Ben is Back screening (2019-Feb-5 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-05 19:00 - 20:43 (America/New_York) | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-30]

La vie de BohÃ¨me screening (2019-Feb-5 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-02-05 19:30 - 20:41 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen La vie de BohÃ¨me (Albert Capellani, U.S. 1916, 71 min., 35mm) with live piano by Philip C. Carli as part of the Winter Romance series.
Hewing closer to Henri Murger's original 1851 text than the Puccini opera that made the story famous, this film uses high production values to tell the tale of young people living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the mid-1800s. Mimi, who had been abandoned as a baby to a convent, takes a job as a barmaid and falls in love with Rudolphe, a poet from a well-to-do family, but both friends and family strive to keep them apart. French filmmakers working in the United States bring excellent set and costume design, as well as cinematography and direction to this classic tragic romance. A young Alice Brady (My Man Godfrey) surprises in one of her earliest extant films.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-28]

The Guilty screening (2019-Feb-5 @ 8:45 p.m.)
2019-02-05 20:45 - 22:10 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Guilty (Gustav MÃ¶ller, Denmark 2018, 85 min.) "A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Jan-30]

Mary Lupien Campaign Kick-off Event
2019-02-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Radio Social, 20 Carlson Rd., Rochester, New York, 14610, United States
I've been working hard the past two years since I announced my first City Council bid in 2017. l've strengthened my roots as an activist, advocate, and organizer. I've been organizing supporting renters' rights for safe, quality, affordable homes. I've advocated for our police be held accountable to communities they serve. I've supported efforts to improve public transit system and to make our city more walkable and bikeable. And I've fought for an open process for deciding the best use for this city's beloved gathering place. I would be honored to continue this work and to be your partner and ally on City Council!
[source: Mary Lupien e-mail, 2019-Jan-30]

Ground and Sky Rochester Poetry Series (2019-Feb-6 @ 6 p.m.)
2019-02-06 18:00 - 20:30 | Before Your Quiet Eyes, 439 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Poetry is the magic lifting the carpet to reveal, just now, just this. Come and offer and bring sacred trust, building healthy community, together.
[source: Rochester Spoken Word website, 2019-Jan-28]

Ben is Back screening (2019-Feb-6 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-06 19:00 - 20:43 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

O Estranho Caso de Angélica (The Strange Case of Angelica) screening
2019-02-06 19:30 - 21:07 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen O Estranho Caso de Angélica (The Strange Case of Angelica, Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/Spain/France/Brazil 2010, 97 min., 35mm, Portuguese w/subtitles) as part of the Filmmaking at 80 series.
In this supernatural romance, photographer Isaac (Ricardo TrÃªpa) is summoned by a wealthy family to create a funerary portrait of Angelica (Pilar López de Ayala), who died suddenly and mysteriously after her wedding. To Isaac's astonishment, Angelica appears to come to life through his lens, and from that moment he is haunted by her spirit and by love. The film is set in the present while reminiscent of the past, perhaps because director Manoel de Oliveira wrote the script in 1952 but directed the film in 2010 at the age of 101. The Portuguese centenarian lived to be the world's oldest director with a career spanning from the silent era to his death in 2015.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Jan-28]

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra musical performance (2019-Feb-6 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2019-02-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Eastman School of Music Calendar, 2019-Jan-28]

Ryan Yarmel, Hotel Cadillac and The Sugargliders, Madeleine McQueen musical performances
2019-02-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Abilene Bar and Lounge website, 2019-Jan-28]

The Guilty screening (2019-Feb-6 @ 8:45 p.m.)
2019-02-06 20:45 - 22:10 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

EMDR, Everdene Holler, Cu-Cu, Black Cat Harriet musical performances
2019-02-06 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2019-Jan-28]

Humanities Center Public Lecture, Jennifer Lackey, "Extracted Evidence: False Confessions and Testimonial Injustice"
2019-02-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, 755 Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
Why do confessions often swamp all other evidence in the United States criminal justice system? I show that the answer to this question involves a distinctive kind of testimonial injustice, one that results from extracted evidence receiving an unwarranted excess of credibility. This normative framework adapted from philosophy allows social scientists and legal scholars to better understand the wrongs suffered due to false confessions.
[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2019-Feb-4]

