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Several TV episodes and scenes featuring characters in blackface have been pulled from streaming and syndication in recent weeks as Hollywood confronts its racist past and present.

Last week, Tina Fey made headlines by asking NBC to remove episodes of 30 Rock featuring blackface, and issuing a controversial apology for pain they have caused. Other scripted shows, including Community, The Office, Scrubs and The Golden Girls, have since followed suit in an effort to erase racist tropes and images from their histories.

Late-night TV also has been forced to address blackface scandals after sketches with the hosts of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live performing in blackface resurfaced.

Fallon apologized for making the unquestionably offensive decision to wear blackface while impersonating fellow comedian Chris Rock for a 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch, while Kimmel apologized for appearing in blackface multiple times on The Man Show, which ran from 1999 to 2004, apologized weeks later.

Notably, multiple animated series, including Central Park, Big Mouth and Family Guy, have vowed to recast Black characters originally voiced by white actors.

With viewers increasingly dependent on streaming platforms rather than physical media, the editing and removal of these scenes and episodes leaves little trace of their existence. As such, The Times has compiled a list of streaming TV shows that have recently edited or removed episodes featuring blackface, along with synopses of the racist imagery and stereotypes contained therein.

David Cross, left, and Bob Odenkirk at a screening of their show W/ Bob & David at the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles in 2015.

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On June 15, comedian and actor David Cross announced that Netflix had decided to pull a sketch from his and Bob Odenkirks W/ Bob and David that featured Cross in blackface.

The sketch, titled Know Your Rights (Season 1, Episode 3), saw Cross character, Gilvin Daughtry, give an absurd how-to lesson on maintaining your rights in the face of police harassment. Appearing at first sans blackface, Gilvin interacts with a police officer (Keegan-Michael Key), who stops his car briefly and then lets him pass.

When Cross character rolls up to the checkpoint again in blackface, the same police officer exasperated by Gilvins repeated attempts to provoke him defers to his colleague, who attacks Gilvin with pepper spray and a taser.

Rue McClanahan, left, Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur and Betty White of The Golden Girls.

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Hulu removed a 1988 episode of The Golden Girls featuring Blanche (Rue McClanahan) and Rose (Betty White) wearing mud facial masks.

Mixed Blessings (Season 3, Episode 23) saw Dorothys (Bea Arthur) son, Michael (Scott Jacoby), introduce himself to the mother of his fianc, Lorraines (Rosalind Cash), who is concerned about Lorraine marrying a white man.

Unaware of the family meeting, Blanche and Rose stumble into the room in matching brown mud masks. This is mud on our faces, Rose says, explaining their appearance to their guests. Were not really Black.

Yvette Nicole Brown, left, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs and Jonathan Banks face Ken Jeong in NBCs Community.

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Also scrapped was an installment of Community titled Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Season 2, Episode 14).

Netflix pulled the episode, which saw Ken Jeongs Ben wear a white wig, blackface and body paint while participating in a roleplay game with his classmates. At one point in the game, Pierce (Chevy Chase) refers to Ben as Blackface and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) asks whether the study group is just going to ignore that hate crime?

Steve Carell, left, John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson in The Office.

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On June 26, The Office creator Greg Daniels confirmed to Variety that a scene from Dwight Christmas (Season 9, Episode 9), featuring a character in blackface, had been edited out.

The scene took place during an office holiday party thrown by Dwight (Rainn Wilson), who dresses up as the Dutch gift-giver Belsnickel and taps his assistant, Nate (Mark Proksch), to accompany him as Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, a racist character from Dutch folklore.

Prior to edits, Nate was briefly seen walking through the Dunder Mifflin parking lot wearing blackface with red lipstick before immediately turning back at Dwights last-minute request. Dwight calls him off after being scolded by Stanley (Leslie David Baker) when his colleagues learn of Belsnickels racist origins.

Zach Braff in Scrubs.

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On June 23, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence confirmed on Twitter that plans to pull blackface episodes were already in the works. Hulu subsequently removed three episodes.

In My Friend the Doctor (Season 3, Episode 8), J.D. (Zach Braff) appeared in blackface during a fantasy sequence in which he imagines himself as his best friend, Turk (Donald Faison), in a romantic situation with Elliot (Sarah Chalke).

In My Jiggly Ball (Season 5, Episode 4), Chalke wore blackface during another fantasy sequence in which J.D. imagines her character as half Turk and half Elliot while playing video games on the couch.

And in My Chopped Liver (Season 5, Episode 17), Turk and J.D. arrived at a fraternity house in white face makeup and blackface, respectively. Are you sure this isnt offensive? J.D. asks, to which Turk replies, Buddy, relax. These are my guys, all right? As long as youre with me, theyre going to find this funny. But when J.D. is met at the door by several Black fraternity members, they arent amused, yanking him inside to beat him up and throw him out.

30 Rock stars Alec Baldwin, left, Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan.

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At executive producers Fey and Robert Carlocks request, four episodes of 30 Rock have been removed from Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play and syndication.

