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Orestes 2.0 performance (2015-May-30 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2015-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States
Orestes 2.0 by Charles Mee is based on Orestes by Euripedes.
The Euripides after-war play, re-set in the world today, in which veterans return from the Trojan War, to find that the disorder and nightmare of war has come home with them and rendered their homeland in ruins forever.
[source: Bread and Water Theatre website, 2015-May-4]

Dave Attell (2015-May-30 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2015-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd., Webster, New York, 14580, United States
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-May-4]

Grace performance (2015-May-30 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2015-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Grace is a tragicomedy that explores human assumptions about how God, goodness, faith and causality operate in the cosmic machinery. Steve and Sara have relocated to Sunrise, Florida to pursue an unbelievably wonderful business deal, but as the deal slowly unravels and Steve finds himself afflicted with an itch that just won't stop, Sara finds herself increasingly drawn to their next-door neighbor, Sam, a badly-scarred victim of a recent car accident who wants nothing to do with her or her Bible-quoting husband. In the end, with a little help from an old German exterminator who's still angry about the Allied bombing of Hamburg in World War II, all three characters are confronted by a world that's both better and worse than any religion can justify.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-May-18]

Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore) screening
2015-05-30 20:00 - 21:43 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore, R. W. Fassbinder, West Germany/Italy 1971, 103 min., German w/subtitles).
Perhaps the most honest film of Fassbinder's early period, this chaotic, absurdist take on moviemaking makes 8 1â„2 look tidy. A film crew, holed up in a hotel awaiting their director and star, are going stir crazy. Once the star (Eddie Constantine) arrives, he turns out to be a quiet, sullen man, brazenly impenetrable to the hysteria overtaking the rest of the crew. The director turns out to be a dictatorial madman, launching whiskey glasses at the crew and shouting "I hate you all!" Loosely (or not?) based on Fassbinder's own fraught production of Whity, Beware of a Holy Whore confronts both the negative effects of Fassbinder's own no-budget, breakneck speed of production, and the larger picture of group ennui, fed by codependency. Fassbinder's favorite of his own films, Beware of a Holy Whore shows more than anything his willingness to turn the camera around and create an at times humorous, self-effacing, inquisitive work on his own idiosyncrasies and habits as a filmmaker.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-May-25]

Awesome Force: An Improvised Superhero Blockbuster (2015-May-30 @ 8:30 p.m.)
2015-05-30 20:30 - 22:00 | Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Grab your cape, don your mask, and slip into your tightest spandex bodysuit as GCI presents a feature-length improvised Super Hero blockbuster! Will the Awesome Force triumph over the forces of evil? Will the Earth be destroyed by a Doomsday device? Will we remember to stock enough beer at the concession stand? The stakes have never been higher!
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-May-27]

Dave Attell (2015-May-30 @ 10 p.m.)
2015-05-30 22:00 - 2015-05-31 00:00 | Comedy Club, 2235 Empire Blvd., Webster, New York, 14580, United States

The Isotopes
2015-05-30 22:00 - 2015-05-31 01:00 | Banzai Sushi Bar & Lounge, 503 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
At Banzai's new location, a great stage show and excellent surf-based rock from The Isotopes in a show titled Once Upon a Time in the Wedge.[source: Record Archive e-mail, 2015-May-18]

Greek Festival (2015-May-31 @ 11 a.m.)
2015-05-31 11:00 - 23:00 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 962 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Greek Festival website, 2015-May-27]

