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Brockport, on fire.

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From the UR: your perfect medical match.

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After Chris Lee: the pec-ing order.

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The black-male crisis.

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MUSIC | STORY AND PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE | PAGE 12

Mike Brown: an American picker Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Mike Brown and Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven band member David Lowery were hanging out one evening in Richmond, Virginia, after a recording session.

“Me and David were up late one night, drinking, talking about putting pedal steel on a track,” Brown says. “And he started talking about Immy [David Immergluck, guitarist for Camper Van Beethoven and The Counting Crows]. And we started talking that, in a perfect world, we’d get this person to do

this, and that person to do that. At the end of the night, I went up to the studio office and started writing a ‘perfect world’ wish list of people to play on the record. It was probably 25 people. It was tough at first. I just made the list.”

Soon after, the Geneseo-based Brown started making phone calls. Thus began an odyssey that spanned six years, 50 states, and 75 guest musicians, culminating with Brown’s new, utterly brilliant and beautiful album, “American Hotel.”

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Bring back a city manager

Regarding Rochester’s city government: Why not go back to a professional city manager with a competent staff and a three- or five-year contract, during which time he or she would not be beholden to partisan and special interests and would run the city in a competent, fiscally responsible manner.

It worked once before, and it would avoid debacles like the Fast Ferry and the 40-year lease in Charlotte. Maybe he or she would even set in motion to collect back property taxes, like say on the former Sibley building. Maybe even prevent the monstrosity on Mt. Hope that really belongs somewhere in Zimbabwe, or maybe in some Rio de Janeiro slum rather than in Rochester. You know what I mean; if not, cruise south past Time Warner, you’ll see it on your right.

We can still keep a mayor, but keep him or her to functions that mayors are really good at, like ribbon cutting and presiding over fund-raising dinners for their respective political parties.

ALEX GONCAROVS, ROCHESTER

From the editor: As you note, Rochester tried this — for 57 years.

There’s just one problem: somebody had to hire the professional city manager. That “somebody” was City Council, which, of course, is a group of partisan elected folks. In those 57 years, Rochester had some superb, professional city managers. But there are no guarantees. It depends on who’s on City Council and what their goals are.

Cuomo hitting programs that help children

While I was happy to read about the successes of the Mt. Hope Family Center’s Building Healthy Children program (“Mt. Hope’s Transformation of Trauma,” January 19), a few days later the governor’s proposed budget was City

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revealed, and with it the complete elimination of funding for New York’s largest program that uses similar means to achieve similar outcomes.

The science of preventing negative childhood experiences, such as abuse, neglect, and preterm birth, is called primary prevention. Healthy Families New York has been a leading primary prevention program in New York state for 16 years, and has fantastic data proving that mothers who enroll in it experience fewer low-birth-weight deliveries and lower rates of substance abuse and depression and are less likely to abuse or neglect a child, even if they have abused or neglected a child in the past. After seven years, mothers who enroll in the program are less likely to have their child repeat a grade or receive special-education services, and they are more likely to have a child in a gifted program.

It is wonderful to give lip service to things like child-abuse prevention and school readiness, but by eliminating funding to primary prevention programs, the governor’s budget actually costs us money in the short and long term. Healthy Families New York has been proven to save $50 in taxpayer money per family enrolled the year the family enrolls, and those savings increase as time goes by. The program has served between 4000 and 5000 families throughout the state in the last few years, so the savings are considerable.

Leading economists have agreed that the best way to stimulate long-term economic growth is to invest in evidence-based early childhood programs such as Healthy Families New York.

In his race to close this year’s budget gap, the governor has managed to cut so deep as to lacerate a system that already saves us money. And he is doing it by dooming thousands of children to suffering needlessly throughout their lives.

MELANIE BLOW, ROCHESTER

Blow is secretary of the board of Prevent Child Abuse New York.

Egypt and democracy

In “Benito Cereno,” Melville tells the story of an American captain, Amasa Delano, who happens across a European slave-trading ship commanded by a captain named Benito Cereno. The slaves seem content and Cereno seems in

charge, but Delano senses that the situation is not quite right. As it turns out, the slaves have rebelled against their European captors in a vicious uprising. They are trying to create the illusion of peace so that Delano will leave and let them continue their rebellion.

Melville makes some shrewd observations that we as Americans can apply to our current policy towards Egypt. Amasa Delano’s initials are AD, while Benito Cereno’s initials are BC. The American captain typifies our “New World” political system, with its progressive but perhaps naive belief in democracy and diplomacy. The European captain typifies “Old World” political systems that favor autocratic regimes.

These older political systems have more experience with human nature and have learned that the people at large might not always govern themselves peacefully and responsibly. The slaves are typical of any oppressed people. They have legitimate grievances against their captors, but they also show the potential for disruption among themselves once they escape slavery.

So I think Captain Barack Obama and the good ship United States of America must, like Amasa Delano in Melville’s story, play the situation carefully. We have to balance our desire to liberate the Egyptian people against the very possibility of triggering another uprising similar to the one that occurred in Iran in the late 1970’s. As Americans, we all naturally sympathize with the Egyptian people, but, from a policy standpoint, total democracy as soon as possible might be too much too soon.

MARK C. JONES, ROCHESTER

From our website

Our coverage of the Rochester school district’s plan to give large bonuses to high-performing teachers drew strong comments.

Among them: Are there any studies anywhere showing that this works, in education or any other field? Most management gurus argue the contrary, that the most important rewards for most employees are non-financial. Like the D&C editorial page, City seems gullible to adminstration claims for which there is little or no evidence.

Brizard’s raises aren’t dependent on results; why should teachers be held to a different standard?

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urban journal | by mary anna towler

Rochester’s children and our 5-percent shame I’m really worn out writing about this, but here we go again: Yet another study says that Rochester children — predominantly African American and Hispanic, overwhelmingly poor — are leaving school ill equipped to go to college or get a job.

This is nothing new. Or surprising.

Everybody knows it. But we haven’t done much that makes much difference.

For well over a quarter of a century, I’ve watched as the poverty rate in Rochester has grown and test scores and graduation rates have gotten worse. But way too many people pretend that there’s no link — that we can ignore poverty and still give all children the education they deserve.

We can not.

Last week state education officials tossed the latest bucket of cold water in our face: Only 5 percent of Rochester’s students graduate in four years “college and career ready,” in the state’s words — able to do college-level work or get a decent job.

I don’t know how we sleep at night.

The slide has been taking place for years.

And we’ve done everything we could think of to stop it — everything except deal with the poverty problem.

We’ve paid teachers more, and we’ve yelled at teachers and said they’re the problem. We’ve closed schools and opened new ones. We’ve separated junior and senior highs, and we’ve put them back together. We’ve pledged to recruit thousands of mentors. We’ve separated special-education children, and we’ve mainstreamed them. We’ve appointed blue-ribbon committees and held forums.

We’ve thrown school board members out and elected new ones. Hired new superintendents. Changed curriculum.

And the problem has gotten worse.

Because we will not deal with the poverty issue.

Instead, we deny that it exists.

And then we point fingers: at the superintendent. The teachers. The principals. The parents. The school board.

Charter schools. Standardized tests. The Broad Institute! Bill Gates! Arne Duncan and President Obama! (I kid you not.)

Oh, and by the way: I assume you grasped the full meaning of the 5-percent news. That statistic is based on data from 2009. That same year, Rochester’s graduation rate was hovering somewhere around 46 percent. That means, of course, that for many of those happy 2009

For many of the city’s high-school graduates, their diploma wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. graduates, their diploma wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. We lied to them about what their graduation was worth.

This is a crisis. There’s no other way to put it.

But I predict that we’ll respond to it the same way we always do: blame somebody.

And shout a lot. And, of course, insist that we don’t need to spend any more money.

I wish everybody involved would just agree on a few things — that not all teachers are doing a good job, for instance; that Superintendent JeanClaude Brizard needs to be a better leader and communicator; that some parents aren’t good parents — and then turn our attention to the source of the problem.

Poverty is so concentrated in Rochester that it would defy enormous odds if most of our children graduated with a good education. This is a city problem.

A high-poverty school district problem.

Not a single city in New York State did well in the state’s “college and career ready” analysis. (Rochester did the worst.

Not coincidentally, our poverty rate is the worst.) The school districts that did well are what the state calls “low-needs” districts: the wealthier suburbs.

I’m tired of writing about this. And discouraged. And disappointed that this community — city and suburbs — with all of its resources, and all of its history, keeps shielding its eyes from the truth, and looks for an easy way out.

There is no easy way out. And the finger-pointing and shouting are doing more harm than good.

We’re talking about children, here: happy, hopeful, creative little people who deserve a decent shot at a decent life. But we keep slamming the door in their face.

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Clinton to visit Rochester

Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at University of Rochester’s Meliora Weekend. Clinton will speak on Saturday, October 22. More details will be released by the UR in the coming months.

Navigating the mayoral maze

The ballot for the March 29 special election is shaping up. Tom Richards is the Democratic candidate; Bill Johnson has endorsements from Working Families, Independence, and has gathered petitions to create his own line; and Alex White is the Green Party candidate. Other candidates: former special-ed teacher Ann Lewis, and write-in candidate Dean Wojtczak. Meanwhile, a lawsuit challenging City Council’s decision to set a special election for mayor and questioning the authority of Acting Mayor Carlos Carballada will be heard in State Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 16.

RTA says it has ‘no confidence’ in Brizard Rochester teachers approved a “no confidence” vote on Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard. According to a press release, 2,713 out of the 2,863

people who voted said they had no confidence in Brizard. One-hundred-forty people said they do have confidence, and 15 ballots were disqualified. Brizard released a statement after the vote in which he expressed his support and respect for teachers. He said the results are not surprising, but unfortunate.

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Brockport’s fire issues

Three proposed designs for the Mortimer Street bus station were unveiled. The major differences in the designs, RGRTA officials say, are aesthetics, such as variations in the use of brick and glass. A final design for the two-story, $47-million station will be chosen by the RGRTA board of commissioners probably sometime in April.

Representatives of the Towns of Clarkson and Sweden have asked Brockport officials to join them in forming a new fire district. Not all village officials, however, are sold on the idea.

Trustee Scott Hunsinger says the towns haven’t provided detailed financial information, which village officials need to determine the economic impact on village residents.

RCSD incentives

The Rochester school district is planning to test a major change in teacher incentive pay that could provide individual teachers with as much as $36,000 in extra compensation annually. And principals could earn up to $43,000 annually. New York State received a $40.5 million grant from the federal government to examine the impact of teacher incentives on student performance in urban or so-called “high-need” school districts.

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Brockport Trustee Carol Hannan says the village should study whether joining a new ClarksonSweden fire district would be a good thing. PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK

And Trustee Carol Hannan says she’s concerned because the towns want a decision from the village by early March. She says she’d rather see the village form a study commission and then join the district later, if the study finds an alliance would be beneficial.

Fire districts are essentially an extra layer of government with the specific purpose of providing, financing, and regulating fire services. A fire district has its own elected board of commissioners, which has the authority to levy taxes and hire people.

Across New York, fire districts have come under scrutiny because of their taxing authority.

Sweden and Clarkson have traditionally contracted with Brockport for fire services. The towns and the village got into a dispute over fire department finances, however, which

resulted in the towns exploring other options. Not only do they want Brockport to join them in a new fire district, they also want the village to transfer or sell the department’s equipment and assets to the district.

Neither Clarkson nor Sweden has fire equipment of its own: in New York, towns can’t own fire departments. If officials from Brockport and the towns can’t agree on some sort of equipment transfer, a new fire district would face substantial — potentially prohibitive — startup expenses.

And it’s unclear if the Brockport Fire Department could survive on its own, and who would provide fire service to the village if the BFD could no longer operate.

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The University of Rochester Medical Center, in connection with the National Institutes of Health and other medical centers around the country has launched a website called www.ResearchMatch.org.

The site helps to connect researchers conducting all kinds of clinical studies with individuals interested in becoming volunteers.

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Your perfect medical match

The pec-ing order

“Volunteers needed” flyers have historically been one of the more visible tools researchers use to attract subjects. They seem to blanket kiosks and bulletin boards near colleges and hospitals.

But they haven’t always been the most efficient way to connect volunteers to a study. And many studies are never completed because they lack the necessary participants, both in terms of quantity and profile.

The University of Rochester Medical Center, in connection with the National Institutes of Health and other medical centers around the country has launched a website called www.ResearchMatch.org. The site helps to connect researchers conducting all kinds of clinical studies with individuals interested in becoming volunteers.

“It’s a constant challenge to get volunteers,” says Ann Dozier, an associate professor of community and preventive medicine at URMC. Volunteers don’t always match the study criteria, and many people are reluctant to become guinea pigs for medical research.

If people are interested in volunteering, they can go to the website and create a personal profile with their contact information. The site works much like an online dating service. Individuals provide whatever health information they wish to share. Researchers can search the website

Former House Representative Chris Lee may hold the record for quickest scandal-induced resignation. | Lee was outed last week for sending a shirtless picture of himself to a 34year-old woman contacted through a Craigslist personal ad. Lee told her he was a 39-year-old divorced lobbyist, though he’s really 46 and married. | Approximately three hours after the website Gawker broke the story, Lee called it quits. That set off immediate jockeying and speculation, mostly by and about Republicans, over who will run for the seat in a special election, which Governor Andrew Cuomo hasn’t yet called. | Lee represented the 26th District, which includes much of Monroe County’s west side and stretches to Livingston and Erie Counties. | Early Republican potentials to replace Lee included State Senator George Maziarz, whose is well known to the district’s voters, and Assembly member Dan Burling. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks was also mentioned.

All three have since declared publicly that they won’t run. Republicans seem to be lining up behind Assembly member Jane Corwin of Erie County. | On the Democratic side, Erie County Clerk Kathleen Hochul is being talked about as a candidate, and Alice Kryzan, who challenged Lee in the 2008 election, is also said to be considering a run.

for volunteers, but only by nonpersonal identifying information.

If there’s a match, the site will send an e-mail to the potential volunteer with details about the Ann Dozier. study opportunity.

PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK Volunteers can agree to be contacted by the research coordinator or they can say no.

Volunteers have to go through a qualification process, says Connie Bottoni, technical assistant with URMC. The qualifications to participate vary depending on the study.

The site can be used by people who are ill and want to participate in a clinical study, or by healthy people who want to help advance medical research.

Volunteers can specify whether they want to be contacted just for an URMC study, or if they are interested in studies throughout the country. Some studies offer paid participation, but there is no fee or payment for creating a profile. And men, women, and children of any age, race, ethnicity, and health status are needed for studies.

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Endangered care: black males The fact that, nationally, black males 18 and over represented only 5 percent of the college population in 2008 and 35 percent of the prison population isn’t so shocking. Everyone knows there is an education crisis with young black males, says Wade Norwood. But to solve the problem, you’ve got to start at the beginning.

You can’t talk in an informed way about young black males failing in the education system or the education system failing them — or both — until you realize, Norwood says, that the crisis is part of a broader paradigm that includes housing, neighborhoods, and inadequate health care.

Norwood, director of community engagement for the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, spoke last week at the Rochester Black Boys and Men Symposium, which was sponsored by the Rochester City School District and the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University.

“Each time there is a new report we pay a lot of attention but as soon as the headlines go away, the urgency fades and we go back to our daily grind,” said Rochester schools Superintendent JeanClaude Brizard. “We intend to keep this issue on the front burner since the fate of our community depends on the success of all of our children.”

Topics addressed at the symposium included national and local trends in black male academic achievement, involvement of black males in Rochester’s criminaljustice system, and health disparities among black males. The next step, say symposium organizers, is to create an action plan and work groups to address specific areas of need.

A similar event for Latino males will be held later this year.

Norwood approached the black-male

crisis from the perspective of health care.

Environment, he said, shapes behavior, which in turn creates culture.

If you come from an environment where eating a healthy diet is not the norm, for example, that shapes your behavior. You won’t think of eating yogurt or fruit in place of potato chips if that’s not part of your experience. Someone has to teach you that.

And even then, you may experience cultural resistance to changing that behavior.

This starts, Norwood said, with mothers and their children. Some

Wade Norwood: the crisis with young black males is part of a broader paradigm that includes housing, neighborhoods, and inadequate health care. FILE PHOTO

education researchers say that normal brain development is either interrupted or delayed as a result of inadequate health care.

Research by the advocacy group the Children’s Agenda shows that the majority of brain development happens during the first five years of life, and that the setting children spend their time in has a major impact on that development.

Children with advantages such as high-quality health care will likely have fewer behavioral and learning problems upon entering school, will be more likely to graduate, and their long-term health picture is much improved.

But a child deprived of adequate health care and other advantages will mostly likely be ill-prepared for school and for life.

And once that negative pattern is established, it is difficult to break.

Blacks in the Rochester region who have diabetes, for example, are much more likely to have toe and leg amputations than whites with the disease, says a 2008 study of Medicare enrollees.

The reason for the disparity, Norwood says, is that blacks often do not receive the “gold standard” of care: basic checkups, lipid blood tests, and eye exams. And by the time they do see a doctor, the problem may have escalated into an emergency.

In a 2006 health-status report by Monroe County, blacks were twice as likely as whites to rate their health as fair or poor. The point, Norwood said, is that poor health and inferior health care are seen as the norm by many in the black community.

That viewpoint is important, Norwood said, because many health issues can be prevented or minimized.

Research shows, he said, that 20 percent of health concerns are caused by environmental factors, while 40 percent is a result of behavior. Less than 40 percent is genetically related. That means, Norwood said, that to create a healthier society, you must change cultural attitudes.

During his presentation, Norwood showed

what he called one of his favorite slides, “Years of Potential Life Lost.”

The slide shows that blacks die at younger ages significantly more than whites and Latinos as a result of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, HIV, chronic liver disease, and other leading causes of death. In additional to economic loss, early mortality has difficult-to-quantify repercussions. What is the impact of all those lost years, Norwood asked, on a child, a family, and a community?

That becomes a hard question to answer, he said, but the loss is real.

From a health-care perspective, Norwood said, we need to do a better job of practicing cultural competence: developing a clearer understanding of cultural attitudes, diet, and lifestyle. And we need to recognize the linguistic barriers to receiving quality health care, even among English-speaking patients.

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

Transportation town hall

The New York State Transportation Equity Alliance will hold a “Transportation Equity Town Hall” presentation and roundtable at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 17. Learn how federal transportation policy impacts New York, and how to create cleaner, safer, and more equitable choices for NYS. The meeting will be held at the Rochester Central Library, Kate Gleason Auditorium, 115 South Avenue. This open forum will precede Friday’s invitation-only congressional hearing.

Immigration fears on film Metro Justice will show the film “Farmingville”

by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 17. The film looks at the attempted murders of two Mexican day-laborers in a Long Island suburb.

Sister Janet Korn, who has worked with undocumented workers, will answer questions. The film will be shown at Metro Justice, 167 Flanders Street.

Downtown: the next five years

The Downtown Presbyterian Church will present “Rochester’s New Downtown,” a talk by Heidi ZimmerMeyer, president of the Downtown Development Corporation, at 9:50 a.m. on Sunday, February 20.

Zimmer-Meyer will discuss current projects and the future of downtown Rochester at 121 North Fitzhugh Street.

Is new development always good?

The Frederick Douglass Resource Center will host “Gentrification is Under Way in Our Communities,” a discussion about the work that is going on and what it means to city neighborhoods. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, at 36 King Street.

Learn how to be energy-thrifty

The Center for Environmental Information and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will hold “Save Energy and Save Money,” a series of workshops to help educate residents in the Rochester region at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23.

The workshops will be held at the Lincoln Branch Library, 851 Joseph Avenue.

Correcting ourselves The art review in the February 9 issue featured an incorrect photo caption. The work pictured was “Leashed Hercules: On Display” by Bethany Krull.

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of breweries and micro-breweries including Flying Dog Brewery, Sly Fox Brewing Company, Heavy Seas Beers, and Wachusett Brewing Company, to name a few.

To control crowd size and ensure that guests have short waits at sampling stations, the event will be held in two sessions: 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at roccitybrewfest.com and at area Wegmans or Aaron’s Alley (662 Monroe Ave); they cost $35 in advance or $40 at the door. The ticket price includes a sampling glass and 20 tokens to be traded in for beer samples during the event.

There will also be live music and food available at the Armory’s concession stands.

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Left photo: fresh breads and roasted turkey made on-premises; right: pulled-pork sandwich with homemade cole slaw all from Baked and Carved PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK

Breads and brews [ CHOW HOUND ] BY SUSIE HUME

When people think of bar food or pub grub, visions of deep-fried foods like chicken wings or tenders, potato skins, and burgers typically dance through their heads. And while those foods can often be the perfect complement to a cold beer at the end of a long day, sometimes good beers should be paired with higherquality foods. Enter Baked and Carved, which opened last month in a space adjacent to (and only accessible through) Salinger’s Bar and Grill on East Avenue. The new restaurant, from owners T.J. Janus and John Vito (who also owns O’Bagelo’s on State Street), focuses on breads baked in-house paired with high-quality meats, roasted daily and carved to serve.

“We wanted to put something in the bar that’s different from freezer, fryer food,” says Janus. “This is something fresh that gives people an alternative to the same old fare.”

The restaurant features Vito’s fresh-baked Italian bread daily, along with a rotating specialty-bread option. Some notable varieties include the kalamata olive with bell peppers; spinach and garlic; walnut wheat with raisins; and cranberry orange. The house-roasted, carved-meat option also changes daily, including selections like turkey breast, roast beef, and Virginia ham.

