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.
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Come as you are! Join Geva and ImageOut as we screen the 1996 box office hit, The Birdcage, starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams. After the film, stay for a conversation with director of Geva's production of La Cage Aux … Continue reading
Death Valley Girls - At the core of Death Valley Girls, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Bonnie Bloomgarden and guitarist Larry Schemel channel a modern spin on Fun House's sonic exorcisms, ZZ Top's desert-blasted riffage, and Sabbath's occult menace. On their third album Darkness … Continue reading
Join us for our "Dinners with the Community" series as part of this year's season for nonviolence! Let's connect, talk, mourn, celebrate, exchange stories, create ideas, dream, and get to know each other over a nice shared meal! Bring a … Continue reading
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound bring forth a funky, lyrically charged racket that is explosive, yet intimate. Taking cues from the dance bands of western Louisiana (and his native Midwest,), the streets (and 45's) of New Orleans, touring African and Caribbean … Continue reading
Legendary guitarist Steve Katz is or at least was definitely a rock star: a pioneer of the blues-rock genre with his early 1960s band, the Blues Project; a founder in the late 1960s of the groundbreaking and hugely popular jazz-rock … Continue reading
Join The Landmark Society, the NY State Historic Preservation Office, and your neighbors to learn about the upcoming listing of the Park Avenue Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places! The Landmark Society, ABC Streets Neighborhood Association, Park … Continue reading
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.