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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-20/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-19/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-18/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-17/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thebuffalohive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Looty-Goes-to-Heaven.jpg
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T170000
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CREATED:20260531T194651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T194651Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-16/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T170000
DTSTAMP:20260531T194651Z
CREATED:20260531T194651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T194651Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/2026-06-13/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T200000
DTSTAMP:20260531T194511Z
CREATED:20260531T194052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T194511Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art & Film: opening reception — 'With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams'
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, June 12\, 2026\, 6–8 pm\nExhibition hours: Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm\, extended hours through 8 pm on Wednesdays\, and by appointment\nOn view through September 11\, 2026\nSqueaky Wheel presents an exhibition and public programs thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh\, with films by Serge Avédikian\, Chris Marker\, and Wiame Haddad in the screening program. \nThe title of the exhibition – with us at the center of our world – is from John Berger’s quintessential essay “Why Look at Animals?”\, describing the place and role humans placed animals: how we may have seen and defined ourselves\, our world through and with them. The works take on various perspectives\, looking with and at animals\, and how the forces of capitalism\, control\, colonialism\, and war are now intertwined in our relationships with them. Thinking through these forces\, the collected works in the exhibition ask: what is the world that humans and animals are at the center of\, and are other worlds possible? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Annika Eriksson\, The Community (2010); Miranda Javid\, Little Winds That Died Immediately (2019); Noor Abuarafeh\, Am I the ageless object at the museum? (2018); Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, Our Ark (2022).\nThe exhibition features multiple strands for visitors to think through our relationship with non-human animals. Miranda Javid’s characteristically spectacular animated work Little Winds That Died Immediately features small animals as they try to survive under the force of humans using the artist’s signature transformative style\, with its subtle and evocative soundtrack heard through the gallery. Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s Looty Goes to Heaven is written from the perspective of Looty\, a small Pekingese dog that was stolen by British troops and gifted to Queen Victoria. The speculative fiction work—with Looty’s life told in the book and her restful afterlife in the video work made with Emerson Maxwell—speaks tenderly and often humorously to the obscene legacies left by the British empire on China during the Second Opium War. Cameron A. Granger’s stunning Just Below Heaven imagines the dreams and inner life of a pigeon trained for the machinery of American control; while Christina Corfield’s installation Pony Players Review thinks through the connections and settlements enabled in the U.S. by the Pony Express. Cutting together technology advertisements across decades that feature animals and nature in selling televisions\, G. Anthony Svatek’s A Whole New Species harkens to the everpresent narrative of ownership\, spectacle\, and control over our world. Thinking through curated forms of animal collection such as zoos—what Berger called “living monument(s) to their own disappearance”—Noor Abuarafeh’s Am I the ageless object at the museum? considers zoos\, museums\, and cemeteries through an evocative narrative and footage of zoos in Palestine\, Switzerland\, and Egypt. Paired in the center of the exhibition with Abuarafeh’s work\, Deniz Tortum and Sister Sylvester’s Our Ark documents the possibilities and consequences of efforts to backup virtual replicas of the world. Finally\, Annika Erikkson’s video The Community features a carpet with several street cats in Turkey\, opening a space for us to consider the roles and responsibilities of domestication\, and the possibility of creating new spaces for human animals and non-human animals to gather. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeft to right: Cameron A. Granger\, Just Below Heaven (2025); Christina Corfield\, Pony Players Review (2020-Present); G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026); Amy Ching-Yan Lam with Emerson Maxwell\, Looty Goes to Heaven (2022).