National Toy Hall of Fame Induction
2019-11-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Dr., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Bicycle Winter Class
2019-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | University of Rochester River Campus, Intercampus Dr. & Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
In UofR's Wilson Commons is a Bicycle Winter Class.
Join us to gain the confidence you need to bike to work! The Department of Transportation and Parking Management and the League of American Bicyclists present a series of instructional seminars on bicycle safety and basic bicycle maintenance.
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Wish You Were Here lecture: "Sculpting in Time" by Lena Herzog
2019-11-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Lena Herzog is multimedia artist, who, in addition to her recent projects in immersive art forms, has produced extensive bodies of photographic work while traveling the globe. From rock gardens in Venezuela and Brazil to monks in India and Tibet, her subjects illustrate life in its most intimate and raw form. Book signing follows.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Nov-4]

Egg Drop
2019-11-07 19:00 - 20:00 | University of Rochester River Campus, Intercampus Dr. & Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
The UofR will host an Egg Drop on the Third Floor of Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovations.
Can you build something to protect an egg from breaking when dropped from a height? Come and prove it in a friendly competition with us! Hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers.
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Rabindranath Tagore's ÅšÄntiniketan Essays: Religion, Spirituality and Philosophy presented by Medha Bhattacharyya
2019-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | New York
Medha Bhattacharyya discusses her new translation of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's rarely known collection of meditative essays, ÅšÄntiniketan (Abode of Peace), which looks at his ideas of universality; his socio-cultural location; and his reflections on Buddhism, Vaiá¹£á¹‡avism, BÄul philosophy, and the BhagavadgÄ«tÄ, and their contemporary relevance.
[source: Writers and Books website, 2019-Nov-4]

Lecture: "Sex in the Dark, Anyone?"
2019-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Hoyt Auditorium, University of Rochester Campus, Rochester, New York, United States
A panel of UofR Sex Experts answer all of your deepest, darkest questions about sex and relationships … in the dark! Come early to visit our engaging educational tables: What Size am I?, Lubrication Station, All About Sex Toys, and Turning on to Vagina and Penis Health. Then decorate yourself with glow sticks and head in for the show!
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Boze Cialo (Corpus Christi) screening
2019-11-07 19:00 - 20:55 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Boze Cialo (Corpus Christi, Jan Komasa, Poland 2019, 115 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Twenty year-old Daniel with a troubled past is incarcerated in a brutal youth detention center. He has developed a deep religious faith and secretly dreams of becoming a priest. Once paroled, he arrives in a small-town parish and pulls off an unlikely feat, convincing the villagers that he's a visiting priest. His evangelistic methods prove controversial among the inhabitants. However, with time, the teachings and charisma of the fake priest start making an impact on the community, scarred with grief after a tragic accident, whose repercussions have divided the town. Both Daniel and the villagers must come to conclusions that test their truth and their own faith. This extremely original project touches upon taboo subjects and brings up the question of social divisions and the complex spirituality of young people.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Ad Astra screening (2019-Nov-7 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-11-07 19:00 - 21:03 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Ad Astra (James Gray, U.S. / China 2019, 123 min.) "Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Oct-30]

Last Whispers screening
2019-11-07 19:30 - 20:16 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Last Whispers (Lena Herzog, U.S. 2016, 46 min., DCP). with an introduction by filmmaker Lena Herzog.
Last Whispers is an elegy about the mass extinction of languages. Multimedia artist Lena Herzog has collected samples of extinct and endangered idioms. Both spoken and sung, the historical recordings (speech, recitatives, incantations, songs, and ritual chants) are punctuated by the sound of digitally rendered gravitational waves of collapsing stars and supernovae. This oratorio is accompanied by a sequence of black-and-white video drone footage taken in natural landscapes and animation.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Nov-4]

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice screening (2019-Nov-7 @ 9:05 p.m.)
2019-11-07 21:05 - 22:40 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, U.S. 2019, 95 min.) "With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Oct-30]

Opening Reception: MudBooks
2019-11-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for MudBooks, on display through December 20.
Join us as we celebrate the second MudBooks exhibit. The MudBook Project partners a ceramic artist with a book artist, and the result is a work of art that marries the beauty and pliability of paper with hand-crafted ceramic covers. These one-of-a-kind books celebrate the collaborative spirit of the artisans. If you'd like to make one of your own, keep an eye out for our new MudBooks class in the spring!
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Nov-4]

Opening Reception: Photography and Politics
2019-11-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for Photography and Politics, on display through December 14.
How can images not only document political events but themselves be political acts? Question politics around them? React, subvert politics? Imagine a better world so it can be executed? Historically, artists reflect their contemporary moment. Photography and Politics is a nationally juried show by Stephanie Mercedes reflecting on how photographs can be pushed further.
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Nov-4]

