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“What would Dr. Lasagna do?” Abby Glogower displays the thoughts and life of a humanist scientist at the University of Rochester
With Abby after her talk [Photo: library staff] 3/31/16 Spending time at the University of...
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In search of “Progressive Rock” in the mid-70s at Brighton High School with the University of Rochester’s John Covach
On February 6th, Rochesterians were treated to Progressive Rock in the 1970s: A Far Out, Groovy...
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Living the Native American way of being at Haudenosaunee Days at the RMSC
Hiawatha and Tadodaho: As Hiawatha combs the “snakes of discord” from his hair,...
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“Ring out, Wild Bells”
Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand;...
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“City schools leader: ‘Last chance’ to improve outcomes” February 6th, 2013
This afternoon I heard the news that RCSD Superintendent Bolgen Vargas would be resigning in...
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Remembering General Elwell Otis on his Day, June 15th: Rochester’s imperial war hero
[General Otis’s grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery. In 1922, his body was re-interred in Arlington...
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What the new East will and will not be
This article first appeared in the D & C. Due to a D & C server change, most of the pics...
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[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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