"Downtown Rizing" will be presented by Heidi Zimmer-Meyer, President of the Downtown Dev. Corp. Lecture begins in the Guild Room of Christ Church. Compline will follow as usual at 9:00pm.
The Cinema will screen BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, U.S. 2018, 135 min.) "Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Co, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who … Continue reading
The city of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is once again taking the lead in the fight for civil rights and equal protection under the law. Mayor Lovely A. Warren, Assemblyman Harry Bronson, Rochester City Council and members of … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen The Seventh Cross (Fred Zinneman, U.S. 1944, 112 min., 35mm) as part of the Reinventing Hollywood series. Spencer Tracy is George Heisler, one of seven prisoners who escape from a German concentration camp in 1936. The … Continue reading
The Little will screen Jews Step Forward (Elika Rezaee, Marjorie Wright, U.S. 2015, 112 min.) followed by a videoconference discussion with Rich Forer as part of the 2018 Witness Palestine series. This indie documentary highlights twenty-four moral voices within the … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, U.S. 2018, 120 min.) "This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family."
The Cinema will screen BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, U.S. 2018, 135 min.) "Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Co, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who … Continue reading
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a Books Sandwiched-In lecture with Alexus Clark reviewing When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, and Asha Bandele. The … Continue reading
Adair Rounthwaite's talk is part of her current book project, which addresses the relationship between art and public space in Zagreb, in the former Yugoslavia, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period during which artists combined public engagement … Continue reading
The Little will screen Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Steve Loveridge, U.K. / U.S. 2018, 96 min.) as part of the One Take Documentary Series. Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge's Sundance award winning … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, U.S. 2018, 120 min.) "This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family."
The Dryden will screen Maciste all'Inferno (Maciste in Hell, Guido Brignone, Italy 1925, 95 min., 35mm) with live piano by Philip C. Carli as part of the Silent Tuesdays series. The Marvelous Maciste made his debut in the 1914 Italian … Continue reading
For 25 years Paul Rishell and Annie Raines have been hailed as one of the world's best blues duos. They have recorded 6 albums together including the W.C. Handy Award-winning Moving to the Country (2000), and received numerous award nominations … Continue reading