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January 18th
WXXI
Interview on 1370 Connection at noon on Thursday, Jan. 18 about "Witness" and DARFUR/DARFUR.
January 20th
Eastman House Exhibitions
Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour
January 20 through April 22, 2007
DARFUR/DARFUR
January 20 through April 22, 2007
Know War
January 20 through April 22, 2007
January 21st
Candle Light Vigil - 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21
A candlelight vigil has been planned in association with the Eastman House exhibition DARFUR/DARFUR. The Rochester community is invited to join in support of the Darfuri people, contemplation of the exhibition, and witness to the need for immediate, lasting peace. Beginning at Asbury First United Methodist Church, (1050 East Ave., Rochester) the vigil will continue to George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) and conclude with a free viewing of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition.
Speakers to include Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter and NBA star Manute Bol. Organized by the Interfaith Coalition for Darfur.
January 26th
Eastman House Programs
Exhibition Opening Reception - 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26
An opening event for Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour will feature an illustrated lecture in the Dryden Theatre with Ben Shneiderman, Seymour's nephew. The lecture will be followed by an exhibition viewing and a reception with refreshments in the Potter Peristyle. Admission is $10 (free to members). For more information, please call (585) 271-3361.
February 7th
George Eastman House
"Humanism and Photography: The Imagery of David Seymour" - February 7 at 2 p.m. in the Curtis Theatre.
Lecture given by Tom Beck, Chief Curator, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Curator of the exhibition, Reflections from the Heart. In the Curtis Theatre. Included with museum admission.
February 12th
Nazareth College
Film - Feb 12, 7:30pm
Film and talk with Maud Dahme at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, titled "Hidden Children in the Holocaust," focusing on her experiences as a child during WWII. Shults Center, Forum. Free and open to the public.
February 13th
Nazareth College
Lecture - Feb 13
Panel discussion titled "Reflections on the Holocaust" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, featuring Maud Dahme, local Holocaust survivors, and March of Rembrance and Hope participants. Shults Center, Forum. Free and open to the public.
February 17th
Eastman House Exhibitions
Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited
February 17 through May 6, 2007
Eastman House Programs
Photography Lecture and Booksigning: Craig J. Barber - 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17
An opening event for Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited will feature an illustrated lecture in the Dryden Theatre with photographer Craig J. Barber. The lecture will be followed by an exhibition viewing and booksigning. Click here to purchase the book in advance. Included with museum admission (free to members). For more information, please call (585) 271-3361.
March 1st
Memorial Art Gallery
Lecture on Native American Art - 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1
G. Peter Jemison presents a lecture on the painting Famous Names (1998) by artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Quick-to-See Smith's provocative piece is reflective of her Flathead Salish heritage and includes elements of modernism. Jemison is a Heron Clan member of the Seneca nation of Indians, an artist and the Historic Site Manager at Ganondagan State Historic Site. His essay on Famous Names is featured in the publication Seeing America: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. $2 general admission; MAG members and U of R students free.
Eastman House Programs
Photography Lecture and Booksigning: Ron Haviv - 6 p.m. Thursday March 1
Photographer Ron Haviv, whose work is featured in the exhibition DARFUR/DARFUR, will present an illustrated lecture in the Dryden Theatre, titled "On the Front Lines of Today's Wars." Haviv will present work from around the world from 1989 until today. Themes dealing with the ideas of witness, evidence and the responsibility of the audience will be explored with work that document recent genocides, civil wars and United States military intervention around the world. Lecture will be followed by a booksigning. Included with museum admission (free to members).
March 3rd
Nazareth College
Exhibition - March 3rd through 31st
Exhibition Rwanda/After, Darfur/Now that illustrates genocide crises in Rwanda and Darfur, featuring photographs by Michal Ronnen Safdie (photographer also featured in Eastman House's DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition), on view March 3 through 31. Nazareth Arts Center, main lobby. Free and open to the public.
March 4th
Nazareth College
Theatrical Performance - March 4th and March 6th
Rochester Children's Theatre presents the play And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Recommended for grades 6-12. Holocaust survivor Eva Schoss (whose story is told in the play) will appear for a talk-back after both performances at Nazareth College Arts Center's Callahan Theater. Tickets are $12. Call the Arts Center Box Office at (585) 389-2170.
George Eastman House
Eastman School of Music performances at George Eastman House - March 4
On Sundays in March and April, as part of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition, there will be live music by Eastman School of Music musicians in the Brackett Clark Gallery from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
March 6th
Nazareth College
Theatrical Performance - March 4th and March 6th
Rochester Children's Theatre presents the play And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Recommended for grades 6-12. Holocaust survivor Eva Schoss (whose story is told in the play) will appear for a talk-back after both performances at Nazareth College Arts Center's Callahan Theater. Tickets are $12. Call the Arts Center Box Office at (585) 389-2170.
