Discovering An Inconvenient Truth
Recently global warming has become a big problem, and the government hasn’t been doing anything about it. Neither is it informing the public. But Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth answered many of my questions and taught me many scary possibilities. For example, I learned that as the polar ice caps melt, many great places…
“Uncluttered” by Dan Neuberger
A strong showing by a photographer who shoots for the love of it
Sizing up Project Runway
If you want to score some real pop culture cred, the only reality show worth watching is Bravo’s cult phenomenon Project Runway, returning for a third stylish season July 12 at 9 p.m. As before, a dozen or so aspiring seamsters compete for the title of America’s next great fashion designer. The contestants demonstrate their…
Growth without growth
Like a lot of people, Neil Jaschik has his e-mail set up to append a quote to each outgoing message. Jaschik’s, attributed to the second-century Rabbi Tarfon, reads this way: “It may not be your obligation to finish the task; but neither are you permitted to refrain from beginning it.” They’re fitting words for anyone…
Remembering Dean & Jerry
Forty years from now, no one will understand the popularity of Adam Sandler. That’s not to say that people won’t enjoy his work, but they will not comprehend how so many people spent so much time enjoying his films, his music, and whatever else it is that he does. Consider that Bing Crosby is now…
Midseason report
Checking in on the Rattlers and the Red Wings
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada(PG-13), directed by David Frankel, is now playing at Culver Ridge 16, Pittsford Cinemas, Henrietta 18, Webster 12, Tinseltown, Greece Ridge 12, and Eastview 13. The elegant boss from Hell A movie about the world of fashion probably must include a defense of its subject against the inherent and inevitable charge of…
Wordplay; Interkosmos
Clue in to the charming crossword documentary and a quirky mockumentary showing at the Dryden
Notes from MusicFest 2006
Busta and Doug E. Fresh brought it; K-Ci and JoJo should have left it back home
The Good life
The Eastman-backed The Greater Good premieres at Glimmerglass Opera
This city, this summer
The shootings — day after miserable day, sometimes several times a day — take place so often, with such regularity, that they begin to lose their shock effect. In other neighborhoods, the summer festivals go on, and tens of thousands of us turn out. The pools and beaches open, the East End rocks, the parks…
Reader feedback – 7.12.06
Building support for gay marriage
Cost of war – 7.12.06
The totals: 2537 US soldiers, 226 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 38,960 to 43,397 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 11. 3594 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between June…
Metro ink – 7.12.06
KEEPING VINTAGE VOODOO VIABLE To some music aficionados, the digital age’s onset seems more like an onslaught. And it’s completely unacceptable. Sure, music is more accessible — mouse clicks are quicker than trips to the record store — but there’s less tangibility, nothing to hold on to or read while you listen. “That whole approach,…
Rochester Jewish Film Festival
Previewing five of the chosen films
951 Park Avenue
Strolling Rochester’s Park Avenue on a warm summers day is an experience that can include dining at one of the area’s many fine sidewalk cafes and admiring the elegant homes that line the meandering street. The Park Avenue neighborhood is one of the places most sought after by hardworking young families who wish to live…
Music reviews – 7.12.06
New this week: Nelly Furtado, Ani DiFranco
Free summer movies for kids
Mom and dad can score some quiet time with Regal’s summer program
