The Wife screening (2018-Nov-4 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-04 19:00 - 20:40 (America/New_York) | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Wife (BjÃ¶rn Runge, U.S. 2017, 100 min.) "A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2018-Oct-31]

Buffalo Jazz Octet musical performance (2018-Nov-4 @ 8 p.m.)
2018-11-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
The Buffalo Jazz Octet has performed since 2011, combining the power and compositional intricacy of a large ensemble with the flexibility and dynamism of a small improvising combo. The octet collaborated with saxophone legend Joe Ford (of various McCoy Tyner bands) in 2015, and the band's members have worked individually with such internationally noted musicians as Buddy Morrow, Bruce Johnstone, Paul Smoker, Paul Bley, and William Parker. Pausalive, the group's debut album, came out on Cadence Jazz Records in April 2017. The octet has appeared at the 2014 and 2015 Queen City Jazz Festivals, Villa Maria College, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, and Pausa Art House, and will kick off the 2017 Northwest Jazz Festival in Lewiston, NY.
[source: Bop Shop website, 2018-Oct-29]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-4 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-04 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Love, Gilda (Lisa Dapolito, U.S. 2018, 88 min.) "In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), Love Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2018-Oct-31]

Audience Choice — Best of the Fest Documentary screening
2018-11-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Little Theatre #1 will screen this year's High Falls Film Festival Audience Choice — Best of the Fest Documentary. [source: 2018 High Falls Film Festival website, 2018-Oct-29]

Don't Leave Me This Way lecture
2018-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14610, United States
Don't Leave Me This Way is the funny, inspiring, true story of a woman's fight for her life and dignity—and her determined quest to awaken an entrenched, unfeeling medical community to the fact that there's always a human being inside every patient.
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2018-11-05 19:00 - 20:30 | University of Rochester River Campus, Intercampus Dr. & Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
In the Louis A. Alexander Palestra at the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center on the UofR River Campus, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will present a lecture titled Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White" The basketball icon, activist, author, actor, and ambassador, will speak and take part in a student roundtable for the first in a series called Dean's Initiative: Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change, presented by Donald Hall, the University's Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences and Engineering.. The Washington Post has called Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "a vital, dynamic and unorthodox cultural voice." In this thought-provoking keynote Kareem takes on the issues that are deeply dividing America: racism, economic inequality, social injustice, the power of the media and more. Speaking from the heart and calling upon his personal experiences as an African-American and Muslim, he focuses on the solutions that could unite us and inspires younger generations to continue the path towards change. "They need a road map of what's possible—and how to get there," he has said. In this his inspiring presentation, Kareem provides a blueprint for positive action.
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-5 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-05 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Audience Choice Best of the Fest – Narrative Film screening
2018-11-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Little Theatre #1 will screen this year's High Falls Film Festival Audience Choice — Best of the Fest Narrative Film. [source: 2018 High Falls Film Festival website, 2018-Oct-29]

Eastman Wind Ensemble musical performance (2018-Nov-5 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2018-11-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Eastman School of Music Calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-5 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-05 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Books Sandwiched-In: Why baseball matters by Susan Jacoby, reviewed by Patti Singer
2018-11-06 12:12 - 12:52 | Bausch and Lomb Library Building, 110 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a Books Sandwiched-In lecture with Patti Singer reviewing Why baseball matters by Susan Jacoby.
A passionate and careful analysis into why our 'national pastime' is losing young fans, including the non-timed structure of the game in an age of digital distraction.
[source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library mailing, 2018-Sep-11]

Sex is Like Pizza discussion
2018-11-06 18:00 - 19:00 | University of Rochester River Campus, Intercampus Dr. & Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
In Genesee Hall, Room 325 on the UofR River Campus is a discussion titled Sex is Like Pizza.
Tiffany Street (from Title IX) and Emmy Lobrutto (Restore) will be leading a discussion on the importance of affirmative consent. Grab a slice and talk about consent with us.
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Loving Vincent screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:00 - 20:34 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Loving Vincent (Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Poland/UK/US 2017, 94 min., DCP) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
The world's first fully oil-painted feature film brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life while exploring his complicated life and controversial death. First filmed as live action with actors, each of the 65,000 frames was then hand-painted in the style of van Gogh by 125 professional painters from around the world. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by van Gogh's masterpieces and eight hundred personal letters, the film captures the world of van Gogh in a cinematic experience like no other. Armand Roulin, who was himself a subject of van Gogh's paintings, is wrapped up in trying to figure out whether van Gogh actually killed himself or was murdered. During his quest, he discovers how great an artist van Gogh actually was. The winner of several international awards, including the European Film Award For Best Animated Feature, and a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Film.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble musical performance (2018-Nov-6 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2018-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Kilbourn Hall at Eastman School of Music, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-6 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-06 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Pressing On: The Letterpress Film screening
2018-11-07 18:00 - 19:39 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Pressing On: The Letterpress Film (Erin Beckloff, Andrew P. Quinn, U.S. 2016, 99 min.) as part of the Rochester Advertising Federation's R/ADWEEK 2018.
The modern world was born on a printing press. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: Why has letterpress survived? Worlds of each character emerge as unusual narratives—joyful, mournful, reflective and visionary—are punctuated with on-screen visual poetry, every shot meticulously composed. Captivating personalities blend with wood, metal and type as young printers strive to save this historic process in a film created for the designer, type nerd, historian and collector in us all.
[source: Eventbrite listing, 2018-Nov-1]

