Weekly Rochester Events #528 Starting Thursday, February 19, 2009
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) will be holding a Chocolate Tasting at the Long Season Farmers' Market at Artisan Church (1235 S. Clinton Ave.) tonight from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
Nancy Kress will speak at the Neilly Series Lecture in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of The Rush Rhees Library at The University of Rochester (Library Rd. at Intercampus Dr.) this evening at 5 p.m.
[source:
R-SPEC Google Group]
Tonight at The Little (240 East Ave.) at 6:30 p.m. is the theatrical premiere of Fury by local filmmaker Liz Lehmann.
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Gallery Tour of TruthBeauty by curator Alison Nordström.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
At tonight's meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.), Cherie Wood will discuss photographic restoration in her discussion Hiding In Plain Sight, and Patricia Uttaro will present Genealogical Resources in Libraries of Monroe County. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages] Tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow and Saturday at 10:30 p.m., Geva Comedy Improv  will present Be My Valentine at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
Over at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is Ossia New Music.
[source:
Ossia New Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Double Indemnity starting at 8 p.m.: "one of the unquestioned masterpieces of film noir."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Artisan Church (1235 S. Clinton Ave.) is the indoor Long-Season Farmers' Market. [source: Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail] [all ages] |
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Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is the Release Party for Karl Slominski's comic, Raygun Cowboys.
[source:
City Newspaper]
The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will be screening Black Magic tonight at 7 p.m.
[source:
Baobab website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Escape from New York starting early at 7 p.m. followed by the dreadful sequel Escape from L.A. at 9 p.m. In the former, Manhattan is turned into a maximum-security prison in 1997 and Snake Plissken must rescue the President to save himself. In the latter, it's pretty much the same thing only it's Los Angeles and he surfs on a big, obviously-fake wave.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop (752 S. Goodman St.) is Steven Piper, and charismatic, skilled acoustic soloist Scott Regan starting around 7 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine]
Ed Downey's Triangulation will be at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is the blues-sounding The Deborah Magone Band.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Wind Ensemble starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
Salsa-Spanish flavored solid rock band Night Gallery will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
Updated: I'm surprised nobody noticed that this would have been the 5th month in a row that the 3rd Friday Songwriters Open Mic with Jim Bowers was listed on Thursday. Anyway, it's really today: on Friday at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is really good classic rock from Township, Johnny Nobody, and Stone Baby starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Join Stacey Estrich on a Saturday Hike today from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting at Turning Point Park (260 Boxart St.) — meet at the Petten St. parking lot.
[source:
City Hall press release]
Rochester Against War (RAW) meets today at 12 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) [source: Rochester Against War website]
Tonight at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Songwriters In The Round with charismatic acoustic soloist Scott Regan, Paul Swiatek, Brian Conconella, Taylor Buckley, and Perry Cleaveland starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Farewell Republic starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting The Hayseeds starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abilene website] Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Gifted Children.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting better-than-excellent rock/surf-rock/rockabilly from The Sadies, and Jerry Teel and The Big City Stompers starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is Nod, and Larry Feldman (member of Spyda Med) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
[21+]
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If you feel like it, Rochester Talent (315 Gregory St.) is moving to a new location and they could use some help. Stop by around 10 a.m. for the usual food bribery. [source: Rochester Film Lab Yahoo! Group] Today at 12 p.m. at The Port of Palmyra Marina (100 Division St., Palmyra) is Curling on the Canal with The Rochester Curling Club (71 Deep Rock Rd.). [source: Freetime]
Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Lights starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Juiceboxxx, Zs, and Ian Downey is Famous.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Norm Davis will be in Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) to host Wide Open Mic tonight at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[all ages]
In theory, there is another
Emerging Filmmakers Program
tonight at
The Little
(240 East Ave.)
at 9:15 p.m., but I haven't heard anything about it so your guess is as good as mine. As soon as I get the details I'll post the films.
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.
In case you're in the market for pizza-making equipment, The Reynolds Auction Company will be auctioning off the contents of Pizza Café (2199 E. Henrietta Rd., in the Suburban Plaza) starting at 10 a.m. [source: Reynold's Auction website] Iris Banister will speak about Rochester Surround Care (465 Central Ave., formerly Rochester Children's Zone) at today's Tuesday Topics discussion in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) at 12:12 p.m. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] Updated: The Po' Boys Brass Band will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) tonight for Fat Tuesday with festivities getting started around 6 p.m. — show them your can* and get beads! [* Your can of food to be donated to The Catholic Family Services Food Pantry, that is.]
[source:
Abilene website]
The Business Association of the South Wedge Area (BASWA) is sponsoring a Mardi Gras Mingle: The Fat Tuesday Pub Crawl starting at The South Wedge Colony Bar and Grill (503 South Ave., formerly Dashen Restaurant) at 6:30 p.m., then working through South Wedge each half-hour: Solera Wine Bar (647 South Ave.) at 7 p.m., then Lux Lounge (666 South Ave.), The Tap and Mallet (381 Gregory St.), The Keg (315 Gregory St., behind German House where Rohrbach's used to be), The Beale Street Cafe (689 South Ave.), and finally Caverly's Pub (741 South Ave., formerly Genesee Co-op Credit Union) at 9:30. Pick up Scrabble tiles for a Scrabble Scramble contest for the best word score.
[source:
Savor Our Flavor website]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Collegium Musicum 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 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut starting at 8 p.m. Don't miss your chance to see one of the 1990's only humorous, ribald, satirical musicals.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Blitzen Trapper, Alela Diane, and great, experimental acoustic performer Gregory Paul.
[source:
Croquet Shows website]
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This evening at 5:30 p.m. is a meeting to Discuss the City Zoning Code in the City Council Chambers at City Hall (30 Church St.).
[source:
City Hall press release]
The Eastman Philharmonia will be at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is good acoustic soloist Electric Organic, and No Sheers Ted 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]
The Comedy Underground will be at The Mez (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) tonight at 8 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
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