Men with Wings screening (2015-May-31 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-05-31 14:00 - 15:45 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
At 2 p.m. Sunday and on Monday at 1:30 p.m.'s Senior Matinée screening, the Dryden will screen Men with Wings (William A. Wellman, U.S. 1938, 105 min., 35mm).
"Men with Wings is a giant bomber from the Paramount hangar, designed on a lavish scale by the skilled air picture mechanic, William A. Wellman, and polished off beautifully in Technicolor. The action scenes, including a dogfight in the air, are exceptionally impressive. While the romance, involving three people, is subjugated to the story of the development of aviation from Kitty Hawk, NC, in 1903 down to the present, the love interest is never left very far in the background. Story stems from the beginning of aviation when the Wright brothers got off the ground at Kitty Hawk 35 years ago. It opens on the refusal of a small-town editor to believe the story of a breathless reporter that he had just seen a man fly. History is that this reporter's story, placed on the wires and scooping the world, was used by only three newspapers when filed. In this first scene the three kids of the picture, who grow up into Fred Macmurray, Ray Milland, and Louise Campbell, are charmingly pictured in an effort to fly with a kite, successful as it happens. Action progresses through various stages of Wellman's aviation cavalcade down to the last, MacMurray leaving his wife (Campbell) and baby again for the Sino-Jap war." — Variety, 1937
[source: Dryden website, 2015-May-25]

Orestes 2.0 performance (2015-May-31 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-05-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States

Adrian DiMatteo, Bridge, OHS
2015-05-31 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-May-25]

Men with Wings screening (2015-Jun-1 @ 1:30 p.m.)
2015-06-01 13:30 - 15:15 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Limited Partnership screening
2015-06-01 19:00 - 20:14 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
At 7 p.m., the Little will screen Limited Partnership (Thomas G. Miller, U.S. / Australia 2014, 74 min.) followed by a discussion with director Thomas G. Miller, and Linda Moroney.
Filipino American Richard Adams and Australian Tony Sullivan met in 1971 in Los Angeles and quickly fell in love. In April 1975, thanks to a courageous county clerk in Boulder, CO, they became one of the first same-sex couples in the world to be legally married. Richard immediately filed for a green card for Tony based on their marriage. But unlike most heterosexual married couples who easily file petitions and obtain green cards, Richard received a denial letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service stating, "You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots."
[source: Little Theatre e-mail, 2015-May-28]

Let the Fire Burn screening
2015-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St., Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Flying Squirrel is a screening of the evocative and even-handed Let the Fire Burn (Jason Osder, U.S. 2013, 95 min.) as part of the Monday Mayhem programming.
In the astonishingly gripping Let the Fire Burn, director Jason Osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects: a found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and controversial radical urban group MOVE came to a deadly climax. By order of local authorities, police dropped military-grade explosives onto a MOVE-occupied rowhouse. TV cameras captured the conflagration that quickly escalated—and resulted in the tragic deaths of eleven people (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. It was only later discovered that authorities decided to "…let the fire burn." Using only archival news coverage and interviews, first-time filmmaker Osder has brought to life one of the most tumultuous and largely forgotten clashes between government and citizens in modern American history.
[source: Rochester Indymedia website, 2015-May-25]

Adrian DiMatteo
2015-06-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Adrian Dimatteo grew up in Rochester, NY where he attended the Eastman School of Music and studied under Bob Sneider before moving to the south of France. He has spent the past two years performing internationally in over 20 countries. He is in Rochester for a limited time, recording a debut solo album. He will be performing selections from the upcoming album, as well as other unrecorded original material and a selection of popular songs and jazz standards.
[source: Bernunzio Uptown Music website, 2015-May-25]

Pack Up Your Sorrows screening
2015-06-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
Today at 7 p.m., the Cinema will screen Pack Up Your Sorrows (2015, 90 min.) followed by a discussion with film subject Meg Hutchinson, Dr. Steve Dvorin, and Patricia Sine.
On a cross-country journey to interview such leading voices in the mental health field as Kay Redfield Jamison and Scott Stossel (as well as explore alternative therapies with such luminaries as Lama Migmar Tseten, Harvard Buddhist Chaplain and Director of The Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies), singer/songwriter Meg Hutchinson weaves together a story of Bipolar Disorder, hope and transformation. With Hutchinson's music and stunning images of the natural world guiding the way, the film is a unique and moving meditation on achieving wellness.
[source: Reel Mind Film Festival site, 2015-May-25]

