Rene’s Café
Fine diner food with a Dutch twist in Penfield
Biking: Beware the four-wheeled monsters
How bicyclists can survive in a city built for cars
“The Black Dahlia”
The steady hand of Brian De Palma slips with this bloody mess of a noir
Fall calendar: visual arts
Art LOCAL American Association of University Women 494 East Ave. Oils and watercolors by Donald Kramer, through Oct 1 | Tues-Thurs 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 244-8890. a\v 8 Public Market. Mike Twohig’s!mprovised !mplosive Vice; Dennis Smyth’s Your General Journey, through Oct 14 | Thu 7-10 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-3 p.m. www.avspace.org. Arts and Cultural Council 277…
“Factotum”
Matt Dillon brings Charles Bukowski to lush life
Fall calendar: classical
Classical Chamber Music Rochester (586-5690, www.chambermusicrochester.org ) Oct 8: “Our 30th Year: The Grand Opening,” Hochstein Music School, 50 N Plymouth Ave, 8 p.m. | Nov 19: “Shostakovich: His Life and Times,” MemorialArtGallery, 500 University Ave, 8 p.m. ChristChurchScholaCantorum (141 East Ave, 454-3878) Oct 1: Compline (Gregorian chant motets), 9 p.m., free. Downtown United Presbyterian…
Gee willikers
The XX Files I like the way CNN.com put it. The headline read: “Southern women breaking up with Bush.” After 9/11, Southern women, like much of the country at the time, had a childish crush on someone who seemed like a hero. We were scared. President Bush seemed strong. He’d help us rise from the…
Fall calendar: dance
DANCE Ballet Magnificat Oct 14. Robert Cultural LifeCenter, RobertsWesleyanCollege, 2301 Westside Dr. 7:30 p.m. $10-$16. 594-6008, www.roberts.edu/clc. HochsteinSchoolDec 15. Winter Dance Gala, 50 N Plymouth Ave. 7:30 p.m. Free. 454-4596, www.hochstein.org. IndiaCommunity CenterSep 21: Ekaantha Seetha …A Lonely Furrow, a dance drama | MCC Auditorium, 1000 Henrietta Rd. 8 p.m. $7-$20. 233-1449, www.icor.org. Michael Minery’s…
Churches, faith, and discrimination
For some, women clergy are OK now, but not gays and lesbians
Fall calendar: families
Family events Adventure Family and Team Challenge Sept 23. Water challenges, relays, archery contests for the family. Bay View Family YMCA, 1209 Bay Rd, Webster.$25-$50/team. 671-8414, www.bayviewymca.org. Children’s Book Festival Nov 4. CampusCenter, MCC Brighton Campus, 1000 E Henrietta Rd. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 292-2534, www.rochesterchildrensbookfestival.org. DazzleSchool Dec 15-17: The Golden Coupon | Dazzle Theatre,…
New date and new deal?
Last week, by a single vote, the County Legislature voted to move the budget’s due date to after Election Day. Thirteen of the 14 speakers who attended the public hearing opposed the law. The single speaker favoring the measure was Robert Fischer, co-chair of the team that first recommended it. But Majority Leader Bill Smith…
Fall calendar: literature & lectures
Literature and lectures “According to Anthony” Luncheon Lecture Series Oct 9: Bob Cooney, Women’s History Project, “Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Suffrage Movement” | Nov 13: Sally Dodgson, “Helen Barrett Montgomery Comes to Tea” | Dec 11: PepsyKettavong, sculptor, Colleen Hurst, historian, “Let’s Have Tea — The Making of a Monumental Memory”…
Cost of war – 9.20.06
The totals: 2678 US soldiers, 233 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 43,258 to 48,035 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to September 1. 4091 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between September…
Fall calendar: special events
Special events AppleUmpkin Festival Sep 23-24. Craft vendors, food, entertainers. Gaslight Village, Wyoming. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 495-9940, www.appleumpkin.com. Astronomicon 10 Nov 10-12. Celebrating women in science fiction. Clarion Riverside Downtown, 120 Main St. $20-$30. 342-4697, www.astronomicon.info. Autumn Festival of Ales Sep 30. Fireman’s Field, Monroe St, HoneoyeFalls. 1-5 p.m. $17-$20. 624-4386, www.custombrewcrafters.com. Bacchnalia Nov 24.…
Metro ink – 9.20.06
