Summer Guide 2013

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SUMMER GUIDE 2013

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Summer Guide 2013 INSIDE

SUMMER'S Drunken Lullabies

MUSIC.......................................... 4 REGIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS & SERIES

THEATER.................................... 10 WHAT'S ON STAGE AROUND ROCHESTER

ART............................................ 14 PUBLIC ART SCAVENGER HUNT

ANTIQUING................................. 18 INTRODUCTION | BY WILLIE CLARK

THE JOYS OF GARAGE SALES

GEEK EVENTS............................. 22

I’m going to be honest: I’m not the biggest fan of heat. Or sun. Or sand.

So most of the things that people look forward to every summer, I tend to loathe and shy away from. I’ve always been a colder weather winter warlock, turning the AC on early and hoping fall and coolerweather comes fast.

But even the winter we got this year had me waiting for that giant ball of light in the sky to finally show up and force me to open some windows and turn the heat off. And even though I’m a little sad that we seemed to have jumped right from the depths of winter to the endless days of summer (and skipped, you know, the less-warm spring), there is one good thing that even I can get excited about every summer: City’s annual Summer Guide.

This year’s guide includes a combination of my favorite things: Music, beer, and food. We’ve got a look at the large-scale music festivals and concerts coming out way on page 4, a look at just where to find the best are breweries on page 30, and a hunger-inducing look at festival and carnival foods. Better book that fall gym time now, folks.

I’m also a giant sucker for scavenger hunts, and a big fan of garage-sale hunting, and this year’s guide includes a public-artwork quest that will keep you scratching your head, while learning about Rochester’s artistic past (page 14), and a look at where to find those bargain summer scavenging deals (page 18).

Double whammy.

We purposefully took a more regional approach this year, so don’t be Gollum and hide from the outside, get out there and see something new this summer. Explore.

Drink. Take a road trip. There are lots of great things to do in Rochester, and a lot to explore close by. And enjoy it, because we all know that summer doesn’t last long here. rochestercitynewspaper.com facebook.com/citynewspaper @roccitynews

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PHOTO FEATURE......................... 26 SCENES FROM LIVING ON THE LAKE

BREWERIES................................ 30 REGIONAL BREWS AND EVENTS

FOOD. . ........................................ 34 WHERE TO FIND SUMMER-ONLY FEST GRUB

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MUSIC

BY ROMAN DIVEZUR

PITCHING A TENT A tour of Upstate New York’s summer music festivals L

ooking to catch some concerts this summer outside your own back yard? Want to make that concert a road trip? No matter what your musical tastes may be — or your budget — tons of shows are happening down the road that will get you grooving in the great outdoors. Get your motor running, head out on the highway, and get ready to enjoy this summer’s regional music festivals and concerts.

Just don’t forget the sunscreen. And maybe some earplugs.

Point your vehicle in a westerly direction and drive toward Niagara Falls to check out the shows at Artpark (450 S. Fourth St., artpark.net) in Lewiston, NY. The Niagara River gorge provides a scenic backdrop for the venue’s stellar line-up of affordable concerts ($5-$10 if purchased in advance, $10-$15 week of show). The series runs from June through August on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Tuesday evening concerts scheduled include Chicago (June 25), The Doobie Brothers (July 9), Bad Company with Paul Rodgers (July 16), .38 Special and Blue Oyster Cult (August 6), Lynyrd Skynyrd (August 13), Gladys Knight and The O’Jays (August 20), and ZZ Top (August 27).

Wednesday evening concerts scheduled include MGMT (June 19), Dispatch (June 26), O.A.R. and Friends (July 10), and The Flaming Lips (July 17). Artpark hosts several jazz and blues shows, too (June 24-August 2), and those ticket prices vary ($35-$65).

Shuffle off to downtown Buffalo for Counting Crows and The Wallflowers (June 28), Kem (June 29), Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo (August 30). The

Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside concert series (1 Naval Park Cove, buffaloplace. com/rocks) also includes free performances by The Wailers (July 26) and Bell Biv DeVoe (July 27).

Speaking of the Queen City, the Thursday at Canalside series (1 Naval Park Cove, buffaloplace.com/ Thursday) offers an upscale line-up of free shows anchored by Teddy 4 CITY

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ABOVE: New York’s own Rubblebucket will be joining more than 60 other bands at the GrassRoots Festival July 18-21. PHOTO PROVIDED

Riley and Blackstreet (June 27), Todd Rundgren (August 15), and Adam Ant

(August 27), among other groups.

If classical music is your bag, the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival (fingerlakes-music.org) runs shows June through August at various locations in the Finger Lakes region. Michael Reisman, composer and musical director of the Philip Glass Ensemble, will perform his arrangements of music from the films “Dracula” and “The Hours” for piano and strings, along with the worldpremiere performance of Richard Auldon Clark’s “Finger Lakes Suite” (July 20) in Penn Yan (305 Court St.). Hunt Country Vineyards (4021 County Road 32, huntwines.com) in Branchport hosts “Winds Blow Suitely” (July 27) featuring selections by Mozart and American-composer Randall Thompson’s “Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola.”

Do you like it smooth and on the cheap? Head east to Salt City — or rather, Jamesville Beach Park — and finish what the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (June 21-29, rochesterjazz.com) started. The M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest (syracusejazzfest.

com) is the largest entirely free jazz festival in the Northeast and includes shows by Preservation Hall Jazz Band (July 4), The GrandMothers of Invention (July 5), and Taylor Dayne (July 6).

If you are looking for something a bit more folksy, take off to the great white north for the Toronto Urban Roots Festival (100 Garrison Road, torontourbanrootsfest.com) at historic Fort York. The four-day Fourth of July weekend event offers more than 30 bands including She & Him, Camera Obscura (July 4), Arkells (July 5), Flogging Molly,

TOP: Rock trio ZZ Top will be bringing the beards, and the rock, to Artpark on August 27. PHOTO BY ROSS HALFIN BOTTOM: The Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival has performances at various locations in the Finger Lakes June through August. PHOTO BY HOWARD LEVANT

Regional Concerts Ameribeat Festival of the Arts July 4-7. Four nights of

camping and music includes shows by Max Creek, The Z3 (tribute to Frank Zappa), The Primate Fiasco. 274 Kent Road, Sterling. sterlingstage.com.

Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls (July 6), and Belle and Sebastian, Neko Case (July 7).

Closer to home is the Vans Warped Tour 2013 (vanswarpedtour.com) at

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July 11-14. Blues bands and lip-smackin’ barbeque at Highland Park Festival Site. rochesterevents.com/festivalsevents/big-rib-bbq-blues-fest.

Big Up 2013 August 8-10.

Explore the future of music with Beats Antique, Gaudi, Chris Keating of Yeasayer, and more. Hemlock Hollow Farm, Hemlock Hollow Farm, Route 11, Claverack. thebigup.com.

Through August 2. Concert series features Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (June 24), Buddy Guy and The Robert Randolf and the Family Band (August 1), Chick Corea & The Vigil (August 2). 450 S. Fourth St., Lewiston. artpark.net.

Bands on the Bricks July 12-August 9. Free Friday evening concerts at The Rochester Public Market includes Donna the Buffalo

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, on July 6. The allday event is a crowded pilgrimage for the youngsters and never ceases to amaze with its line-up of up-andcomers. A multitude of acts are on the bill, including Hawthorne Heights, Architects (UK), and MC Lars. Darien Lake is also home to one of the 

(July 12), Los Lonely Boys (July 19), Felice Brothers (July 26), Latin Night (August 2), The Sound Remains the Same (August 9). Public Market, 280 N. Union St. cityofrochester. gov/bandsonbricks.

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summer’s hottest tickets with Bob Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket (July 18).

Do you remember that one time at band camp? No? Don’t worry, there’s still time to get your freak on at Camp Bisco (1142 Batter St., campbisco.net) located outside Albany in Mariaville Lake. The 12th annual dancecentric festival runs July 11-13 and you can even pitch a tent for some free camping with a ticket purchase. Camp Bisco features a plethora of electronica and jam bands including The Disco Biscuits, Bassnectar, Passion Pit, STS9, Animal Collective, Umphrey’s McGee and Rochester’s own Manhattan Project.

