Weekly Rochester Events #592 Starting Thursday, May 13, 2010
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Tonight in the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.), Geoff Winningham will present a Wish You Were Here lecture at 6 p.m.
[source:
Eastman House e-mail]
[all ages]
Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting Jess Klein  , and The Burning Boots starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Big D. And The Kids Table starting around 7 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
The Bertrand Russell Society meets tonight at 7 p.m. in Verb Café at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages] Tapas One Seventy Seven (177 Saint Paul St.) will be hosting a Singles Wine Social from NeuLuv starting at 7 p.m. [source: RocWiki calendar] Tonight at The Lovin' Cup (Jefferson Rd. and John St. at 300 Park Point Dr., Suite 110) is Michael Thompson, and Greg Townson starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Time Machine starting at 8 p.m. A man takes his time machine [neither "steam" nor "punk"] from the year 1899 to the year 802,701.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
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Lilac Festival
begins today.
This evening starting at 5 p.m.,. A.K.A. Paul Burke and Jim Wants To Get Out Of The Car And Walk Home Records present Physic 1.5 — an art show and performance at 585 Boutique (12 Henrietta St.)
[source:
Facebook]
Today at 6 p.m. for Happy Hour at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Boots 'n' Shorts followed at 9:30 p.m. by The Silver Threads.
[source:
Abilene website]
The Baobab Cultural Center (728 University Ave., formerly on Gregory St.) will be screening War Dance today at 7 p.m. [source: Baobab website]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Spartacus starting at 8 p.m. A brief summary of the long film is in the Eastman House calendar: "set in the 1st Century, B.C., this sweeping epic about the leader of a roman slave rebellion stars Kirk Douglas in the title role."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at German House (315 Gregory St.) is Mulletude, and a great stage show and excellent surf-based rock from The Isotopes starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) will be hosting Əkoostik hookah (a.k.a. Ekoostik Hookah), the instrumental jam-rock genius of Pia Mater, and Friday in America starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[16+]
Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is S.L.T., and Terese Taylor starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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 Peace Officers Memorial Day (half-staff)
Today at 10:30 a.m. is The Lilac Festival Parade from South Ave. and Science Parkway to Highland Ave. and Goodman St. [source: Freetime] [all ages] Over at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) starting around 7 p.m. is The Wormeaters .
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
[18+]
Tonight at 7 p.m. at The Lilac Festival is a performance by 10,000 Maniacs.
[source:
MEETinROCHESTER calendar]
[all ages]
The Bop Shop (274 N. Goodman St., in Village Gate Square) will be hosting The Britton Brothers starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Bop Shop calendar]
[all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Politist, adjectiv (Police, Adjective) starting at 8 p.m. A "small-town police detective is assigned to surveillance duty of an alleged teen drug dealer", but when he questions his superior, he is presented with a "devastatingly funny lecture on language and the interpretation of the law."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at 9 p.m., Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) will be hosting The Dirty Bourbon Blues Band and screening The Howlin' Wolf Story upstairs.
[source:
Abilene website]
Tonight at The Dub Land Underground (315 Alexander St., formerly Whiskey) is wicked fun, saxophone-driven, percussive groove-rock band The BuddhaHood, and Mosaic Foundation starting around 10 p.m.
[source:
band e-mail]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Fuck The Facts, Neurolepsy, Fledgling Death, and Cowards starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Project Magnificent, The Tin Can Set, and The Glass Hero starting around 10:30 p.m.
[source:
Monty's Krown MySpace page]
[21+]
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Today at 1:30 p.m. at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) is a Members' Talk: House Restoration, 20 Years Later with Kathy Connor.
[source:
Eastman House e-mail]
[all ages]
Today at 2 p.m. at The Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) is an Asian Heritage Lecture and Demonstration by Parvatha Chidambaram of The Bharata School of Indian Dance and Music. [source: Memorial Art Gallery calendar] [all ages] Tonight at Abilene Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is Very Truly Yours , and Ca$hback starting around 5 p.m.
[source:
Abilene e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Things to Come starting at 7 p.m. Just how accurate were futurists from the 1930's?
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Larkin Grimm, and Loveful Heights will be at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) starting around 8 p.m.
[source:
Flying Squirrel Community Space website]
[18+]
The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be hosting Teressa Wilcox, Dave Donnelly, and great all-around acoustic soloist Jon Moses starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m. is very cool power-punk-rock with a power-pop edge from Visqueen.
[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.
Tonight at 7 p.m. at WXXI (280 State St.) is a WXXI Community Cinema series screening of A Village Called Versailles. The film will screen on-air on May 25 at 10 p.m.
[source:
WXXI website]
Tusedays at Boulder Coffee Co. (100 Alexander St.) starting around 8 p.m. is A.K.A. Paul Burke Presents featuring Paul Burke and other people, perhaps performing.
[source:
band e-mail]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing On the Waterfront starting at 8 p.m. From the Eastman House calendar: "Marlon Brando won his first Oscar® playing a longshoreman faced with the impossible decision of choosing between human dignity and personal safety in the terrifyingly corrupt world of mob-controlled New York City harbor unions."
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Rio Bravo , The Celebration of Man, and The Velvet Edge will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
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Armed Forces Day
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Writers and Books (740 University Ave.) is a discussion on The Art of Literary Translation by Chad W. Post. [source: Writers and Books calendar] [all ages]
The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Crush starting at 8 p.m. in which a woman who, after surviving a car wreck, assumes the identity of the literary critic she left behind for dead. Preceded by director Alison Maclean's "shocking short film" Kitchen Sink.
[source:
Dryden Theater calendar]
[all ages]
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Inner Planets, The Indras, and The Dangerous Maybes starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Bug Jar calendar]
Fringe City, and talented stoner rock-influenced rock band Argus Eye will be at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 9 p.m.
[source:
Water Street calendar]
[18+]
It's Whirrly Wednesdays: Hooping, Drumming, and Grooving at The Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St., formerly the Flower City Elks Lodge) at 6 p.m. [source: Flying Squirrel Community Space website] [18+] Tonight at 8 p.m. at Abeline Bar and Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Wy., formerly Tara) is an Open Mic with The Grand Canyon Rescue Episode .
[source:
Abeline website]
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