman. Its season also contains all of these elements and more, including the Beethoven “Eroica” (October 22), some Mendelssohn from his “Reformation” symphony (December 2), and some Rossini from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (“The Barber of Seville”) with some Respighi (February 11). Madrigalia (madrigalia.org) and Pegasus Early Music (pegasusearlymusic.org) are also in the Bach mix with a concert at Christ Church November 3-4, showcasing period instruments. The Pegasus calendar for October 7 also includes “Apollo and Dafne” by Handel, a dramatic cantata, telling the story of the sun god and his lust for the nymph. In keeping with the theme of the season, Pegasus also offers a concert in the Baroque origins of Italian opera on January 27. Enter the concert hall of the sacred thanks to the Rochester Oratorio Society (rossings.org)
with Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” (October 26), Handel’s “Messiah” with the RPO (December 8), and a double-header of Beethoven’s “Mass in C Major, Op. 86” and Mozart’s “Exsultate, Jubilate” (March 15). More Beethoven can be found at First Muse Chamber Music (FirstMuse.org), when the Amenda Quartet presents two string quartets of Herr Ludvig on October 7. If you want to go even earlier into European composers, then you need to seek out Musica Spei (musicaspei.org). With a cappella performances throughout the season, one that might catch your attention is the group’s Early Music Festival, held annually at St. Anne’s on Mt. Hope, this year on November 9. Also included in that concert will be the Amadeus Chorale (theamadeuschorale.org). Let me end on this note: not all concerts this season will be classics from Europe. There’s a theme, so I’m highlighting that melody, but as we go along in our weekly previews and features, you’ll see the full array of concert goings. Don’t believe it? Here’s the one sneak preview that I’ll give you that’s off-pitch to the theme of this article. The 2012 ESM World Music Series will bring us music of India (September 14), Mali (February 26), and Colombia (April 2). In fact, if you’d like to participate in the annual gamelan lila muni concert (April 29; esm.rochester.edu/gamelan), weekly rehearsals are held on Wednesdays at the Harley School, beginning January 4 — no prior musical experience required.
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There are nine Fridays (plus one very desirable Wednesday) between now and Thanksgiving, and, as usual, Hollywood will be pummeling you with movie upon movie. But autumn is typically a strange time for film, acting as a sort of bridge between summer’s dopier action flicks and the endof-the-year Oscar hopefuls. Typically we’re allotted a handful of popcorn movies, a few Halloween-friendly pictures, and some potential Academy Award bait, and this year’s no different. Our 2012 Fall Movie Preview breaks down each of the next 10 weeks with a couple of suggestions for your viewing pleasure. Now, if you don’t see anything you like, it’s very possible that you’re just a grouch. But keep in mind that the 20 films included herein represent less than a third of the titles being released during that time. Basically, you’ve got options.
September 21
Paul Thomas Anderson’s eagerly awaited follow-up to 2007’s “There Will Be Blood” is “The Master,” an intriguing mid-century drama with Philip Seymour Hoffman as a magnetic spiritual leader and the much-missed Joaquin Phoenix as an alcoholic WWII vet who becomes his right-hand man. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, and Anna Kendrick lead the cast of the gritty “End of Watch,” the third directorial effort from “Training Day” screenwriter David Ayer, which follows a couple of LAPD officers who make a routine traffic stop that lands them in the crosshairs of a drug cartel.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the time-travel assassin thriller “Looper.” PHOTO courtesy tristar pictures
Joseph Gordon-Levitt reteams with his “Brick” writer-director Rian Johnson for the time-travel adventure “Looper,” about a hitman whose job killing people sent from the future puts him gun-to-face with his 55-yearold self (Bruce Willis). The first animated feature from “Samurai Jack” creator Genndy Tartakovsky is “Hotel Transylvania,” which showcases the voice talents of Adam Sandler as good ol’ Dracula, now a hotelier working to keep his daughter
A scene from Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Hotel Transylvania.” PHOTO courtesy sony pictures animation
(Selena Gomez) away from a charming backpacker (Andy Samberg).
