Weekly Rochester Events #672 Starting Thursday, November 24, 2011
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Buy Nothing Day
Today and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. is the Bop Shop Sidewalk Sale 3 at The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) So, I guess, if you're hell-bent on opposing Buy Nothing Day, go here instead. [source: Bop Shop calendar] [all ages] Today and tomorrow is also the Annual Holiday Open House and Sale at The More Fire Glass Studio (80 Rockwood Pl.) [source: City Newspaper] 
Today at 2 p.m. and again on Sunday at 1 p.m. is a docent-led tour of Extreme Materials 2 at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.)
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
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] Dr. Carl Atkins will present Last Friday Heritage Jazz Series: A Tribute to Bird and Diz as part of the Community Dialogue Series at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) tonight at 7 p.m. [source: Baobab website]
Tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. is the 4th Annual Santanalia Pageant presented by electronic, quasi-noise musicians and humanizing performance artists The Bloody Noes at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.)
[source:
MuCCC e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. — a documentary about the life of the puppeteer and creator of Elmo.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight starting around 9 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Rochester Chip's 1-Year Anniversary featuring chiptunes punk from Revengineers, The Noisewaves, Knife City, and MNT DST.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
This evening for Happpy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 6:30 p.m. is Greg Townson followed at 9:30 p.m. by The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is The Gowns starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown Facebook page]
[21+]
Tonight and tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.), Geva Comedy Improv presents Captain Holiday's Festive Improv Island.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory starting early at 7 p.m. and again at 2 p.m. on Sunday. At tonight's screening (no sure about tomorrow) actor Peter Ostrum (who played Charlie Bucket) will be on hand to talk about this famous film.
[all ages]
This evening at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9:30 p.m., The Lawnmowers will perform. [source: Abilene website]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Joywave, Mikaela Davis, Dotsun Moon, and Ju-Jajuba starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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This evening at 8 p.m. at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Roc the Town 2.5: Producers Edition featuring food and music.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
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The Green Party of Monroe County (GPoMC) meets today at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge).
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
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]
Kilbourn Hall at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) will be hosting Ossia New Music starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Ossia New Music calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Advance Base (formerly Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, a.k.a. Owen Ashworth), Ben Morey and The Wallpaper Singers, and The Dream Girls.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Chris Hollywood Pro-Am Jam starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
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This morning starting around 8 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 at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 6 p.m. i sa presentation by STOP FBI Repression. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] Today from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Arnett Branch Library (310 Arnett Blvd.) is a discussion by Color Brighton Green on the Benefits of Wind Energy. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Man, Woman and Sin starting at 8 p.m. with live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli. According to the Eastman House calendar, "John Gilbert and the legendarily beautiful stage actress Jeanne Eagels star in this story of a young reporter confronted with moral dilemmas and unresolved passions that lead to murder," adding that it is "one of the most compelling films of the late silent period."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing We Own the Night starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "Joaquin Phoenix stars as Bobby Green, the black sheep from a family of cops who bypassed the NYPD in favor of managing a nightclub. His brother and father (Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall) want Bobby's help in netting a drug lord who frequents the club, but his reluctance — and their stubbornness — lead to tragedy."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Torus, very good ambient/droning experimental band Entente Cordiale, and Cheebahawk will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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