Weekly Rochester Events #467 Starting Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is a screening of Brooklyn Babylon followed by a Panel Discussion on Integrated Families.
[source:
Baobab website]
Tonight at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) is Andrew Marks  starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Starry Nites calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House description, "polite society friends attempt to gather for a dinner party but find themselves curiously incapable of convening. Through spartan direction, the visionary Buñuel led his cast and crew toward the most profoundly surreal film of his career." Consider yourselves warned.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
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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Tonight at 6 p.m. at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) is richly voiced acoustic soloist Teagan L. Ward and then later at 10 p.m., it's pure instrumental funk from The Filthy Funk.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
The Pink Elephant Shrine by Jeremy Dziedzic, and Colleen Guthrie will be on display at Nook (658 South Ave.) this evening starting at 6 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Over at The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Steve West, and Peter Collin. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is a screening of the locally-produced film, Schwag: The Movie.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Stormy Weather along with short films Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho, and Minnie the Moocher starting at 8 p.m. just four days before what would have been Rochester-born star Cab Calloway's 100th birthday. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The ECMS Music Educators Jazz Ensemble starting at 8:30 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
Strange Montgomery will be performing tonight around 9:30 p.m. at The Black Pearl Cafe (791 Meigs St., formerly Dicky's) Donations will be collected to benefit Alternatives for Battered Women.
[source:
Rochester Music Coalition calendar]
Over at The Montage Live Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille) starting around 10 p.m. is good, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from Hinkley, solidly good punk-rock from The QUiTTERS , Greg Townson, and Ian Downey is Famous.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
[all ages]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Kujats starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
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This evening from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Nathaniel Square (South Ave. and Alexander St.) is The BuddhaHood's Solstice Stew.
[source:
Freetime]
Over at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) starting around 6 p.m. is Greg Clark.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
Liza Mugnolo will be at The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages] Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Devall Music 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 Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 2 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "Kermit the Frog is your host for one of the most beloved family holiday specials ever created."
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) starting around 9 p.m. is Mike Cottone.
[source:
Flat Iron Cafe webstie]
Over at The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) starting around 9:30 p.m. is great pure instrumental funk from The Filthy Funk
[source:
Freetime]
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) will be hosting RedLine Zydeco starting around 10 p.m. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Baba Yaga, awesome, tight, complex rock and roll from The VEiNS, All Hallows, and hard rock Orodruin.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[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. |
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Micah will be at The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) starting around 6 p.m.
[source:
Flat Iron Cafe webstie]
Tonight at Café Underground Railroad (480 W. Main St.) is Reflections starting around 6 p.m. [source: Freetime]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander) starting later than usual at 8 p.m. which documents a year in the lives of a family with two children — "one of the most emotional of all Christmas movies."
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Bunker (see source website for details on getting the address) will be hosting the CarbonXmasJam featuring solidly good 5-piece ambient rock band Ada le O starting around 8:45 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
Java's (16 Gibbs St.) will be hosting Mary Lobb starting around 9 p.m. [source: Java's calendar] [all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting great 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-Risers, The Hall Monitors, and fantastic satirical gospel band The Lobster Quadrille starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
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Christmas Eve
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] |
 Christmas Day
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is tight, technical hard-rock from BML, and Triglactagon starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
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Kwanza Begins
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is a Kwanza Special Event featuring a screening of Hidden Empire: A Son of Africa.
[source:
Baobab website]
Tonight at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) is Jenny Curran starting around 8 p.m. [source: Johnny's Irish Pub calendar] Over at The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Dufus, disorienting anti-band Gaybot, and Wooden Ghost.
[source:
A|V Space website]
The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) will be hosting Gurbur starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
Tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is really good dub-reggae band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[16+]
Rapid-fire modern metalish rock from The Gentlemen's Club, and very good punk-rock from Taduya will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
Poor People United meets tonight and every Wednesday at 7 at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) [source: the proverbial grapevine] Every Wednesday starting at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m. is the Rochester Cruisers Ride for bicyclists.
[source:
RocBike website]
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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