Weekly Rochester Events #552 Starting Thursday, August 6, 2009
Today from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is The Bongo Joe Show.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Gov't Mule will be at The Party in the Park (Exchange Blvd. and Court St.) starting around 5:30 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The Vandermark 5 starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Fox Elipsus.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Starting Over 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 My Man Godfrey starting at 8 p.m. — "the screwiest of screwball comedies" in which a tramp takes the job of butler to a wealthy family.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Radio Moscow, and excellent, wild rock-and-roll from Handsome Jack starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 10:15 p.m. is Wink Keziah and Delux Motel .
[source:
Abilene website]
The Dungeon Rats, Velvet Elvis, and War of Words will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m.
[source:
First Friday website]
Tonight at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is The John Cole Blues Band starting around 6 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at 6 p.m. is the Opening Reception for State of the City — 2009 at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) featuring works by Lesley Horowitz and The FUA Krew. The works will be on display through September 20.
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) is the opening reception for AiRcraft featuring works by Nicole Greene and Virginia Pfau. On display through August 21. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] 
Tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is A Celebration, the wicked fun percussion-and-saxophone dominated jam band The BuddhaHood, very jammy, keyboard-enhanced psychedelic groove-rock from The Niche, and The Family Dawgs starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Over at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) starting around 8 p.m. is thoughful spoken word poetry over avant-garde ambient music with Urknee and Bjürton Russell, NPV, and Toxic Shock.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is Daniel Ball, Jr., and Drew Ferraro starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting good, amiable hard rock from The Clockmen, Hotel Reverie, and The Found starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Croupier starting at 8 p.m. in which an author takes the job of a casino dealer [croupier] and gets involved in a heist.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is The Bloodclots starting around 10:30 p.m. although their own MySpace page says they'll be in Ft. Wayne, IN.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
Today through Sunday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. is First and Last: Arts and Crafts at Spot Coffee (200 East Ave.) [source: City Newspaper] [all ages] Village Idiots Present (VIP) will be performing comedy improv tonight at 8 p.m. [source: Village Idiots Present website] |
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Today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. is the August in the Garden Tour with Andy Joss at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[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., artists from the State of the City — 2009 at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) will be discussing their works.
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Dome Center (E. Henrietta Rd. and Calkins Rd.) is The Roc City Roller Derby (RCRD) .
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Old Friends: An evening of original poetry and music with Lee W. Brooks, and Laurence I. Sugarman.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Await Rescue, and Storm the Bay.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
The Badgemen will be at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) is A Night of Experimental Music with Eli Keszler, Ashley Paul, and Oliver/Reeg starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Girlfriend Experience starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 5 p.m. A prostitute provides clients with the "girlfriend experience". [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Moviees, The Found, and great garage rock-and-roll The Grinders starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Dan Frank and The True Believers starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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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]
The Sick Puppies will be at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) starting around 12:30 p.m.
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Possessed starting at 7 p.m. followed by The Trespasser at 8:30 p.m. In the former, a woman leaves a small town for New York City and falls for a lawyer. In the latter, a stenographer is "jilted by her boss-turned-lover." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Mez Café (389 Gregory St., formerly House of Hamez and Daily Perks) is Roof of The Night starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Mez website]
[all ages]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (955 Genesee St.) is The Genuine Imitations starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is The Brunettes, Hotel Reverie, and Cavalcade.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) will be hosting The Besides starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee 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.
Over at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Woods Themselves, Until I Rise, and If I were Misery.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Tian bian yi duo yun (The Wayward Cloud) starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "Hsiao-kang and Shiang-chyi, the separated lovers of What Time Is it There? are reunited in Taipei, but there are new complications: Hsiao-kang has become a star of pornographic movies and the city is facing a serious water shortage which has caused the price of watermelons to skyrocket. While he still employs his patented style of deadpan humor, director Tsai adds colorfully outrageous musical numbers and explicit sex scenes to his palette for this absurdist and controversial comedy."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Bus Stop starting at 8 p.m. This time, Marilyn Monroe is a saloon singer who catches the eye of a rodeo cowboy.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Washington Square Park (Woodbury Blvd at South Clinton Ave, across from Geva Theatre) is the Foodlink Farmers' Market. [source: RocWiki calendar] 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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