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Atop Cobb’s Hill, the Magic 8 Ball is asked: “Will the world end on Thursday?”
Vindication! Dressed as a Magic 8 Ball, I get the results from the question. [Photo: a Millerite] ...
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Remembering the Dodger’s quintessential quintet in the World Series, 1974 – 1981
Los Angeles Dodger cap and February 1975 Baseball Digest featuring Steve Garvey [David...
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Only Parents Can Stop Children’s Addiction to Social Media
(left) daughter Audrey Boyce; (right) mother Leslie Kramer at the Strong International Museum of...
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The Wedge Publishes “South Wedge Food Program Helps People through Pandemic”
David Kramer and green pumpkin in the Alison Clarke Garden [Photo by South Wedge Food Program’s...
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Mt. Morris’s Roscoe Barnes was the Joe Morgan of his era
Memorial in Roscoe Barnes’ honor at pocket park on the corner of Main and East State...
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Miss and Ms. T go Tête-à-têt
Dr. Mathilde Weems. Except where indicated, images proved by Thilde. [Editor’s note. For...
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Letter to the Editor: Joe Biden has honored thousands of military members
The Timeline at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of Greater Rochester in Highland Park [Photo: David...
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Four days of wild card binging, a presidential debate and infection
9/29/2020. David Kramer (left) New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians; (right) Donald Trump vs....
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Remembering the Legacy of Belva Lockwood
In the Belva Lockwood Memorial and garden on Griswold Road in Royalton, NY. (Photos: George...
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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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MLB’s expanded playoffs and three game series are a travesty. Or maybe not.
The New York Evening World, 18 Oct 1889. The cartoon marks the Giants victory in the first ever...
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More from Nancy O’Donnell Hale on Nathaniel Rochester: “Defaced, erased, should statue be replaced?”
6/26/20, Mt. Hope Cemetery. Nancy O’Donnell Hale at the gravesite of Nathaniel Rochester...
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The South Wedge Food Program helps people through the pandemic and beyond
Josh Knoblock, Manager, South Wedge Food Program, 68 Ashland St. outside the Calvary Presbyterian...
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The Genesee Valley Pool shows that public pools can be made safe during a pandemic and the very last lap until 2022
Friday, 9/11/20 at about 6pm. David Kramer taking THE very last lap of the 2020 season at the...
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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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75 years ago when Imperial Japan surrendered and the Timeline at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Highland Park
(top) Timeline pieces from the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Highland Park. Above August 14th, 1945,...
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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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