Former RTPI President To Speak Today

Jim Berry, retired president of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, will present a report on the bird life of the Sunnyside Marsh Preserve in Greenhurst at the Fluvanna Free Library today, Jan. 6, at 3:30 p.m. Sunnyside Marsh is a 4.5 acre nature preserve managed by the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy. The area, a vital link in the network of wetland preserves protecting Chautauqua Lake from runoff and sedimentation, provides critical plant and wildlife protection. For 10-years federally and state licensed master bird banders Dr. John Rappole and Berry have captured, banded and studied thousands of birds of 94 different species in this preserve. They recently published their findings in the paper “Seasonal Change in the Avian Community of a Western New York Shrub Swamp.” This program will present these findings, as well as provide background information on various plant and animal species found in the marsh. For more information about this program or any events offered by the Fluvanna Free Library call 716-487-1773 or email info@fluvannalibrary.org.

Frewsburg School Board To Meet Today

FREWSBURG – The Frewsburg Central School Board of Education will hold a special meeting today, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. in the middle-high school school library. An executive session is anticipated to discuss matters pertaining to the search for a new school superintendent. No action is expected after the executive session. The public is welcome to attend. The board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, in the middle-high school library. The public is welcome to attend.

Reg Lenna To Screen Film Wednesday

Set against modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family, which will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection. Rental Family is rated PG and is 103 minutes long. In One Battle After Another, (Friday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m.) washed-up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). When his evil nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past. One Battle After Another is rated R and is 162 minutes long. It is nominated for 9 Golden Globe Awards. Upcoming Movies at The Reg include Renate Reinsve, Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgard in the family drama Sentimental Value (Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.), the musical fantasy sequel Wicked: For Good (Jan. 24 at 4 p.m.), and a special engagement showing of the historical war/legal drama Nuremberg (Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.) followed by a live conversation with the author of “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist – Jack El-Hai, presented in partnership with The Robert H. Jackson Center.