Boom Town Press

November 28, 2025Essay
The “mayor on the block” walks…
By Gary Harding I know on the surface it can look like things are moving in the right direction.The “mayor on the block” walks.The ribbon cuttings.The smiling photos with neighbors and business owners.The press releases about new initiatives and “investments in community.”I get why that feels hopeful. I really do.But here’s what it looks like
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November 28, 2025News
Workers at Lori’s Natural Foods enter process of forming a union
Workers at Lori’s Natural Foods wrote this announcement of their intentions to the owners: We, the workers of Lori’s Natural Foods Center ,write to you to inform you we are forming a union. We believe that doing so is the best way to make Lori’s the best place it can be for working and shopping,
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November 6, 2025Events
Witness Palestine Film Festival Shorts coming soon to VSW
From the Witness Palestine Film Festival Rochester organizers: We are thrilled to be working with Visual Studies Workshop for an evening of short films on Thursday November 20th, 2025 from 7 to 9pm. As part of the Fall VSW Salon, join us evening of contemporary film from Palestine, exploring the role of the moving image
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November 5, 2025Events
WAYO Radio 2026 FUNDRAISER this week
Culminating in party at station Friday When WAYO 104.3 FM Radio station hit the air waves of Rochester nearly a decade ago, it filled a gaping hole in the alternative media scene. In all actuality they have become the real public radio station in Rochester. The following is a description by station manager Max Kelley:
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October 6, 2025Essay
Bello’s Bipartisanship: Conservatives in Charge
Our new County Attorney is a career prosecutor who is registered with the Conservative Party, which opposes everything Democrats stand for. Matthew Schwartz is registered as a member of the Conservative Party — a party whose platform couldn’t be more at
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September 16, 2025Reviews
Mushroom House gets mention by influencer f.y.i.arch
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sagar Saoji | Architect & Design Educator (@f.y.i.arch)
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September 15, 2025News
JazzRochester Battles The Jazz-Hating Aliens
If you were a jazz-hating alien who dropped onto earth with a mission to destroy all jazz on the planet you would probably start eliminating all the economic supports that enable musicians to play and record jazz music. Your first step might be making sure humans don’t know where the jazz is happening. This strategy
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September 14, 2025Reviews
Jazz & Espionage Collide
Soundtrack To a Coup D’Etat By Jon M. Greenbaum
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June 18, 2025Essay
The US-Israel Genocide in Palestine: Resistance and its Suppression and the Authoritarian Moment
By Robert Sandgrund, LCSW
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June 17, 2025Editorial
No Mayor Evans, the Answer is not “Zero”: On Arresting the Unhoused
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins Rochester’s mayoral primary debate took place on May 28, between incumbent Mayor Malik Evans, ROC DSA-endorsee and city councilmember Mary Lupien, and local businessman Shashi Sinha. Lupien spoke ambitiously of her vision for a better future, while Evans and Sinha invoked limitations
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The “mayor on the block” walks…

Workers at Lori’s Natural Foods enter process of forming a union

Witness Palestine Film Festival Shorts coming soon to VSW

WAYO Radio 2026 FUNDRAISER this week

Bello’s Bipartisanship: Conservatives in Charge

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Rallies for Gaza gather momentum, Witness for Palestine Film Festival goes virtual

My Literacy Love Letter

Against Conspiracism

Mushroom House gets mention by influencer f.y.i.arch

JazzRochester Battles The Jazz-Hating Aliens

Jazz & Espionage Collide

The US-Israel Genocide in Palestine: Resistance and its Suppression and the Authoritarian Moment

No Mayor Evans, the Answer is not “Zero”: On Arresting the Unhoused