Freetime Magazine » Talk of the Town http://www.freetime.com Western NY's Arts and Entertainment Magazine Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:40:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Talk of The Town http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talk-of-the-town-9 http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-9/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:36:59 +0000 Freetime Magazine http://www.freetime.com/?p=9466 more »]]> Jeff Wyatt @ RMSC's Eisenhart Auditorium, April 17

“Lake Sturgeon Repatriation” featuring Jeff Wyatt @ RMSC’s Eisenhart Auditorium, April 17

•Richard C. Shultz Science on the Edge Lecture Series, RMSC Eisenhart Auditorium, 657 East Avenue  (585-697-1942)…On April 17, “Lake Sturgeon Repatriation:  A Science-Based Success Story for Genesee River Health” will be the topic of a talk by JEFF WYATT, Seneca Park Zoo and Professor & Chair, Department of Comparative Medicine, University or Rochester…Next, on April 24, JOHN A. TARDUNO, Professor of Geophysics at the University of Rochester discusses “Crocodiles at the Poles:  Viewing the Past and Future Ice-free Arctic.”

•Monroe Community College, Building 4, 1000 E. Henrietta Road  (585-292-2534)…MCC’s Fifth Annual Scholar’s Day on April 27 will feature a presentation by deep-sea explorer ROBERT BALLARD.  Ballard is the discoverer of the Titanic, the German battleship Bismark, and numerous other contemporary and ancient shipwrecks.

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Maya Angelou @ The Gordon Field House at RIT, March 25

•Rochester Institute of Technology, Gordon Field House  (www.rit.edu/diversity/womens-month-celebration-rit)…On March 25, RIT will host poet MAYA ANGELOU as part of its commemoration of Women’s History Month.  The author, poet, playwright, and Grammy Award winner was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

•Riverside Convention Center, 123 E. Main Street  (www.lifespan-roch.org)…On March 28th, the guest speaker at this year’s Lifespan Celebration of Aging will be RITA MORENO.  At 80 years young, Moreno remains one of the busiest stars in show business.  She is currently performing a one-woman show, Life Without Make-up; and she’s appearing as Fran Drescher’s mother in TV Land’s Happily Divorced.  She’s also currently working on an autobiography.

•Richard C. Shultz Science on the Edge Lecture Series, RMSC Eisenhart Auditorium, 657 East Avenue  (585-697-1942)…On March 27, a presentation titled “The Science and Technology of Breeding Endangered Species when Mother Nature Needs a Helping Hand” will be delivered by TERRI ROTH, Conservation and Science/Crew Director, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden; and on April 3, MERCEDES RICHARDS, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University discusses “The Magical Tomography Imaging Technique.”

]]> http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-8/feed/ 0 Talk of the Town http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talk-of-the-town-7 http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-7/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:55:12 +0000 Freetime Magazine http://www.freetime.com/?p=7951 more »]]> Yolanda-T-MosesRochester Museum & Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium, 657 East Avenue  (585-697-1944) The “Science on the Edge Lecture Series” brings YOLANDA T. MOSES to town to discuss the topic, “Be Careful What You Wish For:  The Creation of the “RACE:  Are We So Different?” Exhibit and Project.  Moses is Professor of Anthropology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Excellence and Equality at the University of California, Riverside.

]]> http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-7/feed/ 0 Talk of The Town http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talk-of-the-town-6 http://www.freetime.com/talk-of-the-town-6/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:11:58 +0000 Freetime Magazine http://www.freetime.com/?p=7697 more »]]> •MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 500 University Avenue, (585) 276-8900… Susan Deer Cloud, a mixed lineage mountain Indian (mainly Mohawk/Blackfoot) from the Catskills, will give a poetry reading on January 10, starting at 7 p.m.   Deer Cloud is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, two New York State Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellowships and a Chenango County Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant.  She is author of Braiding Starlight, Car Stealer and The Last Ceremony; and serves as editor of the Native anthology, I Was Indian (Before Being Indian Was Cool.)

