There’s another Boulder Coffee in town at the corner of Brooks and Genesee, across the river from UofR in the 19th Ward. This project’s been a long time coming and it’s finally starting to show some of the personality of the other Boulders.

Just because the weather in Rochester is gray, it doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the beautiful scenery of our city. Here are some of my ideas for how to spend a gray day in Rochester - I’d probably be doing most of these if I didn’t have so much homework to do in the next couple of weeks.

It’s been a while now and we’re all sick of talking about, but somehow Renaissance Square keeps making headlines.

We have free speech in this country, but as many in this video have found out, if you try to use it there will be a “conspiracy to riot” on the part of the police.

I am a new resident to the Neighborhood of the Arts so I figured I would check out this year’s ArtWalk. It takes place once a year in the heart of the Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) in Rochester and features local businesses, vendors, clubs and organizations. Did I mention art?

I am starting a series of short interviews with local artists to get their ideas about the economy and what artists can to to improve the economy locally and in the nation overall. My first interview is with Brandon White, aka Bushido Garvey. Below is the interview:

What do you think are the biggest factors contributing to our economic downfall in the United States?

Horrible decisions of self-interests made by those in power. I, by no means, am an economist, however its very safe to say that those in power (the extremely affluent) have made sure to pool the money, not let it flow through the veins of this country. There were many of these decisions, but one of them is exhorting the middle and lower classes. These people are the largest contributors to the economy, it is extremely unwise to not to cater to them, let alone extort them.

As a photographer myself, I can personally attest to this shift. I became seriously interested in photography around the time of 9/11 and I have noticed a continual increase in hostility towards using cameras in public areas. As a human and an artist I find this personally degrading. What idiot terrorist would stumble around downtown with thousands in camera gear, photographing buildings of which photographs already exist on Google Images? Below is a post showing an actual propaganda in UK.

London cops declare war on photography

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