Opening Reception: Good Things...come in small packages (2019-Nov-8 @ 6 p.m.)
2019-11-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for Good Things…come in small packages, on display through December 21. Good Things…come in small packages is an exhibit and sale dedicated to small, finely crafted ceramic art. All work is a personal, intimate size, with nothing over 8 inches. The show is juried by Renee Lopresti. [source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Nov-4]

Daniel Isn't Real, The Video Store Commercial screenings
2019-11-08 18:30 - 20:10 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival kicks off at The Cinema with a screening of Daniel Isn't Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, U.S. 2019, 96 min.), preceded by The Video Store Commercial (Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford, Canada 2019, 4 min.): "A desperate video store owner hires a crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a cursed VHS, suddenly all their lives are in danger, and—worse yet—the commercial may never get finished."
Living on his own for the first time, Manhattan college freshman Luke (Miles Robbins) is struggling to deal with his studies and artistic aspirations while caring for his mentally ill mother (Mary Stuart Masterson). As it all threatens to become too much for him, the reemergence of Luke's childhood imaginary friend Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger) appears to be the answer to all his troubles.
Daniel is everything Luke isn't: confident, effortlessly charming and charismatic. But as Daniel begins to assert himself into Luke's life in increasingly unsettling and dangerous ways, the stage is suddenly set for an all-out battle for Luke's very soul. Adam Egypt Mortimor (Some Kind Of Hate) delivers a tense and electrifying dive into the frightening nature of trauma and mental illness, adding just a pinch of unnerving body horror to this stylish psychological thriller.

[source: Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival website, 2019-Nov-4]

Storytelling
2019-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Boulder Coffee, South Wedge, 100 Alexander St., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
[source: Facebook, 2019-Nov-4]

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach screening
2019-11-08 19:30 - 21:03 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (Louise Osmond, U.K. 2016, 93 min., DCP) as part of the Labor Film Series.
With thirty credits to his name—all of them dealing with the oppression of workers by their bosses, their government, or even their unions—Ken Loach has become "Filmmaker to the Working Class." His films have been a staple of the Rochester Labor Film Series (we've screened eight of them!). Our tribute begins with Versus, a recent documentary that traces Loach's career from his early years at the BBC to his prizewinning features, following the evolution of his concerns and methods.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Nov-4]

Mike Recine comic performance
2019-11-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Comedy at The Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd., Rochester, New York, 14610, United States
Mike Recine is either the smartest dumb guy or the dumbest smart guy in the room. He's performed stand-up on Conan, written for the MTV Video Music Awards, performed as a New Face in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, and been nominated for Time Out New York's Joke of the Year. Since his first open mic as a teenager in Jersey, he's performed at nearly every comedy venue in NYC, blending observation and personal storytelling with a pitch-perfect dark wit. Catch him live across NYC to see one of the only guys Brooklyn hipsters and Jersey slobs can agree on.
[source: Comedy @ the Carlson website, 2019-Nov-4]

Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution screening
2019-11-08 21:00 - 22:30 | Strong National Museum of Play, 1 Manhattan Square Dr., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Strong National Museum of Play will host a screening of Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution (Josh Tsui, U.S. 2018).
The film follows the untold story of a small team of geeks working in the back of a Chicago pinball factory and find out how the group began the last great era of the arcades. Introduction by director Josh Tsui, and Q&A session with with pinball experts, including Ken Fedesna.
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Fox Sisters musical performance
2019-11-08 21:00 - 23:00 | Lux Lounge, 666 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
[source: WNY Shows website, 2019-Nov-4]

Reckoning with Collapse with Miki Kashtan
2019-11-09 10:00 - 18:00 | Coordinated Care Services, Inc., 1099 Jay St., Building J, 3rd floor, Rochester, New York, 14611, United States
Miki Kashtan will teach a workshop titled Reckoning with Collapse at Coordinated Care Services, Inc..
This workshop is an opportunity to learn and engage with others who are also grappling with the overwhelming information and grim prospects that humanity faces, most specifically with climate change, as well as other crises.
Our collective challenge is to find a way to turn around many millennia of patriarchal ways: negation of life; separation from ourselves and from each other; pervasive powerlessness; lack of trust in what's enough; insistence that we are masters of nature and that nature is separate from us; and hubris about our ability to do so without destroying everything on which we depend. Sink in with us and find your way as an individual and within whatever community you are part of.