October 5
Liam Neeson is back as loving family man/ not-all-that-retired spook Bryan Mills for “Taken 2,” this time in Istanbul when he and ex-wife Famke Janssen are taken captive by a father (go-to Euro-baddie Rade Serbedzija) looking to avenge his Albanian-kidnapper son’s death.
The 3D stop-motion “Frankenweenie” finds Tim Burton expanding on his 1984 short of the same name, with Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder, and Christopher Lee helping to voice the story of a boy who must convince his neighbors that his reanimated pooch is still a good dog.
October 12
Ben Affleck mans the director’s chair once again for “Argo,” co-starring with John
Goodman, Bryan Cranston, and Kyle Chandler in the once-classified true tale of a CIA exfiltration expert who hatches a daring plan to free six Americans in hiding at the home of the Canadian ambassador during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, and Christopher Walken are but four of the “Seven Psychopaths” in Martin McDonagh’s (“In Bruges”) crime comedy about a struggling screenwriter who gets mixed up in the LA underworld after a gangster’s dog gets boosted.
October 19
“Catfish” directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman return for “Paranormal Activity 4,” which promises to bring the surprisingly successful horror franchise full-circle by revisiting the circumstances surrounding Katie and baby Hunter, gone missing after “PA2.” Five years after expertly playing Jesse James for director Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt joins him again for “Killing Them Softly,” co-starring Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, and James Gandolfini. The crime flick is about a gangland enforcer investigating a heist pulled off during a mob-controlled poker game.
Suraj Sharma and a tiger in “Life of Pi.” PHOTO courtesy 20th century fox
October 26
“Cloud Atlas” amasses the creative forces of
filmmakers Tom Tykwer (1998’s “Run Lola Run”) and siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski (the “Matrix” trilogy) for an ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell’s genre-spanning novel exploring the effects of individual actions throughout time. (Also known as the Tom Hanks/Halle Berry movie.) Co-directed by Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson (?!), “Chasing Mavericks” stars Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, and Jonny Weston in the true story of late surfing icon Jay Moriarity and his quest to ride Northern California’s most dangerous wave.
November 2
Wu-Tang’s versatile RZA makes his featuredirecting debut with “The Man with the Iron Fists,” a bloody wire-fu flick set in 19th-century China in which he stars alongside Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu as The Blacksmith, a weapons maker caught in the middle of feuding clans. Robert Zemeckis’s first live-action film since 2000’s “Cast Away” is “Flight,” a drama with Don Cheadle, John Goodman, and Denzel Washington as an airline pilot who saves a flight from crashing, only to have the ensuing investigation into the equipment malfunction reveal something troubling.
November 9
Daniel Day-Lewis channels our 16th President in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” and co-starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Harris, and Sally Field in the story of the
ICHMOND STREET 21 R 270-8570 Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken in “Seven Psychopaths.” PHOTO courtesy cbs films
last few months of the Great Emancipator’s life, which includes the Union’s Civil War victory and the abolition of slavery. Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, and the late Patrice O’Neal lead the cast of “Nature Calls,” writer-director Todd Rohal’s (2006’s “The Guatemalan Handshake”) comedy about polar-opposite adult brothers whose entrenched rivalry is taken to another level when one drags the other’s unenthusiastic kid and his friends on a camping adventure.
November 16
Joe Wright’s opulent adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” features Keira Knightley as one of literature’s best-known adulteresses, married to Jude Law’s aristocrat but consumed by an affair with Aaron TaylorJohnson’s dashing cavalry officer. French filmmaker Jacques Audiard follows up 2009’s stunning Oscar nominee “A Prophet” with “Rust & Bone,” starring Marion Cotillard and Belgian up-andcomer Matthias Schoenaerts in a drama about the unlikely romance that develops between a trainer of killer whales and a struggling single father.
