Weekly Rochester Events #532 Starting Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) will be at this evening's Long Season Farmers' Market at Artisan Church (1235 S. Clinton Ave.) from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
At this evening's Thursday Thinkers from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Randall Stone will answer the question, Are the Russians Still Coming?. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] 
Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting a Water for Sudan benefit concert with Sleeping Giant , The Word of the Day, wicked fun percussion-and-saxophone dominated jam band The BuddhaHood, Thousands Of One, Teressa Wilcox, Jatoba, Mike Fyler and The Macro Meltdown, Hassaan Mackey, and more starting at 6 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Tonight at 6 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), Alex Harris will discuss The Idea of Cuba. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]
The Rochester Genealogical Society meets tonight at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.), and Lowell "Ozzie" Salyards will discuss Finding Vital Records for Maternal Ancestors in Cook County, Illinois After the 1871 Chicago Fire — A 'Brick Wall' Challenge then Christine L. Ridarsky will discuss Rochester at 175 Years Old.
[source:
Rochester Genealogical Society website]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at Brighton Town Hall (2300 Elmwood Ave.) is a meeting titled Let's Talk Cycling covering bicycling safety in traffic and the law.
[source:
RocBike website]
Professor Roger Matthews will present a lecture titled Archaeology in Iraq and Iran: Traditions, Realities, Prospects at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) tonight at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. is Dakota Dave Hull, and Paul Geremia. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages] Tonight at 8 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is a Composers' Sinfonietta. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World?) starting at 8 p.m. A social drama about "the struggles of a working-class family in Depression-era Berlin."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The University of Buffalo Center For The Arts (103 Center For the Arts, Buffalo) is Morrissey starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
WITR calendar]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Walri, The Indras, and Cameron Wisch starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight, starting around 9 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Bettys and Karaoke Night — "Betty Croaky" Night.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) is SHAT, Grimetime, and Lauren O'Connell starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
Tonight from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Artisan Church (1235 S. Clinton Ave.) is the indoor Long-Season Farmers' Market. [source: Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail] [all ages] |
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Great American Meatout
Tonight is the First Anniversary of Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara). Happy Hour with The Powells is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. then The Go-Kats at 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight and tomorrow at 6 p.m., the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be screening Wendy and Lucy. It's about a young woman making her way to Alaska with her dog.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Village Idiots Present (VIP) perform Catch 23, then tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., they will perform The Command Performance. [source: Village Idiots Present website] Tonight at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Critical Theory starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) starting around 8 p.m. is Steve Greene, and Tina Albright.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Johnny Stefani (the latest incarnation from the ashes of Roger Houston), and Wake.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m., the Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In) starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 7 p.m. A young boy befriends a child vampire. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tumul, Tinnitustimulus , and good noise-drone from Foot and Mouth Disease will perform at an undisclosed location tonight.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
The rocking rockabilly of Krypton 88 will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[18+]
Tonight at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is the 3rd Friday Songwriters Open Mic with Jim Bowers starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
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Today at 2 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is the Members' Annual Meeting with director Anthony Bannon delivering the State of the Museum Address.
[source:
Eastman House mailing]
[all ages]
The Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.) will have an Opening Reception tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for their Night exhibit. [source: Oxford Gallery website] Harmony House (58 East Main St., Webster) will be hosting River City Slim and The Zydeco Hogs starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Cajun Zydeco calendar]
The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting Songwriters in the Round with Greg Klyma, Steven Piper, and witty and accomplished acoustic soloist Brian Coughlin starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Troyka starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The First Anniversary celebration at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) continues tonight with The All Night Ramblers Cajun Band at 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
This evening starting around 9 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is a band called either Mobius Trio (according to Boulder's website) or Mobius Trip (according to Jambase).
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[18+]
Great heavy-hitting proto-rock from Auld Lang Syne, excellent, catchy satirical gospel band The Lobster Quadrille, and Hotel Reverie will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[21+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be holding a Benefit for Shawn Kostiw (who was injured in a car accident but lacks health insurance to pay for treatment) with The Pheromones, The Methods, mellow, rather trippy, very down-tempo rock-ish folk from The Instruments, and Anna May
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. is the opening of 12th Annual Photographers Path at The Center at High Falls Fine Art Gallery (60 Browns Race).
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
[all ages]
Dr. Hannah Solky will speak on images of war in the collection of The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) today at 3 p.m.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
The Wind Serenades Octet will be at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) starting around 3 p.m. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] The Eastman Horn Choir will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 7 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Captains Courageous starting at 7 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "when a spoiled child falls from an ocean liner, he is forced to live with the crew of the fishing schooner that rescued him. A Portuguese fisherman (Spencer Tracy) helps the young boy learn about a much different way of life."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Dead Catholics, and Autoverse.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at 5:30 p.m. is Magic In The Making where Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) "opens its doors" to the public to view stuff backstage.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is Ben Folds , and Jukebox the Ghost starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
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.
At today's Books Sandwiched-In lecture from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Dr. Alan Shank will review American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the Whitehouse by Jon Meacham. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting Dave Liebman, Phil Haynes, and Steve Adams starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Babo 73 starting at 8 p.m. followed by Moment to Moment at 9 p.m. — two films by American satirist Robert Downey, Sr..
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Inugami , very tight modern rock band Veluxe, and The Patrons Of Sweet will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Mara Ahmed will speak at Nazareth College (4245 East Ave.) today from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Arts Building, Room A169 "about film as an art form and as a platform for activism".
[source:
Rochester Film Lab Yahoo! Group]
Over at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Eastman Jazz Lab Band. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds starting at 8 p.m. in which a young widow raises "her two daughters in an environment of bitterness, hatred, and over-protection."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Today at 12:00 p.m. is a meeting of The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group in the Literature Division's Study Room at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) [source: Rochester Public Library 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] Tonight at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) is a Comedy Open Mic with Michael Gately .
[source:
Comedy Club website]
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]
The Comedy Underground will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) tonight at 8 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
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