• Violet performance (2015-May-15 @ 8 p.m.)

    Blackfriars Theatre 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States

    As a girl, Violet was involved in a tragic accident leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she's traveling across the deep south in 1964 towards a miracle - the healing touch of … Continue reading

  • Light Up the Night bike ride

    Genesee Waterways Center 149 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    For this "illuminating" post-sunset ride, decorate yourself and your bike as beautifully and brightly as you can. Meet at 8pm at the Genesee Valley Sports Complex (131 Elmwood Ave) in Genesee Valley Park. For this 8 mile route on trails … Continue reading

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? screening

    Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, United States

    Starting at 10 p.m., the Little will screen O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, U.K. / France / U.S. 2000, 106 min.) Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett … Continue reading

  • Printing and Book Arts Open Studio

    Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. is a Printing and Book Arts Open Studio at the Printing & Book Arts Center at Genesee Center for the Arts. Choose from 2 etching presses and 3 flat bed cylinder presses. Print … Continue reading

    Free
  • The Pathology of Gun Violence: Building Safer Communities for Our Children

    Gandhi Institute (M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence) 929 S. Plymouth Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Starting at 11 a.m., Kathy Richardson will present The Pathology of Gun Violence: Building Safer Communities for Our Children at the Gandhi Institute. The presentation is a look at how guns move from the gun dealers out into communities, where … Continue reading

    Free
  • Mosaic Foundation

    Lilac Festival 450 Highland Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Mosaic Foundation performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 12:30 p.m.

    Free
  • Practicing Godot performance

    MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center) 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Two actresses meet each other for the first rehearsal of an all-female production of the famed playwaiting for Godot, but their different backgrounds may throw them and the show out of control — then there's the neurotic stage manager who … Continue reading

  • Prime Time Funk

    Lilac Festival 450 Highland Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Prime Time Funk performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 3:30 p.m.

    Free
  • Lambert and Stamp screening

    Little Theatre 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, United States

    At this afternoon's 3:30 p.m. screening of Lambert and Stamp (James D. Cooper, U.S. 2014, 117 min.), one of the producers—my guess is Douglas Graves—will be on hand to discuss the film. Early 1960s London: the postwar generation who grew … Continue reading

  • Oversight opening

    Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight at the Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery is the Opening Reception for Oversight featuring works by Adam Jennett; on display through May 23.

  • Orestes 2.0 performance (2015-May-16 @ 7:30 p.m.)

    Bread and Water Theatre 172 W. Main St., Rochester, New York, United States

    Orestes 2.0 by Charles Mee is based on Orestes by Euripedes. The Euripides after-war play, re-set in the world today, in which veterans return from the Trojan War, to find that the disorder and nightmare of war has come home … Continue reading

    $14
  • Ali: Fear Eats the Soul screening

    Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    The Dryden will screen Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1974, 94 min., 35mm, German w/subtitles) tonight at 8 p.m. One night, Emmi (Brigitte Mira), an aging cleaning woman, wanders into an … Continue reading