Here's what's going on this week:
Thursday, January 3
- Tonight at the Bug Jar starting around 8:30 p.m. is Half Hearted Hero, Broken Field Runner, Gunnar Stahl, and Jenna Giuliani. [source: Bug Jar calendar, 2012-Dec-31]
Friday, January 4
- Over at Writers and Books is First Fridays / Wide Open Mic with Norm Davis starting at 7 p.m. [source: Writers and Books website, 2012-Dec-31]
- Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the MuCCC is Spencer Christiano's War Terrier: A Jingoistic Fantasy, "part of MuCCC's 'Theater For Dogs' Series. Friendly dogs welcome! Leashes required." [source: MuCCC website, 2012-Dec-31]
Saturday, January 5
- Tonight at 8 p.m. at the MuCCC, Polite Company returns with a new show of improv and sketch comedy. [source: MuCCC website, 2012-Dec-31]
- Over at Sticky Lips BBQ Juke Joint is great classic rock/soul band Anonymous Willpower starting around 9:30 p.m. [source: Freetime website, 2012-Dec-31]
- This Life, The Reactions, Last Minute, and Upstate will perform at the Bug Jar starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar, 2012-Dec-31]
Sunday, January 6
- Today at 2 p.m. at the Memorial Arts Gallery is a What's Up lecture by Rachael Baldanza, Jeanne Lindsay, Alice Gold, and Fred Lipp titled The Creative Workshop: Past and Present. [source: MAG website, 2012-Dec-31]
Monday, January 7
- The Bug Jar will host The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Silverfish, and Left at Home starting around 8:30 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar, 2012-Dec-31]
Tuesday, January 8
- Saints and Winos, Rash, and Foot and Mouth Disease will be at the Bug Jar tonight starting around 9 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar, 2012-Dec-31]
- The Roc City Pro Jam — "a collective gathering of musicians every Tuesday at venues throughout Rochester" — will be at the Lovin' Cup tonight starting around 9 p.m. [source: Lovin' Cup website, 2012-Dec-31]
Wednesday, January 9
- The Buford Duo will perform at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que tonight starting around 10 p.m. [source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que website, 2012-Dec-31]