The Brownstone theatrical performance (2015-Aug-28 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2015-08-28 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The MuCCC will host The Brownstone by Laura A. Thomas.
In two days it will be Baby Duke Broadnax's birthday party. Lettie Jean, who has been away for two years, has come home to the Brownstone a few days early for Baby Duke's birthday. Why are Sister, Lettie Jean's oldest sibling, and Aunt Mae, the sister of Lettie Jean's mother, both so focused on Lettie Jean's welfare…and why is Miss Addy, owner of the Brownstone, her family homestead, selling it? Follow the conflicts and mysteries surrounding this African American family living out their lives in a Harlem, New York neighborhood, around 1978.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Aug-24]

The Duke of Burgundy screening (2015-Aug-28 @ 8 p.m.)
2015-08-28 20:00 - 21:44 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Duke of Burgundy (Peter Strickland, U.K. 2014, 104 min., DCP).
Sex, bondage, and butterflies: two women explore the extremes of carnal desire in this kinky, deliciously twisted tale of erotic obsession. In a crumbling European estate, butterfly researcher Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen) and her lover Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna) repeatedly enact a sadomasochistic role-playing game, with Cynthia as the stern mistress and Evelyn her subservient sex slave. But as the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and Cynthia grows increasingly uneasy with Evelyn's insatiable appetite for punishment, their relationship is pushed to the limit. Dripping with dreamlike imagery, Gothic atmosphere, and a lush chamber pop score by Cat's Eyes, this critically acclaimed, darkly comic erotic fantasia from the writer/director of Berberian Sound Studio is a seductive feast for the senses.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-Aug-24]

People Places Things screening (2015-Aug-28 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-08-28 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen People Places Things (James C. Strouse, U.S. 2015, 85 min.) "Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his young twin daughters and a classroom full of students while exploring and navigating the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Aug-26]

Meisner Technique class
2015-08-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States
The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner. As opposed to "the method," which develops acting from an internal source, through emotional recall, sense memory, etc., the Meisner technique creates the actor externally.
[source: Bread and Water Theatre e-mail, 2015-Aug-21]

The Wonders of Bim Art Opening
2015-08-29 14:00 - 19:00 | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States
Drea Bim is an artist of fascinating complexity and this particular exhibition will feature all the things that fascinate and terrorize her. Not the type of terror that has us pull the blankets over our head and tight around us, but rather the beautiful terror that can evolve from that, that we have to see and then keep seeing. Art will vary from two dimensional charcoal and ink/watercolor drawings to wall sculptures, stand alone pieces and suspended works of art.
[source: Bread and Water Theatre e-mail, 2015-Aug-21]

Community Dinner (2015-Aug-29 @ 4:30 p.m.)
2015-08-29 16:30 - 18:00 | Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St., Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
[source: Flying Squirrel website, 2015-Aug-24]

Southpaw screening (2015-Aug-29 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-08-29 19:00 - 21:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The cinema will screen southpaw (Antoine Fuqua, U.S. 2015, 124 min.) "Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Aug-26]

The Brownstone theatrical performance (2015-Aug-29 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2015-08-29 19:30 - 21:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Dog Day Afternoon screening (2015-Aug-29 @ 8 p.m.)
2015-08-29 20:00 - 22:09 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, U.S. 1975, 129 min., 35mm).
Based on a true story and set in the dog days of August 1972, Sidney Lumet's film is a gripping tale of a bank robbery gone wrong. Pacino, sweaty and anxious, delivers his most passionate and engaging performance as a driven man who robs a bank in order to pay for his lover's sex change operation and help support his family. Through an unexpected turn of events, Pacino becomes a reluctant local hero as various groups rally around his defiance of the social order and help bring the city of New York to a temporary standstill.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-Aug-24]

