CITY Newspaper, February 6, 2019

FEB. 6 2019, VOL. 48 NO. 22

PERFECT FIFTHS Fivebyfive brings fresh sounds to Rochester’s classical scene | MUSIC, PAGE 10

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Real reform for health care

The governor’s health-care proposal fails to make the most essential change we need: abolishing the private, for-profit insurance that drains so much money from health care.

Check the executive compensation, the profits, and the build-up of “reserves” to see where the money goes instead of for your health care. All the complexities of the proposal are eliminated by having the New York Health Act be the vehicle for financing health care. Not only is everyone covered for less, but costs for cities, towns, and counties (and your sales and property taxes) are reduced significantly.

Monroe County and Rochester will benefit financially, and so will taxpayers.

BILL MCCOY

Green actions

‘It ain’t easy being green’: Kermit the Frog was right in pointing this out – especially as it relates to the governor’s proposals to ban so-called single-use plastic bags and expand the bottle bill.

The governor believes that banning single-use plastic bags would promote recycling. Instead, recycling those bags is hurting recycling right now. People are putting them into recycling bins and carts, which is jamming up the sorting equipment at the 2 CITY

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state’s recycling centers, resulting in equipment shutdowns every day. Plastic bags and plastic wrap should go to a store drop-off bin, which is captured and recycled separately.

The plastic bags that should be banned are the trash bags used to capture yard waste – principally, leaves. The state’s commercial haulers and municipalities should insist on paper yard-waste bags or reusable containers. This will increase composting, which is another form of recycling.

Senator Todd Kaminsky from Long Island also wants a 10-cent surcharge on paper bags, which are made with recycled content and are recyclable. That’s foolish; more of this tonnage can be used to help make the paper bags.

The bottle bill, as proposed, would place the 5-cent deposit on fruit and vegetable drinks, which would both hurt farmers and further drive people toward drinks that health officials view as less healthy.

Instead, while the deposit should apply to all other single-serve drinks, a “New York Good Health Exemption” should be placed on plain milk and plain milkrelated products (which the proposal does); plain fruit and vegetable drinks (so farmers aren’t hurt); plain single-serve bottled water drinks. Plain water isn’t a discretionary drink, and these are necessary in an emergency.

Confusion, carelessness, and containerization are what’s hurting the state’s “green” efforts, both residentially and commercially. Prudent changes such as those mentioned above will help everyone to be “green,” rather than complicating matters further.

JEFF GOLDBLATT

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ANALYSIS | BY MARY ANNA TOWLER

Police, community, and the gap in trust City Council is considering major changes in the way Rochester handles civilian complaints about police conduct. Ideally, the revisions could improve public trust in the police, particularly among people of color. And that would help police.

That’s the hope of the legislation’s supporters, anyway. How police will feel about the change is another matter.

A deep gulf exists between the police officers’ union and City Council on issues related to police oversight, and between police and many people of color. Police point to the dangers they face on the job. People of color point not only to high-profile national cases of white police officers shooting unarmed black people but also to personal experience: being stopped and questioned as they walk in their own neighborhood, coaching their sons on how to respond to police questioning.

Underscoring their concern: local cases in which police officers have been accused of injuring black residents who had not committed a crime. Among the recent cases is that of Christopher Pate, who was stopped by two officers who thought he fit the description of a man they were looking for. Pate says he showed his identification, proving that he wasn’t the suspect, but the officers arrested him for disorderly conduct, handcuffed him, and beat him. The charges against Pate were dropped, but Pate says he suffered broken bones as a result of the beating. And in a rare move, the police chief suspended the officers, Michael Sippel and Spenser McAvoy, and referred the case to the district attorney.

A grand jury didn’t charge McAvoy, but Sippel is now awaiting trial on a misdemeanor assault charge.

Over the years, successive mayors and City Councils have tried to improve the way the city handles complaints about police, but the reforms have often amounted to little more than tinkering. In part, that’s because the officials have felt that state law and contracts with the Locust Club (the officers’ union) limit what they could do. Meantime, the city has continued to pay to settle civil suits involving police use of force – last year, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Currently, when someone files a complaint about a police officer’s conduct,

the Professional Standards Section of the Rochester Police Department does the investigation. The police chief makes the final decision about whether the officer’s actions are justified and what discipline is needed, if any. And almost no information about any of that is made public. The result is a complaint system that has fed distrust in the police in some parts of the community.

The legislation City Council is considering goes well beyond tinkering. If it passes – and withstands pushback from the police union – city residents will be heavily involved in the oversight of the police department. A nine-member, independent civilian board will be in charge of investigating complaints about police officer’s actions, and it will make decisions about discipline.

Council has been working on the legislation for more than a year, pushed by the reform group the Police Accountability Board Alliance, Council members’ own observations of problems, and stories they’ve been told by people in the community – “over and over,” says Council President Loretta Scott.

Council members have talked to police about those concerns, Scott says. They have not talked with the police union itself about the legislation, she says, because the Warren administration, not Council, negotiates with the union.

On WXXI’s “Connections” show last week,

Councilmembers Adam McFadden and Willie Lightfoot insisted that the legislation is not anti-police. “It’s anti-bad behavior,” said McFadden. Council hasn’t gotten the blessing of the Locust Club, though.

A recent WXXI interview with Mike Mazzeo, president of the police union, showed the depth of the divide. Over an hour and a half, he laid out his concerns about Council’s legislation with WXXI reporter James Brown.

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City grad rate rises again

The Rochester school district’s graduation rate for 2018 continued its trend of slowly inching upward, according to a State Education Department report. The graduation rate for students who entered the district as freshmen in 2014 and graduated last June was 53.5 percent, up from 51.9 percent the year before.

When students who graduated in August are included, the district’s graduation rate was 59.3 percent.

The district made gains across the board when August graduation rates are included. The rate for black students was 59.7 percent, up from 58.6 percent; for English language learners, it was 26.7 percent, up from 24.8 percent; for Hispanic students, it was 55 percent, up from 51.6 percent; and for students with disabilities, it was 41.7 percent, up from 36.4 percent.

White students had the highest graduation rate: 67.3 percent, up from 60.

6 percent.

East Upper High School showed the biggest gains in graduation rates of any high school, going up to 52 percent in 2018 from 39 percent in 2017.

Although the trend is generally good, with a graduation rate that’s headed in the right

direction, a closer look at data involving city school students still shows significant challenges in improving academic performance. Of 2,042 high school students in 2018, 258 were English language learners, 432 were students with disabilities, and 1,725 were economically disadvantaged.

At Brighton High School, in comparison, 268 students graduated in 2018, and the graduation rate was 94 percent. There were no English language learners, 39 students were reported to have disabilities, and 48 students were economically disadvantaged.

The State Education Department does offer different paths to graduation, and students can earn a “local” diploma instead of the more rigorous Regents and Advanced Regents diplomas.

That raises questions about graduation data in urban districts like Rochester. For instance, 70 percent of the Brighton students graduated with an advanced Regents diploma. In city high schools, students earning an advanced Regents diploma are the exception, and the percentage of students with that diploma is usually in the single digits.

And though the dropout rate continues to decrease in city schools, it’s still above 18 percent.

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News POLITICS | BY JEREMY MOULE

Bello candidacy may pay off for Dems

County Clerk Adam Bello is seeking Democrats designation to run for county executive.

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County Clerk Adam Bello is running for county executive, a development that’ll shock hardly anyone following local politics.

Bello has risen through the local Democratic party, serving on the staff of then-Assembly member Joe Morelle’s, working as the top staff member at party headquarters, twice winning election to the Irondequoit town supervisor’s job, and then getting appointed to serve as Monroe County clerk, a position voters subsequently elected him to.

He’s said little about his run for county exec, except to acknowledge it. He has appeared before several suburban and city Democratic committees, and some have said he got their designation. The county committee will have its full designating convention on February 13, and it’ll likely put its weight behind Bello.

Democrats haven’t held the county exec seat since 1991, when Tom Frey lost his reelection bid after serving one term. And Bello may provide the party with its best

chance at the county exec seat since Rochester Mayor William Johnson’s unsuccessful run in 2003.

Bello has shown that not only can he run a county-wide campaign, but that he can win. In the 2016 clerk’s race, his opponent wasn’t as well known as County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, the Republican he’ll probably face off against. But Bello has maintained a steady public presence over the past two-plus years, which will help him compete.

He also appears to have broad support within the party, and members seem generally enthusiastic about his run. Democrats also have a sizeable enrollment advantage in Monroe County, though traditionally Republicans have been better at turning voters out. But if Democrats remain as energized as they were in 2018, Bello and the party may finally benefit from that edge.

The Upstate-Downstate Housing Alliance, a coalition that includes Rochester’s City-Wide Tenant Union, has launched the Housing Justice for All agenda and campaign. The groups are urging state lawmakers to pass several bills that they say will address New York’s housing “affordability crisis.”

HOUSING | BY JEREMY MOULE

Campaign targets statewide housing reforms Last week, as temperatures in the Rochester area plunged below 0, the area’s homeless shelters faced a problem they’ve had in the past: a problem of demand. When it’s too cold to be outside for an extended period, the shelters see a surge of people seeking a place to stay. Staff spend many of those evenings trying to find people beds somewhere in the county.

But the overflow demand at Rochester’s homeless shelters is symptomatic of a greater problem, says Ryan Acuff, a housing activist and organizer with the City-Wide Tenant Union, an organization that primarily represents renters in several Rochester lowincome apartment complexes.

Monroe County’s homeless population rose 18 percent between 2010 and 2017, according to federal Department of Housing and Urban Development data.

That’s a trend Acuff and other advocates attribute to a web of interrelated issues, some of which deal directly with housing costs: sudden rent increases that drive people out of their apartments, people being pushed out of their apartments when they’ve done nothing wrong, inadequate public assistance for rent, and others.

And those are just some of the issues at the center of the statewide Housing Justice for All campaign, which the City-Wide Tenant Union is active in. The campaign

is the work of a statewide coalition, the Upstate-Downstate Housing Alliance, which is focused on getting lawmakers to pass several bills the groups say will address New York’s housing “affordability crisis.”

Acuff says five items on the Housing Justice for All campaign’s agenda are of particular interest to Rochester and Upstate housing activists: • Expanding the rent-stabilization laws that cover downstate so that they apply to all of New York. The current laws expire this year, and as advocates push for their renewal and reform, they’ll also urge legislators to include provisions that let upstate cities, towns, and villages opt in to the rent control laws.

• Requiring landlords to have a good cause, such as failing to pay rent or damaging property, when they evict tenants. Landlords can currently tell month-to-month renters that they have to clear out of their apartments for any reason, as long as they give tenants 30 days’ notice. Landlords can also refuse to renew leases as long as they notify tenants 30 days in advance of the leases’ end. That creates several problematic situations, Acuff says. Some landlords retaliate this way when tenants complain about conditions or ask for repairs, he says. Other times, someone buys the building and the new landlord pushes

tenants out to upgrade the apartments and charge higher rents, he says.

• Giving tenants the right to take landlords to court to compel repairs. Acuff says the idea has wide support in Albany.

• Raising the amount of a state housing assistance grant that the Ryan Acuff, a housing activist and organizer coalition says hasn’t FILE PHOTO kept pace with rents.

The group is also major step forward in housing in the state” backing a bill that’s been around for several this year. Democratic control in Albany is years that would tie the amount of the one factor, since many of the lawmakers grants to rent costs, Acuff says. support at least some of the measures. And • Ending the use of rigid durational a few of the new Democratic members ran sanctions against recipients of public benefits. on housing issues.