The restaurant’s daily selection includes items like pulled pork, corned beef (used in an exceptional Reuben sandwich), and a peanut

butter, Nutella, and bacon panini. Soups made from scratch also rotate daily, including squash pear, Tuscan bean, pasta e fagioli, chicken pastina, and New England clam chowder. All are served with the restaurant’s hot, fresh bread.

In the future, Janus and Vito plan to offer additional sides, like roasted potatoes, macaroni and potato salads, and more. They also hope to increase their dessert offerings, which currently include homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Baked and Carved is located at 107 East Ave. Prices range from $6 to $9. The restaurant is open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday 5-10 p.m. For more information, call 4906530 or visit bakedandcarved.com.

Another round

Those who attended last summer’s Taste of Rochester festival may remember the beersampling event (featuring approximately 60 different brands of beer) that took place within the festival. The event was such a success, that the group that hosted it — The Results Group of Syracuse — decided to spin the event off into a festival of its own.

The premiere edition of the Roc City Empire Brewfest will be held on Saturday, February 19, at the Main Street Armory. The event will feature more than 100 craft beers that attendants can sample, from a diverse list

The memorably named House of Poon closed after a fire severely damaged the building in 2008. It has now been replaced by Bamboo House (2185 Monroe Ave), which focuses on authentic Chinese food as well as Thai and Chinese-American cuisine. Common favorites like lo mein, fried rice, and sweet and sour dishes are on the menu, but harder-to-find options like salt and pepper squid tentacle, go ba (a sizzling rice soup), or a whole Peking duck are also served. The restaurant also delivers within a three-mile radius. For more information, call 319-3136 or visit letseat.at/BambooHouse.

Henrietta restaurant Barbeque and Pizza Too (3105 E Henrietta Road) is now Nick’s Barbeque and Pizzeria. Like its preceding occupant, and as its name suggests, the restaurant specializes in the unique combination of pizza and barbeque, including pulled pork, smoked chicken wings, and more. For more information, call 334-3300 or visit nicksbbqandpizzeria.com.

Just a few months after opening, Red Jalapeño Café (309 University Ave) has apparently closed. Readers have been inquiring about the restaurant’s status since the end of December, but the restaurant initially seemed to be closed only for the holidays. Since then, it has been lights out, and now the “For Lease” sign in the window makes it fairly clear that the restaurant has officially closed. Attempts to reach owner Eddie Quinones went unreturned. It is the third restaurant to close at this location in just two years, preceded by Webb’s Café and Grill and Union Station Diner.

Wild Grill and Bar (79 State St.) has closed.

The restaurant was known for its wide variety of Chinese and Asian-American cuisine, as well as a reasonable lunch buffet that made it a popular haunt for many downtown workers.

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Montage Music Hall, 50 N Chestnut St. 7:30 p.m. $25.

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Poison Control Center Saturday, February 19 Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. | $7-$9 | 454-2966

[ INDIE ROCK ] A sunny sense of optimism is what

drives Iowa’s Poison Control Center. The music flashes back to a lighter time, when fans adored bands like Pavement, which PCC opened for on some of its reunion gigs. A sweet pop sensibility makes you believe in this band, even if the underlying meaning is teaming with a quiet misery. It’s a delicate balance between triumph and heartache. The songs validate the lifeblood of what makes indie-inspired rock great and universally relatable.

It’s time to celebrate fresh songwriting. With bands like this relentlessly touring, perhaps there is hope for all the underdogs. Space Lords, Muler, and Baby Shark also play.

— BY EMILY FAITH

Conspirator Wednesday, February 23 Water Street, 204 N Water St. 9 p.m. | $15-$20 | 325-5600 [ JAM BAND ] Initially plagued by a revolving-door

line-up that a lot of bands are all too familiar with, the jamsters in Conspirator have finally arrived with a solid four-piece line-up. Led by Disco Biscuits Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner, this side project has gone one step further to restructure some of its more popular material in order to maximize jam potential. If you thought it was limitless before, look out. Rochester’s Manhattan Project also plays. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

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Wednesday, February 16 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Dady Brothers. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990. 7:30 p.m. Free.

PJ Elliott. Miceli’s, 1011 Rt 31, Macedon. 986-2954.

7-10 p.m. Free.

Ralph Louis. Lento, 274 N Goodman. 271-3470. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Tom Gravino. Cafe 54, 54 W Main St, Victor. 742-3649. 6 p.m. Free.

Watkins & the Rapiers. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 232-3906. 7:30 p.m. Free.

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[ BLUES ] Bobbie Henrie & the Goners.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. (585) 325-7090. 9 p.m. Free.

Rosie Flores played Thursday at Abilene. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE

Friday, February 18 Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. 8 p.m. | $30-$50 | 224-6631 [ R&B ] I blame Fantasia Barrino for my unhealthy

obsession with “American Idol.” I had dismissed the show in its first two seasons, but the second I heard her distinctive voice in the third season’s audition rounds, I was riveted. To call Barrino “soulful” would be an understatement; she puts every ounce of energy she has into her performances and recordings. She went on to win “AI3,” and while her career has had its ups and downs — including well-received runs in the Broadway musical “The Color Purple,” a made-for-TV movie based on her personal struggles, and a VH1 reality series — it still comes back to that captivating, inimitable voice, which should be even more spectacular to behold live. Tank also performs. — BY ERIC REZSNYAK

The Indras Monday, February 21 Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 8 p.m. | $5-$7 | 454-2966 [ ROCK ] The Indras wallow in thick tones and the

blur and careen, with the threat of dissonance that may actually be there, masked only by its pop hooks and jazzy swing. It’s beautiful and minor in spots with plenty of jumping-on points for those bored by plain old rock ’n’ roll. There is more, really, and The Indras prove it.

The band is releasing a new album for this show with guests Inugami and Doco. — BY FRANK DE BLASE

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Rosie Flores righteously rocked with

a new set of Riveters Thursday night, making the scene at Abilene. On the bass and drums were Big Apple session cats, well versed in deciphering the dots, but who knew enough to boogie outside the box whenever the moment felt right. Not that Flores had anything to prove, but there were a few folks in town who hadn’t seen her play the guitar. Her voice is sweet and even a bit girlish, but her guitar playing is lowdown, slick, and mean.

Brandishing a blue Tele with a Bigsby from her Screamin’ Siren days, Flores tore the packed joint a new asshole with her revved-up rockabilly peppered with blues and honky-tonk detours. Just wait’ll she comes back.

Bands tend to grow on me slowly. Sure, I can tell pretty quick if it’s what I like or not, but the jury generally stays out until I’ve seen them a few times or spun their record. I caught buffalo’s Son of the Sun Saturday night as the band served up an amazing set at the Lovin’ Cup. It’s about as love at first sight as I’ve gotten since I

met my wife. With an utterly amazing loud and full, yet discernable mix on stage, the band seethed rock intensity, with pop power and epic atmosphere.

The relationship between instruments and the way each attached itself to the arrangements caught and sent me from several directions. It’s the type of music that two people can interpret in their own way, and still both be right. Son of the Sun is simply amazing.

And while we’re throwing the amazings around, let me pull on your coat for a minute about Walri, which closed the evening. Walri’s studio output is known for its lush layers, particularly in the vocal department (think Gregorian chant, think Beach Boys, think drugs). So when the band sings live the spaces between the drastically fewer voices add an edge and attitude to the band’s serenity and soul. In other words, Walri is a good deal edgier as a live band. It’s still Walri, and it’s still relatively lush, but it’s got a kick to it.

[ CLASSICAL ] Faculty Artist Series: David Liptak, composer. Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. (585) 2741100. 8 p.m. Free-$10.

Trudy Moon. Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd, Geneva. 800-3-GENEVA. 6:30-9 p.m. Free. [ DJ/ELECTRONIC ] Bad Wolf: 50s & 60s Vinyl Bop. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585454-2966. 10 p.m. Free.

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DJ Andy Fade. Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St. 454-4830. 9 p.m. Free.

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A M E R I C A N P I C K E R Mike Brown Mikebrownamericanhotel.com

Geneseo’s Mike Brown took six years and traveled 50 states to make his new album, “American Hotel.”

He worked with dozens of guest musicians and producers who have worked with bands like Wilco, Los Lobos, Led Zeppelin, and more. PHOTO BY FRANK DE BLASE

Singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Mike Brown and Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven band member David Lowery were hanging out one evening in Richmond, Virginia, after a recording session. “Me and David were up late one night, drinking, talking about putting pedal steel on a track,” Brown says. “And he started talking about Immy [David Immergluck, guitarist for Camper Van Beethoven and The Counting Crows]. And we started talking that, in a perfect world, we’d get this person to do this, and that person to do that. At the end of the night, I went up to the studio office and started writing a ‘perfect world’ wish list of people to play on the record. It was probably 25 people. It was tough at first. I just made the list.”

Soon after, the Geneseo-based Brown started making phone calls. Thus began an odyssey that spanned six years, 50 states, and 75 guest musicians, culminating with Brown’s new, utterly brilliant and beautiful “American Hotel.”

“American Hotel,” simply in the way it was conceived, is pure Americana. It hangs pretty close to country, but doesn’t shy away from getting raw. Brown’s voice, often accompanied by his battered 1923 Gibson flattop, is weathered and wise as he intones on songs that allude to how it got that way. Brown is sincere and genuine. “American Hotel” reeks of the truth.

The 30-year-old Brown grew up in Geneseo.

He hated it.

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“I couldn’t leave quick enough,” he says. So at 17 he split for Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music and study as a songwriting major. But he hated school, too. “To go and spend a bunch of money to be taught how to write songs is a bit strange to me,” he says.

One of his teachers was James Taylor’s brother, Livingston. He had Brown figured out.

“I loved his class,” Brown says. “He said, ‘Look, some people, this class will benefit them, some it won’t. The way you learn, I think you’re just better off to take your money and go.’”

Brown left Berklee after three semesters.

“It was the smartest thing I could’ve done,” he says. “Most of the people in my class that I know don’t play music anymore.”

The post-collegiate Brown bopped around the Beantown scene for a while with his band, Mike Brown and the Sneakies. But his eyes were on the horizon. “The few times that we went out on the road, on little mini-tours, made me a lot happier,” Brown says. “Even playing for no money to five people. Because it was random every day; the traveling, the being in a bar you’d never been to.”

So it was off to Richmond to record with Lowery, which in turn led to recording with Immy in Los Angeles. Brown networked, he hit the phones. As more musicians signed on to the project, Brown gained a little traction; his credibility rose, which led to the names slowly getting scratched off his musical wish

list. By the time “American Hotel” was done, Brown had rubbed elbows with heroes and friends like Jay Bennett (Wilco), Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum), Dana Colley (Morphine), Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin), Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets), Don Coffey and John Davis (Superdrag), Richard Lloyd (Television, Matthew Sweet), and Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), just to name a few.

But these weren’t merely guests or a rock ’n’ roll dream team; this was Brown wearing his influences on his sleeve, actually and unapologetically.

“Everyone’s influenced by whatever got them into it,” he says. “We all pull from our heroes and our favorite music…nothing wrong with that at all. When I close my eyes and think about a song and when I wrote it, I think about not only what instruments I hear, but who is it that I’m getting that idea from? Who is that player? With ‘The Queen Of Broken Hearts’ I immediately heard Richard Lloyd — those Television records, Matthew Sweet’s ‘100 Percent Fun.’ There was a lot of that, just song by song.

A new song would come up and I’d say, ‘OK, where am I really getting this from?’”

Brown wasn’t just exposing or admitting to his influences, he was literally plugging them into the recording. If a passage in a song sounded like a certain musician, chances are it was. At times, he found being in charge a bit harrowing. “Some of the mix decisions were some of the toughest calls for me,” he says.

“It’s definitely bittersweet, because all I hear is what’s not in the final mixes. These are all my heroes, people I grew up listening to.”

To amass this line-up of heroes Brown spent

six years on the road, living in his van or on the floors and couches of those involved, or those who took pity on him. Brian Rosenworcel from Guster handed him a key to his loft in Brooklyn after just meeting him; the same with Dave Pirner in New Orleans.

“And he had a newborn at the time with his girlfriend,” Brown says. “He didn’t know me at all. He didn’t have to help me out. I had a lot of luck.”

There were good times and bad. There were shysters masquerading as non-profit benefactors, and of course the day-to-day

grind of life on the road. “It came in waves,” Brown says. “There were a lot of times I thought I’d hang it up. Waking up outside Waco, Texas, in the middle of summer, 115 degrees in a van is pretty unpleasant. And the relationship stuff. I’m 30 years old and I’m still figuring out that stuff.”

Brown says it was probably about five years into his journey that he realized he was closing in on the whole USA. “I definitely didn’t think I’d do the whole 50 states thing honestly until after I got to about 35 states. I’d never seen the country before.”

Brown zig-zagged the map, exploring the country and recording with musicians with varying degrees of fidelity. Tracks on “American Hotel” were laid down in parking lots, truck stops, bars, assorted apartments, his van, as well as a bunch of well-known recording studios, like Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Angeles and Sound Emporium in Nashville.

And of course, this dream machine needed funding. Even working close to the bone, couch surfing, basically living a drifter’s existence, Brown still needed some green. The man comes off more as an optimistic survivor than as a jaded hustler.

Brown spent one six-month period touring the country with Tom “Soda” Gardocki, guitar player for the band Wax, in a Cadillac with no gigs booked. “We took all back roads, stopping in town after town after town,” he says. “And whoever would pay us the most in a three-town area, we’d play there that night. I learned that on the road, if you go to out-ofthe-way towns, people are very appreciative that there’s music.”

And these out-of-the-way joints paid well.

“Six-hundred bucks for two dudes in Fort Smith, Arkansas, is huge,” Brown says.

Brown settled back in Geneseo two years ago,

and he bought the old Groveland Methodist Church. He turned the building, which was built in 1828, into a studio that he has dubbed Temperamental Recordings (“Because everything works half the time,” Brown says).

The place mirrors the flannel-and-denimdressed Brown, in a way; plain and unassuming on the outside, magnificently complex and fascinating on the inside. The chapel is floor to ceiling with old guitars, banjos, mandolins,

Wednesday, February 16 DJs NaNa & PJ. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8. [ JAZZ ] Don Preston & Bunk Gardner.

Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 232-3230, abilenebarandlounge. com. 8 p.m. $20.

Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Robert Chevrier. Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 3400 Monroe Ave. 5867000. 6:30 p.m. Free.

The Swooners w/Kurt Johnson.

Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. (585) 6625555. 6 p.m. Free.

Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650. 6 p.m. Free.

Brown bought an old church in Geneseo and converted it into a recording studio.

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pedal steels, organs, pianos, as well as vintage microphones and recording equipment.

“These are the spoils of this record,” he says.

“There are instruments from all 50 states.”

While traveling to make “American Hotel” Brown hit yard sales and flea markets that he encountered along the way. Brown is a picker. In fact, The History Channel show “American Pickers” caught wind of Brown and featured him on a segment that aired in January. Show co-host Mike Wolfe was so taken with Brown that he contributed the liner notes to “American Hotel.”

Though still haunted by wanderlust, Brown has settled into the old church, and has begun running recording sessions and producing other bands like Thieving Irons and Son of the Sun. Unlike “American Hotel,” this time Brown firmly has the wheel.

“I think at this point I’m too stubborn to do it any other way,” he says. “I don’t like relinquishing control over anything I work on. With ‘American Hotel’ I let people do whatever the hell they wanted. I went specifically to the people, because they do exactly what they do. I figured if I let them play the way they want to play…sometimes there were things that didn’t work. There were some tough edits.”

Brown has already started work on another record, attacking it with the lessons he’s learned from the previous album.

“I learned everything,” he says. “It was my entire 20s.” Perhaps this next one will be an epic opus about his 30s.

“Maybe,” he says. “I still get genuinely excited when it’s something I’m really into.

I probably won’t ever make a whole lot of money, and I’m totally fine with it. If I can keep making records, and try to one-up each record, then it’s totally worth it. There’s no other way to do it.”

[ KARAOKE ] Karaoke. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 321-1170.

9:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Southpaw Brew Pub, 315 Gregory St. 303-2234. 8:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 527-8720. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Pineapple Jacks, 485 Spencerport Rd 247-5225. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Jose & Willy’s, 20 Lake Shore Dr, Canandaigua. 3947960. 8:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Monty’s Korner, 363 East Ave. 263-7650. 9.30 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Applebee’s-Fairport, 585 Moseley Rd, Fairport. 4254700. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Mayfields Pub, 669 Winton Rd N. 288-7199. 9 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke. Sanibel Cottage, 1517 Empire Blvd, Webster. 6719340. 6 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/DJ Flyin’ Brian. Tap Room, 364 Rt 104. 265-0055.

8:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Debbie Randyn.

Merchants Grill, 881 Merchants Rd 482-2010. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Mark. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St 288-3930.

8:30 p.m. Free. [ OPEN MIC ] Acoustic Open Mic. Pub 511, 511 E Ridge Rd 266-9559. 8 p.m. Free.

Drum Circle. Rich’s Cafe, 839 West Ave. 235-7665. 6 p.m.

Free.

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Clarissa’s, 293 Clarissa St 4542680. 8 p.m. Free-$5.

Open Country Jam. Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 5465474. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Big Daddy Blues Band. Deweys, 1380 Lyell Ave. 254-4707. 9:30 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Justin Gurnsey.

Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. (585) 352-4505.

10 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Boulder Coffee CoSouth Wedge, 100 Alexander St 454-7140. 8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Dr’s Inn Grill & Tap Room, 1743 East Ave 2710820. 5 p.m. Free.

Open Mic w/Jam Shack Music.

Stoneyard Bar & Grill, 1 Main St, Brockport. 637-3390. 9 p.m. Free.

Open Mic w/Steve West. Muddy Waters Coffee House-Geneseo, 53 Main St, Geneseo. 2439111. 7-10 p.m. Free. [ POP/ROCK ] Friends of Faergolzia. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585-4542966. 9 p.m. $5-$7.

Shaded Passion, Dave McGrath.

Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. 232-3888. 4:30 p.m.

Free.

The Don & Bunk Show. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 2323230. 8 p.m. $20.

Thunder Body. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St 232-7550. 9 p.m. $5.

Thursday, February 17 [ ACOUSTIC/FOLK ] Dave McGrath. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. (585) 624-1390.

6:30 p.m. Free.

Irish Music. Shamrock Jack’s, 4554 Culver Rd 323-9310. 9 p.m. Free.

Jim Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza 266-1440. 7:30 p.m. Free.

John Akers & Elvio Fernandes.

Easy on East, 170 East Ave 3256490. 8 p.m. Free.

Kevin DeHond. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W (585) 621-1480. 8:30 p.m. Free.

Mark Fantasia. Village Pub, Chili Center Plaza 889-4547. 9 p.m.

Free.

Nancy Perry. Mythos Cafe, 77 Main St, Brockport. 637-2770. 6 p.m. Free.

Paul Strowe. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. 624-2929. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Reggae Night. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 527-8720. 9 p.m. Call for tix. [ BLUES ] Jill McCracken & the Band of Men. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650. 8 p.m. Free.

Son House Blues Night w/ Gordon Munding. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650. 7 p.m. Free. [ CLASSICAL ] Eastman @ Washington Square.

S Clinton Ave & Court St. 2741000. 12:15 p.m. Free.

RPO: Fire & Water w/Lara St John/violin, Sarah Ioannides/ Conductor. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. 2741100. 7:30 p.m. $20-$75.

Tom McClure. Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd, Geneva. 800-3-GENEVA. 6:309 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River Street 663-5910. 5 p.m. Free.

DJ Andy Fade. Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St. 454-4830. 9 p.m.

Free.

CLASSICAL | RPO: “Fire and Water”

For the first time this concert season, a woman conductor will stand before the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Sarah Ioannides will lead a program that will include Violin Concerto No. 1 (“Australian Postcards”) by Matthew Hindson; La Mer (“the Sea”) by Jean-Claude Debussy; and Suite from “The Firebird,” 1919 version by Igor Stravinsky. The guest violinist for the Hindson concerto will be Lara St. John (pictured). Ioannides and St. John first recorded the piece in 2008 with England’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Hindson, like Ioannides, is Australian, and the work depicts such diversities as Kooragang Island’s wind turbines and Tasmania. Ioannides was educated at Oxford, Curtis Institute, and The Julliard School. Now, if we could hear some programming that includes women composers...

The concert takes place Thursday, February 17, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 19, 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. $22-$77. 454-2100, rpo.org. — BY PALOMA CAPANNA DJ Big Reg. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 9:30 p.m. Free.

DJ Biggie. McKenzie’s Irish Pub, 3685 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 3348970. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ ET & DJ Proof. Tribeca, 233 Mill St. 232-1090. 9 p.m. $5-$10.

DJ Jestyr. Soho East, 336 East Ave. 262-2060. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Jestyr. Hush Nightclub, 359 East Ave. (585) 506-2851. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Matt. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 321-1170. 7:30 p.m.

Free.

DJ Mike Dailor. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJs Designer Junkies, Etiquette, Ginnis. One, 1 Ryan Alley 5461010. 10 p.m. $3.

House of Love DJs. Decibel Lounge, 45 Euclid St. 754-4645.

9 p.m. Free.

Mostly 80’s Night. Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Main St, Webster. (585) 8721505. 6 p.m. Call for tix.

Soul Sides Record Listening Party.

Good Luck, 50 Anderson Ave. 340-6161. 9 p.m. Free.

Thursday Night Shakedown DJs. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 4542966. 11 p.m. Free.

Tilt-a-Whirl Drag Show. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave 232-8440.

11 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $3. [ JAZZ ] A Giannavola. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 6 p.m. Free.

Dave Rivello Ensemble. Village Rock Cafe, 213 Main St, E Rochester. 586-1640. 8 p.m.

Free.

Eastman Chamber Jazz. Eastman School of Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. (585) 274-1100. 8 p.m. Free.

