ROCHESTER — “A piano is just a piano,” says James Baldwin’s narrator in his short story “Sonny’s Blues.” Almost in the same breath, the narrator urges the musician “to try and make it do everything.” ...

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A punishment from his mom became a turning point in Eli Baumgardner's life when he discovered a new passion he's now using to help others. When the now-16-year-old was just 13, he decided the sport he ...