Under current law, people can be sanctioned Previously, Senate Republican leaders and cut off from benefits for a fixed period of prevented progress on crucial housing time due to any of several infractions, such affordability issues, Acuff says. And the as missing even a day of work, failing a drug expiration of the rent control laws, which test, or missing an appointment. The benefits are a major issue in New York City, adds should be restored when a person goes back urgency to at least some of the Housing into compliance, Acuff says.

Justice for All agenda.

Acuff says he and other housing activists Democrats “can’t blame the other party across the state see the potential to make “a anymore,” Acuff says.

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In an interview with WXXI, Locust Club President Mike Mazzeo laid out the reasons the union opposes City Council’s draft legislation.

PHOTO BY DENISE YOUNG, WXXI

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Mazzeo agreed that the current system needs changing, but for the most part, he wasn’t talking about the kinds of changes Council is proposing. And he opposes what Council is considering. Police officers have to be involved in planning any changes, and they haven’t been, he said. And, he said, Council has rushed into its legislation.

“How is it not rushed,” he said, “if the Council has already written legislation, but they have not once sat down with us? They’ve not brought us into a discussion in any way.”

“No matter what anybody may perceive, or feel, we need to have conversations,” he said.

“We need to have the ability to exchange ideas, concerns, opinions, and insight to this matter.”

“Certainly you would expect them to want to hear insight from the police union who represent the police officers,” Mazzeo said.

“We’re not trying to defend somebody who is undefendable,” Mazzeo said. But, he said, police are “unique.” “Different.” And, he said, many people don’t understand the complexity and the challenges of a police officer’s job.

“It’s a very, very difficult job out there,” Mazzeo said, and he related a recent case when 13 officers responded after a man shot three people, led officers on a high-speed chase across the city, and was apparently planning to kill more people.

“The reality of what we faced and what’s faced out there every day: It’s a very, very – potentially can be a very, very violent environment,” Mazzeo said.

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“When people talk about Baltimore, and Ferguson,” he said, “I talk about what’s going around the country that’s leading to police officers being shot, and ambushed.”

“Has anyone asked over the period of time how many police officers have been assaulted?”

Mazzeo said. “How many police officers have been hospitalized? How many police officers have been medically retired, because of actions they took as a police officer?”

“There’s no police officer, I don’t care who you talk to in this city, that wants to get into a use of force,” Mazzeo said.

“Nobody wants to get hurt, number one, and nobody wants to be put through the scrutiny and the public and media hype that occurs without any due process.

Because all they see is a 10-second video clip, or a cellphone camera, and everybody draws the answer and the conclusion.”

Mazzeo also said he thinks Council doesn’t realize what it’s getting into, how timeconsuming the investigation process is. A board composed of volunteers and a staff with one or two investigators won’t be able to handle the number of cases they’ll be dealing with, he said.

City Council’s legislation is bold,

particularly in moving discipline authority from the police chief to an independent civilian board. Mayor Lovely Warren is convinced that state law and the police union contract prohibit that change, and she has proposed her own legislation – which Council is sitting on – that keeps that responsibility with the police chief.

Warren is convinced that if Council takes that step, the union will sue.

Council recognizes that possibility. But, Scott said recently, “We can’t not do this out of fear of being sued.”

In his interview with WXXI, Mazzeo had this response: “Everyone and their brother said that we intend to sue. We would like to avoid taking... Listen, if we have to take a legal action to protect the rights and the due process of our officers, we’re going to have to take whatever action we feel is appropriate.

That’s why we keep saying, ‘Why don’t we take this thing apart and do this correctly and then we may not get to this point in time.’”

Mazzeo noted that both Council’s legislation and the mayor’s have the Police Accountability Board involved in police policy and training. Because those are covered in collective bargaining, he said, the union “would have to have to be a part of that.”

Supporters of a police accountability board

have argued that reform could help rebuild the community’s trust in police. During the WXXI interview, Mazzeo addressed the issue of trust several times, but from police officers’ perspective. Officers don’t trust even the current system of investigating their conduct, Mazzeo said.

Police officers need to be involved in reforming the system, he said, because they have to buy into it. And Mazzeo brought up the possibility that officers might be reluctant to respond to calls because, he said, of concern about the oversight system.

“When you say buy into it, it is a law, right?” asked WXXI’s James Brown. “You’re a law enforcement officer. If this were passed, what would not buying into this look like?

“I took a phone call this morning from a member who had a concern,” Mazzeo said, “and I think what his concern was is exactly what our concerns would be on this if they didn’t have trust or belief that the system was fair. They’re going to feel that ‘If I take an action, I am going to be unfairly scrutinized for the action. I could lose my job. If I’m not suspended for an ungodly period of time where I can’t make my mortgage payment, I could then lose my job, or I could end up in jail or prison over it. So I’m not going to take this action.’”

“If they don’t take certain actions,” Mazzeo said, “then public safety is going to be affected in the city.” Officers often have names of people the RPD is trying to locate and arrest, he said. “Our officers have to go out and find them.”

“Sometimes,” he said, “it’s as simple as, you’re driving by and you’re aware and you know the individual, or you recognize the individual. Now the officer says, ‘Do I step out of the car and approach that person?

What if it leads to some confrontation or action and I lose everything over it? So, I’m just going to drive by.’”

What about the rights of the victim in that particular crime? Mazzeo said.

“What if that Wanted person commits another crime or kills someone?”

Near the end of the interview, WXXI pressed Mazzeo again on the kind of reform he would suggest. And Mazzeo again talked about the need for investigators to understand the challenges officers face, and the difficulty of training someone to understand the challenges. “Listen,” he said, “just to throw out something: Why wouldn’t you maybe say, ‘Well, maybe an investigative team then. You might want to have a law enforcement officer and maybe a civilian.

They can both check and balance each other.’ Has anyone talked about that? Has anyone brought that to anyone’s attention?

No. Let’s just throw the cake together.”

‘So in your ideal board,” said Brown, “there would be essentially as many civilians as law enforcement officers?

“No, James,” Mazzeo said. “I’m throwing out an answer. I don’t know.

I honestly don’t know. I honestly don’t know what the best way is. I think it’s going to take the meetings of minds to determine that. We haven’t had that.”

After decades of protests and decades of attempts at reform, it’s hard to think that there can be a meeting of the minds.

City Council is continuing to seek public comments and could modify the current version of its legislation, although Scott says she doesn’t anticipate major changes. Council probably won’t vote on a final version until at least its March meeting, Scott says. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)

Confessions and truth

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The University of Rochester Humanities Center will present “Extracted Evidence: False Confession and Testimonial Injustice,” a lecture by Jennifer Lackey, on Thursday, February 7. Lackey is professor of philosophy at Northwestern University and has studied punishment and false confessions. False confessions aren’t rare, according to the Innocence Project, and they stop further investigation into the truth.

Lackey will speak at the UR’s Rush Rhees Library, at 5 p.m.

Attica inmates tell their story

The activist group Enough is Enough will present the documentary film “Attica” on Saturday, February 9.

The film tells the story of the 1971 prisoner uprising and is presented from the point of view of the prisoners. Protesting overcrowding and other conditions, inmates held 35 guards hostage. State law enforcement officers’ attempt to regain control of the prison resulted in the death of 43 inmates and guards in the process.

The film will be shown at Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince Street, at 2 p.m. Tickets:$5.

Stigmatizing migrants

The Rochester Committee on Latin America will present “A Perspective on the Migrant Caravan: Religion, Civil Society, and the Politics of Naming,” on Wednesday, February 8. Martha Balaguera, assistant professor of political science at University of Toronto-Mississauga, will discuss the politics of stigmatizing migrant movements and displacement, as well as the history of migrants crossing the southern Mexico border to come to the US. The event will be held at Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 North Fitzhugh Street, at 7 p.m.

Dining & Nightlife

A turkey burger with the works and chocolate milkshake at Zoc’s Gourmet Burgers and Shakes. PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH

Comfort food on Chili Ave Zoc’s Gourmet Burgers and Shakes 975 CHILI AVENUE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NOON TO 9 P.M.; SATURDAY, NOON TO 6 P.M. 287-5269; FACEBOOK.COM/ZOCSBURGERS [ REVIEW ] BY CHRIS THOMPSON

“No ‘polar vortex’ is going to keep ME from shakes and burgers!” That was my thought last week as I drove up Main Street, heading toward Zoc’s Gourmet Burgers and Shakes.

How dare a severe weather front think it can overpower me? I have an all-wheel drive sedan and an empty stomach. I am unstoppable!

Unfortunately, they were closed due to the severe weather conditions, which is wise, considering the wind chill and poor driving conditions. “You win this round, The Weather.

But I’ll be back!” I thought.

Upon returning the following evening, I was able to take in the restaurant’s environment.

From the outside, Zoc’s looks like a physically elevated cottage bistro. The interior reminds me of one of New York City’s many small restaurants that you just come upon while looking for a quick meal. It looks like the type of place I would take someone who is about to get a burger from a chain fast food place, but you prevent their gastronomic error by saying, “You want a REAL burger? I’LL show you where to get a REAL burger!”

Zoc’s dining room is a cool light grey, complete with a hearth and fireplace. An adjacent counter features a few games for families eating in. The walls are decorated with bright pieces from local artist Fleezy. There are four small tables that can each seat four people, a high top table, and a few stools at large window facing the street (that I imagine will be “my” spot in the summer months). The item that first caught my attention, though, was the flat screen television playing Black Panther.

That’s what made me think, “This is home.”

I was happy to see Zoc’s open and ready for business after the harsh weather, and business was apparently good. By the time I arrived, they

had run out of a few sides and specialty burgers, but fortunately, I had my eyes and stomach set on a chocolate shake ($4.49) and turkey burger ($5.99). Despite being inundated with GrubHub orders, I got my burger and shake in no time. The shake was almost overflowing from its cup, so it’s safe to say they aren’t sparing with their portions.

I do not recall having a turkey burger that was so juicy and full of flavor. It had a hint of Old Bay in it that triggered fond memories of my hometown of Baltimore, and lightly sautéed onions, which created a mild flavor that complemented the peppery turkey taste.

There was also a house-made sweet-spicy sauce usually used for Zoc’s chicken Philly sandwich that I dabbed on the sandwich. It’s hard to describe the sauce flavor without again getting nostalgic about Baltimore and DC, because it brought me back to when I’d take an hour trip to NW DC for the sole purpose of getting chicken boxes smothered in mambo sauce.

Zaaqi Johnson, AKA Zoc, is the restaurant’s 31-year-old owner. His culinary prowess gave me so many memories of my old home, I had

to ask if he was from the Baltimore-DC Metro area. But he’s a Rochester native. After working as a line cook in a few places in East Rochester, he decided that he wanted to run his own restaurant, partially because he felt the drag we all feel occasionally when working for others with little satisfaction, but most importantly so that he would be able to spend more time raising his child.

When the space on Chili Avenue became available for lease, Johnson jumped at the chance to strike out on his own and has been working hard ever since.

You might think it’s far out because of its Chili Avenue address, but Zoc’s is close to everything — it’s only 10 minutes from College Town, the South Wedge, Park Avenue, and Corn Hill. The menu is more diverse and dynamic than just burgers and shakes: wings, po’ boys, Philly steaks, veggie burgers, custom fries, and quesadillas are all available. And besides the specialty burgers, you can also customize your own. No matter what your interest is, you cannot go wrong for comfort food at Zoc’s. rochestercitynewspaper.com

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Fivebyf ive brings fresh sounds to Rochester’s classical scene MUSIC | BY DAVID RAYMOND PHOTOS | RYAN WILLIAMSON

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During an afternoon rehearsal in early January, the music on the stands of the members of fivebyfive is David Lang’s “Sweet Air.” The ensemble is rehearsing the piece for an upcoming concert, and as it happens, that title is an ideal, two-word description of this contemporary classical chamber ensemble’s sound.

