[ COMEDY ] New Year’s Eve Spectacular Featuring live music, live actors, a champagne toast at Midnight, followed by after-show dance party. 7:30 & 10 p.m. $25-$30. Geva Theatre Center, 75 Woodbury Blvd. 232-4382; gevacomedyimprov.org. New Year’s Eve with Tony Baker 7:30 & 10 p.m. $20-$25. Comedy @ the Carlson, 50 Carlson Rd. 426-6339; carlsoncomedy.com. […]
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Cady McClain wants women to see themselves in film
The High Falls Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, celebrating its 16th year of spotlighting women in film. On opening night, the festival will screen “Seeing is Believing: Women Direct,” Cady McClain’s documentary about the experiences of female filmmakers. Through interviews with several notable women directors, McClain explores the challenges they face thriving in a […]
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Best Arts & Entertainment 2017
Best Local Original Band Joywave. @joywavemusic; joywavemusic.com Runners up: Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People | Harmonica Lewinski | Junkyardfieldtrip Best Local Solo Musician Teagan Ward. facebook.com/teaganwardmusic; teaganward.com Runners up: Cammy Enaharo | Roger Kuhn | Nick LeDuc Best Local Hip-Hop Act Tugboat. facebook.com/theofficialtugboat Runners up: Ishmael Raps | Level 7 Experience | MdotCoop Best […]
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Festival Preview: ImageOut 2017
A look at the 25th Annual Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival The inaugural ImageOut kicked off in 1993; Bill Clinton had just begun his first term as President, Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize, Beanie Babies hit the market, and Donald Trump was an unnecessarily famous real-estate developer. Now, 25 years later … […]
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Witness Palestine series branches out in sixth year
The Witness Palestine Film Series, back for a sixth year, continues its mission to spotlight the human rights issues at the heart of the decades-spanning conflict between Palestine and Israel. Along with the annual film series (which runs through the beginning of October), this year’s festival branches out with a multidisciplinary program of events that […]
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Bonus features: Works of art
On the third Thursday of each month, Memorial Art Gallery holds a “DeTOUR,” a new, specially curated guided gallery tour tailored to a particular theme or topic. These tours examine specific works of art, dive into some lesser known stories about pieces in the MAG’s collection, and include art facts, trivia, and interactive activities. August’s […]
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Preview: 2017 Rochester International Jewish Film Festival
The warm weather brings with it Rochester’s largest summer film event: the annual JCC Ames Amzalak Rochester International Jewish Film Festival. Marking its 17th year, the festival celebrates Jewish culture and heritage through nine days of film screenings, live performances, guest directors, and post-film discussions. The RIJFF begins Sunday, July 9, and runs through Monday, […]
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Film explores impact of when a rape results in motherhood
For all of our debates over the right for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies, there’s less conversation about women who decide to keep children conceived through rape. Filmmaker and Flower City Arts Center Artist-In-Residence Nicholle La Vann is creating a documentary about her own assault and her broken relationship with her daughter, in the effort […]
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Film preview: Rochester International Film Festival
The RIFF will screen 29 shorts by filmmakers from across the globe
