TEDxBuffalo brings together Western New Yorkers from different disciplines to share their big ideas with the local community. The theme of the sixth annual event is "Perceptions." The evening will feature nine speakers and one performer.
UofR's Department of Modern Languages and Cultures will screen Saint Laurent (Bertrand Bonello, France 2014, 150 min.) in Hoyt Auditorium as part of the The Tournées Film Festival: ABCDs in Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema. With this lushly executed, unorthodox … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Hollars (John Krasinski, U.S. 2016, 88 min.) "A man returns to his small hometown after learning that his mother has fallen ill and is about to undergo surgery."
Dr. Jennifer C. Ross will present an Archaeological Assoc. of America (AIA), Rochester Society lecture titled The Invention of Writing in Mesopotamia: New Approaches to a Very Old Problem. The invention of writing, an event that took place around the … Continue reading
Host Peter Sagal leads a rotating panel of comedians, humorists and journalists, listener contestants and celebrity guests through a comic review of the week's news.
The Dryden will screen Dekalog, siedem and osiem (Decalogue Seven and Eight, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland 1989, 57 and 56 min, DCP, Polish w/subtitles). Can love be stolen? So asks Decalogue Seven, in which two women in the same family vie … Continue reading
Guitarist Omar Tamez and pianist Angelica Sanchez have become Bop Shop favorites. Angie first performed here back in 2004 with her quartet in the Atrium. Omar first performed here at the inaugural concert in the new store in a duo … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Florence Foster Jenkins (Stephen Frears, U.K. 2016, 111 min.) "The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice."
Enjoy a preview of A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age, with after-hours access to the galleries. Curator Lisa Hostetler and artists will be signing books from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Cash bar and light refreshments.
The Cinema will screen Don't Think Twice (Mike Birbiglia, U.S. 2016, 92 min.) "When a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group - all best friends - start to … Continue reading
Terror stalks the Russian elite, while insurgents craft their bombs and plan for revolution. The Just Assassins, based on the true story of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905, explores the moral intersect of religion, socialism and … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Manufactured Landscapes (Jennifer Baichwal, U.S. 2006, 90 min., 35mm). Documenting the work of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, this film dramatically enhances the power of still images to convey the scale and impact of human labor on … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Suicide Squad (David Ayer, U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated criminals to form a defensive task force, with their first case leading to a potential apocalypse."
The Little will screen The Frisco Kid (Robert Aldrich, U.S. 1979, 119 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series. Rabbi Avram Belinsky (Gene Wilder) lands in Philadelphia intending to travel to San Francisco, where he plans on starting a … Continue reading