If Nashville twang if more your thang,

the New York State Fairgrounds outside of Syracuse hosts the NY Country Jam (nycountryjam.com) July 12-14. Billy

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just a few of the scheduled performers.

More than 60 groups on four stages makes the GrassRoots Festival (2150 Trumansburg Road, grassrootsfest.org) in Trumansburg (July 18-21) one of the largest musical festivals in the Finger Lakes region.

The mix of bands leans toward roots and world music with featured performances by

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Explore the future of music with The Big Up 2013 (Hemlock Hollow Farm, thebigup. com) in Claverack, running August 8-10.

The three-day festival features more than 50 visionary groups including experimental worldfusion performers Beats Antique, electro-dance bands The Egg, Holy Fuck, and more.

The 34th Annual Skaneateles Festival (skanfest.org) in Skaneateles is a popular destination for fans of chamber music in New York State. The month-long 2013 season of world-class classical music by the lake opens August 8 with weeknight concerts held in various locations in the village of Skaneateles and Saturday shows held at a nearby outdoor venue, Brook Farm (2870 West Lake Road).

Among the music festivals rounding out the summer season is The Ontario Barn Festival (513 Whitney Road, ontariobarnvineyards.com) on August 31.

The family-friendly event in Ontario, Wayne County, offers bluegrass, roots, and alternative bands, barbeque, apple picking, and wine sampling (for adults only, of course).

Not enough for you? If you want to let the music play all summer, check out this article’s side bar for a list of even more festivals and concerts.

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inner Appalachian with three days of bluegrass, camping, and more. 4015 Fish Farm Road, Sodus. brantlingbluegrass.com.

Brockport Rotary Barbeque and Music Festival June

21-23. Barbeque and blues.

Northampton Park, Ogden. brockportbbqfest.com.

Budweiser Summer Stage at Tag’s Through August

8. Concert series in New York’s Southern Tier includes Daughtry (July 13), Motley Crue (July 23), The Beach Boys (July 26). 3037 State Route 352, Big Flats. tagstickets.com.

Buffalo Place Rocks Canalside June 28-August

31. Downtown concert series at Erie Canal Harbor, including Kem (June 29) and Bell Biv DeVoe (July 27).

Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf, 95 Perry St., Buffalo. buffaloplace.com/rocks.

Camp Bisco July 11-13. Get your freak on with The Disco Biscuits, Bassnectar, Passion Pit and more. Indian Lookout Country Club, 1142 Batter St., Mariaville Lake. campbisco.net.

Bassnectar will be dropping the…well, bass, at Camps Bisco (July 11-13). PHOTO BY MEL D. COLE

Canandaigua Lake Music Festival July 12-21. Features

chamber music performances in the auditorium of Finger Lakes Community College (3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua) and a variety of unconventional venues. lakemusicfestival.org.

Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center Through August 25. CMAC’s line-up includes shows by LL

Cool J with Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and De La Soul (June 22), Gigantour 2013 with Megadeth (July 6), Fun, Tegan and Sara (July 13), Furthur (July 19), Steely Dan (July 20), Keith Urban (August 9), Ke$ha (August 25). 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua. cmacevents.com.

Coors Wednesdays at Artpark

Through July 17. Western New York concert series features a

Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Through September

4. The venue hosts some of the summer’s biggest shows, including Vans Warped Tour (July 6), Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket (July 18), Lil’ Wayne (July 30), and John Mayer (August 13). 9993 Alleghany Road, Darien Center. darienlake.com.

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stellar line-up (MGMT on June 19, O.A.R. and Friends on July 10, The Flaming Lips on July 17) and cheap seats. Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater, 450 S. Fourth St., Lewiston. artpark.net.

Ellicotville Summer Music Festival July 5-7. Gretchen

Wilson (July 6) and Creedence Clearwater Revisted (July 7) headline the main stage on the slopes of Holiday Valley.

Ellicotville. ellicottvilleny.com/ summer-music-festival.

Fairport Music & Food Festival August 24. Proceeds

from the festival benefit the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong. Fairport. fairportmusicfestival.com.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

August 2-4. Folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshire mountains. 44 County Route 7D, Hillsdale. falconridgefolk.com.

Finger Lakes Casino & Racetrack. Through August

7. Free concert series with REO Speedwagon (June 19), The Charlie Daniels Band (July 17), Gretchen Wilson (August 7). 5857 State Route 96, Farmington. fingerlakesracetrack.com.

Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival Through August 3.

Chamber music concerts in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. Various locations. fingerlakes-music.org.

First Niagara Tuesdays in The Park Through August 27.

Western New York concert series including Chicago (June 25) and ZZ Top (August 27). 450 S Fourth St., Lewiston. artpark.net.

Gaelic Storm’s Rag and Bone Workshop July 29-August

2. Celtic-rock group Gaelic Storm hosts four days of camping, classes, and music.

Full Moon Resort, 1 Valley View Road, Big Indian. ragandboneworkshop.com.

Garden Vibes Concerts.

Through August 14. Shows on the grounds of the George Eastman House with NRBQ (July 17) and The Ifs (August 14). 900 East Ave. eastmanhouse.org/ events/music.

Gateways Music Festival

August 14-18. 20th annual festival features African-American classical musicians. Various locations. gatewaysmusicfestival.org.

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music performances in Geneva (June 21) and Canandaigua (June 22). Various locations. genevamusicfestival.com.

GrassRoots Festival July 1821. Roots and world music acts are featured at the 23rd annual GrassRoots festival of music and dance. Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150 Trumansburg Road, Trumansburg. grassrootsfest.org.

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July 5-7. The festival’s line-up includes Donna the Buffalo, The Campbell Brothers. 2361 Waits Corners Road, Sherman. greatblueheron.com.

Grove Music Festival August 3. Bands including Phoenix, Hot Chip, Girl Talk, and Gaslight Anthem rock out on two stages. Fort York Garrison Common, 100 Garrison Road, Toronto. thegrovefest.com.

(June 20) then catch the band and others here. Snow Ridge Ski Resort, 4173 W Road, Turin. moedown.com.

music includes shows by Ryan Montbleau Band, Cabinet, and MiZ. 274 Kent Road, Sterling. sterlingstage.com.

Historic Lewiston Jazz Festival August 23-24. Free

Native American Dance and Music Festival July

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jazz festival includes a tribute to Lionel Hampton. (August 24). Center Street, Lewiston. lewistonjazz.com.

Hochstein at High Falls Through August 15. Free lunchtime concert series featuring Mambo Kings (June 27), Mikaela Davis (July 11), The Pickpockets (July 25), The Dady Brothers (August 1), Rochester Ukulele Orchestra (August 15), and others.

Concerts start at 12:10 p.m. at Granite Mills Park, near Pont de Rennes Bridge, High Falls.

Hochstein.org.

Jam At The Ridge Through September 19. Country music-oriented concert series and camping. Frost Ridge Campground, 8101 Conlon Road, Le Roy. frostridge.com.

Jazz on The Mountain At Blue July 5-7. Canadian jazz

Mikaela Davis will perform July 11 as part of the Hochstein at High Falls concert series. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE

27-28. Reconnect with Ganondagan history through live music, dances, crafts, stories, and demonstrations of Native American traditions.

Ganondagan State Historic Site, 1488 New York 444, Victor. ganondagan.org.

New York State Blues Festival July 28. Syracuse

festival of American blues. 2 S Clinton Square, Syracuse. nysbluesfest.com.

NY Country Jam July 12014.

Three days of country music shows at the New York State Fairgrounds. 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. nycountryjam.com.

Ontario Barn Festival August 31. Family-friendly event features music and more.

Ontario. ontariobarnvineyards. com/ontariobarnfestival.

festival features Holly Cole (July 5), Swing Out Sister (July 6), among others.

Blue Mountains, Ontario. bluemountainjazzfest.com.

Park Point Concert Series

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Rochester SummerFest

June 28-August 16. Friday evening free concert series features bands including Theory of a Deadman (July 5), Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience (July 26), Kellie Pickler (August 9).

35 Chestnut St., Lockport. canalconcerts.com.

Letchworth Blues and Barbeque Festival July 20.

Blues bands, barbeque, and evening fireworks at Highbanks Recreation Area. 1 Letchworth State Park, Castile. 493-3600.