\nAdditional work will be shared with a screening of films\, including Chris Marker’s Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat) accompanied by the short films Serge Avédikian’s Chienne D’histoire (Barking Island) and Wiame Haddad’s Sang Titre. Avédikian’s animated film\, Chienne D’histoire\, tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die in an attempt to modernize the empire in its final years; the film quite clearly asks us to make the connection between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile\, Wiame Haddad’s brief and subtle film\, Sang Titre features mysterious Super 8 footage of a donkey that mourns the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The short films will be screened with Chris Marker’s iconic documentary of the 2000s\, Chats Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, where the filmmaker reflects on French and international protest movements and culture at the start of the Iraq War through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. Click here to learn more about the screening on its respective page. \nSqueaky Wheel is excited to feature the work of former Workspace Residents Deniz Tortum\, G. Anthony Svatek\, and Miranda Javid in this exhibition. Curated by Ekrem Serdar. This exhibition is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Andreas Bertman at Filmform – The Art Film & Video Archive in Sweden\, Fırat Sezgin and Ecegül Bayram at the Institute of Time\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Carra Stratton\, Jenson Leonard\, Noor Abuarafeh\, Rachael Rakes\, Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show\, Sue Ding\, and Toleen Touq. \nVisitor and accessibility information:\nThe exhibition can be visited free of charge between 12–5 pm on Tuesdays\, Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays\, extended hours on Wednesdays from 12–8 pm. Appointments are also available; please email office@squeaky.org with the subject “Exhibition appointment”. \nSeating is provided for most work\, and additional seating is available upon request. See individual work descriptions for captioning and subtitle information. Works without captions have sound descriptions on wall labels.  \nClick here for Squeaky Wheel’s parking\, transportation\, and overall accessibility information.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-film-opening-reception-with-us-at-the-center-of-our-world-animals-domestications-dreams/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T143000
DTSTAMP:20260127T211906Z
CREATED:20260127T211906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T211906Z
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SUMMARY:Art & Architecture On Screen: Turner & Constable
DESCRIPTION:Two of Britain’s greatest painters\, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other\, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition\, in London from November 2025 to April 2026\, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen so that both can be enjoyed together. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side\, as they so often were in life\, on the big screen for the first time. \nTurner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealized depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of “fire and water.” \nMarking 250 years since their births\, this unmissable new cinematic production explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts. This is not to be missed. \nThis production runs approximately one hour\, 30 minutes. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/art-architecture-on-screen-turner-constable/
LOCATION:1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, NY\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:rickdavis@fredopera.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T210000
DTSTAMP:20260328T020159Z
CREATED:20260328T020159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T020159Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: The VVitch (2015)
DESCRIPTION:The Smith’s “staff pick” film for the month of May! \nIn 1630 New England\, panic and despair envelops a farmer\, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. The family blames Thomasin\, the oldest daughter who was watching the boy at the time of his disappearance. With suspicion and paranoia mounting\, twin siblings Mercy and Jonas suspect Thomasin of witchcraft\, testing the clan’s faith\, loyalty and love to one another. \n“Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” Movies at The Smith are not just screenings\, each one is an event! Come dressed in your witchiest garb\, and remember to stop by Concessions in our beautiful lobby to purchase Half-Moon Cookies and popcorn\, try some sweet honey Mead at our bar\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film! \nMovie Rating: Rated R\nRunning Time: 1 hour\, 32 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-the-vvitch-2015/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T193000
DTSTAMP:20260328T014618Z
CREATED:20260328T014618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T014618Z
UID:10039691-1777658400-1777663800@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Buffalo Film: 'Lingua Franca' at Hallwalls
DESCRIPTION:Lingua Franca (2020) NR\nRuntime: 1h 35m\nDirected by: Isabel Sandoval\nStarring: Isabel Sandoval\, Eamon Farren\, Lynn Cohen \n\nOlivia\, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation\, works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in New York. When the man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out\, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s a trans woman. \n\nTrans Film / Trans Space is an ongoing\, community focused screening series highlighting trans cinema. Our programming is temporally promiscuous and genre-expansive\, inclusive of contemporary and repertory film and video art across a variety of forms and perspectives. You can expect to see narrative features\, documentaries\, experimental shorts\, hybrid works\, and otherwise unclassifiable cinematic objects as part of the series. \nThe goal of Trans Film / Trans Space is not merely to create an environment for passive viewing\, but to foster a space for conversation and communal engagement with trans film\, i.e.\, to create a trans space at the cinema. Screenings will include post-film discussions and other expanded programming that supports this goal. \n 
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-film-lingua-franca-at-hallwalls/
LOCATION:Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center\, 341 Delaware Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T205013Z
CREATED:20260404T205013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T205013Z
