News Articles
An appellate court today ruled that certain sections of the city's curfew ordinance are unconstitutional. In a written statement, Mayor Bob Duffy said that he is disappointed by the decision. "We continue to believe in the effectiveness of the curfew and will proceed to argue for its legality in the New York
Guides
To me, a closet has always been a place with a single rod to hang clothes from, and a door to hold in all the clutter tossed in right before entertaining company. But with all the bells and whistles available, modern closets are anything but an afterthought in home construction,
Guides
Are you desperately craving a dash of color to distract you from the upcoming gray months? Consider getting some work done. Tile is the perfect material to update a bland space, since it can be installed over most surfaces, and comes in every conceivable color, material, and texture. You're almost
Guides
Al Gore has made believers out of us. The price of oil has made the cost of all petroleum-based products - even beyond the pump - explode. The mortgage situation is in shambles. Many of us are beyond freaked, standing in the shadow of the stacked ecologic, energetic, and economic
Pop Culture
ImageOut: The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival celebrates its 16th year this time around. And after a decade and a half of consistently bringing local audiences the planet's best films about the lesbian-bisexual-gay-transgender experience, she's earned a little freedom - like most socially responsible 16-year-olds - to
Letters
Bailout? How about immediately lowering credit cards rates to 5 percent and let the real estate brokers, the credit rating agencies, and the banks take on the debt and adjust their ill-begotten gains accordingly? That's one way for the average family to pay off their debts and get back to
Letters
Capitalism is about making money, just as it is about feeling the pain of losing. They should feel the loss. Yet they have the audacity to come to Congress and basically say, give us your money now or we're going to break your (legs) economy. Or that suddenly socialism is
Letters
Regarding "Time to Get Fired Up Again," September 24 (on John McCain, Wall Street greed, and the causes of the financial crisis): Each of us should honestly look for the greed within our heart. It's easy to separate everything into self-other, yours-mine, and point the finger of blame. Pointing-blaming only
Letters
Not long ago, there was a period of intense optimism in New York State. We had a crusader, and he had a mandate to reform Albany, steamrolling corruption to deliver better services with fewer tax dollars and promising to shame our legislature into greater transparency. Before errors of hubris felled our
Opinion
Ren Square officials are three to four months away from deciding whether to build the project, and still, after all these years, several big questions haven't been answered. The biggest, of course, is how we'll pay for the complex. It'll cost $83 million to build the theater portion, and we're still
Music Articles
Brooklyn's The MK Groove Orchestra swings like one wild and reckless big-band bastard. It clearly enjoys grinding the gears as much as it does shifting smoothly. There's brass creamy enough to rival Glenn Miller, just enough weirdness to make Sun Ra smile, and plenty of classic funk to make Seka
Restaurant Articles
Given the season, the state of the economy, and the coming elections, I find myself craving comfort food right now - cheap comfort food. I want to sit down at a table, have someone slide a steaming bowl of soup in front of me, tousle what's left of my hair,
Nightlife Articles
As a kid, you might've taken tot-sized, tractor-drawn wagon rides around the backyard (or, if you were lucky like me, through the forest on your parent's land). In your teen years, fall evenings were sometimes spent at haunted hayrides, where, admit it, you used the opportunity as an excuse to
Choice Events
The basic premise of "The Pillowman" is this: a writer living in a totalitarian state has penned some short stories that are a little too similar to a series of murders that have taken place in real life. (I wonder if the weapon of choice was a fluffy pillow, used
Choice Events
The Harbor Towne Belle, our region's authentic paddleboat, again offers us an escape from the hustle and bustle with its Mark Twain Cruise. Tim McCormack, a native Rochesterian turned Hollywood actor and director, channels the sarcastic Twain throughout the two and a half hour float, never breaking character. (Believe me,
Choice Events
The Genesee is often prettier than we allow, and especially when the weather's just right. It's the perfect time to appreciate the river now, while the leaves are changing, before the weather turns bone cold. This weekend, the city sponsors Rochester River Romance, with more than 45 events taking place
Art
On the Edge of Clear Meaning By John Wood Through January 11 Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave $4-$10 | 276-8900 | mag.rocheser.edu Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday until 9 p.m. Some artists are so caught up in visual language that they don't know how to talk about their own work. John Wood is not
Choice Events
"It's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon!" That's what we'll hear next year when NBC plays musical chairs with its late-night hosts. Fallon will take Conan O'Brien's, and Jay Leno will be odd man out. But this weekend you have the chance to see Fallon before he joins the ranks of
Choice Events
The Memorial Art Gallery has built a shrine to Russian icons. On exhibit through January 4, "Tradition in Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs" displays what were once church ideological decorations, but are now seen as the great Russian art form. The exhibit is comprised of
Stage
When you hear "rock musical," you don't typically think "intimate exploration of interpersonal issues." And yet that's what you get with "Rooms," currently getting its world premiere at Geva's Nextstage. Unlike well-known rock spectacles "The Rocky Horror Show," "Tommy," or "Rent," "Rooms" keeps it small, using just the modest space,