In Believe in the Stars (Season 3, Episode 2), Jenna (Jane Krakowski) wore blackface while swapping identities with Tracy (Tracy Morgan) in a social experiment to prove who has it hardest in America: women or Black men.

Live Show (Season 5, Episode 2), the East Coast edition of 30 Rocks first live episode, featured a sketch in which guest star Jon Hamm gets a hand transplant from a Black man who was executed. The show also referenced the unfounded racist conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States with a fake Fox News ticker that read, Exclusive Interview With Kenyan Liar.

Christmas Attack Zone (Season 5, Episode 10) saw Jenna wear blackface again when attending a costume party dressed as former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann. And Live From Studio 6H (Season 6, Episode 19) saw Hamm wear a wig and blackface again alongside Morgan in a parody of the racist radio and TV program Amos n Andy.

Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Rob McElhenney, left, Kaitlin Olson, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito and Glenn Howerton.

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Hulu and Netflix U.K. have each taken down five episodes of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

In Americas Next Top Paddys Billboard Model Contest (Season 4, Episode 3), aspiring actress Dee (Kaitlin Olson) presented two racist characters, Taiwan Tammy and Martina Martinez, for her fledgling web series. Their offensive portrayals including wigs, prosthetics and fake accents prompt Charlie (Charlie Day) to remark, This is so racist.

Dee Reynolds: Shaping Americas Youth (Season 6, Episode 9) saw Mac (Rob McElhenney) wear blackface while impersonating actor Danny Glover as Murtaugh in Paddys staging of Lethal Weapon 5. Paul Walter Hauser also appeared in blackface while playing a high school character in their version of the movie, while Frank (Danny DeVito) wore a braided wig while portraying a Native American crime boss.

The Gang Recycles Their Trash (Season 8, Episode 2) saw Dee reprise her racist Martina Martinez character in brownface makeup while trying to incite an uprising among Black and Latinx sanitation workers.

The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6' (Season 9, Episode 9) saw the pub crew stage a sequel to Lethal Weapon 5, with everyone returning to the same racist costumes plus Dee in full blackface as Murtaughs daughter.

And finally, in Dee Day (Season 14, Episode 3), Frank and Mac dressed as Martina Martinez and Taiwan Tammy, respectively, at Dees request.

British comics Julian Barratt, left, and Noel Fielding star in The Mighty Boosh.

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Netflix has cut a scene from the second season of the British series Peep Show, in which Jez (Robert Webb) wore blackface and remarked to his girlfriend, It just feels almost wrong. Are you sure this isnt racist? to which she replied, Were breaking a taboo, of course it feels wrong. Weve got boundaries to smash, Jeremy.

Two other British shows, The Mighty Boosh and The League of Gentlemen, have been removed from Netflix entirely because they both featured Black characters played by white actors.

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Atlantis is one of the most popular myths in history, with many wondering whether the city is actually real, based on the stories that have been told over time. An author and researcher may have unraveled the mystery behind the mythical city through a 2,400-year-old coin that archaeologists have discovered.

The author of Atlantis Revealed, Christos Djonis, has his own theory of the ancient city through a 2,400-year-old coin that was discovered by archaeologists around 20 years ago. According to Djonis, the story of Atlantis was a legend passed on, and its inspiration may have been derived from the Americas. In May, Djonis spoke about this theory in the Ancient Origins channel on Youtube, saying that according to the texts of Plato, Atlantis was in the Mediterranean as opposed to the Atlantic or some other place.

Roughly 20 years ago, in 1996, Mark McMenamin, a professor of geology, discovered and interpreted a series of enigmatic markings on the reverse side of a Carthaginian gold coin minted in 350 BC as an ancient map of the world. In the center of this world map, there is a clear depiction of the Mediterranean Basin, an image to the right of it is interpreted to represent Asia, while the image to the left is interpreted to represent the American continent, recalled Djonis.

The same kind of world map would also be found in other specimens of the coin, said Djonis. He then revealed that the coin also happened to be minted around the same time Plato told the story of Atlantis and how there is a large continent across the Pillars of Hercules.

Previously, a historian claimed that the mythical city may have been submerged along the coast of Britain all this time. According to historian Matthew Sibson, there is a big chance the city may be found in Rockall, and the man-made features found in the water pose as possible evidence of a lost civilization.

Sibson went on to explain his claim, also referencing the texts from Plato that describe the mythical city. Sibson noted that the size of the city, as described by Plato may have been exaggerated, and rather it is an island than a city that would lead to other islands that would be the way to the opposite continent, which would be the Americas across the Atlantic ocean. Rockall would match the size and would serve as a way to get to the Americas through Iceland and Greenland.

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"BASKETBALL is a pretty simple game, basically. It's about bouncing a ball, shooting hoops and being in a happy place."

That, according to Mark Scannell, is what youngsters missed during the sporting hiatus. That is what they badly need now.

