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Why bring a child into this world?

For a news service that prides itself on covering climate change and exposing suffering within our community, it was incredibly unfortunate to read about the local musician who is working on a collection of songs about her unborn daughter (“Nascent songs,” February 19).

We should not be praising and stroking the ego of someone who decides to give birth to a child, knowing full-well the implications of exponentially accelerating climate change/ecological extinction and how that child will, unfortunately, lead a short and painful life.

What is on the horizon for humanity is as unprecedented as it is dire, and it requires a radical shift in the ethical framework from which we all view procreation and parenthood.

JARRAD ACKERT, GREECE

Caw’mon, let the crows be

Thank you for your editorial, “If I were mayor . . .”

(Editor’s Notebook, February 12), and its call to end the senseless persecution of Rochester’s crows.

I wonder if our city leaders know that crows are surprisingly intelligent and 2 CITY

interesting animals. Wikipedia says, “Crows in urban Japan and the United States have innovated a technique to crack hard-shelled nuts by dropping them onto crosswalks and letting them be run over and cracked by cars. They retrieve the cracked nuts when the cars are stopped at the red light.”

Crows can live to 70 years of age, forage in family groups, and can solve complex puzzles. They can recognize individual human faces.

And yet, as Wikipedia notes, “Crows have been killed in large numbers by humans, both for recreation and as part of organized campaigns of extermination.” Why? I get a wild thrill seeing the crows pass overhead in their jet-black hordes, shattering the cold sky with their sharps caws. They have been here for millions of years. How much longer?

Unless humans end their suicidal war on nature and learn to coexist with the rest of the planet, their days, and ours, are numbered.

Recall the words of Robert Frost:

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.

MARGARET NORTHRUP, BRIGHTON

FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 3, 2020

Re-do the RCSD

Rochester public schools have been plagued for decades with low student achievement, inadequate placement and services for students with disabilities, and racial inequities.

The State Education Department delegated an experienced education professional to meet with the Board of Education, interact with the community, and to provide a detailed account of his findings. The board’s general response to those findings was resentful, dismissive and irresponsible.

School boards have one major function: to direct policies and outcomes related to finance, hiring and supervising the lead administrator, and ensuring the education system’s infrastructure (funding, staffing, facilities/plants, insurance, etc.) is sound.

Board members are not elected to behave like perpetual candidates, each making his or her own public comments. There should be one person who speaks for the Board, and that should be the president or his or her designee.

Right now, the state is on the verge of taking over or monitoring the RCSD. That may be the only way to get the RCSD on track. The reality is we must start over.

Superintendent Terry Dade took this job knowing there were problems. Within

a few short weeks he got hit with a bigger one: An estimated $65 million budget deficit and the reaction from all concerned. He needs a board whose members know how to stay in their lanes and focus on funding, policy, and student outcomes.

Our kids deserve better, and they will not get what they need until we have a sound infrastructure and a fully functioning and responsible board.

MARY WAMBACH, ROCHESTER

Education on bail reform is needed

I was wrong about the new bail reform law. I thought it needed tweaks.

But we at United Christian Leadership Ministries (UCLM) have researched the bail reform legislation extensively, including consulting with law enforcement leaders, attorneys, and legislators.

We find that misinformation is widespread — with potentially tragic results.

Bail reform is a wellthought-out law that will provide fairer justice and increased community safety.

We’re not saying that the misinformation is intentional. Rather, we see that important decisionmakers are inadequately informed about this complex law. Immediate and thorough education is needed for law enforcement, legislators, press, and the public.

Here are a few examples of the misinformation being spread: “Bail reform releases people accused of violent crimes.” “Even people with dangerous medical or mental health problems must be freed.” “Bail reform endangers victims of domestic violence.”

The facts are these:

Nearly all defendants charged with violent crimes

can be held on bail. A person in need of medical or mental health care can be brought before a judge, who can mandate treatment. Anyone charged with domestic violence can be brought before a judge for an order of protection.

If the domestic violence offense is serious, the defendant can be held.

Tompkins County provides a good case study for bail reform. The district attorney there has advocated for cashless bail release for non-violent offenders who don’t appear to pose any risk to the community ever since a Center for Governmental Research assessment of the county’s arrest and jail trends recommended such a policy in 2017.

Don Pryor, an analyst with the Center for Governmental Research, wrote recently in the Rochester Beacon that felony arrests fell 17 percent and misdemeanor arrests dropped 20 percent in Tompkins County in the two years since the policy was implemented.

It has been documented that, before the new law, more than 60 percent of incarcerated New Yorkers were being held before trial primarily because they couldn’t afford bail. They lost jobs, housing, benefits, and even children due to pre-trial incarceration, while affluent defendants — dangerous or not — paid their way out.

New Yorkers want community safety and justice. Bail reform promotes both.

REBECCA JOHNSON, ROCHESTER

Johnson is a retired clinical psychologist and volunteer with United Christian Leadership Ministries.

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK | COMMENTARY BY DAVID ANDREATTA

How long is too long for a presidential campaign?

The presidential election is still a depressingly long nine months away, and it can’t get here soon enough.

Nine more months of game show-style town halls and debates with moderators who act more like Wink Martindale than Walter Cronkite.

Nine more months of candidates reaching for rehearsed quips crafted to keep them in the churn of the 24-hour news cycle that drives attention and donors.

Nine more months of triangulating backbiting. Nine more months of mud-slinging tweets. Sad! Nine more months of political ads about who got what done.

At least someone is getting something done. A poll released last week from the research firm Gartner found that the 2020 presidential election has hampered the ability of nearly half of all employed Americans, 47 percent, to get work done.

A third of respondents acknowledged they spend more time consuming political news while at work. More than a third, 36 percent, reported that they have avoided talking to, or working with, colleagues because of their political views.

The sample size of respondents was small at just 500 workers nationwide. But their responses reflect what many of us have already observed: The election is driving us to distraction.

American elections are absurdly long compared to those in other countries.

Consider that we’ve already been living with the current campaign circus for a year.

Most of the Democratic candidates still in the race declared their candidacy in January or February of 2019.

By contrast, Canada wrapped up a campaign season last year in a tidy six weeks, roughly the average length of campaigns in the United Kingdom and Australia. In Japan, campaigns are restricted to 12 days.

Those countries have legally fixed campaign periods, mostly by virtue of being parliamentary democracies in which the dissolution of parliament is the proverbial election-season starting pistol.

The United States can’t dissolve Congress for 18 months, although sometimes it feels like Congress is perennially out to lunch.

But recent reforms in Mexico, which has a presidential system, shortened the campaign season there from 186 to 90 days.

Candidates in the last campaign in France, which selects a president through a two-ballot election, announced their candidacies six months before the first ballot. Those who secured enough votes to make it through to the second ballot had two weeks to campaign.

There ought to be a law limiting election campaigns in the United States. But who am I kidding? A country that can barely limit campaign contributions isn’t going to limit campaigns.

Of course, there’s evidence that elections processes elsewhere wouldn’t work here.

An exhaustive 2015 study that analyzed more than 26,000 polls in 45 countries since 1942 found that presidential voters need more time to assess candidates than voters in a parliamentary system, in which prime ministers are appointed by their party.

Whether American voters glean a better understanding of candidates and policy issues than their counterparts elsewhere, though, is unclear. Another study concluded that voters better grasp the economic conditions in their country when campaigns are “long enough” — a threshold defined as at least six weeks.

Still, a shorter presidential campaign would have its advantages — namely by not distracting and exhausting voters and requiring a candidate to amass hundreds of millions of dollars to stay in the race.

American presidential campaigns weren’t always ultramarathons. A century ago, Warren Harding made a low-key announcement of his presidential candidacy a mere 321 days before the 1920 election.

It wasn’t until the contentious 1968 Democratic convention prompted reforms to wrest control of the presidential nominating process from party elites that the primary process we know today took off. The result was the seemingly interminable campaigns of the modern presidency.

In 1975, Jimmy Carter was the first to test the theory that a candidate could build momentum in the primaries by campaigning early. Ever since his win a year later, the prevailing wisdom has been that the early bird gets the worm.

But voters get stuck with the dirt.

David Andreatta is CITY’s editor. He can be reached at dandreatta@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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POLITICS | BY CITY NEWS STAFF

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Rift forms over elections post The impending departure of Monroe County’s Democratic elections commissioner has thrust a wedge between party leaders who differ on how to select her replacement.

Commissioner Colleen Anderson announced last week that she will step down March 4 to become the county’s purchasing manager.

Her departure follows that of former Republican Elections Commissioner Doug French, whose last day was February 3.

Boards of elections in New York are overseen by a pair of commissioners, a Democrat and a Republican, who are elected by to four-year terms by the leaders of their respective parties. But state law grants leeway in how parties conduct those elections.

To replace Anderson, the Monroe County Democratic Party’s executive committee has outlined a plan that calls for nine city and town party leaders to screen applicants and recommend candidates to the executive committee, which will make the final choice.

Party Chair Brittaney Wells said a new commissioner should be in place by March 10 to prepare for a busy election year.

“With the upcoming presidential primary, our first with early voting, we need a new commissioner in place to make sure that our

polling sites are accessible as possible and that every vote is counted,” Wells said. “Our party’s executive committee is committed to an open process that ensures we have a commissioner to protect our interests in this critical election year.”

But some party members are pushing back and calling for an open convention to select the next commissioner.

“The entire committee should be involved,” Anthony PlonczynskiFigueroa, leader of the 21 Legislative District, said.

“There are about 1,800 county committee members and only nine people on the selection committee. We are talking about electing the chief enforcement officer for our local elections without an election. We can’t afford a backroom deal.”

Anderson, who became commissioner in August, was elected at a convention that was held as the Board of Elections prepared for New York’s first year of early voting.

“There’s never a good time to thwart democracy,” County Legislator Rachel Barnhart said. “While this is an inherently political position, we need a commissioner who will pledge to stay out of primaries and have independence.

These values are better served with an open process.”

ARTS | BY DAVID ANDREATTA

Flower City Arts Center director steps down

Flower City Arts Center, on Monroe Avenue in Rochester, was founded in 1970.

PHOTO BY DAVID ANDREATTA

Janice Gouldthorpe, the executive director of Flower City Arts Center, a Rochester nonprofit arts and education organization, has stepped down after 15 years on the job Gouldthorpe took the helm of Flower City Arts in 2005 when it was known as the Genesee Center for the Arts, Education, and New Ideas and, tax records show, running a deficit budget.

During her tenure, the center saw its annual revenue more than double to roughly $790,000 and a tenfold increase in net assets to about $295,000, according to tax records.

Revenues were buoyed in particular by ceramics and photography programs.

She also oversaw a somewhat tumultuous rebranding a few years ago.

Before settling on Flower City Arts Center, the organization briefly went by Rochester Arts Center until that name was deemed too similar to that of the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, another arts organization in the city.

“We wish Janice every success in her future endeavors,” the center’s board president, Margi Ochs, said. “During her time as executive director, the center

has flourished, expanding to include many new programs and art forms.”

Ochs described Gouldthorpe’s departure as a “mutual” decision between Gouldthorpe and the board.

She acknowledged, though, that the board thought “it was time to look in new directions and see where a new leader would take us.”

Specifically, Ochs said, the board wanted to raise the organization’s profile in the city and beyond.

Reached by phone, Gouldthorpe declined to comment on her departure.

She recently posted on her Facebook page that her last day was the week ending February 14.

The center has named an interim executive director in Ross Lanzafame, an avid photographer and lawyer who until recently was a partner in the Harter Secrest law firm.

Flower City Arts Center was founded in 1970 and is located on Monroe Avenue near Wilcox Street.

Includes reporting by CITY’s arts and entertainment editor, Rebecca Rafferty.

David Andreatta is CITY’s editor.

He can be reached at dandreatta@ rochester-citynews.com.

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"If the heat goes out in a rental property, for example, and the landlord doesn’t fix the problem, the city can dip into the fund and pay for the repairs. The city would then bill the landlord for the work and if the landlord doesn’t pay, the charge will be rolled into their tax bill."

HOUSING | BY GINO FANELLI

City to fix worst rental dwellings and bill landlords The city has started a new fund with $200,000 in seed money from a state grant to help Rochester renters repair their dwellings when their landlords fail to make the fix.

The Emergency Abatement Fund is intended to act as a safety net for tenants who live in properties with serious, urgent code violations, such as roof damage, pipe leaks, or electrical issues.

If the heat goes out in a rental property, for example, and the landlord doesn’t fix the problem, the city can dip into the fund and pay to have a contractor make the repairs.

Under the legislation authorizing the fund, the city would then bill the landlord for the work and if the landlord doesn’t pay, the charge will be rolled into their tax bill. Any money the city recoups would be placed back into the fund.

City Council approved the fund at its most recent meeting, where some local housing activists said the money would not go far enough in addressing the needs of tenants.

“Let me be clear, $200,000 is not enough for a single building, let alone the whole city,” Barbara Rivera, of the City-Wide Tenant Union, told Council members.

The money to seed the fund comes from $900,000 the city received through the Cities for Responsible Investment and Strategic Enforcement (RISE) grant

program. The state Attorney General’s Office administers the program, which is financed

by New York’s settlement with the large banks and investment firms that fueled the subprime mortgage crisis in the late 2000s.

The program provides funding for code enforcement and inclusive housing initiatives.

