Weekly Rochester Events #591 Starting Thursday, May 6, 2010
Tonight at 6 p.m. in Cathedral Hall at The Auditorium Center (875 Main St E.) is A Sentimental Journey — a fundraiser for Step by Step of Rochester (228 S. Plymouth Ave.) featuring music by nice, well-executed jazzy swing from Bobby Henrie and The Goners .
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Adam Erickson , Octopi In General, Joe Pelton, Kyle Caverly, and The Bright Light Motion starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) will be hosting good country band Dang! starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Johnny's Irish Pub calendar]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Tim Avery, Josh Mordecai, The Goons, and The Baby Shark starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is Music Hates You, and Crucifist starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
Today at Booksmart Studio (250 North Goodman St.) is an Open Critique for photographers starting at 7 p.m. [source: City Newspaper] |
No Pants Day
Tonight is another First Fridays around art galleries downtown starting around 5 p.m. [source: First Friday website]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara), This Other Life will be performing at Happy Hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., then it's Stephen Fearing starting at 9 p.m. followed by The Tim Herron Corporation at 11 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Today at 6 p.m. at The Four Walls Gallery (34 Elton St.) is the Closing Reception for On the Cut.
[source:
Facebook]
In Room 248 of The Hungerford Building (1115 E. Main St.) is an MFA Thesis Show for several artists. [source: Facebook]
Today at 6:30 p.m., author Rafe Martin, and illustrator Richard Wehrman will be at The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) for a Book Signing and Reading of their book The Banyan Deer.
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at New Life Presbyterian Church (243 Rosedale St.) is a performance of Nijinsky's Last Dance by Norman Allen. [source: Gay Alliance website] [all ages] Tonight at Java's (16 Gibbs St.) is Thunder Body starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
[all ages]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting In Tongues (formerly Burn Everything), Reckoner, and Into The Deep starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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V-E Day
Today at The Center for Student Innovation at RIT (One Lomb Memorial Dr., campus map) is a Sustainability Mobility Fair — Future Transportation Choices for Short Trips from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Cycling Alliance blog]
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) will be hosting a Chocolate Tasting today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
Anderson Alley Artists (250 Goodman St. N.) will be having another open house this and every second Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Today at Cobb's Hill Park (Norton Dr., softball diamonds near 490) is a Medieval Demo at 1 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] This evening starting at 6 p.m. is the Grand Opening of Flight Wine Bar (262 Exchange Blvd., in the Corn Hill Landing) [source: MEETinROCHESTER calendar] Tonight starting around 9 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Complete Unknowns playing a Birthday Party in Honor of "The Bard of Hibbing", Bob Dylan.
[source:
Abilene website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Makaras Pen, Anchorage, Nebraska, and very tight modern rock band Veluxe.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m. is Cavalcade.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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 Mother's Day
The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) will have a "Mothers in Art" Tour today starting at 1 p.m. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages]
Bob on Blonde will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is Hipswitch, and really good electronic-enhanced acoustic soloist Matt Cross starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
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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.
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV) Youth Center (875 E. Main St.) is a program titled The Bible as a Weapon to Attack LGBT People: Misinterpretation and Misuse.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
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 ¡Viva Zapata! starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "inflamed by the unfair agricultural practices of corrupt officials, illiterate peasant Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando, in his second of three collaborations with director Kazan) reluctantly becomes a revolutionary Robin Hood in the mountains of Mexico."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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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Today at 7 p.m. at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is a Brew Ha Ha featuring beers from Tröegs Brewing Company (800 Paxton St., Harrisburg, PA).
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing La chatte à deux têtes, (Porn Theater) starting at 8 p.m. Again from the Eastman House calendar: "in this compassionate look at clandestine sexual encounters among homosexual Parisians from writer-director-costar Jacques Nolot, Porn Theater depicts moments of intimacy within the confines of a sleazy adult movie theater."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[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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