Weekly Rochester Events #568 Starting Thursday, November 26, 2009
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Buy Nothing Day
Today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The More Fire Glass Studio (80 Rockwood Pl.) is the Annual Holiday Open House and Sale.
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) will be hosting a Chocolate Tasting today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
Sally Valentine will be at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) today for a book-signing for her Rochester-based children's novels for sale at the store. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Apparently The Critical Mass Bike Ride is tonight starting at 5:30 p.m. at the clock tower near The Wilson Commons at The University of Rochester (Library Road, #39 on River Campus Map.) to The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) at 6 p.m. and heading through the city from there. [source: the proverbial grapevine]
At 7 p.m. this evening, The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is screening Cosmic Africa, a documentary about Africa's astronomy.
[source:
Baobab website]
Today at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) at 7 p.m. is a discussion followed by a screening of Handmade Nation sponsored by Second Storie} and Made By Rachel.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
[all ages]
Today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Village Idiots Present (VIP) present Nuclear Family Fusion. [source: Village Idiots Present website]
Nine-Thirty, Dreams from Gin , and FMGreen 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 Mary and Max starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. It's a stop-motion animated film about "Mary, ... a lonely young girl with neglectful parents who starts an unusual pen-pal relationship with Max, a 44-year-old obese, high-functioning autistic Manhattanite."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Greg Townson will perform tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) at 6:30 p.m. for happy hour, then Dang! will take the stage at 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is attention-deficit rock/funk from Gaylord starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at 10 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is The Waiting Room. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+] Tonight at 10:30 p.m., Geva Comedy Improv will be on Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Tonight probably starting around 7 p.m. at The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center (658 Monroe Ave.) is the Subversive Komedy Fest. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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Today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the Second Storie} Indie Market.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
[all ages]
Today at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.), Jimmie Highsmith, Jr. will play from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Soul Power starting at 8 p.m. and again tomorrow at 7 p.m. The Eastman House calendar explains it: "in the three days leading up to the legendary Ali-Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle' fight in Zaire, America's leading rhythm and blues acts and Africa's top musicians assembled for an unprecedented festival of soul music."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting a Huge Reggae Dance Party with Ron Stackman tonight starting around 9 p.m. [source: A|V Space website] Still Kickin' will be at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) starting around 10 p.m. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting very good metal band Sulaco, Burn Everything, and Order of the Dead starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv Troupe will be performing at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) at 7 p.m. for a show to help Foodlink (936 Exchange St.)
[source:
Nuts and Bolts e-mail]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Anchorage, Nebraska, and Neurolepsy.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Blood Drive with Rochester Red Cross (50 Prince St.)
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 7 p.m. in Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a reading of a new play titled Prince of Air by Jim Knable.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons , and Wink Keziah and Delux Motel starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
In theory, there is another
Emerging Filmmakers Program
tonight at
The Little
(240 East Ave.)
at 9:15 p.m., but I haven't heard anything about it so your guess is as good as mine. As soon as I get the details I'll post the films.
Tonight at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) is really good blues-charged rock-and-roll/groove-rock from Buford and Smokin' Section starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que 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.
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]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Brigadoon starting at 8 p.m. A musical in which a couple people discover the mythical Scottish village of Brigadoon.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Tonight at 8 p.m. in the Carson Auditorium at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map), Adam Frank will discuss The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs. Religion Debate as part of The Caroline Werner Gannett Project.
[source:
Caroline Werner Gannett Project website]
Tonight at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman New Jazz Ensemble 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 Weird Science starting at 8 p.m. in which a couple nerdy teenagers make a perfect, magical woman.
[source:
Dryden Theater 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] 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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