An Open Session with Miki Kashtan

Gandhi Institute (M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence) 929 S. Plymouth Ave., Rochester

Join Miki Kashtan, author, co-founder of Bay Area Nonviolent Communication, and creator of Convergent Facilitation. Miki will be engaging with participants to explore questions on collaborative decision making, Nonviolent Communication, privilege, and power differences, and more.

Pumpkin Patch Trains (2016-Oct-29 @ 10 a.m.)

Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum 282 Rush Scottsville Rd., Rush

Our Most Popular Event! Enjoy a mile-and-a-half train ride through our rural museum grounds, located in the scenic heart of the Genesee Valley! Every child will visit our Pumpkin Patch to choose a small baby pumpkin to take home to … Continue reading

$12

Learn to Make a Grapevine Dream Catcher

Rundel Library Building 115 South Ave., Rochester

On the 1st Floor of the Rundel Library Building, Learn to Make a Grapevine Dream Catcher. Join us in learning how to make a dreamcatcher. Traditionally a Native American craft, dreamcatchers have become very popular statement pieces in interior spaces. … Continue reading

Focus 45 lecture: Mexico and the Photographic Imagination

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

At today's Focus 45 lecture, Heather Shannon will discuss Mexico and the Photographic Imagination. One of the oldest photographs in the museum's collection was made in Mexico in 1839, the year the invention of photography was announced in Paris. In … Continue reading

Melissa Hart & Wild Wings: Live Author, Live Owl!

Writers & Books 740 University Ave., Rochester

Volunteers from Wild Wings Inc. team up with Melissa Hart, author of the middle-grade novel Avenging the Owl (Sky Pony, 2016) for a family-friendly hour that's all about owls. Activities include the humorous "Raptors Rule!" slideshow, a brief reading from … Continue reading

Free

Squirrel Fest 2016

Flying Squirrel Community Space 285 Clarissa St., Rochester

The Landmark Society Ghost Walk (2016-Oct-29 @ 6:30 p.m.)

Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word 597 East Ave., Rochester

A night-time guided walking tour down the darkened streets off East Avenue. Follow lantern-bearing guides and encounter Rochesterians Recently Returned from the Grave, each with a true history gory story to perform. All on an incredibly atmospheric historic street. Our … Continue reading

$20

Bridget Jones's Baby screening (2016-Oct-29 @ 7 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire, Ireland / U.K. / France / U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she … Continue reading

Halloween screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little will screen Halloween (John Carpenter, U.S. 1978, 91 min.) as part of the Saturday Night Rewind series. On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced … Continue reading

The Dead Zone screening

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

The Dryden will screen The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, U.S. 1983, 103 min., DCP). Democracy has never been as dangerous as when Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) touched the hand of politician Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) and received a vision of … Continue reading

Masterminds screening (2016-Oct-29 @ 9:05 p.m.)

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

The Cinema will screen Masterminds (Jared Hess, U.S. 2016, min.) "A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery."

Halloween II screening

Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester

The Little will screen Halloween II (, Rick Rosenthal, U.S. 1981, 92 min.) as part of the Saturday Night Rewind series. After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist … Continue reading