In the realms of the talented
In the Peony Pavilion, a sumptuous entertainment house (read: brothel) Probably the most gratifying compliment you could pay an actor would be that he disappeared so completely into a role that you forgot who you were watching. That’s what I would tell England’s Jamie Bell (the titular Billy Elliot) after witnessing his flawless turn as…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
Clint Eastwood takes on the boxing movie
His long and varied career in the motion picture industry — as actor, writer, director, producer, even composer — distinguishes Clint Eastwood from most of his peers. Because he runs his own production company and therefore generally controls almost every element in the making of his movies, he probably deserves that overused and much abused…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
Of love and train wrecks
Ever since bands like Pavement and Guided By Voices first helped popularize a laissez-faire approach to recording and production values in the early ’90s, popular music seems to have fully embraced the concept of imperfection for its own sake. Early Pavement and GBV recordings — thin, scratchy, often homemade affairs — were full of glaring…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
The joyous side of jazz
Jane Monheit has good reason to be smiling from the cover of last month’s Down Beat. She recently left the world of indie labels behind to release her latest album on Sony. At a time when jazz is not exactly flying off the shelves at music stores and record labels are dropping veteran players, there’s…
The state of Monroe
When County Executive Maggie Brooks declared at the outset of her first-ever State of the CountyAddress that “the state of our county has greatly improved,” she said she did so “with a clear vision for our future.” But what exactly that vision is was unclear: Very little of what Brooks addressed was new. …
Look out, world!
By now, all of us — fans and critics alike — have learned to pay attention to what George Bush says. He is indeed a man who says what he means and means what he says. Even before September 11, you could see the signs of a pending Iraq war. And now — in…
Family valued 1.26.05
Check out a field trip Finding affordable family-oriented activities for 12 children was often a challenge for my parents. Fortunately, there were two institutions of real family value in the community — the Corning Glass Center and the public library. Each offered programs that encouraged our creativity and helped to develop curiosity about the world.…
In cold protest
On January 20, while Bush caressed a Bible, touted the forceful spread of freedom, and then danced at a string of balls in his honor, bussed-in protestors stood on Washington, DC, streets in the cold, in mourning. We had protestors at home, too. A group of about 15 people, representing local peace and social justice…
Reader feedback 1.26.05
Downtown’s clubs, PTSD’s causes, Iraq’s future
Body count 1.26.05
To honor the war dead and fill an information gap in US mass media, City Newspaper will run weekly lists of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians killed during the occupation of Iraq. The totals: 1,371 American soldiers, 161 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 15,475 to 17,703 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning…
Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest…
Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest…
Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest…
Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest…
Board yet? Ferry gets its company
The city’s decision to get into the ferry business has ratcheted up public scrutiny on the project way beyond 11. And you can bet that each ferry decision the city makes — up to the bid for The Breeze on February 28 and well beyond — will be accompanied by loud second guessing. The latest…
It looks like art, but is it?
Recently opened at the George Eastman House are two new exhibitions that, although not intended to be viewed together, offer interesting insights into thequagmire of contemporary art. Law & Order: Crime Scenes is a cross-examination of crime-scene photography from TV; it investigates perceptions of illusion and reality (see next week’s review of that exhibit). The…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
Why Rochester? Why now?
It’s no longer a surprise to anyone when a young person announces plans to move away from Rochester in favor of someplace more energetic, glamorous, or cosmopolitan. And why not? Childless people who aren’t interested in mortgages and lawnmowers may as well enjoy a robust metropolitan lifestyle or sunny beach community. In the past, working…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
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Over the past 30 years, cult films have gone through something of an evolution. Once thought of as obscure, inaccessible works relegated to midnight shows at boutique movie houses, they have developed into a genre of their own. In 1977, David Lynch, the hero of aspiring cult filmmakers everywhere, kicked off the concept with his…
Cut the Medicaid budget? It won’t be easy
Can New YorkState really stop spending so much money on Medicaid? And do it without hurting people? Or will the money we save now just cost us more in the end? Once again, the governor is promising to do something about Medicaid. In his budget address last week he warned, again, that Medicaid…
