Flying Squirrel Work Day
2016-04-16 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St., Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
3rd Saturday of every month we get together to work to building upkeep, cleaning, organizing, whatever ever needs to get done. A great way to help support this important community resource. Hope to see you there!
[source: Facebook, 2016-Apr-4]

Springtime Cemetery Tour
2016-04-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Mt. Hope Cemetery Office, 1133 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Winter and Springtime Tours leave from the south cemetery entrance, opposite The Distillery restaurant, and last from 60 to 90 minutes, depending on weather conditions. The tour route is entirely on flat, paved roads. In addition to general information about Mount Hope Cemetery, tours feature significant figures such as architect A.J. Warner and Revolutionary War veteran Alexander Millener. Other highlights include the cemetery's largest mausoleum, and the 50-foot-high monument honoring Hartwell Carver, father of the transcontinental railroad.
[source: Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery website , 2016-Jan-6]

Dementia and Legal Issues discussion
2016-04-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Bausch and Lomb Library Building, 110 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Science and History Division Reading Room on the 3rd floor of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a discussion of Dementia and Legal Issues.
Join us at the Central Library for the next class in the Alzheimer's community education series! This month, we will be learning about legal and financial issues that need to be considered after a loved one receives a dementia diagnosis, and what factors should be addressed as you look toward the future.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2016-Apr-4]

Rochester Radical: The Journey of Christopher Lasch
2016-04-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Rundel Library Building, 115 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Rundel Auditorium on the 3rd floor of the Rundel Library Building, Dr. Jeffrey Ludwig will discuss Rochester Radical: The Journey of Christopher Lasch as part of Rochester's Rich History Series.
Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) was perhaps America's most preeminent social critic of the mid- to late 20th century. The author of numerous celebrated books and articles, Lasch also seemed poised for an academic career as a historian that would lead him to the highest heights of the American university system. Instead, in 1970 after a decade of job-hopping, Lasch landed in Rochester and never moved again. He found an enriching community and planted deep roots in the "Flower City," turning down other opportunities in order to remain in a place that aligned with his intellectual values. Join us for an exploration of the connections and affinities between person and place that tell Lasch's quintessentially Rochester story.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2016-Apr-4]

The Revenant screening (2016-Apr-16 @ 3:30 p.m.)
2016-04-16 15:30 - 18:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu, U.S. / Hong Kong / Taiwan / Canada 2015, 156 min.) "A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Apr-6]

Rochester International Film Festival screening (2016-Apr-16 @ 4 p.m.)
2016-04-16 16:00 - 17:49 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
A screening of the Rochester International Film Festival will be in the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum featuring:

The Bench (Cameron Burnett, Malibu, CA, 6 min.): "There is more than meets the eye, in this random encounter on a park bench."
Aidiyet (Belonging) (Serkan Ertekin, Turkey, 30 min.): "They say there used to be a spiritual ship that could only be moved by belief and tears. A ship only visible to the ones who belong to it, is about to take off."
Ron Taylor: Dr. Baseball (Dennis and Matthew Taylor, Canada, 17 min.): "Ron Taylor was a Major League pitcher for 11 years winning two world championships. After a USO-Tour to Vietnam, he returned to school after his baseball career to become a physician."
Cloth Paper Dreams (Greg Davis, Austin, TX, 11 min.): "At the confluence of the three holiest rivers in India during the world's largest spiritual pilgrimage, three men converge, each bringing what connects them to something greater than themselves."
Isa and the Frog Prince (Yingxiang Huang, Burbank, CA, 14 min.): "After Isa tells her class that she believes her frog can turn into a prince, a bully and his gang challenge her to prove it. ."
Where We Begin (Mitsuyo Miyazaki, Los Angeles, CA, 20 min.): "A lyrical memory of forbidden love which transcends race, class, war and even time, expressed through movement and sound."
The Mother (Paolo Monico, Brooklyn, NY, 11 min.): "When a hardened widow receives an unexpected visit, she is given the chance to shed light on her husband's death."

