Boom Town Press
January 16, 2024
Old Guard ready to make sure nothing will get done for the next four years Metro Justice thought they were on the cusp of a big win. The morning of December 12, they believed all members of the Democratic Caucus of the Monroe County Legislature pledged support to spend $1 million on a feasibility study
- December 27, 2023
Because the corporate and quasi-corporate (WXXI) media continue to cover the story of genocide in Gaza with passive voice and superficiality, when they cover the plight of Palestinians at all, it was necessary for student protesters to put out their own statements directly to the press in December. None of the media stations that attended
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2.1K - December 9, 2023
In the aftermath of the latest Palestinian uprising (polling shows the militant resistance group, Hamas, is supported in Gaza by a majority of the population), the mainstream media in typical knee-jerk gringo/MAGA/fascist fashion, resurrected the ancient colonial practice of creating the “savage.” Dime novels arrived during the heyday of America’s Civil War and the final
Read More3.5K - December 6, 2023
Non-caffeinated hot beverages, flushed with super foods There is a new beverage in town and it doesn’t involve the usual suspects caffeine or alcohol. Just Juice, located at 710 University Ave. in Rochester, known until now for cold juice drinks, has ventured out into hot beverage territory, offering a variety of health infused experiments to
Read More31.2K - November 28, 2023
Saby’s sprawling metacognitive, metaphysical journalistic style syncs perfectly with his latest subject matter: the astral dimensions of Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun album By Rajesh Barnabas This is a sort of a review of a review. Saby Reyes-Kulkarni has been writing about music professionally for two decades. The descriptor for FeedbackDef (short for feedback deficiency),
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submitted by Concerned Citizens Against the BID In a rare move, the Rochester City Council has recently delivered a substantial blow to the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) and Mayor Malik Evans’ vision for a downtown shaped by developer interests. The contentious proposal for a downtown “ambassador” program, backed by wealthy developers and proponents of
Read More2.4K - November 14, 2023
Howard Eagle is an educator-activist and organizer. On November 9, 2023, WXXI radio host, Evan Dawson featured the recently re-elected vice-president of the Rochester, NY Board of Education, Beatriz Lebron; re-elected Board member, Amy Maloy; and young Commissioner-elect, Isaiah Santiago. The full broadcast can be heard at a reference link below. FEEDBACK: HIGHLIGHTS I see Amy
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On Friday night, Oct. 20, a sort of 2020 street protest reunion took place at Rochester Contemporary Arts Center (RoCo). Activists, artists and supporters of both converged for a standing room only screening of just a snippet of filmmaker Martin Hawk’s full-length documentary Pressure Gradient. ABOUT THE ARTIST (from Roco’s exhibition of Pressure Gradient (Oct.
Read More2.8K - October 29, 2023
Join us for three speakers: Mia Feroleto, publisher of New Observations (https://www.newobservations.org/) — an independent, non-profit contemporary arts and culture journal — shares information about its founding in 1985 by artist Lucio Pozzi, and the way she has used her own activism to shape the trajectory of the magazine. Jalil Muntaqim, who joined the Black
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Malik Evans and the Systemic Process of Failing Up This past August, Malik Evans gave a fiery speech lecturing the audience on the racist government policies of yesterday. The occasion was the unveiling to the public of The Clarissa Uprooted Pythodd Tribute Mural. The project was a collaboration between the Center for Teen Empowerment and
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