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He won. What does Adam Bello do now?
Answer: He tries to do what no Democrat has done in over 30 years – form a county government in less than two months
Monroe County GOP withdraws CABLE Act
The bill would have curtailed the power of the incoming Democratic county executive, Adam Bello.
Harriet Tubman, and western New York, get their places in history
The Equal Rights Heritage Center has got Harriet Tubman right. There she is, standing on the lawn in downtown Auburn, holding a lantern. And just in case you choose to ignore that symbol of truth-seeker, there’s also a gun tucked in the statue’s belt. “Frederick Douglass dominates African-American history for the pre-Civil War period,” says…
Committee will help Bello with county exec transition
County Executive-elect Adam Bello has asked committee groups to identify “critical issues facing our community” and recommend strategies to address them.
‘This is not a power grab,’ GOP says of bill
Legislators first saw CABLE Act bill at GOP headquarters.
GOP leaders to address controversial CABLE Act bill
Facing public outrage, GOP seeks to “clarify” bill.
Dinolfo supports GOP bill to curtail Bello’s authority
A spokesman for County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo said she “respects and supports this legislation.”
Breaking free from the Independence Party
The Monroe County Board of Elections has yet to certify the results of last week’s election, but one thing is certain: The Independence Party line barely made a dent in most of the races in which it surfaced. That’s something to celebrate. Make no mistake, the two-party system is outdated. Polls show most Americans want…
City moving forward with power program
Community choice aggregation offers a big opportunity to get city households and businesses on renewables.
WATCH: Wednesday impeachment hearings
The U.S. House of Representatives is holding open hearings in its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The hearings begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Stop thief! Monroe County Republicans are trying to steal the election
Legislation would curtail authority of the county executive to appoint a cabinet
Joe Dady’s still here, as are Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison
Jeff Spevak reports on a memorial concert for the late Joe Dady, a “hologram performance” by Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly, and more.
Film preview: ‘Ford v Ferrari’
Matt Damon and Christian Bale play a car designer and race car driver enlisted by Henry Ford II in 1966 to build a car fast enough for the Ford Motor Company to overtake those of Enzo Ferrari at the world’s oldest and most prestigious sports car race.
COMEDY | ‘Oh Watta Night!’
Rochester sketch comedy and improve group Polite Ink (PI) will again partner with Willow Domestic Violence Center to present “Oh Watta Night!,” the third annual benefit event. Blending the styles of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and “Saturday Night Live,” PI presents a PG-rated evening of spontaneity, singing, dancing, dynamic characters, and audience participation. The…
FILM | ‘Harriet’
The long-awaited major motion picture, “Harriet,” is this month’s selection for the Black Cinema Series, co-presented by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) and The Little Theatre (and this time it’s also co-sponsored by The Rochester Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority). Directed and co-written by Kasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou,” “Black Nativity”),…
FILM | ‘Empowerment in the Archive’
Older generations’ tendency to underestimate and even ridicule the younger ones is nothing new, and their bad takes are often ignorant of youths’ struggles, potential, and successes alike. Since 2003, Rochester Teen Empowerment has focused on bolstering area youth through employment and leadership opportunities. Teens involved in that group are the curators of this weekend’s…
Feedback 11/13
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Urban Action 11/13
This week’s call to action includes the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.) Gun law is seminar topic The Monroe County Bar Association will hold a continuing legal education presentation about New York’s “Red Flag” law — also known as the extreme risk protection order law…
FOLK | Joan Shelley
Every once in a while, an artist like Joan Shelley comes along and takes the folk music tradition on a wondrous ride. Coming of age in Kentucky, Shelley found herself equally immersed in American roots music and recordings from the British folk revival of the ’60s and ’70s. You can hear all of those influences…
ROOTS ROCK | Jack Klatt and Band
