Highland Hospital Lilac Run 10K/5K
Highland Park 450 Highland Ave., RochesterRegardless of your skill level, this race will restore your faith in Mother Nature and re-invigorate your workouts for the summer season ahead. The famous lilac gardens of Highland Park, also the backdrop for the event's after party, mark the … Continue reading
Flying Squirrel Fundraising Brunch
Flying Squirrel Community Space 285 Clarissa St., RochesterCome fill your belly with wonderful food, while supporting the Flying Squirrel Community Space. This not for profit space provides educational programs, meeting space for activist groups, recovery groups, films, social events and community building. Menu to include: tofu scramble, … Continue reading
5th Annual Rochester Seersucker Social Ride
Abundance Cooperative Market 571 South Ave., RochesterPrepare your seersucker, linen, and other summer fashions. Clean your bike and pump up your tyres. We've a splendid and lazy tour to a few gardens and scenic Rochester neighborhoods.
Teressa Wilcox
Lilac Festival 450 Highland Ave., RochesterGood acoustic rock from Teressa Wilcox performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 11:30 a.m.
WAYO Benefit and Chiptune Concert
Gamer's Nostalgia 1350 Culver Rd. #B, RochesterStarting at 12 p.m. at A Gamer's Nostalgia is a WAYO Benefit and Chiptune Concert featuring music by Chipocrite, Nick Maynard, and great one-man-band with chiptune vocoder BC Likes You. On Sunday, May 17th WAYO 104.3 FM and A Gamers … Continue reading
Bakken Oil Trains in New York: What You Need to Know
Brighton Memorial Library 2300 Elmwood Ave., RochesterHave you wondered about what is in those big black tail cars and why there are so many? Are you concerned about the environmental justice of those living near the rail tracks? Do you wonder about the effects of extreme … Continue reading
Funerary Ceramics and Court Life during the Tang Dynasty in China lecture
Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave., RochesterWinnie Tsang will present a What's Up on the Funerary Ceramics and Court Life during the Tang Dynasty in China today at 2 p.m. at the MAG.
Young Eagles screening
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House 900 East Ave., RochesterThis afternoon at 2 p.m., the Dryden will screen Young Eagles (William A. Wellman, U.S. 1930, 70 min., 35mm). "Flying and spying have their innings in Young Eagles, an audible film now at the Paramount. Charles Rogers, the young screen … Continue reading
Violet performance (2015-May-17 @ 2 p.m.)
Blackfriars Theatre 795 E. Main St., RochesterAs 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
Orestes 2.0 performance (2015-May-17 @ 2 p.m.)
Bread and Water Theatre 172 W. Main St., RochesterOrestes 2.0 by Charles Mee is based on Orestes by Euripedes. The Euripides after-war play, re-set in the world today, in which veterans return from the Trojan War, to find that the disorder and nightmare of war has come home … Continue reading
The Prickers
Lilac Festival 450 Highland Ave., RochesterThe Prickers performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 4 p.m.
Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People
Lilac Festival 450 Highland Ave., RochesterDanielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 5:30 p.m.