The Dryden will screen Daguerreotypes (Agnès Varda, France 1976, 80 min., DCP, French w/subtitles). Daguerreotypes is a stunningly intimate portrait of the shopkeepers and small shops of the rue Daguerre, a picturesque Parisian street, where Varda has lived and worked … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn. "The designated mourner. I am the designated mourner. I have to tell you that a very special little world has died, and I am the designated mourner", … Continue reading
The Little will screen The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson, U.S. 2015, 113 min.) as part of the Black History Month Film Series 2016, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Nate Brown, Jr. Change was coming … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of The Waiting Room by Grace Flores. "The Waiting Room", tells the story of people from varying walks of life, in one place. With continuous reminders of good and evil, it's apparent, most don't … Continue reading
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a Tuesday Topics lecture titled Planned Parenthood: Myths and Facts by Karen J. Nelson. With over 700 health centers nationwide, Planned Parenthood provides high-quality, affordable and compassionate … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host performances For Such A Time As This by Melany Silas, and Black Coffee; the Poets' café by Reenah Golden. "For Such A Time As This" Melany Silas- poems from the original choreopoem. Its riveting discourse captures … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen A Reason to Live (George Kuchar, U.S. 1976, 30 min., 16mm) followed by The Women (George Cukor, U.S. 1933, 127 min., 35mm). On the former: "This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I … Continue reading
You may have danced in the ballroom or worked up a sweat in the athletic club, but did you know that this 1930s gem went from an abandoned building in the 1970s to the thriving mixed-use building we know today? … Continue reading
Sam Schwartz, "the man who invented the word 'gridlock' will speak at the Little about his book, Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars. Schwartz, the last Traffic Commissioner for New York City, is one of … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of Monologues on Clarissa Street by Karen Culley. celebrates the Third Ward of Rochester, New York circa 1930-40 as it shares some of the experiences of the Great Migration. The monologues and multimedia captures … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond, Agnès Varda, France 1985, 105 min., 35mm, French and Arabic w/subtitles). Found in a ditch, having frozen to death, Mona (Sandrine Bonnaire) is resurrected through the memories of the people she … Continue reading