November 21
Ang Lee continues his unpredictable streak with an eye-popping adaptation of Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi,” now a 3D adventure about a young man who survives a shipwreck and finds himself on a lifeboat with an orangutan, hyena, an ailing zebra, and a Bengal tiger. “Silver Linings Playbook” is the latest from David O. Russell (2010’s “The Fighter”), a comedy-drama about a former teacher (Bradley Cooper) who gets entangled with a mysterious young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) after his release from a mental institution. Also: Chris Tucker alert! Oh, one more thing: Please remember that release dates are subject to change.
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The Apple Farm in Victor has hiking trails that take you to Ganondadagan State Historic Site as well as Boughton Park.
Fall always creeps in slowly. First it’s a couple of red leaves here, some cool breezes there. And before you know it, the crisp days and beautiful colors are here to stay. Well, for a couple of months anyway. Fall goes as quickly as it arrives. The leaves on the trees get most of the attention, but there is another thing about fall that disappears just as quickly as those oranges and reds: the food. Fresh cinnamon doughnuts that melt in your mouth. Apple cider that’s both sharp and sweet. Raspberry pie. These are the things that keep me from moving to a warmer state. I can make it through the heaps of snow and outrageous electric bills so long as I get my fresh apple cider each autumn. There are many local farms and orchards around Rochester where you can get all of these fall foods hot and fresh — and sometimes made from products right off of the tree. They are all less than an hour’s drive from the city, and are certain to satisfy your need for fall food and gorgeous scenery. We’ve picked three farms to feature that offer very different fall-excursion experiences. But that’s
just the beginning. Consult the sidebar for a wider selection of area farms. If we missed one, please add it to this list at rochestercitynewspaper.com. Hurd Orchards, located at 17260 Ridge
Road in Holley, is perfect for an authentic farm experience in the fall. It’s only 30 minutes from Rochester, but it couldn’t feel further from the big city. You can pick your own plums and apples right off the trees, and wander through a field of pumpkins to choose the perfect one for carving. The jams, jarred fruits, and pickles sold in the store are made from produce grown right on the farm. This is food you’ll feel proud to eat. The jams themselves are packaged so artfully they could stand alone as a centerpiece. You can also bring some of this deliciousness home with you. Hurd Orchards offers a weekly “bountiful harvest box” that can be picked up at the orchard or at various locations throughout Rochester. Each box includes fruit, homebaked bread, farm fresh eggs, jam, and an assortment of fall foliage. Doesn’t that sound better than another frozen dinner?
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Don’t wait too long; Mother Nature has a short attention span. Plum picking ends in mid-September and apple picking goes into November. Pumpkins are available through October. The orchard is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through December. For more information visit hurdorchards.com. A trip to pick up some of fall’s best foods can also be great for families. Wickham Farms (1821 Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, Penfield) has fresh treats as well as lots of fun for kids. There is a giant corn maze, a mini-golf course, and a kiddie train ride. Kids can also feed the animals or try their hand at the batting cages. Meanwhile, grown-ups get to stuff themselves with real maple syrup and honey, cheeses, and baked goods made from scratch. Best of all are the hot apple cider and cookies. Grab a bite, dig in, and sit and digest the autumn flavors while taking a hay ride around the pumpkin patch before you leave. Keep an eye out for your favorite pumpkin and take it home to carve. Wickham Farms is open daily 10
a.m.-9 p.m. and is only a 15 minute drive from Rochester. For more information visit wickhamfarms.com. The peaceful scenery of fall is also a great time for a long, quiet walk. Whether alone or with a friend, a walk allows you to glimpse all of the season’s colors before they disappear. The Apple Farm (1640 State Route 444) in Victor has two hiking trails that go through the farm. One trail meanders through the Ganondagan State Historic Site’s fields, ravines, and streams. The other takes you to Boughton Park. All of that exercise will earn you a trip to the farm’s bakery, where cider doughnuts, tarts, turnovers, and pies are all baked fresh. Why wait for Thanksgiving dessert when you can get it there? Your grandmother will never know. The farm also sells organic and gluten-free foods in its store. Eleven different types of apples are grown on the farm’s trees throughout the year, most of which remain to be picked through November. Unfortunately, Rochester’s winter-that-never-was and extremely hot
Hurd Orchards in Holley sells a variety of jarred and preserved fruits, as well as fresh pickings. PHOTO by AMY SEIFERT
summer damaged some of the apples. There may be fewer varieties this season. Check the farm’s website (thevictorapplefarm.com) throughout the fall to see what is available.