M&T Syracuse Jazz Fest

July 4-6. The largest totally free jazz festival in the Northeast. Jamesville Beach Park, 4110 Westshore Manor Road, Jamesville. syracusejazzfest.com.

Moe.down August 9-11. If you dig Moe. at Party in the Park

Through September 13. Free Friday evening shows at Park Point, 400 Park Point Drive. parkpointrochester.com.

July 12-13. The Whispers and Lenny Williams at the Auditorium Theatre (July 12) and TGT with Kelly Rowland at Blue Cross Arena (July 13) headline this event that also includes a basketball tournament. Various locations. cityofrochester.gov/summerfest.

Saratoga Jazz Festival June 29-30. David Sanborn and Bob James, Tony Bennett, and other performers, anchor the two-day festival. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. spac.org/jazzfest.

Skaneateles Festival August 8-31. Classical-music festival celebrates its 34th season. 97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles. skanfest.org.

String Fling August 1-4.

Three nights of camping and

Through August 29. Free concert series at Erie Canal Harbor including BS2 (June 27), Lotus (August 29).

Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf, 95 Perry St., Buffalo. buffaloplace.com/Thursday.

Toronto Urban Roots Festival

July 4-7. Four-day Fourth of July festival rocks out at Fort York.

100 Garrison Road, Toronto. torontourbanrootsfest.com.

Turning Stone Resort Casino

Through October. Summer concerts include KISS (August 9), Ted Nugent (August 15).

5218 Patrick Road, Verona. turningstone.com/entertain.

Upstate Boogie 4 July 11-14.

Funk it up with three days and nights of live music.

Miller Hollow, 3880 Ball Road, Marion. upstateboogie.com.

Wegmans Concerts by the Shore Through August

28. Free shows at Ontario Beach Park. 4799 Lake Ave. ontariobeachentertainment. org/concert-schedule.

Windstream Party In the Park Through August 8.

Thursday evening concerts at the Riverside Festival Site includes shows by John Brown’s Body & The Skatalites (July 11), Great Big Sea (July 18). 148 Exchange Blvd. cityofrochester.gov/PIP.

Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

June 21- 29. The 12th edition features performances by Pink Martini (June 21), David Byrne & St. Vincent (June 25), and free outdoor shows including Dr. John (June 21).

Various venues in Downtown Rochester. rochesterjazz.com.

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SUMMER’S SERVINGS ON THE STAGE A look at regional theater productions F

For some institutions, summer may be the slow season. But Rochester’s theater scene is coming off extremely lively fall, winter, and spring seasons, continuing the momentum right through the summer months. If you’re a fan of musicals, mysteries, comedies, and the occasional serious drama, summer offers plenty of theatrical diversions, in town and nearby.

If your theatrical summers past have included as many amateur productions of “Guys and Dolls,” “Oklahoma!,” and “Annie” as you ever care to see, you can rest easy this year, as most groups are focusing on musicals of more recent vintage. From July 20 to July 28, the terrific highschool and college student talents of the JCC CenterStage (1200 Edgewood Ave., jccrochester.org) summer program present “Legally Blonde, The Musical.” June 22-20, Everyone’s Theatre Company (School of the Arts, 45 Prince St., everyonestheater.com) gives a local showing to Dolly Parton’s recent Broadway musical version of the movie “9 to 5.” Blackfriars Theatre (795 E. Main St., bftix.com) will give an “in-the-round treatment” to the ever-popular “Rent” July 19-28.

RAPA (727 E. Main St., rapatheatre.org) hopefully has rounded up a leather-lunged cast for Elton John and Tim Rice’s rocked-out and very popular version of “Aida,” to be performed July 12-20. And the Greece Performing Arts Summer Theater Program (Greece Athena High School, 800 Long Pond Road, greeceperformingarts.org) offers up a quartet of expert close-harmony

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singers and comedians for the popular cabaret item “Forever Plaid” (July 19-27). Pittsford Musicals’ (RIT Panara Theatre, pittsfordmusicals.org) summer entry, the 1975 classic “A Chorus Line,” scheduled through June 22, seems downright venerable in this company (and still remains a head or two above most musicals).

A long list of musicals, including “Legally Blonde,” makes up the season for Auburn’s Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (17 William St., Auburn, fingerlakesmtf.com) beginning with “Singin’ in the Rain” (which ran through June 19) and ending in September and October with Hank Williams’ “Lost Highway” (and including a well-known but rarely seen title “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” from July 24 through August 14).

In between, from June 13 to August 17, you can enjoy a 10-week series of brand-new musicals in development, presented under the umbrella title of “The Pitch.” Another popular regional theater spot is the Bristol Valley Theater (151 S. Main St., Naples, bvtnaples. org), whose productions run through early September. Along with the musical revues and murder mysteries, BVT is offering an adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Best bring your gavel.

Rochester stalwarts Geva Theatre Center (75 Woodbury Blvd, gevatheatre.org) and Downstairs Cabaret Theatre (downstairscabaret. org) will be offering mostly musical fare this summer. Geva’s crowd-pleasing line-up includes the currently running “Big Pants & Botox” (through June 29), a salute to what they used to call

ABOVE: Stefanie Seskin and Jane Keitel in “MoM - A Rock Concert Musical,” running this summer at Geva Theatre Center. PHOTO PROVIDED

Women of a Certain Age, and follows it with “MoM: The Rock Concert Musical,” a salute to… well, kind of the same thing (July 22-August 3). Several popular shows continue at Downstairs Cabaret — “The Accidental Hero,” “My Gal Patsy,” and “Respect” — joined by some new ones: “Dream Lover: The Music of Bobby Darin,” “Good Rockin’ Live! Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and “Song Man, Dance Man,” the latter with Broadway’s Jon Peterson.

If you prefer Verdi’s “Aida” to Elton’s — well, that was at Cooperstown’s Glimmerglass Festival last year. But this summer at Glimmerglass (7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, glimmerglass.org) you can celebrate the bicentenaries of opera birthday boys Verdi and Wagner with productions of Verdi’s “King for a Day” (one of only two comic operas by the master; July 21-August 24) and Wagner’s “Flying Dutchman” (July 6-August 24). Glimmerglass has taken to offering classic musicals with bona fide opera stars; it started two years ago with Deborah Voigt in “Annie Get Your Gun,” and this year it’s Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot,” with barihunk Nathan Gunn (July 13-23). The season is rounded out with an interesting pairing of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Little Match Girl Passion” and a baroque 

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Black Sheep Theatre Coalition July 19-21: “Vincent”; August 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17: “Almost, Maine.” Suite D313, Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman St. blacksheeptheatre.org, 861-4816 Bristol Valley Theater Through June 23: “The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns”; June 27-July 7: “Boom”; July 11-21: “Accomplice”; July 25-August 4: “To Kill a Mockingbird”; August 8-18: “The Big Bang”; August 22-September 1: “Pass the Remote! The Boob Tube Revue.” 151 S. Main St, Naples. bvtnaples.org, 374-6318.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre Through August 25: “My Gal Patsy”; Ongoing: “Respect: A Musical Journey of Women”; “Dream Lover: A Salute to the Music of Bobby Darin”; Dates TBD: “Good Rockin’ Live! Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll”; “Song Man, Dance Man.” Several area locations. downstairscabaret.org, 325-4370.

Everyone’s Theatre Company June 22, 23, 27, 29, 30: “9 to 5, the Musical.” School of the Arts, 45 Prince St. everyonestheatre.com.

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Geva Theatre Center Through June 29: “Big Pants & Botox”; July 22-August 3: “MoM – The Rock Concert Musical,” August 2-4: “Fight With Love 2013.” Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd.

232-4382, gevatheatre.org.

Glimmerglass Festival. July 6-August 24: Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman”; July 14-August 23: Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot”; July 21-August 24: Verdi’s “King for a Day”; July 20-August 22: “Passions,” a double bill of David Lang’s “Little Match Girl Passion” and Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater.”

7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY. 607-5472255, glimmerglass.org.

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choral work, Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” (July 20-August 22).

The Shakespeare Players’ (Highland Park Bowl, 1200 South Ave., rochestercommunityplayers.org) annual summer production of one of the Bard’s plays in Highland Bowl, with a picnic, a bottle of wine, and some fireflies in the bushes after sunset, has for some time been one of the nicest ways to spend a summer evening in Rochester. Last year it was “Richard III”; this year it’s a comedy, “Twelfth Night, or What You Will,” opening July 5 and running until July 20.