UID:10039716-1776796200-1776803400@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Buffalo Film: Building Trust On and Off Camera — Ethical Practices with Film Participants
DESCRIPTION:Trust is the foundation of ethical and effective documentary\, participatory\, and community-based filmmaking. This workshop by visiting filmmaker Jason Rhee equips filmmakers\, media artists\, and researchers with practical strategies to build\, negotiate\, and sustain trust with participants—especially those from marginalized or vulnerable communities. Drawing on the themes of informed consent\, accessibility\, privacy\, and reciprocity\, participants will explore how transparent communication and mutual accountability can transform the filmmaker-participant relationship. \nThe filmmaker will introduce topics and facilitate discussion on power dynamics\, long-term relationships\, and anonymized case studies where trust broke down\, and also provide participants with toolkits such as sample consent forms and checklists for informed consent. Optionally\, participants are also welcome to introduce specific trust challenges in their own projects and workshop them with their peers. \nAttendees: Notebooks and pens for the workshop will be provided\, though participants are welcome to bring their own. We’ll be ordering a pizza to share. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-film-building-trust-on-and-off-camera-ethical-practices-with-film-participants/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T203000
DTSTAMP:20260307T040314Z
CREATED:20260307T040314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T040314Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
DESCRIPTION:Our Staff Pick film for the month of April! \nVote For Pedro! In small-town Preston\, Idaho\, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident\, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle\, Rico\, shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school\, Napoleon befriends the new kid\, Pedro\, a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president. \nRemember to stop by Concessions in our beautiful lobby to purchase your fresh\, delicious popcorn\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film! \nMovie Rating: PG\nRunning Time: 1 hour\, 36 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-napoleon-dynamite-2004/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T205305Z
CREATED:20260404T205305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260404T205305Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Literature:  Autotheory and the Poetics of the Self — Storying the Personal
DESCRIPTION:Join Squeaky Wheel and visiting artist resident Arielle Knight for a short form writing workshop! This skill share invites participants to experiment with autobiographical storytelling and the practice of autotheory—the blending of lived experience and critical thought—to create new forms of narrative that collapse the boundaries between personal and intellectual inquiry. Drawing from practices in experimental film\, performance\, and essay-making\, this session will guide participants in transforming fragments of memory\, personal archives\, and embodied experiences into generative creative material. \nParticipants will engage in short writing and reflection exercises that explore how personal narrative can serve as both evidence and theory\, as well as how storytelling becomes a method for survival\, healing\, and critique. Examples of artists and thinkers who employ autotheory to reframe vulnerability as a tool for intervention will be presented\, including excerpts from texts by bell hooks\, Audre Lorde\, and Maggie Nelson. \nThrough group discussion and individual exercises\, participants will learn strategies for translating autobiographical material into multiple media forms—moving image\, sound\, installation\, and text—and discuss the ethics of working with one’s own story and the stories of others. By the end of the workshop\, each participant will have developed a short creative concept or fragment that reflects their own approach to merging self-experience and theory in creative practice. \nThe filmmakers presents this skill-share as an offering; centering on creating a supportive and exploratory environment\, where storytelling becomes a form of research and resistance\, allowing each participant to reimagine how the personal can illuminate the collective and the political. \nAttendees: Notebooks and pens for the workshop will be provided\, though participants are welcome to bring their own. We’ll be ordering a pizza for everyone. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-literature-autotheory-and-the-poetics-of-the-self-storying-the-personal/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema,Literature,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T200442Z
CREATED:20260404T210002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T200442Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Film: Sound in the Margins — Drawing audio on 16mm film  with Ajunie Virk
