Weekly Rochester Events #421: Hamilton Lets In to Melville
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Although I had a relatively busy week with stuff, I only have a couple things to mention.
Saturday I went with Ali to go sledding at
Ellison Park
(Blossom Rd. at Landing Rd.)
with her relatives. It was a blast. I was a bit worried I'd screw up my back again but I kept going again and again. I avoided the jump that Rich made, but I did spend some time snapping bizarre pictures of kids in mid-air on it. Later that evening we went to the
The Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum
(295 N. Main St., Canandaigua)
for a Wine Gala — we got to try a bunch of wines and most of them were pretty good. After that we drove straight to
The Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave.)
to meet with Stacie and her new guy and to check out the show. I pretty much skipped
Margaret Explosion
— I've got nothing against them, but I was just in the mood for something more power-rock-like than pleasant-jazz-like.
The Cheetah Whores
were quite good ... a relatively new band that needs to gel fully, but otherwise their punch-rock roots showed through. We also stayed for the last show of
The Earl Cram Revue
— I still liked them but I was getting tired fast after a long day.
I guess the only other thing to mention is on Monday — I got to The Little (240 East Ave.) to see the Emerging Filmmakers Series. Among the films this time, I particularly liked Ali Vatansever's Modern Art in which he takes four well-known modern-art paintings and reinterprets them as film vignettes. I liked the structure of the film — that he went through all the vignettes then came back to show the source paintings and their similarities and differences. I also liked Words on the Wind: Volume I by Thom Marini, and Lou Angora. Native American Ponca poet Sa Su Weh, a.k.a. Dan Jones provides the words of voice-overs on relatedly beautiful imagery. At times it dipped into silly inspirational movie crap, but for the most part, the words and images were powerful and evocative.
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Today at 10 a.m. is a
City Of Rochester Surplus Office Furniture Auction
at the second-floor offices of
The Rochester Water and Lighting Bureau
(803 West Ave.)
[source:
Reynold's Auction website]
Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at The First Universalist Church of Rochester (150 South Clinton Ave.) is a performance by The Fresh Winds. [source: Eastman School of Music calendar] [all ages] 
This afternoon from 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. in
Kate Gleason Auditorium
at
The Rochester Public Library
(115 South Ave.)
is another
Thursday Thinkers
for a discussion of
City Schools: What Difference Can a New Superintendent Make?
[source:
Rochester Public Library calendar]
[all ages]
Today from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is a What's Up lecture on the Re-Installation of the American Permanent Collection with Susan Feinstein. [source: University of Rochester Events Calendar] [all ages] This evening in the Link Gallery at City Hall (30 Church St.) is an Art and Jazz Reception at 5:30 p.m. based on the theme, A Village of Promise with music by The Marv Parker Trio, and spoken-word by Javonte Adams. [source: City Hall press release] Starry Nites Café (696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans) will be hosting Mike Jasikoff starting around 8 p.m. [source: Starry Nites calendar] [all ages] Boulder Coffee Co.
(100 Alexander St.)
will be hosting
Dave Finkelstein
starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave.)
will be hosting
Summer Hymns,
excellent, subtly-experimental acoustic from
Autumn In Halifax,
and
Folklore
starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Over at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (99 Court St.) starting around 10 p.m. is blues-charged rock from Buford and the Smoking Section [source: Freetime] Pure Kona Poetry Open Mic Night is at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) tonight starting at 7:30. [source: Daily Perks calendar] Tonight at 8 p.m. at Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge (274 Goodman St. N., in Village Gate) is an Open Mic. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Drinking Liberally meets at 8 p.m. tonight at Monty's Korner (355 East Ave.) [source: RocWiki calendar] |
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Groundhog Day
Tonight from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is the opening reception of Rooftops of the World by Philippe J. Jauzec at The Image City Photography Gallery (722 University Ave.) which runs through February 25. [source: Image City Photography Gallery e-mail] An exhibition titled Mexico: Color and Contrast opens tonight at 6 p.m. at The Coffee Connection (681 South Ave.) [source: City Newspaper] This evening at 7 p.m. at The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) is the opening reception for Who Cares About Negro-Month? Where Your Renaissance at? featuring mixed-media art by Shawn Dunwoody, Bill Ferguson, and Greg Rice. [source: City Newspaper] Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Shipping Dock Theatre (31 Prince St., new location at Visual Studies Workshop) is another Shipping Dock Unleashed! sketch-comedy and improvisation show. [source: Shipping Dock Theatre website] Aaron Maras ,
and
Aaron Lemon
will be at
Daily Perks
(389 Gregory St.)
starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Daily Perks calendar]
[all ages]
Over at Boulder Coffee Co.
(100 Alexander St.)
starting around 8 p.m. is
Madeleine White.
[source:
Boulder Coffee website]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
Black Gold
starting at 8 p.m. and also Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. The film documents the coffee trade and the stark imbalance between the impoverished farmers and wealthy American and Europeans who sell it.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Little Theatre Café (240 East Ave.) is Autumn In Halifax
starting around 8:30 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
The Jazz Mandolin Project,
and cello-based heavy-rock band
Break of Reality
will be at
Water Street Music Hall
(204 N. Water St.)
starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[all ages]
Moosie
will be performing comedy in a show titled
Through the Eyes of a Bronx Girl
tonight at 9 p.m. at
The Flat Iron Café
(561 State St.)
[source:
Flat Iron Cafe webstie]
DJ Kribs
will be at
Solera Wine Bar
(647 South Ave)
tonight at 9:30 for lounge beats.
[source:
Solera Wine Bar website]
Over at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) starting around 10 p.m. is Yama Bandit .
