Weekly Rochester Events #524 Starting Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tonight starting around 6:30 p.m. at Acme Bar & Pizza (495 Monroe Ave.) is the Official Happy Hour for MEETinROCHESTER .
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Raw Deal starting early at 7 p.m. followed by T-Men at 8:30 p.m. The Eastman House Calendar's description offers this appetizer: "these two low-budget thrillers from Eagle-Lion studios are frequently listed among the best of 'B' noirs, thanks to taut direction from Anthony Mann and evocative and imaginative cinematography from the great John Alton." Plus Eastman House members get free admission.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Big Tree will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Chae Hawk, and The Secret Secret Dino Club (featuring a different Jayce entirely) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Pure Kona Open Mic Poetry will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) tonight starting around 7:30 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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Today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the opening reception for Pleasure and Beauty by Carla Williams (which runs through February 27) along with a book launch for Nate Larson's Dream Self (on special display through February 13).
[source:
Visual Studies Workshop calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) at 8 p.m. is Guitarred and Feathered featuring talented guitarist and singer Kinloch Nelson, charismatic and stylistically-varied musician Scott Regan, and Phil Marshall .
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is a Xanedu [sic] Fund Raising Event for The Roc City Roller Derby (RCRD).
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Lola Montés starting at 8 p.m. then again on Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. It sounds interesting enough from the Eastman House description: "Martine Carol stars as the legendary Spanish courtesan and adventuress whose lovers included Franz Liszt and King Ludwig of Bavaria. Lola's life and loves are recalled by the circus master (Peter Ustinov) who made this beguiling beauty his central attraction." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting good acoustic rock from Teressa Wilcox, talented acoustic soloist Katy Wright, and Teagan and the Tweeds starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
Tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is good groove-rock from The Sim Redmond Band, Crow Greenspun, and Thousands Of One starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
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Join Stacey Estrich on a Saturday Hike today from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting at the ice rink at Genesee Valley Park
Ice Rink (131 Elmwood Ave.)
[source:
City Hall press release]
Photographs by Andy Lock opens today at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) and will be on display through April 26. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Shanghai Chinese Restaurant (2920 W. Henrietta Rd.), meet with people from MEETinROCHESTER for a Chinese New Year Dinner at 6 p.m.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Kathy McLeod starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is Domestic Violin for happy hour (presumably 7 p.m. or so) and then at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is The Freeminer Birds.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Los cronocrímenes (Timecrimes) starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 7 p.m. A guy gets attacked in the woods, stumbles upon a time machine, and decides to go back to prevent the crime. Paradoxes happen.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Tonight at Potential Life Studios (34 Elton St.) is excellent experimental acoustic rocker Gregory Paul , and Sadie Ava starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
flyer]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Heavy Metal Steve's Birthday Extravaganza featuring Nunslaughter, Rabid, Blüdwülf, Crucifist, Abdicate, and Frantik starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is Erotic Nights Pt. II featuring poets from The Evolutionary Girls Club, Mel Kozakiewicz, and MC Vendetta along with music by Jimmie Highsmith, Jr., photography by Beth Bloom and more.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
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Creighton Michael will be at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) today at 2 p.m. to discuss his work SQUIGGLE linear B407.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 3 p.m. is The Polar Bear Club, Like Wolves, Forfeit, and Claire Danes.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Stardust will be at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
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Today is the start of No Name-Calling Week.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is an Open Mic followed by a Percussion Explosion with Khalid Abdul N'Faly Saleem at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.)
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[18+]
Norm Davis hosts Wide Open Mic tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
At tonight's Emerging Filmmakers Series #54 at The Little (240 East Ave.) at 9:15 p.m., the following films will be screened: A Shadow of an Idea by Myung-Chul Jung,
Foot in a Pool by Mili Pradhan, Aging Trees of Knowledge, Part Four: Child Survivor by Adrian Esposito, and
Death & Taxes by Stan Main.
[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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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 The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a Tuesday Topics on The Reform Framework for The Rochester City School District (RCSD) (131 West Broad St.) with superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Wonderful Town starting at 8 p.m. Straight from the Eastman House calendar description: "in Takua Pa, a quiet beachfront town on Thailand's southern coast devastated after the 2004 tsunami, a young architect arrives to supervise one of many reconstruction projects. He takes up residence in a tiny hotel and begins an affair with the young woman who runs the inn with her family. Eventually the romance brings to the surface an undercurrent of suppressed emotions and hidden facts."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Trauma, something like semi-melodic fast-paced noise from Pengo, Praying For Oblivion, good noise-drone from Foot and Mouth Disease, and Stone Baby will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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This afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Auditorium of The Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science (CIS) at RIT (1 Lomb Memorial Dr., building #76) is a lecture titled Video CAPTCHA: Balancing Usability and Security with Richard Zanibbi.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Zodiac: The Director's Cut starting at 8 p.m. A film based on the true story of the "Zodiac killer" in the 1960's and 1970's.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The EWUN Birthday Bash with Kill The Noise, Nickel Bag of Funk, Flipsicle and Handlebar, Teen Heat, and Tim Tonearm starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Today at 12:00 p.m. is a meeting of The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group in the Literature Division's Study Room at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) [source: Rochester Public Library 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] Tonight at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) is a Comedy Open Mic with Michael Gately .
[source:
Comedy Club website]
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]
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