DESCRIPTION:Join artist resident Ajunie Virk for a workshop that teaches participants how to create experimental audio by drawing directly onto the optical soundtrack of 16mm film\, a technique the artists uses herself to personalize sound and generate abstract audio layers within her own video works. \nThis hands-on workshop methods in mark-making\, sound reading\, and editing to craft unique sonic textures. Participants will be introduced to historical and artistic antecedents\, including the work of Daphne Oram and Arseny Avraamov\, and learn analog and digital tools – including 16mm projectors\, the Photosounder software\, among others. \nAttendees: Participants are welcome to bring their own laptops\, but can also request one in the registration form. You can install the Photosounder software here. Additional materials will be provided. We’ll be ordering a pizza for everyone. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main center after 7:30 pm. \nFunding for this session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency is provided by the Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Thank you to our friends at Rust Belt Books\, Buffalo’s largest used bookstore\, for sponsoring this session of the residency. Special thank you to the panelists of this session of the residency\, Alicia Hawkins\, Donte McFadden\, and Joan Nobile. Learn more about the program here. \nBiography of the artist\nAjunie Virk is an Indian-American writer-director and animator whose work investigates the relationship between surveillance\, identity\, and paranoia in a diasporic middle-America\, conjuring up narratives that force viewers to face uncomfortable truths only apparent after objects of nostalgia are stripped of their familiar contexts. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University\, Virk was an artist-in-residence at Bunker Projects\, Brew House Arts\, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, and the Yale Norfolk School of Art. A recipient of the Anne Dowden and Samuel Rosenberg awards\, she has recently screened works at the Coaxial Art Foundation\, Roski Mateo Gallery\, and Light Matters Festival\, among others. \nBanner image: A still from an animation by Ajunie Virk of a group of people crawling along the strings\, dampers\, and hammers of the inside of a piano.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-film-sound-in-the-margins-drawing-audio-on-16mm-film/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T143000
DTSTAMP:20260127T211253Z
CREATED:20260127T211253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T211253Z
UID:10038983-1775912400-1775917800@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Art & Architecture On Screen: Water Lilies by Monet - The Magic of Water and Light
DESCRIPTION:Voyage through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius and founder of Impressionism\, Claude Monet. An art-world disruptor at the turn of the 20th century whose obsession with capturing light and water broke all convention\, Monet revolutionized Modern Art with his timeless masterpieces. \nAn in-depth\, exclusive tour led by Monet scholars of the museums that house the largest collections of the prolific artist’s lilies paintings including the Musée Marmottan Monet\, the Orsay Museum\, the world-famous panels at L’Orangerie and concluding with Monet’s own house and gardens at Giverny\, the site where his fascination for water lilies was born. \nThis production runs approximately one hour\, 30 minutes. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/art-architecture-on-screen-water-lilies-by-monet-the-magic-of-water-and-light/
LOCATION:1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, NY\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:rickdavis@fredopera.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T120000
DTSTAMP:20260324T002659Z
CREATED:20260324T002659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T002659Z
UID:10039676-1775901600-1775908800@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Art's Cafe: Super 8mm film
DESCRIPTION:SUPER 8MM FILM\nApril 11th | 10am – Noon | Art’s Cafe | $100 / $90 members \nLearn the basics of cinema with the classic\, old-school home film format; Super 8mm. The class session will cover exposure\, lens use\, planning shot sequences\, and cinema language. Each participant will borrow a camera to shoot a single cartridge using in-camera editing. A group screening will be scheduled later. The class includes film and process but does not include transfer to a digital medium. This is 100% analog. With Seth Wochensky. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/arts-cafe-super-8mm-film/
LOCATION:Art’s Cafe\, 5 E Main St\, Springville\, NY\, 14141\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Film,Film/Cinema
ORGANIZER;CN="Springville Center for the Arts":MAILTO:scaseth@gmail.com
GEO:42.508677;-78.670708
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T210000
DTSTAMP:20260307T040905Z
CREATED:20260307T040905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T040905Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Art: Opening of 'Portions\,' by Alexa Joan Givens Wajed
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening reception of Portions on March 20\, 2026\, from 6 to 9 pm at Hunt Art Gallery\, Brisbane Building\, 403 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY. In this new solo exhibition\, Alexa Joan Givens Wajed reflects on the quiet accumulation of a life spent nurturing others while continuing to create in the spaces that remain. \nAlexa Wajed has lovingly poured herself outward into family\, children\, partnership\, and the quiet labor of supporting others’ lives and careers. Through it all\, she has remained an artist\, her creative moments revealing little parts of herself. Intimate in scale and generous in spirit\, each piece becomes a serving\, a moment of presence\, memory\, or release\, offerings that when experienced side by side\, are revealed to be enough. \nSmall meditative abstract line works emerge through intuitive mark-making. Created without expectation\, they quiet the mind and allow a lyrical flow to take over. The process itself is healing\, an act of listening rather than directing. The lines move\, pause\, and breathe\, mirroring the internal rhythms of care\, exhaustion\, and renewal. \nLittle Parts of Me unfolds through three interwoven sections. Works on paper are created using natural dyes made from pomegranate skins\, beets\, hibiscus\, and butterfly pea flowers. Each material carries memory and intention: pomegranate skins as an echo of her father\, butterfly pea flowers for healing. Gum arabic and cloves are added to preserve the pigments\, though fading is inevitable. Like