Rocket Man screening (2019-Aug-10 @ 4 p.m.)
2019-08-10 16:00 - 18:01 (America/New_York) | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Rocket Man (Dexter Fletcher, U.K. / U.S. / Canada 2019, 121 min.) "An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Aug-7]

Poetry in the Pines
2019-08-10 17:00 - 19:00 | RMSC Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd., Naples, New York, 14512, United States
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2019-Aug-5]

Joe Derosa comic performance (2019-Aug-10 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Comedy at The Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd., Rochester, New York, 14610, United States
Writer, actor, and standup comedian Joe Derosa has become a favorite on the comedy circuit. His brand of comedy mixing brutal honesty and frustration at the workings of the world has won over comedy fans, radio listeners, and TV audiences nationwide.
[source: Comedy @ the Carlson website, 2019-Aug-5]

Pavarotti screening (2019-Aug-10 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-10 19:00 - 20:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Pavarotti (Ron Howard, U.K. / U.S. 2019, 114 min.) "A look at the life and work of opera legend, Luciano Pavarotti." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Aug-7]

Star Party
2019-08-10 20:00 - 23:00 | RMSC Cumming Nature Center, 6472 Gulick Rd., Naples, New York, 14512, United States
Celebrate the summer night sky! Gaze at the moon or stars through our telescope; experiment with gravity, space-time, and mini-metorites; discover constellations and their legends; and embark on a night hike that tunes in all your senses as our naturalist calls for owls. A perfect family outing!
[source: Rochester Museum and Science Center website, 2019-Aug-5]

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-10 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-10 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Wild Rose (Tom Harper, U.K. 2018, 101 min.) "A troubled young woman from Glasgow, Scotland dreams of becoming a Nashville country star." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Aug-7]

Joe Derosa comic performance (2019-Aug-10 @ 9 p.m.)
2019-08-10 21:00 - 22:30 | Comedy at The Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd., Rochester, New York, 14610, United States

Off With Their Heads, Single Mothers, Carpool musical performances
2019-08-10 21:30 - 23:30 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2019-Aug-5]

North Section Public Tour (2019-Aug-11 @ 2 p.m.)
2019-08-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse, 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
This 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 addition to paved roads the route includes some hills and uneven terrain, grassy areas, and dirt paths.
[source: Friends of Mt. Hope website, 2019-Aug-5]

Major League screening (2019-Aug-11 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-11 19:00 - 20:47 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Major League (, David S. Ward, U.S. 1989, 107 min.) "The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Aug-7]

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-11 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-11 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Baring Teeth, Cognizant, Waldhexen, Hallucination Realized musical performances
2019-08-11 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Pavarotti screening (2019-Aug-12 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-12 19:00 - 20:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-12 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-12 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Clibbus, Yippeekiyay, AreTheYesTheyAre musical performances
2019-08-12 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Pavarotti screening (2019-Aug-13 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-13 19:00 - 20:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Genesee Reading Series: Chen Chen and Catherine Faurot
2019-08-13 19:30 - 20:30 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Now in its 36th year, the Genesee Reading Series is a smorgasbord for your literary palate. On the second Tuesday of each month, listen to two authors read their work up close and personal in the intimate Performance Space upstairs. By the end of the year, you will have feasted on the work of 24 regional authors (some prominent, some emerging; writers of fiction, poetry, essay, creative nonfiction, memoir). Stay afterward and talk to the authors while eating cookies. $3 for members, $6 for the general public.
Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. Bloodaxe Books has recently published the U.K. edition. Chen's work has appeared in many publications, including Poetry, Poem-a-Day, The Best American Poetry, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He has received fellowships from Kundiman, Lambda Literary, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Saltonstall Foundation. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a Ph.D from Texas Tech University. Currently he teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence. Photo credit Mike Lovett.
Catherine Faurot's first poetry book, Plow Harrow Seed, was published in 2006 by Foothills Publishing and her second book, Theology of the Broken, is forthcoming from Eyewear Publishing. She completed an MFA degree at Bennington College and holds an Ma from Dartmouth in creative writing. Her poems have been published in The Colorado Review, Free State Review, The Christian Century, The New Orphic Review, Westchester Review and Classical Outlook, among other publications. Ms. Faurot taught creative writing at SUNY Geneseo and the Rochester Institute of Technology and currently works at the Susan B. Anthony Center at the University of Rochester.