Council directed the money to several city initiatives, but housing activists said a larger portion should have been funneled into the emergency repair fund.

In addition to creating the new fund, Council allocated $300,000 for land management software, $175,000 for refugee resettlement and education, $100,000 for the city’s new Financial Empowerment Center, and $125,000 for a new property manager licensing program, which Council expects to vote on in coming months.

Council members accepted the RISE grant by a vote of 7-1. Council member LaShay Harris was absent and Council member Mary Lupien voted in opposition.

“I’d like to see more money in the (emergency repair) fund, knowing that it’s there and it’s available should it be needed,” Lupien said.

Council member Jackie Ortiz said that details around the new emergency repair fund were still being negotiated and that Council will make sure the tenant union,

landlords, and city officials will be able to speak to their concerns.

“We are listening,” Ortiz told the tenant union members in the chambers.

“We have to remember that a year ago, we did not have any funding for this at all, and if more funding is needed, we will find a way to do that,” Ortiz said. “Please Tenants at 967 Chili Avenue rally in 2018 to protest the poor conditions of their building. FILE PHOTO stay with us, this is a start, not an end.” the city has other programs in place to Rochester isn’t the only city with an assist with emergency repairs. emergency repair fund.

The Emergency Assistance Repair State Attorney General Letitia James Program, for instance, offers emergency introduced the Safe Housing Act as a boiler, furnace, and water heater repairs to member of the New York City Council owner-occupied single and two-family homes. in 2007. That law requires inspections “Rochester is a model in the nation of 200 residential buildings in the when it comes to code enforcement and city with the most code violations how we utilize code enforcement,” Warren and mandates that the landlords make said. “We don’t want the attorney general repairs. If the landlord fails to fix the to look at us putting money in a pot and problems, the city contracts the work letting it sit there, we want every dollar to and bills the landlord. be used.”

Mayor Lovely Warren echoed Ortiz’s Gino Fanelli is a CITY staff writer. He can statement and said that the $200,000 seed be reached at gfanelli@rochester-citynews.com. money was a first step. She also noted that

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TRANSPORTATION | BY JEREMY MOULE

Cyclist gets rear-ended by car, then sued by driver

Bryan Agnello was biking on Culver Road when a driver rear-ended him. A month later, the driver filed a $700 claim against him for damaging his car.

PHOTO BY RENÉE HEININGER

On a cold, rainy night last month, Bryan Agnello was biking home when a motorist struck him from behind, propelling him onto the car’s hood. His bike was mangled and he was taken by ambulance to the hospital for evaluation.

Agnello escaped the crash without serious injury, although he said his helmet absorbed an impact “that would have been the end of my head.”

But that wasn’t the last time he would be blindsided by the driver, Jovonte Cook, of Rochester.

A month later, Agnello received a notice from Rochester City Court that Cook had filed a $700 claim against Agnello for damage to his car.

“I felt like I just got punched in the gut again,” Angello, 37, said. “It was painful. I was angry.”

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The saga opened around 8:30 p.m. on January 10, when, according to a Rochester Police Department report of the incident, Agnello was peddling on the left side of the north-bound lane of Culver Road in front of Cook and slowed down to make a lefthand turn.

Agnello said he was wearing a reflective rain suit and riding his custom-built, steelframe Pake touring bike, which he described as having reflective panniers and a blinking red light. The police report described Agnello as being hit by the left front corner of Cook’s 2012 Ford sedan as Agnello prepared to turn. “(Cook) said he did not see (Agnello) until he was on the hood of his vehicle,” the police report read.

“It was the most wicked feeling I think I’ve ever incurred,” Agnello said.

Agnello, a senior broadcast engineer for WXXI Public Media, the parent company of CITY Newspaper, described himself as a full-time cyclist who gave up driving two years ago.

Cook was not ticketed or charged in the incident, the police report shows.

In his small claims filing in Rochester City Court, dated February 11, Cook described a version of events that conflicted wildly with the police report and Agnello’s recollection of the collision. He described Agnello as riding his bike on I-490 at about 60 mph.

“I didn’t see him coming at me at all due to bad weather,” he wrote.

Reached by phone, Cook, 22, embellished his account. He said he was driving his car on I-490, heading to his job delivering pizzas, when the biker, whom he described as traveling 80 mph, “came out of nowhere and splashed on my front windshield.”

“There was a lot of damage that was done to my car and I couldn’t even use it the whole weekend to make money off of my car,” Cook said.

The top speed recorded at the 2019 Tour de France, a grueling road race that draws elite cyclists from around the world, was 63 mph. The rider hit that pace during a descent in the Alps.

Pressed on whether Agnello could have been traveling at such a rate of speed, Cook replied, “Of course, depending on if it’s an expensive bike.”

Then Cook hung up. He did not respond to a follow-up message.

“If I could go 60 mph I wouldn’t be here, I’d be in the Olympics,” Agnello said.

James Reed, an attorney with the Elmirabased Ziff Law Firm and an expert on New York’s bicycle laws, is advising Agnello on the case. In an e-mail response to CITY, Reed wrote, “There is no legal basis for this ridiculous claim.”

He noted that bicyclists have the same rights and obligations as motorists.

“In New York, if one vehicle rear-ends another vehicle, the rear-ending driver is legally responsible because it is his or her legal duty to keep their car under proper control so as to not rear-end another vehicle,” Reed wrote. “And this is true whether it is raining or snowing, day or not.”

Cook and Agnello are scheduled to appear before a City Court judge on March 25.

“This is just another one of those situations where I just feel like people in this country look at bicycles as second-class forms of transportation, and that is sad,” Agnello said. “It is really, really sad. It shouldn’t be that way. There needs to be education from the driver’s ed stage all the way through the license acquiring stage.”

Agnello said he wants drivers to pay better attention to their surroundings and more respect to cyclists.

With that in mind, Agnello hit back — with a counterclaim for $2,500 that he said covers the value of his destroyed bicycle, the time he spent recuperating, and the sheer aggravation of the ordeal.

But, he said, he would settle for Cook dropping his claim.

“I’m not about this stuff,” Agnello said. “This is not me at all. I just want to ride my bike.”

Jeremy Moule is CITY’s news editor. He can be reached at jmoule@rochester-citynews.com.

An excerpt from Jovonte Cook's claim against Bryan Agnello.

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HEALTH | BY DAVID ANDREATTA

Mayor Warren opposes sex ed, STD vaccine bills A legislative push in Albany to compel school districts to provide comprehensive sexual education from kindergarten through 12th grade has its detractors.

The New York State Catholic Conference opposes the legislation, for instance, because it says the measure ignores religious sensibilities and shuns parents who want a role in guiding their children’s sex education. Republican legislators, too, have railed against the bill.

Now, count Rochester’s Democratic mayor, Lovely Warren, among its critics.

In letters dated January 28 to Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislators, Warren outlined her opposition to the sex education measure and two other bills.

One of those bills would permit a child who is at least 14 years old to authorize immunizations required by law without a parent’s consent. The other would allow a health care professional to treat a child under 18 for a sexually transmitted disease, including administering vaccines, without a parent’s consent.

“It would be unconscionable for a healthcare practitioner to administer an STD vaccine to my 9-year-old daughter without my consent,” Warren wrote to the governor.

“I urge you to reject this legislation and protect parents’ right to consent,” the letter read. “Additionally, I oppose (bills) mandating schools to teach sex education beginning in kindergarten, as suggested in A6512. I believe this bill strips away the rights of parents to be involved in their children’s sex education, and cause more harm than good.”

A representative from Cuomo’s office told CITY the letter was never received.

Bill A6512 would require the state commissioners of education and health to develop standards for age-appropriate, medically accurate, and inclusive sex education to be adopted by school districts.

New York is one of 21 states that do not require schools to teach sex education, including the topics of birth control or STD prevention. The state does, however, mandate HIV education.

The letter was read aloud at a recent gathering of Take Action ROC, which describes itself as “an advocacy group that supports the rights of parents to make medical, religious, and educational decisions for their children without governmental interference.”

Take Action ROC posted the letters on its website. A video of the group’s gathering,

which was at Pittsford Community Church on January 30, was posted on YouTube.

Warren’s letter to Cuomo was read at the gathering by Kevin Pestke, the pastor at First Bible Baptist Church in Greece and the president at Northstar Christian Academy, the private parochial school in Gates that Warren’s daughter attends.

Pestke told the gathering that Warren drafted the letter at his request.

“What I love about this is I went into her office, we had this conversation as parents,” Pestke said. “She’s a Democrat. I’m a Republican. You know, I went and said, ‘Listen, I’m a faith leader, I get that you’re a person of influence.’ We talked. You know, I said, ‘I can gather a crowd of people at our church and people that are likeminded,’ but I said, ‘You have influence that I don’t have with certain people and I would love for you to wield some of that influence.’ And she said, ‘Of course I will.’”

In a phone interview, Pestke explained that he met with Warren at City Hall and that they shared a concern that the bills in question eroded parental authority. He said they agreed to work together to safeguard that authority.

Justin Roj, a spokesperson for Warren, stressed that, as the letter noted, the mayor is not against vaccinations. Her objection to the bills, he said, related to treating children for STDs and inoculating them without parental consent.

“Her opposition to sex education for kindergartners aligns with her longstanding religious beliefs,” Roj said.

Many New York school districts do teach sex education, including the Rochester City School District, but the curricula are not uniform across the state. What is covered is determined by individual boards of education.

The result, according to a widelyreferenced 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union study, is that most districts convey inaccurate or incomplete information about anatomy, contraception, and STDs. More than half of the nearly 100 districts surveyed made no mention of sexual consent or samesex relationships.

New York has tried setting standards for sex education to no avail. The current bill would have school districts use the state’s program or choose another curriculum that aligns with the state standards.

David Andreatta is CITY’s editor. He can be reached at dandreatta@rochester-citynews.com. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Dining & Nightlife A hidden gem [ BEER ] BY GINO FANELLI

There’s no need to jump through hoops to find a good beer nowadays. In fact, whether you’re looking for a nice classic pilsner or a trendy milkshake IPA, odds are your local 7-11 has what you need, and if not, the ever-growing beer aisle at Wegmans has your back.

But for the more elusive cans and top-shelf suds, the bottle shop is still unrivaled. One of the best bottle shops in Monroe County, One Stop Brew Shop, is tucked away in Erie Canal Commons on Ridgeway Avenue in Greece, sandwiched between a liquor store and a jeweler.

“We obviously, just by size, can’t compete in quantity with the bigger shops, so we try to keep up this really high-quality, curated selection of beers,” owner James Hilbert says.

Hilbert, along with his brothers Steve and Anthony, purchased One Stop in October 2012 and began a push to create a small craft beer haven about five years ago.

Steve and Anthony have since moved away from Rochester, but James says they’re still “very emotionally involved.”

In a world so ripe with accessible beer, what makes One Stop special? Simply, you’ll find some beers there you won’t find anywhere else in Rochester. You’ll also find a dynamic, constantly revolving tap list, occasionally featuring one-off kegs from local darlings Fifth Frame Brewing, and always a hearty dose of Other Half Brewing.

All beers are available to take home in the classic 32-ounce crowlers and 64-ounce growlers, as well as in the slightly less common pint cans.

Every month or so, Hilbert and company head to New York City to pick up beers from the likes of Finback, Folksbier, Fifth Hammer, and District 96. Poughkeepsie’s wild ale titan Plan-Bee was the first brewery Hilbert made the pilgrimage to, while Livingston’s renowned Suarez Family Brewing is still at the top of his must-have list.

“It’s cool doing this for so long that you’re making connections with these breweries and the people there,” Hilbert says.

Gino Fanelli is a CITY staff writer. He can be reached at gfanelli@rochester-citynews.com.

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Roasted eggplant with lentils, crispy Brussels sprouts, chevre, and ras el hanout. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH

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News of a new concept from the team behind Restaurant Good Luck has been circulating for nearly a year, and at long last, it’s here. Lucky’s, which opened February 19, is a 56-seat casual restaurant and bar on North Winton Road, housed in the building formerly occupied by the Wintonaire, which closed its doors in October 2018.

Lucky’s is the third joint venture by Mike Calabrese, Chuck Cerankosky, and Dan Martello, who co-own Restaurant Good Luck and the Jack Rabbit Club, a 7,000-squarefoot event space adjacent to Good Luck. The three also have a list of other successful local establishments to their names: Calabrese is the owner of Java’s Cafe; Cerankosky is co-owner of Cure and Bar Bantam, as well as food and beverage director at Radio Social. Martello is a co-owner of Cure, where he is also chef.

Cerankosky describes the new restaurant as a smaller, more casual, neighborhood version of Good Luck. “If Good Luck is for special occasions and showboating, this is an everyday place for everyone to have a great meal,” he says.

According to Cerankosky, the concept of a more laid-back restaurant has been a long time coming. “We had set our sights on doing a more focused and approachable restaurant. We had to find the right neighborhood where we fit,” he says, adding that the partners had their eyes on North Winton Village for some time.

Lucky’s will serve lunch and dinner daily, along with brunch on Sundays. The kitchen, overseen by Martello, is led by chefs Jay Carlson and Kyle Shafer, formerly of Good Luck and Cure, respectively. The menu is composed of familiar dishes elevated with Martello’s touch, Cerankosky says. Think pub burgers with aged cheddar, shepherd’s pie with lamb, parsnips, and chickpeas, Atlantic cod fish fry with Napa cabbage slaw and sauce gribiche. The menu also includes curried chicken wings, spiced honey-butter shrimp, duck toast tartine, roasted eggplant, and numerous creative sandwiches and salads.

