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Buildings don’t teach; people do
On education writer Tim Macaluso’s “Politics Creeps Into School Overhaul”:
Come on, Mr. Macaluso – who are we kidding? Who in the world is dumb enough to believe that the state legislature, the city, and the school district are going to spend over a billion dollars and the process by which the money is doled out and controlled is going “to be immune to politics”? (Let’s not forget that even though the state is picking up most of the tab, the school district is still responsible for paying a portion of this money. And since the school district has no legal authority or capacity to raise money, the city is necessarily involved, and potentially on the hook.) The entire process is necessarily political, and was, right from the word go. It’s mind-boggling that mass media operatives and others attempt to convince the public that a process in which hundreds of state and local politicians are making decisions can magically occur within an apolitical reality. We understand clearly that everything is political (from the cradle to the grave), especially anything having to do with billions of dollars. We also know that provision of “high quality, 21st century education” is not equal to or necessarily an automatic outcome of modernizing buildings. Buildings don’t provide education; people do. Thus the most critical elements relative to provision of “high quality, 21st century education” are knowledgeable and committed educators; supportive and involved parents and families, and the broader community, particularly within sectors from which the vast majority of students come. No matter how much we modernize school buildings, in many cases if we’re really serious 2 CITY
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about “high quality, 21st century education,” we are going to have to do just as much work on people (both inside and outside of schools) as is being done on buildings. HOWARD EAGLE
This might encourage a less smug image and then build from there. Maybe, in time, Rochester might attract corporations to move their headquarters back downtown and be associated with a less smug image. DON SHERMAN
Bring in big biz?
On Urban Journal’s “A Modest Little Proposal for Revitalizing Downtown”:
Couldn’t agree with this more. Wegmans, Paychex, Harris, etc.: if one of the larger companies in the area put its headquarters in the middle of the city, I think it would really send a message that the future of Rochester is downtown. BEN
And don’t forget Constellation Brands. I think their products are served all over the city. More so than the suburbs. Downtown needs a critical mass. The more people who work downtown will want to live downtown. NICK POWERS
A modest little proposal for revitalizing downtown? Moving corporations back downtown isn’t a little thing. Haven’t big corporations like Wegmans, Paychex, Xerox, etc. done their homework and decided that it was best for their companies AND workers to move their headquarters to the suburbs? Could it be that it’s too expensive and inconvenient for these corporations to stay downtown? What incentives could be offered to make them give up what they have in the suburbs and bring them back to the city? I don’t think it’s enough for them to just be proud to say that their headquarters are located downtown. Detroit is not Rochester, and what you see happening in Detroit may work there but you can’t assume it would work here. We might learn from what Dan Gilbert did and how he did it, but do you think Rochester and its corporations want to be told what to do based on what other cities are or are not doing? Here’s a modest little proposal: Rochester has been nicknamed “Smugtown” for a reason. I would prefer to see that image dissolved. What about doing things that are more welcoming; like offering free and convenient parking?
I’m sure COMIDA will have to be involved. I always thought CITY was against moving companies to another town within our region, leaving a hole where they came from. How about this: lower taxes so NEW companies move to the area, making the pie for all of us larger? How about lowering the minimum wage within the city’s borders to spur entry-level jobs that give people the experience to start moving up the ladder, gain experience, and maybe someday start their own business? JOHNNY
Is “Q” a slur?
Please stop using the derogatory “Q” with “LGBT.” Any LGBT person who calls himself or herself a queer has a much self-respect as a black person who calls himself or herself a nigger. I said that yesterday at lunch with three other people. One of them, who is black and gay, immediately replied with an emphatic and sincere, “Thank you! I’ve spent my life fighting against being called both slurs.” GIL FRENCH
Editor’s response: Language changes.
“LGBTQ” is becoming common usage by many people and reflects several changes. For some people – particularly younger ones – the word “queer” has lost its stigma. Some prefer to identify themselves as queer rather than specifically lesbian, gay, bi, or transgender. Others consider the “Q” to stand for “questioning.” Our editorial policy is to use the designation preferred by the people to whom it is being applied. This has been the case with the media’s abandonment of the word “Negro,” for example. And we no longer refer to a woman by her husband’s name: “Mrs. John Smith.” To do otherwise, we believe, would be to impose an elite “majority’s” tastes and standards on people who prefer a different designation.
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The big Rochester myth about downtown crime Years ago, a downtown retailer announced that he was moving his store to the suburbs, and he made a big deal of what he said was the reason: crime was rampant downtown. That was false. Crime wasn’t rampant downtown then, and it isn’t rampant now. Some neighborhoods in the city do indeed have high levels of crime. But not downtown. Downtown has been and continues to be safe. If the retailer had said something that damaged the reputation of a person or another business, he could have been sued for libel. But downtowns – entire cities – are fair game for smears. And so the local daily newspapers published the retailer’s story, accusation and all. And I assume many people believed it. The store moved to the suburbs, where, for whatever reason, it eventually went out of business. But in the meantime, the retailer had made another contribution to a myth that has plagued downtown businesses, arts institutions, residents, and public officials for decades. The damage is costly, in the revenue of retail businesses and arts institutions, and in the city’s tax base. But no matter; the myth has been repeated so often that it’s now general public perception. And since perception can smother reality, the myth about safety is one of the biggest obstacles to downtown’s health. Let me share an example, part of a comment posted last week in response to my column wishing that companies like Wegmans and Paychex would move their headquarters from the suburbs downtown: “Wow... another article bashing someone else for problems in the city. Moving corporate headquarters to the city isn’t going to solve anything. It didn’t in Detroit. Quicken Loans received 47 million in tax credits for the move, which jeopardizes all of their employees who must travel into the city. “According to the latest FBI crime study, Detroit is listed as #1 for crimes. In fact, for 5 years in a row! Maybe Wegmans cares about their employees and doesn’t want to see them harmed! “The first step to attracting people to downtown is to clean up the crime. My answer is build more prisons and make them into self-sufficient businesses so it doesn’t cost the taxpayers more money. If prisoners don’t want to do the labor, they don’t eat. Simple. – Mitch”
Downtown Rochester is safe. But the myth about its crime rate has been repeated so often that it’s now general public perception.”
Obviously, Mitch believes what he has written. And in fairness, for years the media – television stations in particular – have played up crime stories so much that you’d think the entire city was awash in blood. Another problem: some of the highestcrime areas are closer, geographically, to a Rochester suburb than they are to the heart of downtown. But our city-suburb lines create artificial divisions in our minds. Downtown Rochester is safe. Many people have tried to stamp out the crime myth, to no avail. One solution, of course, might be for the skeptics to see the reality for themselves, to join those of us who are downtown frequently as we walk the streets, attend the events, eat at the restaurants, go to the movies, gather with friends. It has helped, I think, that City Hall has done things like sponsor fireworks and concerts, and that the Jazz Festival and Fringe Festival have brought enormous crowds to downtown streets and venues. Our reader Mitch may even have gone to some of those events. If so, he must figure that they’re exceptions, and that the rest of the year, he’ll be in danger if he comes downtown. It’s hard to know what else to do to squash downtown’s big myth. Maybe we can simply appeal to the conscience of Mitch and the many folks like him: regardless of where we live, regardless of our political beliefs, as citizens and as human beings, we have a responsibility to seek the truth, yes? Before we say something damaging about something, maybe we can try to find out whether it’s true.
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Possible merger irks parents
School 1 parents, teachers, and staff vented at Rochester school board members over the possibility of School 15, also known as the Children’s School of Rochester, moving from the Monroe High School campus to their school. The possible merger stems from plans to remodel the district’s aging school buildings.
Hearing questions FMP move
Some members of City Council and the Rochester school board held a fact-finding meeting with some members of the building trades and a few people on the governing board of the Rochester school district’s Facilities Modernization Project. The FMP board recently rejected a proposed project labor agreement for phase II of the project, which is a $1.3-billion effort to modernize city schools.
Photonics funding finalized
The state’s Public Authorities Control Board released $78 million for the AIM Photonics effort. The money will help fund equipment for a Rochester-area testing and packaging facility, as well as pay for technology licensing agreements. AIM Photonics leaders haven’t decided where the testing and packaging facility will be.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law allowing Monroe County to buy out the debt and contracts of three local development corporations. Two of the three corporations were at the center of a bid-rigging scandal. By taking on their financial obligations, the county clears the way for the entities to dissolve.
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Bronson and Barnhart to debate
Arts Council board is restructuring
State Assembly candidates Harry Bronson and Rachel Barnhart will debate at 8 p.m. on September 7. Bronson and Barnhart are running in a Democratic primary for the 138th District seat; Bronson is the incumbent. WXXI says that it will broadcast the debate on TV and radio.
Big changes are afoot with the Arts & Cultural Council. Last Thursday, the board elected philanthropist Dawn Lipson as its new president. Other new officers include former Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel; Bleu Cease, director of Rochester Contemporary Art Center; Eric Townell, artistic director of Rochester Lyric Opera; Baal Bhagat, a director with the Kalidas Indo-American Community Theater Group; and Annette Ramos, founder of Rochester Latino Theatre Company.
RHA will take Section 8 applications
The Rochester Housing Authority’s waiting list for the Housing Choice Program (Section 8) will open for new applications at 12:01 a.m. on September 12 and close at 11:59 p.m. on September 26. The program helps subsidize housing for low-income families and individuals who meet eligibility requirements. The waiting list has been closed since February 2009.
Dawn Lipson. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
The council has also partnered with the Rochester Area Community Foundation and plans to collaborate with other agencies, which board members say will have a positive impact for the arts in the Rochester area. Lipson, who served on the council years ago, returned to the board two months ago. She says she was approached because many people felt the council needed invigorating, “that it wasn’t functioning the way it should function, and wasn’t maintaining its relevancy to the arts and culture in our community.” The council’s operations have been relatively low-key since 2014, when news of its financial troubles broke, and Sarah Lentini resigned as CEO. The council
then moved its offices from College Avenue to northwest Rochester and last year, moved to 31 Prince Street and opened a gallery at 384 East Avenue. The board is reexamining the council’s mission, Lipson says, and will reach out to other arts and cultural organizations for input about the council’s future. That’s a response to criticisms Lipson has heard from people who felt that there wasn’t any place to call when they had arts questions, when they needed collaboration, or when they were looking for artists for particular events. “Those are all the kinds of things that the arts council should be doing,” she says. “We’re not the provider of the arts, we’re the connector.”
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The residents of El Camino, Rochester’s largest Latino neighborhood, acknowledge their community’s problems, but they stress its opportunities and assets, and they envision a lively, walkable community with shops and services that meet their needs.
NEIGHBORHOODS | BY JEREMY MOULE
Old neighborhood crafts a new vision The El Camino neighborhood is struggling with some tough problems, but residents don’t want to let those challenges define their community. In that Rochester neighborhood – which is bordered by the Genesee River on the west, North Clinton Avenue on the east, Avenue D to the north, and Upper Falls to the south – many businesses have closed or left and houses stand vacant because of foreclosures, while building tear-downs have left vacant lots scattered across the area. The community is also struggling with high unemployment, poor access to public transportation, and a drug trade that’s driven mostly by people who don’t live there. But El Camino is “a neighborhood of fighters,” says Eugenio Marlin, executive vice president of Ibero-American Development Corporation. “A lot of people have decided they’re not going anywhere,” Marlin says. Instead, those people have set out to make El Camino a better neighborhood. They recently finished a vision plan that lays out just how they want to do that; it’s an approach that acknowledges the community’s problems, but stresses its opportunities and assets, Marlin says. The plan “makes it easier for us to respond to
opportunities that might come,” Marlin says Ibero partnered with the Community Design Center of Rochester and the city to develop the plan, and they solicited extensive resident input. In general, residents told them that they want a lively, walkable community with shops and services that meet their needs, such as doctors, dentists, veterinarians, and ethnic grocers, says Mo Duggan, executive director of the Community Design Center of Rochester. The residents also stressed that they see a walkable, bustling neighborhood as a crucial countermeasure to drug activity. The more people who walk, bike, and sit on their stoops, the less comfortable drug dealers and buyers will feel in the neighborhood, Duggan says. “They’re saying, ‘You know what, we’re going to take our streets back,” Duggan says. Stretches of empty buildings or vacant lots detract from the walkability of some areas of the neighborhood, Duggan says. Some buildings could be converted to mixed-use properties, however, with commercial space at the street level and residences on the upper floors, she says. Infill housing could be constructed on some of the vacant lots, she says.
