UofR's Department of Modern Languages and Cultures will screen Francofonia (Alexander Sokurov, France/Germany/The Netherlands 2015, 88 min.) in Hoyt Auditorium as part of the The Tournées Film Festival: ABCDs in Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema. Francofonia is the great Russian … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen 11 minut (11 Minutes, Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Ireland 2015, 81 min., DCP, Polish w/subtitles) as part of the Polish Film Festival. In the span of eleven tense minutes, a whirlwind of interlocking tales of life in the … Continue reading
The Penfield Public Library will screen Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, U.S. 1974, 93 min.) Penfield Library will celebrate the great comic genius of the late American actor Gene Wilder who died in August 2016 with a triple film fest on … Continue reading
Gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of the universe, have been detected and were produced roughly one billion years ago. These ripples unveil a luminous new window into the phenomena of astrophysics and offer a new perspective on our … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire, Ireland / U.K. / France / U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Masterminds (Jared Hess, U.S. 2016, min.) "A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery."
Judge Karen Morris will present a Books Sandwiched-In review of Notorious RBG : the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon, and Shana Knizhnik at the Brighton Memorial Library.
Genealogist/author Holly Ricci-Canham will discuss her adventures in local history. She's an expert on Orleans County lore and the history of small scale farming in our region and has staged re-enactments of the Orphan Train movement. Hear her fascinating story … Continue reading
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a presentation on the Center City 2-Way Conversion - Phase II. Conversion of Broad Street between S. Clinton Avenue and Stone Street and South Clinton Avenue between … Continue reading
UofR's Department of Modern Languages and Cultures will screen Qu'Allah bénisse la France! (May Allah Bless France!, Abd Al Malik, France 2015, 95 min.) in Hoyt Auditorium as part of the The Tournées Film Festival: ABCDs in Contemporary French and … Continue reading
The Little will screen the brilliant and moving film The Innocents (Anne Fontaine, France / Poland 2016, 115 min.) as part of the 2016 Polish Film Festival. In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to … Continue reading
In the Center Stage Theatre of the JCC is a performance of Church and State. " by Jason Odell Williams about guns, God, and social media in our political system."
The Cinema will screen Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire, Ireland / U.K. / France / U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she … Continue reading