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A middle-aged woman looks directly into the camera and matter-of-factly says: "There's been a hit put on me." She explains that a man at her gym, whom she believes to be the head of the "gay mafia," ordered the hit. The woman, Elida --- the central subject of Rochester native and independent filmmaker Katie Adamides' documentary
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Yeah there's plenty of primo talent here, but it's nice to get out and see how the rest of 'em get down from time to time. So-Cal roots-rock troubadour Tom Russell's only area appearance was at Castaways in Ithaca last Friday. And I've always loved his Southwest-Mexacali-big-sky-screw-Nashville music. Musically Russell can bring you to tears;
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Last week, the Vatican gave its most aggressive response to date to the molestation scandals that rocked Catholic dioceses across the country. It strengthened its opposition to homosexuality and banned gays from joining the priesthood. Ending months of rumors and leaks, the Vatican released a document saying that homosexual priests are a detriment to the Catholic
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2124 US soldiers, 201 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 27,354 to 30,863 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 1. American soldiers killed between November 22 and December 1: Staff Sergeant Aram J. Bass, 25; Niagara Falls, New York | Sergeant William B. Meeuwsen, 24; Kingwood, Texas | Specialist
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If I may borrow the words of Oscar Hammerstein --- or maybe it was Susan B. Anthony --- I enjoy being a girl. Sure, the discrimination, objectification, and foundation garments can all be quite infuriating, but I'm certain that if I were a man, I wouldn't be able to get away with half of
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PROTECT THE STUDENTS How devastating that any student should not feel safe, protected, and validated in school because of their sexual orientation ("Looking for Allies," November 23). Students must be respected as individuals. How unconscionable that faculty members do not act aggressively against verbal abuse and harassment. And it is bewildering that
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Although it may not attain anything like a complete artistic success, The Ice Harvest provides a valuable antidote to the usual malaise of holiday entertainment. We suffer the endless cacophony of those stirring ballads about Frosty and Rudolph, the sentimental made-for-TV movies about the horribly dysfunctional family reuniting for Christmas after years of separation and forgiving
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Duffy starts his move The Duffy administration is starting to take shape --- by deletion, more than by addition, at this point. Five senior City Hall administrators have been told that they won't have a job when the new mayor takes over in January: ï Community Development Commissioner Linda Stango; ï Economic Development Commissioner Fashun Ku; ï Corporation Counsel
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The Buddha machine A remarkably clever gadget that has been causing a tiny sensation worldwide, The Buddha Machine, a small soundbox made in China, is magic in your pocket. It comes with a tiny integrated speaker, a volume control, a mini 1/8-inch jack output (for headphone or big-shot musician options), and a switch to choose among
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Time for us to go It's taken me a while to reach this point, but I've stopped wrestling with myself: I'm with Congressman John Murtha. It's time to start leaving Iraq. We shouldn't have attacked Iraq. Many of us knew that, and argued against the war plan. Once in, though, there didn't seem a logical way
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When you think about the area around Lyell Avenue and State Street, you probably don't envision a thriving international district with Wi-Fi coffeehouses and loft-style apartments. But that's exactly the vision that animates Mitch Rowe. A veteran City Hall employee, Rowe took his first plunge into commercial real estate about two years ago when, along with his
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Roars of laughter and approval billowed from the Downtown United Presbyterian Church last Thursday night as Will Shortz, the New York Times crossword puzzle editor, charmed the sell-out Rochester Arts and Lecture crowd with secrets of the trade. He had the normally polite and reserved audience shouting answers to tricky crossword clues and volunteering to participate
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Although it presents a most convincing picture of current conditions in the Middle East, the political thriller Syriana may disappoint opponents of the Bush administration by its deliberate omission of any reference to particular people or political parties. At the same time, the movie shows the familiar faces of those in power, the corporate and
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John Coltrane One Up One Down: Live at the Half Note Impulse One Up One Down: Live at the Half Note is a 1965 performance by the classic John Coltrane Quartet recorded for radio and now captured on two thrilling discs. The group (McCoy Tyner, piano; Elvin Jones, drums; and Jimmy Garrison, bass) was near the end of
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"This is a true story but it is filtered through the imagination of a child who was acutely sensitive to the tragic events around him in German-occupied France." French filmmaker Claude Berri would achieve international renown with arthouse hits like Jean de Florette and its sequel, Manon of the Spring, but for his 1967
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WHO DECEIVED WHOM? Mary Anna Towler asks, "So did the Bush administration deliberately mislead us?" ("Supporting the Troops," November 23). I find it difficult to understand why the press has backed off digging deeper into this question. Instead, they are apparently conceding that Bush et al were deceived by bad intelligence. I suggest that one can
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Christmas is coming, and Midtown Mall is dressed for the season. Lunchtime shoppers walk past ornaments and wreaths, and the mall's trademark aerial train hangs overhead. But the number of shops in the mall has dwindled, and Midtown is beginning to show its age. Gone is Santa's cheery entourage of elves and reindeer; gone
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Aw, he only has three crucifixes! It was stumbled across at the Alternative Fair. There it was, seriously tie-dyed, seriously groovy, a little pack of goodness, and the last one left in the bin. Series #2 of the Psychedelic Republicans Trading Cards. Oh my. The people at chickenhead.com may be seriously disturbed. (The Infant Assessment Journal?) That's
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In 1924 Andre Breton, the "father" of Surrealism, defined the new movement as something "[d]ictated by thought, in the absence of any control exercised by reason [and] exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern." For the Surrealists, truth was not the thing that was in front of us but was hidden and buried from view. It
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By the time this article hits the streets, the 12-year administration of Mayor Bill Johnson will have less than 20 days left Robert Duffy|WilliamJohnson|Rochester mayor Although Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson was a strong supporter of Bob Duffy, so far he's not happy with the changes his successor is making in City Hall. In a recent interview with
