Weekly Rochester Events #471 Starting Thursday, January 17, 2008
This evening at 5:15 p.m. in the Gleason Auditorium of The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a Thursday Thinkers featuring Bob Spahn discussing The Earlier Springs, Later Falls.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) is another meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society featuring a presentation by Roscoe Hastings on the Rochester Public Library Docent Program and the main presentation by Russ Cooper on Preprogramming Your Genealogy Research by providing tips to successful research. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages] Tonight at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) at 7 p.m. is the Open History Reading Group to discuss historical topics. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
Larry Merrill will be in The Auditorium at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) at 7 p.m. to discuss his works, Pedestrian Photographs, on display in the museum through January 31.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Alfred & Ida Hart Theater at The Jewish Community Center (JCC) (1200 Edgewood Ave.) is a performance of To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday by Everyone's Theatre Company. [source: Everyone's Theatre Company website] Good modern acoustic rocker Cole Blair  will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Out of the Past starting at 8 p.m. Continuing their "film noir" series, this one is "perhaps the definitive film noir." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight and every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Learning Center at Brighton Memorial Library (2300 Elmwood Ave.) is a meeting of The Rochester Movie Makers Club [source: Rochester Film Lab Yahoo! Group] Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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This afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at New Health Café (133 Gregory St., formerly Saint Aubyn's House of Soups) is a meeting of We the People of Rochester, a group forming to organize activists "against NWO, war, and for world peace".
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
This evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Daniel Ward Salon (721 University Ave., formerly at 717 Park Ave.) is the opening reception for artwork by Nancy Coons titled About Face. [source: Craigslist Rochester events] [all ages] At The Community Darkroom at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) tonight at 7 p.m. is an exhibition of work by Meet the Photographer lecturers Walter Colley (see also The Animal Portrait), Andrew Davidhazy, Richard Margolis, Patricia Wilder, and Will Yurman. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] This evening at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is a screening of Experience Africa! Roots, Rhythms and Drums about Ladysmith Black Mambazo. [source: Baobab website] Tonight at The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) is father-and-son Ernie Lawrence and Andy Lawrence starting around 8 p.m. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages] Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is The Butane Varations, The Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells, and One Hand Waving Free starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Abel Raises Cain starting at 8 p.m., a documentary about hoaxter Alan Abel by his daughter Jenny Abel.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) at 9 p.m. is Erotic Night and Open Mic.
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
[all ages]
Fun 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-Risers will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
The Elektrobank 1 Year Party will be at TiLT Nightclub and Ultralounge (444 Central Ave.) starting around 10 p.m. tonight. [source: WBER calendar] [21+] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Hassaan Mackey probably starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is punk-rockish bar-rock from Burning Daylight , and good bar-rock with a country twang Blue Jimmy.
[source:
Monty's Krown calendar]
[21+]
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Today at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)is the opening of Not Forgotten: Rochester's Victims of Homicide in 2007. It will be on-view through March 2.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Today at 10:15 a.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is another Upstairs/Downstairs Tour for members. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]
Today at 12:15 p.m. and again at 1 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) is a presentation of Krudco Blue, the third skate-video by KRUDCO. (83 Howell St.).
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
Peter and the Wolf, really good acoustic rocker Seth Faergolzia, and Colonel Parmisan will be at Casa Del Awesome (274 N. Goodman St., in the Village Gate, 3rd floor #D314) starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) will be hosting Songwriters In The Round with witty and accomplished acoustic soloist Brian Coughlin, Joe Crookston, and Fred Vine starting around 8 p.m. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages] Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting The Highway Lights starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
This evening at 8 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is the opening party for Wild by Design: 200 Years of Innovation and Artistry in American Quilts. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages]
Tenor Madness featuring Ben Britton will be at The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) starting at 9 p.m. Later at midnight is the After Hours Jam Session with The Quinn Lawrence Trio.
[source:
Flat Iron Cafe webstie]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is the Record Release Show for gimmicky heavy-metal band Blüdwülf , along with Crucifist, Midnight, Attake, Defeatist, and high quality heavy metal from Kalibas starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
Troyka will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown calendar]
[21+]
Betty's Sing-a-Long is regularly scheduled at Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Café (622 Lake Ave., a.k.a. "Bullwinkle's") starting around 10 but since September, 2007 people have reported they were closed. |
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Today at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. is a Going for Baroque performance by Lars Gjerde on the the Italian Baroque organ at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) then at 5:30 p.m. is a concert by Pegasus Early Music titled Italians in the Fountain Court.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing two films by Albert Lamorisse: Le ballon rouge (The Red Balloon) and Crin-Blanc (White Mane) starting at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
This afternoon at 3 p.m. at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) is a performance by The Park Avenue Dance Company (15 Vick Park B) titled Moveable Words. [source: Craigslist Rochester events] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is the all-ages Record Release Show for Blüdwülf with Defeatist, and Kalibas starting around 6 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[all ages]
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Fiery Furnaces , and a perfection of clean, crisp rock-and-roll from Tiger Cried Beef will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. (The door charge is pretty high, so I guess somebody thinks these Furnaces are good.)
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Bored? Why not check out 1980's DJ night at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 11 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] |
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This morning at 7:30 a.m. in the cafeteria overlooking the arboretum in
Bausch and Lomb
(140 Stone St.)
is the
Artists Breakfast Group
meeting ... anyone interested in art or creativity is invited.
Tonight's Game Night in The Little Theatre Café (240 East Ave.) features psychic readings. [source: Little Theatre e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sunshine starting at 8 p.m. in which a spaceship is sent from Earth to reignite the sun using nuclear missiles.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is Monolith, slower, cleaner metal from Orodruin, Formaldehyde , Lady Hellraiser, and Immortall.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing No Quarto da Vanda (In Vanda's Room) starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House Calendar, "Vanda [...] is a drug addict living with her sister, Zita, in a Lisbon slum undergoing demolition. Their tragic situation is given dignity by Costa's beautiful lighting."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is really good reggae/dub band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[13+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Dead Catholics, and The Skull Maracas starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Poor People United meets tonight and every Wednesday at 7 at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) [source: the proverbial grapevine] Every Wednesday starting at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m. is the Rochester Cruisers Ride for bicyclists.
[source:
RocBike website]
There's an Open Mic for Acoustic Music at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) tonight around 8. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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