Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to check out this weekend. Browse, discover, and share upcoming events on the University Events Calendar by logging in with your University NetID. The calendar features a variety of events at all campuses, including the River Campus, Eastman School, Memorial Art Gallery, and Medical Center.
#1: Explore digital, artistic exhibit at gallery event
The exhibition A Sudden Malfunction concludes with a closing reception as part of the citywide First Friday gallery event on Friday, September 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. Local artists Stephanie Ashenfelder—interim director of the Digital Media Studies and the program manager in the Department of Art & Art History—and Amos Scully—associate professor teaching industrial design at Rochester Institute of Technology—use digital and artistic scholarship to explore the “human urge to affiliate” with the animals we own. The husband-and-wife team includes their own horse, dog, rooster, and hens in the project. “We exist as ill-equipped care takers, fraught with worry at the awesome responsibility and aware of our flawed relationships with these nonhumans,” Ashenfelder and Scully write in an artist’s statement. The exhibition takes place in the newly renamed Frontispace, formerly the Gallery at the Art and Music Library—which is on the ground floor of Rush Rhees Library. The work is on display as part of a new summer residency at the University, which is open to all local artists in the western New York area. In addition, the exhibition in the works is on display at the Hartnett Gallery in Wilson Commons, and features the most recent artwork and works-in-process by faculty teaching in the Studio Art Program at Sage Art Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
#2: Cheer on Rochester athletics
The accomplishments of the past and the promise of the future will be on display at the Prince Athletic Complex on the University’s River Campus this weekend. Rochester’s football team will host Case Western Reserve University at 7 p.m., Saturday, September 7, in Fauver Stadium. Case Western has had two successful seasons and this is Rochester’s first home night game in nine years. At halftime, University President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf will help present the 2019 Garnish Scholar Athlete Awards to 10 senior student-athletes for a combination of athletic skill, academic achievement, and community service. Women’s volleyball hosts its annual tournament on Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7. And field hockey hosts its home opener at noon on Saturday vs. Houghton College. Women’s soccer is home on Sunday, September 8 at 1 p.m. against SUNY Cortland. Admission to all the games is free. See more information and schedules at www.uofatheletics.com.
#3: Watch Eastman faculty perform
Eastman’s Faculty Artist Series presents Eastman Virtuosi on Saturday, September 7. The program features a performance by violist and guest composer Maria Newman ’84E, assisted by pianist Wendy Prober performing Newman’s The Ninth Hour of Divine Office. The 7:30 p.m. concert at Kilbourn Hall will feature performances by Michael Wayne, associate professor of clarinet; George Sakakeeny, professor of bassoon; Marina Lomazov, professor of piano; Renee Jolles, professor of violin; Masumi Per Rostad, associate professor of viola; Steven Doane, professor of violoncello; and Alexander Kobrin, assistant professor piano. In addition to the Saturday performance, Eastman will present George Sakakeeny, bassoon, and Friends on Friday, September 6. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn. Tony Caramia, professor of piano, performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 8, at Hatch Recital Hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission and free to University of Rochester ID holders.
#4: Get out to the Memorial Art Gallery’s art festival
The M&T Clothesline Festival—Rochester’s longest-running celebration of arts—takes place on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8. The festival showcases original work by more than 400 artists from across the country. Enjoy live entertainment, including a performance by the student a cappella group Midnight Ramblers, from 11 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. There will be local food trucks, craft beers, and wines. Find the Creative Workshop area where you and the kids can get creative and make art; or sign up for fall classes. Search for bargains at the museum store and the art library’s used book sale. Festival-goers also receive free admission to the art museum’s galleries. Festival hours, rain or shine, are 10 to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $5 (MAG members are $4) and children 10 and under are free if accompanied by an adult. Park and rides are available. Get more information online.
#5: See ‘Performing Valeska’ on the River Campus
On Sunday, September 8, the Program of Dance and Movement presents a “Homage to Valeska Gert” performed by Janet Collard Dance Theater and collaborator Dan Saski. Gert—an artist, dancer, and actress—is said to have paved the way for the punk movement and also known for her roles in silent cinema, including the 1929 film Diary of a Lost Girl with the iconic flapper Louise Brooks. The dance theater performance is a re-creation of Gert’s dance solos and a look at her unique avant-garde artist life. This show is geared for mature audiences ages 13 and up. The performance is cosponsored by the Humanities Project, is free, and begins at 5 p.m. at Spurrier Dance Theater on the River Campus.
