Opinion
Over the next few weeks, we'll learn a lot more about John McCain's choice for vice president, Sarah Palin. But I've already seen enough to be appalled, and I'm not talking about her family problems or her philosophical leanings. Palin's a diehard conservative (against abortion, even in the case of
Letters
In response to your interview with Dr. Jeff Kaczorowski ("Ghosts from the Cradle" August 13):The real question concerning supporting our poorest children is whether we as a region have the will to do it. Your interview appeared the same week that the Brookings Institution issued its report on working poverty.
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Bristol Palin's pregnancy should be nobody's business. Sarah Palin, by putting her political aspirations ahead of her daughter's welfare, has made it everybody's business. She has hung a lifelong albatross around the necks of her daughter, the would-be husband, and the unborn child. Poor judgment at the best, hypocrisy at
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A judge has ruled against a conservative Christian legal group that wants the issue of same-sex marriage left up to the State Legislature, says the Associated Press.The Alliance Defense Fund, which is based in Arizona, sued the state over an executive order issued by Governor David Paterson. The order directed
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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.) Colorful cultureMoving Beyond Racism will present "The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st Century," a book discussion on Monday, September 8, at Barnes & Noble bookstore,
Restaurant Articles
For an interactive map of Rochester's street vendor, click here. Dave Miran has been on the streets for almost 22 years. A Rochester native, Miran is the proprietor of Dave's Sidewalk Café, a hot dog cart - or "mobile vending unit," in Rochester City Code parlance - that has operated
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The leaders of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County have a plan that they hope will put them back in the good graces of county legislators. | The Extension has been working with a committee of farmers, business people, and county legislators to refine its future mission and to find
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Joan Bickweat, a longtime advocate for youth, says that poverty in Monroe County has risen to a level she never thought she'd see. One example: youth shelters used to forward forgotten belongings on to former clients, she says. But that's not often necessary these days. "They don't have anything," Bickweat
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There was no mistaking Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard's mood at a recent meeting with members of Community Advocates for Educational Excellence, a faith-based support group for parents of city school students. Brizard, his head hung low at times, the wide smile absent, was frustrated, even angered by the meeting's tone and
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TOTALS - 4149 US soldiers, 314 coalition soldiers, and approximately 86,728 to 94,626 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to September 2. American servicemen and -women killed August 19-September 1:-- Spc. Steven J. Fitzmorris, 26, Columbia, Mo.-- Spc. Jorge L. Feliz
Music Articles
Jazz guitarist Mel Henderson is an affable cat with a smile a mile wide. He speaks in an excited, inquisitive cadence that threatens at any moment to break stride and tumble into laughter. It's contagious.But it ain't all fun and games. Henderson's playing is tight and deadly serious. It's lush
Choice Concerts
After first hearing Cavalcade's early demos and seeing the band live, it seemed like there wasn't a lot of room left to explore without losing listeners in the wake of the impending weirdness. You see, a band can get out there just so far before listeners start looking at each
Choice Concerts
This heavily tattooed band from L.A. plays hillbilly rock 'n' roll that somehow sounds like just that - not rockabilly, so much as a twang-laden romp through country-tinged originals, given some extra sass by the full-figured Polly Punkkneck, whose sweet harmonies and acoustic guitar playing round out the vim and
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Gaylord's back, baby - even if only for a little bit. Searching for greener pastures in which to plant its progressive rhythm-driven frenzy, the now ex-Rochester power trio recently packed its bags and pointed the van south. Atlanta is home now, and the band's buzz is slowly picking up. You
Choice Concerts
The annual Turtle Hill Folk Festival features a lot of acoustic guitar strumming and storytelling singing, and includes performances by Steve Gillette, Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, and Cindy Mangsen. The festival also offers clinics and workshops throughout the three days for aspiring performers, including sessions on playing blues harmonica and
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Don't let the comparisons to early U2 give you the wrong idea. Yes, some of Ra Ra Riot's beats immediately bring to mind the signature drumming of Larry Mullen on classics like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Bullet the Blue Sky." But this Syracuse six-piece does an excellent job of putting
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Rochester native Rich Vitale was such a prodigy on the trumpet that he was playing with the great Philly Joe Jones by the age of 16. After moving to New York he performed with the Buddy Rich Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and the Thad
Art
Kristine Bouyoucos' work makes me elated to be a girl and outdoorsy. Not because you have to be female to enjoy her art, but because she infuses her prints with fragile and subtly dark beauty as complex and changeable as the finest perfume or the feminine mind. Her layered prints
Choice Events
The paintings no longer hang on clotheslines (they used to, back when the festival started in 1957), but you can still see hundreds of works by regional artists at this year's M&T Bank Clothesline Festival, taking place on the grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Besides admiring and purchasing paintings,
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For the second year, the Rochester theater community is getting together to wish each other good luck - oops, strike that, to tell ‘em to break a leg - as the new theater season opens. The shindig takes place at the German House, with plenty of dance, drink, and music.