You don’t often get to see a controversial 17th century tragedy one week and a couple of classics of absurdist theater the next, but that is par for the course at the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center, popularly known as MuCCC (142 Atlantic Ave., muccc.org).

June 13-16 saw John Ford’s 17th century incest fest “’Tis Pity She’s A Whore,” and June 20-29 the venue will present Eugène Ionesco’s “The Lesson” and “The Bald Soprano,” none of which are exactly common fare on local stages. Those two shows kick off a typically eclectic summer of theater, radio plays, and jazz at MuCCC. For more examples of classical theater, you’ll be well rewarded by a trip to

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Theater Events

JCC SummerStage July 2028: “Legally Blonde, The Musical.” Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. jccrochester.org, 461-2000.

MuCCC (Multi-Use Community Cultural Center) June 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29: “The Lesson” and “The Bald Soprano”; June 30: “Slow Parade: An Evening of Short Plays by Louie Podlaski”; July 6: Polite Company Presents: Summer Camp; July 19: ShakeCo Radio Theater: “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”; July 25, 26, 27: “More Than This,” a worldpremiere musical; August 6-11: The Amazing Acro-Cats!; August 22, 23, 24: Sankofa Evening of Theatre & Jazz Festival. 142 Atlantic Ave. muccc.org.

Penfield Players July 13: Neil Simon’s “The Good Doctor” (Summer Readers’ Theater), Penfield Community Center,1985 Baird Road. penfieldplayers.org.

Pittsford Musicals Through June 22: “A Chorus Line.”

Panara Theater, Rochester Institute of Technology,

Diana Donnelly in "Peace in Our Time: A Comedy," part of the 2013 Shaw Festival. PHOTO BY EMILY COOPER 52 Lomb Memorial Drive. pittsfordmusicals.org, 866967-8167.

Rochester Association of Performing Arts. July 12, 13, 14, 19, 20: “Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida.” RAPA Playhouse, 727 E. Main St. rapatheatre.org, 325-3366.

Rochester Shakespeare Players July 5-20: Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Highland Park Bowl, 1200 South Ave. rochestercommunityplayers.org.

Shaw Festival Through November 3 Plays this year

include “Major Barbara,” “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” “Arcadia,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Light in the Piazza,” “Enchanted April,” “Faith Healer,” more. Niagaraon-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

800-511-SHAW, shawfest.com.

Stratford Festival Through October 20 Plays this year include “Romeo and Juliet,” “Othello,” “Merchant of Venice,” “Measure for Measure,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Blithe Spirit,” “Three Musketeers,” “Waiting for Godot,” more. Stratford, Ontario, Canada. stratfordfestival.ca.

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ART

BY REBECCA RAFFERTY | PHOTOS BY MATT DETURCK

ROC AND SEEK A public art scavenger hunt I

'd like to play a game, Rochester.

And since the weather’s been lovely (knock on ALL the wood), let’s take this game outdoors. I propose a challenge: a scavenger hunt of public artworks found in and around Rochester. Use the following clues to locate 9 works that might otherwise have missed your attention, whether due to the age of the art, or because of our tendency to walk the same paths again and again and miss things that are often right under our noses.

The clues are listed in no particular order, and some will be more readily recognizable than others. Use the associated photos to help you on your journey, and visit this article at rochestercitynewspaper.com for additional photo clues. The hunt will last for one month (through noon on July 19) or until the first person correctly identifies all of the works (descriptions are fine) and the location where each can be found.

We will award a special prize to the winner, and a second special prize to the most creative photo or video essay submitted as a response before July 19.

Entries and questions can be sent to themail@rochester-citynews.com.

Thank you, and happy hunting!

1. Sculpture: I represent an important American who found both freedom and a home in Rochester, where he published a guiding light of a paper. He is buried in a high place called Hope. I am the first monument to an African-American in the nation, and once greeted visitors to Rochester as they stepped off the train at the station that Bragdon built. When that beautiful train terminal was replaced with the current blasé building, I was moved to my current spot, where I overlook the crowds who witness the works of The Bard in the summertime.

2. Sculpture: To find me, you’ll have

to travel north along the Genesee to the place of “lower” falling. I was

Art Exhibits/Events created by a sculptor who taught at the Rochester School for the Deaf, and you can see this expressive influence in my hundreds of faces and hands. About a dozen years old, I’m young for a monolithic grouping, but I remain a perfect place for quiet reflection along the water’s edge, tucked behind a house of recreation.

3. Sculpture: My feminine form

glides down a narrow patch of rough brick on a shady, peaceful street that seldom sees much traffic. I am but a slender secret shadow slithering vertically, near the tower where some

“Parallel Universe and Figurations” by Frederic and Mary Ann Richard Skalny Through June 28.

students of sound dwell. My maker’s name sounds like “bear” in another tongue, another name for the dippers in the night sky.

Patricia O’Keefe Ross Art Gallery, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. sjfc. edu, 385-7322.

4. Sculpture: We are but five in

“The Price of Freedom is Death: Black Arts Aesthetic Art Show” Through June

number, and resemble the gnarled, wraith-like forms of a scorched grove, like the twisted remaining relics of a proud patch of arbor. Through the four seasons we stand unchanged, evermetal, never green, always straining upward toward a sun that cannot nourish us. Find us between a holy house and a sea of lots for parking. 

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“All Dressed Up” by Marcella Gillenwater and Malcolm Liepke Through June 30.

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“Spiritual Moments” by Jim Hartsen Through July

7. Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. imagecityphotographygallery. com, 271-2540.

“6x6x2013” Through July 14. Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Ave. rochestercontemporary.org, 461-2222.

“At the Pump” and “American Playgrounds”

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5. Graffiti: Leave the city to locate my

decades-old message, boldly scrawled on a low bridge above a dip in the drive. Amid rusted rivets galore: two white words, seven letters and a symbol. This sparse and tothe-point plea is a relic of another painful age that I belonged to, essentially saying, “I don’t want to kill, I don’t want to die.”

6. Sculpture: Of all the beautiful architecture found in this place of hills, trees, and graves, we two figures stand in memory of the men and the youths wasted when the warring countrymen sought to split or hold fast. Long after rumors of glory are spread and disperse, long after the pain of death and bloody memory fade, only bones, ashes, and dust remain beneath our feet.

7. Sculpture: Grab a coffee and pass weary students weighed down with instruments of sound to find the corner where we twirl, larger than life. Though we vary just enough as individuals, the twin twist of our vaguely figurative forms follows how perfectly our movements mirrored one another. We make dancing in sync seem like a cinch!

8. Relief sculpture: We are two threshold guardians, male and female workers seeming to bear the weight of what was once the Labor Lyceum on a street named for an apostle-turned-saint. We ourselves are guarded by Liberty above, who raises her torch as a guiding light for all who seek justice and the freedom to live well and work well.

9. Sculpture: I am a lovely, low guard

rail designed by the man of steel, a decorative design spanning the downtown river. You’ll spot me along the main thoroughfare. I was commissioned by a maker of lenses, with the aim of enhancing the sights of the city.

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July 27. Spectrum Gallery at Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. spectrumgalleryroc. com, 461-4447.

“Alice IN the Looking Glass: Illustrations and Artists’ Books 18652012 ” Through August 17.

“Canis Lupus Familiaris II”

by Gerry Szymanski Through

Rare Books and Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester River Campus. rochester.edu.

“Hex Signs & Barn Stars” by Beth Brown Through August

“The Gender Show”

July 27. Equal=Grounds, 750 South Ave. gallery@ equalgrounds.com, 256-2362.

3. Starry Nites Café, 696 University Ave. shoefactoryarts. com, 271-2630.

“Innovators and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fiber” Through August

11. Schweinfurth Art Center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn. myartcenter.org, 315-255-1553.

Through October 13.

Explores ways gender has been presented in photographs. Included in museum admission. George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. eastmanhouse.org, 271-3361.

“64th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition” July

14-September 18. Opening

party July 13. Also through August 25 in Lockhart Gallery: “Mortal: A Portfolio of Woodcuts by Kiki Smith.”