Wine, beer, and cocktails are planned,

but the restaurant does not yet have its liquor license. Nevertheless, you can still indulge in Lucky’s zero-proof craft beverages, which, judging by the menu, look every bit as inventive as the cocktails at Good Luck. The restaurant’s bar program is run by Naomi Moore, a Good Luck veteran.

In keeping with the more casual feel, the price point at Lucky’s is lower than that of Good Luck. Lunch mains run $12 to $21, dinner entrees $16 to $42, and cocktails, when they come, will likely run around $9.

I stopped by on a recent Friday shortly before opening day to get a preview of the space. The restaurant sits near the corner of North Winton Road and Browncroft Boulevard, and faces the Winton Road Library and Winfield Grill. The exterior of the building has been freshened up with a coat of white paint, simple signage, and a striped awning. The parking lot has expanded to around 40 spaces. But the real transformation has happened inside.

The renovations began in June 2019, though they took longer than expected, according to the owners. The restaurant’s opening, originally slated for August, was

pushed back to November, and then to early 2020. “We thought the time table would be faster, but one little nugget of an idea snowballs and all of a sudden we’re ripping the place apart,” Cerankosky says.

In renovating the Wintonaire, Calabrese, Cerankosky, and Martello sought to modernize the space while also taking care to preserve the past. “We wanted to create a sense of history using new construction to make the interior feel like it’s always been there,” Cerankosky says, explaining the collage of old and new. “We want it to look like we came in here and peeled back the layers of the restaurant and this is what was left.”

The gleaming wood bar is original, as is the tin ceiling above. A welcoming red banquette curves around the window-lined front room. The mustard-colored walls are hung with an eclectic mix of art, objects, and photographs, some found at antique stores, some brought in by the owners from their homes. Winking allusions to luck and gambling are sprinkled throughout if you look closely enough: a horseshoe door knocker on the front door, a few playing cards on the walls. The overall effect makes you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time — though to what era, I couldn’t say.

If the previous collaborations between the trio are any indication, Lucky’s is sure to draw a crowd — in no small part due to the restaurant group’s talent for photo-worthy interiors, perennially surprising menus, and savvy social media strategy. Though I didn’t have the opportunity to visit Lucky’s as a customer before press time, I’ll be back soon, ready to try my luck.

Mary Rice is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@rochester-citynews.com.

The Tipperary, an Irish whisky Manhattan variation with a trick up its sleeve: green chartreuse. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH rochestercitynewspaper.com

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SELFHOOD & SAFETY IN BLACK AMERICA Two artists explore black bodies and voices in modern America

Top: Ja’Tovia Gary PHOTO BY SEAN D. HENRY Above: Joshua Rashaad McFadden with his “Evidence” installation at Visual Studies Workshop. PHOTO BY SARI OISTER

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[ ART ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

The cops pull over a young black man who recently bought his first car. He’s given no reason and watches helplessly as a police dog tears apart his new ride. When the cops and their canine turn up nothing, the man is dismissed with an ominous whisper from an officer: “You’re lucky.”

That’s what the artist and Rochester native Joshua Rashaad McFadden says happened to him as a college student in North Carolina. He recalls how it sparked the conversation with his folks that so many black parents have with their children about how to conduct themselves when confronted by police. Dad instructs him to stand up for himself. Mom advises he be deferential.

“But we all know that there is no specific way to conduct yourself,” McFadden says. “Because if you look at Philando Castile or you look at Sandra Bland — we can go on all day when there’s different scenarios — and people do different things to try to de-escalate, but they end up dead.”

He spoke from Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) on Prince Street, where he was installing his latest exhibition, “Evidence,” an intimate look at the concept of black masculinity and freedom as they relate to self-expression and representation.

The work is on view through June 27.

Frederick Douglass once wrote of black people, “It is evident that we must be our own representatives and advocates.” His words reverberate through McFadden’s installation and a separate, but complementary exhibition showing a block away in the Neighborhood of the Arts.

At the Memorial Art Gallery is a newlyacquired film installation by rising art-world star Ja’Tovia Gary, titled “Giverny I: Négresse Impériale.” The work, which runs through April 5, interrogates the same concepts of selfhood and safety, the inner lives and outer realities, experienced by black people in America, but from a feminine perspective.

Specifically, her piece incorporates footage of Diamond Reynolds reacting to the 2016 police shooting of her boyfriend, Philando Castile, minutes after it happened; footage of speeches given by slain Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, and footage of Gary herself finding her footing in the Eden-esque sprawl of Monet’s gardens at Giverny.

Together, both artists explore the subjugating perceptions of black men in particular, the ways that black humanity has been suppressed and under-represented throughout the history of the United States, and the persistent violence and inequity that results from these perceptions and suppressions.

EXCLUSION AND SUPPRESSION McFadden’s show is a response to this exclusion and suppression — from imperialism to modern media’s projections of black men — and the harm that it causes, from physically endangering black people to psychologically limiting self-expression.

“Evidence” is not just a photography exhibit.

It is also a collection of the stories and reflections of its subjects. Functioning as an archive of real people contending with contemporary political and social issues, the piece includes a handful of large-scale portraits of young black men and their handwritten responses to questions of identity, masculinity, race, and sexuality. Also displayed are original editions of The North Star, the abolitionist newspaper founded by Douglass and on loan from the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County. Capping the installation is a newspaper that McFadden produced and will distribute around town.

Originally from Rochester, McFadden studied at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. He stayed in Georgia after earning his degree, teaching and developing his ideas and work. He’s been back in Rochester since August 2019, and is now an assistant professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology.

McFadden’s work is often connected to places of pivotal political and social history for black

Americans. Places like Selma, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Charleston, where the Emmanuel church shooting happened in 2015. “Evidence” is the newest iteration of a project McFadden has been working on for about six years.

“It wasn’t until maybe 2014 that I started to think about making portraits to talk about social issues,” McFadden says. “Specifically, police brutality or negative perceptions of black males in America, ideas of masculinity or toxic masculinity, and using portraits to display humanity in the black person.”

McFadden was living in Atlanta then. That was the year Michael Brown was fatally shot in Ferguson, Missouri, and demonstrations erupted around the country. It was also the 50th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery. McFadden says he got emotionally caught up in the disturbing repetition of young black men being killed by police and the ensuing protests, some of which he took part in as both a marcher and a photographer.

“After that, I started thinking more about perceptions of black men: why are black men perceived as threats or as thugs, and so forth,” McFadden says. “So I said, ‘I need to do a project about perceptions of black men.’

But he didn’t want to photograph in the streets like he did for his “After Selma” photo series.

“I wanted to make it simple,” McFadden says. “Kind of get rid of the chaos and also give power to these participants — in the power of their handwriting — to allow them to express their thoughts and speak directly to the viewer.”

That work became ‘Come to Selfhood,’ a book of portraits published in 2016 that paired images of his subjects with a picture of their father or father-figure at that same age, along with responses to a survey of questions about male role models and definitions of masculinity.

UTTER HELPLESSNESS The feeling of utter helplessness that McFadden felt during his encounter with the police on that North Carolina road all those years ago is compounded by Ja’Tovia Gary’s film installation, “Giverny I,” at the Memorial Art Gallery.

The short work artfully juxtaposes cell phone footage of the intensely emotional moments after Philando Castile was shot dead by a cop along a Minnesota highway, with footage of Gary amid flowers and ponds in the relative peace of Giverny.

Notably, Gary’s film avoids images of Castile dying and focuses on the horrified reactions of his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds. Though overcome with shock and grief, she remains in control of herself while the officer points his gun into the car and her young daughter sits in the backseat.

Two of McFadden’s subjects: Jiréh Breon Holder (top) and Avery Jackson (bottom) each answered prompts about concepts of gender and freedom.

PHOTOS BY JOSHUA RASHAAD MCFADDEN

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Gary’s actions in the bucolic Giverny parallel Reynolds’s experiences on the highway. When the officer barks “Back up!” Gary rapidly retreats into foliage as if she has no right to peacefully stroll in the sun or recline in the garden. While Reynolds contains her horror the best she can, in Giverny, Gary doubles over and screams her heart out on Reynolds’s behalf.

Like the evolution of McFadden’s photo projects, Gary’s film is part of an ongoing “Giverny” series of installations, each taking a look at black experiences through a new prism. In this iteration, she includes bits of Fred Hampton speaking about revolutionary education, alluding to how his empowerment of the black community led to his killing by the FBI in 1969 at age 21, while he slept in bed with his girlfriend who was 9-months pregnant.

CLARIFYING CHAOS Between “Come to Selfhood” and “Evidence,” McFadden’s archive project has evolved from ideas about black masculinity as a broad statement to include nuances of how people think about gender and identify within newer understandings of it.

“With ‘Evidence,’ I didn’t ask pointed questions that you see in ‘Come to Selfhood,’” McFadden

says. “I more so gave the participants two prompts: ‘Freedom’ and ‘I Am A Man’ and they’re just responding to what they think about those things.”

The collaboration with his subjects is successful.

Photographed in various green and concrete environments or against a gray backdrop, his subjects maintain eye contact with the viewer and have neutral, relaxed expressions. The large portraits are matched in scale with enlarged reproductions of the handwritten responses, or script reproduced in big vinyl lettering adhered directly to the gallery walls.

Some of his subjects gave examples of definitions of masculinity they feel are imposed on them.

Others responded with their own varied perceptions of manhood.

“They come from, of course, who you’re directly surrounded by,” McFadden says. “But I’ve learned that with a greater look at it, it’s from dominant society, whether it be Western or American or white male ideas of what masculinity is. And usually, it’s centered around violence. And not just physical violence. That’s a big part of it, but it’s also mental and verbal violence. So I’ve come to learn that within a lot of these participants, these people’s stories, they talk about their relationship to violence, and how that had an impact on them growing up, and how it still impacts them, and how

Scenes from the opening reception of Joshua Rashaad McFadden’s “Evidence” at Visual Studies Workshop.

Visitors viewed McFadden’s photographs, his subjects’ written thoughts on gender and freedom, and original editions of Frederick Douglass’s The North Star newspaper. PHOTOS BY SARI OISTER

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they tried to quickly either unlearn all of that, or they feel like they can’t escape it. Or they compartmentalize, you know, these different expectations that are placed on them.”

McFadden cites “double consciousness” (commonly called “code switching”) between work and home, or home and school, or wherever, for the sake of safely fitting in and navigating the expectations of different communities.

Citing the social controversies that erupted recently surrounding Kobe Bryant’s death and Dwayne Wade coming out in support of his trans child, McFadden says, “It’s been a chaotic time regarding black males in the media, also dealing with daughters.”

McFadden’s work is a response to that chaos. “I like to say that I’m making this work within a timeline,” he says. “Always thinking, ‘Okay, where are we now?’”

The police killings, the protests, the voter suppression, the political and social upheaval in the black community, all of it has been thrust into “Evidence,” in an effort to tackle what McFadden calls “this idea of being questioned about your experience.”

“Did that really happen?” he asks. “How can we go back and say, ‘We existed in this time, this is what we’ve been through, and this is who I am?’”

“Evidence” also includes a public art project: the distribution of a newspaper filled with McFadden’s photographs and his subjects’ handwritten responses to his prompts. The paper also contains essays and prose examining black male identity both historically and in the present day, including contributions by historian K. Anthony Jones, Thomas Allen Harris (director of the film “Through a Lens Darkly”), and McFadden himself. The papers will be distributed around town at schools, universities, and community and religious centers, in seven yellow newspaper dispenser boxes. The installations include a QR code that will lead readers to more information about the project.

Ja’Tovia Gary will visit Rochester to discuss her work in March. Information about this and other related programming is available at mag.rochester.edu.

Rebecca Rafferty is CITY’s arts & entertainment editor. She can be reached at becca@rochester-citynews.com.

Stills from Ja’Tovia Gary’s “Giverny I: Négresse Impériale,” currently on view at Memorial Art Gallery.

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Upcoming

Music

[ EMO-ROCK ] Dashboard Confessional Friday, May 1.

The Vine at Del Lago Resort. 1133 State Rte. 414, Waterloo. $25-$55. Ages 21 and over. 8 p.m. 315-946-1695. dellagoresort.com; dashboardconfessional.com. [ INDIE ROCK ] Bright Eyes Saturday, June 13.

Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards. 2708 Lords Hill Rd., LaFayette. $45. 7 p.m. 315-696-6085. beakandskiff.com; thisisbrighteyes.com.

Forró Estrelas do Norte FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 THE SPIRIT ROOM, 139 STATE STREET 9:30 P.M. | NO COVER FACEBOOK.COM/THESPIRITROOMROCHESTER FACEBOOK.COM/COM/FORROROC

[ BRAZILIAN FOLK ] Inspired by the traditions of Northeastern Brazil, local string band Forró Estrelas do Norte (North Stars Forró) formed in 2019 on a mission to bring traditional Brazilian folk music to Rochester. The group’s particular style, “forró,” is thought to have originated from the Afro-Brazilian word for “party.” Pulsing with spirit, the songs feature instruments such as fiddle and the ukulele-like cavaquinho. There’s a communal feeling in each note that can convince you to shake your hips and move your feet.