Basketball can be fairly complex of course, extremely tactical from a coaching perspective and technically challenging for those on the hardwood. A tight basketball game in the closing stages is an intoxicating blend of chess and athletics.

Scannell feels the priority for anyone dealing with young players as sport returns from lockdown is just moving and having fun. For youngsters on the court, that is dribbling their Spalding basketball or making it swish through the net. Pure hoops.

"I was reading the interview with [Cork U20 football manager] Keith Ricken this week and he summed it up perfectly, it's not the sport itself we missed the most it's the camaraderie and the sense of community."

For the former Ireland senior and current Glanmire coach, there's no better way to "have fun and learn together" than basketball camps.

The northsider and Dublin's Mark Ingle organise thecamps every summer. They usually cater for 350 teenagers in a residential setting but in the current climate, they had to be called off.

To fill the gap, a Cork version ofRip 'n Runwill take place in late July in Fr Mathew's Arena on Model Farm Road.

"We know that kids and parents are looking for an outlet and to get back to some small sense of normality. We'll be very restricted on numbers, we'll operate junior [eight to 12] and senior [U13 plus] slots with a maximum of 50 in each.

"We'll be dividing all the players up in half-courts, pods basically and they'll use their own basketballs. We'll sterilise in between the sessions and the coaches are very experienced."

The likes of Glanmire duo Claire Rockall and ine McKenna will be on board, while legendary Irish and Belfast Star point guard Adrian Fulton will make an appearance as well.

"Myself and Mark Ingle have learned a lot over the years from the Spanish approach to the game and the likes of Francis and Ciarn O'Sullivan out in Ballincollig, building on the fundamentals and passing on a love of basketball. Nothing needs to be complicated for young players.

"You be very innovative without making the game confusing."

Scannell is clearly refreshed after the unexpected break. He is heavily involved in sport on every level, from his success with Glanmire to working as a rep for Teamwear Ireland and through schools coaching.

"We all just had to adjust for the few months and we'll still be adapting from here on. It's about baby steps for now but in Cork I'm confident the basketball crew are experienced enough, the administrators and coaches, to find a way to get everything up and running for the new season.

"It'll be a 'new norm' but there are always options."

School sport seems an obvious issue, given the uncertainty about how they will function from September.

"We may have to run blitzes rather than games from week to week. Buses and having kids change from uniforms into their gear for training and matches are going to be a factor. It's different with clubs where you can drop them off ready to go."

A regional format is on the cards for the Women's Super League, while there are questions marks over the facilities for many teams and the availablity of American players going forward for all.

"There is a lot to be finalised but it's better to stay positive."

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A curated selection entirely coded to the trio of colors on our nations flag!

A curated selection entirely coded to the trio of colors on our nations flag!

Although one would never do an entire ensemble of red, white, and blue, one can still add festive touches to your 4th of July ensembles with these fabulous pieces! Broken up into 3 categories with a focus on each color, find a curated selection of some of the chicest and wearable pieces to rock all summer long!

RED

Miu Miu Satin Jacquard Dress ($2,970)

This floral printed satin jacquard dress is the perfect slip on and go ensemble for any summer activity!

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Giorgio Armani GA Patent Leather Shoulder Bag ($1,295)

Made from soft, patent leather in a column construction in a firey red shade, this Giorgio Armani bag features a subtle embossed logo with an adjustable strap and removable chain, making this gorgeous little carryall one of Vs top picks for summer bags!

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MSGM Frayed Sliders In Fabric ($300)

These vibrant red sandals from MSGM, composed of natural leather with front ruffling and a square toe, will be your go-tos all summer long, transforming your look from casual to dressy in a flash.

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Follow Suit: The Chelsea ($150)

A perfect trio of our nation's colors, Follow Suit has the cutest one-piece swimsuit to rock all summer long! The NYC based swimwear line creates high-quality swimsuits that are sustainably made, keeping you looking ethically chic! From using digitally printed fabrics to minimize water waste and regenerated fabrics, Follow Suit is a new brand to watch!

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WHITE

Mehry Mu Maria Box ($388)

Composed of white calfskin leather and rattan, the Maria Box bag by Mehry Mu is one of this seasons hottest accessories! Plus, a portion of all sales will be donated to Turkish charity Krmz ocuklar Dernei, who are committed to supporting child protection and providing education, shelter, care, and most of all love to disadvantaged kids.

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Loewe Wool Embellished Sweater ($890)

This luxurious and plush sweater from Loewe is perfect for those cool summer nights when you just want something cuddly to wear at home or at the beach. The gorgeous cream color is very versatile, complimenting many pieces in your wardrobe.

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Bottega Veneta Wide Leg Pants ($1,490)

Need a pair of wide-leg pants for the season? Look no further than these from Bottega Veneta. The crisp white color will add a touch of elegance to any outfit you throw on this summer!

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Prada Leather Slingback Loafers ($850)

A perfect pair of slingbacks, courtesy of Prada. The white slip heel heels are the ideal grab-and-go choice when polishing up a summer outfit, easily going from day to night!

