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Vandalism of Douglass Statue Underscores St. John Fisher College’s Lack of Diversity

— George Cassidy Payne As a St. John Fisher alumnus (Class of 2000) I felt embarrassed and angry when I heard that two Fisher students vandalized one of Olivia Kim’s Frederick Douglass

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Talker of the Town

“The love ($) you get is equal to the love ($) you give” — adapted from John Lennon

Remember the Eddie Meath Penny Fund? Up to the mid-nineties, the fund — founded by famed broadcaster Eddie Meath — raised money to buy toys for hospitalized children. Eddie gladly

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History

Frederick Douglass’ Alexander Street home commemorated; Seward Seminary marker still missing.

Last week, Rochester celebrated an overdue event. As reported by WHAM13, Historic marker commemorates Frederick Douglass’ house in Rochester (11/05/18), a new plaque on the former site of

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History

“The greatest American of the nineteenth century”

In his recent New Yorker review of David W Blight’s newly released Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (2018), Adam Gopnik opens with a common refrain: Frederick Douglass has been

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Cultural Life

Bill Pruitt’s Third Birthday gift: “What You Know If You Read Talker”

For three years now in late September, magazine contributor, local poet and story teller Bill Pruitt has kindly offered a poetic birthday gift for our anniversary. Thanks again, Bill! What You

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Cultural Life

Bill Pruitt reviews “Black Panther”

In this week’s CITY newspaper, Bill Pruitt responded to James A. Brown’s review of Black Panther that Bill feels is uneven and misses the complexity of the characters and the overall

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Cultural Life Sports

Street and Smith’s is back and so is Bill Pruitt with “Pennant Race 18: Curses Laid and Lifted”

Last year in Make Predictions. Win cash. we offered 100 dollars to the reader who could most accurately predict the results of the 2017 baseball season. Our friend and contributor Bill

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Cultural Life History

Discovering Frederick Douglass

Especially in Rochester, 2018 will be the year of Frederick Douglass as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth. Already dozens of events have been planned. See Frederick Douglass

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Cultural Life

White-Tail Deer

George Cassidy Payne Rochester, NY icaj2000@yahoo.com POSTSCRIPT: Last week, the CITY published an extended letter by George. SEE ALSO Happy 2nd Birthday Talker and “Talker

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Sports

Opening Day, 1971, at Boldo’s Armory

I am the 1982 Brown University Strat-o-matic League champion, having won the World Series four games to three. Strat-o-matic is a baseball tabletop simulation game in which players are

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Search results for: bill pruitt

Vandalism of Douglass Statue Underscores St. John Fisher College’s Lack of Diversity

“The love ($) you get is equal to the love ($) you give” — adapted from John Lennon

Frederick Douglass’ Alexander Street home commemorated; Seward Seminary marker still missing.

“The greatest American of the nineteenth century”

Bill Pruitt’s Third Birthday gift: “What You Know If You Read Talker”

Bill Pruitt reviews “Black Panther”

Street and Smith’s is back and so is Bill Pruitt with “Pennant Race 18: Curses Laid and Lifted”

Discovering Frederick Douglass

White-Tail Deer

Opening Day, 1971, at Boldo’s Armory

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