They’re back and in black again
In its own accidental, absurd, and strictly for-profit way, Men in Black II provides something of a service for the movie audiences of today, suggesting some perhaps unsuspected truths and a continuing metaphor for its time and place. Following the amazing success of the first film (it was the biggest hit of 1997), the second…
Reader feedback 7.10.02
What if? In response to Jack Bradigan Spula’s “Just a Child: Learning the Facts of Death” (June 19): What if Craig Heard was “a wonderful little, smiling little (white) person”? What if officers Serge Savitcheff, Hector Padgham, and Mike Tymoch were people of color? What if we had a police force that…
News Briefs 7.10.02
Imagining ImageArt There’s more here than meets the eye. ImageArt, which is billed as the only annual juried exhibit of art by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) artists in Western New York, isn’t just a bunch of pretty pictures. ImageArt “gives gay and lesbian artists a voice in the Rochester community,” says artist David…
The score
Rhinos get regional
Recordings
Avenue A to the Great White Way: Yiddish and American Popular Songs 1914-1950 Tanz! With David Tarras and the Musiker Brothers Sony Legacy Anyone who has listened to National Public Radio’s “Yiddish Radio Project” on All Things Considered knows the story: While visiting the crowded office of an elderly radio show host, Klezmer scholar Henry…
The organ gap
There was a time when the idea of transplanting human organs was the stuff of science fiction and cheesy horror films. Today, organ transplants are a standard feature of the medical landscape. But out of success has come crisis. Would-be transplant recipients in Rochester and throughout the country face a disparity of supply and demand…
Powerful women shine at Shaw Fest
The Shaw Festival’s three accomplished July openings all center on powerful women who rule the roost, though the third could use a stronger rooster.
If you can’t beat ’em…
Joe Robach says he doesn’t want to be a member of the Republican majority in the state Senate so much as he wants to be the “Commissioner of Getting Things Done.” Given the paltry progress he and his fellow state legislators made this year on a host of important issues — reform of the Rockefeller…
Mr. Pink comes to Rochester
Steve Buscemi, one of the greatest character actors of his generation, will come to the Dryden Theatre on Saturday, July 13 to introduce local film fans to the latest phase in his plan for cinematic world domination: direction. You may know him as the squirrelly guy from Fargo, the guy with the crazy eyes from…
