Weekly Rochester Events #461 Starting Thursday, November 8, 2007
This afternoon from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the 5th Annual "Not Your Usual Craft Show" at the lodge at Brighton Town Park (777 Westfall Rd.)
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
This evening at 5 p.m. in the The NTID Dyer Art Center (90 Lomb Memorial Dr., on RIT campus in the Johnson Building) is the opening of Metallic Morph by Jeong Ju Lee. [source: City Newspaper]
In the Dryden Theatre of George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Photo Lecture with Jay Maisel this evening at 6 p.m.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
At 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will be a screening of Arts of Ghana along with Understanding African Art featuring illustrative examples. [source: Baobab website]
Derek B. Counts will be giving an Archaeology Lecture titled Herakles at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean in the auditorium at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) this evening at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting awesome experimental jazz violinist Billy Bang , and the great classically-instrumented rock band NeoCollage starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[13+]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Unsung, and Witness starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Le notti di Cabiria (The Nights of Cabiria) starting at 8 p.m. which is about (according to the Eastman House calendar) "Cabiria, a somehow innocent prostitute who walks the sordid back streets of Rome in a series of funny and moving episodes." [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Blue Cheer , and good 1960's-style rock from St. Phillip's Escalator will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Tonight and every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Learning Center at Brighton Memorial Library (2300 Elmwood Ave.) is a meeting of The Rochester Movie Makers Club [source: AIVF Salon Rochester Yahoo! Group] Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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This afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Robbins Library of The Rush Rhees Library at The University of Rochester (Library Rd. at Intercampus Dr., details on River Campus Map) is a lecture by Peter Haidu titled Jews and Christians, Massacres, and Universalism in the Twelfth Century Renaissance: Ventriloquism in Chrétien de Troyes' Philomena.
[source:
University of Rochester website]
The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) will have an opening reception for America... So Beautiful with works by Gary Thompson and Phyllis Thompson from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The show will be on display through December 2.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
This afternoon at 5 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) is a presentation of oil portraits by David de Quoit titled Elegy: Iraqi Children and War. [source: City Newspaper] Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Colacino Gallery at Nazareth College (4245 East Ave., see also the campus map) is the opening reception for Written Bodies. [source: RocWiki calendar]
George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be hosting A Salute to Jack Garner in the Dryden Theatre starting at 7:30 p.m. followed by a screening of On the Waterfront.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Casados, and Jacob Tyler Wolfgang starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Japhy Ryder will be at Jimmy Mac's (104 Platt St., at the Pont De Rennes Bridge) starting around 9 p.m. (... or something like that).
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
Over at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) starting around 9:30 p.m. is The Steve Greene Trio.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
Tonight at High Fidelity (170 East Ave., formerly Milestones) is tight, great modern-rock band The Meddling Kids for their CD Release Show, and Troyka starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
[18+]
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This afternoon in the Curtis Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) at 3 p.m. is a photography lecture by Forest McMullin titled Faces and Heels: Inside Independent Wrestling.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
This afternoon from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fifty Eight Main (58 Main St., Scottsville) is a showing of Iraq Photography by Josh Williams.
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
Today starting at 5 p.m. is the 10th Anniversary Party for Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) featuring music by Jumbo Shrimp, and The Wild Geese along with beer tasting, and wine tasting.
[source:
Johnny's Irish Pub calendar]
Today from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. is the opening reception for Practice, an MFA thesis exhibition by Marlene Seidman at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.). It will be on display through November 20. [source: Visual Studies Workshop calendar] [all ages]
Over at The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial (100 Exchange Blvd.) starting sometime this evening is The Blue Man Group.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) will be hosting The Horse Lovers starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
House of Hamez website]
[all ages]
Really talented guitarist and singer Kinloch Nelson will be at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Ne'er Do Evers, and Joshua Jetsy.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Lake of Fire starting at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. today through Monday — the special run will qualify the film for a "Best Documentary" Academy Award® nomination. It's a documentary about the ramifications of abortion in America.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is great, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from Hinkley, The Haystack Shadows, and an excellent selection of Rochester's best talent harnessed as acoustic-rock backup from Old Boy.
[source:
band e-mail]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is Burn Everything starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
Betty's Sing-a-Long is regularly scheduled at Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Café (622 Lake Ave., a.k.a. "Bullwinkle's") starting around 10 but since September, 2007 people have reported they were closed. |
 Veteran's Day
This afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)is a "Wish You Were Here" Travel Photography Lecture by Louie Palu titled Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Aunt Dracula starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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Veteran's Day (observed)
Over at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 7 p.m. is A Farewell Rescue, Long Since Forgotten, Give My Regards , and Urgency.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[all ages]
Bored? Why not check out 1980's DJ night at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 11 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.
Good jazz band Bending and Breaking will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Eastern Seaboard, Stone Baby, Sleepwalkers Local 242, and Joe+n will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
A|V Space website]
[18+]
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Today at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is the opening of the Sweet Creations Annual Gingerbread House Display.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (277 N. Goodman St.) will be hosting a networking event titled Athena and Petra Designs: Two Artists, One Product Line. What Makes It Work? featuring Melanie Updegraff, and Sharon Jeter.
[source:
Arts and Cultural Council website]
Gary Thompson and Phyllis Thompson will be on hand at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss the works in their show, America... So Beautiful. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail] Technical, avante garde jazz from Kevin Norton's Counterpoint Three will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Do the Right Thing starting at 8 p.m. From the Jack Garner quote in the Eastman Calendar: "At a time when too many filmmakers shy away from controversy or politics, Spike Lee hits you with his best shot".
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Malajube starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Poor People United meets tonight and every Wednesday at 7 at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) [source: the proverbial grapevine] There's an Open Mic for Acoustic Music at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) tonight around 8. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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