Jazz Dawgs. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester.

(585) 662-5555. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Jazz and Bluz Cruz. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 232-3906. 7:30 p.m.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff. Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield.

383-8260. 7 p.m. Free.

Live Jam w/Eastmans School Students. Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. 232-3888.

Thu 6 p.m., Fri 5 p.m. Free.

Live Jam w/Eastmans School Students. Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 151 St Paul St. 232-3888.

Thu 6 p.m., Fri 5 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke. Panorama Night Club, 730 Elmgrove Rd 247-2190. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Goody Goodies, 6108 Loomis Rd, Farmington. 7422531. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Pineapple Jacks, 485 Spencerport Rd 247-5225. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Carey Lake Bar & Grill, 959 Penfield Rd, Walworth. 315-986-1936. 4 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. (585) 3524505. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Applebee’s-Penfield, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster.

787-0570. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. GridIron Bar & Grill, 3154 State St, Caledonia. 5384008. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/DJ Smooth.

Clarissa’s, 293 Clarissa St 4542680. 8:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/George, King of Karaoke. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave 232-6000. 8 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke w/Summer Bob. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N Main St, Fairport. 585-388-0136. 10 p.m. Free. continues on page 14 rochestercitynewspaper.com City 13

Thursday, February 17 Karaoke w/Tim Burnette.

Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington.

(585) 924-3232. 8-11 p.m.

Free.

Rochester Idol Karaoke.

Landing Bar & Grille, 30 Main St, Fairport. (585) 425-7490.

9:30 p.m. Free. [ OPEN MIC ] Open Blues Jam w/Alex D & Jimmie Mac. PJ’s Lounge, 499 West Ave. 436-9066. 9 p.m. Free.

Open Jam. Pub 511, 511 E Ridge Rd 266-9559. 8 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Beau Ryan & Amanda Ashley. Firehouse Saloon, 814 Clinton Ave S. 244-6307. 9 p.m.

Free.

Open Jam w/Bob & Dave. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 232-3230.

8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Standard Lounge, 655 Monroe Ave. (585) 473-2447. 9 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Towpath Cafe, 6 N Main St, Fairport. (585) 3770410. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Open Mic Night. Boulder Coffee Co-Brooks Landing, 955 Genesee St (585) 454-7140. 7:30 p.m.

Free.

Open Mic w/Dave McGrath. TC Hooligans-Greece, Greece Ridge Ctr. 225-7180. 6 p.m. Free.

Open Mic w/Jed Curran & Steve Piper. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St 288-3930. 8 p.m. Free. [ POP/ROCK ] Be Glad & Dunn. Westside Sports Bar & Grill, 1600 Lyell Ave. 4587888. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

Jeff Elliott. Irondequoit Ale House, 2250 Hudson Ave. 5445120. 5 p.m. Free.

Jerry Leger, Jenna Giuliani, Anthony Provenzano. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585-454-2966.

8:30 p.m. $5-$7.

Jimmy Lane. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza 266-1440. 7 p.m.

Free.

Live Lounge. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 8 p.m.

Free.

Pat Kane. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd 224-0990. 7 p.m. Free.

Scandal w/Monica. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. (585) 325-7090. 9 p.m. Free.

Seth Faergolzia. Havana Moe’s, 125 East Ave. 325-1030. 9 p.m.

Free.

Teagan & Lou. Sully’s Pub, 242 South Ave. 232-3960. 6-9 p.m.

Free.

The Nightmares. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 325-5600. 6 p.m. $10.

The Rat Pack Is Back. Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St. 2225000. 7:30 p.m. $27-$47. [ R&B ] Soul Express. Pane Vino, 175 N Water St. 232-6090. 8 p.m.

Free.

Friday, February 18 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Acoustic Warrior. Tap Room, 364 Rt 104. (585) 265-0055. 8 p.m. Free.

JAZZ | Eastman Chamber Jazz

As a top jazz orchestra arranger himself, ensemble director Dave Rivello knows the genre’s greats. So how could he resist bringing Gil Evans arrangements that have not been performed in over 50 years to the music stands of Eastman Chamber Jazz? He’ll also welcome guest conductor Ryan Truesdell (pictured), who discovered the music when he gained access to the arranger’s library from Evans’ family. Also on the program will be music from the 1958 Evans-Cannonball Adderley collaboration “New Bottle, Old Wine” and previously unheard re-orchestrations of music Evans created for a 1959 concert at New York City’s Apollo Theater. The ensemble will play the same program New York next month in a “Celebrating Gil Evans” program at St. Peter’s Church.

Eastman Chamber Jazz performs Thursday, February 17, 8 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. Free. 274-1100, esm.rochester.edu.

— BY RON NETSKY Boxcar Lilies. First Unitarian Church, 220 S Winton Rd cafeveritas.org. 8 p.m. $10.

Dave McGrath & Guests.

Shooters Sports Bar & Grill, 1226 Fairport Rd. 385-9777.

9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Free.

Lane & Ott. Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Main St, Webster. (585) 8721505. 8 p.m. Free.

Ralph Louis. Rochester Plaza Hotel, 70 State St. 546-3450.

7:30 p.m. Free.

Roger Eckers/Fred Costello Duo. Luna Piena Bistro, 546 Merchants Rd. 288-0067. 9 p.m. Free.

Tom Gravino. Tandoor of India, 376 Jefferson Rd. 427-7080. 7 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Billy Joe & the Blues Gypsies w/Dave Riccioni. Six Pockets, Ridge Hudson Plaza 266-1440.

6-9 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Eastman Theatre-Kodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. 274-1100. 8 p.m.

Free.

Jewel Hara. Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd, Geneva. 800-3-GENEVA. 6:309 p.m. Free.

John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850.

6:30 p.m. Free. [ Country ] Flint Creek. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 321-1170.

9 p.m. Call for tix.

Mike Snow. Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 546-5474. 9:30 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Coach Sports Forum, 19 W Main St, Webster. 872-2910. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Andy Fade. Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St. 454-4830. 9 p.m. Free.

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DJ Annalyze. Hush Nightclub, 359 East Ave. (585) 506-2851. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Cedric. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJ Dream. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave (585) 663-3375. 10 p.m.

Call for tix.

DJ Fat Daddy Buck. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 321-1170. 8:30 p.m. Free.

DJ GI. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 3255710. 10 p.m. Free-$5.

DJ Mosart212. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 6 p.m.

Free.

Jon Herbert, RipRoc. One, 1 Ryan Alley 546-1010. 10 p.m. $3.

LMFAO. University of Rochester, Wilson Blvd 275-5911. 8 p.m. $15-25.

NYAC DJ Crew. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585-454-2966. 10 p.m. Free-$5.

Reggaeton w/DJ Carlos. La Copa Ultra Lounge, 235 W Ridge Rd. 254-1050. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Salsa Night w/DJ Javier Rivera.

Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St 4750249. 9 p.m. $5.

The Almighty NYAC DJ Crew.

Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St 232-7550. 10 p.m.

Free.

What A Drag w/Samantha Vega, Kyla Minx & Pauly. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave 232-8440. 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. Free-$12. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] Good Fridays. Westside Sports Bar & Grill, 1600 Lyell Ave. 458-7888. 10 p.m. $10. [ Jazz ] Bill Tiberio. Boulder Coffee CoBrooks Landing, 955 Genesee St (585) 454-7140. 8 p.m.

Free.

Bobby Dibaudo. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. (585) 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free.

Footnote. Tala Vera, 155 State St. 546-3844. 8 p.m. Call for tix.

Gap Mangione. Pier 45, 1000 N River St. (585) 865-4500. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260.

7 p.m. Free.

Johnny Matt Band w/Jon Seiger.

Wegmans-Eastway, 1955 Empire Blvd, Webster. 671-8290. 5:30 p.m. Free.

Madeline Forster. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 232-3906.

8:30 p.m. Free.

Ryan T Carey. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 427-8030.

7-9 p.m. Free.

Soul Express. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr (585) 381-4000. 8:30 p.m. Free.

The Westview Project w/Doug Stone, sax. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave 271-5000. 7 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke. Flaherty’s, 1200 Bay Rd 671-0816. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Village Pub, Chili Center Plaza 889-4547. 9 p.m.

Call for tix.

Karaoke. Goody Goodies, 6108 Loomis Rd, Farmington. 7422531. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Pineapple Jacks, 485 Spencerport Rd 247-5225. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Deweys, 1380 Lyell Ave. 254-4707. 9:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Bobby C. Ciao Baby’s BBQ Steak & Seafood, 421 River St. 621-5480. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Summer Bob. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N Main St, Fairport. 585-388-0136. 10 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke w/Tina P. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St 266-3570.

9 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Open Jam w/Ryan Barclay Trio.

The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St, Pultneyville. 315-589-4512.

8:30-10:30 p.m. Free.

Open Mic. Rochester Institute of Technology-Java Wally’s, 90 Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-2562. 9 p.m. Free.

Songwriters Open Mic. Equal Grounds Coffee House, 750 South Ave 242-7840. 9-11 p.m.

Free. [ Pop/Rock ] 7 Sense. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 9 p.m. Free.

Brian Lindsay Band & Blue Jimmy.

Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

Dave North Trio. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd 2240990. 9 p.m. Free.

Dave Viterna Band. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. (585) 325-7090. 10 p.m. Free.

Disco Duck. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave (585) 663-3375. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Pat Buchannan’s Hurse & Music Box. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave. 585-2717050. 9 p.m. $3.

Sam Deleo. Perlo’s Italian Grill, 202 N Washington St, East Rochester. 248-5060. 6:3010:30 p.m. Free.

CLASSICAL | Renee Fleming

You won’t find this concert on her website, which only supports my theory that Rochester is the best-kept classical secret in America.

Where else could the legendary Renee Fleming give a concert on a Sunday afternoon near Churchville-Chili, where she graduated from high school, and next door to the Eastman School of Music, where she earned her Master of Music in 1983? At 3,094 seats, Kodak Hall will be an intimate venue at which to hear the world-renowned soprano. Fleming will perform with the Eastman Philharmonia, under the Direction of Neil Varon. Proceeds will benefit the Renée Fleming Endowment Fund at the Eastman School of Music. If Fleming sweeps you off your feet, you’ll be following her to later venues in Berlin, Budapest, Athens, Warsaw, Paris, Istanbul, Jerusalem, and beyond. One can only hope the program will include her exquisite rendition of “Un bel di vedremo” from Madame Butterfly by Puccini.

Renee Fleming performs Sunday, February 20, 3 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St. $100-$500.

454-2100, esm.rochester.edu. — BY PALOMA CAPANNA Smokehouse. McGhan’s, 11 W Main St, Victor, NY. (585) 9243660. 9 p.m. Free.

That 80s Hair Band w/Springer.

Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 325-5600. 10 p.m. $7.

The Brothers Shamus w/White Woods. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 3255600. 10 p.m. $10-$12.

The Moho Collective. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650. 8 p.m. Free.

Wayward Son. Sully’s Pub, 242 South Ave. 232-3960. 7:3010:30 p.m. Free.

Your Own Reflection w/The Navigator. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 3255600. 7 p.m. $10-$12. [ R&B ] Fantasia & Tank. Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. 2323221. 8 p.m. $30-$50.

Old School R&B. Elite Bar & Grill, 398 W Main St. 5278720. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

The Bitchin’ Kitchen, The Margaret Explosion. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 2323230. 6 p.m. Free-$2.

The Legendary Dukes. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. (585) 9243232. 8 p.m. Free.

Saturday, February 19 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Heritage Gospel Concert: AKOMA, Voices of Thunder.

Mt Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams St. cityofrochester.gov.

6 p.m. Free.

Joey Young. Boulder Coffee CoBrooks Landing, 955 Genesee St (585) 454-7140. 8 p.m.

Free.

John Cadley, Paul Swiatek, Brian Coughlin, Taylor Buckley & Perry Cleaveland. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St 271-4930. 8 p.m. $8.

Justin Gurnsey. American Music Centre, 3800 Dewey Ave. 7307000. 1 p.m. Free.

Kevin Crowley. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650.

8 p.m. Free.

Kickin’ Back Large Band. Argyle Grill, 4344 Nine Mile Point Rd, Fairport, NY. (585) 377-5200. 8 p.m. Free.

Latin Band. Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St 262-2090. 11 p.m. Free.

The Silver Threads, Jeff Riales & the Silvertone Express. Abilene, 153 Liberty Pole Way 232-3230.

7 p.m. $3.

Tom Gravino. Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd. 355-8206. 7 p.m.

Free.

Tullamore Celtic Band. McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester. 764-0991. 7 p.m. Free.

Unplugged Dinner Music Series.

Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 6 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Bill Brown. Brown Hound Bistro, 6459 Rt 64, Naples.

374-9771. 7 p.m. Free.

Doubletake Blues Band. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. (585) 9243232. 8 p.m. Free.

Elvio. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 9 p.m. Free.

Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr (585) 3814000. 8:30 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] John Ballings. Hedges, 1290 Lake Rd, Webster. 265-3850.

6:30 p.m. Free.

RPO: Fire & Water w/Lara St John/violin, Sarah Ioannides/ Conductor. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. 2741100. 8 p.m. $20-$75.

Repertory Singers and Women’s Chorus. St Mary’s Church, 15 St Mary’s Pl. (585) 232-7140. 8 p.m. Free. [ Country ] Blue Sky. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 321-1170.

9 p.m. Call for tix.

George Hogan & Band. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 5443500. 5 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] Big Dance Party w/DJ Jon Herbert.

Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave 232-8440. 10 p.m. $3.

Breakbeats w/DJs Micro, Jon Herbert, Mumblz, McNasty, Raj Marathe, Linz. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave 232-8440. 8 p.m. $10-$20.

DJ. Goody Goodies, 6108 Loomis Rd, Farmington. 742-2531. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ. Straight Home Inn Bar & Grill, 688 Lexington Ave. 458-0020. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Big Reg. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St 232-5650. 7 p.m.

Free.

DJ Darkwave. Vertex, 169 N Chestnut St. 232-5498. 10 p.m. $3-$8.

DJ Ease. Hush Nightclub, 359 East Ave. (585) 506-2851. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Fat Daddy Buck. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 321-1170. 8:30 p.m. Free.

DJ Howard & Mega Mix. Island Fresh Cuisine, 382 Jefferson Rd. (585) 424-2150. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Jestyr. Soho East, 336 East Ave. 262-2060. 9 p.m. Free.

DJ Mirage. Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. (585) 730-5985.

10 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ Wiz. Liquid, 169 St Paul St. 325-5710. 9:30 p.m. Free-$5.

DJs Andy Fade, Bonitillo. Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St. 454-4830. 9 p.m. Free-$5.

DJs Richie Salvaggio, Kalifornia.

One, 1 Ryan Alley 546-1010. 10 p.m. Free-$10.

R&B DJs. Tribeca, 233 Mill St. 232-1090. 9 p.m. $5-$10. [ Jazz ] Cool Club. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 232-3906. 8:30 p.m. Free.

East End Jazz Boys. Havana Moe’s, 125 East Ave. 325-1030.

9 p.m. Free.

Jazz Cafe. Monty’s Korner, 363 East Ave. 263-7650. 7:30 p.m.

Free.

Jazz at Jazzy’s. Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster.

216-1290. 8:30-11 p.m. Free.

Joe Santora Trio w/Emily Kirchoff.

Michael’s Valley Grill, 1694 Penfield R, Penfield. 383-8260.

7 p.m. Free.

Jon Seiger & the Allstars. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. (585) 662-5555.

6:30 p.m. Free.

Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes.

Jasmine’s Asian Fusion, 657 Ridge Rd, Webster. 216-1290.

7 p.m. Free.

Organ and Dance. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave 2768900. 5:30 p.m. $7-$10.

Salon Concert. Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave. 271-1313. 2 p.m. $8-30.

Spotlight on Faculty: A Soldier’s Tale. Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 4544596. 3 p.m. Free.

CELTIC | Tannahill Weavers

The pipes, the pipes are callin’… Hailing from Scotland, and named for famed Scottish poet Robert Tannahill, The Tannahill Weavers blast out traditional Celtic strains with full-size highland bagpipes leading the charge. The group straddles both sides of traditional Scottish music: the mystical beauty of the highlands, and the perhaps more bawdy bleat of the lowlands. I know which side I want to hear. How about you?

Tannahill Weavers play Tuesday, February 22, 7 p.m. at Lovin Cup, 300 Park Point. $15-$20. 292-9940, lovincup.com.

— BY FRANK DE BLASE The Westview Project w/Doug Stone, sax. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave 271-5000. 7 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Broadway Karaoke w/Laura Marron. Park Avenue Pub, 650 Park Ave. 461-4140. 10:15 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke. The Galley Restaurant, 94 S Union St, Spencerport. 3520200. 8 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Sully’s Pub, 242 South Ave. 232-3960. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. 140 Alex, 140 Alexander St. 256-1000. 10:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Pineapple Jacks, 485 Spencerport Rd 247-5225. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Mickey Flynn’s, 196 Winton Rd 288-7070. 9 p.m.

Free.

Karaoke. Straight Home Inn Bar & Grill, 688 Lexington Ave. 4580020. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave (585) 232-6000. 10 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Straight Home Inn Bar & Grill, 688 Lexington Ave. 4580020. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Andy & Kim. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St 2663570. 10 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Debbie Randyn.

Merchants Grill, 881 Merchants Rd 482-2010. 9 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/The Tin Man. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N Main St, Fairport. 585-388-0136. 10 p.m.

Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Agony Hill. A-Pub Live, 6 Lawrence St (585) 262-2063. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Brick City Limits. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 7 p.m.

Call for tix.

Deicide w/Belphegor-Blackguard, Neuraxis-Pathology. Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Plaza (585) 232-1520. 8 p.m. $14$22.

Get Back. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 8 p.m. Call for tix.

Go Plaid or Go Mad Music Fest.

Water Street Music Hall, 204 N

Water St 242-7682 x1551. 7 p.m. $10-15. Brass Taxi, Catch 22, the Dan Eaton Band, Loose Change and the Bill Welch Band.

Fundraiser for School of the Arts.

Jumbo Shrimp. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd 224-0990. 8 p.m. Free.

Sisters Of Murphy. Monty’s Krown Lounge, 875 Monroe Ave. 585271-7050. 9 p.m. $3.

Soul on Tap. Coach Sports Forum, 19 W Main St, Webster. 8722910. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

The Poison Control Center w/The Space Lords, Muler, Baby Shark.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585454-2966. 9 p.m. $7-$9.

Turnip Stampede. Dinosaur BarB-Que, 99 Court St. (585) 3257090. 10 p.m. Free.

Up2Somethin’. Nola’s BBQ, 4775 Lake Ave (585) 663-3375. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Wizeazz. California Brew Haus, 402 Ridge Rd W (585) 6211480. 10 p.m. $5-$7.

Sunday, February 20 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Celtic Music. Temple Bar & Grille, 109 East Ave (585) 232-6000. 7 p.m. Free.

Dave McGrath. Carey Lake Bar & Grill, 959 Penfield Rd, Walworth.

315-986-1936. 4 p.m. Call for tix.

Fort Hill String Band. All Things Art, 65 S Main St., Canandaigua, NY. 396-0087. 5-7 p.m. $2.

Latin Night. Hush Nightclub, 359 East Ave. (585) 506-2851. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

PJ Elliott. Bay Street Hotel, Bay St, Sodus Point. 315-483-2233. 9 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Eastman Philharmonia w/Renee Fleming. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. 2741100. 3 p.m. $100.

Ella Cripps. Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd, Geneva. 800-3-GENEVA. 6:309 p.m. Free.

Going for Baroque Organ Recital. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave 276-8900.

1 & 3 p.m. Free w/admission.

[ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Westside Sports Bar & Grill, 1600 Lyell Ave. 458-7888. 9 p.m. Call for tix.

DJ. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River Street 663-5910. 10 p.m. Free.

DJ Rasta Spoc/Easy Reggae.

Blueroom, 293 Alexander St. (585) 730-5985. 10 p.m. Call for tix.

Old School DJ. Clarissa’s, 293 Clarissa St 454-2680. 8 p.m.

Free. [ Hip-Hop/Rap ] R&B HipHop Spring Edition. Cafe Underground Railroad, 480 W Main St (585) 235-3550. 8 p.m. $5-$10.

Bill Slater. Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 199 Woodcliff Dr 381-4000.

11:30 a.m. Free.

Jazz Night. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 7 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St 232-7550. 10 p.m. Free.

Karaoke. Jose & Willy’s, 20 Lake Shore Dr, Canandaigua.

394-7960. 8:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Brad London. Willow Inn, 428 Manitou Rd 3923489. 9 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Acoustic Sunday w/Fred Goodnow.

Brown Hound Bistro, 6459 Rt 64, Naples. 374-9771. 11 a.m. Free.

Open Country Jam w/Randy.

Sandra’s Saloon, 276 Smith St. 546-5474. 2-6 p.m. Free.

Open Jam w/Bodega Radio.

Jukebox, 5435 Ridge Rd W, Spencerport. (585) 352-4505. 5 p.m. Free.

Troup Street Jazz Jam Session.

Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. 216-1070. 6 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Deborah Branch. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 6 p.m. Free.

Radioactive Snoshu, Sand Bar, Do it with Malice, Suit em’ Up. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585-4542966. 9 p.m. $6-$8.

Ruby Shooz, Wild Horses, Inside Out. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 325-5600. 1 p.m. $10.

The Avett Brothers. Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St, Geneva.

1-866-355-LIVE. 7 p.m. $40-$45.

Monday, February 21 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Dave McGrath & Guests. Rehab Lounge , 510 Monroe Ave. 442-9165. 6 p.m. Free.

