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Dryden Roundtable: The Khans of Bollywood @ 60

https://www.eastman.org/event/talks-film-screenings-member-events/dryden-roundtable-khans-bollywood-60 - Tue, 07/01/2025, 2:16 p.m.

Roundtable discussion Three of Indian cinema’s biggest stars—Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan—are all turning sixty this year. They are not related to each other, but each is part of an extended family working in the Indian film industry.

Garden Vibes: Alla Boara

https://www.eastman.org/event/live-music-special-events/garden-vibes-alla-boara - Thu, 04/17/2025, 9:22 p.m.

Alla Boara breathes new life into forgotten melodies, offering audiences a captivating journey through cultural heritage and universal human emotions.

George Eastman Museum to present The World is Waiting for the Sunrise: A Sing-along with Maggie Paxson

https://www.eastman.org/george-eastman-museum-present-world-waiting-sunrise-sing-along-maggie-paxson - Wed, 07/16/2025, 3:26 p.m.

Rochester, N.Y., July 16, 2025—

The George Eastman Museum will present a sing-along concert with Maggie Paxson on Thursday, September 11 at 6 p.m., in the Dryden Theatre, as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival.

Videoheaven

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings-special-events/videoheaven - Thu, 06/12/2025, 4:34 p.m.

As VHS became the dominant home video format in the early 1980s and consumer demand for new and classic films grew, the need for a space where people could rent the still-expensive-to-purchase tapes created an opening for the proliferation of the video store.

Bed & Board (35mm)

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings/bed-board-35mm - Thu, 06/12/2025, 4:19 p.m.

The Complete Antoine Doinel If Truffaut’s first Antoine Doinel films begin as somewhat nostalgic ventures into childhood and young adulthood, then Bed & Board represents the moment where the films stop being ventures into Truffaut’s past and actually begin to muddle in Truffaut’s present.

Summer Stock (35mm)

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings/summer-stock-35mm - Thu, 06/12/2025, 4:22 p.m.

Make Mine Musicals Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) is a small-town farmer who receives a surprise visit from her actress sister, Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), and Abigail’s theater troupe.

Certificate Program

https://www.eastman.org/certificate-program - Thu, 05/24/2018, 2:11 p.m.

In the course of one academic year, students in the Certificate Program take part in the staff's daily activities and in the meticulous research and discovery of new and lost treasures. They receive training in all archival practices, including but not limited to: curatorial duties; access procedures and understanding the nature and purpose of copyright laws; inspecting, repairing, measuring, and shipping nitrate prints; and organizing and managing climatized vaults. Students discover that "cataloging" a film means more than browsing through reference books. They study film-related ephemera as

Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory

https://www.eastman.org/bea-nettles-harvest-memory-0 - Fri, 08/09/2019, 9:11 a.m.

Bea Nettles explores the narrative potential of photography through constructed images often made with alternative photographic processes. This exhibition originally opened on January 31, 2020, but just six weeks later, the museum had to close due to COVID-19 and a virtual version was offered online. Now, the Eastman Museum is pleased to bring the exhibition back to our galleries for visitors to explore in person.

George Eastman Museum to present American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy

https://www.eastman.org/george-eastman-museum-present-american-born-hungary-kertesz-capa-and-hungarian-american - Thu, 07/24/2025, 11:27 a.m.

Rochester, N.Y., July 24, 2025—

The George Eastman Museum is proud to present American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy, September 26, 2025 through March 1, 2026, an exhibition ending its worldwide tour in the museum’s Main Galleries.

Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965), Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Santa Monica, California, 1929. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives

Pavements

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings-special-events/pavements - Thu, 06/12/2025, 4:32 p.m.

Two by Alex Ross Perry | Rochester Premiere In 1999 influential indie rock band Pavement broke up due to the stresses of touring and living up to competing expectations.

Seeing & Being Seen Artist Discussion and LGBTQ+ Dialogue

https://www.eastman.org/event/talks-special-events/seeing-being-seen-artist-discussion-and-lgbtq-dialogue - Tue, 07/08/2025, 12:12 p.m.

Join local photographers, portrait subjects, LGBTQ+ community members, and allies for an afternoon of creative conversation and connection.

In This Moment

https://www.eastman.org/moment - Thu, 07/24/2025, 4:57 p.m.

