• Everybody Gets Ice-Cream reading

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

    Starting at 7:30 p.m., the MuCCC will host a reading of Everybody Gets Ice-Cream by James St. Jean. In "Everybody Gets Ice-Cream" one man, Ian Christopher Muller, decides to cheer up NYC by giving everyone free ice-cream. When his brother … Continue reading

  • The Game screening

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

    Tonight at 8 p.m., the Dryden will screen The Game (David Fincher, U.S. 1997, 127 min., 35mm). What birthday gift should you give to a man who already has everything? You give him The Game. Tailored specifically to each participant. … Continue reading

  • Rusted Root

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

    Rusted Root performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 7 p.m.

    Free
  • The Line screening and discussion

    Baobab Cultural Center 728 University Ave., Rochester, New York, United States

    Starting at 7 p.m. at the Baobab is a screening of The Line (Linda Midgett, U.S. 2012, 30 min.) followed by a discussion with Ann Johnson, and Ed Doherty. The Line is a groundbreaking documentary chronicling the new face of … Continue reading

  • Violet performance (2015-May-14 @ 7:30 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

  • Yiyun Li lecture

    Downtown United Presbyterian Church 121 N. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, New York, United States

    Yiyun Li's debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, Pen/Hemingway Award, Guardian First Book Award, and the California Book Award for fiction. Her subsequent works have also won numerous awards including … Continue reading

  • Thursday Night Comedy Fight

    Butapub 315 Gregory St., Rochester, New York, United States

    Starting around 10:30 p.m. at Butapub is Thursday Night Comedy Fight hosted by Michael Colon, and Chris Thompson.

  • Sirsy

    Very good medium-tempo progressive rock from Sirsy performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 4 p.m.

    Free
  • Thunder Body

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

    Good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body performs on the Center Stage at the Lilac Festival at 5:30 p.m.

    Free
  • Orestes 2.0 performance (2015-May-15 @ 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
  • The Trespasser screening

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

    The Dryden will screen The Trespasser (Edmund Goulding, U.S. 1929, 90 min., 35mm) tonight at 8 p.m. Class difference and moral issues intertwine in this stark social drama starring Gloria Swanson. A stenographer who falls in love with the son … Continue reading