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration screening
2019-02-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (Martyn Atkins, U.S. 2019, 120 min.)
Join an incredible array of singers and musicians who came together to honor one of the world's most remarkable artists, Joni Mitchell, on her 75th birthday. The hand-selected group of peers and protégés including Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos with La Marisoul, Cesar Castro and Xochi Flores, Graham Nash, Seal, James Taylor, Rufus Wainwright and more paid tribute to the iconic artist, performing songs from all stages of Mitchell's life and career, across her entire catalog of 19 studio albums. Captured over two nights in November 2018 by The Music Center at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, the entire concert, along with special behind-the-scenes interviews with the artists, will be shown in movie theaters for one night, Thursday, February 7.
As an artist, Mitchell performed with an emotional honesty that resonated with a wide audience. The unifying effect of Mitchell's music rings out with a closing group singalong to "Big Yellow Taxi" during which Mitchell herself is captured on camera. But the biggest moment, the most emotional, is saved for the end when the celebrated singer takes to the stage to blow out candles on a cake after the crowd serenades her with "Happy Birthday."

[source: Little Theatre website, 2019-Jan-28]

The Magician's Cape theatrical performance
2019-02-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Using layered soundscapes, song, and prose, Hnossa's Didrik Soderstrom presents this original adaptation of a Swedish folktale. A wizard and would-be kidnapper tells a story of his defeat at the hands of a dastardly kind child. Hnossa returns to Writers and Books following critically acclaimed performances at the Rochester Fringe.
[source: Writers and Books website, 2019-Feb-4]

Ben is Back screening (2019-Feb-7 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-07 19:00 - 20:43 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Daughters of the Dust screening
2019-02-07 19:30 - 21:22 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, U.S. 1991, 112 min., DCP) followed by a panel discussion with Nicholle La Vann, Delores Jackson Radney, and Tess Padmore as part of the Black Female Filmmakers series. (And in conjunction with the Black Cinema Series, a partnership between the Rochester Association of Black Journalists and the Little Theatre.)
With Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash became the first African American woman to direct a feature that gained general theatrical release in the United States. The story follows the Peazants, a Gullah family, who are descendants of Central and West African enslaved people, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in 1902. A family dinner reunites three generations before members choose either to leave for a modern way of life on the mainland or to remain on the island to maintain their Gullah roots and way of life. The film is known for its lush visuals, scenery, and costumes—which served as major influences on Beyoncé's 2016 visual album Lemonade—as well as its emotional depth in portraying the past, present, and future coming together.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Feb-4]

The Guilty screening (2019-Feb-7 @ 8:45 p.m.)
2019-02-07 20:45 - 22:10 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Walk the Walk: Encounters with Rochester's African-American Ancestors (2019-Feb-8 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Memorial AME Zion Church, 549 Clarissa St., Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
Enjoy this free entertaining and moving evening of theatre, as African-Americans from Rochester's past come to life to share their stories. Share the experiences of Rochesterians from the past, as you meet notables such as Frederick Douglass and Austin Steward — as well as those who may not be as well known, such as Bessie Hamm. Musical performances round out the evening. Appropriate for adults and families — all are welcome!
[source: Landmark Society website, 2019-Feb-4]

If Beale Street Could Talk screening (2019-Feb-8 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-08 19:00 - 20:59 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, U.S. 2018, 119 min.) "A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Feb-6]

Ammore e malavita (Love and Bullets) screening
2019-02-08 19:30 - 21:43 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Ammore e malavita (Love and Bullets, Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti, Italy 2017, 133 min., DCP, Italian w/subtitles).
An off-the-wall comedy-musical-thriller, this film won five Donatello awards in Italy, including Best Picture. After being ambushed and shot in a very uncomfortable place, crime boss Don Vincenzo thinks it may be time to hang up his guns. His cinephile wife concocts a plan based on the James Bond adventure You Only Live Twice wherein they would fake Vincenzo's death so they could take their diamonds and retire someplace far away. The only thing standing in the way of their plan is a nurse who sees the Don alive. When it turns out that the nurse is the long-lost love of the Don's bodyguard, he must choose between love and loyalty. Filled with hilarious song-and-dance numbers, including an adaptation of "Flashdance. . . What a Feeling," this film is like nothing you've seen before.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Feb-4]

Who Will Write Our History screening (2019-Feb-8 @ 9 p.m.)
2019-02-08 21:00 - 22:35 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Who Will Write Our History (Roberta Grossman, U.S. 2018, 95 min.) "Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they lived. The film is based on the book of the same name by historian Samuel Kassow." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Feb-6]

