Rochester Arts & Lectures is a not-for-profit cultural organization which produces an annual series of lectures by distinguished authors and artists respected for their contributions to literature, criticism, art, science, and public affairs. This major, on-going forum for the exchange of ideas is presented to a diverse audience in a downtown setting. Rochester Arts & Lectures enjoys a reputation for excellence, consistently creating programs of the highest caliber.
Our 2016/2017 series will be Home: Reimagining Rochester with Cornelius Eady, Marie Howe and Philip Schultz on Thursday, October 13, 2016; Emily St. John Mandel on Thursday, November 3, 2016; Lauren Groff on Thursday, December 1, 2016; Richard Blanco on Thursday, March 23, 2017; Terry Tempest Williams on Thursday, April 20, 2017 & Lily King on Thursday, May 4, 2017.