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To me, a closet has always been a place with a single rod to hang clothes from, and a door to hold in all the clutter tossed in right before entertaining company. But with all the bells and whistles available, modern closets are anything but an afterthought in home construction,
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Aside from writing catchy pop tunes that resonate with the adoring teen fans, perhaps Kate Voegele's biggest accomplishment is proving that myspace.com is useful for something else other than killing time at work. That is, after all, where the singer-songwriter got her start, separating herself from the pack of aspiring
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It was a scene out of a spy novel: I was waiting in a local coffee shop to meet with a guy who went by the name "Jackbear." I knew nothing else, except that Jackbear was willing to introduce me to the seemingly murky, yet somehow simple and good-natured world
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As the sun begins its ascent over downtown Rochester on a late summer Sunday morning, a loosely assembled group of women stand barefoot on mats placed along the edge of the Genesee River. They stand with their arms outstretched toward the increasingly bright sun, and move in unison from a
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Guitarist Alex Skolnick has the uncanny ability to play jazz for appreciative heavy metal fans, as well as play metal songs for adoring jazz aficionados. Maybe this is because he is both a rock guitarist and jazz guitarist rolled into one, combining the melodies of his favorite heavy rock songs
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The annual Turtle Hill Folk Festival features a lot of acoustic guitar strumming and storytelling singing, and includes performances by Steve Gillette, Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, and Cindy Mangsen. The festival also offers clinics and workshops throughout the three days for aspiring performers, including sessions on playing blues harmonica and
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While it's commonplace for a headlining band to have an opening act for its show, the Hi-Risers will actually opening for the movie "American Graffiti," the coming-of-age film is set in a time when rock ‘n' roll bands wore suits on stage, and cruising around with the top down was
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Fresh off the release of "Beer For My Horses" - both the movie and the soundtrack - Toby Keith will bring the newly written tunes and his many sing-along anthems to Darien Lake Performing Arts Center for a one-night stint with country music duo Montgomery Gentry. In classic
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Maybe algebra was never really your idea of fun, or reading up on the Civil War during history class was torture. But there are plenty of classes offered locally that are off the mainstream education radar and might get you excited about learning. Here are six
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Computers, in the right hands, can do impressive work - keep track of personal finances, act as a library at your fingertips, organize and edit photographs. Movie studios use computers to edit the feature films shown in theaters across the country. And with computers now widely
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At one point in the city's not-so-distant past, it seemed as if every Rochesterian knew somebody who worked for Kodak. Rush hour hit three times a day as shifts started and ended, and local products were the pride of the community. This, after all, was the
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Maroon 5 is one of those guilty-pleasure bands that somehow seems alright to like. In fact, it's almost impossible not to like the catchy pop band that earned its stripes on the road rather than letting its first album, "Songs About Jane," incubate in an L.A. studio. Better
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It all started four years ago as the Rochester Twilight Criterium, a pro cycling race through downtown Rochester at dusk. Cyclists from across the country descended on the city to essentially sprint at break-neck speeds around a one-mile-long, closed-loop course for two straight hours. The course,
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A lot of great things have happened when people just got fed up -- think Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus. While the Po'Boys Brass Band may not be sparking the next great civil rights movement, the four trombone players that make up
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The signature vocals of a woman scorned that made Alanis Morissette famous with her 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill" have had 13 years to simmer and grow in angry intensity. With several releases over the last decade, Morissette has hit her stride with her latest release, "Flavors of Entanglement." The
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On its latest album, Coldplay mixes the unmistakable synthesizer sounds of European dance-hall anthems with the hooks of straightforward pop. The lyrics lean heavily toward the abstract and never really give a blunt message, but they remain powerful and maintain a sing-along quality. This album comes across as the band's
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Take a walk or drive on Bowerman Road in Farmington on any decent-weather day in May or June and you're bound to see someone soaring high above in the sky, essentially harnessed to a giant, colorful kite with outstretched wings flexed wide in the breeze. This isn't some attempt to
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If you build it, they will come. That was the message in "Field of Dreams," and it seems to hold true to the multi-purpose trails around the Greater Rochester region. Multi-purpose trails are simply paths that can be used for hiking, biking, bird watching, snowshoeing, cross-county skiing, and just about
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Water toys are a sure bet to get the kids off the couch, away from the video games, and into the great outdoors this summer. With so many next-generation ways to play with water, there's no need to seek out that neighbor with a pool or spend the day waiting
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Eat, drink, and be merry. That used to entail dinner with the family or scarfing down pizza and wings with buddies. But lately groups have popped up across the Greater Rochester area with the sole purpose of sharing a love of food and drink with other people - strangers, even