Since its formation in 2015, Rochester’s fivebyfive has sounded and acted like a “downtown,” New York City-based new music ensemble – not only through its repertoire, but also as the catalyst for many exciting artistic collaborations with everyone from dancers and school kids to video artists and a vintage clothing store. A fivebyfive performance has the collaborative spirit of chamber music and the welcoming sound of camaraderie. And you can, occasionally, dance to it.

Fivebyfive is, of course, a quintet: Laura Lentz on flute; Marcy D. Bacon, clarinet; Sungmin Shin on electric guitar; Haeyeun Jeun, piano; and Eric J. Polenik on double bass. If any of their names sound familiar, it’s because each fivebyfive member has a busy career of teaching and freelance performing with local musical organizations.

After eight years of performing in Italy, Lentz now teaches at Rochester Institute of Technology and at her private studio. Bacon teaches at Nazareth College and Hochstein School of Music, and performs in the Wilmot and Fem Vindar wind quintets. Shin, a member of the Tantalus Guitar Quartet, teaches classical and electric guitar at Eastman Community Music School, Music & Arts in Pittsford, SUNY Buffalo, and at his home studio. Jeun, who won a silver medal at the 2013 Seattle International Piano Competition, teaches at Finger Lakes Community College and is organist and accompanist at Greece United Methodist Church. Once a member of the contemporary chamber group Gibbs and Main, Polenik has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra since 2005 and is a regular musician with Rochester Oratorio Society.

2018 was a breakthrough year for fivebyfive, with outstanding collaborative performances at the Rochester Fringe Festival, Visual Studies Workshop, and local high schools. The group was also heard on WXXIFM’s “Backstage Pass” in November, with a return visit to the radio station’s noontime concert series “Live from Hochstein” on Wednesday, May 15.

Fivebyfive has a couple of exciting collaborations with the Memorial Art Gallery in the works, including a performance scheduled for Thursday, February 21 with banjo player Ben Proctor of local Americana band The Crooked North, as part of the gallery’s DeTOUR series. The concert will give a taste

Laura Lentz

of fivebyfive, playing some favorite pieces from its repertoire, in an “immersive arts experience” matched to specific artworks at the MAG. And there are several more exciting concerts in store this year, one of which will feature the local premiere of a major contemporary piece, “Rounder Songs.”

Fivebyfive is a Rochester success story, but also an example of a recently-formed classical ensemble that can get noticed despite the challenge of connecting with highly fragmented audiences. The group’s success is due not only to its musical excellence – there are lots of excellent local musicians – but also its imagination and ability to adapt to a highly competitive musical scene.

Unless you are one of very few musicians who can perform in a top-ranked orchestra or opera company, or one of very, very few who can have a thriving solo career, you’ll need to diversify, to bring your art to segments of the public who have little familiarity with classical music. If musicians want a performing career after they leave the conservatory, they have to hit the ground running, with a willingness to leave the safety of the concert hall for different audiences in different spaces.

The inspiration for fivebyfive came from two major contemporary music ensembles. In 2015, Laura Lentz heard the band Victoire, led by Missy Mazzoli, a composer best known for her chamber opera “Song from the Uproar.” Lentz was inspired to start an ensemble of her own, drawing from the instrumentation and aesthetics of another well-regarded group, the NOW Ensemble.

According to Sungmin Shin, fivebyfive started out by “adopting NOW’s entire instrumental repertoire,” with the same instrumentation of flute, clarinet, electric guitar, string bass, and piano. This was a solid start, since NOW’s repertoire included works by contemporary classical music heroes like Meredith Monk and Philip Glass, among others.

Sungmin Shin

At the beginning, fivebyfive borrowed music written for NOW Ensemble, by such young, rising composers as Mazzoli, Judd Greenstein, Patrick Burke, and Andrea Mazzariello, along with iconic figures such as Pauline Oliveros and Astor Piazzolla.

Many of these pieces were arranged by Eric J. Polenik, who is also a composer. “’No one’s told us ‘No, you can’t,’” Polenik says, but he adds that some composers are very hands-on with their music and want to see and hear the results.

Fivebyfive’s sound is unusual, but also appealing and surprisingly versatile. It’s airy but not weightless, solid but not heavy. In a piece like Missy Mazzoli’s “Magic from Household Objects,” the interplay of flute and clarinet creates a top layer of aerated sound. Somewhat unusually for a new music ensemble, there is no percussion. The bass and piano give the music solid harmonic and rhythmic underpinnings, as does the electric guitar, which in Shin’s words, occasionally “changes the color scheme” through the use of different pedals.

The ensemble’s music can be enigmatic and elusive, with a hypnotic edge due to its connections to so many different musical styles: not just classical music but also indie rock, pop, minimalism, and jazz. That eclecticism appeals to fivebyfive’s musicians.

“The music speaks to us,” Polenik says, “and because of that, it resonates with our audiences. It’s music that meets people halfway. They don’t have to study it to enjoy it. These composers often use techniques and harmonies picked up from pop music.

It’s a language we hear every day and that we understand.”

Fivebyfive is now adding its own contributions to the repertoire. One of the ensemble’s current projects is a call for new scores. The selected composers will be announced this April.

The ensemble reaches out to local composers as well: Marc Webster, an Eastman School of Music alumnus and owner of Blue on Blue Recording Studio in Rochester, wrote a playful,

Marcy D. Bacon

semi-improvisatory piece called “Hacky Sack” for fivebyfive; Glenn McClure, a SUNY Geneseo professor, is writing a piece tentatively called “What Lies Beneath,” – inspired by Hawaiian volcanoes – for the group’s Hochstein Performance Hall concert in May. A fivebyfive specialty is what the members refer to as “crosspollination”: fruitful artistic collaboration with other artistic groups, and even a few local businesses, in which the music is one aspect of the whole performance – which sometimes takes place in unexpected spaces.

One of the ensemble’s most successful partnerships has been with local dance company Biodance. “Aria,” a collaboration with Biodance performed at the Lyric Theatre, was one of the hits of the 2018 Rochester Fringe Festival.

“Source of Light”, performed at the Visual Studies Workshop in December, interpreted music by three prominent women composers. For a concert last April called “Nice Boots,” named after a Jascha Narveson piece on the program, fivebyfive partnered with the vintage clothing store The Op Shop, which offered a pop-up shop during the intermission.

Besides its upcoming concert this month at the Memorial Art Gallery, the group has begun work on an ambitious performance scheduled at the MAG for February 2020, inspired by the stained glass art of Judith Schaechter. One of Schaechter’s pieces in the MAG collection, “The Battle of Carnival and Lent,” fascinated Laura Lentz, who brought the other members to see it. This led to the idea of commissioning four pieces from composers all over the United States – Edie Hill, Jung Sun Kang, Andrea Mazzariello, and Jonathan Russell. The composers will visit Rochester during the fall of 2019 for open rehearsals at MAG, and the music will be premiered and professionally recorded, in February 2020, during an exhibition of Schaechter’s work. rochestercitynewspaper.com CITY 11

Haeyeun Jeun

Sunday, April 7 brings a fivebyfive concert entitled “Sweet Air,” highlighted by the Rochester premiere of “Rounder Songs,” a 2016 song cycle by Emily Pinkerton and NOW Ensemble member Patrick Burke. Written for voice, banjo, and chamber ensemble, “Rounder Songs” draws on songs and legends of Appalachian “rounders,” rural drifters ranging from shifty to murderous.

The haunting musical material sounds like the soundtrack of an imaginary Coen Brothers movie, combining old-time American folk music with contemporary post-minimalism. This is another wide-ranging collaboration, including media projections by W. Michelle Harris and refreshments from Sinful Sweets. And again, the venue is a bit unexpected: the Rochester Academy of Medicine.

Performing in schools has been an integral part of fivebyfive’s mission from the beginning. Starting in April 2016 at Canandaigua Academy, the group has performed at East High School, Edison Career and Technology High School, Twelve Corners Middle School, Allendale Columbia School, and elsewhere, for students ranging in age from kindergarteners to high school seniors. On March 14, they’ll join School 19 students at the Church of Love Faith Center to take part in a program called “Strings for Success,” performing music by Marc Webster.

As fivebyfive’s level of expertise with young musicians has grown, so have the educational opportunities. The group often invites students to perform with them. At a couple of schools, fivebyfive has given the students the challenge of improvising their own musical work.

“We’ll rehearse with them two or three times before the performance, coming up with cues of how to start and how to finish,” Lentz says. “We want the kids to see that chamber music is also today’s music. And we want them to feel ownership of the music, too. We have them onstage with us, and we ask for their ideas.”

The group sees these presentations as not just “educational concerts,” but something more: a path to awakening musical creativity in young people. “If kids get the opportunity to play and to create their own music, that can have a very long-lasting effect,” Lentz says. She recently ran into a student in a drugstore who had been a drummer in one of their school gigs: “He told me, ‘Now I’m doing my own composing and scoring.’”

So far, fivebyfive has had a brief but lively career in a challenging musical environment. And the ensemble has advice for groups that are just starting out. “Find people who respect and enjoy the music as much as you do,” Marcy D. Bacon says. “Before we started fivebyfive, we knew of each other, but had never performed together.

Our love of the music bonded us.”

“You have to be dedicated – it’ll be a lot more work than you thought,” Lentz says.

“And when you make your – ERIC J. POLENIK OF FIVEBYFIVE first budget,” she laughs, “quadruple it.” In Sungmin Shin’s words, “We’re not quite what we originally expected to be. We’ve had many ups and downs, but we continue to evolve and grow.”

“Strategic planning is important,” Polenik says. “We’ve confirmed a plan, with one new project each year. We’ll continue to focus on audience-building and commissioning new music.”

“We’re all dynamic personalities,” Shin adds. “Rehearsals are not always easy, and sometimes we don’t agree. But he says that fivebyfive’s mission will always remain the same: exemplifying “the collective spirit and creativity of modern chamber music.”

“The music speaks to us, and because of that, it resonates with our audiences. It’s music that meets people half-way.

They don’t have to study it to enjoy it. These composers often use techniques and harmonies picked up from pop music.

It’s a language we hear every day and that we understand.”

Eric J. Polenik

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Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Wednesday, June 26. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.

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RPO with Angelo Xiang Yu THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 8 P.M. KODAK HALL AT EASTMAN THEATRE, 26 GIBBS STREET $24-$106 | RPO.ORG; ANGELOVIOLIN.COM [ CLASSICAL ] Whenever Christopher Seaman returns

to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, audiences can expect time-tested interpretations of symphonic classics.

This week is no different, as Seaman turns to the familiar, beloved “Enigma Variations,” by the English composer Edward Elgar. The program also includes the melodic charm of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, featuring as soloist Angelo Xiang Yu in his first RPO performances.

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Faergolzia, is about to hit the road again for an eleven-day tour with his band Multibird. Faergolzia is a sonic shepherd devoted to pursuing the muse and shaking things up, and Multibird’s new formation – with Shaun Jones on electric guitar, Emily DiPaola on trumpet and percussion, and Luke Cornwell on bass – brings that kinetic energy to another level. Longtime Faergolzia fans can enjoy a more collaborative, straight-forward, and happy folk experience than previous projects like Dufus. Multibird performs whimsical folk rock sing-a-longs in a positive, communal setting.

