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The Dark Light theatrical performance (2015-Dec-13 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-12-13 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Bread and Water Theatre, 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States
Written during a time when stories of Sapphic love could not be expressed on the stage, Mercedes de Acosta has crafted a taut drama of unrequited love, passion and vengeance mirroring her own love affairs with some of the foremost women of her time. Set in Norway at the turn of the last century, Svanhild will stop at nothing to destroy her brother's chances of success, but underneath this veneer of animosity is a dark secret and a passionate love affair that could destroy them both. Part of the Rainbow Theater Festival.
[source: Bread and Water Theatre website, 2015-Dec-7]

The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays theatrical performance (2015-Dec-13 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-12-13 14:00 - 16:00 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it's up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
Curtain Times 7:30pm on Thursday 8:00pm on Friday and Saturday 2:00pm on Sunday [source: Blackfriars Theatre website, 2015-Dec-7]

Diversity of Life with live, exotic animals (2015-Dec-13 @ 4 p.m.)
2015-12-13 16:00 - 17:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Do you love animals? Would you like to pet some cool critters, learn some new animal facts? You can do all that And support a local, private wildlife education and rescue group on December 13, 2015 with Wildlife Educators Coalition at the MuCCC Theater, details below. WEC will present Diversity Of Life programs at 2 and 4 PM. You will get a chance to see some amazing animals up close and personal. You will hear basic facts, odd facts and personal-experience stories about each one.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-7]

The Music of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas with The Waterville Talent Contest, and The Swooners
2015-12-13 18:00 - 21:30 | Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point Dr., Rochester, New York, 14623, United States
Each year, an all-star lineup from several of Rochester's favorite bands come together to pay homage to this beloved classic with an interactive performance of all its music along with audio and visual samples from the film. However, this year the gang will be stepping up their game to include other favorite Jim Henson songs too!
[source: Lovin' Cup website, 2015-Dec-7]

Suffragette screening (2015-Dec-13 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-13 19:00 - 20:46 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Suffragette (Sarah Gavron, U.K. 2015, 106 min.) "The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Dec-9]

Truth screening (2015-Dec-13 @ 8:50 p.m.)
2015-12-13 20:50 - 22:55 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Truth (James Vanderbilt, Australia / U.S. 2015, 125 min.) "Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Dec-9]

Suffragette screening (2015-Dec-14 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-14 19:00 - 20:46 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Open Mic Comedy hosted by Bob Holzwarth (2015-Dec-14 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Writers & Books, 740 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Writers and Books website, 2015-Dec-7]

Researching the Daguerreotype discussion
2015-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, 755 Library Rd., Rochester, New York, 14627, United States
In the Hawkins-Carlson Room of the Rush Rhees Library is "a special presentation about the scientific advances surrounding the daguerreotype and their relationship to cultural preservation will be led by [Nicholas Bigelow], [Ralph Wiegandt], and Jim Kuhn". Researching the Daguerreotype is on display through February 29, 2016.
In 1839, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre unveiled one of the world's first successful photographic mediums: the daguerreotype. The process transformed the human experience by providing a means to capture light and record people, places, and events. The University of Rochester is leading groundbreaking nanotechnology research that explores the extraordinary qualities of this photographic process. A new exhibition in Rush Rhees Library showcases the results of this research, while bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities. "Researching the Daguerreotype at the University of Rochester: Nanotechnology Meets Local History" features daguerreotypes from the River Campus Libraries' Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation; the Rochester Museum and Science Center; and the George Eastman Museum.
[source: Rush Rhees Library website, 2015-Dec-14]

Cool People Singing with Justin Borak
2015-12-14 19:30 - 21:30 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
"Cool People Singing with Justin Borak" features music from current Rochester shows like Music Man (WTG), Janine Mercandetti Out Of Costume (JCC), Alec Michaels Rainbow Fish, and Cougar and The Cabana Boy!
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-7]

Eastman New Jazz Ensemble musical performance
2015-12-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Eastman School of Music calendar, 2015-Dec-7]

Truth screening (2015-Dec-14 @ 8:50 p.m.)
2015-12-14 20:50 - 22:55 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Rented Christmas—The Musical theatrical performance
2015-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
John Dale, a middle-aged bachelor and prominent businessman, has a challenging job for Anne Weston, proprietor of the local rent shop. He wants to rent a Christmas, not just with a tree and Christmas carols, but complete with a wife, a family, and all of the happiness for which he has been secretly longing. Anne hires local theater actors to play the part, but when everyone comes down with the flu, her last hope is to turn to the local orphanage. Unable to find someone to play the Mother, Anne steps in at the last minute to play the role herself. A 'rented' Christmas soon turns into a new life for all concerned, which makes this a very warm and special holiday musical.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-7]

