The Blacks: A Clown Show theatrical performance (2017-May-19 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-05-19 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States
Blackfriars Theatre will host a performance of The Blacks: A Clown Show by Jean Genet.
A troupe of black actors reenact the rape and murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court and thus begins The Blacks: A Clown Show a play that examines racism and oppression through the ritualistic reenactment of a murder where all the participants are played by black actors — even the white characters. Written by Jean Genet at the request of a black actor, The Blacks "flows as freely as an improvisation, with fantasy, allegory and intimations of reality mingled into a weird, stirring unity…Genet's investigation of the color black begins where most plays of this burning theme leave off." —Howard Taubman, New York Times
[source: Bread and Water Theatre website, 2017-May-1]

Whose Streets? screening
2017-05-19 21:00 - 22:30 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Whose Streets? (Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis, U.S. 2017, 90 min.) followed by a discussion with filmmakers Sabaah Folayan, and Damon Davis as part of the One Take Film Festival.
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy. Empowered parents, artists, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the national guard descends on Ferguson with military grade weaponry, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance.
[source: One Take Film Festival page, 2017-May-17]

Cd Rom, Marching Band Forms Pentagram musical performances
2017-05-19 21:00 - 23:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2017-May-15]

Tommy's Honour screening (2017-May-19 @ 9:25 p.m.)
2017-05-19 21:25 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Tommy's Honour (Jason Connery, U.K. / U.S. 2016, 112 min.) "In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honour – an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2017-May-17]

Mud Creek Farm Plant Sale
2017-05-20 11:00 - 15:00 | Mud Creek Farm, Cherry St., Victor, New York, 14564, United States
Let us help you get a great head start on your garden this year! We're happy to announce that we're having our first annual plant sale this Saturday. All our seedlings are from non-treated seed in Green Tree potting soil, produced in Ithaca. We will have for sale:

Tomatoes (tons of varieties, including lots of heirlooms, paste tomatoes, and late blight resistant hybrids)
Cherry Tomatoes (tons of varieties, including blight resistant ones)
Ground Cherries
Basil
Zinnias
Verbena
Bachelor Buttons
Summer Savory

[source: Facebook, 2017-May-16]

Dolores screening
2017-05-20 12:00 - 13:35 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Dolores (Peter Bratt, U.S. 2017, 95 min.) as part of the One Take Film Festival.
In the copious volumes written about Cesar Chavez and how he formed the first farm workers' union in America, there's little mention of Dolores Huerta, although she was his equal partner and co-founder of the union. In the first film of its kind, Dolores sheds light on this enigmatic, intensely private woman who is among the most important activists in American history. With unprecedented access to both Dolores and her children, the film reveals the raw, personal stories behind the public figure. It portrays a woman both heroic and flawed, working tirelessly for social change even as her eleven children longed to have her at home. The film follows Dolores Huerta's fascinating life, from the fearless young woman confronting teamsters on violent picket lines to the activist grandmother nearly beaten to death by a San Francisco police squad. Overshadowed by the legacy of Cesar Chavez and forced from the ranks of the all-male union leadership after his death, Dolores learns the painful truth — that her gender is the greatest obstacle of all. But she turns her defeat into inspiration, setting the course for a lifetime pursuit of equality for all. While tracing her trajectory through the most radical social and cultural movements of the past 50 years, from brown power and feminism to LGBTQ rights and environmental justice, Dolores provides an unflinching look at the barriers faced by women and people of color within the very communities they're fighting for. Featuring interviews with Angela Davis, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton and Luis Valdez the film reveals her ever-expanding wave of influence through decades of activism, and leading many to ask why her contributions have been erased from American history.
[source: One Take Film Festival page, 2017-May-17]

Rails and Ales
2017-05-20 12:00 - 17:00 | Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, 282 Rush Scottsville Rd., Rush, New York, 14534, United States
Looking for a great day out with friends? All aboard for Rails and Ales! Enjoy tastings from six local breweries on Saturday, May 20, from 12:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. (Last beer pours at 4:00 p.m.) Enjoy train rides that tour our museum grounds and visit New York's largest collection of historic trains. Refreshments available for purchase. Free soft drinks for Designated Drivers.
[source: Rochester Train rides website, 2017-May-15]

