The Dryden will screen Nitrate Shorts with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli to kick off the Nitrate Picture Show. The films are: Movies are Adventures (Jack Hively, U.S. 1948, 10 min.): "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and … Continue reading
Studios will be supporting various causes, including support for the Rochester Protectives. Please bring along twin blankets for donation to the Protectives. The Protectives provide volunteer support to the Fire Department such as: covering or removing property, recovering family valuables, … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Last Word (Mark Pellington, U.S. 2017, 108 min.) "Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task … Continue reading
Blackfriars Theatre will host a performance of The Blacks: A Clown Show by Jean Genet. A troupe of black actors reenact the rape and murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court and thus begins The Blacks: A Clown … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen BakushÅ« (Early Summer, YasujirÅ Ozu, Japan 1951, 124 min.) as part of the Nitrate Picture Show. "I was interested in getting much deeper than just the story itself; I wanted to depict the cycles of life, … Continue reading
"Brian's music is pure Americana; plugged in Americana that is full of spunk and life. He possesses a Springsteen type swagger and exudes the same confidence delivering his well crafted tunes with guitars blazing." — Don Zelazny, Americana Roots
The Cinema will screen Life (Daniel Espinosa, U.S. 2017, 104 min.) "A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Irvin Reis, U.S. 1947, 95 min.) as part of the Nitrate Picture Show. "We wouldn't be able to tell you whether Sidney Sheldon, the fellow who wrote The Bachelor and the … Continue reading
The Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is sponsoring a special railfan day trip to Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday, May 6. The trip will depart from our museum parking lot at 9:00 a.m. sharp where we will travel via deluxe … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, U.S. 1945, 143 min.) as part of the Nitrate Picture Show. "Anchors Aweigh mixes music, uniforms and Hollywood cut-ups in such a show as only Hollywood could concoct. Gene Kelly is in … Continue reading
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