The Torch Club of Rochester
2021 - 2022 Program

Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021
Andrea Patterson, Researcher, Braddock Bay Bird Observatory
Birds without Borders: Tracking Avian Migration across the Hemisphere.

Wednesday, Oct.13
Rhonda Stroud, NRL and Larry Nittler, Carnegie Inst., Hermeochemists/Interstellar Dustbusters
Chasing Secrets of the Solar System on the Ice in Antarctica.

Tuesday, Nov. 9
Jessica Marten, Curator of American Art, Memorial Art Gallery
Demystifying the Deaccessioning of Art by a Museum.

Wednesday, Jan.12, 2022
David Williams, Director of Center for Visual Studies, Univ. Rochester
There is More to Seeing than Meets the Eye.

Tuesday, Feb. 8
Maiken Nedergaard, Professor, Center of Translational Neuromedicine, Univ. Rochester
The Nightlife of the Brain.

Wednesday, Mar. 9
Fred Amato, President, Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society.
History of the Charlotte Lighthouse and the Ontario Lakeshore Resorts.

Tuesday, Apr. 12
Gerard Floriano, Art. Director and Rose-Marie Klipstein*, Chair of Board, Finger Lakes Opera
Behind the Curtain: A Sneak Peek at Finger Lakes Opera’s Tenth Anniversary Season.

Thursday, May 5
Joint Program with Buffalo and Geneseo Torch Clubs Program TBA

Wednesday, June 8
Robert Duffy, President and CEO, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Vision of Downtown Rochester in 5-10 years.