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The holidays are here again, and whether it’s Christmas,
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or some winter pagan festival your family celebrates,
chances are you’re tired of doing the same old stuff.
A new county name? There’s a movement afoot to change the name of Monroe County. A small group of local folks is dead serious that it’s time for a new name. Michael Argaman, an activist and financial advisor, is leading the effort. “President James Monroe doesn’t deserve to have the county named after him,” […]
The county clerk’s letter, Green candidates, Doyle and the United Way
In this issue, City Newspaper unveils the winners of the 2002 Best of Greater Rochester poll. Over the past few months, City readers have sent in their ballots, voting for the restaurants, stores, people, places and things that they think make this region a great place to live, and it’s time to announce the winners. […]
Driving the body electric As its manufacturer has observed, your eyes are on the Sparrow. Ours certainly were as one specimen negotiated downtown Rochester traffic recently. But this is no bird we’re talking about. It’s the Corbin “Sparrow,” a fully enclosed and equipped one-seater electric vehicle on three wheels. Two Sparrows are known to inhabit […]
Our Congressional endorsements, waiting after a mammogram
The Greens and Nader, the Wegman gift, the Bush Iraq policy
Ferry’s leaps and bounds Amid political currents — never mind the economy and the state budget — the Rochester-Toronto fast ferry project’s compass spins wildly. In just the past week, local media have run big headlines on some twists and turns: • The project ran aground because of holdups in promised state funding; shipbuilder […]
Wednesday, October 30 Frida Julie Taymor, US, 120 minutes Dryden Theatre, 7 p.m. Based on Hayden Herrera’s book, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, and cooked up by at least four different screenwriters, Frida begins in true biopic fashion by showing Kahlo (Salma Hayek) on the verge of checking out before it flashes back to […]
Wednesday, October 30 Frida, 7 p.m., Dryden Theatre Chaos, 7:15 p.m., Little Theatre #1 Lift, 7:30 p.m., Little Theatre #2 Take Care of My Cat, 9:30 p.m., Little Theatre #1 Black Chicks Talking, 9:30 p.m., Little Theatre #2 Thursday, October 31 How I Killed My Father, 5 p.m., Dryden Theatre Sister Helen, 6 p.m., Little […]
The blues has become too derivative. It’s a lampoon. But Paul Mark isn’t mad about that, he’s just a little sick and tired. “One of the reasons I got into this to begin with was to build little stories, not just mimic old acts,” Mark says via Bat-phone from Gotham. “There has to be […]