Gamelan Ensemble Experience.

Harley School, 1981 Clover St. 442-1770. 6:30 p.m. Free.

John Akers. Dinosaur Bar-BQue, 99 Court St. (585) 3257090. 9 p.m. Free.

Mandy. Shorts Bar & Grill, 35 N Main St, Fairport. 585-3880136. 9 p.m. Free.

Sore Thumb Radio Live Broadcast w/Jeff Cosco. House of Guitars, 645 Titus Ave. 2240990. 8 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Faculty Artist Series: Phillip Ying, viola. Eastman School of MusicKilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. (585) 274-1100. 8 p.m. Free-$10.

Trudy Moon. Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd, Geneva. 8003-GENEVA. 6:30-9 p.m. Free. [ DJ/Electronic ] DJ. Pelican’s Nest, 566 River Street 663-5910. 5 p.m. Free.

DJ TW. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. 321-1170. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Manic Mondays DJs. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 454-2966. 11 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Annie Wells. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 232-3906. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Brad Batz Duo. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester. (585) 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free. [ Karaoke ] Karaoke. Roost, 4853 W Henrietta Rd. (585) 321-1170.

9:30 p.m. Free.

Karaoke w/Walt O’Brien. Flipside Bar & Grill, 2001 E Main St 288-3930. 9 p.m. Free. [ Open Mic ] Open Jam w/Refreshunz.

Clarissa’s, 293 Clarissa St 2323430. 8 p.m. Free.

Singer/Songwriter Open Jam. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester. 385-8565. 7 p.m. Free.

Traditional Irish Session.

McGraw’s Irish Pub, 146 W Commercial St, East Rochester.

764-0991. 7 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Lovin’ Cup Idol. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 8 p.m.

Call for tix.

Pro-Am Open Jam. Southpaw Brew Pub, 315 Gregory St. 4426880. 9:30 p.m. Free.

The Indras w/Inugami & Doco.

Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585454-2966. 8:30 p.m. $5-$7.

Tuesday, February 22 [ Acoustic/Folk ] Brent Persia. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650.

8 p.m. Free.

Fritz’s Polka Band. Sevens, Rt 96, Farmington. (585) 924-3232.

12:30-2:30 p.m. Free.

Jeff Elliott. Norton’s Pub, 1730 N Goodman St 266-3570. 5-8 p.m. Free.

Johnny Bauer. Cottage Hotel, 1390 Pittsford-Mendon Rd, Mendon, NY. 624-2929. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Tannahill Weavers. Lovin’ Cup, Park Point @ RIT 292-9940. 7 p.m. $15-$18.

Music-Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. (585) 274-1100. 8 p.m. $10-$20. [ Jazz ] Nancy Perry. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester.

(585) 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free.

The Jimmie Highsmith Experience.

Tala Vera, 155 State St. 5463844. 7 p.m. $5.

Thomas Gravino. Lemoncello, 137 W Commercial St, E Rochester.

385-8565. 6 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Egg Man’s Traveling Carnival.

Hatter’s Pub, 5 W Main St, Webster. (585) 872-1505. 6 p.m. Call for tix.

Teagan Ward. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650. 7 p.m. Free.

Wednesday, February 23 [Acoustic/Folk ] Meteyer, Morrissey. Boulder Coffee Co-Brooks Landing, 955 Genesee St (585) 454-7140. 8 p.m. Free.

PJ Elliott. Miceli’s, 1011 Rt 31, Macedon. 986-2954. 7-10 p.m.

Free.

Ralph Louis. Lento, 274 N Goodman. 271-3470. 7:30 p.m.

Free.

Tom Gravino. Cafe 54, 54 W Main St, Victor. 742-3649. 6 p.m. Free.

Watkins & the Rapiers. Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave. 2323906. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Blues ] Dirty Bourbon Blues Band.

Deweys, 1380 Lyell Ave. 2544707. 9 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Eastman TheatreKodak Hall, 60 Gibbs St. 2741100. 8 p.m. Free. [ Jazz ] Paradigm Shift. Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 1290 University Ave 271-5000. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Robert Chevrier. Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 3400 Monroe Ave. 5867000. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Shades of Gray. Bistro 135, 135 W Commercial St,, East Rochester.

(585) 662-5555. 6 p.m. Free.

Tony Gianavola. Beale Street Cafe, 693 South Ave. (585) 271-4650.

6 p.m. Free. [ Pop/Rock ] Conspirator. Water Street Music Hall, 204 N Water St (585) 325-5600. 8 p.m. $15.

Elton John. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 758-5300.

8 p.m. $29-$139.

The Morning On Fire, w/The Radium Girls, Thrifter. Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave. 585-4542966. 9 p.m. $6-$8.

Thunder Body. Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St 232-7550. 9 p.m. $5.

[ Blues ] Joanne Shaw Taylor. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St. (585) 325-7090. 9 p.m. Free. [ Classical ] Kilbourn Concert Series: Eighth Blackbird. Eastman School of rochestercitynewspaper.com City 15

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Art Exhibits

The members of new-music group Eighth Blackbird memorize the scores they play, allowing them to move around and put on a theatrical performance. PHOTO PROVIDED

Eighth wonder Eighth Blackbird Tuesday, February 22 Kilbourn Hall, 26 Gibbs St. 8 p.m. | $10-$20 | 454-2100, esm.rochester.edu [ PREVIEW ] BY PALOMA CAPANNA

“There’s only one Eighth Blackbird,” says Rochester new-music composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez. He’s speaking about the group, Eighth Blackbird, which will perform his composition “Five Memos” as part of a concert titled “Still Life” next week at the Eastman School of Music’s Kilbourn Hall.

Eighth Blackbird is an ensemble. The group is a sextet. The instrumentalists are conservatory trained. The group performs works by composers that are schooled in the classical tradition. But the composers, performers, and notes all tumble into the category of “new music.”

Tim Munro, flutist with Eighth Blackbird, describes the music and the performance of the group as “exploring different horizons into unchartered territory.” Munro adds, “One of the things that sets new music apart is that it sounds weird.”

Munro explains that Eighth Blackbird holds

a unique place in the new-music category, at least in part because the group memorizes its music, getting the musicians out from behind the music stands, and moving about, playing instruments with theatrical staging.

What Munro describes pales in comparison to the raw attitude that Eighth Blackbird brings to the stage, and to the compositions. “One of the things we don’t like are stuffy classical-music concerts where the composers are demi-gods 16 City february 16-22, 2011

before whom the audience should bow down and worship,” says Munro. “We really want to bring the audience with us into this world and take them on a unique adventure.”

The adventure that is Eighth Blackbird began in 1996, when the group was founded.

The name comes from the poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens, although someone could just as easily have chosen the 12th stanza over the eighth stanza in naming the group. The 12th stanza reads, “The river is moving/The blackbird must be flying.” In a way it offers a complete depiction of the group’s performance aesthetic.

Current Eighth Blackbird members include Timothy Munro, flutes; Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets; Matt Albert, violin and viola; Nicholas Photinos, cello; Matthew Duvall, percussion; and Lisa Kaplan, piano. These musicians have deep classical roots, including degrees from Oberlin and performance venues like Carnegie Hall, and a list of accolades that includes a Grammy. Plus, the group’s self-written website presents the added dimensions of each performer as an individual person. (For instance, Kaplan has climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro.)

Munro says, “The world of new classical music is so diverse and so eclectic. One week we’re playing with a gamelan, the next week we’re performing with a rock drummer, and the next week it’s with Bang on a Can for minimalist-sounding stuff.”

Munro describes the program for “Still Life” as

a “program about virtuosity.” “Every composer on the program is rebelling against something in a different way,” says Munro. “The best music is the music that lives on that edge.”

In addition to “Five Memos” by SanchezGutierrez (b. 1964), the program for Kilbourn

Hall also includes “Still Life with Avalanche” by Missy Mazzoli (b. 1980); “Catch” by Thomas Adès (b. 1971); “Music in Similar Motion” by Philip Glass (b. 1937); “à mesure” by Philippe Hurel (b. 1955); and “Meanwhile” by Stephen Hartke (b. 1952). The Glass piece was written in 1969; the others between 1991 and 2010.

Virtuosity was a characteristic sought

by Sanchez-Gutierrez for “Five Memos.”

Sanchez-Gutierrez first wrote a piece called “Luciernagas” (“Fireflies”) for Eighth Blackbird 10 years ago. So, in 2009, when SanchezGutierrez was approached by New York City’s Look and Listen Festival to compose a piece for its music series conducted in art galleries and museums, he immediately thought of the memos written by Italian Italo Calvino (19231985), and about Eighth Blackbird.

The memos were derived from six lectures Calvino was writing on the qualities he thought important to literature to carry it into the 21st Century. Calvino completed only five of the lectures before his death, and they were published posthumously.

“Five Memos is an homage to Calvino and a statement of faith in those aspects of literature — and of art — lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, multiplicity,” says Sanchez-Gutierrez.

The composer describes his piece as virtuosic.

“Of course, there are aspects of the piece that are inevitably dedicated to Eighth Blackbird,” says Sanchez-Gutierrez. “There’s a synergy that needs to take place between the members of the performing ensemble that only a group like Eighth Blackbird can convey. I know them.

They work extremely hard at becoming one instrument. And they are a bit theatrical.”

Munro, who says that everything on this

program is about virtuosity, zeros in on the Glass piece as “the virtuosity of sheer stamina.” “It’s an early piece,” says Munro. “He was writing in this piece like he was giving a middle finger to the establishment. He was going back to basic elements — there are only five notes in this piece — so pure and so raw. And, at the same time, he’s thumbing his nose at the establishment on parallel fifths. He’s writing two lines at once, and he really wants to break all of those rules. This is Philip Glass the young, raw rebel.”

Sanchez-Gutierrez also distinguishes Eighth Blackbird from other groups who perform in the new-music category. “What the audience should expect in a performance from Eighth Blackbird is a top-notch performance,” says Sanchez-Gutierrez. “What you will hear is what the composer intended, very accurate top-level performance, performed with a sort of integrity and incredible insight.”

For Munro, who has been fascinated by new music since he was 14, “We want people to love our concerts — it’s even alright to hate them.

But what we don’t want,” says Munro, “is, ‘Oh, that wasn’t so interesting.’ We’re trying to react against complacency.”

[ OPENINGS ] “18 Things I Found in Persia” Fri, Feb 18. Nazareth College Colacino Gallery, 4245 East Ave. 6-8 p.m. 389-2532, naz.edu.

“Salute to Black History Month” with art by James Daniels and the Joy Gallery art group Sat Feb 19. Joy Gallery, 551 Genesee St. 7-10 p.m. 436-5230, joygallery. org. Entertainment by Soulife Magazine.

“Whimsical Art Trail” with Gary Carlson, Meredith Schreiber, and Raphaela McCormack Sat Feb 19.

The Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square. 1-4 p.m. 263-2700, thestrong.org. $10-12. Meet the artists and learn about their process. [ CONTINUING ] 2 Chic Boutique 151 Park Ave. Through Feb 28. “Beyond the Racks.” Wed-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-6111, 2chicboutique.com.

Artisan Works 565 Blossom Rd. Through Feb 27: The Work of Salem Sampoerna. | Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun Noon-5 p.m. $8$12. 288-7170, artisanworks.net.

A.R.T.S. Gallery at Aviv Café 321 East Ave. Through Feb 18: “Generational Blessings.” Fri 6-11 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

729-9916.

Arts & Cultural Council Gallery 277 N Goodman St. Through Feb 24: “The Fine Art of Airigami: Once Upon a Time.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 473-4000, artsrochester.org.

Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave. Through Mar 19: “No Boundaries: New Expressions in Black Art.” WedFri 6-9 p.m., Sat 3-6 p.m. 5632145, thebaobab.org.

Barnes and Noble Gallery 3349 Monroe Ave, Pittsford. Through Feb 27: Penfield Art Association’s Winter Art Show. Mon-Sat 9 a.m.10 p.m.; Sun 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 5866020, barnesandnoble.com.

Books Etc. 78 W. Main St., Macedon. Through Feb 28: “New Shapes, New Colors, New Moments: The Work of Amy Crawford, Doris Britt, and John Cieslinski.” Wed-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 474-4116, books_etc@ yahoo.com.

Booksmart Studio 250 N. Goodman St. Through Feb 26: “Natural Truths Collection 2010”

by Walter Colley & “West Virginia Store Fronts” by Edgar G. Praus.

Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1-800-761-6623, booksmartstudio.com.

Bridge Gallery Brodie Fine Arts, SUNY Geneseo. Through Apr 2: 26th Annual Calligraphy Exhibition. Mon-Thu noon-4 p.m., Fri-Sat noon-6 p.m. 245-5814, Geneseo.edu.

Central Library Lower Link Gallery 115 South Ave. Through Feb 28: “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” portraits by Robert Shetterly. Mon & Thu 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Tue, Wed & Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m. 428-7300 Chait Fine Art Gallery 234 Mill St. Through Feb 28: “Belize, An EcoResponsible Gem” Photographs

by Tom Policano. Fri 5-9 p.m., Sat-Sun 12-4 p.m. schait@ chaitstudios.com.

SPECIAL EVENT | Safer Sex Party

Various groups who have a bizarre interest in your morality want to tell you when and how to do it. The only sensible reason to listen to anyone’s thoughts on your sexuality is in the interest of your health. Take matters into your own hands, or get help navigating the ins and outs of modern love this weekend.

On Saturday, February 19, 7 p.m.-midnight, Planned Parenthood of the Rochester Syracuse Region will host a Safer Sex Party at 35 State Street. This 21-and-over event is a fundraiser for PPRSR and promises myth-busting, fact-offering fun, by way of a history of safer sex exhibit, burlesque shows, lingerie, music, chocolates by Hedonist Artisan Chocolates, and more. Dress to impress and get your learnin’ on, then head to the after party at Vinyl (291 Alexander St.) — no cover charge when you present your Safer Sex Party ticket.

Tickets are $40 advance and $50 at the door; visit safersexparty.org for more information and to buy tickets, which are also available at Parkleigh, Outlandish Videos and Gifts, Boulder Coffee Co., and Planned Parenthood locations.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY CIAS Dean’s Gallery Frank E. Gannett Hall, Room 1115, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Through Mar 4: “Continuum,” Drawings and Paintings by Jean K. Stephens. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. rit.edu.

Community Darkroom Gallery 713 Monroe Ave. Through Feb 26: “Thaw: Meltdown: Life is What You Fake It.” Mon 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Tue-Thu 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Fri closed; Sat 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 271-5920, geneseearts.org.

Crocus Clay Works Gallery Hungerford Building Door #2, Suite 225, 1115 E. Main St. Through Feb 26: “Melting Hearts,” Living Plant Sculpture by Christine & Brian Krieger; “Paper Tigers” and more. Tue-Wed 5-8 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m., or by appointment. 469-8217, crocusclayworks.com.

A Different Path Gallery 27 Market St., Brockport. Through Feb 28: “Food as Art/Art as Food.” WedFri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 6375494, differentpathgallery.com.

The Firehouse Gallery @ Genesee Pottery, 713 Monroe Ave. Through Feb 28: “Seconds from the Flame.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat noon-4 p.m. 244-1730, geneseearts.org.

FourWalls Gallery 179 Atlantic Ave. Through Feb 27: “Form & Substance,” recent works of: Victor Pacheco, Kitty Hubbard, and Francesca Lalanne.”

Call for hours. 442-7824, fourwallsartgallery@gmail.com.

Frederick Douglass Resource Center Gallery 36 King St. Through Feb 28: “Lynching in America,”

new work by Pepsy Kettavong. $5-10. Call for hours. 325-9190, frederickdouglassrc.com.

Friendly Home’s Memorial Gallery 3165 East Ave. Through Feb 28: “A New Direction,” watercolor and mixed media works by Pamela LoCicero. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

381-1600, friendlyhome.org.

Fusion Salon 333 Park Ave. Through Feb 28: “Famous Faces,”

by Jay Lincoln, Jennifer Cichello, Mr. PRVRT, and Rebecca Rafferty.

Presented by Method Machine.

Mon & Tue 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Thu Noon-8 p.m., Fri 9a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 271-8120, fusionsalonnewyork.com.

Gallery @ Equal=Grounds 750 South Ave. Through Feb 28: “Mug Shots.” Tue-Fri 7 a.m.-Midnight, Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-Midnight. gallery@equalgrounds.com.

Genesee Co-op Federal Credit Union 395 Gregory St. Through Apr 2: “Variations on the Endangered Theme” by Margot Fass. Mon-Wed 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thu-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 461-2230, genesee.coop.

George Eastman House 900 East Ave. Through Jun12: “Between the States: Photographs of the American Civil War from the George Eastman House Collection.” | Through Apr 10: “Larry Merrill: Looking at Trees.” | Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 1-5 p.m. $4-$10.

271-3361, eastmanhouse.org Gilded Square Picture Framing & Gallery 714 University Ave. Through Feb 25: “The Nature Trail: From Madison Ave. to Rochester and Points South & West” by Richard Kalkman. Tue-Fri 11 a.m.5 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 4612808, gildedsquare.com.

Hartnett Gallery University of Rochester, Wilson Commons.

Through Feb 27: “Visualizing Difference: Birds of a Feather,” sculpture and video installation

by Meg Mitchell. Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat-Sun Noon-5 p.m. 275-4188, blogs.rochester. edu/Hartnett.

High Falls Fine Art Gallery 60 Browns Race. Through Feb 25: “In Between 2 Worlds,” “Thaw: Hot and Cold,” and “Pressing Issue: Letterpress Art” featuring Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and the artists of the Printing and Book Arts Center.

Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat Noon6 p.m.; Sun 1-5 p.m. 325-2030, centerathighfalls.org.

Image City Photography Gallery 722 University Ave. Feb 23-Mar 20: “Thaw.” | Through Feb 20: “Peters Picks #2.” Wed-Sat 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun noon-4 p.m. 482-1976, imagecityphotographygallery.com.

International Art Acquisitions 3300 Monroe Ave. Through Feb 28: “Hydra” by Linda Kall. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun Noon-5 p.m. 264-1440, internationalartacquisitions.com.

Joy Gallery 551 Genesee St. Through Mar 19: “Salute to Black History Month” with art by James Daniels and the Joy Gallery art group. Noon-4 p.m. 436-5230, joygallery.org.

Little Theatre Café 240 East Ave. Through Mar 4: Steven Harkola.

Sun 5-8 p.m.; Mon-Thu 5-10 p.m.; Fri-Sat 5-11 p.m. 2580403, thelittle.org.

Lux Lounge 666 South Ave. Through Mar 31: “Lux Be a Lady” work by Rheytchul Chickenbone, Sarah Rutherford, Stacey Mrva, Juni Moon, Lea Rizzo, and Sara Purr. Mon-Thu 5 p.m.-2 a.m.; Fri 4:30-2 a.m.; Sat-Sun 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 232-9030, lux666.com.

MCC Mercer Gallery 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. Through Feb 27: “The Freedom Place Collection: A Major Exhibition of Rarely Seen Works by AfricanAmerican Artists.” Mon, Wed, Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tue, Thu 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 292-2021.

Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave. Through Apr 10: “Wine & Spirit: Rituals, Remedies, and Revelry.” | Through Mar 21: “Great Impressions: The Print Club of Rochester Turns 80” in Lockhart Gallery. | Through Mar 3: “Thaw: Considering Climate Change” in Lucy Burne Gallery. | Wed-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu until 9 p.m., $4-$10. Thu night reduced price: $6 from 5-9 p.m. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu.

Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. Through Feb 25: “The Americanization of the Kimono,” work by master weaver Mary Randall McMahon and surface designer Jane Bartlett. 624-7740, millartcenter. com. Mon-Fri & Sat 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free My Sister’s Gallery The Episcopal Church Home, 505 Mt. Hope Ave. Through Feb 20: “The World According to Bing,” paintings by Harriet Bingham Thayer. Daily 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 546-8439.

Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery 4245 East Ave. Through Mar 11: “Torch Song: Metals Invitational.”

Tue-Thu 1-4 p.m., Fri-Sat 1-8 p.m.

389-5073, naz.edu.

Nazareth College Colacino Gallery 4245 East Ave. Feb 18-Mar 12: “18 Things I Found in Persia.” Tue-Sat noon-5 p.m.

389-2532, naz.edu.

Oxford Gallery 267 Oxford St. Through Feb 19: “Souvenirs de France.” Tue-Fri Noon-5 p.m; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 271-5885, oxfordgallery.com.

Penfield Arts Center repARTee Gallery 2131 Five Mile Line Rd. Through Mar 25: “Thaw: Before the Flow.” Wed-Sat 1-5 p.m. 5865192, penfieldartscenter.com.

Record Archive 33 1/3 Rockwood St. Through Feb 28: “New paintings by Lucinda Storms & her aesthetic alter-ego Belvedere.” Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun noon-5 p.m. alayna@ recordarchive.com.

Renaissance Art Gallery 74 St. Paul St. Through Mar 26: Taylor Woolwine. Tue-Sat 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

423-8235, rochesterrenaissanceartgallery.com.

Rochester Contemporary Arts Center 137 East Ave. Through Mar 13: “Mentors & Makers” new sculpture by Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs and their former students Tom Lacagnina and Bethany Krull. | In the LAB Space: “Charlie Arnold: Pioneer of Electrostatic Art.” Wed-Sun 1-5 p.m., Fri 1-10 p.m. 461-2222, rochestercontemporary.org. $1.

RIT Bevier Gallery 90 Lomb Memorial Drive. Booth Building, 7A. Through Feb 27: Fourth Annual Invitational Showcase for Student Artwork. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Mon-Thu 7-9 p.m.; Sat 1-4:30 p.m.; Sun 24:30 p.m. 475-2646.

