Maxie screening (2019-Jan-12 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-12 19:30 - 21:08 (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 Maxie (Paul Aaron, U.S. 1985, 98 min., 35mm) as part of the Glenn Close series.
Just three years after her film debut in The World According to Garp, Glenn Close starred as Jan, a reserved housewife who moves into an old San Francisco house with her husband, Nick. After discovering a message written in the 1920s by deceased starlet Maxie Malone under layers of wallpaper, Nick finds a copy of the only silent movie containing a bit part played by Maxie. The haunting spirit of Maxie, who wishes to fulfill her Hollywood destiny cut short by a fatal car crash, is subsequently awoken and possesses Jan, causing the staid housewife to become outgoing and flirtatious to hilarious effect. At turns vivacious, musical, and affecting, this film earned Glenn Close a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Actress.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-7]

Roma screening (2019-Jan-12 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-12 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico / U.S. 2018, 135 min.) "A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. Golden Globe winner for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-9]

GodOfGaps, Deceiver, Machine Moon, Magnetic Coroner, Tumul musical performances
2019-01-12 20:00 - 22:00 | Meddlesome Lab, 289 Griffiths St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: WNY Shows website, 2019-Jan-7]

At Eternity's Gate screening (2019-Jan-12 @ 9:15 p.m.)
2019-01-12 21:15 - 23:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel, Switzerland / United Kingdom / France / United States / Ireland 2018, 111 min.) "A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-9]

Misery screening
2019-01-12 21:30 - 23:17 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Misery (Rob Reiner, U.S. 1990, 107 min.) as part of the Saturday Night Rewind series.
After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession takes a dark turn when she discovers Sheldon is killing off her favorite character from his novels. As Sheldon devises plans for escape, Annie grows increasingly controlling, even violent, as she forces the author to shape his writing to suit her twisted fantasies. Based on the novel by Stephen King.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2019-Jan-7]

Weakened Friends, Calicoco, Outside Voices, Borger musical performances
2019-01-12 21:30 - 23:30 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Weakened Friends includes Sonia Sturino [vocals, guitar], Annie Hoffman [bass], and Cam Jones [drums]. The group first congregated in their adopted hometown of Portland, Maine in 2014. Sturino had recently relocated from Toronto and holed up in a house with Jones and a bunch of other dudes before witnessing Hoffman play live and asking her to join the band. "If something is ear catching and interesting, I'm drawn to it," says Sturino. "I love pop hooks, but I have this truly weird and shaky voice. I started to embrace that, and I think people connect to the sound."
[source: Facebook, 2019-Jan-7]

Dr. Kathleen Baynes, Anxiety in Childhood and Adolescence: Opportunity for Resilience
2019-01-13 09:45 - 10:45 | Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, New York, United States
Worries and fears in children and teens are both deeply personal and have certain common features. Dr. Kathleen Baynes, child and adolescent psychiatrist and assistant professor at the UofR Medical Center, will focus on education about anxiety, its variable presentations, how families and communities can provide support, and common treatment strategies.
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2019-Jan-9]

Speak Easy 2nd Birthday Party!
2019-01-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Cheshire, 647 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
Come on out and celebrate our second birthday with readings from 10 of our favorite writers from 2018. (Readers will include: Nadia Ghent, Robert Shelton, Kevin Watt, David Holloway, Dominique Spikes, Erin Julian, Christine Green, Marvelous Marvin, and Alex Sanchez.) There'll be party hats, cake, and prizes! Who knows? Maybe we'll have a bouncy castle! (There won't be a bouncy castle.) No matter what, it'll be a party you won't want to miss.
[source: Rochester Spoken Word website, 2019-Jan-7]

Mantras — Sounds into Silence screening
2019-01-13 13:30 - 14:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Mantras — Sounds into Silence (Georgia Wyss, Wari OM, Spain / France / Greece / India / Russia / U.S. / U.K. 2018, 84 min. "A feature-length documentary, exploring the new music and social phenomenon of chanting, that focuses on the everyday people who are finding healing and a sense of inner peace by singing mantras together with others just like them; it also features the artists who are the focus of this new music-based movement. It's a film about spirituality, not religion, it's about people reconnecting with their true selves and with others." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-9]

A Star is Born (2019-Jan-13 @ 3:45 p.m.)
2019-01-13 15:45 - 18:01 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, U.S. 2018, 136 min.) "A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-9]

The Jazz Singer screening (2019-Jan-13 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-01-13 19:00 - 20:28 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, U.S. 1927, 88 min., 35mm) as part of the L'chaim: Celebrating Jewish Life series.
Best known as the first big hit feature-length "talkie" with a synchronized music score, singing, and speech, the film is also a rarity in early Hollywood—it features a Jewish protagonist. Al Jolson stars as Jakie Rabinowitz, a young Jewish man who runs away from his devout family because they reject his desire to perform popular music. He becomes a successful jazz singer under the Americanized name Jack Robin, but he longs for reconciliation with his family. It has been argued that Jolson's controversial performance in blackface—a common practice at the time—symbolizes and complicates the central theme of a Jewish man presenting himself as a white gentile, pointing to the "duplicity and ethnic hybridity within American identity." The Jazz Singer was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing at the first Academy Awards in 1929.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-7]

Roma screening (2019-Jan-13 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-13 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

