Weekly Rochester Events #497 Starting Thursday, July 17, 2008
Manhattan Square Park (130 Chestnut St.) will be hosting Steve Grills and The Roadmasters from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Music Coalition calendar]
The Riverside Festival Site (Exchange Blvd. at Court St., under the Freddie-Sue Bridge) will be hosting really good reggae-dub band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad , Black August, and M. J. Iuppa starting around 5 p.m.
[source:
WITR calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Death Race 2000 starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Deathsport at 8:30 p.m. There's nothing like a little cheap 1970's exploitation in the form of a warning of a future full of casual violence.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Manics, and Candle.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Josh Netsky, and The Pheromones starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
Rocking rockabilly from Krypton 88 will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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This evening from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is the opening reception for Bruce Elling's Shape and Shadow at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) The show runs through August 10.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
Tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is a series of three hour-long World Music programs: Gamelan with Clay Greenberg, Creative Music Making with Bill Cahn, and African Drumming with Bob Becker. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
Jim Malley of Mercury Posters (1 Sumner Pk.) will be displaying Racing Posters from Around the World in The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) fro 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The posters will remain on display through September 7.
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is the opening of a new play at Blackfriars Theatre (28 Lawn St.) titled Noises Off: a comedy about trying to put on a comedic stage show. [source: Blackfriars Theatre website]
Tonight, probably starting around 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is an Art Exhibit by The Evolutionary Girls Club.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is good bar-rock band (with a country twang) Blue Jimmy  starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Night Shall Eat These Girls and Boys, Americanomicon, and A Televised Reality starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tell the Cold Wall, Hellcat Maggie, and excellent hard-edged, precise acoustic rock from Old Boy will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Klimt starting at 8 p.m. about Gustav Klimt, "the famed Austrian artist whose sexually aware and erotically inspired work came to symbolize the art nouveau movement of the late 19th and early 20th century." As best I can tell from IMDb reviews, it's somewhere between awful and amazing.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Nightflys will be at Abeline Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abeline website]
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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Today starting at 5 p.m. is the annual Streets of Pride Festival along the streets of Rochester and concluding at The Main Street Armory (900 E. Main St.) around 7 p.m. Join MEETinROCHESTER folks if you want.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Over at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) starting around 8 p.m. is Rob Falgiano.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
[all ages]
The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting William Nicholson and the Herbs starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is The Clockmen, and punchy rock band Blue Spark and Flame starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Over at Abeline Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Mike Fyler and The Macro Meltdown .
[source:
Abeline website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Jeremy Jay, light, bright, and airy vocals and sometimes percussion and a band from A Wonderful, and Black Umbrella.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
The Papermoons will be at The Black Pearl Cafe (791 Meigs St., formerly Dicky's) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is The Color Wheels, and Auld Lang Syng starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[21+]
Tonight at The Baird Road Pub and Grill (1226 Fairport Rd., Fairport) is tight, great modern-rock band The Meddling Kids starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
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]
Pelican's Nest Restaurant (566 River St.) will be hosting The 50/50 Band , and The Meddling Kids starting around 4 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
Over at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. is The Asylum Street Spankers.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[all ages]
Awesome, animated, crazy rock from Monotonix, Chylde, Ian Downey is Famous, and Thinguma*jigSaw will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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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]
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 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] Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Micah 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 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starting at 8 p.m. A solid film adaptation of the book of the same name about living in a mental institution. I'm sure this one will be wildly popular — especially since it's a newly preserved 35mm print.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast, rapid-fire modern, metalish rock from The Gentlemen's Club, and excellent crafted down-tempo rock from Autumn In Halifax starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar MySpace page]
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This afternoon at 5:30 p.m. at Nathaniel's Pub (291 Exchange Blvd.) is the MEETinROCHESTER Official Monthly Mingler — so stop by for a pint and say hi.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Pink Panther Strikes Again starting at 8 p.m. — another step in the evolution of Pink Panther movies, toward a more cartoon-like production and unintelligible Clouseau. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Black Diamond Heavies, and The Found 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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