Valentine's Day Card Printing (2019-Feb-9 @ 10 a.m.)
2019-02-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Will you be our Valentine? Come join us in our Printmaking and Bookarts Studio and make a one of a kind Valentine's Day card. Create the perfect, thoughtful, hand-made gift for you to give to someone special. This event is family-friendly!
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Feb-4]

Focus 45: The Photographer in the Garden
2019-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 | George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The George Eastman Musuem will host a Focus 45 lecture by Jamie M. Allen titled The Photographer in the Garden.
From famous locations to the simplest home vegetable garden, from worlds imagined by artists to vintage family snapshots, The Photographer in the Garden (Aperture and George Eastman Museum, 2018) traces the garden's rich history in photography and delights readers with spectacular images.
At this talk, Jamie M. Allen, Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator in the Department of Photography and author of the book's essay, will explore the relationships between photography, botanical images, and the cultivated landscape. Her talk will span the history of photography, starting with the medium's invention in the nineteenth century. She will point out important photographic processes along the way—from daguerreotype to digital photography—while discussing the work of diverse photographers, including Anna Atkins, Edward Steichen, Imogen Cunningham, Stephen Shore, Abelardo Morell, Andrew Buurman, Tanya Marcuse, Sharon Core, Ori Gersht, Rachel Sussman, and Brad Temkin.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Feb-4]

Attica screening
2019-02-09 14:00 - 15:20 | Visual Studies Workshop, 31 Prince St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
VSW will host a screening of Attica (Cinda Firestone, U.S. 1974, 80 min.) and additional footage in conjunction with Enough is Enough.
Enough is Enough (EIE) is a grassroots activist organization with a mission to support survivors of police brutality and to advocate policing reform in Rochester. They have chosen two powerful and unique works from the VSW Film/Video collection that tell the story of the 1971 uprising led by prisoners at the Attica Prison: Cinda Firestone's 1974 film Attica and outtakes from Attica Inmate Interviews, produced in 1972 by Rochester-based media activists Portable Channel. Both of these films were chosen for their honest portrayal of the event from the point of view of the prisoners who led the uprising, rather than through the inaccurate perspective of the popular media. Portable Channel producer Sanford Rockowitz, who conducted interviews with Attica inmates involved in the uprising, will participate in the discussion.
[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2019-Feb-4]

Futurism Now: Limitless Hope through Speculative Fiction
2019-02-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, 617 Main St., Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
What if your future dreams for society became the dominant narrative for hope in the present? How do we imagine a more liberated future for ourselves? This discussion group and creative workshop led by Black Magnolias will use speculative fiction—Afrofuturism, science fiction and fantasy—as a tool to create new worlds of hope and change. Participants will be engaged in using ideas of limitless technology, fantasy, and science to rewrite the world and walk away with a sci-fi story that replaces negative narratives with possibility and power.
[source: Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center website, 2019-Feb-4]

Ben is Back screening (2019-Feb-9 @ 4:15 p.m.)
2019-02-09 16:15 - 17:58 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Ben is Back (Peter Hedges, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) "A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2019-Feb-6]

Chili Cookoff (2019-Feb-9 @ 4:30 p.m.)
2019-02-09 16:30 - 19:30 | Flower City Arts Center (formerly Genesee Center for Arts and Education), 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Select a beautiful handmade ceramic bowl from our Flower City potters. Sample a variety of meat and vegetarian chilis from over a dozen local restaurants. Vote for your favorites at this family-friendly event as you munch and mingle with friends of the Center! Buy tickets and more on the official event website.
[source: Flower City Arts Center website, 2019-Feb-4]

If Beale Street Could Talk screening (2019-Feb-9 @ 7 p.m.)
2019-02-09 19:00 - 20:59 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers screening
2019-02-09 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 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, U.S. 1954, 102 min., 35mm) as part of the Winter Romance series.
One of the greatest musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers relates the story of seven rough and brawny brothers living on an Oregon ranch in the 1850s. When the oldest comes home with a bride who tries to clean up and civilize the brothers, the younger six decide that they want to get married as well. Loosely based on the American short story "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was, in turn, derived from the ancient Roman myth of the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers features sequences of astonishing choreography and a classically happy ending.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2019-Feb-4]

Joe Fiedler musical performance: Open Sesame—Playing Sesame Street Classics
2019-02-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? Or more precisely, do you know how trombonist Joe Fiedler — an accomplished jazz improviser and bandleader with sideman credits including Andrew Hill, Charles Tolliver, Satoko Fuji and a host of others — became a music director and arranger for one of the most beloved children's shows in television history?
[source: Bop Shop website, 2019-Feb-4]
