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inactive account. writer. pitches/tips: [email protected]

 Rochester, NY
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Hey arts folks — my access to my CITY email ends Friday. I’ll still be writing on a freelance basis for CITY and elsewhere. For future pitches and communication, you can reach me at: [email protected] XO
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Fuck You I Quit
@fuckyouiquit5 Oct 2024
Crazy that strikes actually work. Who knew?
My Mixtapez
@mymixtapez4 Oct 2024
US port strike ends with an agreement for a 62% pay raise for workers, increasing their wages from $39 to $63 per hour.
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WXXI News@WXXINews16 Sep 2024
Joe Flaherty, founder and former executive director of local literary center Writers & Books, died suddenly early Sunday, Sept. 15 at age 77. roccitymag.com/arts-entertai…

Community mourns loss of Writers & Books founder Joe Flaherty

After starting the literary center in 1981, Flaherty was at the helm for nearly three decades.

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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli12 Sep 2024
Replying to @EnglishElective
Torn down
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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli12 Sep 2024
Over the past two years, the city has spent $1 million to bolster its only sanctioned homeless encampment. Today, that camp doesn't exist, razed due to issues with the nonprofit overseeing it, and its future in limbo. wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…

City’s only sanctioned homeless encampment razed, its future in limbo

A push to bring the camp back is at an impasse. The associated nonprofits are in disarray. The construction budget is short an estimated $70,000. And nobody is capable or willing to take charge.

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WXXI News@WXXINews10 Sep 2024
New York seeks to add Indigenous language classes. wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…

New York seeks to add Indigenous language classes amid 'historic year' for bilingual education

All 50 states plus the District of Columbia now have a state Seal of Biliteracy program for the first time in history. In New York, more than 10,600 high school graduates earned the seal last year.

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WXXI News@WXXINews10 Sep 2024
WXXI welcomes Chris Hastings, award-winning executive producer and public media leader, as new President and CEO. wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…

WXXI welcomes Chris Hastings, award-winning executive producer and public media leader, as new...

Hastings most recently worked at public media organization GBH in Boston, and will succeed Norm Silverstein, who is retiring after more than 28 years in the position.

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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli30 Aug 2024
Rory is a great dude and this is just an awful thing. Him and his family deserve the support. gofundme.com/f/help-two-cana…

Donate to Help Two Canandaigua Families Heal From Brutal Dog Attack, organized by Jasmyn Morris

On August 29, 2024, my good friend Rory Van Grol (beloved owne… Jasmyn Morris needs your support for Help Two Canandaigua Families Heal From Brutal Dog Attack

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Rachel Barnhart
@rachbarnhart29 Aug 2024
I have caught the bus there. Her tent was set up on land no one uses. Her tent was also a visible sign of homelessness, one that makes people uncomfortable - and should. No one should be unhoused. Thoughts are with her.
Bob Lonsberry
@BobLonsberry29 Aug 2024
The city kicked her out. The homeless lady who has been living in a neat camp at East Main and Union has been rousted by the city, taken off my AMR and all her stuff thrown in a dumpster. All her possessions gone. She did no harm, she didn't beg, and they threw her away.
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Wolf of X
@WolfofX26 Aug 2024
A thread on famous paintings that influenced some of cinema's most iconic film scenes.. You'll be surprised by some of these..! 1. Alien 3, directed by David Fincher Reference to : Girl’s Head beside a Skull by Rex Whistler
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WXXI News@WXXINews21 Aug 2024
Health officials urge residents to protect against mosquito bites after Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a virus that's transmitted by mosquitoes and can also affect people, was found in dead horse. wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…

Health officials urge residents to protect against mosquito bites after disease found in dead horse

The Monroe County health department has received notice that a rare but serious viral disease has been detected in a horse that died in Wayne County.

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🍑New Burrata Plate drop for the feed.🍑 Fresh local #peaches. arugula, #burrata, and our honey vinaigrette. Served with Amazing Grains bread and finished with honey and basil. 'Cause we're more that just poutine!
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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli2 Jul 2024
(I only know this fact because of @iconoclassed)
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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli2 Jul 2024
It's Pride in Rochester this month, and since the question always comes up, it's celebrated in July here because Rochester's Pride predates the national Pride month, first established in honor of the Stonewall Riots
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Gino Fanelli@GinoFanelli27 Jun 2024
The annual point-in-time count of Monroe County's homeless was released Friday. It shows some of the worst figures ever recorded. Street homeless have doubled since last year, and families with children in the shelter system have nearly quadrupled. wxxinews.org/local-news/2024…

Rising number of homeless families points to Monroe County's deepening housing crisis

In an annual point-in-time count, the number of families with children in shelters or emergency housing was the highest in over a decade.

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Sejal (@SejalShahWrites) curated Rochester Roots, happening at The Little (@TheLittleRoch) TOMORROW (Wednesday). Get your tickets now: wab.org/event/rochester-root…
West Virginia University Press
@WVUPRESS17 May 2024
Up now on our Booktimist blog, a conversation with Sejal Shah, author of How to Make Your Mother Cry, released May 1. In a May/June starred review, Foreword's Elaine Chiew calls HTMYMC a "groundbreaking literary collection that transcends limits to heighten meaning and emotional power." booktimist.com/
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Sim Kern@sim_kern3 May 2024
Jewish author here, and for years I've used my social media to teach folks about the history of "antisemitism," but I will not be using that term anymore. And to fully explain why, we need to get clear on the history of the word. 1/🧵
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Rachel Corrie’s words have been beating in my mind like a constant drum this past week
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CITY@roccitymag1 May 2024
For a city with the largest Deaf and hard of hearing population per capita in the US, it’s striking that one of Rochester’s largest free, outdoor festivals didn’t hire interpreters for its headlining shows until 2017. roccitymag.com/culture/tellt…

Telltale signs

Interpreters Terri Reisinger and Kim Billyard travel the festival circuit.

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