Community Calendar

Utica University’s free Films on Thursday series continues its Fall 2026 season on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00pm with the movie, Köln 75.

On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett recorded a live solo piano concert that’s sold more than 3 million copies and influenced pianists across the globe. The little-known story behind the legendary Köln Concert recording is how Vera Brandes, an enthusiastic, irrepressible 18-year concert promoter orchestrated the event and helped rescue it from almost certain failure.

A complete list of the Fall 2026 film series, the campus map, parking information, and more information are available at https://www.utica.edu/film.

All films are shown at 7 p.m. in Macfarlane Auditorium in DePerno Hall and are free and open to the general public.

Join us for the next installment of the NXT Rockumentary Film Series.

A legendary 1975–76 concert tour gets an appropriately mischievous treatment in this inventive documentary, which blends remarkable archival footage with a handful of deliberately fabricated memories, cameos, and anecdotes. The result is part concert film, part historical document, and part elaborate joke about the slippery nature of memory and myth.

The invented material adds a wonderfully playful layer of uncertainty: just when you think you’re watching a straightforward account of a celebrated moment in music history, the film reminds you not to believe everything you see. But there’s nothing questionable about the performance footage, which captures one of America’s most influential songwriters at a thrilling peak as a live performer.

Due to licensing restrictions, we’re unable to publicly list the film title. To find out what’s screening, join our mailing list or contact us directly.

Special Event Film Screening -- REMEMBER THIS
In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office. Escaping a Gestapo prison, bearing witness to the despair of the Warsaw ghetto and confronted by the inhumanity of a death camp, Karski endures unspeakable mental anguish and physical torture to stand tall in the halls of power and speak the truth.

More about the film and the film trailer:
https://www.imagescinema.org/movie/remember-this

A post-screening conversation will be moderated by Sharon Wyrrick with special guests:
Dr. Maria Hepworth, an historian of modern American culture and Assistant Professor of History at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Her research and teaching focus on the ways popular media, especially narrative film, have shaped Americans' understanding of their collective past and contemporary reality.
Michelle Young, an award-winning, bestselling author and journalist. Her latest book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland was named a Best Book of 2025 by the New York Public Library, Library Journal, and Hyperallergic, and the 2026 Massachusetts Book Award Honoree.

Utica University’s free Films on Thursday series concludes its Fall 2026 season on Thursday, October 15 at 7:00pm with the movie, To Sir, With Love.

Sidney Poitier stars in this classic drama about from 1967 about an out of work engineer from British Guiana who takes a position as a high school teacher in London’s tough East End. Faced with a group of unruly students that have little regard for their future, he must figure out how to make them believe in themselves.

A complete list of the Fall 2026 film series, the campus map, parking information, and more information are available at https://www.utica.edu/film.

All films are shown at 7 p.m. in Macfarlane Auditorium in DePerno Hall and are free and open to the general public.

Asbury Shorts International Film Concert
with Guest Host Richard Lovrich
Special Guest Filmmaker: Sarah Bachinger
Sunday, October 25, 2026
2:00 pm
GE Theatre at Proctors
432 State Street
Schenectady, New York 12305
Tickets: $20 General Admission / $15 Students
https://secure.proctorscollaborative.org/.../asbury...
Information: atproctors.org
PROCTORS in Partnership with Film Schenectady presents
ASBURY SHORTS USA
“An Afternoon of the World’s Best Short Films”
CELEBRATING THEIR 45th ANNIVERSARY
An Asbury Short Film Concert is a fun fast-paced highly entertaining line up of films from the past and present, including international festival hits from around the world.
Enjoy an afternoon of the best in short film comedy, drama, documentary and animated shorts all in one sitting without awards, panel discussions or the dreaded Q&A’s!
Asbury Shorts Special Guest Filmmaker: Sarah Bachinger
Guest Host: Richard Lovrich
$20 – General Admission
$15 – Students
No Select Seating

Asbury Shorts Intl returns with the world's best short films...for a 3rd year to the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady, NY on Sunday afternoon- October 25th. Showtime is 2:00pm. Renowned photographer, author and creative director Richard Lovrich will host this 2 hours showcase of globally honored short films from all year. Fast paced and fun..the best in short film comedy, drama, animation and the indescribable. Recommended for ages 16 and way above.

Mountainfilm on Tour visits Hardwick, Massachusetts at The Center. Join us for an evening of inspiring and captivating films handpicked from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado.

Founded in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of North America’s longest-running documentary film festivals. Through the years, the festival has grown and changed to its current iteration – a thought-provoking weekend of film, art and ideas that leaves audiences with full cups and feeling inspired to create a better world. Each year after the festival, Mountainfilm on Tour hits the road sharing the year’s most inspiring short films with communities worldwide.

Mountainfilm on Tour – Hardwick will feature a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and inspiring documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm’s mission to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world.