[source: Rochester International Film Festival website, 2016-Apr-4]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot screening (2016-Apr-16 @ 7 p.m.)
2016-04-16 19:00 - 20:52 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, U.S. 2016, 112 min.) "A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Apr-13]

The Prickers, White Woods musical performances
2016-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Naples Hotel, 111 S. Main St., Naples, New York, 14512, United States
This is our final show…a fond farewell thank you to all the wonderful people who have supported us from the beginning! A Good ol fashioned celebration and dance party!
[source: Facebook, 2016-Apr-4]

All's Well that Ends Well theatrical performance (2016-Apr-16 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2016-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The MuCCC will host a performance by the Shakespeare Players of All's Well that Ends Well by William Shakespeare.
Dr. Cece McFarland, the director, has chosen a fairy-tale setting for this fantastical comedy in which Helena, a woman of modest birth, pursues her true love, the well-born Bertram. Helena's questionable tactics are marked by the intrigue and comic trickery for which Shakespeare is known, and, of course, give rise to the famous saying about how things turn out.
[source: MuCCC website, 2016-Apr-4]

Rochester International Film Festival screening (2016-Apr-16 @ 8 p.m.)
2016-04-16 20:00 - 21:47 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
A screening of the Rochester International Film Festival will be in the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman Museum featuring:

Remember When (Swati Srivastava, Bayshore, NY, 23 min.): "'You can't seem to remember. I can't seem to forget.' – a perspective on Alzheimer's disease."
59 Days of Independence: With the Children of Galloya (Njogu Touray, Ian Massry, and Lawrence Williams, The Gambia, 7 min.): "An artist makes 59 kites to celebrate the independence days of 59 countries that gained freedom from British colonization."
Anrath (Gregor Hoeppner, Germany, 19 min.): "October 1944. When a 60-year old Jewish woman is being deported by an elderly village policeman, fate seems to throw obstacles in the way of their journey to the train that she must take."
Chip (Pete Ireland, Australia, 3 min.): "From the summit of the rock god mountain, through the iconic pop culture milestones of the 70s, there have been two constants: time and Chip Monck. But time waits for no rock god."
Business Ethics (Nick Wernham, Canada, 23 min.): "Deciding that the rewards of fraud could outweigh the eventual costs, Zachary runs a Ponzi scheme, in spite of the knowledge that he will eventually face the consequences."
It Had Wings (Ellen Hemphill and Jim Haverkamp, Chapel Hill, NC, 10 min.): "An old widow, alone at home, sees something heavenly and wounded fall into her backyard. Kindness becomes what might save us yet.."
The Apology (Yu Shibuya, Japan, 22 min.): "What if an apology took 100 years to reach you?"

[source: Rochester International Film Festival website, 2016-Apr-4]

Cue The Lights comedy theater performance
2016-04-16 20:00 - 22:00 | New Life Presbyterian Church, 243 Rosedale St., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
Cue Lights — a zany romp of lighthearted fun that shows what happens when the lights come up and go back out again. This Polite Ink. show is a mix of original sketches and improv with audience participation. It's perfect for date night and girls night alike. See, there will be lights. Highlights. Lowlights. Nuts lightly salted… wait, what? You get the picture. There will be lots and lots of lights. You. Will. Laugh.
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2016-Apr-4]

The Witch screening (2016-Apr-16 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2016-04-16 20:55 - 22:27 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Witch (Robert Eggers, U.S. / U.K. / Canada / Brazil 2015, 92 min.) "A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2016-Apr-13]

Krypton 88 musical performance
2016-04-16 21:00 - 23:00 | Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point Dr., Rochester, New York, 14623, United States
The Lovin' Cup will host rockin' rockabilly from Krypton 88. [source: Lovin' Cup website, 2016-Apr-4]

