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Weekly Rochester Events #481 Starting Thursday, March 27, 2008


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This evening at 6 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Photography Lecture with Sebastian Copeland titled Antarctica: The Global Warning and the Road to Sustainability. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

The The Rochester Genealogical Society meeting will be at 7 p.m. tonight at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.). Dick Halsey will discuss The Monroe County, NY GenWeb Site and then Larry Naukam will present the main lecture titled Rochester's Best Genealogy Research Sites. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Good jam-style acoustic rocker Kevin MacConkeyMySpace link will be at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

The Eastman Women's Chorus will be performing tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) at 8 p.m. with a performance titled By Her, For Her, About Her. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing George Washington starting at 8 p.m. preceded by the short film Physical Pinball. The feature film is a "group of young teens in a poor North Carolina town. At the heart of the group is George, a sweet and sensitive kid who learns to cope with tragedy and heartbreak during one long, hot summer." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is Today is the Day, PsyopusGarageBand linkMySpace link, Complete FailureMySpace link, and Mouth of the ArchitectMySpace link. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [18+]

JayceLand Pick Wicked fun percussive groove-rock returns: The BuddhaHoodMySpace link will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. [source: band e-mail]

Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar]


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Top Pick ArtAwake will be at Station 55 (55 Railroad St.) today from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. and will feature music, art, history, and architecture. [source: University of Rochester website]

URBAN ARTifacts by Betsy Phillips will be on display at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) for the opening reception tonight from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]

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]

Today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the opening reception for In Process: Explorations in the creative process, Paintings, Intaglio-type Prints and a Video Installation by Bernice Cross. [source: Visual Studies Workshop calendar] [all ages]

HungnessMySpace link (formerly Kill Myself on Monday), and Cruelty FreeGarageBand link will be at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee MySpace site] [all ages]

The Eastman School Symphony Orchestra will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]

Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is RedLine Zydeco. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]

JayceLand Pick The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting great chaotic/attention-deficit funk-ish rock band GaylordMySpace link (in what may be among their last Rochester performances for a while), Razor Wire ShrineMySpace link, and Fledgling DeathMySpace link starting around 10:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [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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Top Pick Today at 11 a.m. is a Rochester Geeks MEETin Field Trip for a tour of Regional Computer Recycling and Recovery (RCR&R) (7318 Victor-Mendon Rd., Victor)'s facility. Sign up on the MEETin website. [source: MEETinROCHESTER calendar]

This afternoon at 2 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is the first Members' Annual Meeting with director Anthony Bannon giving the "State of the Museum" address, Alison Nordström presenting a preview of upcoming photographic exhibitions, and Caroline Yeager demonstrating recent upgrades in the Dryden Theatre. Note that Eastman House indicates this as a "members only" event. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is the opening reception for Awakenings: Reflections upon Spring featuring the works of many artists. [source: Oxford Gallery website]

The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting The Velvet Edge, solid experimental acoustic-rocker Gregory PaulGarageBand linkMySpace link, The Highway BeautifulGarageBand link, Tommy BrunettMySpace link, and The FrequencyMySpace link starting around 6:15 p.m. [source: Water Street calendar] [13+]

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of The Hochstein School of Music and Dance (50 North Plymouth Ave.) is a new-music presentation titled Vision of Sound. [source: Society for New Music website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at Equal=GroundsMySpace link (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is Jamie AndersonMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: Equal=Grounds MySpace page] [all ages]

The House of Hamez (389 Gregory St., formerly Daily Perks) will be hosting Phil MarshallMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: House of Hamez website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) is great fun ska from Mrs. Skannotto 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 Magnolia starting at 8 p.m. I saw this years ago and thought that although the acting was good, the beauty-in-our-humanness message was delivered with thuggish heavy-handedness. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Herb SmithMySpace link will be at The Flat Iron CaféMySpace link (561 State St.) starting around 9 p.m. [source: Flat Iron Cafe webstie]

Tonight at Woody's (248 Monroe Ave.) (of all places) is tight, very good modern-rock band The Meddling KidsMySpace link ... I suspect they'll start around 10 p.m. [source: Freetime]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is HealthMySpace link, nearly-noise-band/instrumental-cacophonous-rock band Science vs. WitchcraftMySpace link, PegacideMySpace link, and thick bass-driven noise from Tuurd starting around 10:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [21+]

JayceLand Pick Great motley folk from Baby Shivers BoutiqueMySpace link will be at Monty's KrownMySpace link (875 Monroe Ave.) 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.


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JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Great World of Sound starting at 7 p.m. I enjoyed it in October, 2007 and I figure I'll enjoy it again. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]


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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Kiss Me Kate this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Straight from the Eastman House Calendar: "Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson lead a stellar cast in this film version of Cole Porter's classic musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew." [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is another Wide Open Mic hosted by Norm Davis starting at 7:30 p.m. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The Fonda/Stevens Group starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]

Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Wind Orchestra starting around 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at 9:15 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) is a presentation of The Emerging Filmmakers Series featuring ABC Movie by Elisabeth Tonnard, Fallen by Jon Noble, Bathtime in Clerkenweell by Alex Budovsky, The Can Man by Sean Cunningham, Boxed In by Joy E. Reed, Untitled by Eva Xie, SNEW by David Lachman and Jody Oberfelder, and Loose Ends by Rachel Gordon. [source: Little Theatre calendar]

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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April Fool's Day

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.

JayceLand Pick Today at 12:12 p.m. in Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is another in the Books Sandwiched-In series where William Marvin will discuss The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Elephant Man starting at 8 p.m. This is the amazing version that David Lynch created (and it's light on Lynch-styled twistedness, in case you're curious). [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 9 p.m. is Murder By DeathMySpace link, O'DeathMySpace link, and Kiss KissMySpace link. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+]

Grime Time will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [18+]


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Top Pick Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10 p.m. is awesome, animated, crazy rock from MonotonixMySpace link, and punchy drums-and-guitar punk-rock band Blue Spark and FlameMySpace link. [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 KrownMySpace link (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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