The Dryden will screen Outback Rabbis (Danny Ben-Moshe, Australia 2018, 53 min., English) as part of the Rochester Jewish Film Festival. In Australia's remote bush country, Jews can be hard to find—but they are there! So two young Chabad families … Continue reading
This overview tour is a two-hour walk of approximately one mile. It includes the graves of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, as well as topics of local history, horticulture, geology, architecture, monument symbolism, and more.
The Little will screen Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh, U.S. 1970, 225 min.) as part of the Little Summer of Music and Art series. The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (Rob Letterman, U.S. / Japan / Canada 2019, 104 min.) "In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Simon and Théodore (Mikael Buch, France 2018, 84 min., French w/ subtitles) as part of the Rochester Jewish Film Festival. Touching the heartstrings and tickling the funny bone, French dramedy Simon and Théodore follows the eccentric … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Michael Dougherty, U.S. / Japan 2019, 132 min.) "The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz (Barry Avrich, Canada 2018, 82 min., English, German w/ subtitles) followed by a videoconference discussion with Barry Avrich as part of the Rochester Jewish Film Festival. Barry Avrich's … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Shaft (Tim Story, U.S. 2019, 111 min.) "JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death."
In the Kusler-Cox Auditorium at the Central Library, Brae Adams will present a lecture titled The "Clobber" Passages. Depending on the translation used, 6 or 7 Biblical passages are commonly cited as explicitly condemning homosexual acts. All of these passages … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Michael Dougherty, U.S. / Japan 2019, 132 min.) "The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Shaft (Tim Story, U.S. 2019, 111 min.) "JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death."
The Cinema will screen Life In The Doghouse (Ron Davis, U.S. 2018, 84 min.) Life in the Doghouse is the touching and inspiring story of Danny Robertshaw and Ron Danta, owners of Danny and Ron's Rescue, who together have saved … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Papi Chulo (John Butler, Ireland / U.K. 2018, 98 min.) In the midst of a California drought and his own personal heartache, weatherman Sean (Matt Bomer) takes a leave of absence following an extremely embarrassing televised … Continue reading