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN

The Pickle Mafia SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 THREE HEADS BREWING, 186 ATLANTIC AVENUE 8 P.M. | $10 | THREEHEADSBREWING.COM CHARLIELINDNER.COM [ JAZZ ] Charlie Lindner has two different musical itches

to scratch. Known for his otherworldly work with The Manhattan Project and his more earth-based jazz, Lindner is taking it another step beyond by combining the two with his band The Pickle Mafia. Backed by bassist Ben Chilbert and drummer Marco Cirigliano, Lindner’s got a jazz rash that he goes after with an electronic back scratcher. Using tools such as a Roland SP-404SX Linear Wave Sampler and a microKORG, Lindner manipulates the organically created notes in front of a live audience.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE

PHOTO BY ETHAN WINN

An Evening in Granada

The guitar music of Spain Saturday, March 21, 2020 The Hochstein Performance Hall

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Grammy Award winner Jason Vieaux

[ ALBUM REVIEWS ]

[ WED., FEBRUARY 26 ]

Alyssa Rodriguez

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Miche Fambro. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

Rochester Folkus. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. Cathy McGrath, Jim Clare, Allen Hopkins. $10.

‘Chicory’ Self-released alyssarodriguezfiddle.bandcamp.com

Max Creek FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 WATER STREET 2020, 204 NORTH WATER STREET 8:30 P.M. | $16 IN ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR AGES 21 AND OVER FACEBOOK.COM/WATERSTREET2020; MAXCREEK.COM [ ROCK ] Max Creek is the original Northeast jam band that

wrote the book about surviving rock ‘n’ roll. Since its formation in 1971, Max Creek has gone from quartet to trio to quintet. It’s played small clubs, headlined at big festivals, and everything in between. From the start, Max Creek has combined Americana with soul, jazz, reggae, calypso and more. The band draws from a never-ending repertoire of originals and covers that always seem to work out all right.

— BY ROMAN DIVEZUR

Dopapod SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 ANTHOLOGY, 336 EAST AVENUE 8 P.M. | $18 | ALL AGES ANTHOLOGYLIVE.COM; DOPAPOD.COM [ JAM BAND ] Known for its use of palindromes, the Brooklyn-

based electro-funk quartet Dopapod is touring behind the release of its newest album, “Emit Time.” Formed at Berklee College of Music in 2007, the band took a restorative hiatus in 2018 and is now back in full effect. Delivering an easy-going jam band vibe, Dopapod keeps the energy pulsing with a plethora of electronic synth timbres.

Playing a groovy blend of funk, rock, pop, and psychedelia, the band creates video game-esque landscapes with heavy synths, arpeggiated guitar hooks, and shimmering vocal harmonies. Bilingual lyrics add a refreshing breadth to the vocals, while the instruments ping-pong between dense and spacious song sections.

On the four-song EP “Chicory,” released digitally on February 7, Rochester fiddle and dulcimer player Alyssa Rodriguez reminds us that the best folk music is tactile. You can hear the visceral nature of the instruments — the tension of the bow against the fiddle’s strings, the hammering of the keys on the Swedish fiddle called the nyckelharpa, the pressure of fingertips against mandolin strings.

Rodriguez wrote these tunes to sound like they had been passed down from a bygone era, and she especially succeeds with “Zion Squirrel.” But as a collection, “Chicory” is most effective in retaining late-18th century folk sensibilities while forging ahead with a fresh, modern perspective. The title track is a free-spirited and utterly charming anthem, in which Rodriguez chooses independence and self-empowerment rather than stake her sense of worth to a significant other: “Girl your heart and mind are worth it/ So go on and be free, free, free/ Go create and love and wander/ Be unpickable like chicory.”

BLUES

Steve Grills & The Roadmasters. 80W, 7

Lawrence St. 730-4046. 7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Faculty Artist: Michael Wayne, clarinet. Hatch Hall,

26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m. $10.

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL OSSIA. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000. 7:30 p.m.

— BY DANIEL J. KUSHNER JAZZ

Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers.

Matthew Snow

Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

6 p.m.

‘Iridescence’ Self-released facebook.com/m.snowmusic

JAM BAND

On bassist Matthew Snow’s debut album, “Iridescence,” he takes only one brief solo. He’s a superb musician, but the album primarily serves as a showcase for Snow’s formidable skills as a composer and arranger. While his compositions recall jazz standards from the golden age of the 1950s, Snow’s arrangements are unfailingly contemporary. The voicings of his harmonies, employing a somewhat unusual combination of instruments — trombone, saxophone, vibes and guitar — are especially fresh. The two other stars of this album are trombonist David Gibson and guitarist Daisuke Abe. Gibson, who got his master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music, plays several gorgeous and melodic solos, while Abe’s legato runs are a perfect fit throughout.

— BY RON NETSKY

— BY KATIE HALLIGAN

Can of Jams: After Funk. Flour

City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m. $5.

POP/ROCK

Alyssa Trahan Band. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 6 p.m.

MC Lars, The Doubleclicks, Schaffer the Darklord, Worm Quartet. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m. $15.

TRADITIONAL HighTime. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

8 p.m. $20. continues on page 17

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Music top brand names like Chickering, Aeolian and Knabe — were all made at The Piano Works. At its peak, the factory’s craftsmen turned out 700 pianos per week.

“The whole history is astounding,” says Danko, who will play a hand-made Shigeru Kawai grand supplied by Denton, Collier & Daniels Pianos, a store in the plaza.

During the concert, Danko will not only play his compositions; he’ll reminisce about his extensive career. “If you want to talk about Chet Baker, I’ll stay ’till midnight,” Danko says. There will also be an exhibit by East Rochester artist Mark McDermott and presentations by the Rochester Music Hall of Fame, not to mention a chance to see the piano-aquarium featured on the TV channel Animal Planet.

Danko spent 19 years as a professor in the Jazz

Over the course of his career, pianist Harold Danko has played with such jazz legends as Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, and Woody Herman. PHOTO PROVIDED

Harold Danko, the piano worker Harold Danko 11TH ‘QUADRENNIAL’ LEAP YEAR EVENT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 THE PIANO WORKS MALL ATRIUM, 349 WEST COMMERCIAL STREET, EAST ROCHESTER 7:30 P.M. | $10 ADULTS, $5 SENIORS/STUDENTS FACEBOOK.COM/PIANOWORKSEVENTS [ INTERVIEW ] BY RON NETSKY

It was after a gig in 1980 when drummer Billy Mintz made an off-handed suggestion to pianist Harold Danko: “What if you played an annual concert, but you did it every February 29?”

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Forty-one years later, Danko will be playing his 11th “Quadrennial” Leap Year Event on Saturday. The concerts began at legendary New York City clubs like Birdland and the Five Spot Café, and they’ve continued at various Rochester venues since Danko moved here in 1998 to teach at the Eastman School of Music.

This year’s show has an added dimension; it will take place in the atrium of The Piano Works.

Danko and his wife, classical pianist FeiYan Wang, recently moved to East Rochester, a town steeped in piano history. The Piano Works is now an East Rochester shopping plaza, but a century ago it was known as the “General Motors of the piano industry.” Grand pianos, uprights, even player pianos — with

Studies and Contemporary Media Department at Eastman School of Music. He’s now retired and a professor emeritus. But earlier in his career, he was on the road with Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Woody Herman, and Lee Konitz. For four years he occupied the piano chair with the Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.

Sometimes these jazz legends would record a Danko composition, including his most popular, “Tidal Breeze.” Danko wrote this evocative tune away from the piano in 1967, when the Ohio native was inspired by his first glimpse of the Atlantic Ocean. He also wrote Baker’s irresistible two-horn arrangement of the song.

“The first Chet Baker record I got on, where he played ‘Tidal Breeze,’ was actually after I’d left Chet,” Danko says. Ironically, Baker had asked Lewis’s advice on what pianist to use on the session and Danko was the recommendation.

His first stint with Baker was in the mid1970s, after the trumpeter-vocalist discovered him at the Half Note. A decade later Danko went to another club, the Whippoorwill, to see his old boss.

“Chet welcomed me with ‘Hey, do you want to play?’” Danko says. “‘We’re going to go to Holland in a couple of weeks to make some recordings. Do you want to come?’ We did those dates and came back and he says, ‘We’re going to Japan in the spring; I’ll give you a call.’ And that led to ‘Chet Baker in Tokyo,’ the recordings people remember him for because he was in great shape.”

Danko’s career began in the early 1970s in the Unites States Army Band. Stationed on Staten Island, he could easily check out the New York City jazz scene. But he couldn’t quite join it.

“I couldn’t take a gig because I might have to play the general’s reception Saturday night,” Danko says. Still, he met musicians like upstate New York drummer Joe LaBarbera, and secretly played in an anti-war band, behind Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, at the Ethical Cultural Society.

But when his Army stint was over, he didn’t really have a plan.

“I was married and I said to my father-in-law, ‘We’re going to go on food stamps and I’ll get six months of unemployment,’” he says. “That’s not what a father-in-law wants to hear.” Instead, Danko got a call from Woody Herman’s band.

LaBarbera had recommended him.

Once Danko was in with the in-crowd, one gig led to another.

“Lee Konitz took me up to Mulligan’s place in Darien, Connecticut,” Danko says. “The three of us played a bit and after that Gerry started calling me. At the time I thought he was over-the-top on his own music. I appreciate him more now.”

And there was his time with the Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra, from 1975 to 1978. “That was the most amazing,” Danko says. “The vibe of that band spoiled me for just about anything else. I felt like I was really part of something.”

Since retiring from Eastman, Danko has been on a tear creatively. He’s played concerts in several US cities, Canada, Taiwan and South America. His new album, a duo with free-jazz cornetist Kurt Knuffke, is farther out than Danko usually goes. The owner of SteepleChase Records, Nils Winther, thought it would be fascinating to bring together the two contrasting musicians, who had never met before the session.

The album, alternating straight-ahead Duke Jordan tunes with free-jazz improvisations, proves him right.

Two additional new releases feature Danko: “The Music of Thad Jones” (with bassist Simone Monnanni on Zanetti Records) and “Old Prose” by the Richard Whiteman Quartet. The latter showcases Danko on piano and as a composer.

As a leader, Danko has been with SteepleChase for an almost unheard-of three decades. Next year, the label will release his interpretation of parts of a favorite piece by Igor Stravinsky. “I’ve been obsessed with ‘The Rite of Spring,’” Danko says. He’ll be previewing some of his impressions of Stravinsky and playing favorites like “Tidal Breeze” at The Piano Works.

Ron Netsky is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to dkushner@rochester-citynews.com.

[ FRI., FEBRUARY 28 ]

JAZZ | STEVE GREENE AND DAVE ARENIUS

The guitar is basically a few pieces of wood, cut into shapes and glued together, with steel or nylon strings attached. But, in the hands of Steve Greene, it sings with gorgeous clarity. Over the decades he’s played with his trio and in The White Hots, among other configurations. He’s also released several albums of standards and an excellent duo CD with his former teacher Gene Bertoncini (“Gene with Greene”). Greene has also composed music for Garth Fagan Dance and the Boston Dance Collective. In every different setting one thing is certain: Greene will transform those pieces of wood with strings into a miniature orchestra.

Steve Greene and bassist Dave Arenius perform Saturday, February 29, 7 to 10 p.m. at Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Place, Pittsford. Free with one drink minimum. Reservations are strongly suggested. 641-0340. viagirasole.com; stevegreene.com.

— BY RON NETSKY

[ THU., FEBRUARY 27 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Big Blue House. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

Teressa Wilcox & Herb Heins.

B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 7 p.m.

AMERICANA

Porcelain Train. Dinosaur BBQ,

99 Court St. 325-7090. 9 p.m.

Ray & Zac. UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. 434-2223. 8 p.m.

From A Girl Named Genny. $5.

RPO: Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff.

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 7:30 p.m. Marcelo Lehninger, conductor. Pre-concert chat 1-hour prior. $30-$115.

Spotlight on Faculty: Music of Schubert & Kreisler. Hochstein

Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. 7 p.m. $10.

JAZZ

The New Novelties. Via Girasole

Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford.

641-0340. 7 p.m.

JAM BAND

Big Martha. Abilene, 153 Liberty

BLUES

Pole Way. 232-3230. 8 p.m.

Allmans tribute. $10.

Son House Night. Record

Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. Last Thursday of every month, 5 p.m. With Genesee Johnny.

CLASSICAL

Eastman at Washington Square Lunchtime Concert. First

Universalist Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S. esm.rochester. edu/lunchtime. 12:15-12:45 p.m.

Piano Extravaganza II. Percussion Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

POP/ROCK Avis Reese. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $10.

Frank Madonia. Fairport Brewing Co., 99 S Main St. Fairport.

678-6728. 6 p.m.

Jim Lane & Edd Altavela. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 155 Pattonwood Dr. 342-6780. 6:30 p.m.

John Akers & Friends. Iron Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b.

Fairport. 388-7584. 7:30 p.m. $5.

Court St. 325-7090. 9 p.m.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Head to the Roots. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport. 3153003. 5-7 p.m.

Nic Hambas. Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603. 7 p.m.

Culver Rd. 434-1248. 5:30-8 p.m.

Dave Riccioni & Friends. M’s 4300 Bar & Grill, 4300 Culver Road.

467-2750. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

AMERICANA

Fowls, The Serftones,Vileman & The Excaliburs. Bug Jar, 219

Blue Teapot Society, Jackson Cavalier, The Mt Vernon Two.

