Opening Reception: MudBooks

Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education) 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester

The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for MudBooks, on display through December 20. Join us as we celebrate the second MudBooks exhibit. The MudBook Project partners a ceramic artist with a book artist, and the result … Continue reading

Opening Reception: Photography and Politics

Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education) 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester

The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for Photography and Politics, on display through December 14. How can images not only document political events but themselves be political acts? Question politics around them? React, subvert politics? Imagine … Continue reading

Daniel Isn't Real, The Video Store Commercial screenings

Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester

Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival kicks off at The Cinema with a screening of Daniel Isn't Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, U.S. 2019, 96 min.), preceded by The Video Store Commercial (Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford, Canada 2019, 4 min.): "A desperate … Continue reading

$10

Storytelling

Boulder Coffee, South Wedge 100 Alexander St., Rochester

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach screening

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

The Dryden will screen Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (Louise Osmond, U.K. 2016, 93 min., DCP) as part of the Labor Film Series. With thirty credits to his name—all of them dealing with the oppression of workers … Continue reading

Mike Recine comic performance

Comedy at The Carlson 50 Carlson Rd., Rochester

Mike Recine is either the smartest dumb guy or the dumbest smart guy in the room. He's performed stand-up on Conan, written for the MTV Video Music Awards, performed as a New Face in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, … Continue reading

$15

Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution screening

Strong National Museum of Play 1 Manhattan Square Dr., Rochester

The Strong National Museum of Play will host a screening of Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution (Josh Tsui, U.S. 2018). The film follows the untold story of a small team of geeks working in the back of a Chicago … Continue reading

$8