The City's Bureau of Architecture and Engineering will hold the second in a series of public information meetings to discuss concepts for revitalizing one of Rochester's premier downtown waterfront sites, known as the Charles Carroll Plaza. Key attributes of this … Continue reading
The Dryden Theatre will host a Wish You Were Here lecture with Elena Dorfman discussing The Reconstructed Landscape. In recent years, Los Angeles-based photographer Elena Dorfman has shifted her lens from portraits of subcultures to contemplative American landscapes. Her labor-intensive … Continue reading
The Rochester Police Department will hold public forums to discuss the state of police-community relations as part of Mayor Lovely A. Warren's 90 Days of Community Engagement Initiative.
The Little Theatre will screen The Last Laugh (Ferne Pearlstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 85 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Ferne Pearlstein. The Last Laugh is a feature documentary … Continue reading
The High Falls Film Festival has partnered with Kodak to present the Shorts Shot on Film program. Shorts submitted to this year's festival, which were created using film, were entered into consideration for the second annual KODAK Vision Award, which … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising."
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The Dryden will screen Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, U.K. 1960, 101 min., 35mm) as part of the (In)visibility series. Viewed as reprehensible in its day (while Psycho, released in the U.K. the same year, enjoyed widespread acclaim), this psychological thriller … Continue reading
Join us for a fabulous opening party at The Penthouse at One East Avenue, offering views of the city skyline to Lake Ontario from the 11th floor wrap-around terrace and glass-walled party room. Mingle with visiting filmmakers and film fans … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess."
Since 2005, Lori Waxman has conducted a work of performance art about art criticism through her ongoing performance 60 wrd/min art critic. During these performances, Waxman reviews artwork by area artists and provides a brief written review on a first-come, … Continue reading
Meet the team from the New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television Development for a roundtable discussion of all things productive in New York State – tax credits, location scouting, finding stages and crew, and more. Whether … Continue reading
Engage with filmmakers and festival fans from a front-row-seat during an intimate and informal one-hour talk.
The Little Theatre will screen My Love Affair with the Brain : The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond (Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 61 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival … Continue reading
Genesee Center for the Arts will host an Opening Reception for Under Safelight with photographic works by Chris Holmquist, Jonathan Merritt, and Mark J. Watts, on display through January 7, 2017.