Weekly Rochester Events #680 Starting Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Today at 11:30 a.m. is a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at City Hall (30 Church St.) about the historic building at 13 Cataract Street that The Genesee Brewing Company (445 St. Paul St., formerly the High Falls Brewery) wants to tear down.
[source:
Landmark Society calendar]
This evening at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) at 7 p.m. is a meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society featuring Ed Groszewski discussing Genealogy, DNA, and Missing Soldiers, and Dick Halsey discussing Monroe County Adoptions in the Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Wagon Master starting at 8 p.m. with Jack Garner introducing this John Ford film about a wagon train with actors ordinarily in supporting roles for more well-known players. [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] 
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is American Beaches, Little Spoon, and Those Ghostfuckers starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) is Shelter, the "third and final performance in the Needs series and presents [Terese Longva] and [Laurel Jay Carpenter] each performing related acts. One woman sits at a square table, piled high with tiny pea-sized stones. She considers, counts, and drops each one to the ground. A second woman, with an identical table and chair strapped to her back, attempts to drag a huge bag of stones across the length of RoCo's main gallery."
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
[all ages]
At today's Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is The Swooners starting at 6 p.m. followed at 9:30 p.m. by Roarshark.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is Geva Comedy Improv.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
Over at The ROC Brewing Company (56 S. Union St.) starting around 7:30 p.m. is Nate Ginnetty. [source: ROC Brewing Co. website]
Updated:
Today at Joe Bean Roasters (1344 University Ave., #110) is a Latté Art Throwdown — a competition among local coffee brewers — starting at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
[all ages]
Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is a performance of Seagulls in A Cherry Tree. [source: MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Ovsyanki (Silent Souls) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 2 p.m. The trailer looks gorgeous and the Eastman House calendar describes it: "after the death of his wife, Miron asks his friend Aist to help him deliver her body according to the funeral customs of an ancient and extinct Volga Finnic tribe. As the men travel across thousands of miles in search of the lake by which the couple spent their honeymoon, they explore elements of their past: as individuals, as friends, and as the inheritors of a culture that only exists as memory."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Sharon Smith will be at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) today at 1 p.m. to speak on Abortion: We Can't Lose the Right to Choose.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
Today at The Oxford Gallery (267 Oxford St.) is an Artists' Reception for Curriculum Vitae featuring works by Philip Bornarth, and Wayne Williams; on display through February 18.
[source:
Oxford Gallery website]
Today around 8 p.m. is a Rocky Horror Benefit Show at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) for The Western NY United Rocky Fans (WNYUR). [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing La mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black) starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. François Truffaut directed this homage to Alfred Hitchcock tells the tale of a revenge-set serial killer.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Today at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9:30 p.m. is a performance by good country band Dang! celebrating "the release of this years Genny Special Edition Bock Beer".
[source:
Abilene website]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Heavy Metal Steve's Annual Birthday Show with Orodruin, Mortals, Molasses Barge, and Yarrow starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today at Turning Point Park (260 Boxart St.) is a Sunday Park Hike from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
[source:
City Hall press release]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is A Very Moving Event — a benefit for The Bop Shop (1460 Monroe Ave., formerly in Village Gate) Performers include Michael Tarbox, The Chandler Travis Three-o, John & Mary, and Hamell On Trial among others.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
"Join Harvey Williams (trailname Jolly Rancher) and his dog Harley (trailname Kneecaps) as they bring you along on the 2178.3 mile journey from Springer Mountain, GA to Mt Katahdin, ME" on the Appalachian Trail at The Penfield Public Library (1985 Baird Rd.) today at 2:30 p.m. in a program titled
Harley and Me: A Travelogue with Harvey. I got sucked in to watching many of his YouTube videos about the gear he used.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[18+]
Today at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) at 3 p.m., The Rochester Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) presents Before Roe v. Wade: Voices That Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Courts Ruling.
[source:
MuCCC website]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8:30 p.m. is Anamanaguchi, Extreme Animals, and great full-power chiptunes rock from Revengineers.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Today in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is Caution! Artist at Work! featuring calligrapher Toi Clawson from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Smith and Weeden will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[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 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
This evening starting around 7:30 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is a screening of The Ken Russell Film Series. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space 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.
This evening at 6:30 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is a discussion titled The Novel into Film with Steven Huff. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
TEDx Rochester and The Entrepreneurs Network will host a joint-event at The ROC Brewing Company (56 S. Union St.) tonight around 7 p.m.
[source:
TEDx Rochester website]
Updated: This evening at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (3349 Monroe Ave.) is another The Science Cafe featuring Dr. Sukanta Bose discussing Gravitational Wave Astronomy: The Next Generation. [source: Science Cafe Facebook page] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö (The Match Factory Girl) starting at 8 p.m. In the Dryden's second film in a series of films by Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki this one is about a woman "stuck in a dead-end job, forced to support her ungrateful parents, and socially isolated" who "thinks her luck has changed after an encounter with a handsome stranger when, in fact, it"s only gotten worse. Pushed over the edge, Iiris begins to exact carefully crafted (and surprisingly efficient) revenge."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Holy Smith, and good acoustic soloist with echoes of Neil Young and Bob Dylan Electric Organic starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Steve Lyons starting around 9 p.m. [source: Abilene website] |
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The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Rock 'n' Roll High School starting at 8 p.m.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting The Dead Catholics, good, guitar-driven, synth-enhanced, staccato-rock band Autoverse, and Listen to Silverfish starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) is good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
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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