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BLUE

Fendi Baguette Bag ($2,790)

The iconic Baguette bag from Fendi gets transformed with a touch of royal blue lamb leather and an all-over FF motif. Meant to be worn on your shoulder or as a crossbody, the multifunctional bag is one of this seasons most wanted!

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Gucci Ruffled Slik Crepe de Chine Shirt ($1,400)

A classic silhouette from the house of Gucci gets a summery touch, with a vibrant shade of summer sky blue!

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Salvatore Ferragamo High Waisted Pants ($590)

Sophisticated and fun! These high waisted trousers from the house of Salvatore Ferragamo will bring that pop of color and energy everywhere you go!

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Giuseppe Zanotti Sophie ($650)

The ULTIMATE summer party sandal, courtesy of Giuseppe Zanotti! These electric blue heels are the chicest and exciting way to dazzle up your ensemble!

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For the past month, the Chronicle & Echo has been working with organisations across the town and wider county to pull together a celebration of just some of the key workers and volunteers who have made a difference during lockdown.

Here we feature some of the staff at Northampton Borough Council who were nominated for The Big Thank You.

Northampton Borough Council Single Homelessness Team - Front row left to right: Amanda Wilson, Tara Scarth, Michael Bradshaw; Back row left to right: Sian Knight, Joe Middleton, Tom Eastman-Thoy, Michelle MellorThe Single Homelessness Team moved all known rough sleepers off the streets into two hotels before helping them to move on successfully into settled housing.

Northampton Borough Council Food and Safety and Licensing teams - Liz McCarthy, Karen Young, Mark Radley and Louise Faulkner. These staff members from the food and safety and licensing teams, working with members of the Neighbourhood Warden team, have worked to ensure public safety by providing advice and support to businesses on social distancing requirements and taken enforcement action in the small number of cases where advice was ignored.

Northampton Borough Council Community Safety and Engagement team - Vicki Rockall, Amy Midson, Nicola Ferns, Debs Burns, Debbie MacColl, Aimee Luck, Jamie Wells. Over the past 13 weeks, the team has developed and coordinated Northamptons Community Resilience Hub aiming to deliver on protecting our most vulnerable residents. We have worked with more than 100 community and voluntary groups to ensure that support is in place for each resident that has requested help. More than 1,000 vulnerable people in Northampton have requested help and have been supported.

Northampton Borough Council Call Care team - Annabelle Purdie and Catherine Powell. Call Care have been contacting some of their more vulnerable customers during Covid to make sure they are being supported

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Additional venues gradually begin hosting bands and solo artists in outdoor, socially distanced spaces

This newspaper and website for years maintained a "Local Live Music" calendar, a roundup of the upcoming musical performances scheduled at the area's clubs, breweries, coffeehouses, restaurants and concert halls. It was always arduous and time-consuming to put together, but rewarding in offering a glimpse at how rich the Finger Lakes/Greater Rochester area is in musical talent, in breadth, depth and diversity.

The shutdowns necessitated by the advent of the novel coronavirus all but ended live music for a time, and the isolation that remains necessary amid the state's gradual reopening has made live music's return a slow, similarly gradual process. Small venues without much in the line of outdoor space are holding off, for instance.

But venues that have outdoor space sufficient for social distancing outdoor venues like Lincoln Hill Farms in Gorham or Roseland Waterpark in Canandaigua; bars/restaurants with patios like The Lovin' Cup in Henrietta or Jos & Willy's in Canandaigua have struck the opening chords in the gradual return of the area's live-music scene.

"The response has been heart-warming," Danny Deutsch, owner of Abilene Bar & Lounge in Rochester, said via email. Abilene started up with a low-key, socially distanced event on its outdoor patio featuring local band Anonymous Willpower on June 19. It followed it up the following week with shows by the Adrianne Noon Trio and Brody George Schenk, and the Noone trio is returning thisFriday night. A number of other shows are planned for the near future, all depending on weather.

"Old customers ... and some new, stopping in to hear music, check on us and how were holding up and all playing by the rules," Deutsch wrote. "Mask wearing in full effect while in the bar ordering drinks and then headoutside to enjoy the patio ambience. I've been pleased. Abilene's customers have been conscientious and caring of other customers and of my staff, and it's made for a very cool scene."

He allowed that "it's been different, that's for sure" but they're "thrilled to be back enjoying live, original music" for "smallish but super enthusiastic crowds."

We're looking forward to the day when we can start up that arduous, time-consuming Local Live Music calendar again. But in the meantime, here's a taste of what the region offers over the next week or two for music lovers:

July 2:Paint Crew (drum and bass duo) Thursday, July 2, at7 p.m. on the outside patio at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester. Cover: Tip jar.

July 3: Adrianne Noone Trio (featuring Noone, Chuck Salvaggio and Chris Clinton), Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m. on the outside patio at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester. Cover: $5.