[source: M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence website, 2019-Nov-4]

Shocking! Spooky! Saturday Shorts screening
2019-11-09 10:15 - 12:06 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will host a screening of Shocking! Spooky! Saturday Shorts as part of Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival featuring:

Toe (Chad Thurman, Neal O'Bryan, USA 2019, 7 min.): "Horror, A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something comes to his bedroom wanting it back."
La Llorona (H. J. Leonard, India 2019, 23 min., Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles): "After a harsh breakup, Pranay decides to ease the pain with a night of heavy drinking. Little does he know that his life is about to change when he encounters a young undead bride looking for revenge."
Look Twice (Kyle Wilson, USA 2018, 8 min.): "Sci-Fi, A night surveillance security guard spots a trespasser on the property, then regrets grabbing their attention once he realizes the intruder is paranormal."
The Original (Michelle Garza Cervera, U.K. 2019, 13 min.): "Sci-Fi, A couple struggles with letting go, dependency, and the extreme choices we are willing to make in pursuit of happiness."
Bar Fight (Benjamin R. Moody, USA 2019, 5 min.): "Action/Horror, When a terrifying machete-wielding cult walks into a bar, one bartender is in for the longest night of his life."
Labrys (BJ Colangelo, USA 2019, 7 min.): "Sci-Fi/Action, First dates are always nerve-wracking, especially as you find out more about who the other person truly is."
corruption (Jason Ewert, USA 2019, 4 min.): "Experimental/Horror, With a new apartment, a writer descends into creativity and madness. Part of the 2019 Straight 8 film competition: one super 8 cartridge, no postproduction, filmed in sequence, original audio track composed without seeing the film."
Five Course Meal (James Cadden, Canada 2019, 6 min.): "Horror, Mark and Jenny agree to take part in a mysterious experiment for money. Things get exceptionally messy."
Capitán Kinesis (Carles Jofre, Spain 2019, 11 min., Spanish with English subtitles): "Fantasy, Sebastián is a retired superhero who lives alone in a small flat. He leads a quiet life and it's been ages since he last used his powers, but an unexpected visit puts his world at risk."
Stari Grad (Old Town, Jack Beck, USA/Croatia 2018, 9 min., Croatian with English subtitles): "Sci-Fi/Fantasy, A boy, hiding from artillery fire, makes a wish for peace, with unexpected results."
The Boogeywoman (Erica Scoggins, USA 2019, 18 min.): "Horror, In the fever of her first period, a curious teenager is drawn to her small town's local legend, only to find that the 'Boogeywoman' is flesh and blood—the mother she never had."

[source: Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival website, 2019-Nov-4]

Reading with Martha Collins
2019-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 | New York
Martha Collins has just published her tenth book of poetry, Because What Else Could I Do. Her previous volumes include Admit One: An American Scrapbook, White Papers, and the book-length poem Blue Front, as well as the paired volumes Night Unto Night and Day Unto Day. Collins has also published four volumes of co-translated Vietnamese poetry, most recently Black Stars by Ngo Tu Lap, and co-edited, with Kevin Prufer, Into English: Poems, Translations, Commentaries. Founder of the Creative Writing Program at U.Mass.-Boston and former Professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin College, she currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[source: Writers and Books website, 2019-Nov-4]

Focus 45 discussion: "Relocating to America: A History of Photography through the Immigrant Lens" by Meghan Jordan and Jamie M. Allen
2019-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Meghan Jordan, curatorial assistant, and Jamie M. Allen, the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator, Department of Photography, will discuss their selections for the latest rotation in the History of Photography Gallery. This installation features photographs created by immigrants to this country, many of whom became naturalized citizens.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Nov-4]

Bacurau, NOM screenings
2019-11-09 13:00 - 15:22 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will host a screening of Bacurau (Juliano Dornelles, Kleber MendonÃ§a Filho, Brazil / France 2019, 131 min.) as part of Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival, preceded by NOM (Angel Hernández Suarez, Spain 2019, 11 min.): "An old cyclist sets off on a last journey with an uncertain end…"
In the midst of mourning a beloved village matriarch, the residents of a small rural Brazilian town Bacurau discover that their communications with the outside world have been cut off, and the town has been inexplicably erased from every map. Seeking answers, the citizens of Bacurau must band together if they have any hope of surviving this deadly threat from the outside world.
[source: Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival website, 2019-Nov-4]

Córka Trenera (A Coach's Daughter) screening
2019-11-09 15:00 - 16:35 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Córka Trenera (A Coach's Daughter, Åukasz Grzegorek, Poland 2018, 95 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival.
Full of subtle humor, a sensual and striking story about finding your own way in life regardless of how bright and exciting a future your parents have planned for you. Tennis coach MacIej is travelling with his 17-year-old daughter Wiktoria around Poland's provincial tennis courts in the hope of turning her into a tennis star. The two are inseparable; they have been training together for twelve years. Wiktoria meticulously follows her dad's routine: a strict diet, exhausting workouts, 100% focus, but she is growing tired of this and longs for some freedom. Soon MacIej will have to watch his own dreams and his daughter's plans go separate ways.
[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2019-Nov-4]

Photography and Politics: Conversation with Stephanie Mercedes
2019-11-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Stephanie Mercedes will discuss the exhibit Photography and Politics at the Flower City Arts Center.
Join us for an afternoon with Photography and Politics juror Stephanie Mercedes!
Stephanie Mercedes is a Argentinian/American performance artist who graduated from Smith College with a degree in Latin American Politics and Studio Art. Mercedes has performed and exhibited in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland and the U.S.

