Season 4 ~ Coming October 2017

7 pm @ MAG / $7.50
includes museum admission

This monthly series celebrates the private hobbies and creative lives of Rochesterians and puts them center stage at MAG. Come see what inspires your neighbors! Be moved by their hyphenated lives and liberate the creative promise inside YOU.

Arrive early and enjoy MAGthursdays! Every Thursday from 5 to 8, we offer live music; beer, food and wine for purchase; and half-price museum admission.

Season 4 kicks off on a First Friday

Friday, October 6 @ 7 pm
Dr. Brian Bailey // Professor/Businessman/Music Promoter
Dr. Kishan Pandya // Physician/Musician
Thursday, November 9 @ 7 pm
Miguel A. Cardona, Jr. // Professor│Coffee Cup Sketcher
Jacob Rakovan // Craft Cocktail Bartender/Poetry Curator
Thursday, January 11, 2018 @ 7 pm
Randall Cook // Library Project Manager/Fiber Artist
Brittany Williams // Assist. Basketball Coach/Artist
Thursday, February 8, 2018 @ 7 pm
Katie Jo Suddaby // Ordained Pastor/Sand Artist
Sabra Wood // Ceramist/Community Advocate
Thursday, March 15, 2018 @ 7 pm
Theresa Bowick // Registered Nurse/Community Advocate
John Bruning // Optics Engineer/Recreational Mathematician
Thursday, April 12, 2018 @ 7 pm
Dr. Hal Kanthor // Pediatrician/Gilbert & Sullivan Collector
Danielle Ponder // Attorney/Musician

Hidden Passions Season 3

October 27, 2016
Andrew Ainslie, Business School Dean | Cave Diver
and
Bruce Ian Meader, Graphic Design Professor | Beatles Enthusiast

November 10, 2016
Melissa Matson, RPO Principal Violist | Artisan-dyed Fabric and Garment Designer
and
Karl Smith, Biophysics Doctoral Candidate | 10-Cent Story Writer
Smith photo by Sarah Alharbi

January 19, 2017
Seymour Schwartz, UofR Surgery Professor | Cartographic Historian
and
Rosemary Janofsky, Midwife | Innkeeper/Owner

February 9, 2017
UofR Undergraduate Night
READ UP ON THESE UNDERGRAD UBER ELITES AT THE UofR NEWS CENTER
Cosponsored with the University of Rochester Office of Alumni Relations 

Omar Soufan & Ibrahim Mohammad, Biomedical Majors | Rehabilitation Center for Refugees
Soufan photo by Adam Fenster and Mohammad photo by Keith Bullis

March 16, 2017
Theresa Lou Bowick, Registered Nurse | Community Advocate
and
Nannette Nocon, Financial Advisor | Children’s Book Author

April 13, 2017
Evan Dawson, Correspondent | Wine Aficionado
and
Aprille Byam, Market Researcher | Story teller

REVIEW: Season 2 (2015–16) | Season 1 (Spring 2015)