Shipping Dock’s “Witness”
A young adult novel has a difficult transition to the stage
Rochester’s pigskin past
Remember the Jeffersons Getting reacquainted with Rochester’s trailblazing NFL team Sports In September 1920, the Rochester media eagerly awaited the debut of the city’s fully professional football team, the Jeffersons. Owned and managed by Leo Lyons, the Jeffs were charter members of the American Professional Football Association, which was renamed the National Football League two…
An inspiring venue
Inside Venu Resto-Lounge and Nightclub
“Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny”; “The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes”
Green grass and high times Movies “THC: The Audience Is Baking.” With that opening-credit exhalation in the face of George Lucas, Tenacious D (that’s Jack Black and Kyle Gass) and director Liam Lynch (Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic) offer up a none-too-subtle theory about what might be going on in the theater parking lot prior…
“Bobby”
Emilio Estevez’s directorial debut recalls the hope of a once-great nation, and late director Robert Altman
The Margaret Explosion
“Spontaneous composition” act celebrates its new CD
I SCENE IT 11-29-06
This week Frank remembers Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Music reviews – 11-29-06
This week: Discs by Lonesome Spurs and Mark Egan
Metro ink – 11-29-06
DEPARTURE The fight to keep one of the airport sculptures in its original location is over. Construction on the new business center where Nancy Jurs’ “Triad” once stood is proceeding, and Jurs says she was notified last month that her sculpture had been removed and stored. The notification came after she sent a letter to…
Reader feedback – 11-29-06
On Ren Square and the arts
Cost of war – 11-29-06
The totals: 2871 US soldiers, 247 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 48,775 to 54,134 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to November 24. 4486 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between November…
Cozy Comfort in the 19th Ward
518 Post Avenue
The Alternative Fair
Mall-ternative shopping The holidays approach. Fear eats the soul as you contemplate tripping to the mall, or wandering through cyberspace. Wait! There is another way, with real people, real gifts, and childcare! Metro Justice will hold its 25th Annual Alternative Fair on Friday, December 1, from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, December 2, from…
War stories
Helping the United States changed the lives of two men now living in Rochester
The science of sleep
The cure for sleep deprivation New parents employ a variety of methods to convince their infants to sleep through the night. Look no further, for I have the answer: You are never going to sleep again so stop trying! Say you’re on month 5 and you’ve had a total of 15 hours of sleep. You…
“Kim Jones: A Retrospective”
The Mudman comes to University of Buffalo’s art gallery
“Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent”
Spy vs. spy Amongst stealth-based action games — often a hit-or-miss bunch — Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series has been a high watermark, combining just the right mix of stealth and action with cinematic flair. The latest game in the Splinter Cell series, Double Agent, is no exception, improving upon the formula while altering it…
Writers & Books turns 25
Looking back at a quarter-century of the community literary center
The RAW facts
And then I saw the fnords… Between Adam Weishaupt and Dan Brown at the conspiracy banquet table sits Robert Anton Wilson (www.rawilson.com), keeping the conversation lively. (He and Umberto Eco provide the best banter all night long.) In the wake of the Da Vinci Code, you might think that a few of the conspiracy classics…
