Thursday, May 16, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #175: John's Nuts

Well I got a chance to go to the Lilac Festival on Saturday and it was a madhouse. Unfortunately I was not in the mood to be in the midst of massive crowds so I just wanted to get out. I got a chance to go again on Wednesday night and it was not very crowded and all but about 30 vendors had just given up. It looks like the whole festival will be a bust ... stupid weather.

Man, other than that I got nothin'.


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  • About a Boy - Hugh Grant is in this one and there's really no indication of what it's about.
  • Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - Farmers on Tatooine have a tough year as evident by Yoda's stern warning at the end of the trailer: "Begun, this corn war has." ... What? Clone war? What the hell does that mean? Ok ... so I guess it's about clones or something.

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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sylvia Scarlett starting at 8. This is the first teaming of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn where Hepburn plays a cross-dressing jewel thief with Grant as the gender-preference-confused suitor.

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Charalambides, Scrappy Joe, Joe + N starting around 10:45.

If worse comes to worse you can always see, hear, and/or otherwise participate in Karaoke with Sugar Bear at Drinks by Mary Dawn (535 S. Clinton) starting around 10:30.

Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is hosting an Acoustic Open Jam from 8 to 10. For this one, there's no microphones and it's designed to be more of a true jam.

Over at Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) is the jazz band Viva Knieval from 8 to 11. I'm still curious to see how jazz plays out at Mercury.

There's apparently a Spoken Word Open Mic Poetry Night at Pythodd Jazz Room at the Heritage House (130 Spring St.) starting around 8 or so.

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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin starting at 8. A video report on an Italian physician trying to build a hospital in Afghanistan between the Northern Alliance and the Taliban.

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Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is the awsome Buddhahood with the okay Ned Pepper starting around 10:30.

Checked personally by Jayce O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon.

The The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will have a Joey Ramone Birthday Tribute tonight starting around 10:45 with a bunch of Rochester's punk bands.

Way up at Mardi Gras Restaurant and Nightclub (4775 Lake Ave.) will be the ever popular United Booty Foundation starting probably around 10.

The fun band Burning Snella will be at Acme Bar & Pizza (495 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30.

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Fly the flag today.Armed Forces Day

Checked personally by Jayce Lilac Festival ends today.

Early at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Emersons, Flat Stanleyss and Greyline starting around 8 or so.

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing another in this years Mondo series with House of Exorcism starting at 8. Uhh ... a freaky horror movie.

Over at the Lilac Stage at Lilac Festival is Herman's Hermits with Peter Noone tonight at 6:30.

Tonight at Highland Park Poets Garden (Reservoir Dr., between the reservoir and the chapel) is the Lilac Time Open Microphone Poetry Slam at 4:15 and 6.

Not ready for mainstream Open Jar Jam at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight and every Sunday.

Just like on Thursdays, you can see/do/avoid Karaoke with Sugar Bear at Drinks by Mary Dawn (535 S. Clinton) starting around 9.

Karaoke with Sugar Bear is back at The Blue Room (293 Alexander St.)

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Checked personally by Jayce Trivia Quiz continues at The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.) It all gets started a little after 9.

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The heavy, tough, stoner-rock of Dixie Witch with Rochester's heavy-duty rock of Snaggletooth and more metal with Withered Earth will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:45.

Not ready for mainstream As of a few months ago, Java's (16 Gibb Street) still has open mic poetry downstairs starting around 9:30.

Not ready for mainstream Tonight from 8 to 10 is an interesting "new-material-only" Open-Mic Comedy Night at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) I think they're making it into a workshop type of environment.

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Weekly karaoke contest with Sugar Bear, at Comix Cafe (3450 Winton Pl.)

Checked personally by Jayce Not ready for mainstream Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is Open Mic Night (for music) from 7 to 10.
 
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