March 20th
Eastman House Programs
Geva Theatre Center's Nextstage - March 20 through April 8
Performances of the play Nine Parts of Desire, March 20 through April 8 (Nine Iraqi women share the true stories of their lives before, during and after the regime of Saddam Hussein. A riveting, unsettling, politically charged play that will leave you filled with awe – and with profound questions of how we help and harm our fellow man. "A Triumph. Thrilling. An example of how art can remake the world." The New Yorker) (For ages 17+)
March 21st
Nazareth College
Lecture - March 21 and 28
Lectures at 7:30 p.m. March 21 and 28 titled "Pursuing the Truth of Genocide." Speakers to be announced. Nazareth Arts Center, A-14. Free and open to the public.
March 25th
George Eastman House
Eastman School of Music performances at George Eastman House - March 25
On Sundays in March and April, as part of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition, there will be live music by Eastman School of Music musicians in the Brackett Clark Gallery from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
March 28th
Nazareth College
Lecture - March 21 and 28
Lectures at 7:30 p.m. March 21 and 28 titled "Pursuing the Truth of Genocide." Speakers to be announced. Nazareth Arts Center, A-14. Free and open to the public.
April 1st
George Eastman House Community Day:
Eastman School of Music performances at George Eastman House - April 1
On Sundays in March and April, as part of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition, there will be live music by Eastman School of Music musicians in the Brackett Clark Gallery from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
AfriKuumba Dance and Drum Inc.
Dance being created about food, famine, and relief. To be performed in gallery space at George Eastman House amidst DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition, featuring dance class from University of Rochester and local Sudanese child dancers. Performances at 3:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 1.
Pittsford Mendon High School Men's Choir
Performance on the grand staircase in the house at 3 p.m.
April 5th
George Eastman House
Lecture with Leslie Thomas, Curator of DARFUR/DARFUR - April 5, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Dryden Theatre.
Lecture by Leslie Thomas, founder of the DARFUR/DARFUR organization and curator of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition on view at Eastman House through April 22. She will talk about her experience creating, curating and organizing the DARFUR/DARFUR grass roots project. Included with museum admission.
April 8th
George Eastman House
Eastman School of Music performances at George Eastman House - April 8
On Sundays in March and April, as part of the DARFUR/DARFUR exhibition, there will be live music by Eastman School of Music musicians in the Brackett Clark Gallery from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
April 12th
Eastman House Programs
Photography Lecture: Don Fox - 6:30 p.m. Thursday April 12
Lecture titled "Face to Face: Images from a Different War" with Vietnam veteran Don Fox, who will present photographs from his time serving in Vietnam.
As Chief Announcer for Armed Forces Vietnam Radio Network, Don Fox had lots of free time on his hands. So in 1967 he bought his first "serious" camera at the Army PX outside of Saigon and started documenting the anguish and the dignity of ordinary Vietnamese people caught in the crosshairs of history. Upon returning to "the world," he stashed the 700+ Ektachrome slides in a cardboard shoebox where they lay moldering in damp cellars as he moved on into a life of broadcast journalism and teaching.
Yet decades later, when he could no longer ignore the filmy memories of the faces lurking in his basement, he gathered the emotional strength to revisit those slides, but by that time they were faded and mildewed beyond any hope, he thought, of resurrection. The past continued to pull him to those haunting images until 2004 when he decided to dedicate an entire year to digitally repairing and remastering these images of a heretofore ignored chapter of American – and his own personal – history. Curtis Theatre. Included with museum admission (free to members).
April 19th
WITNESS Poetry Reading
Please join us at George Eastman House 6:30 to 8 p.m. for an evening of poetry, read by the winners of our High School Student Juried Poetry Contest. Joining them will be slam poetry performers commissioned through Writers and Books. An open mic will be available during the event. Light Refreshments will be served. Made possible with the generous support and participation of BOA Editions, Just Poets, and Writer & Books.
April 20th
Nazareth College
Theatrical Performance - April 20th through 28th
Nazareth College presents Cabaret April 20 through 28 (musical deals with Nazi issues). Nazareth Arts Center, Callahan Theater. Call the Nazareth box office at (585) 389-2170.
April 28th
Nazareth College
Theatrical Performance - April 20th through 28th
Nazareth College presents Cabaret April 20 through 28 (musical deals with Nazi issues). Nazareth Arts Center, Callahan Theater. Call the Nazareth box office at (585) 389-2170.
Other Dates
BOA Editions Ltd
Poem "Those Whom We Do Not Know" by Naomi Shihab Nye to serve as catalyst for poetry contest in local high schools. Poems to be displayed at George Eastman House.
United Nations Association Of Rochester
Darfur to be theme of Rochester and Syracuse gathering of Model UN conferences in March.
Writers & Books
In conjunction with George Eastman House and BOA Editions, Writers & Books is facilitating a poetry contest for high school students. The winning entries will be displayed at George Eastman House.