In the Hawkins-Carlson Room of the Rush Rhees Library on the UofR Campus is the Inaugural Year Lecture Series Public Lecture with David Shumway discussing Howard Hawks and the Illusion of Classic-Era Realism.
People joke about shopaholics but compulsive spending is a serious addiction. Clues include buying things that never get used or maxing out credit card limits. Learn how to gain control over spending, become a savvy shopper, and maintain a healthy … Continue reading
The Rochester Latino Theatre Company, Inc. will present a "performed reading" of Kill The Lucky Ones at Greenovation. A simple-minded yet gentle giant forsakes his non-violent nature to save his corruptible kid brother from the hood and boxes in a … Continue reading
At Barnes and Noble is a meeting of The Photographic Historical Society where Ken Johnson will speak on The History of Stereo Photography.
In Webb Auditorium (1350 James Booth Hall) on the RIT Campus, George Hart will present a lecture titled From Mathematics to Sculpture. George Hart will present and discuss examples of his mathematically informed sculptures, which generally apply computer technology in … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, U.S. 1959, 137 min., 35mm). In one of the most entertaining classics of all time, Cary Grant is Roger Thornhill, an advertising executive sucked into an intrigue of mistaken identity and … Continue reading
The Bug Jar will host good bar-rock band The Heroic Enthusiasts, Marlowe, and Sleep Rat.
The Cinema will screen Son of Saul (László Nemes, Hungary 2015, 107 min.) "In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames … Continue reading
Oresteiaa daring new play is performed on the shore of a lake. Its idealistic young author is devastated when his work is mocked by family and friends. Passions and jealousies surge as his beloved gives her heart away to his … Continue reading
Sharky has been away a long time, and he says he's come home to take care of his newly blind brother. It's Christmas Eve so naturally there's a card game on — but for Sharky, the stakes are really, really … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Aferim! (Radu Jude, Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic 2015, 106 min., DCP, Romanian w/subtitles). Eastern Europe, 1835. Two riders cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. They are the gendarme Costandin and his son. Together they are … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Race (Stephen Hopkins, France / Germany / Canada 2016, 134 min.) "Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he … Continue reading