Apple picking is allowed daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The farm is only about 20 minutes away from Rochester.
Rochester-area farms/farmstands The Apple Farm 1640 State Route 444, Victor 924-3420, thevictorapplefarm.com Pick your own: apples Buy at the store: organic and natural foods, donuts, cider, pies, tarts, turnovers
930 Manitou Rd., Hilton 234-0252, greenacreupick.com Pick your own: raspberries, peaches, nectarines, prunes, apples, pumpkins, gooseberries Buy at the store: apple cider, pies, fry cakes
Burnap’s Farm Market
Gro-Moore Farm
7277 Maple Ave., Sodus 315-483-4050 Kids’ activities: corn maze, train ride, toy area Pick your own: apples, raspberries, Buy at the store: pies, breads, muffins, produce
Chase Farms Market 459 Pannell Road, Fairport 315-986-4013, chasefarmsmarket.com Pick your own: raspberries, pumpkins Buy at the store: roasted sweet corn, mums, winter squash, apples, gourds
G and S Orchards 825 Atlantic Ave., Walworth 315-524-3823, gandsorchards.com Pick your own: pumpkins, apples, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries Buy at the store: pears, tomatilloes, leeks, gourds, winter squash
Green Acre Farm (two locations) 3460 Latta Road
2811 E. Henrietta Rd. Henrietta 359-3310, gromoore.com Pick your own: pumpkins Buy at the store: real maples syrup and honey, pies, cookies, donuts, popcorn, locally made cheeses, jams, eggs and more
Hurd Orchards 17260 Ridge Rd., Holley 638-8838, hurdorchards.com Pick your own: plums, apples, pumpkins Buy at the store: jams, pickles, jarred fruits, and more
Kelly’s Apple Farm
Pick your own: apples, pumpkins Buy at the store: flowers, jams, fudge, apple sauce, honey, maple syrup
Long Acre Farms 1342 Eddy Road, Macedon 315-986-4202, longacrefarms.com Kids’ activities: giant corn maze, pedal go-karts, climbing wall Buy at the store: homemade ice cream (open through October), homemade fudge, pies, fresh vegetables
Powers Farm Market 161 Marsh Road, Pittsford 586-4631, powersfarmandmarket.com Kids’ activities: pumpkin patch, world’s largest teepees, hay rides Buy at the store: donuts, apple cider, homemade candy apples, plants
Pully’s Farm Market
611 Old Wilder Road, Hilton 392-8102, kellysfarmmarket.com Pick your own: apples, pumpkins Buy at the store: baked goods (fromscratch pies, breads), cider
8160 Lake Street Road, Leroy 768-2280 Kids’ activities: pumpkin patch, pumpkin cannon Buy at the store: flowers, apple cider, jams, apples
Lagoner Farms
Stokoe Farm
6985 Lake Ave., Williamson 315-589-4889 Kids’ activities: apple sling shot, wagon ride, train ride, apple core maze
South Road, Scottsville 889-0770, stokoefarms.com At the farm: pumpkin patch and a pumpkin cannon
Whittier Fruit Farm 219 Whittier Road, Rochester 594-9054, whittierfruitfarm.com Pick your own: apples, blueberries, pumpkins Buy at the store: apple cider, ice cream Free wagon rides on weekends
Wickham Farms 1821 Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, Penfield 377-3276, wickhamfarms.com Buy at the store: honey, maple syrup, cookies, cheese, hot cider, pies, pumpkins, apples. For kids: hay ride, mini-golf, corn maze, train, batting cages
Zarpentine Farms 163 Burritt Road, Hilton 392-3611 Kids’ activities: world’s largest corn maze Buy at the store: apple fritter, cider fried cakes, cherry/chocolate turnovers, apple-caramel bread, pies, cinnamon rolls, apples, artisan cheese and more.