PHOTO BY AARON WINTERS

POP/ROCK

Alyssa Trahan. Dinosaur BBQ, 99

Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 9 p.m.

Folkfaces. Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. lux666.com. 9 p.m.

The Old Souls Band. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

5:30 p.m.

BLUES

AJ Tetzlaff. Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima. 624-2080. 7 p.m.

Fornieri Brothers. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 8 p.m.

Hanna PK Duo. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 7:30 p.m.

RIT Concert Band. Ingle

Auditorium at RIT, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-4121. 7 p.m.

Rochester Oratorio Society: Sunrise Mass, Twelfth Night.

Anonymous Willpower. Roar, 621

Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $5.

Jeff Martin. Robbie’s, 610 N Greece Rd. Hilton. 392-4141. 8 p.m.

Left-Handed 2nd Baseman.

Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9 p.m. $5.

Mike Pappert. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

5:30-7 p.m.

Rock Repertory Ensemble. UR, Strong Auditorium, River Campus.

275-9397. 8 p.m.

The Sideways, Elephant In The Room. Pineapple Jack’s, 485

Spencerport Rd. Gates. 247-5225.

9 p.m.

Something Else. Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. $5.

Vintage. Argyle Grill, 4344 Nine Mile Pt Rd. 377-5200. 7 p.m.

WInterfest: Hybrid Theory, 1KHP. 585 Rockin Burger Bar, 250 Pixley Rd. 247-0079. 9 p.m. Linkin Park & Godsmack tributes.

R&B/ SOUL

Shine. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point

Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596.

7:30 p.m. $15/$25.

Dr. lovincup.com. 9 p.m. $10.

RPO: Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff. Kodak Hall at

REGGAE

Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. Marcelo Lehninger, conductor. Pre-concert chat 1-hour prior. $30-$115.

Symphony Orchestra. UR, Strong Auditorium, River Campus.

275-9397. 8 p.m.

COUNTRY

Claudia Hoyser. Iron Smoke

Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b.

Fairport. 388-7584. 8:30 p.m.

Zac Brown Tribute Band.

Nashvilles, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta. 334-3030. 9 p.m.

JAZZ

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675

Penfield Rd. 385-9202. 7:30 p.m.

Herb Smith & The Freedom Trio.

South Wedge Mission (Lutheran Church of Peace), 125 Caroline St. 746-3048. 7 p.m.

Root Shock, Jouwala Collective.

Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047. 8 p.m. $10.

The Sanford Guitar Duo. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford. 641-0340. 7 p.m.

Uptown Groove. Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544.

9 p.m. $5.

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Noble Vibes. Three Heads

Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 2441224. 8 p.m. $5.

[ SAT., FEBRUARY 29 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK

Don Christiano & Walt O’Brien.

B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5-7 p.m.

Ennerdale Station. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 8 p.m.

Rebecca Bruno. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125.

10 p.m.

BLUES

Jazz90.1’s 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Party: Bill Schmitt & The Bluesmasters, Hanna PK. Barnard

Restaurant & Party House, 360 Maiden Ln. 663-1250. 6 p.m. $35.

Joe Beard. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 10 p.m.

Robert Freightrain Parker.

Fanatics, 7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 7 p.m. $10.

CLASSICAL

Center Stage Pops Symphony Orchestra. Churchville-Chili

Performing Arts Center, 5786 Buffalo Rd. Churchville. 293-1800.

7:30 p.m.

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Music As Joe’s health deteriorated, John made stem cell donations in the hope of fighting off the leukemia. The procedure failed to halt the disease. Joe Dady died on May 18, 2019, with his brother and family members by his side.

The following November, a celebration of Joe Dady’s life, featuring performances of Dady songs and some of Joe’s favorite tunes, resulted in a packed Hochstein Performance Hall. And that emotional yet upbeat evening was a clear reminder that The Dadys had been overlooked by the Rochester Music Hall of Fame for too long.

Local folk music icons John (left) and Joe Dady are among the Rochester Music Hall of Fame’s 2020 inductees. PHOTO PROVIDED

Entering the Hall

The Dady Brothers, four others get their Rochester Music Hall of Fame call [ COMMENTARY ] BY JEFF SPEVAK

There was never any doubt that the Rochester Music Hall of Fame Class of 2020 would include The Dady Brothers among the musicians to be celebrated at the April 26 induction concert at Eastman Theatre’s Kodak Hall.

Few musicians here have been so highly regarded, and for as long, as the traditional folk duo. They played coffee houses and taverns, and shared stages with Pete Seeger, Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers, and Ani DiFranco. Going back to 1979, John and Joe Dady have released 11 albums as a duo, and one solo album apiece. Joe Dady died last year from leukemia at the age of 61.

Although The Dady Brothers have been primarily identified with Irish music — and led yearly tours to Ireland — that label does not do justice to The Dadys. They played Celtic music, bluegrass, Americana, gospel and Christmas favorites. They performed songs by The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. They recorded an album of Erie Canal songs as well as the soundtrack to a musical about Stephen Foster.

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The Dadys sang their own songs as well, often reflecting their love for their home of western New York. John Dady’s instrumental, “Little Stream,” celebrates the tranquility of fishing, one of his favorite pastimes. Joe Dady’s “My Conesus Cabin Home” captured the rustic log house where he lived, which served as a mecca for pilgrimages by local musicians in search of the muse.

As Rochester natives, The Dady Brothers estimated they had played 7,000 shows over some 45 years. They ran a few open-mic nights in Rochester, helping young musicians get their feet under themselves in their own careers. John played guitar. Joe mastered fiddle, guitar, banjo, tin whistle, harmonica and Uilleann pipes. Both men sang as well.

The Dadys were on many recordings by local players, as well as a compilation album of musicians collaborating with Seeger. They shared a stage with Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, The Band’s Rick Danko, Arlo Guthrie, Kate Wolf, Johnny Paycheck, Papa John Creach, Jay Unger, Molly Mason, and Cherish the Ladies.

The remainder of the new class, announced Tuesday morning, represent diverse aspects of Rochester’s contributions to the arts. Two inductees, Mick Guzauski and Michael Laiacona, are among the top behind-the-scenes knob twiddlers in the music industry. Mick Guzauski is a Grammy-winning sound engineer and producer who has worked with many of the biggest artists in the industry, including Michael Jackson, Prince, and Eric Clapton.

As a high-school student here in Rochester, Guzauski worked in a stereo store, buying used equipment which he repaired and installed in a recording studio in the basement of his parents’ house. He began recording with two Eastman School of Music students, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Steve Gadd, before hooking up with Chuck and Gap Mangione. Guzauski followed Chuck Mangione out to Los Angeles to produce Mangione’s 1975 album “Chase the Clouds Away,” and he was off and running.

Levin, Gadd, the Mangiones, trumpeter Lew Soloff, the singer-songwriters Don Potter and Bat McGrath, and Guzauski were all a part of that amazing Rochester scene in the late 1960s and early ’70s in Rochester. Now all of them have made it into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame.

Having helped to establish MXR guitar effects pedals as the leading product of its kind, in 1975 Michael Laiacona founded Whirlwind, which provides technology for virtually every concert venue and tour today. The most recent Super Bowl halftime show was powered by Whirlwind, which Laiacona started on Boxart Street before moving the business to Ling Road in Greece about two decades ago.

Also joining the Rochester Music Hall of Fame is jazz singer Nancy Kelly, a Rochester native who has released six albums and was named “Best Female Jazz Vocalist” twice in the DownBeat Magazine readers’ poll. She remains a frequent performer in the area.

The Hall also welcomes jazz drummer and percussionist Roy McCurdy, who was born in Rochester and studied at the Eastman School

of Music. By age 17, he was playing with Roy Eldridge and Eddie Vinson, and went on to work with Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan.

Each year’s list of inductees is shaped by who

is available to appear at the induction concert.

Big names remain on the list: Soprano Renée Fleming is perhaps the most notable. Significant local rock acts The Chesterfield Kings and The Colorblind James Experience have yet to be acknowledged. Wang Leehom, a huge film star and musician in Taiwan, was born in Rochester and is a Pittsford Sutherland High School and Eastman School of Music grad.

There are even individual moments that call for representation in some manner: The Rolling Stones’ War Memorial concert that was halted by police out of fear that a riot was breaking out; Red Creek Inn kicking out a young and thenunknown Irish rock band called U2, which was launching its first American tour here; an unruly Elvis Costello getting thrown out of Scorgie’s bar; David Bowie and Iggy Pop getting busted for possession of pot. Clearly, the music industry has issues with Rochester’s authority figures.

The previous eight Rochester Music Hall of Fame induction concerts have drawn large audiences, and the musical performances have played a role in those successes. Most notably, there was Paul Simon’s surprise appearance for the 2018 induction of Gadd and Levin.

Rochester’s Prime Time Funk will once again be the house band, and will back Kelly.

McCurdy will play as well, backed by local musicians including guitarist Bob Sneider and saxophonist Colin Gordon. Robin Zander, the lead singer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Cheap Trick, as well as Grammy-winning guitarist and Billy Idol collaborator Steve Stevens will pay tribute to Michael Laiacona. Zander and Stevens will do a handful of Cheap Trick and Idol songs. Other performers, including those for Guzauski’s induction, have not yet been announced. John Dady will also play, joined by Rochester musicians such as multiinstrumentalists Perry Cleaveland and John Michael Ryan, as well as New York City players.

That performance will almost certainly constitute the emotional core of the evening.

Tickets to Rochester Music Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction ceremony start at $33 and are available now at rochestermusic.org.

Jeff Spevak is WXXI’s Arts & Life editor and reporter. He can be reached at jspevak@wxxi.org.

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Faculty Recital: Music of Octavio Vazquez. Nazareth

College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 4 p.m.

Something New. Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, 597 East Ave. 244-6065. 7 p.m. $15/$20.

Symphoria. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St. Geneva. thesmith.org. 7:30 p.m. Preconcert chat 6:30pm. $10-$35.

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Schism, Fistful of Rage. Flour

Watkins & The Rapiers. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

VOCALS

CLASSICAL

RIT Singers. Allen Chapel,

Schmitt Interfaith Center, RIT, One Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-2411. 3 p.m.

Ciminelli Lounge, ESM, 100 Gibbs St. 7 p.m.

COUNTRY

[ SUN., MARCH 1 ]

Broken Strings. Nashvilles,

4853 W Henrietta Rd. Henrietta.

334-3030. 9 p.m.

JAZZ

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

1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30 p.m.

Harold Danko. The Piano Works Mall, 349 W Commercial Street.

East Rochester. 586-3020.

7:30 p.m. $5/$10.

Sinatra at the Sands Reprise.

Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Rd. kodakcenter.com. 7:30 p.m. $25-$35.

Telepathic Moon Dance. UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. 434-2223. 8 p.m.

JAM BAND

Eric Carlin’s Half-Dead. Iron

Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $10-$15.

VOCALS

The Choice. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

8 p.m. Vocal competition.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Kinloch Nelson. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

All-Beethoven Salon Concert Series. Rochester Academy of

Medicine, 1441 East Ave. raom.org. 2 p.m. $30/$35.

Candlelight Concert. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 4543878. First Sunday of every month, 8:30 p.m.

Classical Guitar Night. Little Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

Compline. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. 9 p.m.

Schola Cantorum.

Faculty Artist: Russell Miller, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs

Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty. Little Theatre, 240 East

Monroe Ave. 454-2966. bugjar. com. 8 p.m. $5.

Mike Pappert. Sager Beer Works, 46 Sager Dr Suite E. 245-3006. 7:30 p.m.

Rock-it-Science. Argyle Grill, 4344 Nine Mile Pt Rd. 377-5200. 8 p.m.

Rockabilly Steve, BR3. Sticky Lips, 830 Jefferson Rd. 292-5544. 9 p.m.

Sanguisugabogg, Undeath, Disfathom. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe

CLASSICAL

POP/ROCK

Hollowell, Lower Expectations, The Warhawks. Bug Jar, 219

274-3000. 7:30 p.m. $10.

[ TUE., MARCH 3 ]

St. 274-3000. 3 p.m. Genaro Méndez, tenor. $10.

Going for Baroque. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900. 1 & 3 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ingle Auditorium at RIT, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-4121. 2 p.m.

Greece Rd. Hilton. 392-4141.

8 p.m.

Dead Letter Office. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 8 p.m. REM tribute.

Hello City. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

8 p.m. Bare Naked Ladies tribute. $7/$10.

Faculty Artist: Guy Johnston, cello. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Bloodshot Bill. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m.

Smoke Distillery, 111 Parce Ave Suite 5b. Fairport. 388-7584.

8:30 p.m. $5.

Leapin Lizards. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 155 Pattonwood Dr. 342-6780.

9 p.m.

Bad Grampas. Robbie’s, 610 N

AMERICANA

METAL WORLD RUNA. Golden Link Folk Singing Society, 2750 Atlantic Ave. Penfield. 857-9265. 7:30 p.m.

10-$25.

Andrew Kozar, trumpet.

[ MON., MARCH 2 ]

City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. Tool & Rage tributes. $15/$20.

Shotgun Wedding. Pineapple Jack’s, 485 Spencerport Rd. Gates. 247-5225. 9 p.m.

Ave. thelittle.org. noon. $18/$20.

RPYO & RPO: Side By Side.

