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Suffragettes UNITE!

The Avyarium Theatre 274 Goodman St. N. Suite D242, Rochester, NY, United States

Suffragettes UNITE! Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth C. Stanton are coming to Rochester KeyBank Fringe 2019! Rochester, NY – Ann Mitchell will perform Suffragettes UNITE! at the 2019 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival (Tuesday, Sept. 10th  – Saturday, Sept. 21st  ) on Thursday, Sept. 19th - 6:30pm at the The Avyarium Theatre (274 Goodman St. N. Suite D242, Rochester NY 14607). Tickets are $10 at rochesterfringe.com, where more information … Continue reading Suffragettes UNITE! →

What is Woman’s Suffrage?

Memorial Art Gallery 500 University Ave., Rochester, NY, United States

By 1900, many women wanted rights as men, and that meant the ability to vote. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, postcards were a cheap, accessible, and exceedingly mobile media for spreading the messages of women’s suffrage. Some postcards provide the short, thought-provoking power of a pithy contemporary meme. Suffrage postcards are from … Continue reading What is Woman’s Suffrage? →

Mourning in the Morning: The Arrest and Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Strategy, Tactics and the Struggle for the Vote

Kusler-Cox Auditorium 115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY, United States

With the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, and its plain language implication that women, as citizens, had the right to vote, master strategist Susan B. Anthony decided to test the Constitution. She, her sister Mary, and fourteen other Rochester women registered, and then voted in the 1872 federal election, resulting in Anthony’s arrest, … Continue reading Mourning in the Morning: The Arrest and Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Strategy, Tactics and the Struggle for the Vote →

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Reshaping Rochester Lecture with Jenny Vey

Gleason Works Auditorium 1000 University Ave, Rochester, NY, United States

Jennifer Vey (The Brookings Institution) will give the first of five Reshaping Rochester lectures this January 29th! Join a discussion titled: “Transformative Placemaking: Expanding Opportunity for People and Places” at Gleason Works from 6pm to 8pm. Meet and greet with hors d'oeuvres and cash bar from 5:30-5:45pm across the street at the 40&8 club (933 … Continue reading Reshaping Rochester Lecture with Jenny Vey →

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Suffrage Exhibit Opening Reception

Ontario County Historical Museum 55 North Main St, Canadaigua, NY, United States

      2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Passage of the XIX Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote. The Ontario County Historical Society will celebrate this historic occasion with public reception at the Historical Museum and exhibit on the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Wilma Townsend museum curator … Continue reading Suffrage Exhibit Opening Reception →

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Women’s Suffrage: Past + Present

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY, United States

Ward Stare, conductor Mark Mobley, playwright MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL: Overture in C major GEMMA PEACOCKE: All on Fire PERRY Short Piece for Orchestra MARK MOBLEY True and Devoted A documentary-style play consisting of re-enacted interviews with five Rochesterian women (Mayor Lovely Warren, Elaine Spaull, Catherine Ceruli, Tamara Leigh, and Lola DeAscentiis) as a means of investigating the … Continue reading Women’s Suffrage: Past + Present →

$24.00

Women’s Suffrage: Past + Present

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY, United States

Ward Stare, conductor Mark Mobley, playwright MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL: Overture in C major GEMMA PEACOCKE: All on Fire PERRY Short Piece for Orchestra MARK MOBLEY True and Devoted A documentary-style play consisting of re-enacted interviews with five Rochesterian women (Mayor Lovely Warren, Elaine Spaull, Catherine Ceruli, Tamara Leigh, and Lola DeAscentiis) as a means of investigating the … Continue reading Women’s Suffrage: Past + Present →

$24.00

The Mother of Us All

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY, United States

Ward Stare, conductor THOMSON The Mother of Us All The Mother of Us All, an opera by Virgil Thomson to a libretto by Gertrude Stein, chronicles the life of Susan B. Anthony. In fanciful style, it brings together characters, fictional and non-fictional, from different periods of American history. Join us for a FREE pre-concert chat, … Continue reading The Mother of Us All →

$24.00

The Mother of Us All

Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY, United States

Ward Stare, conductor THOMSON The Mother of Us All The Mother of Us All, an opera by Virgil Thomson to a libretto by Gertrude Stein, chronicles the life of Susan B. Anthony. In fanciful style, it brings together characters, fictional and non-fictional, from different periods of American history. Join us for a FREE pre-concert chat, … Continue reading The Mother of Us All →

$24.00

Susan B. Anthony’s 200th Birthday Celebration Dinner

Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 E. Main St., Rochester, NY, United States

Join us at this historic event as we celebrate Susan B. Anthony’s 200th Birthday with with a special dinner on February 12, 2020 at the 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The evening will feature the keynote speaker, Tena Clark. You may know her as the author of Southern Discomfort, or as a Grammy award-winning musician … Continue reading Susan B. Anthony’s 200th Birthday Celebration Dinner →