July 3: Dirty Blanket (bluegrass) Friday, July 3, at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Hill Farms, 3792 Route 247, Gorham. Doors open at 3 p.m., with tickets limited on a first-come, first-serve basis at the door; $15 adults, $5 children.

July 3: Jackson Cavalier (one-man band, folk-rock) Friday, July 3, 5-8:30 p.m. on the patio at The Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point, Henrietta. (Free show)

July 3: Xarika (solo acoustic) Friday, July 3, 6-8 p.m. on the porch at ReInvention Brewing, 9 N. Main St., Manchester.

July 4: Classic Rock All-Stars (featuring Phil Naro from Talas, Michael Hund from Ted Nugent's Derek St. Holmes Band, Ron Rocco from Black Sheep, and A.D. Zimmer from Lou Gramm's band) Saturday, July 4, at 6 p.m.,in the parking lot at Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 W. Main St., Lima. Tickets: $75 per vehicle, 585-624-2080 or 315-473-2411.

July 4: "July 4 at the Farm" featuring multiple performers noon to 11 p.m. at Lincoln Hill Farms, 3792 Route 247, Gorham. The fundraiser for Camp RocStar features Zach Eberts, 1 p.m.; Brianna Collichio, 1:30 p.m.; Max Doud, 2 p.m.; Own the Night, 2:30 p.m.; Calvin Isham, 3:30 p.m.; Cooper Scotti, 4 p.m.; Primrose, 4:30 p.m.; Judah, 5:30 p.m.; BB Dang, 7 p.m.; and Shackwater, 9 p.m. There will also be fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Tickets (at the door only): $15 adults, $5 children.

July 4: Red, Hot & Blue Saturday, July 4, 6-9 p.m. at Brews & Brats at Arbor Hill, 6461 Route 64, Naples.

July 5: Craig Synder Sunday, July 5, 2-5 p.m. at Twisted Rail, 169 Lakeshore Drive, Canandaigua.

July 5: The Uptown Groove Sunday, July5, 2-5 p.m. at an Open Barn concert at Muranda Cheese Company, 3075 State Route 96, Waterloo. (Featured food truck is Pizza Posto)

July 7: GA029 (blues/R&B/rock) Tuesday, July 7, at 7 p.m. on the outside patio at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester. Tickets: $15 ($13 in advance at Abilene or https://abilene.showare.com.

July 10: Brian Lindsay Band (rock) Friday, July 10, at5:30 p.m.on the outside patio at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester. (Happy-hour show)

July 10: Evan Meulemans (reggae, Americana, blues) Friday, July 10, 7-8:30 p.m. on the patio at The Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point, Henrietta. (Free show)

July 11: Alex Goettel (singer-songwriter, member of The Byways) Saturday, July 11, 6-8:30 p.m. on the patrio at The Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point, Henrietta. (Free show)

July 11: Amanda Ashley (pop/rock/soul singer-songwriter) Saturday, July 11, 6-8 p.m. on the porch at ReInvention Brewing, 9 N. Main St., Manchester.

July 11: Tas Cru & The Tortured Souls Saturday, July 11, at 6 p.m.,in the parking lot at Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 W. Main St., Lima. Tickets: $50 per vehicle, 585-624-2080 or 315-473-2411.

July 12: Cool Club & Lipker Sisters Sunday, July 12, 2-5 p.m. at an Open Barn concert at Muranda Cheese Company, 3075 State Route 96, Waterloo (featured food vendor is 4J's NVR Specialty Sauces)

July 12: Music of the Stars Sunday, July 12, 2-5 p.m., Roseland Drive-In at Roseland Waterpark, 250 Eastern Boulevard, Canandaigua. Only presale tickets will be redeemed; tickets are $40, $55 or $70 depending on tier. Buy tickets at roselanddrivein.com or call 585-396-2000.

July 14: Jeff Riales & The Silvertone Express Tuesday, July 14, at 6:30 p.m.,in the parking lot at Fanatics Pub & Pizza, 7281 W. Main St., Lima. Tickets: $50 per vehicle, 585-624-2080 or 315-473-2411.

July 17: Big Eyed Phish (Dave Matthews tribute) Friday, July 17,6:30-9p.m., Roseland Drive-In at Roseland Waterpark, 250 Eastern Boulevard, Canandaigua. Opening act: Mike Cosco and Julie Dellarie. Tickets are $45, $60 or $75 depending on tier. Buy tickets at roselanddrivein.com or call 585-396-2000.

