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Heading up the local chapter of a major civil rights organization wasn't something Joe Brown ever set out to do. But when Rev. Norvel Goff Sr., the most recent president of the Greater Rochester Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, abruptly departed for South Carolina in November to care for ill
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Rochester's northeast quadrant is known for many things. Children living here see more homicides and violence than children in any other Rochester neighborhood. The area is home to about 4,300 students, and more than 97 percent of them are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches. Most of them will move to a new home
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Imagine this: Two emergency relief workers, a man and a woman, are busily assessing the damage from a disaster. "Deborah, I've found no survivors," the man tells his colleague. He points to a nearby scene. "Especially not over there." "No, Frank. Not now," the woman replies, frowning. But it's too late. Looking over their shoulders,
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The totals: 1,743 American soldiers, 189 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 22,774 to 25,796 Iraqicivilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 1. American soldiers killed from June 22-July 1: Specialist Christopher L. Hoskins, 21; Danielson, Connecticut | Specialist Brian A. Vaughn, 23; Pell City, Alabama | Specialist Nicholas R. Idalski,
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Glass activism Private Visions, Utopian Ideals: The Art of Howard Ben TrČ is an ambitious exhibition including sculptures, works on paper, and a selection of drawings, models, and photographs of Ben TrČ's public art projects. And although the exhibition space is relatively small, the work, for the most part, is not. Patrons of the Buffalo and Erie County Public
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It's surprisingly tough to find full-time environmentalists in Rochester. National advocacy groups tend to gravitate toward centers of media or government like New York or Albany, and even statewide and regional groups pass our city by. At recent hearings for the 48-hour pesticide neighborhood notification bill you could have bumped into the paid staffers of environmental
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Spirit of road trips yet to come Need a fresh idea for a kid-friendly summer road trip? One that doesn't involve killer whales with killer admission fees? Consider Lily Dale, an hour south of Buffalo. Sure, we got charming Victorian villages that aren't
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Flash forward from the music that exploded in the late 1940s and you'll be swimming in a sea of white. Black is beautiful, but today, it's rarely considered rock 'n' roll. "I think it is," says New York City rocker Danielia Cotton. "Blacks were instrumental in rock 'n' roll coming into play. No one gives
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Fantastic Kirby "Co-created by" is such an awkward phrase. It accurately describes that middle-school science project on which your parents "absolutely, positively did not" provide any assistance. It correctly describes Captain America, who was co-created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Both wrote. Both drew. A few years later, the pair co-created the unbelievable genre of romance
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Steven Spielberg's new, heavily publicized version of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds seems, in a great many ways, a virtually inevitable event in the director's career. His work displays a professional and personal fascination with the subjects of those Wells novels that have inspired so much exciting cinema, including such classics as The Shape of
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Welcome to Filmmaking 101! Today's guest lecturer, director David LaChapelle, will show us how opening your movie with a title card that reads "The footage in this film has not been sped up in any way" is tantamount to --- yet less labor intensive than --- stapling each audience member to his or her
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Well, it's going to be a long three and a half years. Some Bush critics take comfort in the president's falling poll numbers. I don't. I figure they'll strengthen his resolve, not temper it. He and Rumsfeld and Cheney will ramp up the push for their radical agenda, to get it in place before Bush leaves
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GAIN SOME RESPECT! Thank you for the excellent article "Public Displays of Affection" (June 22). This subject is very near and dear to my heart, as my husband left me for a man after my second daughter was born. The difference between him and the men described in your article is that at least my
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Mocking the culture of beauty pageants is almost too easy --- frighteningly healthy egos, nauseating answers to asinine questions, and a cheese factor that would make a brick of Velveeta turn green with envy. A woman's fitness is assessed using a highly scientific method that involves strutting in swimsuits and stilettos? That certainly seems foolproof. Michael
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Music artist Common says he's come a long way since "drinking 40 ounces, talking about getting girls --- you know, raw hip-hop." "But, when you go through these experiences as a man," he says, "you evolve. It's always new because we evolve everyday." The Chi-Town native delivered his out-of-breath thoughts on evolution as he walked towards his airport
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As soon as TADUYA (don't ask me what that stands for) took the Bug Jar stage Thursday night, June 30, one thing was clear: Al Beaman's back, baby. With ex-Al Beaman Band guitarist Eddie Nebula airborne at his side, Beaman dispersed his trademark wry humor and the joys of being contrary. Their extra-cheesy cover of Scandal's
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"I would describe my music as timeless. It comes at a time when there's a lapse in the voice of everyday people. I think I'm kind of their voice right now." Somewhere, there are members of Arrested Development smiling at the way this 26-year-old describes his music. The musician named Lyfe Jennings ("I chose the
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The US purportedly went to war in Iraq to remove the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. What's not very well understood is that we used our own WMDs in the process, and the consequences for both Iraqis and Americans are disastrous. Even worse, this story is being ignored, brushed aside, or covered up
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Rochester MusicFest 2005 is Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17, in Genesee Valley Park, 1 to 8:30 p.m. both days, rain or shine. For information, visit www.rochestermusicfest.com or call the hotline at 486-1286. Saturday, July 16 1 p.m. --- Black August (Rochester Battle of the Bands winner) 1:25 p.m. --- StatiQ (Rochester Battle of the Bands winner) 2
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Well, what qualities do you want in the next mayor of Rochester? If you live in the city, how are you going to decide who to vote for? Political insiders, union leaders, and the like have already made up their minds, for
