Our annual Inside Downtown Tour opens up historic urban environments where people are re-creating exciting spaces to live and work. We visit re-purposed spaces, renovated homes, lovingly preserved places, and newly built sites that are designed with sensitivity to the … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Puzzle (Marc Turtletaub, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world — where her life unfolds in … Continue reading
Rochester's longest running open mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds.
The Dryden will screen Arábia (Araby, João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa, Brazil 2017, 97 min., DCP, Portuguese w/subtitles) as part of the Labor Film Series. Andre, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory. One … Continue reading
Ken Thomson is a Brooklyn-based clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer. In demand as a composer and freelancer in many settings, he moves quickly between genres and scenes, bringing a fiery intensity and emotional commitment to every musical situation; Time Out NY … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Operation Finale (Chris Weitz, U.S. 2018, 122 min.) "A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust."
Rochester expanded rapidly during the Progressive Era in the early 20th century. This period of "fierce discontent" and reform was particularly evident in Rochester, and the Progressives buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery led movements felt far beyond Western New York.
Our annual Inside Downtown Tour opens up historic urban environments where people are re-creating exciting spaces to live and work. We visit re-purposed spaces, renovated homes, lovingly preserved places, and newly built sites that are designed with sensitivity to the … Continue reading
Buffalo International Film Festival returns to Squeaky Wheel for its twelfth year with a special showcase of films by students in our youth education initiatives. BIFF presents a juried selection of films with regional and global perspectives.
Being deeply, empathically listened to can be a revelation and gift for both speaker and listener. Even though it isn't widely known in our general culture, deep listening gives the speaker a space to see all around something that has … Continue reading
Join Kaluhyanuwes Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida/Wolf Clan) and Neal J Powless (Onondaga/Eel Clan) for a female/male discussion on the Hodinöhsö:ni' and Euro-American Women roles: spiritual, economic, social and political. The two will have an open discussion on the spiritual, economic, social … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Mission: Impossible—Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, U.S. 2018, 147 min.) "Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong."
Groups go out every 12 minutes, 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Guides will take you to unique stops and share stories from Rochester's history, by moonlight and torchlight.