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Christian Howes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 PENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, 25 HIGH SCHOOL DRIVE 7:30 P.M. | $12-$18 | PHSMUSIC.BOOKTIX.COM; CHRISTIANHOWES.COM [ JAZZ ] Over the last five decades, Penfield Central School District

has hosted an impressive array of guest jazz luminaries to teach and perform with its students. The 49th Annual Penfield Jazz Fundraiser Concerts will feature electric jazz violinist Christian Howes. A winner of numerous awards and jazz polls, Howes plays the violin with the freedom of an electric guitarist. He’s also been known to use a variety of samples, constructing his accompaniment as he plays. At his two concerts, Howes will be joined on stage by a variety of Penfield student ensembles.

— BY RON NETSKY

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Ryan Yarmel & Hotel Cadillac, The Sugargliders, Madeleine McQueen. Abilene, 153 Liberty

There’s something infectious about Boy Jr. Onewoman band Erica Allen-Lubman has recently released two singles that complement each other like salty and sweet.

The first single “It’s Enough,” released this past November, is a driving, gnarled opus with riffs for days and vocal hooks for weeks. The sound verges on punk with all the shimmering glamour of 80’s dream-pop. The vocals – reminiscent of the great Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders – snarl and warble around syncopated drum machine beats and angular guitars.

Released a month later, the second single “Anyway” is more simple and straight from the shoulder. The song is coated in syrupy nostalgia, reinforced by tried-andtrue themes of young love and yearning. Hooky guitars stick to Allen-Lubman’s voice with ease, making “Anyway” very different from – and somehow the perfect reflector to –its predecessor.

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Old Fame ‘Old Fame’ Self-released oldfame.bandcamp.com

Has a Rochester band ever come up with a better post-rock opener than “No Pain”? For the first two minutes, the first track from Old Fame’s self-titled debut EP launches guitar, bass and drums into a trance-like, mid-tempo stride.

Then, in the final two minutes, the song pushes to stratospheric heights, taking the listener on a stoner-prog journey.

If the music seems to go everywhere at once, it’s because Old Fame’s mercurial sound reflects the emotionally-charged lyrical content. The varied themes - addiction, resilience, mental illness, family, and religion - are all interwoven. The quartet’s lo-fi studio approach doesn’t detract: It pairs rather well with the songwriting, vocal delivery, and urgency of lead singer Ben Armes, who makes the band punch above its weight class.

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315-3003. 7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Kodak Hall at

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Hot Lips & Sweet Bites for your Valentine

Periodic Table of Elephants – (L to R) Sean Scanlon on drums, Jason Pariseau on vocals and guitar, and Greg Horton on bass – plays it loud and heavy. PHOTO BY KRIT UPRA

The elephant in the room [ FEATURE ] BY FRANK DE BLASE

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So there I stood amid the beer-guzzlin’ hoi polloi on a random Saturday night, soaking in the sights and sounds at Three Heads Brewing. The joint was jumpin’, the joint was packed. The windows were beginning to steam up. Somebody let fly with an enthusiastic scream. It was going to be a good night.

Rochester trio Periodic Table of Elephants – Sean Scanlon, drums, Jason Pariseau on vocals and guitar, and Greg Horton, Bass – was on the bill. The band took to the stage with little-to-no fanfare and proceeded to grind out its trade. The sound had a heavy, 90’s-rock slant to it as the band dug deeper and deeper into its guitar-centric groove. The crowd picked up on the mounting energy, unaware of the moral dilemma: specifically, bassist Greg Horton’s internal conflict between his job

as an audiologist and his gig as a loud, bass-slinging rock ‘n’ roller.

But aren’t all bands too loud? That’s the nature of the plugged-in beast. Just how many Rochester bands are guilty of copping to dangerous levels?

Horton weighs in.

“Probably 100 percent,” he says. “Even, for example, a bluegrass band that doesn’t have a drummer: prolonged exposure to any instrument – amplified or not – if it’s loud enough it can cause permanent hearing loss.” According to Horton, nobody is safe.

“Certain bands may not cause damage to their audience but with the band members, it can happen cumulatively,” Horton says. That’s why Periodic Table of Elephants passes out free earplugs at shows.

But enough palaver on this aural slaughter: I’m here to talk about Periodic

Table of Elephants, a band born from a bucket-list wish to play rock ‘n’ roll on a stage.

“Jason confessed to me that he’d been writing songs and playing guitar for years, says Horton. “And nobody had heard him.

He had a dream of playing live in a band, just once.”

Horton first kibitzed with Scanlon. “I asked him if he wanted to make some noise in this thing, “Horton says. “He said, ‘Yeah.’

I turned to Jason and said ‘You’ve got a band.

Come show me some songs.’ ” Though restricted to the rudiments of the music, Pariseau was heavily influenced by the 1990’s. “We’re all kids of the 90’s,” he says.

“I taught myself by reading the tablature in the back of a guitar magazine. I learned a handful of songs. It came really quickly and I wasn’t getting any enjoyment.”

Pariseau’s rocks were still on. “So I started writing,” he says. The band says it didn’t set out to write music to sound like it was from the 90’s.

“It’s just that’s the kind of music that was happening when we were first getting into music: heavy alternative, punk, and hardcore,” Scanlon says. “Your influences come through whether you want them to or not. But I think our songwriting has definitely gotten more mature. We’re sounding less like we’re wearing our influences on our sleeve.”

At this point, Pariseau says the plan is for one more record to join the band’s EP “Henry,” and one eponymous live record on the shelves. After that, it’s anyone’s guess.

“We’re all in our 40’s,” he says. “I want put out one more album, put all my energy and effort behind it. And if it goes nowhere, that’s fine. It’s hard to see the three of us not playing together in one way, shape, or form.”

As the band continues to grow, priorities have shifted some. The dudes abide. “I gave up the rock ‘n’ roll dream a long time ago,” Scanlon says.

“None of us have any delusions of grandeur with this band, trying to make it,” Horton says.

“We don’t fit in the Rochester scene at all,” Pariseau says. “But everyone seems to welcome us.”

Scanlon jumps in. “I think they endure us, more than anything,” he says.

For more information on Period Table of Elephants, go to facebook.com/PTOEBand.

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Big Blue House. Little Theatre

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Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

SUNY Geneseo Wind Ensemble, Fairport High School. Wadsworth Auditorium at SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle. Geneseo. 245-5824.

8 p.m.

JAZZ

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Hanna PK. Via Girasole Wine

Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford.

641-0340. 7 p.m.

Levi Gangi. The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St. Honeoye Falls.

582-1830. 6:30 p.m.

POP/ROCK

Angelo Rose & The Good Trip Band. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 6 p.m.

Get the Led Out. Anthology, 336 East Ave. 484-1964.

8:30 p.m. $27-$32.

PHOTO BY ANDREW JOULES

BLUES | SWAMPCANDY

Maryland’s Swampcandy is a band that mirrors my current paleo diet. Check this out: It allows me to eat fried chicken and fry that chicken in bacon grease. And I’ve found a way to keep chocolate in there as well. Word. Swampcandy comes at its music with the savage stomp and holler of early blues. It’s a punch to the guts. It’s primal. It’s ugly, it’s low-down, and like that fried chicken, it’s nice and greasy. You won’t leave hungry.

Mikey C and Chuck DeRose.

Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090. 9 p.m.

The Phatkats. Pane Vino, 175 N. Water St. 232-6090. 7 p.m.

Ziggy Stardust Murphy Residency show. Three Heads

Swampcandy plays along with Skribe on Thursday, February 7, 8 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way. $8.

232-3230. abilenebarandlounge.com; swampcandy.com.

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[ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Bryan Ayers. Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 W Main St. Lima.

624-2080. 8 p.m.

Charles Emanuel. Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup. com. 8 p.m.

Fish Bob. The Greenhouse Café, 2271 E. Main St. 270-8603.

7 p.m.

Mike Powell & The Black River Band. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230. 9:30 p.m. $8.

BLUES

Noah Moses. B-Side, 5

Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 5 p.m.

Steve Grills & The Roadmasters. B-Side, 5

Liftbridge Lane. Fairport.

315-3003. 8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Rochester Oratorio Society.

Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 N. Plymouth Ave. 454-4596. hochstein.org.

7:30 p.m.

Telos Trio. Cobblestone Theatre, 1622 State Rte 332. Farmington.

398-0220. 12:15 p.m.

Wan-Ling Chuang, double bass.

Doty Recital Hall, 1 College Circle. Geneseo. 245-5824.

7:30 p.m.

JAZZ

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30-10 p.m.

METAL

Sulaco, Waldhexen, Necrostalker. Rosen Krown, 875 Monroe Ave. 271-7050. 9 p.m.

POP/ROCK

Anonymous Willpower.

Johnny’s Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990. 8:30 p.m.

Aweful Kanawful, Low Spirits.

Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave. lux666.com. 9 p.m. $5.

Benjamin Sheridan & The Finer Things. Three Heads

Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224.

8 p.m. $5.

The Byways. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

8 p.m.

Dave Riccioni & Friends. M’s 4300 Bar & Grill, 4300 Culver Road. 467-2750. 6-9 p.m.

Dead Night with Otter Space Wranglers. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m.

Jan the Actress, Bobs, Chimes of Bayonets, House Majority.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 9 p.m. $6.

Lyin’ Eyes Eagles Tribute Band. Sticky Lips BBQ Juke

Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd. 2925544.

8:45 p.m. $5.

Marco Amadio. Pane Vino, 175 N. Water St. 232-6090.

6:30 p.m.

Otter Space Wranglers.

Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave. 232-6000. 10 p.m.

The Pearlz Band. Cottage Hotel of Mendon, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd. Mendon.

624-1390. 8 p.m.

R&B/ SOUL Chaz Bruce. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 4510047. 8 p.m. James Brown tribute. $20.

REGGAE/JAM

The Medicinals, Road Man, Kevin Kinsella’s Bead & Bone.

Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 8 p.m. $10.

Handsome Young Ladies.

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

Isaiah Lee. Via Girasole Wine Bar, 3 Schoen Pl. Pittsford.

641-0340. 7 p.m.

TRADITIONAL

Shibuki Taiko Drum Group.

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VOCALS

Rochester Oratorio Society: Tyzik + Rutter. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 454-4596.

7:30 p.m. $10-$25.

WORLD

Kurosawa & Chatterjee. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000.

7:30 p.m. $19-$29.

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Chrissie Romano Band.

Flaherty’s Macedon, 113 PittsPalmyra Rd. 223-1221. 8 p.m.

Dallas Greene, Alex Goettel & Kelly Marie. Lovin’ Cup, 300

Park Point Dr. lovincup.com.

8 p.m. $5.

Genesee Rising. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

9 p.m. $5.

Joe Fiedler’s Open Sesame.

Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave. 271-3354.

8 p.m. Playing Sesame Street classics. $15/$20.

Stereo Nest, Electric Tie Dye. Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave. 244-1224. 8 p.m. $5.

BLUES

Hanna PK Duo. Little Theatre

Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

8 p.m.

CLASSICAL

The Enigma Variations. Kodak

Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. Angelo Xiang Yu, violin. $24-$106.

Youth Wind Symphony.

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

7:30 p.m COUNTRY

The Monica Hall Band. Dinosaur BBQ, 99 Court St. 325-7090.

10 p.m.

JAZZ

Christian Howes, violin. Penfield High School, 25 High School Dr. Penfield. 7:30 p.m.

Cousin Vinny. Salvatore’s Pizzeria & Pub, 1217 Bay Rd. Webster. 671-9420. 7:30 p.m.

Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo. Charley Brown’s, 1675 Penfield Rd. 385-9202.

