Today at 2 p.m., the Dryden will screen Kes (Ken Loach, U.K. 1969, 110 min., 35mm). Director Ken Loach received international acclaim for this enormously moving tale of a lonely working-class Yorkshire boy, who turns from a life of comic … Continue reading
Starting at 2 p.m. at Susan B. Anthony Square Park is a Radical Roots History Ride, "a sociopolitical cyclo-tour of local historic points" led by Jack Bradigan Spula.
The Psychedelic Furs performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 7 p.m.
Today at 1:30 p.m., the Dryden will screen Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, U.S. 1941, 119 min., 35mm) for the Senior Matinee. Orson Welles, born 100 years ago today , stars as Charles Foster Kane in his classic first feature, a … Continue reading
From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre is the Rochester City School District—All City Concert featuring "performances from the following ensembles from the Rochester City School District": Foundation Orchestra Commencement Orchestra Foundation Band Commencement Band … Continue reading
So Michael Jackson invites you for a sleepover: John Lennon wants to meet you at the corner pub; you run into Jackson Pollock buying house paint; Marie Curie is having a bad day in the lab and needs your help. … Continue reading
Wicked fun, saxophone-driven, percussive groove-rock band The BuddhaHood performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 4 p.m.
Tonight at 7 p.m., the Little will screen An Honest Liar (Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein, U.S. / Spain / Italy / Canada 2014, 90 min.) followed by a Videconference Q&A with documentary subject James "The Amazing" Randi. For the last … Continue reading
As part of the Rochester Bicycle Film Festival, the Cinema will screen Breaking Away (Peter Yates, U.S. 1979, 101 min.) Breaking Away is the lighthearted and heartwarming tale of competitive bicyclist Dave Stohler and his working-class friends. The film was … Continue reading
Riots, deception, legitimate and illegitimate science, aristocratic villains and drug addicted heroes- who knew these were all part of the evolution of medicine as we know it here in America?
Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, Us/France 1992, 125 min., 35mm). Scripted by Joe Eszterhas (Jagged Edge) and starring Michael Douglas, Verhoeven's glossy pulp shocker stands as the ne plus ultra of the '80s/'90s … Continue reading
Starting around 9 p.m. at the Bug Jar is Agent Orange, In The Whale, good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen, and Periodic Table Of Elephants.
Blues Traveler performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 7 p.m.
Starting at 7 p.m., the Little will screen Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belville, Sylvain Chomet, France / Belgium / Canada / U.K. / Latvia 2003, 80 min.) The Triplets of Belville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is … Continue reading
Starting at 7:30 p.m., the MuCCC will host a reading of Everybody Gets Ice-Cream by James St. Jean. In "Everybody Gets Ice-Cream" one man, Ian Christopher Muller, decides to cheer up NYC by giving everyone free ice-cream. When his brother … Continue reading