The Khans of Bollywood @ 60

https://www.eastman.org/khans-bollywood-60 - Wed, 06/18/2025, 4:50 p.m.

Three of Indian cinema’s biggest stars—Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan—are all turning sixty this year. They are not related to each other, but each is part of an extended family working in the Indian film industry. They have each appeared in more than sixty films over the last four decades of cinema, and their films account for six of the top ten highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time. This summer, the Dryden is plumbing our extensive South Asian cinema collection to bring eleven of the Khans’ most famous and influential films to our screen while celebrating their accomplishments.

Dates and Titles:
July 26 (2 p.m.): Dryden Roundtable: The Khans of Bollywood @ 60

July 31: Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, India 2007, 162 min., 35mm, Hindi and Urdu with English subtitles)

August 7: Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (Aditya Chopra, India 2008, 167 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 9 (2 p.m.): Ra.One (Anubhav Sinha, India 2011, 156 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 12: Bodyguard (Siddique, India 2011, 130 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 16: Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (Ashutoh Gowariker, India/US 2001, 224 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 19: Dabangg (Abhinav Kashyap, India 2010, 126 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 20: Mangal Pandey (Ketan Mehta, India 2005, 150 min., 35mm, Hindi and Urdu with English subtitles)

August 23 (2 p.m.): Rang De Basanti (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, India 2006, 167 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 23: Kal Ho Naa Ho (Nikkhil Advani, India 2003, 186 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 30 (2 p.m.): Ek Tha Tiger (Kabir Khan, India 2012, 132 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

August 30: Like Stars on Earth (Taare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan, India 2007, 162 min., 35mm, Hindi with English subtitles)

Take A Seat

https://www.eastman.org/take-seat-1 - Wed, 06/17/2015, 11:27 a.m.

Sponsor a seat in the Dryden Theatre and help the George Eastman Museum connect audiences with the art of the moving image, the artists who create films, and the history of the medium—for generations to come. The Eastman Museum is one of very few archives worldwide that is able to screen motion pictures in the full range of formats—from the earliest silent nitrate film stocks to current digital technologies—allowing audiences to see the filmmaker's creative vision in its authentic form. Your sponsorship will sustain the Dryden's aesthetic and structural integrity and the museum's ability to

Liz Deschenes: Frames per Second (Silent)

https://www.eastman.org/liz-deschenes-frames-second-silent - Fri, 11/01/2024, 3:40 p.m.

Working with photographic media and their histories, Liz Deschenes reconfigures the relationships among viewer, image, support, apparatus, and architecture, often inverting their respective positions.

Three City Symphonies by László Moholy-Nagy

https://www.eastman.org/three-city-symphonies-laszlo-moholy-nagy - Tue, 06/03/2025, 2:49 p.m.

This trio of short films by Hungarian-born László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) were made between 1926 and 1932 and show the artist’s visionary approach to portraying life in urban spaces. An influential teacher at the revolutionary Bauhaus school of art in Germany, Moholy-Nagy created significant bodies of work in design, painting, photography, sculpture, and filmmaking.

Om Shanti Om (35mm) - Free for Members

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings-member-events/om-shanti-om-35mm-free-members - Thu, 06/12/2025, 4:35 p.m.

The Khans of Bollywood Music! Romance! Drama! Suspense! The greatest box office triumph in the history of Indian cinema at the time of its release is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Bollywood in its most popular and beloved form.

Phil(m) Fest 2025: The Comedies

https://www.eastman.org/philm-fest-2025-comedies - Tue, 07/08/2025, 6:19 p.m.

Following our popular year-long look at the career of Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2023, we’re celebrating his birthday every year with a condensed, themed series of films near his birthday on July 23. In 2024 we did his blockbusters and this year, we’re looking at his comedy films. Though Hoffman is primarily known for his seriousness and depth, he was equally hilarious in comedic roles. From feel-good romantic comedies such as Along Came Polly to the legendary cult classic, The Big Lebowski, Hoffman showed us a far sillier and more humorous side of himself.

Love on the Run (35mm)

https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings/love-run-35mm - Wed, 07/09/2025, 5:04 p.m.

The Complete Antoine Doinel Things get complex in the finale to Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel film series. In this kaleidoscopic remix of Doinel’s life, it becomes clear that Antoine Doinel is neither simply a depiction of Truffaut nor is he Jean-Pierre Léaud, but is a fictional character “situated somewhere between the two”.

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