Weekly Rochester Events #560 Starting Thursday, October 1, 2009
Today from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is the Grand Re-Opening of The South Avenue Firehouse (1261 South Ave.)
[source:
City Hall press release]
Today at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) at 6:30 p.m. is a discussion titled New models for primary and secondary education with Dr. William C. Cala.
[source:
Baobab website]
Today at 7 p.m. at Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is a special meeting of The Bertrand Russell Society with Dr. John M. Novak. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages] Today at 7 p.m. is the first performance of Mystery Radio Theatre by The Bristol Valley Theatre (151 S. Main St., Naples) The Bristol Valley Theatre (151 S. Main St., Naples) at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) which runs through October 11. [source: Geva Theatre website] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Dracula starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Mark of the Vampire. Bela Legosi as a vampire ... times two. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar  (219 Monroe Ave.) is Endyga, The Young Bloods, and Surprise Surprise starting quite early around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Where is Fred Brown? (featuring John Valenti, Alfred Brown, and Paul Burke) with really good acoustic rock from Seth Faergolzia, and The Bogs Visionary Orchestra starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
[all ages]
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The Rochester Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) will present a free tour of Susan B. Anthony House (17 Madison St.) with Allendra Letsome today at 3:30 p.m.
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m. [source: First Friday website]
This evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Gallery at The Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (277 N. Goodman St.) will be hosting an Artist Reception for Not Forgotten with works by James Mance, Sr., Melissa Mance, and Betsy Potter.
[source:
Arts and Cultural Council website]
This evening at 5:30 p.m. (with a preview starting at 3 p.m.) is the Monroe County Sherrif Department Unclaimed Property Auction at The Monroe County Fleet Services Department Center (145 Paul Rd.) by Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Professional Auctioneers (6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo). [source: Teitsworth website]
Today around 6 p.m. at Lux Lounge (666 South Ave.) is a performance by The Ancient Youth as part of The Rochester Independent Music Festival (Rochester IndieFest).
[source:
City Newspaper]
[21+]
The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) will host the Opening Reception of Beauty Plus Pity by Duke and Battersby from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The works will be on display through November 15.
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
[all ages]
Really interesting spoken word/a cappella music/phoenetic effects band F'loom is supposedly going to be at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. [source: WBER calendar] [all ages] Today at 6 p.m. is the Opening Reception for Left Behind: A Study in Human Abandonment by Harold Copp at The Four Walls Gallery (34 Elton St.) with music by The Spacelords starting at 9:30 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
The Rochester Independent Music Festival (Rochester IndieFest) comes to The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight around 7 p.m. with The Coach Phase and Cavalcade.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is the Opening Reception of Art for Sickos by Doug Mac .
[source:
City Newspaper]
The excellent ska-driven rock band, The Beaumonts will be at German House (315 Gregory St.) tonight at 7:30 p.m. as part of The Rochester Independent Music Festival (Rochester IndieFest).
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
The Eastman Computer Music Center (ECMC) will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) 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 El baño del Papa (The Pope's Toilet) starting at 8 p.m. in which a man builds a pay-toilet in his yard in anticipation of the Pope's visit to his town.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) will be hosting the fun, great 1960's-styled rock band The Hi-Risers starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
The great, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll of Hinkley, and The Neutral Milk Hotel Tribute will be performing tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. as part of The Rochester Independent Music Festival (Rochester IndieFest).
[source:
Rochester Indiefest website]
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] |
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Today from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at The Monroe County Fleet Services Department Center (145 Paul Rd.) is a Heavy Equipment and Vehicle Auction by Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Professional Auctioneers (6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo).
[source:
City Hall press release]
Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Solar and Wind FX, Inc. (5115 South Hill Rd., Canandaigua) is hosting a self-guided tour of Tour of Solar and Wind Electric Powered Homes in the Finger Lakes area.
[source:
Freetime]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Somers Town starting at 8 p.m. about a couple kids charmingly fight their way on the streets of London. Preceded by the short film Odd Shoe. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] |
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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]
Today at 1 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a What's Up lecture by Susan Dodge-Peters Daiss on Oxen on the Beach. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages] Today at 1 p.m. at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) is an Artist Talk with Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby of Duke and Battersby on their Beauty Plus Pity show. [source: City Newspaper] [all ages] Today from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a screening of Aging Trees of Knowledge II: Command of Sankofa, Servant Leader by Adrian Esposito as part of the All Things Mali series. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Vampyr — Der Traum des Allan Grey starting at 7 p.m. followed by The Return of the Vampire at 8:30 p.m. The Eastman House calendar describes Vampyr as "moody and dreamlike" and "one of the most celebrated arthouse horror films of all time". About The Return of the Vampire, they note that it's a "weird amalgam of wartime propaganda and the horror film." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Craig Marlowe, Red Wire Black Wire, and Wallpaper will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today at Brighton Town Hall (2300 Elmwood Ave.) at 6 p.m. is a Preservation Boards/Commissions "Get-Together" to discuss Preaching Beyond the Choir: Developing Public Support, Outreach, and Funding for Local Historic Preservation Projects.
[source:
Landmark Society calendar]
Today at 8 p.m. in Ingle Auditorium at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map) is Stefan Sagmeister discussing Design and Happiness as part of The Caroline Werner Gannett Project.
[source:
Caroline Werner Gannett Project website]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Cannabis Corpse, and Ramming Speed 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. is Books Sandwiched-In in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) where Alice Calabrese Smith will review Dr. Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson's book Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Horror of Dracula starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Vampire Circus at 8:30 p.m. The notorious Hammer Studios brings us two tales of vampires. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting awesome, animated, crazy rock from Monotonix, and Chylde starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist starting at 8 p.m. As the Eastman House calendar puts it, "a love story, an account of sexual and somatic domination and submission, a visual diary, and a memoir Sick chronicles performance artist and poet Bob Flanagan's life as one of the oldest living survivors of cystic fibrosis."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[18+]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is talented stoner rock-influenced rock band Argus Eye, The Church of the Snake, Torus, and good acoustic soloist Electric Organic.
[source:
Bug Jar 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]
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