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
Abilene will host The Cactus Blossoms, and The Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers. The Cactus Blossoms' latest disc, "You're Dreaming" is the national debut of the acclaimed roots music duo. Led by brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum, the band started … Continue reading
The Bug Jar will host performances by The Queers, good punk-rock from The Emersons, Sexy Teenagers, and On the Cinder.
In the Hartnett Gallery of Wilson Commons on the UofR Campus is the Opening Reception for Pinpoints of Perception: Portraits of 1000 Bees with artists Heather Green, and Dr. Robert Minckley.
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a Minimum Wage Debate. Todd Clausen will moderate Gregy Biryla, Mike Clarq, Sky Snead, and Colin O'Malley. (Pardon the biased quote:) "The Central Library of Rochester and … Continue reading
It's February and the days are getting longer, the fish and greens are happy, and we're holding our first Annual Meeting! Join us on February 25 at the M.K. Gandhi Institute where we'll elect a Board of Directors, discuss plans … Continue reading
The Flying Squirrel will screen Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (Shola Lynch, U.S. 2004, 76 min.) Pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm is the subject of this lauded documentary. The nation's first African-American congresswoman, the passionate Chisholm launches a campaign for the … Continue reading
The MuCCC will host a performance of We Rise by Robert Ricks. From the Motherland to Modern day America, through dance, song and Monologue our inner city youth tell the African American story of how out of the Huts of … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Sankofa (Haile Gerima, U.S. / Ghana / Burkina Faso / Germany 1993, 125 min., 35mm). Haile Gerima's American masterpiece has had a transformative impact on audiences. The film follows Mona, an African American model on a … Continue reading