The Dryden will screen The Thoughts That Once We Had (Thom Andersen, U.S. 2015, 108 min., DCP). Described in an opening text as a "personal history of cinema, partially inspired by Gilles Deleuze," The Thoughts That Once We Had from … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Gleason (Clay Tweel, U.S. 2016, 100 min.) "After he is diagnosed with ALS, former professional football player Steve Gleason begins making a video diary for his unborn son, as he, his wife, and their friends and … Continue reading
Fantastic Findings is an annual "next-to-new" sale organized by the RMSC Women's Council to support the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Browse and buy china, crystal, silver, lamps, jewelry, linens, art, toys and other fantastic treasures and collectibles.
In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building is a workshop titled Eat the Rainbow. Do you need to increase your daily fruits and veggies? Well, join us at the Central Library as we look at … Continue reading
Public meeting to discuss conceptual design improvements to the Campbell Street R-Center building and surroundings. Meeting will follow and open house format and discuss the following topics: Playground improvements New water park Building amenities Construction scheduling Design features/user groups Questions/discussions
One of the photographers featured in Photography and America's National Parks, Sean McFarland will discuss his work, which explores the relationships between history, photography, and the representation of landscape.
Learn about the evolution of Mah Jongg and how the game is played around the world. Q&A follows.
Zaurac combines cosmic-themed instrumental songs performed live on his keyboard with projected imagery from his eclectic image collection. The slide show includes antique postcards, photos from the Hubble Space Telescope and the world's great observatories, imagery from early Space Age … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Mechanic: Resurrection (Dennis Gansel, France / U.S. 2016, 97 min.) "Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced … Continue reading
In Abilene's intimate Upstairs Lounge, from West London...the songwriting self-styled "comic bard of Anglo-Jewry" and Edinburgh Fringe winner.... Daniel Cainer. Smart, funny, timely and only slightly irreverent, Cainer's deeply moving tales about his family and observational comedy are a joy. … Continue reading
The Rochester chapter of IWOC is having a general interest meeting where you can find out more about the national movement to organize prisoners, the recent strikes and prisoner uprisings nation wide, as well as what we are doing here … Continue reading
Orbs will host an Autumnal Equinox Dinner featuring: 1st Course: Mushroom: lobster mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, hen of hte woods, cloud ear brioche, toasted chestnut meringue 2nd Course Root option: autumn leaf roasted root vegetables, butter, whey 2nd Course Pumpkin option: … Continue reading
Timothy W. Kneeland will present a lecture titled New Politics? Clinton, Trump and the Disenchanted Electorate in the Peace Theatre at Nazareth.
The Dryden will screen Memento (Christopher Nolan, U.S. 2000, 113 min., 35mm). Memento's reverse-motion opening scene immediately questions the role and reliability of photographs (and popular media) in the construction of memories. Leonard, brilliantly portrayed by Guy Pearce, suffers from … Continue reading