The vision also calls for some sort of effort to fix up vacant houses in the neighborhood. Ibero and other community members want to work with the city to get those houses rehabbed and occupied, and to generally boost home ownership, says Miguel Melendez, special projects director for Ibero. The vision plan also stresses that efforts should be made to preserve and rehab some of the area’s historic housing stock, especially the older, grander homes along streets such as St. Paul and Huntington Park. El Camino is now Rochester’s largest Latino neighborhood, and the vision plan identifies the La Marketa project as a big opportunity. For the past couple of decades, community advocates and city officials have tried to recruit developers to transform the North Clinton Avenue site into a Latinothemed marketplace. The effort keeps stalling out, but the vision plan says the site could be used as a community gathering space or for temporary marketplaces, at least until something gets built. The El Camino neighborhood has several bright spots already. The city and the Genesee Land Trust worked together to develop the El Camino Trail out of an old railroad bed, and the multi-use path has been popular with residents and people outside of
St. Michael’s church in the El Camino neighborhood. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
the neighborhood. The city and Land Trust partnered again, along with Ibero and Group 14621, to establish Conkey Corner Park at Conkey and Clifford Avenues. The park is now home to a community garden and market stand. The community has a recent history of embracing partnerships, Marlin says. It community needs partners to make the objectives in its vision plan a reality, and it’s hoping that others will see the potential in places such as North Clinton or Conkey Avenue. “Anybody who wants to work with us, give us a call,” Melendez says.
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EDUCATION | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO
Student arrests are in a downward trend About 4 percent of the Rochester school district’s students were arrested at school during the 20082009 school year, usually for fights that resulted in charges of disorderly conduct. Among other things, the arrests were symbolic of the public’s negative perception of city schools. But the number of arrests in city schools has fallen significantly over the past several years, apparently due largely to a concerted effort between the district and the Rochester Police Department. The success is both real and hard won, school officials say. While the trend is a good one, though, district officials don’t seem to have all of the information necessary to know specifically what led to the change or how to keep making progress. The number of students who have been arrested dropped from 1,021 in the 20082009 school year to 133 in the 2014-2015 school year, according to data provided to the district from the RPD. And the statistics represent something more important than mere numbers, says Lori Baldwin, the district’s director of safety and security. “When we look at these numbers, these are the number of kids we’ve placed into the criminal justice system,” Baldwin says. “Any time we put a 16- or 17-year old in jail, that’s a huge concern.” In 2008, school officials started working with the RPD to figure out why there were so many arrests. They also wanted a better understanding of what school resource officers – city police officers contracted to work in the schools – do, particularly how they interface with students, Baldwin says. The district currently employs 12 SRO’s; most of them are stationed in high schools, and they are armed. Baldwin says they all agreed that they had to drive the number of arrests down. And one of the requirements was ongoing training for the officers to show them how to work in schools with teens, which is different from other work police do out in the community. “They get a better understanding of teen development,” she says. “These are kids, and they are going to act like kids.” In addition, each of the officers was assigned to a single school for the entire school year. “Now they’re building a relationship with the kids, and they get to know them by name,” Baldwin says. “They may get to know what their home situation is like.” School officials also introduced Student Support Centers in the secondary-level schools, where students can go for help with some of the bigger problems they’re having at home or in the community. The district also established Help Zones in most schools, where students and teachers can turn to trained staff if something needs immediate attention – defusing a fight, for example.
Lori Baldwin. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Depending on the type of problem the student is having, he or she can receive individual counseling, participate in restorative justice sessions, or be referred to Pathways to Peace counselors. Their parents may also be involved, Baldwin says. The idea is to have alternative resources available to students and building administrators rather than to rely solely on RSO’s, and to help students learn how to handle their problems before their behavior spirals out of control, she says. Fights are by far the most common problem, and a huge emphasis is placed on trying to keep them from leading to a personal injury. Once an assault has occurred, a victim can press charges. That’s a turning point where bad behavior becomes criminal behavior, says Baldwin. A single fight can send several teenagers to City Court, and in New York State a 16-year-old can be treated as an adult.
Teachers’ union president Adam Urbanski
warns against concluding that city schools are safer, though. Nor, he says, do we know what the drop in the number of arrests mean or exactly what has occurred to improve school environments. “I agree we should minimize children’s exposure to the criminal justice system,” says Urbanski. “Arrests should never serve as a disciplinary measure. Criminal behavior is not the norm of student misbehavior. It’s the exception.” But, he says, last year the number of student assaults on teachers increased. In an average year, there may be 50, but last school year there were 120, Urbanski says. (The district hasn’t confirmed that figure.) And there are other questions. For example, the district doesn’t have arrest figures prior to the 2008-2009 school year, so it’s hard to know whether that year was a major spike. And if it was, why? Many school officials believe that year’s high number was the result of an edict from former Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard to end out-of-school suspensions. District officials say that because school administrators couldn’t suspend students, the alternative was to send them to study rooms with other misbehaving students, where fights often broke out. But the district doesn’t seem to have data to verify that Brizard’s plan was the reason for the high arrest number. School officials also don’t have access to basic information like recidivism rates for students who have been arrested more than once. And school officials don’t receive thorough data from the court system concerning what happens to students after their arrest.
Even though they don’t have data for verification, Baldwin says she believes few students are rearrested, because most of the justices in City Court are equally concerned about keeping students out of the criminal justice system. Frequently, first-time offenders are offered the option of participating in Teen Court, which the district supports financially. The program gives first-time, non-violent offenders the opportunity to have their charges dismissed. And some school board members have expressed concern about what actions trigger an arrest and whether that correctly matches how police are coding and recording arrests. For instance, does “disorderly conduct” get used as a catchall, regardless of how serious it was? Still, the drop in arrests is significant. Baldwin agrees that more work is needed to eliminate student arrests. And she says the district’s success can easily be undone. She just received figures for the number of arrests for last year and they’ve ticked upward, she says, though not by a lot. (Baldwin said she wanted to present them to school administrators and board members before making them public.) But it’s another reminder of how difficult the challenge is. Many of the problems students face stem from relationships outside of school – on the streets or at home – and unfold in school, she says. While the culture in each building and the tone set by the principals plays a big role in school safety, a new wave of freshmen enters a high school each year, some of them bringing their own issues with them. And it takes only a few students to destabilize a building, she says.
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Meeting to review School 16’s construction plans
The SouthWest Common Council Education Committee will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, August 24, to review initial design plans for the overhaul of School 16 at 321 Post Avenue. Parent and community participation is encouraged. The meeting will be held at the Arnett Branch Library, 310 Arnett Boulevard.
Celebration honors farmworkers
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Agencies will hold its second annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, August 28. The festival honors the area’s farmworker community and features soccer, music, and a wide range of foods. Everyone is welcome. Suggested donation: $3 to $5. The event will be held at Primary School, NY-88, in Sodus, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Information: Paola Macas Betchart at (585) 325-3050, ext. 23.
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Thai Mii Up's menu has a wide selection of traditional Thai and Lao cuisine, like the (bottom left) classic pho with beef; (top left) Lao sausage; and (right) Gang Phet with shrimp. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
Fit to be Thai’d [ CHOW HOUND ] BY KATIE LIBBY
Linda Seng believes in fate. A week after her beloved grandfather passed away, he came to her in a dream and gave her some numbers. In Seng’s culture, numbers are important, and her family was shocked that she did not immediately go out and play those numbers in the lottery. Lo and behold, her father went to Wegmans the next day to check the lottery numbers, and the numbers from the dream had come up. A few days later, she stumbled across the property that now houses Thai Mii Up Cuisine (1780 East Ridge Road) and again felt her grandfather’s presence. “I always wanted to open a restaurant, but I couldn’t find the courage to do it,” Seng says. “My grandfather always told me to do what makes you happy.” It was the extra push she needed to open the restaurant. “Apparently he wanted me to work for my money,” she says. Seng’s parents came to the United States from Laos 31 years ago — Seng was born
in Rochester. Her parents, Kongchai and Manivone Phiephep, are in the kitchen preparing family recipes that pull from both of their cultures. Mom is Thai and dad is Lao. “I wanted to give this to my father,” says Seng. “Everything is his recipe, from the soups and sauces to the stir fry.” Where did she get that name, though? “Well, sex sells,” Seng jokes. “I was playing with words, and I wanted the name to stand out — we make Thai food and mii means noodles in Laos — Thai Mii Up Cuisine!” If she couldn’t come up with a logo, however, the name wasn’t going to stick. One early morning the image for the logo popped into her head. After jotting down a rough sketch, she texted her artist friend a photo of the sketch and the next morning the logo was created — the man tied up in the noodle bowl. In all seriousness, “we’re not trying to sell sex,” she says. “We’re trying to sell food.” The menu is consists of traditional Thai and Lao cuisine. The Ka-Poon ($8.50) is a Lao spicy curry soup with vermicelli noodles;
chicken or pork can be added as well. Guests can choose their protein and noodle for the stir-fry noodle dishes ($8.25 to $13.25), and the options include a “bird’s nest” of crispy noodles. Vegetarians will have plenty to choose from, and the restaurant offers gluten-free and vegan options as well. Seng is currently working on a beer and wine list. Thai Mii Up is located at 1780 East Ridge Road. It is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 8:30 p.m. 491-6331. Look for Thai Mii Up on Facebook.
Quick bites
Butapub (315 Gregory Street) will hold a
90’s hip-hop brunch on Sunday, August 28, from noon to 3 p.m. Corey James from 98 PXY’s Morning Show will provide the music, and Butapub will have brunch specials and 40-ounce draft beer bombers. Reservations are encouraged; 563-6241 or butapub.com. Lovin’ Cup (300 Park Point Drive) is having a birthday and will celebrate on
Friday, September 2, at 6 p.m. with “Eight is Great: Lovin’ Cup’s 8-Year Anniversary Party.” Prizes will be given out for the first 100 people through the door, and music will be provided by Champagne Brown and The Swoon Daddies. A special menu will be available along with a champagne toast at 9 p.m. More information at lovincup.com. Lento (274 North Goodman Street, Village Gate) will host an Italian Wine Pairing Dinner on Wednesday, August 31, at 6 p.m. $65 gets you five courses and wine pairings, and reservations are required. Call 271-3470 to book your table.
Openings
Qdoba has opened another location at 255 Westfall Road in CityGate.
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DRAWN OUT
thought WHILE WENDELL CASTLE HAS INCORPORATED MODERN TECHNOLOGY INTO MAKING HIS SCULPTURAL FURNITURE, THE STORIED ARTIST STILL STARTS WITH PENCIL AND PAPER [ ART PROFILE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY [ PHOTOS ] BY MARK CHAMBERLIN
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“Wendell Castle Imagined: A Revelation of Creative Process” THROUGH NOVEMBER 11 UNIVERSITY GALLERY, JAMES E. BOOTH HALL, ROOM 2765, 166 LOMB MEMORIAL DRIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.; SATURDAY, 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. FREE | 475-2866; RIT.EDU/FA/GALLERY AN OPENING RECEPTION WILL BE HELD AT UNIVERSITY GALLERY ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, FROM 5 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M.