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Included in gallery admission. 2768900, mag.rochester.edu

Art Events

Corn Hill Arts Festival

July 13-14. More than 400 artists, four stages of live music, food.

Free admission. Corn Hill Neighborhood. cornhillartsfestival.com, 262-3142.

Wall Therapy July 19-28.

Street-art event featuring local and international artists. El

Camino Trail, South Wedge. wall-therapy.com. July 19 kickoff at 1975 Gallery, 89 Charlotte St. 7-10 p.m.

Waterfront Art Festival

July 27-28. 40th annual festival of arts, activities, and entertainment. Kershaw Park, Canandaigua. waterfrontartfestival.com, 671-9102.

Park Ave Festival Aug 3-4.

Food, fun, art, shopping, entertainment. Park Avenue, parkavefest.com, 244-0951.

Brockport Arts Festival

August 10-11. Exhibits, food, shopping, and music to celebrate Brockport.

Main Street, Brockport. brockportartsfestival.com.

The Corn Hill Arts Festival returns to the historic Corn Hill neighborhood July 13-14. FILE PHOTO

Arts at the Gardens August 17-18. Fine arts and craft show with more than 100

artists. Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion, Canandaigua. artsatthegardens.org.

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ANTIQUING

BY KATHY LALUK

SAILING THROUGH GARAGES Rochester’s local picking and antiquing scene T

he rainy weather of April and May sends plenty of Rochestarians into their garages, attics, and overflowing closets for a little spring cleaning. That cleaning leads to piles of goodies, tenderly set out on lawns and in public spaces. These items need to find new homes, and if you head to any number of local garage sales, flea markets, and local antique shops, you may be lucky enough to be their new owner.

Better yet, for you shopaholics on a budget, finding that perfect painting for your living room, that next-to-new bike, or that movie you’ve been searching for forever doesn’t have to cost you a fortune.

And as it turns out, you can have quite a bit of fun finding it. Here’s a look at just a few of the community sales in our area, to keep you busy all summer.

On Sundays throughout the summer (through October 13), the Rochester Public Market (280 N. Union St., cityofrochester. gov/garagesales/) transforms from a funky food-market spot to a fantastical super flea market 8 a.m-2 p.m., with everything from Bond movies to Barney stuffed animals, fine china to fuel gauges, fresh petunias to Pac-man memorabilia, and everything in between.

The Super Fleas at the Market came into existence about 15 years ago, when flea markets were all the rage. “When the economy started to tank, it became more important to save every dollar,” says Joan Hildebrand, marketing

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communications specialist for the Rochester Public Market. The program has grown considerably since its beginnings, when less than a dozen vendors set up shop under the pavilion. Now, upwards of 150 vendors show up each summer, which means the variety of antiques, collectibles, and other knick-knacks is seemingly endless.

Anyone can sign up to be a vendor, for anywhere from $25-$50 per Sunday (see cityofrochester.gov/ garagesales for an application). The price for vendors ranges depending on whether you sign up for one weekend or more, but there’s no charge for eager shoppers to get in.

“We’ve had vendors bring in everything, including the kitchen sink,” Hildebrand says. “It’s always a bit of a treasure hunt for our shoppers, but that’s what makes it exciting.”

Haggling with the different vendors presents another exciting and delicate challenge. Keep in mind when negotiating prices that these vendors are trying to make a profit, and that it’s best for everyone to arrive at a fair, reasonable price.

Depending on what you’re shopping for, many items go for $20 or less (furniture or true antiques, of course, will be a little harder on your wallet, but easier than buying new would be).

If you’re up for a daytrip, the East Avon Flea Market (1520 W. Henrietta Road, eastavonfleamarket. com) has an eclectic mix of new and antique items for sale, as well as food and musical acts. It opens bright and early every Sunday 

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Flea Markets & Garage Sales Bontrager’s Auction Center

Weekly auctions Tue & Wed. Surveying starts at 3 p.m., bidding begins at 4:30 p.m.

8975 Wortendyke Road, Batavia. bontragerauction.com.

716-937-9393.

Charlotte Flea Market

Wednesdays 10 a.m. More than 100 vendors take up space near the river selling furniture to films. 4421 Lake Ave., Charlotte. 429-0675.

Community Garage Sales & Superfleas Sundays through

October 13, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Vendors take over the Public Market to sell everything from knick-knacks to paddywhacks

and everything in between.

Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. cityofrochester. gov/garagesales, 428-6907.

East Avon Flea Market

Sundays 7 a.m.-2 p.m.

Hundreds of vendors hit the street bright and early to sell their wares. The market also includes food and live entertainment. 1520 W. Henrietta Rd., Avon. eastavonfleamarket.com, 226-8320.

Hodge Podge Lodge Mon-Sat noon-8 p.m., Sun noon-6 p.m.

Eclectic indoor mix of “like new,” used & second hand clothes & household items.

571 Stone Road, Greece. hodgepodgelodgeny.com, 621-5111.

Shops on West Ridge ThuSun 10 a.m.-6 p.m. A former co-op that’s morphed into an antique-lover’s dream with a funky, artisan feel. 3200 W. Ridge Road, Greece. theshopsonwestridge.net, 368-0670.

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(the event runs 7 a.m.-2 p.m.), so to have the best picks, you’ll have to set the alarm fairly early. Across town, the Charlotte Flea Market (4421 Lake Ave., 429-0675) boasts more than 100 vendors every Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. (it’s summer — go ahead and play hooky).

If you prefer something a little more intimate, but are still searching for variety, neighborhood associations often organize neighborhood-wide garage sales. Every July, neighbors in the 19th Ward lug whatever things they find undesirable to their front lawns and have at it. It’s ideal for shoppers, who can rummage through box after box, yard after yard, looking for that hidden mystery item that strikes their Goldilocks fancy. The 19th Ward Neighborhood Association hasn’t set a date for this year’s sale. Check 19wca.org for updates.

Some brave souls venture out on their own with individual garage sales.

It’d be impossible to list them all, and there are more popping up every day.

Aside from the classified ads here in City Newspaper, rochester.craigslist.com and primegaragesales.com are good starting points. Using these tools, you can narrow your search by area, dates, and types of sales customized to your liking.

If the outdoors aren’t your thing (or if it’s, you know, raining) there are dozens of brick-and-mortar antique shops that sell all the wonderful thing-a-majigs, doo-dads, and whatchamacallits you can imagine (and many you can’t). What was once a small co-op has grown and morphed over the past two decades to become the Shops on West Ridge (3200 W. Ridge Road in Greece,

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For the particularly feisty consumer, auctions are another way to scratch your shopping itch. If you’re patient enough, estate sales and auctions often yield some of the most unique finds. Bontrager’s Auction Center (8975 Wortendyke Road, Batavia, bontragerauction.com) hosts several weekly auctions through July. On Tuesdays starting at 3 p.m., peruse collectibles, household tools, and lawn and garden items. Wednesdays are consignment nights, so take a look through household items, furniture, and even collectible coins. Once you’ve spotted your prize, get ready to fight for it. Bidding starts every week at 4 p.m. To find more auctions and estate sales near you, check out nyauctioneers.org. You’ll have to fight for those priceless antiques and heirlooms against fellow bargainhunters, and odds are you might end up paying more in the long run — but that’s half the fun (if not all of it).

Sure, the buys are more impulsive that way, but it feeds into the whole garage sale “circle of life.” “Every year someone will find something in their home and are like, ‘Why did I buy this?!” says Public Market’s Hildebrand. “But someone else will see the same thing and go, ‘This is fabulous!’

It feeds into that wonderful never-ending cycle of flea markets and garage sales.”

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GEEK EVENTS

BY ADAM LUBITOW

NERD UP YOUR SUMMER May these geek events be with you L

ike many nerds, I have the tendency to remain indoors, permanently huddled in front of whichever glowing box happens to be displaying my currently desired form of entertainment. But now it’s summer: the few months every year when Rochester is guaranteed at least some beautiful weather. So it seems a shame to waste it. It’s important to occasionally disengage from The Grid, stumble blinkingly into the sunlight, and actually interact with other human beings. (I know, I don’t like it any more than you do — but it’s good for us.)

