ROCK HARD: A Musical Comedy Extravaganza with Hardwood, Passive Aggressives Anonymous, Sam And Bill
2015-12-19 20:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Pottery, 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Facebook, 2015-Dec-14]

Filthy Funk "Eklectric" Reunion Show featuring Danielle Ponder, Subsoil, and DJ Tim Tones
2015-12-19 21:00 - 23:00 | Flour City Station, 170 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States

Bake Sale for the House of Mercy
2015-12-20 11:00 - 16:00 | Earthling Supply Co., 34 Elton St., Ste. 203, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Last Christmas, angered and inspired by the city's harsh treatment of our homeless population at tent city, a bake sale was held on the fly prior to the holidays for people to purchase cookies for $10 a tin. Over $150 was raised and 100% of that went to the House of Mercy. This year, let's keep up the trend! As opposed to last year, the bake sale will be held on one day only at Earthling Supply Co. I'm going to bake a variety of cookies and treats with gluten free and vegan options. Bring your own tin/container and fill it up for $10. If you want to flex your baking skills, bring a tray of treats to add to the mix! The more the merrier. Please also bring a card with ingredients for those with allergies.
[source: Facebook, 2015-Dec-14]

Meet Me in St. Louis screening
2015-12-20 14:00 - 15:53 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, U.S. 1944, 113 min., 35mm).
Judy Garland stars as Esther Smith, one of four daughters of a prominent St. Louis businessman around the time of the World's Fair in 1904. Her world is turned upside down when she falls in love with the boy next door and her father informs the family that they are moving to New York. A holiday classic and one of Minnelli's first musicals, this film brought us some excellent songs, including "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Trolley Song."
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-14]

The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays theatrical performance (2015-Dec-20 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-12-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States
In Ken Ludwig's (Lend Me A Tenor, Fox on the Fairway, Shakespeare in Hollywood) latest comedy, it's Christmas Eve, 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast-members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Then it's up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
Curtain Times 7:30pm on Thursday 8:00pm on Friday and Saturday 2:00pm on Sunday [source: Blackfriars Theatre website, 2015-Dec-7]

Maybird musical performance
2015-12-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Bop Shop Records, 1460 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14618, United States

Rash, Crush the Junta, Nod, Martin Freeman, Patti-Feldman musical performances
2015-12-20 21:30 - 23:30 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-Dec-14]

The Unholy Three screening
2015-12-22 20:00 - 21:19 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, U.S. 1925, 79 min., 35mm) with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.
How cheery would the holidays be without watching cunning ventriloquist Lon Chaney, strongman Victor Mclaglen, and vindictive dwarf Harry Earles plot a dastardly crime to take place on Christmas Eve? The Unholy Three is a weird tale indeed, darkly yet humanely directed by macabre master Tod Browning, and has not only one of Chaney's best portrayals but also a moving performance from the gifted Australian actress Mae Busch, now chiefly remembered for her appearances as a shrewish wife in Laurel and Hardy comedies. Browning exploits every strangeness he can find, and the film was so successful on its original release it was remade just five years later as Chaney's first (and only) talkie. The original, however, is far more compelling and unsettling.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-14]

L'impossible—pages arrachées (The Impossible - Pieces of Fury) screening
2015-12-23 20:00 - 21:30 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen L'impossible—pages arrachées (The Impossible – Pieces of Fury, Sylvain George, France 2009, 90 min., Blu-ray, French w/subtitles). "The first half hour of the film will be accompanied by a live performance by Rochester-based electronic musician Martin Freeman."
Told in five chapters, with titles borrowed from the likes of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Arthur Rimbaud, and Walter Benjamin, Sylvain George's The Impossible is a tour de force of political filmmaking. The film begins in the port town of Calais, where scores of African and Middle Eastern refugees make nightly bids to cross the English Channel into Britain. Through George's grainy, often bleached-out or red-tinged Super 8 images, Calais appears almost as an alien planet. In this desolate, uninviting "non-place," we see the harsh living conditions of the asylum seekers, for whom hope is not an idea but a place (an "elsewhere"). George's work has gained a reputation in Europe as formally stunning and fiercely intellectual, but is still seldom seen by audiences across the Atlantic.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-14]

