Choice Concerts
Often maligned - both fairly and unfairly - for its ultra-geeky themes and musical excess, progressive rock now exerts a profound influence on today's heavy bands, especially in post-hardcore circles. Fortunately, that influence has resulted in an ever-widening variety of modern permutations, so that even listeners who don't have much
Choice Concerts
Earlier this year City Newspaper did a story on Rochester's building reputation as an "organ city," with a handful of diverse, yet musically and historically significant, organs within her confines. This weekend the folks at least partially responsible for the local organ movement - the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative -
Choice Concerts
Russian pianist Andrey Pisarev has won many accolades, including first-place in the Rachmaninov Piano Competition (1983) and first place in the International Mozart Competition (1991; it was the first time first prize in the competition since 1956). The internationally recognized performer has visited Rochester several times, and returns for the
Choice Concerts
I haven't seen this band in almost 25 years, but can still remember them distinctly. The Fadeaways, as they were known back then, played Gretsch guitars, wore leather jackets, had greasy hair, and girlfriends with grown-up parts. I wanted to be these guys, bad. The music sprang from the early
Choice Concerts
No, it's not an AC/DC remix project, although that would be cool. Hellz Bellz is the Halloween party hosted by Act:Live, and features hip hop's underground heavy hitters Sean Price and Copywrite. Price is best known for his groups Boot Camp Clik and Heltah Skeltah, the latter of which even
Restaurant Articles
For the past two years Riley Greider and Donald Brown have been operating Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe without the shop. They've operated a virtual bakery at the Public Market, and rented out commercial spaces like restaurant kitchens and even churches in an attempt to keep their business afloat. They wanted
News Articles
The golden rule of wetlands, as every developer knows, is that if you destroy or alter them, you must replace them. It's a practice known as wetland mitigation, and there are federal and state laws that govern it - the federal Clean Water Act is a major one. Those statutes apply
Nightlife Articles
Last week City gave you its family-friendly Halloween guide (if you missed it, you can find it online to rochestercitynewspaper.com). Below you'll find our adults-only Halloween guide, with dozens of parties, costume contests, haunted houses, outdoor activities, and more for you to partake in once the kids have succumbed
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Diane Hope started tracking news stories about the Marcellus Shale two years ago. At first, she says, the stories were focused on energy and profit. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, for example, played up natural gas's potential as a cleaner fuel and as an economic benefit to
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Despite a troubled economy, office space in downtown Rochester is in greater demand than it was 12 months ago, says a new report by the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation. The nonprofit consulting firm has been tracking the downtown real estate market since 1983. | The report looked at 111 buildings
Opinion
A hot little topic currently, among people who are fascinated by such things, is School Board member Cynthia Elliott's muttering "dumb motherfucker" at a recent board meeting, aiming it at Board member Van White. Elliott is running for re-election, and the Democrat and Chronicle endorsed her before the September Democratic primary.
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Healing the urban community UJIMA Rochester, The University of Rochester, Excellus, the City of Rochester, and St. John Fisher College will sponsor "A Time for Healing, Education, and Rebuilding," a
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IRAQ TOTALS - 4351 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 93,571 to 102,096 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 23. American servicemen and servicewomen killed October 6 to 19: -- Pfc. Daniel J. Rivera, 22, Rochester,
Letters
Barack Obama has become the third sitting American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This announcement has exhilarated constituents and shocked detractors. To his opponents, the award is shamelessly hypocritical. The president is a CEO of war. With monthly spending rapidly increasing - from $2 billion in October 2008
Stage
I love jokes. I love to listen to them and tell them. I especially like the way that something so quick and short establishes a believably unreal world that pops with the punch line. It creates its own kind of sense; we call it non-sense. So I liked playwright Sarah
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Lt. Daniel Choi, a West Point graduate and Iraq war veteran, will speak tonight at the University of Rochester. Choi will speak about the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy at 7 p.m. at Hutchison Hall's Hubbell Auditorium on the River Campus. A question and answer period will
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The Landmark Society wants to sell or lease the Campbell-Whittlesey House, one of two house museums that the society operates. The society has owned the house at 123 South Fitzhugh Street since 1937. Executive Director Joanne Arany says that a declining number of visitors, finances, and the gradual evolution
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Given the number and severity of scandals that have infected our community recently - Robutrad, Renaissance Square, the Greece Police mess - we thought it only fitting to present our 2009 election preview in a tabloid, "the City Newspaper Spoiler." (A drinking game might have worked, too. Take a shot
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Bob Duffy is the package: Bright, likeable, good looking, and a skilled communicator. That he is passionate about the city's potential is an understatement. In his first term, Mayor Duffy has transcended from committed administrator to artful politician. A guarded public relations staff has possibly made him the city's most handled
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CHILI Chili's politics are messy, personal, and repetitive - with the same old faces showing up in new and old places. Things got especially delicious in the Republican primary when John Ferlicca hired a private dick to dig through Supervisor David Dunning's figurative trash. It was a new low, shocking to