7:30-10 p.m.

HIP-HOP/RAP

The Glimmer Twins: Classic Stones live. The Historic

German House Auditorium, 315 Gregory St. 8 p.m. $35.

Roses and Revolutions. Pane Vino, 175 N. Water St. 232-6090. 6:30 p.m.

Slothrust, Ugly Sun, Anamon.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. bugjar.com. 8 p.m.

Vinyl. B-Side, 5 Liftbridge Lane.

Fairport. 315-3003. 8 p.m.

PUNK/HARDCORE

Just One More, Citizens Against People, The Heathens, The iLL, Take Two. Photo City Improv, 543 Atlantic Ave. 451-0047.

8:30 p.m.

R&B/ SOUL

13th Annual British Affair. Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. 232-3221. 10 p.m. $20.

REGGAE/JAM

The Buddhahood, Mohamed Diaby &The Atebayilla Drummers. Firehouse Saloon,

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Museum, 900 East Ave. eastman.org. 3 p.m. With museum admission.

Through the Lens of War. First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, 25 Church St. Pittsford.

586-5688. 3 p.m.. $10 donation.

[ MON., FEBRUARY 11 ] ACOUSTIC/FOLK Stormy Valle. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210.

6 p.m.

JAZZ

Garrett Mader Quartet. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

R&B/ SOUL

Mood MusiQ Mondaze. The

Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org.

5 p.m.

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ACOUSTIC/FOLK Kinloch Nelson. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400.

7 p.m.

ACOUSTIC/FOLK Black Cat Harriet. The Daily Refresher, 293 Alexander St. 360-4627. 5-7 p.m.

CLASSICAL

2nd Sunday Vespers: Music of Benjamin Britten. The Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, 597 East Ave. 244-6065.

7 p.m.

Bach Cantata Series. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St. 3 p.m.

Classical Guitar Night. Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave. 258-0400. 7 p.m.

Nazareth College Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band.

Nazareth College Glazer Music Performance Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2700. 3 p.m.

Schola Cantorum Compline.

Christ Church, 141 East Ave. 454-3878. 9-9:30 p.m.

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano.

Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 274-1000. 3 p.m.

Bradley Moore, piano. $25-$40.

JAZZ

Bobby Militello Quartet.

Lovin’ Cup, 300 Park Point Dr. lovincup.com. 6 p.m. $8/$15.

Music Hall, 50 Chestnut St. 232-1520. 8 p.m. $12-$15.

POP/ROCK

POP/ROCK

Lounge, 666 South Ave. lux666.com. 8 p.m.

170 East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m.

Dead Night.

Five Points Performance Company. George Eastman

814 S. Clinton Ave. 319-3832.

9:30 p.m. $5.

Redeyez vs. A-Ron. Montage

Delilah Jones. Flour City Station,

VOCALS

BLUES

Dan Eaton Band. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way. 232-3230.

5:30 p.m.

CLASSICAL

Faculty Artist Series: Oleh Krysa, violin. Kilbourn Hall,

26 Gibbs St. 274-1000.

7:30 p.m. $10.

Stephanie Bonk. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5310. 12:30 p.m.

Symphonic Stories. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. 10:15 a.m.

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

12-12:45 p.m.

JAZZ

Grove Place Jazz Project.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 20 Windsor St. 325-4370.

7 p.m. $10.

High & Mighty Brass Band.

Flour City Station, 170 East Ave. 413-5745. 9 p.m. $5/$10.

HIP-HOP/RAP

Whole Clique: She-Rise, MF Skum, Moses Rockwell. Swan

Maybird, Thoroughbred. Lux

Dive, 289 Alexander St. 413-3306. 8 p.m. $8/$10.

The Piano Bar with Bob Dietch.

METAL

Out Alliance, 100 College Ave. 2-4 p.m. $5.

Blurring. Record Archive, 33 1/3 Rockwood St. 244-1210. 8 p.m.

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Arts & Performance Art Exhibits [ OPENING ] George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Dutch Connection.

Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Feb 24. $5-$15. eastman.org.

Hartnett Gallery, UR Wilson Commons, River Campus. Jim Arendt: Seconds. Feb. 7-March 10. 275-4188.

Lockhart Gallery at SUNY Geneseo, 28 Main St. Contemplative Interiors: Furniture & Ceramics.

Wednesdays-Saturdays.

Reception Feb 6, 5-7pm.

James Johnson & Kala Stein.

Through Mar 13. 245-5813.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I am a Man. Feb. 11-March 9. vsw.org.

Whitman Works Co., 1826 Penfield Rd. Penfield. Sass Menagerie: The Whimsical Work of Stacey Rowe.

Wednesdays-Fridays. Through Feb 23. 420-8654.

Art Events [ WED., FEBRUARY 6 ] Travel Sketches: Making Art on Location. 11 a.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Carol Acquilano 276-8900.

Colin D. Pazik and Emily Putnam in Blackfriars Theatre’s production of “Ordinary Days.” PHOTO BY MEGAN COLOMBO

It has to be seen “Ordinary Days” REVIEWED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 BLACKFRIARS THEATRE, 795 EAST MAIN ST. TICKETS START AT $20 | BLACKFRIARS.ORG [ REVIEW ] BY LEAH STACY

Blackfriars’ latest season installment, “Ordinary Days” by Adam Gwon, is a 90-minute one-act musical is set in 2008, in New York City, and follows four intertwining storylines: optimistic yet lonely Warren, anxious grad student Deb, and newly cohabitating couple Jason and Claire. (Fun fact: frequent Geva Theatre performer Hunter Foster originated the role of Jason.) During a narrative that is largely sung straight through, the plot unveils the surprising ways these four lives overlap in a city of more than eight million people.

Director Lindsay Warren Baker expertly guides an intimate cast through the character development necessary to keep the audience 24 CITY FEBRUARY 6 - 12, 2019

engaged and following the plot twists during 21 songs in 90 minutes. Many people in the production have worked together before, and the established chemistry between cast and crew is evident — and helpful. The dialogue is written to break the fourth wall immediately, and the players address the audience directly throughout as they sing through their existential inner feelings.

In the role of outgoing, gay 20-something Warren, Hector Manuel provides an energetic presence with strong vocals (the closing number, “Beautiful,” is especially moving) and a spot-on sense for comedic timing. He’s perfectly cast opposite Kit Prelewitz (mid-20s literature grad student Deb), an effervescent performer who entertains with her expressive vocals and manic acting in numbers like “Calm.”

Portraying a 30-something couple that has just moved in together, Emily Putnam (Claire) and Colin Pazik (Jason) are the cast members who interact most. They have the added pressure of romantic chemistry, and the duo poignantly captures the angst of a relationship where one person is more interested than the other. Putnam’s soaring, emotive vocals thrill

throughout the show, particularly on “I Will Be Here,” and Pazik’s thoughtful acting provides a continual authenticity for each scene.

Pianist Andy Pratt, who stays onstage the entire time, is both music director and pianist for the entire show and maintains his own persona, often (impressively) interacting with the other characters as he continues to play.

The set design is interpretive and flowing, serving as a dorm room, city street, several apartments, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and more. Wooden layers and slabs and shapes resemble a city skyline that may have been built by IKEA, and it works.

Based on the caliber of this show, the seats at Blackfriars were not as full as they should have been Saturday night, presumably because audiences aren’t familiar with “Ordinary Days.” But whether or not many people have heard of the show, Blackfriars has mounted a production that speaks to finding purpose and meaning in the everyday, mundane routine — a message that desperately needs to be heard and seen.

An extended version of this review is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

[ THU., FEBRUARY 7 ] Cocktails with Creatives. 5:30 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. Amanda Chestnut, Danielle Ponder, & Bradd Young $15/$17.

276-8900. [ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] Nils Caspersson: Just ... Paint.

6-8 p.m. Geisel Gallery, Second Floor Rotunda, Legacy Tower, One Bausch & Lomb Place thegeiselgallery.com. [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Alan Singer: The Integration of Science & Math. 3-5 p.m.

AXOM Gallery, 176 Anderson Ave, 2nd Flr. axomgallery.com.

Dutch Connection Coffee Talk. 9 a.m. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Curtis Theatre With museum admission: $5$15. eastman.org.

Focus 45: Photographer in the Garden. noon. George Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave. Curtis Theatre With museum admission: $5-$15. eastman.org.

New Year New Mask. 10 a.m.2 p.m Joy Gallery, 498 1/2 W Main St. joygallery.org.

Among Untrodden Ways. 5:307:30 p.m. Oxford Gallery, 267 Oxford St. oxfordgallery.com.

Rochester Gay Men’s Chorus: Casino Royale. 6 p.m. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. $35. 423-0650. [ MON., FEBRUARY 11 ] Museum Mondays for Seniors: Butterfly Garden Experience.

Every other Monday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. $10.

263-2700.

Starr Revue: Lovesick. 7 p.m.

Out Alliance, 100 College Ave. Ages 18+ $5.

Dance Events [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Sirens & Stilettos: PS I Love You. 9 p.m. Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St $8. 270-8106.

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SPECIAL EVENT | CHILI COOKOFF

DANCE | ‘VOYEUR’

Bring your appetite to the Flower City Arts Center this week, where you can check out its current exhibition, “The Painted Photograph: Kallitypes by Jen Pereña,” and partake of the annual Chili Cookoff. More than a dozen Rochester restaurants will compete in a variety of categories, including meat and vegetarian. Participants get to vote on who makes the best chili and keep a handmade ceramic bowl made by Flower City’s potters.

Taking the paintings of Edward Hopper as inspiration, New York City-based Bridgman|Packer Dance will this week present its performance, “Voyeur,” at Nazareth College. A 2017 Bessie Award-winner, the work blends live performance with cinematic projections and interactive sets as it explores the fragmented moments of private lives.

The annual Chili Cookoff takes place on Saturday, February 9, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Avenue. Advance tickets are $30 for members, $35 for non-members, and families of four (2 adults, 2 kids under 12, please) pay $90 ($80 for members). Ticket prices increase at the door. 244-1730; rochesterarts.org.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Comedy [ THU., FEBRUARY 7 ] Jacq the Stripper, Rachel Green. 7:30 p.m. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd 426-6339.

Jessimae Peluso. 7:30 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $15/$20.

426-6339.

Bridgman|Packer Dance’s “Voyeur” will take place Saturday, February 9, at 8 p.m. in Callahan Theater at Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue. Tickets are $25-$50. A free artists’ talk will take place on Thursday, February 7, 7 p.m. in Callahan Theater. Pre-registration is required for the talk. 389-2525; naz.edu/artscenter — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

[ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] Hidden Talents. 9 p.m. The Hideaway, 197 Park Ave. 434-0511.

Todd Youngman, Sara Shipley, Sean Day, Dan Geurin. 8 p.m.

Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd $9/$12. 426-6339.

The Uncle Louie Variety Show. 8 p.m. Downstairs Cabaret, 3450 Winton Place $25/$30. [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Polite Ink: Is It Six Already?

7:30 p.m. Spotlight Studios, 3 Railroad St Fairport $10/$15.

305-4767.

America’s Sweetheart of Song: A Musical Tribute to Connie Francis. Fri., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 10, 2 p.m. Bruce Legacy Theatre, 75 Stutson St. 667-0954.

Chicago. Wed., Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., Thu., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Sat., Feb. 9, 2 & 8 p.m. &Z Sun., Feb. 10, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E. Main St. $40+. rbtl.org.

Hitmakers: The British Are Coming. Wed., Feb. 6, 7 p.m., Thu., Feb. 7, 7 p.m., Sat., Feb. 9, 8 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 10, 2 p.m. JCC Hart Theatre, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Live open captioned performances Feb 10 & 13 $20-$33. 461-2000.