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Albert Paley Interviewed By Garth Fagan @ Garth Fagan Dance Studio, May 18

Dryden Theatre @ George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue  (585) 271-3361…On May 25, the veteran actor of television and movies, DABNEY COLEMAN, will present what is perhaps his best-known movie, Nine to Five – introducing the film and engaging in an audience Q & A after the screening.  Coleman has appeared in the films Inspector Gadget, Stuart Little, War Games, Tootsie, Beverly Hillbillies, Lilo & Stitch and You’ve Got Mail.  He’s also appeared in Boardwalk Empire and Law & Order:  Special Victims Unit.

Garth Fagan Dance Studio, 50 Chestnut Street  (585) 454-3260…A dialogue between ALBERT PALEY and GARTH FAGAN is schedule for May 18.  Internationally-acclaimed sculptor Albert Paley has noted that “dance and sculpture have the same fundamental principals working, with balance and not balanced aspects of materials and dancers, as well as understanding the space visually and in motion.”  Tony and Olivier Award Wining Choreographer Garth Fagan agrees.  “Good choreography involves principles of art, design, space, shape, form, sculpture and at times music.”  Hear more of their expertise at this presentation.

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Dr. Linda Jacobs, Author of "Digging In: An American Archaeologist Uncovers The Real Iran" @ MuCCC, April 25

Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Avenue (585-461-2000)

PHYLLIS KASDIN, author of The Future Begins With The Past: An Archives Exhibit of Jewish Rochester, will discuss the early years of those who survived the Holocaust and settled here in our community on April 18. The talk is part of the Annual Holocaust Commemoration event.

 

MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Avenue (www.muccc.org)

A discussion with DR. LINDA JACOBS, author of Digging In: An American Archaeologist Uncovers the Real Iran, is planned for April 25. She will share stories and photos of the villagers who hosted her when she spent time in Iran in 1974. She participated in an important dig and along the way also penetrated cultural boundaries to discover the intimate everyday life of the people who lived in that village.

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Kathleen Muldoon

Rochester Museum & Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium:

KATHLEEN MULDOON, Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Dartmouth College, will present a lecture called Extinct Giants, Shrinking Dwarfs:  A Paleontologist’s Perspective on Madagascar’s Vanishing Ecosystems on March 21 as part of the 30th anniversary “Science on the Edge” Lecture Series.  Madagascar is a hotspot for endangered biodiversity and has suffered the extinction of dozens of species.  In this talk, discover what the fossil records tell us about human impact and environmental change.  Call (585) 697-1942.

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Reed Timmer

Rochester Museum & Science Center, Eisenhart Auditorium:

REED TIMMER, the Extreme Meteorologist on Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers, will speak on February 29th as part of the 30th anniversary “Science on the Edge” lecture series. His topic will be The Science of Extreme Storm Chasing. Timmer is currently completing a Ph.D. in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and is author of Into the Storm. Call (585) 697-1942.

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On February 16, actor RICHARD GERE will be given the prestigious George Eastman Award for his distinguished contribution to the art of film as well as his global humanitarian leadership. Gere has starred in more than 40 films including Looking for Mr. Goodbar, American Gigolo, Officer and a Gentleman and Pretty Woman.

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Michael Eric Dyson

University of Rochester

•MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, political analyst for MSNBC, acclaimed author, and professor of sociology at Georgetown University, will deliver the U of R’s 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Friday, Jan. 27.  The free talk begins at 6 p.m. in Strong Auditorium on the River Campus.  Call (585) 276-3693.

 

Rochester Museum & Science Center

•ANTHONY AVENI, the Russell Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Native American Studies at Colgate University will speak on Feb. 1st as part of the 30th anniversary “Science on the Edge” lecture series. His topic will be The End of Time:  The Maya Mystery of 2012.  Call (585) 697-1942.

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