Lonesome screening
2015-06-02 20:00 - 21:09 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Lonesome (Paul Fejos, U.S. 1928, 69 min., 35mm).
It's the classic story of boy-meets-girl, both lonely but not alone, cyphers lost among the bustle of the big city until at last fate brings them together. They share a brief moment of utter joy (in this case at Coney Island) before being torn apart again to go back to their lives. The style, however, is not classical at all. Director Fejos uses double exposure, quick edits, and a carefully designed color palette to create a contrast between the industrial city and the oasis of the amusement park. Produced at a time of great change, the sound design is also important, particularly the repeated use of Irving Berlin's "Always," and features three talking sequences, added after the entire film had been shot silent.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-May-25]

Iron Reagan, Angel Du$t, Noisem, Obsessor
2015-06-02 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

WALLTHERAPY—Therapy Session
2015-06-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Ox and Stone, 282 Alexander St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
We'll be revealing our lineup after the holiday weekend! Join us for drink specials, light appetizers, and to get information about this year's WALLTHERAPY event as well as learn about all we've done the last five years! All tips go to towards making more awesome murals in our city! For the event, we will be only taking Cash tips or online Indiegogo donation options (no credit card tips at the bar). We will also have a Square card reader for donations as well.
[source: Facebook, 2015-May-28]

The Dog screening
2015-06-03 18:30 - 20:10 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Little will screen the fascinating documentary The Dog (Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren, U.S. 2013, 100 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series.
If you've seen Sidney Lumet's classic film Dog Day Afternoon, you know the story of John Wojtowicz, the man (played in the film by Al Pacino) who attempted to rob a bank to finance his lover's sex-change surgery. The result was a disastrous day-long standoff between the robbers and the police, ending with Wojtowicz spending five years in prison. In reality, there is far more to the story than that singular event. …
[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-May-28]

Reshaping Rochester: Transit Revolution
2015-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Gleason Works, 1000 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Reshaping Rochester focuses on the efforts, strategies and successes accomplished by cities that face similar challenges to ours: downtown revitalization, preserving the character of our neighborhoods and communities, creating mixed-use centers and walkable commercial districts, and enlisting community involvement. Speaker: Dr. Norman Garrick is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut.
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-May-27]

Boven is het stil (It's All So Quiet) screening
2015-06-03 20:00 - 21:33 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
At 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Boven is het stil (It's All So Quiet, Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands/Germany 2013, 93 min., DCP, Dutch w/subtitles).
Helmer, a single farmer in his fifties, lives with his aged, bedridden father in the Dutch countryside. His working days are marked by the visits of milk collector Johan, a man of his own age for whom Helmer holds a secret fascination. One day Helmer decides to renovate the house, buying himself a new double bed and moving his father upstairs. His life gains even more momentum when adolescent farmhand Henk comes to help him out. The late Jeroen Willems, in his final leading role for the big screen, turns in a powerful, slow-burn performance. In this battle of wills between two powerful personalities—the father, once domineering and now in decline, and the son, preparing to live his own life when his father is gone—what is left unsaid takes precedence over dialogue. But when unexpected words do come to Helmer late in the film, their quiet force is indisputable. Fifth feature by one of the most singular European filmmakers at work today.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-May-25]

Nikki Hill
2015-06-03 20:30 - 22:30 | Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place, 3450 Winton Pl., Rochester, New York, 14623, United States
Abilene on the Road and Record Archive present Nikki Hill at the Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place.
Those who have seen Carolina girl Nikki Hill sing her ass off agree—this isn't just another newcomer on the scene, this is a…"whiplash" moment. Where did the fireball come from? Why haven't I heard of her before? If you haven't heard of Nikki Hill yet, you soon will, and once you see her perform, you won't forget her. Hill and her band have been touring extensively following the indie release of her debut album "Here's Nikki Hill" in 2013, leaving jaws on the floor along the way.
[source: Abilene website, 2015-May-25]

Brothers screening
2015-06-03 21:00 - 22:56 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Little will screen Brothers (Igaal Niddam, Switzerland, 116 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series.
The differences between Dan and [Aharon], Argentine brothers with opposing religious philosophies, come to a head when the deeply religious [Aharon] travels to Jerusalem and, for the first time in 25 years, encounters Dan, a shepherd who lives on a secular kibbutz in southern Israel. [Aharon], a distinguished NYC attorney and a Torah scholar, has been asked to defend the right of Orthodox yeshiva students to be exempt from military service, a case that mirrors the intense struggle between Israel's religious and political principles. As might be expected, the brothers cannot understand each other's values or convictions. Their complex story touches on what it means to be Jewish and delves into Israel's ongoing debate about separating "state" from religion.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-May-28]