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Summer may be over, but it’s not time to head indoors yet. Rochester has plenty of events to keep you busy through the fall. In fact, there are so many that we couldn’t possibly fit them all in one place. This listing of events — running roughly through the holidays — will get you started, but be sure to check City Newspaper every Wednesday for a full listing of that week’s events. Appleumpkin Festival SatSun Sep 29-30. Harvest celebration with crafts, entertainment, and fallflavored treats. Gaslight village of Wyoming, NY. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 495-9940, appleumpkin.com. ARTrageous Affair Sat Oct 6. Annual gala to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester. Dinner, silent art auction. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. 6 p.m. 473-8177, $125. bccr.org. Autumn Festival of Ales Sat Oct 6. Craft beer tasting, live blues music, chili cook-off, food vendors, hand-rolled cigars. Fireman’s Field, Honeoye Falls. 1-5 p.m. $25-$30 ($7 non-drinkers). 624-4386, cbsbrewing.com. BOA’s 35th Anniversary Dine & Rhyme Event Sun Sep 23. Readings at Memorial Art Gallery and dinner reception at Good Luck Restaurant. 3 p.m. 546-3410, boaeditions. org. Bop Shop Fall CD and Record Show Sun Nov 4. More than 40 vendors with 60-plus tables of music and musicrelated merch. Location TBD. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. bopshop.com. Buccaneers’ Ball 2012 Sat Oct 20. Put on pirate attire and join the ball for food, desserts, casinostyle gaming, raffles, silent auction. 21+ only. Rochester Marriott Airport, 1890 W. Ridge Road. $65. 271-5519. piratetoyfund.org. Charlotte Genesee Lighthouse Fri-Sunday Nov 30-Dec 2: Gift Shop Holiday Sale. 70 Lighthouse St. geneseelighthouse.org. City of Rochester Oct 20: Fall Foliage Tour (Mt. Hope Cemetery) | Oct 20 & 23: Grand Torch Light Tour (Mt. Hope Cemetery) | Oct 21: Rochester’s Rich History Series- Rochester Reception (Central Library) | Sunday Cinema at Central (all at Central Library, 115 South Ave.): Sun Oct 14: “Akeelah and the Bee,” Nov 4: “Who the #$&% is 26 City FALL GUIDE 2012
Jackson Pollock,” Dec 9: “A Christmas Story” | Dec 16: 4th Annual Victorian Tea (Central Library). For more info and other events check cityofrochester.gov. Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival Fri-Sun Oct 5-7. Food, entertainment, kids’ activities, race, fireworks, contest. Town of Cohocton. fallfoliagefestival.com. Cracker Box Palace Sat Oct 6: Farm Frenzy Walk-a-thon | Sat Nov 3: Pictures with Santa | Sat Nov 10: Harvest Party. Cracker Box Palace, 6450 Shaker Rd., Alton. crackerboxpalace.org. Cultural Diversity Conference Thu Sep 20. “Building Community through Diversity” Spirituality, State and Politics. Keynote Speaker Arsalan Iftikhar (human rights lawyer). SUNY Brockport. Free-$50. brockport.edu. Darien Lake Family FrightFest Saturdays and Sundays Sep 21-Oct 14. Halloween activities for little kids and haunted houses for teens and adults. Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, 9993 Allegheny Rd. noon-10 p.m. godarienlake.com. The Fair and Expo Center FriSun Sep 21-23: Gun Show | Thu-Sun Sep 27-29: Ski Sale | Thu Oct 4: Health Fair | Sat Oct 13: RocCity Roller Derby | Sat-Sun Oct 20-21: New Moon Psychic Festival & Holistic Healing Expo | Sat-Sun Oct 20-21: 42nd Annual Rochester Gem, Mineral Jewelry & Fossil Show | Sat Oct 27: World’s Greatest Garage Sale. 2695 E. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. fairandexpocenter.org. Fairport Scarecrow Festival Sat Oct 13. Music, entertainment, food, kids’ activities along Main Street in Fairport. Free. fairportmerchants.com. Fall Sky Rides Saturdays and Sundays Sep 22-Oct 28. Check out the fall foliage from a ski lift. Bristol Mountain Snow Resort, 5662 State Rt. 64, Canandaigua. bristolmountain.com.