Rochester Medical Museum & Archives Through Mar 18: “Military Dress” by Philip G. Maples. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

922-1847, viahealth.org/archives.

Rochester Regional Community Design Center Hungerford Complex/E. Main Business Park.

Door 3B. Through Jun 3: “Build it Right and They Will Come.”

Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 2710520, rrcdc.com.

The Shoe Factory Co-op 250 N. Goodman St., Studio 212. Through Feb 28: “Hearts and Daggers: A Rochester Love Story.” Call for hours. studio212@shoefactoryarts. com, shoefactoryarts.com.

The Strong National Museum of Play One Manhattan Square.

Feb 19-May 22: “Whimsical Art Trail” with Gary Carlson, Meredith Schreiber, and Raphaela McCormack. Mon-Thu 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 12-5 p.m. 263-2700, thestrong. org. $10-12.

SUNY Geneseo Lederer Gallery 1 College Circle, Brodie Hall.

Through Mar 12: “Art Blizzard” Mon-Thu 12:30-3:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 12:30-5:30 p.m. 243-6785.

SUNY Geneseo Lockhart Gallery McClellan House, 26 Main St., Geneseo. Through Mar 10: “Robert Blackburn: Defining Influence.” Mon-Thu 12:303:30 p.m.; Fri-Sat 12:30-5:30 p.m. geneseo.edu.

Tower Fine Arts Center @ SUNY Brockport 180 Holley St. Through Feb 25: “2011 Monroe and Vicinity Biennial.” Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

395-ARTS, brockport.edu.

Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince St. Through Mar 27: “Shedding

ART | “Dutch Connection”/”Looking at Trees”

Blooming spring has arrived early at the George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), so get your green injection with two new exhibitions. “The Dutch Connection” show featuring more than 2000 tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, freesias, amaryllis, alliums, and tropical orchids has already filled the conservatory, and will remain on view through February 26. The exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture by Eastman House landscape curator Amy Kinsey on Sunday, February 20, at 1:15 p.m.

Also showing at the museum is “Larry Merrill: Looking at Trees,” a new body of work by the local artist about intentional, active looking, on view through April 10. The 16 large-scale digital prints feature beautiful, mammoth, architectural trees in Merrill’s neighborhood and various parks in Rochester, Central Park in New York City, and Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Merrill will give a talk about the background and historical context of his work at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in the Dryden Theatre.

Both exhibitions and lectures are included with museum admission, which is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students, and free to members and children age 12 and under. Museum hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday through 8 p.m., and Sunday 1-5 p.m. For more information, call 271-3361 or visit eastmanhouse.org.

— BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Light” by Pamela Vander Zwan.

Thu 5-8 p.m., Fri-Sun noon-5 p.m.

442-8676, vsw.org.

Williams Gallery 220 S Winton Rd. Through Feb 17: “Layered Beauty” by Chris Swingle Farnum.

Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 271-9070, rochesterunitarian.org.

Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Dr., Canandaigua. Through Mar 18: “All about Trains and Graphite”

by Sam Ferrara. Mon-Thu 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m. 394-3500 x7369, gallery34@flcc.edu. [ CALL FOR ARTWORK ] 63rd Annual Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Deadline March 31. Seeking entries from regional artists for major juried exhibition opening July 24 at Memorial Art Gallery. Apply at mag.rochester. edu/rochester-finger-lakes/.

Call for Applications for 55th Clothesline Festival. Deadline March 25. Festival to be held September 10-11 at Memorial Art Gallery. Apply online at clothesline. rochester.edu.

Art Events [ Wed., February 16 ] Webster Art Club Meeting Painting Day with Peggy Martinez. Goodwill Building on Ridge Road, Webster. blh@rochester.rr.com. 10 a.m.3 p.m. $15-20, registration required. Watercolor Workshop: Create “Spot on” color.

[ Thursday, February 17 ] Getting Started on Etsy. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-9312, geneseearts.org. 7-9:30 p.m. $35-50, register.

MAG Highlights Tour. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag.rochester.edu.

6:30 p.m. Included with gallery admission: $5-10. Docent-led tour of the collections.

Will Earle Williams “Saluting Unsung Heroes of the Civil War.” Dryden Theater, George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.com. 6 p.m. Included with museum admission $5-12. [ Friday, February 18 ] “Wine and Spirit” Exhibition Tours. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag. rochester.edu. 2 p.m. Included with gallery admission: $5-10.

Drawing Class with Christina Laurel. A Different Path Gallery, 27 Market St., Brockport. kwestonarts@gmail.com. 12:30 p.m. $60, four week class.

Explore techniques with colored pencil drawing.

Friday Fling! Clay and Cabernet.

Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 2715183, geneseearts.org. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $50-60, registration required. [ Saturday, February 19 ] IRENICS: Episodes in the continues on page 18

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Art Events Dance. Decibel, 45 Euclid St. akapaulburke@yahoo.com. 6 p.m. catered art reception, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. DJs. $3. Art by 100face, music by Matt Fletcher, Bounacc, Sparkles, Ginnis, Mark Omni, & Boy Wonder, and food

by Nigh-A-List Foodworks. 21+ with proper I.D. The Americanization of the Kimono Art Demo and Talk. Mill Art Center & Gallery, 61 N Main St, Honeoye Falls. 624-7740, millartcenter. com. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Work by master weaver Mary Randall McMahon and surface designer Jane Bartlett. [ Monday, February 21 ] “Form & Substance” Artist’s Talk with Victor Pacheco, Kitty Hubbard, Francesca Lalanne. FourWalls Art Gallery, 179 Atlantic Ave. 442-7824, fourwallsartgallery@gmail.com. 6 p.m. Free.

Comedy [ Wed., February 16 ] School No. 52 Comedy Show with Joel Lindley. Frank Fowler Dow School No. 52, 100 Farmington Rd. 482-9614, rcsdk12.org.

Doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. $10 advance, $12 door. Adults only, childcare provided for ages 3-12. [ Thursday, February 17Saturday, February 19 ] Brian Dunkleman. Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd, Webster.

671-9080, thecomedyclub.us.

Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 p.m. $9. [ Saturday, February 19 ] “Comedy Platypus.” Village Idiots Comedy Improv, 274 N Goodman St, VIP Studio D312. vip@ improvVIP.com, improvVIP.com.

8 p.m. $8. [ Sunday, February 20 ] Comedy Open Mic. Boulder Coffee Co-South Wedge, 100 Alexander St. 454-7140. 8-11 p.m. Free.

The Royal Comedy Tour.

Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St. 800-745-3000, ticketmaster. com, rbtl.org. 6 p.m. $41.50$49.50. Featuring: Sommore, Bruce Bruce, D L Hughley, and Tony Rock. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] One Man Comedy Show with Pete Provenzano. The Legacy at Clover Blossom, 100 McAuley Dr. 218-9000 x106, dmonti@ legacycloverblossom.com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Wed., February 23 ] Improv Plate. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 2240990, johnnysirishpub.com.

7-10 p.m. Free.

Dance Events [ Wednesday, February 16Thursday, February 17 ] Camille A. Brown and Dancers.

SUNY Brockport-Hartwell Hall, Utica St, Brockport. 395-2487.

7:30 p.m. $8-20. [ Saturday, February 19 ] Shen Yun Performing Arts.

Auditorium Theatre, 875 E Main St. 888-745-3000,

[ Saturday, February 19 ] Dance Lovers Valentine Dance.

Inikori Dance Studio, 1100 University Ave. 746-3290, 3253873. 7-11 p.m. $10-13, register.

Sock Hop to benefit Mercy Flight Central. Airport Holiday Inn. mercyflightcentral.org. 8 p.m.midnight. $10, advance only at Wegmans.

KIDS | Winter Break Week

So, your precious little monsters are out of school for a whole week, and they’re going to need something to do. If it’s too cold to play outside, consider one of the following events and programs geared specifically toward winter break. For more kids’ events, visit our calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com and search under the “kids” heading.

The National Museum of Play at The Strong (1 Manhattan Square) will host “Build, Build, Build!” from Saturday, February 19, through Sunday, February 27, featuring the new “TINKERTOY: Build Your Imagination” exhibit (pictured). Kids can create oversized, imaginative constructions with giant BuilderBLOX, or construct robots, spaceships, boats, and more with ZOOBS and Magformers. The whole family can also enjoy selections from the popular musical “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” performed by students of Greece Athena Middle School on Friday, February 25, at 11 a.m. Museum hours are Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Admission is $10-$12. For more information, call 263-2700 or visit thestrong.org.

The Rochester Museum and Science Center (657 East Ave.) will present the interactive “Space Launch” program 11 a.m.-4 p.m. each day from Saturday, February 19, through Sunday, February 27. The program features multiple hand-on activities, including rocket launches and spacecraft creation, and information on what it will take to get humans to Mars and beyond. All activities are included with museum admission, $10-$12. For more information, call 271-4320 or visit rmsc.org.

Braddock Bay Raptor Research (Braddock Bay Park, East Manitou Road, Greece) will offer “Raptor Recess” on Tuesday, February 22, 10 a.m.-noon. All ages are welcome to join for a morning filled with crafts, games, and stories related to birds of prey, including an owl-pellet dissection. For ages up to 12; parents must accompany children for entire program. The suggested donation for ages 4-12 is $2, and registration is recommended but not required. For more information, call 267-5483 or email information@bbrr.org.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County will host “Healthy You/Healthy World Camp Experience for Kids” at 249 Highland Ave., Tuesday, February 22-Thurday, February 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. Kids will learn about the foods we eat, prepare a great lunch with chefs from Cooks World, and enjoy fun 4H activities. The cost is $50 per day; register for one or more days at mycce.org/Monroe or call 461-1000 x257. Visit mycce.org/monroe for more information. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY shenyunperformingarts.org.

2-4:30 p.m. & 7:3010 p.m. $60-130 plus applicable fees.

Classical Chinese dance and music. [ Sunday, February 20 ] What’s Up: Joseph Cornell.

Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 276-8900, mag. rochester.edu. 5:30 p.m. $7-10.

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Dance improvisation featuring the Italian Baroque Organ.

Dance Participation [ Friday, February 18 ] Every Friday is a Good Friday with DJ Reign. Spenders, 1600 Lyell Ave. 458-1040. 10 p.m.-2:30 a.m. $10 cover, 2 for 1 admission before 11 p.m.

[ Sunday, February 20 ] Inikori Dance Studio’s Latin Dance Social. Inikori Dance Studio, 1100 University Ave. 271-6840, frontdesk@inikoridance.com.

Lesson 615-7 p.m., dance 7-9 p.m. $5, $20 with lesson. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Stardust Ballroom Dance Series: Musique. Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/edgerton. 7:30 p.m. $1.50-3.

Festivals [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Teen Chocolate Fest. Penfield Public Library, 1098 Baird Rd, Penfield. jmathis14526@yahoo. com. 2-4 p.m. Free, register.

Grades 6-12.

Kids Events [ Wed., February 16 ] Auditions: “Hairspray.” A Magical Journey Thru Stages, Auditorium Center, Third Floor, 875 East Main St. 935-7173, Auditions@MJTStages.com.

6-9 p.m. Free, appointment required. Grades 8-12. [ Thursday, February 17 ] Anime Club Film: Vampire Night.”

Canandaigua YMCA, 32 N. Main St. 394-1381, woodlibrary.org.

6-8 p.m. Free.

Family Book Discussion Group.

Parma Public Library, 7 West Ave, Hilton. 392-8350. 4:30-6 p.m.

Free.

Movie Night. Irondequoit Public Library-Pauline Evans Branch, 45 Cooper. 336-6062, aholland@ libraryweb.org. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Free popcorn, PJs and stuffed animals welcome. [ Friday, February 18 ] Friday Night Dinner. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 6635449, topsmarkets.com. 6-8 p.m. $15, register. Ages 8-12.

Young Adult Book Club: “The Good Thief” by Hannah Tinti. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridge. com. 7 p.m. Free. [ Saturday, February 19 ] Arnett Library Drama Series: “Aesop Abounding.” Arnett Branch Library, 310 Arnett Blvd.

Shana Lynott 428-8264. 12-2 p.m.; noon puppet show featuring Tom Bohrer, 1 p.m. make-yourown puppet. Free.

Cool Kids: Capoiera Madinga. The Forum, Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd., Batavia.

637-3984, generationcool.biz. 10 a.m. Free.

Kids’ Kitchen: Take a Snow Day. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 663-5449, topsmarkets.com. 10 a.m.-noon. $12, register. Ages 4-7.

Murray’s Mobile Lab. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880. 1:30,

2:30 & 3:30 p.m. Included with museum admission $10-12.

Roc Stars Talent Show Series: Poets & Visual Artists.

Thomas P. Ryan Community Center, 530 Webster Ave. 428-7294, cityofrochester.gov/ recreationcenters. 5-9 p.m. $3-5.

Storytime. Borders, 1000 Hylan Dr. 292-5900. 11 a.m. Free.

Super Science Saturday: National Engineers Week. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc. org. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Included with museum admission $10-12. [ Saturday, February 19Sunday, February 20 ] Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2170, artscenter.naz. edu. 2 p.m. $14-17. Rochester Childerne’s Theatre. [ Saturday, February 19Sunday, February 27 ] Family Break Activities: Space Launch. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Included with museum admission $10-12. Explore space travel with hands-on activities. [ Monday, February 21 ] Baby and Parent Yoga Class.

CNY Healing Arts 2244 East Ave. 244-1280 x2, cnyhealingarts.com. Through Nov. 8 11 a.m.-noon, after Nov 8 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. $9 with package or $14 for one class.

My Smart Hands: Sign & Sing.

Irondequoit Public LibraryPauline Evans Branch, 45 Cooper. 336-6062, libraryweb. org/irondequoit. 11:15 a.m.

Free, register. Ages 0-2 years.

Toddler Book Club: Be My Valentine. Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Sq. 263-2700, museumofplay. org. 10:30, 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Included in museum admission: $9-11.

Wii Funday Monday. Phillis Wheatley Library, 33 Dr Samuel McCree Way. 428-8212. 2:30 p.m. Free. All ages.

Young Adult Book Club: “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 637-2260, liftbridge. com. 6:30 p.m. Free. [ Monday, February 21Thursday, February 24 ] Disney Stay-cation. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd.

663-5449, topsmarkets.com. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $30 per day/$110 all 4 days, register. Ages 6-15. [ Monday, February 21Friday, February 25 ] Falls View Academy’s “Winter Break Fun Club.” Pieters Family Life Center Cafe, 1025 Commons Way. 624-8184, fallsviewacademy.com. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $65 1 day, $125 3 days, $150 5 days, register. Activities in a child-centered, academicallyinspiring environment. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Arnett Library Story Time. Arnett Branch Library, 310 Arnett Blvd.

Shana Lynott 428-8264. Tue 11-11:30 a.m., Thu 6-6:30 p.m.

Free. Volunteers from the 19th

Ward community will read stories to children and families.

Junior Friends of the Library. Chili Library, 3333 Chili Ave. 889-2200 x 321, chililibrary.org. 6-7 p.m.

Free. Grades 6-12.

Raptor Recess. Braddock Bay Raptor Research, E. Manitou Rd., Greece. 267-5483, bbrr.org.

10 a.m.-noon. $2 for ages 4-12.

Crafts, games and stories related to birds of prey.

Victor the Great Magic Show.

Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. 2-3 p.m. Free.

Video Club. Parma Public Library, 7 West Ave, Hilton. 392-8350.

3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. [ Tuesday, February 22Thursday, February 24 ] Healthy You Healthy World Day Camp. Cornell Cooperative Extension-Rochester, 249 Highland Ave. 461-1000 x257, mycce.org/monroe. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $50/day, register for 1-3 days.

Family Open Swim and Lap Swim. Penfield Community Recreation Center, 1985 Baird Rd, Penfield. 340-8655, penfield.org. 2-4 p.m. $2. [ Wed., February 23 ] Challenger Learning Center: Mission to Mars. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $13-16, reservations required. Ages 7+.

Dragon Movie. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 3597092. 2 p.m. Free.

Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies: Toy Story III. Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Ave. 4288150, libraryweb.org. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Free.

Lectures [ Wed., February 16 ] Alzheimer’s Association Lecture Series. St John’s Meadows, 1 W. Johnsarbor Dr. 760-5400, alz.org/rochesterny. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free, RSVP. Warning signs of and ways to reduce caregiver stress, symptoms and treatment of depression, and the benefits of support groups.

Genesee Valley Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. 9871717, gvc-adk.org. 7:30 p.m.

Free. Wayne Gall: The Deer Tick & Lyme Disease. [ Thursday, February 17 ] “Applied Anthropology: Reflections in Three Chapters” with Dr. Aaron Podolefsky.

Golisano Midlevel Gateway, St. John Fisher College, 3690 East Ave. sjfc.edu. 7 p.m. Free.

“Israel 2011” Series: Dr. Yarden Fanta-Vagenshtein. Temple Beth El, 139 S Winton Rd. 461-0490, jewishrochester.org. 7 p.m. Free.

Nazareth College Hosts Animal Assisted Therapy Speaker Series. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. Stephen Demanchick 389-2545, sdemanc8@naz.edu. 7-9 p.m.

Free. “Animal Assisted Therapy with Children” is designed for both professionals and volunteers who are interested in using animals therapeutically. Room A14 in Arts Center.

Presentation on Living with Bipolar Disorder. Unity Hospital Education Center, 1555 Long Pond Rd. 368-3000. 5-7 p.m.

Free, register by 2/14.

Safety Tips and New Ideas to Keep You Safe. The Legacy at Clover Blossom, 100 McAuley Dr. 218-9000 x106, dmonti@ legacycloverblossom.com. 1 p.m. Free.

Thursday Thinkers: “The Health Care Reform Bill: What’s in it for Me?” Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8350, libraryweb.org.

12:12-12:52 p.m. Free. With Wade Norwood. [ Friday, February 18 ] “The Geological History of New York State & its Fascinating Mineral Deposits.” Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 288-5683, rasny.org/mineral.

7:30 p.m. Free. With Dr. Bruce Selleck from Colgate University.

Refreshments & door prizes. [ Saturday, February 19 ] Jim Nigro, Author of “The Tapestry” and “Dear Sam”.

Holland Land Office Museum, 131 W. Main St., Batavia. 3434727, info@hollandlandoffice. com. 1:30 p.m. Free. [ Sunday, February 20 ] Black History Month Program: “In Spite of Opposition: What Has and Will Be Done.” First Community Interfaith Institute Inc., 219 Hamilton St. 4610379, fciirochester@gmail.com.

4 p.m. Free.

Henrietta Historical Society: “Tuskegee Airmen” with Charlie Price. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. 2 p.m. Free.

Rochester’s Rich History: “Rochester Soldiers in the Civil War.” Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Ave. rpl100.org. 2-3:30 p.m. Free.

The Dutch Connection Lecture.

George Eastman House, 900 East

1098 Baird Rd, Penfield. jmathis14526@yahoo.com. 78:30 p.m. Free.

Tuesday Topics: “Buffalo Bills: Still Relentless After All These Years.” Central Library, 115 South Ave. 428-8350, linda.rock@ libraryweb.org. 12:12-12:52 p.m.

Free. With Sal Maiorana, Author and sports reporter.

COMEDY | Royal Comedy Tour

An acquaintance recently told me her recipe for a great gathering: “the only subjects of discourse allowed are religion, politics, and sex. Oh, and make sure to invite a mixed crowd.”

This might sound dangerously counter-intuitive, but she swears the formula keeps the evening from getting too boring, and sparks many a philosophic conversation. While I admire this, I also picture her as the ringleader of mass chaos.

I was reminded of this advice when I read the press release for the local stop of the Royal Comedy Tour Sunday, February 20, 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Center (875 E. Main St.). “Lines will be crossed and nothing is off limits,” it promised; comedy is one field where you can usually get away with speaking your mind.” Headlining diva Sommore (pictured) says what she thinks and believes in “looking like a lady and sounding like one of the boys.” The uncensored and unapologetic talent lineup also includes Bruce Bruce, DL Hughley, Damon Williams, and more. Get your tickets ($41.50-$49.50) via Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com, and more info at royalcomedytour.com. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY Ave. 271-3361, eastmanhouse. org. 1:15 p.m. Included with museum admission $5-12. [ Monday, February 21 ] American History in Black and White. Joy Community Church, 890 N. Goodman St. 615-9551, fdfny.org. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

Reading the World Conversation Series: Samuel Hazo & Nirvana Tanoukhi. University of Rochester-

Rush Rhees Library, Library Rd. 319-0823, contact@ openletterbooks.org. 6 p.m. Free.

“Inside the Insider: Ethics and Tobacco” by Jeffrey Wigand.

Nazareth College-Shults Center, 4245 East Ave. 389-2073, naz. edu. 10 a.m. Free. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Intro to Facebook and Twitter.

Penfield Public Library,

[ Wed., February 23 ] Light Works! Your Local Metaphysical Group Presents Dowsing with Ray Watson. Brighton Town Hall, 2300 Elmwood Ave. pjp@frontiernet.net, meetup. com/light-works. 6:30 p.m. networking and mini Reiki session with Mary Walker. $5 or $4 each when you bring a friend. Bring your rods, pendulums and your list of questions.

Literary Events [ Wed., February 16 ] Book Discussion: “The Good Thief” by Hannah Tinti. Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave. 784-5300, brightonlibrary. org. 7 p.m. Free.

Book Group: American Wars.

Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 2274020. 7 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, February 17 ] Photographic Historical Society Discussion Group. Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 227-4020. 7 p.m. Free.

Book Discussion: “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave. Penfield Public Library, 1098 Baird Rd, Penfield. jmathis14526@yahoo.com. 7-9 p.m. Free.

