Weekly Rochester Events #577 Starting Thursday, January 28, 2010
Today starting at 9 a.m. is the City of Rochester Office Furniture and Small Equipment Surplus Auction by The Reynolds Auction Company at The Alternative Education Center at Lofton (242 W. Main St., formerly Josh Lofton High School).
[source:
Reynold's Auction website]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is Michael McCarthy, author of From Cork to the New World: A Journey for Survival, as part of The Visiting Writer Series. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
Kevin Meaney will be at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Set-Up starting early at 7 p.m. followed by Crossfire at 8:30 p.m. A couple RKO Pictures classic films noir.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting great, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from Hinkley, good acoustic soloist Nick Young, and good bar-rock band Burning Daylight starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) probably starting around 10 p.m. is The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode.
[source:
Abilene website]
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This afternoon from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the Opening Reception for Freedom from Disturbance by Michael Murray.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
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] Greg Townson will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) for Happy Hour from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. followed by The Chinchillas starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Today at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is a Community Dialogue Series on Training the Mind to Think About Race with Dr. Hussain B. Ahmed.
[source:
Baobab website]
Jennifer Hecker's Dolls & Dresses opens tonight at 7 p.m. at The Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College (1000 E Henrietta Rd., in Building 12-114, North Atrium) and will be on display through February 26. [source: RocWiki calendar] Village Idiots Present (VIP) will perform Catch 23 improv tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at The Pillar Theatre (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate, Suite #D106). [source: RocWiki calendar] Over at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m. is The Eastman Wind Ensemble. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Brighton Rock (a.k.a. Young Scarface) starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "in the role that made him a star, Richard Attenborough is Pinkie Brown, a vicious but charismatic thug in a pre-war England resort town. As Pinkie manipulates women and kills off his rivals, he grapples with his own salvation—the seminal conflict in the work of Graham Greene, who teamed with noted playwright Terrence Rattigan to adapt Greene's gangster novel."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Pegasus Early Music will be at The Rochester Academy of Medicine (1441 East Ave.) tonight and tomorrow starting at 8 p.m. and on Sunday starting at 4 p.m. for Music and Medicine. [source: Golden Link website]
Starting early for Happy Hour around 6 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight is a Haiti Releif Benefit with The Spacelords, then at 10 p.m., it's Love Life for a Camp Good Days and Special Times benefit.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) will be hosting great funk from The Filthy Funk, and great reggae-ska/groove-rock band Nevergreen starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
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Today at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) at 10:15 a.m. is a Members-Only Upstairs/Downstairs Tour. Then at 1 p.m., Ira Srole will present a Where We Live photography lecture.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Wicked fun, saxophone-driven, percussive groove-rock band The BuddhaHood will be at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) tonight around 8 p.m. for a January Thaw Tribute to Honor Tony Cavagnaro along with Two Ton Ska, and Roots Collider.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Robin Lehman will be at the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 8 p.m. to present his award-winning short nature films Don't, The End of the Game, and Nightlife.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Dave Donnelly starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abilene website] Over at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m. is The Hollands (a.k.a. The Good Spellers).
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
Updated:
Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Variety Show with The Bloody Nos, and great all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses.
[source:
flyer]
The Found, The Ohm, Velvet Elvis, and awesome, wild, blue-collar rock from Handsome Jack will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Guest curator Annie Van Assche will be at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) today at 2 p.m. to present a lecture titled The Kimono and Western Dress in the Early 20th Century: A Revolution in Fashion.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Updated: Today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge), Patricia Roth Schwartz will be presenting works written by poets in The Auburn Correctional Facility (135 State St., Auburn). [source: Marie Starr's blog] [18+] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Point Break starting at 7 p.m. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight around 9 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is a Benefit Show for bartender Ian Andrews.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music 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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Groundhog Day
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 at 11 a.m. is the start of The Fantastic Seconds Ceramic Sale at The Firehouse Gallery at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) which runs through February 13. If you've ever eyed local handmade pottery but thought it was too expensive, check out this stuff which turned out unsatisfactory to the artists at cheap prices.
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Today from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. is a Tuesday Topics discussion titled The State of After-School Programming in Rochester with Rochester City Councilmember Adam McFadden in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.)
[source:
Friends of the Public Library flyer]
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 Three Women starting at 8 p.m. with Philip C. Carli performing live piano accompaniment. The film is a "sophisticated comedy" that "details the romantic affairs of one man and his three paramours—two of whom are mother and daughter." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Interlock Rochester (1115 E. Main St., suite 42 of the Hungerford Building, door #1) has their Weekly Meeting at 8 p.m. [source: Interlock Rochester website] [all ages] |
Tonight at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Wind Orchestra 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 King of Comedy starting at 8 p.m. — a Martin Scorsese film in which Robert De Niro plays a stand-up comic who attempts to get the fame he thinks he deserves by kidnapping a TV host.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Jeff the Brotherhood, Dinosaur Bones, and The Celebration of Man starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar 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 Episode .
[source:
Abeline website]
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