Mount Hope Cemetery is home to a variety of themed walks each fall. PHOTO by matt deturck Fashion Week of Rochester Thu-Sun Sep 27-30. Boutique bus tour, runway shows, art and music performances, more. Various locations including participating boutiques around Rochester. fashionweekofrochester.org. Finger Lakes Cheese Trail Open Houses Sat-Sun Oct 6-7, Sat Nov 17. Tours and cheese samples. Various regional farms and creameries. flcheesetrail. com. Finger Lakes Community College Sun Sep 30: Allan Armitage, renowned horticulturalist. FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive. 1-3 p.m. Free. flccconnects. com. Finger Lakes Live Steamers Sat-Sun Sep 22-23: Fall Meet and Open House. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 302 ClydeMerengo Rd., Clyde. fingerlakeslivesteamers.org. Flour City Brewer’s Festival Fri Sep 21. Beer samples, food, live music presented by Rohrbach’s Brewing Co. Frontier Field. 6 p.m. fcbrewfest.com. Ganondagan State Historic Site Sat Sep 29: “A Seneca Encounter with LaSalle” | Sun Nov 11: Canandaigua Treaty Day | Lecture Series: Thu Sep 20: “Land
& Identity: Seneca and Quaker Perspectives on Two Controversial Treaties”; Thu Oct 25: “The Painful Legacy of the Native American Boarding Schools”; Thu Nov 29: “Denying Identity: The Ongoing Passport Issue.” All lectures at Shults Center, Nazareth College. $10-$30 per lecture. 1488 Route 444, Victor. ganondagan.org. Genesee Country Village and Museum Sat Oct 6: The Fall Festival featuring the Agricultural Fair | Sun Oct 7: Vintage Baseball League Championship Game | Fri Oct 19 & 26: Spirits of the Past- Theatrical Tours | Sat Oct 27: Trick or Treating in the Village | Sat Nov 24: Preparing for the Holidaysthe 19th Century Way | 1410 Flint Rd., Mumford. gcv.org. Genesee Valley Conservancy Sat Oct 20: Autumn colors walk, approx. 3 miles along Wheeler Gully. 1 Main St., Geneseo. geneseevalleyconservancy. org. Genesee Waterways Center Sat-Sun Oct 6-7, Sat Oct 13: Head of the Genesee Regatta. 149 Elmwood Ave. geneseewaterways.org. Geneva Historical Society Museum Sat Sep 29: Rose Hill Mansion Food and Wine Celebration | Thu
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Hash House Harriers A local drinking/running club that has weekly runs through various parks and trails. Each run is celebrated by drinking afterward. Runs occur on Sunday nights through the winter. rochesterhhh. com. Haunted Hayrides of Greater Rochester Sep 29-Oct 28. Hayride through the woods as costumed actors try to spook you. 3329 Eddy Rd., Williamson. $15-$20. hauntedhayridesrochester. com. Haunted House of Rochester Fri-Sun through October. Opens at 6:30 p.m. $11, 6712850. 1592 Qualtrough Rd., Rochester. Harbor Town Belle offers Mark Twain hauntedhouseofhorrors. cruises through October. FILE PHOTO com. Hilton Apple Fest SatCelebration of German Sun Sep 29-30. Crafts, culture, music, beer, food. food, entertainment, car Camp Eastman, Irondequoit. show. Town of Hilton. $4-$8. irondequoit.org/ hiltonapplefest.org. oktoberfest2012. Holiday Hollow at Halloween Jewish Book Festival Saturdays and Sundays Oct Sun Oct 28-Thu Nov 15. 6-31. Pirate shows, food, Readings, singings, and pumpkins, games. 1410 discussions of Jewish Main Rd., Corfu. 11 a.m.-5 authors and/or books of p.m. $10-$11. 762-8160, Jewish interest. Jewish holidayhollow.com. Community Center, House of Pain ThursdaysEdgewood Ave. rjbf.org. Sundays through October. Junior League of Rochester $20. 