Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars!
Music at St. Mark's
This is the fourth year that St. Mark's is hosting a free concert series* on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm. Each concert lasts about one hour. The schedule is:
February 20 - The Rochester Bagpiper
March 20 - Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero, Jazz
April 24 - Genesee Valley Recorder Ensemble
May 15 - Batavia Swing Band
*This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!
Community for Understanding - Discussion series
St. Mark’s Church hosts a monthly community discussion series “Community for Understanding.”
Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month starting on September 11 at 6:30 pm
This is open to anyone in the community, and you do not need to be a member of St. Mark's or associated with any church. We welcome you to one or all of these discussions. Copies of the books are available in the church office one month before the discussion, and they also may be checked out from your local library. Each of these books is interesting, compelling--even fun--with lots to think about and discuss.
Coming up:
January 8 - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
February 12 - Rebel Falls by Tim Wendel
March 12 - Sleeping with the Ancestors by Joseph McGill, Jr.
St. Mark's received a grant from the Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination that covered the cost of three of the six titles (multiple copies) and the print bookmarks. The Commission is an organization with the Episcopal Partnership (the dioceses of Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania).
Multiple copies are available to borrow. Information here.
Music at St. Mark's starts in February
The annual "Music at St. Mark's" concert series will begin on Thursday, February 20 for an exciting and popular line-up of musical talent. Concerts will be announced soon. Many thanks to GoArt! for another community arts grant for this series.
The Joy Project - will be back in December 2025!
Saturdays 10-4 & Sundays 12-4
November 29 through December 21, 2025
The Joy Project, an exhibit inspired by the former Sibley’s Department Store in downtown Rochester, brings old-time Christmas to life at the Exhibit Hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1 East Main Street, LeRoy. Visitors will see a huge Christmas village and train display as well as “department store windows” with animatronics and accompanying story, an idea that came directly from the Sibley’s Enchanted Tunnel of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Hand-painted murals of Christmases of yesteryear by local artist Lorie Longhany were funded by a grant from GoArt! (Genesee Orleans Regional Arts Council).
A key feature of this exhibit is the one-of-a-kind diorama of the 1937 radio show “The Cinnamon Bear.” Constructed by a Chicago-area model builder in the 1980s, it was displayed in a Chicago department store Christmas display, and when it needed a new home, this location was selected. An extensive newscast was aired last year on Chicago PBS station WETA about this diorama and the need for a new home. https://www.pbs.org/video/man-created-miniature-maybeland-in-his-portage-park-home-18h/
This exhibit is open and free to the public on Saturdays from 10-4 and Sundays from 12-4 between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And, yes, kazoos will be available for sale—just like they were at Sibley’s!
Community for Understanding - past titles
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