5Head musical performance (2016-Apr-16 @ 10 p.m.)
2016-04-16 22:00 - 2016-04-17 00:00 | Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd., Henrietta, New York, 14623, United States
A 5head show feels like an illegal party. Not the kind where the cops come because it's too loud, but the kind that the government might try to ban because it's too much fun. With seemingly boundless energy, they dish out fiercely solid rhythm section grooves underneath traditionally catchy ska guitar stabs, all while sometimes sweet and sometimes red hot horn harmonies duke it out with front man Rob Reed's freight train inspired vocals. From a songwriting perspective, what makes 5head stand out among the legions of other ska bands is simple: hook. That thing that catches your ear and makes something new seem familiar. From the bass lines to the chord progression, from the vocal melody to the horns lines, hook is king.
[source: Sticky Lips website, 2016-Apr-4]

All's Well that Ends Well theatrical performance (2016-Apr-17 @ 2 p.m.)
2016-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Wake (Subic) screening
2016-04-17 14:00 - 18:37 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Wake (Subic) (John Gianvito, U.S. 2015, 277 min., DCP, Tagalog w/subtitles).
First begun in 2006, Wake (Subic) completes the documentary diptych For Example, the Philippines, the first part of which, Vapor Trail (Clark), was released in 2010. Collectively, this nine-hour essay explores circumstances of toxic contamination around the former U.S. military bases in the Philippines as the locus for a meditation on historical amnesia, colonial privilege, and the consequences of unchecked militarism. Interweaving both cinema verité and interview footage of Filipino victims and their families, environmental spokespersons, and community activists, along with early photographic material pertaining to the Philippine-American War, partisan songs, historical texts, and landscape photography, both films are an attempt to construct a work capable of rendering some measure of this human and environmental tragedy and the complexities of its remedy.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Apr-4]

Ganondagan—History In Your Backyard lecture
2016-04-17 14:30 - 15:30 | Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd., Penfield, New York, 14526, United States
Harvey Limbeck, longtime volunteer trail guide, interpreter, and outreach representative from Ganondagan in Victor, New York, will discuss the Iroquois Confederacy, its origin, lifestyle of its residents, their interaction with European settlers, the fur trade, and the Beaver Wars.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2016-Apr-4]

The Revenant screening (2016-Apr-17 @ 3:30 p.m.)
2016-04-17 15:30 - 18:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot screening (2016-Apr-17 @ 7 p.m.)
2016-04-17 19:00 - 20:52 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Rita Collective musical performance
2016-04-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
The Rita Collective is a chamber group that plays original and world music with a jazz slant. Performances by the Rita Collective include original compositions written for the group's unusual instrumentation — bass clarinet, marimba, acoustic bass, and percussion — melodies from the Middle-East or Africa, re-invented jazz tunes from one of the masters like Miles, and re-imagined pop tunes from Rage Against the Machine or the Beatles. The unifying thread for this group is the improvisatory approach to the music, and the deft playfulness of the musicians that create it. The group has a sound and feeling rarely found in the jazz world. The bass clarinet is at times hauntingly lyrical and at other times deeply sinister, a fascinating compliment to the beautiful woody tones of the marimba. Acoustic bass supports the melodies with a strength and warmth that rounds out the group, and an altered drum kit reaches beyond the traditional color palette of drum set to infuse the music with a diverse world beat. Together, these wooden instruments resonate with a warmth and clarity that connects the listener to the music.
[source: Bop Shop website, 2016-Apr-4]

The Witch screening (2016-Apr-17 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2016-04-17 20:55 - 22:27 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Inter Arma, Sulaco, Stars Malign musical performances
2016-04-17 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2016-Apr-4]