800 E. Main St. Sat Nov 3: Home Tour 2012 rochesterhouseofpain.com. Fundraiser. Tour historical Hunt Country Vineyards homes in the Village of Sat-Sun Sep 29-30: 23rd Pittsford, with refreshments. Annual Hunt Country 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $25. jlroch. Harvest Festival | Sat Dec org. 1: Christmas in Branchport. Keuka Wine Trail Sat-Sun 4021 County Rd., Nov 10-11: Keuka Holidays I Branchport. huntwines.com. | Sat-Sun Nov 17-18: Keuka ImageOut Lesbian and Gay Holidays II. 2375 Route 14A, Film Festival Fri-Sun Oct Penn Yan. keukawinetrail. 5-14. Film screenings, com. art exhibit, parties, more. Landmark Society of Western Various venues including New York Fri-Sat Sep 28Dryden Theater and Cinema 29: Inside Downtown Tour Theater. imageout.org. 2012. 133 S Fitzhugh St. Irondequoit Oktoberfest landmarksociety.org. 2012 Fri-Sat Sep 14continues on page 28 15 & Fri-Sat Sep 21-22. rochestercitynewspaper.com City 27
2012 Special Events Guide continues from page 27 Letchworth State Park SatMon Oct 6-8: Letchworth Arts and Crafts Show and Sale. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 Letchworth State Park, Castille. nyparks.state.ny.us. The Little Theatre Thurs Sep 20-Tues Oct 4: Witness Palestine Film Festival | Sun Sep 23, Thurs Sep 27 & Sun Sep 30: PAL Festival | Mon Sep 24: WXXI Community Cinema Series. 240 East Ave. thelittle.org. Lift Bridge Book Shop Mon Oct 22: Le Mot Juste 2012 Anthology Publication Reading | Sat Nov 10: 16th Annual Rochester Children’s Book Festival | Mon Nov 12: 3rd Annual Book Club Bash. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St., Brockport. liftbridgebooks.com. Locavore Month Events Sat Sep 22: Walk for Farm Animals | Sat Sep 30: Northeast Organic Farmers AssociationNY statewide potluck. NYlocavorechallenge.com. Lollypop Farm Sat Sep 22: Barktober Fest. 5-mile race and 1.5-mile walk for animals. 99 Victor Rd., Fairport. lollypop.org. Lori’s Natural Food Sun Sep 30: Taste of Lori’s 31st Anniversary. Lori’s Natural Food Center, 900 Jefferson Rd. lorisnatural.com. Manhattan Short Film Festival Sat Oct 6. Global short-film festival. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. manhattanshort. com. MCC Alumni Week and Homecoming 2012 Thu
Genesee Country Village and Museum’s vintage baseball championship takes place October 7. file PHOTO Oct 4-Thu Oct 11. 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. monroecc.edu. Medina Railroad Museum Sep 23, 30, Oct 21, 27: Winery Trains | Oct 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20 & 24: Fall Foliage Train Rides | Nov 24, 25, Dec 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16: Polar Express Train Rides. 530 West Ave., Medina. railroadmuseum.net. Memorial Art Gallery Sun Oct 7: Hispanic Heritage Family Day | Thu Oct 11 & Thu Dec 13: Art and Story Stroll | Sun Dec 2: Native American Culture Family Day. 500 University Ave. mag.rochester.edu. Mount Hope Cemetery General tours Saturdays and Sundays through October | Sat Oct 20: Fall Foliage Tour | Sat-Sun Oct 20-23: Grand Torch Light Tour. 1133
