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Weekly Rochester Events #490 Starting Thursday, May 29, 2008


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Tonight at 6 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) there is a Photography Lecture with Bob Krist titled Behind the Scenes: Real-Life Misadventures of a Travel Photographer. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Slums of Beverly Hills starting at 8 p.m. with an introduction by and discussion led by writer-director Tamara Jenkins (kicking off a weekend with her). The semi-autobiographical film follows a middle-class family trying to skim along the bottom-edge of upper-crust Los Angeles. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is Trevor WattsMySpace link, and Jamie Harris starting around 8 p.m. [source: WBER calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) will be hosting wicked fun percussion-and-saxophone dominated jam band The BuddhaHoodMySpace link starting around 10 p.m. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]

At 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Link Gallery at City Hall (30 Church St.), The Chinese Dance School of Rochester will perform a benefit for victims of the earthquake in southwestern China. [source: City Hall press release]

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


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Memorial Day

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 Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) is "horror movie soundtrack" band J. G. BlizaroMySpace link, and Sakes Alive!MySpace link starting around 7 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee MySpace site] [all ages]

Top Pick At the Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), Tamara Jenkins will be introducing Make Way for Tomorrow starting at 8 p.m. Jenkins cites this film about an aging couple who get little support from their children as influencing her own film The Savages, screening tomorrow night. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting Tumul, Ben Court, and Dead Dogs Bit. I figure they'll start around 8 p.m. like usual even though the Carbon Records website said 11 p.m. [source: Carbon Records calendar] [all ages]

The Po' Boys Brass BandMySpace link will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. [source: JamBase calendar for Rochester] [all ages]

Tonight around 9:30 p.m. at The High Falls Gorge (Platt St at Browns Race, the Pont De Rennes Bridge) is the River of Light Laser Show. [source: City Hall press release]

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]

Tonight and tomorrow at The High Falls Gorge (Platt St at Browns Race, the Pont De Rennes Bridge) starting around 9:30 p.m. is the River of Light Laser Show. [source: City Hall press release]


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JayceLand Pick Americanomicon, 8 Eyes, and experimental, organic jazz from The Blood and Bone OrchestraMySpace link will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Mez website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting The Po' Boys Brass BandMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee MySpace site] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Savages starting at 8 p.m. with filmmaker Tamara Jenkins. In the film, two siblings face taking care of their father as he succumbs to dementia. They'll also be screening Jenkins' short film, Family Remains. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Flat Iron CaféMySpace link (561 State St.) is The Dan Drohan Quartet followed by the After Hours Jam Session with The Quinn Lawrence TrioMySpace link. [source: Flat Iron Cafe webstie]

JayceLand Pick Over at The Dub Land UndergroundMySpace link (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) starting around 9:30 p.m. is Lazlo Hollyfeld, and fun ska band Mrs. Skannotto. [source: JamBase calendar for Rochester]

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 This afternoon at 2 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a What's Up Lecture with Susan Nurse leading "an architectural walking tour of the Memorial Art Gallery grounds and neighboring buildings". [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Tôkyô monogatari (Tokyo Story) starting at 7 p.m. in which an "elderly couple visits their children in a bustling Tokyo where they are seen almost as a nuisance". [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Die! Die! Die!, Child BiteMySpace link, and good high-energy punk-rock band The GrievantsMySpace link. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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JayceLand Pick Updated: Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) is a meeting of a new Rochester branch of The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) with longtime Wobblies Paul Paulos, and Rochelle Semel. [source: Community Biking Alliance message board]

JayceLand Pick This evening's The Monday Evening Creative Arts (MECA) Lecture Series is How Ballroom Dancing relates to Life, Marriage and Physics with Peter Billett at Edgar G. Praus Productions, Inc. (176 Anderson Ave.). [source: MECA Rochester website]

Updated: The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players with The Ching-Fen Lee Dancers at the Bug Jar has apparently disappeared since last week. According to the updates on the calendars, The Trachtenburg's will be in town on June 18. [source: Bug Jar 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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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 Tonight at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Barnes & Noble (3349 Monroe Ave.) is a meeting of The Rochester Speculative Literature Association (R-SPEC) where they'll discuss Gender, Power and Superpowers. [source: R-SPEC website]

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Cincinnati Kid starting at 8 p.m. about a poker hustler. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Evil City String BandMySpace link, and good acoustic soloist Electric OrganicMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [18+]


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This evening at 7 p.m., meet at the Pansy Bed near Highland and Goodman in Highland Park (Reservoir Dr.) to discuss Pruning — What Is It? And How Are You Supposed To Do It? with Mark Quinn, and Noelle Nagle. [source: Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Minnie and Moskowitz starting at 8 p.m. — a John Cassavetes film about a "brash parking lot attendant" who seeks the affection of a"reserved museum curator". [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 Dogtown Hots (691 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m. is the Rochester Cruisers Wednesday Night Cruise (for bicyclists). [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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This page is Jason Olshefsky's list of things to do in Rochester, NY and the surrounding region (including nearby towns Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield, Pittsford, Victor, Henrietta, Gates, Chili, Greece, and Charlotte, and occasionally other places in Monroe County and the Western New York region.) It is updated every week with daily listings for entertainment, activities, performances, movies, music, bands, comedy, improv, poetry, storytelling, lectures, discussions, debates, theater, plays, and generally fun things to do. Music events are usually original bands with occasional cover bands and DJ's with musical styles including punk, emo, ska, swing, rock, rock-and-roll, alternative, metal, jazz, blues, noise band, experimental music, folk, acoustic, and "world-beat." Events listed take place during the day, in the evenings, or as part of the city's nightlife as listed. Although I'm reluctant to admit it, it is a Rochester blog and I'm essentially blogging about Rochester events. I also tend to express opinions, review past events, make reviews, speak of philosophy or of a philosophical nature, discuss humanity and creativity. Oh, and it's spelled JayceLand with no space and a capital L, not Jayce Land, Jaycee Land, Jace Land, Jase Land, Joyce Land, Jayce World, Jayceeland, Jaceland, Jaseland, Joyceland, Jayceworld, Jayceeworld, Jaceworld, Jaseworld, nor Joyceworld. (Now if you misspell it in some search engine, you at least get a shot at finding it.) It's also not to be confused with Jake's World or JakesWorld which is a site of a Rochester animator. While I'm on the topic of keywords for search engines, this update includes information for Thursday, May 29, 2008 (Thu, May 29, 2008, 5/29/2008, or 5/29/08) Friday, May 30, 2008 (Fri, May 30, 2008, 5/30/2008, or 5/30/08) Saturday, May 31, 2008 (Sat, May 31, 2008, 5/31/2008, or 5/31/08) Sunday, June 1, 2008 (Sun, Jun 1, 2008, 6/1/2008, or 6/1/08) Monday, June 2, 2008 (Mon, Jun 2, 2008, 6/2/2008, or 6/2/08) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 (Tue, Jun 3, 2008, 6/3/2008, or 6/3/08) and Wednesday, June 4, 2008 (Wed, Jun 4, 2008, 6/4/2008, or 6/4/08).


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