Weekly Rochester Events #525 Starting Thursday, January 29, 2009
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This afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is a program titled Music for All.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Road House starting early at 7 p.m. followed by The Hitch-Hiker at 8:45 p.m. — a pair of film noirs. In the first, a singer comes between two enemies. In the second, a couple hunters are held hostage by the hitch-hiker. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] 
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting One Right Turn, and Drexel & the Bootleggers starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Drinking Liberally will meet tonight at a "new" location — Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) — starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Drinking Liberally e-mail]
The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting The Strange String Quartet starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
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Tonight at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the opening reception for Perspective by John Solberg from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. It will be on display through February 22.
[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] Tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the opening reception for The Festival of 24 Things — a photography exhibition where each photographer was given the same set of 24 words and they created one photo per word. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. is the closing reception of Three Hearts by Lisa Marie Barber at The Firehouse Gallery in The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.)
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) will be hosting Froth , and The Spacelords starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Tony Brown and the Faithful, and Swati.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Solidly good bar-rock from Burning Daylight , and really good, dynamic acoustic soloist/band Jesse Sprinkle will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Philharmonia 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 Trouble the Water starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. It's a documentary constructed in large part from footage shot by a couple escaping the rising flood waters of Hurricane Katrina.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Beats 4 Boards by KRUDCO. (83 Howell St.)
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Today at 9 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is the January Thaw Concert in celebration of the late Tony Cavagnaro's birthday. His former band, the wicked fun percussion-and-saxophone dominated jam band The BuddhaHood will perform with Sleeping Giant and The Word of the Day.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Over at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 10 p.m. is The Rubblebucket Orchestra.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
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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Today from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is a program titled Morning Chamber Music.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Pool starting at early at 7 p.m. and again tomorrow at 7 p.m. Here's the Eastman House calendar description: "The director of American Movie has returned with a genuinely heartwarming, humanistic, and remarkably unsentimental work of neorealist fiction. In Goa, India, 18-year-old Venkatesh just barely earns a living cleaning out hotel rooms and selling plastic bags. When he meets the upper-class family who own the glimmering swimming pool he longs to dive into, Venkatesh sees the possibility to escape from his tough existence." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Village Idiots Present (VIP) will be performing The BIG Game tonight at 7:30 p.m.
[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, witty acoustic soloist Maria Gillard, clear, bright, quick-witted soloist Allen Power, and Dawn Thompson.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Nathaniel Seer starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) will be hosting Ben Lawler starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is great, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from Hinkley starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Jatoba , and good jam-acoustic rock with a strong gritty voice from Kevin MacConkey will be at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup Myspace page]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Walri, Hotel Reverie, and The Frogbots.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is an Art Show with works by Adriana Meiss.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Today at 2 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a What's Up Lecture with Sydney Greaves discussing Alison Saar's Maquette for Swing Low.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
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Groundhog Day
Updated: 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.) [I'm not sure if Water Street changed their calendar, or if I just made a typo ...] [source: band e-mail] [16+]
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]
This evening at 7 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a screening of Anyone and Everyone about parents dealing with having homosexual children. [source: Gay Alliance website] [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.
Today at 12:12 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a Tuesday Topics discussion with David Cay Johnston explaining The Credit Crisis: Your Wallet and Wall Street.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight's meeting of The Rochester Speculative Literature Association (R-SPEC) at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (3349 Monroe Ave.) features Dr. Martin Zand discussing Bioterrorism in the Future.
[source:
R-SPEC Google Group]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Black Moses of Soul starting at 8 p.m. — rare concert footage of the late Isaac Hayes.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Tonight is the another of the Snow Cheap Trail Races starting at 6 p.m. at Riley Lodge in Cobb's Hill Park (Norton Dr., softball diamonds near 490). Sign up through Fleet Feet Sports (2210 Monroe Ave.)
[source:
City Hall press release]
Updated: The February Tasting Party is not at Make and Take Gourmet (1475 E. Henrietta Road) because that location is closed. Rather, I got a message from Make and Take Gourmet of Victor (6 Commerce Drive, Victor) and they are hosting the tasting at 6:30 p.m. [source: Make and Take Gourmet website] Over at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman Wind Orchestra [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sud sanaeha (Blissfully Yours) starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar once again: "In modern Bangkok, two women are planning to help an illegal Burmese immigrant search for a job; instead, they find themselves entangled in a sexual odyssey in the middle of the jungle." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
No Sheers Ted, and Bodega Radio will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Miss Tess, and The Bon Ton Pararde starting around 9 p.m. — possibly including, possibly replacing the open mic.
[source:
Abilene website]
Updated: Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Open Mic Groove Night featuring RedLine Zydeco starting at 9:15 p.m. [source: band e-mail] [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] 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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