Weekly Rochester Events #589 Starting Thursday, April 22, 2010
Earth Day
Today at The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV) Youth Center (875 E. Main St.) is a screening of Licensed to Kill starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Facebook]
Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m., and on Saturday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. is The Rochester International Film Festival (RIFF, or Movies on a Shoestring, MoaS) at the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.)
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
Tonight at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is Faith and the Muse , DJ Scary Lady Sarah, Tranquilatwist, and DJ Dangler starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Benjamin Burgess, Frank Hopkins, Ben Rossi, and Fran Dukes 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 Dan Webb and The Spiders , and Movers and Shakers.
[source:
Abilene website]
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This evening from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the opening reception for Rochester by 5 featuring works by Dick Bennett, Robin Dettman, Jeno Horvath, Steve Malloy-Desormeaux, and Don Menges. The show is on display through May 16.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) around 6 p.m. for Happy Hour is Greg Townson. Then, starting around 9:30 p.m., it's Girls, Guns and Glory .
[source:
Abilene website]
The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will be screening Let the Church Say Amen tonight at 7 p.m.
[source:
Baobab website]
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. and on Sunday at 2 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] The Broken Couch performs tonight at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) at 8 p.m. [source: MuCCC website] 
The Keg (315 Gregory St., behind German House where Rohrbach's used to be) will be hosting brilliant satirical gospel from The Lobster Quadrille starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
[all ages]
At 10:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow is Geva Comedy Improv on Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.)
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
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ABVI Goodwill will be accepting computer equipment for recycling today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at ReHouse, Inc. (1473 E. Main St.) Naturally, they'll also accept clothing donations. In other words: get that computer monitor off the curbside and bring it over you lazy bum!
[source:
ReHouse e-mail]
Today at 9:30 a.m. is the Annual Crime Victims' Rights March starting at The Crime Victims Resource Center (244 S. Plymouth St.) to The Monroe County Crime Victims' Memorial in Highland Park (Reservoir Dr.). [source: Facebook]
Today at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a screening of Who Does She Think She Is? at 1 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
[all ages]
Today from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is a class titled Moving Towards Trans-Inclusive Language: What We Say, How We Think at The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV) Youth Center (875 E. Main St.)
[source:
Facebook]
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) (1200 Edgewood Ave.) will be hosting Unleashed! Improv tonight at 7:30 p.m. (at least I'm guessing so because they entered it as 7:30 a.m.) [source: RocWiki calendar]
There is a RoCo Performance Art Night at 8 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) tonight featuring electronic, quasi-noise musicians and humanizing performance artists The Bloody Nos, ORAA, and Tumul.
[source:
MuCCC website]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Po' Boys Brass Band starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting the great reggae/dub band Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad , and The Superpowers starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Break Beat Down, Schwindler, and Big Ben starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Very good metal from Sulaco, a great stage show and excellent surf-based rock from The Isotopes, and Necrochasm will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[21+]
Tonight at 5 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a Community Dinner. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] At 9 p.m. is The Left of Center Stage Variety Show at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge). [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] |
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Today at 3 p.m. is a Write On! at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) for National Poetry Month: from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., write your poetry; from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., read them in an open mic.
[source:
Culture starts with ART! (CSWA) Yahoo! Group]
[18+]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) Jonathan Fein will present a lecture titled Objects and Memory. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8 p.m. is Apples in Stereo, Generationals, and Laminated Cat.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at 7 p.m. at WXXI (280 State St.) is a WXXI Community Cinema series screening of The Horse Boy.
[source:
WXXI e-mail]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a showcase of Punk Bands. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+] Today at 7:30 p.m. is Wide Open Mic with Norm Davis at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Krypton 88 starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Updated:
Today at Christ Church of Rochester (141 East Ave.) is a performance of Out of Context, and The Proper Glue Percussion Duo at 8 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Music Coalition calendar]
[all ages]
The BOOZE, The Wildfire, and The Absolutes will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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.
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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.
Updated:
Today at 12:12 p.m., John Polston will review Googled: The End of the World As We Know It by Ken Auletta at today's Books Sandwiched-In in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.)
[source:
Friends of the Public Library e-mail]
[all ages]
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 a special Lost Foreign Version of All Quiet on the Western Front starting at 8 p.m. (which features an additional 20 minutes of footage).
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is VIALKA, Hotel Reverie, and talented stoner rock-influenced rock band Argus Eye starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is really good blues-charged rock from Buford and Smokin' Section .
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
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Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Tap and Mallet (381 Gregory St.) is a Beer Social featuring brews from The Ithaca Beer Co. (606 Elmira Rd., Ithaca).
[source:
Tap and Mallet website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Color of Money starting at 8 p.m. Martin Scorsese directing Paul Newman? Sign me up.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Nipsey Russell, The Beat Hounds, and The Michael Pantano Quartet starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 9 p.m. is Subsoil , Whinny Blue, and DJ Tim Tones.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
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] 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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