Weekly Rochester Events #479 Starting Thursday, March 13, 2008
This evening at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), Benedict J. Fernandez will discuss Conscience the Ultimate Weapon — the new exhibit of his photographs on display in the museum.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The ImageOut Film Festival presents two free films at The Cinema Theatre (957 South Clinton Ave.): The Curiosity of Chance at 6:30 p.m. and The Houseboy at 8:45 p.m.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
Tonight at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) at 7 p.m. is another meeting of The Bertrand Russell Society. Tonight is a discussion with Ted Lechman on Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank by Robert W. Fuller.
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[all ages]
Dr. Garrett Fagan will present an Archaeology Lecture tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) titled The Dangers of Pseudoarchaeology.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Mike Doughty will be at German House (315 Gregory St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Among Criminals starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Undertow starting at 8 p.m. about a couple boys fleeing — treasure-in-hand — from a dangerous relation. Preceded by the director's short film, Biography of Barrels.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is the rockin' rockabilly of Krypton 88 .
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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Steak and Blowjob Day
The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) will be hosting Debbie Kendrick and The Mo' Mo' Betta Bluez Band starting around 5 p.m. for Happy Hour.
[source:
Flat Iron Cafe webstie]
Today at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) at 5 p.m. is the opening reception for Rachel Dow's Expressionist Drawings. [source: City Newspaper] The Webster Theatre Guild will be performing The Fantasticks at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) tonight at 7:30 p.m., tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday at 3 p.m. [source: Geva Theatre website]
Tonight at The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) is good folk-rock from The Minstrels starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
House of Hamez website]
[all ages]
Over at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) starting around 8 p.m. is Alyssa Coco .
[source:
Starry Nites calendar]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Kimo and Kaiulani, witty and funny guitar and ukulele player The Bicycats, and Pete Johnson 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 Sedotta e abbandonata (Seduced and Abandoned) starting at 8 p.m. about a young rape victim's father's humorously desperate attempts to restore the family's dignity.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a performance by Geva Comedy Improv .
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
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Today at 12:30 p.m. is the St. Patrick's Day Parade running through downtown.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is Red Cross Community Day: "explore the Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) that goes to every house fire in Rochester" and "learn how to properly administer CPR and First Aid to people and pets, plus much more!"
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Today at 4 p.m. at The Cinema Theatre (957 South Clinton Ave.) is a screening of Zeitgeist: The Movie — a documentary that finds conspiracy in everything!
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) will be hosting Songwriters in the Round with witty acoustic soloist Brian Coughlin, Frank De Blase, and Lisa Bigwood starting around 8 p.m. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages] Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Zahyia.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Shotgun Stories starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman calendar description: "Three brothers [...] attend the funeral of the father who abandoned them, in order to denounce him. Their action sets off a feud with their half-brothers, leading to an escalating series of violent reprisals."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is The Lucky Cats, The Sound City Saints, good, somewhat atmospheric, mostly down-tempo rock from Night Gallery , and A Hotel Nourishing.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
Fantastic acoustic-rock band Old Boy will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown 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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Today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) is performances by various jazz musicians throughout the facility titled the Jazz Loves Art Series and featuring Dave Mancini, Fred Stone, Dariusz Terefenko, Mike Cottone, and Rachelle Fleming.
[source:
Artisan Works e-mail]
Updated: The lecture with Frank De Blase at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) has been cancelled. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] This afternoon at 3 p.m. at The Center at High Falls Fine Art Gallery (60 Browns Race) is the opening reception for A Photographer's Path 11 along with The Man and Object by Jake Adams. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sweet Smell of Success starting at 7 p.m. and then at 8:45 p.m. is the second feature, Scandal Sheet. Quoting from the Eastman House calendar, the former is "the story of a battle of wits between omnipotent gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker and super-sleazy publicist Sidney Falco". The latter is about a reporter who investigates when his own editor accidentally kills his ex-wife.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10 p.m. is Punk For Ever — selections from Iron Mike's catalog. [source: band flyer] [21+] |
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Saint Patrick's Day
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Harvey Girls starting this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "Judy Garland forsakes her beau and joins the crew of young ladies opening a 'Harvey House' for railway travelers". [source: Eastman House 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.
Today at 12:12 p.m. in Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is another Books Sandwiched-In in which Michael C. Green will discuss The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Deulgughwaneun pietneunde (Wildflower in the Battlefield) starting at 8 p.m. about a "mute boy who becomes a mascot to a group of soldiers near the front lines" in the Korean War. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Walri, great motley folk from Baby Shivers Boutique, and funny, clever acoustic soloist The Bicycats starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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Today is the 5th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion which will be celebrated with a Public Art Installation at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a rally at 4:30 p.m. at The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way), and finally an Anti-War Classical Concert at 7 p.m. performed by students and ensembles of The Eastman School of Music (26 Gibbs St.) at The First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 Winton Rd. S.)
[source:
Rochester Against War website]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Horn Choir 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 I Confess starting at 8 p.m. — another Alfred Hitchcock film in which a priest must reveal the identity of someone who confessed to him ... lest he be executed for the crime.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Aunt Dracula, talented stoner rock-influenced rock band Argus Eye, and The Skull Maracas starting around 10:30 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] 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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