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Rochester City Ballet dances again at the Highland Bowl Amphitheater in a Midsummer Night’s Dream
[5/26/21 The Highland Bowl Amphitheater on 1137 South Avenue in Highland Park. Christopher Collins...
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After a virtual hiatus, the “Get Some Balls!” sale is actual. Buy now
[5/16/21 David Kramer 155 Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood in Brighton. Site of the...
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Spring cleaning and kite flying at Brighton Town Park
Over the last several weeks, Christine Platt has organized Saturday morning cleanups on the trails...
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Rochester Jewish Film Festival goes virtual!
7/5/20. The William and Mildred Levine Building, 1200 Edgewood Avenue [Photo: David Kramer] The...
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Last hurrah for the Get Some Balls! sale?
Last year in Last hurrah for the Get Some Balls! sale, (BELOW) we announced the end of the Get...
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Bop Shop Records makes a house call. And Jazz history.
In On the road from Texas to Brighton for the love of jazz, jazz lover and dealer Kurt Nauck from...
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Literary and artistic impressions at Rundel
Authors & Artists: Portraits by Bonnie Gloris (roccitylibrary.org) Currently adorning the...
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Last hurrah for the Get Some Balls! sale
Last year in A fond farewell to the Get Some Balls! sale in Brighton, we announced the end of the...
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Among thousands at Kodak Hall, former President Bill Clinton mourns Louise
Flag at half mast to honor Louise Slaughter, Buckland Park, Brighton, 3/22/18 As seen in On...
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Howard the Duck is back by popular demand. Buy balls at the Meadowbrook garage sales
For Meadowbrooker’s in Brighton, it’s that time of the spring: the annual Meadowbrook...
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Athesia organizes huge Activism Fair at the Visual Studies Workshop, Sat the 14th.
Athesia at the Liberty Pole protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline from Iakaonne´tha ne...
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Invitation to Equal Grounds and more from Just Poet Bart White. And “Wait and Watch.”
Invitation to readers Hello! I’d like to invite readers of Talker to a poetry bash Saturday,...
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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...
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Another rally at the Liberty Pole Way. And Ferguson as I Saw It from George Payne
see Support, Love and Justice flyer on tonight’s 6pm rally at the Liberty Pole Way In July...
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A weekend celebrating the 75th anniversary of St. Joseph’s House. And remembering Tanny in Washington Square Park.
Washington Square Park, 9/23/16 This weekend will be a joyous one for St. Joseph’s House of...
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Cheese, pepperoni and hope in Nathaniel Square.
Pizza-in-the-Park volunteers, 9/17/16 Last Saturday in the South Wedge, several dozen people were...
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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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For our 7th, Bill Pruitt offers “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TALKER ’22”
[Talker of the Town is on the screen. Photo: David Kramer, see Happy Birthday Mom, we miss you so]...
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