News Articles
Channel 10 is reporting on its website that Rochester City Council member John Lightfoot is in Monroe County Jail after allegedly violating the terms of his probation. Lightfoot turned himself in this morning, the site says, and will be arraigned tomorrow in City Court. City Council President Gladys Santiago issued the following
Opinion
The awkwardly named Surround Care program - formerly the Rochester Children's Zone - took another hit last week, when its director abruptly resigned, apparently over a conflict with some board members. The concept of Surround Care is to take one of Rochester's poorest neighborhoods, in the northeast part of the city,
Letters
At the end of 2008 Rochester Police Chief David Moore attributed the 12 percent drop in murders in the city from 2007 to 2008 to the strong enforcement of the "Zero Tolerance" program. The statistic represented a difference of six murders: 50 to 44. Chief Moore's claims of success unraveled in
Letters
I voted for Barack Obama. I would like to believe that things are going to change for the better, but I have some serious concerns. First, why has Larry Summers - who supported the banking deregulation in the Clinton administration that led to the current financial catastrophe, and who applauded Boris
Letters
I was so disappointed in the article on Eco Bella Bakery on South Avenue (February 18). The writer failed to mention that it is the only completely vegan (meaning free of dairy, eggs, and other animal by-products) bakery in the Rochester area. Yes, about half the baked goods they produce are
News Articles
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) A world of women The Rochester Contemporary Art Center will present “Earth Tones Women,” a celebration of food, music, and dance for Rochester International Women’s Day on Sunday, March
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Most of the almost $1 million in renovations to the Highland Park Conservatory are complete. | Construction, which began more than a year ago, was necessary because humidity had caused serious structural deterioration. | Plans are to open the newly renovated portion of the Conservatory by April 1 with the
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After months of inaction, the pace of a controversial Brighton development is picking up. Last week, the Town Board completed the environmental review for A.J. Costello and Son's the Reserve, which would consist of 337 units - single-family homes, loft apartments, and condominiums off South Clinton Avenue along the Erie Canal. Next
Restaurant Articles
Imagination and creativity help in the hardscrabble restaurant industry, and Melon Bean Eatery - which opened on Buffalo Road in late January - taps both with a special marketing target not usually seen in coffee shops: kids. Owner Andrea Hughes is proud of the fact that this isn't "your Park
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Rochester has often been accused of ignoring, or at least insufficiently addressing, the root causes of violent crime in the community. And if the governor has his way, says City Council member Elaine Spaull, that unfortunate tradition will continue. Governor David Paterson has proposed reducing youth bureau funding by 24.5 percent
Music Articles
One of the coolest cats you don't know, should know, and now will know called me from the road. British rock keyboardist Ian McLagan was rolling from North Carolina to a tour stop outside Washington, DC. McLagan was jovial in the extreme as he spoke excitedly about his new record,
Art
The group show currently up at Rochester Contemporary is the creation of former RIT professor John Pfahl, and is co-curated by Therese Mulligan, the coordinator of the MFA program at RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The exhibit follows the gallery's annual tradition of hosting a "Maker/Mentor" show,
Stage
On the night I attended the Rochester Broadway Theatre League's production of "Jersey Boys," the crowd erupted into rapturous applause before the actors even started singing several of the songs. That's really all you need to know about this show. If just the familiar rhythms of The Four Seasons are
Family
Bug spray and bathing suits; swimming and sunscreen. These things sound utterly foreign to the ears of all of us still bundled up for this ridiculously long and cold winter here in the ROC. Still, ready or not, it's apparently time to start thinking about what to do with the
Choice Concerts
If Mark Bolin had recorded "Double Fantasy" it might've come out sounding like the Rosewood Thieves. You can thank the Brooklyn-based quartet's self-production to a certain degree, but it really comes down to singer Erick Jordan's casual raggedness. He comes on powerful and cool, and sings mellow within the band's
Choice Concerts
Johnny Winter is the whitest guy to ever play the blackest blues. He is probably the greatest living blues guitar player alive. Though slowed a little by hip replacement and forced to play sitting down in the last few years, the 65-year-old legend's playing is as sharp and slippery as
Choice Concerts
One of my great surprises last year was finally catching Mother Mother live. I'd been hearing about the Canadian five-piece, but it took a friend dragging me to a late-night showcase at last year's CMJ festival to finally make it happen. While the industry-pumping fest tends to earn the cynicism
Choice Concerts
So you'll never be an American Idol. So what? Here's a competition that you surely trained for. Remember that pots and pans drum set pulled out of the cupboard? Now you can show off your finesse at bopping the bass drum (stock pot), beating the tom-tom (frying pan), and banging
Choice Concerts
Educated at the renowned Berklee School of Music, fiddler/drummer/singer Laura Cortese has been instrumental in the resurgence of the Boston acoustic music scene - for instance, she co-founded the Boston Celtic Music Festival. In her own work, Cortese serves up a lively blend of traditional Scottish/Irish music and her own
Choice Concerts
What would you do if you wanted to paint, but couldn't find the exact colors you needed? You'd invent your own hues. The most influential violin-clarinet-piano group on the planet has does the same with music. The Verdehr Trio has commissioned more than 200 new pieces, and this week the