At Eternity's Gate screening (2019-Jan-13 @ 9:15 p.m.)
2019-01-13 21:15 - 23:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Sustainable Homes Rochester Kick-Off Event
2019-01-14 18:00 - 19:00 | City Hall, 30 Church St, Rochester, New York, 14614, United States
Join Mayor Lovely Warren and our partners from NYSERDA, Pathstone and the Rochester People's Climate Coalition as we kick off the Sustainable Homes Rochester Campaign. Through the Sustainable Homes Rochester Campaign, residents can learn how to improve home energy efficiency and access competitive pricing on heat pump systems that provide a clean, comfortable and affordable option for heating and cooling homes.
[source: City of Rochester website, 2019-Jan-9]

Roma screening (2019-Jan-14 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-14 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

At Eternity's Gate screening (2019-Jan-14 @ 9:15 p.m.)
2019-01-14 21:15 - 23:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Tuesday Topic Lecture: "The Rochester Public Library as Social Infrastructure" by Patricia Uttaro
2019-01-15 12:12 - 12:52 | Bausch and Lomb Library Building, 110 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
At today's Tuesday Topics in Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building, Patricia Uttaro will present The Rochester Public Library as Social Infrastructure.
Using sociologist Eric Klinenberg's Palaces for the People as a reference point, we will hear how the public library provides the social infrastructure needed fora community to flourish. This talk will serve as the overview for the season's Tuesday Topics series, which will examine the many ways in which the public library provides services, programs, gathering spaces, and access to information for the Rochester community.
[source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library mailing, 2018-Dec-31]

Maxie screening (2019-Jan-15 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-15 19:30 - 21:08 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Roma screening (2019-Jan-15 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-15 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Open Mic Night
2019-01-15 20:00 - 23:00 | Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point Dr., Rochester, New York, 14623, United States
Come share your talents at what has been described as the best open mic night in town.
[source: Rochester Spoken Word website, 2019-Jan-7]

At Eternity's Gate screening (2019-Jan-15 @ 9:15 p.m.)
2019-01-15 21:15 - 23:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Jersey Boys screening
2019-01-16 19:30 - 21:44 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Jersey Boys (Clint Eastwood, U.S. 2014, 134 min., 35mm) as part of the Filmmaking at 80 series.
After turning eighty in 2010, Eastwood turned his lens to American historical stories, including this musical biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, based on the stage play of the same name. Tommy and Frankie have three passions: music, girls, and crime. From the wrong side of the tracks, and in the mafia's heavy shadow, they spend their nights stealing and playing. Lacking a unique look or sound, they are relegated to backup vocals—that is, until the group writes a song that highlights Frankie's falsetto. Amid a whirlwind rise to fame, the group has to deal with mounting pressures and ultimately decide what it is that makes them happy. One of Eastwood's most surprising films, it demonstrates that even at this point in his career, he is willing to take risks by stepping out of his typical genres.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-7]

Roma screening (2019-Jan-16 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-16 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

At Eternity's Gate screening (2019-Jan-16 @ 9:15 p.m.)
2019-01-16 21:15 - 23:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

All These Small Moments screening
2019-01-17 16:30 - 18:10 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen All These Small Moments (Melissa Miller Costanzo, U.S. 2018, 100 min.) "A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence." [source: [source: Cinema Theatre e-mail, 2019-Jan-16]

The Art of Being an Artist Lecture Series: The Artist and Community by Megan May
2019-01-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
While an Artist is many things, they are first and foremost a human being on a unique journey. Artists, as it is for all creatives, have the responsibility of simultaneously creating a culture and questioning culture. Art should make you feel, think and respond to the world in a different way after encountering it. Artists are healers, thinkers, and visionaries. In this series, Photo AIRS, Megan May, will take an in-depth look at several aspects of her own theory and practice of the Artists place in society today. The artist needs community and the community needs artists. Period. Please join us for an evening focused on the importance of collaboration, community and social interaction for a healthy art practice.
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Jan-14]

Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown (2019-Jan-17 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Third Presbyterian Church, 4 Meigs St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown is a 2-hour in-person experience that invites you to see both the possibility of reversing global warming and that you have an important role to play in that process. Through videos and group activities, you'll learn about a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming from Project Drawdown — a scientific study that identified 100 solutions that, together, could actually reverse global warming by 2050. These solutions encompass the energy we use, the food we eat, and the cities we live in. By the end you will see the vital role you can play in the movement to reverse global warming.
[source: Pachamama Alliance website, 2018-Oct-1]

Stories Roc: Mistakes Were Made: True Confessions, New Year's Resolutions, and Lessons Learned (eventually)
2019-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
True, personal stories on a common theme, shared in front of a live audience.
[source: Writers and Books website, 2019-Jan-14]

Namastey London screening
2019-01-17 19:30 - 21:38 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Namastey London (Vipul Amrutlal Shah, India 2007, 128 min., 35mm, Hindi w/subtitles) as part of the Bollywood and Beyond! series.
Generational conflict between Nri (Non-Resident Indian) parents and their children is a common dilemma in Bollywood films. Despite moving their families and/or raising their (often foreign-born) children in a different culture where new values are adopted, the parents still insist that their children return to the homeland and marry a man or woman with traditional Hindustani values. And the conflict begins. What happens when you find a way to outsmart your parents? Who really pays? Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif star in this interesting twist on a common trope, with filming locations in Brighton, Marlow, and London, England.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-14]

Roma screening (2019-Jan-17 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-01-17 19:30 - 21:45 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
