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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, January 9
Former Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard will announce on Saturday whether he’s running for mayor. The press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Workers United, 750 E ast Avenue. Sheppard, who currently serves in the County Legislature, may face a challenge from former TV reporter and anchor Rachel Barnhart, who says she’s exploring a…
Film review: ‘Hidden Figures’
The very definition of crowd-pleasing, feel-good entertainment, the stirring drama “Hidden Figures” celebrates the lives of three black female mathematicians whose work was essential in the early days of NASA
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BLUE-EYED SOUL/POP | Soul Passenger
Moving seamlessly between its own material and that of the masters that came before, the veteran musicians in Soul Passenger own whatever song they play. When they do cover other’s material, the band’s tightness affords them a little wiggle room to lay claim to its groove. Although the band shines note for note on stuff…
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The Brighton Town Board decided last week not to put the proposal’s latest traffic analysis and environmental statement up for public comment.
VOCAL | William Warfield Scholarship Concert
In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the William Warfield Scholarship Fund, this Sunday the Eastman School of Music will present a concert featuring current scholarship recipient and mezzo-soprano Alicia Rosser. The program also includes performances by baritone Lawrence Craig, singer and pianist Thomas Warfield, previous scholarship recipient Jason Alexander Holmes, and others. The William…
Global health hits close to home
High rates of infant mortality and mothers dying during childbirth remain formidable problems in the developing world, where resources are limited. Roughly 150,000 women die during childbirth every year just in Sub-Saharan Africa. But two medical professionals with ties to Rochester have created a health care model that seems to counter the trend. The approach…
JAZZ FUSION | Craig Snyder
Whether he’s unleashing a furious melodic solo or tapping an impossibly complicated string of notes, Craig Snyder transforms his guitar into a rocket of musical exploration. Fusion is the term used to describe it, but his style traverses many genres along the way. At Lovin’ Cup, Snyder will be playing tunes by Tony Williams, Billy…
FILM | RPO presents “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
John Williams is arguably the greatest living film composer. He’s responsible for the most memorable music to some of the most beloved movies of all time, and his work on Steven Spielberg’s action masterpiece, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” is no exception. The theme for adventurer Indiana Jones unquestionably ranks among the most iconic pieces…
MODERN FOLK | Derek Knott
Derek Knott lays it down slick with an effortless giddy-up and serious subtext a la John Prine. His guitar chops and bops beneath the stories he paints on the canvas in the listener’s head. As I’ve said before, this Ithaca-based troubadour creates the mood with songs that serve as secular prayers. There’s always a little…
HOLIDAY | Trulla Navideña
Celebrating the New Year and Three Kings Day (January 6), the Rochester Puerto Rican Festival will host its annual Trulla Navideña party on Saturday, January 7. Trulla Navideña is a festive Christmas season tradition with its roots in Puerto Rico (among other Latin American countries), where a small group of revelers gather with instruments to…
Reel Time Records goes for analog perfection
The pieces are there to shape a local music scene into a discernable sound. The artists in Rochester are already in place, and so is the audience. But the whole affair can seem transient and temporal, gone too soon. Bands come and go, often with their brief trip around the sun undocumented. To remedy this…
ART | “Parisian Afternoon”
If the Rochester winter weather starts to get you down during January, you may find an escape at International Art Acquisitions. The gallery, through this month, is displaying “Parisian Afternoon,” an exhibition of paintings by contemporary Brazilian artist Monteiro Prestes that depict the iconic, romantic hustle and bustle of Parisian life. Prestes is also known…
SPECIAL EVENT | Winter Parafest
For its 3rd annual Winter Parafest, paranormal team Genesee Valley Paranormal Investigators will host a stacked lineup of lectures for those fascinated by — or even just curious about — the unknown. Other paranormal teams, psychics, and authors from across the country will give short talks about everything from investigating Sasquatch and the Rolling Hills…
ART | “4 Directions”
Four Rochester artists — Constance Mauro, Elizabeth Durand, g.a. Sheller, and Jim Barclay — draw on their personal travel experiences, and unique art styles, for the new exhibit “4 Directions,” now hanging in St. John Fisher’s Ross Art Gallery. On display are Mauro’s monoprints and encaustic paintings of Iceland; Durand’s collographic monoprints of the US…
Modern landscapes on display at VSW
Visual Studies Workshop’s current exhibit, “Land Form,” is full of fascinating vistas that reject classical depictions of landscapes in favor of reflecting the rapid, and at times disturbing, shifts in physical, cultural, and psychological terrain. When you take the staircase up from the workshop’s main entrance on Prince Street, you’re immediately confronted by what appears…
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Album review: ‘Live’
The JD Blues Experiment “Live” Self-released facebook.com/theJDbluesexperiment Age ain’t got nothing to do with it. Sure, Penfield’s Jason “JD” Dodson is a tad on the young side — 17 to be exact — to be rippin’ up the blues in assorted joints around town. But that’s exactly what he’s doing with his band, The JD…
Album review: ‘Doc Remembrances: Flatpick Tunes and Songs’
Bobby Henrie “Doc Remembrances: Flatpick Tunes and Songs” Self-released facebook.com/bobbyhenrieandthegoners The late Doc Watson is the undisputed master of flatpicking, and in paying him tribute, an artist risks being trampled beneath the lightning flurry and fury found in his style. However, there is another hero in our midst: southpaw guitar slinger from the Southern Tier,…
POP | Amy Grant and the RPO
Amy Grant has been a star since the mid-1970’s, when she released her first record when she was a college student. In the 40 years since, she has had many Top 10 singles and albums, won six Grammys, sold 30 million records, and done as much as any singer to bring Christian and gospel…
SINGER-SONGWRITER | Café Veritas: “Songwriters in the Round”
There is no shortage of talented Rochester musicians with songs to share. What’s rare is the opportunity to hear the stories behind those songs directly from the storytellers themselves. That’s why Café Veritas’s “Songwriters in the Round” concert this Saturday is so worthwhile. Local mainstays in the music scene — bluegrass and folk artist Maria…
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This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Protest Trump’s inauguration The Rochester International Action Center and a group of local activists invite everyone to “Get on the Bus!” to Washington, DC, to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, January…
CLASSICAL | Hochstein Alumni Orchestra
Founded by Evan Meccarello in 2010, the Hochstein Alumni Orchestra is made up of players who have studied at the Hochstein School of Music & Dance. On Friday, Meccarello will conduct the orchestra in a rich program that pairs Franz Schubert’s Symphony in B minor, famously known as the “Unfinished” symphony, with Richard Strauss’s thrilling…
Trump voters and jobs: gains haven’t been equal
Waiting for Donald Trump: Third of a series on the 2016 presidential election and what comes next.
Film review: “Passengers”
A new year may have already started, but the films of 2016 will keep trickling into Rochester theaters throughout the next month. But while they make their way here, I’m still catching up on the massive number of new movies released over Christmas week (eight in total), including “Passengers,” from director Morten Tyldum (“The Imitation…