July 17: The Occasional Saints (New Orleans blues/swing) Friday, July 17, at5:30 p.m. on the outside patio at Abilene Bar & Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester. (Happy-hour show)

July 19: Nate Michaels Sunday, July 19, 2-5 p.m. at an Open Barn concert at Muranda Cheese Company, 3075 State Route 96, Waterloo. (Featured food vendor is Lake Country Food Truck)

A 'Little' online music

Not all venues are equipped to offer the live experience, of course, but some continue to offer what's arguably the next best thing in a digital age with livestreamed concerts. The Little Theatre in Rochester continues a nearly full slate of shows, just online at its Facebook page. Maria Gillard, adjunct instructor of music at Finger Lakes Community College, is performing every Monday in July as a residency, with 7 p.m. concerts July 6, 13, 20 and 27. Also coming up for the Little: Classical Guitar Night at 7 p.m. July 5; Alex Goettel at 7 p.m. July 9; and Crossmolina at 8 p.m. July 11.

SummerWrite lit camp moves online

Concerns over high traffic in a small space and sanitizing requirements with a small staff has led Writers & Books to opt not to open its University Avenue facilities in Rochester to the public this summer. W&B has moved all of its adult workshops online and now plans to conduct its annual literary-themed youth summer camp, SummerWrite, entirely virtually. It began offering SummerWrite programs June 29 and will continue rolling out the reading and writing enrichment camps most of them five-session Monday-through-Friday programs, offered through Zoomthrough Aug. 28.

A complete list of the programs, with cost and registrationlinks,is at wab.org. For an example, next week's SummerWrite programs include "Acting Exploration," "Musical Theatre Book Club," "Fiction in a Flash" (about creating very short fiction), "Take Space, Make Space: Storytelling Through Dual Language Poetry," "Writing a Fiction Series," "Produce a 90-Second Newbery Film" and more.

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There might not be "official" fireworks in your city, but it's still clear that the Fourth of July is approaching. Your neighbors are setting off bottle rockets, the evening air smells like charcoal, and you just finished sweating through your third shirt of the day.

Like every holiday where people might get a day off work, companies are seizing the opportunities to sell off their wares at reduced prices. It doesn't matter what you're looking for, you're probably going to find solid discounts on it. There are sales on clothes, mattresses, camping gear, and just about anything else you may want to make the summer a little more enjoyable. (That's especially true if you're social distancing and realizing that you just don't have the tools to camp or do other activities that make more sense during a very different summer than years past.)

Here are the best sales you'll find over the Fourth of July weekend.

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People, social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, chat as they wait in line at a mask distribution event, Friday, June 26, 2020, in a COVID-19 hotspot of the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Florida banned alcohol consumption at its bars Friday as its daily confirmed coronavirus cases neared 9,000, a new record that is almost double the previous mark set just two days ago. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Surges in new Covid-19 infections have paused or rolled back reopening plans in at least 19 states as the nation's top infectious disease doctor offered a bleak warning: Americans need to take sensible measures to curb the spread or risk seeing 100,000 new cases a day.

"We are now having 40,000 cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around," Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing.

Turning it around will take a coordinated, collaborative effort, he said at the hearing, not the "disparate responses" the nation has shown so far.

But without strong national leadership, that coordination may be up to mayors and governors, according to Dr. William Haseltine, a former biotechnology executive and professor at Harvard's medical and public health schools.

"This situation is now so grim and is getting worse by the day," he said. "From now on, they know it's in their backyard and their job to take care of it if no one else does."

Most of the US has the pandemic in their backyard, with only two states showing a downward trend in cases from last week. The surge comes as restriction-fatigued Americans increasingly gather in large groups for summer recreation.

Precautions like social distancing and mask wearing are meant to help people "enjoy themselves within the safe guidelines," Fauci said.

"We should not look at the public health endeavors as being an obstruction to opening up. We should look at it as a vehicle to opening up," he said.

Turning the tide means more masks and fewer bars

The measures health experts tout to curb the virus are especially important considering more than 90% of the country has not experienced the virus, meaning herd immunity could still be years away, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told the Senate HELP committee on Tuesday.

Both Redfield and Fauci stressed the importance of widespread masks, which experts have encouraged for months even as President Donald Trump has noticeably forgone them.

An environment with universal masks is "fundamentally the most important thing we can do," Redfield said.

What people shouldn't do in this pandemic, Fauci said Tuesday, is head to the bar.

"Bars: really not good, really not good. Congregation at a bar, inside, is bad news. We really have got to stop that," Fauci said Tuesday.

Without those measures, Fauci said, the US will continue to be in trouble.

"Clearly, we are not in total control right now," he said. "The numbers speak for themselves."

In Florida and other Sunbelt states, hospitals are rushing to line up more hospital beds as they head into the height of the summer season amid a startling surge in confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Over the past few days, states such as Florida, Arizona, Texas and California have reversed course, closing or otherwise clamping down on bars, shutting beaches, rolling back restaurant capacity, putting limits on crowds at pools, or taking other steps to curb a scourge that may be thriving because of such factors as air conditioning and resistance to wearing masks.

Any time you have these reopenings, youre depending on people to do the right things, to follow the rules. I think thats where the weak spots come in, said Dr. Cindy Prins, a University of Florida epidemiologist. She warned that things are likely to get worse before they get better.

Hospitals in the new hot spots are already stretched nearly to the limit and are scrambling to add intensive care unit beds for an expected surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.

