Yiyun Li's debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, Pen/Hemingway Award, Guardian First Book Award, and the California Book Award for fiction. Her subsequent works have also won numerous awards including … Continue reading →

Iron Chic, good punk-rock from The Emersons, California Cousins, and Fire In The Radio perform at the Bug Jar starting around 8:30 p.m. tonight.

Starting around 10:30 p.m. at Butapub is Thursday Night Comedy Fight hosted by Michael Colon, and Chris Thompson.

Very good medium-tempo progressive rock from Sirsy performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 4 p.m.

Good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 5:30 p.m.

Orestes 2.0 by Charles Mee is based on Orestes by Euripedes. The Euripides after-war play, re-set in the world today, in which veterans return from the Trojan War, to find that the disorder and nightmare of war has come home … Continue reading →

The Dryden will screen The Trespasser (Edmund Goulding, U.S. 1929, 90 min., 35mm) tonight at 8 p.m. Class difference and moral issues intertwine in this stark social drama starring Gloria Swanson. A stenographer who falls in love with the son … Continue reading →

As a girl, Violet was involved in a tragic accident leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she's traveling across the deep south in 1964 towards a miracle - the healing touch of … Continue reading →

For this "illuminating" post-sunset ride, decorate yourself and your bike as beautifully and brightly as you can. Meet at 8pm at the Genesee Valley Sports Complex (131 Elmwood Ave) in Genesee Valley Park. For this 8 mile route on trails … Continue reading →

Starting at 10 p.m., the Little will screen O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, U.K. / France / U.S. 2000, 106 min.) Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett … Continue reading →

Today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. is a Printing and Book Arts Open Studio at the Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts. Choose from 2 etching presses and 3 flat bed cylinder presses. Print … Continue reading →

Starting at 11 a.m., Kathy Richardson will present The Pathology of Gun Violence: Building Safer Communities for Our Children at the Gandhi Institute. The presentation is a look at how guns move from the gun dealers out into communities, where … Continue reading →