"Connecting the struggles, building a movement: The new poor people's campaign." is a dialogue with Willie Baptist and members of New York City's Picture the Homeless at The College at Brockport Metrocenter. Willie Baptist - a formerly homeless father - … Continue reading →

Tonight in the Dryden Theatre, Aura Satz will discuss her work currently on view in Eyelids Leaking Light. Satz's work incorporates film, sound, performance, and sculpture. Her art focuses on the complex intersections between the history, technology, and aesthetics of … Continue reading →

Unaware of the racial overtones of such an event ... "Park Avenue businesses will be decked out in white" in a Turn the Avenue White for a Night fundraiser for Trillium Health for programs and services.

Starting tonight at 6:30 p.m. and continuing Thursdays through May 21 is a A Series in Nonviolent Communication titled What You Say Next Can Change Your World. Join Gandhi staff Kit Miller and Malik Thompson for six weeks of exploring … Continue reading →

Anthony J. Sciolino will discuss his book, The Holocaust, the church, and the law of unintended consequences : how Christian anti-judaism spawned Nazi anti-semitism. "While tens of thousands of Christians risked their lives, many more —including some members of the … Continue reading →

Author Rachel Kushner has been a finalist for the National Book Award twice and is a recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her award-winning first novel, Telex from Cuba, was a New York Times bestseller and her second novel, The … Continue reading →

Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen California Company Town (Lee Anne Schmitt, U.S. 2008, 76 min., 16mm). This strikingly shot essay film casts a probing, clear-eyed gaze at the landscape of California towns abandoned by the industries that … Continue reading →

Phases and Passings, the MFA thesis show of John Barnabas Lake, explores being human through photography, installation, and text. Each piece of art work acts as a meditation, trying to connect to the viewer parallel and paradoxical considerations of life. … Continue reading →

You are invited to participate in an international postcard competition on the topic of "the snapshot". The winner of the contest will have their postcard image as part of an exhibition in 2015 in Stuttgart-Wangen, Germany, a double page in … Continue reading →

The UofR Cinema Group is screening The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, U.K. / U.S. 2014, 119 min.) "During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians."

Ryan Conrad will discuss his book Against Equality: Queer Revolution, Not Mere Inclusion. Ryan Conrad's multi-media talk focuses on dissecting the three cornerstones of the mainstream gay and lesbian rights movement in the United States: marriage, military inclusion, and hate … Continue reading →