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Chicken fight
Four months ago, I
set out to find the best chicken wings in the Rochester area. Over that time,
many wondered whether the subject warranted the time and effort. Trying to
argue that it did, I found myself feeling that it didn’t. But since Buffalo’s
Anchor Bar (1047 Main Street, Buffalo) started serving wings in 1964, the
appeal of the little fried hunks of mostly skin and bone has been hard to deny,
and in the spirit of populism, here goes.
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Questioning the Native American image
Walk through The
Master Prints of Edward S. Curtis at George Eastman House and you will find
beautiful prints with compelling subjects. But beware, you’re not supposed to
like this work too much.
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Stay outta that hole
As you can see in Edward Albee’s The Goat, a great new play about a man who betrays his wife by screwing a goat, there’s no accounting for taste. I loved that play, but I’ve got to admit that, though I truly admire Blackfriars’ latest production and respect the show it’s doing, I really don’t […]
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The fantasy of the other self
After 40 years of comic books, generations of readers, and as much publicity as the hypemeisters, assisted by their kind friends in the media, can generate, and even after a long, unexplained, but politely ignored delay, Spider-Man simply cannot fail. It doesn’t really matter whether the picture is particularly good in any way, only that […]
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Speaking for Israel
Moshe Naimi suffered a horrible loss only weeks before he arrived in Rochester May 2 to speak at a fundraiser sponsored by the Jewish Community Federation. His mother, Furuk Naimi, was killed with 27 others March 27 when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a Passover Seder in Netanya, Israel. What’s more, Moshe’s father, Nusrat […]
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Farmworkers fight for rights
No overtime pay. No regularly scheduled day off. No disability insurance. No right to collective bargaining. Welcome to the life of a migrant farmworker. At the beginning of the 21st century, they are still subjected to antiquated labor laws. About 200 people marched in Fairport in support of a bill under consideration in the state […]
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No quick payback
Rochester was judged better than Buffalo the other day. But no honor was bestowed on either city. The Center for Community Change, a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit that jumpstarts grassroots development projects across the country, said Rochester and other Upstate cities rank above the national average in “subprime” loans made in African-American neighborhoods. The report, Risk […]
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Get rid of the Lej
I have an idea to help reduce the cost and waste of the various county governments. I call this plan “M&M,” after my two nieces, who sometimes fight over the same toy. Instead of one large ring to rule them all, Monroe County can continue the tradition of smaller, more responsive local governments. 1) The […]
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Film fun
Funny how George Grella is never lost for words when he shreds a movie to pieces. “Verbose” comes to mind. Yet when you give him an assignment — to pick Oscar’s winners and should-have-beens (March 20) — his supposed vast knowledge of the world of film fails him. Nine times he had “no choice.” This […]
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The Score
Rochester beat the Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1, winning its season opener for just the second time in its seven-year history.