Of all of the studio’s tools, analog or
digital, the pencil is still Wendell Castle’s favorite. To him, drawing is discernment. His love for the tactile nature of making marks is palpable; his description of the weight of the hand-drawn line borders on the romantic. And while he’s incorporated certain aspects of the digital age to aid in the creation of his monumental, sculptural furniture, he adamantly maintains the human touch of his craft. This month, “Wendell Castle Imagined: A Revelation of Creative Process” opens at the University Gallery (at Rochester Institute of Technology, where Castle is an artist in residence). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Castle is widely spoken of as the pivotal figure of the Craft Furniture Movement. RIT’s exhibition of dozens of drawings and scale models from throughout his career provides an insight into his methods and unique aesthetic, and there’s an emphasis on the processes and philosophic thought that characterize his internationally recognized artistry. At 84, Castle has the sage nature that his years have earned, and the energy of a much younger man. He keeps his slight frame honed for labor with bi-weekly games of tennis, and has a collection of vintage sports cars that bear him around in style. When asked to further illustrate an idea he’s discussing, he’s quick to jump up and retrieve a model from another room of his labyrinthine workspace. He operates his Scottsville studio like an old-school workshop, with assistants learning from their master-craftsman employer. And the production of tables, chairs, and benches inside his studio can’t keep up with his idea output. Even as he oversees the various stages of production of about a dozen works at once — some of which are bound for his New York City gallery when complete, while other full-scale models will be shipped to the foundry at his Paris gallery to be cast in aluminum — he’s eager to begin production on several drawings and models he’s worked up for a 2018 show in Kansas, his home state. In-progress projects include a long, leafshaped table top supported by metal cantilevers hidden inside a cluster of monolithic stalagmitelike forms on one side of the surface. Another work is a smaller table made of a cluster of oblong ellipses that are evenly truncated at the tops to create a series of plateaus. A two-person chair has a square-shaped hole in the back of one seat. When asked about
the cut out, Castle is elusive. “If there was any continuity and logic in there, I wanted to throw that outta whack,” he says. “There is no reason.” Many of Castle’s current creations tend to hold space hostage. For example, a newer design includes a seat and small table surface that subtly emerge from one side of a solid block of wood. This block will be made of a laminated stack of planks, but refined to a finish that hides that fact. “Generally speaking, larger is more powerful — not always, but often,” Castle says. “As soon as you start making your work larger, you’re narrowing your audience by a great deal. I do it anyway, and that’s not logical. But art isn’t logical, and I’m more interested in things that have to do with art than with useful design.” Castle is fascinated by the concept of intellectual bafflement. “Something that you
Castle is a highly contemplative, particular man. His candor is thoughtfully measured and soft in tone. He carefully takes everything in from behind his iconic small, round, colorfully-framed spectacles. “Talking is thinking,” he says. “Questions are really important — how you phrase the questions. I’m careful. I would never go to someone, whether it was my dealer or a person in the shop, and say, ‘I’ve got this great idea. What do you think?’ You are not going to get an honest answer.” People phrase questions knowing that they want a certain answer, he says. You might get the answer that you wanted, but you didn’t learn anything. “I put critical thinking at a very high level, right from the beginning,” he says. “When you’re all done drawing, and you lay out the drawings
TOP: Castle hand-carves models of his furniture designs from urethane, which will be 3D scanned to maintain every detail. BOTTOM: An installation view of Castle's drawings at University Gallery at RIT, on view through November 11.
don’t immediately understand at first glance makes you think about it,” he says. “And I think it’s really important — to make people think about it: ‘What is this, and why?’ — that those are not givens, not obvious.” Some of his work may not even be perceived as furniture if approached from the back, Castle says. “Even when the object is identified as a chair, you might think, ‘Why would anybody do that?’ But I think that’s a really important part.”
to make decisions, deciding what piece to do, that’s a whole process.” Which drawing looks the best is only one point in the list of criteria, he says. “You have to consider, ‘is this in keeping with how I think about things, from the beginning, or is this some kind of outlier thing, that really doesn’t seem to have much to do with what I’ve been trying to say for years?’” Then he considers whether the idea has legs — can it be interpreted and flow into new ideas,
or will it be a dead end? “If that’s it, I wouldn’t do it,” he says. Castle puts his drawings through those questions long before he carves out miniature urethane models of the future furniture. “I really do want to weigh things without my thumb on the scale — which is so easy to do,” he says. “But it doesn’t mean that in the end it will be successful just because it meets all of the criteria.” He says that in different points of his career, he’s taken chances in directions that people did not expect from him, and some of these directions have been successful. “Except it was not rewarding to me,” he says. “The most important thing is that it needs to be rewarding to me.” One such instance was his flirtation with trompe l’oeil sculpture in the 1970’s and 80’s. “From the very beginning I wanted to raise furniture to the level of a fine art,” he says. “The question was how to do that. The early thought — and I think I was correct — was to use sculpture as vocabulary. But at some point, I began to wonder, ‘Is there another way?’ His interests settled on trompe l’oeil due to the genre’s uncontested association with fine art. But he still needed to connect that aesthetic to furniture, “because that was where I was going to make my mark,” he says. “So what I carved were an umbrella in an umbrella stand, a coat hanging on a coat rack, a purse lying on a table, things like that.” These works were executed successfully — a sculpture of a chair balanced upside down on a pillow is perfectly realistic, as if the weight of the chair is pressing into a downy cushion. And many pieces found homes in public and private collections. Castle is particularly critical of his trompe l’oeil works’ elements of furniture. “I really didn’t make a unique design, I borrowed from historical examples,” he says, “the reason being that trompe l’oeil work looks like every day recognizable things. If you made it with funny looking furniture or objects, it wouldn’t work. It works because your brain does not need to study things you’re familiar with to know what it is. There is no real use of your brain, just instantly you think you know what you’re looking at.” He says he initially took up the technique for a challenge, since the carving would have to be so well done. “I was also determined not to use color, and it still fooled people,” he says. “But the problem was, that once you’ve figured out this formula, what’s the fun in doing it? Once I knew what worked, I didn’t want to do it anymore.” Dead ends in discovery are to be avoided at all costs. But through much trial and error, Castle has become adept at predicting which avenues will lead to an understimulating impasse.
“I did not know anything about art as a child,” Castle says. “In none of my early childhood education were there any art classes.” He attended a small rural school in Kansas where art wasn’t even offered in high school. “Art had never occurred to me as a thing I could do,” he says. “I did draw as a child, a lot. continues on page 12 rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11
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But my drawings were not valued, and none were saved.” His tone becomes wistful as he recalls the limitations of his childhood. “I wasn’t particularly good at anything,” he says. “I was a very average student, and I’m dyslexic, so that made school very difficult.” Castle says he was “more or less sent” to a small liberal arts college, where he had the chance to take an elective, and chose the only art course. “For the first time in my life, I was the best one in my class,” he says with a warm smile. Recognizing his talent, the professor suggested that he switch to a school with a good art program. Though his parents did not support this decision at the time, he says they reconciled with his career choice “50 years later, but gradually. There wasn’t a specific moment that they recognized that what I was doing was legitimate, that I was successful at it,” he says. While attending art school, Castle had no intention of making furniture. Instead, he developed an interest in sculpture, “although I 12 CITY AUGUST 24-30, 2016
had no idea what my vocabulary should be,” he says. “So I’m a reluctant furniture maker. But I recognized, at some point a year or two after completing my master’s degree that I could use exactly the same thought process and exactly the same way of working, and it would be furniture instead of sculpture.” He says that he rationalized that he wasn’t abandoning a superior art form, and would make furniture that could be as highly valued as sculpture. In a corner of Castle’s studio there is a series of architect’s flat files containing sketches that if stacked, would be about 10 feet tall. There are two closets in the programming room that are also packed with drawings. A pencil and paper have been constant companions. Castle doesn’t wait on magical fits of inspiration to get started. “I put pencil to paper sometimes with no idea,” he says. He says he’s experienced “eureka!” moments, “but they’ve never been any good. The only ones that have ever been good are the ones I’ve worked very hard at, and drew them many ways. I’ll draw the piece over and over again, because I think I’m learning something while that activity is happening.”
But more often than not, his new drawings are an extension of something else. “Because what you see as you’re making something, often, is that there would have been another way to go,” he says. “But I don’t stop midstream, I finish what I started, because it may not have been a better idea. It’s hard to know.” The hand-carved model stage is an important component, he says, because “it verifies. Once you have a drawing that has passed that test, answering all of these questions, the next stop is the model.” The model gives more information about the piece — it’s front, back, and side views, and the particularities of texture — bringing together how the entire piece works out in threedimensional space. When this stage is complete, the model is 3D scanned, preserving each little nuance of the artist’s hand. Though he’s added digital technology to aid in realizing his designs, Castle does not design on the computer. “The computer wants to fix what it perceives as mistakes,” he says. “If your design has a big curve, and all of a sudden there’s a little blip in it, the computer would fix that.”
Castle speaks strongly about the “direct connection between the pencil and the brain. I think drawing and thinking really mesh, and with the computer, there’s a distance between them,” he says. He cites the work of late architect Zaha Hadid as an example of how others have used technology in a way he chooses to avoid. “You can just tell that was all designed on the computer,” he says. But due to our cultural obsession with technological capacities, Castle is finding that the sketchbook is being forsaken. “I’m finding that students today can’t draw,” he says, openly frustrated by the idea. “It’s a language to communicate with people in the studio,” he says. “If someone says, ‘What do you think of this idea?’ or ‘How do you think we should build this?’ but they have drawn it in poor perspective, there’s no point in discussing it.” Castle says he thinks that schools are contributing to illiteracy in draftsmanship as technology takes over, with curricula’s increasing emphasis on computer skills. “The computer will do a lot of things that drawing can’t do,” he concedes, “but it can’t do the very basic thing of working at an idea, and deciding if it’s a good idea.”
IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE WHOLE WHOLE PICTURE PICTURE WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE FRAME “And think that drawings have personality,” he says. “Now that may not be very important in making a product, but it resonates with me, that the drawing is drawn in a way that I like, with line weights that I like. That I have a certain signature about the way I draw.”
For Castle, technology only enters the equation when the model is 3D scanned and a code is created to make a tool path for his studio’s 5,000-pound, room-sized robot, which is outfitted with a router and nicknamed Mr. Chips. Once stacks of planks have been laminated for a specific piece, it’s the robot’s job to mill the basic forms of the piece down from the planks. Castle uses the technology to more perfectly pick up and retain the elements of human touch. “We get all of these imperfections, which I want,” Castle says. “By the time it gets to the computer, the creative process is essentially over,” save for a few occasional tweaks. “We’ve narrowed it down to the most difficult — and in many cases impossible — woodworking tasks,” he says. For example, many of his tables and chairs have conical or elliptical legs, with compound curves that nestle perfectly against one another. The robot is able to rout the stacked wood into
forms that are perfectly flush with one another. Through hand carving, he says, “all you’ll ever know, unless you have x-ray vision, is how it fits on the outside.” Castle works primarily with ash because it’s a hard wood and resists scratching, and has an open grain. Before applying stain or varnish, the surface is often wire brushed to further open up the grain and show off the natural, undulating patterns. And though its future is dubious thanks to the Emerald ash borer beetle, ash is currently readily available in knot-free high quality. Unlike many high-end furniture makers, Castle doesn’t have a catalog that patrons can select from to order; when he’s done with an idea, he moves on. “I joke about it and say I have a short attention span, but it’s partly true,” he says. “I really don’t want to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have an idea and do it in various ways, but even that isn’t going to last more than a couple of years. It’s time to change it somewhat. Not drastically, so that no one would recognize it as my work, but change it.” Go online to rochestercitynewspaper.com for a video of Wendell Castle in his studio and discussing his work.
TOP: An installation view of some of Castle's urethane models at RIT's University Gallery. BOTTOM: Castle's drawing of his 1964 "Music Rack," which is collected by the Memorial Art Gallery. ADJACENT LEFT: The installation of Wendell Castle's "Ten Rules of Thumb" for "Wendell Castle Imagined: A Revelation of Creative Process."
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Upcoming [ HARD ROCK ] Doro. Sunday, September 25. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 7 p.m. $18-$20. themontagemusichall.com; doromusic.de.
Music
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The Wonder Years. Sunday, October 16. Anthology, 336
East Avenue. 6:30 p.m. $22-$26. anthologylive.com; thewonderyearsband.com. [ ROCK ]
Shinedown. Tuesday, November 22. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Boulevard. 6 p.m. $40.75-$60.75. bluecrossarena. com; shinedown.com.
Lord Dying
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 BUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVENUE 9 P.M. | $12-$14 | BUGJAR.COM LORDDYING.BANDCAMP.COM [ METAL ] It’s nice when a sludge metal band is able to
stir the pot (pun absolutely intended) a bit, and Portland, Oregon’s Lord Dying does just that. Its latest LP, 2015’s “Poisoned Altars,” hits a rare sweet spot that blends Crowbar-inspired riffs and vocals with subtle hints of prog-metal that call to mind early Mastodon. It’s the sound of an exciting band breathing life into a genre that’s in danger of going up in smoke. Black Fast, Child Bite, The Highest Leviathan, and Monolith will also perform.
— BY ALEXANDER JONES
The James Brothers WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 4 MEIGS STREET 12:15 P.M. | FREE | 271-6513; CHRISJAMESFLUTE.COM [ CLASSICAL ] Toronto-born brothers flutist Chris
James, and Aaron James, pianist and organist, have gone their separate but successful musical ways. Still they occasionally reunite for duo performances, which this summer takes the form of an Upstate New York tour. After stops in Auburn and Buffalo, the James brothers are coming to Rochester’s Third Presbyterian Church this Wednesday, August 24. Their free noontime recital includes an enterprising and interesting program of music by Siegfried Karg-Elert, Robert Muczynski, and R. Murray Schafer, among others. — BY DAVID RAYMOND
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Mulberry Soul
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Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 ABILENE BAR AND LOUNGE, 153 LIBERTY POLE WAY 8:30 P.M. | $8-$10 | ABILENEBARANDLOUNGE.COM GALHOLIDAY.COM [ HONKY-TONK ] Don’t know about you, but the
word “honky-tonk” has always meant “COUNTRY” in all caps, boots with roots, and a truly American sound routed geographically in the South. Exhibit A your honor; New Orleans’ Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue. For 10 years now, this group is cliché free as it rocks to and fro’ on the sawdust rave-ups, tenacious two-steppers, and even a splash of countrypolitan to give it a little lonely.