Mount Hope Ave. fomh.org. MVP Health Care Rochester Marathon Sun Sep 23. Marathon, half-marathon and relay to benefit Arthritis Foundation. Frontier Field, 333 Plymouth Ave. 7:30 a.m. $60-$180. rochestermarathon.com. Naples Grape Festival SatSun Sep 29-30. Wine, food, arts and crafts, live entertainment, grape pie contest. Naples High School and Memorial Town Hall, Naples. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. naplesgrapefest.org. National Hunting and Fishing Day Sat Sep 22. nhfsay.org. Neighborhood of the Arts Celebration Fri Oct 5. Opening celebration for the University Avenue and ArtWalk Extension projects, with open
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houses, performances, gallery openings, readings, music, and other cultural activities throughout NOTA. Most events 6-9 p.m. cityofrochester.gov/ artwalkextension/ New York Museum of Transportation/Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Sundays through Nov 4: Fall Foliage by Trolley and Train | Nov 24-25, Dec 1-2, 8-9, 15-16: Holly Trolley Rides. 6393 East River Rd. nymtmuseum.org. New York Wine & Culinary Center Sat Sep 22: New York State of Mind. Cocktails, food and wine pairings, auctions. 6:30-11 p.m. $150. 800 S. Main St., Canandaigua. nywcc.com. Nightmare Manor Sep 30Oct 31. Quarter-mile indoor haunted attraction. Southtown Plaza, 3333 W Henrietta Rd. Open Thu-Sun. $12-$30. nightmaremanor.com. Ontario Pathways Sat Oct 20: The Great Pumpkin Walk (Ontario Fairgrounds). ontariopathways.org. Planned Parenthood Annual Luncheon Fri Nov 2. Guest Speaker: Donna Brazile. Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St. Noon. $60. pprsr.org. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Wed-Sun Oct 24-28. The greatest show on Earth returns to Rochester. Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Square. bluecrossarena.com. RIT’s Brick City Homecoming Fri-Sun Oct 19-21: Men’s Hockey vs. Penn State (Blue Cross Arena), distinguished speaker Alec Baldwin. 1 Lomb Memorial Drive. www2. rit.edu/brickcity. Roc City Roller Derby Sat Oct 13 & Sat Nov 10: Rottenchesters vs. 5-H85s vs. Midtown Maulers | Sat Dec 1: Home Team Championship. Dome Arena, Henrietta. rocderby.com. Rochester Arts and Lectures Thu Oct 18: Jeffrey Brown | Thu Nov 8: Dennis Lehane | Thu Dec 6: Beth Howard. Continues in 2013 with Frank Delaney, Helen Simonson, and Art Spiegelman. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. artsandlectures.org. Rochester Auditorium Theatre Thu Sep 20: John Lithgow ($37-$65) | Fri Oct 5: Wanda Sykes ($49-$78) | Fri Nov 2-Sun Nov 4: Blue Man Group ($52-$81) | Fri Nov 9: Bill Cosby ($72-$94) | Tue Nov 20: Warren Miller Films (TBD) | Wed Dec 5: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker ($50-$115). 885 E. Main St. 222-5000. rbtl.org. Rochester Main Street Armory Fri-Sun Sep 21-23: Roc Con 2012 Rochester Sci-Fi and Anime Con | Sat Oct 1-3: Foam N’ Glow “America’s Largest Foam
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Rochester River Romance celebrates the Genesee River October 5-7. PHOTO provided Oct 11-Sun Oct 14. Homecoming weekend for UR with reunions, lectures, performances, sports, outdoor activities, art exhibitions, movies, etc. Keynote speaker: Joe Scarborough. For a full schedule and more information visit rochester. edu/melioraweekend. Victor Wine & Food Fest Fri Nov 9. Ravenwood Golf Club, Victor. victorny.org. Wayne County Sat-Sun Sep 22-23: Pumpkin Harvest Festival Weekend | Fri-Mon Oct 5-8: Wayne County Apple Tasting Tour. waynecountytourism.com. Wine and Jazz Fundraiser Thu Sep 20. Benefits Jazz 90.1. Presented by Greece Community Broadcasting
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