Riverside Cemetery: 125 Years of History
Riverside Cemetery 2650 Lake Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesTour Guides Cynthia Howk and Joanne Mitchell will lead a tour of Riverside Cemetery, founded in 1892 to serve the growing population in the northern part of the city. The 123-acre site borders the Genesee River and provides a permanent … Continue reading
Moschettieri del Re: La Penultima Missione (The King's Musketeers) screening
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThe Cinema will screen Moschettieri del Re: La Penultima Missione (The King's Musketeers, Giovanni Veronesi, Italy 2019, 109 min.) "The band of musketeers; D'Artagnan, Porthos, Aramis and Athos, portrayed in a purely self-ironic and disenchanted key, in a series of … Continue reading
Theme Tour: Discover Riverside Cemetery (2019-May-5 @ 1 p.m.)
Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThis tour will introduce visitors to Riverside Cemetery, founded in 1892. We will explore the western half of this 123-acre site that borders the Genesee River.
Speak Easy: Open Topic (2019-May-5 @ 1 p.m.)
Cheshire 647 South Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesSpeak Easy is coming early this month! Be sure not to miss out on this popular event where local writers read their short works of prose and poetry while you sit back and enjoy hand-crafted cocktails. It's open topic, so … Continue reading
North Section Public Tour (2019-May-5 @ 2 p.m.)
Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThis overview tour is a two-hour walk of approximately one mile. It includes the graves of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, as well as topics of local history, horticulture, geology, architecture, monument symbolism, and more. Please note that in … Continue reading
Blind Date with Nitrate (2019-May-5 @ 3:30 p.m.)
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House) 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThe Dryden will conclude the 5th Nitrate Picture Show with a Blind Date with Nitrate. "The title for the Blind Date with Nitrate for the 5th Nitrate Picture Show will be announced at the time of the screening."
The Best of Enemies screening (2019-May-5 @ 4 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThe Cinema will screen The Best of Enemies (Robin Bissell, U.S. 2019, 133 min.) "Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of … Continue reading
Metro Justice Annual Dinner
Temple B'rith Kodesh 2131 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesKeynote: Dr. Cedric Johnson of the department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His interests include racial and ethnic politics; African American political thought; neoliberalization; political economy; urban politics; and critical urban theory. Dr. Johnson was … Continue reading
The Mustang screening (2019-May-5 @ 7 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThe Cinema will screen The Mustang (Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, France / U.S. 2019, 96 min.) "The story of Roman Coleman, a violent convict, who is given the chance to participate in a rehabilitation therapy program involving the training of wild … Continue reading
Alexander, Will Veeder, Joe+n musical performances
Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) 137 East Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesDiane screening (2019-May-5 @ 8:40 p.m.)
Cinema Theatre 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, United StatesThe Cinema will screen Diane (Kent Jones, U.S. 2018, 95 min.) "Diane fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. As these pieces of her existence begin to fade, she finds herself confronting memories … Continue reading