— BY FRANK DE BLASE
Sexy Teenagers SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 FIREHOUSE SALOON, 814 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE 9 P.M. | $5 | THEFIREHOUSESALOON.COM FACEBOOK.COM/SEXYTEENSMUSIC [ PUNK ROCK ] These Upstate, upstart punk rockers remain in all their ragged mid-tempo glory. ST play just fast enough to be risky and just slow enough for audiences to sing along with the group’s ragged and raw gang vocal and guitar assault. This is going to be ST’s last show for a while; the band is planning a new album, but it’s only playing a handful of Rochester shows in 2017. Catch it while you can. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Lakeshore @ The Little: Chris Wilson. Little Theatre Café,
Arising out of the Rochester Folk Art Guild and the picturesque vista that is Naples is Mulberry Soul, a band that deftly interprets this earthen beauty. Though acoustically planted, Mulberry Soul’s instrumentation is positively electrifying. The band burns bright with a kind of new-grass slant on bluegrass. And man, is this soaring sextet a sensation while weaving intricate harmonies throughout its adroit drive. The words fly by and you find yourself smiling as you try to keep up. This album is sure to please those who are driven wild by a sawed-on fiddle or a flurry of mandolin-borne notes. But it’s so perfect in its execution that it serves as an introductory, gateway drug for newbies. Yeah, it’s bluegrass, but it’s not too-grass. There’s call and response hoots from the band that never crowd the melody, which in turn allows the tunes to serve the story, including the narrative that pops into the listener’s head. “Mulberry Soul” is another Dave Drago (1809 Studios) triumph that front-to-back plays out as a singular, cohesive piece — although you’re welcome to break it up as your favorites begin to make themselves known. My personal favorites: “Susanna on the Hillside” and “Harlem Blues.” Contemporary, timeless, cool. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
240 East Ave. thelittle.org/ music. 7-9 p.m. Rob & Gary Acoustic. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr. 381-4000. woodcliffhotelspa.com. 5:308:30 p.m. [ BLUES ]
Upward Groove. Temple Bar
and Grille, 109 East Ave. 2326000. templebarandgrille. com. 10 p.m. [ CLASSICAL ]
James Brothers. Third
Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St. 271-6513. thirdpresbyterian.org. 12:15 p.m. Free. [ JAZZ ]
Anthony Giannovola.
Lemoncello, 137 West Commercial St. East Rochester. 385-8565. lemoncello137.com. 6:309:30 p.m.
John Palocy and Gary Cummings. Pythodd Jazz
American Acid
Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. facebook.com/ Pythodd/. 8-11 p.m.
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[ POP/ROCK ] Blink-182. Darien Lake PAC, 9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. 599-4641. darienlake.com/ concerts. 7 p.m. $40-$109.
Sick-o graphic artist and resident keeper of RockN-Roll Social Club’s bottom end Doug Mac has reemerged from the primordial hard rock ooze with the trio American Acid and its new six-song, self-titled release. By its sheer existence, the band exemplifies the fundamental differences — and the confusion that follows — between hard rock and metal. In the case of American Acid, clearly the main ingredient is rock ‘n’ roll, amped up and ramped up to a crushing, concussive end, forgoing metal’s slick precision. The album is a rock music gem. Vocals are howled just above vocal range; dense guitars still possess some twangin’ amid the bangin’; and there’s the wise demeanor of three musicians who have done a thing or two. There’s a bit of psychedelic coloring outside the lines, but for the most part, “American Acid” is a no frills, no bullshit, straight-up and straight-ahead platter. — BY FRANK DE BLASE
Kevin DeHond & Michael Catalano Duo. Sticky Lips
BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. stickylipsbbq. com. 6:30 p.m.
Secret Grief and Cannon the Brave. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe
Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $7-$9.
Todd Bradley and the Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers.
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Music LA KISS football team; all the way down to KISS condoms and KISS caskets, we’ll get you coming and get you going. There’s so much on our plate. We are certainly the most blessed people to ever walk the face of the planet. What’s different about this tour?
This tour, 40 cities in America that are not New York, Detroit, LA, and so on. We’re going to the heartland, the cities that made us who we are. This includes some cities you’ve never played, right?
That’s exactly right. Smaller towns, smaller populations. Our last two shows were in Minot, North Dakota, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. In fact more people showed up at the Minot show than actually live in Minot. There are 30,000 people in Minot. We’re also playing 5,000 seaters. Some places don’t have large arenas, and that’s OK; we’re not here to say, “It’s our way or the highway.” We’re proud to get up on stage, and we bring everything with us. So when we come to your town, we’re going to stand proudly, guilty as charged by our harshest critics of making a complete spectacle of ourselves — you’re goddamn right we are. One other thing, it’s called the Freedom to Rock Tour. We’re teaming up with the US Chamber of Commerce, and we’re giving local vets jobs. We’re hiring them; we honor them.
Legendary rock group KISS is performing at the Blue Cross Arena on Monday, August 29. PHOTO PROVIDED
Up there with the gods KISS WITH THE DEAD DAISIES MONDAY, AUGUST 29 BLUE CROSS ARENA, 100 EXCHANGE BOULEVARD 7:30 P.M.| $39.50-$125 BLUECROSSARENA.COM; KISSONLINE.COM THE DEAD DAISIES WILL ALSO PERFORM IN-STORE AT THE RECORD ARCHIVE (33 1/3 ROCKWOOD STREET) ON MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 5 P.M. FREE. RECORDARCHIVE.COM THEDEADDAISIES.COM. [ INTERVIEW ] BY FRANK DE BLASE
Rock ‘n’ roll is as much about attitude, shock value, and spectacle as it is about the music. I learned this at a young age. It was 1975, and I was 9 years old. We had a record party at school and my pal Henry bought in KISS “Alive.” Now most of the other kids had carried in stuff like the Bay City Rollers and Leif Garrett, and I had brought in some Elvis 45s, yet I was drawn to the cover of Henry’s offering. Pictured there were four dudes straight out of Dante’s “Inferno,” or outer space, a comic book, Kabuki theater, or from under a rock. It 16 CITY AUGUST 24-30, 2016
was like nothing we’d ever seen. We dropped the needle in the groove. It was like nothing we’d ever heard. The announcer’s voice boomed. And we were doomed. “You wanted the best, you’ve got the best. The hottest band in the land … KISS!” Henry and I went completely wild, jumping on desks and chairs, and playing what we would later learn was air guitar. The rock ‘n’ roll shenanigans continued until Sister Rosaire ripped the needle noisily from the groove and marched us down to Sister Roberta’s office. But alas, it was too late: I had been bitten. Jesus couldn’t save us now. From that moment forward, KISS and the memory of that day would forever be with me. It’s still one of my all-time favorite albums. So imagine my squealing glee when I secured an interview with the fire-breathing, blood-spitting, bass player Gene Simmons. Simmons is an excellent spin doctor, and a lot of his answers were seemingly well-rehearsed. But he was charming, succinct, and super cool. KISS is a mega business after all, and its fingers are in all kinds of pies, from KISS cruises and themed restaurants to a line of caskets. The band is also charitably conscious and active in raising money for veterans. But business aside, the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is arguably the biggest band on Earth, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide in its 42-year history. Nobody puts on a show like KISS. Simmons rang me up, and we kibitzed for 20 minutes or so about the band’s Freedom to Rock Tour, hitting new cities, helping vets, and how Lady Gaga is potentially the world’s next big rock star. An edited transcript of that conversation follows City: Hey Gene, how’re you doing? Gene Simmons: I’m deliriously happy. I gotta say I’m a big fan.
You’re a powerful and attractive man. So KISS … did you ever think it would have lasted this long?
I never imagined it. When you’re a kid and you think, “Gee, I wonder what it would be like to climb Mount Olympus and live up there with the gods” — you know, kids have wild imaginations — and for this to happen, 42 years on … KISS is America’s number one gold record award-winning group of all time; we have the KISS golf course in Las Vegas; we have KISS cruises that sail from the Bahamas; we have the
Why did you pick this particular charity, Hiring Our Heroes?
We’ve been giving back to our vets for a long time. On previous tours, we gave a buck out of every ticket to Wounded Warrior and other veterans programs. And likewise on this tour, we’re writing checks and hiring vets. Everybody should. You were once quoted as saying there are no more rock stars today. What did you mean?
Well, you reap what you sow. Let’s play a game, OK? From 1958 to 1988, 30 years, we’ve got Elvis, The Beatles, The Stones, Hendrix — the biggest enduring rock stars to ever have been there. That includes Prince. And in pop there’s Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2, all that stuff. From 1988 until today, just give me five. Who’s the new Elvis? The new Beatles? Are there any artists that excite you today?
The most exciting thing for me is for Lady Gaga to get rid of the disco boys and the disco music, and come out and rock out with a real live band, because she has the goods. She can actually sing; she can play; she can write songs. I’m just not a fan of the actual stuff, but if she came out with a real rock band, she would shock a lot of people.
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As far as I’m concerned she is the only new rock star out there. I mean there are great pop stars; Taylor [Swift] and Adele, they’re wonderful, but that ain’t rock. It’s not music for your groin; it’s for the heart. And that’s OK. Now the music for your loins, that’s what I’m talking about. Do you have a favorite KISS album?
There are a few of them I like, but the first one holds so many memories from 42 years ago. Part of your favorite thing is that it’s filled with memories, like your first kiss, your first girlfriend, all that stuff that you’ll remember forever. It may not be the best, but you remember it the longest.
[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Qelt. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org/music. 7-9 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ] Paradigm Shift. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. hpl.org. 7-8 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
Doro. Montage Music Hall,
50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. themontagemusichall.com. 7 p.m. $18-$20.
Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue. Abilene Bar
& Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $8-$10.
Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours. Abilene
Any chance you’ll ever work with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss again?
Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8:30 p.m. $10.
Do you remember the first girl you ever went out with?
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Yes.
Are you getting back together with her anytime soon? No.
The defense rests, your honor. KISS is playing for multiple generations in the same audiences. How does that feel?
It’s unbelievable. You can see them in the audience. To those who shook their finger and said, “This is the stuff that separates generations,” the opposite is true. It brings generations together. And we see them at the show: a 5-year-old dressed like me is sitting on the shoulder of his dad who’s dressed up like us next to his dad. It’s just unbelievable.
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[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] The Crooked North. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org/music. 8-10 p.m. Pete Seeger and Me. First Universalist Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S. 546-2826. uuroc.org. 7:30 p.m. $15. [ BLUES ]
The BBQ Blues Band.
Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 6-9 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Westview Project. Pythodd
Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. facebook.com/ Pythodd/. 8-11 p.m.
What are you most proud of?
We did it our way. We didn’t care what anybody else did. We proudly ran our own race and never looked over our shoulder to see what anyone else was doing. I mean look at us; we wear more make-up and higher heels than your mommy, and we’re proud of it. We refuse to use backing tracks. We play everything live. We’re anti-fashion. We’re OK with everybody else doing whatever they want to do. It’s just not what we do. To thine own self be true. What’s something you’ll never do?
Endorse KISS crack. Are you going to be buried in a KISS casket?
[ POP/ROCK ]
C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $7.
Beneath Hell’s Sky, I’m From The Government And I’m Here To Help, The Silence Broken, and The Red Devil Report. California Brew
Haus, 402 W. Ridge Rd. 621-1480. facebook.com/ thecaliforniabrewhaus. 7 p.m. Fairport Music Festival. fairportmusicfestival.com. August 26-27. 4 stages, 2 days, over 30 bands. continues on page 18
Well I won’t know it, will I? I think it’s beside the point, I know what should be on my tombstone — if there is one: “Thank you and goodnight.”
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JAZZ | MIKE TITLEBAUM’S MUSIC BECAUSE MUSIC
The rise of “fest culture” in the world of underground music is a particularly divisive topic. While music festivals allow tons of kids to watch all of their favorite bands in one convenient location, it can be hard for local scenes to compete with the massive bills these fests boast. With Harmony Festival, Rochester-based booking agency The Entertainment Collective is providing a solution to this dilemma: a two-day fest almost entirely consisting of local bands. Headlined by hometown pop-punk heroes Such Gold (pictured) on Friday and local metalcore juggernauts Vanity Strikes on Saturday, Harmony Fest will feature 15 bands, offering a taste of just about everything our regional rock, punk, and metal scenes have to offer, from Kind of Kind’s introspective math-rock to Reps’ blistering hardcore and beyond.
