The Dryden will screen The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin, Canada 2015, 120 min., DCP). The Forbidden Room is Guy Maddin's ultimate epic phantasmagoria. Honoring classic cinema while electrocuting it with energy, this Russian nesting doll of a film begins (after … Continue reading
Buffalo native Joe Goehle comes to music with an eclectic mindset. His love of improvised sounds and firm roots in the classical tradition blends together to form a unique voice as a composer. His compositions feature a mix of free … Continue reading
The Little will screen Uptown Saturday Night (Sidney Poitier, U.S. 1974, 104 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series. Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During … Continue reading
John Van Niel will present Bird Banding as part of the Nature of Montezuma Lecture Series. Dr. John Van Niel is a Professor of Environmental Conservation at FLCC. Dr, Van Niel has been a bird bander since 1999, working primarily … Continue reading
The Winter and Springtime Tours leave from the south cemetery entrance, opposite The Distillery restaurant, and last from 60 to 90 minutes, depending on weather conditions. The tour route is entirely on flat, paved roads. In addition to general information … Continue reading
In the Curtis Theatre at the George Eastman Museum, Todd Gustavson will discuss his recent book, Curious Cameras: 183 Cool Cameras from the Strange to the Spectacular.
In the Rundel Auditorium of the Rundel Library Building is a Rochester's Rich History Series lecture titled Frederick Douglass and Ireland by Tim Madigan. In 1845 Frederick Douglass was invited by leaders of the worldwide abolitionist movement to come to … Continue reading
The Little will screen Bamboozled (Spike Lee, U.S. 2000, 135 min.) as part of the Black History Month Film Series 2016, followed by a discussion led by Nate Brown. A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in … Continue reading
The UofR Cinema Group will screen The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper, U.K. / U.S. / Belgium / Denmark / Germany 2015, 119 min.) in Hoyt Auditorium on the UofR Campus. The Danish Girl The Danish Girl A fictitious love story … Continue reading
The Little will screen Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, U.S. 2015, 127 min.) as part of the Black History Month Film Series 2016. Beautiful Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris) is in love with aspiring Rapper Demtrius "Chi-Raq" Dupree (Nick Cannon), but she is disturbed … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn. "The designated mourner. I am the designated mourner. I have to tell you that a very special little world has died, and I am the designated mourner", … Continue reading