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Weekly Rochester Events #545 Starting Thursday, June 18, 2009


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Hochstein at High Falls continues today at 12:15 p.m. at Granite Mills Park (Platt St. and Browns Race) with The Mambo Kings. [source: RocWiki calendar]

JayceLand Pick Today at 6:30 p.m. at Nathaniel Square (South Ave. and Alexander St.) is the unveiling of new Parking Meter Totems sponsored by The Business Association of the South Wedge Area (BASWA). At 7 p.m. in the pocket park next to Lux LoungeMySpace link (666 South Ave.), Fred Vine will perform followed by The Jive MamasMySpace link. [source: Savor Our Flavor website]

Today at 6:30 p.m. at The Rochester Civic Garden Center at Warner Castle (5 Castle Park) The Rochester Civic Garden Center at Warner Castle (5 Castle Park) is a Garden Soiree with people from MEETinROCHESTERMySpace link. [source: MEETinROCHESTER calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Festival of New Theatre continues this weekend on Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) with Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer tonight at 7 p.m. and again on Saturday at 7 p.m. [source: Geva Theatre website]

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at WXXI (280 State St.) is a town hall-style meeting titled Let's Talk Money: Living Within Your Means, airing live. [source: RocWiki calendar]

Top Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Umberto D. starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, it "tells the story of a retired bureaucrat who finds himself broke and homeless on the heartless streets of Rome with his little dog, Flike." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Rosewood ThievesMySpace link, PterodactylMySpace link, and Josh NetskyMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]

Hotel ReverieMySpace link, CavalcadeMySpace link, and AutoverseMySpace link will be at The Dub Land UndergroundMySpace link (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) starting around 9:30 p.m. [source: WBER calendar]


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JayceLand Pick At today's Architecture for Lunch at 12:10 p.m., Cynthia Howk will meet at Washington Square Park (Woodbury Blvd at South Clinton Ave, across from Geva Theatre) to discuss the park and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. [source: Landmark Society calendar]

Tonight at 5:30 p.m. is Lauren O'ConnellMySpace link followed at 9 p.m. by The All Night Ramblers Cajun BandMySpace link at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) [source: Abilene website]

The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The GoCatsMySpace link starting around 6 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]

Today from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and tomorrow and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is The Maplewood Rose Weekend at The Maplewood Rose Garden (Driving Park and Lake Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar]

JayceLand Pick Thoughful spoken-word poetry and avant-garde ambient music from Urknee and Bjürton RussellMySpace link, The Bloody Nos, and Harlow Crandall 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 Demonstrating preservation work performed at The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be present Unburied Treasures: The Selznick School Preservations starting at 8 p.m. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Fun, great 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-RisersMySpace link will be at The Lovin' CupMySpace link (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 10 p.m. [source: Lovin' Cup calendar]

Village Idiots Present (VIP) will be performing Micetro tonight at 8 p.m. [source: Village Idiots Present website]

Tonight at Equal=GroundsMySpace link (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]

Tonight and tomorrow is another River of Light Laser Show at The High Falls Gorge (Platt St at Browns Race, the Pont De Rennes Bridge) starting at 10 p.m. [source: City Hall press release]


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Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is An Early EndingMySpace link, and Texas In JulyMySpace link starting around 6 p.m. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+]

Leslie Lee and Steve GretzMySpace link, Jim Clare, and witty and accomplished acoustic soloist Brian Coughlin will perform as Songwriters In The Round tonight at 8 p.m. at The Mez CaféMySpace link (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) [source: Mez website] [all ages]

The Blind DrivesMySpace link will be at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (955 Genesee St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. Harvard and Yale's 1968 American football teams met at a championship match — each team undefeated that year. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Equal=GroundsMySpace link (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) will be hosting Joanna McNaneyMySpace link starting around 8:30 p.m. [source: WBER calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Lovin' CupMySpace link (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is SubsoilMySpace link, The GunpoetsMySpace link, and Rising Sun starting around 9 p.m. [source: Lovin' Cup calendar]

JayceLand Pick The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The BrüdMySpace link, good punk-rock from The EmersonsGarageBand link, and The SpacelordsMySpace link starting around 10:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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Father'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 at 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a special Father's Day House Tour that "highlights George Eastman's love of hunting and the outdoors." Then from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Joe Blackburn will play the Aeolian Pipe Organ. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick In The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Thomas X. Grasso will present From Clinton's Ditch to the Barge Canal System from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Earth vs. The Flying Saucers starting early this afternoon at 2 p.m. followed by 20 Million Miles to Earth at 3:30 p.m. Both highlight Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation effects. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

The Lovin' CupMySpace link (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting Madeline ForsterMySpace link starting around 7 p.m. [source: Lovin' Cup calendar]

JayceLand Pick Over at The Auditorium Center (875 Main St E.) starting around 7 p.m. is Tom JonesMySpace link. [source: JamBase calendar for Rochester]

Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (955 Genesee St.) is Ten EleventhsMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website]

Tonight at 8 p.m. is a Sublime Frequencies Film Screening at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.). [source: A|V Space website] [all ages]


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JayceLand Pick MEETinROCHESTERMySpace link will meet at Paola's Burrito Place (1921 South Ave., formerly Big Dog's Hots) at 6:30 p.m. for a Mexican Monday Dinner — one of the last before Paola's closes. [source: MEETinROCHESTER calendar]

Norm Davis hosts Wide Open Mic tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]

Over at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Western FrontMySpace link. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

Sir Richard Bishop, OaxacanMySpace link, Pengo, and The Auger will be at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. [source: Carbon Records 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.

JayceLand Pick La VéritéMySpace link will be at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (955 Genesee St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website]

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Far Country starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "after killing a man for stealing his cattle, James Stewart takes his herd to Alaska with the law on his tail. With the help of Walter Brennan, Stewart faces off in a mining town against a powerful but evil judge (John McIntire). The Far Country—with its vengeful, conflicted hero, violent action, and beautiful but rugged landscapes—is very much of a piece with the other Western collaborations between director Mann and Stewart." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Midnight CreepsMySpace link, M.O.T.O.MySpace link, and The Dudes Of Earl starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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Midsummer Day

Today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is the Red Cross Blood Drive. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Last Starfighter starting at 8 p.m. in which a kid lands a job as a warrior by being good at playing a video game. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Top Pick The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting excellent superfast synth-pop novelty songs from Worm QuartetMySpace link, Devo SpiceMySpace link, and Seth Faergolzia starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]

Over at The Lovin' CupMySpace link (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m. is Rick Holland, and Evan Dobbins. [source: Lovin' Cup calendar]

Today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Washington Square Park (Woodbury Blvd at South Clinton Ave, across from Geva Theatre) is the Foodlink Farmers' Market. [source: RocWiki 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 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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