Goldfinger screening (2016-Apr-18 @ 1:30 p.m.)
2016-04-18 13:30 - 15:20 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, U.K. / U.S. 1964, 110 min., 35mm).
Goldfinger represents the moment the Bond series cemented itself as a cultural icon. Featured are all the tropes that would appear consistently throughout the series: a narcissistic super villain, a henchman with whimsical fighting skills (a deadly hat!), a bawdy-named love interest, a gadget-equipped car, and a big climactic action set piece. It also has the first traces of a feminist outlook for the series, with franchise-favorite Bond Girl Pussy Galore holding her own. After going international in the first two films, the series narrowed its focus for the third, resulting in a tightly written classic of the action genre. Featuring the iconic Shirley Bassey theme song to which all other Bond themes are compared.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Apr-4]

Rediscovering Frederick Douglas screening (2016-Apr-18 @ 6:30 p.m.)
2016-04-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Rediscovering Frederick Douglas (William Schwappacher, U.S. 2016)
Discussion to follow with Museum experts on how the photo was created and preserved. Free admission to the Eastman Museum's A History of Photography: Exploring Black History and Culture exhibit afterwards.
[source: City of Rochester, Rediscovering Frederick Douglass page, 2016-Apr-6]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot screening (2016-Apr-18 @ 7 p.m.)
2016-04-18 19:00 - 20:52 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Witch screening (2016-Apr-18 @ 8:55 p.m.)
2016-04-18 20:55 - 22:27 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Books Sandwiched In: "Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family" by Ellis Nutt
2016-04-19 12:12 - 12:52 | Bausch and Lomb Library Building, 110 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Pamela Barres will review Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family by Ellis Nutt at today's Books Sandwiched In in the Kate Gleason Auditorium in the Bausch and Lomb Library Building. [source: Monroe County Library website, 2016-Apr-4]

The Virgin Suicides screening
2016-04-19 18:30 - 20:07 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, U.S. 1999, 97 min.) as part of the Science on Screen series.
In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2016-Apr-4]

Made in Rochester: Music of Diamond, Hailstork, and Ratcliff
2016-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Irondequoit Public Library, 1290 Titus Ave., Rochester, New York, 14617, United States
Rochester has been home to many great musicians through the years; writing, playing and singing in different styles. Take some time to learn more about three Rochesterian composers and their music. The playlist will include: Cary Ratcliff's setting of poetry by Pablo Neruda, music that David Diamond wrote to the unusual request "Make me happy", and Hailstork's orchestral music on American themes.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2016-Apr-4]

Primary Day / Co-op Night film screenings
2016-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen "three short films that were originally made to promote co-ops to the public in the United States. They were filmed in the 1940s and 1950s, a time when enthusiasm and support for cooperatives was growing, but which was ultimately stifled, at least in part, by the general fear of socialist-like activities raised by McCarthyism in the mid-1950s." The films will include a discussion with Jim Deluca. The films are:

The Co-ops Are Comin (U.S. 1941, 31 min., silent with live music): "Using animation and live action, this film documents a co-op tour party through the Midwest in the early 1950s. It takes the audience to different consumer-owned co-ops, including a department store, a hatchery, a farm bureau, an oil refinery, and a power supply station."
Here Is Tomorrow (Herbert Kerkow, Willard Van Dyke, U.S. 1942, 26 min.): "The cooperative movement's first sound motion picture with a story, 'Here is Tomorrow' was released for distribution on January 1, 1942. It was produced by Documentary Film Productions, Inc., under the direction of Herbert Kerkow and Willard Van Dyke, for The Cooperative League of the U. S. A."
How to Get Cooperation" (David A. Smart, U.S. 1950, 11 min.): "'How to Get Cooperation' was created in 1950 to educate the public about the benefits of cooperation. We meet a high school film projecting club and a community that needs its road paved that learn how working together helps them achieve their goals. It's a surprisingly inspiring exploration of cooperation as a social model with plenty of vintage style, including a 1950s narrator who outlines a few basic techniques for working together towards a common goal."

(Editor's note: none of these films appear in IMDb.) [source: Facebook, 2016-Apr-4]
