The Nitrate Picture Show (2015-May-1 @ 10 a.m.)

George Eastman House 900 East Ave., Rochester

The Nitrate Picture Show will present the rare opportunity to see vintage 35mm nitrate prints from the collection of George Eastman House and other international archives. The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House is one of the world's few remaining … Continue reading

Get Ready to Ride–How to pick a bike

Bausch and Lomb Library Building 110 South Ave., Rochester

Today from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building, representatives from Full Moon Vista Bikes will discuss Get Ready to Ride–How to pick a bike.

Tintype Photobooth (2015-May-1 @ 5 p.m.)

Genesee Libby Studio 1115 E. Main St. Hungerford Building, Suite #225, Rochester

Genesee Libby is now offering tintype photobooth sessions in the studio and on location around Rochester. For just $40 you can have your very own 3"x4" tintype made. We will start by offering sessions here in the studio in early … Continue reading

$40

Reactivate

Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. is the Opening Reception for Reactivate, a ceramics exhibition with works byEmma Moran, and Alyssa Lown, BFA students from RIT's School for American Crafts. The works are on display through May 9.

Rebuilding Joe's MG

Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester

Why a car? Well, among the innumerable generous donations Joe Brown gave to the Genesee Center, he gifted his MG TD to Bill Dexter at the Printing and Book Arts Center. After 50 years of sitting in a barn, and … Continue reading

Effie Gray screening (2015-May-1 @ 7 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The first double-feature feature at the Cinema is Effie Gray (Richard Laxton, U.K. 2014, 108 min.) "A look at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his teenage bride Effie Gray, and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais."

A Star Is Born: Bernunzio Staff Concert

Bernunzio Uptown Music 122 East Ave., Rochester

Bernunzio Uptown Music is proud to present its sonically inclined staff for a diverse musical evening, as we welcome the warmer Spring/Summer months to our fair city of Rochester NY. The Bernunzio "Solid-Gold" All Star Band will feature Michelle Younger … Continue reading

Cities of Literature

Rundel Library Building 115 South Ave., Rochester

At 7 p.m. in Harold Hacker Hall of the Rundel Library Building is Cities of Literature. Through language, culture and geography, Rochester and its twelve sister cities around the world share the universal human need for storytelling. The prose and … Continue reading

Free

Intersect Gallery Opening

Joe Bean Coffee Roasters 1344 University Ave, Rochester

Today from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Joe Bean is the Intersect Gallery Opening featuring works by Meredith Mallwitz, Terry Oakden, Amber Tracy, and Sara Zak.

Astronomy Section Meeting

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 1 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. is the Astronomy Section Meeting of the Rochester Academy of Science (RAS), held at RIT's Gosnell Hall, Room A300. Tonight, UofR Professor Eric Mamajek will "speak about extra-solar J1407 Eclipsing Ring System and the closest known … Continue reading

Violet performance (2015-May-1 @ 8 p.m.)

Blackfriars Theatre 795 E. Main St., Rochester

As a girl, Violet was involved in a tragic accident leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she's traveling across the deep south in 1964 towards a miracle - the healing touch of … Continue reading

True Story screening (2015-May-1 @ 8:50 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The second double-feature feature at the Cinema is True Story (Rupert Goold, U.S. 2015, 99 min.) "When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs … Continue reading

Purple Rain screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father … Continue reading