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 3 p.m. $10/$15.

Something New. St. Theodore Church, 168 Spencerport Rd. 5854296811. 3 p.m. $15/$20.

Steve Kelly, Aeolian pipe organ.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 3 p.m. w/ museum admission.

Winter Serenades. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 14 State St. Brockport. 703-2227. 3 p.m.

AMERICANA

Bluegrass Tuesdays. The Angry Goat Pub, 938 Clinton Ave. 413-1125. 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Collegium Musicum. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-3000.

7:30 p.m.

Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty. Little Theatre, 240 East

Ave. thelittle.org. 6 p.m. $18/$20.

Tuesday Pipes.. Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878.

12:10 p.m. Eastman organists.

JAZZ

Gray Quartet Jazz Sessions. The

Spirit Room, 139 State St. 397-7595. 7:30 p.m. $5.

JAM BAND

Melvin Seals & Jerry Garcia Band. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. 461-2000.

7:30 p.m. $30/$45.

POP/ROCK Nate Coffey. Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 155 Pattonwood Dr. 342-6780. First Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Irish Sessions: John Ryan & Friends. Abilene, 153 Liberty

Pole Way. 232-3230. 7:30 p.m.

POP/ROCK

Rock Repertory Ensemble.

UR, Strong Auditorium, River Campus. 275-9397. 7 p.m.

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Literature

Author Valeria Luiselli will discuss migration stories and the American border crisis with UR history professor Ruben Flores on Thursday, February 27.

PHOTO BY DIEGO BERRUECOS

Political disquiet Valeria Luiselli: Migration Stories in the American Border Crisis THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 5 P.M. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER INTERFAITH CHAPEL, 1045 WILSON BOULEVARD FREE | 276-8709; HUMANITIES@ROCHESTER.EDU [ PROFILE ] BY RACHEL CRAWFORD

We live in a time when so many of us are fatigued by the news. We worry that we can’t donate to all of the causes that beg for our attention. It’s gotten to the point when, here in 2020, many of us feel emotionally anesthetized. Both sides of the great divide present themselves with didacticism in our movies, music, and books. And in this indefatigable disquiet, we are tired.

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To some, this presents a problem for the arts. But if art and literature tell us about the human condition, and if the individual as well as the collective experience are valued as integral to free expression, then we should remind ourselves that while the news should not be entertainment, our entertainment can still inform.

Long-debated by the ancient Greeks is the relationship between truth, community, and aesthetics, and that debate remains unresolved. This week, the University of Rochester’s Humanities Center Public Lecture Series examines the themes of community, morality, and current events with acclaimed author Valeria Luiselli.

In 2015, Coffee House Press published Luiselli’s “The Story of My Teeth.” Rather quickly, it was highly acclaimed and was nominated for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Best Translated Book Award. Luiselli won the 2015 Los Angeles Times Prize for Best Fiction. The novel was

compared to Kafka and Borges — no doubt two major influences on her writing. Those who follow international literature and small presses like Coffee House knew Luiselli, at 33-years-old, was about to get big.

Luiselli is a Mexican-born author who was raised all over the world. She has volunteered as an interpreter in the courts for asylumseeking children at the American border. In her many months volunteering, none of the children she helped find pro bono lawyers have been granted permission to remain in the United States. Luiselli witnessed firsthand the devastation, fear, and trauma of innumerable displaced children. Using her literary platform as a driving force, she went on to write “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions” (hailed by some of indie literature’s best, including Mark Haber from Brazos Bookstore and Stephen Sparks at Point Reyes Books). The title of the book references the 40 questions thrown at unaccompanied child migrants on the intake questionnaire.

Luiselli’s third novel, “The Lost Children Archive,” is the first she has written in English.

This was supposed to be her “rage” novel — the one that, in its earliest drafts, was meant to reveal her righteous indignation aimed at a system that fails the most vulnerable. She portrays the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a form of extremism, violence, and psychological torture. But instead of a proverbial fist-shaking that would incite a shared resentment in her audience, “The Lost Children Archive” is a story of grief and inhumanity, imbued with a similar humor and absurdity that readers loved in “The Story of My Teeth.” It’s in the literary milieu of Kafka and Borges, and meant to make American readers laugh and raise an eyebrow as well as lament and learn a thing or two about their own government.

A literary collage and road trip novel, “The Lost Children Archive” renders a pathos that those fatigued by current events can digest — and it’s the novel Luiselli will be discussing at the University of Rochester this Thursday.

The Public Lecture Series was founded in 2015 and this academic year it’s dedicated to the theme of communities. At this event, Luiselli will talk with Ruben Flores, associate professor of history at the University of Rochester. Flores’s area of focus is on U.S.-Mexican relations, and his book, “Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico’s Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), is a telling of the rebuilding of Mexico after the Mexican Revolution.

“Valeria Luiselli’s beautifully crafted explorations of displacement and belonging made us determined to add her voice to our year-long conversation on our theme of communities,” Humanities Center Director Joan Shelley Rubin told CITY in a phone interview. “We’re delighted that she will enable the Rochester-area public, as well as University of Rochester students, faculty, and staff, to think together about migration, families, and borders in new ways.”

The University’s Humanities Center has also organized events exclusive to students. Preceding the public event on Thursday, approximately 20 students (mainly sophomores) and five faculty members read and discussed “The Lost Children Archive” together as part of an experimental Humanities Reading Colloquium. The students will have an opportunity to meet Luiselli on Thursday afternoon before the public lecture.

Rachel Crawford is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@rochester-citynews.com.

PHOTO BY JUSTIN RIELLY

PHOTOS BY GRETCHEN A. SCHULZ

THEATER | ‘NATURAL SHOCKS’

POETRY | DEF MEETS DEAF POETRY JAM

Some readers may recall the “heartache and the thousand natural shocks” from Hamlet’s third act soliloquy. In “Natural Shocks,” a one-woman drama by Lauren Gunderson, the phrase refers literally to the protagonist hiding in the basement because of a tornado outside. Summer Sattora stars as Angela, who lets the audience in on the story of how she ended up in the aforementioned basement. Director Justin Rielly’s Aspie Works theater company previously presented Sattora in the role in a charity reading in Spring 2018, though this is their first full production of the play. It’s certainly not Aspie Works’s first time on the MuCCC stage, with a long history of successful productions across a breadth of theatrical genres on Atlantic Avenue since 2013.

Now in its 11th year, the Def Meets Deaf Poetry Jam showcases a unique live performance format. Deaf and hard-of-hearing performers will present poetry live in American Sign Language, taking turns on stage with hearing poets who perform spoken word work, which is in turn made accessible through live interpreters. This year’s lineup features a number of ASL performers including Fringe Fest alum group Dangerous Signs, as well as JPosh and Eddie Swayze. Reenah Golden represents the traditional slam reading style, alongside Tony Leuzzi and members of Just Poets. Last year’s event brought out a full house, so make sure to get there early for a good spot.

Thursday, February 27, through Saturday, February 29, at 7:30 p.m. Matinee Saturday, February 29, at 2 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door. muccc.org.

— BY DECLAN RYAN

Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 NY 332. Rochester Area Fiber Artists. Reception Mar 5, 5-7pm. Through Apr 12.

398-0220.

Frontispace @ Art & Music Library, 755 Library Rd. Mizin Shin: How Things Are Consumed. March 2-April 8. Reception Mar 5, 5-7pm.

273-2267.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Jurgen Gorg: Zodiac Dance. March 1-31.

264-1440.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900.

Chitra Ganesh: Sultana’s Dream. Through Jun 14.

Mercer Gallery, MCC, 1000 E Henrietta Rd. Brian Cirmo.

Reception Feb 27, 5-7pm.

Through Mar 26. 292-2021.

NTID Dyer Arts Center, 52 Lomb Memorial Dr. rit.edu/ntid/ dyerarts. Leonard Urso BFA Group. Through Mar 21.

The Yards, 50-52 Public Market.

The Jordyn Keeley Memorial Art & Writing Competition Exhibit. Fri., Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m., Sat & Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. attheyards.com.

[ CONTINUING ] ART EXHIBITS 1570 Gallery at Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave. Plein Air Painters Winter Exhibition.

Through March 1. 770-1960.

Anthony Mascioli Gallery, Central Library, 115 South Ave. Gandhi @150. Through Feb 29. Tuesday tours 1:15pm.

428-8350.

ArtSpace36, 36 Main St. Canandaigua. Biennial Alumni Exhibition. Through Feb 28. flcc.edu/artspace36.

AsIs Gallery, Sage Art Center, 835 Wilson Blvd. Connections 48. Through March 24.

Reception Mar 5, 12:30pm.

Bertha VB Lederer Gallery, 1 College Dr. Stories from the Attic: A Handful of Geneseo Histories. Through Mar 11.

245-5841.

Cad Red Gallery, 34 Main St. Pittsford. Elisa Root: Paintings & Pottery. 12-5 p.m. Through March 11. 381-2161.

Central Library, Local History & Genealogy Division, 115 South Ave. Everyday People: The Dinkle Family & Rochester’s African American Past.

Through Dec 30. 428-8370.

Saturday, February 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Drive. Free. 292-9940; lovincup.com.

— BY DECLAN RYAN

Cobblestone Arts Center, 1622 NY 332. Michael Lynn Tucker, Photography | Kim Bellavia, Sculpture. Mondays-Saturdays.

Through Mar 1. 398-0220.

Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-1730. Eyeto-Eye. Through Feb 29. rochesterarts.org.

Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery, 3156 East Ave. Works

by Carol Schott & Niesdri Welsh. Through March 31.

789-3152.

Geisel Gallery, 2nd Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place. Katiuscia Lanza: Mos Maiorum, The Way of the Ancestors. MondaysFridays. Through Feb 29. thegeiselgallery.com.

George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org.

Dutch Connection. Behind the Scenes Feb 29, 9am. Through March 1. $5-$15.; Alejandro Cartagena: Photo Structure / Foto Estructura. ; Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory; Relocating to America: A History of Photography through Immigrant Lens. Through Apr 19.

Hartnett Gallery, UR Wilson Commons, River Campus. Michael Bosworth: Transference. Through Mar 6.

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Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave. Mostly in New York. Reception Feb 28, 5pm. 271-2540.

INeRT PReSS, 1115 East Main St. Max Beerbohm. Through Mar 26. 482-0931.

International Art Acquisitions, 3300 Monroe Ave. Roberto Salas: Rose Bloom. Through Feb. 29. 264-1440.

Little Café, 240 East Ave. Julie Lambert Coleman: Handmade Paper Art. Through March 6.

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Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. Luvon Sheppard: Go Back & Fetch It. Through Mar 11. 245-5841.

Lumiere Photo, 100 College Ave. Nils Wiklund: Northland.

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Main Street Arts, 20 W Main St. Clifton Springs. Painters Painting Painters. TuesdaysSaturdays. Through Mar 27.

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What is Woman’s Suffrage?. ; The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art. Through May 24.; Ja’Tovia Gary: Giverny I (NÉGRESSE IMPÉRIALE). Through April 5.

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Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Mixed Media National Exhibit.

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Nazareth College Colacino Gallery, 4245 East Ave. Pat Groves: Color & Light Retrospective. Through Mar 1.

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, RIT, 50 Fairwood Dr, #100. Scenes of Rochester: Recent Art by Mary Khazak Grant. Through April 16.

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Patricia O’Keefe Ross Gallery at St. John Fisher, 3690 East Ave. Tragedy & Triumph: Art Illuminates the Great Hunger.

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The cast of Geva’s production of “Once.” PHOTO BY RON HEERKENS, JR. PHOTOGRAPHY

Falling slowly “Once” REVIEWED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 CONTINUES THROUGH MARCH 22 GEVA THEATRE CENTER’S WILSON STAGE, 75 WOODBURY BOULEVARD TICKETS START AT $25 | 232-4382, GEVATHEATRE.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY

A production of the Dublin-based musical “Once” always begins well before the house lights go down. As theatregoers file to their seats with pints of Guinness or whisky cocktails, there’s a lively band on stage jamming out classic Irish folk songs. The fourth wall is immediately broken as they invite clapping and singing along; the band even delivers the pre-show announcements usually heard over the speakers. Geva Theatre Center’s “Once,” a co-production with Syracuse Stage, is no exception.

“Once” originated as an independent film

by John Carney, a bandmate of musician 22 CITY FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 3, 2020

Glen Hansard in the Irish folk group The Frames. At Carney’s request, Hansard and his friend Markéta Irglová, who had been performing together as The Swell Season, penned the musical’s soundtrack and played the leading roles. After failed submission to many film festivals, “Once” was discovered

by Sundance Film Festival and catapulted to theatrical distribution in 2007, winning the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song, “Falling Slowly.”

The film, which became an indie hit, was adapted for the stage and premiered on Broadway in 2012, earning 12 Tony Award nominations and winning eight, including Best Musical. It also won Best Book of a Musical, awarded to Irish playwright Enda Walsh (perhaps better known for his darker pieces and collaborations with actor Cillian Murphy like “Ballyturk” and “Grief is the Thing with Feathers”).

The plot focuses on a chance meeting between an Irish singer-songwriter, simply referred to as Guy, and a Czech immigrant, Girl, who’s also a gifted musician. The two meet at

turbulent times in both their lives, but form a swift bond over music and record a demo within a week. The results of their work leave them with choices both professional and personal.