Hourglass Play Reading Series: Lost Lake. Sat., Feb. 9, 2 p.m.

Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St 454-1260.

The Magician’s Daughter.

Tuesdays-Fridays, 7 p.m., Saturdays, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd $34-$38. gevatheatre.org.

Ordinary Days. Fridays, 8 p.m., Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m. and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St $31.50-39.50.

454-1260.

Yankee Tavern. Thu., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave Out of Pocket, Inc $13-$20.

Activism [ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] Greater Rochester Area Partnership for the Elderly Legislative Town Hall. 7:30-10 a.m. Locust Hill Country Club, 2000 Jefferson Rd Pittsford (315) 560-5217. [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Food Not Bombs Sort/Cook/Serve Food. 3:30-6 p.m. St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, 402 South Ave. 232-3262.

Heart Bomb: Driving Park Hotel. 12:30 p.m.

Maplewood Community Library, 1111 Dewey Ave. Young Urban Preservationists landmarksociety.org. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Town Hall: Justice for NYS Workers. 2 p.m. First Universalist Church of Rochester, 150 Clinton Ave S farmworkersny.org. [ MON., FEBRUARY 11 ] Sustainable Homes Rochester.

6:30-8 p.m. Metro Justice, 1115 E Main St 397-3540. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 12 ] History of Rochester Gentrification. 6:30 p.m.

540WMain, 540 W Main St $10.

Film Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. “Symbiotic Earth” Wed., Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m.

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Literature

Hnossa Project storyteller Didrik Söderström will present a new adaptation of “The Magician’s Cape” this week at Writers & Books. PHOTO BY AUTUMN KOVACH, ILLUSTRATION BY KJERSTI JORGENSON

Retelling the tales “The Magician’s Cape” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7 P.M. WRITERS & BOOKS, 740 UNIVERSITY AVENUE $10 | 473-2590; WAB.ORG [ PREVIEW ] BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Experiencing live storytelling is a rare treat these days. Those who have embraced the old art tend to flex an extreme passion for 26 CITY FEBRUARY 6 - 12, 2019

it and present breathtaking artistry. Live storytelling of folk tales occupies a unique territory between literature and theater. It’s performance of stories adapted from old oral traditions that over time have become collected into folktale anthologies.

The creators behind Hnossa Project, who formed the group in New York City, have brought immersive storytelling to Rochester a handful of times, most notably presenting adaptations of old Scandinavian folktales as part of The Rochester Fringe. Now based in

Rochester, Hnossa’s Didrik Söderström will this week perform a new piece, “The Magician’s Cape,” for one night only at Writers & Books.

“Hnossa is about bringing myth and folklore back into the modern psyche,” says Hnossa director and co-writer Matt Frost. “It’s about taking the time to look backward and take a break from the daily rush, and sit around the fire, and tell a story. That was, for such a long time, an immensely important part of every culture.”

“Erik & the Wolf ” was the first Hnossa performance I caught, performed at Writers & Books during the 2015 Rochester Fringe, and I was hooked. Söderström adapted the 9th- or 10th-century Swedish folktale into a multilayered retelling. Using little more than a mic, an amp, and a loop station, he spun a strange love story into a magical, immersive yarn through spoken words, song, and vocal layering.

Söderström transported the audience to a dense forest in Northern Sweden, to a time when Christianity and old pagan traditions battled for survival. He looped and layered beautiful vocal notes, over which he sang in Swedish and English about a humble woodcutter and a shapeshifter. The environments and moods of the story were set by whistling that became birdsong, breath that became soft gusts of wind, and other manmade sounds that represented fire or encounters with beasts.

I was so impressed with the performance that I jumped at the chance to review Hnossa again when Söderström returned for the 2016 Rochester Fringe to perform one of my favorite folktales, the Norwegian tale “East of the Sun, West of the Moon.” Again he bewitched the audience using only a mic, an amp, and a looper pedal, simulating the nuances of nature and punctuating bits of storytelling with soaring songs, often sung in-the-round. Half of the magic of experiencing Hnossa projects is witnessing Söderström build the stories from scratch, recreating live what he has so lovingly planned out. He’s truly living in the tale while he’s performing, and pulls us into it with him.

Söderström and Frost often choose to adapt hero myths and folktales; epic stories that center on the individual journey. They also tend to be love stories. “We both also have an appreciation for melancholy, which is a thread in all of the works,” Frost says.

“The Magician’s Cape” is a bit different. It’s a comedy, but it’s a little creepy, Frost says.

Drawn from a collection of Swedish folktales, the story is about a magician “who wants to

feel the joy that humans feel,” Söderström says.

“His first thought is to collect people and bring happiness to himself by forcing people to dance in his garden. So he’s a kidnapper.”

The magician has a magical cape that’s sentient. “It’s like his creepy partner in crime,” Frost says, adding that when the magician goes to kidnap a woman from a local town, “things go wrong by the virtue of her goodness,” he says.

But there’s a lot of moral ambiguity to the piece, and it’s fun, and strange, Söderström says. “Things go very wrong for him. He learns a lot, and whether or not that changes him is up to the story.”

Like other Hnossa performances, this one will shift between poetry, prose, and song. The main difference is that Söderström will perform the tale in character. This was the result of a challenge issued by local storyteller Jay Stetzer, who Söderström says has been something of a mentor.

“He totally blew my mind with the way that he can tell a story, and he was part of the reason I drifted out of traditional acting and tilted into this,” Söderström says.

“I felt so blessed that he was willing to, once a week, sit down with me and talk.”

Stetzer had seen all of Hnossa’s shows, and challenged Söderström to adapt a tale to perform in character.

“I was terrified, absolutely terrified,” Söderström says. “I procrastinated, and right before we were supposed to meet, I was sitting in my car with a book of folktales and I said, ‘I don’t know, um, this one.’” And from there, he says, Stetzer helped shepherd the piece.

Söderström chose the story in October, and spent a long time freewriting the adaptation. “A friend had the idea to do an unreliable narrator, and with that little tweak it came together very quickly,” Söderström says.

On Saturday, February 23, Söderström will teach a workshop on adapting myths and folktales at Writers & Books. This summer they’ll release a storytelling podcast series that includes people from different cultures sharing stories from their own traditions.

Hnossa will soon kick off a campaign to crowd-fund the first chapter in a graphic novel series. The novels will be a retelling of the Norse myth sagas leading up to Ragnarok, but from Loki’s perspective. “It takes a humanist approach, really looking at how a person goes from being a light-hearted, innocent trickster, to being the enemy, and making that change understandable to the readers,” Frost says. Hnossa also has an animated film on the horizon.

Making Valentines. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Main Street Artists’ Gallery & Studio, 1115 E. Main St., #458 233-5645.

Valentine’s Day Card Printing.

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-1730. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Winter Bird Valentine’s Day Tea Party. 1 p.m. Genesee Country Nature Center, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford $5 suggested.

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RECREATION | LAKESIDE WINTER CELEBRATION

THEATER | ‘WALK THE WALK’

Now that the polar vortex has come and gone, we can safely enjoy the 35th annual Lakeside Winter Celebration this weekend on the shores of Lake Ontario. A variety of events and activities are planned for each day of the family-friendly festival. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, enjoy a beverage while you shop goods from a variety of vendors at the Sip and Shop in the Jetty at the Port. Activities for the whole family will be offered from 1 to 6 p.m. in the Port of Rochester Terminal Building, including tractor-drawn carriage rides, dog sled demonstrations, outdoor children’s games and inflatables from Rec on the Move, ice sculpture demos, a famous buildings-themed snow sculpture contest, entertainment by the Neil Van Dorn Band (noon to 5:30 p.m.), the Lake Ontario Wine and Craft Beer Festival (noon to 5 p.m.), and the Chilly Chili Challenge (noon to 4 p.m.). Learn the history of Ontario Beach Park on a winter hike that departs from the terminal building at 1 p.m. And stick around for a fireworks display at 5:45 p.m.

Since 1996 the Landmark Society has celebrated Black History month with a presentation of “Walk the Walk: Encounters with Rochester’s African-American Ancestors.” The theatrical production brings to life abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Austin Steward, and Bessie Hamm, who raised college funds for Rochester youth. The performance will share stories and more, and will be narrated by Shawn Dunwoody in the role of Captain Sunfish, a late 18th-century frontiersman. Enjoy a musical performance before the show, plus a special short presentation by renowned storyteller Dr. David Anderson.

At noon on Sunday, February 10, the annual Polar Plunge will take place, seeing an expected 1,000 participants dive into the icy lake to benefit the Special Olympics. A Pre-Plunge Party will take place the previouthes day on Saturday, in the third-floor glass atrium of the Boater Services building, featuring drinks, appetizers, and more. For more information and to register, visit polarplunge. net (on-site registration takes place Sunday morning from 9 to 11:30 a.m.). Free off-site parking and shuttle service is available for all plungers and spectators at the Greece Arcadia High School parking lot, 120 Island Cottage Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Lakeside Winter Celebration takes place Saturday and Sunday, February 9 and 10, at and around Ontario Beach Park. Free admission. cityofrochester.gov/wintercelebration.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Cinema Theater, 957 S. Clinton Ave. “Finding Happiness” Sun., Feb. 10, 1:30 p.m. $10/$12.

682-4283.

Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave. “The Strange Case of Angelica” (2010). Wed., Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.; “Daughters of the Dust” (1991).

Thu., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m..; “Love and Bullets” (2017). Fri., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.; “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” (1954).

Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m.; “On the Town” (1949). Sun., Feb. 10, 11:30 a.m.; “Queen Christina” (1933). Tue., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. eastman.org.

Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. “Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration” Thu., Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. $8/$10. thelittle.org.; “Bathtubs Over Broadway” (2018). Tue., Feb. 12, 7 p.m. $4-$9. thelittle.org.

Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main St., Clifton Springs. “Kusama Infinity” Thu., Feb. 7, 7 p.m.

(315) 462-0210.

Monroe Community College, 1000 E Henrietta Rd. “Coexist” (2014). Tue., Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m. MCC’s Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Project. . 292-3321.

“Walk the Walk” will take place Friday, February 8, 7 p.m., at the Memorial AME Zion Church, 549 Clarissa Street. Free. landmarksociety.org.

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Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. “The Road” (2010).

Thu., Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m.

340-8720.

Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave. Richard Strauss’s “Arabella” Sun., Feb. 10, 1 p.m. Opera talk: Peter Dundas. $9/$10. operaguildofrochester.org.

Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St. Enough is Enough, Community Curator: “Attica” Sat., Feb. 9, 2 p.m. $5. vsw.org.

Kids Events

Frederick Douglass

[ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Kreplach (Dumpling) Making. 2 p.m. JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave $7/$10.

421-2000.

Taleah’s Story Carnival. 2 p.m. The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, 780 Joseph Ave. avenuetheatre.org.

[ THU., FEBRUARY 7 ] Frederick Douglass Under Pressure. 7 p.m. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd 359-7092.

Resonanz: Frederick Douglass at 200. 7 p.m. Irondequoit Library, 1290 Titus Ave Readings, re-enactment,& music by the Rochester Oratorio Society 336-6062. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 12 ] Frederick & Anna Douglass in Rochester: Their Home Was Open to All. 7 p.m. Greece Public Library, 2 Vince Tofany Blvd. Rose O’Keefe 225-7221.

[ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] Disney’s Little Mermaid.

