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Listening to the inauguration at the same spot, four years later: From “American Carnage” to “The Hill We Climb”
1/20/20. 11:53a.m. The Water Towers in Washington Grove, Cobb’s Hill. The ice is not thick...
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Peter Fornieri weaves his award winning tailgate magic on Bonnie Brae in Brighton
1/16/20 Peter Fornieri, with jersey he won for the “Bison Best tailgate” at Ralph Wilson Stadium...
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Democrat and Chronicle prints “Chilling to think Trump could run for a federal office again”
©Ingram Pinn/Financial Times. From “A Senate trial is not the right answer to Donald...
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Celebrating and social distancing in Brighton
Bonnie Brae Avenue in Brighton. Fans aghast that referees ruled the Colts did not fumble on their...
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Assault on Capitol is not about Black Lives Matter
David Kramer at the 5/31/20 Black Lives Matter rally in Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park...
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(Un) Writing an old wrong in Brighton’s Meadowbrook neighborhood and a look back at B.H.S. in the late 70’s and early 80’s
Antlers Road in Meadowbrook, 9/27/20 [Photo: David Kramer] Last September, my mother walked a few...
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The GREAT COURSES® and Professor Arnold Weinstein gets his essay 37 years later
“Professor of Comparative Literature Arnold Weinstein reads from his new book, Morning, Noon and...
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I didn’t vote for you, but job well done, Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning)
Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY, October 26th, 2010. Headline: Zeller, Reed, cover issues in...
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When Mississippi invaded Louisiana: The Quarantine War of 1905
The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, Texas, 02 Aug 1905 In late March, early in the coronavirus...
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Hundreds receive rapid covid-19 testing at Temple B’rith Kodesh in Brighton
Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave [Photos: David Kramer 12/17] Earlier today, when at...
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Finding Fame While Losing Credibility
The Rochester Music Hall of Fame 2018 induction ceremony. was a night to honor Rochester...
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John le Carré (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020) at the Brighton Memorial Library
ABOVE, David Kramer at the Brighton Memorial Library, 12/14/20 [Photo: BML staff member] Today, I...
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Remembering Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020), Feared Slugger Who Stood Up to Bigotry
3-D SUPER STARS Richard Anthony Allen #42 © 1975 Exograph ® [From David Kramer’s collection]...
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Rochester Mayor Peter Barry survived the attack at Pearl Harbor. So too did Rochesterian Anne Newell, only to die from polio nine years later.
The grave site of Peter Barry in Mount Hope Cemetery, Plot, Section V, Lot 25. Barry was a member...
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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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Following a gaggle of wild turkeys on the Highland Crossing Trail in Brighton
The Highland Crossing Trail in Brighton, 12/5/20 10:41AM – 10:50AM [Photos: David Kramer] A...
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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 – 2020
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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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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