memory\, the body\, like care itself\, these materials shift\, wash away slightly\, and change over time. Nothing here is meant to remain untouched. \nVessels: baskets\, bowls\, compartments\, purses—forms designed to hold. These works reflect the human tendency to carry more than we should\, and longer than we realize. The artist asks: Why do I possess so many containers? They are all just there\, empty. What am I holding on to? They speak to unconscious accumulation: emotional labor\, responsibility\, grief\, love. They linger between fullness and release\, asking what it means\, what it feels like\, to finally empty something when we know we need to. \nSpice Drops draw directly from memory\, specifically the artist’s mother\, who loved the candy of the same name. Actual spices are incorporated into the works\, blending scent\, texture\, nostalgia\, and Wajed’s culinary background. These pieces are small but potent\, grounding sweetness in substance. \nBlack Drops shift the language. Fine line work interrupted by larger black dots. They act as punctuation marks\, moments of gravity\, silence\, and interruption\, some thoughts landing heavier than others. \nPortraits & Abstract Identities: six digital drawings that anchor the exhibition in the human figure. An exploration through black and white compositions\, punctuated with color\, where identity is fluid\, layered\, and unfinished—never one thing\, never fully named. These are not likenesses so much as rendered emotional presences\, attitudes\, characters\, fractured mental states. Each portrait is paired with a poem\, extending the image into the language and interiority of the artist. \nGesture Acquires Mass: the exhibition introduces sculptural pieces that extend Wajed’s signature line work into three dimensional space. Large cutout shapes\, manually constructed and carved using sign-making materials\, and wood\, further evolve her long standing practice in leather work and bring her meditative mark making into the physical realm with no expectations. \nThis exhibition is not about grand gestures. It is about what is possible in between—responsibilities\, difficult and beautiful moments—embracing all that she has\, she honors what can be made in portions.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-art-opening-of-portions-by-alexa-joan-givens-wajed/
LOCATION:Hunt Art Gallery/Beebe’s at the Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Film/Cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T143000
DTSTAMP:20260127T210315Z
CREATED:20260127T210315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T210315Z
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SUMMARY:Art & Architecture On Screen: St. Peter's & the Papal Basilicas of Rome
DESCRIPTION:St. Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome takes you on a cinematic journey through the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and their treasures: St. Peter’s (one of the 25 destinations most visited by international tourists from all over the world)\, St. John in the Lateran\, St. Mary Major\, and St. Paul Outside the Walls. Four majestic buildings – each with a precious papal altar\, each a treasure trove of timeless works of art and a destination for millions of travelers and pilgrims over the centuries. \nThis production runs approximately one hour\, 30 minutes. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/art-architecture-on-screen-st-peters-the-papal-basilicas-of-rome/
LOCATION:1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, NY\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:rickdavis@fredopera.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T210000
DTSTAMP:20260217T125139Z
CREATED:20260217T125139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T125139Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: The Big Lebowski (1998)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a Smith tradition with our annual screening of The Big Lebowski! Join us on March 6th (Day of the Dude!) for this beloved cult classic\, which has inspired a pseudo-religion and countless quotable moments. \nUltimate L.A. slacker Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski\, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name\, seeks restitution for a rug ruined by debt collectors\, enlisting his bowling buddies to help while trying to find the millionaire’s missing wife. A star-studded cast\, led by Jeff Bridges\, brings this outlandish tale to life\, making it a must-see on the big screen. \nRemember to stop by Concessions in our beautiful lobby to purchase your fresh\, delicious popcorn\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film! \nMovie Rating: Rated R for pervasive strong language\, drug content\, sexuality and brief violence\nRunning Time: 1 hour\, 57 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-the-big-lebowski-1998/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T223000
DTSTAMP:20260212T010220Z
CREATED:20260212T010220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T010220Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: Finger Lakes Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Finger Lakes Film Festival (FLXFF) is an annual celebration of film held in New York’s Finger Lakes Region. \n\n\nThe festival features diverse voices and encourages submissions from filmmakers worldwide\, with a special focus on upstate New York. The event features screenings at the Smith Opera House and the Dove Block Project. The festival stands out for its regional premieres\, and for connecting creative voices with an eclectic audience of film lovers for a unique experience in the Finger Lakes. \nThe 2026 Finger Lakes Film Festival will be held on February 28th at the historic Smith Opera House and the Dove Block Project arts center in the heart of downtown Geneva’s cultural district. \n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets are free of charge.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-finger-lakes-film-festival/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thebuffalohive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FLXFF.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260227T220000