7:30 p.m A Magical Journey Through Stages, 875 E. Main St $10/$13. mjstages.com. [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Harlem Globetrotters. 2 p.m. Blue Cross Arena, One War Memorial Sq $19. bluecrossarena.com.

Stars with Carl. 7 p.m Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Ave $9/$10. rmsc.org.

[ MON., FEBRUARY 11 ] Storytime Club: Just One You. 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. $16. 263-2700.

Holiday [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] The Love Games. Feb. 9.

Little Shop of Hoarders, 131 Gregory St. Art by GP Grunts; live music by Hardwood littleshoprochester.com.

[ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Forest Bathing. 1-4 p.m.

Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. Registration requested $30. rmsc.org.

Weekend Wild Walks. 11 a.m Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd. rmsc.org.

Special Events [ FRI., FEBRUARY 8 ] Black Heritage Youth Junior Gala. 6-8 p.m. Stardust Ballroom, 41 Backus St Preregister by Feb 2: 428-6769.

RMSC After Dark. 7 p.m.

Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. $25-$40. rmsc.org.

Rochester Wine Festival. 5 p.m.

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main St $10-$30. [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Brainery Bazaar. Second Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Rochester Brainery, 176 Anderson Ave, F109 rochesterbrainery.com.

Kohlfahrt: A Traditional German Cabbage Walk. Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd Mumford Tours 1:45-4:00 p.m., followed by dinner $63-$70. gcv.org. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Canandaigua Classic Antique Show & Sale. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, 5857 Rt. 96 .

Farmington $6. 924-3232.

Cocktails & Queens Drag Brunch. noon. The Rabbit Room, 61 N. Main St Honeoye Falls $28. 582-1830.

Culture Lectures [ WED., FEBRUARY 6 ] Jeffrey Allen Tucker: Conversations with John A. Williams. 5:30 p.m. UR Rush Rhees Library, 755 Library Rd Neilly Series 275-9322.

Weather or Not? 7 p.m. Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. Meteorologist Glenn Johnson 340-8720. [ THU., FEBRUARY 7 ] Extracted Evidence: False Confessions & Testimonial Injustice. 5 p.m. UR Rush Rhees Library, 755 Library Rd Jennifer Lackey, Northwestern U 275-5804.

What Was In Style: Arts & Crafts. 6:30 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. Don Hall, presenter 784-5310. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Beyond These Gates: Mountains of Hope in Rochester’s AfricanAmerican History. 2 p.m.

Greece Historical Society & Museum, 595 Long Pond Rd. 225-7221.

Sunday Forum: Connecting Us to Things That Matter. 9:45 a.m. Downtown Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St. Evan Dawson & Megan Mack, WXXI Connections 325-4000. [ MON., FEBRUARY 11 ] Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano.

10:30 a.m. Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St 274-1000. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 12 ] Advances & Trends in Technology & Media. noon.

Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Ave. Joe Born 428-8350.

Rochester & The Underground Railroad. 2 p.m. Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Exhibit Tours for Adults. Registration: 697-1942 $3-$18. rmsc.org.

Travelogue: In Our Home Ground: Journeys to Authors’ Graves in Upstate NY. 12:30 p.m. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5310.

Literary Events [ THU., FEBRUARY 7 ] Books Sandwiched In. noon.

Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. “An American Marriage,” by Tayari Jones. Reviewed by Robin Wilt 784-5310.

The Magician’s Cape. 7 p.m.

Writers & Books, 740 University Ave Didrik Soderstrom $10. wab.org.

Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage, & Survival.

7:30 p.m. JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave Author Yosef Mendelevich 421-2000. [ SUN., FEBRUARY 10 ] Jeffrey Yoskowitz & Liz Alpern: On the Frontlines of the Jewish Food Renaissance. 7:30 p.m.

JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200 Edgewood Ave $10$15. 421-2000. [ TUE., FEBRUARY 12 ] Genesee Reading Series: Christian Wessels & Jennifer Maloney. 7:30 p.m. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave wab.org.

Museum Exhibit [ SAT., FEBRUARY 9 ] Doc McStuffins Exhibit Opening.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. With museum admission: $16. 263-2700.

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Film couldn’t love it more. The modern fable is the story of a Chinese-Canadian woman who gets a new chance at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings suddenly comes to life.

Equally moving and mouth-watering.

A young girl’s dreams of becoming an astronaut are supported by her father and his modest shoe repair business in the gorgeous “One Small Step,” which packs a wallop of emotion into its economical running time.

“Weekends” is an impressionistic look at a young boy’s experiences splitting his time between the homes of his recently divorced parents. With a painterly style, director Trevor Jimenez blends surreal imagery and vivid emotion to powerful effect.

Documentary Shorts

A scene from “Bao,” screening as part of the Animated Oscar-Nominated Shorts program. PHOTO COURTESY SHORTSTV

Short stuff The 2019 OscarNominated Shorts Programs OPENS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, AT THE LITTLE THEATRE AND PITTSFORD CINEMA [ PREVIEW ] BY ADAM LUBITOW

With the announcement of Oscar nominations comes my favorite awards season tradition: the theatrical release curated by ShortsTV of all the nominated short films. In three separate programs, the release gives audiences the opportunity to see all fifteen of this year’s short films vying for Oscar gold in the Live-Action, Animated and Documentary categories.

Get a leg up in your office Oscar pool, and catch up with all the nominees before the

Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, February 24.

Live Action Shorts

The most controversial entry of any short this year, Irish filmmaker Vincent Lambe’s “Detainment” dramatizes the police questioning of two 10-year-old boys under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. Inspired by the notorious James Bulger case that horrified the UK in 1993, the short is well-crafted and incredibly performed — particularly by young Ely Solan as one of the accused boys — but I found myself wishing Lambe was able to bring more insight to the shocking crime.

Marianne Farley’s lovely “Marguerite” finds an aging woman (Beatrice Picard) and her visiting nurse (Sandrine Bisson) forming an unexpected connection when the older woman revisits a long-held regret

from her past. A touching portrait of compassion and empathy.

Two young boys engage in a seemingly innocent game of power and one-upmanship that leads to tragic consequences in the haunting “Fauve,” from Québécois director Jérémy Comte. Gorgeous cinematography and excellent performances from the two young actors make this one a stunner.

In “Madre” a mother (Marta Nieto) receives a frantic phone call from her sixyear-old son, who’s away on vacation with his father and finds himself alone on an empty beach. Unfolding almost entirely in a single shot, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s tense drama brings vivid life to every parent’s worst nightmare.

Animated Shorts

Domee Shi’s beautiful “Bao” confounded audiences when it played in front of “Incredibles 2” this past summer, and I

The heartbreaking “Black Sheep” lets Nigerian-British youth Cornelius Walker tell the story of how, as a boy, his parents moved him out of London and into a small village where he was surrounded by racists.

Rather than fight back, he explains how he chose to assimilate and become more like his tormentors, as the film becomes a potent examination of identity and circumstance.

“Lifeboat” chronicles the efforts of Sea-Watch, a German non-profit whose volunteers rescue refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean in search of a better life. In documenting the stories of both the refugees and those who seek to help them, this powerful film puts a human face to a global crisis, but I can’t help feeling like there’s more story here than can be handled in a single short.

The seven-minute “A Night in the Garden” consists entirely of archival footage from a gathering of 20,000 American Nazi supporters at Madison Square Garden in February of 1939. With little editorializing, the film acts as a chilling cautionary tale of hatred then and now.

The empowering and uplifting “Period.

End of Sentence.” follows what happens when a rural village outside Delhi, India installs a first-of-its-kind sanitary pad machine. The women of the village learn to manufacture and sell their own pads, finding economic and social independence, and kicking off a most surprising revolution.

An extended version of this preview is online at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

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SSNY shall mail process to 1777 Penfield Road, Penfield, New York 14526. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] 38FOSTER LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 1/7/2019. 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 26 Saginaw Drive, Rochester, NY 14623.

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Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail process to 68 Nassau Street LLC, 5 Stag Creek Trail, Brockport, NY 14420 General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] 85 JAY STREET, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/14/2018. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 15 Sunview Dr., Rochester, NY 14624, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] CRP Properties LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 11/7/2018. Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process

shall be mailed to 3366 Clover Street Pittsford, NY 14534. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] FSH CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/17/19. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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[ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the Supreme Court, Monroe County, on the 23rd day of January, 2019, bearing Index Number 2018-6449, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 39 West Main Street, Rochester, New York grants me the right to assume the name of Esmeralda Ruby Canales. The city and state of my present address are Rochester, NY; the month and year of my birth are April 1972; the place of my birth is Rio Piadras, Puerto Rico; my present name is Javier Carlos Canales Rivera. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 1 Prestige Transport LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/11/2019; Office location: Monroe County.

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

Notice of formation of 247 Cherry Road, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/15/2019.

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, 1638 Glendowan Ter., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of 28 Rundel Park, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on January 28, 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 46 Hampshire Drive, Rochester, New York, 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of 5330 East, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/2019. 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, 55 Alliance Dr., Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of ANNE D STEELE, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/2018.

Office location, County of Monroe. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 49 Clarkes Xing, Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Baldrick Benjamin LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 09/13/18. 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 the LLC at 1486 E Main Street Rochester, NY 14609 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of BARNES ROAD, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/19.

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, 14 1/2 Fireside Ln Fairport, NY, 14450. Purpose: Any lawful purpose [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of CHACON MCB TRUCKING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/2019. 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, 1355 Middle Rd., Rush, NY 14543.

Purpose: any lawful act.

Box 24785, Rochester, NY 14624. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

[ NOTICE ]

Notice of Formation of Five Niyamas, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/24/19. 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, P.O. Box 1415, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Concept Property Services LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/3/18. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LegalCorp Solutions, LLC, 11 Broadway, Ste 615, NY, NY 10004, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Name of LLC: Gore Mountain Chalet, LLC; Date of filing: December 19, 2018; Office of the LLC: Monroe Co.; The NY Secretary of State has been designated as the agent upon whom process may be served.

NYSS may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at P.O. Box 528, Fairport, New York 14450; Purpose of LLC: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Echo Entertainment Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/4/2019.

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 158 Green Moor Way #4 Henrietta, NY 14467.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of EMPIRE X-RAY & SILVER RECYCLING LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/18. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to David L. Bourne, P.O.

[ NOTICE ]

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Flower City Health Resources, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/17/2019.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Celine Thompson, 88 Larkspur Lane, Rochester, NY 14622, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

Term: until 12/31/2040.

Purpose: any lawful ac [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FOUR BIRDS FLY LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/4/2019. 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 696 PARK AVENUE, ROCHESTER, NY 14607. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of G.E. Mattern Associates LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 01/25/2019. 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 5075 Lake Road South, Brockport, NY 14420 . Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of GREGORY SUMMIT PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the

Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/20/2018.

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, 55 Branch Ave., Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of HEY BABY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/8/2019. 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, 169 Estall Rd., Rochester, NY 14616.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Himalayan Housing, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 12/24/2018. 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 14 Doncaster Road, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: Real estate related lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Iron Griddle, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/22/2019. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 26 Webster Road, Spencerport, NY 14559.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Iron Smoke Whiskey LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/28/11. 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, 111 Parce Ave, Ste 5B, Fairport, NY

Legal Ads 14450. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of KALEIDOSCOPE WELLNESS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 10/1/18. 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 the LLC at 303 TROY RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of LANNI PLUMBING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/16/19. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 650 Shumway Rd., Brockport, NY 14420. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to John P. Lanni at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Latta Road Properties LLC; Art of Org filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/30/2019; 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 292 Hamlin Center Road, Hilton, New York 14468. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Lehigh Station Music LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/14/19. 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, 31 Charissa Run, Rochester, NY 14623. Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Griffith Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 15, 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: P.O. Box 10369, Rochester NY 14610 Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of MainOrchard Properties LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS): 11/20/2018; office in: Orleans County; NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served; NS to mail copy of process to 2289 Oak Orchard River Rd., Waterport, NY 14571; purpose is any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of MCH TRUCKING, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/4/2019.

