Weekly Rochester Events #647 Starting Thursday, June 2, 2011
Today through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Sunday from 12 p.m to 11 p.m. is The Rochester Greek Festival at The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (962 East Ave.)
[source:
RocWiki]
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is the Rochester Anarchism Discussion and Debate Series. Tonight's topic is Why Anarchist Organization?.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
This evening at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) at 7 p.m. is A Conversation with John Ashbery. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
Tonight through Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.), ShakeCo: The Shakespeare Company presents a series of three cold-readings of plays from Shakespeare's Apocrypha, including The Two Noble Kinsmen, Arden of Feversham, and The Merry Devil of Edmonton.
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing All About Eve starting at 8 p.m. — featuring Bette Davis' famous line, "fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Dress Barn ([LOCATION REDACTED]) will be hosting Jooklo Duo, Bill Nace, something like semi-melodic fast-paced noise from Pengo, and The FOH Trio starting around 8 p.m. Contact promoters for location information. [source: Carbon Records calendar] Tonight at The Bug Jar  (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Flying Eyes, Cheebahawk, and A Viking Funeral starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is good and unique acoustic soloist Small Houses .
[source:
Abilene website]
This evening at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is the Pure Kona Poety Reading and Open Mic starting at 8 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] |
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Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m.
[source:
First Friday website]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) for Happy Hour starting at 6 p.m. is This Other Life followed at 9 p.m. by The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode.
[source:
Abilene website]
Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is a Gallery Opening for Declan Ryan — An American Icon. [source: Record Archive website] Over at Village Gate Square (274 N. Goodman St.) starting around 6 p.m. is The Bitchin' Kitchen. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages] Today from 6 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 Intake by Mitch Messina. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Today at 7 p.m. at The Staybridge Suites Hotel (1000 Genesee St.) is the 3rd annual River Run 5K for Youth Harmony.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? starting at 8 p.m. in which a former Vaudeville child star is "a drunken madwoman (Bette Davis) 'caring' for her sister (Joan Crawford), a movie star whose own career abruptly ended when she was crippled in a car crash that was no accident."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Updated: Today at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Vegan Ice Cream Social — Fundraiser for Another Chance Pet Rescue featuring a series of animated shorts about vegan living at 8:30 p.m. (Finally corrected!) [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] Over at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) starting around 9 p.m. is AudioInFlux, and The Goods.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
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Today at The Barnard Carnival Grounds (360 Maiden Ln.) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. is The Rochester Hamfest.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
[all ages]
Today from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The High Falls Festival Site (Browns Race and Commercial St.) is The Rally for the Roc City Skatepark followed by a VIP event at The Max at High Falls Event Center (60 Browns Race, formerly The Center at High Falls).
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
Updated: Pete Miserendino will host an In-Store Performance at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) today at 4 p.m. (They finally picked a time and here I had said, "probably in the neighborhood of 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sweet.) [source: Record Archive website] Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) is the Opening Reception and Artwork Sale of 6x6x2011. [source: Rochester Contemporary calendar] [all ages] Big Fuzzy will be at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Velvet Elvis, White Bison, Chillum, and Anchorage, Nebraska starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is brilliant satirical gospel from The Lobster Quadrille, and The Movie starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Pegacide, The Bad Kids, Pig Banshee, and the thick, bass-driven noise of Tuurd.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
[21+]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Dude Theory Symposium explaining the taxonomy and function of Contemporary Dude Theory.
[source:
Facebook]
Today's Musicale at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) features Joe Blackburn playing the pipe organ from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]
Today at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.), Baby Gramps will play in the store starting at 7 p.m. "until whenever Gramps stops..."
[source:
Record Archive website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Autumn Leaves starting at 7 p.m. in which Joan Crawford plays a lonely woman who "begins a May-December romance with Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson), but after their honeymoon, secrets from Burt's past threaten both the couple's happiness and Burt's sanity."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Fett Svin BBQ (38 Washington St., Livonia) will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) today for a Late Afternoon BBQ starting at 3 p.m. followed at 7:30 p.m. by Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings .
[source:
Abilene website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is The Rational Animals, Love Pork, and The Root Hogs.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Carol Roberts will host Standup Comedy Open Mike Night tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.)
[source:
Carol Roberts' e-mail]
[all ages]
Chris Bathgate, On Horses, Archimedes, and Nick Moore and The Helping Hands will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 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.
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing a series of Charlie Chaplin shorts starting at 8 p.m. including Sunnyside, Pay Day, and Shoulder Arms.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Jennings, Mikaela Davis, Ryan Webster, and Notso Good starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Carla Vazquez, and Jon C. Lazenby will lead a discussion on Legal Considerations for Starting a Small Business.
[source:
City Hall website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Badkonake sefid (The White Balloon) starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Jafar Panahi's deceptively simple tale of a young girl's search for a goldfish in the marketplaces of Tehran is a key film of the so-called second-generation of the Iranian New Wave."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Lovers, KOPPS, and Provocativo starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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