Rochester's Rich History: From Flapper on Stage to Shakespeare at the Bowl: 93 Years of Rochester Community Players History
2017-05-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Rundel Library Building, 115 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
In the Rundel Auditorium on the 3rd floor of the Rundel Memorial Building is a Rochester's Rich History lecture by Peter Scribner titled From Flapper on Stage to Shakespeare at the Bowl: 93 Years of Rochester Community Players History.
Come hear Peter Scribner, president of the Rochester Community Players, talk about the evolution of the theater group from the 1920's to the present day. Founded in the age of flappers, the Rochester Community Players trace an arc of local theater history: its beginning as a hobby project of the socially prominent; the challenges of producing plays through the Depression Era and World War II; the competition of new-fangled television in the 1950's, and the generational clashes of the 1960's; managing the transition from Rochester's premiere theater to a much more modest niche, and finally rebirth as a Shakespeare organization. How did a community performing arts company in Rochester survive and adapt through decades of leadership changes, cultural upheavals, and artistic shifts while retaining its core mission and its soul?
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2017-May-15]

Logan screening (2017-May-20 @ 4 p.m.)
2017-05-20 16:00 - 18:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Logan (James Mangold, U.S. / Canada / Australia 2017, 137 min.) "In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2017-May-17]

The Lost City of Z screening (2017-May-20 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-05-20 19:00 - 21:21 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen The Lost City of Z (James Gray, U.S. 2016, 141 min.) "A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s." [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2017-May-17]

Pretty Woman screening (2017-May-20 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-05-20 19:30 - 21:29 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Pretty Woman (Garry Marshall, U.S. 1990, 119 min., 35mm) as part of the Eastman Entertains series.
One of the quintessential romantic movies of the 1990s, Pretty Woman is a compulsively watchable and immensely entertaining riff on the ancient Cinderella myth of Prince Charming on a white horse. In a breakthrough role, Julia Roberts shines as a kindhearted hooker rescued by a wealthy businessman in the suave shape of Richard Gere. This colorful catalogue of irresistible clichés has charmed critics and international audiences alike, while acquiring the status of a proper camp classic in certain circles.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-May-15]

The Blacks: A Clown Show theatrical performance (2017-May-20 @ 7:30 p.m.)
2017-05-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States

Tommy's Honour screening (2017-May-20 @ 9:25 p.m.)
2017-05-20 21:25 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Diluted, Never Fit In musical performances
2017-05-20 21:30 - 23:30 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States

Heroic Enthusiasts musical performance
2017-05-20 21:30 - 23:30 | Skylark Lounge, 40 South Union St., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Skylark will host good bar-rock band The Heroic Enthusiasts. [source: Skylark website, 2017-May-15]

Positive Public Discourse: Narrowing the Gap Between Those Who Disagree
2017-05-21 09:45 - 10:45 | Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, New York, United States
Sally Allison will draw upon the books "I'm Right and You're an Idiot" and "You Don't Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right " to consider the current state of public discourse and ways in which we can improve it.
[source: Rochester City Newspaper events calendar, 2017-May-15]

The Seventh Annual Seersucker Social Ride
2017-05-21 10:00 - 13:30 | Abundance Cooperative Market (formerly Echo Tone Music), 571 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail screening
2017-05-21 12:00 - 13:28 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James, U.S. 2016, 88 min.) followed by a discussion with filmmaker Steve James as part of the One Take Film Festival.
From acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), Abacus: Small Enough to Jail tells the incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves — and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community — over the course of a five-year legal battle.
[source: One Take Film Festival page, 2017-May-17]

The Blacks: A Clown Show theatrical performance (2017-May-21 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-05-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States

North Section Public Tour (2017-May-21 @ 2 p.m.)
2017-05-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Mt. Hope Cemetery North Gatehouse, 791 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
This foundational tour is a two-hour walk of approximately one mile on paved roads and uneven terrain. This overview includes the graves of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, as well as topics of local history, horticulture, geology, architecture, monument symbolism, and more.
[source: Friends of Mt. Hope website, 2017-May-15]

