Concerts and more to do this week in the Finger Lakes

Mike Murphy, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Seems like we were just celebrating the new year; now, daylight saving time nears (March 10), and spring (March 20) is in sight.

With the changes come more things to do in the Finger Lakes.

Here’s what’s happening this week.

1. Environmental writer Dan Egan to give online talk

Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Dan Egan will lead an online discussion at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in an event brought to the region by the Finger Lakes Land Trust and the Finger Lakes Institute. The discussion will focus on the role of phosphorus in daily lives, how it impacts the environment and its role in shaping agriculture. Egan, who for many years covered the Great Lakes for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is the author of “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance” and “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.” The discussion will be moderated by Harold van Es, professor of soil and water management at Cornell University. Learn more and register at fllt.org/events.

2. Learn more about eBay in Victor

The Beginning eBay series starts at 12:30 p.m. March 5 at Victor Farmington Library, 15 W. Main St., Victor. This is the first of four Tuesday classes in March. Participants will learn how to sell on eBay, including account set-up, photos, listing, packaging and sending. For details and to register for this and other programs, visit www.victorfarmingtonlibrary.org.

3. 10,000-plus reasons why Lilac Library serves with pride

Wood Library will present “Serving Our Community with Pride: Lilac Library" from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the library, 134 N. Main St., Canandaigua. Gerry Szymanski, librarian from the Lilac Library in Rochester, will talk about its historic collection of over 10,000 (and growing) LGBTQ+ materials. For details and to register for this or other Wood Library programs, visit woodlibrary.org or call 585-394-1381.

4. On the home front in Canandaigua

Wood Library also will present “Women of World War II: On the Front Lines and the Home Front” from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the library, 134 N. Main St., Canandaigua. Learn about the American Red Cross Clubmobile program, which was essentially a mobile club featuring doughnuts, coffee and good old American girl next-door friendliness, all served up at the front lines in Europe, Southeast Asia, India and Australia. For details, visit woodlibrary.org or call 585-394-1381.

5. Geneva Music Festival plans spring concert

Pianist Anna Petrova and violist Molly Carr will perform March 8 as part of the Geneva Music Festival's spring benefit concert.
Pianist Anna Petrova and violist Molly Carr will perform March 8 as part of the Geneva Music Festival's spring benefit concert.

Geneva Music Festival's spring benefit concert will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, in Froelich Hall on the Hobart and William Smith Colleges campus in Geneva. The “HERS” concert is a collaboration of pianist Anna Petrova and violist Molly Carr, who will perform an International Women’s Day concert featuring works for viola and piano by female composers. To find out more and to purchase tickets, visit https://genevamusicfestival.com/.

6. Symphoria to perform in Geneva

Lawrence Loh will direct Symphoria.
Lawrence Loh will direct Symphoria.
Cellist Julian Schwarz will perform as part of Symphoria on March 10.
Cellist Julian Schwarz will perform as part of Symphoria on March 10.

Geneva Concerts presents Symphoria at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St., Geneva. Conductor Lawrence Loh will return with guest artist, cellist Julian Schwarz. Schwarz will perform Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. Loh will conduct the dramatic Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler with the Adagietto movement, written as a love letter from the composer to his wife, Alma. A preconcert talk with Loh and Schwarz is planned at 2 p.m. All children through grade 12 and Hobart and William Smith College students with ID are welcome with free admission. Tickets are $35. For more information, and to buy tickets, visit www.genevaconcerts.org or contact Geneva Concerts at 315-789-7716, info@genevaconcerts.org or P.O. Box 709, Geneva, NY 14456. Tickets are available at the door and at Stomping Grounds (cash or check).

If you have an event you'd like to see listed in the "Things to Do" column, email Mike Murphy at mmurphy@messengerpostmedia.com.

Mike Murphy covers Canandaigua and other communities in Ontario County and writes the Eat, Drink and Be Murphy food and drink column. Follow him on X at @MPN_MikeMurphy.

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