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Alas, no Turkey Bowl this year at Reifsteck Field in Brighton
The 32nd edition of the Brighton Turkey Bowl, Thanksgiving 2019 at Reifsteck Field, Brighton High...
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Talker declares Biden to be election winner; Joe joins the Presidential Visits to Rochester series
Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the critical role community colleges play in filling...
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I Have A Proposal for Barack Obama
Photos provided by Evalyn Gleason (in green) from her meeting with President Obama at Magnolia’s...
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D & C prints “It’s up to us all to cure what ails this country”
11/14/20, Meadowbrook, Brighton, NY. A Biden household next to a Trump household. [Photo: David...
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First November snowfall at the Highland Crossing in Brighton
From Elmwood Avenue, Brighton, looking at The Highland Crossing Trail, 12:15 pm, 11/17/20....
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The election of 2024 could be a replay of 1844
Davy Crockett (center), lifting his famous rifle Betsy, tries to beat off the Mexican troop...
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Responsibility after Trump
11/14/20, Meadowbrook, Brighton, NY [Photo: David Kramer] by George Cassidy Payne I was texting...
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Edward R. Crone Jr. (aka Billy Pilgrim) remembered at the Brighton Veterans Memorial in Buckland Park
Matthew Bashore, Brighton Veterans Memorial in Buckland Park, 11/11/20 [Photo: Maya Giron, RIT...
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Celebrate the eighth issue of Rundelania
Perched near the Genesee River across from the Rundel Memorial Building, the Spanish-American War...
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Esperanza Mansion: Plantation or Site of Conscience?
Text and original photography by George Cassidy Payne Before I booked a one-night getaway with my...
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A Win for Progressivism in 2020
Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago for the 1912 Progressive Party National Convention. Credit: Chicago...
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The People Have Spoken
The polling place at Empire State College, Westfall Road. 6:03 a.m. [Photo: David Kramer,...
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On Election Day morning, Bill Pruitt offers “Abating the Wave Machine”
Voters lined up outside Carmen Clark Lodge in Brighton Town Park, Westfall Road, 5:57 a.m. [Photo:...
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On election eve, Bill Pruitt offers “The Strange Motion of October 2020” and John Roche offers “Que Sera, Sera”
Early voting at Empire State College, 10/31/20 [Photo: David Kramer] See At Empire State College,...
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At Empire State College, I voted for “?”
Outside the 1872 Cafe on 431 W Main Street casting my vote in the original ballot box used by...
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At his boyhood home site, Historic Brighton dedicates Marker to Edward Crone, Brighton War Hero and Famous Fictional Protagonist
1627 Monroe Ave. (M&T Bank) [Photo: David Kramer, 10/29/20] By chance, in 2018 when visiting...
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Featured Posts
Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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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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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
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 Donald Trump
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in 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 – 2019
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] Last Saturday, the first day of...
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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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Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S BIRTHDAY:” Five years and counting
On September 28th, 2016 with “Ode to the Talker”, we launched what has become perhaps...
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The election of 2024 could be a replay of 1844
Davy Crockett (center), lifting his famous rifle Betsy, tries to beat off the Mexican troop...
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