Reshaping Rochester focuses on the efforts, strategies and successes accomplished by cities that face similar challenges to ours: downtown revitalization, preserving the character of our neighborhoods and communities, creating mixed-use centers and walkable commercial districts, and enlisting community involvement. Speaker: … Continue reading
At 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen Boven is het stil (It's All So Quiet, Nanouk Leopold, Netherlands/Germany 2013, 93 min., DCP, Dutch w/subtitles). Helmer, a single farmer in his fifties, lives with his aged, bedridden father in the Dutch … Continue reading
Abilene on the Road and Record Archive present Nikki Hill at the Downstairs Cabaret at Winton Place. Those who have seen Carolina girl Nikki Hill sing her ass off agree—this isn't just another newcomer on the scene, this is a..."whiplash" … Continue reading
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Little will screen Brothers (Igaal Niddam, Switzerland, 116 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series. The differences between Dan and , Argentine brothers with opposing religious philosophies, come to a head when … Continue reading
Historian Fred Amato will give us an entertaining tour of the Charlotte lighthouses and light stations...from 1792 to 1995! Then he'll tell us about women who have served as lighthouse keepers around the country.
Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the Little will screen My So-Called Enemy (Lisa Gossels, U.S. 2010, 89 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series followed by a discussion with director Lisa Gossels. Adi, Gal, Hanin, Inas, Rawan and … Continue reading
Hung Liu began her art studies in her native China and came to the U.S. in 1984. By reworking photographic images from Chinese history into layered allegorical paintings, she bridges the emotional distances imposed by culture, time and geography. Liu … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (The Merchant of Four Seasons, R. W. Fassbinder, West Germany 1971, 88 min., 35mm, German w/subtitles) tonight at 8 p.m.Set in West Germany in the years following the Second World War, The … Continue reading
Tonight at 9 p.m., the Little will screen Lies I Told My Little Sister (William J. Stribling, U.S. 2014, 98 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series. A family trip. Packing all the childhood baggage. After the … Continue reading
On June 5th, the Wage Board that will determine how much of a raise to give to fast food workers will meet to hear testimony in Buffalo. We are sending buses from Rochester to Buffalo in the morning. The buses … Continue reading
From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. is the Grand Reopening of Dichotomy Rochester with an Opening Reception for The Engine, works by Rork Maiellano.
VSW is hosting a First Friday Reception for (In) Voluntary Memories by Alysia Kaplan, on display through tomorrow. Using other people's words in conjunction with her images, Alysia Kapaln is exploring the dilemma of divided historical loyalties: The moment when … Continue reading
Tonight at 9 p.m., the Little will screen The Park Bench (Ann LeSchander, U.S. 2014, 83 min.) as part of The Best of the Fests series. An unconventional romantic comedy, The Park Bench mixes live action with gorgeous animation to … Continue reading
Starting at 7 p.m., the Cinema will screen the very good sci-fi and othewise okay movie Ex Machina (Alex Garland, U.S. 2015, 108 min.) "A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating … Continue reading