Film: Have you been
hoping for a global-warming film that’s a little more insightful than a
disaster blockbuster like “The Day After Tomorrow,” but also a little more
exciting than a PowerPoint presentation by Al Gore? Then “Chasing Ice” might be the cinematic event for you. The documentary
follows National Geographic photographer James Balog
and his innovative use of time-lapse cameras to chronicle the changes of the
world’s glaciers over the last few years. It screens at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Little Theatre (240 East Ave.)
as part of the monthly One Take: Stories through the Lens documentary series.
The screening will be followed by a Skype discussion with the film’s director,
Jeff Orlowski. Tickets are $10. Visit thelittle.org
for other special events and showtimes.
Music: If
you didn’t get enough metal at Monday’s mini-metal fest at the Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.),
then head back there tonight for even more headbanging,
soul-darkening sounds, with five Western New York
metal bands coming together for one pulverizing evening. Local death-metal
outfit Malformed headlines a set
that also features Rochester’s Desekrator, Oswego’s
Cosmic Sea, and the Buffalo bands Theatre Nocturne and Enthaptung.
Leave your colorful clothing at home, and be ready to thrash. Doors open at 8 p.m., music starts at 8:30. Tickets are $6 for general
admission and $8 for under 21. Visit bugjar.com for a full list of upcoming
shows.
Art: Cheryl Amati
Martin is a local photographer – with two generations of family work history at
Kodak – who captures impromptu portraits of individuals that she meets and
interacts with on the streets. You can check out her latest collection of
portraits, “Life and Times,” which
continues through April 13 at the Community Darkroom gallery in the Genesee
Center for the Arts and Education (713 Monroe Ave.). The exhibit is free. The
gallery is open from 9 a.m.
to 9:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. For
more information, call 271-5920 or visit geneseearts.org.
Film: Can’t wait for
the ImageOut festival in October? Treat yourself to a
mini-LGBT film fest at Out of the
Archive, a film screening co-sponsored by ImageOut
at the Visual Studies Workshop (31
Prince St.). The event features 16mm screenings of
five LGBT-themed short films from the 60’s and 70’s: “Who Happen to be Gay,” “A
Woman’s Place Is in the House: A Portrait of Elaine
Noble,” “KustomKarKommandos,” “Lavender,” and “Magic Beauty Kit.” The films
start at 7 p.m. Go to
vsw.org for more upcoming events.
Lecture: Henry
Brewster Stanton and his wife, Elizabeth Cady, were
one pretty awesome couple. He was an abolitionist who traveled around the
country to fight for the end of slavery; she was an abolitionist too, and also
presented her own Declaration of Sentiments in Seneca Falls at the first-ever women’s rights convention
in 1848. Kinda makes you feel guilty about all those
couple’s nights you’ve spent just sitting around and browsing Netflix, huh?
Learn more about this defiant, determined couple at “The Stantons: The Extraordinary Marriage
that Started a Revolution,” a lecture by Professor Linda Frank at Finger
LakesCommunity College
(3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua). The lecture begins at 12:45 p.m., and is free. Call
785-1623 for more info, or visit flcc.edu.
This article appears in Mar 6-12, 2013.