[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Nov-4]

Extra Ordinary,Night of the Living Shred screenings
2019-11-09 18:30 - 20:04 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will host a screening of Extra Ordinary (Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman, Ireland / Belgium 2019, 94 min.) as part of Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival, preceded by Night of the Living Shred (Boris Sapozhnikov, U.S. 2018, 5 min.): "A pair of skateboarders fight for their lives when the dead rise from the grave for one last ride."
Following a tragic accident from her past, sweet, mild-mannered Rose (comedian Maeve Higgins) has turned her back on her supernatural ghost-whispering abilities to focus on her job as a small-town driving instructor. But when desperate Martin (Barry Ward) contacts Rose to help save his daughter from the clutches of a past-his-prime rocker star (Will Forte) who's made a pact with the Devil to regain his fame, she must find a way to tap back into those talents again. And just maybe save the whole world in the process.
With charming performances, and hilariously weird special effects, Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman's hilarious and surprisingly sweet paranormal rom-com is about finding unexpected romance amidst ghostly possessions, virgin sacrifices, and gallons of gooey ectoplasm.

[source: Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival website, 2019-Nov-4]

Give Me Liberty screening
2019-11-09 19:30 - 21:20 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Give Me Liberty (Alice Austen, Kirill Mikhanovsky, U.S. 2019, 110 min., 35mm).
One of the breakouts of this year's Sundance Film Festival, this American independent follows Milwaukee medical transport driver Vic on a particularly stressful day. In addition to his regular clients, Vic is the only one that can transport his Russian grandfather and his émigré friends to a funeral, while taking on a suspicious relative of the deceased. When roads are closed due to a protest of police brutality, a new route delays his scheduled clients, particularly Tracy (social media star and physically disabled lifestyle influencer Lauren "Lolo" Spencer in a stunning debut), a vibrant young woman with ALS. As the day goes from hectic to off-the-rails, their collective ride becomes a hilarious, compassionate, and intersectional portrait of American dreams and disenchantment. The distributor, Music Box Films, made one 35mm print for this release. Come see this film the way you won't be able to see it anywhere else!
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Nov-4]

Saunt Yübear musical comedy performance
2019-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Comedy at The Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd., Rochester, New York, 14610, United States
Described in a newspaper article as having "dead-eyed confidence," sisters Gracie Walsh and Maddy Hubert are Saunt Yübear, a comedy music duo from Rochester, NY. Pulling inspiration from real-life experiences, their songs range in subject matter from banal office banter to gratuitous blog posts. Whether you've experienced the sting of a bad Yelp review or made a whole room of people uncomfortable after sharing your weird interests, these ladies have a harmonious hot take. They are fresh off of an award-winning trip to Flagstaff, AZ, where they won Best Musical Act at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, and won the Audience Choice Award at the NY Comedy Music Festival in NYC in May 2019.
[source: Comedy @ the Carlson website, 2019-Nov-4]

Sarah Borges and The Broken Singles featuring Eric "Roscoe" Ambel musical performance
2019-11-09 21:00 - 23:00 | Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
As rock phenoms go, Sarah Borges has never been easy to pin down. Since bursting onto the national scene in 2005 as the lead singer of the Broken Singles, she hasn't allowed a speck of dust to settle on her sound or her story. Instead, the Massachusetts native has just kept on moving and shaking.
She's gone from front woman to solo act, to front woman again. She's deftly navigated the weird road that winds from emerging artist to veteran performer. She's made seven records and racked up countless touring miles. She's collected shiny things, including an Americana Music Award nomination, multiple Boston Music Awards, and song credits on TV shows Sons of Anarchy and The Night Shift. Bands like Los Strait Jackets and Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys have brought her out on the road with them. Cowboy laureates Steve Berlin and Dave Alvin have lined up to collaborate with her.
As if all that wasn't fodder enough for a compelling rock 'n' roll narrative, in the last few years Sarah has been married and divorced, become a mother, and gotten sober. It's a whole lot of moving and shaking for someone who just turned 40, but don't expect to find her pumping the brakes anytime soon.
"I'm not slowing down," Borges says. "I'm gonna keep on seeking the next sound, the next song, the next chapter of who I am."

[source: Abilene Bar and Lounge website, 2019-Nov-4]
