Literature and lectures

“According to
Anthony” Luncheon Lecture Series
Oct 9: Bob Cooney, Women’s History
Project, “Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Suffrage Movement” |
Nov 13: Sally Dodgson, “Helen Barrett Montgomery Comes to Tea” | Dec 11: PepsyKettavong, sculptor,
Colleen Hurst, historian, “Let’s Have Tea — The Making of a Monumental
Memory” | Carriage House, 19 Madison St. Noon-1:30 p.m. $20. 279-7490 x 10,
www.susanbanthonyhouse.org.

Amitabha Foundation Oct 18: “Gampopa’s Introduction to Buddhism,” Nazareth College Arts
Center Room A14, 7:30 p.m., $8. 442-5853, www.amitabhafoundation.org.

Boa Editions, Ltd. Oct
15: “Dine and Rhyme,” poetry reading/dinner to celebrate Boa’s 30th
anniversary. Featured poets include Li-Young Lee, Michael Waters, Janice Harrington. Reading at 5:30 p.m., Little Theatre, 240 East Ave, $10;
dinner follows at Max of Eastman Place, $100-$250. 546-3410,
http://boaeditions.org.

BrickCity Homecoming Oct 7: Erin Brockovich. Gordon Field House, RIT. 2 p.m. $5-$12.
475-4121, www.rit.edu/~field.

Caroline Werner
Gannett Speaker Series
Sep 20: Dr. Eugenie Scott: “Making Sense of Biology”
| Oct 24: Dr. Randolph Nesse, “Why Did Natural
Selection Leave Us so Vulnerable to Disease?” | Dec 6: Dr. Martin Daly and Dr.
Margo Wilson, “The Truth About Cinderella:
Discriminative Mistreatment of Stepchildren.” Ingle
Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology, 8 p.m., free.www.rit.edu/~cwg.

GeneseeCountryVillage
and Museum Casual Talks
Oct 13: Jacob Conrad, “Everyday Ceramics of the
19th Century: Rockingham and Other Popular Ware” | Oct 27: Stuart Bolger, “A
Gem of a House: The Story of the Davis
Opera House” | 1410 Flint Hill Rd,
Mumford. 2 p.m. 538-6822, x. 249.

Hobart and William
Smith Colleges Fisher Center Lecture Series
Sept 21: AnanyaChatterjea “Dancing My Politics” | Sep 29: Climbing PoeTree “Art — our Weapon, Our Medicine, Our Voice, Our
Vision” | Oct 4: Susan Griffin “Ecologies of Soul” | Nov 1: Mark LeVine “Heavy Metal Islam” | Nov 29: Jennifer L. Pozner “Broadcasting, Bombs and Babes” | Geneva Room,
Warren Hunting Smith Library, Pulteney St, Hobart and
William Smith Colleges, 7:30 p.m. 315-781-3130, www.hws.edu.

ImageArt Poetry Sept 23: Open mic, part of ImageOut Gay &
Lesbian Film Festival. Equal=Grounds, 750
South Ave, 7 p.m. 242-7840, www.imageout.org.

Lakeside Foundation Gala Dinner Dec 8: Goldie
Hawn. RiversideConvention
Center, 123 E Main St.
$165-$365. 395-6049, www.lakesidehealth.com.

LiftBridge Book Shop Sep 30: Le Mot publication poetry reading, 1 p.m. | Oct 5: Danielle Mendez,
author of Seventh Angel
,
7 p.m. | Oct 28: Lara Lippman, mystery author, 4 p.m. | 45 Main St., Brockport. 637-2260,
www.liftbridge.booksense.com.

Noontime at Nazareth
Lecture Series
Sep 26: Dr. Margaret Frisch, “Indonesia Beneath the Sea,
From Bali to Kendari” | Oct 3: Dr. Catherine
Valentine, “Sex, Lies and Surveys | Oct 10: Dr. Beverly Brown and Bob
Sanderson, “Fall Tree Walk at Nazareth” | Oct 17: Dr. Mary Palamar,
“Women and Children Last: International Responses to Trafficking and to
Slavery” | Oct 24: Dr. Christine Bochen, “Networking
for Peace: Thomas Merton’s Cold War Letters” | Arts Center Room 14, Nazareth
College campus, 12:05-1:10 p.m. Free. 389-2050, www.naz.edu/dept/cpe.

Rochester Arts and
Lectures
Sep 27-28: Lecture Previews, Barnes & Noble (Webster Wed,
Pittsford Thurs), 7 p.m., free | Oct 12: Amy Tan | Nov 16: Billy Collins | Dec
7: Jonathan Harr | All lectures at the Downtown
United Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St, 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT, SRO tickets
may be available. 546-8658, www.artsandlectures.org.

Rochester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America Oct 12: Jane Waldbaum, “Tales from the Trenches: Fighting the Culture
Wars at the AIA.” MemorialArtGallery, 500 University Ave,
7:30 p.m. Free. 381-9034, www.ggw.org/aia.

Rochester Ink Oct 18-22. Poet Michael Burkard, headliner ($5), readings, workshops, panels,
various locations. Free. www.rochesterink.org.

SUNY Brockport Writers Forum (8 p.m., Cooper Hall,
free, unless otherwise noted, 395-5713) Sept 20: Pulitzer Prize-winner YusefKomunyakaa, 7:30 p.m., MetroCenter
| Oct 11: Macarthur Genius Grant recipient Lydia Davis | Oct 25:
writer/historian Rebecca Solnit | Nov 8: Michael
Waters & William Heyen | Taste of Theatre: Conversations with Geva
Theatre Center Professionals
(free, 395-2787) Oct 20 & Dec 8, noon. TowerFineArtsCenterMainstage, Holley St, Brockport.

University of
Rochester
Sep 28: Robert F. Kennedy on environmental issues, 7:30 p.m.,
$3-$10, Strong Auditorium, 275-5911 |Plutzik
Series
Oct 7: Vijay Seshadri, Lander Auditorium,
3:30-4:30 p.m. | Oct 17: Ralph Black, Welles-Brown Room, 8 p.m. | Nov 7: Dan Chiasson, Welles-Brown Room, 8 p.m. || Neilly Series (free,
275-4461): Oct 6: Journalist Alan Burdick, Rush Rhees
Library, 5 p.m. | Oct 31: Dr. Patch Adams, Hubbell Auditorium, 7 p.m. || Tea Talks (Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2 p.m., free, 275-4461) Oct 15: Radio
personality Michael Lasser, “Collegiate! Collegiate!
Yes, We Are Collegiate: When Broadway Musicals Went to College” | Nov 12:
George Eastman House Curator Patrick Loughney, “The
Archeology of American Cinema.” www.library.rochester.edu.

Writers and Books Sep
24: FootHills Publishing 20th Anniversary Harvest
Reading | Sep 25: Wide Open Mike with Norm Davis, 7:30 p.m. $3 | Oct 5:
Celebrating Writers: Bobby Johnson Party, 7:30 p.m., $3 | Oct 10: Genesee
Reading Series w/Gail Hosking Gilberg and Nick DiChario, 7:30 p.m., $6 | Oct 17: Course/Discourse Lecture,
7:30 p.m., $6 | 25 & Under (7
p.m., $3) Sep 26, Oct 24: celebrating W&B 25th anniversary by spotlighting
writers under 25 | Visiting Writers
Series
(7 p.m., $6)Oct 20:
Gladys Swan | Oct 27: Jay Leeming | 740 University
Ave. 473-2590, www.wab.org.