Titles like “Schmeezlemop” and “The Sordid Tale of Glinkleglorp and Alisha” give you some idea of the unusual music journey offered by Mike Titlebaum’s Music Because Music. Titlebaum, who is director of jazz studies at Ithaca College, earned his degrees at the Eastman School of Music. A formidable saxophonist, Titlebaum has played with Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker, Kenny Wheeler, and many others. At Lovin’ Cup, his nine-piece group boasts trumpeter Mike Kaupa, drummer Aaron Staebell, and vocalist Catherine Gale.
Harmony Festival will take place on Friday, August 26, and Saturday, August 27, at the Harmony House, 58 East Main Street, Webster. 6 p.m. both days. $15. tecshows.com. — BY ALEXANDER JONES
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 Mesh. Firehouse Saloon, 814
274 N. Goodman St., Rochester lentorestaurant.com • 271-3470
S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $5. Rescue 11. Johnny’s Pub & Grill, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. johnnyslivemusic.com. 8 p.m. Todd Bradley Solo Show. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. 292-9940. lovincup.com. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ]
Jackson Cavalier & The Fevertones. Little Theatre Café,
240 East Ave. thelittle.org/music. 8-10 p.m.
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Rebels Posse. Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 3343030. nashvillesny.com. 9 p.m. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ]
Technovi§ion: Disco Brisket, DJ Paul Kuenzi, DJ Peter Pizzutelli, Rob Morley, and Skanntron. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $5-$10.
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[ JAZZ ]
Jimmie Highsmith Jr. Pythodd Jazz Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 491-6649. 8-11 p.m. [ R&B/ SOUL ]
Old School Saturday. Rochester
Mike Titlebaum’s Music Because Music performs Sunday, August 28, at Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. 7 p.m. $10. lovincup.com; — BY RON NETSKY
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MONDAY, AUGUST 29
[ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Jim Scott. Unitarian Universalist Church of Canandaigua, 3024 Cooley Road. Canandaigua. 315719-4099. uucc.us. 2-5 p.m. $15 donation.
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[ BLUES ]
The Lustre Kings. Marge’s
Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St. Rocoldscool. com. 8 p.m. $10-$20.
Lakeside Inn, 4909 Culver Rd. 323-1020. margeslakesideinn.com. 4-7 p.m.
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[ JAZZ ]
Brian Lindsay Band. Milly’s HandleBar, 3120 Kittering Rd. facebook.com/ harvsharleydavidson/?fref=ts. 1-5 p.m. Charlie & The Tombstones. Firehouse Saloon, 814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832. firehousesaloon.com. 9 p.m.1 a.m. $5. Lake Effect, Rain & Leaves, and Rockin’ Robin. House of
Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 5443500. houseofguitars.com. 12-5:30 p.m. Sam Nitsch Unplugged. The Clover Center for Arts and Spirituality, 1101 Clover St. 473-3200. theclovercenter. com. 6-9 p.m. $15.
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles. Abilene
Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 9:30 p.m. $8-$10.
Mike Titlebaum and Music Because Music. Lovin’ Cup,
300 Park Point Dr. 2929940. lovincup.com. 7 p.m. $7-$10. [ POP/ROCK ]
Dangermuffin. Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com. 8 p.m. $10-$15. The Fools. Milly’s HandleBar, 3120 Kittering Rd. facebook.com/ harvsharleydavidson/?fref=ts. 1-5 p.m. Summer Youth Pops Concert. School of the Arts, 45 Prince St. 454-7311 x224. rpyo.org. 3 p.m. Free. Kidz Bop Kids. Darien Lake PAC, 9993 Allegheny Rd. Darien. 1-800-745-3000. livenation.com. 3 p.m.
Lakeshore @ The Little: The Brothers Blue. Little Theatre
Café, 240 East Ave. thelittle.org/ music. 7-9 p.m. [ JAZZ ]
Tony Hiler Trio. Pythodd Jazz
Room, 4705 Lake Ave. 4916649. facebook.com/Pythodd/. 7-10 p.m. [ POP/ROCK ]
The Dead Daisies. Record
Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. recordarchive.com. 5 p.m. KISS. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Square. 7585300. bluecrossarena.com. 7:30 p.m. $35-$125.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 [ POP/ROCK ]
The Fox & The Hound, Robbie Stilwell, Archimedes, and Doorway Talkers. Bug Jar, 219
Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6-$8.
Art
Like many of Bob Conge’s one-of-a-kind, collectible art toys he offers through Plaseebo, “The Youzha Arachnid” has an internal, motion-activated, color-changing LED light. PHOTO PROVIDED
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contain elements of monsters, ghouls, ferocious animals, humanoids, or pop-cultural references, TO FIND BOB CONGE’S CREATIONS, CHECK fetch from between a couple hundred bucks OUT PLASEEBO.NET to thousands. They’re meant to be collected art pieces, not toys for kids. [ PROFILE ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY When Conge started his company, Plaseebo, 10 years ago, “it was intended to be Bob Conge has been collecting vintage toys for 50 years. They fill the barn attached to his 1840’s the name of my studio for small sculpture, which would enable me to have production farm house on a Wayland, New York, property that also includes a cemetery and a collection of collaborations with other folks,” he says. Collaborating with other designers, 1950’s and 60’s robots. And he says he’s got a sculptors, and customizers is one of the most certain fondness for ghosts. rewarding aspects of this genre, Conge says. All of these aesthetics inform the one-of-aThe Internet, and the fact that their work kind, designer vinyl art toys he creates and sells, exists in the visual realm, has made crosssometimes in collaboration with other artists who are based around the world, such as Eric B continental collaboration a smooth process. of Krotpong Industries. Each piece, which might “We need not even have a common language
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— many of the folks I work with in Japan and China speak only broken English, and worse, I speak neither of theirs,” he says. Conge or another artist will begin by sending blank, unpainted pieces of their respective figures to each other to be painted or customized. “Or we may each sculpt various parts of the same figure to be produced in vinyl or resin,” he says. “Each of us are encouraged to freely contribute as we wish without restriction.” And Conge gives many of the toys backstories — flights of fancy that explore the imaginative origins of each piece — which you can read on the “backstories” section of his site. Some of these stories are short and playful, such as the ditty about the “Jumping Brain and the Brainrider” a part-bullfrog beast eager to join a rodeo (as the bull, of course), a mount in search of his match. But other toys and their tales contain more serious details. “They often loosely take the form of fables or cautionary tales based on my concerns for what ails our society,” Conge says. For example, in “The Atomic Chicken,” Conge spins a critical yarn about shortsightedparents giving their kids unsuitable pets, who are discarded when they’re no longer cute. Then his imagination runs ruthlessly toward a dystopian vengeance. In “Journey of the Stone Walker,” Conge rewrites history, and with the help of a mighty, mystical being, he envisions a different outcome of the Spanish invasion of Native American lands. But sometimes titles are enough to make a point. “War Masquerades as Innocence,” a handcast resin toy, is a monstrous union of a tank and a skull with mechanical elements, hiding its grimace behind a baby doll mask. The piece is painted
with sickly acidic hues, contrasting sharply with the innocuous flesh mask it’s hiding behind. Conge has even developed a rather magical, overarching story that parallels himself and his creation of toys: In the tale of “The Misfits,” Walter trawls flea markets for broken toys abandoned by children throughout previous decades. He “rarely paid more than 10 or 15 cents apiece for the ravaged figures, as most were missing limbs or heads,” Conge writes. “These were much more than idols made of plastic and vinyl, for Walter could feel the spirits and hear the distant laughter of the many children who had once worshiped these love-worn toys. To him, these toys were markers in lives unfolding, indelibly printed with the character of those who had played with them so many years ago.” This past winter, Conge says, Walter began working on his Geppetto project. “He hoped to design a system to capture the psychic energy he felt being released from the old toys and use it to power the robot toy he was building,” he says. All of the “Misfit” series figures live in the same backstory as various examples of some of the pieces being made by Walter and the children. These include “Mickeybaby Misfit,” a vinyl figure assembled from a baby doll head, mouse ears, mismatched eyes, and a robotic-looking torso and legs. The head is painted teal, and the body chamber is filled with a mix of slowly moving gel colors and shapes that are back-lit when the colorchanging LED unit is switched on. Rusty-toned paint drips from various rivets and other features, bringing Oz’s Tin Man to mind.
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Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. Stylee and Mee, photographs. Through Sept. 25. Opening reception Fri. Sept. 12, 6-8 p.m. A six-year photographic chronicle of New York Stylee, a family-owned Rochester clothing store, by Annette Dragon. 256-2650. muccc.org. Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery, 71 S. Main St. Canandaigua. Transitions. Through Oct. 9. Opening reception Sat. August 27, 6-8 p.m. Regional artists work from inspired abstractions to realistic imagery. 394-0030. prrgallery.com. [ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. People and Places. Through Sept. 11. Watercolor paintings by Marty Kutas. 546-8439. episcopalseniorlife.org. Axom Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave., 2nd floor. Artful Living. Through Sept. 2. Contemporary furnishings and art-objects with a selection of original artworks from AXOM’s stable of artists. 232-6030. axomgallery.com. Bridge Art Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Blvd. Age and Beauty and Gallery Expansion. Through Nov. 30. Celebrate aging as the accumulation of experience, perspective, strength, and wisdom of time by local artists. 275-3571. bit. ly/bridgeartgallery. Corning Museum of Glass, 1 Museum Way. Daisies. Through August 31. Supersized glass daisies from artist David Willis. 866-468-7386. museumofglass.org. Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery, 3165 East Ave. Four Seasons. Through Sept. 29. Watercolor paintings by Hiroko Jusko. friendlyseniorliving.org. Gallery 384, 384 East Ave. Engaging the Gamut. Through
THEATER/MUSIC | SANKOFA EVENING OF THEATRE AND JAZZ
ART | “THE WINNING IMAGES”
Now in its ninth year, the Sankofa Evening of Theatre and Jazz Festival is a late-summer staple on the Rochester arts scene, and an important showcase for original plays by African-American writers. The featured play for the first weekend is “4 Men on a Couch,” an “urban comedic drama” by award-winning playwright Anne L. Thompson-Scretching, who will be present for the opening night performance and reception on Saturday, August 25. The second weekend will feature seven contemporary one-act plays in settings ranging from the Civil War to Motown, dealing with such topics as crime, racism, and family relations. A theater package is available for both weekends. For complete performance and ticket details, contact Mood Makers Books at 271-7010, or go online to muccc.org.
Pittsford fine art photography venue Gallery 96 opened the exhibit “The Winning Images,” last week, featuring work by the Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Clubs. The NFRCC is a coalition of 17 camera clubs, spread across an area from the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario, through Western New York, and into Pennsylvania. “The Winning Images” features award-winning photos — from scenes of nature and animal portraits to urban landscapes — created by members of the South Towns, Science Museum (an affiliate of the Buffalo Museum of Science), Twin Cities, Batavia, Camera Rochester, Genesee Valley, Niagara Falls, and Erie camera clubs. Works by gallery partners George Wallace and Paul Zachman, and artist-in-residence Tom Kredo are also on display. An opening reception will be held Friday, August 26, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sankofa Evening of Theatre and Jazz Festival will take place Thursday, August 25, through Saturday, August 27, at 7 p.m. (also 2 p.m. on August 27), and September 1 through September 3 at 7:30 p.m. Hosted by MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. Ticket prices vary. — BY DAVID RAYMOND
“The Winning Images” is on display at Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford Victor Road, through October 1. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free. 248-8128; thegallery96.com; nfrcc.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP
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Sept. 26. Artist reception Wed. Sept. 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Classic portrait sculpture by Philippe Faraut, oil paintings by Elisa Root, mixed media paintings by Sherry Tulloch. 325-5010. artsrochester.org.
Gallery 96, 604 Pittsford-Victor Road. The Winning Images. Through Oct. 1. Opening reception Fri. August 26, 6-8:30 p.m. The winning images by members of 17 different camera clubs to competitions hosted by NFRCC. gallery96.com.
Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Symbolic Forms. Through August 31. Metal Sculptures by Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez. thegeiselgallery.com.
George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Photography and America’s National Parks. Through October 2. Exploring the role of early and contemporary photography in the development of the National Park Service. 271-3361. eastman.org/ photography-national-parks.
Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Portfolio Showcase 2016. Through Sept. 4. Photographic portfolios of eight artists were chosen from over 80 entries for this annual competition. imagecityphotographygallery. com. International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Orchids. Through August 31. Original oil paintings by American artist Marcella Gillenwater. 264-1440. internationalartacquisitions.com. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Keith Haring: Apocalypse. Through August 28. The Apocalypse portfolio marries Haring’s provocative imagery and William Burroughs’s stream-ofconsciousness poetry. 276-8900. mag.rochester.edu. My Sister’s Gallery at the Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Places We Call Home. Through Oct. 2. Opening reception Tues. August 23, 5-7 p.m. Watercolors by Kristin Malone. 546-8400. EpiscopalSeniorLife.org. Nan Miller Gallery, 3000 Monroe Ave #200. Visions of Summer. Through August 27. Summer scenes by Jim Kozlowski, Susan Moses, and Josef Kote. 2921430. nanmillergallery.com. Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery at St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave. Favorite Things. Through Sept. 1. More than 50 works by the Main Street Artists. 233-5645. mainstreetartistsgallery.com. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, River Campus. Home, Politics, and Travel: The Seward Family’s Early Years. Through August 26. Showcasing items from the Seward family’s early years. 275-4477. library. rochester.edu/node/36829. University Gallery, James R. Booth Hall, RIT, 166 Lomb Memorial Dr. Wendell Castle Imagined: A Revelation of Creative Process. Through Nov. 11. Opening reception Fri. Sept. 9, 5-7:30 p.m. A wide variety of drawings, maquettes and select sculptural and
Not My Life. 7-9 p.m. Wood Library, 134 North Main St Canandaigua 2011 American independent documentary film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery Free. 394-1381. woodlibrary.org.
dimensional work. 475-2866. jleugs@rit.edu. rit.edu.
Call for Participants [ WED., AUGUST 24 ] Grimms Mad Tales. Through Aug. 31. A community cast of hundreds to make their costumes, rehearse, and perform. Only one rehearsal to attend grimmsmadtales.com. Kodak Vision Award. Through Sep. 10. Shorts, under 30 minutes, made on film Kodak.com. [ TUE., AUGUST 30 ] Genesee Valley Orchestra & Chorus Auditiions. Aug. 30. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 28 Lincoln St . Pittsford 223-9006. gvoc.org.
Art Events [ THU., AUGUST 25 ] The Wave Fest. 6-10 p.m. ER Studios, 470 State Street Live painting performance by The Creator of Miskeen Bariq Cobbs and more $10 minimum donation. 305-6789. [ FRI., AUGUST 26 ] Live Painting with Nate Hodge. 8 p.m. Makers Gallery and Studio, 34 Elton Street 507-3569. makersgalleryandstudio.com. [ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Jeanne Rosenthal. 4 p.m. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place . Pittsford 641-0340. vgwinebar@gmail.com. winebarinpittsfordny.com.
Comedy [ WED., AUGUST 24 ] Ultimate Storytime: Thomas Sanders. 6-10 p.m. Harmony House, 58 East Main St . Webster $30. 323-965-5599. matt@monaloring.com. ticketspin.com/roadtoplaylistlive.
Dance Events [ SAT., AUGUST 27 ]
Kids Events
SPECIAL EVENT | THE WAVE FEST
SPORTS | VINTAGE BASE BALL
On Thursday, a fundraising event will be held for the Student Arts Foundation, a non-profit that supports art education and artistic advancement for students in Rochester. The Wave Fest will bring together art, fashion, and music for a party at E|R Studios (470 State Street).The night will feature live painting by Bariq Cobbs, the creator of hand-painted T-shirt line Miskeen Originals, and works by locals Lujar Art, Fleezy Art, Ahgee the Artist, and Oshi, and student artist Nassor Myers. DJ Dynamic will provide the music, and there’s a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres. The event is also being sponsored by the City of Rochester.
There’s still a little time left this summer to catch a vintage base ball game in the Silver Base Ball Park at Genesee Country Village and Museum. Matches at GCVM are played according to the rules adopted on December 14, 1864, by the National Association of Base-Ball Players in New York — meaning no gloves, woolen uniforms, brown balls, umpires in top hats, and period-correct field, bleachers, press box, and vendors selling peanuts. The program also includes two women’s teams.
The Wave Fest takes place Thursday, August 25, at E|R Studios, 470 State Street. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets start at $10. 355-1199; studentartsfoundation.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP
Netherfield Ball – An Assembly for Novice Dancers. 2 p.m. First Baptist Church, 175 Allens Creek Road $10. 775-5047. cdrochester.org. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] English Country Community Dance. 6:30-9:30 p.m First Baptist Church of Rochester, 175 Allens Creek Rd $9 adult; children 17 & under free. 775-5047. cdrochester.org.
Festivals [ THU., AUGUST 25 ] GreekFest 2016. 11 a.m.10 p.m. Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, 835 South Avenue 271-3150. highlandgreekfest.com/. [ FRI., AUGUST 26 ] GreekFest 2016. 11 a.m.11 p.m. Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, 835
[ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Edgerton Train Room Open House. Last Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-2 p.m Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St Donations accepted 428-6769. edgertonmodelrailroadclub. com. Saturday Maker Camp. 1-3 p.m Rochester Makerspace, 850 St. Paul Street Kids aged 8+ will work with Larry Moss, founder of Airigami, to build a large Rube Goldberg Machine Free. 210-3213. rocmakers@gmail. com. rochestermakerspace.org. Sci-Fi Summer: Space Cadets. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Journey to outer space at astronaut training camp $14, under 2/ members free. 263-2700. museumofplay.org.
GCVM, 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford, hosts vintage base ball games on Saturdays and Sundays through the end of September (with playoff matches happening in early October). Tickets to the games are included in the museum admission price ($18 adults; $15 students and seniors; $10 children; free for members). 538-6822; gcv.org. — BY JAKE CLAPP
South Avenue 271-3150. highlandgreekfest.com/. [ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] GreekFest 2016. 11 a.m.11 p.m. Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, 835 South Avenue 271-3150. highlandgreekfest.com/. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] GreekFest 2016. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Greek Orthodox Church
[ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] Story Time. noon. New York Museum of Transportation, 6393 E. River Rd 533-1113. nymtmuseum.org.
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of the Holy Spirit, 835 South Avenue 271-3150. highlandgreekfest.com/.
[ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Fr. Rick Frechette. Aug. 2728. St. Louis Church, 60 South Main St . Pittsford stlouischurch.org/.
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Movie Theaters Searchable, up-to-the-minute movie times for all area theaters can be found at rochestercitynewspaper.com, and on City’s mobile website.
Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
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Paper trail
957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
“Kubo and the Two Strings” (PG), DIRECTED BY TRAVIS KNIGHT NOW PLAYING [ REVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
The latest from Laika — the independent, Oregon-based animation studio responsible for stop-motion masterworks “Coraline,” “ParaNorman,” and “The Boxtrolls” — is a visually stunning and wildly entertaining ode to the power of storytelling, wrapped in the atmosphere of Japanese folklore. Though still the relative new kid on the block, with “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Laika has finished a run of films that can easily stand toe-to-toe with the works of Pixar. Set in ancient, mythical Japan, the film follows a one-eyed boy named Kubo (voiced
by Art Parkinson, known for Rickon Stark on HBO’s “Game of Thrones”), who lives in a seaside cave looking after his ailing mother. Once a powerful witch, she was left weakened after defending her newborn son from his vindictive grandfather, the Moon King (Ralph Fiennes), who plucked out one of the boy’s eyes in a vengeful rage. Kubo never knew his father, but during her rare lucid states, his mother tells him stories in which he learns the man was a great samurai who laid down his life attempting to protect his family. Each day, Kubo ventures out of their cave and travels into town, where he delights the people, and earns a little bit of money, by telling epic adventure stories in the village square. He acts out these tales using ornate origami figures he magically brings to life by playing music on his shamisen. Kubo’s mother has warned him never to stay out past dark, lest her family find
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com
Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com
A scene from “Kubo and the Two Strings.” PHOTO COURTESY FOCUS FEATURES
him and finish what they started by taking his other eye. But of course, Kubo eventually stays out too late one day, and he’s immediately set upon by his evil aunts (chillingly voiced by Rooney Mara) who wish to deliver him back to his grandfather. Floating through the air, with faces hidden behind lifeless masks as they call out to Kubo, the twin sisters come straight out of your nightmares. Once his mother’s family is after him, the only thing that can protect Kubo is the armor once worn by his father. So the boy sets off on a quest to find the mystical armor and keep away from the nefarious side of his family. He’s accompanied on his journey by Monkey (Charlize Theron), brought to life from a protective totem by the last of Kubo’s mother’s magic, and later Beetle (Matthew McConaughey), a warrior whose memories were erased after being transformed into a halfman, half-bug creature. The voice actors are all quite good in their roles, but for a film so steeped in Japanese mythology, it’s hard to ignore the fact that the lead actors are all white. That all the performers of Asian descent are relegated to small roles as the villagers is more than a little disappointing. “Kubo and the Two Strings” marks the directorial debut of Laika CEO Travis Knight, and it’s filled with the level of intelligence, artistry, and craftsmanship we’ve come to expect from the studio. The film is loaded with endlessly imaginative visuals and wondrous sights; the sheer amount of work involved in bringing these stories to life boggles the mind. Laika animators’ innovative use of 3D printing
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to increase the number of faces for each of their figures makes the animation impossibly fluid and the characters seem that much more expressive. As with Laika’s previous films, seeing “Kubo” in 3D isn’t required, but the format does add an additional layer of tangibility and tactileness to the world the animators have created. Along with the technical achievements, the ambition and scope of the kinds of stories the studio chooses to tell continues to grow by leaps and bounds. That they also function as thoughtful parables that can help children process the complex world around them just makes their films that much more special. The script from Marc Haimes and Chris Butler never talks down to its younger audience, and weaves in poignant themes about love, loss, and the ways that storytelling can be a form of remembering. It doesn’t shy away from the role that death plays in each of our stories, and its ultimate message that kindness is as important as bravery or strength is one that can’t be heard too often. Between “Pete’s Dragon” and now “Kubo,” we’re ending a rather disappointing summer at the movies on an extremely high note. A wonderful family film (in the best sense of the word), “Kubo and the Two Strings” presents an imaginative, dazzlingly beautiful world that successfully brings a sense of wonder and magic back into a film season that’s been sorely lacking in both. Visit rochestercitynewspaper.com on Friday for additional film coverage, including reviews of “Don’t Think Twice” and “Southside With You.”
[ OPENING ] DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990): A wounded Civil War soldier is sent to a remote junction on the Western frontier, where he makes unlikely friends with a Sioux tribe. Dryden (Fri., August 26, 8 p.m.) DON’T BREATHE (R): A group of teens break into a blind man’s home thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime. They’re wrong. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster DON’T THINK TWICE (R): An improv comedy troupe deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time. Little, Pittsford EQUITY (R): A senior investment banker is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption. Starring Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”). Little, Pittsford FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (1973): The Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life, soon consuming them in an bizarre and hilarious orgy of death and dismemberment. Dryden (Wed., August 24, 8 p.m.) HAMLET (2000): ::picks up skull, clears throat:: “Alas, poor Yorick!” Dryden (Thu., August 25, 8 p.m.) HANDS OF STONE (R): The legendary boxer Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro) change each other’s lives. Tinseltown, Webster LEVEL UP (NR): Gamers enter virtual reality video game contest for money only to realize things are not the way they seem. Little (Fri., August 26, 7 p.m.) LIGHTS OF NEW YORK (1928): A poor schmuck is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop. Dryden (Tue., August 30, 8 p.m.) MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (1994): Shady science experiments.
