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Weekly Rochester Events #601 Starting Thursday, July 15, 2010


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    Jazz band Bending and Breaking will perform today at 12:30 p.m. at Granite Mills Park (Platt St. and Browns Race) as part of the Hochstein at High Falls Concert Series. [source: RocWiki calendar] [all ages]

    The Party in the Park (Exchange Blvd. and Court St.) tonight starts at 5 p.m. and features Jimmy Cliff. The cost of entry is the confiscation of chairs, food, and drink (other than one purchased bottle of water or purchased food at the event) and "patrons are asked to leave their bicycles, skateboards, in-line skates and pets at home," so only car drivers are welcome. [source: City Hall press release]

    JayceLand Pick This evening at 7 p.m. at The Cinema TheatreMySpace link (957 South Clinton Ave.) is a screening of 8: The Mormon Proposition. [source: Equal=Grounds Facebook page] [all ages]

    Lux LoungeMySpace link (666 South Ave.) will be hosting CavalcadeMySpace link starting around 8 p.m. [source: City Newspaper] [21+]

    The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Les demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort) starting at 8 p.m. A musical described by the Eastman House calendar: "the fun, multi-character plot involves mistaken identities, music lessons, and most importantly, romance." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

    JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is great reggae-ska/groove-rock band NevergreenMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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    Today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and tomorrow and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Boulder Coffee Co.MySpace link (100 Alexander St.) is The Rock the Wedge Boulder Festival [source: JamBase calendar for Rochester] [all ages]

    Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) is Bands on the Bricks featuring The Marshall Tucker Band, and The Kid Kurry Band. [source: Up All Night website]

    This evening at 6 p.m. at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Frankie Leigh and JewelsMySpace link followed at 9 p.m. by The ChinchillasGarageBand linkMySpace link. [source: Abilene website]

    The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will be screening Manito starting at 7 p.m. [source: Baobab website]

    JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Fog starting early at 7 p.m., and followed at 9 p.m. by Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Actor Tom Atkins will be on hand to discuss both films. In the former, "a Northern California coastal town is besieged by vengeful ghosts 100 years after a legendary shipwreck", and the latter, "a cadaverous toy manufacturer (Dan O'Herlihy) hatches an evil plot to destroy trick-or-treating children through the manufacturing of diabolical rubber masks". Note that Halloween 3 is a strange film in the Halloween series that has nothing to do with the Michael Meyers character. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

    The Shakespeare Players of Rochester will close Much Ado About Nothing this weekend with performances tonight, and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Highland Bowl (South Ave. at Robinson Dr.) [source: RocWiki calendar]

    Village Idiots Present (VIP) will perform Improv Cypher tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at The VIP Theatre (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate, Suite #D106). [source: Village Idiots Present website]

    Tonight at Sully's Pub (242 South Ave., formerly the Brickyard Pub) is Blame JohnnyMySpace link starting around 10 p.m. [source: WBER calendar]


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    Today from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and tomorrow from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. is a bunch of bands in the courtyard of Village Gate Square (274 N. Goodman St.) presented by The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) and The Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA). [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]

    JayceLand Pick Today starting at 3 p.m. is The Gay Pride Parade (Park Ave. and Brunswick St.) as part of Rochester Pride all this weekend. [source: City Hall website]

    JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Monster Squad starting early at 7 p.m. followed at 8:45 p.m. by Night of the Creeps with director Fred Dekker, and actor Tom Atkins on hand to discuss both films. If you recall the 1980's, The Monster Squad has a character who says, "wolfman's got nards!" which is about all you need to know. In Night of the Creeps, "world-weary Detective Cameron (Tom Atkins in his quintessential role) tries to solve a series of college campus murders involving walking corpses, wormlike alien creatures that take over your body, and a resurrected ax murderer." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

    Over at The Tango Cafe Dance Studio (389 Gregory St.) starting around 8 p.m. is Kinloch Nelson, Jim Gordon, and Ken Bonfield. [source: Golden Link website]

    Luca Forester, and The Electro KingsMySpace link will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abilene website]

    Tonight at 10 p.m. at The High Falls Gorge (Platt St at Browns Race, the Pont De Rennes Bridge) is the weekly Laser Show. [source: City Hall press release]

    The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Hunger AnthemMySpace link, Anchorage, NebraskaMySpace link, and Minds Wide OpenMySpace link starting around 10 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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    JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing They All Laughed starting at 7 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, this is "Peter Bogdanovich's gentle and sophisticated nod to the classical cinema he so fervently admires". It stars Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Audrey Hepburn, and Dorothy Stratten. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

    JayceLand Pick Over at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Steve WoolseyMySpace link, Pocket VinylMySpace link, and Astronaut HeadMySpace link. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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    Nod, Attic AbasementMySpace link, and The Lovesick NomadsMySpace link will be at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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    First Manned Moon Landing in 1969

    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.

    JayceLand Pick Today at Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) at 5:30 p.m. is a screening of a documentary titled ARTISANworks: A Work in Progress, with a discussion led by Louis Perticone and an introduction by Thomas Marini. [source: Artisan Works website]

    Tonight's MVP Health Care Tuesday Nature Nights is a Guided Bike Ride in The Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) starting at Towner's Bike Shop (1048 University Ave.) at at 6 p.m. [source: City Hall press release]

    JayceLand Pick Civil Rights Front meets tonight at 7 p.m. at Equal=GroundsMySpace link (750 South Ave., formerly Hunt's Hardware). [source: Gay Alliance website] [all ages]

    The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Delta Force starting at 8 p.m., an action-exploitation film about the rescuing of hostages on a plane. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

    JayceLand Pick Tonight at The Bug JarMySpace link (219 Monroe Ave.) is Jenna Giuliani, and Mitch Jones and the ShockingMySpace link starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar]


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    The 2010 Wegmans Concerts by the Shore Series at Ontario Beach Park (Beach Ave. at Lake Ave.) tonight starts early at 5:30 p.m. with Gary the Happy Pirate followed at 7 p.m. by The Dady Brothers, and The Young School of Irish Dance. [source: City Hall press release]

    JayceLand Pick The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Bringing Up Baby starting at 8 p.m. The "mother of all screwball comedies" ... still a goofy treat. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages]

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

    Tonight at 6 p.m. at The Clarissa Room (293 Clarissa St., a.k.a. Clarissa's, formerly Shep's Paradise) is The Heat is R.A.P.I.E.R. Open Mic. [source: Equal=Grounds Facebook page] [all ages]

    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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