Opening Reception: 8th Annual Art of the Book
2018-11-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Rundel Library Building, 115 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Rundel Library Building is the Opening Reception for the 8th Annual Art of the Book, on display through January 9, 2019. [source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library mailing, 2018-Sep-11]

Komunia (Communion) screening
2018-11-07 18:45 - 19:57 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Komunia (Communion, Anna Zamecka, Poland 2016, 72 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
In her film debut, filmmaker and anthropologist Anna Zamecka places her camera right in the middle of the family of Ola, a teenage girl who almost singlehandedly cares for her little brother Nikodem and her alcoholic father. Her mother is completely out of the picture, as she moved in with her new boyfriend some time ago, but Ola still lives in the hope of bringing her back home. Nikodem's Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up and Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-7 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-07 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) screening
2018-11-07 19:30 - 21:06 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden 1957, 96 min., 35mm, Swedish w/subtitles) as part of the Bergman Centennial series.
The most recognizable of Bergman's films, thanks to the iconic personalization of death as a hooded, robed, pale, and intimidating figure, The Seventh Seal is also the first to receive wide international acclaim, capturing the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Frequent Bergman collaborator Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block, a disillusioned knight returning from the Crusades only to find Denmark ravaged by the bubonic plague. Block meets the figure of death upon returning and, concerned about his own mortality, challenges Death to a chess match, believing that he can forestall his own demise as long as Death is distracted by the game.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Oct-29]

Eastman Wind Orchestra musical performance (2018-Nov-7 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2018-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States

Zimna wojna (Cold War) screening
2018-11-07 20:15 - 21:45 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Zimna wojna (Cold War, PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski, Poland / U.K. / France 2018, 90 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Academy Award-winning director returns with a passionate love story between a man and a woman who meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the couple are separated by politics, character flaws and unfortunate twists of fate — an impossible love story in impossible times.
Award for Best Director at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2019 Academy Awards. To get more information about this film, click here. 2018, 90 min. Poland, U.K., France Director: PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski Written by: PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski, Janusz GÅ‚owacki Principal Cast: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar [source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

Love, Gilda screening (2018-Nov-7 @ 8:40 p.m.)
2018-11-07 20:40 - 22:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Adler Hall, The Sugargliders, Siena Facciolo, Sugarbud musical performances
2018-11-07 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2018-Oct-29]

NCBI Rochester 30th Anniversary Gala
2018-11-08 17:30 - 21:00 | Arbor Loft, 17 Pitkin St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Eventbrite listing, 2018-Oct-1]

The Wife screening (2018-Nov-8 @ 7 p.m.)
2018-11-08 19:00 - 20:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Dywizjon 303 (Squadron 303) screening
2018-11-08 19:00 - 20:55 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Dywizjon 303 (Squadron 303, Denis DeliÄ‡, Poland / U.K. 2018, 115 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Based on real events, the film is inspired by Polish writer Arkady Fiedler's bestselling book and tells the story of the legendary 303 Squadron of Polish pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. From its formation in August 1940, the squadron was involved in numerous operations over Britain and mainland Europe. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane, they fought with a tenacity and skill that earned them the admiration of the whole British nation. The 303 Squadron shot three times more Luftwaffe planes than any other allied squadron.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Nov-6]

Film Series—Ha-Ha: Stand Up Comedy and Films from the VSW Collection
2018-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Hosted and curated by local comedian Woody Battaglia and Rochester's Brunch Town Comedy Collective, this program presents a variety of short films and stand-up comedy performances that add up to more than the sum of their punchlines.
[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2018-Nov-6]

Play Misty for Me screening
2018-11-08 19:30 - 21:12 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Play Misty for Me (Clint Eastwood, U.S. 1971, 102 min., 35mm) as part of the Eastwood as Director series.
Eastwood's first directorial effort is a thriller that puts him in a more vulnerable position than his previous star-making performances would allow. Dave Garver (Eastwood) is a womanizing disc jockey with an ex-girlfriend and a devoted fan, Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter), who calls him every night to request "Misty" by Erroll Garner. Following a not-so-accidental tryst, Dave tries to reconnect with his girlfriend, who is still unsure about his wandering ways. Meanwhile, Evelyn starts appearing at Dave's house unannounced, and becomes enraged when his attentions lie elsewhere. Her pursuit becomes more threatening, leaving Dave to wonder whether he can keep both himself and his girlfriend safe.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Nov-6]