Grave robbing. Lighting. You know the drill. Dryden (Sat., August 27, 8 p.m.; Mon., August 29. 1:30 p.m.) THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003): Continuation of “The Matrix” saga. Little (Fri., August 26, 6:30 p.m.) THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003): Conclusion of “The Matrix” saga. Little (Fri., August 26, 9:30 p.m.) MECHANIC: RESURRECTION (R): A former criminal is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU (PG13): A single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side. Henrietta, Pittsford, Webster [ CONTINUING] BAD MOMS (R): Frazzled moms Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn band together to take down the queen bees of the PTA (played by Christina Applegate and Jada Pinkett Smith) in this comedy from the writers of “The Hangover.” Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster BEN-HUR (PG-13): A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster CAFÉ SOCIETY (PG-13): A young man arrives in 1930’s Hollywood hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age. Little FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG-13): A New York heiress dreams of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Starring Meryl Streep. Canandaigua, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown GHOSTBUSTERS (PG-13): Who you gonna call? Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate
McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. Canandaigua, Culver HELL OR HIGH WATER (R): A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to robbing banks in order to save their family’s farm in West Texas. Starring Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, and Ben Foster. Pittsford, Tinseltown HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (PG-13): A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Little INDIGNATION (R): A workingclass Jewish student from New Jersey attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with sexual repression and cultural disaffection, amid the ongoing Korean War. Pittsford JASON BOURNE (PG-13): Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass return to the Bourne franchise with this newest installment, which finds the super spy digging further into his mysteriously knotty past. Canandaigua, Culver, Greece, Henrietta, IMAX, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (PG): A young boy must locate a magical suit of armor in order to defeat a vengeful spirit looking to carry out an age-old vendetta. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster MEN GO TO BATTLE (NR): Two brothers struggle to hold their crumbling estate together outside a small Kentucky town in the fall of 1861. Little MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (R): Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral, catching the eye of two opportunistic young women. Starring Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, and Adam DeVine. Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster NINE LIVES (PG): Kevin Spacey stars as a stuffy billionaire businessman who finds himself trapped inside the body of his family’s cat. I don’t even know. Canandaigua, Culver, Henrietta PETE’S DRAGON (PG): The adventures of an orphaned boy
named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (PG): This animated adventure chronicles what our pets get up to when we’re not around. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Webster STAR TREK BEYOND (PG-13): The Enterprise crew continue to boldly go where no man has gone before. Culver, Henrietta, Webster SAUSAGE PARTY (R): The R-rated, animated adventures of an anthropomorphic sausage discovers the horrifying fate that awaits most grocery store products after they’ve been brought home. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster SUICIDE SQUAD (PG-13): A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, and Jared Leto. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster TICKLED (R): Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online, but as he delves deeper he finds a story stranger than fiction. Little UNDER THE SUN (NR): Documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky follows the life of an ordinary North Korean family whose daughter joins the Children’s Union and prepares for the Day of the Sun. Little WAR DOGS (R): Based a true story, following two friends who won a $300 million contract with the Pentagon to arm America’s Afghani allies. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Vintage Drive-In, Webster
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Museum Exhibit [ WED., AUGUST 24 ] The Force at Play; Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns Exhibit. Through Jan. 8, 2017. The Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Through Jan. 8. Explore the evolution of “Star Wars” and view dozens of artifacts from The Strong’s collections 2+ $14; under 2 & members free. 263-2700. museumofplay.org. A Moo-ving History of Fairport’s Dairies. Through Sep. 11. Fairport Historical Museum, 18 Perrin St Through Sept. 11. Artifacts, photographs, and advertisements from more then ten dairies in Fairport/Perinton perintonhistoricalsociety.org. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] Hometown Sports of Greece, NY. 1:30-4 p.m Greece Historical Society & Museum, 595 Long Pond Rd. Donations accepted. 225-7221. greecehistoricalsociety.org.
Recreation [ FRI., AUGUST 26 ] Public Star Party: Saturn. 9 p.m. Mendon Ponds Park, Douglas Road . Mendon 703-9876. rochesterastronomy.org. [ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Angels of Mercy’s 5K and 1 Mile Run/Walk. 9 p.m. Meridian Centre Park, 2025 Winton Road South. runsignup.com Bike MS: ROC the Ride. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Genesee Valley Park, Elmwood Ave. $25. 716-
634-2573, x 70505. main. nationalmssociety.org. Owl Prowl. 7 p.m. Sterling Nature Center, 15380 Jenzvold Rd 315-947-6143. snc@ co.cayuga.ny.us. cayugacounty. us. Rochester Bicycling Club. Check our online calendar for this week’s ride schedule or visit. Rochesterbicyclingclub.org. Rochester’s East Avenue. 11 a.m. Mount Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt. Hope Avenue 4613494. fomh.org. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] 2016 Black Diamond Express 5K and Half Marathon. 8 a.m. Mendon Station Park, 1371 Pittsford Mendon Rd Mendon $25-$75. 797-0423. fcelona1@rochester.rr.com. blackdiamondexpressraces.org. Rochester Orienteering Club Meet. noon. Seneca Park, 2222 St. Paul St. $10. roc. us.orienteering.org/. [ TUE., AUGUST 30 ] Pacesetters: Browncroft Area Walk. 6:30 p.m. 249-9507. huggersskiclub.org. Sharing Books About Nature. 6-8:30 p.m. Burroughs Audubon Nature Club, 301 Railroad Mills Rd. 385-3907. facebook.com/Banc.roc.
Special Events [ THU., AUGUST 25 ] Causewave Community Partners’ Summer Smash. 3-6:30 p.m. Robach Community Center, 180 Beach Ave causewave.org.
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Your Professional Presence Branding 101. 7-8 p.m. Create Art 4 Good Studios, 1115 E. Main Street- Suite #201 Door #5 $15. 210-3161. Susan@createart4good.org. createart4good.org. [ FRI., AUGUST 26 ] American Cancer Society: Concert For A Cure. 7-9 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, 1 Manhattan Square. 224-4932. \[ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Walking into History. 10 a.m. Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, 151 Charlotte St . Canandaigua $25. 394-4922. sonnenberg. org. West Elm Block Party. 11 a.m.6 p.m. West Elm Rochester at the Armory, 145 Culver Rd 241-0072. facebook.com/ westelmroc/. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] CollectorFest Monthly. 10 a.m.3 p.m. Webster Columbus Center, 70 Barrett Dr. 4146726. collectorfestmonthly. com/. Community Garage Sale. 8 a.m.2 p.m Rochester Public Market, 280 N. Union St. 428-6907. cityofrochester.gov/garagesales.
Sports [ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] Rohbach Brewing 5K. 3:30-8 p.m. Churchville Park, Main St Churchville $45. 866-1636. brewrunseries.com/brewrunevent/rohrbach-brewing/.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Aug. 25-Sep. 4. Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Main St Through Sept. 4. Thurs.-Sat. August 25-27, 8 p.m., Sun. August 28, 2 p.m., Wed. August 31, 2 p.m., Thurs. Sept. 1, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., Fri and Sat. Sept. 2 & 3, 8 p.m., and Sun. Sept. 4, 2 p.m $33. 374--6318. bvtnaples.org/. Sankofa Evening of Theatre & Jazz Festival. Aug. 25-Sep. 3. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Through Sept. 3 $12-$20. muccc.org. Songs They Won’t Let Me Sing on Broadway. Through Aug. 28. Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Place Through August 28. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m. Evan Harrington’s one man show $25. downstairscabaret.com.
Theater Audition [ MON., AUGUST 29 ] Murder Weapon. Aug. 29-31, 7 p.m. Penfield Community Center, 1985 Baird Rd Penfield 340-8655. penfieldplayers.org/. TYKEs auditions for adult actors. 5:30 p.m. JCC Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000, ext. 235. tykestheatre.org. [ TUE., AUGUST 30 ] The Lady Who Cried Fox. 6 p.m. Greece Community and Senior Center, 3 Vince
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Workshops [ WED., AUGUST 24 ] Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship Program. 7-9 p.m MCC Corporate College, 1057 E. Henrietta Rd., Suite 100 $25. 292-3770. corporatecollege@monroecc. edu. workforceforward.com. Introduction to Practical Philosophy. 7-8 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $15. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ THU., AUGUST 25 ] Dogs 101: Reading Your Dog’s Behavior and Basic Training. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $15. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. Citizenship Preparation Class. 5-7:30 p.m OACES Family Learning Center, 30 Hart St. 262-8000. oaces.net. Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. 6-7 p.m. MCC Corporate College, 1057 E. Henrietta Rd., Suite 100 Registration requested 5852923770. corporatecollege@monroecc. edu. workforceforward.com/ sUASinfo. [ FRI., AUGUST 26 ] The Emerging Sense of Self. 10 a.m.-noon. Mental Health Association, 320 N. Goodman St. 325-3145 x131. mharochester.org.
[ SAT., AUGUST 27 ] A Guided Tour of Rochester’s Lower Falls. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $15. 7307034. rochesterbrainery.com. Make Your Own Vegan Tacos. 1-2:30 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $22. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ SUN., AUGUST 28 ] Make Your Own Fairy House. 1-4 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $30. 7307034. rochesterbrainery.com. Shibori Dye Workshop: Natural Indigo. 1-5 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $40. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ MON., AUGUST 29 ] The Art of Pyrography: Woodburning. 6-9 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $30. 7307034. rochesterbrainery.com. Photography: Looking For Light. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $20. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. [ TUE., AUGUST 30 ] Make Your Own Lace Wall Hanging. 7-8:30 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $30. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com. Seasonal Tonic-Style Mocktails. 6:30-8 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 $30. 730-7034. rochesterbrainery.com.
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As soon as you turn onto Laurelton Road, the surrounding homes set the tone for this listing in the Homestead Heights neighborhood. The tree-lined block displays a clear pride of ownership, with graceful well maintained homes. The house at 21 Laurelton has been recently rehabbed, displaying a fresh coat of paint on the exterior and some updates to the interior.
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A broad porch beckons you in through the front door. Upon entering, the character of this early 20th century home is immediately apparent. An entrance vestibule with a small coat closet and an original tiled floor leads through a wood and glass door to the sizeable living room. Here, and throughout, you’ll find intact hardwood floors, unpainted wood windows, baseboards and crown molding, and unpainted wood doors, many with their original glass knobs in place. Inlaid borders on the living and dining room floors add an extra special touch. A bank of windows that look out onto the front porch fill the living room with light, illuminating the inlaid hardwood floors. On one end of the room, the fireplace, built-in shelves, and leaded glass windows serve as the focal point. On the other end, a glass pocket door opens to the staircase. The dining room boasts its own inlaid border pattern along with plenty of space and natural light. Off the dining room, at the rear of the house, is an unusual feature for a house of this vintage--a first floor laundry
with a new tile floor. If first floor laundry isn’t a priority, this space could be adapted for a small home office or a pantry. The open and spacious kitchen has been completely remodeled with a new tile floor, counters, lots of cabinets, tile backsplash, and stainless steel appliances. You will not lack for storage. A bonus powder room is tucked into the back of the kitchen. Upstairs you’ll find three good-sized bedrooms and a remodeled bathroom. One bedroom has a spacious sleeping porch, a perfect spot to relax on warm summer nights or mornings. The finished attic provides a large amount of flexible space for storage, a playroom, or maybe a home theater. The backyard is a modest size and has a large two-car garage that, with some repair and maintenance, could have potential as a large workshop. 21 Laurelton Road has 1,656 square feet and is listed at $135,000. Like any good urban neighborhood, Homestead Heights provides walkability to a number of classic Rochester businesses, including James Brown’s Place, L&M Lanes, Salvatore’s Pizzeria and Donuts Delite, and Savoia Pastry Shoppe. To experience the charm of this home yourself contact Franklin Barker of LaTray Realty Group at 585-730-8099. by Caitlin Meives Caitlin is the Preservation Planner on staff at The Landmark Society.