Lighthouses of the Port of Rochester and Women Lighthouse Keepers
2015-06-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Charlotte Branch Library, 3557 Lake Ave., Rochester, New York, 14612, United States
Historian Fred Amato will give us an entertaining tour of the Charlotte lighthouses and light stations…from 1792 to 1995! Then he'll tell us about women who have served as lighthouse keepers around the country.
[source: City of Rochester website, 2015-Jun-3]

My So-Called Enemy screening
2015-06-04 18:30 - 19:59 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Little will screen My So-Called Enemy (Lisa Gossels, U.S. 2010, 89 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series followed by a discussion with director Lisa Gossels.
Adi, Gal, Hanin, Inas, Rawan and Rezan — six Israeli and Palestinian teenagers — first meet at a women's leadership program in the U.S. called Building Bridges for Peace. Their commitment to justice and mutual understanding as the conflict continues to rage in their homeland leads these "enemies" to see each other as human beings. By following these remarkable women over the next seven years, this award-winning, coming-of-age film presents the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the human lens, and opens our eyes to the personal, political and physical borders that stand in the way of conflict resolution in this post-9/11 world. Filmmaker Lisa Gossels' inspiring documentary offers profound messages about tolerance, inclusion and respect, and about what it takes to create a lasting peace.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-May-28]

Artist Lecture: Hung Liu
2015-06-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Hung Liu began her art studies in her native China and came to the U.S. in 1984. By reworking photographic images from Chinese history into layered allegorical paintings, she bridges the emotional distances imposed by culture, time and geography. Liu is professor emerita at Mills College in Oakland, Ca, where she taught for nearly two decades.
[source: MAG website, 2015-Jun-1]

HÃ¤ndler der vier Jahreszeiten (The Merchant of Four Seasons) screening
2015-06-04 20:00 - 21:28 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen HÃ¤ndler der vier Jahreszeiten (The Merchant of Four Seasons, R. W. Fassbinder, West Germany 1971, 88 min., 35mm, German w/subtitles) tonight at 8 p.m.
Set in West Germany in the years following the Second World War, The Merchant of Four Seasons follows Hans Epp (Hans Hirschmüller), who returns home after serving in the French Foreign Legion to a family and society with which he feels deeply at odds. Hans and his wife Irmgard (Irm Hermann) run a modest fruit stand, but when Hans suffers a serious heart attack, his wife must tend to the business alone. As the events of their lives become progressively more cataclysmic, Hans is haunted by the memories of his troubled duty in the Legion. At once recalling the raw frankness of John Cassavetes and the severe austerity of Robert Bresson, Fassbinder presents the devastating events of its characters' lives through unspectacular imagery. He cares deeply for the figures that inhabit his films, but he is never moralizing, never asking them to be anything other than what they are. The Merchant of Four Seasons cemented its director's international reputation as one of the most gifted auteurs of his generation. Fassbinder was only 27 when he made this remarkable film, ten years before his untimely death.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-Jun-1]

Nothing, Merchandise, Cloakroom
2015-06-04 20:30 - 22:30 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-Jun-1]

Lies I Told My Little Sister screening
2015-06-04 21:00 - 22:38 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Tonight at 9 p.m., the Little will screen Lies I Told My Little Sister (William J. Stribling, U.S. 2014, 98 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series.
A family trip. Packing all the childhood baggage. After the death of her oldest sister, a globetrotting nature photographer is pressured into joining her dysfunctional family for a vacation, along with the younger sister that she used to torment. Lies I Told My Little Sister is the story of childhood baggage, death, life, love and family relationships. With solid acting and complex characters, the story offers moments of humor, while leaving an emotional impact on the viewer. Proving that even after great loss, life is still funny.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-May-28]
