Weekly Rochester Events #685 Starting Thursday, February 23, 2012
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at The Cinema Theatre (957 South Clinton Ave.) is a special screening from The ImageOut Film Festival: audience-award winning short Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho (I Don't Want To Go Back Alone) followed by audience-award winning feature Mine vaganti (Loose Cannons).
[source:
ImageOut newsletter]
As part of The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non Violence (510 Wilson Commons)'s Season for Nonviolence, Foundation Movement will be performing in the auditorium at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) tonight starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Ghandi Institute website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman 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 Long Riders starting at 8 p.m. Jack Garner will introduce this story of Jesse James cast with real brothers in the roles of fictional brothers.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is Joywave, Doctors, and Aminals.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Steve Lyons starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abilene e-mail] |
Apparently The Critical Mass Bike Ride
is tonight starting at 6 p.m. at The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) and heading through the city from there.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
At tonight's Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Mammal is a Mountain starting around 6 p.m. followed around 10 p.m .by The Po' Boys Brass Band.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
Tonight and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) are screenings of the hope-inducing documentary The Interrupters with a discussion after Sunday's showing led by Kit Miller, Executive Director of The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non Violence (510 Wilson Commons).
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Over at The ROC Brewing Company (56 S. Union St.) starting around 7:30 p.m. is The Uptown Groove. [source: ROC Brewing Co. website] Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is a performance of Bronte. [source: MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Catechism Cataclysm starting at 8 p.m. Director Todd Rohal returns to the Eastman House to introduce his latest picture about "a priest forced into retreat after telling some off-color tales to his parish," and "tracking down an old childhood friend (Robert Longstreet), the two embark on a canoe trip of epically random proportions."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Joywave , KOPPS, and Pretty in Pink will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is The New York Funk Exchange, and excellent ska-driven rock from The Beaumonts starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
The Space at Hungerford (1115 E. Main St., New York) will be hosting the Cringe Binge Comedy Hour starting at 9 p.m.
[source:
The Space at Hungerford calendar]
This evening at 9:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. is a screening of Chris Rock's Good Hair at The Little (240 East Ave.)
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Bread and Water Theatre (243 Rosedale St., at the New Life Presbyterian Church) is the opening performance of A Man's Home... An Ode to Kafka's Castle which runs through March 11.
[source:
Culture starts with ART! (CSWA) Yahoo! Group]
Heatseeker  , and Oceans of Insects will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[21+]
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Kit Miller will lead the discussion after the screening of Mighty Times: The Children's March today at The Little (240 East Ave.) starting at 10 a.m.
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is a Community Seed Swap — get some seeds, and bring your own in labeled containers if you can.
[source:
flyer]
[all ages]
Today at 1 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is the first lecture in Professor Michael Lenz's Occupy Your Mind discussion series titled The American Police State: The Assault on the Bills of Rights Since 9/11.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The Little (240 East Ave.) will host a special screening of Phunny Business: A Black Comedy today at 4 p.m. and tomorrow at 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
The Little (240 East Ave.) will be screening Rejoice and Shout this evening at 6:30 p.m. and again tomorrow at 4 p.m. — with Sunday's screening including a "talkback featuring a special guest" from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (141 Adams St.) [source: Little Theatre calendar]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Take Back the Land: Movie Night.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
In 1984, Giorgio Moroder released his controversial restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis — with a 1980's synth-pop soundtrack and color-tinted scenes. This version has been restored from a surviving print, and the Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing it starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 9:30 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) is a screening of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 folllowed by a Poetry Slam Showcase hosted by Lu Highsmith. The film will be screened again on Sunday at 2 p.m.
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9:30 p.m. is Tom Evanchuck and the Old Money .
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
WDKX 103.9 FM (683 E Main St) presents A Tribute to the Life of Whitney Houston with The Judah Sealy Band, Renee Anderson, Nate Anderson, Danielle Ponder, Dita Monique , Shawn Powell, and Carlton Wilcox Live tonight at 10 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.)
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Skylark Lounge (40 S. Union St., formerly Muther's) will be hosting The Moho Collective starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Colorblind James Experience starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Gallery 258 (1115 E. Main St., via door 2 of the Hungerford Building) is the Closing Reception for Hanging Out at the Hungerford with music by Tom Tosti and Tom Lange.
[source:
Artists' Breakfast Group e-mail]
Jeannine Falino and Wendell Castle will present a lecture at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) on Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design.
[source:
University of Rochester Events Calendar]
[all ages]
Today at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is an Occupy Your Health Seminar, Bazaar, and Art Show from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
Miki Sawada will perform today's Musicale at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Today at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is the Johnny Cash Birthday Bash with barbecue from Fett Svin BBQ (38 Washington St., Livonia) starting around 4 p.m. and music by Ca$hback starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Stepdad, The Demos, and great one-man-band with chiptune vocoder BC Likes You starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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U.K. police constable Sandie Hastings will be in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. to speak on how restorative justice has reduced crime and increased police satisfaction rates in a discussion titled From the Streets to the Classroom: the potential of restorative practices to address crime, harm and bullying.
[source:
Restorative Rochester Yahoo! Group]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a Hornets' Nest reading of Coyote on a Fence.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Today at 7:30 p.m. is Wide Open Mic with Norm Davis at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
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]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is Landmark, Holy Smith, and The Windsor Folk Family.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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This morning starting around 8 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 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Rare Books and Special Collections department of The Rush Rhees Library at The University of Rochester (Library Rd. at Intercampus Dr.) is an exhibition titled Spring to Life: Movable Books and Mechanical Devices, available daily during regular hours.
[source:
University of Rochester Events Calendar]
Today in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Police Chief James M. Sheppard, Rev. Lawrence Hargrave, and Anthony Jordon will discuss Racial Profiling.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Peter Ibbetson starting at 8 p.m. in which an architect "is hired by the Duke of Towers for a restoration project, but finds himself falling for the Duke's wife. Their love grows, and even after Peter is sentenced to life in prison, its power allows the two to meet, quite literally, in dreams."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Will Veeder, Ryan Webster, This Life, and Harold Taddy will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today at Brighton Town Hall (2300 Elmwood Ave.) at 7 p.m., Elizabeth Henderson will present a discussion on Local Lessons from Distant Travels: CSA as Rural Economic Development in China and Taiwan.
[source:
Mud Creek Farm blog]
Over at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman Wind Orchestra [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Professione: reporter (The Passenger) starting at 8 p.m. in which Jack Nicholson plays a "TV reporter who impulsively assumes the identity of a leftist gunrunner. Jumping from a coarse Sahara guerilla war to the tourist-unfriendly corners of Barcelona and London, Nicholson soon takes on a mysterious companion (Maria Schneider at her best). Unavailable for 30 years, but nevertheless a formidable influence on Wim Wenders and countless Euro-thrillers."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The David Wax Museum starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Summer People, Cottage Jefferson, and Buckets starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Sticky Lips Pit BBQ (830 Jefferson Rd., formerly the Roadhouse Grill) starting around 9 p.m. is The Third Arm Orchestra (T. A. O.).
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
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