The Smallest Minority
Native-American students often lag in academic achievement, but also endure discrimination and social isolation.
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The smallest minority
Native-American students often lag in academic achievement, but also endure discrimination and social isolation.
Ridesharing legislation clears Senate
The State Senate passed legislation that clears the way for ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft, to operate in Upstate New York. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Republican Senator Rich Funke, passed 53-5 and has been sent to the Assembly. The chamber’s leaders haven’t set a vote on the legislation and could advance their own…
Barnhart says big tax cut will lead to more prosperous city
If elected mayor of the City of Rochester, Rachel Barnhart says that she will cut property taxes by 50 percent, provide childcare funding for an additional 1,000 families, and make fiber Internet free for every home. Barnhart, a former reporter and anchor for WROC-TV8, announced her candidacy on Monday. She’ll square off in a Democratic…
Film review: ‘Paterson’
“Paterson” seems like the type of movie that makes people scoff and roll their eyes at film critics when we attempt to describe it: Adam Driver plays a bus driver named Paterson, who lives in Paterson, New Jersey. He writes poetry, goes to work, and well, not much else really happens. Written and directed by…
Michael Hubbard gives tunes for the times at Hartnett Gallery
Michael Hubbard is a skilled painter, but he’s also a maker of books, films, and themed mixtapes. Oh, and he’s also a feminist. Hubbard’s women in music themed show, “Eleven Love Songs,” currently exhibited at the University of Rochester’s Hartnett Gallery, is a wonderful tribute to fierce female artists and revolutionaries throughout history and around…
This week in the mayor’s race: Barnhart’s in; waiting for Warren
It’s official: Rachel Barnhart is running for mayor. She’ll make a public announcement on Monday, which we’ll carry live on Facebook. Barnhart’s candidacy is sure to be a mystery to some people. A former reporter and anchor for WROC-TV, Barnhart has no political experience save an unsuccessful run for State Assembly against Democratic incumbent Harry…
Gibson + Recoder revive film as object at MAG
The MAG’s Media Arts Watch continues with an installation by collaborative artists Gibson + Recoder
Classical review: RPO performs Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
On paper alone, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s February 2 program already had me hooked: Mozart, Stravinsky, and Hovhaness is an intriguing combination of composers and styles, to be sure. The audible result was no less satisfying. Music Director Ward Stare continues to lead the RPO with a steady hand and a nuanced approach. Alan Hovhaness’s…
Film review: ‘Things to Come’
Following hot on the heels of her masterful work in “Elle,” Isabelle Huppert delivers her second extraordinary performance of the year in “Things to Come,” playing a woman at a point of personal crisis. Huppert is Nathalie, a 60-ish professor of philosophy whose comfortable existence begins to unravel in small but collectively significant ways. Her…
Album review: ‘The New York Session’
Mark Lewis “The New York Session” Audio Daddio marklewismusic.com Multi-instrumentalist Mark Lewis may not be a household name in the jazz world because he’s spent much of his career in Europe and Canada. But Lewis has played with greats like Bobby Hutcherson, Randy Brecker, and Johnny Griffin. And on his new album, “The New York…
Album review: ‘The Village’
Yotam Silberstein “The Village” Jazz&People yotammusic.com Yotam Silberstein is lucky he’s a guitar player. If he were playing the 100-mile-an-hour solo that begins his new album on a wind instrument he’d have no wind left. Listeners are left with just enough energy to say “wow!” With the arrival of his fifth album, Silberstein is the…
Eastman Opera undertakes two bold productions
When it comes to opera companies, you are what you perform. The works you produce tell the audience everything it needs to know about what you value in opera and where you see the art form heading. In that respect, Eastman Opera Theatre has made its focus clear with its recent programming: Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues…
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ART | Made on State Open House
Made on State, a collective of artists and makers located at 510 State Street, is a home for creativity. The 26,000-square-foot campus of recently renovated studios will host a winter open house on Saturday with 15 working artists offering tours of workshops, demonstrations, and gallery showings. Vendors will also be selling independently crafted gifts. A…
Urban Action 2/1
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Race discussion series continues The Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library continues its “Conversations on Race and Poverty” discussion series on Thursday, February 2. The discussions are facilitated open dialogues about…
THEATER | “Naked Boys Singing”
It’s exactly what it sounds like. Six naked men — Kable Barnhart, Danny Burgos, Tim Garnham, Anthony Massarotto, Stephen Millett, and Charles Walljasper Robinson in this touring production — perform a Vaudeville-style revue with songs like “Perky Little Porn Star,” “The Bliss of a Bris,” and “Fight the Urge.” There’s not much of a plot…
Sinful Sweets adds a devilish edge to its creations
About an hour before opening on a Sunday morning, Ryan Swift labors over hashtags for an Instagram post. Swift, the owner and driving force behind Sinful Sweets (258 Alexander Street), pays close attention to the details when it comes to his cakery. The ingredients, the execution, the pun-inspired names; nothing is left unexamined. Swift is…
THEATER | “The Lake Effect”
Geva Theatre Center continues its Fielding Stage series with Rajiv Joseph’s drama “The Lake Effect.” Set in Cleveland, Ohio, this one-set, three-character show tells the story of Priya, a self-made man who receives word that his father is ill and must now travel home to a family he’s withdrawn from. In an effort to rekindle…
Trump’s Big Ball of Awful
President Donald Trump’s first week in office was just as bad as we suspected it could be, and probably worse.
