SAFDIE UNVEILS REN SQUARE DESIGN There were no earth-shattering revelations this time around, but the Renaissance Square project has taken one step closer to reality. At a public presentation last week, lead architect Moshe Safdie unveiled the latest iteration of design for the performing arts center-bus station-college complex. The new design doesn’t deviate substantially from […]
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Metro ink – 10-11-06
A COMPUTER-MUSIC MILESTONE Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1965: Max Matthews makes the first computer generated sounds. “They were fairly primitive beeps and boops,” explains Allan Schindler, director of EastmanComputerMusicCenter, “sounds that were not really sophisticated.” The EastmanSchool established its computer music program in 1981, and ECMC will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a free concert […]
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Metro ink – 10-04-06
Metro ink HOUSING LATINO SENIORS The interior of Buena Vista Manor, a senior-living apartment complex near Avenue A and Conkey Avenue, is painted yellow, orange, and mint green. Latino paintings with brightly-colored buildings line the walls. And as people enter and exit, you hear the slight lilt of Spanish vowels. Most of the 30 or […]
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Metro ink – 09.27.06
SATURDAY MORNING SALSA For some, Latin music’s polyrhythmic frenzy and joy might be a bit much so early in the morning. Yet for the past three years, Javier Rivera’s “Esencia Latina” has kicked off each morning on Jazz 90.1 WGMC — at 6 a.m. “It’s been fun,” Rivera says rapid-fire through an ever-present smile. He […]
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Metro ink – 9.20.06
THE PUMPKIN PATCH Don’t panic. It’s not as bad as it sounds. It’s just that, well, the pumpkin season wasn’t quite what it could’ve been. Oh, you’ll still have your pumpkin pie and your decorative jack-o-lanterns. Probably. “There are always pumpkins available by the end of the season,” says Bob King. “The question is, are […]
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Metro ink – 9.13.06
THEY ALL TELL A STORY There are over 350 (mostly vintage) instruments hanging in Bernunzio Uptown Music at 122 East Avenue. Yet John Bernunzio is quick to point out he is not a collector. He’s a dealer. He’s been one for 35 years. “You know you become a dealer when you decide to sell something […]
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Metro ink – 09.06.06
OLYMPIC ARTISTS Mark and Diane Weisbeck are competing in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China — as artists. Chinese Olympic officials, says the Honeoye couple, recently requested artists across the globe to submit model sculptures. At least three of those pieces will be constructed at the site of the ceremonies. The Weisbecks, who were among […]
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Metro ink – 8.30.06
COFFEE FOR A CAUSE Anthony Simmons’s café has been open for business for less than a month. A portable fireplace sits in front of an orange wall, and leopard-print chairs dot the room. A sign on the far wall lists his prices: $1.50 for tea and coffee, $1 to $2 for desserts. There are no […]
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Metro ink – 08.23.06
18 and Counting When Sandra and Carl Bank first moved into their country home on Rte. 31 just outside the town of Clarendon, they had to get used to one thing: the annoying sound of squealing tires. When the DOT repaved the road near the Banks’ home it made the curve a bit sharper, and […]
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Metro ink – 08.16.06
FARMING INDOORS Dirk Biemans is one of the few Rochester-area farmers growing tomatoes almost year-round. That’s because Biemans owns Intergrow Greenhouses in Albion, a 30-acre covered facility that operates from about late February to early December. He says he’d love to operate during the coldest winter months, but Rochester doesn’t get quite enough sun. (No […]
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Metro ink – 9.8.06
WHAT’S THAT ‘WWOS’? A new public art exhibit is introducing people to a newspaper that encouraged readers to question authority and think for themselves. No, notCity. It’s the Liberal Advocate, which, along with The Reflector, was an example of 19th-century “freethought press” published in Rochester and Palmyra by Obediah Dogberry. Never heard of Dogberry? The […]
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Metro ink – 8.2.06
Suozzi gets in the baseball card trade; Boulder Coffee
update; United
Way cuts back; ArtPeace
teaches kids business skills
