Weekly Rochester Events #541 Starting Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Today from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., join Cynthia Howk for an East Avenue Stroll: The Gilded Age from The Landmark Society of Western New York ... but you'll have to call ahead for the exact location.
[source:
Landmark Society calendar]
Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting Carbon Leaf  , and The Alternate Routes starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Trunks and Tales will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Today through next weekend at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) and Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is the Spring Festival of The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS). [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Follow the Fleet starting at 8 p.m. — another Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers musical.
[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 Silent Years , and great motley folk from Baby Shiver's Boutique.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Merit, Torment the Vein, and Storm the Bay starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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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This evening from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the opening reception for My Ode to France by Dan Neuberger. His works will be on display through June 14.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting Matt Cross starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is The Fostered starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Theater of War starting at 8 p.m. Let's just go with the Eastman House calendar description on this one: "The 2006 Shakespeare-in-the-Park staging of Bertolt Brecht's masterful anti-war drama Mother Courage is the focus of this new documentary that also explores the contemporary relevance of the play, Brecht's life, and the relation of his work to Karl Marx's writings. Chief among a number of experts speaking passionately and eloquently about the author is the star of the production, Meryl Streep."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) will be hosting Dark Charly and the Tombstones starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Red Hot Mess, The Fishnet Stalkers, The Luxury Pushers, and Devil Springs.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[21+]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. is The Roc City Rib Fest at Ontario Beach Park (Beach Ave. at Lake Ave.)
[source:
RocWiki]
Poor People United (437 Murray St.) will be cleaning their house today and tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. so stop by and volunteer with brooms and shovels! [source: the proverbial grapevine] This afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a screening of the RIT Student Honors Show highlighting works from The RIT School of Film and Animation (SoFA). [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at Potential Life Studios (34 Elton St.) is Thinguma*jigSaw, good ambient noise band Stone Baby, and Oliver/Reeg starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
Today starting at 8 p.m. at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is Bob Dylan's Birthday Bash with Hunu? (featuring members from Colorblind James Experience) and friends.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Ben Schwabe, Alex Northrup, Jim Hill, Harlow Crandall, Dr. Will, and Jim Norris.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Critical Theory.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Casablanca starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is the Led Zeppelin Tribute with a bunch of local bands having their way with some cover songs.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Ca$hback starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Johnny B. will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting my friend Brian's band, The Enablers starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[21+]
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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]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing It Came From Outer Space — in true Anaglyph 3-D — starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is great heavy-hitting proto-rock from Auld Lang Syne, Jason Cimon, The Tin Can Set, and really terrific all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Velveteen Fox, Hackburn, and Hellcat Maggie starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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 Memorial Day Observed (half-staff until noon)
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Instruments Band, Pearwood James, and Dali's Ghost.
[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.
Over at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. is Matana Roberts.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (Shanghai Triad) starting at 8 p.m. This drama is "seen through the eyes of a small rural boy who loses his innocence in eight bloody days" as he observes a gang boss and his mistress in 1930's Shanghai.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Monstrous, and Blue Spark and Flame will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Mars Attacks! starting at 8 p.m. — a dry satire of 1950's alien-attack science fiction movies.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen, good punk-rock from The Emersons, and Red Hot Mess starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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] 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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