FEATURED EVENTS

Join millions of fellow New Yorkers and share your crunch! Your school, college campus, business, nonprofit, or group of friends can host a crunch of your own on October 25th. All you need are apples and a camera! FarmOn! Hosts this statewide event in hopes of encouraging our residents to purchase local apples to promote sourcing locally, eating healthy, and supporting our farmers with a coordinated CRUNCH. Join us as we celebrate Farm-to-School Month in October by committing to supporting local farmers and CRUNCHING into and NYState Grown apple on October 25th for the BIG APPLE CRUNCH!

Chills, thrills, and disturbing situations are the fertile fields of the Halloween season as the Dryden Theatre presents four programs to keep you up at night. Also part of our Silent Tuesdays series, Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922) sinks its teeth into the season with the first cinematic adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, haunting you with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli. Then, previewing Rochester’s Polish Film Festival, director Andrzej Wajda brings us Wesele, in which a turn-of-the-century wedding is complicated by spectral visitations of Poland’s past. If that weren’t enough, we’ll present two programs of short films by an established master of the genre with . . .

Mucha is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the 20th century. The expressive and seductive work of Alphonse Mucha, characterized by his portrayals of elegant women and elaborate use of color and ornament, played a prominent role in shaping the aesthetics of the decorative style known as French Art Nouveau.

Got an idea for a podcast but need some help developing it? Interested in using media to promote your business, your non-profit, or your academic research? Got questions about technology and equipment? Come to this one-night quick-start class on the basics of podcasting with producer Darien Lamen.