Well-U: Create Your Own Blue Zone

University of Rochester River Campus Intercampus Dr. & Library Rd., Rochester

In Helen Wood Hall 1W510 Medical Center on the UofR Campus, Eileen Wolff will present a lecture titled Well-U: Create Your Own Blue Zone. Blue Zones are areas of the world where small populations are living notably longer than average, … Continue reading

Easy Rider screening (2016-Aug-15 @ 1:30 p.m.)

Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., Rochester

The Dryden will screen Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, U.S. 1969, 95 min., 35mm). After they close a big drug deal (with Phil Spector!), hippie bikers Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper travel from somewhere in the west to New Orleans, the … Continue reading

Guided Bicycle Tour: Corn Hill neighborhood

Genesee Waterways Center 149 Elmwood Ave., Rochester

These guided bike rides are designed to appreciate how the land and waters were before the city was founded, and to revisit the natural and built environments of 1835 Rochester. Cancellations due to weather will be made at start time … Continue reading

Free

Politics is Not for the Faint of Heart lecture with Dr. Ruth Holland Scott

Irondequoit Public Library 1290 Titus Ave., Rochester

Exploring the region's changing political climate and sharing stories from her memoir, The Circles God Draws, Dr. Scott— author, activist, and educator— will contrast current politics with her own experiences during Rochester's most turbulent years.

Free

Ghostbusters screening (2016-Aug-15 @ 7 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, U.S. 2016, 116 min.) "Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat."

Israel: What's Next? Two speakers, Two points of View

Jewish Community Center (JCC) 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester

Israel and the Gulf: A realignment? With Dr. Asaf Romirowsky. A Middle East historian, author, Israel Defense officer and the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Israel and Europe: Where are we going? with Benjamin Weinthal … Continue reading