Rochester and murder: content to contain it?
Urban journal We’re putting more cops on the street, extending the curfew, holding workshops and forums, having ministers ride in cop cars. All of this to try to stop the killings taking place in Rochester’s inner city. And Bob Lonsberry (who last week was blaming both the clergy and “apparently incompetent” police — his words…
Metro ink – 12-06-06
AN ARMCHAIR ARCHITECTURAL TOUR The Landmark Society of Western New York’s newest offering, “Historic New York: Architectural Journeys in the EmpireState,” is more than your typical, pretty coffee-table book. It’s also a tour guide to more than 100 architecturally and historically significant sites throughout the state. Five years in the making, the 225-page book captures…
Reader feedback – 12-06-06
The mail RACISM?OR CRIME? In “Bridging the Racial Divide,” City Councilman Dana Miller speculates that the reason businesses are reluctant to set up shop in the 19th Ward is racism. Could be. Or — who knows? — maybe it’s the random crackle of gunfire in the streets; deadly drive-bys; street-corner muggings, sometimes in broad daylight;…
Seeking health rights
More than half of the nation’s 44.6 million uninsured don’t earn enough to pay for health insurance, according to a recent report in the American Hospital Association News. And they’re not eligible for coverage through public programs. In New YorkState, about 415,000 children have no health-care coverage, according to the Children’s Defense Fund’s November 2006…
Cost of war – 12-06-06
The totals: 2888 US soldiers, 247 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 49,615 to 55,021 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 30. 4526 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between November…
War stories: US allies find their lives changed
The folks at Wat Lao Asokaram temple meet nearly every Sunday. On this particular Sunday in October, Buddhists were acknowledging the monks, some of whom were completing a period of silence. This phase in their training requires that they live in silence for several months. The celebration included a period of prayer followed by a…
A Charming Colonial in the Strong Neighborhood
75 Irvington Road
Museum of Kids Art
A new place for kids to learn the colors and the shapes
New daddy diary
Now entering the crawling years…
Behind the scenes of “American Hardcore”
Q&A with director Paul Rachman on punk’s pioneering disaffected youth
Zombies for Xmas
Give the gift of the undead to your loved one with Zombie Portraits
Larry Merrill at M. Early Gallery
Photographer captures gritty, glorious life in the city
Guns N’ poses
Just when will “Chinese Democracy” come out?
Cappuccino Italiano Café
Authentic Italian eats on Park Avenue
“Fur”
The “imaginary portrait” of photographer Diane Arbus is a faux pas
“Deja Vu”
Denzel Washington covers familiar territory in this techno thriller.
I SCENE IT 12-06-06
This week: Frank checks out Senses Fail and Bleeding Through, Gov’t Mule, and 40 Rod Lightning
Music reviews – 12-06-06
This week: Discs by Roger Houston, Paul Mark & The Van Dorens, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and +44
