Weekly Rochester Events #645 Starting Thursday, May 19, 2011
 Armed Forces Day
Photographer Simon Norfolk was called back to assignment in Afghanistan, so in his absence, Thomas N. Tischer will present a lecture on New York City of the 1950s at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m.
[source:
Eastman House e-mail]
[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's meeting is Anarchism Against Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
Artisan Works (565 Blossom Rd.) will be hosting the Art Loves Jazz Sixth Annual Fundraiser to benefit Jazz90.1  (WGMC 90.1 FM) from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Artisan Works website]
At today's The Rochester Genealogical Society meeting at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.), it's Genealogy Roadshow where experts will explain unusual artifacts from your family. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Letter starting at 8 p.m. The Eastman House calendar says, "William Wyler's adaptation of a Somerset Maugham short story opens with a bang — six of them, to be exact, all from the gun Bette Davis has just used to kill the man she claims made an unwelcome advance. As the wife of a respectable plantation owner, she'll mostly likely get off — except for that incriminating letter that proves her clear-cut case of self-defense was anything but.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Body, Where She Wept, and Chillum starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
The Wiyos will be at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Bunker (see source website for details on getting the address) is loud effects feedback, reed instruments through effects, and looping from Wolf Eyes, and something like semi-melodic fast-paced noise from Pengo starting around 9 p.m. [source: Carbon Records calendar] |
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Today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is the Annual Plant Sale and Chicken BBQ at St. Anne Church (1600 Mt. Hope Ave.)
[source:
Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association website]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the Artists' Reception for The World Through Different Eyes with works by Jim Patton, and David Perlman from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The show is on display through June 12. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail] Tonight at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) is The Penfield High School Monday/Wednesday Jazz Ensemble starting around 7:30 p.m. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
Today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 3 p.m., The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) presents When Life Gives You Lemons...Make An Evening Of It. Since Headin' South had to be unexpectedly postponed, the theater is offering play readings and selections.
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing La peau douce (The Soft Skin) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 7 p.m. A literary critic is drawn to an affair with a younger woman, and despite his attention to detail, his double-life unravels.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Mike Kornrich will play Happy Hour at 6 p.m. tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) followed at 9:30 p.m. by Jennie Lowe Stearns and the Fire Choir.
[source:
Abilene website]
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Today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Monroe Community Hospital (435 E. Henrietta Rd.), The Bonsai Society of Upstate New York will host their Annual Exhibition and Sale.
[source:
Upper Mount Hope Neighborhood Association website]
[all ages]
Herbert Johnson will present a discussion of Bruce Rogers: American Book Design at The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] 
This evening at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a screening of END: CIV Resist or Die with director Franklin Lopez starting at 7 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
This evening starting at 8 p.m. is Bob Dylan's Birthday Party with Hunu? (featuring members from Colorblind James Experience, a.k.a. "¿hünü?") and many others at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square). [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Cruel Intentions starting at 8 p.m. in which a couple step-siblings "contrive bedroom conquests for sport."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Royal Crowns, good punk-rockabilly-country from Devil Springs, The Tombstone Hands, and The Ohm starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Clinton Curtis starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
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Today at 8 a.m. at The Lilac Festival is The Medved Lilac 10K and 5K Family Fun Run starting near The Cornell Cooperative Extension (249 Highland Ave.)
[source:
flyer]
Updated:
Today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) is Keep the House on the Road, a fundraiser for The House of Mercy (725 Hudson Ave.) to keep their van on the road; with music by Miles Watts and the Brothers From Other Mothers.
[source:
Facebook]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is Why The Wires, The Patrons Of Sweet, The Friend Museum, and very good hard-bar-rock band Inugami.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Coliseum, Like Wolves, The Night Owls, and Love Pork will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Secret Hooray presents The Biters , and The BOOZE starting at 9 p.m. at The Hope Mountain News (274 N. Goodman St., in the Village Gate, 3rd floor). Cocktail attire required.
[source:
Secret Hooray website]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Maria Muldaur. [source: Abilene 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.
Updated:
The Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club is presenting a screening of Gasland at Brighton Memorial Library (2300 Elmwood Ave.) tonight at 6:30 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
Today at 7 p.m. at The Ellwanger Estate Bed and Breakfast (625 Mt. Hope Ave.), Cynthia Howk will discuss The Ellwanger Estate South Wedge History and Architecture. [source: Facebook] Updated: Today at Barnes & Noble (3349 Monroe Ave.) at 7 p.m., Dr. Thomas Trabold will discuss Sustainable Mobility: Path to Energy Security and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions. [source: Science Cafe Rochester blog] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Daisy Kenyon starting at 8 p.m. in which "a love triangle between a fragile fashion designer ([Joan Crawford]), a sweet-but-cynical ex-soldier (Henry Fonda), and smarmy-but-sincere lawyer (Dana Andrews) threatens to explode the complacency of all involved."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Everyboy, Dan Plants, Andrew Greacen, and Dan Lynch starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Towel Day
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting The Eastman Community Music School (ECMS) Trumpet Ensemble starting at 5:30 p.m. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Friendly Persuasion starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "members of an Indiana Quaker family find their ethics and religious beliefs put to the test as the Civil War eventually reaches their door."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting People with Teeth, Prayers for Atheists, and Subsoil starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is Kevin MacConkey [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que calendar] 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] |
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