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Michael Tropea | Courtesy PhotoHumor and satire: “The History of Printmaking: Picasso at the Zoo” is on display. GRAND RAPIDS — Artist Warrington Colescott is quite the kidder. Only thing is, it takes him a very … long … time to get to the punch line. But America’s leading satirical printmaker can take all the [...]

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German actor Sebastian Koch makes his British film debut at the age of 49, says Alison Rowat A STRAIN of movie wisdom has it that if you are going to be in pictures it’s good to start early. Jeff Bridges made his screen debut at the age of two, Jodie Foster at seven, Shirley Temple [...]

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ROCHESTER — two Rochester authors will gather Tuesday for areading and discussion of their work at the little Theatre, 240East Ave. The free event is a monthly collaboration between theindependent movie theater and Writers & Books. Ron Bailey and Vincent F.a. Golphin will be featured at 8 p.m.Tuesday. Bailey began writing in 11th grade, when [...]

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(Photo Credit idler-mag.com/) The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, a Family Tragicomic is a conversation I had with my friend Chi. This is not unusual when it comes to independent comics conversations. You see, my friend Chi knows a lot about independent comics, quite possibly a [...]

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BATAVIA — The newest book produced by the Genesee CountyHistorians Association debuts Thursday as part of the fall lectureseries. “Entertaining Genesee” highlights some of the local actors andmusicians and reveal which famous celebrities have visited thecounty. some of these stories will be shared during the book launchand signing, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at the [...]

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10. The Surrender of Persephone by Selena Kitt (2009; Phaze Books) retells the Classical Greek myth of the virgin goddess of spring, Persephone, and her abduction by the god of the Underworld, Hades. In myth, Persephone grows into her role as queen of the Underworld to become a powerful and mysterious goddess. In Kitt’s uncensored [...]

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