Hoop Dreams screening
2017-05-21 15:15 - 18:05 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Hoop Dreams (Steve James, U.S. 1994, 170 min.) as part of the One Take Film Festival.
"The great American documentary… The best film of the 1990's" – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times First exhibited at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, Kartemquin's Hoop Dreams is the remarkable true story of two American dreamers; an intimate reflection of contemporary American inner-city culture, following two ordinary young men on the courts of the game they love. Plucked from the streets and given the opportunity to attend a suburban prep school and play for a legendary high school coach, William Gates and Arthur Agee both soon discover that their dreams of NBA glory become obscured amid the intense pressures of academics, family life, economics and athletic competitiveness. But most importantly, both boys remain focused on their dream, no matter how hard tragedy strikes or how desperate their situation becomes. It is their faith in the game that unites their family and gives each person hope. And it is this faith that ultimately allows them to build upon their failures as well as their triumphs and make for themselves a potentially better life. What emerges from Hoop Dreams is far more than a sympathetic portrait of two black teenagers reaching for the stars. While remaining epic in scope, it manages to be intimate in detail, chronicling the universal process of growing up, coming of age, the love and conflict between fathers and sons, brothers, best friends and spouses.
[source: One Take Film Festival page, 2017-May-17]

Good Times Never Come screening
2017-05-21 15:30 - 17:08 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Good Times Never Come (Keith Lukowski, U.S. 2017, 98 min.) The movie's Facebook page says only, "an aging musician finds new purpose, and goals," and that it was made in Tonawanda. [source: Cinema Theater coming soon page, 2017-May-17]

The Lost City of Z screening (2017-May-21 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-05-21 19:00 - 21:21 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Kevin Devine, Susanna Rose, Ben Morey musical performances
2017-05-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Bug Jar will host music by Kevin Devine, Susanna Rose, and great, precise acoustic rock from Ben Morey. [source: Facebook, 2017-May-15]

Tommy's Honour screening (2017-May-21 @ 9:25 p.m.)
2017-05-21 21:25 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Splendor in the Grass screening (2017-May-22 @ 1:30 p.m.)
2017-05-22 13:30 - 15:33 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, U.S. 1961, 123 min., 35mm).
In small-town Kansas, 1928, lower-middle class Deanie (Natalie Wood) is fatally in love with college-bound scholar Bud (Warren Beatty's remarkable debut). As their relationship deteriorates, Deanie's methods of seduction turn extreme and lead her toward a nervous breakdown. Kazan's complex and compelling psychosexual drama is one of the screen's quintessential depictions of the malaise and confusion of American youth. Free for ages 55 and older.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-May-15]

The Lost City of Z screening (2017-May-22 @ 7 p.m.)
2017-05-22 19:00 - 21:21 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Tommy's Honour screening (2017-May-22 @ 9:25 p.m.)
2017-05-22 21:25 - 23:17 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Swim Team screening
2017-05-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Swim Team (Lara Stolman, U.S. 2016, 90 min.) as part of the Reel Mind Film Festival followed by a discussion with filmmaker Lara Stolman.
This exciting film chronicles the rise of a competitive swim team made up of children and teens on the autism spectrum, focusing particularly on three of the team's star athletes – boys on the cusp of adulthood, facing a potential future of exclusion and dependence. As the pressure mounts and the team vies for state and national Special Olympics championships, Swim Team captures a moving quest for inclusion, independence and a life filled with hope.
[source: Reel Mind Film Festival website calendar, 2017-May-1]

Stara Å¡kola kapitalizma (The Old School of Capitalism) screening
2017-05-23 19:30 - 21:32 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Stara Å¡kola kapitalizma (The Old School of Capitalism, Å½elimir Å½ilnik, Serbia 2009, 122 min., 35mm, Serbian w/subtitles) as part of the Å½elimir Å½ilnik series.
The Old School of Capitalism is rooted in the first wave of workers revolts to hit Serbia since the end of state socialism. Desperate workers bulldoze through factory gates and are devastated to discover the site looted by the bosses. Eccentrically escalating confrontations—including a melee with workers in football shoulder pads and helmets and the boss and his security force in bulletproof vests—prove fruitless. Committed young anarchists offer solidarity and take the bosses hostage. A Russian tycoon, a Wall Street trader, and U.S. Vice President Biden's visit to Belgrade unexpectedly complicate events. Along the way, the film produces an increasingly complex and yet unfailingly lively account of present-day—in fact, up-to-the-minute—struggles under the misery-inducing effects of both local and global capital.
[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2017-May-15]