Book Group: Annie & Joe’s Eclectic Book Group: “Blue Nude” by Elizabeth Rosner. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 6372260, liftbridge.com. 7 p.m. Free.

Book Group: First Young Professional Reading Group Meeting. Writers & Books, 740 University Ave. 4732590, wab.org. 6:30-7:30

p.m. Free. For young professionals ages 22-39ish.

Open Mic: Pure Kona. Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. flyingsquirrel.rocus.org. 8-11 p.m. Free.

Poetry Reading: Galen: On a Moment’s Notice; Jazz Poetry Slam.

Finger Lakes Community College, Stage 13, 3325 Marvin Sand Dr., Canandaigua. 785-1367, facebook.com/honorshouse.

12:30 p.m. Free.

Poetry Reading: “Galen: On a Moment’s Notice” Poetry Slam with Jazz Flutist Galen AbdurRazzaq. Finger Lakes Community College, Stage 13, 3325 Marvin Sand Dr., Canandaigua. 7851367, flcc.edu. 12:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. at FLCC Honors House, 4340 Lakeshore Dr. Free. [ Saturday, February 19 ] Jane Austen Society of North America. Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 5866020. 1 p.m. Free.

Book Signing: Saturday Author Salon: “The Song Unsung” by Monique Ritter. Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St, Brockport. 6372260, liftbridge.com. 2 p.m. Free. [ Sunday, February 20 ] Book Signing: “Frederick Douglass and the Underground Railroad” by Richard Reisem. Warner Castle, 5 Castle Park. 461-3494, fomh.org.

1-4 p.m. Free. [ Monday, February 21 ] Writing Class: Writers Workshop. Barnes & Noble Webster, 1070 Ridge Rd, Webster. karina.churchill@ yahoo.com, meetup.com/ websterwriters/. 6-8 p.m. None. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] National Association of Women Business Owners Book Group.

Pittsford Community Library, 24 State St, Pittsford. 248-6275.

5:30 p.m. Free.

Tantalizing Titles. Webster Public Library, 980 Ridge Rd, Webster.

872-7075. 12:15 p.m. Free.

Book Group: Words on Women.

Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 2274020, barnesandnoble.com.

7 p.m. Free. Please call store to confirm.

Poetry Reading: Spoken Word Poetry Slam & Open Mic. Tango Cafe, 389 Gregory St. 2714930. Signups begin at 6:45 p.m. Event starts at 8 p.m.

Free. 389 Gregory St. [ Wed., February 23 ] 2000 Word Club. Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 5866020. 7 p.m. Free.

Book Group: Titles Over Tea. Barnes & Noble Greece, 330 Greece Ridge Center Dr. 2274020, barnesandnoble.com. 7 p.m. Free. Please call store to confirm events.

Recreation *For ongoing skiing, ice skating, and snowshoeing events, search our calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com. [ Wed., February 16 ] Snow Cheap Trail Race Series.

Riley Lodge, Cobbs Hill Park.

697-3338, fleetfeetrochester. com, active.com. 7:15 p.m. $10/ race, register. Choose between snowshoe or no snowshoe categories. Snow permitting. [ Friday, February 18 ] Intro to Kayaking. Thomas Pool, 800 Five Mile Line Rd, Webster.

328-3960, geneseewaterways.org.

6-8 p.m. $85, register. [ Saturday, February 19 ] 24-hour Treadmill Event for Heart Health. Fleet Feet Sports, 2210 Monroe Ave. 697-3338, fleetfeetrochester.com. 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. Pledge or raise funds.

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Recreation Bonnie@penfieldfitness.com.

12-3 p.m. Free with donation to Healthy Food Drive. Try a variety of fitness classes.

GVHC Durand Park Hike. Golf Course Lot, Durand Eastman Park, Kings Highway, Irondequoit.

Jon K. 323-1911. 11 a.m. Free.

Moderate 4-7 mile hike.

Introduction to Whitewater Kayaking. Monroe Community College Pool, 1000 E. Henrietta Rd. 704-2372, kayakadventures.org. 1-4 p.m. $75 adults, $55 students.

Luna Ski. Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Road, Naples. 374-6160, rmsc.org.

5:30-8 p.m. $15, ski rental $15, register. Evening trek under the full moon followed by a buffet.

Novice Nature Ski Hike.

Letchworth State Park, off Rt. 390, Castile. 493-3625. 1 p.m.

Free. Meet at trailside lodge, 1 hour, 1 mile.

Owl Moon Guided Walk.

Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd, Mumford. 538-6822 x218, gcv.org. Every 30 minutes, 6-9 p.m. $10-12, reservations required.

Ski, Snowshoe, or Walk the Village & Nature Center.

Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd, Mumford. 538-6822, gcv.org. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 admission, rentals: $10 skis, $5 snowshoes.

Winter Wonder Walk.

Letchworth State Park, off Rt. 390, Castile. 493-3625. 2:30 p.m. Free. Meet at trailside lodge, 1 hour, half mile. [ Saturday, February 19Sunday, February 20 ] Nordic Hot Dog Days. Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Road, Naples. 374-6160, rmsc. org. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. TBA. Hot dogs, chili, mulled cider, cookies, brownies, and more. [ Sunday, February 20 ] GVHC Turning Point Park Hike.

Charlotte Ferry Terminal. Sheila 671-6359. 1 p.m. Free. Easy 5 mile hike.

Intermediate Nature Ski Hike.

Letchworth State Park, off Rt. 390, Castile. 493-3625. 2:30 p.m. Free. Meet at trailside lodge, 1.5 hours, 1.5 miles.

Novice Nature Ski Hike.

Letchworth State Park, off Rt. 390, Castile. 493-3625. 1 p.m.

Free. Meet at trailside lodge, 1 hour, 1 mile. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Hill/Speed Workouts. Fleet Feet Sports, 2210 Monroe Ave. 6973338, fleetfeetrochester.com. 6 p.m. Free.

Indoor Pool Kayaking Classes.

Irondequoit High School Pool.

328-3960, geneseewaterways. org. 7:30-9 p.m. $85.

Introduction to kayaking; all equipment is provided. [ Wed., February 23 ] The Winter Naturalist. Sterling Nature Center, Off 104 East, Sterling. 315-947-6143, snc@co.cayuga.ny.us. 1 p.m.

Free. Outdoor presentation followed by hike.

SPECIAL EVENTS | Black History Month

This month, we not only celebrate courageous African Americans who stood firmly against inequity, but also those who must stand firm to this day. The following are just a few events offered this month; many more events will be presented by area colleges, universities, and organizations. For a full schedule of events, visit the events calendar at rochestercitynewspaper.com.

Catch free performances by Frederick Douglass Orators from School 44 kindergartners and music by Compromise at the Board of Education Central Office (131 W. Broad St., Floor 3) on Thursday, February 17, at 5 p.m.

On Saturday, February 19, at 6 p.m., a free gospel concert will take place at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (141 Adams St.) featuring AKOMA and Voices of Thunder. Free black heritage storytelling events will take place at Edgerton Community Center (200 West Ave.) Tuesday, February 22, 1-2 p.m. and at Ryan Community Center (530 Webster Ave.) Thursday, February 24, 1-2 p.m. On Saturday, February 26, at 6 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (135 E. Main St.), the Black Heritage Gala will feature dinner, entertainment, a salute to Rochester’s black history, and awards honoring local black pioneers and youth. Tickets are $40; for more information, call 428-9857 or visit cityofrochester.gov.

On Saturday, February 19, 1-3 p.m., a free, two-part African American Educational Awareness Film Series kicks off at WXXI studios (280 State St.). Narrated by Cicely Tyson, “Flight to Freedom” traces the evolution of the slave system and the Freedom Trails of the North. On Saturday, February 26, 1-3 p.m., watch “Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968.” Each screening is free, but registration is required. For more information, call 258-0278 or visit wxxi.org.

The Little Theatre (240 East Ave.) will presents its annual Black History Month Film Festival Friday, February 25-Sunday, February 27 with screenings of six films, including “Kirikou and the Sorceress,” “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun,” “Freedom on my Mind,” and “Blacking UP: Hip Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity,” among others. Visit thelittle.org for more information and showtimes.

The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave.) will commemorate Black History Month with on Sunday, February 27, noon-5 p.m., with Black History Month Family Day. The event will include a concert by Rochester soul group Black August, an historical re-enactment by AKWAABA of “A Time in the “Life of Frederick Douglass, Shields Green and A Woman Called Moses (Harriet Tubman),” a child-friendly art talk on Ghana and adinkra symbols, drumming, hands-on art activities, and more. Admission is free; for more information, call 2768900 or visit mag.rochester.edu. — BY REBECCA RAFFERTY

Special Events [ Wed., February 16 ] Author and Documentary Filmmaker Byron Hurt. Monroe Community College, Theatre, Bldg. 4, 1000 East Henrietta Rd.

20 City february 16-22, 2011

292-2534, monroecctickets.com.

7 p.m. $7. Hurt will talk about his award-winning “Beyond Beats and Rhymes” documentary.

Autism Family Safety Training. Al Sigl Center, 1000 Elmwood Ave.,

Lower Level Conference Room, Door #5. 413-1681. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free, register.

Henrietta Garden Club. Henrietta Town Hall, 475 Calkins Rd, Henrietta. 328-8964. 6:45 p.m.

Free. Speaker: Terry Nyman from Northern Stone Design on stonescaping in your garden.

Highland Park Winter Farmers Market. 249 Highland Ave. highlandparkfarmers@gmail. com. 4-7 p.m. Free.

Informational Session: Foster Parenting. Honeoye FallsLima High School, 83 East St., Honeoye Falls. 334-9096, monroefostercare.org. 7 p.m.

Free. 21+.

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Tutor Training Workshops.

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, 1600 South Ave. 473-3030, literacyrochester. org. 6-9 p.m. Free.

Public Hearing to Address Housing and Other Community Development Needs. Rochester City Council Chambers, 30 Church St. cityofrochester.gov.

6-7:30 p.m. Free.

Screening: “Finding Forrester.”

Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/ edgerton. 7:30 p.m. Free. [ Thursday, February 17 ] Board Observance with Frederick Douglass Orators and Music.

Central Office Building, Floor 3 Conference Room, 131 West Broad St. 262-8258, debra. flanagan@rcsdk12.org. 5-5:30 p.m. reception, 5:30-6:30 performance. Free.

Tapas at the MAG. Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave. 2768900, mag.rochester.edu. 5-8 p.m. $4. Live music, wine & beer for purchase, tapas.

Tilt-A-Whirl Drag Shows with Pandora Boxx & Megan Carter.

Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. tiltrochester.com. Two nightly shows: 11:15 p.m. $ 12:30 a.m. $3-12. DJ & dancing.

Transportation Equality Town Hall.

Kate Gleason Auditorium, Central Library, 115 South Ave. 212-2687474, yating@tstc.org. 6-8 p.m.

Free, register. [ Friday, February 18 ] Annual Asian New Year Luncheon.

Shanghai Restaurant, 2920 W Henrietta Rd. 235-1210, rochesterasianhistory.org. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $15, register.

Flying Squirrel BTV Party of Fun Funky Goodness. Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. 442-5432, flyingsquirrel.rocus.org. 7-10 p.m.

Donations. Fundraiser to support Flying Squirrel activities.

Nazareth College Hosts: Assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle presents “Bringing Health Care Reform to New York: The Challenges and Opportunities of Implementing PPACA.” Nazareth College-Linehan Chapel, 4245 East Ave. Dr. Olena Prokopvych 389-2495, oprokop5@naz.edu.

12:30 p.m. Free.

Rochester Singleton’s “Monthly Dinner.” Rick’s Prime Rib House, 898 Buffalo Rd. 368-9756. 6 p.m.

Cost of dinner, RSVP by 2/15.

What a Drag with Samantha Vega, Kyla Minx & Pauly. Tilt Night Club, 444 Central Ave. tiltrochester. com. Two shows nightly: 11:15 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. $4-12.

[ Saturday, February 19 ] African American Educational Awareness Film Series. WXXI, 280 State St. sfigureoa@wxxi.org. 1-3 p.m. Free, reservations required.

“Flight to Freedom” narrated by Cicely Tyson, the film traces the evolution of the Slave System and the Freedom Trails of the North.

Animation Night Winter Series: Feminist Animators and Animation.

Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. flyingsquirrel.rocus.org. 7 p.m.

Free, donations accepted.

Batavia-Bayou Cross Cultural Connection. Genesee Community College, 1 College Rd, Batavia.

343-0055 x6814, lmould@ my.genesee.edu. 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. $10-20, register. Music, dance, food, presentations; to explore Louisiana’s struggle to rebound from Hurricane Katrina and last year’s devastating oil spill.

Black History Month: “A Glimpse into History.” Public Safety Building, 185 Exchange Blvd. cityofrochester.gov. 4-6 p.m.

Free. Interactive discussion featuring Rochester’s first black police officer, retired Captain Charles Price, and retired Sergeant John Ashford.

Breaking the Silence: Voter Registration and Community Dialogue. Frederick Douglass Resource Center, 36 King St. 643-7066. 3-5 p.m. Free.

Dave Matthews Laser Show.

Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 9:30 p.m. $9-10.

Erotic Nights 2011 Series. Equal Grounds Coffee House, 750 South Ave. 242-7840. 8 p.m. $5 donation, reserve your table.

Adult only multi-art show.

Far Out Vintage 2 Year Anniversary Party. Village Gate, 274 N Goodman St. 530-7139. 6-10 p.m. Free. Music, discounts, prize for best vintage attire.

Led Zeppelin Laser. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc. org. 10:30 p.m. $9-10.

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Preview Sessions for Potential Tutors. Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, 1600 South Ave. 473-3030, literacyrochester.org.

10 a.m. Free.

Pastry Palooza. Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave. 244-1730, geneseearts.org.

3-6 p.m. $5. Sample pastries from a dozen local bakeries and vote on the best.

Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region Safer Sex Party. Former 1st National Bank, 35 State Street. 546-2771 x342, pprsr.org, safersexparty. org. 7 p.m.-midnight. $40 advance, $50 at the door. 21+, facts & entertainment, exotic food and drink, shopping at some of Rochester’s sexiest boutiques, more.

Roc City Empire Brewfest. Main Street Armory, 900 E Main St. rochestermainstreetarmory.com, roccitybrewfest.com. 1-4 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. $35-40.

Saturday Evening Telescope Viewing. Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. Dark until 10 p.m. Free. Weather permitting; call ahead.

[ Saturday, February 19Sunday, February 20 ] Our Lady of Mercy Crew Garage and Bake Sale. Our Lady of Mercy High School Gymnasium, 1437 Blossom Rd. gary.palmer@efi. com. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost of items.

To benefit Mercy Crew. [ Saturday, February 19Monday, February 21 ] Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Rochester Institute of Technology-Webb Auditorium, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr. 475-4121, 800-745-3000, interactiveadventures.rit.edu. 7 p.m. $10-15. [ Sunday, February 20 ] 3rd Annual Tucson Trunk Show.

Bead Breakout, 2314 Monroe Ave. 271-2340, beadbreakout. com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost of items.

Awaken to Oneness. Christ Church Unity, 55 Prince St. 2615392, onenessuniversity.org. 5-6 p.m. $10 suggest donation, all welcome regardless.

Bowling for a Cause. Parkview Lanes, 4306 Culver Rd., Irondequoit. 697-0874 x28.

Squad times: 12-2 p.m., 2:304:30 p.m. or 5-7p.m. $10 donation per bowler, RSVP. Includes 2 games, shoes, pizza and refreshments. Cash bar. Benefits National Kidney Foundation.

Corporate Media Feeds You Lies! Indymedia Feeds You Pancakes!!! Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa St. Knight0440@yahoo. com, RochesterIndymedia@ rocus.org. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $5$10 sliding scale donation, no one turned away.

In Honor of Heart Health Month.

MJ Daily Bread Restaurant, 540 W. Main SBA Historic District. blissfulspirit@yahoo.com. 2-5 p.m. Free.

Rochester Civil Rights Front Meeting. Equal Grounds Coffee House, 750 South Ave. civilrightsfront.wordpress.com, rochestercrf@gmail.com. 5 p.m.

Free. Grassroots organization for LGBT equality.

Vegan Potluck Dinner Followed by a Vegan Nutrition Video. Brighton Town Park Lodge, 777 Westfall Rd. 234-8750, rochesterveg.org.

Dinner 5:30 p.m., video 7 p.m. $3, free to members. [ Monday, February 21 ] A Worldly Approach to Wines Seminar: Explore the Wines of America’s First Colonies. Casa Larga Vineyards, 2287 Turk Hill Rd, Fairport. 223-4210, casalarga.com. 6-9 p.m. $4555 per person, register.

Pub Trivia. Johnny’s Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Rd. 224-0990, johnnysirishpub.com. 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night. The Old Toad, 277 Alexander St. theoldtoad.com.

9:30 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night. 140 Alex, 140 Alexander St. 140alex.com. 9 p.m. Free. [ Monday, February 21Friday, February 25 ] Star Show: “Wonders of Orion.”

Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave. 271-1880, rmsc.org. 1 p.m. $8-10. Ages 6-adult.

[ Tuesday, February 22 ] Black Heritage Storytelling.

Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St. cityofrochester.gov/ edgerton. 1-2 p.m. Free.

College Night at the Little: Movie Trivia Edition. Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. 285-0400, thelittle. org. 6 p.m.-close. $5 film. Trivia contest, food and drink specials, $5 movie tickets.

Henrietta Public Library Quilt Club.

Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. For people with a basic knowledge of quilting.

Screening: “A Prophet.” George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse. com. 8 p.m. $6-8.

What About the Children? Adoption and Custody Issues. GAGV Community Room, Auditorium Theater, 875 East Main St., first floor. 244-8640, gayalliance.org.

6:30-8 p.m. Free. [ Wed., February 23 ] Highland Park Winter Farmers Market. 249 Highland Ave. highlandparkfarmers@gmail. com. 4-7 p.m. Free. Fresh, local, sustainable and organic produce, meats, honey, jams, jellies and more!

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Preview Sessions for Potential Tutors. Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, 1600 South Ave. 473-3030, literacyrochester.org.

Noon. Free.

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester Tutor Training Workshops. Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, 1600 South Ave. 473-3030, literacyrochester. org. 6-9 p.m. Free.

RAPIER SLICES Open Mic. Venu Resto-Lounge, 151 St Paul St. 802-4660. 7:30-11 p.m. $3-5.

18+ with proper ID. Rochester Winos Tasting and Learn Italian Night.

Gusto, 277 Alexander St. 288-2277, rochesterwinos. com. Registration 6:30 p.m.,

event 7-9:30 p.m. $30-35, registration required.

Screening: “Life During Wartime.”

George Eastman House, 900 East Ave. 271-3361, dryden. eastmanhouse.com. 8 p.m. $6-8.

Sports [ Wed., February 16 ] Rochester Amerks vs. Worcester Sharks. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 454-5335, amerks.com. 7:05 p.m. $14-22. [ Thursday, February 17 ] 6th Annual Pluta’s Hoops for Hope Basketball Game. Rush-Henrietta High School Gymnasium, 1799 Lehigh Station Rd., Henrietta. plutacancercenter.org. 7-9 p.m. $5. Rush-Henrietta High School faculty vs. Fairport High School faculty. [ Friday, February 18 ] Rochester Amerks vs. Hershey Bears. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 454-5335, amerks.com. 7:35 p.m. $14-22. [ Saturday, February 19 ] Rochester Knighthawks vs Toronto Rock. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 758-5300, bluecrossarena.com. 7:35 p.m. $20-29.

Rochester RazorSharks vs. Halifax Rainmen. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. razorsharks.com.

1:05 p.m. $5-25. [ Monday, February 21 ] Rochester RazorSharks vs. LawtonFort Sill Cavalry. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. razorsharks. com. 7:05 p.m. $5-25. [ Wed., February 23 ] Rochester Amerks vs. Manitoba Moose. Blue Cross Arena, 100 Exchange Blvd. 454-5335, amerks.com. 7:05 p.m. $14-22.

Theater

“4.48 Psychosis.” Fri Feb 18-Mar 6. Bread and Water

Theatre. 243 Rosedale St. FriSat 8 p.m. $6-$12. 271-5523, breadandwatertheatre.org.

“Cooking with the Calamari Sisters.” Through Feb 27.

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, 3450 Winton Road. Thu 7 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 3 & 8:30 p.m., Sun 3 p.m., Wed Feb 23 7 p.m. $29-$39. 325-4370, downstairscabaret.com.

Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” Sat Feb 12-Feb 20. Rochester Children’s Theatre. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. Sat-Sun 2 p.m. $14-$17. 389-2170, artscenter.naz.edu.

Erotic Nights. Sat Feb 19. Equal Grounds Coffee House, 750 South Ave. Sat 8 p.m. Donation.

242-7840.

“Grimm.” Fri Feb 18-Feb 27.

Nazareth College Department of Theatre Arts. Nazareth College Arts Center, 4245 East Ave. FriSat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $10-$12.

389-2170, naz.edu.

“Heaven Help the Po’ Taters.”

Through Feb 19. Monsignor Schnacky Players. Saint Catherine of Siena, 26 Mendon-Ionia Road, Mendon. Fri-Sat 8 p.m. $9-$10.

624-9333, saintchathonline.com.

Impact Theatre. Sat Feb 19. 1180 Canandaigua Road. Sat 7:309:15 p.m. Free. 315-597-3553, impactdrama.com.

“Kosher Lutheran.” Sun Feb 20.

Staged reading of the comedy

by William Missouri Downs.

Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave. Sun 2 p.m. Free.

461-2000 x235, jccrochester.org.

