Lieutenant Lawrence “Shawn” Brumfield was part of the second class of students to graduate from a firefighter trainee program formerly at East High School. The purpose of the program as it existed then was to introduce interested East students to a potential career in the fire service.
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ARTS: Remmereit to conduct Rochester Chamber Orchestra
The group identifying itself as RPO Community Supporters announced today that Arild Remmereit, the recently fired music director of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, will be conducting a benefit concert for the Rochester Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, February 24. The group also noted in its press release that Remmereit will be guest conducting at the Buffalo […]
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Daily Choices: What to do on Tuesday, January 29
Literature: Visit the Welles-Brown Room of the Rush Rhees Library (University of Rochester, River Campus) 1-4 p.m. today for a unique event that will offer visitors the opportunity to connect with many people from different backgrounds. The event is called “The Human Library,” at which visitors can “borrow” a Human Book (a volunteer willing to […]
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RPO terminates Remmereit
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra board has fired Music Director Arild Remmereit, effective immediately. The board made the announcement in a statement released just minutes ago. The board had previously voted to end Remmereit’s contract early. He would’ve finished with the orchestra in August. Here’s the statement from the RPO board: “The Board of Directors of […]
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Fringe Festival announces 2013 dates
The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival announced last night that it will be returning for a second year this fall, and has also expanded how long the festival will run for. The dates this year are September 19-28, expanding from the five day long festival that it was in 2012 into a ten day long showcase that now spans two weekends.
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After the storm: the RPO’s future
As everyone interested in the RPO knows by now, the orchestra community has been torn by conflict centering on Arild Remmereit, a conflict that has exploded since the board terminated his contract in November (a decision I continue to agree with). Remmereit supporters blame the board – particularly board president Betsy Rice – and the […]
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2013 Jazz Fest headliners announced
The headliners for the 2013 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival were announced this morning on the XRIJF website. Although festival co-producer and artistic director John Nugent said that one more headliner is yet to be announced, the current line-up is: Friday, June 21: An Evening with Pink Martini ($55-$105) Saturday, June 22: An Evening with […]
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RPO dissidents form opposition slate
Supporters of conductor Arild Remmereit have formed a slate
of opposition candidates for membership on the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
board of directors.
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Daily Choices: What to do on Monday, January 21
Spesh: A variety of lectures, film, and events will be held today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and his crucial legacy. Events take place at universities and cultural institutions throughout Rochester. For highlights, check out our choice event on MLK Jr. Day events and for more events, visit our online calendar and search […]
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Gannett selling D and C building
Want to buy an old newspaper building? The Democrat and Chronicle reports that its 55 Exchange Boulevard building is being put up for sale by its parent company, Gannett. D and C employees should be in a new space in the City of Rochester by mid-2014, says the article. The D and C has downsized […]
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No home-school guarantee for RCSD
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s announcement last weekend that children who live within a half-mile of their neighborhood elementary school are guaranteed placement in that school — the “Home School Guarantee” — may have been misleading. The announcement comes with some conditions, and no new policy has been approved. | The district’s Parent Preference-Managed Choice […]
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Designing downtown
What downtown Rochester lacks, apparently, is sensuality.
And toilet paper.