Because the musical is so song-focused — it features 17 songs over two acts — there’s more singing than dialogue, but no traditional pit orchestra. Each ensemble member plays an instrument (or three) on stage as well as acting in a scripted role. The supporting cast of Geva’s “Once” is spectacular, delivering expert musical performances led by musical director Don Kot, convincing (oft-humorous) dimensional characters, and exuding a contagious energy throughout the twoand-half hour run (including a 15-minute intermission). The company’s vim and vigor makes up for the occasional lapse in Irish dialect and a few too-quiet instrumental sound levels. However, the need for musicians first in casting is precisely where shows like “Once” can, and sometimes do, suffer.

Samantha Sayah, who plays Girl (and piano during musical numbers), is very compelling in the role of a Czech immigrant

who is also a young mother. Sayah shows a wide emotional range throughout the show as her character battles between head and heart.

Sayah’s Czech accent is consistent from dialogue to song, aiding in Girl’s trademark bluntness and dry humor. Sayah has a beautiful, lilting voice as well, and executes perfect harmonies in many of the numbers.

Opposite Sayah is Elliot Greer, who plays the heartbroken singer-songwriter Guy. But rather than tortured artist, Greer portrays a sort of lazy freeloader. While that makes sense initially, the character hardly develops through the narrative. Greer also leads the lion’s share of the songs in the show, but where Hansard has written the music to be raw and cracking and passionate, Greer delivers an overkill of polished notes and runs in an almost country Elvis twang that steals the torture and depth from the numbers.

It’s not that Greer can’t do it — there are moments where his unrestrained voice breaks through — but he’s physically and vocally holding back, controlling power that he could otherwise unleash on the audience during numbers like “When Your Mind’s Made Up,” “The Hill,” and “Say It to Me Now.” Part of this responsibility falls to artistic director Mark Cuddy to coax or guide, but the show would undoubtedly rise to swelling heights if Greer opened up.

Traditionally, the minimalist set of “Once” is built as an interactive pub for show attendees; during intermission they are invited on stage to order a pint with the band. For reasons unclear, Geva chose not to do that (a disappointment for those who have seen the show before, as it does create an additional magic). Tim Mackabee’s versatile set is still minimalist, with a static backdrop of shop storefronts in different European languages to reflect the immigrant-friendly streets of Dublin, and rotating set pieces to show scenes in Guy’s Hoover shop, a music store, the recording studio, and more. Interpretive choreography

by Whitney G-Bowley is more distracting than inspiring (perhaps because it’s not a cast filled with dancers), the often out-of-sync or clunky movement detracting from weighty numbers like “If You Want Me.” “Once” is a captivating musical, filled with story and heartache, ghosts and grief.

It has every opportunity to be Dublin embodied on stage — but the music must be honored the way it was written, or the production feels hollow.

Leah Stacy is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@ rochester-citynews.com.

The Underground Railroad Experience. Thu., Feb. 27, 6-9 p.m., Fri., Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 29, 1-4 p.m.

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Walk the Walk: Encounters with Rochester’s African-American Ancestors. Thu., Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Memorial AME Zion Church, 549 Clarissa St. landmarksociety.org.

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Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel in “Portait of a Lady on Fire.” PHOTO COURTESY NEON

Burning desire “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (R), DIRECTED BY CÉLINE SCIAMMA OPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, AT THE LITTLE THEATRE AND PITTSFORD CINEMA [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

Céline Sciamma’s gorgeous period love story “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a marvel of a film. Exploring the slow-burning romance between two women — a young bride-to-be (Adèle Haenel) and the artist hired to paint her wedding portrait (Noémie Merlant) — it’s a pitch-perfect blend of exquisite visual storytelling and raw emotion, with two indelible performances from its lead actresses.

Set in 18th-century France, the film begins as Marianne (Merlant) arrives on the coast of Brittany, where she’s been commissioned by a wealthy countess (Valeria Golino) to paint a portrait of her daughter, Héloïse (Haenel).

The finished painting is to be sent to Héloïse’s prospective husband, a Milanese nobleman she’s never met, for his appraisal and to further entice him into the union.

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unable to complete his painting, ultimately driven away by his subject’s complete refusal to sit for him. So Héloïse’s mother proposes that Marianne pose as a hired companion for her daughter, accompanying her on walks so she doesn’t become lonely. During these visits Marianne must observe Héloïse as closely as she can, memorizing every minute detail of her figure and facial features to use later, when she picks up her brush to paint in secret each night.

Sciamma has called her film a “manifesto of the female gaze,” and it is indeed a celebration of the act of looking. Through these extended looks, a desire grows between the women. Used to living in a society that has little interest in the interior lives of women, Marianne and Héloïse’s courtship is carried out largely through glances, subtle gestures, and body language.

The director captures the way an artist’s gaze both captures and wholly invents their subject entirely through the way in which the artist sees them. The film becomes a story of a woman expressing her desire through her art, but it in turn allows Héloïse to break free of the traditionally gendered role of muse to become something closer to a collaborator.

During the middle section of the film, Héloïse’s mother must leave for an extended

period of time. On their own (along with the housekeeper Sophie, played by Luàna Bajrami), the women are able to enjoy an almost utopian existence. In complete control of their lives for the first and perhaps only time, they’re able to enjoy a newfound sense of liberty and freedom.

The roles they’ve been assigned to seem to dissolve naturally, as class and station don’t seem to matter as much. The film examines the bonds of love and sisterhood as well as the divisions of class barriers, but there’s an aching longing, extending from the knowledge that this existence is only temporary.

From films like “Tomboy,” to “Girlhood” and “Waterlilies,” Sciamma’s specialty is tender coming-of-age stories. Every moment of her work here feels carefully considered and thought through. Her film is deeply sensual, alive with a crackling physical and emotional intimacy that matches the intensity of the women’s passion.

It’s also a celebration of the act of creation, and Sciamma’s camera remains fascinated by the process of making art. Making smart use of insert shots featuring painter Helene Delmaire’s hands, we’re allowed to watch as Marianne struggles to translate the truth of her subject onto canvas. She works through

drafts where her rendering of Héloïse isn’t quite right, capturing her physical characteristics but still somehow lacking an ineffable something.

Fitting for a deeply-felt love story centered on the creation of visual art, the film is itself a gorgeous piece of visual art, and cinematographer Claire Mathon uses light in such a way that turns each frame into its own oil painting.

Interestingly, the film forgoes any sort of musical score aside from three key uses of diegetic music, including one memorable sequence where the lovers listen to a choir during an all-female gathering around a bonfire. The women’s haunting song is an original piece of music, and it’s unlike anything I’ve heard in a period film.

For all its issues, the Academy Awards’ most useful function is in highlighting films that might not otherwise get the attention they deserve. So I couldn’t help being a bit disappointed that after “Portrait” wasn’t selected

by France as the country’s official submission in the International Feature category, it seemed to fall completely off the Academy’s radar. Because it ended up not getting attention in any other categories, the film didn’t benefit from that Oscar bump. But I sincerely hope audiences find it.

Anchored by two exquisite performances from Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a simmering love story about desire, the female gaze, and the enduring beauty of art. Both intimate and expansive, it’s a swooning romance that had me floating on a cinematic high leaving the theater.

It’s just so damn good, and undoubtedly my favorite film of the past year.

Adam Lubitow is a freelance writer for CITY. Feedback on this article can be directed to becca@ rochester-citynews.com.

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SSNY shall mail process to c/o the Company, Attention: Manager, 850 Hudson Avenue, Rochester, New York 14621. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Packman Delivery Services, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/7/2020. Office Location: Monroe County.

Street Address of principal business location: c/o The Limited Liability Company, 5 Burlington Avenue, Rochester, NY 14619. SSNY shall mail copy of process: c/o The Limited Liability Company, 5 Burlington Avenue, Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] ADMINISTRATION CITATION FILE NO.: 2019-186 SURROGATE’S COURT CAYUGA COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God, Free and Independent To: Timothy McCarthy Address Unknown A petition having been duly filed

by Cathy M. McCarthy, who is domiciled at 956 Middle Road, Lot 12, Oswego. New York 13126. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Cayuga County at 152 Genesee Street, Auburn, New York 13021, on Mon. March 23rd, 2020 at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day. why a decree should not be made in the estate of Dale S. McCarthy, Sr., lately domiciled at 884 Howell Road, Port Bryon. New York. In the County of Cayuga, New York, granting Letters of Administration upon the estate of the decedent to Cathy M. McCarthy, or to such other person as may be entitled there to. Hon. Mark H. Fandrich Dated, Attested and Sealed, February 6th, 2020.

Surrogate Mary Anne Marr, Chief Clerk Name of Attorney for Petitioner: P. Michael Shanley. Esq. Tel. No.: 315-343-2610 Address of Attorney: 100 West Utica Street, Oswego, New York 13126 Note: This Citation is served upon you as

required by law. You are not required to appear.

If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorneyat-law appear for you. [ NOTICE ] Caribbean Distributors LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/6/20. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 160 Bouckhart Ave Rochester, NY 14622 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com that your failure to appear shall constitute a denial of your interest in the child which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the custody of the child.

Dated, Attested and Sealed: February 14, 2020 ‘- (LS.) HON ACEA M. MOSEY, Surrogate Judge KATHLEEN A. DOWNING Chief Clerk of Surrogate’s Court Dana Graber, Esq. 539-b Main Street PO Box 426 Medina, NY 14103 585-798-5555 [ NOTICE ]

Davidandrewpavel platinumservices L.L.C. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12/4/19. Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to 44 Sunnyside Ln North Chili, NY 14514 RA: US Corp Agents, Inc. 7014 13 Ave #202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 General Purpose

Greater Rochester Real Estate Council, LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/13/20. 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, 2170 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Deep Blue Politics, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 12/17/19. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Humble Beginnings Enterprises LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/5/2019.

Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Keyvio Owens, 72 Grassmere Park, Rochester, NY 14612.

General Purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Fernwood 2nd LLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 2/3/20.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to Artur Kadesh 31 Grace Marie Dr Rochester, NY 14580 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] File Number: X2019-98 Surrogate’s Court, County of Erie, State of New York HON. ACEA M. MOSEY, Surrogate To: ROBERT FLAD CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent First Supplemental Citation for Adoption File Number: X2019-98 Surrogate’s Court, County of Erie, State of New York HON. ACEA M. MOSEY, Surrogate To: ROBERT FLAD Upon a petition and/or affidavit having been filed in the matter of the adoption of an infant whose name is AMANDA. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED to show cause before the ERIE COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT at Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, New York on WEDNESDAY, · APRIL 8, 2020 at 10:00 A.M., why a Decree should not be made approving the adoption. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE

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[ NOTICE ] Jaswant Singh Jain Medicine, PLLC Arts of Org. filed SSNY 1/14/20.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent for process & shall mail to 118 West Ave East Rochester, NY 14445 General Purpose [ NOTICE ] Law Office of Matthew J. Lester, PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/5/2020. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 5500 W. Ridge Rd., Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: Law. [ NOTICE ] McKay Property Management LLC filed Arts. of Org. with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/3/2020. Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 625 Panorama Trail, Bldg 2, Ste 130, Rochester, NY 14625.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] NAILED IT AGAIN REMODELING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/02/2019. Office

loc: Orleans County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Thomas Travis Jr, 223 Oak Orchard Estates, Albion, NY 14411.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Norbut Solar Farms Oz, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/7/2020. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 1241 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that a alcohol beverage license,pending, has been applied for to sell beer, wine, & cider at retail, in a restaurant, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 500 HAMLIN CLARKSON TOWNLINE RD HAMLIN, NY 14464 in Monroe County for on premises consumption. *ROUNDED PIE ENTERPRISES INC* *DBA * *KRONY’S PIZZA ETC* [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 125 Woodman Park LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/21/20. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 248 Field Street, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/29/2020.

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, 32 Ashland Oaks Cir, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 2775 Monroe LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 786 NORTH GOODMAN LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/05/20.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 353 Birch Hills Dr., Rochester, NY 14622.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Relin Goldstein & Crane LLP, 28 E. Main St., Ste. 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Emerald Pt., Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Bodyflight Physical Therapy PLLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/7/2020. 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 238 Edgerton Street, Rochester, New York 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of A-World Holdings LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/30/2020.

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 39 Woodfield Drive, Webster, New York 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of BOSCO HILLS, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/10/20. Office 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 the LLC, 24 High St Fairport, NY, 14450.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of AKM Construction LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/06/18 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 15 Cairn St, Rochester, NY 14611 Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Alegro Group, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/11/2020. 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 74 Buggywhip Trail, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Apparatus Capital LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/14/2020. 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 148 Bent Oak Trl, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Barker’s Place LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/31/2020. Office Location: Monroe County.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Carnage Outdoors, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/5/20.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the LLC, 169 West Church St, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CEMC ASSOCIATES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/23/20. 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 Home Leasing, LLC, 700 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CEMC ASSOCIATES MM LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/23/20.

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 Home Leasing, LLC, 700 Clinton Sq., Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CONNEXX LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/17/16. 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 120 Woodbine Ave Rochester, NY 14619. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CR BEAUTY BAR LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/5/2020.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO BOX 60715 Rochester NY 14606 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

{ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of G&C Realty of Western NY, LLC (the “LLC”).

Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 2/10/2020. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County. SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 700 Five Points Rd, Rush, NY 14543. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of CV Burrhus Enterprises, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/6/20. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 42 Sleepy Hollow, Rochester, NY 14624.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of Gallina Elmgrove LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/31/2019.

