Weekly Rochester Events #535 Starting Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Bertrand Russell Society meets tonight at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) at 7 p.m. to discuss Great Feuds on Mathematics: Russell vs. Poincare with guest lecturer Howard A. Blair.
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Topkapi starting at 8 p.m. — "a lighthearted caper that transports us to the exotic land of Turkey."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar  (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Blackened Blues, and Stone Spoon Baboon starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is The Thang, and Extended Family starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
Tonight at an undisclosed location (contact Joe at Carbon Records to get invited) is The Hunted Creatures , Nature, Tumul, and Torus.
[source:
Carbon Records e-mail]
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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Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) at 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for happy hour is The Electro Kings followed by The All Hank Band at 10 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is Madeline Forster starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
Self — an exhibit of photographs featuring works by Mark Carpenter, Monika Ueffinger, Jeno Horvath, Gilbert Maker, and Pavel Romaniko opens tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Community Darkroom at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) and runs through May 17. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] MEETinROCHESTER 's Official Monthly Mingler Happy Hour is at The Distillery (1142 Mount Hope Ave.) tonight at 7 p.m.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Village Idiots Present (VIP) will perform Catch 23 and then tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., it's Gorilla Theatre.
[source:
Village Idiots Present website]
The Ruckus Juice Jug Stompers , and Gypsy Dave and the Stumpjumpers 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]
Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) will be hosting really talented guitarist Kinloch Nelson starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bodhi's Cafe MySpace page]
11 N 2 will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Le clan des siciliens (The Sicilian Clan) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. The film brings together French tough-guy actors for a jewel-thieving caper. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting really good reggae/dub band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad , and Adonai and I starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
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Anderson Alley Artists (250 Goodman St. N.) will be having another open house this and every second Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at The First Universalist Church of Rochester (150 South Clinton Ave.), Robert Hillary King will discuss how he was recently declared innocent of crimes that led to his spending the last 29 years in prison.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Examined Life starting earlier-than-usual today at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. It's apparently a documentary on modern philosophers, interviewing each in appropriate or ironic locales.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Fred Vine, and Brian Williams starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Strange Montgomery, and The Mugwump Soul starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[all ages]
Miss Tess and The Bon Ton Pararde will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m. is Bloodline.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is The Lovesick Heartstabbers, gospel satire from The Lobster Quadrille, and tight-ass, lightning-fast rock-and-roll from The Motorpsychos.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Rock band Nod will perform tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. along with a screening of film featuring early electric guitar use.
[source:
Carbon Records e-mail]
[21+]
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Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Cartright, and Gun Trouble will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) as part of the What's Next — Plays in Progress series is a reading of Gingerbread House by Jennifer Haley at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Hotel Reverie, Ian Downey is Famous, and Dreams from Gin starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar 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 from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is another Books Sandwiched-In. This time, M. Ann Howard will review Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need A Green Revolution — And How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is the Artists' Talks for the Masters Invitation show at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail] If booze isn't so much your game, the Official New Member Coffee for MEETinROCHESTER is tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware).
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) is a Book Arts Guild Meeting — the second meeting, so get in on the "ground floor" and check it out. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Tortilla Flat starting at 8 p.m. Dispensing with plot points, I'll just cite the interesting bit from the Eastman House calendar: "this adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel provided Fleming and his cast a rare opportunity to create particularly atmospheric and believable characters with the material." Oh, and it's Members' Night too, so if you're a member, you get in free.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting We Are Hex, and very tight modern rock band Veluxe starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is really good blues-charged rock-and-roll from Buford and the Smoking Section. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar] |
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Tax Day
Joey Ramone died, 2001 The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Iskanderija ... lih? (Alexandria ... Why?) starting at 8 p.m. An autobiographical film that explores the national history of India with a Hollywood flair. [source: Dryden Theater 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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