Merry-Go-Round’s “King and I”
The King rules, but some uncomfortable staging ruffles.
Maria Friske’s roadside attraction
Maria Friske moves frenetically about the colorful chaos of her Roosevelt Street studio. With sketches scattered across the floor amidst paper-plate pallets full of swirls, and larger renderings lining the walls, you don’t know where to look first. Yet walking through her studio you simply can’t stop looking everywhere. The intense colors, the characters, and…
Open up to mojo
GrupoFantasma opens Pole-A-Palooza; plus The Broke Down and the New York Vaults
RMSC’s “Pirate Adventures”
Science Center walks the plank
With great puppies come great responsibility
How a dog can help change your kid’s life
Music Reviews 7.05.06
Keane, The Bellrays and more..
Pirates we love
An ode to our favorite scurvy dogs from cinema, literature and history
Sienna
Can high expectations be met at the fine-dining establishment?
Plugging into YouTube
The basics behind the Web’s latest video-swapping site
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Johnny Depp keeps this engaging pirate franchise afloat
Superman Returns
A promising beginning and some potentially interesting religious subtext devolves into standard action fare
They will come
It was at a Little League game that I had a consciousness-raising experience. One of the dads, a developer, told me his adult son was moving back to Rochester to work with him. Instead of being delighted, he was troubled. The economy here is bad and getting worse, he said. Jobs and people are fleeing…
Eliot Spitzer, New York’s man of mystery
In his bid to gain some traction, Tom Suozzi has had a lot to say about Eliot Spitzer. That’s only natural. Negative campaigning is the territory of the underdog, and in the Democratic gubernatorial primary Suozzi is certainly that. Most recent polls give Spitzer a lead of about 60 percentage points over Suozzi or John…
Metro ink – 7.5.06
LOVIN FOREIGN FLICKS The Little Theatre’s inaugural Foreign Film Festival wrapped up last week, and acting executive director Jennifer Caleshu says it was “an enormous success” — so much so that early on, the showings were moved from one of the Little’s smaller venues to the main theater, which holds 300 people. Attendance was double…
Reader feedback – 7.5.06
Abortion critic defends his protest
Charter-school supporters aim at John
We won’t vote for state legislators for four months, but one incumbent Democrat is already the focus of attack ads, and charter schools are the issue. Rochester’s Susan John, who faced stiff competition in her last two elections, is one of several Assembly Democrats targeted recently in a roughly $1 million television and direct-mail campaign.…
Cost of war – 7.5.06
The totals: 2527 US soldiers, 226 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 38,761 to 431,89 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to June 23. 3560 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between June…
113 Linden Street
A Lovely South Wedge Foursquare The South Wedge is one of Rochester’s oldest neighborhoods. Fueled by industrial expansion and commerce along the Erie Canal, building in the South Wedge flourished in the late 1800s. Many of the neighborhood’s homes were constructed before 1875, and several of these are homes of historical significance. The neighborhood is…