“Over the Tavern.” Through Mar 13. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. Previews Wed Feb 16-Thu 7:30 p.m., Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 p.m., opens Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 & 7 p.m., Tue 6 p.m., Wed Feb 23 7:30 p.m. $22-$59. 2324382, gevatheatre.org.

“The Rat Pack is Back.” Thu Feb 17. Show recreates the “Summit at the Sands” nights in Vegas with The Rat Pack. Auditorium Theatre, 885 E Main St. Thu

7:30 p.m. $29.50-$49.50. 800745-3000, rbtl.org.

Shen Yun Performing Arts Series. Sat 2 & 7:30 p.m. $60$130. Auditorium Theater, 885 E Main St. 888-635-3270, shenyunperformingarts.org.

“Sister Mary Ignatius Explain it All for You”/”For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.” Thu Feb 17-Feb 20.

Black Sheep Theatre Coalition.

Village Gate, 274 N Goodman St. Thu-Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 & 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $15. 861-4816, blacksheeptheatre.org.

Auditions Black Sheep Theatre. Thu Mar 3. Holds auditions for roles in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s “The Mystery Plays.” Village Gate, 274 N Goodman St., Suite D313. Thu 7 p.m. 861-4816, blacksheeptheatre.org.

Everyone’s Theatre Company.

Wed Feb 16. Holding auditions for “Falsettos.” Christ the Good Shepherd Church. 752-2768. 7 p.m. everyonestheatre.com.

Footlight Players. Sun Feb 20.

Auditions for “On a Wing and a Prayer,” a musical revue set in 1944. 133 S Union St, Spencerport. Sun 2-6 p.m.

254-9090.

Workshops [ Wed., February 16 ] Alzheimer’s Association Care Partner Education: Taking Care of Yourself. St. Johns Meadows, 1 Johnsarbor Dr. West. 760-5400, alz.org/rochesterny. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Beginning Quilting and Beyond.

Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 359-7092. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free, register.

Chorus Line for Singers! MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave. 210-818, cassandra@cassandrakellymusic. com. 3:30-6 p.m. Free, RSVP. Discussion group; singers’ audition stories will be adapted

and written into the script of a new, original musical revue, “The Audition,” to premiere Fall 2011.

Stories also accepted by email.

Hands-On Cooking with Beer with the Old Toad British Pub. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 663-5449, topsmarkets. com. 7-9 p.m. $25 class only, $35 with beer sampling, register.

Penmanship and Calligraphy Club. Barnes & Noble Pittsford, 3349 Monroe Ave. 586-6020. 7 p.m. Free. [ Thu., February 17 ] Adult Demonstration Class: Vegetarian Meals. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 6635449, topsmarkets.com. 7-9 p.m. $20, register.

Creative Writing Workshop with Jennifer Case. Henrietta Public Library, 455 Calkins Rd. 3597092. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free, registration required. For adults.

Local Pairs: Seasonal Cooking with New York Wineries. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua. 3947070, nywcc.com. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $60, registration required.

Meditation Thursdays. Books Etc, 78 W Main St, Rt 31, Macedon.

315-573-7450, books_etc@ yahoo.com. 7:30-9:00 p.m. $5.

Guided visualization, discussion, questions and answers.

Shaman Drumming. Books Etc, 78 W Main St, Rt 31, Macedon. 4744116, books_etc@yahoo.com.

6:30-8 p.m. Free. [ Friday, February 18 ] Margarita Munchies. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua. 3947070, nywcc.com. 6-8:30 p.m. $50, registration required.

Wine & Chocolate Pairing. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua.

394-7070, nywcc.com. 3-4 p.m. $20, register. [ Sunday, February 20 ] New York Wines vs. the World.

New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua.

394-7070, nywcc.com. 12:302:30 p.m. $40, registration required. [ Monday, February 21 ] Hands-On Sushi Making 101.

Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 663-5449, topsmarkets.com. 7-9 p.m. $25 class only, $30 with wine sampling, register. [ Tuesday, February 22 ] Adult Demonstration Class: BigTime Loser Series 2 of 3. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 663-5449, topsmarkets. com. 7-9 p.m. $20, register.

Winter Soups & Stews. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua.

394-7070, nywcc.com. 6-8:30 p.m. $50, registration required. [ Wed., February 23 ] Adult Daytime Classes: Perfect Pies. Tops Cooking School, 3507 Mt Read Blvd. 663-5449, topsmarkets.com. 7-9 p.m. $20, register.

Alzheimer’s Association Care Partner Education: Cargiving 102: Understanding Behaviors and Making Improvements.

Summit at Brighton, Multipurpose Room, 200 Summit Circle Dr. 760-5400, alz.org/rochesterny. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free.

[ Saturday, February 19 ] How to Taste Wine Like an Expert. New York Wine & Culinary Center, 800 S Main St., Canandaigua. 394-7070, nywcc. com. 12:30-2:30 p.m. $40, registration required.

Are you A Cancer Survivor

With Trouble Sleeping?

We are seeking cancer survivors who are having difficulty falling or staying asleep for a study testing two methods for reducing sleep problems and fatigue.

How may you benefit

All participants will receive a behavioral treatment for sleep problems, at no charge, either as part of the study or after.

Half of the participants will receive a drug called armodafinil that may be helpful in reducing daytime tiredness and fatigue.

Eligibility (partial list)

• Be between the ages 21 and 75 • Have finished radiation treatments and/or chemotherapy • Insomnia began or got worse with the onset of cancer or treatment

Please call Jenine Hoefler (585) 276-3559 or Joseph Roscoe, Ph.D. (585) 275-9962 at the University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center for more information about this research study rochestercitynewspaper.com City 21

Film Times Fri Feb 18 – Thu Feb 24 Schedules change often.

Call theaters or visit rochestercitynewspaper.com for updates.

Film

Cinema Theater 271-1785 957 S. Clinton St. 127 HOURS: 8:35; RABBIT HOLE: 7; TANGLED: Fri 4:30; also Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:30.

Culver Ridge 16 544-1140 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: 1:45, 2:35, 4:25, 5:15, 7:20, 7:50, 9:55, 10:25; BLACK SWAN: 1:35, 4:10, 6:40, 9:30; EAGLE: 1:50, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20; FIGHTER: 4:15, 9:40; GNOMEO & JULIET: 2:30, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20; I AM NUMBER FOUR: 1:55, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15; JUST GO WITH IT: 1:40, 2:20, 4:20, 5, 7:05, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30; JUSTIN BIEBER: 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9:25; also in 3D 2, 4:50, 7:15, 10; KING’S SPEECH: 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35; MECHANIC: 4:55, 10:10; RITE: 2:15, 7:25; ROOMMATE: 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45; SANCTUM (3D): 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:35; TRUE GRIT: 1:25, 7; UNKNOWN: 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05.

Eastview 13 425-0420 Eastview Mall, Victor BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON: 2:05, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10; EAGLE: 1:55, 4:45, 7:55, 10:30; GNOMEO & JULIET (3D): 2:15, 4:35, 7:20, 9:35; I AM NUMBER FOUR: 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:50, 9:45, 10:20; JUST GO WITH IT: 1:40, 2:10, 4:20, 4:50, 7:15, 7:45, 9:55, 10:25; JUSTIN BIEBER: 2, 4:30, 7:30; also in 3D 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30; KING’S SPEECH: 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50; NO STRINGS ATTACHED: 4:15, 6:55, 9:40; ROOMMATE: 1:45, 4:05, 7:25, 10:05; SANCTUM (3D): 1:25; TRUE GRIT: 10; UNKNOWN: 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:15.

A different Rome, a different England [ REVIEW ] by George Grella

“The Eagle” (PG-13), directed by Kevin Macdonald Now playing

In the good old days of Hollywood’s Golden Age, stories drawn from the ancient past provided filmmakers with ample material for epic cinema. A number of directors, most notably the legendary Cecil B. DeMille, mined the literature and mythology of Rome and Greece, along with the Bible, to offer sensationalized interpretations of antiquity, generously educating audiences in their rather idiosyncratic versions of the classics. Those

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movies featured big stars, huge crowd scenes populated by the usual cast of thousands, lavish sets, stunning effects, lots of swords and spears, and of course, attractive young women in scanty attire for provocative dance scenes and the odd orgy.

Such contemporary works as the dark, revisionist (and controversial) Mel Gibson film, “The Passion of the Christ,” and Ridley Scott’s massively overrated “Gladiator,” apparently killed those splendid spectacles of the past. Scott, after all, showed the violence and decadence of ancient Rome without even one orgy, a departure from tradition that shocked fans of flicks like “Cleopatra” and “Quo Vadis.” Now the latest picture set in the heyday of the Roman Empire, “The Eagle,” goes even further, barely bothering with any female characters and showing nothing like the luxury, vice, and outright degeneracy that any devoted cinema classicist rightly expects.

Although based on a novel, “The Eagle of the Ninth,” by Rosemary Sutcliff, the movie actually seems very like a traditional

Tahar Rahim, Jamie Bell, and Channing Tatum (left to right) in “The Eagle.” PHOTO

Western in its story of the Roman occupation of Britain in the second century. The eagle of the title refers to a carved bird on a standard borne by the Ninth Legion, a fighting force that vanished in 120 A.D., on an expedition somewhere north of Hadrian’s Wall. Twenty years later, the son of the legion’s leader, Marcus Flavius Aquila (Channing Tatum) — the name means eagle — takes over as the new commander of a Roman outpost in Britain, determined to find the eagle and salvage his family’s honor.

Set in the middle of a bleak wilderness, the outpost he commands might as well be Fort Apache in a John Ford movie. Marcus’s fellow officers regard their posting as a miserable assignment in a harsh and empty land populated by savages, possessing nothing a Roman would recognize as civilization. When a local tribe charges the fort, the battle resembles an Indian attack from any number of Westerns, with screaming warriors climbing wooden walls, swinging clubs and stone axes against a small body of trained soldiers armed with superior weapons, the classic encounter of an indigenous people with an imperialist nation.

When, after a couple of bloody fights with the natives and quite a lot of suffering, Marcus and his British slave Esca (Jamie Bell) journey beyond Hadrian’s Wall to find the eagle, the movie turns from something like a cavalry Western into a quest or revenge Western. They ride horses through a rugged

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landscape that in no way recalls England’s green and pleasant land, searching for information about the Ninth Legion, frequently fighting off ambushes and attacks from various tribes.

They finally encounter the worst enemies of all, a group called the Seal People, who paint themselves an unbecoming shade of grayish blue and sport Mohawk hairdos; the tribe likes to torture its captives and the chief even hints at a taste for Roman flesh.

When the Seal People capture them, Esca tells the chief that Marcus is his Roman slave, a reversal of roles that saves his master’s life and instructs him in the experience and meaning of slavery. Through their shared ordeals of fighting, escape, suffering, and sacrifice, Marcus and Esca reach a point of bonding and friendship, the real, if unintended, triumph of their quest.

Aside from its disheartening paucity of grand scenes in the classic Roman manner and again, the complete absence of anything like an orgy, what Kingsley Amis memorably called “Sex Life in Ancient Rome,” the movie shows at least a little of ancient methods of battle in the skirmishes between the disciplined soldiers and the hordes of barbarians. Passionate Anglophiles, incidentally, may also be disappointed to see Britain as a harsh landscape inhabited by fierce savages, a far cry from all those Merchant Ivory celebrations of green meadows, gentle hills, picturesque flocks of sheep, a rigid class structure, and tea.

The Internet Movie Database, my virtual home away from my tangible home, just told me that the birthdate of one Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is June 6, 1967. I’m passing this information on not so we can all throw in for a gift, but to marvel at the fact that Paul Giamatti is a mere 43 years old. Is anyone else shocked by this?

With his wispy curls, doughy body, and wry bluster, it seems as though Giamatti has been a middle-aged grump forever, when in reality he’s only been hanging around for the last 15 years or so. Most of us first noticed Giamatti as Howard Stern’s archenemy Pig Vomit in 1997’s “Private Parts,” and since then he’s become one of cinema’s most reliable character actors as well as an unlikely leading man.

A few weeks back Giamatti beat the likes of Johnny Depp and Kevin Spacey to win the Golden Globe for a little Canadian film no one had heard of. Based on the final novel

Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman in “Barney’s Version.” PHOTO COURTESY SONY

by the late Mordecai Richler, the madly uneven but beautifully acted “Barney’s Version” stars Giamatti as our anti-hero Barney Panofsky, who we meet very late one night as he’s smoking a plump cigar, downing pricey scotch, and crank-calling his ex-wife, all of which he really appears to enjoy. The successful producer of a dumb-looking soap opera called “Constable O’Malley of the North,” Barney conveys his version through his memories, beginning with some heady days in mid-70’s Rome and his doomed first marriage to a red-hot mess (Rachelle Lefevre, the original Victoria in the “Twilight” saga).

It’s not too long before there’s a second Mrs. Panofsky for the resilient Barney; she’s played by the gorgeous Minnie Driver as a braying Jewishprincess cliché, so we’re not too heartbroken when their marriage hits an early snag. And I do mean “early”: Barney spies his true love Miriam (Rosamund Pike, “An Education”) from across the room at his own wedding, and much of “Barney’s Version” recounts his dauntless romantic pursuit of her as well as her capture, a union that is harmonious until it isn’t. The overcooked plot also finds time to work in threads about Barney’s drug-addled best friend (a lusciously arrogant Scott Speedman, best known from “Felicity”), a possible murder, the grim realities of aging, and, most satisfyingly, Barney’s honest relationship with his retired-cop dad, channeled with a wise, twinkly sass by the peerless Dustin Hoffman.

“Barney’s Version” is the second feature from veteran TV director Richard J. Lewis (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), and he might be in a bit over his head with the material.

The pacing seems to derail as the tone shifts from comedy to drama and back again, causing the slower parts to often feel like thick, airless space.

The film includes cameos from a Who’s Who in Canadian Filmmaking — guys like Atom Egoyan, Denys Arcand, and a deadpan David Cronenberg — inadvertently causing a viewer to wonder what one of those masters may have done with Richler’s narrative. Lewis is working from a screenplay by rookie big-screen writer Michael Konyves, whose ambitious attempt to cover all the bases prevents the film from fully exploring the more resonant themes. “Barney’s Version” was an odd experience; there were times I hated it, while other times I was completely riveted.

But it shouldn’t come as any surprise that any and all riveting to occur during “Barney’s Version” is due to its stellar cast. Giamatti doesn’t veer too far from the characters we often see him play; his Barney is sarcastic, volcanic, and humble only when cornered, all the while conveying an underlying sadness with those hangdog eyes. Conventional wisdom has it that the best acting arises from some sort of conflict, but the film’s most memorable scenes come courtesy of Giamatti and Hoffman as the apple and his unwavering tree. And on the heels of “An Education” as well as the recent “Made In Dagenham,” the incredibly disciplined Pike threatens to steal yet another movie, her serene, thoughtful bearing opting for restraint when another person could easily have chewed the scenery. Never mind whether Barney could really land all those beauties outside of a movie; that’s a rant for another time.

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Sunday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.: Cremaster 4 (1994, 42 min.) & Cremaster 5 (1997, 54 min.) plus De Lama Lâmina (2004, 55 min.)

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Released over the course of a decade, this decadent and bizarre spectacle includes chorus girls, Masonic rites, a tap-dancing satyr, and high opera. The Cremaster cycle (five films) runs over the course of three nights and is topped off by De Lama Lâmina, featuring director Matthew Barney and Samba musician Arto Lindsay parading in Carnaval in Brazil. (Matthew Barney, US 1994-2004.)

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292-5840 2613 W. Henrietta Rd. CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: DAWN TREADER: 2:05, 4:45, 6:50, 7:20, 9:55; also Sat-Thu 11:30 a.m., 12:25; DILEMMA: 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05; also Sat-Thu 11:35 a.m.; DUE DATE: 7:25, 9:45; GULLIVER’S TRAVELS: 2:30, 4:40; also Sat-Thu 12:20; HARRY POTTER: DEATHLY HALLOWS: 4:30, 7:50; also Sat-Thu 12:30; LITTLE FOCKERS: 2:25, 5:15, 7:35, 10; also Sat-Thu 12; MEGAMIND: 2:15, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35; also SatThu 11:45 a.m.; SEASON OF THE WITCH: 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15; also Sat-Thu 11:55 a.m.; TOURIST: 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:10; also Sat-Thu 11:40 a.m.; TRON: LEGACY: 3:20, 9:30; also in 3D 2:50, 5:35, 8:20; also Sat-Thu in 3D 12:05.

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of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel about the life and loves of a successful yet prickly TV producer. Little, Pittsford BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG-13): Martin Lawrence and Brandon T. Jackson remind Tyler Perry that he hasn’t cornered the market on plus-sized drag with this “Big Momma’s House” sequel that finds the two men going undercover at an allgirls’ school to investigate a murder. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Tinseltown, Webster CREMASTER 1/CREMASTER 2 (1995/1999): Visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney’s infamous “Cremaster Cycle” explores the process of creation. And it pretty much defies description. Dryden (Fri, Feb 18, 7 p.m.)

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HAPPINESS (1998): Todd Solondz’s well-received dark comedy of family dysfunction focuses on the romantic troubles plaguing a trio of suburban New Jersey sisters.

Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Ben Gazzara. Dryden (Wed, Feb 16, 8 p.m.)

I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13): D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye”) directs Brit newcomer Alex Pettyfer in this sci-fi thriller about an extraterrestrial teen trying to stay one step ahead of the enemy aliens that are hunting him down. With Dianna Agron and Timothy Olyphant.

Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Tinseltown, Webster I WALK ALONE (1948): Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Lizbeth Scott star in this film noir about an ex-con who proceeds to shake things up when he returns home to find his former partner on the straight and narrow. Dryden (Thu, Feb 17, 8 p.m.)

A PROPHET (2009): Jacques Audiard’s Best Foreign Film nominee is this fantastic “Goodfellas”-meets-“OZ” crime flick that chronicles a young Arab man’s methodical rise to power in a Corsican prison.

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Jam Section 2 TROMBONE PLAYERS NEEDED to play with one of Rochester’s Finest Big Bands.

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BASSOONIST NEEDED. Woodwind quintet is in danger of becoming a quartet. We’ve lost our bassoonist. Enthusiastic amateur group meets during the day. Join us for a rehearsal.

585-244-7895 CALLING ALL MUSICIANS OF ALL GENRES - the Rochester Music Coalition wants you!

Please register on our website. For further info: www. rochestermusiccoalition.org. info@rochestermusiccoalition. org. 585-235-8412 DREAM ENGINE seeks musicians for musical/poetry artist collabora­tion. Blues/ jazz/funk/rock influenc­es. All instruments. Talent, creativ­ity, improv skills required for noncommercial, performance art en­ semble. Practice Tuesday nights.

Chris 585-472-9971 DRUMMER NEEDED for rock band. Fast, basic style prefered.

Regular rehearsals and play occa­ sional shows 585-482-5942 EXPERIENCED CLARINET PLAYER Would like to play duets with the same. 235-4941 KEYBOARD / SYNTH PLAYER needed now for local established rock cover band. No rental or utility fees. Please call 585-621-5488 LOOKING FOR LEAD GUITARIST, rhythm guitarist, & bass player, cover tunes, originals must be

Place your ad by calling 244-3329 ext. 23 or rochestercitynewspaper.com Ad Deadlines: Friday 4pm for Display Ads Monday at noon for Line ads reli­able, dependable. Looking for seri­ous musicians 585-473-5089 smoke-freeBrian, Mr. Rochester, Rock Star MIDDLE-AGED ROCKER Seeks drummer, bassist, lead guitar to help rediscover his inner Keith.

To jam and get ya-yas out, maybe play out eventually. Blues and early rock-n-roll encouraged to apply. rcsdtom@yahoo.com MUSICA SPEI Rochester’s sacred Renaissance group. is seeking ex­perienced singers for the upcoming season. Call Alexandra at 585-415- 9027 or visit www.musicaspei.org for more details.

OUTGROWN SKA-PUNK? Looking for musicians for ska and rock band, especially drummer, singer, horn players.

See details at www.myspace. com/mooskamovers or email mooskamovers@aol.com. Craig THE CHORUS OF THE GENESEE invites MEN to COME BE OUR GUEST NIGHT February 22, 7:00 pm at 58 Main St. in Webster. We seek men who like to sing.

THE CHORUS OF THE GENESEE (CoG) has openings in all voice parts. The CoG performs a wide va­riety of musical styles from barber­ shop to Broadway, to patriotic and religious. Men of all ages.

Contact Ed Rummler at 585385-2698.

WANTED KEYBOARDIST VOCALIST that plays instruments, guitarist - that plays & sings Morris 585-333-2921

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Sunday Services 10:30 AM All Message Service & Free Spiritual Healing Third Weds ~ 7 PM ~ Séances ~ Classes ~ Gallery Reading ~ For more information and schedules www.plymouthspiritualistchurch.org Robin Higgins, Pastor ~ Phone: 585.271.1470

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IF YOU’RE A GAY, bi, curious, or versatile kind-of-guy, age 18-50, and HIV-negative, you may qualify to take part in an important medical research study at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Participants will be paid an average of $1,000. For more information, visit www. rochestervictoryalliance.org, or call 585.756.2329 to schedule an appointment.

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EMPLOYMENT / CAREER TRAINING

Employment BARTENDER TRAINING@ RocMixology. Hands on training.

Classes forming now, evening and weekend classes available. For info visit rocmixology.com or call (585) 415-2946 DANCERS: PT/FT, Earn BIG $$$$, 18+, no exp. necessary, Tally Ho, 1555 E. Henrietta Rd. Roch. Call 585-424-6190 MYSTERY SHOPPERS Earn up to $100 per day. Undercover shop­ pers to judge retail & dining estab­ lishments. Experience not required Call 800-488-0524 TEXTILE SCREENPRINTER TShirt Express Corp. 1044 University Ave. has a full time opening in pro­ duction. Job includes all aspects of Textile Printing and Vinyl Graphics.

