Now, the playoffs push
For 15 straight seasons, the Rochester Americans have qualified for the American League Hockey playoffs. In 1989, the last time the Amerks missed out on the post-season, Bush Senior was in the White House and Nirvana was just a club band kicking around Seattle. That could all end this season. With two months to go,…
Metro ink – 2.15.06
Growing South and Gregory Nannett Hayes-Cepero — part gardener, part entrepreneur — knows that many people think they have to eat organic to eat well. But with her green grocery, scheduled to open this summer at the corner of South and Gregory, she hopes to snag a more transitional audience. Some farmers employ low-spray tactics,…
Reader feedback – 2.15.06
WITH CHILD-ABUSE, PREVENTION WORKS I found it sadly ironic that New York State is charged with determining how much to blame the Monroe County Department of Human and Health Services for the death of AJ Gibson, when New York State has consistently refused to sufficiently fund child-abuse prevention programs and vetoed reform bills. As much…
Cost of war – 2.15.06
The totals: 2264 US soldiers, 204 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 28,403 to 32,013 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 9. 2814 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. 16,653 US military have been…
Zenyatta Mondatta parallel
PerthAustralia’s Harper must’ve been holding back a bit when he played the tent during last year’s Jazz Fest. Based on his fiery and funky set I dug a couple of weeks ago at Dinosaur, Harp probably figured those in leather and denim are a whole lot sturdier than those in khakis. Sporting some MotorCity muscle…
Focusing on the war
March will mark the third anniversary of the Iraq War, and several groups — The Peace Action and Education Task Force, Rochester Against War, and the RIT Antiwar Network — are presenting the second installment of their speaker series, “Realities of War: Truth From the Front Lines” next week. The program will be held at…
Long Island sounds
It’s5 o’clock on a Wednesday, so the crowd at Rochester’s Hyatt Regency is smaller than it could be, but Tom Suozzi, a natural-born politician if ever there was one, is working it. “Hi, I’m Tom Suozzi,” he says, over and over with an almost calculated efficiency, pausing just long enough to make eye contact, to…
Arthouse future and arthouse past
You only need to get one gander at the opening credits of Caché (Hidden), Michael Haneke’s latest film, to know that the Austrian auteur will not be making things easy for you. Using the tiniest letters, Haneke jams the names of his cast, crew, and financiers into one frame over a street scene that seems…
Technology is a double-edged sword
The new thriller Firewall works a number of changes on some familiar material. It demonstrates that the tried and true Hollywood product, no matter how often it appears, remains entertaining and engaging. Whatever its debt to hundreds of movies from the past, it also suggests new directions in its genre, emphasizing once again that popular…
8354 Ridge Road in Clarkson Corners
3,248 Square Feet of Unlimited Possibilities! I drove west to Clarkson from Rochester on “The Ridge Road” as it was called for many years, and noticed a variety of early buildings along the way. Some have retained their architectural integrity while others have had many changes. I was nearly at the intersection of Route 19…
Family valued – 2.15.06
‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ Simply put, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the timeless tale of a beautiful girl and the repentant beast who tries to woo her. It’s a lot like life at my house the day after Valentine’s Day. Rochester Children’s Theatre’s production of the musical continues this weekend. Maybe you’ve seen…
A ghost in the tower
From 1977 to 1980 Mark Klett led a team of photographers in a project that rephotographed landscapes originally captured by 19th-century photographers such as William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. The work of the 19th-century photographers was a major representation of America’s push westward: the taking of lands and other notions of “progress.” Rephotographing the…
God, Grades, and the Gospel
Peg Rawcliffe looks out at her 6th-grade science class. “Who can tell me Newton’s second law of motion?” she asks. Instantly, hands go up. Students’ answers come faster than she can write. “That’s right, very good,” she says. “It’s easier to change the speed and direction of a lighter object than a heavier one. Very…