Yes, many of these events do take place inside, but by attending, you’ll be alongside your fellow nerds and that totally counts for something (besides, our kind have a tendency to burn easily, so you can never be too careful). Most of the events are close by and would make great day trips, but one does require a trip up north to Niagara Falls (but on the New York side, so there’s no need to worry about incurring the wrath of any Wildlings by venturing beyond The Wall). There’s bound to be something here to satisfy those from every shade of the nerd rainbow, and they also provide plenty of opportunities to dress up in sweet costumes, and that’s just good wholesome fun.

So get out there and enjoy yourself while the weather’s fair, because this is Rochester, and winter is coming. Eventually.

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History of Electronic Games (National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Drive, museumofplay.org), the “Atari by Design: From Concept to Creation”

special exhibit focuses on the creation process of several vintage arcade games. On display will be the original game cabinets, concept designs, drawings, sketches, and advertising materials for classic arcade games, including “Gauntlet,” “Gran Trak 10,” “Red Baron,” “Gotcha,” and “Street Fighter.”

And once you’ve made your way through the exhibit, you can stop in and enjoy “eGameRevolution,” the museum’s permanent arcade section, where nearly four dozen playable games (including several from the Atari exhibit) reside.

“Atari by Design” is currently on display, and will continue through September 8. Admission is $13 for ages 2 and older. Tokens for the “eGameRevolution” games are not included in admission price. Museum hours are MondayThursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; FridaySaturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m.

Drive-ins are fun and all, but let’s be honest, they usually don’t provide optimal viewing conditions. This is assuming, of course, that you’re actually there to enjoy the films and not just waiting for the right moment to start getting handsy with your moviegoing companion. Regardless, this summer the Dryden Theatre (900 East Ave., dryden.eastmanhouse. org) is here to help, giving movie

ABOVE: You can get in touch with your inner pirate at the Palmyra Pirate Weekend this summer. PHOTOS BY MATT DETURCK

July 26. Just keep your hands to yourself, buddy. All screenings begin at 8 p.m. General admission price is $8, or $6 for students and members.

For all the fun of medieval living without all the worry of that pesky Bubonic plague, head out to the annual Sterling Renaissance Festival (15385 Farden Road, Sterling, sterlingfestival.org), where every weekend from July 6 to August 18, more than 100 stage and street performers, musicians, and comedians come together to recreate an English Renaissance village. It’s a well-known fact that chowing down on a turkey leg while cheering on your favorite knight as he beats the heck out of his opponents in a

buffs all the fun of the drive-in, but with the picture quality we’ve come to expect from the newly restored landmark theater. The lineup of films is chock full of some of nerd culture’s favorite things: giant monsters, badass martial artists, zombies, and, uh, Burt Reynolds.

The series kicks off July 5 with “The Giant Claw,” a lesser-known selection from the 1950’s creaturefeature genre (starring a monster that has to be seen to be believed), followed by George Romero’s original zombie classic “Night of the Living Dead” on July 12, then the Bruce Lee masterpiece “Enter the Dragon” on July 19, and concluding with “Smokey and the Bandit” on 

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jousting tournament is the best possible way to spend a summer afternoon. The festival also holds themed event weekends throughout the summer, like the Wine, Chocolate, and Romance Rendezvous on July 13-14 and a Pirate Invasion weekend on July 27 and 28.

From otaku to hardcore games (whether it be tabletop, third-person shooters, role-playing games, or others), there’s something for you at Ryu-Kon Anime and Gaming Convention (101 Old Falls St., Niagara Falls, ryu-kon. com), held this year in its new location at the Conference and Event Center of Niagara Falls. The event kicks off July 26 and 27 with panels, workshops, game tournaments, anime screenings, an artist alley, comedians, and special guest appearances, including Alexis Tipton (FUNimation, “Full Metal Alchemist: The Star of Milos”), Lizbeth R. Jimenez (“Sacred”), and Benny Bohannon (Epic TV Saga). Then on July 28, the con invades the greater Niagara Falls area for a special event day featuring the RyuKon Extreme Treasure Hunt, in which teams of one to four people race to find items and complete tasks on both sides of the border. The theme for this year’s convention is steampunk, so there will also be plenty of extra activities geared toward the genre, including a formal steampunk ball.

Who doesn’t love a good pirate festival? Any excuse to brandish a

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ABOVE AND UPPER RIGHT: If video games are more your thing, the original “Gauntlet” is one of many arcade games that make up the “Atari by Design” exhibit. PHOTOS COURTESY THE STRONG LOWER RIGHT: Jousting knights are just one of many attractions that await you at the Sterling Renaissance Festival. FILE PHOTO

sword and talk freely about plundering booty will always be A-OK in my book.

Palmyra’s Pirates of the Erie Canal invade the village and port of Palmyra for the 7th Annual Palmyra Pirate Weekend (132 Market St., Palmyra, palmyrany.com/ pirates/2013/home.htm). The festivities kick off Friday, August 9, with an outdoor screening of “The Goonies” in the Palmyra Village Park. Saturday’s activities

include bed races, canal walks, museum tours, a treasure hunt, a Pirate Kazoo Band parade, and a 5k race benefiting the Palmyra-Macedon High School.

These are just a few of the many geek-friendly events taking place around Rochester this summer. Keep an eye on City’s website (rochestercitynewspaper.com) for more events that are worth leaving the comfort of the couch.

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PHOTO FEATURE

BY MARK CHAMBERLIN & MATT DETURCK

LIVING ON THE LAKE

Two photographers share shots of summer The Greater Rochester area is blessed with miles of Lake Ontario shoreline.

The communities that line the lake become especially attractive during the summer. City's photographers set out to capture some of those signature summer scenes in Sodus Point. What are your favorite moments of living along the lakes around Rochester? Share them with us at rochestercitynewspaper.com, and submit your photos of lake life to City's Facebook page or Tweet them to us at @roccitynews.

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August 8-11. One of the biggest golf championships in the world, and the last of the golf season, comes to Rochester. Oak Hill Country Club, 346 Kilbourn Road. pga.com.

Buffalo Bills Training Camp

July 28-August 21. NFL team comes to St. John Fisher campus to train for the upcoming season, including practices that are open to the public. St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave. Check website for practice dates and times: buffalobills.com.

Empire State Regatta & Run August 4. Canoe and

kayak racing on the Erie Canal, plus a biathlon.

Village of Fairport.

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Fleet Feet Dirt Cheap Trail Race Series July 10,

August 21. Low-key 4- to 6-mile races taking place monthly. July at Mendon Ponds Park, August at Webster. Continues into September. $12/race.

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Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery Tours General

tours every Saturday 11 a.m.

(South Section, through October 12) and Sunday 2 p.m. (North Section, through October 27), and Twilight Tours every Thursday 7 p.m. (through August 8). Special theme tours throughout the summer, including “Jewish Roots” (June 13, 10 a.m.), “The Revolutionary War” (August 10, noon), “The Ice Cream Tour” (August 17, 1p.m.), and others. General tours cost $5; specialty tours cost $10. For full schedule and details check fomh.org.

Lockapalooza August 1718. Whitewater kayaking races and activities, run by Genesee Waterways Center.

Lock 32, 2797 Clover St., Pittsford. Lockapalooza.com.

MVP Health Care Thursday Night Nature Hikes Through

August 29. Weekly walks highlighting the historical and natural wonder of Rochester. Walks include El Camino Trail (June 27), Cemeteries along Lake Avenue (July 11), the Rochester Aqueduct (July 25), The One Hundred Acre Plot (August 8), and Turning Point Park (August 29), with many others in between.

Walks begin at 6 p.m.; check website for full schedule: cityofrochester.gov/fclghealthwellness.

MVP Health Care Tuesday Night Guided Bicycle Tours

Through August 27. Guided bike rides designed to revisit the natural and man-made environments of 1835 Rochester. Rides include Sea Breeze neighborhoods (June 25), Park Avenue/East Avenue neighborhoods (July 9), Mount Hope Cemetery (July 30), South Wedge (August 13), Genesee Valley Park (August 27). Rides begin at 6 p.m.; check website for full schedule: cityofrochester.gov/fclghealthwellness.

National Silver Ball Tournament August

9-11 Three-day baseball tournament played with 1865 game rules. (See website for home-game schedule throughout summer.) Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford. gcv.org.

Ontario Beach Sports & Music Festival July

12-14. Past editions of the event have included events such as beach wrestling, pickle ball, bench-press challenges,

and more. Ontario Beach Park, Lake Avenue.

