Weekly Rochester Events #496 Starting Thursday, July 10, 2008
Today and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (also on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.) at Highland Bowl (South Ave. at Robinson Dr.) is the Big Rib Bar-B-Que and Blues Fest. You can also join folks from MEETinROCHESTER to go there around 5:30 p.m. today.
[source:
RocWiki]
Trippy jazz band Margaret Explosion will be at WXXI (280 State St.) for a live taping WXXI's OnStage starting at 7 p.m. (but get there a bit early to sign up and such). [source: WXXI website] Tonight at 7 p.m. at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is another meeting of The Bertrand Russell Society. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages] Tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) is a screening of SHUTDOWN The Rise & Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War. [source: Community Biking Alliance message board] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Bullitt starting at 8 p.m. A classic, early cop-action movie with the finest chase sequence set to film (although there sure seem to be quite a few green Volkswagen Beetles).
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Good blues-charged rock-and-roll from Buford and the Smoking Section will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar] Pure Kona Open Mic Poetry will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) tonight starting around 7:30 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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Today at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) starting at 5 p.m. is the opening reception for Photos of Contemporary Iran by Linda Howland.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at 6 p.m. at the Firehouse Gallery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) is the opening reception for Signal featuring work by Bethany Krull .
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. is a presentation by Village Idiots Present (VIP) of Improv Cypher's "Gorilla Theatre". [source: Village Idiots Present website]
Updated:
I just got word that Dream Engine won't be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) — rather it's Harlow Crandall (who was also originally scheduled to play), Hotel Reverie, and a short set by Greg Carder.
[source:
band e-mail]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Matscho 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 La planète sauvage (Fantastic Planet) starting at 8 p.m. The Eastman House Calendar describes it as a "psychedelic animated sci-fi cult classic" so how can you go wrong? It will be preceded by the short film Les escargots (The Snails).
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight, tomorrow, and the 15th through the 19th is The Hill Cumorah Pageant (Hill Cumorah, Palmyra, N.Y.) starting at 9 p.m. [source: Freetime]
Excellent digitally manipulated acoustic guitar music from Autumn In Halifax will be playing at The Little Theatre Café (240 East Ave.) tonight at 8 p.m.
[source:
band calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at The High Falls Gorge (Platt St at Browns Race, the Pont De Rennes Bridge) starting around 9:30 p.m. is the River of Light Laser Show. [source: City Hall press release] |
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George Eastman would have turned 154 years old today so George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is having a celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Corn Hill Arts Festival (Frederick Douglass St. and Edinburgh St., in the Corn Hill Neighborhood) runs today and tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. and running until 6 p.m. today and until 5 p.m. tomorrow.
[source:
RocWiki]
Marie Starr will be exhibiting some of her artwork at Books, ETC. (78 W. Main St., Macedon) with a reception tonight from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. [source: Craigslist Rochester events] The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting Degan starting around 8 p.m. [source: Mez website] [all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting The White Noise Supremacists 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 Amadeus (the 2002 Director's Cut) starting at 8 p.m. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Over at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) starting around 9 p.m. is The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Johnny's Irish Pub calendar]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Baba Yaga, wild, gritty rock from Handsome Jack , wild, gritty rock from The Grinders, and The Stone Believer starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. is a Community Garage Sale and Super Flea Sale at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.)
[source:
City Hall press release]
Today at 11 a.m. is the start of The Rochester Jewish Film Festival (RJFF) with screenings of 20 films this year at The Little (240 East Ave.) and The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) [source: Rochester Film Lab Yahoo! Group] Tonight at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is Guy Forsyth starting around 1 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
The Penny Arcade (4785 Lake Ave.) will be hosting The Blind Drives, and Mike Fyler and The Macro Meltdown starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Penny Arcade MySpace page]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Sharon Van Etten, Noa Babayof, very good low-key acoustic from Jana Hunter, and Matteah Baim starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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Today from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a workshop titled Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Relax on Quad, Listen to Melodies from the University's Tower Bells — in the Eastman Quadrangle at The University of Rochester (Elmwood Ave. at Intercampus Dr.) today from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Hopeman Memorial Carillon Summer Recital Series is the performance: "classical and popular music to compositions written specifically for the carillon". [source: University of Rochester website] Over at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Darnere Dunfore , and Tori Sparks.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Big Nurse, Social Junk, and Tumul.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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.
Meet with MEETinROCHESTER folks to try out Whitewater Kayaking at The Lock 32 Whitewater Park (2797 Clover St., Pittsford) at 5 p.m. (sign up early and there's a $195 fee, so it's only if you're really dying to try).
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Join folks from MEETinROCHESTER around 5:45 p.m. to participate in the Trees in Our Neighborhoods Walk at 6 p.m. starting at The Maplewood Rose Garden (Driving Park and Lake Ave.)
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is another Eastman Summer Sings program of choral music. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Eric Sommer.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Horí, má panenko (The Fireman's Ball) starting at 8 p.m. — (according to the Eastman House calendar) it's a "thinly veiled political allegory and satire [that] depicts the mounting mayhem that begins when a small town's fire department decides to throw a big party." Preceded by the Decathlon segment of Visions of Eight.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Jimmy Jones Afterparty, Hey Thanks, and rapid-firem modern, metalish rock from The Gentlemen's Club will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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If you're interested at all in this MEETinROCHESTER I keep mentioning over and over (particularly this week for some reason), join up and say hello tonight at 6 p.m. at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) for the Official New Member Coffee.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 6:15 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Tour of George Eastman's Neighborhood for members of the museum. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Mitzie Collins will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting around 7:30 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Return of the Pink Panther starting at 8 p.m. Another theft of the Pink Panther diamond brings Inspector Clouseau back on the job one more time. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Brokedown starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
The Monroe Village Farmers' Market runs from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of The Church of the Blessed Sacrament (534 Oxford St.) [source: Eat Out Rochester] 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 Dogtown Hots (691 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m. is the Rochester Cruisers Wednesday Night Cruise (for bicyclists). [source: the proverbial grapevine] There's an Open Mic for Acoustic Music at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) tonight around 8. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Tonight at 8 p.m. at Abeline Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is an Open Mic with The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Abeline website]
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