Presented by Don Hall. Rochester's East Avenue, between Alexander and Colby Streets, remains one of the best preserved gateway streets entering any city in the United States. Still, about half of the millionaires' homes that lined the avenue have disappeared. … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Downsizing (Alexander Payne, U.S. 2017, 135 min.) "A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, U.S. 1953, 104 min., 35mm) as part of the Academy Awards at 90 series. The massive James Jones novel is brought forth in a powerful portrait of pre-WWII enlisted men, … Continue reading
Rules for submission are simple: Each play is no more than two pages in length and contains no more than two characters. The only other stipulation is that at some point in the play the word "cross" must be included … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Disaster Artist (James Franco, U.S. 2017, 104 min.) "When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood … Continue reading
The Little will screen L'ora Legale (It's The Law) (Ficarra, Picone, Italy 2017, 92 min.) as part of the Italian Film Series. In Pietrammare, a Sicilian town, a new mayor is to be elected. The candidates are the former mayor, … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Downsizing (Alexander Payne, U.S. 2017, 135 min.) "A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Le lit de la vierge (The Virgin's Bed, Philippe Garrel, France 1970, 95 min., 35mm, French w/subtitles) as part of the Philippe Garrel series. Elemental, mysterious, and nearly overpowering in its widescreen imagery and moving camera, … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Disaster Artist (James Franco, U.S. 2017, 104 min.) "When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood … Continue reading
In Wegman Hall #2506 on the UofR Campus, Rahman Lavaee Mashhadi will present a Computer Science Seminar titled Profile-Guided Memory Layout: Theory and Practice. Modern software is growing in size and complexity, far faster than is hardware in performance. In … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Stratton (Simon West, U.K. 2017, 94 min.) A Special Boat Service operative for MI6, and his American counterpart Marty, scope a laboratory complex in Iran in order to intercept deadly biochemical weapons.
" In this Artist Talk, Walid Raad will introduce his two long-term ongoing art projects, The Atlas Group (1989-2004), and Scratching on things I could disavow (2007-). With The Atlas Group, Raad concentrates on documents, stories, and situations about the … Continue reading
"Join us for a lively, informative panel discussion mediated by MAG Director Jonathan Binstock with three movers and shakers of the global contemporary art world:" Elaine Goldman, Todd Levin, and Henry Thaggert.
The Cinema will screen Downsizing (Alexander Payne, U.S. 2017, 135 min.) "A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in … Continue reading