Weekly Rochester Events #477 Starting Thursday, February 28, 2008
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This afternoon at 5:15 p.m. in Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is another Thursday Thinkers — this time, Ian Nadar will discuss Rochester's Urban Forest.
[source:
Friends of the Public Library e-mail]
[all ages]
Photographer Eli Reed will discuss his exhibition Black in America in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) this evening at 6 p.m. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) will be hosting Beau Ryan  starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Starry Nites calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is One Hand Waving Free.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Kiss Me Deadly starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House Calendar: "A 'dame,' a mysterious briefcase, and a murder — Aldrich uses all the elements of the classic film noir and twists them into a glorious, perverted caricature."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Graphics, The Elks, and instrumental-cacophonous-rock from Science vs. Witchcraft starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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Apparently
The Critical Mass Bike Ride
is tonight starting at 5:30 p.m. at the clock tower near
The Wilson Commons
at
The University of Rochester
(Library Road, #39 on River Campus Map.)
to
The Liberty Pole
(1 Liberty Pole Way)
at 6 p.m. and heading through the city from there.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Tonight at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) at 7 p.m., Alicia Van Borssum will lead a discussion titled Ethiopia Stretch Forth Her Hands: Travelogue and Cuisine. [source: Baobab website] This evening at 7 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the closing reception for Festival of 24 Things. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages]
The awesome, tight, complex rock and roll of The VEiNS will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. for their Acoustic Record Release Party.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing the 2007 director's cut of My Brother's Wedding starting at 8 p.m. It's about a guy who works at his parents' dry cleaning service and is pressured to adopt a more middle-class existence. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Deciduous vs. Conifer, and noise-based loops and haunting voices from City Harvest Black will be at The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
[all ages]
The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting The Orbit Underground starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[13+]
Over at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) starting around 9 p.m. is Raedwald Howland-Bolton.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
[all ages]
Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is excellent chaos rock, power-rock, and power-jam all at once from Knife Crazy .
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
Tonight probably starting around 7 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) is the Subversive Komedy Fest. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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Today from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Eastview Mall (7979 Pittsford-Victor Rd., Victor) is a Telethon to benefit The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm (99 Victor Rd., Fairport).
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Southland Tales starting at 5 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. It's a "dystopian satire set in the not-so-distant future of summer 2008".
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Kimo and Kaiulani will be at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Starry Nites calendar] [all ages] Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is The Po' Boys Brass Band starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Gritty, fun rock from Eddie Nebula and the Plague, and The VEiNS will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. for both bands' CD Release Shows.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
Troyka will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[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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This afternoon, Cynthia Culbert will present a What's Up Lecture on Royal Couple on a Terrace at 2 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.)
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing King Kong starting at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the film's original release. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is gritty hard-rock from Handsome Jack, Township, and bar-rock/thrash band The Hounds of Hell.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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The Hornets' Nest returns tonight to Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) with a reading of Bee-luther-hatchee by Thomas Gibbons starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Edgar G. Praus Productions, Inc. (176 Anderson Ave.) is a The Monday Evening Creative Arts (MECA) Lecture Series discussion with jewelry artist Elizabeth R. Agte.
[source:
MECA Rochester website]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Trombone Choir starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Ra Ra Riot, and The Sister Lovers starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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.
Today from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. is another Tuesday Topics discussion in Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.). Today, Wade Robison will discuss The Great Right Habeas Corpus.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
This afternoon starting at 5:30 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is the Official New Member Coffee Get-Together for MEETinROCHESTER. Sign up and stop by.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight at The Harro East Theatre and Ballroom (155 North Chestnut St.) is Henry Rollins for his Spoken Word Tour 2008 starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
WITR calendar]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting good jazz band Bending and Breaking starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Eastman Collegium Musicum will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Stone Spoon Baboon , and very good jazzy instrumental band Doja starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Saboteur starting at 8 p.m. Alfred Hitchcock directs this story of a man falsely-accused trying to prove his innocence during wartime.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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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