Weekly Rochester Events #702 Starting Thursday, June 21, 2012
Granite Mills Park (Platt St. and Browns Race) will be hosting The Mambo Kings starting around 12:15 p.m.
[source:
RocWiki calendar]
[all ages]
This evening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) is a Food Truck Rodeo.
[source:
Record Archive e-mail]
Tonight at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) at 6 p.m., Weston Naef will present a talk titled Carleton Watkins Places.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Lovin' Cup  (300 Park Point Dr., #110) starting around 7 p.m., Stacey Mrva will be on hand for the Opening Reception of her beer-centric metal works with music by The Shadow of the Fro.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
This evening at The Jewish Community Center (JCC) (1200 Edgewood Ave.) is a screening of Two Spirits.
[source:
Gay Alliance website]
John W. Borek presents an Evening of Albee featuring three short plays by Edward Albee at The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) Performances are tonight through Saturday (and same next week) at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. [source: MuCCC website] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing On the Town starting at 8 p.m. in which "sailors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin are on leave in the Big Apple in search of l'amour." [source: Dryden Theater calendar] [all ages] Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Animal Pants, and The Moses Jones Band starting around 8:30 p.m. Note rumors that the Bug Jar may still be temporarily closed.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Over at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) starting around 9 p.m. is Cabinet. [source: Abilene website] |
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This evening at The Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (137 East Ave.) starting around 7 p.m. is Scene and Herd: A Carnival of the Animals by Erika Ruegemer and Co.
[source:
Rochester Contemporary calendar]
[all ages]
This evening at 7 p.m. at The First Unitarian Church of Rochester (220 Winton Rd. S.), Jonathan Bates will discuss Edible Forest Gardens: Growing a Food Paradise.
[source:
Rochester Permaculture e-mail]
The Space at Hungerford (1115 E. Main St.) will be hosting Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School with Nick Toons Throwback from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. [source: The Space at Hungerford calendar] Tonight and tomorrow on Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is Geva Comedy Improv in Rattlesnake Gulch: An Improvised Western.
[source:
Geva Theatre website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Films of the Nicholas Brothers starting at 8 p.m. starring "self-taught African American entertainers" Fayard Nicholas, and Harold Nicholas who "are among the greatest dancers of the 20th century." Bruce Goldstein will present the program.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight starting around 9 p.m. at The Lovin' Cup (300 Park Point Dr., #110) is a CD Release Party for Garden Fresh with Gonculator, and Colin and Evan, hosted by Chet Wild.
[source:
Lovin' Cup calendar]
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Girls Rock! presents a screening of From the Back of the Room at 12:30 p.m. at The Little (240 East Ave.)
[source:
Girls Rock! website]
Today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. starting at Mt. Hope Cemetery (1145 Mt. Hope Ave., the South Gate) is a Public Tour of South Section of Mount Hope Cemetery. [source: City Hall press release]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Attenberg starting at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at 5 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "a naive twentysomething, whose knowledge of human nature is taken from David Attenborough documentaries and '70s punk, discovers her own developing sexuality while preparing for her ailing father's death. An offbeat new entry in the Greek New Wave from the producer of the acclaimed film Dogtooth."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Midsummer Day
Today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Rochester Public Market (280 Union St. N.) is a Garage Sale and Super Flea Sunday. [source: City Hall press release] Today from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. starting at Mt. Hope Cemetery (791 Mt. Hope Ave., the North Gate) is a Public Tour of North Section of Mount Hope Cemetery. [source: City Hall press release] |
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The Dan White Sextet will be at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) today at 12 p.m. as part of The Jazz Starts Here program.
[source:
City Hall press release]
[all ages]
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]
Over at The Firehouse Saloon (814 S. Clinton Ave., formerly Snuffy Magee's) starting around 9 p.m. is Sound and Shape.
[source:
Freetime]
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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.
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Red) starting at 8 p.m. "A Swiss model (Irène Jacob) meets a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) with a penchant for telephone tapping. Their meeting will affect not only their own lives but — unbeknownst to them both — the lives of a neighboring couple. Kieslowski wrapped up the Three Colors trilogy — and his career — with this powerful look at fate and fraternity."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Monroe Park Vinyard Community Space (836 S. Clinton Ave.) is Pocket Vinyl , The Sleep Soundlies, and John Valenti starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
City Newspaper]
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The Multi-Use Community Cultural Center (MuCCC) (142 Atlantic Ave.) will be hosting HuDost starting at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
MuCCC website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Man in the White Suit starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar, "Alec Guinness is flawless as the titular inventor whose formula for a gleaming white (and radioactive) miracle fabric makes him the target of textile manufacturers and his fellow workers. A stinging, often hilarious satire on big business and consumerism."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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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