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Roc City Challenge Tuesdays July 9-30. Learn to bike safely in traffic with fourweek bicycle safety course for adults 18 and over.

Genesee Valley Park. 6-8:30 p.m. $10, preregistration required. 428-6755, cityofrochester.gov.

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Rochester Rhinos Soccer

Through August 9. Team plays home games at Sahlen’s Stadium, 460 Oak St. Single tickets $8-$25. rhinossoccer.com.

Stuart Horse Trials July 11-14 Four-day triathlon of equestrian sports, with more than 300 competing riders from across the United States and the world. Townline Road and Murray Road, Victor. stuarthorsetrials.org.

WNY Flash Women’s Soccer Through August 17.

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BREWERIES

BY LILLIAN DICKERSON

HAVE YOURSELF A BEER

Where to get your summer drink on in Upstate New York

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In Rochester, memories of this year’s interminable winter weather dissipate quickly once the sun begins to shine again and the summer beer season begins. And summer certainly does seem to be prime beer season in Upstate New York. This year a variety of breweries across the state are offering exciting opportunities to try their new brews.

If you’re in the Syracuse area, stop

by Middle Ages Brewing Company (120 Wilkinson St., Syracuse, middleagesbrewing.com) to try its new 18th Anniversary Ale, a double IPA featured from June to August.

On Sunday, August 4, the brewery will host an anniversary party right next door in Leavenworth Park with music, beer, and local food vendors.

The party is free and open to the public. If you can’t make the party, however, don’t worry. The brewery is open weekdays for tastings 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays 11:30 a.m.5 p.m., and Sundays noon-5 p.m.

Tours may be scheduled on Sundays by appointment.

For a short trip to the west, thirsty beer drinkers will find a pleasingly diverse selection at Flying Bison Brewing Company (491 Ontario St., Buffalo, flyingbisonbrewing. com). Founder Tim Herzog says the brewery’s distinguishing factor is the wide array of beers that it offers.

“When people think of us, they don’t think of one particular beer — we brew a broader spectrum,” Herzog says.

This summer that spectrum will include a new German-style Kolsch beer, which Herzog describes as “very light bodied, and drinkable, but still quite flavorful.” To try this brew and others, stop by the brewery for a tour or tasting. Free tours are available

ABOVE: Jonathan “Merv” Mervine, brewer at Roc Brewing Co., one of several regional breweries premiering new beers this summer. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN

Thursdays at 5 p.m., Fridays at 6 p.m., and Saturdays at noon and 2 p.m.

The adage says to respect your elders, and perhaps that’s true in the beer world as well. Merely residing in New York during the summer merits a visit to the oldest brewery in the state. Saranac Brewery (830 Varick St., Utica, saranac.com), which has been owned by the Matt family since 1888 and been in operation since about 1853, regularly draws people nationally and internationally for its tours. The celebration of the brewery’s 125th anniversary serves as an additional incentive to visit this summer.

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12 Trail Mix ales, as well as a complimentary Saranac Legacy IPA, a new ale adapted from President Fred Matt’s recently discovered greatgrandfather’s recipe from 1914.

If you coordinate your visit for a Thursday, you’ll also reap the benefits of “Saranac Thursdays.”

Every Thursday 6-9 p.m. through the summer until September 5 (except the week of July 4, when the brewery will have Saranac Wednesday on July 3), local bands will perform on a large stage by the brewery. To hear tunes from some bigger names, mark your calendars for Saranac’s Summer Concert Series, which has drawn acts in the past like Counting Crows, Blues Travelers, Lucinda Williams, and more. So far Sublime is lined up for Tuesday, July 9, and Yonder Mountain String Band is performing 

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Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, 813 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid. ubuale.com. 518-5233813.

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Cask Night Wednesdays

2-3. Brewery Ommegang’s annual summer beer fest celebrating the best in Belgian and Belgian-style beers complete with weekend camping, live music, cooking competitions, a 500-person VIP dinner, receptions, and lectures. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Country Highway 33, Cooperstown. ommegang. 

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Blues Brunch Sundays, brunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30p.m, live music 12:30-2:30 p.m.

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Saturday, August 3. As bands continue to sign on, you can view updates on Saranac’s website at saranac.com. For those more interested in the brewery tour, stop by Monday through Saturday noon-4 p.m. to learn about Saranac’s history and the brewing process.

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Although our neighbors seem to have a lot going on with hops this season, Rochesterians sticking around the city this summer needn’t worry - there’s plenty to explore on the beer front in our own backyards, too. In the spirit of creating what co-founder Chris Spinelli calls “a new style within a traditional beer,” Roc Brewing Co. (56 S. Union St., rocbrewingco.com) revealed a new collaboration with Joe Bean Coffee Roasters in time for Rochester Real Beer Week, which runs through June 23.

Beer flavors are not the only new addition to Roc this summer though.

Recently, the brewery began hosting trivia on Wednesday nights at 7:15 p.m., as well as “Get Pickled Thursdays,” at which different pickled creations by co-founder John Mervine will be featured each week.

Visitors can stop by for a tour or tasting whenever the brewery is open, WednesdayFriday 5-11 p.m. and Saturday, 3-11 p.m.

Someone once said, “He was a wise man who invented beer,” and we are quite lucky for all the wise brewers in and around Rochester. And to them, I raise a toast: here’s to those who bring us summer’s most refreshing drink. If you are looking for more places to get your drink on this summer, check out the sidebar accompanying this article.

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Tours Saturdays 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays noon- 5 p.m.

Tasting cards are $4 for six 3.5 oz samples, or $6 for six 3.5 oz samples with a glass; free brewery tours about every 25 minutes. CB Brewing Company, 300 Village Square Blvd., Honeoye Falls. cbsbrewing.com, 624-4386.

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2-8 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays noon-8 p.m. Beer samples at Cortland Beer Company’s Tasting Room. Cortland Beer Company, 16 Court St., Cortland. cortlandbeer.com, 607-662-4389.

Genesee Brew House Tastings Mondays-Saturdays

11 a.m.-8 p.m., Sundays noon-8 p.m., all seasons, and tours every hour on the

hour when guides available.

Flight of four different beers for $2. Genesee Brew House, 25 Cataract St. geneseebeer. com, 263-9200.

Keuka Brewing Company Tastings Wednesdays-

Sundays noon-5 p.m. Visit the tasting room for samples of new spring and summer ales, as well as others. Keuka Brewing Company, 8572 Briglin Road, Hammondsport. keukabrewingcompany.com, 607-868-4648.

Naked Dove Brewing Company Tastings Through

Sunday, June 23, TuesdayThursday, noon-6 p.m., Friday noon-6 p.m., Saturday noon-6 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. Tasting room specials at Naked Dove Brewing Company. Naked Dove Brewing Company, 4048 State Route 5 and 20, Canandaigua.

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Rogues’ Sunday Tasting Series: Wine, Beer & Spirits

Every Sunday 5:30-7 p.m.

Local distillers, wine makers, and brewers offer tastings along with information about whiskey, wine, aging, barrels, yeast, the fermentation process, and more. Rogues’ Harbor Inn Brewery, 2079 East Shore Drive, Ithaca. roguesharbor. com, 607-533-3535.

Rohrbach’s Tastings and Tours Saturdays 9 a.m.-3

p.m. on the hour, tastings Mondays-Fridays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tours of the production brewery downtown include plenty of beers to sample and growlers available for purchase. Rohrbach’s Railroad Street Brewery, 97 Railroad St. rohrbachs.com, 546-8020.

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FOOD

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ochester’s summer will be filled with places to see, events to attend, and perhaps most importantly, food to eat. From now until September, there is a festival to be found nearly every weekend. Some of these festivals have amusement park rides, some have works of art for sale, but they all have one delicious thing in common: the food.

In Rochester, we go all out when it comes to festival food. Each of the local summer festivals is packed with good things to eat. Where else can you intake all of your daily recommended calories in one sitting? Or get deepfried versions of seemingly anything imaginable? Or enjoy eating dessert off of a stick? These foods, and other, slightly more healthy ones, make Rochester’s festivals one of the best things about summer.