[source:
Johnny's Irish Pub calendar]
Tonight at Monty's Krown
(875 Monroe Ave.)
is fun ska band
Mrs. Skannotto,
and okay rock-ska from
Room 30
starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
[21+]
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This morning at 10:15 a.m. is the members-only
Upstairs/Downstairs Tour
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
[source:
Eastman House mailing]
[all ages]
Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is The Phil Marshall Trio starting around 8 p.m. [source: Daily Perks calendar] [all ages] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Napoléon starting at 8 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. From the Dryden calendar: "a monumental movie event, this legendary epic biography follows the teenage Napoléon Bonaparte from 1780 to his most important military triumph in Italy in 1796. To tell this larger-than-life story, master filmmaker Gance used almost every cinematic device available to him in 1927—split-screen photography, hand-held camera work, superimpositions, rapid-fire montage editing, color tinting—and invented several more! The six individual episodes that make up this singular masterpiece each contains enough excitement and invention to rival any feature film of its era, but seen as a whole, the film provides an unforgettable moviegoing experience." [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages] Over at The Dub Land Underground
(315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey)
starting around 9:30 p.m. is
The Slow Natives.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
The Cheetah Whores,
really good rock-punk/rockbilly from
Rocko Dorsey and the Individuals,
great 1960's-style rock from
St. Phillip's Escalator,
and
The Legendary Jones Gang
will be at
The Montage Live Music Hall
(50 Chestnut St., formerly the Montage Grille)
starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Freetime]
Tonight at
The Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave.)
is
The Capillary Action,
chaotic random-jazz/rock from
Gaylord,
and great, somewhat mellow rock-and-roll from
Hinkley
starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[21+]
Tonight's another Betty's Sing-a-Long at Betty Meyer's Bullwinkle Café (622 Lake Ave., a.k.a. "Bullwinkle's") starting around 10. |
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This morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at
Java Joe's
(N. Union St. at Trinidad St., #1 in the Public Market)
is the start of
Sunny-sided Two-Steppin' Sundays
featuring cajun music from
The All Night Ramblers.
[source:
Rochester Cajun Zydeco calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at A|V Art Sound Space (N. Union St. at Trinidad St., #8 in the Public Market, formerly the All-Purpose Room) is The Ghost Mice ,
The Holy Mess,
Modus and The Tollens,
What are Friends For,
and
Four Eyes
starting around 4 p.m.
[source:
A|V Space website]
Tonight and every Sunday at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) is a Comedy Open Mic with Matt Rohr
at 7:30 p.m.
[source:
the proverbial grapevine]
[all ages]
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Tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Starry Nites Café
(696 University Ave., formerly Moonbeans)
is a
Holistic Discussion
of
Feng Shui & the Chinese New Year
by
Louisa Lee.
[source:
Starry Nites calendar]
[all ages]
This evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The School of the Arts (45 Prince St.) is a The Monday Evening Creative Arts (MECA) Lecture Series discussion featuring Thomas Warfield and Steve Carpenter discussing experiences with artistic collaboration, and Sarah Lentini discussing the role of The Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (277 N. Goodman St.) [source: the proverbial grapevine] 
The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
The Sisters Of Selma: Bearing Witness For Change
starting at 8 p.m. This documentary examines the Catholic nuns who joined voting-rights marches in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Filmmaker
Jayasri Majumdar Hart
and several Sisters of Saint Joseph will be on hand to answer questions.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Bored? Why not check out 1980's DJ night at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 11 p.m. [source: Bug Jar calendar] |
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This morning at 7:30 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 from 12:12 p.m. to 12:52 p.m. in Kate Gleason Auditorium at The Rochester Public Library (115 South Ave.) is another Tuesday Topics dicsussion. George Dardess and Larry Fine will join a panel to discuss The Fine Line Between Bigotry and Criticism. [source: Rochester Public Library calendar] [all ages] This evening at 8 p.m. at The Flat Iron Café (561 State St.) is a Salsa Dance Class. [source: Flat Iron Cafe webstie] The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing State Fair starting at 8 p.m. A comedy of rural rituals at the annual state fair. [source: Eastman House calendar] [all ages]
Ayurveda,
and
The Lowertown Trio
will be at
The Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave.)
starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
[18+]
Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is hosting an Acoustic Open Mic from 8 to 10. [source: Daily Perks calendar] This evening around 9 p.m. at Café Underground Railroad (480 W. Main St.) is an Open Mic with Art Delgudico and friends. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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This afternoon at 2 p.m. in the
Curtis Theatre
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
is a lecture by
Tom Beck
titled
Humanism and Photography: The Imagery of David Seymour
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is Nate Hanks starting around 6 p.m. [source: Daily Perks calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
Scaramouche
starting at 8 p.m. Another swashbuckler this week — this one purported to have the longest fencing duel set to film.
[source:
Eastman House calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at Java's (16 Gibbs St.) is The Jeremy Siskind Trio starting around 9 p.m. [source: Java's calendar] [all ages]
The Demons,
something like semi-melodic fast-paced noise from
Pengo,
and
Mark Morgan
will be at
A|V Art Sound Space
(N. Union St. at Trinidad St., #8 in the Public Market, formerly the All-Purpose Room)
starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
A|V Space website]
Jsan and the Analogue Sons
will be at
The Dub Land Underground
(315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey)
starting around 9:30 p.m.
[source:
JamBase calendar for Rochester]
Poor People United meets tonight and every Wednesday at 7 at St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (402 South Ave.) [source: the proverbial grapevine] There's an Open Mic for Acoustic Music at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) tonight around 8. [source: the proverbial grapevine] Tonight at Café Underground Railroad (480 W. Main St.) is a Spoken Word/Poetry night starting around 9 p.m. [source: the proverbial grapevine] |
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