EVENTS: UGLY DISCO, DR. SKETCHY “ADVENTURE TIME” 21 FILM: “PHANTOM,” “WEST OF MEMPHIS” 28 RESTAURANT REVIEW: BROOKS LANDING DINER 13 URBAN JOURNAL: THE WRONG ‘SCHOOLS’ FIX
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 14
News. Music. Life.
We can’t have the police department eat the city.” NEWS, PAGE 11
Refusing to leave: two young professionals like it here. GUEST COMMENT, PAGE 4
Gay, married, and taxed. NEWS, PAGE 7
Brockport says “Hello, Dali.” ART REVIEW, PAGE 20
Want to put on a show? Applying to Fringe. FEATURE, PAGE 24
COVER STORY | BY TIM LOUIS MACALUSO | PAGE 8 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
A Squirrel that gathers causes On almost any day or evening, the Flying Squirrel Community Space is home to a potpourri of progressive artists, musicians, and social justice activists. The Squirrel is a meeting space. But it’s also an organization with its own members, who often describe it as a collective: a community that’s part of other communities. The Squirrel’s foyer is feathered with pamphlets and flyers about meetings on everything from reproductive rights to anarchy.
Located on Clarissa Street in one of the city’s early African-American communities, the Squirrel’s site was once home to one of the first black Elks clubs in the country. And in the mid-20th century, the building was at the center of Clarissa Street’s jazz scene. The Squirrel still honors the Elks’ tradition of community service and continues to host a robust music lineup of local bands. (Pictured: Rich Riggs and Taima Probst at the Squirrel's Whirly Wednesday dance night.)