Theme Tour: Form and Function of Mt. Hope Cemetery with Dennis Carr
Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse 791 Mt. Hope Ave., RochesterWhat is the history of the cemetery itself — its origins, design, and layout? Find out on this tour, which looks at Mt. Hope through a unique lens.
Monroe County Fair (2016-Aug-6 @ 11 a.m.)
Northampton Park Colby St. and Hubbell Rd., Spencerport5 Year Anniversary Party and Girls Rock! Showcase
Anthology 336 East Ave., RochesterThis year's summer showcase will feature performances by 10+ bands (with campers ages 8 - 16), debuting songs they wrote together during the week of camp. The curtains open on Saturday, August 6 at 2:00 p.m. at Anthology. The show … Continue reading
The Lobster screening (2016-Aug-6 @ 4 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., RochesterThe Cinema will screen The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece / Ireland / Netherlands / U.K. / France 2015, 119 min.) "In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where … Continue reading
The Development of Motion Picture Sound lecture with Anthony L'Abbate
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., RochesterBefore the screening of Don Juan (1926), Anthony L'Abbate, preservation officer, will give a talk tracing motion picture sound, from the 1890s through 1930.
Swiss Army Man screening (2016-Aug-6 @ 7 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., RochesterThe Cinema will screen Swiss Army Man (Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, U.S. 2016, 97 min.) "A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home."
Don Juan screening
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., RochesterThe Dryden will screen Don Juan (Alan Crosland, U.S. 1926, 112 min., 35mm). John Barrymore was at his peak in 1926, both professionally—only a few years before, he had starred in a very successful stage production of Hamlet—and physically. At … Continue reading
Endangered Features by Spencer Christiano theatrical performance (2016-Aug-6 @ 8 p.m.)
MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center) 142 Atlantic Ave., RochesterWhat's your favorite movie? The one you've seen a hundred times, that you could quote from memory. What if you could never see that movie again? What if it were to completely disappear, and the world forgot it ever existed? … Continue reading
Weiner screening (2016-Aug-6 @ 8:40 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., RochesterThe Cinema will screen Weiner (Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, U.S. 2016, 96 min.) "An examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign and the landscape of today's political landscape."