Nothing says festival food like a carnival. The word itself brings to mind the luscious smell of fried food. If you are the go-big-or-go-home type, there is no substitute for the New York State Fair (581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, nysfair.org). Two years back, the fair added the Big Kahuna Doughnut Burger, a food that made headlines with its colossal calorie count. It is not for the faint of heart. Take a quarterpound burger with bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onion, and stick it between two doughnuts instead of buns. No bread, just glazed goodness.

That’s 1,500 calories for $5. Only Americans could have come up with such a masterpiece, and it’s right here in our own back yard. Last year, the burger was joined by the Big Kahuna Donut Dog. You get the idea.

Other carnival fare at the State Fair includes deep-fried versions of

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macaroni and cheese, candy bars, and even vegetables (for those that want to at least feign being calorie conscious).

Meanwhile, you can distract yourself from the heartburn with all of the games, competitions, rides, and booths that have made the New York State Fair famous. The event will take place August 22 through September 2.

Admission is $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under. Be sure to check out Beef Day (August 27) to watch grilling contests and get free beef recipes.

That’s not all, folks. Another

festival food worth waiting in line for is fried dough. This is a food that is entirely devoted to sweet, sugary delight. It has basically no nutritional value whatsoever, and that’s the point. The delicious, flaky dough is really just there to hold as much powdered sugar and butter

TOP & ABOVE: Fried dough and funnel cakes are festival food regulars, and can be found at many outings this summer.

as possible. And this dish has to be eaten with absolutely no dignity, which is also part of the fun. A knife and fork don’t really work, and it’s impossible to avoid getting powdered sugar all over yourself.

This baby will knock you back around 700 to 750 calories a pop, but you know it’s worth it.

Fried dough and its snacky sibling, the funnel cake, can be found at many of the events going on this summer. Neighborhood festivals like the Park Avenue Festival (August 3-4, parkavefest.com) and the Corn Hill Arts Festival (July 13-14, cornhillartsfestival.com) always sell it. You can walk around your favorite neighborhood, listen to live music, shop, and get your fried-dough fix all at the same time. These events also sell healthier options like pitas, wraps, 

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Festivals & Events Food Truck Rodeo

Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo. 1941hag. org, 243-2100.

Wednesdays June 26, July 31 & August 28. Rochester’s food trucks gather together while local bands play music. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. cityofrochester.gov/ foodtruckrodeo.

Corn Hill Arts Festival

Sat-Sun July 13-14. Artists, music, drinks, family fun, food and shopping.

Corn Hill Neighborhood. cornhillartsfestival.com, 262-3142.

Big Rib BBQ and Blues Fest

Thu-Sun July 11-14. Blues music and barbecue from around the world. Highland Park Festival Site, 1440 South Ave. rochesterevents.com, 473-4482.

Geneseo Air Show Fri-Sun July 12-14. Air show with World War II warbirds and other planes, including a pancake breakfast and chicken or steak dinner. 1914 

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Fri-Sun July 19-21. Celebrates gay pride with a parade, flag raising, picnic, DJ, music, dancing, sports, and food.

Manhattan Square Park, 353 Court St. gayalliance.org.

Ten Ugly Men Festival Sat July 27. Music, sports, and food to benefit local charities.

Genesee Valley Park, 1000 E. River Road. tenuglymen.com. 

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and corn on the cob. Another unique, lowercalorie option is the vendor Artichoke French, which can be found at many of these festivals.

Not a frequent partaker in that sweet tooth? Take it from Annmarie Adamus, 50, who has lived in Rochester her whole life.

Every year she goes to summer festivals for her favorite food, fried dough.

“Ever since I was little, fried dough was a treat,” Adamus says. “It brings back happy memories.” Adamus doesn’t let food guilt

stop her from having her favorite festival food each summer. “I don’t eat it all the time, only once a year,” she says. “So I don’t mind that it’s bad for me.”

At this point you may be thinking, Sticky doughnut burgers and messy fried dough?

What if I don’t want to get food all over me on a hot summer day? Never fear. Festival vendors have thought of a solution: food on a stick. It’s portable, it’s (relatively) clean, it’s

delicious. The trifecta of outdoor food. This concept is applied to multiple foods during the summer, but none is more famous than the candied or caramel apple.

It would be impossible to eat such a food without a stick to keep your hands clean. Gooey, thick caramel with your choice of peanuts or candy on top would get a lot less fun if you couldn’t unstick your fingers from the apple. Places like the Monroe County Fair (August 1-4,

Northampton Park, Ogden. mcfair.com, 262-3247) and the New York State Fair sell chocolate-covered apples, caramel-covered apples, and candy-covered apples. These usually range from 300 to 430 calories, depending on the toppings.

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our waistlines. These foods are like the sun: too much of a great thing can be bad for you. But don’t worry too much. John Kralles, a registered dietician at Rochester General Hospital, says that you can enjoy these foods in moderation.

“This stuff is meant to be fun,” Kralles says. “If it’s done every day, it will be really unhealthy, but not if it’s only once a year.”

Kralles uses an app called CalorieKing to keep track of how bad these kinds of foods actually are. That way it’s easier to stay in the once-a-year zone, instead of eating an entire year’s worth of fest food in one summer.

With so many summer festivals in Rochester, that isn’t outside the realm of possibility.

“Eating these foods is what people look forward to doing at the festivals,” Kralles

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Another option, if you don’t want to worry too much about your arteries, is to check out Rochester’s other festivals. Many of them offer meals that go far beyond the funnel cake. This summer, different festivals will center around German food, Caribbean food, and world-famous barbecue. There is even a festival dedicated entirely to sauerkraut (Phelps Sauerkraut Festival, August 1-4, phelpsny.com).

I don’t know which is greater, the number of festivals coming up, or the number of foods you can try at each one. Either way, there is no way to do them all justice here. Check out the sidebar for a full list of upcoming summer festivals, and keep that belly ready.

Festivals & Events

Spencerport Canal Days

Sat-Sun July 27-28. Arts and crafts, music, food, and shopping on the Erie Canal. Spencerport. spencerportcanaldays.com, 352-1350.

Waterfront Art Festival

Sat-Sun July 27-28. 40th annual festival of arts, activities, and entertainment.

Kershaw Park, Canandaigua. waterfrontartfestival.com, 671-9102.

Monroe County Fair ThuSun August 1-4. Farm and agricultural exhibits, competitions, concerts, food, and amusement park rides.

Northampton Park, Ogden. mcfair.com, 262-3247.

Phelps Sauerkraut Festival

Thu-Sun August 1-4.

Parade, races, food vendors, and music all celebrating sauerkraut. Phelps. phelpsny.com.

Lima Crossroads Festival Sat August 3. Food and family fun

to celebrate the area. Main St., Lima. limafest.org.

Park Ave Festival Sat-Sun August 3-4. Music, food, crafts, shopping down Park Avenue. Park Ave., parkavefest.com, 244-0951.

German Fest Fri-Sat August 9-10. German food, music and dancing.

Spencerport Fireman’s Field. rochestergerman.com/ germanfest.

Puerto Rican Festival Fri-Sun August 9-11. Food, dancing, music, and cultural events that celebrate Puerto Rican culture. Frontier Field, 333 Plymouth Ave. prfestival.com, 234-7660.

Avon Rotary Corn Festival Sat August 10. The festival includes a corn-eating contest, shopping, food, music, and games to benefit the Avon Rotary Club.

Avon. avonrotary.org.

Carifest Sat August 10.

Caribbean costume parade, food, music and arts and

crafts. Riverside Festival Site, Exchange Blvd. & Court St. rwifo.com/carifest, 234-0909.

Brockport Arts Festival SatSun August 10-11. Exhibits, food, shopping and music to celebrate Brockport.

Main Street, Brockport. brockportartsfestival.com.

St. Josaphat’s 39th Annual Ukrainian Festival

Thu-Sun August 15-18.

Ukrainian food, arts & crafts, folk dancing, and music. 940 E. Ridge Road, rochesterukrainianfestival.com.

New York State Fair ThuMon August 22-September 2. Food, music, competitions, amusement park rides, and games. Empire Expo Center, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse. nysfair.org, 315-487-7711.

Fairport Music and Food Festival Sat August 24. Music,

food, and family entertainment by the Erie Canal.

Liftbridge Lane, Fairport. fairportmusicfest.com.

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