Weekly Rochester Events #517 Starting Thursday, December 4, 2008
Tonight is annual Holiday Open House on Park Ave. (map) from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. In addition, the new Fanfare exhibition opens at The Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.).
[source:
Park Avenue events calendar]
This evening at 6:30 p.m., Allen Hopkins will be performing Railroad Songs at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) [source: Golden Link website] [all ages]
Rudresh Mahanthappa 's Indo-Pak Coalition is performing tonight at 8 p.m. at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square).
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Wind Ensemble, and The Eastman Wind Orchestra 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 Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) starting at 8 p.m. Read carefully the Eastman House's description: "for his film most indicative of the daring, original nouvelle vague style, [François] Truffaut adapted a crime novel by American David Goodis. French singer Charles Aznavour plays Charlie Kohler, a one-time world-renowned concert pianist, now down and out, playing in a Parisian dive. As a caring waitress tries to revive Charlie's career, his older brother stumbles into the bar, on the run from gangsters he has double-crossed." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is clever and fun guitar-and-beat-driven synth-pop from The Spinto Band, The Oxford Collapse, and really terrific all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses starting around 9 p.m.
[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]
Anderson Alley Artists (250 Goodman St. N.) will be having a Holiday Open House today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
The Erie Saxophone Quartet will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 6 p.m. for their Christmas Concert.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
This evening from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) is the opening reception for The 18th Annual Members Exhibition which is on display through January 6. [source: Rochester Contemporary calendar] [all ages] Tonight at 6 p.m., The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will host Colleen Freeman presenting her phogotgraphy in Believe in Africa: Portraits from Kenya and South Africa. [source: Baobab website]
Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Potential Life Studios (34 Elton St.) is an art reception for ReMixed Media with works by Kurt Ketchum, Chicken Bone, Jeremy Dziedzic, and R. Scott Oliver.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Also opening tonight is Famous Faces at The Method Lab (650 South Ave., formerly Condé Photography) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Just a few doors down, Lux Lounge (666 South Ave.) will be having a reception for paintings by Jennifer Rorke, and Ryan Declerck.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Today at 7 p.m. at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is the opening reception for A View from the Pit featuring rock-and-roll photographs by Frank De Blase.
[source:
City Newspaper]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Village Idiots Present (VIP) will present an improv show titled "Couples Therapy": ManShee Chronicles.
[source:
Village Idiots Present website]
Over at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is really talented guitarist Kinloch Nelson, and Bernie Heveron. [source: Mez website] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Patti Smith: Dream of Life starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Montage Live Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille) is fun ska band Mrs. Skannotto starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is Klock, The Spirit Of Ontario, and Something Else starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
Updated: Tonight around 9 p.m. or so, The Beaumonts will be playing at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.).
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is The Tiger Tracks Train Show and Sale presented by The RIT Model Railroad Club (RITMRC) in The Gordon Field House
at
RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus maps).
[source:
Freetime]
Today from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Sibley Building (25 Franklin St.) is Holiday Family Fun Day which includes the lighting of The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) and followed by the grand opening of ice skating at Manhattan Square Park (130 Chestnut St.) with fireworks through 8 p.m.
[source:
City Hall press release]
Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is the Hail Hail the Holidays benefit The Center for Youth Services (905 Monroe Ave.) featuring Hunu? (featuring members from Colorblind James Experience), The Alpine Black , Phil Marshall, Greg Townson, virtually trippy jazz from Margaret Explosion, good bar-rock band Blue Jimmy , The Dady Brothers, Frank De Blase, and more.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) is a screening of Shelter: A Squatumentary with discussion to follow with filmmaker Hannah E. Dobbz.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine starting at 8 p.m. — a documentary about Louise Bourgeois, "the grande dame of the art world."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m. is Pia Mater for their CD Release Show.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Auld Lang Syne, an infectious satire of a gospel rock band from The Lobster Quadrille, and Township starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Stolen Bikes will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[21+]
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 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (half-staff until sunset)
George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) kicks off today with a Pancake Breakfast at 10 a.m. with Santa Claus. Then at 2 p.m., Rachel Stuhlman, Eastman House's Librarian and Curator of Rare Books discusses the Museum's library collection. Finally, at 3 p.m., Kathy Wilkins will present a Holiday Program Musicale. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) is their first Holiday Market featuring seasonal creations for sale. [source: Artisan Works website]
This evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a CD Release Party for Caribbean Christmas Carnival by Alfred St. John's Trinidad and Tobago Steelband.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Cinderella starting at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Comedy Club at Daisy Dukes (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) is hosting a Comedy Open Mic tonight at 7 p.m. [source: Freetime] Today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is Holidays At the Market at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) [source: City Hall press release] |
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Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Jazz Ensemble starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music 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.
Tonight at 8 p.m. at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Collegium Musicum performing music in a number of styles. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Ostre sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains) starting at 8 p.m. in which a young man tries to lose his virginity in wartime. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Derrick Lucas of WGMC Jazz Radio (90.1 FM) presenting Northern Soul Night.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Silver Streak starting at 8 p.m.: a Hitchcock-esque thriller full of comedy.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Greg Davis, The Bird Show, another rebirth of Autumn In Halifax, and experimental, slow, melodic work on acoustic guitar from Andy Gilmore will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Updated: Tonight at The Montage Live Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille) starting around 10 p.m. is a big show of DJ's and such featuring Klever, Kill The Noise, and many more.
[source:
Rest in Peace Rochester (RIPROC) blog]
[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 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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