Weekly Rochester Events #693 Starting Thursday, April 19, 2012
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This evening at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium in Hoyt Hall at The University of Rochester (Elmwood Ave. at Intercampus Dr.) is a screening of 12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary and Together.
[source:
University of Rochester GOG]
Tonight's The Rochester Genealogical Society meeting at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) at 7 p.m. will include Robert Coomber and Dennis Hogan presenting The 1940 Census Indexing Project, and Carmen de Chateauvieux Bush presenting Doing Foreign Research, Even if You Don't Know The Language. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages] Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is an encore screening of 500 Years Later as part of the Magnificent Africa exhibition. [source: Baobab website] 
This evening at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) at 7 p.m., Jean France will present a lecture titled Local Landmarks of Modernism.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 8 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is the first screening of The 54th Annual Rochester International Film Festival (RIFF, or Movies on a Shoestring, MoaS) as well as screenings tomorrow at 8 p.m., and on Saturday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
[source:
Rochester International Film Festival website]
[all ages]
This evening at 8 p.m. at The Space at Hungerford (1115 E. Main St.) is The 420 Tokes and Jokes Show featuring Marcus Cox, Jeremy Eli, A.J. Friedman, Patrick Higgins, T. Blunt, Vinnie Paulino , and host Dario Josef.
[source:
The Space at Hungerford calendar]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Unicycle Loves You, Valentiger, and Limeworks starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Tonight from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the Opening Reception for Cole Thompson's The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau which runs through May 13.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
For Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara), Flatbed will play around 6 p.m. followed at 9:30 p.m. by The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Space at Hungerford (1115 E. Main St.) is Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. [source: The Space at Hungerford calendar] Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. on Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is Geva Comedy Improv .
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
The Eastman Jazz Ensemble, and The Eastman New Jazz 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]
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Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (674 South Ave.) will be at The Flour City Bread Company (52 Rochester Public Market) today from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a Chocolate Tasting.
[source:
Hedonist Chocolates website]
Today from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery (1145 Mt. Hope Ave., the South Gate) is The Mount Hope Sweep.
[source:
City Hall press release]
Today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. is Record Store Day 2012 so be sure to stop by The Record Archive (33 1/3 Rockwood St.), Lakeshore Record Exchange (370 Park Ave.), The Bop Shop (1460 Monroe Ave., formerly in Village Gate), House of Guitars (645 Titus Ave.), Needledrop Records and Audio (304 Gregory St.), or any of the other local music stores.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
Today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. is City Newspaper's 2012 Cultural Crawl all around the city with a booth set up in past years near Christ Church of Rochester (141 East Ave.) [source: City Newspaper]
Today at 12 p.m., the thick, bass-driven noise of Tuurd, Drippers, punk hard-rock band Green Dream, and grindy, rough, brutally simple rock duo Dick Snare will perform at Needledrop Records and Audio (304 Gregory St.)
[source:
Carbon Records calendar]
Today from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. is ArtAwake at The Rohrbach Brewing Company (97 Railroad St.) [source: City Newspaper] Today at The Center at High Falls Fine Art Gallery (60 Browns Race) is The 10th Annual 'Evening With The Arts', a fundraiser for The Genesee Center for the Arts (713 Monroe Ave.) starting at 6:30 p.m. [source: Genesee Center for the Arts calendar] Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is Animation Night. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is hosting a Community Dialogue Series titled Taken For Granted or Ignored: African Americans and Two Party Politics including a screening of Fear of a Black Republican and a panel discussion moderated by Hélène Biandudi with Henry Smith, Jr., and Dr. Valeria Sinclair-Chapman.
[source:
Baobab website]
Over at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) starting around 9 p.m. is very good medium-tempo progressive rock from Sirsy , The Peachy Neachys
, and Seashell Radio.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
Good, crowd-pleasing reggae from Thunder Body, Kevin Kinsella, and Spiritual Rez will be at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Over at Skylark Lounge (40 S. Union St., formerly Muther's) starting around 9 p.m. is Nod, and Muler. [source: Carbon Records calendar]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9:30 p.m. is fantastic ska-influenced, synth-laden pop/rock from SPORTS, Son of the Sun, good country-based rock from Josh Netsky, and Admirers.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at The Montage Live Music Hall (50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille) is BML, and Philo Beddoe starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
[all ages]
Awesome, wild, blue-collar rock from Handsome Jack will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
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Earth Day
This morning at 7:30 a.m. at The Braddock Bay Bird Observatory (199 E. Manitou Rd., Hilton) is Owl Prowl at the Owl Woods and then Birds of Prey Days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. [source: Freetime] Today from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., A Healing Sanctuary (1722 Mt. Hope Ave.) will have an Open House. [source: flyer]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Mr. and Mrs. Smith starting early at 2 p.m. — a screwball comedy by Alfred Hitchcock.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Today at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. is a Musicale featuring The Clarinet Collection. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Five Rhythms Dance will be at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] |
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This afternoon starting around 2:30 p.m. is an Opening Reception for Happiness, Fun and Art at My Sister's Gallery at The Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (505 Mt. Hope Ave.)
[source:
City Hall press release]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Bullet Hell, Calligraphy, and The Yummies starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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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.
Sarah LeCount will review Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects at today's Books Sandwiched In from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.)
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 7:30 p.m. is Leland Sundries , and Joan Hutcheson.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing L'Argent starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "a casually forged bank note winds it way through the system until it destroys the life of innocent deliveryman Yvon, who gradually and desperately slips into violence."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Wizard Rifle, Torus, The Love Tunnels, and Abhor starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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This evening at 6:30 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.), Dr. Timothy J. Madigan will present The Novel into Film on Billy Budd.
[source:
Writers and Books calendar]
[all ages]
Dr. Linda K. Jacobs will be at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) for a discussion and book-signing of Digging In: An American Archaeologist Uncovers the Real Iran.
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Onibaba starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "the title's meaning ' 'demon hag' ' says everything. In war-torn feudal Japan, two women survive by preying on soldiers who stray into the shadows of the tall grass surrounding their lair."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Abandon Kansas, Backstage Royalty, and So Far So Good.
[source:
Bug Jar 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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