Weekly Rochester Events #648 Starting Thursday, June 9, 2011
Today from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Granite Mills Park (Platt St. and Browns Race) is a Hochstein at High Falls Summer Concert Series performance by good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body .
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
Oscar Palacio will be at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. to discuss his most recent project, History Revisited as part of the Wish You Were Here series. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] The Bertrand Russell Society meets tonight at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) at 7 p.m. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages] Tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m., The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) presents Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. [source: MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Great Dictator starting at 8 p.m. in which Charlie Chaplin reclaims Hitler's "plagiarization of the Little Tramp's moustache and manner" with "a cutting and timely plea for peace in reply."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m., Rochester Chip presents Trey Frey, and Walmart Supercenter.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is The Fred Costello Band .
[source:
Abilene website]
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Today from 12:10 p.m. to 12:35 p.m. starting at The Powers Building (16 West Main St.), Cynthia Howk sill present an Architecture for Lunch lecture and tour.
[source:
Landmark Society calendar]
Brian Lindsay  will be at Village Gate Square (274 N. Goodman St.) starting around 6 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Il gattopardo (The Leopard) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Visconti's epic adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel about a 19th-century Sicilian aristocrat (Burt Lancaster) faced with the enormous class changes of Italy's risorgimento has been painstakingly restored to its full glory. Not since its initial release has the climactic ballroom sequence — the basis for much the of film's well-deserved acclaim — looked so sumptuous."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Starting at 8 a.m. today at The City of Rochester Animal Services Center (184 Verona St.) is The Fast and The Furriest, a benefit for The Verona Street Animal Society (VSAS)
[source:
City Hall press release]
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]
Zak's Avenue (661 South Ave.) is presenting a Super Awsome Trunk Show today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. featuring art jewelry by Marisa Krol, and Sharon Jeter.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Today starting at 5:30 p.m. at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is the I-90 Indie Music Fest featuring Son of the Sun, Here Come the Comets, solidly good power electric alt-acoustic rock from The Dads, and Gracious Sakes Alive.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Titanic starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Experience the magic of 1997 anew!" [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] |
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Today at 12:30 p.m. in the café at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Book Discussion of
The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War for Eastman House members.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Circus starting early at 2 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "The Circus is perhaps Chaplin's loveliest and most effortless feature. Its modest story involves the Tramp joining a circus, falling in love with bareback rider Merna Kennedy, and learning when to step aside, with lots of genuinely dangerous stunts and animal encounters along the way."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Photographer Steve McCurry, as part of the Wish You Were Here series, will "talk about shooting the last roll of Kodachrome film" this evening at 5 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Ju-Jajuba, Silverfish, and The Zen Lunatics starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today through Friday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is The Jazz Starts Here, part of a Free Concert Series in The Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF).
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is The Steakouts, The B-Side Bastards, and Beardage.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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 Flag Day
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. Today starting at Seneca Park Zoo (2222 St. Paul Blvd.) at 6 p.m. is a MVP Nature Night Bike tour of Seneca and Turning Point Parks. [source: City Hall press release]
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), curator Kathy Connor will discuss The Women in George Eastman's Life (for Eastman House members).
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Pittsford Community Library (24 State St., Pittsford), Dr. Alan Shank will continue his discussion of The Bush Presidencies: George H.W. and George W. Bush. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate starting at 8 p.m., United Artists' first release featuring Charlie Chaplin — albeit only in a cameo. In it, "a rural girl [foolishly] abandons true love for [a] Parisian playboy." Eastman House members admitted free.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Eastern Conference Champions, Ume, good country-based rock from Josh Netsky, and good, guitar-driven, synth-enhanced, staccato-rock band Autoverse will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is the Centennial Celebration Day and Kick-off Celebration at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) Plus for those tardy with their books, "if you return your overdue library books anytime this week, you'll pay only 2¢/day fine, just like 1911" (which makes the maximum fine: $730.50).
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
Today at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is another Story Slam starting at 7 p.m., hosted by Carol Roberts.
[source:
Carol Roberts' e-mail]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Dayereh (The Circle) starting at 8 p.m. From the calendar once again, "banned in Iran, Panahi's controversial masterwork focuses on the difficulties of being a woman in Iranian society. Recalling the structure of films like La Ronde, The Phantom of Liberty, and Slacker, the narrative passes from one character to the next in a series of compelling episodes, bookended by two remarkable 360-degree shots."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Bad Kids, Heavy Cream, The Years (members of the Blood and Bone Orchestra), and Nod starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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