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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.)Anti-war vigils: Peace Advocates has scheduled Stand for Peace in a Time of War vigils. On Thursday, September 6: from 7:30 to 9 a.m.: at First Unitarian Church, 220
Opinion
The Labor Day discussions on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" were a varied lot: exercise, Iraqi refugees, the questions children ask parents.... And there was this one: When is it time to stop marking the anniversary of tragedies and move on? Next Tuesday is the sixth anniversary of the 9/11
Letters
My boyfriend and I recently experienced a terrible ordeal with a local animal shelter. We had discovered a litter of five-week old kittens in a garage, and found homes for two of the kittens fairly quickly. We cared for the other two for a while, but they needed medical attention
Letters
Count me as one who's less than overwhelmed by the local Democrat Party's "Green Agenda." A Legislative Recycling Commission to study additional recycling of plastic is a reaction fails to address the original problem. One of the major sources of plastics in our society is the plastic products used for bottling
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TOTALS - 3735 U.S. soldiers, 297 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 71,017 to 77,555 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 31.6091 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.American servicemen
Restaurant Articles
"You two behave yourselves," our waiter chided as my companion and I battled over the last of the vanilla gelato and bourbon caramel sauce underneath The Social's heavenly apple fritters ($6). Dessert was a pleasant surprise after our first, less-than-stellar meal here. Uniformly underseasoned, bland, and overdressed, the plates were
Choice Concerts
Tommy LeeHIGH FIDELITY, 170 EAST AVE.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 610 P.M. | $30 | 325-6490Putting a cat from the analog world into the digital realm may be just what the genre needs. Yeah, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero mix beat-heavy house. But it's Lee's more physical understanding of the big beat that
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US colleges have offered courses in African-American studies for more than 20 years, but it's rare to find classes taught in public elementary and high schools. Last month, the Rochester School Board approved adding the history of Africans and African Americans to its full curriculum. The Rochester school district's student population
Choice Concerts
The SlutsBUG JAR, 219 MONROE AVE.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 89 P.M. | $5 | 454-2966Guitarist Karl Heberger - he who rocks in numerous bands under numerous noms d' twang - has no delusions about his first band, The Sluts. "The trio was absolutely awful in every way," he says. "Most punk bands
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John Cole Blues BandCAFÉ UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, 480 W. MAIN ST.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 9 P.M. | FREE | 235-3550When Joe Beard had his Blues Union it was a guitar-playin' triple thrill. One of those guitarists was John Cole, a man who comped jazzy on his Jazzmaster and moved though rhythm changes super
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Tuesday, September 11, is the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed thousands of Americans. An exhibit by a new local conceptual-performance art group will mark the anniversary, and it will offer Rochesterians an opportunity to share their thoughts about the attacks.The exhibit, "Post:September11," features more than 3000 index
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Old Boy MONTY'S KROWN, 875 MONROE AVE.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 710 P.M. | $3 | 271-7050It certainly ain't news that a patchwork of former/current members of music-scene bastions Low Ton, Gaylord, Babayaga, BML, and Bee Eater would come off rather heavy. Yet Old Boy is also startlingly rootsy, the melancholy twang of
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The Sunstreak is stepping it up a bit, bringing its intense, thoughtful (yes, I know, this can occasionally translate to being a little overwrought) progressive rock to some larger venues as the tour opener for Daughtry. The band is a perfect blend of pop and rock energy. Still, I think
Music Articles
Paradigm Shift & Company w/Annie Sellick VENU Resto-Lounge, 151 St. Paul St.Saturday, September 8 7 & 9:15 p.m. | $17-$20 | exodustojazz.comIt's been 11 months since Jose DaCosta inaugurated his Exodus To Jazz series at Club VENU on St. Paul Street downtown. During that time he has not forgotten the
Nightlife Articles
Hidden in the nightlife no man's land between the Saint Paul Quarter and the East End is Club NV (123 Liberty Pole Way, 454-7230), Rochester's best-kept secret - if you're me, anyway. Everyone else at the club, easily in the hundreds, seemed to know about it long before I stopped
CD Reviews
I saw Billy Joe Shaver at The Dingo Bar in Albuquerque back in the mid-'90s; it was a life-changing experience. Shaver's guitar wizard son Eddy was still alive and the band freight-trained on some vicious honky tonk. But the weekday crowd was light, and Shaver took to stripping it down
CD Reviews
Eberhard Weber is no stranger to fans of 1970s art-jazz records. His output as a leader has been thin since the 1980s, but Weber remains an innovative and superb bassist. In 2005, he celebrated his 65th birthday by writing new charts for his (and others') compositions and playing them with
Stage
The Stratford FestivalThrough NovemberStratford, Ontario, Canada800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.caIn its early years, The Stratford Festival of Canada called itself The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. As the plays' range widened, "Shakespeare" disappeared from the name. This November, with Artistic Director Richard Monette retiring, the new management is restoring Will's name and putting new emphasis
Choice Events
The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, Time, The Wall Street Journal, People, and Playboy: these are just some of the publications in which you'll find the work of the two artists showing at Re/Max Gold's current exhibition. In "Cracker Jack Art," David Cowles and Chris Lyons share more
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Rochester's theater groups are gearing up for the new fall season. But for one night the folks who grace the stages or work behind the curtains will get together to look at what's coming up, and to celebrate their hard work all year long. Break a Leg is a new