DTSTAMP:20260217T124749Z
CREATED:20260217T124749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T124749Z
UID:10039218-1772218800-1772229600@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Buffalo Film: End of America Double Feature — 'WTO/99' + 'Hello Dankness' at Hallwalls
DESCRIPTION:Presented as a double feature\, Ian Bell’s WTO/99 and Soda Jerk’s Hello Dankness\, two films that trace more than two decades of political rupture — from the streets of Seattle during the 1999 World Trade Organization protests to the fractured media landscape of the Trump era. \nPurchase individual tickets for each screening\, or double-feature tickets for either the Friday or Saturday presentations. \nWTO/99\nAn immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40\,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impacts on human rights\, labor\, and the environment. \n\nHello Dankness\nComprised entirely of hundreds of pirated film samples\, Hello Dankness is a bent suburban musical that bears witness to the psychotropic cultural spectacle of the period 2016 to 2021. Set in the American suburbs\, the film follows a neighbourhood through these years as consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracies and other political contagions. Part political satire\, zombie stoner film\, and Greek tragedy\, the work is also informed by the encrypted memetics of contemporary internet culture. \nShowings – select to order tickets:\nFri\, Feb 27th\, 7:00 PM\nFri\, Feb 27th\, 7:00 PM\nSat\, Feb 28th\, 4:00 PM\nSat\, Feb 28th\, 4:00 PM \n 
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-film-end-of-america-double-feature-wto-99-hello-dankness-at-hallwalls/2026-02-27/
LOCATION:Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center\, 341 Delaware Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T143000
DTSTAMP:20260127T205357Z
CREATED:20260127T205357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T205357Z
UID:10038981-1771678800-1771684200@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Art & Architecture On Screen: Frida - Viva La Vida
DESCRIPTION:Frida – Viva La Vida is a cinematic documentary that highlights the two sides of Frida Kahlo’s spirit: a revolutionary pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and a human tormented by agony and love. \nWith Asia Argento as narrator\, the two faces of the artist will be revealed\, by pursuing a common thread consisting of Frida’s own words: letters\, diaries and private confessions. The production alternates interviews with historical documents\, captivating reconstructions\, and Frida Kahlo’s own paintings\, kept in some of the most amazing museums in Mexico. \nThis production runs approximately one hour\, 30 minutes. \nPart of Arts in the Afternoon\, which is sponsored by Dr. James M. & Marcia Merrins
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/art-architecture-on-screen-frida-viva-la-vida/
LOCATION:1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center\, 9 Church St.\, Fredonia\, NY\, 14063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film/Cinema,Visual Arts
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ORGANIZER;CN="1891 Fredonia Opera House":MAILTO:rickdavis@fredopera.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260208T183012Z
CREATED:20260208T183012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260208T183012Z
UID:10039023-1771614000-1771621200@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:Regional Film: Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
DESCRIPTION:The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder! \nHaving concluded a case\, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Express. But when an unpopular billionaire is murdered en route\, Poirot takes up the case\, and everyone on board the famous train is a suspect. Using an avalanche blocking the tracks to his advantage\, Poirot gradually realizes that many of the passengers have revenge as a motive\, and he begins to home in on the culprit. \nRemember to stop by Concessions in our beautiful lobby to purchase your fresh\, delicious popcorn\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film! \nEver wanted to be a character in a classic whodunnit!? Now’s your chance at A Sparkling Murder Mystery\, March 7th at the Smith Opera House! Details on our website\, https://thesmith.org \nMovie Rating: PG\nRuntime: 2 hours\, 7 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-murder-on-the-orient-express-1974/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T170000
DTSTAMP:20260123T003629Z
CREATED:20260123T003629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T003629Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: Frozen (2013)
DESCRIPTION:When their kingdom becomes trapped in perpetual winter\, fearless Anna (Kristen Bell) joins forces with mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer sidekick to find Anna’s sister\, Snow Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel)\, and break her icy spell. Although their epic journey leads them to encounters with mystical trolls\, a comedic snowman (Josh Gad)\, harsh conditions\, and magic at every turn\, Anna and Kristoff bravely push onward in a race to save their kingdom from winter’s cold grip. \nRemember to stop by Concessions in our lobby to buy your fresh\, delicious popcorn\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film\, for that authentic\, old-fashioned movie theater experience! \nMovie Rating: PG\nRunning Time: 1 hour\, 42 minutes \nThis FREE screening is generously sponsored by UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health!
