Weekly Rochester Events #697 Starting Thursday, May 17, 2012
This afternoon from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in The Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is a Public Meeting to discuss the results of the Downtown Two Way Conversion Study which "is to determine the feasibility of converting the existing one-way couplet of North/South Clinton Avenue and St. Paul Street/South Avenue to two-way traffic through Downtown Rochester." If there is one piece of infrastructure in the city that works well, it's the dual one-way streets, so I'm astonished (and, ironically not surprised) that there's talks to do away with this.
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
Candace Gaudiani will present a Wish You Were Here lecture at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. titled Between Destinations: A Photographer's Journey. From the calendar, "physical and psychological journeys often intersect in art and storytelling. Gaudiani will share how she turns vistas of train travel into personal artistic statements."
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) is another meeting of The Rochester Genealogical Society. Tonight's program is their Annual Business Meeting followed by a discussion of How to Display your Family Tree and Documents. [source: Rochester Genealogical Society website] [all ages] Starting at 7 p.m. tonight are Twilight Tours of Mount Hope at Mt. Hope Cemetery (791 Mt. Hope Ave., the North Gate). [source: City Hall press release]
Dr. Stephen L. Dyson will present an Archaeology Lecture tonight at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) titled Digging with Mussolini starting at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
Memorial Art Gallery calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Electra Glide in Blue starting at 8 p.m. According to the Eastman House calendar, "Arizona motorcycle cop 'Big' John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) wants off the road and into homicide, but the corrupt post-'60s landscape means his steadfast moral code may be his undoing. Conrad Hall's cinematography and the film's final shot will stay with you in this criminally underseen masterpiece."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Two Cow Garage, The Only Sons, The Andrew J. Reimers Country-Punk Extravaganza, and Declan Ryan starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Miss Tess and The Bon Ton Parade starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
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Today from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., tomorrow from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Anne Church (1600 Mt. Hope Ave.) is their annual Plant Sale and BBQ.
[source:
Craigslist Rochester events]
Tonight from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) is the Opening Reception for David Moog's Sequences, on display through June 10.
[source:
Image City Photography Gallery e-mail]
Quasi-Mojo is playing Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting at 6 p.m. followed by the nicely harmonious rock band Walri around 10 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
This evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) is the Opening Reception of Reversing the Catastrophe of Fixed Meaning: The Bookworks of Scott McCarney.
[source:
Visual Studies Workshop calendar]
[all ages]
Boulder Coffee Co. (739 Park Ave., formerly Spin Caffe) will be hosting The Go Round, and Jeff Slutsky starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
Tonight at 8 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is a performance of the monologue I Write To Discover.
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Margaret starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 2 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "as life continues around her, a spoiled Upper West Side teenager (Anna Paquin) drowns in grief and guilt after she's involved in a terrible bus accident."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) will be hosting wicked fun, saxophone-driven, percussive groove-rock band The BuddhaHood starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
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Today at 2 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) is a workshop reading of Mystery of the Golden Buddha — "a children's play for adults". [source: MuCCC website] Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) is another Animation Night. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
The New York Short Film Concert plays at The Little (240 East Ave.) today at 7 p.m. and again at 9:30 p.m. It features a program from Asbury Shorts New York consisting of Our Time is Up by Rob Pearlstein, La Línea by Evan Buxbaum, and The Quality of Mercy by Stephen Marro.
[source:
New York Filmmakers Quarterly]
This evening at 8 p.m. at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.), Polite Company Improv Sketch and Comedy will perform a show titled Stop the Presses!
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Elena starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. — "a gripping, modern twist on the classic noir thriller."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9:30 p.m. is nice, well-executed jazzy swing from Bobby Henrie and The Goners .
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
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Today starting at 8 a.m. is The Medved Lilac 10K and 5K Family Fun Run at The Lilac Festival.
[source:
Freetime]
This morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., join members of The Genesee Valley Audubon Society (GVAS) for a Bird Watcher Tour of Mount Hope at Mt. Hope Cemetery (791 Mt. Hope Ave., the North Gate). [source: City Hall press release]
Today from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. is a Gandhi Institute House and Land Work Party at The M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non Violence (929 S. Plymouth Ave., formerly 510 Wilson Commons).
[source:
Gandhi Institute website]
Starting at Mt. Hope Cemetery (791 Mt. Hope Ave., the North Gate) at 2 p.m. is a Public Tour of North Section of Mount Hope Cemetery. [source: City Hall press release] Today from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Rochester Permaculture Center (163 Helen Rd.) is a Beginning Biochar Workshop with Kathleen Draper of Finger Lakes Biochar. (Register in advance.) [source: Rochester Permaculture e-mail]
Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is Rocky Votolato, Kevin Long, and nice, solid acoustic rock from Archimedes.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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The Ketamines, Harmonica Lewinsky, and Buckets 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 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 starting at 1 p.m. at Brighton Memorial Library (2300 Elmwood Ave.) is a screening of Almost Home. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Monkey Business starting at 8 p.m. — the Marx Brothers' first film not based on a play.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is brilliant satirical gospel from The Lobster Quadrille, The Ghostwriter, and Holy Smith 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 Spiklenci slasti (Conspirators of Pleasure) starting at 8 p.m. in which "six men and women [...] indulge their most secret desires. To call their proclivities bizarre is an understatement: one dresses as a giant rooster to menace an effigy of his neighbor, while a sneaky postal worker finds strange uses for the small balls of bread she rolls while on her appointed rounds."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Fun ska from Mrs. Skannotto, and talented stoner rock-influenced rock band Argus Eye will be at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Algernon Cadwallader, The Abandoned Buildings Club, Black Throat Wind, and Speaker for the Dead starting around 9 p.m.
[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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