In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a program titled StoryCorps and Immigration. Since May, New Americans from all over the world have been recording their life stories with Rochester Public Library volunteers. The … Continue reading
The Dryden will host John Chiara presenting a Wish You Were Here lecture titled Lands End. Using a camera obscura mounted on a trailer, John Chiara works by the side of the road, pointing his lens at in-between landscapes—obstructed, fenced, … Continue reading
Todd began playing piano and singing at the age of three. He began his professional career at the age of fifteen and has been performing ever since. Blind since birth, Todd is often compared to Stevie Wonder, one of his … Continue reading
The one-hour show features over a dozen fabulous felines (all former orphans, rescues, and strays) walking tightropes, pushing carts, skateboarding, jumping through hoops, ringing bells, balancing on balls and turning on lights. Nola, our newest addition to the troupe, will … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Irrational Man (Woody Allen, U.S. 2015, 95 min.) "A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act."
Join us for an Open Mic night once a month at the Gell Center of the Finger Lakes to share your poetry, prose, or comedy for 5 minutes per reading to a wonderful audience! Come early to explore the beautiful … Continue reading
Because of the success of the last unity bike ride we decided to do another one. The Unity Bike Ride will be an opportunity for anyone wants to cruise the Westside Neighborhoods with the Conkey Cruisers to bring awareness of … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Stereo (David Cronenberg, Canada 1969, 63 min., 35mm). In his first feature-length film, David Cronenberg begins to explore many of the themes that would remain constant across his substantial and diverse body of work—the relationship between … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Infinitely Polar Bear (Maya Forbes, U.S. 2014, 90 min.) "A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make … Continue reading
The one-hour show features over a dozen fabulous felines (all former orphans, rescues, and strays) walking tightropes, pushing carts, skateboarding, jumping through hoops, ringing bells, balancing on balls and turning on lights. Nola, our newest addition to the troupe, will … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen the fascinating biopic The End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, U.S. 2015, 106 min.) The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Eight Men Out (John Sayles, U.S. 1988, 119 min., 35mm). A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. Stellar cast (John Cusack, … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller, U.S. 2015, 102 min.) A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.