Weekly Rochester Events #588 Starting Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Tax Day
Joey Ramone died, 2001 
Today at 12 p.m., Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa will discuss her book, Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran (Islamic Civilization & Muslim Networks) in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.)
[source:
Friends of the Public Library e-mail]
[all ages]
Tonight through Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a performance of Kindertransport by Diane Samuels. [source: Geva Theatre website] Today at 7 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) is a screening of The Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo Concert. Starting before the screening (and afterward for a discussion), author Peter Conners will be on hand to sign his book, Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead. [source: Little Theatre calendar] At Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 7 p.m. is The Burning Boots  followed at 9 p.m. by the Reggae Dance Party DJ'ed by Ron Stackman.
[source:
Abilene website]
At tonight's meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) at 7 p.m. is a short program titled Foster Frederick Kislingbury 1847-1884... Fallen Hero followed by Slavery in the Genesee Country by Roy Thurston. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans starting at 8 p.m. A contemporary film noir by Werner Herzog about a "corrupt cop in post-Katrina New Orleans". (Legend has it that Bad Lieutenant (from 1992) director Abel Ferrara was under the impression this is a remake of his film and said of the filmmakers, "I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up," and later, Werner Herzog was alerted to this accusation and responded, "I've never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is.")
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is great synth-driven, drum-rich dance-rock from El Ten Eleven, and The Turbines starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The National Day of Silence
[all ages]
This evening at 5 p.m. in the Bevier Gallery at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map) is the opening reception for A Glimpse Beyond The Real, Bradley Butler's MFA Thesis Exhibition. [source: City Newspaper] Dave Donnelly will play Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) tonight at 6 p.m. Then at 9:30 p.m., it's the solidly good bar-rock band with a country twang Blue Jimmy  .
[source:
Abilene website]
Today at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 6:30 p.m. is a Benefit for the Dow Family (whose son Joel Dow was arrested at a protest in Portland) featuring bands like good high-energy punk-rock from The Grievants, avant-garde musicians/poets Urknee and Bjürton Russell, Ed Downey, Ian Downey, and Pegacide.
[source:
Facebook]
[18+]
The RIT Make Club is hosting a Free Bike Tune-Up event outside The Center for Student Innovation at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map) starting at 7 p.m. [source: RIT Make Club blog] Village Idiots Present (VIP) will present Catch-23 tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at The Pillar Theatre (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate, Suite #D106). [source: RocWiki calendar] Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. is a performance of No Child... by Nilaja Sun at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) [source: MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Sting starting at 8 p.m. A couple con-men pull a sting on the man who killed their friend.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at New Life Presbyterian Church (243 Rosedale St.) is a performance of Ladies and Gentlemen by Emma Donoghue and directed by Elizabeth Chacchia. [source: Gay Alliance website] Way out at The Willow Inn (428 Manitou Rd., Hilton) starting around 8 p.m. is The Buzzo All-Star Band, and Captain Jack. [source: Freetime] Over at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m. is Cloud 9, and Subsoil.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
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Record Store Day
Today at The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.) is their Record Store Day celebration featuring 9 bands including Roger Kuhn kicking things off at 11 a.m., Jimmie Highsmith, Jr. at 12 p.m, a rich tapestry of modern Americana from The Bogs Visionary Orchestra at 1 p.m., and Andy Smash and the Rustbelt Hot Rods wrapping things up at 6 p.m.
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
Likewise, The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is hosting their own Record Store Day event starting at 12 p.m. and featuring bands and DJ's all day including The Burning Boots at 2 p.m., and The Tombstone Hands at 7 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Today at 1 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Demonstration of Silhouettes by Candlelight with Mark Osterman.
[source:
Eastman House e-mail]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing A Londoni férfi (The Man from London) starting at 8 p.m. in which a rail worker "in a dank and decaying port town witnesses a crime while stationed on a tower and then finds himself caught up in the aftermath." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Miss Tess and The Bon Ton Pararde , and The Jo Henley Band will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Philo Beddo, Reverend Soapbox and The Rabble Rousers, and great, fun 1960's-styled rock band The Hi-Risers starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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As the week of Earth Day, today starts No Trash Week — an opportunity to examine your own trash production by attempting to completely stop producing trash.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) is the Greatest Community Garage Sale and Super Flea. [source: City Hall press release] The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) will be hosting The Narcs, Veratesh, Assbeer, Morax , and Rabid starting around 6:30 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
[18+]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Rachel, Rachel starting at 7 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "after living with an overbearing mother her whole life, an unmarried 35-year-old teacher (Joanne Woodward) gets a chance at romance with a handsome suitor (James Olson) from the big city." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]
Updated:
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Left on Red starting around 8 p.m. Note, however, that Abilene no longer shows the gig on their website even though Left on Red does.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Thomas Function, and Black Elk Speaks.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Patriot's Day
Today at 6:30 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.) is a second screening of The Grateful Dead: Crimson, White & Indigo Concert. [source: Little Theatre e-mail]
Tonight at The Cinema Theatre (957 South Clinton Ave.) is the Rochester premiere of Proceed and Be Bold at 7 p.m. Documentary star Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. will be attending.
[source:
Artists' Breakfast Group blog]
Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) will present a script-in-hand performance of Jitney by August Wilson tonight at 7:30 p.m. [source: Geva Theatre website] Tonight at 8 p.m. in Webb Auditorium at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map), neuroscientist Christopher deCharms will speak at The Caroline Werner Gannett Project on Imagine your own brain with real time fMRI while seeing your imagining. [source: Caroline Werner Gannett Project website] |
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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 another Books Sandwiched-In with Jeff Spevak will review Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life by Robert Hilburn in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.).
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV) Youth Center (875 E. Main St.) is a screening of The Power of Forgiveness at 6:30 p.m. [source: Equal=Grounds Facebook page]
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 Beggars of Life starting at 8 p.m. — "hobos on the lam". Live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Velvet Elvis, The Fucking Hotlights , and Triglactagon will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
In case you missed it in person, you can watch Dirt: the Movie tonight at 10 p.m. on WXXI. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Tonight at 9 p.m. at The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) is The International Noise Conference (INC).
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
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Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Driftwood, and excellent, daring folk/acoustic-rock soloist JoAnn Vaccaro starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Sometimes a Great Notion starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Paul Newman directed, produced, and stars as the central character in this adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel about a family of rugged individualists facing soul-searing challenges in Oregon lumber country." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Updated: Tonight at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) is Chris Frasco , and Yellowbirddd (a.k.a. Liam McCormack) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Caw Caw, solid rock with a Spanish flair from Night Gallery, and Strange Montgomery starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Neil Innes will be at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
Tonight at KC Tea and Noodles (363 S. Goodman St., moved from 360 Park to old Paradise Alley location) at 9 p.m. is The Dads , Teressa Wilcox, The Years (members of the Blood and Bone Orchestra), and Mitch Jones and the Shocking.
[source:
Facebook]
[18+]
It's Whirrly Wednesdays: Hooping, Drumming, and Grooving at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 6 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+] 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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