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Visiting a Talker haunt: the Brickyard T...

A poem from former Degrad Jonathan Caws-...

In search of “Progressive RockR...

Brighton High School remembers its New W...

On Dante’s bust on Monroe Avenue

In search of Shirley Jackson and finding...
Wildcats strike out our undermanned Barons
by [email protected] | Apr 23, 2016 | Education, Sports | 0 |
Barons, Barons, what’s your cry? V-I-C-T-O-R-Y — Brighton High School sports chant For...
Read MoreVisiting a Talker haunt: the Brickyard Trail with Leslie Frances and Audrey
by [email protected] | Apr 20, 2016 | Cultural Life, Human Interest | 0 |
From The Troubled Spirits of John and Irene. While firmly convinced there are no ghosts, some...
Read MoreA poem from former Degrad Jonathan Caws-Elwitt, BHS ’80. And advice to young writers.
by [email protected] | Mar 6, 2016 | Cultural Life, History | 0 |
After our article on the Degrads and an article in the Trapezoid, (below) I reconnected with the...
Read MoreIn search of “Progressive Rock” in the mid-70s at Brighton High School with the University of Rochester’s John Covach
by [email protected] | Feb 20, 2016 | Cultural Life, History | 0 |
On February 6th, Rochesterians were treated to Progressive Rock in the 1970s: A Far Out, Groovy...
Read MoreBrighton High School remembers its New Wave/retro punk/Art punk past: The De Grads
by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2016 | Cultural Life, History | 0 |
De Grads at the University of Rochester @1983 [Photos: De Grads] Recently, the Brighton High...
Read MoreOn Dante’s bust on Monroe Avenue
by [email protected] | Jan 8, 2016 | Cultural Life, Education, History | 0 |
Why does the sculpted head of the author of the Inferno and the Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri...
Read MoreIn search of Shirley Jackson and finding the Brighton High School Alumni author display case
by [email protected] | Jan 8, 2016 | Education, History | 0 |
From Brighton High School 1934 yearbook, Crossroads. [Courtesy of Brighton Memorial Library]...
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Read MoreKurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
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by [email protected] | Dec 6, 2020 | History
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by [email protected] | Sep 26, 2022 | Talker of the Town
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