Computer skills are necessary for this position. Call 585-256-0070 for interview appointment. $$$HELP WANTED$$$ Extra Income! Assembling CD cases from Home! No Experience Necessary!

Call our Live Operators Now! 1-800405-7619 EXT 2450 http:// www. easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN) TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED! 2011 Pay Raise! Up To $.52 Per Mile!

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Volunteers ADOPTED ADULTS WANTED! Adoption Resource Network at Hillside is looking for a few adults who were adopted to volunteer for the AdoptMent program. AdoptMent matches adult adoptees with children who are somewhere in the adoption process. AdoptMent youth and adults meet as a group and individually for one hour a week from September until June. Training and support are provided. If you are interested, please call or email Shari Bartlett at 585-3502529, sbartlet@hillside.com.

COMPEER IS SEEKING volunteers to mentor adults. Form a lasting friendship through our E-Buddies, Compeer Calling, or One-to-One Mentor Programs. Vehicle needed, training/support provided (Contact: Renee Bryant, 546-8280, rbryant@ compeer.org) COMPEER’S “50 PROMISED” CAMPAIGN is underway! Volunteers needed to mentor youth experiencing parental incarcera­tion. Spend rewarding time each month doing fun activities. Vehicle needed, training/support provided. Laura Ebert/Compeer lebert@compeer.org 585-546-8280 Ext-117 FOSTER PARENTS WANTED! Monroe County is looking for adults age 21 and over to consider open­ ing their homes to foster children.

Call 334-9096 or visit www.

MonroeFosterCare.org.

FREE DENTAL CLEANING MCC Sophomore Student, needs adult volunteers who have not had a cleaning in 5 plus years. For a free

appointment call Sue 585-709- 3593 LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF ROCHESTER has several 1 hour

preview sessions scheduled for anyone interested in becoming a tutor. No prior teaching experience is

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Government Jobs Available GOVT JOBS PART-TIME. Dozens of fields.

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1-800-242-3736 DEPUTY SHERIFF JAILOR Application deadline: March 2, 2011 Exam Date: April 16, 2011 Now Accepting Applications online at www.monroecounty.gov or 39 West Main Street, Suite 210.

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age and must possess: High School Diploma or GED, Valid NYS Drivers License. Have no felony convictions and be able to pass a physical agility and medical test as well as a psychological and background investigation. Candidates must be in good physical condition and of good moral character and have a genuine interest in this rewarding career.

753-4705 / 753-4706 Download applications online at: (www.monroecounty.gov) www.monroecountysheriff.info The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department is an equal opportunity employer.

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EMPLOYMENT / CAREER TRAINING required. For info call Shelley Alfieri at 585-473-3030

through June. Training Provided.

Call Vicki 585-461-4282

MEALS ON WHEELS Needs Volunteers! Do you have an hour and a smile? Deliver meals during lunchtime to homebound neigh­bors.

Interested? Call 787-8326 to help.

THE LUPUS FOUNDATION OF GENESEE VALLEY welcomes vol­ unteers to help weekly, monthly or once a year. We match your inter­ests with our projects. Each volun­teer makes a difference. Call Eileen 585-288-2910.

NEED A GOOD TEETH CLEANING? No dental insurance? No Problem!

FREE teeth cleanings!! Call MCC Today and ask for Nick. Office: 292.2045 Cell: 831.0365

VACCINE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Consider taking part in HIV vaccine research studies

at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A pre­ventive HIV vaccine can help STOP the global AIDS crisis. If you are HIV negative, healthy and age 18-50, YOU may qualify. Vaccines are syn­thetic and it is IMPOSSIBLE to get HIV from the vaccine.

Being in a study is more like donating blood. Participants will be paid an average of $750. For more information, visit www. rochestervictoryalliance.org. To

learn if you qualify, or to sched­ ule an appointment, call (585) 756- 2329 (756-2DAY).

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to assist with praise and worship. Living Waters Fellowship is a Christ cen­tered non-denominational church in the early stages of development. Individuals, groups, and musicians are welcomed. Call 585-957-6155.

Business Opportunities AGENCY OPPORTUNITIES Available NOW... Be an Allstate Agency Owner. No company out there offers a faster-to-market op­ portunity like Allstate. Join one of the most recognized brands in American To find out how call 1- 877-711-

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PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 a Week mailing brochures from home! Guaranteed Income!

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NEW TOWELS NEEDED for Volunteers of America’s Guest House homeless shelter. To orga­ nize a towel drive for your office, professional organization, group, club or association, please call (585) 4027218 or visit www.voawny.org.

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OMBUDSMAN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! LIFESPAN If you are a good listener, like resolving prob­ lems and want to protect the rights of older individuals in long term care, Call 585-244-8400 Ext. 178

positions available. Leads provided, full comprehensive benefits package, first year $40,000-50,000

Contact Ed Hanna (716) 998-8478 Ed.Hanna@combined.com

SCHOOL #12, Last Orientation March 4th, 999 South Ave is look­ing for reading and math volun­ teers, English and Spanish, now

ADVERTISING SALES OPPORTUNITY SEEKING ONE OUTSTANDING SALES PROFESSIONAL. MUST BE ASSERTIVE, OUTGOING, SMART, IMAGINATIVE AND CONFIDENT. SALES EXPERIENCE AND PROVEN RECORD OF SALES ACHIEVEMENT A MUST. NEWSPAPER/MEDIA SALES A DEFINITE PLUS. SALARY PLUS COMMISSION PLUS BENEFITS.

SEND RESUME TO: Betsy Matthews, City Newspaper, 250 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607 OR EMAIL TO: bmatthews@rochester-citynews.com

Direct Care On-the-Spot Interviews at CDS We are in need of compassionate, reliable, and honest direct care employees with a service first attitude, join our team of highly skilled dedicated employees.

Full time, Part-time, evenings and overnight shifts available. Must have HS Diploma or GED, a valid drivers license for 2 yrs and acceptable driving record. FT/PT openings $9.00-$10.45 based on exp working with people with developmental disablilities.

Wolf Life Transition Center

Continuing Developmental Services It’s all about disabilities.

860 Hard Rd. Webster, NY 14580 Mon.-Thurs. 8:30am-4:30pm Fri. 9am-2pm

Home Health Aides / Personal Care Aides Woodcrest Commons, A DePaul Senior Living Community in Henrietta, is seeking qualified applicants for Home Health Aide and Personal Care Aide positions. Current Certified applicants only need apply. Must be dependable, hardworking and willing to work as part of a team. Full-time & part-time positions available (including weekends).

Apply: Woodcrest Commons, 4455 West Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14424 Or email depaulhr@depaul.org rochestercitynewspaper.com City 29

Legal Ads [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of FRANK D. MASSARO, D.D.S., LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/03/11.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 32 Angels Path, Webster, NY 14580. Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of ARC WGGRCNY002, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/28/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/24/ 11. Princ. office of LLC: 106 York Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of ARC WGIRDNY001, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/28/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/24/ 11. Princ. office of LLC: 106 York Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207.

DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity.

process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 840 Lehigh Station Rd., West Henrietta, NY 14586. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful ac­tivity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF CHARLES MORGAN ENTERPRISES, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is Charles Morgan Enterprises, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 1/ 21/2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County.

The New York Secretary of State is des­ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to 31 Laconia Pkwy., Rochester, NY 14618. The LLC is orga­ nized to engage in any lawful activity for which an LLC may be formed under the NY LLC Law. [ NOTICE ] Notice is hereby given that license, number not yet assigned, for beer & wine has been applied for by Arturo Martinez dba Paolas Burrrito Place, 1011 Culver Rd, Rochester, NY 14609 County of Monroe, City of Rochester for a Restaurant. [ NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LAGRANGE AVE., LLC ] LaGrange Ave., LLC was filed with SSNY on January 13, 2011. Office: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

P.O. ad­dress which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon SSNY: LaGrange Ave., LLC, 525 Lee Road, Rochester, New York 14606. Purpose is to en­ gage in any lawful activ­ity.

[ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CANALSIDE GIFTS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/26/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 106 N. Main St., Fairport, NY 14450.

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.

[ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of SOUL MATE PUBLISHING, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/24/2010. Office lo­cation: Wayne County. SSNY has been desig­nated as agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of pro­cess to: SOUL MATE PUBLISHING, LLC, 3210 Sherwood Drive, Walworth, NY 14568. Purpose: any lawful pur e. Date of Dissolution: unspecified.

[ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1301 EAST RIDGE ROAD, LLC ] The name of the Limited Liability Company is 1301 East Ridge Road, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the New York Secretary of State on 01/ 14/2011. The office of the LLC is in Monroe County.

The New York Secretary of State is des­ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom

[ LEGAL NOTICE RIVERSIDE SPECIAL NEEDS APARTMENTS, L.P. ] Notice of Formation: Riverside Special Needs Apartments, L.P. was filed with SSNY on 1/24/ 11.

Office: Monroe County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Principal busi­ness address and PO ad­dress which SSNY

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shall mail any process against the LLC served upon him: 1931 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York 14624. The names and addresses of each gen­eral partner are available from the Secretary of State. The partnership is to dissolve no later than 12/31/2111.

Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE CARRIAGE FACTORY SPECIAL NEEDS APARTMENTS, L.P. ] Notice of Formation: Carriage Factory Special Needs Apartments, L.P. was filed with SSNY on 1/ 18/11. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. Principal busi­ness address and PO ad­dress which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon him: 1931 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York 14624. The names and addresses of each gen­eral partner are available from the Secretary of State. The partnership is to dissolve no later than 12/31/2111. Purpose is to engage in any lawful activity. [ LEGAL NOTICE TRILLIUM INTERNATIONAL-I CIP, LLC ] Notice of Organization: Trillium International-I CIP, LLC was filed with SSNY on 2/4/11. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO ad­dress which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon him: 1221 Pittsford- Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose is to en­gage in any lawful activ­ity. [ LEGAL NOTICE TRILLIUM INTERNATIONAL-I GP, LLC ] Notice of Organization: Trillium International-I GP, LLC was filed with SSNY on 2/4/11. Office: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. PO ad­dress which SSNY shall mail any process against the LLC served upon him: 1221 Pittsford- Victor Rd., Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose is to en­gage in any lawful activ­ity. [ LEGAL NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): M. WERKLER PROPERTIES, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/2011. Office Location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom pro­cess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O M. WERKLER PROPERTIES LLC, 160 Cedarwood Office Park, Fairport, NY 14450.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of RHB

Solutions LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) 1/12/ 11. 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, PO Box 363, Webster, NY 14580.

Purpose any law­ful activity. [ NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC ] TechniClarity, LLC has filed articles of organiza­tion with the New York Secretary of State on December 21, 2010 with an effective date of for­mation of January 1, 2011. Its principal place of business is located at 38 Parkridge Drive, Pittsford, New York in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom pro­cess may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 38 Parkridge Drive, Pittsford, New York 14534.

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 ] Eyeth, LLC has filed arti­cles of organization with the New York Secretary of State on January 10, 2011 with an effective date of formation of January 10, 2011. Its principal place of busi­ness is located at 410 Rush West-Rush Road, Rush, New York in Monroe County.

The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom pro­cess may be served. A copy of any process shall be mailed to 410 Rush West-Rush Road, Rush, New York 14543.

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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ] HOMETOWN ANTIQUES & PROPERTIES, LLC (“LLC”), has filed Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (“NYSS”) on JANUARY 10, 2011 pursuant to Section 203 of the NY Limited Liability Law. The office of the LLC shall be located in Monroe County, NY. The NYSS is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and the address to which the NYSS shall mail a copy of any pro­cess served on him against the LLC is 2233 Penfield Road, Penfield, NY 14526. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the law. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of MARCINDA MARKETING, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y

of State(SSNY) 12/28/2010.

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 132 West Ave., East Rochester, NY 14445. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Original Outcomes LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/ 8/2010. Office in Monroe Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom pro­cess may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 13 Callingham Rd. Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Registered Agent: Zachary J. Lockhart 13 Callingham Rd. Pittsford, NY 14534. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of APPINION LLC, a Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Arts. of Org. filed with Sec. of State (SSNY) on 12/7/10.

Office loca­tion: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to LLC at 125 Tech Park Dr., Rochester, NY 14623.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of Star Discipline LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Sec’y State of NY (SSNY) on 11/1/10. Office Location: Monroe Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 11 Holly Circle, Spencerport NY 14559.

Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of RocMixology, LLC. Arts.. of Org. filed Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) 11/10/10. Office location: Monroe County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of pro­ cess to 84 High St. Fairport, NY 14450. Purpose: any lawful ac­tivities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Donovan Properties I, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/3/11. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 246 Hillary Lane, Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Donovan Properties II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/3/11. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 246 Hillary

Lane, Penfield, NY 14526.

Purpose: any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of PETER T. NOLL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/07/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 556 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY 14611. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1755 Scottsville-Mumford Rd., Scottsville, NY 14546.

Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of JJP REAL ESTATE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/05/11. Office location: Monroe County. Princ. office of LLC: 2195 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14618. 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 Qualification of Silverthorne Operating LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/7/ 11. Office location: Monroe County.

Princ. bus. addr.: 6120 S. Yale Ave., Ste. 805, Tulsa, OK 74136. LLC formed in DE on 9/9/10. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, regd. agent upon whom pro­cess may be served. DE addr. of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Cumulus Computing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on January 13, 2011. Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to the LLC. c/o Suite 1400, 183 East Main Street, Rochester, NY 14604. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Name of LLC: The Hotel at Mirror Lake, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/3/11. Office location: Monroe County.

Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 760 Brooks Ave., Rochester, NY 14619.

Purpose: any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Not. Of Form. Of West Side Mobile Services, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/24/10.

County: Monroe. SSNY is

desig­nated Agent of LLC to whom process may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to LLC, P.O. Box 23502, Rochester, NY, 14692. Purpose any lawful ac­tivity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of GLOBAL DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/18/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/11/11. SSNY des­ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Kenton W. Fiske, 151 Perinton Pkwy., Fairport, NY 14450. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of DE, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] THE MUSIC TREEHOUSE LLC, a do­mestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 12/8/10. NY Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro­cess against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro­cess against the LLC served upon him/her to Holley Haynes, 35 Farm Field Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: THYROFF PORTSMOUTH, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 21, 2011. 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: 16 Van Buren Road, Pittsford, NY 14534.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. Loren H. Kroll, LLC. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of ATTN Enterprise, LLC, Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/7/11. 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 1615 Long Pond Rd., Rochester, NY 14626. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of ARC WGGRCNY001, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/28/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/24/ 11. Princ. office of LLC: 106 York Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation

Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of DAMIAN PROPERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/21/ 2011.

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, 1101 Telephone Road, Rush NY 14543.

Purpose: Any lawful act. [ NOTICE ] 31 ERIE LLC, a domes­tic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/18/11.

NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro­cess against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro­cess against the LLC served upon him/her to James Zisovski, 1 Main St., Brockport, NY 14420. General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] 51 MONROE LLC, a do­mestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/18/11. NY Office location: Monroe County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom pro­cess against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any pro­cess against the LLC served upon him/her to James Zisovski, 1 Main St., Brockport, NY 14420.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Not. of Form. of Senior Home Connection LLC, Art. Of Org. filed NY Sec’y of State (SSNY) 1/27/11 Office Location: Monroe County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to LLC. 223 Darla Drive, Brockport, NY 14420.

Purpose: Any lawful activity [ NOTICE ] Notice of Qualification of CFC Holdings LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/11. Office location: Monroe County. LLC formed in Wisconsin (WI) on 2/23/10. SSNY desig­nated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Ave. of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, also the reg­istered agent.

Principal office address: 2600 Fernbrook Lane, Ste. 138, Plymouth, MN 55447.

Address to be maintained in WI: c/o Lakeview Equity Partners, LLC, 700 North Water St., Ste. 630,

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Legal Ads Milwaukee, WI 53202. Arts of Org. filed with WI Secy. Of State, 345 W. Washington Ave., Madison, WI 53703.

Purpose: any lawful ac­tivities. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of Groove Juice Swing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/6/11. Office location: Monroe Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o National Registered Agents, Inc., 875 Avenue of the Americas, Ste. 501, NY, NY 10001, also the reg­istered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities. [ NOTICE ] NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The name of the limited liability com­pany is Dead Ringer, LLC (“LLC”).

Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 01/24/2011.

Office location: Monroe County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom pro­cess against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The LLC, 1500 Jefferson Road, Rochester, New York 14623.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful ac­tivity. Principal business location: 1500 Jefferson Road, Rochester, New York 14623. [ NOTICE ] Notice of formation of, MAGICAL PHONES, LLC Art. of Organization filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 12/ 13/10. Office of Location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 45 Exchange Blvd. Rochester, NY 14614. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of CAMP-ROSSEN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 1/19/11. Office location: Monroe County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Deborah Rossen Knill, 111 Edgemoor Rd., Rochester, NY 14618, registered agent upon whom process may be served.

Purpose: any lawful activity. [ NOTICE ] TYMAS ENTERPRISES LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), filed with the Sec of State of NY on 1/11/11. NY Office location: Monroe County.

SSNY is desig­nated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to Robert Cobb, 53 Sanshorn Dr., Rochester, NY 14617.

General Purposes. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Form. of a Limited Liability Company: WL

EVERETT, LLC (the “LLC”).

Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of the State of NY (SSNY) on 1/28/11. Office loca­tion: 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, 4 Sawyer Lane, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: any lawful purpose. [ NOTICE ] Notice of Formation of TDMS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/02/04. Office location: Monroe County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Steve Licciardello, 8 Wood Duck Run, Spencerport, NY 14559. Purpose: Any lawful ac­tivity. [ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS ] SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE Index No. 2010-15362 ESL Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff vs. Any persons who are heirs of distributees of Jeffrey E. Taylor, Deceased, and all persons who are wives, 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; Michael Taylor; Megan Hintz; People of the State of New York; United States of America; New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance; RM Lemcke Landscape Associates, Inc., d/b/a RM Landscape Industries; Commissioners of the State Insurance Fund; Credit Acceptance Corporation; Rochester City Court; Centurion Capital Corporation; Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC; “John Doe” and/or “Mary Roe” Defendants. Location of property to be fore­closed: 128 Glen iris Drive, Town of Henrietta, Monroe County, NY 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, ex­ clusive of the day of ser­vice. or written (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, judge­ment 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 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 12/ 23/10.

MICHAEL S. SCHNITTMAN, ESQ. Lacy Katzen LLP Attorneys for the Plaintiff Office and Post Office Address 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 the Plaintiff re­corded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on November 18, 2003 in Liber 18337 of Mortgages, page 196.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, EXCEPT JEFFREY E. TAYLOR, DECEASED, The plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

To the above named Defendants: The forego­ing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Elma A. Bellini, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated January 10, 2011 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, situ­ ate in the Town of Henrietta, County of Monroe, and State of New York, known and described as as Lot No. 97 of St. Josephs Farm, Section No. 2, as laid down on a map of said farm on file in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office in Liber 114 of Maps, at page 53. Said Lot No. 97 is situate on the southerly side of Glen Drive (formerly William Road) and is 100 feet wide, front and rear, and 184.52 feet deep on its easterly side and 185.55 feet deep on its westerly side, all as shown on said map. Tax Acct No.: 161.192-33 Property Address: 128 Glen Iris Drive, Henrietta, New York. [ NEWSPAPER NOTICE ] To: Sharon D. Reyes the forgoing Summons is served upon you by pub­lication pursuant to an Order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Monroe, dated February 3, 2011, and filed in the Office

of the Clerk of the County of Monroe, at Rochester, New York. The object of this action is to obtain judgment against the Defendant for an abso­lute divorce; that the bonds of matrimony be­tween the plaintiff and the defendant be forever dissolved and for such other, further and differ­ent relief as may be just and proper.

Dated: February 3, 2011 Rochester, New York Yours, etc. Paul T. Missal, Esq. Pirrello, Missal, Personte & Feder 2040 Ridge Road East Rochester, New York 14622 (585)544-7090 Index No.: 10/13063 Date Purchased: 10/7/10 Plaintiff designates Monroe County as the place of trial.

The basis of venue is the residence of the Plaintiff.

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff reside at 14 Weeger Street Rochester, New York 14605 County of Monroe SUPREME COURT STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF MONROE FRANKLIN L. REYES, Plaintiff, -vsSHARON D. REYES, 155 South Logan Street Trenton, NJ 08609 Defendant.

ACTION FOR DIVORCE OR OTHER RELIEF TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the Day of service (or within 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, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below. Dated: October 4, 2010 PAUL T. MISSAL, ESQ. PIRRELLO, MISSAL, PERSONTE & FEDER Attorneys for Plaintiff 2040 Ridge Road East Rochester, NY 14614 Telephone (585)544- 7090 NOTICE: The nature of this action is for absolute divorce between the par­ties based on the grounds of abandonment of the Plaintiff by the Defendant, pursuant to section 170(2) of the Domestic Relations Law of New York.

THE RELIEF SOUGHT: 1. A judgment of absolute divorce in favor of the Plaintiff, dissolving the marriage between the parties in this action; 2 Equitable distribution if all marital property; 3 Incorporating but not merging in the Judgment of Divorce the Monroe County Family Court Order of Support, dated September 26, 2001; 4 Incorporating but not merging in the Judgment of Divorce the Monroe County Family Court Order Directing Custody, dated February 20, 2002; 5. Permission for either party to resume the use of their maiden or any former surnames, should they so desire, upon entry and finality of the Judgment of Divorce, and; 6. For such other and further relief as to the Court may seem just and proper.

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