David Hursh will read from his new book, The End of Public Schools: The Corporate Reform Agenda to Privatize Education at Writers and Books. The End of Public Schools analyzes the effect of foundations, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations on the … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Spring Night, Summer Night (J.L. Anderson, U.S. 1967, 82 min., 35mm). "Director J.L. Anderson's remarkable first—and only—feature, Spring Night, Summer Night has been claiming the attentions of a growing number of critics as it has gradually … Continue reading
During the day today, the MAG will be screen Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester's Dance, Marcel Dzama, U.S. / Canada 2013, 19 min.) This 2013 film by Canadian artist Marcel Dzama is a fictionalized account of the ill-fated affair … Continue reading
Today in the Curtis Theatre of the George Eastman Museum, "Meet the Gingerbread Maker" Tracy Burgio, and Alexandra Jaffer of Kneads and Wants Bake Shop. This year the Gannett building in downtown Rochester has been created in gingerbread for the … Continue reading
Metro Justice's values are integral to our annual Alternative Fair. You can enjoy family holiday shopping with a conscience at Metro Justice's 34th annual Alternative Fair, featuring thousands of unique fair trade, earth friendly, and locally produced goods that support … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Suffragette (Sarah Gavron, U.K. 2015, 106 min.) "The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State."
Rochester's adult slam team and host of the Breathing Fire Teen Poetry slam will be at Writers and Books to give a special performance, which will be followed by an open mic. Get ready for some powerful performance poetry and … Continue reading
Before Your Quiet Eyes will host Black and White Photographs by Jim Eldred. Jim Eldred will be exhibiting his black and white photographs from 7-10 p.m. with voice interpreted performance by Vicki Nordquist from 8-8:30.. Light refreshments from Voula's Greek … Continue reading
Written during a time when stories of Sapphic love could not be expressed on the stage, Mercedes de Acosta has crafted a taut drama of unrequited love, passion and vengeance mirroring her own love affairs with some of the foremost … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Her Sister's Secret (Edgar G. Ulmer, U.S. 1946, 86 min., 35mm). "Her Sister's Secret is a melodrama of two sisters, one of whom has a child out of wedlock, the other unable to have children but … Continue reading
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited … Continue reading