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, 61 Rockview Ter., Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MONTICO LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on Dec. 17, 2018. 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 26 Nicholson Street, Rochester, NY 14620.

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Nesci Transit LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) January 24, 2019. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 1271 Lehigh Station Road, Henrietta, NY 14467. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of NGT PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2018.

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, 1599 Barrow Hill Rd., Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose: any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PR Properties Development LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/13/18. 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 the LLC at1304 East Ridge Rd., Rochester NY 14621. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RENT A SPACE LLC. Arts of Org, filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 21, 2018 Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to princ. bus. Loc: 90 Centre Drive, Rochester, NY 14623; Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Sarge’s Hauling & Excavating LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/4/19.

Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 61 Landau Drive, Rochester, NY 14606.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SizzleBeach LLC . Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 01/25/2019.

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 1297 Lake Road, Webster, NY 14580 .

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of SMALL WORLD BOOKS, LLC. Art.of Org. filed Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) 1/1/2019.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 425 North St., Rochester, NY 14605.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Terri Ann’s LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/11/19.

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 P.O.Box 111, North Greece, NY 14515 .

Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of THE HUNGS’ PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/14/19. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 28 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Tri City Transportation LLC. Art. Of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/27/18. 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 the LLC at 74 Halford St. Rochester, NY 14611. The purpose of the Company is Medicaid Transportation. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Ubertas Group LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 1/10/19. 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 45 Glenhill Dr Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION of Whiskey Delta Bravo LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS): 10/23/2018; office in: Orleans County; NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served; NS to mail copy of process to 2289 Oak Orchard River Rd., Waterport, NY 14571; purpose is any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of CDAR CONSULTING & SOLUTION PARTNERS LLC (LLC).

Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/7/18.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Pennsylvania (PA) on 5/2/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PA addr. of LLC: 1032 Diane Ln, Cheswick, PA 15024.

Cert. of Org. filed with PA Dept. of State, PO Box 8722, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722. Purpose is any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GLM HYDRO LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/23/19.

Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/01/19. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process

to c/o Registered Agents Inc., 90 State St., Ste. 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: 1201 N. Market St., Ste. 2300, Wilmington, DE 19801. 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 NY IROND SELF STORAGE, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/18. Office location: Monroe County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/12/18. 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, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Real estate investment in self storage facility. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of Oak Orchard Media LLC (OOM). Application for Authority filed with NY Secretary of State (NS): 11/26/2018; office in: Orleans County; NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served; NS to mail copy of process to 2289 Oak Orchard River Rd., Waterport, NY 14571; purpose is any lawful purpose; OOM organized in DE: 11/20/2018, filed with DE Secretary of State @ 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901; OOM DE office @ CGI, 850 New Burton Rd., Ste. 201, Dover, DE 19904. [ NOTICE ] ONE EIGHTY REALTY LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 1/8/2019.

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, Attn: Member, 180 St. Paul Street, #406, Rochester, NY 14604.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Real Estate Advisors of New York, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 12/18/2018.

Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to 2171 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York 14618. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Rochester 248 LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/11/19.

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, Hirschhorn, 4-03 4th Street, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] ROLLERKOASTER, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/22/18 Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Richard C Oaster 99 Garden Drive Fairport, NY 14450. Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Spartan Guide, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/14/2019. Cty: Monroe. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 41 Quentin Rd., Rochester, NY 14609.General Purpose. [ NOTICE ] T 4 PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/16/2019.

Office in Monroe Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 84 Shadowbrook Dr., Rochester, NY 146161519, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] TAHVEN ASSOCIATES, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with NY Secy. of State (SS) on 1/18/2019. 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 230 Alpine Drive, Rochester, NY 14618.

LLC’s purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ] IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION CASE NO. 18-1578DR MYNISHA HILL, Petitioner/Wife, v. CALVIN CONNELL HILL, Respondent/ Husband To: CALVIN CONNELL HILL Respondent’s last known address: 674 MAIN STREET ROCHESTER, NY 14614 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Mynisha Hill c/o Ruhl Law, whose address is 2191 Tamiami Trail, Suite A Port Charlotte, FL 33948 on or before 02/28/2019, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 350 E. Marion Avenue Punta Gorda, FL 33950 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter.

If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

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You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address.

(You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on records at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 01/24/19 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: Roger Eaton

Deputy Clerk [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] 104-105 Elmore Drive, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 12/20/18.

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 320 5th Avenue, 7th Floor, NY, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Alex Serles Law, LLC filed Articles of Organization with the New York Department of State on 01/15/2019.

Its office is located in Monroe County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served and a copy of any process shall be mailed to Alexander Norman Serles, One

East Main Street, Ste. 707B, Rochester, NY 14614. The purpose of the Company is Legal Services. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Birnbaum – State Street, LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 12/18/18.

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 2850 Clover Street, Pittsford, NY 14534. Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Royal Wash Canandaigua, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/15/2019. Office location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618. Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Notice of Formation of Royal Wash West Seneca, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on December 4, 2018. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to principal business location: The LLC, 2851 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity [ NOTICE OF FORMATION ] Rochester Eat In LLC (“LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with the NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) on 12/17/18. 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

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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 to 2 Continental Dr., Rochester, NY 14618.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ Notice of Formation of DRO GREECE LLC ] Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on Jan 28, 2019. Office location: Monroe Co., NY. Princ.

Office of LLC: 1950 BRIGHTON HEN TLR. 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 ] The name of the LLC is Citizen Media NYC LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on January 8, 2019. 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 135 Corporate Woods Ste 300 Rochester NY 14623.

The LLC is managed by its member. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is My Wine and Cheese Bar, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 12/17/18.

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 65 Cardiana Dr. Rochester NY 14612. The LLC is managed by a manager.

The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] The name of the LLC is ROC City Insurance

Services, LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 1/17/19. 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 34 Lakeview Park, Rochester NY 14613.

The LLC is managed by a manager. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful business. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] Hedgeco Consulting LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 01/10/2019 with an effective date of formation of 01/10/2019.

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 9 Sylvan Glen, Fairport, NY 14450. 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 ] Lawnscapes LLC filed articles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on 01/31/2019 with an effective date of formation of 01/31/2019.

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 P.O. Box 16403, Rochester, NY 14616. 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 WILHUSKY HOUSING,

LLC ] WilHusky Housing, LLC (the “LLC”) filed Articles of Organization with NY Secretary of State (SSNY) 1/31/19.

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. [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2018007071 ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, vs. Robert Snell, Deceased, any persons who are heirs or distributees of Robert Snell, Deceased, and all persons who are widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be deceased, and their husbands, wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Richard Snell; Janet Montante; ESL Federal Credit Union; Discover Bank; United States of America; People of the State of New York; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe” Defendants.

Location of property to be foreclosed: 60 Lake View Park, a/k/a 60 Lakeview Park, City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within (30) days after completion of service where service

is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. NOTICE: YOU MAY BE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the Answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the Answer with the Court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your property.

Speak to an attorney or go to the Court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: January 29, 2019 MATTHEW RYEN, ESQ. Lacy Katzen, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff Office and Post Office Address The Granite Building 130 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14604 Telephone: (585) 324-5767 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION: The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on April 26, 2002 in Liber 16225 of Mortgages, page 233 in the amount of $25,000.00. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, The plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action except for Robert

Snell. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. J. Scott Odorisi a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated January 22, 2019 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the City of Rochester; County of Monroe and State of New York, known and described as Lot 167 of D.W. Selye’s Subdivision of a part of the Lake View Park Tract, so-called, as laid down upon a map thereof made by J.C. Ryan, Surveyor, and filed in Monroe County Clerk’s Office in 1884 in Liber 5 of Maps, Page 89, to which reference is hereby made. Said Lot is 44 feet wide, front and rear and 138 feet more or less in depth. Said Lot fronts the north side of Lake View Park and is bounded on the west

by Pierpont Street. Tax Account No. 090.74-357 Property Address: 60 Lake View Park a/k/a 60 Lakeview Park, City of Rochester, New York [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2018000644 CHESWOLD (TL), LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ELINORA E. HOLMES; The heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successors-ininterest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through MAJOR HOLMES, SR., by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses

are unknown to Plaintiff; TONYA HOLMES; MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC DBI NEW YORK AS MIDLAND FUNDING OF DELAWARE LLC; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC; COUNTY OF MONROE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; TLF NATIONAL TAX LIEN TRUST 2017-1 AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the aboveentitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint.

Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises.

Dated: December 6, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated January 15, 2019, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 315 First Street, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 106.43-2-10 (the

Fun “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $5,211.78, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff Cheswold (TL), LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone: (585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. E2018001352 AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, Plaintiff, v. PEDRO DEJESUS, SR.; PEDRO DEJESUS, JR., if living, or if he be dead, his wife, heirsat-law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, assignees, lienors, creditors, successorsin-interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said PEDRO DEJESUS, JR., by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and all creditors thereof, and the respective wives, or widows of his, if any, all of whose names and addresses are unknown to Plaintiff; RAMON RESTO; EFIGENIA RESTO; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE CITY COURT OF ROCHESTER; COUNTY OF MONROE; TOWER DBW II TRUST 20122, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TOWER DBW II TRUST 20131; US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC; PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC AND “JOHN DOE #1” THROUGH

“JOHN DOE #100,” Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in the aboveentitled foreclosure action, and to serve a copy of your answer on Plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal service within the State.

The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the amended complaint.

Monroe County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject premises.

Dated: November 14, 2018 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an Order of Honorable J. Scott Odorisi, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated January 22, 2019, and filed with supporting papers in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose tax liens encumbering the property known as 166 Glenwood Avenue, City of Rochester, New York and identified as tax account no.: 105.27-1-24 (the “Tax Parcel”). The relief sought is the sale of the Tax Parcel at public auction in satisfaction of the tax liens. In case of your failure to appear, judgment may be taken against you in the sum of $12,909.46, together with interest, costs, disbursements and attorneys’ fees of this action, and directing the public sale of the Tax Parcel. PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP Anthony J. Iacchetta Attorneys for Plaintiff American Tax Funding, LLC 28 East Main Street Suite 1400 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone:

(585) 238-2000 [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE ] SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the situs of the real property. The address of the real property is 48 Riverview Place, Rochester, New York INDEX NO.E2018002341 EB 1EMINY, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- LISA POST, if living and if she be dead, any and all persons who may claim and devisees, distributees, legal representatives, successors and interest of the said defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, AGNES SAMPLE, if living and if she be dead, any and all persons who may claim and devisees, distributees, legal representatives, successors and interest of the said defendants, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, US BANK AS CUSTODIAN FOR PFS FINANCIAL 1, LLC A/K/A PROPEL TAX, TOWER DBW II TRUST 2013-1 A/K/A TOWER CAPITAL, AMERICAN TAX FUNDING, LLC, PROPEL FINANCIAL 1, LLC, COUNTY OF MONROE, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (WESTERN DISTRICT), Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not

personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded herein. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the tax lien holder who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the tax lien holder will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. STAGG, TERENZI, CONFUSIONE & WABNIK, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300 Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 812-4500 The object of this action is To foreclose tax liens covering: 48 Riverview Place, Rochester, NY 14608 JUDGMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $5,330.91 plus interest

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