FILM | “Ways of Seeing”
In 2016 the world took a hit with the loss of many important art and cultural figures. One of the first cultural losses of 2017 happened with historian and critic John Berger’s death in early January. Berger became an arts household name with his 1972 BBC series, “Ways of Seeing,” which aimed to make a…
CLASSICAL | Danish String Quartet
When it comes to classical concerts, there’s nothing I love more than a fresh blend of the old and the new. On Sunday, the Danish String Quartet brings just that to Kilbourn Hall as part of the Eastman Ranlet Series. The eclectic chamber music program features Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 (“Razumovsky”) alongside Nordic folk…
DANCE | “Green Eggs and Ham”
Rochester City Ballet this weekend will present a charming retelling of “Green Eggs and Ham,” that iconic Dr. Seuss children’s book about Sam-I-Am pushing his odd-colored meal on the stubborn narrator. RCB Artistic Director David Palmer created the family-friendly production and included narration and sign language interpretation in order to make the ballet accessible to…
JAZZ | Old Growth Forest
Brooklyn drummer Harris Eisenstadt has released 20 albums as a leader in addition to writing several compositions for orchestra. Trombonist Jeb Bishop has played with the Vandermark Five, Peter Brötzmann, and a host of musicians on the cutting edge. Saxophonist Tony Malaby has worked with Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, and other legends. And Jason Roebke…
Barnhart’s in
It’s official: Rachel Barnhart is running for mayor. She’ll make a public announcement on Monday, which we’ll carry live on Facebook. We’ll also post video of the announcement on our website afterward, www.rochestercitynewspaper.com
JAZZ | Andrés Patrick Forero
Penfield High School graduate and top-notch drummer Andrés Patrick Forero has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Ron Carter, Alicia Keys, and Phish. Now, the drummer for “Hamilton: An American Musical” on Broadway, Forero has won a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy Award. When he returns to Penfield as featured artist in the 47th…
REGGAE | Bob Marley Birthday Bash
Despite the weather, February is a perfect month for reggae. The pull of tropical rhythms is like a sun splash in the heart of winter, plus February is Bob Marley’s birthday month. Noble Vibes (pictured) is celebrating Marley’s legacy by joining Neville Francis, formerly of Juno-award winning band The Sattalites, for a birthday celebration. Both…
HEAVY ROCK | Moon Tooth
If Moon Tooth’s brilliant note-for-note send-up to Hendrix with “Manic Depression” doesn’t flat knock you out, then the accelerated heaviness that permeates the entire band will. You might describe the band as rocking on an accelerated stoner high, but the quartet doesn’t sound like it’s mellow on the weed: it sounds like Godzilla on a…
FUNK | Freekbass
Dubbed “Freekbass” by none other than Bootsy Collins, Cincinnati’s Chris Sherman is one of the reigning kings of the electric bass. In his hands, the instrument bucks and pops with burp-gun glee, taking on not only the lowdown register, but the drums and melody as well. This cat is funky. Freekbass plays with Funknut on…
CLASSICAL | Mozart’s “Requiem”
The second half of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra season is continuing in a big way. This Thursday and Saturday, Music Director Ward Stare and the orchestra perform two sonic heavyweights of the classical repertoire: Igor Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements” and Mozart’s “Requiem.” The solemn, even severe mood of the “Requiem” achieves a strange compatibility…
The Dirty Pennies is keeping the blues relevant
Even The Dirty Pennies gets the blues. The Rochester trio is part of a nouveaux approach that’s gonna keep those blues alive and relevant. Often the genre gets steam-rolled by who plays it and how it’s being played, but not with The Dirty Pennies. It’s simple: the band is primitive with a mean gutbucket guitar…
Trump turns nativist rants into dangerous, live action
If we had any doubts before, now we know: Donald Trump plans to do exactly what he promised.
Film review: “The Comedian”
When Robert De Niro appeared as the title character in the dopey gross-out comedy “Dirty Grandpa” early last year, I’d assumed it was a fluke — after all, even living legends need an easy paycheck once in a while. But with his latest role as an aging insult comic in Taylor Hackford’s foul-mouthed, shaggy dog…
