Weekly Rochester Events #514 Starting Thursday, November 13, 2008
Today from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is Not Your Usual Craft Show at the Lodge at Brighton Town Park (777 Westfall Rd.)
[source:
City Newspaper]
Anne M. Lyden will be at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) this evening at 6 p.m. for a Photo Lecture on "how photographs capture the romantic vision of railroads as symbols of industrial development, expansion, accessibility, and a changing society."
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. in Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is a meeting of The Bertrand Russell Society featuring Alfred Geier discussing Heraclitus and the Logos on Russell's views during what we've come to call the Jazz Age. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages] Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is a presentation of Everyone's Theatre Company (ETC) titled The Devil Waits For Imogene Oxford — also on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. [source: RocWiki calendar] [all ages]
Payton Sheets will discuss How Did the Ancient Maya Feed the Multitudes? in an Archaeology Lecture at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) tonight at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Brass Guild starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Lake, Desolation Wilderness, Oliver/Reeg, and good acoustic soloist Electric Organic starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is wicked fun percussion-and-saxophone dominated jam band The BuddhaHood.
[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] |
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Today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Gallery at The Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (277 N. Goodman St.) is the opening reception for What is New?, an exhibition of works by Alan D. Singer.
[source:
Arts and Cultural Council e-mail]
This evening at 6:30 p.m. is the opening of the Winter Show at The Firehouse Gallery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.); on display through December 30. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] At The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) at 6:30 p.m. is a Community Dialogue Series on Ethiopian Intellectual traditions and the Legacy of Haile Selassie with Ayele Bekerie. [source: Baobab website] Updated: Tonight at Potential Life Studios (34 Elton St.) is The Sunburned Hand Of The Man, and Inward Becomes an Anthem starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
Liana Gabel, good acoustic soloist Nora Kaminski, Dana Marzovilla, and John Craigie will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
The Eastman Wind Orchestra will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Encounters At the End of the World starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 5 p.m. Visually-stunning-film maker Werner Herzog's film about Antarctica.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is giving Old School Reggae Night another go around 9 p.m. with Ron Stackman spinning the vinyl.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode will be at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Golden Link website]
Sign up for the event then join MEETinROCHESTER members for Cosmic Bowling at Bowl-a-Roll (1560 Jefferson Rd.) starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight at The Montage Live Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille) is The Goonies, Roots Collider, and The Legacy starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
Burn Everything will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
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Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Aaron Maras starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Fewn, and Duck and Swallow starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Animator Don Hertzfeldt (also at
Internet Movie Database) will be in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) at 8 p.m. to present his new film I Am So Proud of You along with other samples of his "surreal, existentially philosophical, and uproariously funny work".
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Mason Proper, Josh Netsky, The Pheromones, and Thing One 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 Hotel Reverie, Craig Marlowe, and Ian Downey is Famous.
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
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Today at 3 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is another Musicale with N. Pourmalek.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Pinocchio starting early at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. in which a magical puppet wants to become a real boy. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is solidly good hard rock from Cavalcade, The Natty Orcs, and Devall Music.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Ronnie Reider will be at the One Universe Resource Service (OURS) meeting to discuss Native American Storytelling in the Lower Level Meeting Room at Brighton Town Hall (2300 Elmwood Ave.) tonight at 6:30 p.m.
[source:
One Universe Resource Service mailer]
Over at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Royal Bangs, The French Horn Rebellion, and Hotel Reverie will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is a Chocolate Tasting by Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.)
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
[all ages]
Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Percussion Ensemble starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Tramp, Tramp, Tramp starting at 8 p.m. in which a hobo "enters a cross-country walkathon" and features some "jaw-dropping stunts". Philip C. Carli will provide live piano accompaniment, and the film will be preceded by Mighty Like a Moose.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Beaumonts, and The Quarter Shots starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is DADA: "a program of 16mm films from the VSW archives".
[source:
Visual Studies Workshop calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is Tuba Mirum starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Eastman Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra will be at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing RR starting at 8 p.m. Your mileage may vary: "without any sort of conventional narration and using a stationary camera, avant-garde filmmaker [James] Benning films 43 trains in locations all over the United States. What ultimately emerges through a carefully structured series of shots and a subtle, but evocative sound design, is a study of American consumerism and consumption."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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]
Open-Mic Comedy at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] [all ages] |
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