EVENTS: ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE, TANGO BUENOS AIRES 20 THEATER REVIEW: “GLASS MENAGERIE” AT BLACKFRIARS 20 FILM: “THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU,” “TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT” 28 URBAN JOURNAL: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
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Greater Rochester’s Alternative Newsweekly
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AND MORE MUSIC, PAGE 12
News. Music. Life.
There is nothing worse than a soggy tot.” RESTAURANT REVIEW, PAGE 9
The battle over Great Lakes money. NEWS, PAGE 5
New civil-liberties union head talks priorities. NEWS, PAGE 6
Movement’s goal: transform city schools. NEWS, PAGE 4
REVIEW: “Triangle Factory Fire Project” at JCC. THEATER, PAGE 24
FEATURE | BY KATHY LALUK | PAGE 10 | PHOTO BY MATT DETURCK
Harnessing potential: dog-sled racing in Rochester The six Siberian huskies ahead of me weren’t even barking, but I could tell they were itching to run. Ahead of them laid a tree-lined, snow-covered trail, like a pristine linen-covered table surrounded by thousands of oak chairs. The dogs were ready. I wasn’t. That was my first attempt at dogsledding. I stood behind the sled, literally shaking in my boots. With one last anxious breath, I called out to the team of eager canines: “GO!” My heart nearly did a back flip as the sled jerked forward, but after the initial shock, I calmed down as the sled glided effortlessly across the snow. The trees flew by so fast that they became indistinguishable
brown blobs to my left and right. The dogs ran and ran, seemingly for days. It was a face plant to end all face plants. I’m pretty sure I still have ice chunks in my teeth. Apparently dogsledding isn’t in my blood, like it is for the canines pulling me that day, or the dozens of dogsledders in the Greater Rochester area. We may not have the frozen tundra of Alaska, but Rochester winters provide plenty of snow for local mushers and their dogs. Like the trails they speed across, racing life provides obstacles for both the humans and the dogs. But neither that — nor the frigid temperatures — have managed to cool their love for the sport.