John Mooney, Hey Red musical performances
2015-08-29 20:30 - 22:30 | Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint, 830 Jefferson Rd., Henrietta, New York, 14623, United States
Throughout the years John Mooney has developed one of the most distinctive and easily identifiable guitar and vocal signatures of anyone alive today. Part of the original impetus for his interest in music may have filtered down from his grandfather, a musician himself. "He used to play the mandolin and banjo back in the 20's" says Mooney. "He even cut a couple of 78's for the Peerless label that I've heard. It was really hot stuff, a kind of raggy jazz." John left home at 15 and began playing with Joe Beard at about that same time. Joe introduced him to the first and most enduring influence on the development of Mooney's music, the legendary Delta blues singer, Ed "Son" House. Impressed by the 16 year old musician's talent, Son and John soon became friends. "I wasn't aware of what the opportunity meant, but I knew there was nobody better in Delta blues." Mooney cites Son's heavily rhythmic style having a strong influence on him. In fact, the way Mooney adapts acoustic playing to a modern electric format is one of his most distinctive trademarks.
[source: Sticky Lips website, 2015-Aug-24]

Silent on Fifth Street, Bouncing Betty musical performances
2015-08-29 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-Aug-24]

People Places Things screening (2015-Aug-29 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-08-29 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Duke of Burgundy screening (2015-Aug-30 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-08-30 14:00 - 15:44 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Southpaw screening (2015-Aug-30 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-08-30 19:00 - 21:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Bloomer, Downer State, The Roc City Ramblers musical performances
2015-08-30 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

People Places Things screening (2015-Aug-30 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-08-30 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Dog Day Afternoon screening (2015-Aug-31 @ 1:30 p.m.)
2015-08-31 13:30 - 15:39 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

String of Pearls musical performance
2015-08-31 18:30 - 19:30 | Monroe Branch Library, 809 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Please welcome back to Monroe that unique trio, "String of Pearls". This group has set itself apart from all the rest. Whatever your style this trio has it covered … Cowboy music, Americana, Country, Blues, Pop, Rock, Folk and Bluegrass. Their performances have received glowing reviews.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2015-Aug-24]

Open Mic Comedy hosted by Bob Holzwarth, Carol Roberts
2015-08-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Writers and Books website, 2015-Aug-24]

Southpaw screening (2015-Aug-31 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-08-31 19:00 - 21:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

People Places Things screening (2015-Aug-31 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-08-31 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Raven, Clyde, Blizzaro musical performances
2015-08-31 22:00 - 2015-09-01 00:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Southpaw screening (2015-Sep-1 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-09-01 19:00 - 21:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Old Ironsides screening
2015-09-01 20:00 - 21:59 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Old Ironsides (James Cruze, U.S. 1926, 119 min., 35mm) with live piano by Philip C. Carli.
We start our fall Silent Tuesdays with one of the great sea epics of film history, about the United States' first conflict with a foreign power and the crucial role taken by the iconic sailing warship USS Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides" because cannonballs seemed to just bounce off her wooden hull. A tale of cunning pirates, brave navy sailors, and romance fitted into the whole framework, director James Cruze creates tremendous visual sweep—in its original screenings, an early widescreen process was used at key moments—and storytelling panache while dashing Charles Farrell, stunning Esther Ralston, and crusty seamen Wallace Beery and George Bancroft give their all as they are besieged by foes from "the shores of Tripoli."
[source: Dryden website, 2015-Aug-24]

Malarchuk, King Buffalo, Colonel Parmisan musical performances
2015-09-01 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

People Places Things screening (2015-Sep-1 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-09-01 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Southpaw screening (2015-Sep-2 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-09-02 19:00 - 21:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Look of Silence screening
2015-09-02 20:00 - 21:43 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer and Anonymous, Denmark/Finland/Indonesia/Norway/U.K. 2014, 103 min., DCP, Indonesian w/ subtitles).
The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful companion piece to the Oscar-nominated The Act of Killing. Through Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.
[source: Dryden website, 2015-Aug-24]

Bat House, Fish God, Wisdom Kids musical performances
2015-09-02 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

People Places Things screening (2015-Sep-2 @ 9:10 p.m.)
2015-09-02 21:10 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
