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The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, the Dakota Access Pipeline and a rally at the Liberty Pole on Saturday

Today on WXXI’s Connections, Ganondagan Site Director Peter Jemison and educator Jamie Jacobs, Tonawanda Seneca Turtle Clan, discussed — among other topics — the upcoming 222nd

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Hike to Rattlesnake Point: traversing the stomping grounds of Rochester’s most eccentric folk hero

Throughout the year, George Payne has given us in-depth looks at — as Jim Memmott might say — some remarkable Rochestarians. Take for example, Seth Green, America’s most

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For the love of trees: arboretums, activism and the reverence of creation

George Payne graduated from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and is a Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Finger Lakes Community College and Niagara County Community College.

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Abandoned Farm: A Gallery of Photographs by George Payne

Today, George Payne takes us to rural New York. An abandoned farm in the Town of Adams in the North Country. The abandoned farm is iconic in the American imagination — simultaneously making

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Dreaming of Europa: imagining our place in the multiverse

In 47 years ago when the Eagle landed. What July 20th, 1969 has meant over the decades , Rochester Museum & Science Center’ Steven Fentress and I revisited the first lunar landing. How

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Rochester’s South Wedge: an old working class neighborhood turns progressive

Over the last year, we’ve had our share of artsy pleasure seeking in the South Wedge. Jill Gussow’s Crow and Jordan’s aquatic animals in lava lamps. A Pub Crawl, an

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Roc City Soundscape

Over the year, George Payne has been Talker‘s music critic. In Another Masterpiece for Radiohead, George took us to the Strasenburgh Planetarium. In Paul Simon’s Strange New Batch Exceeds

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Turning Point Park: an ecological jewel looks to the future

Throughout this year, George Payne has written about and photographed the progress of the Lower Fall Foundation towards making the Lower Falls Park and Gorge a World Heritage Site. Recently,

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Search results for: george payne

The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, the Dakota Access Pipeline and a rally at the Liberty Pole on Saturday

Hike to Rattlesnake Point: traversing the stomping grounds of Rochester’s most eccentric folk hero

For the love of trees: arboretums, activism and the reverence of creation

Abandoned Farm: A Gallery of Photographs by George Payne

Dreaming of Europa: imagining our place in the multiverse

Rochester’s South Wedge: an old working class neighborhood turns progressive

Roc City Soundscape

Turning Point Park: an ecological jewel looks to the future

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