Weekly Rochester Events #539 Starting Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tonight at Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. is a chocolate tasting named the South Wedge Recession Procession Event.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
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Director Anthony Bannon will speak at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight on Pictorialism and the TruthBeauty Exhibition.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Ken Hardley starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Gay Divorcee starting at 8 p.m. A thin plot about divorce provides the structure for lots of dancing. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Brand New Sin, and Bone Yard starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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V-E Day
Lilac Festival begins today.
Tonight at 4 p.m. is WBER (2596 Baird Rd.)'s Lilac Festival Concert with The Demos followed by Tinted Image at 5:30 p.m., and finally MC Lars at 7 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[all ages]
Updated:
Not A Cornfield opens tonight at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with artist Lauren Bon followed by a joined opening of the P.L.A.N.T. Reading Room at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. with paintings and sculptures by Malin Abrahamsson and Ricky Sears.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Over at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is Cafe Antarsia Ensemble.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting Son of the Sun , and Hotel Reverie starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will resent a program of Arabesque Winds tonight at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
Jeff Lambert will be in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 8 p.m. to present Treasures from the American Avant-Garde.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Tins.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
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Today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Garden Tour for Members starting at the steps of the Dryden Theatre.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Stop in today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) to Make a Handmade Mother's Day Card.
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Today the 2009 Lilac Festival Parade starts at 10:30 p.m. at The Lilac Festival along South Avenue to Highland Avenue. [source: Lilac Festival website] [all ages] 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] Today at 1 p.m. is a Young Writers Showcase at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) [source: Geva Theatre website]
Among the bands performing today at The Lilac Festival, be sure to check out the really tight cello-and-drums rock band Break of Reality at 5:30 p.m.
[source:
Lilac Festival website]
[all ages]
John Keller 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]
Terrific all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses, Mock Syringa, Nick Gordon, and Joseph Mulhollen will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Stellet licht (Silent Light) starting at 8 p.m. The Eastman House calendar summarizes it as follows: "this visually ravishing drama allows audiences a rare glimpse into the very private lives of a community of Mennonites outside Chihuahua, Mexico. Cast with non-professional Mennonite actors speaking a German derivative dialect, the story revolves around the crisis of a married farmer who tries to maintain the stability of his family while openly having an affair with another woman. A transcendent, poetic experience, Silent Light is the third feature from Mexican director Reygadas, and his first masterpiece."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is The Spacelords .
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is academically interesting band The Indras starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee MySpace site]
[18+]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is fun, great 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-Risers, The Haystack Shadows, and Très Bien.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is very good punk-rock band The QUiTTERS, and The Beaumonts starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
GaragePop e-mail]
[21+]
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 Mother's Day
Every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the Greatest Community Garage Sale and Super Flea series at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) [source: City Hall press release] Today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) is a Special Open Event Mother's Day. [source: Artisan Works website] Tonight at 4 p.m. at The Lilac Festival is Troyka followed by The Beale Street Blues Band at 5:30 p.m. and professional funk from Prime Time Funk at 7 p.m.
[source:
Lilac Festival website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Letter from an Unknown Woman starting at 7 p.m. a pianist receives a letter from a dying woman he doesn't remember.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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The Landmark Society of Western New York is hosting a Your Old House Workshop at The Stone-Tolan House (2370 East Ave.) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. where Steve Jordan will explain window repair in older homes. Note that the admission price is fairly steep.
[source:
Landmark Society calendar]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is great fun hip-hop/rock/techno/etc. duo Mad Happy, disorienting anti-band Gaybot, and Dufus starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
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 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Classified Shredding Services (425 Paul Rd.), The New York State Consumer Protection Board is sponsoring Free Shredding Services.
[source:
Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Huozhe (To Live) starting at 8 p.m. A 30 year journey starting in the 1940's follows a family through tumultuous times. (Members admitted free.)
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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The Rochester High Falls International Film Festival (RHFIFF) starts tomorrow, but they're doing a "virtual screening" tonight on WXXI TV (280 State St.) with Mara Ahmed's The Muslims I Know at 8 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is great motley folk band Baby Shiver's Boutique, Very Truly Yours, and Pearwood James starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy plays tonight at 7 p.m. at The Lilac Festival.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[all ages]
The Eastern Boundary Quartet will be at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Barbarella starting at 8 p.m. I guess the Eastman House calendar sums it up better than I can right now: "Jane Fonda, in her sex-kitten phase, stars as an intergalactic pleasure seeker in this campy, colorful, always entertaining sci-fi adaptation of the famous '60s comic book character. In search of a missing scientist, Barbarella is attacked by dolls with metal teeth, pecked at by birds, and racked to a machine that causes death by erotic sensation. Will she survive to provide further sexcapades throughout the universe? Don't miss this cult classic to find out!"
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Mobius Trip, and Aqueous starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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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