Loving Vincent screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:00 - 20:34 (America/New_York) | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Loving Vincent (Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Poland/UK/US 2017, 94 min., DCP) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
The world's first fully oil-painted feature film brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life while exploring his complicated life and controversial death. First filmed as live action with actors, each of the 65,000 frames was then hand-painted in the style of van Gogh by 125 professional painters from around the world. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by van Gogh's masterpieces and eight hundred personal letters, the film captures the world of van Gogh in a cinematic experience like no other. Armand Roulin, who was himself a subject of van Gogh's paintings, is wrapped up in trying to figure out whether van Gogh actually killed himself or was murdered. During his quest, he discovers how great an artist van Gogh actually was. The winner of several international awards, including the European Film Award For Best Animated Feature, and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Film.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Wife (BjÃ¶rn Runge, U.S. 2017, 100 min.) "A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2018-Oct-31]

Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble musical performance (2018-Nov-6 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Kilbourn Hall at Eastman School of Music, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Eastman School of Music Calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-06 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Love, Gilda (Lisa Dapolito, U.S. 2018, 88 min.) "In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), Love Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2018-Oct-31]

Pressing On: The Letterpress Film screening
2018-11-07 18:00 - 19:39 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Pressing On: The Letterpress Film (Erin Beckloff, Andrew P. Quinn, U.S. 2016, 99 min.) as part of the Rochester Advertising Federation's R/ADWEEK 2018.
The modern world was born on a printing press. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: Why has letterpress survived? Worlds of each character emerge as unusual narratives—joyful, mournful, reflective and visionary—are punctuated with on-screen visual poetry, every shot meticulously composed. Captivating personalities blend with wood, metal and type as young printers strive to save this historic process in a film created for the designer, type nerd, historian and collector in us all.
[source: Eventbrite listing, 2018-Nov-1]

Opening Reception: 8th Annual Art of the Book
2018-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Rundel Library Building, 115 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Rundel Library Building is the Opening Reception for the 8th Annual Art of the Book, on display through January 9, 2019. [source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library mailing, 2018-Sep-11]

Komunia (Communion) screening
2018-11-07 18:45 - 19:57 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Komunia (Communion, Anna Zamecka, Poland 2016, 72 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
In her film debut, filmmaker and anthropologist Anna Zamecka places her camera right in the middle of the family of Ola, a teenage girl who almost singlehandedly cares for her little brother Nikodem and her alcoholic father. Her mother is completely out of the picture, as she moved in with her new boyfriend some time ago, but Ola still lives in the hope of bringing her back home. Nikodem's Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up and Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-7 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-07 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) screening
2018-11-07 19:30 - 21:06 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1957, 96 min., 35mm, Swedish w/subtitles) as part of the Bergman Centennial series.
The most recognizable of Bergman's films, thanks to the iconic personalization of death as a hooded, robed, pale, and intimidating figure, The Seventh Seal is also the first to receive wide international acclaim, capturing the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Frequent Bergman collaborator Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block, a disillusioned knight returning from the Crusades only to find Denmark ravaged by the bubonic plague. Block meets the figure of death upon returning and, concerned about his own mortality, challenges Death to a chess match, believing that he can forestall his own demise as long as Death is distracted by the game.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Eastman Wind Orchestra musical performance (2018-Nov-7 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2018-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States

Zimna wojna (Cold War) screening
2018-11-07 20:15 - 21:45 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Zimna wojna (Cold War, PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski, Poland / U.K. / France 2018, 90 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Academy Award-winning director returns with a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the couple are separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate — an impossible love story in impossible times.
Award for Best Director at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2019 Academy Awards. To get more information about this film, click here. 2018, 90 min. Poland, U.K., France Director: PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski Written by: PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski, Janusz GÅ‚owacki Principal Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar [source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-7 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-07 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Adler Hall, The Sugargliders, Siena Facciolo, Sugarbud musical performances
2018-11-07 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2018-Oct-29]

NCBI Rochester 30th Anniversary Gala
2018-11-08 17:30 - 21:00 | Arbor Loft, 17 Pitkin St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Eventbrite listing, 2018-Oct-1]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-8 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-08 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Dywizjon 303 (Squadron 303) screening
2018-11-08 19:00 - 20:55 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Dywizjon 303 (Squadron 303, Denis DeliÄ‡, Poland / U.K. 2018, 115 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Based on real events, the film is inspired by Polish writer Arkady Fiedler's bestselling book and tells the story of the legendary 303 Squadron of Polish pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. From its formation in August 1940, the squadron was involved in numerous operations over Britain and mainland Europe. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane, they fought with a tenacity and skill that earned them the admiration of the whole British nation. The 303 Squadron shot three times more Luftwaffe planes than any other allied squadron.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

Film Series—Ha-Ha: Stand Up Comedy and Films from the VSW Collection
2018-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Hosted and curated by local comedian Woody Battaglia and Rochester's Brunch Town Comedy Collective, this program presents a variety of short films and stand-up comedy performances that add up to more than the sum of their punchlines.
[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2018-Nov-6]

Play Misty for Me screening
2018-11-08 19:30 - 21:12 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Play Misty for Me (Clint Eastwood, U.S. 1971, 102 min., 35mm) as part of the Eastwood as Director series.
Eastwood's first directorial effort is a thriller that puts him in a more vulnerable position than his previous star-making performances would allow. Dave Garver (Eastwood) is a womanizing disc jockey with an ex-girlfriend and a devoted fan, Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter), who calls him every night to request "Misty" by Erroll Garner. Following a not-so-accidental tryst, Dave tries to reconnect with his girlfriend, who is still unsure about his wandering ways. Meanwhile, Evelyn starts appearing at Dave's house unannounced, and becomes enraged when his attentions lie elsewhere. Her pursuit becomes more threatening, leaving Dave to wonder whether he can keep both himself and his girlfriend safe.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

