Weekly Rochester Events #567 Starting Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Today at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) is another meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society where Roscoe Hastings will discuss Census Records: Gold Dust or Coal Dust and Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck will discuss A Canal of some Consequence.
[source:
Rochester Genealogical Society website]
[all ages]
Over at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is Tuba Mirum. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Hud starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "In one of his signature anti-hero roles, Paul Newman is the title character, a womanizing, self-interested son of a Texas cattle rancher (Melvyn Douglas) who destroys his family's business just as coolly as he seduces the devoted family maid (Patricia Neal, in an Oscar®-winning performance)."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is high-energy punk-rock from The Grievants, Audibel, and The Noise, On Vinyl starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a The "My Brother's Keeper" Gift Bazaar at The First Congregational United Church of Christ (26 E. Church St., Fairport) including chocolates from Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.)
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
Today from 5:25 p.m. to 8:25 p.m. at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is other/other/other (what was intended by the great melodic trancey synth Where is Fred Brown?, only with Alfred Brown).
[source:
band e-mail]
Good blues-charged rock-and-roll band Buford and Smokin' Section will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting at 6 p.m., then good bar-rock band Blue Jimmy with acoustic soloist Nick Young perform at 9:15 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Village Idiots Present (VIP) present Nuclear Family Fusion. [source: Village Idiots Present website] [13+] Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Brass Guild 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 The Yes Men Fix the World starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. "Media pranksters and corporate shame-sters" The Yes Men convince people they represent corporations and present unique ideas on their behalf.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Equal=Grounds (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware) is the 3rd Friday Songwriters Open Mic with Jim Bowers starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Equal=Grounds MySpace page]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ReHouse, Inc. (1473 E. Main St.), Jody Cultrara will present a Stained/Leaded Glass Repair Demonstration.
[source:
ReHouse e-mail]
At 1 p.m. today, archivist Joseph R. Struble will present a lecture on the Where We Live exhibition at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Revanche starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 7 p.m. Quoting from the Eastman House calendar, "after a bank robbery goes awry, an ex-con hides out at his grandfather's remote country farm where he begins an affair with a married woman. Neither is aware that her husband is the cop responsible for thwarting the robbery." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting The Po' Boys Brass Band starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting The No Clones, and excellent ska-driven rock from The Beaumonts starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting the great country/acoustic rock band The Lovesick Heartstabbers, and Philo Beddo starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today at 1:30 p.m. is another Upstairs/Downstairs Tour at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
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Norm Davis hosts Wide Open Mic tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.)
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[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.
Tusedays at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is A.K.A. Paul Burke Presents featuring Paul Burke and other people, perhaps performing.
[source:
band e-mail]
Tonight at 8 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is another Ossia New Music performance. This time, they will explore some of the more unconventional composers, including Harry Partch who's most known for creating instruments more harmonic than the traditional 12-tone scale allows.
[source:
Ossia New Music calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Gigi starting at 8 p.m. — another big, musical, MGM movie. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is another Tumul party featuring selected area bands and music.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) is Loveful Heights starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Starry Nites calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The great 1960's-style rock band St. Phillip's Escalator, theremin-powered rockabilly from The Irving Klaws, and excellent rock-and-roll from The Grinders will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is RedLine Zydeco. [source: Abilene website]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is excellent 1960's-styled rock from The Hi-Risers.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que 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] There's an Open Mic for Acoustic Music at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) tonight around 8. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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