Weekly Rochester Events #520 Starting Thursday, December 25, 2008
 Christmas Day
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is a nerdy, perverted stage act punctuated with surf-rock from The Isotopes, and great, fun, 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-Risers starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Kwanza Begins
Apparently The Critical Mass Bike Ride is tonight starting at 5:30 p.m. at the clock tower near The Wilson Commons at The University of Rochester (Library Road, #39 on River Campus Map.) to The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) at 6 p.m. and heading through the city from there. [source: the proverbial grapevine] 
Joel Lindley, and Ralph Tetta will be performing at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) tonight and tomorrow starting at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Tony Gallicchio and FunkNut starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is good punk-rock-groove band The Edge of Jupiter , and The Freeminer Birds.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting good theremin rockabilly from The Irving Klaws, good punk-rock from The QUiTTERS, The Beaumonts, and Hotel Reverie starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight probably starting around 7 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) is the Subversive Komedy Fest. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is a Comedy Night with Andy Boccacino.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Ryan Webster 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 Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 starting at 8 p.m. The actual Steinway #L1037 will be on hand to introduce the documentary and answer questions.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is tight, technical hard-rock from BML, very good metal from Sulaco, and instrumental chaotic-rock band Razor Wire Shrine.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting punk-rock/bar-rock from Burning Daylight, and really good, dynamic acoustic soloist Jesse Sprinkle starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing One Hundred and One Dalmatians in two early shows: at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. In it, a promiscuous Dalmatian bitch produces sufficient offspring such that their pup fur could reasonably be fashioned into a fur coat.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Girl Shy starting at 7 p.m. A geeky tailor's assistant is comedically incompetent around women but finally gets his girl. Philip C. Carli will provide piano accompaniment on Steinway #L1037.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Lovesick Heartstabbers will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen, and solidly good hard rock from Cavalcade starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
In theory, there is another
Emerging Filmmakers Program
tonight at
The Little
(240 East Ave.)
at 9:15 p.m., but I haven't heard anything about it so your guess is as good as mine. As soon as I get the details I'll post the films.
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.
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Monty Python and The Holy Grail starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Life of Brian at 9 p.m. The two absurd comedies will be screened again tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Order of the Dead, Crucifist, and A Viking Funeral starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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New Year's Eve
Kwanza Ends Tonight at Manhattan Square Park (130 Chestnut St.) Ice Skating Rink is a pair of free skate sessions. First from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., it's The Early New Year's Eve Family Skate and then an Open Skate Late Evening Session from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. In addition, don't miss the New Year's Eve Celebration on Main Street downtown and in The Rochester Riverside Convention Center (123 E. Main St.) starting at 8 p.m. and culminating with fireworks at 10 p.m. [source: City Hall press release]
Village Idiots Present (VIP) will be performing three shows of Improv Cypher Gorilla Theatre at 6 p.m., 8 p.m., and 10 p.m.
[source:
Village Idiots Present website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing a pair of screwball comedies: Easy Living starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Remember the Night at 8:45 p.m. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Geva Comedy Improv have hijacked the Main Stage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) for their shows.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
Solera Wine Bar (647 South Ave.) is hosting a New Year's Eve Party probably getting started around 10 p.m. or so — get your tickets in advance.
[source:
Solera Wine Bar website]
The Capitol Steps are performing once again in The Shults Center at Nazareth College (4245 East Ave.) tonight starting at 10 p.m. [source: MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is great chaotic, attention-deficit rock-funk-punk-jazz from former-Rochester locals Gaylord, and Red Hot Mess.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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