Weekly Rochester Events #642 Starting Thursday, April 28, 2011
The 360|365 Film Festival (formerly the Rochester High Falls International Film Festival) continues today through Monday at theaters around town.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is the Rochester Anarchism Discussion and Debate Series. Tonight is a screening of The Take (presumably that IMDb link is right as there are a dozen other movies named the same) and an introduction to the series.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble will be at Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Eastman School of Music calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is The Betty Windsor Show by Kimberly Niles. [source: MuCCC e-mail]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Long Long Long, and Doctors starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is The Tommy Brunett Band.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
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Arbor Day
Today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The South Presbyterian Church (4 E. Henrietta Rd.) is the Ellwanger Barry Garage Sale. [source: Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association website] Apparently The Critical Mass Bike Ride is tonight starting at 6 p.m. at The Liberty Pole (1 Liberty Pole Way) and heading through the city from there. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Tonight at 6 p.m. for Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Salt City Ramblers followed at 9:30 p.m. by Miss Tess and The Bon Ton Parade .
[source:
Abilene website]
This evening at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 7 p.m. is a Night to Remember Vicitms of Domestic Abuse: Poetry and Art by Women for Women featuring Susan Deer Cloud, and Colleen Powderly. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] According to the notoriously inaccurate calendar at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.), tonight at 8 p.m. is a "Three Guys Walk Into a Bar" Comedy Show.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
This weekend at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is the plays of Rochester native Philip Barry. Tonight at 8 p.m. is Holiday, tomorrow at 2 p.m. is Second Threshold, followed by Philadelphia Story at 8 p.m., and finally Hotel Universe at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
[source:
MuCCC e-mail]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is fun ska from Mrs. Skannotto, and Two Ton Ska starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is The Meta Accord starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
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Today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Printing and Book Arts Center at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) you can Make Your Own Mother's Day Card (including making the paper!)
[source:
Genesee Center for the Arts calendar]
Today at 2 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is an Empathy Practice Circle and Potluck. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
At 5 p.m. this afternoon at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is a Poetry Book Launch Party for John Roche's Road Ghosts. Then starting around 9 p.m. is excellent, deceptively mellow, complex rock-and-roll from Hinkley, tight modern rock band Veluxe, good acoustic soloist Nick Young, and solid acoustic-driven bar-rock from Burning Daylight .
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Today at 7:30 p.m. at The Hochstein School of Music and Dance (50 North Plymouth Ave.) is Vision of Sound: new music with dance. [source: Society for New Music website] [all ages] Tom Arnold will be at The Comedy Club (2235 Empire Blvd., Webster) tonight at 7:30 p.m. and again at 10 p.m. [source: Freetime]
Over at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) starting around 8 p.m. is The Pietasters, Human Rights (a.k.a. H.R., of Bad Brains), and fun ska from Mrs. Skannotto.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Ian McFeron will be at Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
WBER calendar]
[all ages]
The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) will be hosting AudioInFlux, and great funk from The Filthy Funk starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
The Po' Boys Brass Band will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Moho Collective starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
Tonight is another Left of Center Stage Variety Show at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) starting around 9:30 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] |
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May Day
Today at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is the annual Spring Record Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Updated:
Today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rundel Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a Restorative Rochester Film Series screening of Burning Bridges and a discussion with Lee Rush.
[source:
Friends of the Public Library e-mail]
[all ages]
Joe Blackburn performs on the Aeolian pipe organ at today's Musicale at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Come Honor, The Teeth, Crusader, Slur, and Endangered Youth.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is a What's Next: Regional Writers reading of Ping by Nancy Preston Stark starting at 6 p.m.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. is the start of Project 5 at The Little (240 East Ave.) with Blank City followed by Neverender at 9:30 p.m. Check out the website for the full list of films, and don't miss The Beast Pageant (and on IMDb) on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Little Theatre calendar]
Tonight at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) is The Eastman Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra starting at 8 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] Only Thieves , Allergic to Retro, and High Volume Componants will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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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. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.), Tom Rivers will discuss his book Farm Hands: Hard Work and Hard Lessons from Western New York Fields at today's Books Sandwiched-In.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Women starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "Mary Haines's (Norma Shearer) spiteful friends can't contain their glee when her husband has an affair with scheming shopgirl Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford)."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.), DJ Darkwave presents Aesthetic Perfection with Faderhead.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The Tom Rainey Trio starting around 8 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Rival Tribes, Mikey Jukebox, The Branch Dividians, and Elsa and the awesomeAWESOMES starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Amistad starting at 8 p.m. which tells the tale of an 1839 shop whose slave cargo commandeered the ship to return home.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Gray Young, Gonculator, and Milking Diamonds starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Really good blues-charged rock from Buford and Smokin' Section will be at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar]
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