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Weekly Rochester Events #573 Starting Thursday, December 31, 2009


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New Year's Eve
Kwanzaa Ends

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing A Night at the Stooge-eum at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. followed each time by A Night at the Opera at 3:30 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. The former is a series of Three Stooges shorts: Violent is the Word for Curly, An Ache in Every Stake, Punch Drunks, and A Plumbing We Will Go. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at Manhattan Square Park (130 Chestnut St.) is a session of Free Ice Skating at 6 p.m., then assorted entertainment at The Rochester Riverside Convention Center (123 E. Main St.) until 10 p.m. when the city puts on their Fireworks Display from the bridge over Main St. [source: City Hall press release]

JayceLand Pick Geva Comedy ImprovMySpace link will be performing two shows tonight at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.): one at 7:30 p.m. and the second at 10:30 p.m. [source: Geva Theatre website]

JayceLand Pick Village Idiots Present (VIP) will perform at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Improv Elimination. [source: RocWiki calendar]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Tap and Mallet (381 Gregory St.) is excellent, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from HinkleyMySpace link, and Dave Snyder (formerly of The QUiTTERSGarageBand linkMySpace link) starting around 10 p.m. [source: band e-mail]

JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is WalriMySpace link, The Doctors FoxMySpace link, and fantastic heavy, electric lounge-folk from Auld Lang SyneMySpace link starting around 10:30 p.m. for a long New Year's Eve show. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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Fly the flag today.New Year's Day

Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m. [source: First Friday website]

Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) is Giovanna Galindo and Her Fancy Band starting around 8 p.m. [source: Boulder Coffee website] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Hurt Locker starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. A bomb-defusing expert leads his team into increasingly dangerous situations as he pursues excitement. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Lake Street DiveMySpace link. [source: Abilene website]

Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting really good reggae from Giant Panda Guerilla Dub SquadMySpace link, and The Rubblebucket OrchestraMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+]

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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Updated: Today from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tomorrow from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the Opening Reception for their WoW!! Show — their 3rd juried show which runs through January 24. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Black Dynamite starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. — a satire of the low-budget "blaxploitation movies" of the 1970's. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Over at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) starting around 10 p.m. is Jsan and the Analogue SonsMySpace link, Mosaic FoundationMySpace link, great reggae-ska/groove-rock from NevergreenMySpace link, and Bear Bones. [source: Water Street calendar] [16+]

Updated: Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is good bar-rock/thrash from The Hounds of HellMySpace link, Devil SpringsMySpace link, and Raunchy SexMySpace link starting around 10:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] [21+]


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JayceLand Pick The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting 77 Gypsy MeadowMySpace link, and TroykaMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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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.

Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra starting at 7 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]

JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing La sirène du Mississippi (Mississippi Mermaid) starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, it's a "suspenseful and oddly romantic story of a tobacco farmer and the mail-order bride who is not quite what her correspondence made her out to be", and an homage to the films of Alfred Hitchcock. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Great blues-charged rock-and-roll/groove-rock from Buford and Smokin' SectionMySpace link will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]


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JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Mean Streets starting at 8 p.m. Martin Scorsese's take on thugs in Little Italy in the 1970's. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

Tonight at The Lovin' CupMySpace link (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is Miss Tess and The Bon Ton ParardeMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Lovin' Cup calendar]

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 EpisodeMySpace link. [source: Abeline website]

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This page is Jason Olshefsky's list of things to do in Rochester, NY and the surrounding region (including nearby towns Irondequoit, Webster, Penfield, Pittsford, Victor, Henrietta, Gates, Chili, Greece, and Charlotte, and occasionally other places in Monroe County and the Western New York region.) It is updated every week with daily listings for entertainment, activities, performances, movies, music, bands, comedy, improv, poetry, storytelling, lectures, discussions, debates, theater, plays, and generally fun things to do. Music events are usually original bands with occasional cover bands and DJ's with musical styles including punk, emo, ska, swing, rock, rock-and-roll, alternative, metal, jazz, blues, noise band, experimental music, folk, acoustic, and "world-beat." Events listed take place during the day, in the evenings, or as part of the city's nightlife as listed. Although I'm reluctant to admit it, it is a Rochester blog and I'm essentially blogging about Rochester events. I also tend to express opinions, review past events, make reviews, speak of philosophy or of a philosophical nature, discuss humanity and creativity. Oh, and it's spelled JayceLand with no space and a capital L, not Jayce Land, Jaycee Land, Jace Land, Jase Land, Joyce Land, Jayce World, Jayceeland, Jaceland, Jaseland, Joyceland, Jayceworld, Jayceeworld, Jaceworld, Jaseworld, nor Joyceworld. (Now if you misspell it in some search engine, you at least get a shot at finding it.) It's also not to be confused with Jake's World or JakesWorld which is a site of a Rochester animator. While I'm on the topic of keywords for search engines, this update includes information for Thursday, December 31, 2009 (Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 12/31/2009, or 12/31/09) Friday, January 1, 2010 (Fri, Jan 1, 2010, 1/1/2010, or 1/1/10) Saturday, January 2, 2010 (Sat, Jan 2, 2010, 1/2/2010, or 1/2/10) Sunday, January 3, 2010 (Sun, Jan 3, 2010, 1/3/2010, or 1/3/10) Monday, January 4, 2010 (Mon, Jan 4, 2010, 1/4/2010, or 1/4/10) Tuesday, January 5, 2010 (Tue, Jan 5, 2010, 1/5/2010, or 1/5/10) and Wednesday, January 6, 2010 (Wed, Jan 6, 2010, 1/6/2010, or 1/6/10).


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