Who we are

The Flying Squirrel Community Space exists to provide a welcoming space that will cultivate and sustain long lasting relationships between artists, activists, and community members in Rochester so that we may work together to create positive social change. More about us. Check out the current Flying Squirrel Member Groups that use the space.

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Upcoming

Zine making free school class (downstairs)

Sat, May. 25 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Dinner--set up at 3pm

Sat, May. 25 - 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Courage to Change meetings --UPSTAIRS

Sun, May. 26 - 11:00am - 12:30pm
5 Rhythms Dance

Sun, May. 26 - 6:30pm - 9:00pm
NA --upstairs--Mornings

Mon, May. 27 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm

The Squirrel That Gathers Causes

The Squirrel that gathers causes

by Tim Louis Macaluso

Rich Riggs and Taima Probst at the Flying Squirrel's Whirly Wednesday dance and music night.

June Monday Mayhem: Oppose and Propose! Lessons from Movement for a New Society

Oppose and Propose! Lessons from Movement for a New Society

Book Talk with author Andrew Cornell

At the Flying Squirrel Community Space

1st Monday Mayhem: Taking a Closer Look at the Women's Equality Agenda!

This month we'll be discussing the Women's Equality Agenda!

1 MM (February's 1st Monday Mayhem) Responding to and Resisting Gentrification in Rochester

February 1MM: Monday the 4th, 7-9pm @ the FS:
Responding to and Resisting Gentrification in Rochester

Ryan Acuff of Take Back the Land will be presenting his views about
the potential for resistance to the harms of gentrification in
Rochester, with a specific focus on ways that the F.S. community space
could work toward becoming an anti-gentrification space in the
community. Ryan has years of experience with housing rights issues

1mm: Screening and Discussion of the Short Film "This Land is Our Land"

1^st Monday Mayhem: Taking a Closer Look
Screening and Discussion: This Land in Our Land"
Monday Jan 7th
7pm
Flying Squirrel Community Space
285 Clarissa Street, 14608

Indymedia Uncut: Nine-Tenth's of the Law; Author Talks About Property and Resistance in the U.S.

Hannah Dobbz, author of Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States (AK Press, 2012), came to Rochester to speak about her new book. She presented on November 3, 2012 at the Flying Squirrel Community Space. The 1st link is her talk and the 2nd is the Q&A.

UPCOMING EVENTS! (at the Squirrel and Elsewhere--check them out!)

Here's a list of progressive events taking place around the area in the coming weeks!

25 @ 25 Keeping the Squirrel Alive

Exciting fundraising campaign to support the squirrel. please join!

Why We Don't Want the Group CETF to Continue Meeting at the Squirrel

Why We Don't Want the CETF to Continue Meeting at the Squirrel

If you have a Facebook account, you might have received messages saying that the
Squirrel has decided to not allow the Community Education Task Force to
continue meeting at the space. After reading the news, you may been left
wondering "why"? This statement was written by several squirrel members to
explain why we came to the decision. Of course this is only our personal

Clarissa St. Festival

If you have any free time at all today, come down to the Clarissa St. Festival! The entire event is great with awesome food, music, and people. And not only that, there's plenty going on at the squirrel including face painting, lots of pictures from the Elk's archives, food, and more.