Weekly Rochester Events #587 Starting Thursday, April 8, 2010
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The Bertrand Russell Society meets tonight at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) probably around 7 p.m. or so.
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight through Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. is a performance of The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) [source: Geva Theatre website] The Eastman Jazz Ensemble, and The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Bad Lieutenant starting at 8 p.m. The Dryden calendar has this to say: "Utterly uncompromising in its portrait of a crude and corrupt man filled with self-loathing and desperate for transcendence, Bad Lieutenant tells the lurid story of a lapsed Catholic cop bent on suicide through three major vices: drugs, sex, and gambling."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Monty's Krown  (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is fantastic, heavy, electric, lounge-folk from Auld Lang Syne, and The David Wax Museum.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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Tonight starting at 4 p.m. is the Grand Opening of 140 Alex Bar and Grill (140 Alexander St., formerly Nasty D's, and apparently really really similar.)
[source:
Facebook]
Tonight at 6 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Angelo Rose for Happy Hour followed by The Park Avenue Band starting at 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. is a Benefit Auction for The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) — note that there is an entry fee. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages] The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) will be screening a film called Takeover tonight at 7 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+]
Tonight from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Firehouse Gallery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) is the Opening Reception for the College Clay Collective. Starting at 7 p.m., the Opening Reception of Works by Roycroft Master Artisan Laura Wilder will take place next door at The Printing and Books Center. Both shows run through April 30.
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Today at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is a screening of Rêves de poussière (Dreams of Dust). [source: Baobab website] Tonight at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman School Symphony Orchestra starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Naj sul (Daytime Drinking) starting at 8 p.m. A "comedy of errors" where a man goes on a weekend getaway after a drunken night, only to find all his buddies never bothered to show up.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Village Idiots Present (VIP) will present Catch-23 tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at The Pillar Theatre (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate, Suite #D106). [source: RocWiki calendar] Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Weedeater, Black Tusk, The Gates of Slumber, and Struck By Lightning.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
The instrumental jam-rock genius of Pia Mater, and The New York Funk Exchange will be at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
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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 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is an Edible Books Festival and Competition with Dan Eaton. [source: Friends of the Public Library e-mail] [all ages] The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) will be hosting The Cattle Drums , Longitude, Claire Danes, and Ordinary Men and Women starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
[18+]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Jewish Community Center (JCC) (1200 Edgewood Ave.) is Unleashed! Improv. [source: RocWiki calendar] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Local Hero starting at 8 p.m. Bill Forsyth will be on hand to introduce and discuss his most popular film in which an oil company tries to buy a small fishing town to build a refinery.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting The Chinchillas starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
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Today at 1 p.m. is an Artists' Talk with Paul Knoblauch and John Kastner whose works are on display at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.)
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) will be hosting a What's Up Discussion/Volunteer Recognition Event with Kitty Jospé at 2 p.m. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Housekeeping starting at 7 p.m. Bill Forsyth will be staying through today to discuss his film about "two orphaned sisters [driven apart] as they share their ramshackle house with their eccentric aunt.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Laureates, and Dan Frank and The True Believers starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today in Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) at 6 p.m. is Regional Writers #1.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
The Green Party of Monroe County meets today at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge). [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+]
Tonight at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is Konk Pack starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
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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.
Updated:
Today from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is Books Sandwiched-In featuring Karen Miltner reviewing Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater by Frank Bruni.
[source:
Friends of the Public Library e-mail]
[all ages]
Tusedays at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is A.K.A. Paul Burke Presents featuring Paul Burke and other people, perhaps performing.
[source:
band e-mail]
At 8 p.m. tonight in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a screening of Early Westerns accompanied by Dr. Philip C. Carli including The Great Train Robbery, Why Broncho Billy Left Bear Country, The Rattlesnake, and The Struggle.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Don Christiano. [source: Abilene website] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Ludicra, Krallice, and Crucifist starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Shuffaloff Night featuring poetry by Michael Boughn
Today at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) is Improv Plate starting at 7 p.m. [source: Johnny's Irish Pub calendar]
Updated:
Tonight at The Cinema Theatre (957 South Clinton Ave.) is an event called Two Movies You Won't Want to Miss, a fundraiser for Shoulders To Stand On starting at 7 p.m. with St. Trinian's and then Misconceptions.
[source:
Equal=Grounds Facebook page]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing From The Terrace starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's on-screen husband and wife feast on love, lust, and betrayal in this tale of cut-throat ambition on Wall Street, filmed two years after the stars' real-life marriage in Las Vegas." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] It's Whirrly Wednesdays: Hooping, Drumming, and Grooving at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 6 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+] 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]
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