TREK IN EFFECT If you’ve ever watched CBS’ addictive reality show The Amazing Race and thought, “Hey, I could do that,” High Trek Adventure might be for you. You’ve got your teams of two, your clues leading you from place to place, etc. But in this case you’ll be in a race around Rochester instead […]
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Reader feedback – 4.26.06
ATTENTION PAID Mr. Kunstler’s statements about the future are interesting. They deserve and shall receive from me more thought than I have been able to devote to them so far. This letter is actually a comment about the editorial decision made in the highlighting of one of Mr. Kunstler’s statements. Why, from a thoughtful and […]
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Dig that crazy horn, man
The ol’ bump ‘n’ grind and the rock ‘n’ roll had me reelin’ this weekend. I rolled up on Tilt where the Saints And Sinners folks were throwing their second burlesque show. The joint was packed with the promise of T&A serving as a tractor beam. Fortunately this troupe — though generous with the T […]
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Home/Design 2006
PRESERVATION. The old saying goes that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. But why wait that long? Rochester is blessed with a rich stock of buildings with historic importance. Some are more obvious, like the charming Victorians and Queen Annes that still populate certain sections of the city. Others are more unexpected, […]
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Endangered places
Much of our region’s character can be found in its architecture: the homes, industrial buildings, schools, office buildings, and churches that were built when Rochester’s star was rising. Now many of these buildings are abandoned or are facing vacancy or bankruptcy, while new developments and building projects crop up all around. If these older structures […]
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Music Reviews 4.12.06
MADRIGALIA Music from the Emerald Isle MAD 00 Like a shot of Bailey’s, Irish folk songs can be cloying. In Music from the Emerald Isle, Rochester chamber choir Madrigalia serves them up sweetly, but not sickeningly so. If you’re used to the Cambridge Singers’ recordings of part songs by Charles Villiers Stanford, you may appreciate […]
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Cost of war – 4.19.06
The totals: 2369 US soldiers, 209 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 34,446 to 38,594 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to April 17. 3176 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between April […]
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Family valued – 4.19.06
Classics Illustrated: The Next Generation We here at the Family Valued monochromatic bathhouse, mobile restaurant, and misinformed pressroom have randomly selected a 10-year-old from among the one immediately available. When I was a youth, we had something called Classics Illustrated — comic versions of great literary works. Yeah. Graphic Classics are these books of really […]
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Metro ink – 4.19.06
THE BIG TIME Some people tell big fish stories. Richard Cook tells big tree stories. A landscaper and self-described amateur naturalist, Cook says the Greater Rochester region is home to some of the state’s biggest trees. And he has spent hundreds of hours identifying them for New York’s Big Tree Register — more than anyone […]
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Fiz – 4.19.06
Plug and play Video games have gotten so advanced — you can practically count the skull shards when you shoot a zombie’s head off in Resident Evil 4. Sometimes we miss the good old days when games were innocent and rendered in eight bits or less. Thank Pong, then, for Power Games. Somewhat-sketchy company Games […]
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160 Maybrooke Road
A Mid-Century Modern Gem Designed by architects Highland & Highland and built by Fred R. DeBlase in 1953 as the Carefree House, 160 Maybrooke Road retains a great deal of its original detail, character, and even some original furnishings designed specifically for the house. When it was built, Better Homes and Gardens chose this home […]
