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Weekly Rochester Events #539 Starting Thursday, May 7, 2009


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JayceLand Pick Tonight at Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. is a chocolate tasting named the South Wedge Recession Procession Event. [source: Hedonist Chocolates website]

JayceLand Pick Updated: Director Anthony Bannon will speak at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight on Pictorialism and the TruthBeauty Exhibition. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) is Ken HardleyMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Gay Divorcee starting at 8 p.m. A thin plot about divorce provides the structure for lots of dancing. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Brand New SinMySpace link, and Bone YardMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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V-E Day

Lilac Festival begins today.

JayceLand Pick Tonight at 4 p.m. is WBER (2596 Baird Rd.)'s Lilac Festival Concert with The DemosMySpace link followed by Tinted ImageMySpace link at 5:30 p.m., and finally MC LarsMySpace link at 7 p.m. [source: WBER calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Updated: Not A Cornfield opens tonight at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with artist Lauren Bon followed by a joined opening of the P.L.A.N.T. Reading Room at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. with paintings and sculptures by Malin Abrahamsson and Ricky Sears. [source: the proverbial grapevine]

Over at The Mez CaféMySpace link (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Cafe Antarsia EnsembleMySpace link. [source: Mez website] [all ages]

Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Son of the SunGarageBand linkMySpace link, and Hotel ReverieMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will resent a program of Arabesque Winds tonight at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Jeff Lambert will be in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 8 p.m. to present Treasures from the American Avant-Garde. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Tins. [source: Boulder Coffee website]


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Today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Garden Tour for Members starting at the steps of the Dryden Theatre. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

Top Pick Stop in today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) to Make a Handmade Mother's Day Card. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]

Today the 2009 Lilac Festival Parade starts at 10:30 p.m. at The Lilac Festival along South Avenue to Highland Avenue. [source: Lilac Festival website] [all ages]

Anderson Alley Artists (250 Goodman St. N.) will be having another open house this and every second Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine]

Today at 1 p.m. is a Young Writers Showcase at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) [source: Geva Theatre website]

JayceLand Pick Among the bands performing today at The Lilac Festival, be sure to check out the really tight cello-and-drums rock band Break of RealityGarageBand link at 5:30 p.m. [source: Lilac Festival website] [all ages]

John KellerMySpace link will be at The Mez CaféMySpace link (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Mez website] [all ages]

Top Pick Terrific all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses, Mock SyringaMySpace link, Nick GordonMySpace link, and Joseph MulhollenMySpace link will be at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Stellet licht (Silent Light) starting at 8 p.m. The Eastman House calendar summarizes it as follows: "this visually ravishing drama allows audiences a rare glimpse into the very private lives of a community of Mennonites outside Chihuahua, Mexico. Cast with non-professional Mennonite actors speaking a German derivative dialect, the story revolves around the crisis of a married farmer who tries to maintain the stability of his family while openly having an affair with another woman. A transcendent, poetic experience, Silent Light is the third feature from Mexican director Reygadas, and his first masterpiece." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is The SpacelordsMySpace link. [source: Abilene website]

Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (955 Genesee St.) is academically interesting band The IndrasMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee MySpace site] [18+]

JayceLand Pick Over at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is fun, great 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-RisersMySpace link, The Haystack Shadows, and Très BienMySpace link. [source: Bug Jar calendar]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at Monty's KrownMySpace link (875 Monroe Ave.) is very good punk-rock band The QUiTTERSGarageBand linkMySpace link, and The BeaumontsMySpace link starting around 10:30 p.m. [source: GaragePop e-mail] [21+]


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Fly the flag today.Mother's Day

Every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the Greatest Community Garage Sale and Super Flea series at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) [source: City Hall press release]

Today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) is a Special Open Event Mother's Day. [source: Artisan Works website]

Tonight at 4 p.m. at The Lilac Festival is TroykaMySpace link followed by The Beale Street Blues Band at 5:30 p.m. and professional funk from Prime Time FunkMySpace link at 7 p.m. [source: Lilac Festival website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Letter from an Unknown Woman starting at 7 p.m. a pianist receives a letter from a dying woman he doesn't remember. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]


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The Landmark Society of Western New York is hosting a Your Old House Workshop at The Stone-Tolan House (2370 East Ave.) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. where Steve Jordan will explain window repair in older homes. Note that the admission price is fairly steep. [source: Landmark Society calendar]

Top Pick Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is great fun hip-hop/rock/techno/etc. duo Mad HappyMySpace link, disorienting anti-band GaybotMySpace link, and DufusGarageBand linkMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: band e-mail]

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.

JayceLand Pick Today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Classified Shredding Services (425 Paul Rd.), The New York State Consumer Protection Board is sponsoring Free Shredding Services. [source: Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Huozhe (To Live) starting at 8 p.m. A 30 year journey starting in the 1940's follows a family through tumultuous times. (Members admitted free.) [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Updated: The Rochester High Falls International Film Festival (RHFIFF) starts tomorrow, but they're doing a "virtual screening" tonight on WXXI TV (280 State St.) with Mara Ahmed's The Muslims I Know at 8 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is great motley folk band Baby Shiver's BoutiqueMySpace link, Very Truly YoursMySpace link, and Pearwood JamesMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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JayceLand Pick Big Bad Voodoo DaddyMySpace link plays tonight at 7 p.m. at The Lilac Festival. [source: JamBase calendar for Rochester] [all ages]

The Eastern Boundary Quartet will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Barbarella starting at 8 p.m. I guess the Eastman House calendar sums it up better than I can right now: "Jane Fonda, in her sex-kitten phase, stars as an intergalactic pleasure seeker in this campy, colorful, always entertaining sci-fi adaptation of the famous '60s comic book character. In search of a missing scientist, Barbarella is attacked by dolls with metal teeth, pecked at by birds, and racked to a machine that causes death by erotic sensation. Will she survive to provide further sexcapades throughout the universe? Don't miss this cult classic to find out!" [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Mobius TripMySpace link, and AqueousMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]

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 GatelyMySpace link. [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 EpisodeMySpace link. [source: Abeline website]

The Comedy UndergroundMySpace link 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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