[source: Writers and Books website, 2019-Aug-5]

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-13 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-13 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Pavarotti screening (2019-Aug-14 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-14 19:00 - 20:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Jontavious Willis musical performance
2019-08-14 20:00 - 23:00 | Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Every generation or so a young bluesman bursts onto the scene. Someone who sends a jolt through blues lovers. Someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul.
At the age of 22, bluesman Jontavious Willis may be the one. "That's my Wonderboy, the Wunderkind," Taj Mahal said after inviting Jontavious to play on stage in 2015. "He's a great new voice of the twenty-first century in the acoustic blues. I just love the way he plays."
And four years later he was playing on Taj Mahal's stage. "When I heard him play I said to myself: this is how the blues, as I know it, is going to stay alive," said Paul Oscher.
"Only a few like him emerge every decade or so, when even the most hard core blues fans realize immediately that this is the real deal," writes Frank Matheis in Living Blues Magazine.
Hailing from Greenville, Ga., Jontavious grew up singing gospel music at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church with his grandfather. At the age of 14, he came across a YouTube video of Muddy Waters playing "Hoochie Coochie Man" and was hooked. That's when he set his course on the blues. All types — Delta, Piedmont, Texas, gospel. As a fingerpicker, flat-picker and slide player. On guitar, harmonica, banjo and cigar box.

[source: Bop Shop website, 2019-Aug-5]

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-14 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-14 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Inertia, White Tides, Plagues of Endeavor musical performances
2019-08-14 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Twighlight Tour
2019-08-15 18:30 - 19:45 | Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse, 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
This 75-minute tour includes some topics covered on Sunday North Section tours as well as new material, on an alternate route in the North Section.
[source: Friends of Mt. Hope website, 2019-Aug-5]

Pavarotti screening (2019-Aug-15 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-08-15 19:00 - 20:54 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Songwriters Circle, Katy Wright musical performance
2019-08-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Three Heads Brewing, 186 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Katy Wright is the Rochester Resident for August. For her second week, she will be hosting a Songwriters Circle. An intimate evening of Katy and some of her friends playing music for you.
[source: Facebook, 2019-Aug-5]

Wild Rose screening (2019-Aug-15 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2019-08-15 20:55 - 22:36 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Opening Reception: First Light
2019-08-16 17:00 - 20:30 | Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Image City Photography Gallery will host an Opening Reception for First Light, on display through September 1.
Six women veterans share their stories through black and white photographs and writing. First Light is the culminating event of a 12-week photography and writing program, Eyes Front, at Flower City Arts Center.
Eyes Front is a 12-week photography and writing program for women combat veterans; an opportunity for them to express, both visually and in writing, their unique experiences and to share their stories with the community.

[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Aug-5]

The Endless Mountain Derelicts, Whirlin Jack, Late Earth musical performances
2019-08-16 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Real Steam Train Rides (2019-Aug-17 @ 10 a.m.)
2019-08-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, 282 Rush Scottsville Rd., Rush, New York, 14534, United States
This summer the hills will once again echo with steam whistles when the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum hosts real steam train rides on August 17-18 and 24-25. The museum will host Viscose Co. No. 6, a vintage steam locomotive that once operated for the American Viscose Co. in Roanoke, Virginia. If you've heard of Thomas the Tank Engineâ„¢, this is his real life cousin!
Enjoy a ride in our new open-air touring car so you can experience all the sights and sounds of the steam locomotive as it works hard to pull against the steep grades. Seats are also available inside our caboose if you prefer a quieter ride. Thanks to the cooperation of the neighboring New York Museum of Transportation, visitors will be able to enjoy an extended two-mile round trip through our bucolic museum grounds.
Live entertainment will be provided by banjo player Mike Kornrich. Tour our museum exhibits and enjoy our large collection of historic trains. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Our museum gift shop is stocked with many railroad souvenirs for train buffs of all ages. Train rides depart every 45 minutes. All Aboard!

[source: Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum website, 2019-Aug-5]

Theme Tour: Wakes and Tears: 19th Century Mourning Ritual
2019-08-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse, 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
This new tour explores the Victorians' view of death and their expressions of grief through socially expected rituals and customs. The tour includes: the "Good Death," wakes and funerals, mourning etiquette and clothing, gravestone symbolism, and epitaphs.
[source: Friends of Mt. Hope website, 2019-Aug-5]
