Coffee Chat (2016-Nov-10 @ 4:30 p.m.)
Arbor Loft 17 Pitkin St., RochesterEngage with filmmakers and festival fans from a front-row-seat during an intimate and informal one-hour talk.
Charles Carroll Plaza and Genesee Crossroads Parking Garage Public Meeting No. 2
Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown 70 State St., RochesterThe City's Bureau of Architecture and Engineering will hold the second in a series of public information meetings to discuss concepts for revitalizing one of Rochester's premier downtown waterfront sites, known as the Charles Carroll Plaza. Key attributes of this … Continue reading
Wish You Were Here lecture, Elena Dorfman: The Reconstructed Landscape
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., RochesterThe Dryden Theatre will host a Wish You Were Here lecture with Elena Dorfman discussing The Reconstructed Landscape. In recent years, Los Angeles-based photographer Elena Dorfman has shifted her lens from portraits of subcultures to contemplative American landscapes. Her labor-intensive … Continue reading
Police Community Engagement Forum (2016-Nov-10 @ 6 p.m.)
David F. Gantt Recreation Center 700 North St., RochesterThe Rochester Police Department will hold public forums to discuss the state of police-community relations as part of Mayor Lovely A. Warren's 90 Days of Community Engagement Initiative.
The Last Laugh screening
Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, RochesterThe Little Theatre will screen The Last Laugh (Ferne Pearlstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 85 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Ferne Pearlstein. The Last Laugh is a feature documentary … Continue reading
Shorts Shot on Film Program
Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, RochesterThe High Falls Film Festival has partnered with Kodak to present the Shorts Shot on Film program. Shorts submitted to this year's festival, which were created using film, were entered into consideration for the second annual KODAK Vision Award, which … Continue reading
The Birth of a Nation screening (2016-Nov-10 @ 7 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., RochesterThe Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising."
Hidden Passions: Melissa Matson and Karl Smith
Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave., RochesterThis monthly series celebrates the private hobbies and creative lives of Rochesterians and puts them center stage at MAG. Come see what inspires your neighbors! Be moved by their hyphenated lives and liberate the creative promise inside you.
Peeping Tom screening
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., RochesterThe Dryden will screen Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, U.K. 1960, 101 min., 35mm) as part of the (In)visibility series. Viewed as reprehensible in its day (while Psycho, released in the U.K. the same year, enjoyed widespread acclaim), this psychological thriller … Continue reading
Opening Night Party at The Penthouse
One East Avenue 1 East Ave., RochesterJoin us for a fabulous opening party at The Penthouse at One East Avenue, offering views of the city skyline to Lake Ontario from the 11th floor wrap-around terrace and glass-walled party room. Mingle with visiting filmmakers and film fans … Continue reading
Queen of Katwe screening (2016-Nov-10 @ 9:05 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., RochesterThe Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess."