Weekly Rochester Events #667 Starting Thursday, October 20, 2011
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (141 Adams St.) is a Night with the Candidates forum sponsored by The Rochester Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. "Candidates for Rochester city school board, City Council, and the Monroe County Legislature are among the 12 office-seekers expected to participate."
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Gerhardt Neighborhood Outreach Center (900 N. Goodman St.), The Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York will hold a Meet and Greet with Candidates for City Council and Monroe County Legislature in addition to U.S. Presidential candidate Andre Barnett. [source: City Newspaper] This evening from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Brighton Memorial Library (2300 Elmwood Ave.) is a History of Mt. Hope Cemetery presented by The Friends of Mount Hope. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] In addition to Gregory S. Spacher providing Genealogy Consultation, today's meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) will include a presentation by Kim Harrison on Using Ancestry.com for Your Genealogical Research. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages]
Tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. is a Festival of New Theatre Script-in-hand performance of When You're Here by Samuel D. Hunter at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
Geva Theatre mailing]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is an Archaeology Lecture with Richard Talbot discussing The Magnificent Peutinger Map: Roman Cartography at its Most Creative.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Star Alley (662 South Ave.) starting around 8 p.m. is 40 Rod Lightning  , and Honest John.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Chamber Percussion Ensemble 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 The Silence of the Lambs starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House description, the film "has not turned to camp, and for all the quotable Hannibal Lecter-isms ('Love your suit!'), the film remains both horrifying and deeply, unexpectedly sad."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The David Liebe Hart Band, and Jack Topht starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Annie Crane will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
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Today at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) for Happy Hour starting around 6 p.m. is music by Pat Maloney followed around 9:30 p.m. by The Clinton Curtis Band.
[source:
Abilene website]
W. M. Hunt will be at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. to discuss his work in The Unseen Eye. Later, at 7 p.m. is the Members' Exhibition Party (i.e. free to Eastman House members) for that show.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Today at 6 p.m. at Hazelwood Lodge at Ellison Park (Blossom Rd. at Landing Rd.) is The Experimenstrual Gorefest featuring electronic, quasi-noise musicians and humanizing performance artists The Bloody Noes, Tumul, experimental music from Foot and Mouth Disease, great, haunting noise-based loops and vocals from City Harvest Black, and Double Duck.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
Tonight and Sunday at 7 p.m. is a Festival of New Theatre Script-in-hand performance of Ups and Downs by Michael Hollinger at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
Geva Theatre mailing]
The works of social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin will be presented by his son Mark Rogovin tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge).
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
Tonight starting around 8:30 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is Rapture Fest with The Sim Redmond Band , Driftwood, Subsoil, Thousands Of One, LastNote, Bottle Train, and good, slightly bluesy country-rock from The Greener Grass Band.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Philharmonia Chamber 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 The Prisoner of Second Avenue starting at 8 p.m. about a man confined to his apartment while his wife tries to make ends meet.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting great synth-rock from BLOW!, The Etchings, The Sound Awake, and The Demos starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight and tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is Geva Comedy Improv's Halloweenprov.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Clinton's Ditch tonight starting around 10:30 p.m. [If only there was a band named Monty's Krown that could also play at Clinton's Ditch (112 S. College St., Schenectady) ...]
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
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Today from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Hutchinson House (930 East Ave.) is a Symposium and Book Signing for The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious by W. M. Hunt.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Today from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is an Energy Efficiency Workshop at Monroe Branch Library (809 Monroe Ave.)
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
This evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.) is the Opening Reception for Paying Homage featuring the works of Thomas Insalaco. The show will be on display through November 26.
[source:
Oxford Gallery website]
Tonight at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 7 p.m. is Animation Night. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] This and Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. is a Young Writers Showcase: 10-minute Plays by RochesterTeens at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) [source: Geva Theatre mailing] 
This evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is the Extreme Materials 2 Exhibition Party with dance by PUSH Physical Theatre and music by accordion-and-musical saw duo Dreamland Faces, and virtually trippy jazz from Margaret Explosion.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Shining (the extended U.S. version) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. This is not the trailer.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Dark Road Duo will be at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Music Coalition calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is This Band Could Be Your Life Tribute Show with Cavalcade, Trauma Girls (a.k.a. Suzi Willpower and The Cheetah Whores), Riot Squad, Anchorage, Nebraska, brilliant satirical gospel from The Lobster Quadrille, and good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is an Occupy Rochester Meeting.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
This afternoon at 2 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) Brian Dettmer will discuss Remixed Media as part of The Extreme Materials 2 exhibit. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages] Today at 3 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), Norman Gonzales will play flute and Sungmin Shin will play guitar for the afternoon Musicale. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] The Bad Kids, Backwords , and Harmonica Lewinsky will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today at 12 p.m. at The Rubin Center for Education (1 W. Main St., fifth floor), The Monroe County Bar Association (MCBA) (1 W. Main St., 10th floor) is holding a debate for the district attorney candidates Sandra Doorley, and Bill Taylor. The only question I have is, "how does political party affiliation affect ones job as District Attorney?"
[source:
City Newspaper]
The Parent and Community Coalition for Educational Change is sponsoring a Board of Education Candidate Forum for Rochester City School Board from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Third Presbyterian Church (4 Meigs St., at the corner of East Ave.)
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
The Green Party of Monroe County meets tonight at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 7 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
This evening at 7 p.m. at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a performance of Freud's Last Session by Mark St. Germain.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Over at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman School Symphony Orchestra
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
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In a comical twist, The Artists' Breakfast Group is now meeting on Wednesdays at Sam and George's Restaurant (3000 N. Lincoln Ave.) at 10 a.m. (rather than at 7:30 a.m. in the Bausch and Lomb cafeteria) since since November, 2008. Oh, wait, that's the Chicago Artists' Breakfast Group. The Rochester Artists' Breakfast Group still meets in the cafeteria over the arboretum at Bausch and Lomb (140 Stone St.) every Tuesday at 8 a.m.
[source:
Artists' Breakfast Group blog]
Today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Classified Shredding Services (425 Paul Rd.) is Community Shred Day to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Bring several boxes of items to be shredded and recycled for free.
[source:
flyer]
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 another Books Sandwiched-In with Dr. Timothy E. Quill reviewing Susan Jacoby's book Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Monroe County Department of Parks Building (171 Reservoir Ave., across from the Lamberton Conservatory) is Meet the Candidates Night sponsored by The Highland Park Neighborhood Association. "Candidates for City Council, School Board, and Monroe County Legislature are expected to attend this event".
[source:
City Newspaper]
This evening at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium at Penfield Town Hall (3100 Atlantic Ave., Penfield), The Penfield Green Initiative will present an environment-focusd debate between the candidates for town offices.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at Barnes & Noble (3349 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m. is a meeting of The Science Cafe with Adam Frank, author of About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang. [source: Science Cafe Facebook page] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Magician starting at 8 p.m. An early take on reanimating the dead, with live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is A N R, Khat House, and good, guitar-driven, synth-enhanced, staccato-rock band Autoverse starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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In Room 4151 at The Monroe Community College (MCC) Damon City Campus (228 E. Main St.) is a Parent-Candidate Forum with candidates running for the city school board at 6 p.m., sponsored by The Parent Council of the Rochester City School District (RCSD), and The Bilingual Council of the Rochester City School District.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is a Festival of New Theatre Script-in-hand performance of In the Territories by Mark Jabaut at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
Geva Theatre mailing]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Edward Scissorhands starting at 8 p.m. in which an inventor (the last role of Vincent Price) creates a living being, albeit incomplete as he has scissors for hands.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Animal Pants, The Oxford Train, RJ, and Cu-Cu starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tom Kohn, owner of The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will spin records tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop 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] |
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