Weekly Rochester Events #513 Starting Thursday, November 6, 2008
This evening at 6 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Photo Lecture by Tom Garver on the photography of O. Winston Link.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a lecture on The Artistry of Jewish Ritual with Cantor Samuel Asher and Bonnie Abrams..
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. is Willem Breuker Kollektief.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.  (100 Alexander St.) is Ben Lawler starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Compartiment teurs (The Sleeping Car Murders) starting at 8 p.m. When one person is killed in a group of 6 in a sleeping car on a train, the others become suspects — until they are killed off one-by-one.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting Velveteen Fox starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is very good punk-rock from The QUiTTERS , and The Designer Drugs.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m.
[source:
First Friday website]
Tonight at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the opening reception for Ted Tatarzyn's Antarctica Journey from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The works will be on display through November 30.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is their first Friday Happy Hour with This Other Life followed by The Beale Street Blues Band at 9 p.m. [source: Abilene website]
Tonight at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is the opening reception for an art exhibit titled Uganda: Children of War—Social Documentary Photography by Errol Daniels starting at 6 p.m.
[source:
Baobab website]
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is a Rock Out for Vets featuring Uncle Plum , Joey T. and the Formula, and more.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is the opening reception for Letter Perfect at The Community Darkroom at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Opera Theatre's presentation of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of The Screw. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] Today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Upstage at The Auditorium Center (875 Main St E.) is a Foodlink Benefit Show with The Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv Troupe .
[source:
Nuts and Bolts e-mail]
Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is The Walker Brothers starting around 8 p.m. [source: Mez website] [all ages] Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Sadie Ava starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Pawnbroker starting at 8 p.m. Jack Garner will be on hand to introduce and discuss this film about "an emotionally numbed Holocaust survivor now running a pawnshop in New York's Spanish Harlem."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Felice Brothers will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Croquet Shows e-mail]
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Today at 2 p.m. in Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a demonstration on how to make Pop Up Books with Bill Finewood.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at High Fidelity (170 East Ave., formerly Milestones) is generic rock with a psychadellic twist from The Atomic Swindlers backed by The Nazareth String Quartet starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Frownland starting at 8 p.m. Filmmaker Ronald Bronstein will be on hand to present his character study of an un-likable-but-fascinating man.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Today from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is another Musicale, this time featuring pianist N. Pourmalek.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs starting at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. The well-worn tale presented as Disney's first full-length animated feature film. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Slither, something like semi-melodic fast-paced noise from Pengo, Evenings, and The Bloody Nos will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at 9 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is the PsychoTranshumanoid Tour 2008 featuring DJ? Acucrack , Acumen Nation, Cyanotic, Kryszt, and DJ Dangler.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
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Veteran's Day (observed)
Over at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Robert Sarazin Blake for a free show.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Today at 8 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is a Free Tutorial: Copyright Law for Musicians and Open Jam with members of Public Knowledge.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Updated:
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Fredrik, and expert guitarist Andy Gilmore starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Croquet Shows e-mail]
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] |
 Veteran'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.
The Amanda Monaco 4 will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Love starting at 8 p.m. with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli. It's a "tale of a woman who leaves a cruel marriage for her lover but who still wishes to be with her son. Based upon Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, this later proved to be the only film that the great actress remade — to lesser poetic effect — in the sound period."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Updated:
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Grand Buffet, Ian Downey is Famous, and surreal electronic sounds from anti-music anti-band Gaybot starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
A|V Space e-mail]
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The Eastman Wind Ensemble will be at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Train starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "late in the war, as the allies storm into France, the Nazis load a train with countless masterpieces—Renoirs, Picassos, Van Goghs, Cezannes, Matisses—all prepared for a desperate last-minute transport back to Germany. While at first reluctant to risk any life for art, resistance agent Labiche (Burt Lancaster) determines to halt the shipment." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Today is the Day, Weedeater, and slower, clearer metal from Orodruin starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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] Tonight at 8 p.m. at Abeline Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is an Open Mic with The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Abeline website]
Open-Mic Comedy at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] [all ages] |
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