Suffragette screening (2015-Dec-15 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-15 19:00 - 20:46 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Snow White screening
2015-12-15 20:00 - 21:13 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Snow White (J. Searle Dawley, U.S. 1916, 73 min., 35mm) with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.
Paramount Pictures' first special Christmas release was this legendary and long-thought-lost version of Snow White starring Marguerite Clark, who had played the part on Broadway. Clark's popularity in the 1910s rivaled Mary Pickford's, but almost all of Clark's films (unlike Pickford's) are lost today. This enchanting film was the direct inspiration for Walt Disney's 1937 version, and such was Disney's enthusiasm and respect for the earlier telling that he brought Clark to the Hollywood premiere of his film. In this 1916 version, the interior sets were brought from the Broadway production to the New York studio and made even more fanciful. With delightful special effects and Clark's uniquely cool charm, this film is an elegant and winsome experience.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-7]

Martin Barre Band musical performance
2015-12-15 20:00 - 23:00 | Lovin' Cup, 300 Park Point Dr., Rochester, New York, 14623, United States
Martin Barre has been the guitarist of Jethro Tull for 43 years, his sound and playing having been a major factor in their success. Album sales have exceeded 60 million units and they continue to be played worldwide, representing an important part of classic rock history.
[source: Bop Shop website, 2015-Dec-7]

Truth screening (2015-Dec-15 @ 8:50 p.m.)
2015-12-15 20:50 - 22:55 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Wilxy and Crump, Ryan Sutherland musical performances
2015-12-15 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-Dec-7]

Dale Klein Post-Industrial Landscapes Lithographs and Etchings artist reception
2015-12-16 18:00 - 20:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The MuCCC will be hosting an Artist Reception for Dale Klein's Post-Industrial Landscapes Lithographs and Etchings.
Dale is a painter and printmaker whose primary interest is in the post-industrial landscape of the Northeast United States as a microcosm of what is happening to our country and most of the developed world. Interested in the concept of entropy and how it affects contemporary life, she works on the boundaries of abstraction and realism. Dale transforms her world in order to delve into it deeper emotionally; letting the viewer bring his or her preconceptions to it.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-7]

Suffragette screening (2015-Dec-16 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-16 19:00 - 20:46 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

It's Another Swap
2015-12-16 19:30 - 23:00 | Vineyard Community Space, 836 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, United States
Did you make a couple extra christmas presents? Want a little more variety in your gift giving of handmade items? You're in luck! This time around we are swapping finished art/craft pieces. Give a piece, take a piece. (you are of course, encouraged to bring multiple items to swap!) Hang out, grab some snacks, swap art, make art, and drink (a lot) of coffee!
[source: Facebook, 2015-Dec-7]

Het Witt Kasteel (White Castle) screening
2015-12-16 20:00 - 21:18 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Het Witt Kasteel (White Castle, Johan van der Keuken, Netherlands 1973, 78 min., 16mm, Dutch w/ subtitles).
In the second installment of Johan van der Keuken's North-South trilogy, the rhythmic interplay of documentary sequences produces a sordid image of the First World. Segments depicting migrant laborers at work in the Netherlands, tourists off the coast of Spain, and disenfranchised youth outside Columbus, Ohio, intertwine to reveal both the effects of and the complex relationships within global capitalism. In contrast to many documentaries of its time, The White Castle is more poetic than political. Aesthetic elements associated with the Dziga Vertov Group or the earlier, Vertov-inspired style of cinema vérité are rejected for a formalism more akin to jazz than classical music.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-7]

S. Blazier Quartet musical performance
2015-12-16 20:30 - 22:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
Swiss trombonist S. Blazier first played the Bop Shop in 2008 as a member of the improvising trio Animal Forum. Talking with him, he mentioned he was just coming out with the first release under his own name, Seventh Heaven on Between the Lines. We heard it, liked it and made tentative plans to book him in the future. Although we made several attempts to connect, we were unable to link up due to schedules. That is, until now, 7 years later. But in that time, Blazier has gone from strength to strength releasing a number of strong recordings with his quartet, trio, a series of duo recordings (including one with Swiss proto free jazz drummer Pierre Favre) and two recordings with his group Consort In Motion, a group that interprets pre-Bach music with a modernist's twist and included the great drummer Paul Motian as a member.
[source: Bop Shop website, 2015-Dec-7]

Truth screening (2015-Dec-16 @ 8:50 p.m.)
2015-12-16 20:50 - 22:55 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Pale Green Stars, Wolf Jaw, The Dwyane Johnsons, Maia Dobbs musical performances
2015-12-16 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

John Akers, Erik Welsh musical performances
2015-12-16 22:00 - 2015-12-17 00:00 | Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que website, 2015-Dec-7]

Science of Edge: Physics of Photovoltaics: From The Beginning to Next Generation Nanotechnologies, Dr. Stephen Polly
2015-12-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC), 657 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-Dec-16]

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead screening
2015-12-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The MAG will screen The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (Wes Orshoski, 2015) as part of the Alternative Music Film Series.
From "Lemmy" filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk—The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. Shot around the globe over three years, the film captures the band as it celebrated its 35th anniversary with a world tour and finds some estranged former members striking out on their own while others battle cancer. Included are appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, Guns 'n' Roses, the Sex Pistols, Blondie and Buzzcocks.
[source: MAG website, 2015-Dec-14]

Suffragette screening (2015-Dec-17 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-17 19:00 - 20:46 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Pure Kona Open Mic Poetry Series
2015-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Greenhouse Cafe, 2271 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14609, United States
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-Dec-14]
