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From the floor of Legislation to the Field of Dreams: NYS Senator Jeremy Cooney joins the Game at the Corners
[Jeremy Cooney pitching; Joe Schaal catching; David Kramer umpiring at the Twelve Corners Middle...
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“Yoga Play” at Geva: Even more neo-Marxist fun
[David Kramer holding the playbill and attempting the yoga lotus position. Photo: Ed Wiltse. SEE...
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Happy Birthday Mom, we miss you so
[From Carol Kramer’s collection] A wise friend told me that mourning is about missed firsts:...
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School of the Arts completes successful season after hosting sectionals at Cobb’s Hill
[5/25/22 SOTA players were in good spirits if maybe a little subdued during the sectional loss to...
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Enjoy actual print at the Brighton Memorial Library’s Reading Room
[David Kramer with Brighton Connections featuring David Kramer, see Talker featured in Brighton...
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The Friends of the Brighton Memorial Library celebrate golden anniversary
[Carol Kramer (1933 – 2021), center right at table, at the Brighton Memorial Library annual...
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Buy often and early at the 7th “Get Some Balls” sale in Brighton’s Meadowbrook neighborhood
[David Kramer, photo by Jessica Harter, 5/17/22] Sponsored by The Meadowbrook Neighborhood...
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Brighton School Board candidate Melaney Bernhardt is unfit to hold any office from David Cay Johnston
[Melaney Bernhardt of Brighton holds two signs, Freedom Over Fear and Honk For Freedom, joining a...
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Democrat and Chronicle prints “Teacher gave concerning lesson”
[Captain Charles Price addressing the “What makes us, US? Conflict and Community” (2012)...
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Pledges, Poems and Prayers of Thanksgiving: Angling in Art by Kitty Jospé
University of Rochester. Plaque honoring Francis Bellamy, UR, Class of 1876, author of the Pledge...
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Reflections on Activism and Art by Kitty Jospé
[From Kota Ezawa’s series, National Anthem] By Kitty Jospé On Saturday, I went with a friend...
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Brighton Town Council Member Jason DiPonzio shows his stuff at the first pitch at the Game at the Corners
[5/1/22 Jason DiPonzio preparing for the first pitch. Except where indicated, photos by David...
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Helen’s Monument
[Helen Pitts Douglass] By Michael J. Nighan Helen Pitts Douglass was dying. At 66 years of age,...
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Even Better than I Remembered
[The Little Theatre. 4/14/2020. Except where indicated, images provided by Amy Stockwell] By Amy...
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Marian Anderson at the Eastman Theatre: The Transformation Begins
[Eastman Theater, Photo: David Kramer 12/4/20 from At least 17 recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize...
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If it’s baseball season, it’s Bill Pruitt: “Pennant Race 2022”
[Editor’s note. Bill makes a distressing prediction that sometime around 2050 MLB will go to...
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Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2021...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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Bill Pruitt celebrates Talker’s sixth birthday with “Human News”
[Lux Lounge at 666 South Avenue, Photo: David Kramer, 9/20/21, see Impromptu poetry slam at Lux...
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