Jack Klatt doesn’t just write clever songs that shadow assorted genres — he adopts their parlance, their tone, and their idiosyncratic appeal. Consequently, this wily Minnesotan can lay claim to virtually anything that comes out, be it country, swing, rockabilly, or even the blues. But it’s Klatt’s deceptively simple approach to the acoustic guitar, as…
REGGAE-FOLK | The Forest Dwellers
Local roots reggae quartet The Forest Dwellers is on a sonic mission to heal its audiences with warm-hearted harmonies and soft, swaying guitar rhythms. Singer-guitarist Joe Kaplan delivers lyrics that are hopeful for a brighter future and melodies full of cosmic yearning, while strumming in a slightly Latin-influenced guitar style. His breezy aesthetic is complemented…
POP-PUNK | New Found Glory
New Found Glory pounces on Anthology during a run of shows on its fall tour, celebrating a pop-punk aesthetic which skated along with preeminent status in indie music markets and youth culture throughout the 2000’s. With top singles such as “All Down Hill from Here” and My Friends Over You,” the Florida band has been…
BLUES-JAZZ | The Occasional Saints
P.V. Nunes tickles the ivories in the quintessential barrelhouse piano style that drifts outta joints in The Big Easy nightly. His band The Occasional Saints is bawdy and naughty, like angels with day jobs, doing the devil’s work. Penned by Nunes, this rockin’ septet’s music is virtually all original — with a subtle boogie and…
PROGRESSIVE ROCK | Big Something
A soulful progressive rock sextet from Burlington, North Carolina, Big Something has been captivating audiences with its magnetic flow and improvisational chemistry since 2009; the band just celebrated its eighth year hosting the annual summer music festival and campout, “The Big What?” Big Something performs a spacey mixture of rock, funk, hip-hop, and jazz. Think…
LITERATURE | ‘Like Falling Through a Cloud’
Flutist Eugenia Zukerman has been an irreplaceable figure in the American classical music scene for decades. A highly regarded musician, she’s served as artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado and as arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. But Zukerman is also a prolific writer, whose new memoir “Like Falling Through…
ART | ‘Politics & Photography’
When we think of photography and the political realm, documentation of events is usually what comes to mind. But some who work in the photographic arts use images to go beyond documentation to question the state of things, to subvert the state of things, and to envision a better world. This is the thesis behind…
MUSEUM | In Another Galaxy Weekend
Just because Halloween has passed doesn’t mean costumes have to be retired for the year. And it’s never too early to make nerds of your offspring. This weekend The Strong will host its sci-fi focused In Another Galaxy weekend, giving families the chance to dress up as their favorite characters as they take part in…
East End staple Veneto debuts fall menu
Chefs Chris Mayer and Dan Haines have created a culinary fall tapestry with their autumn menu, which dresses its hearty pizzas and pasta dishes in seasonal flavors.
The F Word: Tears in ¾ time
Got to poke my head into the studio during Scott Regan’s “Open Tunings” broadcast Friday to eyeball French jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel disassemble his guitar and the way I listen to it.
Album review: ‘If We Ever Live Forever’
Longwave ‘If We Ever Live Forever’ Bodan Kuma Recordings longwave.bandcamp.com After a 10-year hiatus, Longwave — the NYC-based indie rock darlings with Rochester roots — return to the limelight with what could be considered their best record yet. Sure, “If We Ever Live Forever” possesses that indie concern and emotive response to everything. But there…
Album review: ‘The Hard Side of the Blues’
Tommy Grills ‘The Hard Side of the Blues’ Self-released tommygrills.hearnow.com Rochester expat Tommy Grills stands ominous, lean, and mean — with nothing but a big guitar between him and the rest of the world. Grills’s name may sound familiar to some blues aficionados; he’s the big brother of hometown bluesman Steve Grills. On Tommy Grills’s…
Taking responsibility for hate
An upcoming discussion centers on the question “Why Do We Hate?”
Hive-minded
A disappearing bee population, Monsanto, and academia take the stage in the first production of Geva’s 2019-2020 Fielding Studio Series, “Queen,” which continues through November 24. This new play by Madhuri Shekar had its world premiere in April 2017 at Victory Gardens in Chicago, and has since won Outstanding Original Full Length Script at the…
Interview: Jimbo Mathus
Guitarist Jimbo Mathus became a household name as a founding member of the swing-revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers. But Mathus’s latest album, the aptly titled “Incinerator,” is a righteous romp through the swamp.