Newly confirmed cases in Florida have spiked over the past week, especially in younger people, who may be more likely to survive the virus but can spread it to the Sunshine State's many vulnerable older residents.

The state reported more than 6,000 new confirmed cases Tuesday. More than 8,000 were recorded on each of three days late last week. Deaths have climbed past 3,500. Floridians ages 15 to 34 now make up 31% of all cases, up from 25% in early June. Last week, more than 8,000 new confirmed cases were reported in that age group, compared with about 2,000 among people 55 to 64 years old.

Hospital ICUs are starting to fill up in South Florida, with a steadily increasing number of patients requiring ventilators. Miamis Baptist Hospital had only six of its 82 ICU beds available, officials said.

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For the last 42 years, the iconic rainbow flag has been a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community and is often the inspiration behind many of the bold and beautiful beauty looks that surface during Pride Month. Although Pride celebrations have looked a bit different this year amid the coronavirus, the flag and the spirited looks it influences are better than ever. If you want to continue showing your Pride spirit through a plethora of rainbow looks that deserve their own Instagram feed, look no further than the e.l.f. Cosmetics Celebrate Pride Bundle.

During the month of June, e.l.f. Cosmetics bundled this pack of four products the 18 Hit Wonders Eyeshadow Palette, the Lip Lacquer, and two gorgeous shades of its Liquid Glitter Eyeshadows to raise money for the It Gets Better Project, a nonprofit organization committed to uplifting, empowering, and connecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe, and donated 50 percent of the Celebrate Pride Bundle product sales to the LGBTQ+ initiative.

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BEST METAL The Best Metal on Bandcamp: June 2020 By Brad Sanders July 02, 2020

It feels like it shouldnt need to be said, but sadly, it does: there is no place in metal for racism. An all-star cast of metal musicians have been saying it loudly and unequivocally these past few weeks on a new web series called Metal vs. Racism. You can watch the episodes that have aired to date on Bay Area death metal crew Necrots Instagram page. If youre a cruel, small-minded, and ignorant person, and watching those videos makes you want to smash your High on Fire and Testament records, Ill gladly lend you the hammer.

Check out this months best metal picks below.

This Juneteenth, when Bandcamp donated their cut of all sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, dozens of bands and labels stepped up to make their own donations to racial justice initiatives.One of the many bands to step up with donations that day was Spirit Adrift, a longtime favorite of this column and perhaps the committee (of one)s pick for the best metal band in the world right now. They released Angel & Abyss Redux, an EP featuring an acoustic reworking of the Divided by Darkness highlight, plus brilliant covers of Roky Ericksons I Think of Demons and Jimi Hendrixs The Wind Cries Mary. The band is donating 100% of every sale of this record to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in perpetuity, so if you didnt have a chance to grab it on Juneteenth, it is well worth picking up now.

Now three full-lengths and a smattering of demos and EPs into their career, the Finnish duo Lantern have moved far beyond merely worshiping the Nordic death/doom scene that first inspired them to pick up guitars. Dimensions is a legacy-making album, the kind of record that should ensure their place in death metal history. Its bookended by the seven-minute Strange Nebula and the 14-minute Monolithic Abyssal Dimensions, which highlight the band at their labyrinthine best, each song rife with twisting riffs, decaying atmospherics and stretched to epic lengths. Just as impressive are moments like the two-minute Portraits, almost an interlude track, but far too interesting to be cast off as such. Its an effectively eerie vocal showcase for frontman Necrophilos in a genre that rarely provides vocal showcases. Cauldron of Souls is another high point, a black metal-tinged banger with an infectious stab of lead guitar serving as its primary hook. For the past several years, its felt like Lantern were quietly climbing their way to making a true masterpiece. With Dimensions, theyve reached the mountaintop.

For a brief, shining moment in the mid-00s, post-hardcore, Hot Topic screamo, metalcore, and prog rock all got along. Bands like Coheed and Cambria, Between the Buried and Me, and Canadian stalwarts Protest the Hero were consistently releasing ambitious, strange music that defied categorization but seemed to bring all kinds of misfit kids to the table. If you werent down then, you probably wont be down now, but if you were down then, the new Protest the Hero album is like a cold blast of shopping mall air conditioning to the face. Now 15 years older than they were when they released their debut LP Kezia, the band offer a more controlled fury on Palimpsest. Vocalist Rody Walker still climbs seemingly impossible scales, but after recovery and retraining following a vocal cord injury, its not with quite the same level of abandon. That allows him to force us to focus even more on his lyrics, which here dissect American history through the dual lenses of its Trumpian so-called greatness and the more complicated truth. A Canadian singing about the flaws of America might seem presumptuous, but his relative distance grants him a clarity thats genuinely refreshing. Behind Walker, guitarists Luke Hoskin and Tim MacMillar oscillate between a jerky start-stop dynamic and seemingly self-aware moments of faux-epic bluster, underpinned with the most bombastic orchestral parts the band has ever used. Most impressively, Protest the Hero took a sound that, to many people, feels tethered to a semi-embarrassing moment in time, and brought it thrillingly into the present.