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, 1890 Winton Road South, Ste 100, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of formation of Elizabeth C. Shannon, Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of State (the “NYSOS”) on 1/17/2020.

The office of the PLLC is in Monroe County. The NYSOS is designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. The NYSOS shall mail a copy of such process to 2300 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14610. The PLLC is formed to practice the profession of nurse practitioner in psychiatry.

Notice of Formation of Genesee River Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/20. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 501 Vosburg Road, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Fitz & Sons Properties, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/30/2019. 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 120 Woodbine Avenue Rochester NY 14619 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Fowler & Sons LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/28/20.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4000 Buffalo Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Gianni Farms LLC (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the NY Secy of State (“SOS”) on 12/31/19.

The office of the LLC is in Monroe County.

SOS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail a copy of such process to 149 Salt Road, Webster, NY 14580. The LLC is formed to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Guys’ Premiere Properties, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/28/16.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 32 Scarborough Park, Rochester, NY 14625.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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Notice of Formation of J. Phillips Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/20. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 501 Vosburg Road, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of MINDFUL PSYCHOLOGY P.L.L.C.. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 1/22/2020.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3200 Brighton Henrietta Town Line Road, Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JE Collins Properties, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 2/6/20. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Jennifer Collins, 2366 Turk Hill Road, Victor, NY 14564. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ]

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MJM Incentives Property LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/23/20. 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, 6605 Pittsford Palmyra Road, Ste W-5, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of KDG Real Property Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/31/20. 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, 143 Willowbend Road, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company.

Name: PENROC ENVIRONMENTAL LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with NY Secretary of State (“SSNY”) on 01/23/2020. NY office location is Monroe County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to LLC at 16 Parham Drive, Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of Penson Properties LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/7/2020.

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 1881 East Ave, 2nd Floor, Rochester, New York 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of McKay Hospitality, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/13/2019.

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, 625 Panorama Trl, Bldg #2, Ste 130, Rochester, NY 14625. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of Mollywhop Productions LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/27/2020. 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 197 Orchard Park, Rochester, New York 14609. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Picture Perfect Illustration LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) DATE: September 26, 2019.

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 589 Brown Street, Rochester NY 14611.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Qu Yang Property Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/10/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of

To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Sammy Feldman, 3445 Winton Place, Ste 228, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ritual Clay Company LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 3 2020. 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 234 Mill Street Rochester, NY 14614 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Rochester Cart Rentals LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 30, 2020. 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 25 Parr Circle, Rochester, NY 14617.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sneaker Beat LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/17/2019.

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: 2111 East Avenue, Apt. M, Rochester, New York 14610. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SRS4 of New York, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/20.

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 The LLC, 1169 Howard Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of T & D Greenwell Properties, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/15/2020.

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, 336 Church Rd, Hilton, NY 14468. Purpose: any lawful act.

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Notice of Formation of THE CREW’S GRILL LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/31/2019.

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 13 Leah Ln North Chili, NY 14514. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Yayalash LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/23/2019.

Office location: 19 Prince Street, Rochester, NY 14607. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC at 19 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of The Kilminster Group, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/20. 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 138 Old North Hi Rochester, NY 14617 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ULA’S EXPRESS LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 02/03/2020. 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 21 CARMAS DRIVE, ROCHESTER, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Violet City Properties LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/20.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 501 Vosburg Road, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of VITAL HEALTH MEDICAL CARE P.L.L.C.. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 1/28/2020.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 23 Hadley Court, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Williamson Commons, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/7/2020. 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 1180 Sagebrook Way, Webster, New York 14580. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Accurate Analytical Testing, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/24/20. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Michigan (MI) on 12/3/04. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 122 E 42nd St, 18th Fl., NY, NY 10168. MI address of LLC: 30105 Beverly Rd, Romulus, MI 48174. Arts. of Org. filed with MI Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, PO Box 30054, Lansing, MI 48909. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of BOSCH SECURITY SYSTEMS, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/06/20. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/21/03. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Conductor Property Management, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/21/19.

Office location: Monroe County. Princ. bus. addr.: 1020 Lee Rd, Rochester, NY, 14606. LLC formed in DE on 8/5/19. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Conductor Property Management, 1020 Lee Rd, Rochester, NY, 14606. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., 9 E. Loockerman Street, Suite 311, Dover, Delaware 19901. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State,

401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/28/20. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/30/19. Princ. office of LLC: 7635 Plantation Rd., Roanoke, VA 24019.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of Highland Assets, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/3/20.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC organized in SD on 9/11/19. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal office address: Highland Assets, LLC, 3349 Monroe Ave., #171, Rochester, NY 14618. Arts. of Org. filed with SD Sec. of State, 500 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of RHNY HOTELS LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/31/20. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/13/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Unisearch, Inc., 99 Washington Ave, Ste 805A, Albany, NY 122102822, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Unisearch, Inc., 28 Old Rudnick Ln., Dover, DE 19904. Arts of Org. filed with the DE Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of SHUTTERFLY LIFETOUCH, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/18/20. Office location:

Monroe County. LLC formed in Minnesota (MN) on 10/30/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. MN addr. of LLC: 11000 Viking Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55344.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 60 Empire Dr., Ste. 100, St. Paul, MN 55103. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] ONE EIGHTY HOLDINGS LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 1/29/2020. LLC’s office is in Monroe Co. SS is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o the LLC, 180 St. Paul Street, #406, Attn: Member, Rochester, NY 14604. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Premier Insurance Agency LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/16/2020. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office of Anthony A. Dinitto, LLC, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Rcgrande Properties LLC. Auth. Filed w/SSNY on 12/10/19. Office: Monroe Co. Formed in NV on 10/5/2017. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 456 Parma Center Rd, Hilton, NY 14468. NV address: 5030 Spanish Hills Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89148. Filed w/NV Sec. of State: 202 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: all lawful. [ NOTICE ] Real Relief Properties LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/3/2020. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 72 Grassmere Park, Rochester, NY 14612. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Richland Drive, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/10/19. 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 1425 Jefferson Road, Rochester, New York 14623. LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ] Robyn’s Nest Boutique LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/16/2020. Cty: Monroe.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Law Office of Anthony A. Dinitto, LLC, 2250 West Ridge Rd., Ste. 300, Rochester, NY 14626. General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Sticky Bottle LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 2/5/20. 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 261 Pine Grove Ave.,Rochester, NY 14617.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] TABOTT MEDICAL ESTHETICS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/26/19. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 35 Bryden Park, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] The Gamma Nu of Phi Kappa Tau Alumni, Inc. will be holding its annual membership meeting at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The meeting will take place at 3440 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623 to elect members of the Board of Directors and transact such other business which may come before the meeting. [ NOTICE ] UR Portfolio I, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 12/04/19. Off. Loc.: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 282 S. 5th St #3B, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Viticulture L.L.C. Arts of Org. filed SSNY 9/11/19.

Office: Monroe Co. SSNY design agent of LLC upon whom process may be served & mail to Courtney Benson 1900 Empire Blvd #116 Webster, NY 14580 General Purpose [ NOTICE ]] Notice of Formation of Holley & Son’s General Contracting, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 01/15/2020.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated

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Legal Ads as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 11 Carl Street Rochester, NY 14621 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE } Notice of Formation of National Sweepstakes Company, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 3/24/11. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1134 East Union Street, Newark, NY 14513. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ Notice of Formation ] 2020 MMC Consulting LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/20/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 1170 PittsfordVictor Road, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] Danville Development, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 2/19/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to c/o Shawn Griffin, 99 Garnsey Road, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Dixon Delivery Service LLC filed Arts. of Org. with Sec. of State on November 5, 2019. Office Loc: Monroe County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. may mail a copy of process to 320 Miramar Road, Rochester, NY, 14624. The purpose of the company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] NAME: Affronti, LLC (“PLLC”) filed Arts of Org with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 8, 2020. Principal office: Monroe County, New York. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 130 D Linden Oaks, Rochester, NY 14625 Attn: Member.

Purpose: practice of law.

[ Notice of Formation ] Rochester Patio and Landscape, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 1/8/20. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 2509 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation ] Winnie Island LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 1/29/20. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to 20 South Street, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation of 822 Victor Road LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on January 2, 2020. LLC location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ.

Office of LLC: 120 Linden Oaks Drive, Ste. 200, Rochester, NY 14625; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Princ. Office of LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] Notice of formation of NKT Enterprises LLC. Art. of Org. filed by Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/3/20.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York 14611. Purpose: to engage in any lawful business purpose for which limited liability companies may be organized under the law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is Scents By Design LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 1/16/20. The LLC office is located in Monroe County. The NY Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served, and the address a copy shall be mailed is 260 Coolidge Rd, Rochester, NY 14622.

The LLC is managed by a manager.

The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business.

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To place your ad in the LEGAL section, contact Tracey Mykins by phone at (585) 244-3329 x10 or by email at legals@rochester-citynews.com [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] DB Rochester, LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 2/11/2020 with an effective date of formation of 2/11/2020. Its principal place of business is located 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 34 North St. Regis Drive, Rochester, NY 14618.

The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity for which Limited Liability Companies may be organized under Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Wendy Carter Development Consulting LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 2/5/2020 with an effective date of formation of 2/5/2020. Its principal place of business is located 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 420 W. Elm St., East Rochester, NY 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 W GAMING SOUTH, LLC ] W Gaming South, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 1/9/20. Office location: Monroe County, NY. Principal business location: 1265 Scottsville Rd, Rochester, NY 14624.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, NY, NY 10005 which is also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on Friday, the 13th day of March, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., local time, in the Main Meeting Room at the Henrietta Town Hall, 475

Calkins Road, Henrietta, New York 14467, in connection with the following matter: FAIRVIEW HOTEL GROUP LLC, a New York limited liability company for itself or a related entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in an approximately 4±-acre parcel of land located on Fair Avenue (off Calkins Road) in the Town of Henrietta, New York (the “Land”); (B) the construction on the Land of an approximately 72,449± square-foot four-story 127-room hotel adjacent to the Dome Arena (the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”); which will be the Country’s first dual-brand hotel with 81 guestrooms to be part of the Wingate by Wyndham® brand and 46 extended-stay suites to be part of the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham® brand. The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and, if necessary, a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/ Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: February 26, 2020 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCYBy: Executive Director [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on Thursday, the 12th day of March, 2020 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Ogden Town Hall, 269 Ogden Center Road, Spencerport, New York 14559, in connection with the following matter: PROAMPAC ROCHESTER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company for itself or a related entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a certain parcel of land located 2605 Manitou Road in the Town of Ogden, New York 14624 (the “Land”) including the existing approximately 127,053 square-foot building located thereon (the “Existing Improvements”); (B)(i) the renovation of approximately 10,000± square feet of space within the Existing Improvements and (ii) the construction on the Land of an approximately 24,000± square-foot addition to the Existing Improvements (collectively, the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land, the Existing Improvements and the Improvements, the “Facility”); to be used by the Company as a Collaboration & Innovation Center which will act as one centralized facility to house analytical testing, addition of filling equipment for product application performance testing and will also house the Design and Sample Lab for pouch prototyping.

The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will

be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and, if necessary, a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/ Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: February 26, 2020 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: Executive Director [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on Friday, the 13th day of March, 2020 at 11:30 a.m., local time, at the Ebenezer Watts Conference Center, 49 S. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614, in connection with the following matter: INDUS SOUTH UNION STREET, LLC, a New York limited liability company or a related entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in a portion of an aggregate approximately 14±-acre parcel of land located at 101 South Union Street and 1 Manhattan Square Drive, each in the City of Rochester, New York 14607 (collectively, the “Land”); (B) the construction on the Land of an approximately 90,000± square-foot five-story 125-room Hampton Inn & Suites

by Hilton adjacent to the Strong Museum of Play and part of the Neighborhood of Play (the “Improvements”); and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout

of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”). The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and if, necessary, a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/ Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: February 26, 2020 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: Executive Director [ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on Thursday, the 12th day of March, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., local time, in the Supervisor’s Meeting Room at the Gates Town Hall, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York 14624, in connection with the following matter: KRL REALTY LLC, a New York limited liability company for itself or a related entity formed or to be formed (collectively, the “Company”) has requested that the Agency assist with a certain Project (the “Project”), consisting of: (A) the acquisition of a leasehold interest in an approximately 1.28-acre parcel of land (the “Land”)

located on Elmgrove Park immediately adjacent to the Company’s current facility at 125 Elmgrove Park in the Town of Gates, New York 14624; (B) the construction on the Land of an approximately 15,000± square-foot addition (the “Improvements”) to the Company’s existing building; and (C) the acquisition and installation therein, thereon or thereabout of certain machinery, equipment and related personal property (the “Equipment” and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Facility”), to be used by the Company as additional manufacturing and office space in its business as a leading designer and manufacturer of precision cutting tools for the metal cutting industry. The Facility will be initially operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term the Agency’s leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the “Financial Assistance”) to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions and, if necessary, a mortgage recording tax exemption, consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.

The Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, present a copy of the Company’s Application (including the Benefit/ Incentive analysis) and hear all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the location or nature of the Facility, or the proposed financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency. In addition, at, or prior to, such hearing, interested parties may submit to the Agency written materials pertaining to such matters.

Dated: February 26, 2020 COUNTY OF MONROE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: Executive Director

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