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Notice of Formation of CROSS DOCK HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Department of State on 07/06/2016. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 10 VAN CORTLAND DR, PITTSFORD, NY 14534. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Leonard Urso Studios LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Leonard Urso, 439 Central Ave., Rochester, NY 14605. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Ponici LLC, a domestic LLC, has filed articles of organization with the SSNY on 8/11/16. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY is the designated agent upon which process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 111 Elmerston Rd, Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Bicser LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 4/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Shashikala Damera, 3 Hunters Pointe, Pittsford, NY 14534. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Celio Paz New York LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/18/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 550 Latona Rd #D419 Rochester, NY 14626 General Purpose
[ NOTICE ] HHR Group, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 6/14/16. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS will mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 6 Woodbury Pl., Rochester, NY 14618. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] JCM Lighting NY, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/1/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 855 Publishers Pkwy., Webster, NY 14580. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] JCM Lighting NY, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/1/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 855 Publishers Pkwy., Webster, NY 14580. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Lavi Invest LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/9/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] LMT Re Invest, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/22/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to princ address/RA Linda M. Taddonio 217 Darla Dr Brockport, NY 14420 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] MAUREEN L. WERNER, ESQ. PLLC filed Articles
[ NOTICE ] Mgib LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/21/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to POB 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Mona 17 LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 8/12/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Po Box 30071 Rochester, NY 14603 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Murphy & Christie Properties, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/21/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Michaelann Murphy, 33 West Ave., Brockport, NY 14420. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: Adaptive Avatar LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 1/12/15. Office loc.: Monroe Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that an alcohol beverage license, pending, has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Beer & Wine retail in a Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at: 160 Main Street Webster NY 14580- On Premises Consumption Liquor
License for A&G Creative Foods Corp / dba Martino's Pizzeriat [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Wigz by Bangz L.L.C.. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/30/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1801 Penfield Rd., Penfield, NY. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1375 ROUTES 5 & 20, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/17/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 26 Lake Lacoma Dr., Pittsford, NY 14561. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 374 Dorchester LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/19/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 278 Hillview Drive, Rochester NY 14622 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 503 SOUTH AVE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 100 Alexander St., Rochester NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 560 Salt Road, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/3/16. Office location: Monroe County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, 560 Salt Rd., Webster, NY 14580, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 9240 Holdings, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/3/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to CTC, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, the Reg. Agt. upon whom proc. may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AIH, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08/5/2016 Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 95 Allens Creek Rd, Blg 2, Ste 216, Rochester, NY14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ANEX PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/09/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 700 Ridge Rd. West, Rochester, NY 14615. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of BENLU PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/29/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 21 Glen Cove Rise, Rochester, NY 14617. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DDNY PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/01/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: Mary Arcidiacono, 2831 W. Henrietta Rd., Rochester, NY 14623. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1900 Empire Blvd., Ste. 172, Webster, NY 14580-1934. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of DraughtLab, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 8/10/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 517 Deer Haven Dr., Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of EduKate Learning
Designs, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 44 Pond Valley Circle, Penfield, NY 14526. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ELAB SMOKERS BOUTIQUE THREE LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 4373 Lake Ave., Rochester, NY 14612. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ELSER HAGUE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/11/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Thomas Nary, 1459 Culver Rd., Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: Manage real estate. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Five Star Medical Transportation, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) June 24, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 803 Woodbine Ave, Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ironhide Transport, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 7/12/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 41 Newport Dr, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LAURA WILDER ARTWORK LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) JULY 12, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1068 Goodman St. S. Purpose: any lawful activities.
[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Rafkin LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 2, 2016. Office location, Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 201 Prospect Ave., Suite 228, Hagerstown MD 21742 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LLC T&C SMITH LLC. Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) March 15, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 381 Bernice St Rochester NY 14615. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of LRE JEWELRY LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/19/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 6 Dunnewood Ct., Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MBC Canal Holdings LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1080 Pittsford Victor Rd., Ste. 100, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Method Machine Performance & Art LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 08-03-16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1068 S. Clinton Av., Rochester, NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of NOWNOW, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/08/2016 .Office in Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process to 520 List Ave Rochester NY 14617. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ODM COLDWATER, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 8/15/2016. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 156 Plymouth Avenue North, Rochester, NY 14608. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of OGCK PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/26/2016. Office located in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 110 Henrietta St., Rochester NY 14620. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of PAE ENTERPRISES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/2016. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 917 Paul Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PALAMAR TALENT CONSULTING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/24/2016. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 660 Willow Lane, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RADIO SOCIAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/8/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Dan Morgenstern, 114 St. Paul Street, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RHA Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State
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it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 18 Woodgreen Dr, 14534. Purpose: Any Lawfull Purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of STEINMETZ BREWING COMPANY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/06/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TESERA, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 802 Times Square Bldg., 45 Exchange Blvd., Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Eagle Steakhouse and Diner, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) August 10, 2016. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 4820 Lake Road, Brockport, NY 14420. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Morgenstern Group LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/28/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o
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process to the LLC at Mark Hudson Management, P.O. Box 30071, Rochester, New York 14610 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION being held at Chester’s Self Storage 600 W Broad St. Rochester NY 14608 on Thursday Sept. 15th at 1:00 pm. The following customers’ accounts have become delinquent so their item (s) will be auctioned off to settle past due rents. NOTE: Owner reserves the right to bid at auction, reject any and all bids, and cancel or adjourn the sale. Name of tenant: Sherdonna Williams unit 28 owes $308 and Dennis Bach unit 54 owes $308. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qual. of GLM Hydro Limited Liability Company, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/16/16. Office loc: Monroe County. LLC org. in NJ 6/18/13. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to Reg. Agents, 90 State St., Ste. 700, Albany, NY 12207. NJ office addr.: 602 Higgins Ave., Ste. 1-202, Brielle, NJ 08730. Art. of Org. on file: NJ Div. of Rev., 33 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608. Purp: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of SYSTEM2 LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/29/16. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/17/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 43 W. 23rd St., 2nd Fl., NY, NY 10010. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Franklin Energy Services, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/19/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 102 N. Franklin St., Port Washington, WI 53074. LLC formed in DE on 11/5/07. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St.,
Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Thomas Allen Real Estate 2, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 7/11/16. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 7703 N. Lamar, Ste. 505, Austin, TX 78752. LLC formed in TX on 4/30/15. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom process may be served. TX addr. of LLC: 5302 La Branch St., Houston, TX 77004. Cert. of Form. filed with TX Sec. of State, 1019 Brazos, Austin, TX 78711. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Paz Nadlan Ny LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/19/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 550 Latona Rd #D419 Rochester NY 14626 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Randall Aviation LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/6/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 17 Laurel Crest Dr., Spencerport, NY 14559. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] Rochester Development Group LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 3/11/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 1564 St Paul St Rochester, NY 14621 General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Safc Property LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 7/10/13. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 3 Shinev Court #302 Monroe, NY 10950 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] SCC Acquisition LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on July 15, 2016. LLC’s office is in Monroe County. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SS shall mail a copy of any process to LLC’s principal business location at 275 Mt. Read
Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14611. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Snoble Enterprises, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 3/4/15. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 1340 N. Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14621. General purpose. [ NOTICE ] The Last Dalai Lama? Film, LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 6/3/16. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & shall mail copy to The LLC 194 Chestnut Hill Dr. Rochester NY 14617. General Purpose [ NOTICE ] WENDY MAY I ENTERTAINMENT, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/25/16. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4221 Dewey Ave., Rochester, NY 14616, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] MCKINLEY WEST ENTERPRISES LLC. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/21/2016 Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of processes to 501 McKinley St. East Rochester, NY 14445 Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of 2799 Monroe Avenue, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/19/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Irondequoit, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to
principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Lancaster, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/19/16. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] DLH & G, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on June 15, 2016. The LLC office is in Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LCC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: LLC, 211 Huntington Hills, Rochester, NY 14622. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Angelimma Apartments LLC ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on July 20, 2016. Office location: 1890 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14609, Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 1890 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14609. Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation of Doc Shorty LLC ] Doc Shorty LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Dept. of State on 5/17/16. Office location: Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 3489 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY 14610. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Aria Strategies LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on August 1, 2016 with an effective date of formation of August 1, 2016. Its
principal place of business is located at 108 Asbury Street, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 108 Asbury Street, Rochester, New York 14620. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] EHR Consulting, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on July 14, 2016 with an effective date of formation of July 14, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 115 Ridgeview Drive, East Rochester, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 115 Ridgeview Drive, East Rochester, New York 14445. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] ROC City Aquaponics, LLC has filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on August 2, 2016 with an effective date of formation of August 2, 2016. Its principal place of business is located at 2096 Edgemere Drive, New York in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 2096 Edgemere Drive, New York 14612. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ PUBLIC NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Central Station, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 07/11/2016. Office location: Monroe County. Principal business location: 127 Railroad Street, Rochester, NY 14609. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The Knoer Group, PLLC., 424 Main Street, Suite 1820, Buffalo, NY 14202. Purpose: any lawful activities.
Fun [ NEWS OF THE WEIRD ] BY CHUCK SHEPHERD
New World Order
Australians are about to learn how particular some people are about their genders. Queensland University of Technology and three other sponsors have created an online preference survey (currently underway) that asks participants to decide among 33 “genders” (since “gender” is, according to the World Health Organization, “socially constructed”). “Male” and “female” are clear enough — but only where “identity” matches plumbing. Otherwise, it’s “trans” or “transsexual,” or else the more complicated bigender, omnigender, polygender, pangender, intergender, genderfluid, “cisgender,” trigender, demigender, “gender non-conforming,” “non-binary,” “none gender” and a few others. [News.com.au (Sydney), 7-29-2016]
Latest Religious Messages
India has supposedly outlawed the “baby-tossing” religious test popular among Hindus and Muslims in rural villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, but a July New York Times report suggested that parents were still allowing surrogates to drop their newborn infants from 30 feet up and awaiting the gods’ blessing for a prosperous, healthy life. In all cases, according to the report, the gods come through, and a bedsheet appears below to catch the unharmed baby.
Government in Action
More federal civilian employees have “arrest and firearms authority” than the total number of active-duty U.S. Marines, according to a June report by the organization Open The Books, which claims to have tallied line-by-line expenditures across the government. Several agencies (including the
IRS and EPA) purchase assault weapons and other military-grade equipment (camouflage, night-vision goggles, 30-round magazines) for their agents, and even the Small Business Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Department of Education buy their agents guns and ammo. San Diego Padres outfielder Melvin Upton Jr. was traded on July 23 to the Toronto Blue Jays — in the middle of a series between the Padres and the Blue Jays in Toronto. Normally, such a player would merely gather his belongings and walk down the hall to the other team’s locker room. However, while Canada treats Blue Jays’ opponents as “visitors,” Blue Jays players, themselves, are Canadian employees, and if not residents must have work permits. Upton had to leave the stadium and drive to Lewiston, New York, which is the closest place he could find to apply to re-enter Canada properly. (He made it back by game time.)
Leading Economic Indicators
Shrewd Tourism Campaigns: (1) Since Bulgaria, on Romania’s southern border, lies close to Romania’s iconic Transylvania region, Bulgarian tourism officials have begun marketing their own vampire tourism industry — stepped up following a 2014 archaeological find of a 4th-century “graveyard” of adolescents with iron stakes through their chests. (2) The new tourism minister of Thailand is threatening to close down the lucrative sex business in Bangkok and Pattaya, even with the country still rallying from a 2014 near-recession. Ms. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul insisted that visitors are not interested in “such a thing (as sex)” but come for Thailand’s “beautiful” culture.
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[ LOVESCOPE ] BY EUGENIA LAST ARIES (March 21-April 19): Build a solid relationship with someone looking for a commitment, and avoid anyone pressuring you to put intimacy before getting to know each other. Disappointment will follow if you fall in love physically only to find out that you have little in common or similar goals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll exude a magnetism that will be difficult to refuse. A playful but practical attitude will be appealing to someone looking for a partner who wants to work as a team to develop a happy and prosperous future. A personal and professional partnership will lead to emotional bliss.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be enticed by someone offering a sketchy future. Don’t let razzmatazz fool you. Being with a party person or high roller can be fun for a short time, but long-term, you will wish you never entered into such an insecure relationship. Hold out for the right partner. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll meet someone to take home to meet your parents, family and friends. Your happiness will help those who love you overlook the differences between you and the one you choose. Enjoy the magic of a romantic union with someone just as unique as you.
LEO (July. 23-Aug. 22): The signal you send when socializing will attract the attention of someone looking for adventure and excitement. Your ability to swivel from one person to another will make the chase tempting and the capture intense. The game of love will give you the thrill you’ve been looking for. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get ready for a lesson in love. It’s time to trust and let loose. Enjoy the moment and the romance as it unfolds. Refuse to let insecurity set in or listen to a friend or family member’s negativity regarding your choice in partners. Trust your instincts and follow your heart.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be offered a very passionate opportunity. Love at first sight and a fast-paced relationship will make your head spin and your mind wander to future plans. Before you jump in and make a commitment, observe if the love of your life has a tendency to be controlling. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An attraction will be hot and take on a serious flavor quickly. The connection will be due to a unique interest you share. Getting involved in the things that concern you and make you feel passionate will lead to a very special connection. Live, love, laugh.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Easy does it when it comes to affairs of the heart. Nothing will be as it seems. Someone offering a false impression and an ulterior motive will try to mesmerize you. Proceed with caution before sharing your personal secrets. Protect your heart, possessions and reputation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll be the main attraction at social events. Your confidence will give you the edge if anyone tries to compete with you for someone’s attention. Your charm, knowledge and experience will make you a good candidate for a long-term relationship. You’ll be a master at the game of love.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A work relationship can develop into something more. Don’t be too obvious, but don’t hesitate to get to know the person who interests you. Sharing work-related information would assist you in turning the professional connection you establish into a personal union that leads to sharing outside interests. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The rush of love will hit you hard. Being evasive or too accommodating will give the person you are attracted to a false impression. Be honest about your expectations and find out if you are heading in a similar life direction before you become too involved.
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