Steve Lyons musical performance
2015-12-23 20:30 - 22:30 | Abilene Bar and Lounge, 153 Liberty Pole Way, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
"Celebrate the Holidays with Steve Lyons, [a] great mix of folk, Americana, blues and roots music." [source: Abilene website, 2015-Dec-14]

Anonymous Willpower Trio
2015-12-23 22:00 - 2015-12-24 00:00 | Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 99 Court St., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
[source: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que website, 2015-Dec-14]

Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" theatrical performance
2015-12-24 14:00 - 16:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843 as an attempt to stir the British public to an awareness of the poverty and hardships around them. Its tale of a miserly old man who learns the importance of generosity and "Christmas spirit" was an immediate success and has been in continual print to this day. It was first adapted to the stage within months of publication and is one of the most-filmed stories in cinematic history. Dickens himself took to reading the tale to audiences and "Carol" was the work he chose for his farewell performance, mere months before his death.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-21]

Spectre screening (2015-Dec-25 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-25 19:00 - 21:28 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Spectre (Sam Mendes, U.K. / U.S. 2015, 148 min.) "A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Dec-23]

Spotlight screening (2015-Dec-25 @ 9:30 p.m.)
2015-12-25 21:30 - 23:38 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
The Cinema will screen Spotlight (Tom Mccarthy, U.S. 2015, 128 min.) "The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core." [source: Cinema coming soon page, 2015-Dec-23]

Gremlins screening
2015-12-25 22:00 - 23:46 | Little Theatre, 240 East Ave. #100, Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
The Little will screen Gremlins (Joe Dante, U.S. 1984, 106 min.) as part of the Mondo Movie Series.
Minature green monsters tear through the small town of Kingston Falls. Hijinks ensue as a mild-mannered bank teller releases these hideous loonies after gaining a new pet and violating two of three simple rules: No water (violated), no food after midnight (violated), and no bright light. Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a town straight out of Norman Rockwell. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds. 'cause you never can tell, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-Dec-21]

Think Genealogy It's Saturday—Heritage Quest and Open Forum
2015-12-26 10:15 - 11:00 | Rundel Library Building, 115 South Ave., Rochester, New York, 14604, United States
Today in the Genealogy Division on the 2nd floor of the Rundel Memorial Building is a Think Genealogy It's Saturday lecture titled Heritage Quest and Open Forum.
Heritage Quest is all new and updated in 2015 with many additional resources. This is great news because you have Free access to the website from home or any computer with a Monroe County Library System library card! This month we will show the expanded features and have time for your questions.
[source: City of Rochester website, 2015-Dec-23]

It's Boxing Day and We're Going Canadian
2015-12-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Monroe Branch Library, 809 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
As the Canadian tradition goes, we'll be collecting new toiletry items to box up and give to a local helping agency. There will also be Canadian-themed crafts, displays, and fun to be had, eh.
[source: Monroe County Library website, 2015-Dec-21]

My Fair Eliza theatrical performance (2015-Dec-26 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-12-26 14:00 - 15:00 | MuCCC (Multi-use Community Cultural Center), 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The classic story of Professor Henry Higgins and his attempt to turn "guttersnipe" Eliza Doolittle into a lady who could pass as "a duchess at an ambassador's garden party" was first performed in 1913 (as a German translation) in Vienna, followed by its New York premiere in March of 1914 (again in German) and finally in English in London in April, 1914. […] "My Fair Eliza" (taking its name from both the musical and Shaw's working title, "Fair Eliza") returns to Shaw's original version, editing the work for time and clarity. It serves as a perfect introduction to one of the great works of the theater for the uninitiated and (at around an hour runtime) a breezy refresher for fans of "Pygmalion" and "My Fair Lady" alike.
[source: MuCCC website, 2015-Dec-21]