David Cross comic performance
2018-11-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, New York, 14202, United States
"I am still beyond aroused to continue to get back out on the road to keep on bringing my very special, artisanal small batch hand crafted, 100% organic jokes and jibberings to a venue near you," Cross stated some more. "These jokes remain kid tested and mother approved so please keep bringing the whole family!"
[source: Babeville website, 2018-Nov-6]

The Rita Collective with special guest Melissa Gardiner musical performance
2018-11-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
The Rita Collective, known for their creative jazz approach to world music, will be joined by Melissa Gardiner, an emerging jazz trombonist from Syracuse, NY that has been heralded by Curtis Fuller as "…creative and emotionally powerful." The program for this evening of collaborative creative music making will include original and world jazz selections from the Rita Collective repertoire, Gardiner's jazz favorites, and some surprises for everyone.
[source: Bop Shop website, 2018-Nov-6]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-8 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-08 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Taking Meds, Teenage Halloween, Carpool, Roselove musical performances
2018-11-08 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2018-Nov-6]

Men and Women Becoming Allies for Each Other: Learning the Gift of Listening Deeply (2018-Nov-9 @ 12:30 p.m.)
2018-11-09 12:30 - 15:30 | Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
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 been only partially seen from one angle before. Men and women need to do this kind of listening together more than ever these days. The Circle process we will be using creates a confidentially safe, brave space for honest sharing and deep listening for both men and women. Women need to hear how men have been affected by the imbalance of centuries and men need to hear the suffering of women created by this issue. Because this has affected all of us, the healing that can come from hearing each other's stories can be profound. Join us in this Listening Circle to begin healing the divide that creates so much misunderstanding and suffering in our personal development, our relationships, our institutions, and our culture. Let's move together toward the biggest picture our hearts can hold for a beautiful future, one truly heard story at a time. We will learn together to listen and speak with courage, openness, honesty, and compassion.
[source: Rochester Pachamama Alliance e-mail, 2018-Oct-1]

Local Comics Pop-Up Happy Hour
2018-11-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Ugly Duck Coffee (formerly 1975 Gallery), 89 Charlotte St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

Reception: Good Things...come in small packages
2018-11-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery will host a Reception for Good Things…come in small packages, on display through December 20. [source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2018-Nov-6]

Reception: Family Photographs
2018-11-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Photography Gallery of the Flower City Arts Center will host a Reception for Family Photographs, on display through December 15.
From the daguerreotype of the 1850's, to Kodak's snapshot craze a hundred years later, to the countless photos currently stored in your iCloud—the history of family photographs is almost as long and varied as the history of photography itself. Unlike any other medium before it, photography allows us to capture the exact likeness of our loved ones. The act of taking photographs is both an affirmation and denial of death's inevitability. Family Photographs is a selection of images curated by juror Sara Macel exploring the ideas of family, memory, intimacy, and domesticity through the use of contemporary and archival photography.
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2018-Nov-6]

Reception: Mudbooks
2018-11-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Printmaking Studio of the Flower City Arts Center will host a Reception for Mudbooks, on display through December 20. [source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2018-Nov-6]

Bad Times at the El Royale screening (2018-Nov-9 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-09 19:00 - 21:21 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, U.S. 2018, 141 min.) "Circa 1968, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors — before everything goes to hell." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2018-Nov-7]

Kamerdyner (The Butler) screening
2018-11-09 19:00 - 21:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Kamerdyner (The Butler, Filip Bajon, Poland 1975, 150 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
This historical drama, which spans four decades, from 1900 to 1945, is a truth-based story of tangled fates of Poles, Kashubians and Germans, told on the background of turbulent events of the first half of the 20th century. After his mother dies Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, is taken in by a Prussian aristocrat Gerda von Krauss. He is growing up in her palace. The daughter of the von Krausses, Marita, is the same age as he is. Love buds between the two. The boy's godfather is Bazyli Miotke, a Kashubian patriot who fights in Versailles for Kashubia to have its place on the map of Poland, and goes on to build the symbol of its economic success, the City of Gdynia. The Treaty of Versailles grants Poland its independence but also makes the von Krauss family lose their property and influence. All the protagonists can feel that the world as they know it is about to change drastically. Hostility and hatred increase among the Kashubs, Poles and Germans. WWII breaks out. In the PiaÅ›nica Forest the Nazis murder civilians, which becomes the first genocide of this war.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

House of Stronzo screening
2018-11-09 19:30 - 20:26 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen House of Stronzo (Matthew White, U.S. 2018, 56 min., DCP) followed by a Q&A with both the director Matthew White, and the scoring musician on the film as part of the Rochester Premiere series.
Pete Cecere is a collector of folk and outsider art from the Americas. Over his fifty years of collecting, he has amassed more than five thousand pieces, all stored in his own home, his self-styled "House of Stronzo." As Cecere ages, and as the appreciation of folk art has expanded, he is concerned about where his collection will find a new home. Enter the San Antonio Museum of Art, which agrees to mount an exhibition and honor him for capturing a segment of art that might have been lost if not for him.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Nov-6]
