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Shopping at thrift stores for tunes --- it's like the day the music keeps dying. You'll find soundtracks from bygone eras preserved in their dated formats --- LPs, cassettes, 8-track tapes. Cool finds, like some early Jim Reeves or Elvis, can be weeded out of a heap of musicians that seemed so, so important
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If you're a jazz fan, you've probably seen him playing his trumpet --- on the stage of Hochstein Performance Hall with Jon Faddis, sitting in with Wycliffe Gordon and Marcus Printup at the Pythodd Jazz Lounge, or at an after-hours jam at the Crowne Plaza during the Rochester International Jazz Festival.
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Will you stumble upon a treasure? That's a bit of a crap shoot. Some thrift-store aficionados suggest shopping during spring-cleaning season before things wind up in summer garage sales. Calling around usually proves fruitless, especially if you're into weird stuff. You're going to have to get your own hands dirty. A lot of these places
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When two city cops shot 14-year-old Craig Heard to death last month, did the Rochester Police Department conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation? As the grand jury deliberated whether the officers' actions were justified, did the District Attorney's office present the evidence thoroughly and
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According to the old adage, one man's garbage is another man's gold. But according to the City of Rochester's municipal code, it's illegal for one man to take another's tarnished treasure once it reaches the curb.
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Looking at a perfect world Debra Trione found 50 powerful and influential Americans and then asked them questions they weren't used to answering. "Name two things you hope will be true in 50 years. Tell me about an environment in which you personally thrive. Now paint a picture of your ideal world."
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Salvation Army, www.salvationarmy-rochasny.org: Wednesdays are senior discount days. Weekly colored tag specials. No layaway. Visa and MasterCard accepted. Proceeds benefit the local Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center. Call 235-2769 for hours and pick-up information. Locations: ï 745
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The bicker team If our local politicians were to play on a soccer team, here is what the lineup might look like: The coach: The people of Monroe County. At forward:
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"There just aren't any good roles for women." Now there's a complaint you don't hear too much anymore. It may no longer be an issue when actresses like Sissy Spacek, Nicole Kidman and RenÈe Zellweger --- all of whom did amazing work last year --- still go home empty-handed at the Oscars, while Denzel
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Thank God the stuff I dig doesn't cost a lot. Everybody loves a bargain. But, frankly, the things I wear and use to clutter my crib just aren't made any more. I'll find myself elbow deep in piles of crap nobody wants in
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Remember "cold fusion"? It sounded too good to be true. And sure enough, say most scientists today, there was no heat or light at the end of that tunnel. Now meet "cold pasteurization." This is one term of art --- "electronic pasteurization" is
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It's a beautiful drive down to Bristol Valley Theatre, where the light summer fare seems a throwback to earlier theatrical values. In the middle of its 10th anniversary season, BVT is performing one of those silly pieces of claptrap that used to be called "straw hat theater" entertainment. Gerald Moon's Corpse! is listed as
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David O'Brien His name may not be familiar to many Rochesterians other than older political activists and reporters. David O'Brien, who died July 13 in Tucson, Arizona, didn't hold public office himself. He and his wife Nancy moved to Tucson 15 years ago, and he has been known there for his teaching and his research
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On July 13, 1952, Alec Guinness stepped onto the stage of a large tent to play Richard III in the first performance of Canada's Stratford Festival. Exactly 50 years later, Shakespeare's Richard III opened at the multi-million dollar Avon Theatre July 13, after the entrance of the Governor General of Canada and after a very
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Monroe County officials, faced with a budget shortfall that may exceed $19 million, have vowed not to compromise health and public safety as they reduce the county workforce. But to the dismay of county Child Protective Service employees, their work to help children
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The bulk of Rochester's film festival season doesn't begin until October with the ImageOut and High Falls fests, but if you just can't wait until the leaves change color, you're in luck. The second annual Rochester Jewish Film Festival kicks off this Sunday, offering a diverse batch of features and shorts that will appeal to
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Paul Newman and Tom Hanks star in Sam Mendes's "Road to Perdition." Perhaps because it constitutes just about the only adult movie (in the old sense of the term) of the summer so far, Sam Mendes's Road to Perdition has provoked almost as many raves as his previous hit, the wildly overpraised American Beauty. Mendes shares
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Big Al Anderson drives up to his Genesee Family Restaurant and apologizes for opening late, saying he's been helping a friend. Priorities matter, and there's no question that a friend comes before opening on time for a man raising his seventh and eighth foster children (he also raised two of his own). Anderson opened
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Just fed up A day after reading Mary Anna Towler's "A God-fearing People" (July 3), the following appeared on my e-mail: "No God, no peace. Know God, know peace." At a time when we are "at war," to quote President Bush, it is a sad commentary to
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When Charles Ara fell in love, at the age of 39, he faced an anguished choice. As a priest in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, he had taken a vow of celibacy. But after working alongside the 28-year-old religion educator in his parish for almost three years, he felt that his vows had