Spotlight screening (2015-Dec-26 @ 3:15 p.m.)
2015-12-26 15:15 - 17:23 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

Community Dinner (2015-Dec-26 @ 4:30 p.m.)
2015-12-26 16:30 - 18:00 | Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St., Rochester, New York, 14608, United States
[source: Flying Squirrel website, 2015-Dec-21]

Kwanzaa Celebration 2015: Umoja (Unity)
2015-12-26 17:00 - 20:00 | Baobab Cultural Center, 728 University Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
Kwanzaa is a time for African Americans and people of African descent across the diaspora to gather together in celebration of heritage and achievements, in reverence for the Creator, in remembering the past, in recommitment to cultural ideas and in celebrating the good. It is important to note this is a cultural celebration, not a religious one. It is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. Join us for a unique celebration of traditional African values of Family, Community and Culture.
[source: Baobab website, 2015-Dec-21]

Spectre screening (2015-Dec-26 @ 7 p.m.)
2015-12-26 19:00 - 21:28 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Shop Around The Corner screening
2015-12-26 20:00 - 21:39 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen The Shop Around The Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, U.S. 1940, 99 min., 35mm).
At Christmastime in Budapest, in a leather goods shop owned by Frank Morgan, rival employees James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan unwittingly carry on a letter romance. While they think they detest each other, the young couple have already fallen in love. See the warmhearted and charming human comedy that inspired the modern classic You've Got Mail nearly fifty years later.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-21]

The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays theatrical performance (2015-Dec-26 @ 8 p.m.)
2015-12-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States

Comedy Show
2015-12-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Boulder Coffee, South Wedge, 100 Alexander St., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States
[source: Boulder Coffee calendar, 2015-Dec-21]

Goo House: A Holiday Event
2015-12-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Photo City Improv and Comedy Club, 543 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, New York, 14609, United States
Goo House is back for another weird comedy and music show. We bringing together local acts as well as comedians and artists from New York City and Los Angeles. Come join us for laughter, tears and friendship!
[source: City Newspaper events calendar, 2015-Dec-21]

Spotlight screening (2015-Dec-26 @ 9:30 p.m.)
2015-12-26 21:30 - 23:38 | Cinema Theatre, 957 S. Clinton Ave., Rochester, New York, 14620, United States

The Quitters, The Televisionaries, Live Bait musical performances
2015-12-26 22:00 - 2015-12-27 00:00 | Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Ave, Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
[source: Bug Jar calendar, 2015-Dec-21]

Bugs Bunny at 75 screening of shorts
2015-12-27 14:00 - 15:04 | Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum (formerly George Eastman House), 900 East Ave., Rochester, New York, 14607, United States
The Dryden will screen Bugs Bunny at 75 featuring A Wild Hare (Tex Avery, U.S. 1940, 8 min., 16mm), Hare Do (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1948, 7 min., 16mm), Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (Robert Clampett, U.S. 1942, 7 min., 16mm), Hare Trigger (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1945, 8 min., 16mm), Knighty Knight Bugs (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1958, 6 min., 16mm), Rabbit Fire (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1951, 7 min. 16mm), Hyde and Hare (Friz Freleng, U.S. 1955, 7 min., 16mm), What's Opera, Doc? (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1957, 7 min., 35mm), and Duck Amuck (Chuck Jones, U.S. 1953, 7 min., 35mm).
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Bugs Bunny, who first sauntered onto the screen in Tex Avery's 1940 A Wild Hare and, in that unforgettable New York accent, asked, "What's up, doc?" Quickly becoming an icon of sophisticated slapstick animation, Bugs Bunny repeatedly demonstrated brain over brawn, and he's now best remembered for outwitting characters often bigger and better armed. While the violence in these cartoons can be extreme, it's also often the object of mockery. In contrast with some of his gun-toting enemies, Bugs is rooted in intellect—an aficionado of high culture.
[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2015-Dec-21]

The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays theatrical performance (2015-Dec-27 @ 2 p.m.)
2015-12-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Blackfriars Theatre, 795 E. Main St., Rochester, New York, 14605, United States