THE PUMPKIN PATCH Don’t panic. It’s not as bad as it sounds. It’s just that, well, the pumpkin season wasn’t quite what it could’ve been. Oh, you’ll still have your pumpkin pie and your decorative jack-o-lanterns. Probably. “There are always pumpkins available by the end of the season,” says Bob King. “The question is, are…
Fall calendar: sports
Sports SPECTATOR Amerks Hockey (Games at Blue Cross Arena, 1 War Memorial Sq., at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. $11-$19. 232-1900, www.amerks.com) Oct 6 vs Albany | Oct 8 vs Manitoba, 6:05 p.m. | Oct 13 vs Binghamton | Oct 20 vs Peoria | Oct 29 vs Syracuse, 6:05 p.m. | Nov 10 vs Binghamton…
Reader feedback – 9.20.06
Radio and dead air; Hezbollah’s motives, graft in government
Fall calendar: theater
Theater LOCAL Aquilla Theatre Company Nov 17: Romeo and Juliet |NazarethCollegeArtsCenter, 8 p.m. $35-$45. 389-2170, www.naz.edu/artscenter. Blackfriars Theatre Oct 6-26: A Party To Murder | Dec 1-21: Little Women | 28 Lawn St. $24. 454-1260, www.blackfriars.org. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre Through Oct 14: The Dershowitz Protocol | Oct 5-15: Richard Hoehler: For Real | Oct 19:…
Fall Guide 2006
A comfortable fall That’s what it looks like to us, anyway. As the temperatures dip and the leaves change color, the fall season comes to life. And this particular fall is teeming with the stuff. The local and regional arts organizations have put together slates of incredible events, from the hottest rock acts (Death Cab…
Fall calendar: wine
Finger Lakes Winery Events Acoustic Newt Wednesdays through December. Rednewt Cellars, 3675 Tichenor Rd, Hector,7-9 P.M. 607-546-4100,www.rednewt.com Autumn Winemaker’s Dinner Nov 4.Sheldrake Point Vineyard and Café,7448 County Road 153, Ovid, 5:15 p.m. $70. 866-743-5372, www.sheldrakepoint.com Bon Vivant Celebration Nov 11. Hosmer Winery, 6999 State Route 89, Ovid, 12-4 p.m. 888-467-9463, www.hosmerwinery.com Champagne & Dessert Wine…
Theater: Remembering August Wilson
Geva begins a five-year tribute to the late, great American playwright
City’s Fall Choices
Pilobolus Dance; Caroline Werner Gannett Project
Classical: Mercury rising
The upstart opera company heads into Season 2 with high hopes
248 South Landing Road
A Smooth Landing In 1817 Matthew Dryer brought his family from Rehobeth, Massachusetts, to a small arm house near Rattlesnake Springs in newly created town of Brighton. He had purchased 100 acres in this sparsely settled area; the Orringh Stone Tavern was his nearest neighbor. Over the years that house grew into a 10-room home…
Film: Legends of the fall
What flicks have Oscar hopes…and what ones don’t
Supply run
General Patton takes Target September goes fast for families. Technically, it might still be summer, but it’s the beginning of the academic year for most kids. I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent the month honing my back-to-school shopping skills. I dutifully scrutinize the district’s recommended supplies lists, organize my ads, and wargame my…
Rob Cullivan’s last waltz
Rob Cullivan isn’t off for a deep-six holiday. This ain’t the big adios. And yet it feels a little bit like a funeral. In this case, however, the stiff can actually see who has come to pay their respects. Cullivan, a Rochester music scene fixture since the mid-’80s, is leaving town for good and heading…
Music: The fall line-up
All the concerts you need to see (and hear)
New daddy diary
Those funny things you do…
Music reviews – 09.20.06
Untitled Document Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55 WEA While the pairing of this superstar actress with the adventurous electronic duo Air is bound to send novelty seekers into self-lubricating throes of anticipation, the presence of famed Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics could inspire at least a moistening twinge of curiosity in discriminating…
Family: Out of your gourd
How to keep the kids busy this fall, from tykes to teens
Delving into the Dahlia
Why one Hollywood crime still captivates us
Folsom Prison Blastoff
This week Frank checks in with John Mooney, Brokedown, BML, The Isotopes, and The Blastoffs.
Hiking: Happy trails
Three local hikes with the promise of fabulous fall foliage
“From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games”
New book explores the connection between mashing buttons and taking lives
