At today's Focus 45 lecture, Heather Shannon will discuss Mexico and the Photographic Imagination. One of the oldest photographs in the museum's collection was made in Mexico in 1839, the year the invention of photography was announced in Paris. In … Continue reading
Volunteers from Wild Wings Inc. team up with Melissa Hart, author of the middle-grade novel Avenging the Owl (Sky Pony, 2016) for a family-friendly hour that's all about owls. Activities include the humorous "Raptors Rule!" slideshow, a brief reading from … Continue reading
In the Sunken Room at Genesee Center for the Arts, Collette V. Fournier will present Retrospective: Spirit of a People. Visiting artist Collette V. Fournier will present Retrospective: Spirit of a People, an historic embodiment of four decades of her … Continue reading
A night-time guided walking tour down the darkened streets off East Avenue. Follow lantern-bearing guides and encounter Rochesterians Recently Returned from the Grave, each with a true history gory story to perform. All on an incredibly atmospheric historic street. Our … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Bridget Jones's Baby (Sharon Maguire, Ireland / U.K. / France / U.S. 2016, 123 min.) "Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she … Continue reading
Terror stalks the Russian elite, while insurgents craft their bombs and plan for revolution. The Just Assassins, based on the true story of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905, explores the moral intersect of religion, socialism and … Continue reading
The Little will screen Halloween (John Carpenter, U.S. 1978, 91 min.) as part of the Saturday Night Rewind series. On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, U.S. 1983, 103 min., DCP). Democracy has never been as dangerous as when Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) touched the hand of politician Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) and received a vision of … Continue reading
In the Center Stage Theatre of the JCC is a performance of Church and State. " by Jason Odell Williams about guns, God, and social media in our political system."
The Cinema will screen Masterminds (Jared Hess, U.S. 2016, min.) "A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery."
The Little will screen Halloween II (, Rick Rosenthal, U.S. 1981, 92 min.) as part of the Saturday Night Rewind series. After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist … Continue reading