Live albums feel particularly attuned to this moment. There are those among us who have historically derided them as a pale facsimile of the real thing. Now, we live in a world where there is no real thing, and no one has been to the real thing in almost four months. Its in that context that we must examine Power Trips new album, Live in Seattle. I saw Power Trip on that tour, in Brooklyn. They were incredible that night, well-deserving of the 675-capacity venue that theyd sold out after years of playing their furious brand of thrash-infused hardcore in smaller bars. Does Live in Seattle capture the feeling I had that night? Not quite, but a crowd surfer didnt break my glasses while I listened to it, either, so I guess its a wash. The band rips through all the essential cuts from Manifest Decimation and Nightmare Logic, plus some key non-album singles, closing with the crowd-pleasing anthem Crossbreaker. Theres a real sense of movement and propulsion to the album, with only the briefest breaks for stage banter as the band barrel through their set. As non-live live experiences go, its one of the better ones available for headbangers to experience right now. Heres hoping we can all get back together and mosh to Power Trip again soon. Hell, by then Ill probably let you break my glasses.

The self-titled Satans Hallow album that came out back in 2017 was a hell of an introduction to the Chicago newcomers, and it carried the promise of an exciting new band for lovers of traditional heavy metal to follow for years to come. They split up shortly after it was released. Midnight Dice rose from Satans Hallows ashes, with four of the five members of that band reprising their roles here, crucially with Mandy Martillo still on the microphone. Hypnotized is their first proper EP after a demo, a live tape, and a split 7 with fellow Chicagoans, Hitter. Its only 21 minutes long, but damn it if they arent 21 of the finest minutes of true metal to come out this year. Martillos pipes are laser-precise as she belts over Steve Beaudettes souped-up NWOBHM riffs, and songs like Starblind and Speed City feel tailor-made to be played onstage someday, when thats possible again. (Someday youre gonna wish/ You were still half as good as this/ So make tonight your bitch in Speed City reads downright Proustian in these times.) Satans Hallow left us too soon, but with a lucky roll, Midnight Dice should stick around a lot longer.

The fretless bass has a long and contentious history in death metal. Most famously utilized in the early 90s scene by Sean Malone of Cynic, its since taken on a life as a kind of shorthand for exploratory, progressive death metal. If you hear a fretless bass line meandering around the edges of a death metal riff, the band is trying to tell you that theyre doing something outside of the box. On VoidCeremonys bonkers debut album, Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel, the fretless bass is doing something more interesting. Damon Good (also of Mournful Congregation) has certainly heard a Cynic record or two, but his bass lines help anchor these songs rather than making them spin off into space. His bass represents a human, flesh-and-blood presence on an album thats often given to glorious, maddening abstraction. If this is technical death metal, its only in the sense that everyone performing on it has no shortage of technique. Yet their interests lie not in the proving of chops but in the exploration of whats possible within the death metal framework. Exhilarating as Entropic Reflections Continuum is, it seems theyve only scratched the surface.

Though theyve been well-known in leftist metal circles online since their founding in 2014, the queer, antifascist sludge duo Vile Creature havent yet crossed over to mainstream success. Glory! Glory! Apathy Took Helm!, their third full-length, should change that. For one, theyve signed to Prosthetic Records, who reissued their early work on a comp last year and have put significant promotional muscle behind them. More crucially, Glory! feels like an arrival, a record where everything Vile Creature is all about has coalesced. Throughout the album, moments of transcendental beauty are met with the counterweight of ugliness. When Glory! Glory! transitions into Apathy Took Helm!, the former songs ghostly choral parts dissolve into the latters punishing dirge. Before long, the choral vocals return amid the din of the sludge riffs, suggesting the necessary coexistence in troubled times of joy and agony, love and hate, reflection and action. Ive only spent a week or so with this record; I expect it to reveal so much more in the coming months.

Colin Marston is a lot of thingsvirtuosic musician, champion of the avant-garde in metal, mastering engineer extraordinaire. As a principal member of Beholdthe Arctopus, Krallice, Gorguts, Dysrythmia, and more, he has pushed metal into some of the stranger places its been over the past two decades. Unsympathetic Empyrean, the debut album by his new solo project Xazraug, feels like something entirely new for him, an avant-black metal album roughly in the I, Voidhanger house style, but transgressive in its own peculiar way. Its undeniably an assault on the senses. Its five tracks span from nearly 10 minutes to over 14, and none of them leave a lot of space for contemplative atmospherics. Whether hes playing a mind-bending riff, laying into an Emperor-style synth part, or layering hellish chanting, Marston consistently fills the sonic space with something you cant easily tune out. That makes Unsympathetic Empyrean a demanding listen, but that shouldnt turn off any fans of Marstons work. The challenge is the point.

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