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-frozen-2013/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family + Kids,Film,Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260120T170848Z
CREATED:20260120T170848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T170848Z
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SUMMARY:Regional film: Moonstruck (1987)
DESCRIPTION:Bring your special someone to this Valentine’s Day screening at The Smith! \nNo sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend\, Johnny (Danny Aiello)\, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother\, Ronny (Nicolas Cage). She tries to resist\, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother\, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love\, she comes to learn that she’s not the only one in her family with a secret romance. \nRemember to stop by Concessions in our lobby to buy some fresh\, delicious popcorn for yourself and your sweetie\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before our feature film\, for that authentic\, old-fashioned movie theater experience! \nMovie Rating: PG\nRuntime: 1 hour\, 41 minutes \nThis screening is sponsored by Microclimate Wine Bar!
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-moonstruck-1987/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260208T170000
DTSTAMP:20251113T043219Z
CREATED:20251113T043219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T043219Z
UID:10034567-1770566400-1770570000@thebuffalohive.com
SUMMARY:WNY Film: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
DESCRIPTION:Experience the haunting masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with live accompaniment by the Cloud Chamber Orchestra! Return to 1920 with the defining masterpiece of German Expressionism that revolutionized film history. This haunting tale is still as chilling and mesmerizing today as it was over a century ago! \nThis event features live musical accompaniment by the acclaimed Cloud Chamber Orchestra performing as a trio. Renowned for their inventive and improvisational scores\, the ensemble will enhance the action-packed drama with a captivating live performance\, bringing this classic film to life in a whole new way. \n  \n\n\nRuntime: 1 hour\, 7 minutes\nNot Rated
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/wny-film-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260124T190000
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: Paint Your Wagon (1969)
DESCRIPTION:The Smith’s Staff Pick film for the month of January! \n\nStake Your Claim to the Musical Goldmine of ’69! In this musical based on the Broadway show\, Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) happens upon a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother\, Pardner (Clint Eastwood)\, in the wilds of California during the Gold Rush. At the burial\, they discover gold dust and stake a claim. Soon a mining camp dubbed “No Name City” emerges\, rife with lonely men starved for female companionship. When a polygamist Mormon arrives looking to sell off a wife (Jean Seberg)\, a bidding war commences.\n\nDon’t forget to stop by Concessions to buy your fresh\, delicious popcorn\, and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon screening before the feature film for that authentic\, old-fashioned movie theater experience! \n\n\n\n\nMovie Rating: PG-13\nRuntime: 2 hours\, 38 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-paint-your-wagon-1969/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T200000
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SUMMARY:WNY Film: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
DESCRIPTION:En route from New York City to Greece on New Year’s Eve\, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead\, surviving passengers\, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman)\, band together in the ship’s ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires\, flooding\, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave. \nMovie Rating: PG\nRuntime: 1 hour\, 57 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/wny-film-the-poseidon-adventure-1972/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T180000
DTSTAMP:20251118T212343Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Film: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
DESCRIPTION:Delving into the dark side of fame and illusion\, Billy Wilder’s film noir masterpiece dissects ambition\, delusion\, and Hollywood’s brutal nature through a washed-up star and a struggling writer. It’s a classic tale of dreams\, despair\, and the price of celebrity\, leaving audiences captivated by its timeless critique. A must-watch cinematic experience! \nMovie Rating: Not rated\nRuntime: 1 hour\, 50 minutes
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/regional-film-sunset-boulevard-1950/
LOCATION:The Smith Opera House\, 82 Seneca Street\, Geneva\, NY 14456\, USA\, Geneva\, NY\, 14456\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film/Cinema
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Smith Center for the Arts":MAILTO:boxoffice@thesmith.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T180000
DTSTAMP:20250920T025101Z
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SUMMARY:Buffalo Film & Video: Barbara Lattanzi — 'The Storm in the Painting'
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of recent video work often utilizing generative AI to animate the pieces.
URL:https://thebuffalohive.com/event/buffalo-film-video-barbara-lattanzi-the-storm-in-the-painting/2025-12-19/
LOCATION:Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center\, 341 Delaware Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Arts + Culture,Film/Cinema
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